Follistatin Alleviates Synovitis and Articular Cartilage Degeneration Induced by Carrageenan by Jun Yamada, Kunikazu Tsuji, Kazumasa Miyatake, Yu Matsukura, Kahaer Abula, Makiko Inoue, Ichiro Sekiya, Takeshi Muneta

“…Our data suggest that follistatin can be a new therapeutic target for inflammation-induced articular cartilage degeneration.…”
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Nonmotor Symptoms in Patients with PARK2 Mutations by Asako Yoritaka, Yumi Shimo, Yasushi Shimo, Yuichi Inoue, Hiroyo Yoshino, Nobutaka Hattori

“…None of the examined patients had RBD, and all except 1 patient exhibited an increase in the olfactory threshold. Moreover, one of the oldest patients exhibited impairment in identification and discrimination. …”
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Driving simulator study of text messaging and phone conversations: Effects of messages’ valence, drivers’ values and self-reported driving behaviors by Ivars Austers, Inese Muzikante, Ronalds Cinks

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A Case of GATA3 Positive Pleomorphic Liposarcoma, Epithelioid Variant: A Diagnostic Pitfall by Makoto Abe, Nobuo Hoshi, Sayuri Hoshi, Kaoru Hirabayashi, Kazutaka Kikuta, Toru Hirozane, Rumi Nakagawa, Tsukasa Mizuno, Hiroshi Nakamura, Koichi Inoue, Takehiko Yamaguchi

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Drug Insurance and Psoriasis Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Laurence Mainville, Hélène Veillette, Paul R. Fortin

“…**Conclusions:** Prescribers of advanced therapy can be reassured, as we found no inequality in access or care based on patients’ drug insurance coverage.…”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) In Africa: Challenges and Prospects by Kennedy Mahlatsi

“…Achieving the objective of eradicating extreme poverty and leaving no one behind by 2030 will be difficult if corruption and other development challenges are not seriously tackled. …”
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Maternal asthma imprints fetal lung ILC2s via glucocorticoid signaling leading to worsened allergic airway inflammation in murine adult offspring by Tomoaki Takao, Ako Matsui, Chie Kikutake, Keiko Kan-o, Azusa Inoue, Mikita Suyama, Isamu Okamoto, Minako Ito

“…Adult offspring of asthmatic mothers show an increase in lung group 2 innate lymphoid cell (ILC2) number and function with allergen-induced lung inflammation. Offspring of asthmatic mothers show phenotypic alteration of their lung ILC2s during fetal life, with increased expression of genes related to activation and glucocorticoid signaling. …”
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Reconstructing the professional identity of compulsory secondary education teachers in curricular sustainability by María Rosario Mendoza Carretero, Belén Sáenz Rico de Santiago

“…The current situation with its constant uncertainty regarding the new social and planetary challenges that societies face demands commitment and active participation by members of the public to achieve economic, social, and environmental transformations that favour a more sustainable planet. …”
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SDG-enabled decarbonisation transport pathways for mid-sized Indian cities by Darshini Mahadevia, Saumya Lathia, Chandrima Mukhopadhyay

“…This paper argues that (1) climate mitigation measures in countries like India – with rising income inequality and high social diversity in caste, religion and region – need a tailored assessment approach, (2) carefully mediating climate mitigation measures – like deep decarbonisation – at the local level is crucial to enable transformative change required to meet the Paris Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030, (3) enabling ‘just’ deep decarbonisation or SDG-enabled decarbonisation at the local level requires addressing unmet needs of the vulnerable population even at the cost of increased emissions, and (4) sector-specific decarbonisation strategies at the national level must be translated into the local area’s social, economic, environmental and institutional realities. …”
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YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY IN KOGI STATE; ISSUES AND PROSPECTS by MICHAEL DANIEL, DUNCAN GANYU ADAMSON

“…The finding indicates huge electoral expenditures, political inequality and compromised political space overtaken the place merit, which restrict youths from electoral contest. …”
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Empirical Analysis of African Aubergine (Solanum gilo) – Marketing and Income Disparity among Traders in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria by Godfrey C. Onuwa

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A scalability-centric perspective on global human development within environmental limits by Soumyajit Bhar, Chirag Dhara

“…The Human Development Index (HDI) positions Global North countries as development benchmarks, overlooking their high environmental footprints. …”
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Completion Phenomenon in Transcortical Sensory Aphasia by Y. Nakagawa, H. Tanabe, M. Ikeda, H. Kazui, K. Ito, N. Inoue, Y. Hatakenaka, T. Sawada, H. Ikeda, J. Shiraishi

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Directions for the development of socially oriented taxation of income of Russians by S. N. Rukina, K. A. Gerasimova, A. S. Takmazyan, K. N. Samoylova

“…Personal income tax (hereinafter referred to as PIT), in interaction with other instruments, can have a significant impact on the implementation of social goals aimed at improving the quality of life of Russians, reducing poverty, overcoming monetary inequality, and supporting low-income citizens, including families with children. …”
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Poverty and Child Trafficking in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Tusingwire, Angella

“…The study findings indicated that the majority of respondents strongly agreed that push factors are responsible for the trafficking of women especially for those who have a background characterized by poverty, children are trafficked for sexual exploitation and labor in Kabale Municipality and child trafficking is a result of lack of opportunities and structural inequalities in Kabale Municipality.…”
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Affirmative Action on Women Education Promotion in Ntungamo Municipality Ntungamo District. by Abenawe, Jasper

“…However, lack of transparency and clear lines of communication in implementing this strategy were cited as an obstacle. …”
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Influence of Domestic Violence on Pupils Academic Performance in Rubanda District. by Busingye, Scholar

“…The study found that 100% of respondents agreed on several causes of domestic violence, which included unfaithfulness, poverty (12 respondents, 20%), early marriages (5 respondents, 8%), diseases such as HIV/AIDS (9 respondents, 15%), gender inequality (10 respondents, 16%), and alcoholism (10 respondents, 16%). …”
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Barriers to women's participation in public procurement in Africa: Empirical evidence from Uganda. by BC, Basheka

“…In this regard, Basheka (2018b) highlights that removing gender inequality is key to economic growth and eradicating poverty. …”
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Limited Effect of Future Land‐Use Changes on Human Heat Stress and Labor Capacity by Steven J. DeHertog, Anton Orlov, Felix Havermann, Suqi Guo, Iris Manola, Julia Pongratz, Quentin Lejeune, Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner, Inga Menke, Florian Humpenöder, Alexander Popp, Peter Lawrence, George C. Hurtt, Louise Chini, Inne Vanderkelen, Edouard L. Davin, Thomas Reerink, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Hans Verbeeck, Wim Thiery

“…However, the effects of future land‐use change on climate are often not considered when quantifying the climate‐induced impacts on human heat stress and labor capacity. …”
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The rural risk of digital exclusion: A case study of municipal digital health and social care services in Denmark by Barbara Fersch, Egon Bjørnshave Noe, Annette Aagaard Thuesen, Beate Langer

“…We demonstrate the analytical potential of digital capital and the capital perspective, as it both can open-up practice-oriented insights as well as clarify how the individual's opportunities for acquiring or compensating missing digital capital are related to societal inequalities.…”
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