This study aimed to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of infliximab and its biosimilar compared to conventional therapy in refractory moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease (CD)...

Today, more than ever, ‘Spaceship Earth’ is an apt metaphor as we chart the boundaries for a safe planet1. Social scientists both analyse why society courts disaster by...

While the sizeable literature on anti-immigrant parties commonly invokes the term “breakthrough” in discussing their electoral fortunes, no existing study has subjected this...

In the eastern region of central Costa Rica, land use in the sub-basins of the Maravilla-Chiz and Quebrada Honda rivers (47 km2) is dominated by agricultural and livestock...

In 2015 and 2016, groundwater samples were collected in Hanoi to analyse the isotopic composition (δ2H, δ18O and 3H) and elucidate the relationship between groundwater and...

Introduction: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRm amyloidosis) is a rare disease caused by the deposition and accumulation of insoluble non-native transthyretin fibrils...

Transformational adaptation is increasingly viewed as necessary to prevent the worst offsets in development gains due to severe climate impacts. However, clarity regarding how...

Using panel data from Ethiopia and Malawi, we investigate how youth migration affects household labour, hired labour demand, and income, and whether these effects vary by...

This study provides a new insight into the impact of knowledge flows for renewable energy (RE) technologies. With patent data for the European regions in the period 2000–10, we...

This study investigated the results of 3 years of denosumab treatment for osteoporosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and primary osteoporosis (PO). This study enrolled...

Objectives: This study aims to investigate whether variations in LIPC, CETP, ABCA1 and LPL, which are involved in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism, are associated with...

Effect of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on lymphocyte subsets in patients with COVID-19

Mapping of ecosystem services' (ESS) values means valuing ESS in monetary terms across a relatively large geographical area and assessing how values vary across space. Thereby,...

Measurement invariance (MI) cannot always be achieved for the full length of a test or questionnaire, leading researchers to seek for measurement invariant item subsets....

The paper investigates the peculiarities of polycentric urban regions (PURs) in generating agglomeration economies, namely, the question of how urbanisation externalities –...

Microsatellite markers are widely used in population genetic analyses. However, the common occurrence of null alleles and their effect on population parameters such as observed...

Abstract In this paper, we aim to better understand the factors that contribute to the substantive performance of EIA systems in low and middle income countries. Substantive...

ABSTRACT:This study applies a mental models survey approach to assess public thinking about oil spills and oil spill response. Based on prior interdisciplinary oil spill...

Nowadays, there is a great deal of interest in applying sustainability concepts for logistics and supply chain management. This paper proposes a new multi objective model in the...

Transitioning the care of a patient from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) is critical and often risky. Poor care transitions can result in delays, medication...