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Localizing Efforts to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Aid: Evolving Experiences of Power and Agency in Lebanon

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efforts to address gender‐based violence in humanitarian settings increasingly call for recognition of and funding to local women‐led organizations and women's rights organizations for long‐term response. The Empowered Aid initiative seeks to address sexual exploitation and abuse by working with local organizations as well as the refugee women
Jihan Kaisi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety of Dexmedetomidine‐Esketamine Versus Dexmedetomidine Alone as Premedication for Pediatric Anesthesia Induction: A Systematic Review, Meta‐Analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Anesthesia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Emergence delirium (ED) is a common complication in pediatric anesthesia. Although intranasal dexmedetomidine (DEX) is widely used, its application is constrained by a slow onset, residual risk of ED in some patients, and risks such as bradycardia and hypotension.
Munder Lateiresh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How the crisis is altering women’s roles in Syria

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
The significance of women as both distributors and recipients has been pivotal to the implementation of humanitarian assistance but also points to the burgeoning of a new social dynamic that has come about as a result of the upheaval caused by the war.
Zerene Haddad
doaj  

GERD: Latest update on acid-suppressant drugs

open access: yesCurrent Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
GERD is a very familiar diagnosis among health care providers due to its massive spread, and its symptoms can affect the quality of life for a respectable slice of its patients. Therefore, what can only be described as a logical consequence, a pursuit of
Zyad AL-Frejat   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refugee activists’ involvement in relief effort in Lebanon

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
A cadre of educated middle-class Syrian refugees dedicated to improving conditions for Syrians at home and in Lebanon are building a civil society in exile but face obstacles to consolidating their presence and becoming more effective.
Frances Topham Smallwood
doaj  

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

A duty and a burden on Jordan

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
It is important to Jordan both that it protects its national identity and maintains its cultural obligations, and that it faces up to its humanitarian obligations.
Saleh Al-Kilani
doaj  

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coping strategies among self-settled Syrians in Lebanon

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
Refugees in Lebanon say that they prefer living outside camps where they have better opportunities to influence their situation.
Cathrine Thorleifsson
doaj  

Prevalence of obesity, central obesity, and associated socio-demographic variables in Syrian women using different anthropometric indicators

open access: yesAnthropological Review, 2017
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing globally in both developing and developed countries, especially, those with rapid cultural and social changes. The aims of current study were twofold: (a) to examine, for the first time in Syria, the
Bakir M Adel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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