An Update on National Consensus Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatitis C & Literature Review in Epidemiology of Hepatitis C in Pakistan - 2022 by Sibt ul Hasnain Syed, Muhammad Umar, Hamama tul Bushra Khaar, Tayyab Saeed Akhter, Tassawar Hussain, Amjad Salamat, Syed Irfan Ahmad, Rai Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Khurram, Anwar A. Khan, Fazl-e-Hadi, Aftab Mohsin, Waseem-Ud-Din, Saleem Qureshi, Sohail Iqbal Bhutta, Javeria Zahid Khan, Sadia Ahmad, Aqsa Naseer, Anum Abbas, Misbah Noreen, Faiza Aslam, Zahid Mahmood Minhas, Asif Abbas Naqvi, Atifa Shoaib, Saima Ambreen, Gul Nisar, Mohammad Mujeeb Khan, Talal Khursheed, Mohammad Osama

“…To achieve this goal WHO’s World Health Assembly has set some targets and individual countries have developed their own strategies to achieve those targets [2].  …”
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Local Anesthesia Versus Saddle Block for Open Hemorrhoidectomy: Cost-Analysis From a Randomized, Double Blind Controlled Trial. by Sikakulya, Franck Katembo, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Okedi, Xaviour Francis, Baluku, Moris, Lule, Herman, Kiyaka, Sonye Magugu, Muhumuza, Joshua, Selamo, Fabrice Molen, Bassara, Godefroy Nyenke, Waziri, Musa Abbas, Kithinji, Stephen Mbae, Mugisho, Munyerenkana Leocadie, Byamungu, Pahari Kagenderezo, Munihire, Jeannot Baanitse, Vahwere, Bienfait Mumbere, Kiswezi, Ahmed, Kyamanywa, Patrick

“…Background Despite the benefits attributed to the use of local anesthesia (LA) for open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) in developed countries, this technique is still not considered as the first-line technique in low-income countries such as Uganda; therefore, we aimed to compare the cost of OH under LA versus Saddle block among patients with 3rd or 4th-degree hemorrhoids. …”
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Possible Health Implications and Low Vitamin D Status during Childhood and Adolescence: An Updated Mini Review by Dimitrios Papandreou, Pavlos Malindretos, Zacharoula Karabouta, Israel Rousso

“…Vitamin D deficiency is common in the developing countries and exists in both childhood and adult life. …”
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Entre religions et spiritualité, quels rôles pour la laïcité dans les collèges publics : une comparaison franco-brésilienne by Gabriela Valente

“…The objective of this article is to analyze the role of the religious in public schools, in two countries that define themselves as secular, Brazil and France. …”
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THEORETICAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF TREATIES IN TIME AND SPACE by Roxana-Mariana POPESCU

“…There are, however, cases in which the treaty can only be applied to a part of their territory or it can have an „ultra-territorial” application, that is, it is intended to be applied on the territory of third countries.…”
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Planificación estratégica, administraciones locales y desarrollo territorial: una experiencia de la cooperación euro-latinoamericana en Colombia by Carlo TASSARA

“…The Project, led by the Italian Region Emilia Romagna, has established a network of local authorities representing five countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Italy and Spain) for the exchange of best practices and the support to public policies for territorial development and local governance…”
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Special Issue of Selected Contributions from the Seventh Swedish Language Technology Conference (SLTC 2018) by Hercules Dalianis, Robert Östling, Rebecka Weegar, Mats Wirén

“…The number of registered participants was 113, including both attendees at SLTC 2018 and two co-located workshops that took place on 7 November. 32 participants were internationally affiliated, of which 14 were from outside the Nordic countries. Overall participation was thus on a par with previous editions of SLTC, but international participation was higher. …”
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Female Genital Mutilation: Health Consequences and Complications—A Short Literature Review by Elliot Klein, Elizabeth Helzner, Michelle Shayowitz, Stephan Kohlhoff, Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz

“…Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure performed on women in developing countries and is underreported; it involves cutting or altering the female genitalia. …”
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The intersection of TB and health financing: defining needs and opportunities by W.A. Wells, S. Waseem, S. Scheening

“…This includes the strategies needed to finance both the clinical and public health aspects of the TB response. In high-burden countries, the resource mobilization and strategic purchasing approaches described here will be critical if we are to maximize the reach and impact of the TB response.…”
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ANALYSIS OF THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP EXISTENCE by L. Chuvakhina

“…Certain hopes for the resuscitation of the multilateral negotiation process due to the apparent unwillingness of the countries of the continental Europe to switch to bilateral cooperation with the United States did not come true. …”
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Lifecycle deficit and economic support ratio in Nigeria: The national transfer account approach by Onisanwa Idowu Daniel, Yohanna Sule

“…While the demographic dividend has been established in some advanced countries, the same cannot be said in Nigeria. Thus, this study uses annual data projections by the United Nations to examine the interplay between consumption, labor income, and the economic support ratio in Nigeria between 2001 and 2050.…”
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The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper by H Finlayson, V Chibabhai, P Jeena, S Kolman, W Lowman, T C Manzini, T Nana, J Nuttall, A Parker, P Skosana, V Ueckermann, A Wise

“… Antibiotic resistance is a global threat, with a disproportionate burden of mortality in low- and middle-income countries. It is increasing in both the public and private healthcare sectors within South Africa, especially in Gram-negative organisms, and is associated with increased use of World Health Organization watch and reserve antibiotics. …”
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Identification, Biology, and Control of Small-Leaf Spiderwort (Tradescantia fluminensis): A Widely Introduced Invasive Plant by Jason C. Seitz, Mark W. Clark

“…The species has been introduced to the United States and countries in many parts of the world where it is often considered invasive. …”
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THE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY AND TENDENCIES OF THE MARKET OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS by Ekaterina I. Trubnikova

“…Nowadays, we observe the expanding gap between levels of signals of universities and researchers from different countries, resulting in different levels of incomes and opportunities for access to scientific knowledge. …”
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Process management in Russian business education by Lyudmila V. Dukanich, Svetlana V. Korobeynikova

“…Formed at the beginning of 1990’s, the current management system in Russian business education has been predominantly based on the principles of functional management, which in turn does not comprehensively address the emerging objectives and terms of modern-day education providers in Russia. The countries’ business schools are of the particular concern of the issue, considering the factors of their recent establishment and revenue-based financing. …”
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First records of the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) in Slovenia by Nino Kirbiš, Matjaž Bedjanič, Jana Kus Veenvliet, Paul Veenvliet, David Stanković, Gregor Lipovšek, Katja Poboljšaj

“…It has been introduced to several European countries. During our field search activities in May 2014 and June 2015, a male bullfrog advertisement call was heard at Fiesa Lakes in Slovenia. …”
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Are companies less environmentally-friendly due to the crisis? Evidence from Europe by María del Mar Miras-Rodríguez, Bernabé Escobar-Pérez, Amalia Carrasco Gallego

“…The aim of this paper is to study the effect of the crisis on the environmental behavior of companies from the European countries that are suffering the financial crisis most (Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) through a data panel study between 2005 and 2012. …”
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State of the direct reduction and reduction smelting processes by Markotić A., Dolić N., Trujić V.

“…The insufficient availability and the high price of the coking coals have forced many countries to research and adopt the non-coke-consuming reduction and metal manufacturing processes (non-coke metallurgy, direct reduction, direct processes). …”
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Intestinal Tuberculosis Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease? A Case of Disseminated Tuberculosis after Anti-TNF Therapy for Suspected Crohn’s Disease by Alexander P. Abadir, James Y. Han, Fady A. Youssef

“…While ITB is rare in the United States, its prevalence is significantly higher in endemic areas, thus presenting a diagnostic dilemma in immigrant populations from high-risk countries. This patient was diagnosed with CD and treated with anti-TNF agents after indeterminate screening for latent tuberculosis. …”
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF RUSSIA: CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS by E. V. Kulyasova

“…Taking into account the analysis of the state of the chemical industry in developed countries, the priority areas and tools for the development of the chemical complex of Russia have been considered. …”
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