The International Journal of Materials Research (IJMR) publishes original high quality experimental and theoretical papers and reviews on basic and applied research in the field of materials science ...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has recently issued a Briefing Paper regarding the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act of 2018 of Pakistan. Stating the passage of this Act a ...

Political economy of media transformation in South Africa, edited by Anthony Olorunnisola and Keyan G. Tomaselli, New Jersey, Hampton Press, 2011, 314 pp., £27.50, ISBN 9781572739918 The political ...

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Life symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically manifest during childhood and persist into adolescence and adulthood. ASD, which can be caused by genetic or environmental ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are widely used in academic personnel decisions as a measure of teaching effectiveness. We show: SET are biased against female instructors by an amount that is ...

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans and/or from humans to animals [1,2]. More than 75% of emerging disease pathogens are zoonotic: 60% of them spread from ...

Tuberculosis is a zoonotic disease that is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and can infect humans, livestock, and wildlife. It spreads primarily through the respiratory tract and was the ...

Background: With distal transradial access (dTRA), the postoperative compression time remains significantly longer than the recommended range via in practice. This study investigated whether ...

In past decades, numerous emerging infectious diseases have markedly affected global health and social-economic development. Consequently, the concept of “disease X” has been developed, and lists of ...

With over three million Haitians living abroad and the nation’s reliance on remittances and other forms of exchange for its survival, Haiti is shaped by an imagined transnational community found ...

Cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, vessels, nerves, and the surrounding supporting collagen matrix constitute the heart. Myocardial fibrosis—excessive deposition of activated fibroblasts and ...