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A Novel Pak1 Activator Ameliorates ER Stress for HFpEF Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic metabolic stress is a major contributor to HFpEF progression. Under prolonged metabolic stress, Pak1 activity becomes impaired, contributing to disrupted ER proteostasis, cardiomyocyte apoptosis, fibrosis, and diastolic dysfunction. Mechanistically, Pak1 overexpression activates the ERK1/2–MNK1–eIF4E signaling axis, promotes translational ...
Honglin Xu, Hongyuan Zhang, Tayyiba Azam, Susanne S. Hille, Yingjuan Liu, Min Zi, Jiaqing Lang, He Yu, Yujia Cao, Bernard D. Keavney, Tamer M. A. Mohamed, Jessica M. Miller, Riham R. E. Abouleisa, Ming Xu, Elizabeth J. Cartwright, Oliver J. Müller, Ming Lei, Xin Wang   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity in Maternal Health in South Africa: Analysis of Health Service Access and Health Status in a National Household Survey

PLoS ONE, 2013
South Africa is increasingly focused on reducing maternal mortality. Documenting variation in access to maternal health services across one of the most inequitable nations could assist in re-direction of resources.Analysis draws on a population-based household survey that used multistage-stratified sampling.
Njeri Wabiri, Matthew Chersich, Khangelani Zuma, Duane Blaauw, Jane Goudge, Ntabozuko Dwane   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of equity in access to pharmaceutical services in selected cites of Isfahan Province, Iran

Journal of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management, 2017
Background: Equity is one of the pivotal aims and priorities of the pharmaceutical system. The World Health Organization report in 2000 clarifies the important role of equity in health-care systems. Equity and efficiency are prominent features of health-
Majid Davari, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Abolfazl Aslani, Zahra Bakhshizadeh, Elahe Khorasani   +4 more
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Differentiated Impacts of EU Rural Development Measures: A Finite Mixture Evaluation of Italian Olive Farms

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between participation in the EU Rural Development Program and the economic performance of Italian olive farms using a finite‐mixture model with inverse‐probability‐weighted regression adjustment. Based on 2010–2022 FADN panel data, it estimates heterogeneous treatment effects while correcting for selection ...
Francesco Caracciolo, Marilena Furno
wiley   +1 more source

Rational Expectations and Market Timing: An Event Study of the China–United States Phase One Trade Deal

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rational actors constantly incorporate information into their decision‐making behavior. Since there is often a time lag between the announcement of a policy and its implementation, an important question arises: when do rational actors incorporate new information into their market behavior, at the announcement or at the implementation of a ...
Tim Ölkers, Oliver Mußhoff
wiley   +1 more source

An equity-lens analysis of policies on child health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tropical Medicine and Health
Background Despite policy commitments to equitable healthcare, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to experience significant disparities in child health outcomes.
Etienne Mwokozi Bwira, Paulin Beya Mutombo, Théophane Kekemb Bukele, John Kebela Kamwina, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facilitating Expedited Drug Approval—the Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Trials for Pediatric Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Pamela F. Weiss, Hermine I. Brunner
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source