A note on Indian hare Lepus nigricollis: presence beyond the IUCN distribution in the Himalayas by Avantika Thapa, Aditya Pradhan, Paromit Chatterjee, Ashutosh Singh

“…Even though it is distributed in a large area, the species lacks regional assessment and has been understudied for taxonomy, ecology, and demography. The species is stated to be absent from the high reaches of the Himalayas; however, several records reveal the presence of the species in the higher reaches of the Himalayas. …”
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Evaluation of respondents' attitude towards mandatory and private pension insurance by Živković Milica, Piljan Ivan, Piljan Tatjana

“…In the period from 2001 to 2014, Serbia was reforming the pension system in order to deal with all the problems like: high deficit, debt, employees - pensioners ratio, negative demography, etc. In this paper, we have shown the research results in order to evaluate the opinions of the citizens of Niš about the existent compulsory pension insurance and the trust in private insurance, as well as to hear opinions on the need for the additional reforms of the system. …”
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MICROFINANCE AND INCOME LEVEL IN NIGERIA by Sheriff Akanji IBRAHIM

“…It recommends that microfinance banks should seek to mobilize deposits from the underserved demography of the economy to help the economically active but underserved segment of Nigerian society raise their standard of living. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Study of Abortions in a Rural Area of Delhi by Priyanka Yadav, Gajendra S. Meena, Rajesh Kumar, Nandini Sharma

“…An interview schedule was used to interview 315 women, and information was obtained for socio-demography, use of contraceptives, medical history, and history of abortions. …”
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Unraveling the dyadic dynamics: exploring the impact of flexible working arrangements’ availability on satisfaction with work-life flexibility among working parents by Ya Guo, Fenwick Feng Jing, Yuqi Zhong, Meng Zhu, Senhu Wang

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Should Medications Be Prescribed to Patients in Generic Form? Dental Practitioners’ Perspective by Saudamini G More, Tejal Patil, Tanvi Shetty, Monika Bhanushali, Hitesh Sawant

“…The questions asked were related to demography, knowledge, awareness, and preference of generic drugs. …”
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Systematic comparison of Mendelian randomisation studies and randomised controlled trials using electronic databases by Jie Zheng, George Davey Smith, Tom R Gaunt, Maria K Sobczyk

“…A manual survey of the literature highlighted the potential for triangulation across a number of exposure/outcome pairs if these challenges can be addressed.Conclusions We conclude that careful triangulation of MR with RCT evidence should involve consideration of similarity of phenotypes across study designs, intervention intensity and duration, study population demography and health status, comparator group, intervention goal and quality of evidence.…”
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Assessing species interactions using integrated predator-prey models by Paquet, Matthieu, Barraquand, Frédéric

“…This study therefore reaffirms the potential of multispecies IPMs to infer correctly how biotic interactions influence demography, although future studies should investigate model misspecifications. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES CLIMATE CHANGE: AN EXPOSITION OF HERDSMEN TERRORISM IN TIVLAND OF BENUE STATE by GABRIEL T. TYUNGU, PETER MEMGA KERTYO

“…However, with the continuous environmental changes that are evident with desert encroachment and silting of the lake chad basin, the demography of the conflicts has changed to an all year around conflict. …”
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Use of Artemisinin- Combination Therapies in Port Harcourt by OA Shorinwa, OO Ebong

“…The parameters investigated include the demography, frequency of malaria attacks, place of treatment, mode of treatment and specific antimalarial drug treatment. …”
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Exploring indigenous wisdom: Ethnobotanical documentation and conservation of medicinal plants in Goba District, Southwest Ethiopia by Ginjo Gitima, Ashenafi Gebre, Yericho Berhanu, Tamirat Wato

“…Data on medicinal plants and demography were gathered from 99 respondents, including 83 general informants and 16 key informants. …”
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Hematological study of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis - Case control study by Shaheen Ali Ahmed, Ali Fakhree Alzubaidee

“…The control group composed of 50 healthy age and sex-matched subject. The patient demography about family history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis, and smoking was recorded, also the hemoglobin, serum levels of ferritin, folic acid, and vitamin B12 has been investigated. …”
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Assessing the impact of waste picking on musculoskeletal disorders among waste pickers in Mumbai, India: a cross-sectional study by Praveen Chokhandre, Shrikant Singh

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Quality of Life and Healthcare Seeking Behavior among Internal Migrant Laborers in Coimbatore, India: A Community-based Analytical Cross-sectional Study by P Aparnavi, M Malarkodi, Sivagami Ramanathan, Madhavi Sambandan, Jeevithan Shanmugam, Mohan Kumar, Shanmuga Priya, Seetharaman Narayanan, Ramesh Rathinamoorthy

“…A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demography, QoL (using the WHO BREF scale), HCSB, and healthcare expenses. …”
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The Clinical Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Laminectomy for Single-level Lumbar Canal Stenosis with Grade 1 and 2 Spondylolisthesis by Ashok Sharma, Tarachand Suthar, Mudit Mathur, Vishnu Mittal, Shiv Bhagwan Sharma, Gaurav Mehta

“…Results: In this study, we also noted estimated amount of blood loss, procedure time, time taken for ambulation, length of hospitalization, and demography. The Oswestry Disability Index scores improved significantly postoperatively. …”
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Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…While finding merit in this approach, Riedl emphasises the need for a multi-prong political strategy to effectuate this change. The article by Demography Prize 2019 winners Laura Naegele, Wouter De Tavernier, Moritz Hess and Sebastian Merkel starts in a similar place, describing contemporary housing challenges stemming from demographic shifts, increasing housing prices, and the effects of urbanisation. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…For details, see the author guidelines: http://www.igjr.org/ojs/igjr_doc/Author_Guidelines.pdf Demography Prize Note that this topic is closely related to the subject of the next Demography Prize promoted by the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the Intergenerational Foundation (IF). …”
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Building the foundation for polar bear science: fifty years of research on polar bears in Western Hudson Bay by B.A. Biddlecombe, A.E. Derocher, E. Krebs, N.J. Lunn, D. McGeachy, E.S. Richardson

“…The WH research program, which has now extended across five decades with data on over 4600 individual bears, has evolved from a study of the basic ecology of polar bears into foundational work on the life history, demography, genetics, movement, behaviour, and ecology of an apex predator in a rapidly changing Arctic. …”
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Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data by Mahesh Puri, Melanie Dawn Frost, Peter Richard Andrew Hinde

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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The first two articles, both winners of the 2016/17 Demography Prize, focus on the dominant methodologies for thinking empirically about intergenerational fairness and sustainability. …”
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