Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–2005
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 98-119, Summer 2025.Abstract Hezbollah, founded with the intention of destroying Israel, has long engaged in illicit efforts to amass resources the size of some states’ coffers. The Lebanese group's long‐running global criminal syndicate with the Assad regime, initially forged in the 1980s, more recently allowed it to fight for more than a decade in the Syrian conflict ...
Iftah Burman, Yehuda Blanga
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End-of-life care in rural China: the crucial role and challenges of village doctors. [PDF]
BMC Palliat CareSong C, Feng M, Xie H.
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Neurogastroenterology &Motility, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2025.This article presents the outcomes of a three‐tiered outpatient treatment algorithm for the prophylactic management of cyclical vomiting syndrome (CVS). Three key messages: (1) 61% of patients responded to the treatment algorithm, (2) opioid cessation was associated with clinical response to the treatment algorithm (p = 0.03), and (3) a low‐dose ...
Mohsin F. Butt +4 more
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Effect of IPACK-Adductor Canal Block Combination on Adolescent Pain Management After Hamstring Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. [PDF]
Orthop J Sports MedSweeney CM, Bomar JD, Edmonds EW.
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Direct Stimulation of Gastric Smooth Muscle Cells via Gq Proteins With Light
Neurogastroenterology &Motility, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2025.Optogenetic stimulation enables direct and selective stimulation of smooth muscle cells and thus provides a new opportunity to restore gastric contractility in cases of gastroparesis. Herein, we demonstrate that hOPN5 is a new and effective tool acting via Gq signaling and is thus complementary to light‐induced membrane depolarization with ...
David Zipf +6 more
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Simultaneous two-level minimally invasive lumbar laminectomy performed with dual tubular retractor systems in a 93-year-old under spinal anesthesia: illustrative case. [PDF]
J Neurosurg Case LessonsBuck PR +4 more
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Opioid Epidemic and Local Fiscal Choices: Causal Evidence From Hydrocodone Rescheduling
Public Budgeting &Finance, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 45-64, Summer 2025.ABSTRACT The opioid epidemic has garnered attention from scholars across disciplines, yet its effect on local finances remains uncertain. We exploit an exogenous shock in hydrocodone supply, a commonly abused opioid, to estimate the causal effect of opioid exposure on local finances.
Felipe Lozano‐Rojas, Mikhail Ivonchyk
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Worlding and weirding with beaver: A more‐than‐human political ecology of ecosystem engineering
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 2, June 2025.Short Abstract This paper examines a model of Nature‐based Solutions that involves the strategic use of ecosystem engineers: animals, plants, and microbes with disproportionate ecological agency capable of regional or even planetary‐scale niche construction.
Jamie Lorimer
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Disparity Between Perceived and Actual Opioid Prescriptions by Orthopaedic Surgeons After Total Joint Arthroplasty. [PDF]
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res RevBridges TN +5 more
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