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Author Correction: Reply to: Postbiotics - when simplification fails to clarify
No full textIn the original Supplementary Table associated with this Correspondence, the terms “postbiotic” and “ISAPP” were misspelled in the column heading and footnote, respectively. These errors have now been corrected and the Supplementary information updated online; for transparency, the updated Supplementary Table is available in the online version of this Correction.</p
Regulating water and war in Iraq: a dangerous dark side of new governance
No full textIn the legal scholarship, the ‘new governance’ mode of governance advances an administrative arrangement where decision-making is shared amongst a range of actors, both public and private. The flexible, responsive, and collaborative governance orientation is intended to counter the ill effects of a coercive, top-down, state-centric, commandand-control approach to governance. Critics contend the new governance framework can displace the interests of local communities, disempower individuals, and dislodge basic human rights. The U.S. military has adopted such an adaptive approach in its own governance structure, which in this article is referred to as: the new governance “mentality.” This mentality of governance was employed in the U.S.'s post-conflict reconstruction efforts in Iraq—efforts that were plagued by waste, inefficiency, and corruption. Governance scholars have yet to ask the question of what models of governance should apply in the post conflict situation where the environmental violence of war has poisoned waterscapes and degraded landscapes. Should an adaptive mode of new governance be applied in post conflict situations where public institutions are weak and beset by corruption? What is the role of the state and private actors when the war is over and the reconstruction period begins? In this article, we explore a dark side of the new governance framework through the case study of the Iraq war theatre and examine how the transformed military culture shaped the 2003– 2013 Coalition operations in Iraq and the reconstruction effort—in particular, the provision of safe, clean drinking water to local communities.Peer reviewedFinal article publishedcorporate governancegovernancewardrinking waterwater governancegovernment corruptionenvironmental ethicssoldiersmilitary campaign
Author correction: The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of postbiotics
No full textThe originally published article contained an error in Table 2 in which the study on L. gasseri CP2305 was wrongly attributed to reference 155; it should have cited reference 15: Nishida et al. Para- psychobiotic Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 ameliorates stress- related symptoms and sleep quality. J. Appl. Microbiol. 123, 1561–1570 (2017). This error has now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.</p
How reduced demand for children and access to family planning accelerated the fertility decline in Colombia
No full textBy the early 1960s, Colombia was one of the fastest growing countries in the world. With a total fertility rate of seven children per woman and a rapidly declining mortality, its population was growing at a rate that would double in size every 22 years. But from the years 1973 - 1985 the doubling time increased to 41 years. This slowdown in growth, caused by a dramatic decline in fertility, was one of the most rapid demographic transition processes in the world. The causes and mechanisms of this phenomena deserve to be carefully studied if the experience is to be replicated in other countries. A framework developed by Richard Easterlin is used in this study to analyze the fertility change in Colombia. Considering the effects of socioeconomic changes on supply of and demand for children, together with effects on regulation costs, this framework will allow us to understand the underlying causes and processes behind the fertility decline.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Health Economics&Finance,Adolescent Health
Protein metabolism in mouse spinal cord
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Bone mineral density in patients with systemic sclerosis and its association with hand involvement
No full textAbstractAim of the workThe aim of the present study is to assess bone mineral density (BMD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and to determine associated factors.Patients and methodsSixty-five female SSc patients (mean age 39.5±13.5years, disease duration 7.3±5.9years), and forty age- and sex- matched controls were included. Forty-seven patients had limited SSc and 18 had diffuse type. Patients were subjected to clinical and functional assessment. BMD was quantified at the distal radius, femoral neck and lumbar spine (L2–4) by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.ResultsSSc patients had a higher frequency of osteoporosis at the distal radius and osteopenia at the lumbar spine (p=0.001 and 0.002, respectively), but the BMD at the femoral neck was not significantly different from the control group. Patients with osteoporosis at the distal radius had a significantly higher frequency of hand deformities (p<0.05) and higher functional scores reflecting more disability than patients without (p=0.01), while patients with osteoporosis at the lumbar spine were significantly older (p<0.001) and had a longer disease duration than those without (p=0.001). No associations were found between menopausal status, SSc subtype, skin score, internal organ affection and osteoporosis at the three skeletal sites.ConclusionPatients with SSc have lower bone mineral density than controls at the distal radius and lumbar spine. Osteoporosis at the distal radius is associated with the presence of hand deformity and functional disability, while osteoporosis at the lumbar spine is associated with older age and longer disease duration
Radiolytic Production of Fluorine Gas from MSR Relevant Fluoride Salts
No full textRadiolytic fluorine gas production at temperatures of 40°C to 60°C was investigated for the fluoride salts LiF, BeF2, UF4, ThF4, and 71.7LiF-16BeF2-12.3UF4 (FliBe-UF4) by gamma irradiation of powdered samples using spent fuel elements from the High Flux Reactor (HFR) Petten as the irradiation source; work of a similar nature was previously performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the period 1965 to 1995. Gamma irradiation was conducted for just over 41 days, with total absorbed gamma dose ranging from ~45 MGy for the lightest salts to ~170 MGy for ThF4 and UF4. By measuring the gas pressure within salt-filled capsules during irradiation, it was possible to quantify radiolytic gas production for all salt samples except UF4. Production rates are reported as the salt G-values, measured as number of fluorine molecules produced per 100 eV of energy absorbed (molecules F2/100 eV). The G-values of the salts were found to be G(LiF) ~0.004, G(BeF2) ~0.009, G(ThF4) ~0.021, and G(FLiBe-UF4) ~0.005.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Material
147 Evaluation of treatment adherence in Behçet's disease: its relationship to disease parameters and patients' beliefs about medications
No full textA retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes in patients with hepatitis C related systemic vasculitis receiving intravenous methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide
No full textPotential of aquaculture in Australia, : case study - trout farming
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