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Empowering the Democratic Resistance in Syria [PDF]

, 2013
When the peaceful uprising in Syria started in spring 2011 turned into an armed resistance after a few months in the face of savage repression by the Assad regime. Since then, the activists who picked up arms became dependent on support in money and arms
Felix Legrand
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate-related Security Risks in the Sahel

Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
The Sahel region, characterized by a semi-arid climate, faces significant climate-related security risks, including environmental degradation, food and water insecurity, and competition over dwindling natural resources.
Ita Bonner
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Quantifying the Impact of Ocrelizumab on Paramagnetic Rim Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paramagnetic rim lesions (PRLs) are a subset of chronic active multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions marked by iron‐laden microglia and macrophages. Ocrelizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting CD20+ B cells, suppresses acute MS activity, but its effect on PRLs remains unclear. In a longitudinal study of 29 ocrelizumab‐treated patients with at least
Kimberly H. Markowitz, Neha V. Safi, Iliana Pliska‐Bloch, Ulrike W. Kaunzner, Ha Luu, Mert Sisman, Yi Wang, Thanh D. Nguyen, Sandra Hurtado Rúa, Susan A. Gauthier   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Principled humanitarian assistance and non-state armed groups

, 2022
The humanitarian community needs to develop a better shared understanding of how to provide principled assistance in areas controlled by proscribed groups.
Nimkar, R, Falcao, V, Tebbutt, M, Savage, E   +3 more
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Maritime security and nuclear cargoes [PDF]

, 2010
Civilian nuclear operations entail the transportation of sometimes substantial quantities of radioactive material. These can range from large quantities of weakly radioactive fresh fuel for power reactors, with the corresponding removal of highly ...
Smith, Ron C.
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Clinical Validation of Plasma p‐217tau in Neurological Diseases

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐217tau is a minimally invasive but specific biomarker for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its disease specificity remains to be clinically evaluated. We validated the reliability of the p‐217tau biomarker in 12 other neurological diseases.
Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Takumi Nakamura, Ryoma Takahashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Seiji Kinoshita, Chikage Uchida, Takashi Sugawara, Kentaro Hashimoto, Kunihiko Ishizawa, Masakuni Amari, Hiroo Kasahara, Yoshio Ikeda, Masamitsu Takatama, Mikio Shoji   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A geography of illicit crops (coca leaf) and armed conflict in Colombia [PDF]

, 2004
Colombia is currently the world’s largest producer of coca leaf and the principal producer of opium poppies in the Americas; the plants are the basic raw materials used to produce cocaine and heroin.
Díaz, Ana María, Sánchez, Fabio
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Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants. ABSTRACT Objective Return of disease activity is expected when patients discontinue disease‐modifying therapy (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS). Some MS DMTs are associated with higher‐than‐expected disease activity (rebound) after discontinuation.
Ralf Gold, Krzysztof W. Selmaj, Regina Berkovich, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Giancarlo Comi, Eva K. Havrdová, James K. Sheffield, Hetal Desai, Chun‐Yen Cheng, Jon V. Riolo, Andrew Thorpe, Erik DeBoer, Bruce A. C. Cree   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

When is detention by non-State actors a war crime? The Special Jurisdiction for Peace's decision on hostage-taking by the FARC-EP

International Review of the Red Cross
In its Macro Case 01, the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz, JEP) studied massive detentions committed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ...
Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll
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