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Beyond the Notion of Security Community: What Role for the African Regional Organizations in Peace and Security? [PDF]

open access: yes
African Union, regional economic communities, integration, multilevel governance, security ...
Laakso, Liisa
core  

Retractions in Rheumatology: Trends, Causes, and Implications for Research Integrity

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to describe the trends and main reasons for study retraction in rheumatology literature. Methods We reviewed the Retraction Watch database to identify retracted articles in rheumatology. We recorded the main study characteristics, authors’ countries, reasons for retraction, time from publication to retraction, and trends over time ...
Anna Maria Vettori, Michele Iudici
wiley   +1 more source

If We Can Win Here: The New Front Lines Of The Labor Movement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
[Excerpt] Do service-sector workers represent the future of the U.S. labor movement? Mid-twentieth-century union activism transformed manufacturing jobs from backbreaking, low-wage work into careers that allowed workers to buy homes and send their kids ...
Quigley, Fran
core   +1 more source

New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Back to Nature: Development and Optimization of Bioinspired Nanocarriers for Potential Breast Cancer Treatment

open access: yesScientia Pharmaceutica
This study focuses on the preparation and optimization of caffeic acid (CA)-loaded casein nanoparticles (CS NPs) via the Box–Behnken design (BBD) for potential applications in cancer treatment.
Sally Safwat   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

African Union

open access: yesCzech Journal of International Relations, 2003
First summit meeting of the African Union, which took place in July 2002 in Durban, constituted a climax of the transformation process of the Organisation of African Unity. The Constitutive Act of the African Union, which accelerates the institutional change of the African continental organisation, entered into force.
openaire   +1 more source

African Union replaces Organization of African Unity

open access: yesGerman Law Journal, 2002
During their inaugural meeting in Durban, South Africa, on 9 July 2002 the African heads of state replaced the 39-year-old Organization of African Unity (OAU) with the latest international organization: the African Union (AU). With the exception of Morocco that was not a member of the OAU and Madagascar, whose president is not recognized by the OAU/AU ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Will the Euro trigger more monetary unions in Africa? [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors analyze the prospects for greater monetary integration in Africa, in the wake of the European Monetary Union. They argue that the structural characteristics of African economies, are quite different from those of European economies, but that ...
Honohan, Patrick, Lane, Philip R.
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Use of a Molecular Signature Response Classifier to Inform Treatment Selection Improves Clinical Disease Activity Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating a Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drug

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We assessed the effectiveness of PrismRA to improve clinical outcomes among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating treatment with a biologic or targeted synthetic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (b/tsDMARD). Methods PrismRA incorporated 19 gene expression features and four clinical features to assess a patient's likelihood of
Fenglong Xie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

United Nations - African Union Cooperation In Conflict Prevention, Peacekeeping and Peacebuildin

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015
The article addresses the cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union in the sphere of security and settlement of conflicts. Over the last decade the role of the AU and sub regional organizations has
L. I. Romadan, V. A. Shagalov
doaj   +3 more sources

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