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RIVALRY OR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY? WHAT DETERMINES PROXY INTERVENTION IN CONFLICTS

Political Studies Forum
After the 2011 NATO-led military intervention in Libya, requiring the coordinated effort of three Great Powers to pass a once-in-a-decade UN Security Council Resolution, states seeking to influence the outcome of civil wars in the MENA region ...
Natalia Tellidou
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Effects of Add‐On Icosapent Ethyl With Standard Treatment on Functional Outcomes and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ischemic stroke, a major cause of mortality and long‐term disability, results from the abrupt cessation of cerebral blood flow due to vascular occlusion or rupture. Icosapent Ethyl (EPA‐EE), approved for hypertriglyceridemia, has anti‐inflammatory and antithrombotic properties that may lessen ischemic damage.
Mitra Mahmoudi Meymand, Seyed Hossein Aghamiri, Saeed Mohmammad Soleymani, Shadiyeh Bararpoor Poshkohi, Samaneh Masoudi, Hadi Esmaily   +5 more
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The effectiveness of Section 139 interventions in strengthening municipal accountability in South Africa

Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation, 2023
Background: Section 139 interventions invoked against failing municipalities in South Africa are becoming prevalent and causing considerable apprehension among stakeholders in local government.
Thabo Khaile
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Clinical and Modifiable Factors Associated With Disability and Relapse in MOGAD: A Multicentre Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Factors associated with relapse course and disability in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody‐associated disease (MOGAD) remain incompletely understood. Objectives To identify clinical and modifiable factors associated with relapse and disability in MOGAD. Methods In this ambispective multicentre cohort study using data from
Yingtao Wang, Shaoxin Tao, Qiujia Wang, Xiaoyu Xu, Hui Yao, Zheng Liu, Dawei Li, Zhandong Qiu, Jinming Han, Jiangwei Xia, Qi Wang, Jun Sun, Kai Shao, Jiao Li, Shishuang Ruan, Yi Zhong, Jun Guo, Shougang Guo, Yue Huang, Guoliang Chai, Tao Jin, Hongyu Zhou, Junwei Hao, Yinan Zhao   +23 more
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The agreement between proxy and self-completed EQ-5D for care home residents was better for index scores than individual domains [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: Proxy measures are an alternative source of data for care home residents who are unable to complete the health utility measure, but the agreement levels between residents and care home staff for the EQ-5D have not been investigated previously.
Diaz-Ordaz, Karla, Eldridge, Sandra, Devine, Angela, Underwood, Martin, Spencer, Anne, Taylor, Stephanie J.C., Taylor, Stephanie J. C.   +6 more
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Baseline Neuroinflammation Stratifies TSPO‐PET Response to Disease‐Modifying Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate which baseline clinical and imaging characteristics best predict TSPO‐PET‐measurable reduction in glial activation following treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), to utilize this information for designing more efficient biomarker‐based clinical trials targeting glial activation.
Marlene T. Morch, Markus Matilainen, Giulia N. Baldrighi, Marjo Nylund, Maija Saraste, Laura Airas   +5 more
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Deep Learning Pose Estimation for Phenotyping of Co‐Occurring Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore whether routine outpatient video combined with deep learning‐based pose estimation and clinically interpretable kinematic features can support multi‐label phenotyping of co‐occurring hyperkinetic movement disorders (HMDs).
Laura Cif, Diane Demailly, Gabriella A. Horvàth, Juan Dario Ortigoza Escobar, Nathalie Dorison, Mayté Castro Jiménez, Cécile A. Hubsch, Thomas Wirth, Gun‐Marie Hariz, Sophie Huby, Morgan Dornadic, Zohra Souei, Muhammad Mushhood Ur Rehman, Simone Hemm, Mehdi Boulaymen, Eduardo M. Moraud, Jocelyne Bloch, Xavier Vasques   +17 more
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Proxy-Cost-Aware Explainable Graph Neural Network for Multi-Domain O&M Decision Support in Digital Twin-Enabled Smart-City IoT Systems

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web
INTRODUCTION: Digital twin-enabled smart-city IoT systems may interact with interconnected transportation, parking, environmental, communication, and edge-computing infrastructures. Failures or congestion in one domain may propagate across service chains
Fujing Qin
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Evaluation of immunisation coverage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children using the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004
Objective: To estimate immunisation coverage for routinely administered vaccines among children using receipt of a particular Hib vaccine (PRP‐OMP) as a proxy for Indigenous status.
Brynley P. Hull, Peter B. McIntyre, Sophia Couzos   +2 more
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Impact of telemonitoring approaches on integrated HIV and TB diagnosis and treatment interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2017
Background: This paper explores telemonitoring approaches as a promising real time and contextual strategy in improving HIV and TB interventions, quality access and uptake, retention, adherence and coverage impact in endemic and epidemic prone-regions ...
Clarence S Yah, Ernest Tambo, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Jeanne Y. Ngogang   +3 more
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