CZECHOSLOVAK FOREST EXPERTS IN COLD WAR ANGOLA

Czechoslovak forest experts in Cold War Angola

The first Czechoslovak pioneers of tropical and subtropical forestry appeared in the nineteenth century.Yet, only after Engine Brackets the onset of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1948, in connection with the advancing decolonization of the Global South and the culmination of the Cold War, did the dispatch of forest experts in post-colon

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Historical Trajectories of Disaster Risk in Dominica

Abstract The calamitous consequences of 2017 Hurricane Maria for the Caribbean island of Dominica Dog Toys highlighted the acute and increasing susceptibility of the region to disasters.Despite increasing international attention to disaster risk reduction, recovery from hazard events can be especially lengthy and difficult for small island developi

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Renal trauma during a rugby tackle

Rugby-related renal trauma is rare and identification of a young patient with renal trauma secondary to sports who requires observation versus further radiological evaluation in the emergency department (ED) poses a diagnostic challenge.We report a case of a 16-year-old girl who presented to the ED with abdominal pain after being tackled during a g

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Can functional walk tests add value to the prediction of cardiorespiratory fitness after stroke? A prospective cohort study

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness is often impaired following stroke, and peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) is an important prognostic value of all-cause mortality.The primary objective was to investigate whether functional walk tests assessed in the subacute phase after stroke added value in predicting VO2peak in chronic stroke, in addition to

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