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Public spending and outcomes : does governance matter? [PDF]

The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it affects the relationship between public spending and outcomes.
Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil, Swaroop, Vinaya
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Screening and epitope characterization of Nidogen‐2‐specific nanobodies

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Camel immunization and phage display were employed to generate high‐affinity VHH nanobodies against Nidogen‐2. After library construction, biopanning, ELISA screening, sequencing, and recombinant expression, selected nanobodies were purified and characterized, leading to the preliminary exploration of a nanobody‐based sandwich ELISA for specific ...
Jianchuan Wen, Qianqian Cui, Zhongyun Lan, Yingjun Wang, Shuaiying Zhao, Wenxuan Feng, Yunfeng Liu, Qiting Huang, Dongna Zhang, Jianfeng Xu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of internet exposure on sexual behaviour of young persons in an urban district of Southwest Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: the proportion of young people exposed to pornographic materials through the internet in Nigeria is increasing. However, the influence of the exposure on their sexual behaviour has not been fully explored.
Oyedunni Sola Arulogun, Ifeyinwa Arinze Ogbu, Isaac Oluwafemi Dipeolu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marginal willingness to pay for education and the determinants of enrollment in Mexico [PDF]

Standard benefit-incidence analysis assumes that the subsidy, and quality of education services are the same for all income deciles. This strong assumption tends to minimize the distributional inequity at various education levels.
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, Salinas, Angel
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Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals different characteristics of bladder cancer cells after exposure to bisphenol A

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical in plastics, exerts dual effects on bladder cancer cells: low doses promote growth and migration, while high doses suppress growth and migration. Multi‐omics and bioinformatics reveal BPA acts via MAPK and inflammatory pathways.
Shaomin Niu, Lanlan Li, Wenjuan Jia, Hanzhong Feng, Xiaoquan Yu, Youli Zhao, Fengzhi Yuan, Hui Ding, Junqiang Tian, Yong‐Xing He, Zhiping Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

YlmG1 is localized exclusively to the chloroplast envelope membrane and is involved in preprotein translocation in Arabidopsis thaliana

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cytosolically synthesized chloroplast preproteins are translocated across the outer and inner envelope membranes through translocons called TOC and TIC, respectively. In green algae and plants, the TIC core is composed of essential membrane proteins, Tic12, Tic20, and Tic214.
Mengyi Li, Xueyang Zhao, Masato Nakai
wiley   +1 more source

Gender equality and economic development : the role for information and communication technologies [PDF]

The author focuses on the role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in improving gender equality, so as to enhance long-term economic growth.
Chen, Derek H.C.
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Digital twins to accelerate target identification and drug development for immune‐mediated disorders

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Digital twins integrate patient‐derived molecular and clinical data into personalised computational models that simulate disease mechanisms. They enable rapid identification and validation of therapeutic targets, prediction of drug responses, and prioritisation of candidate interventions.
Anna Niarakis, Philippe Moingeon
wiley   +1 more source

The association between self-efficacy and social support with physical activity in older adults: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports
Ageing is a natural biological process accompanied by a spectrum of physiological and psychological challenges. Regular physical activity is crucial for preserving health and functional capacity in older adults.
Seyyed Roghayeh Safavi, Roya Sadeghi, Ensiyeh Jamshidi, Yaser Tedadi, Mehdi Yaseri, Mohsen Shati, Fataneh Bakhshi, Atoosa Rahbar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Raising the quality of secondary education in East Asia [PDF]

The author seeks to broaden our understanding of the determinants of student achievement among East Asian economies using the TIMSS-R data set and, in the process, to remedy some of the ambiguities in the literature to date.
Kaoru Nabeshima
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