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Eleni Z. Giannopoulou, Stefanie Zorn, Melanie Schirmer, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann et al. • Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics
(2026)
Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...
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DOI: 10.1186/s40348-025-00214-z
Sara E. Trace, Jessica H. Baker, Eva Peñas‐Lledó, Cynthia Marie Bulik • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
(2013)
Over the past decade, considerable advances have been made in understanding genetic influences on eating pathology. Eating disorders aggregate in families, and twin studies reveal that additive genetic factors account for approximately 40% ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185546
A Young • Annual Review of Anthropology
(1982)
ion. [In this connection, see analogous arguments by Navarro (126) and Assennato & Navarro (7, pp. 224--30) on the social production of knowledge of occupational medicine, and Latour & Woolgar (102) on the social production of biomedical kn...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.11.100182.001353
Paul E. Farmer • Current Anthropology
(2004)
Any thorough understanding of the modern epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti or elsewhere in the postcolonial world requires a thorough knowledge of history and political economy. This essay, based on over a decade of research in ru...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/382250
Alessandro Duranti • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(1997)
In this textbook, first published in 1997, Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field which studies language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. The theories and methods of li...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511810190
Yousef SHAHWAN, Nor Raihan MOHAMMAD • Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Negotia
(2016)
The OECD principles of Corporate Governance (CG) are the most important public policy mechanisms that assist regulators to efficiently evaluate and improve the institutional, regulatory and legal framework for sound CG. Consequently, the pr...
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Emily J. Bian, Priyanka Menon, Kathleen A. McManus, Timothy J. Layton et al. • Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
(2026)
Stroke prevalence is highest in adults ≥65 years, the majority of whom are Medicare beneficiaries. Feefor-
Service Medicare (FFS) incentivizes utilization by paying for each service. Medicare Advantage (MA)
uses capitated payments to redu...
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DOI: 10.57264/cer-2025-0157
Zongshi Qin, Zhiwei Zang, Jianyong Yu, Jianqin Lv et al. • BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
(2023)
Abstract Background Hot flashes are the common and debilitating symptom among prostate cancer (PCa) patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Strong evidence from multiple rigorously designed studies indicated that pharmacolog...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12906-023-04218-y
Christopher Pollitt, Geert Bouckaert • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
(2009)
© Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert 2009. All rights reserved. Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, two of Europe's leading public policy and management scholars apply and develop so...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849802291
John C. Gonsiorek, James D. Weinrich • Sage eBooks
(1991)
Introduction - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich The Definition and Scope of Sexual Orientation - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich Homosexuality, Nature, and Biology - John A W Kirsch and James D Weinrich Is Homosexuality Natural? ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483325422
• Oxford University Press eBooks
(2016)
Abstract What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199325818.001.0001
James Q. Wilson (2002)
1. Introduction, James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia 2. Crime in International Perspective, James P. Lynch and William Alex Pridemore 3. Crime and Biology, Terrie E. Moffitt, Stephen Ross, and Adrian Raine 4. Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Jus...
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Pengfei Gao, Chaoxian Yang, Yong Liu, Guixin Xin et al. • Ecological Indicators
(2024)
China’s long-standing dual-track institutions, which differentiate between urban and rural areas, have prioritized urban development, exacerbating the urban–rural divide and contributing to the ongoing decline of rural regions. In response,...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112785
Janki Tailor, Jessica Rodrigues, John Meade, Kate Segal et al. • PLOS Global Public Health
(2022)
Policies facilitating access to HIV prevention services, specifically for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), can foster enabling environments for service uptake. This analysis aims to establish whether policies enabling broad PrEP eligibility...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001202
Ahmed Kabore, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, James Awuah, Andrew Hansen et al. • The Pan African Medical Journal
(2019)
INTRODUCTION: Substance abuse is an important public health issue affecting West Africa; however, there is currently a dearth of literature on the actions needed to address it. The aim of this study was to assess the risks and protective fa...
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DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.214.12851
Andrew Clark, PhD, Jacqueline Tate, PhD, Umesh Parashar, MD, Mark Jit, PhD et al. • The Lancet Global Health
(2019)
Summary: Background: Infant rotavirus vaccines have led to substantial reductions in hospital admissions and deaths due to gastroenteritis, but some studies have reported an elevated risk of intussusception, a rare bowel disorder. This ana...
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DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30412-7
Brian W. Hogwood, B. Guy Peters (1985)
Governments, like people, suffer in various ways when their internal functions go awry. But, unlike medical pathology, there is no recognized system of classification for the malfunctioning of policymaking. Building on the analogy between t...
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Ashley Nicole Gearhardt, Marie A. Bragg, Rebecca L. Pearl, Natasha A. Schvey et al. • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
(2012)
There is a pressing need to reduce both the prevalence and impact of obesity. This review begins with a discussion of the roles of treatment and prevention. Two overriding issues, weight bias and the addictive nature of food, are covered be...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032511-143129
Joyce B. Der, Alison D. Grant, Daniel Grint, Clement T. Narh et al. • BMC Health Services Research
(2022)
Abstract Background Ghana’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013 showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not being identified and treated. Responding to this, we assessed ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1
Manuel Calvopiña, Daniel Romero, Byron Castañeda, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi et al. • Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
(2014)
A review of national and international publications on paragonimiasis in Ecuador, epidemiological records from the Ministry of Public Health and unpublished research data was conducted to summarise the current status of the parasite/disease...
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DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140042