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Risk of Retinopathy Associated with Long‐Term Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to estimate the prevalence and cumulative incidence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy (HCQ‐R) and its risk factors among patients receiving long‐term HCQ with rheumatic diseases through a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies that used spectral‐domain optical coherence tomography (SD‐OCT) for screening ...
Narsis Daftarian   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unkept Promises: On the Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Korea

open access: yesLaws
While the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Anti-Bribery Convention is often considered a success in the fight against global corruption, ensuring its implementation remains challenging.
Dae Un Hong, Jae Sun Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Cracking the Code: Which Ocular Symptoms Predict Dry Eye Signs? Insights From a Large International Sicca Registry

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0–4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0–3) as predictors of DED signs (abnormal ocular ...
Pragnya R. Donthineni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESTABLISHING CRIMINOLOGICAL LAWS OF CRIMINALITY IN UKRAINE USING CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2013
Objective: To explain, predict and counteract bribery in Russia and Ukraine. Methods: Analysis of time series of criminological data, including revealing trends and obtaining trend equations, calculating the central tendency and dispersion measures ...
O. A. Ol’Kova
doaj  

Natural Bone‐Derived Ceramic Scaffolds Functionalized with Chitosan‐Gold, Chitosan‐Magnesium, and Chitosan‐Zinc for Enhanced Antibacterial Activity

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports the development of antibacterial ceramic scaffolds derived from natural bovine bone. The bones were processed through sequential boiling and hydrogen peroxide treatment to remove organic matter, producing porous, mineral‐rich scaffolds.
Mohamad Hassan Taherian   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bribery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Bribery involves an illicit transaction and relation that comprises of at least two willing or consenting actors; one who ‘actively’ offers, promises to give, or gives, and one who ‘passively’ requests, agrees to receive, or accepts, a bribe or inducement.
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Criminal Law Characteristic of Special Relapse of Bribery

open access: yesСибирское юридическое обозрение, 2018
The article is devoted to qualification and criminal-political assessment of the qualifying sign of petty bribery - the existence of previous convictions.
A. V. Koval
doaj   +1 more source

Bribe and Punishment: An Evolutionary Game-Theoretic Analysis of Bribery. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Harassment bribes, paid by citizens to corrupt officers for services the former are legally entitled to, constitute one of the most widespread forms of corruption in many countries.
Prateek Verma, Supratim Sengupta
doaj   +1 more source

The Bribery Paradox in Transition Economies and the Enactment of ‘New Normal’ Business Environments

open access: yes, 2020
We develop a novel, sensemaking perspective on corruption in transition economies. Prior research has focused on understanding why some entrepreneurs are more likely to pay bribes than others.
K. Eddleston   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries

open access: yes, 2021
Corruption is pervasive, but we know little about its effects on individual lives. Using individual-level data from 28 post-communist countries, we demonstrate that bribing for public services worsens self-assessed health.
Astghik Mavisakalyan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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