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CESAREAN DELIVERIES IN INDIA: CLINICAL INDICATIONS OR CULTURALPREFERENCES?

Revista Peruana de Investigación Materno Perinatal
The rising rates of cesarean section (C-section) deliveries in India have become a subject of significant concern, driven by both cultural and clinical factors. This letter to the editor explores the multifaceted reasons behind the increasing preference
Shruti Suresh Suvarna, Shrishti Khetan
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With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas, Maha El Tantawi, Manami Hoshi‐Harada, Kenji Takeuchi, Ken Osaka, Carol C. Guarnizo‐Herreño, Marco A. Peres   +6 more
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Transforming Rheumatoid Arthritis Care with ChatGPT: A New Digital Companion

Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine
Objective: This study examines the role of ChatGPT, an AI-based conversational model, in managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), focusing on patient education, symptom management, and personalized support.Method: ChatGPT’s responses to common RA-related ...
Shruti Suresh Suvarna, Shrishti Khetan
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The fine-scale structure of the trade wind cumuli over Barbados – an introduction to the CARRIBA project [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013
The CARRIBA (Cloud, Aerosol, Radiation and tuRbulence in the trade wInd regime over BArbados) project, focused on high resolution and collocated measurements of thermodynamic, turbulent, microphysical, and radiative properties of trade wind cumuli over ...
H. Siebert, M. Beals, J. Bethke, E. Bierwirth, T. Conrath, K. Dieckmann, F. Ditas, A. Ehrlich, D. Farrell, S. Hartmann, M. A. Izaguirre, J. Katzwinkel, L. Nuijens, G. Roberts, M. Schäfer, R. A. Shaw, T. Schmeissner, I. Serikov, B. Stevens, F. Stratmann, B. Wehner, M. Wendisch, F. Werner, H. Wex   +23 more
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Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World [PDF]

, 2018
Se informan los resultados de los relevamientos de los parasitoides primarios y secundarios (hiperparasitoides) de Hypogeococcus spp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) realizados en el Nuevo Mundo durante el período 2009 para 2017 para obtener enemigos ...
Aguirre, María Belén, Ciomperlik, Matthew A., Hight, Stephen D., Logarzo, Guillermo Alejandro, Rodrigues, Jose C. Verle, Rugman Jones, Paul F., Triapitsyn, Serguei V.   +6 more
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The development of type 2 diabetes amongst sibling pairs in the South‐South region of Nigeria: The effect of genetics, environment and lifestyle

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Type 2 diabetes is a complex condition with a multifactorial pathogenesis. The pathogenesis is considered to be polygenic due to complex interactions between genetic/epigenetic and environmental factors. The aim of this study is to determine the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors associated with the development of type 2
Sunny Chinenye, Ibi Erekosima, Adrian H. Heald, Gesiye Bozimo, Simon G. Anderson, Samuel Seidu, Kariba Akhidue, Adaeze Ugwu, Chioma Unachukwu, Ibitrokoemi Korubo, Kingsley Chukwuemeka Patrick‐Iwuanyanwu, Victoria Gomba, Uwoma Batubo, Victoria Akanatei, Victor Ken‐Uba, Iyeopu Siminialayi, Sokiprim Akoko, Justin Ideozu, Hamilton Opurum   +18 more
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The hidden health equity crisis: readability assessment of online information regarding periodontitis-diabetes relationship

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundDespite strong evidence linking periodontitis as a risk factor for diabetes, this association remains significantly underrepresented in online health information.
Eugene Gamble, Peter Chami, Heather Harewood, Tamara Nancoo   +3 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
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The determinants of job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic in small Island developing states

Cogent Economics & Finance
This paper investigates the determinants of job losses due to the COVID-19 in the small island developing states of the Caribbean. Utilising a survey of 1979 firms in the Caribbean and a probit regression model, the study identifies the key factors that ...
Winston Moore, Stephanie Pascal
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