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Building new social contracts: a critical review of ideas and actions to fulfill African aspirations through education

National Accounting Review
This article proposes a theoretical framework for constructing a new social contract through education based on three levers—affordability, accessibility, and applicability—focusing on Africa.
Sweta C. Saxena, Giuseppe Tesoriere, Syed T. Ahmed, Wafa Aidi   +3 more
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Working to Reduce Poverty: A National Subsidized Employment Proposal

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2018
Subsidized employment programs that increase labor supply and demand are a proven, underutilized strategy for reducing poverty in the short and long term.
Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Kali Grant, Julie Kerksick, Dan Bloom, Ajay Chaudry   +4 more
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Poverty and Casino Gambling in Buffalo [PDF]

, 2011
The Buffalo Creek Casino will exacerbate Buffalo’s poverty. Casinos, especially urban casinos, attract many gamblers living at or near the poverty line, and problem or pathological gamblers often fall from the middle class into poverty.
Magavern, Sam, Mulé, Elaina
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The impact of health insurance on poverty among rural older adults: an evidence from nine counties of western China [PDF]

, 2021
Shaoguo Zhai, Shuiping Yuan, Quanfang Dong   +2 more
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PYCR1 inhibition in bone marrow stromal cells enhances bortezomib sensitivity in multiple myeloma cells by altering their metabolism

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study investigated how PYCR1 inhibition in bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) indirectly affects multiple myeloma (MM) cell metabolism and viability. Culturing MM cells in conditioned medium from PYCR1‐silenced BMSCs impaired oxidative phosphorylation and increased sensitivity to bortezomib.
Inge Oudaert, Lauren van den Broecke, Osman Aksoy, Judith Lind, Sonia Vallet, Arne Van der Vreken, Gamze Ates, Ann Massie, Ken Maes, Kim De Veirman, Elke De Bruyne, Karin Vanderkerken, Klaus Podar, Eline Menu   +13 more
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In vitro properties of patient serum predict clinical outcome after high dose rate brachytherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Following high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR‐BT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), patients were classified as responders and nonresponders. Post‐therapy serum induced increased BrdU incorporation and Cyclin E expression of Huh7 and HepG2 cells in nonresponders, but decreased levels in responders.
Lukas Salvermoser, Jan Niklas Schäfer, Shraga Nahum Goldberg, Philipp Maximilian Kazmierczak, Moritz Nikolaus Gröper, Philipp Franz Linden, Elif Öcal, Tanja Burkard, Stefanie Corradini, Najib Ben Khaled, Moritz Wildgruber, Max Seidensticker, Jens Ricke, Matthias Stechele, Marianna Alunni‐Fabbroni   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

A local government authority leading action research: Impacts and replicability

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2010
The paper explores whether the institutional model of the IDRC Colombo Focus City Project has had an impact on overcoming challenges associated with research based learning designed to influence policy and implementation processes of local government ...
Neranjana Gunetilleke
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Adaptaquin is selectively toxic to glioma stem cells through disruption of iron and cholesterol metabolism

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Adaptaquin selectively kills glioma stem cells while sparing differentiated brain cells. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses show Adaptaquin disrupts iron and cholesterol homeostasis, with iron chelation amplifying cytotoxicity via cholesterol depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction, and elevated reactive oxygen species.
Adrien M. Vaquié, Davod R. Shah, Eliane E. S. Brechbühl, Michael McNicholas, Zhaoyang Xu, John H. Stockley, Laura Morcom, Diana Gold Diaz, Gemma C. Girdler, Rachel V. Seear, Gabriel Balmus, Rajiv R. Ratan, Harry Bulstrode, James A. Nathan, Manav Pathania, Kevin M. Brindle, David H. Rowitch   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in Italy: results from a nationwide longitudinal cohort

BMC Public Health
Background Disparities in avoidable mortality have never been evaluated in Italy at the national level. The present study aimed to assess the association between socioeconomic status and avoidable mortality.
Alessio Petrelli, Martina Ventura, Anteo Di Napoli, Marilena Pappagallo, Silvia Simeoni, Luisa Frova   +5 more
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Poverty and its Alleviation Lessons for Nigeria [PDF]

, 2017
The study focused on the persistent poverty status in Nigeria in spite of all the actions and activities directly and indirectly put in place to reduce it. Nigerian poverty statistics and government actions in tackling poverty were examined.
E. Uma, Kalu, Obidike, Paul C., Ozoh, Frank O.   +2 more
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