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The prevalence of drug use and illicit trafficking: A descriptive cross sectional study of irregular migrant returnees in Nigeria

. . Molobe ID, Odukoya OO. . J Migr Health. 2021 Jan 26;3:100034. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100034. 2021. Abstract The study assessed the prevalence of drug use and drug trafficking among Nigerian returned migrants from Libyan detention centers in the transit or destination along the Mediterranean irregular migration route. This is a descriptive cross sectional study. The …

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Impact of corpulence parameters and haemoglobin A1c on metabolic control in type 2 diabetic patients: comparison of apolipoprotein B/A-I ratio with fasting and postprandial conventional lipid ratios

. . Diaf M, Khaled BM, Sellam F. . Libyan J Med. 2015 May 8;10:27400. doi: 10.3402/ljm.v10.27400. 2015. Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The incidence of diabetes co-morbidities could probably be better assessed by studying its associations with major corpulence parameters and glycaemic control indicators. We assessed the utility of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference …

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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of a New Mixed Metal (Co(II), Ni(II)) Cubane

. . Elmehdawi RM, El-Kaheli MN, Abuhmaiera RG, Treish FA, Ben Younes MEM, Bazzicalupi C, Guerri A, Caneschi A, Amjad A. . Materials (Basel). 2017 Feb 14;10(2):178. doi: 10.3390/ma10020178. Abstract The mixed Co(II)/Ni(II) complex, [Co(2.67)Ni(1.33)L₄(CH₃COO)₂][BPh₄]₂·0.75H₂O where HL = 4-(salicylaldimine)antipyrine, was isolated as an orange solid from the reaction of 4-(salicylaldimine)antipyrine, with mixed cobalt(II) acetate and …

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Laparoscopy assisted transjejunal endoscopic retrograde cholangiography for treatment of intrahepatic duct stones in a post Roux-en-Y patient

. . Mansor SM, Abdalla SI, Bendardaf RS. . Saudi Med J. 2015 Jan;36(1):104-7. doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.1.10404. Abstract We report a case of a 17-year-old female patient, who was operated on for choledocal cyst with Roux-en Y hepatojejunostomy. She was admitted to hospital with recurrent attacks of acute ascending cholangitis due to left intrahepatic duct stones. …

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Species of Pseudorhabdosynochus (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from Groupers (Mycteroperca spp., Epinephelidae) in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with Special Reference to the ‘Beverleyburtonae Group’ and Description of Two New Species

. . Chaabane A, Neifar L, Gey D, Justine JL. . PLoS One. 2016 Aug 17;11(8):e0159886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159886. 2016. Abstract Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958 is a species-rich diplectanid genus, mainly restricted to the gills of groupers (Epinephelidae) and especially abundant in warm seas. Species from the Mediterranean are not fully documented. Two new and two previously …

Species of Pseudorhabdosynochus (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from Groupers (Mycteroperca spp., Epinephelidae) in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with Special Reference to the ‘Beverleyburtonae Group’ and Description of Two New Species Read More »

The purpose of United Nations Security Council practice: Contesting competence claims in the normative context created by the Responsibility to Protect

. . Ralph J, Gifkins J. . Eur J Int Relat. 2017 Sep;23(3):630-653. doi: 10.1177/1354066116669652. Epub 2016 Oct 7. Abstract Practice theory provides important insights into the workings of the Security Council. The contribution is currently limited, however, by the conjecture that practice theory operates on ‘a different analytical plane’ to norm/normative theory. Building on …

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Short duplication within the RHCE gene associated with an in cis deleted RHD causing a Rhnull amorph phenotype in an immunized pregnant woman with anti-Rh29

. . Silvy M, Beley S, Peyrard T, Ouchari M, Abdelkefi S, Jemni Yacoub S, Chiaroni J, Bailly P. . Transfusion. 2015 Jun;55(6 Pt 2):1407-10. doi: 10.1111/trf.12937. Epub 2014 Nov 21. Abstract BACKGROUND: The rare amorph Rhnull phenotype is caused by silent alleles at the RH locus and usually arises in consanguineous families. To date, …

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Assessment of heavy metal and organic contaminants levels along the Libyan coast using transplanted mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

. . Galgani F, Chiffoleau JF, Barrah M, Drebika U, Tomasino C, Andral B. . Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 Oct;21(19):11331-9. doi: 10.1007/s11356-014-3079-1. Epub 2014 May 30. Abstract Within the framework of the MYTIOR project in 2009, heavy metals and organic compounds contaminations were assessed in transplanted mussels in 16 different stations along the …

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Nero and the last stalk of Silphion: collecting extinct nature in early modern Europe

. . Keller V. . Early Sci Med. 2014;19(5):424-47. doi: 10.1163/15733823-00195p03. Abstract Many studies of early modern natural history focus upon observational, empirical techniques. Early moderns also contended with entities which could no longer be observed because they no longer existed. Although it is often assumed that extinction only emerged as a concept in the …

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Antagonistic recursivities and successive cover-ups: the case of private nuclear proliferation

. . Mallard G. . Br J Sociol. 2018 Dec;69(4):1007-1030. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12494. Epub 2018 Oct 5. Abstract “Legal recursivity” is a concept introduced by socio-legal scholars to capture the progressive elaboration of transnational rules through policy linkages at the international and domestic levels, and the associated jurisdictional expansion of international institutions to new policy areas. …

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