Due to having a sensitive and fragile ecosystem, dry areas are constantly exposed to land degradation and desertification. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate appropriate strategies for quantitative assessment of ...

QUESTION: We examined the effect of study characteristics, risk of bias and publication bias on the efficacy of pharmacotherapy in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). STUDY SELECTION ...

Some languages make a distinction between formal and informal pronouns of address. When organizations communicate in such a language, they have to choose between the formal and informal form. The goal of this paper is to ...

Social innovation initiatives in the pharmaceutical field seek alternative, collaborative ways to address problems with availability and affordability of medicines. However, these experimental initiatives require legitimacy. ...

A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of intramammary infection (IMI) associated bacteria and to identify risk factors for pathogen group-specific IMI in water buffalo in Bangladesh. A California ...

Background: This study explored the treatment-related, financial and psychological experiences of caregivers during cancer treatment of their children in South Africa’s (SA) public and private sectors. Methods: In this ...

Purpose: Employees facing challenges in their careers – i.e. female, migrant, elderly and lower-educated employees – might expect job searches to have a low likelihood of success and might therefore more often stay in ...

Haemodialysis is life sustaining but expensive, provides limited removal of uraemic solutes, is associated with poor patient quality of life and has a large carbon footprint. Innovative dialysis technologies such as portable, ...