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Russia’s Soft Power as a Limited Efficiency Tool in Lithuania

Politologija, 2019
[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] Lithuania has been a target of Russia’s soft power efforts for the past two decades. The aim of this article is to analyse Russia’s soft power influence possibilities in Lithuania.
Giedrius Česnakas, Vytautas Isoda
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The Rare Case of a Probably True IgE-Mediated Allergy to Local Anaesthetics

Case Reports in Medicine, 2013
The majority of immediate type adverse reactions to local anaesthetics seem to be non-IgE-mediated. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman, who developed conjunctivitis and conjunctival erythema immediately after intrauterine application of a local ...
Christina Fellinger, Felix Wantke, Wolfgang Hemmer, Gabriele Sesztak-Greinecker, Stefan Wöhrl   +4 more
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Efficacy of rituximab in non-paraneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2017
Background Autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) is a rare but potentially blinding condition that is often underdiagnosed. Common features in AIR presentation include rapidly progressive vision loss with abnormal electrophysiological responses of the retina ...
Katherine Boudreault, Sally Justus, Jesse D. Sengillo, Kaspar Schuerch, Winston Lee, Thiago Cabral, Stephen H. Tsang   +6 more
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Low-Intensity Sonoporation-Induced Intracellular Signalling of Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Fibroblasts and Endothelial Cells

Pharmaceutics, 2020
The use of ultrasound (US) and microbubbles (MB), usually referred to as sonoporation, has great potential to increase the efficacy of chemotherapy.
Ragnhild Haugse, Anika Langer, Elisa Thodesen Murvold, Daniela Elena Costea, Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Odd Helge Gilja, Spiros Kotopoulis, Gorka Ruiz de Garibay, Emmet McCormack   +8 more
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Need for more targeted measures – Only less severe hospital-associated infections declined after introduction of an infection control program

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015
Summary: A systematic infection control program is found to be an important tool to reduce hospital-associated infections (HAIs) and surveillance of infection is a significant part of it.
Anne M. Koch, Roy M. Nilsen, Anne Dalheim, Rebecca J. Cox, Stig Harthug   +4 more
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Użyteczność teorii Jonasa w rozstrzyganiu konkretnych problemów ekologicznych?

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2007
The following article attempts to answer the question if it is possible to find criteria enabling to solve the ethical-political dilemmas such as the one of Rospudy Valley on the grounds of Jonas ethical theory, the answer to this question is ...
Joanna Chudzik
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Tres enfoques Deontológicos Acerca de la Vida

Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética, 2007
Este artículo presenta tres aproximaciones deontológicas a algunos problemas referidos al comienzo, el fin y la reproducción de la vida humana, así como a la preservación de la vida -humana y no humana- en el planeta.
Edgar Antonio López
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Targeting miR-181a/b in retinitis pigmentosa: implications for disease progression and therapy

Cell & Bioscience
Background Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetically heterogeneous group of degenerative disorders causing progressive vision loss due to photoreceptor death. RP affects other retinal cells, including the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).
Bruna Lopes da Costa, Peter M. J. Quinn, Wen-Hsuan Wu, Siyuan Liu, Nicholas D. Nolan, Aykut Demirkol, Yi-Ting Tsai, Salvatore Marco Caruso, Thiago Cabral, Nan-Kai Wang, Stephen H. Tsang   +10 more
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Pro-Environmental Energy Behavior in the Military: Assessing Behavior Change Factors at a Selected Military Unit

Energies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to explore how pro-environmental energy behavior is manifested at a military unit and what behavioral change factors can enhance such behavior. The military unit represents an organization dominated by an exceptionally strong
Rasa Smaliukiene, Gintaras Labutis, Ausrius Juozapavicius   +2 more
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Determining the Main Resilience Competencies by Applying Fuzzy Logic in Military Organization

Mathematics, 2023
Military training programs have been developed to enhance soldier resilience competencies, which are necessary for soldiers to perform their duties effectively under stress. The ongoing military conflict in Ukraine and the experience of previous military
Svajone Bekesiene, Oleksandr Nakonechnyi, Olena Kapustyan, Rasa Smaliukiene, Ramutė Vaičaitienė, Dalia Bagdžiūnienė, Rosita Kanapeckaitė   +6 more
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