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Factors associated with inadequate urinary iodine concentration among pregnant women in Mbeya region Tanzania. [version 5; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research
Background Insufficient and above WHO-recommended levels of iodine intake during pregnancy can lead to serious health outcomes. This study aimed to assess median urine iodine concentration and its associated risk factors among pregnant women in the Mbeya
Tedson Lukindo   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obama Approval Rating Remains Low In NH 7/06/2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
President Barack Obama’s job performance rating in New Hampshire remains low.
Survey Center, UNH
core   +1 more source

Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of non timber forestry products in three markets of Equatorial-Guinea

open access: yesAnales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2001
The presence of vegetable oils, wild fruits, spices, medicinal plants, plant stimulants and melongos in the markets of Ebibeyín, Bata and Malabo of Equatorial-Guinea have been studied, as remarkable non-wood forest products from these markets.
Crisantos Obama Ondo
doaj   +1 more source

UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI‐REALISM

open access: yesHistory and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Poverty of Anti‐Realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, celebrates the new dawn of historical realism, which it claims supersedes the erroneous and harmful anti‐realism.
Jouni‐Matti Kuukkanen
wiley   +1 more source

The lesson from yesterday’s election is to ignore pontificating from highly paid pundits. Put your faith in the numbers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
John Van Reenen finds great cause for optimism in President Obama having won a second term. He argues that this election was also a vindication for quantitative social science, as the eventual results confirmed what mathematical models had predicted ...
Van Reenen, John
core  

Medical Knowledge Integration Into Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Dynamic Treatment Regimes

open access: yesInternational Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary The goal of precision medicine is to provide individualised treatment at each stage of chronic diseases, a concept formalised by dynamic treatment regimes (DTR). These regimes adapt treatment strategies based on decision rules learned from clinical data to enhance therapeutic effectiveness.
Sophia Yazzourh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

U.S. Strategy in Syria: decision-making process

open access: yesКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2016
The article deals with some specific features of the U.S. strategy formation in regard to Syria at the time of the escalation of the military conflict between President B. Assad and the opposition. On the basis of the analysis of the U.S.
Alexey Bezrukov
doaj  

Understanding Barack Obama’s Characteristics through “Dreams from My Father”

open access: yesRegister Journal, 2014
Obama is not only popular as a president but also popular for his literary works. He has some literary works especially his popular books, such as Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, the Audacity of Hope, Change We can Believe in and ...
Ratini Setyowati
doaj   +1 more source

An Analysis of Current Healthcare Proposals: Obama and McCain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The healthcare system of the U.S. is broken. The next opportunity for overwhelming healthcare system reform will be when the next president takes office.
Terrell, Dan
core   +1 more source

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