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Towards a comprehensive assessment system of local government fiscal health [PDF]

MAB, 2021
Understanding fiscal health, also commonly referred to as financial condition, is key to sound decision making and the proper functioning of local government. Nonetheless there is no agreed upon way to measure fiscal health.
Jurriaan Kooij, Tom Groot
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Precision installation of a highly efficient suicide gene safety switch in human induced pluripotent stem cells

Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2020
Human pluripotent stem cells, including induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and embryonic stem cells, hold great promise for cell‐based therapies, but safety concerns that complicate consideration for routine clinical use remain.
Zhong‐Dong Shi, Jason Tchao, Ling Wu, Aaron J. Carman   +3 more
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Single-Molecule RNA Sequencing Reveals IFNγ-Induced Differential Expression of Immune Escape Genes in Merkel Cell Polyomavirus–Positive MCC Cell Lines

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and highly aggressive cancer, which is mainly caused by genomic integration of the Merkel cell polyomavirus and subsequent expression of a truncated form of its large T antigen.
Tatjana Sauerer, Christopher Lischer, Adrian Weich, Carola Berking, Julio Vera, Jan Dörrie   +5 more
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Risky Alcohol Consumption in the Elderly: Screening and Brief Intervention from Primary Care. The ALANE Study, a Randomized Clinical Trial

Beverages, 2023
Background: Risky alcohol consumption (RAC) can lead to alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Liver cirrhosis caused by ALD continues to increase as alcohol consumption continues unabated. In turn, the elderly are more sensitive to alcohol.
Pere Torán, Susanna Montesinos, Alba Pachón-Camacho, Galadriel Diez-Fadrique, Irene Ruiz-Rojano, Ingrid Arteaga, Guillem Pera, Núria Montellà-Jordana, Pilar Montero-Alía, Carmina Rodríguez-Pérez, Llorenç Caballeria, Carla Chacón   +11 more
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Examining Health Care Costs Among MANNA Clients and a Comparison Group

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2013
Chronically ill populations have a strong need for quality public health nutrition services to aid in disease management and improve health outcomes. Evidence suggests that neglecting the importance of adequate nutrition in chronically ill patients has ...
Jill Gurvey, Kelly Rand, Susan Daugherty, Cyndi Dinger, Joan Schmeling, Nicole Laverty   +5 more
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MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS OF THE EMERGENT METROPOLITAN AREAS IN A TRANSITION COUNTRY. ROMANIA, AS CASE STUDY [PDF]

Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2022
Complex processes, specific to the countries in transition, have had major impacts on restructuring the territorial management systems. The removal of restrictions of limiting urban expansion, imposed by the totalitarian regime, has allowed the rapid ...
Ioan IANOȘ, Daniel PEPTENATU, Cristian DRĂGHICI, Radu Daniel PINTILII   +3 more
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Improvement of prediction model of concrete crushing based on random forest algorithm [PDF]

AIP Advances
The use of efficient and accurate methods for crushing cement concrete will be a development trend in road maintenance and renovation. Based on orthogonal design methods, concrete pressure tests and hydraulic concrete crushing tests were conducted, and ...
Fei Li, Yang Hu, Dawei Gong, Weilong Gan, Chao Chen, Yanzi Yang, Xueyou Xu, Tao Chen, Anjun Ju   +8 more
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Active vibration control of vehicle suspension systems using sliding modes, differential flatness and generalized proportional-integral control

Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2012
This paper presents a design approach of robust active vibration control schemes for vehicle suspension systems using differential flatness, sliding modes and Generalized Proportional-Integral control techniques to attenuate undesirable vibrations ...
Esteban Chávez Conde, Francisco Beltrán Carbajal, Antonio Valderrábano González, Antonio Favela Contreras   +3 more
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Follow up of the Humoral Response in Healthcare Workers after the Administration of Two Dose of the Anti SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines—Effectiveness in Delta Variant Breakthrough Infections

Viruses, 2022
The implementation of vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs) allowed the management of the pandemic in a manner that differed from that in the first waves.
Gema Fernández-Rivas, Jaume Barallat, Bibiana Quirant-Sánchez, Victoria González, María Doladé, Eva Martinez-Caceres, Monica Piña, Joan Matllo, Ignacio Blanco, Pere-Joan Cardona   +9 more
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Theory building and technical innovations for spatial planning of China's metropolitan areas: insights from planning of Greater Shanghai Metropolitan Area

Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning
Based on limited theoretical applicability of metropolitan area concept under China’s circumstances and the planning practice in Greater Shanghai Metropolitan Area, this article proposes a Chinese understanding on the concept of “Metropolitan Area ...
Jian Xiong, Juan Sun, Qiyu Tu, Liting Yan   +3 more
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