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Incorporating genetic selection into individual‐based models of malaria and other infectious diseases

Ian M. Hastings, Diggory Hardy, Katherine Kay, Raman Sharma • Evolutionary Applications (2020)

Abstract Introduction Control strategies for human infections are often investigated using individual‐based models (IBMs) to quantify their impact in terms of mortality, morbidity and impact on transmission. Genetic selection can be incorpo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1111/eva.13077

Research advances in Apert syndrome

Satrupa Das, Anjana Munshi • Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research (2018)

Apert syndrome is one of the several genetic syndromes associated with craniosynostosis, a condition that includes premature fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures. There has been significant clinical variation among different sutural sy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2017.05.006

Effectiveness of Ultrasound Imaging in Assessing the Palpation Skills of Rotating Physicians

Peizhen Huang, Bin Zheng, Shan Liu, Lin Xu et al. • Frontiers in Genetics (2022)

As an important means of physical examination, palpation is usually limited to the physical examination before surgery and used as an auxiliary method for disease diagnosis in the field of surgery. In practice, palpation is also used in eve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.894716

Genetics of Obesity

Claude Bouchard, Louis Përusse • Annual Review of Nutrition (1993)

Genetics of Human Obesities: Introductory Notes (C. Bouchard). Etiology and Prevalence of Obesity (G.A. Bray). Nongenetic Determinants of Obesity and Body Fat Topography (J.O. Hill, M.J. Pagliassotti, and J.C. Peters). Overview of the Adopt...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.nu.13.070193.002005

The Development of Cognitive Anthropology

Roy G. D’Andrade • Cambridge University Press eBooks (1995)

In an historical account of the growth and development of the field of cognitive anthropology, Roy D'Andrade examines how cultural knowledge is organised within and between human minds. He begins by examining the research carried out during...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139166645

Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management

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...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849802291

Public policy and program evaluation

• Choice Reviews Online (1998)

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.35-2785

Evaluating the effect of comprehensive land consolidation on spatial reconstruction of rural production, living, and ecological spaces

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,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112785

Investigating the factors affecting the disclosure of intellectual capital in companies listed on the Tehran stock exchange

A. Gilani, M. Geraily Safari • Marketing i Menedžment Innovacij (2017)

The aim of the article. This research studies the effective factor of disclosing intellectual capital of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The results of the analysis. Intellectual capital is one of the most valuable assets of the or...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21272/mmi.2017.1-25

Toward optimal implementation of cancer prevention and control programs in public health: a study protocol on mis-implementation

Margaret Padek, Peg Allen, Paul C. Erwin, Melissa Franco et al. • Implementation Science (2018)

Abstract Background Much of the cancer burden in the USA is preventable, through application of existing knowledge. State-level funders and public health practitioners are in ideal positions to affect programs and policies related to cancer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0742-9

Determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditures: A Study in Hamedan, Iran

Maryam Fakhrzad, Ali Akbar Fazaeli, Yadollah Hamidi • Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System (2023)

Background: Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) has been explained as a growth in spending for health care services that exceeds 40% of total household income. Therefore, devoting a large portion of household resources to health care serv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30476/jhsss.2021.93369.1444

Public policy and construction innovation

George Seaden, André Manseau • Building Research & Information (2001)

The particular roles played by governments through their policies and programmes are considered within a comparative context in order to gain an understanding of construction innovation systems and processes. The analysis of this question i...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210010027701

Scenarios in Public Policy

Gill Ringland (2002)

About the Author Acknowledgements Abbreviation Introduction Part I: Scenarios in Public Policy Summary Four Scenarios for Public Education in Seattle Rotterdam and Arnhem Mission and Consequences in Bueren Scottish Enterprisea s use of Scen...

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