Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War— the Role of Health Professionals by Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Robert Mash, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena Naumova, Eric Rubin, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Paul Yonga Yonga, Chris Zielinski

“…They continued this important collaboration during the First Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which currently has 92 signatories, including 68 member states.11   We now call on health professional associations to inform their members worldwide about the threat to human survival and to join with the IPPNW to support efforts to reduce the near-term risks of nuclear war, including three immediate steps on the part of nuclear- armed states and their allies: first, adopt a no first use policy;12 second, take their nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert; and, third, urge all states involved in current conflicts to pledge publicly and unequivocally that they will not use nuclear weapons in these conflicts. …”
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Sobre las figuras de pensamiento en la Poética de J. C. Escalígero (Idea 3,28-94) by José A. Sánchez Marín, Mª Nieves Muñoz Martín

“…No estamos, en este último y lar-guísimo apartado, ante una amalgama informe de nombres y definiciones, sino que la exposición se sostiene en un principio básico, el de la subor-dinación de las palabras a las cosas (quizás inspirado en Quintiliano 8 proh. 18-32, refrendado por Cicerón), y se estructura explícitamente en cinco grupos, según un criterio basado en el principio anterior, el de la relación entre figura y objeto significado. …”
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De vuelta al centro. Estudio geoespacial para la reactivación económica postpandemia de los locales comerciales en el centro histórico de Quito by Diego Vinicio Salgado Poveda

“…De la misma forma, hallamos una relación directa entre la aglomeración de comercio informal y el índice promedio de ventas diario con los sectores en donde se acumulan estaciones de líneas de buses. …”
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MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC POSTSURGICAL PAIN AND HYPERALGESIA IN CHILDREN AND ITS INFLUENCE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING by Я. Семкович

“…According to the Law, prior to a subject’s participation in the study, a written informed consent form was signed by each subject (parents/adult guardians). …”
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PLUVIÔMETRO DE BAIXO CUSTO E A VARIAÇÃO DA CHUVA NO MUNICÍPIO DE BARRA DO GARÇAS – MT (OUTUBRO DE 2015 A ABRIL DE 2016) by Romário Rosa de Sousa

“…Después de toda la fase de adquisición de los materiales de bajo costo, en seguida se realizaron los siguientes procedimientos: confección de los pluviómetros, calibración, instalación, entrenamiento de los productores rurales, colecta de datos a campo, organización de los datos en planilla electrónica con elaboración de un informe de tabla dinámica, realización del proceso de interpolación de los datos, producción del mapa pluviométrico, ajustes y finalización del mapa generado, análisis y discusión de los datos. …”
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The effects of inclusion on academic achievement, socioemotional development and wellbeing of children with special educational needs by Nina T. Dalgaard, Anja Bondebjerg, Bjørn C. A. Viinholt, Trine Filges

“…Seventy‐nine studies could not be used in the data synthesis as they were judged to be of critical risk of bias and, in accordance with the protocol, were excluded from the meta‐analysis on the basis that they would be more likely to mislead than inform. The 15 studies came from nine different countries. …”
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Priorities for Services in Young Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Their Family Members: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study by Raymond Y. Cho, BSc, Jian Weng, BSc, Kelsey Lynch, MSc, CGC, Phoebe Ng, BSc, Chad Brown, BSc, Alison M. Hoens, MSc, BScPT, Kevin Barry, Liam R. Brunham, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Simon Pimstone, MD, PhD, FRCPC

“…Pour répondre à ces priorités, les participants voulaient des programmes cliniques sur la ASCVD pour favoriser le recrutement des membres de leur famille, établir un volet d’éducation complet (avec les dernières informations sur les travaux de recherche des programmes de recherche), offrir le dépistage de la santé mentale et le soutien après l’infarctus du myocarde, et offrir des séances longitudinales qui assureront le maintien des modifications au mode de vie. …”
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Estudio comparativo del control de nuestros pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 antes y después del confinamiento producido por la pandemia COVID-19 by Daniel Suárez Hernández, Elena Pascual Roquet Jalmar, Jose Luis Gea González, Maria Isabel Gea González, Beatriz Soler Sánchez, Majda Idrisi, Javier Urios Durá

“…Through the “Alumbra” application of our health area, a random sample of our patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes from 18 to 100 years of age was obtained. The patients was informed if they wanted to enter the study and after the patient´s express consent, the patient was asked about their lifestyle, habits and a review of the medical history was carried out with the data recorded before the confinement (year 2019) and during the months of confinement of 2020. …”
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Post-Pandemic Development: Sluggish or Rapid Recovery? by Dharendra Wardhana

“…Yet, we have to ponder upon this shift into the context of developing countries where the informal economy is still rampant with the labor force population entering its peak. …”
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Associations of interleukin-6 with functional trajectories in older adults with cancer: Findings from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study by Kah Poh Loh, William Consagra, Allison Magnuson, Andrea Baran, Nikesha Gilmore, Smith Giri, Marissa LoCastro, Scott Isom, Michael B. Sohn, Grant R. Williams, Denise K. Houston, Barbara Nicklas, Stephen Kritchevsky, Heidi D. Klepin

“…Identifying factors associated with functional decline and its trajectories may inform treatment decision making and guide development of supportive care interventions to prevent functional decline. …”
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Nutrition Interventions for Lowering Cardiovascular Risk After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review by Meghan G. Macphail, BSc, Sonje Juul, RM, M. Curr, Krista Wollny, RN, MN, PhD, Judeah Y. Negre, BSc, Amy Metcalfe, PhD, Kathleen H. Chaput, MA, PhD, Sonia Butalia, MD, MSc, Kara A. Nerenberg, MD, MSc, FRCPC

“…Further high-quality evidence is needed to inform the design and implementation of nutritional preventive cardiovascular care targeting this high CVD-risk population. …”
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Sleep and physical activity patterns among Tanzanian, South African, and Côte d’Ivoire primary schoolchildren. Findings from the KaziAfya study by Christin Lang, Bonfoh Bassirou, Walter Cheryl, Honorati Masanja, Jürg Utzinger, Markus Gerber

“…Results will reveal whether research from high-income countries is generalizable to low- or middle-income countries, and inform health policy makers on points for prevention and intervention in school-based settings. …”
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A Rare Case of Ectrodactyly Ectodermal Dysplasia and Cleft Lip Syndrome by Kshma Rao, Roopashri R Kashyap, Raghavendra Kini, Prasanna Kumar Rao, Gowri P Bhandarkar, Devika Shetty

“…[Table/Fig-1] shows an elaborate family history of the patient. Informed consent was taken from the patient before the examination. …”
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Upregulation of miR-200a improves ureteral obstruction-induced renal fibrosis via GAB1/Wnt/β-catenin signaling by XuKai Liu, GeXin Liu, YuZhen Tan, Pan Liu, Le Li

“…La Unión de la proteína de unión relacionada con GAB1 y miR-200a wa está garantizada a través de la base de datos starbase y el análisis del informe de luciferasa. Resultados: Nuestros datos muestran que en el tejido renal de las ratas con obstrucción ureteral unilateral (uo), miR-200a wa se redujo, pero gab1 se elevó. …”
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International Law Issues of Cyber Defense by A. Yeremyan, L. Yeremyan

“…If big data analysis at its current stage of development does not produce very accurate predictions, the well-distributed and structured informational flow in the cyber domain is capable of influencing and manipulating behaviours. …”
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Residual Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Hexabromocyclododecane in Humans from 2010 to 2018 in Beijing by LI Yufang, TONG Ling, XU Jinli, BAI Jinfeng, SONG Shuling

“…All volunteers were informed of the objective of this study. Pretreatment was conducted by liquid-liquid extraction and ammonia, ethanol, ether and n-hexane were added in turn. …”
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Discurso del Académico Efraím Otero-Ruiz by Efraim Otero Ruiz

“…</p><p>El informe de labores que presenté el pasado 26 de marzo a la Asamblea de la Academia recoge lo realizado en este bienio. …”
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Introduction by Xin Li

“…Contrary to the majority of existing research, this thesis investigates the pre-demolition stage, i.e., the stage when residents have not yet moved out of their neighbourhoods, but have been informed that their neighbourhoods are going to be demolished due to SRPs. …”
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A MODEL OF THE ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN SUB-CORPUS OF TEXTS OF NATO, UN AND WTO OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTS by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk

“…The purpose of the research is to prove that the model of the English-Ukrainian sub-corpus of official and business documents texts can become a full-fledged informational foundation for the formation of texts parallel corpus within the Ukrainian National Corpus. …”
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Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in 3 low- and middle-income countries: A multicentric community-based cohort study by Antoine Ardillon, Lison Ramblière, Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, Touch Sok, Andrianirina Zafitsara Zo, Jean-Baptiste Diouf, Pring Long, Siyin Lach, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, Laurence Borand, Felix Cheysson, Jean-Marc Collard, Perlinot Herindrainy, Agathe de Lauzanne, Muriel Vray, Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau, Didier Guillemot, Bich-Tram Huynh

“…Data regarding the prevalence and risk factors of inappropriate prescribing among outpatient children in LMICs are needed to understand its extent and causes and to inform intervention. <h4>What did the researchers do and find?…”
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