Early Infant Feeding Practices as Possible Risk Factors for Immunoglobulin E-Mediated Food Allergies in Kuwait by Dalal Alkazemi, Munirah Albeajan, Stan Kubow

“…Children aged 0–13 years were recruited from pediatric allergy and immunology clinics (PAICs) located at major government hospitals in Kuwait (total FA cases: n=100; boys = 67%), and healthy controls (n=100, boys 55%) were recruited from various vaccination units at primary healthcare centers. Results. Cow’s milk allergy was the most common type of FA. …”
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Motion – Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Is More Cost-Effective than Oral PPI Administration: Arguments against the Motion by Amnon Sonnenberg

“…The relative cost effectiveness of various treatment options is difficult to determine because monetary expenditures and gains in health status cannot easily be measured in commensurate units. Not everything can be translated into incremental cost effectiveness ratios. …”
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Discrete epidemic models by Fred Brauer, Zhilan Feng, Carlos Castillo-Chávez

“…Since data arecollected and/or reported over discrete units of time, developingsingle outbreak models that fit collected data naturally isrelevant. …”
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Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Iron Therapy for Patients Presenting with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Survey of Canadian Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists by Kyle J. Fortinsky, Myriam Martel, Roshan Razik, Gillian Spiegle, Zane R. Gallinger, Samir C. Grover, Katerina Pavenski, Adam V. Weizman, Lukasz Kwapisz, Sangeeta Mehta, Sarah Gray, Alan N. Barkun

“…Many clinicians (24%) reported transfusing a hemodynamically unstable patient at a Hgb threshold of 100 g/L and the majority (57%) are transfusing two units of RBCs as initial management. Patients with coronary artery disease (mean Hgb of 84.0 g/L versus 71.0 g/L; p<0.01) or cirrhosis (mean Hgb of 74.4 g/L versus 71.0 g/L; p<0.01) were transfused more liberally than healthy patients. …”
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Russia’s scientific and educational policy in  the Eurasian Economic Union countries: major tools and counteracting actors by N. A. Omelchenko, V. V. Denisenko

“…The key non-regional actors are identified: the United States of America, China, Turkey and Poland, whose humanitarian projects are aimed at countering the initiatives of the RF in the region. …”
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Global visualization of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treatment: a bibliometric analysis by Xiaodong Zheng, Xiaodong Zheng, Wenjin Han, Shan Gao, MengLong Jia, LiJun Liu, LiJun Liu, Longtan Yu

“…However, in 2021, interest in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis began to surge, a noticeable increase in publications, with a peak reached in 2022. The United States emerged as the leading contributor among countries, institutions, and authors. …”
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Research on Multiobjective Optimal Operation Strategy for Wind-Photovoltaic-Hydro Complementary Power System by Guo Zhao, Chenxi Wan, Wanqing Zuo, Kefei Zhang, Xinyi Shu

“…Taking the minimum grid fluctuation index, the minimum wind-photovoltaic-hydro discard rate and the greatest economic effectiveness of the power station as the goal functions and considering various constraints of the wind, photovoltaic, and hydrostation units, a triobjective optimization running model of the wind-photovoltaic-water synergy system is established. …”
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“South Africa belongs to all who live in it” by Sarah Helen Chiumbu, Dumisani Moyo

“…The arguments driving this paper are inspired by the proclamations in the South African Constitution preamble, which states that “South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity”. This paper analyses how selected print media in the country construct immigrants in the context of identity and belonging. …”
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Legal regulation of the Ukrainian language as the state language in the Ukrainian education sphere by I. V. Chornyi, N. I. Yelnikova

“…The significance of the search for spiritual associations uniting the modern community is represented. The law cannot be separated from explorations of spiritual kinship and from the rise of a certain ideology that ensures the development of the nation state. …”
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Anticipating climate change-related mobility in Karachi and Ho Chi Minh City: lessons from a hybrid foresight approach by Aaron Martin, Boukje Kistemaker, Beth Allen, Bryan Jones

“…In response to these gaps, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Predictive Analytics, Human Mobility, and Urbanization Project employed a hybrid approach that combined predictive analytics with participatory foresight to explore climate change-related mobility in Pakistan and Viet Nam from 2020 to 2050. …”
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Comparison of Laws Related to the Copyright of Visual Artworks Based on Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) Reviewed from Indonesian and UK Laws by Muh Ersandi Rizki Pratama, Syahrul Hafiidz Syam

“…CDPA 1988, or the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, is the copyright law applicable in the United Kingdom. This law is an important legal framework for copyright protection in the country. …”
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Effects of Storage Time on Total Protein and Globulin Concentrations in Bovine Fresh Frozen Plasma Obtained for Transfusion by D. Proverbio, E. Spada, L. Baggiani, G. Bagnagatti De Giorgi, N. Roggero, A. Belloli, D. Pravettoni, R. Perego

“…To evaluate the effects of storage conditions on total protein (TP) and globulin fractions in fresh frozen bovine plasma units prepared and stored for transfusion, TP and globulin fractions were evaluated in fresh plasma and at 1 month and 6 and 12 months after blood collection in plasma stored at −20°C. …”
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Addressing the Rural and Underserved Healthcare Workforce Needs: Residency Specialty Selection and Workforce Outcomes of the WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program by Kenya Morales-Luna, Stacey Morrison, Toby Keys

“… Introduction: The availability of well-trained healthcare providers in rural and medically underserved areas in the United States is crucial for improving health outcomes. …”
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Challenging Our Assumptions: Listening to Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Voices About Career Aspirations by Angela Warner, Dahlia Herring, Lisa E. Baranik, Janice Coles

“…Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in upstate New York serves refugees and immigrants who have recently arrived in the United States. These newcomers face significant barriers to obtaining economic stability. …”
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Genomic characterization of noroviruses from an outbreak associated with oysters by Annika Flint, Jennifer Harlow, Madison McLeod, Madeleine Blondin-Brosseau, Kelly Weedmark, Neda Nasheri

“…Phylogenetic analysis revealed that some of the isolates showed high similarity with the sequences isolated from the United States related to the same outbreak. We also analyzed amino acid variations in the sequenced genomes and found that overall the GII.3[P12] isolates have lower variations compared to other genotypes.IMPORTANCENorovirus outbreaks associated with contaminated shellfish occur frequently. …”
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MANAGING RISK IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA by Oluwaseyi Alabi Awodele, Dorcas A Ayeni

“…In 2009 the industry was described by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) as an industry that helps promote peace and stability in developing countries through its jobs provision, income generation, economy diversification, environment protection and promotion of cross-cultural awareness. …”
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MIMO Control Architectures for Secondary Voltage Regulation in Electrically Coupled Transmission Grids: Design and Dynamic Performance by Andrea Vicenzutti, Fabio Marzolla, Massimiliano Chiandone, Salvatore Tessitore, Cosimo Pisani, Giorgio M. Giannuzzi, Giorgio Sulligoi

“…Moreover, limitations due to technology obsolescence of the existing architecture and the greatly increased capabilities of modern Phase Measurement Units (PMU) contribute to requiring a revision of the voltage control architecture, which should also provide robustness to parameter variation and be adaptive in nature. …”
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Balancing the books or winning votes: unveiling the power of fiscal strategies in local elections and the fate of prudent mayors by Krzysztof Kluza, Hanna Kociemska, Wojciech Rafał

“…The study examines the budgets of 2475 local government units in Poland over 15 years, covering three full local election cycles, using a panel data logit model to assess the influence of their fiscal activity on re-election outcomes. …”
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Analyzing the Carbon Footprint of an Intravitreal Injection by Barry Power, Robert Brady, Paul Connell

“…Similar savings, if extrapolated to a country the size of the United Kingdom, could yield annual carbon savings of 450,000 kg CO 2 eq. …”
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Ground Water Quality of Gandhinagar Taluka, Gujarat, India by Mayur C. Shah, Prateek G. Shilpkar, Pradip B. Acharya

“…The experimental values of water samples were compared with standard values given by World Health Organization (WHO) and United State Salinity Laboratory for drinking and irrigation purposes respectively. …”
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