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ULK4 and CDKN2A polymorphisms influence the risk of developing monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is an asymptomatic precursor to multiple myeloma, sharing substantial genetic features with overt malignancy. Given evidence implicating autophagy in myeloma risk, this study examined whether genetic variations in autophagy‐related genes influence MGUS susceptibility.
José Manuel Sánchez‐Maldonado, Angelica Macauda, Antonio José Cabrera‐Serrano, Hauke Thomsen, Murat Güler, Rob Ter Horst, Bethany van Guelpen, Pavel Vodicka, Stefano Landi, Subhayan Chattopadhyay, Pelin Ünal, Lucía Ruiz‐Durán, Delphine Casabonne, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Istemi Serin, María Carretero‐Fernández, Elena Cabezudo, Fernando Reyes‐Zurita, Aaron D. Norman, Ramón García‐Sanz, Gabriele Capurso, Per Hoffmann, Ulrika Pettersson‐Kymmer, Francisco Jiménez‐Romera, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Niels Weinhold, Ludmila Vodickova, Christian Langer, Angelika Stein, Abdulkadir Karismaz, Victor Moreno, Markus M. Nöthen, Karl‐Heinz Jöckel, Francesca Tavano, Joaquín Martínez‐López, Shaji K. Kumar, Juan Francisco Gutiérrez‐Bautista, Daniela Basso, Florentin Späth, Yolanda Benavente, Michelle A. T. Hildebrandt, Börge Schmidt, Tereza Sevcikova, Rui Manuel Vieira Reis, Yang Li, Miguel Ángel López‐Nevot, Mihai G. Netea, Daniele Campa, Alyssa Clay‐Gilmour, Susan L Slager, Kari Hemminki, Celine M Vachon, Asta Försti, Federico Canzian, Juan Sainz   +54 more
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Open teaching practice: reflections on the use of OER educational activities [PDF]

, 2018
This article presents results from a study carried out with Brazilian and Portuguese professors whose objective was to understand the dynamic of using and sharing online resources in their pedagogical practices.
Nobre, Ana, Souza, Elizabeth
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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis, Athanasios P. Fassas, Dionisis Philippas   +2 more
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Brazilian cross-cultural adaptation of “Return-to-work self-efficacy” questionnaire

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To describe the translation and early stages of cross-cultural adaptation of the questionnaire Verwachtingen over werken (or “Return-to-work self-efficacy”) for workers in sick leave due to mental disorders, from the original in Dutch to the ...
João Silvestre Silva Junior, Rosane Härter Griep, Suzanne E Lagerveld, Frida Marina Fischer   +3 more
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The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
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Brexit and Its Impact on EU Financial Markets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of Brexit on volatility spillovers across the EU countries. We introduce a Brexit intensity measure that assigns an intensity score reflective of the financial markets' reaction to the events that occurred as Brexit negotiations began to unfold.
Marwan Izzeldin, Gulnur Muradoglu, Vasileios Pappas, Sheeja Sivaprasad   +3 more
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How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
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Analysis of mode of delivery according to race and ethnicity in Brazil: Application of the Robson Classification

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Cesarean section rates are one indicator of obstetric care quality. While low rates might reflect limited access to timely obstetric interventions, excessively high rates are not associated with better maternal or perinatal outcomes. Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal outcomes raise concerns about the equitable distribution of
Fernanda Rafaella Correa dos Santos, Fernanda Garanhani Surita, Maria Laura Costa, José Paulo Siqueira Guida   +3 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation to Brazilian Portuguese of the ‘knowledge of gestational diabetes (GDM)’ questionnaire for women with GDM

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is characterized by hyperglycemia during pregnancy. There are many diabetes-specific tools for collecting information validated in Brazilian Portuguese.
Laura Betat Pereira, Helena Trevisan Schroeder, Juciela Keller dos Santos, Paulo César Brizolla Capelari, Beatriz D. Schaan, Patrícia Martins Bock   +5 more
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Direct versus referred admission to the maternity hospital due to preeclampsia: Does it influence pregnancy outcomes?

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives This study describes maternal and perinatal outcomes of women with preeclampsia (PE) according to hospital admission characteristics: referral from lower complexity settings or directly admitted at the reference hospital. Methods This is a cross‐sectional study considering women with PE who were admitted for childbirth between ...
Juliana da‐Costa‐Santos, Guilherme F. Borges, Vitor L. V. Reis, Rodolfo R. Japecanga, Maykon A. Carvalho, Ana Julia G. Oliveira, Laura C. Vinchi, Arthur B. P. Righi, Jussara Mayrink, Fernanda G. Surita, José Paulo de Siqueira Guida, Renato T. Souza, José G. Cecatti, Maria Laura Costa   +13 more
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