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Exposures to road traffic, noise, and air pollution as risk factors for type 2 diabetes: A feasibility study in Bulgaria

Noise and Health, 2016
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a growing public health problem in Bulgaria. While individual and lifestyle determinants have been researched; till date there has been no study on environmental risks such as road traffic, noise, and air pollution.
A. Dzhambov, D. Dimitrova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nonadherence and uncontrolled arterial hypertension in Croatia—Insights from the May Measurement Month 2023 campaign and Hunting the silent killer programme

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To determine the prevalence of non‐adherence to antihypertensive medicines and to identify demographic and behavioral factors associated with non‐adherence in subjects enrolled in the May Measurement Month (MMM) 2023, as part of the permanent public health action Hunting the silent killer.
Valerija Bralić Lang, Ana Soldo, Olgica Velkovski Škopić, Sunčana Vlah Tomičević, Tin Šaban, Andrej Belančić, Ana Jelaković, Josipa Josipović, Mihaela Marinović Glavić, Ivan Pećin, Luka Prgomet, Tajana Željković Vrkić, Bojan Jelaković   +12 more
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A fly in amber? Nordic-Balkan citizen diplomacy and cultural connections then and now [PDF]

Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, 2020
Active citizen diplomacy and cultural connections between the Nordic countries and the Balkans date their beginnings to the eighteenth century. The contacts between ordinary people in Finland and Bulgaria, Sweden and Serbia are a little researched but ...
Dorijan Hajdu, Sabira Ståhlberg
doaj  

Prescribing variation across Europe: Insights into prescribing practices and educational needs

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Prescribing medication is a complex process, influenced by many factors that can be weighed differently. Four prescriber profiles have been identified: pragmatic‐contextual, guideline‐oriented, experience‐driven and vulnerability‐focused. However, the extent to which European prescribers identify with these profiles and the role of these profiles ...
Mariëlle G. Hartjes, Milan C. Richir, Michiel A. van Agtmael, Jelle Tichelaar   +3 more
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Here, There, Nowhere: Urban Eviction as State Erasure of Roma Rights and Heritage between Bulgaria and Germany

Comparative Southeast European Studies
The latest urban eviction of dwellers from Sofia’s district of Zaharna Fabrika, home to one of the oldest Roma settlements in the city, has shone a spotlight on an “archipelago” of residential clusters in which spatial confinement and the steady erosion ...
Trupia Francesco
doaj   +1 more source

Do drugs approved via expedited approval pathways have therapeutic advantages? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Regulators use expedited approval pathways to speed market approval and patient access to promising new drugs. However, there is uncertainty about whether these pathways are successful in approving drugs with significant therapeutic advantages. This systematic review aims to examine the safety, effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of drugs approved via
Ashleigh Hooimeyer, Eliza J. McEwin, Zhicheng Wang, Joel Lexchin, Barbara Mintzes   +4 more
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathological changes in natural infection of pheasants with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N8) in Bulgaria

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019
The study of histopathological changes caused by influenza A (H5N8) viral infection in bird species is essential for the understanding of their role in the spread of this highly infectious virus.
Stoimenov Georgi M., Goujgoulova Gabriela V., Nikolov Branimir, Hristov Kalin, Teneva Atanaska   +4 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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Exploring the Role of Green Training on Organizational Resilience: A Multisectoral European Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The double transition paradigm has imposed to redefine the rules to compete. The demand for green skills, driven by European policy targets, currently outpaces the supply available in the labor market. This study surveys European companies across multiple sectors to assess the role of green training, a key element of green human resource ...
Giulia Alessandri, Fabio Iannone, Annamaria Pesci, Tiberio Daddi, Fabio Iraldo   +4 more
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