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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Changes of SPACs [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
We document the changes of corporate design of modern Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) from 2003 to 2012. We assign the impact on changes of SPACs to each of the three groups of stakeholders: founders, investors and underwriters and test whether institutional characteristics of SPACs determine the success of their merger outcomes.
Lakicevic, Milan, Shachmurove, Yochanan, Vulanovic, Milos   +2 more
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Identifying governance challenges in scaling biofortification programs and the potential of training: a case study of Uganda

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionBiofortification initiatives can significantly help reduce micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. However, when hidden hunger affects a large segment of the population, large-scale implementation is necessary to achieve the ...
Richard Alioma, Richard Alioma, Manfred Zeller, Regina Birner, Christine Bosch, Bho Muayahoto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Institutional Learning and Change Initiative: an introduction [PDF]

, 2016
At a time of rapid environmental, social and technological change, the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative promotes critical reflection and improved ways of working within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ...
CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change Initiative
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Bone Marrow Failure as an Underrecognized Feature of KAT6A Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT KAT6A syndrome (Arboleda–Tham syndrome) is a rare disorder caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in KAT6A, a histone acetyltransferase essential for chromatin remodeling and hematopoietic stem cell function. While neurodevelopmental features are well established, hematologic manifestations are underrecognized.
Ye Jee Shim, Bruce Crooks, Hyoung Jin Kang, Kyung Taek Hong, Jung Yoon Choi, Hye Ra Jung, Chang Ahn Seol, Rinu Mathew, Yigal Dror   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tunisia’s Institutional Change after the Revolution

Politikon, 2019
The Arab Uprisings started with the Tunisian revolution. These events brought the country to profound change, especially in its institutional asset. Relying on New Institutionalism theory and in particular on the Gradual Change Theory by Mahoney and ...
Luigi Cino
doaj   +1 more source

Water governance and institutional change [PDF]

, 2004
This dissertation is about water governance and institutional change. The focus on water governance means that we are interested in collective action with respect to water issues, which is not restricted to government action by public authorities, but ...
Kuks, S.M.M.
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Potential Early Risk Biomarkers for Reduced Forced Expiratory Volume in Children Post‐Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We sought to identify potential early risk biomarkers for lung disease in children post‐allogeneic HCT. Patients with pulmonary function tests 3 months post‐transplant and plasma samples between days 7 and 14 post‐HCT were included. Six of 27 subjects enrolled had reduced forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) z scores.
Isabella S. Small, Pi Chun Cheng, April L. Rahrig, Courtney M. Rowan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Donald Trump and Institutional Change Strategies

Laws, 2018
This article integrates three fields of study: the “regime politics” paradigm in law and courts, the “institutional change” approach in public policy, and the “unilateral presidency” literature.
Jordan T. Cash, Dave Bridge
doaj   +1 more source

Legitimacy and institutional change in international organisations: a cognitive approach

Review of International Studies, 2017
Why are some institutional designs perceived as more legitimate than others, and why is the same institutional design sometimes perceived as legitimacy-enhancing in one setting and not in another? In a world in which most international organisations (IOs)
Tobias Lenz, L. Viola
semanticscholar   +1 more source