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Bureaucracy, agency, elites and social critique [PDF]

Journal of Political Power, 2016
This issue of the Journal opens with an article by Stewart Clegg, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Iain Munro, Armenio Rego and Marta Oom de Sousa on Kafkaesque bureaucracy and power.
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A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
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Greening Capitalism? A Marxist Critique of Carbon Markets [PDF]

, 2012
Climate change is increasingly being recognized as a serious threat to dominant modes of social organization, inspiring suggestions that capitalism itself needs to be transformed if we are to ‘decarbonize’ the global economy. Since the Kyoto Protocol in
Abate R. S., Arrighi G., Bernstein S., Bond P., Bruno K., Bueno F. M., Chatterjee P., De Angelis M., Foster J. B., Foster J. B., Foster J. B., Ghosh S., Giddens A., Gilbertson T., Grubb M., Guha R., Haque U., Harvey D., Harvey D., Heartfield J., Korten D., Lohmann L., Marini R. M., Marx K., Marx K., Marx K., Marx K., Moyo S., O’Connor J., Porter M. E., Pouchepadass J., Schlup M., Tietenberg T. H., UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development), UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development), World Commission on Environment and Development, Yamin F.   +36 more
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Gut microbiota diversity is prognostic in metastatic hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and immunotherapy

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In this exploratory study, we investigated the relationship between the gut microbiota and outcome in patients with metastatic hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer, treated in a randomized clinical trial with chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy in combination with immune checkpoint blockade.
Andreas Ullern, Kristian Holm, Nikolai Kragøe Andresen, Andreas Hagen Røssevold, Corinna Bang, Bjørn Naume, Johannes R. Hov, Jon Amund Kyte   +7 more
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Management And Support of Health Elites: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions [PDF]

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2023
The issue of elites can be investigated in different political, cultural, economic, social, and sociological dimensions. In this context, the phenomenon of elite migration (brain drain) is one of the most important issues and problems of developing ...
Javad Momeni, Mohammad Mahdi Alvandi Fard, Parisa Qayenipour, Matin Ezzatabadipour, Elham Hosseini, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Sajad Sahab Negah   +6 more
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The Simple Analytics of Elite Behaviour Under Limited State Capacity [PDF]

This paper discusses the issue of taxation and redistribution in economies dominated by Elites with limited state capacity. Within a simple aggregate framework, we discuss the political economy incentives of Elites to tax, redistribute and increase state
Bourguignon, Francois, Verdier, Thierry
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Real Urban Images: Policy and Culture in Northern Britain [PDF]

, 2012
This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through processes of economic and (mainly) cultural regeneration.
Fenwick, John, Wharton, Chris
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Tumor and germline testing with next generation sequencing in epithelial ovarian cancer: a prospective paired comparison using an 18‐gene panel

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Genetic testing in epithelial ovarian cancer includes both germline and tumor‐testing. This approach often duplicates resources. The current prospective study assessed the feasibility of tumor‐first multigene testing by comparing tumor tissue with germline testing of peripheral blood using an 18‐gene NGS panel in 106 patients.
Elisabeth Spenard, Cristina Mitric, Melanie Care, Tracy L. Stockley, Raymond H. Kim, Jeanna McCuaig, Blaise Clarke, Laura Ranich, Clare Sheen, Sarah E. Ferguson, Liat Hogen, Taymaa May, Marcus Q. Bernardini   +12 more
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Elites, Policy, and Social Movements [PDF]

, 2016
Abstract Given the growing interest in social movements as policy agenda setters, this paper investigates the contexts within which movement groups and actors work with political elites to promote their common goals for policy change. In asking how and why so-called outsiders gain access to elites and to the policymaking process, I address several ...
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz, Laura de la Torre‐Perez, David R Baldwin, Carlijn van der Aalst, Mangesh Thorat, David Ritchie, Andre L Carvalho, Carolina Espina, Ivan Solà, Carlos Canelo‐Aybar, Moira Magdalena Pissinis, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes Pinto   +12 more
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