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Influence of the Boundary Conditions on the Seismic Response of Existing Masonry Infills From In‐Plane and Dynamic Out‐of‐Plane Tests

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite increasing attention to the seismic performance of masonry infills, their out‐of‐plane dynamic behaviour remains insufficiently explored, particularly under pre‐existing in‐plane damage. This study presents a comprehensive experimental campaign designed to investigate the seismic behaviour of an existing weak masonry infill typology ...
Maithree Kurukulasuriya, Riccardo R. Milanesi, Guido Magenes, Paolo Morandi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What influenced provision of non-communicable disease healthcare in the Syrian conflict, from policy to implementation? A qualitative study

Conflict and Health, 2018
Background There has been increasing focus on tackling the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in crisis settings. The complex and protracted crisis in Syria is unfolding against a background of increasing NCD burden.
Sylvia Garry, Francesco Checchi, Beniamino Cislaghi   +2 more
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Migration Crisis and Its Impact on the Internal Situation in Turkey

Studia Europejskie, 2020
The aim of this article is to discuss the impact of the migration crisis on the social situation in Turkey. The article consists of three parts. In the first part, the author discusses the role of Turkey in overcoming the migration crisis along with ...
Dominika Liszkowska
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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Induce Intestinal Epithelial Injury and a Senescence‐Like Phenotype

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ICI treatment promotes the infiltration of activated immune cells into the intestinal mucosa. This inflammatory microenvironment is associated with significant epithelial injury, characterized by the disruption of the epithelial barrier, the depletion of specialized secretory cell lineages, and the induction of a premature senescence phenotype ...
Juan Wang, Shuang Wu, Shuangbiao Wei, Weizhen Xiang, Jianshang Huang, Lei Xiong, Hua Wang, Li Zuo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Study to Compare Different Compound Representations for Predicting Carcinogenicity In Vivo

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carcinogenicity evaluation is a critical component of chemical risk assessment, yet traditional in vivo testing remains time consuming, costly, and ethically challenging. Computational approaches based on machine learning offer promising alternatives, but the relative contributions of different molecular representation strategies for ...
Iuri Barbosa Pereira, Rogerio Salvini, Eloisa Dutra Caldas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Fragility and E‐Business Adoption: A Study of SMEs in a Conflict‐Affected Economy

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines e‐business adoption among SMEs in Yemen, a conflict‐affected and institutionally fragile economy. Drawing on a mixed‐methods design, it combines Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS‐SEM) with qualitative interviews to analyse how war and firm size moderate the effects of key adoption drivers and barriers.
Ahmed Abdullah, Ahmed Almoraish, Abdul‐Fatahi Abdulai, Ahmad Samed Al‐Adwan, Wail Alhakimi, Ziad Abdelmoety   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gazes from Syria: Media Witnessing in Times of Crisis

AHM Conference 2022: ‘Witnessing, Memory, and Crisis’, 2022
There seems to be a general agreement that reporting from war is of utmost importance and a necessary precondition to addressing a conflict. Reading and viewing the news in this context is often referred to as witnessing the unfolding crisis, even though the newsreaders/viewers are not present in time and space.
openaire   +3 more sources

Gymnema sylvestre: Bioactive constituents, health benefits, and emerging applications in nutraceuticals and functional foods

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex‐Schult., commonly known as “gurmar” or “sugar destroyer,” belongs to the Apocynaceae family and is traditionally used in Ayurveda for diabetes management. This review synthesizes ethnomedicinal evidence with contemporary pharmacological studies, to evaluate the therapeutic properties and mechanistic actions ...
Faiza Saeed, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Hassan Raza, Ahmad Mujtaba Noman, Nimra Haroon, Entessar Mohammad Al Jbawi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from Libya, Acting in Syria

Journal of Strategic Security, 2012
The international community has reached an impasse. The violence committed by Syrian President Assad's government against opposition forces, who have been calling for democratic reform, regime change, and expanded rights, has necessitated a response from
Caitlin A. Buckley
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