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Obesity and metabolically healthy obesity: a review

open access: yesMedicina Universitaria, 2023
Obesity is an independent risk factor for the development of chronic degenerative diseases. However, since the 80s, it has been observed that some people, despite being obese, exhibit a metabolic profile similar to that of a person of normal weight ...
Francisco G. Morales-Gurrola   +2 more
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A New Reflection on the Historical connection between Muʿtazilism and tafwīḍ [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2021
Without doubt, one of the important schools of thought in Islam is the Muʿtazilite rationalism school of thought and, in addition, one of the most challenging historical discussions also revolves around the decision of “determinism (jabr) and delegation (
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Kashani   +1 more
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Probabilistic prediction of raw and BMA calibrated AEMET-SREPS: the 24 of January 2009 extreme wind event in Catalunya [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Geosciences, 2010
At 00:00 UTC of 24 January 2009 (24Jan09) an explosive cyclogenesis placed at the Gulf of Vizcaya, reached its maximum intensity with observed surface pressures below 970 hPa on its center.
P. Escribà   +5 more
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Performance of multi-model AEMET-SREPS precipitation probabilistic forecasts over Mediterranean area [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Geosciences, 2011
Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) runs a daily experimental multi-model Short-Range Ensemble Prediction System (AEMET-SREPS). The role of the system horizontal resolution (0.25 degrees) on the performance of 24-h precipitation probabilistic forecasts,
A. Callado   +5 more
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Conducting operational research in humanitarian settings: is there a shared path for humanitarians, national public health authorities and academics?

open access: yesConflict and Health, 2020
In humanitarian contexts, it is a difficult and multi-faceted task to enlist academics, humanitarian actors and health authorities in a collaborative research effort. The lack of research in such settings has been widely described in the past decade, but
Enrica Leresche   +8 more
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A power-sharing perspective on employees’ participatory influence over organizational interventions: conceptual explorations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
A participatory approach is widely recommended for organizational interventions aiming to improve employee well-being. Employees’ participatory influence over organizational interventions implies that managers share power over decisions concerning the ...
Robert Lundmark
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Countervailing Conflicts of Interest in Delegation Games

open access: yesGames, 2023
In this paper, we investigate optimal delegation mechanisms in the presence of countervailing conflicts of interest in the context of principal–agent problems.
Saori Chiba, Kaiwen Leong
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Adiponectin, but not leptin, is associated with the metabolically healthy obesity phenotype

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Endocrinología, Metabolismo y Nutrición
Background: It is currently unknown whether high adiponectin or low leptin levels induce a favorable metabolic profile in the metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) phenotype.
Yéssika Weyman-Vela   +2 more
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Leaders’ Behaviors Matter: The Role of Delegation in Promoting Employees’ Feedback-Seeking Behavior

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Feedback helps employees to evaluate and improve their performance, but there have been relatively few empirical investigations into how leaders can encourage employees to seek feedback.
Xiyang Zhang   +5 more
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EU Executive Rule-Making and the Second Directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision

open access: yesUtrecht Law Review, 2016
Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the legislative system of the European Union is based on a distinction between legislative acts and non-legislative acts as well as on a distinction between delegation and implementation.
Ton van den Brink, Hans van Meerten
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