The Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease in the Israeli Kibbutz Population by Yaron Niv

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The French aire in Jane Eyre by Emily Eells

“…Jane’s knowledge of French qualifies her for the post of governess to Parisian born Adèle, and thus offers her an income and some independence. …”
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Astronomer and Surveyor Anton Shahin (1799–1842) by Libertas Klimka

“…In 1832 the Russian government closed the Vilnius University, as an act of repression after the uprising. …”
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Building Longitudinal Datasets From Diverse Historical Data in Australia by Janet McCalman

“…The abundance of digitised historical sources from government archives to historical newspapers enables the practice of demographic prosopography, with a wide range of variables that have yielded new insights into Australia’s population and social history. …”
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Tentes et rails. Les « jeunes » du Sud tunisien entre chômage, attente et protestation by Stefano Pontiggia

“…After the 2011 revolution, the persistence of the economic crisis drove many unemployed young people to protest against the government by blocking phosphate production, with the goal of getting a job in the Compagnie or in the public sector. …”
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Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana by Chris Guure, Sharren Margaret Obiri-Yeboah Laryea, Samuel Dery, Carlota Baptista da Silva, Comfort Asamoah-Adu, Stephen Ayisi-Addo, Maria-Goretti Loglo, Adamu Mohammed, Kwasi Torpey

“…Background. Blood borne infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV) are of great importance to governments and their implementing partners, especially among people who use drugs (PWUD) and people who inject drugs (PWID). …”
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L’Agence d’Antonin Raymond à Tokyo dans l’Entre-deux-guerres : enjeux, acteurs, processus by Yola Gloaguen

“…To illustrate this issue, this article deals with the office of Czech-born American architect Antonin Raymond, during his first stay in Japan (1920-1938). …”
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The Discourse of Non-Citizens Expulsion Reinvigorated: Examination of Racial Undertones in Asians Expulsion from Uganda in 1972 by Francis Akena, Adyanga, Eton, Marus, Ayiga, Natal

“…But on the other hand, we admonish the Uganda government for collective expulsion of the Asians whose ancestors were brought in the country in the late 19th century to build the Uganda railway. …”
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Tanto malvagio da essere d’esempio. I clerici anglo-normanni e la descrizione di Guglielmo II Rufo, disgraziatamente re d’Inghilterra by Fabrizio De Falco

“…William II called Rufus – William the Conqueror‘s third-born – was king of England from 1084 until his unexpected death in 1100. …”
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A Scoping Review of Existing Policy Instruments to Tackle Overweight and Obesity in India: Recommendations for a Social and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy [version 2; peer... by Lopamudra Tripathy, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Neena Bhatia, Kathryn Backholer, Kavita Chauhan, Nishibha Thapliyal, Deepika Bahl, Shalini Bassi, Monika Arora, Seema Chandra, Preetu Mishra

“…Background The Indian government is committed to addressing various manifestations of malnutrition, including overweight and obesity, inorder to improve individual health and well-being. …”
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Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birth weight in Ethiopia: protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised trial by Joanna Schellenberg, Charles Opondo, Tanya Marchant, Lars Åke Persson, Masresha Tessema, Atkure Defar, Alemneh Kabeta Daba, Girum Taye, Senait Alemayehu, Elias Asfaw, Anene Tesfa, Bedasa Tessema, Kalkidan Zenebe

“…Results from this pragmatic trial will be used by the government of Ethiopia in assessing success of the multiple-micronutrient supplements pilot and for decision making about subsequent scale-up. …”
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POLITICAL CONFIGURATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC ECONOMIC LAW IN INDONESIA DURING THE NEW ORDER AND REFORMATION ERA by Bambang Iswanto

“…Legal products and several policies were born as evidence of the development of Islamic economic law in Indonesia, such as the Halal Product Guarantee Act, the ratification of Government Regulations regarding the implementation of halal product guarantees, to the merger of conventional banks into shari'ah Banks. …”
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REDESIGNING ISLAMIC TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR MUSLIM MINORITIES IN THE WEST by Fatimatuzzahro, Risanda

“…The study results are four characteristics that can influence transformational Islamic leadership: government pressure, media hostility, international politics, and a legal system. …”
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الشيخ محمد بن عمر نووي الجاوي: حياته الذاتية والعلمية by Ehsan Ur Rehman, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khan

“…His title "Nawawi" is said to be derived from one of the famous scholars. He was born in 1230 AH (1814 CE) in the village of Tenara, Banten, Indonesia. …”
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What we talk about when we talk about decentralization? Insights from post-revolution Tunisia by Lana Salman

“…Instead, we need to look at the confluence of domestic pressures to pluralize the terrain of politics and development agendas born outside the region’s borders which frames decentralization as an appropriate development framework at this juncture. …”
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Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Kemal Jemal, Mukemil Awol

“…Low dietary diversity has a major adverse effect on mothers, fetus, and life of new born. Dietary diversity is still low in low-resourced countries. …”
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A Step toward Tuberculosis Elimination in a Low-Incidence Country: Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Refugee Clinic by Elissa Rennert-May, Elisabeth Hansen, Toktam Zadeh, Valerie Krinke, Stan Houston, Ryan Cooper

“…Approximately 65 percent of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Canada each year occur from reactivation in foreign-born individuals. Refugees are at high risk after immigration. …”
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Action against birth defects: if not now, when? by Kathleen Strong, Judith Robb-McCord, Salimah Walani, Cecilia Mellado, Lorenzo D. Botto, Guillermo Lay-Son, Theresa Diaz, Tahmina Banu, Kokila Lakhoo, Anshu Banerjee

“…However, recent donor support and national government interest has waned. Without concerted global action to improve primary prevention and care for children born with birth defects, the Sustainable Development Goal targets for child survival will not be met. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“…However, it wasn't a big imperfection of the just born parliamentary system of Lithuania. A diploma or an academic degree isn't identical to the broad mind and the knowledge necessary for political leaders. …”
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Neighborhood Material Deprivation Is Associated with Childhood Asthma Development: Analysis of Prospective Administrative Data by Elinor Simons, Sharon D. Dell, Rahim Moineddin, Teresa To

“…Prospectively collected administrative data housed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences were examined for Toronto children born from 1997 to 2003. Neighborhood material deprivation, comprising no high school graduation, lone parent families, government transfers, unemployment, low income, and homes needing major repairs, was reported in the Ontario Marginalization Index. …”
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