Early Detection for Better Patient Outcome: A Case Report on Two Patients Presenting With Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia by Alazar M. Haile, Abrham W. Azale, Birhanu Ayana

“…It is unfamiliar to most care providers in low-income countries such as Ethiopia. Even though the clinical presentation is typical, most cases remain misdiagnosed in our region. …”
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Supporting National Product Based on the Experience of Latin American Economies: Neo-Liberal and Neo-structural Policies by Seyed Hossein Mirjalili

“…The result was the spread of poverty, inequality and imbalances, and the decline in national product.The neo-structural approach emerged from the critique of the neoliberal policies for the Latin American region and presented the so-called neo-structuralist policies for the Latin America by ECLAC for supporting the growth of national production and economic development in Latin American countries. These policies include: strengthening competitiveness, economic growth with social equity, selective support, reforming production structures, and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship.…”
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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index: Harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Nicolai Suppa, Usha Kanagaratnam

“…Our database covers estimates for 84 countries and 814 subnational regions for up to four points of observation. …”
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La place des organismes interétatiques de bassin dans la gouvernance de l’eau partagée by Vanessa Richard

“…Second, when international basin organizations gather emerging or developing countries, the leading role of financing partners in the planning of activities and the functioning of these organizations can result in a decision-making power dispersal or relocation, whether the financing comes from official development assistance or from private investment. …”
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Going cold turkey!: An autoethnographic exploration of digital disengagement by Ghita Cristina, Thorén Claes

“…As the dust of society-wide digitalisation settles, the search for meaningful technological encounters is becoming more urgent. While the Nordic countries embrace digitalisation, recent concerns regarding technology overuse have been gaining increased attention. …”
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Iraqi Women in Diasporic Spaces: Political Mobilization, Gender & Citizenship by Nadje Al-Ali

“…The comparative dimension is particularly important since general political climate and culture, as well as historical migration trajectories, gender ideologies and relations vary in the three host countries. The author maps out the existing women’s organizations, groups and networks and discusses impediments and obstacles to a greater involvement in political processes. …”
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Militarised Safety: Politics of Exclusion by Ayesha Sarfraz, Arsalan Rafique

“…Developing and less politically stable countries like Pakistan, on the other hand, are losing urban space through attacks from the perpetrators and yet more so from the state as the literal subtraction of the public realm gets framed as security measures Whereas international law states that during times of war, civilian rights can be legally suspended - in Pakistan that suspension has shifted into a state of temporariness without prescribed limits. …”
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Spices and gastrointestinal health benefits: a state-of-the-art by Pauline Raoul, Campagna Chiara, Gianferrari Elisa, Nicodemo Mirella, Pizzari Ginevra, Marco Cintoni, Emanuele Rinninella, Esmeralda Capristo, Maria Cristina Mele

“…Spices represent the basis of traditional medicine through the Middle East to Eastern Mediterranean and Europe since antiquity. In Western countries, spices are frequently used to impart flavor, reduce the need for salt and fatty condiments, improve digestion, and enhance their antioxidant effects. …”
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Integração regional, a região transfronteiriça da bacia do Rio da Prata e os projetos de infraestruturas de conexão by Aldomar A. Rückert, Circe I. Dietz

“…An emerging governance in cross-border areas in the Mercosur geoeconomical core is a new aspect in territorial planning in countries of the region.…”
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FRAGMENTS OF THE SACRED: SACRAMENTALLY SUSTAINED IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY by E. Kloppers

“…Narratives from the public sphere in various countries are then analysed to determine how unobtrusive and seemingly insignificant fragments of the sacred such as bells that ring, carillons that are played, and sacred songs that are sung can communally function in the public sphere and could sustain people sacramentally in times of fear, uncertainty, and loss. …”
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Cartographie sémantique par zonage à dires d’acteurs : Le Ferlo (Sénégal) et l’observatoire de Tessekere by Mehdi Saqalli, Amadou Hamath Diallo, Doryan Kaced, Mahamadou Belem, Raoul Iopue, Yayé Moussa, Axel Ducourneau, Benoît Gaudou

“…Although the structural, ecological and socio-historical elements remain and even tend towards the specialization of territories into production 'countries', the short 2-months period herds graze in the Ferlo and the generalized use of supplementation during the pastoral lean season suggests a reorientation of these herds towards the south. …”
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Personality Traits and Sales Effectiveness: The Life Insurance Market in Poland by Andrzej Janowski

“…Within organizatons in industrialized countries, the quality of human resources tends to become a major issue on the path to achieving a compettve advantage. …”
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Climate change and natural hazards in the Alps by Benjamin Einhorn, Nicolas Eckert, Christophe Chaix, Ludovic Ravanel, Philip Deline, Marie Gardent, Vincent Boudières, Didier Richard, Jean-Marc Vengeon, Gérald Giraud, Philippe Schoeneich

“…To cope better with the hazards and vulnerabilities specific to these territories, the current national and European public policies in the Alpine countries now prescribe adapting natural hazard prevention to climate change. …”
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Tracking Couples who leave the Study Location in Historical Studies of Fertility: an Australian Example by Helen Moyle

“…However, because of the high mobility in Australia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, couples who moved out of the colony were tracked to other places, and births and deaths that took place in other Australian colonies and other countries, such as New Zealand and England, were included in the database. …”
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Faut-il renouveler le regard sur les franges périphériques des villes du Sud ? Le cas des périphéries brésiliennes by Eugênia Viana Cerqueira

“…This metropolis is an interesting and original field of study due to its rapid sprawl and the many transformations observed in its suburban areas in last two decades: from the expansion of the real estate market, the sprawl of amenities and services and the arrival of the middle and upper classes, the suburban areas of Belo Horizonte are undergoing an important process of diversification, mirroring many metropolitan areas in Brazil and other countries of the Global South.…”
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Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome: A Systematic Review by MingXu Lin, YuHua Chen, Jie Ning

“…In recent years, various countries have reported it one after another. It can be seen that we must pay attention to this disease. …”
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Inter/Multimedial Constructions of Islam in Post-9/11 TV Series: The West Wing and 24 by Brigitte Georgi-Findlay

“…Representations of Arabs, Muslims and Muslim countries are embedded within storylines that challenge each other. …”
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The effectiveness of dexamethasone as a combination therapy for COVID-19 by Namazi Nader

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported as a global pandemic in March 2020 after invading many countries and leaving behind tens of thousands of infected patients in a brief time span. …”
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Mathematical Models for Analysis the Impact of Institutional Quality and Multilateral Financial Institutions on the Success of Green PPP Projects by Wu-Yan Li, Ruo-Yu Chen, Ming Ma

“…This study analyzes 552 Green PPP projects related to sewage treatment and clean energy in African countries during 2005-2019 to determine how institution quality and multilateral financial institutions influence Green PPP projects’ success. …”
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Border Region Between Poland and Germany: Strengthened by the COVID-19 Pandemic by Steffen Fleßa, Julia Kuntosch

“…All agree that the flow of information and cooperation between Poland and Germany should have been more intensive to reflect the manifold economic and personal interdependencies between the two countries.…”
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