Wang, Xia Carcel, Cheryl Wang, Ruigang Li, Jingwei Bae, Hee-Joon Wang, Yilong Wang, Anxin Wang, Yongjun Toyoda, Kazunori Sui, Yi
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International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society
To examine sex differences in disease profiles and short-term outcomes after acute ischemic stroke treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. Eight national and regional stroke registries contributed individual participant data from mainland China, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan in 2005-2018. The primary outcome w...
Abbas, Hafiz Syed Mohsin Xu, Xiaodong Sun, Chunxia
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Environmental science and pollution research international
The theme of the environmental upgrades and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations is "Better Environment, Better tomorrow." This study uses regulatory quality (RgQ) and energy consumption per capita (EC) as explanatory variables and foreign direct investment (FDI) as an integrating variable with RgQ and EC and examines their im...
Quisumbing, Agnes Ahmed, Akhter Hoddinott, John Pereira, Audrey Roy, Shalini
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World Development
The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recognized, yet little is known about whether such projects improve women’s empowerment and gender equality. We study the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) pilot project, which was implemented as a cluster-randomized controlled trial by t...
Kobayashi, Jun Takeuchi, Rie Shibuya, Fumiko Murata, Yuki Takahashi, Kenzo
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Tropical Medicine and Health
We recommend urgent expansion of a vaccination program for adolescents and school-age children against SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Western Pacific region. Since July 2021, SARS-CoV-2 infections in children have increased rapidly in this region. As infection rates rise due to the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant, current preventive strategies su...
Nayak, Rounaq Manning, Louise
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Trends in Organized Crime
Using a systems analysis approach, the authors analyse forced child labour incidents in Indian cottonseed farms in the years 2003/04 and 2014/15, and explore the role played by human factors in contributing to the illegal use of child labour in the Indian agri-food sector. National policies on labour welfare and rights are reviewed through the case...
Hara, Hisao Uemura, Yukari Hayakawa, Kayoko Togano, Tomiteru Asai, Yusuke Matsunaga, Nobuaki Terada, Mari Ohtsu, Hiroshi Kitajima, Koji Shimizu, Yousuke
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives To determine whether anticoagulation therapy improves outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan given their lower risk of thrombosis compared with Western cohorts. Methods The efficacy of anticoagulation therapy in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was evaluated using a nationwide registry: the COVID-19 Reg...
Rao, Gu Dai, Dan Zhao, Hui-Nan Liang, Yi Li, Yu Zhang, Bo
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MycoKeys
In this study, Coprinopsis jilinensis and Coprinopsis pusilla were introduced, based on their morphological characteristics, the internal transcribed spacer ( ITS ) and large subunit ribosomal ( LSU ) region sequences of nrDNA. These new psathyrelloid species were found in Jilin Province, China. Coprinopsis jilinensis has brown pileus, utriform ple...
Kwan, Tsz Ho Lui, Grace Chung Yan Lam, Teddy Tai Ning Lee, Krystal Chi Kei Wong, Ngai Sze Chan, Denise Pui Chung Lee, Shui Shan
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Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction Both daily and on‐demand regimens have been proven effective for pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV in men who have sex with men (MSM). We aimed to compare the two regimens on their coverage of condomless anal intercourse (CLAI) in MSM. Methods A randomized, controlled, open‐label, crossover trial was conducted in a teaching h...
Alvaredo, Facundo Cogneau, Denis Piketty, Thomas
We assess income inequality across French and British colonial empires between 1920 and 1960, exploiting for the first time income tax tabulations. As measured by top income shares, inequality was high in colonies. Europeans comprised the bulk of top income earners, and only a minority of autochthons could compete income-wise. Top income shares wer...
Sloan, Robert A Kanchibhotla, Divya
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Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung
There is a dearth of evidence for the relationship between yogic breathing and sleep quality. Even less is known about practice frequency and benefit. We investigated the association of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga frequency with sleep quality amongst adult practitioners. In a cross-sectional investigation on adult practitioners of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga in ...
