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    Small/Medium scale textile processing industries: case study, sustainable int...

    The dyed fabrics from textile industries occupy a significant share in the global economy with a world-wide market. Conventional natural dyes were gradually substituted by...
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    Community-level environmental characteristics predictive of childhood stuntin...

    Coastal morphology makes Bangladesh vulnerable to environmental hazards and climate change. Therefore, environmental characteristics may shape population health, including child...
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    The purse-seine fishery for small pelagic fishes off the Madeira Archipelago

    Small pelagic fishes constitute a valuable food resource for human consumption and are also important components of marine food webs. At Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago in the...
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    Toward a Low-Carbon Industrial Sector in Mexico

    This article analyzes the possibility of substantially reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) in the Mexican industrial sector by applying a Low-carbon (LC) scenario, through a period...
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    The epidemiology and prehospital care of motorcycle crashes in a sub-Saharan ...

    Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are common among motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda. The Service d’Aide Medicale Urgente (SAMU), a prehospital ambulance service, responds to many of...
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    Intravitreal aflibercept: its role in treatment of neovascular age-related ma...

    Introduction: Age related macular degeneration (AMD) affects over 14 million people worldwide and is the commonest cause of visual loss in the over 65’s age group in the...
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    Association of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate exposure with chronic kidney dis...

    Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based regimens have been associated with impaired kidney function and loss of bone mineral density among patients living with HIV (PLWH). We...
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    Emergency Departments (ED) are rapidly becoming an important location for initiation of buprenorphine (EDBUP) for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Previous...
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    Does subnational tax autonomy promote regional convergence? Evidence from OEC...

    This paper investigates the simultaneous impact of subnational tax autonomy and vertical transfers on regional disparities of gross domestic product (GDP) per head in a sample...
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    Impact of multimorbidity and polypharmacy on the management of patients with ...

    We investigated the impact of multimorbidity and polypharmacy on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in clinical practice and assessed factors associated with...
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    Are South African linefishes recovering and what makes them prone to overexpl...

    Managing coastal fisheries is challenging as the status of many fish stocks caught in these fisheries remains unknown. In the South African linefishery, regular comprehensive...
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    Does it pay to lobby? Examining the link between firm lobbying and firm profi...

    Does firm lobbying in the EU increase firm profitability? While there is a well-established literature on this issue in the US context, existing EU studies have overlooked this...
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    Efficacy and safety of canakinumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis:...

    To assess the efficacy and safety of canakinumab in Japanese patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). This was an open-label, single-arm active treatment...
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    This study examines the use of Virtual Slide Images with the aim of assessing their efficacy and usability in comparison to traditional microscopy with glass slides for the...
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    Diversity Deficit and Scale-Flip

    We present a comprehensive multi-scale test of the diversity-deficit hypothesis that posits a negative association between diversity and development. We develop a ‘scale-flip...
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    Isolates, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and multidrug resistance of b...

    Aim: To describe the common species, antimicrobial susceptibility and multidrug resistance (MDR) of bacteria cultured from samples submitted to veterinary diagnostic...
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    Specialist care in rural hospitals: From Emergency Department consultation to...

    In urban and rural hospitals, congested Emergency Departments (EDs) are filled with patients boarding in the ED awaiting admission to inpatient wards. We study this problem...
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    From pigments to coloured napkins: comparative analyses of primary aromatic a...

    A collaborative study was conducted to understand the correlation between pigments purity profile (primary aromatic amine content of the pigments) and the behaviour of these...
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    Measuring Environmental Values and Identity

    Scholars who study environmental problems across the social sciences often require a measure of the lens through which people filter information. Many scales have been created...
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    Organized crime, suspicious transaction reporting and anti-money laundering r...

    This study investigates the efficiency of suspicious transaction reporting activity to a financial intelligence unit as a means to deter money laundering. Baseline and...