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Genetic invalidation of Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> as a therapeutic target: Large-scale study of five functional Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub>-lowering alleles

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John Gregson, Daniel F. Freitag, Praveen Surendran, Nathan O. Stitziel et al.

Journal: European Journal of Preventive CardiologyYear: 2016Citations: 30

is unlikely to be a causal risk factor.

Health SciencesMedicineSurgeryOpen Access
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Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in the UAE: Gender-Differentiated Patterns of Migration Experiences

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Md Mizanur Rahman

Journal: Middle Eastern StudiesYear: 2011Citations: 30

Abstract This article examines the migration experiences of women and men under conditions of temporary migration. It has been amply shown that gender is relevant to most aspects of migration. However, despite the fundamental increase in research on gender and migration, a transnational space, where...

Social SciencesSociology and Political ScienceMigration and Labor Dynamics
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Minimizing Errors in RT-PCR Detection and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for Wastewater Surveillance

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Warish Ahmed, Stuart L. Simpson, Paul M. Bertsch, Kyle Bibby et al.

Journal: Preprints.orgYear: 2021Citations: 28

Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective, resource-efficient tool for gathering additional community-level public health information, including the incidence and/or prevalence and trends of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-...

Health SciencesMedicineInfectious DiseasesOpen Access
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A study of Bacterial Contamination of Ghanaian Currency Notes in Circulation

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Journal: The Internet Journal of MicrobiologyYear: 2010Citations: 27

The study aimed at determining the presence, type and nature of bacterial contamination of Ghanaian currency notes in circulation. One hundred currency notes of different denominations were randomly collected from sellers on the major streets and markets of the Cape Coast Metropolis into sterile pap...

Life SciencesAgricultural and Biological SciencesFood Science
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Increased Population Risk of<i>AIP</i>-Related Acromegaly and Gigantism in Ireland

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Serban Radian, Yoan Diekmann, Plamena Gabrovska, Brendan J. Holland et al.

Journal: Human MutationYear: 2016Citations: 26

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) founder mutation R304* (or p.R304*; NM_003977.3:c.910C>T, p.Arg304Ter) identified in Northern Ireland (NI) predisposes to acromegaly/gigantism; its population health impact remains unexplored. We measured R304* carrier frequency in 936 Mid Ulst...

Health SciencesMedicineRheumatologyOpen Access
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Genetic architecture and evolution of color variation in American black bears

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Emily E. Puckett, Isis S. Davis, Dawn C. Harper, Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.

Journal: Current BiologyYear: 2022Citations: 23

Color variation is a frequent evolutionary substrate for camouflage in small mammals, but the underlying genetics and evolutionary forces that drive color variation in natural populations of large mammals are mostly unexplained. The American black bear, Ursus americanus (U. americanus), exhibits a r...

Life SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyCell BiologyOpen Access
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Numerical Simulation of Sinusoidal Fluctuated Pulsatile Laminar Flow Through Stenotic Artery

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Asif Hasan, Dipak K. Das, S Berger, L Jou et al.

Journal: Journal of Applied Fluid MechanicsYear: 2008Citations: 18

A numerical investigation is carried out for laminar sinusoidal pulsating flow through a modeled arterial stenosis with a trapezoidal profile up to peak Reynolds number of 1000. Finite element based numerical technique is used to solve the fluid flow governing equations where the fluid is assumed to...

Physical SciencesEngineeringComputational MechanicsOpen Access
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COVID-19 and Policy Impacts on the Bangladesh Rice Market and Food Security

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Mohammad Hasan Mobarok, Wyatt Thompson, Theodoros Skevas

Journal: SustainabilityYear: 2021Citations: 15

This research employs a partial equilibrium model to estimate the short- and long-run effects of COVID-19 and rice policies on Bangladesh’s rice market and food security. We also analyze the impact of relevant policies in terms of their effectiveness in mitigating stresses stemming from a hypothetic...

Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsOpen Access
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Identity and the Workplace: An Assessment of Contextualist and Discursive Approaches

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Stephen Jaros

Journal: Tamara: The Journal of Critical Organization InquiryYear: 2012Citations: 14

Organizational scholars who study processes of employee identity but operating from a variety of otherwise disparate theoretical perspectives tend to agree on one thing: an employee‘s level of ―identification‖ with workplace-related entities is a powerful concept in understanding their experiences a...

Social SciencesBusiness, Management and AccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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BLACK BRITISH, BROWN BRITISH AND BRITISH CULTURAL STUDIES

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Roxy Harris

Journal: Cultural StudiesYear: 2009Citations: 13

Abstract Caryl Phillips has queried the absence, in British fiction of the 1950s and 1960s, of black and brown people from the British Commonwealth who had migrated to the UK in highly significant numbers in this period. His lament echoes earlier observations by Paul Gilroy critiquing similar 'strat...

Social SciencesSociology and Political ScienceAustralian History and Society
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Impacts of Aquaculture Extension on Pond Operators and the Rural Community

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Paul M. Thompson, Parvin Sultana, Nuruzzaman, Akm Firoz Khan

Year: 2001Citations: 12

In 1990-1993 in Kapasia sub-district in central Bangladesh ICLARM introduced low-input aquaculture for pond owners to adapt into their farming systems. Impacts on production, fish consumption and markets were assessed in 1998-1999. The percentage of ponds stocked increased from 1990 to 1998, but did...

Life SciencesAgricultural and Biological SciencesAquatic Science
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Worst‐case scenarios: Modeling uncontrolled type 2 polio transmission

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Dominika A. Kalkowska, Eric Wiesen, Steven G.F. Wassilak, Cara C. Burns et al.

Journal: Risk AnalysisYear: 2023Citations: 11

In May 2016, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) coordinated the cessation of all use of type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2), except for emergency outbreak response. Since then, paralytic polio cases caused by type 2 vaccine-derived polioviruses now exceed 3,000 cases reported by 39 cou...

Health SciencesMedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOpen Access
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The Applied Anthropology Reader

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J. I. H. McDonald

Journal: Medical Entomology and ZoologyYear: 2001Citations: 11

1. Introduction. Introduction, James H. McDonald. 2. Roles. An Appropriate Role for Postcolonial Applied Anthropologists, Laura Thompson. Public Interest Anthropology, Laura Nader. 3. Ethics. Ethnographic Lessons from Central America, Philippe Bourgois. Informed Consent in Anthropological Research: ...

Social SciencesAnthropologyAnthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
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External validation of a prediction model for estimating fat mass in children and adolescents in 19 countries: individual participant data meta-analysis

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Mohammed T Hudda, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Linda S. Adair, José Ramón Alvero‐Cruz et al.

Journal: BMJYear: 2022Citations: 10

Abstract Objective To evaluate the performance of a UK based prediction model for estimating fat-free mass (and indirectly fat mass) in children and adolescents in non-UK settings. Design Individual participant data meta-analysis. Setting 19 countries. Participants 5693 children and adolescents (49....

Health SciencesMedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOpen Access
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Author response: Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 observed during a prospective observational study

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David W. Eyre, Sheila Lumley, Denise O’Donnell, Mark Campbell et al.

Year: 2020Citations: 9

Article Figures and data Abstract Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract We conducted voluntary Covid-19 testing programmes for symptomatic and asymptomatic staff at a UK teach...

Health SciencesMedicineOncologyOpen Access
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