In Italy, chocolate (Theobroma cacao L.) was introduced during the Columbian exchange, and it quickly became both an important and accessible part of the Italian culinary tradition. Today, Italy is Europe’s second-largest chocolate producer. This project
Sarah Sandron +6 more
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Bombay blood group is one of the rarest blood types with a prevalence of 1 per 10,000 population in India. Children and adults of this blood group can receive autologous blood or blood from an individual with a Bombay phenotype only. Children with grown-up uncorrected cyanotic heart disease are associated with a high risk of perioperative hemorrhagic ...
Jitin Narula +2 more
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Outcomes between prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults with acute myocardial infarction in the era of newer-generation drug-eluting stents: a retrospective observational study [PDF]
Abstract Background The comparative clinical outcomes between prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in older adults with AMI in the era of newer-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) are limited. We investigated the 2-year clinical outcomes of these patients. Methods
Yong Hoon Kim +13 more
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Background: Discordance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) staging between pre-transplant imaging and explant pathology is associated with an increased risk of recurrence and death. Our aim was to evaluate variables that predicted concordance/discordance in the era of new generation locoregional therapies (LRT) and improved radiologic technology in ...
Hannah M. Lee +13 more
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Japan and Japanese firms: historical and modern lessons for international business and economic development [PDF]
The obsession in both the popular and academic press about Japan, Japanese firms and their management practices lasted until the 1990s, after which there has been an inexplicable absence of curiosity.
Narula, Rajneesh
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The Dutch disease:the role of industrial policy for industrial transformation – the case of the jute industry [PDF]
Often referred to as the ‘Dutch disease’ economies with resource advantages or specific specialisations can be highly resistant to change and as a result enter a period of absolute decline. These economies, or industries, very specialisation then becomes
Morelli, Carlo
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Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums
How is it possible that if you go into an arts museum, the ceramics you see may be made yesterday and may be a valued and legitimate part of the museum collection, while in open-air museums, a similar object may be produced by a master craftsperson ...
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The melanoma-specific graded prognostic assessment does not adequately discriminate prognosis in a modern population with brain metastases from malignant melanoma [PDF]
The melanoma-specific graded prognostic assessment (msGPA) assigns patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma to 1 of 4 prognostic groups.
A Likhacheva +36 more
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The incidence of melanoma is rising. The primary initial treatment for melanoma continues to be wide local excision of the primary tumor and affected lymph nodes. Exceptions to wide local excision include cases where surgical excision may be cosmetically disfiguring or associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Khan, Mohammad K +3 more
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Citizenship and land in South Africa: from rights to responsibilities [PDF]
The anthropological study of citizenship enables an understanding of restitutive and redistributive reforms in the post-transitional context of South Africa.
James, Deborah
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