How Post-Soviet Secessions Appear: Factors Contributing to and Hindering Exit by A. A. Tokarev

“…The article deals with “complex” cases of territorial development after the collapse of the USSR: secession, autonomization, gray zones of statehood in all post-Soviet republics. Taking into account both realistic and constructivist grounds of secession, the author lists the main factors (geographical, historical, political, sociological, cultural, linguistic, military) that affect the processes of autonomy and the withdrawal of territorial polities from the parent states, postulating that none of them is repeated in all 20 cases studied. …”
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Neck Surgical Emphysema Post Bilateral Breast Implant Exchange Procedure by Thendo T. Netshiongolwe, MBChB (Natal), MSc (Oxon), MMED (WITS), PGDip HPE (UCT), FC Plast Surg (SA), Agnes R. Sema-Ramashala, MBChB (MEDUNSA), FC Derm(SA), MBA (MANCOSA), Elias Ndobe, MBChB (Natal), FCS(SA)

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THIRST RESPONSE TO POST-EXERCISE FLUID REPLACEMENT NEEDS AND CONTROLLED DRINKING by Catalina Capitán-Jiménez, Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas

“…Perceived thirst (TP) was evaluated as a dependent variable: can it distinguish among several levels of acute dehydration, is it reliable, and how does it respond to the ingestion of a fixed water volume post exercise? In a repeated-measures design, eight physically active students (24.5±3.6 years, mean±SD), reported to the laboratory on four non-consecutive days. …”
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Late Recurrent Post-Transplant Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in British Columbia by Eric M Yoshida, R Andrew Singh, Robert K Vartanian, David A Owen, Siegfried R Erb, Charles H Scudamore

“…Repeat antimitochondrial antibody was strongly positive (1:300 to 1:400). …”
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The Effect of one-week spinach and NBS superfood supplementation on interleukin-6, superoxide dismutase, and malondialdehyde levels after repeated bouts of wingate test in trained... by Mohammad Mehdi Shirinbayan, Mohammad Azizi, Ehsan Amiri

“…However, there is limited information on the efficacy of this strategy for enhancing antioxidant capacity in response to strenuous exercise with repeated nature. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of one week of spinach and NBS superfood supplementation on superoxide dismutase, malondialdehyde, and interleukin-6 in response to repeated bouts of Wingate test. …”
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A preserved transseptal puncture zone in a novel PFO occluder enables safe repeat left atrial interventions: preclinical validation in a porcine model by Hao Chen, Yanlin Su, Ziqian He, Yiting Wei, Zihe Dang, Suyan Cao, Wenlin Lu, Shaoqing Cao, Chengjian Yang, Haibin Jiang

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Short- and long-term changes in neurological, behavioural, and blood biomarkers following repeated mild traumatic brain injury in rats—potential biological sex-dependent effects by Rodrigo Moraga-Amaro, Oscar Moreno, Jordi Llop, Marion Bankstahl, Marion Bankstahl, Jens P. Bankstahl

“…IntroductionChronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease resulting from repeated mild traumatic brain injuries (rmTBI). The necessity for diagnosis of CTE, which can so far only be confirmed after post-mortem, is a pressing need. …”
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The Effects of Combined Versus Single-Mode Resistance and Repeated Sprint Training on Physical Fitness, Hematological Parameters, and Plasma Volume Variations in Highly Trained Soc... by Abderraouf Ben Abderrahman, Ali Aloui, Nidhal Jebabli, Iyed Salhi, Jihen Khalfoun, Mohaned Omar, Cain C. T. Clark, Bogdan-Constantin Ungurean, Urs Granacher, Hassane Zouhal

“…Sixty male soccer players from the Tunisian national Ligue were randomly allocated to a resistance training group (RTG), a repeated sprint training group (RSTG), a combined resistance and repeated sprint training group (CTG), or an active control group (CG, soccer training only). …”
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Objective Assessment of Rupture Parameters in Intact and Acute Post-Cystorrhaphy Cadaveric Bladders by Geoffrey D. Towers, Dani G. Zoorob, Rose A. Maxwell, Ashley N. Reid, Jerome L. Yaklic, Jason C. Massengill

“…Conclusions: This study provides ex-vivo bladder parameters that may guide providers in distention and post-rupture cases. Repeat rupture pressure (maximal bladder pressure achieved) and bladder compliance were noted to be significantly lower immediately post-cystorrhaphy.…”
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Ottoman Tradition in The Post-Ottoman Times: A Century of Translating The Mathnawi into Bosnian by Munir Drkić, Ahmed Zildžić

“…This article examines the reception of Jalaluddin Rumi's Mathnawi in post-Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina through the hitherto published translations of that work in the Bosnian language. …”
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Post-Vaccination Immunity to Pertussis in Children of Lipetsk, New Management Capabilitiesto Infection by T. V. Timofeeva, E. G. Googe, N. M. Fatina

“…There is a relationship between the epidemic process of whooping cough and the short duration of post-vaccination immunity. Epidemiology of whooping cough dictates the need to change the tactics of vaccination, the introduction of repeated revaccination of children and adults using cell-free vaccines.Conclusions The data obtained confirm the safety and good tolerability of the Adacel vaccine in clinical practice.…”
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Novel management of pseudomonas biofilm-like structure in a post-pneumonectomy empyema by Alexandra M. Gustafson, Carolina M. Larrain, Lindsay R. Friedman, Rachel Repkorwich, Ifeanyichukwu U. Anidi, Karen M. Forrest, Kevin P. Fennelly, Shamus R. Carr

“…We present a patient with a post-pneumonectomy empyema refractory to surgical debridement and systemic antibiotics. …”
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Filtering bleb activation in the early post-operative period after fistulizing surgery by S. Yu. Petrov, A. A. Antonov, S. V. Vostrukhin, L. A. Panyushkina, D. M. Safonova

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Post-COVID Syndrome: Persistence of Symptoms and Risk Factors (Longitudinal Observational Study) by T. Yu. Agafonova, N. N. Elovikova, O. V. Bronnikova, D. A. Golyadinets

“…Stage I: snapshot analysis of medical records of patients with COVID-19 disease history 12 months. (questionnaire for post-COVID syndrome, blood tests). Stage II: questionnaire repeat, disease history — 24 months. …”
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Chronic mitral regurgitation in women with coronary heart disease and post-infarction cardiosclerosis by V. A. Kuznetsov, E. I. Yaroslavskaya, G. S. Pushkarev, D. V. Krinochkin, I. P. Zyryanov, L. V. Mar’ynskikh

“…MR patients were also characterised by multiple localisation of post-infarction cardiosclerosis (33,3 vs. 17,4%; p=0,035). …”
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The Practices of Public Hospital Registered Nurses Regarding Post-Stroke Dysphagia, in China by Lu QY, Bu MR, Zhu Y, Huang ZY, Gao SH, Yuan C

“…Qing-Yi Lu,1,* Man-Rong Bu,1,* Yang Zhu,1 Zhi-Yu Huang,2 Shi-Hao Gao,1 Changyan Yuan1 1Department of Rehabilitation, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 40042, People’s Republic of China; 2Nursing Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 40042, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Changyan Yuan, Department of Rehabilitation, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Street, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 40042, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 023-68746185, Email 972221253@qq.com Shi-Hao Gao, Email f.gll@163.comBackground: Dysphagia is one of the most common complications in post-stroke patients, post-stroke medical disease management (eg, thrombectomy procedures) do have a huge influence on the long-term outcomes, with frontline clinical nurses serving as pivotal gatekeepers for early identification and management in post-stroke dysphagia (PSD). …”
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Cruise Tourism in Japanese Coastal Cities: The Role of Revisit and Word-of-Mouth Intentions as Proxies for Behavior by U. Aytun Öztürk

“…The study employs partial least squares structural equation modeling to analyze data collected in 2018 and 2022, exploring the relationships among overall satisfaction, repeat visitation rate, distance, and revisit and WOM intentions. …”
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Causes and Factors Affecting Cesarean Hysterectomy: A Retrospective Study by Ghazal Mansouri, Fatemeh Karami Robati, Azam Dehghani, Faezeh Golnarges, Hamid Salehiniya, Ibrahim Alkatout, Leila Allahqoli

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Comparison of bullying victimization and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and after the end of the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy: a repeated cross-sectional stud... by Yong Yang, Yi Lin, Feng Wang, Si Jia Wang, Jing Hui Wang, Feng Tong, Qing Hai Gong

“…These findings indicated that additional support should be offered to Chinese adolescents in the period of post-pandemic COVID-19. Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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Neutralization against Omicron subvariants after BA.5/BF.7 breakthrough infection weakened as virus evolution and aging despite repeated prototype-based vaccination1 by Hongyu Wang, Quanlin Xue, Haocheng Zhang, Guanmin Yuan, Xun Wang, Kai Sheng, Chen Li, Jianpeng Cai, Yuhan Sun, Jingjing Zhao, Jiahuan Lu, Shuyu Fang, Yongfeng Yang, Yeting Zhang, Ying Huang, Jiancui Wang, Jonathan H. Xu, Melissa X. Jiang, Xinyu Wang, Lei Shen, Yuanyuan Liu, Qihui Liu, Qiran Zhang, Sen Wang, Pengfei Wang, Chao Qiu, Jingwen Ai, Wenhong Zhang

“…To fully prepare for the next wave, it’s urgent to evaluate the humoral immune response post BA.5/BF.7 breakthrough infection against predominant sub-lineages among existing vaccination strategies and the elders. …”
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