Literature reviews are an important part of research as they precede a doctoral dissertation, a master’s thesis, a policy paper with recommendations, a single scientific publication, a white paper, a ...

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In this paper, I use discourse analysis as a framework to examine Facebook posts and understand how South African ethnic and racial slurs are used and responded to on social media platforms. I ...

Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death and morbidity in our society and on a global scale. Major components of cardiovascular disease include ...

Main article text Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is an exciting new technology with substantial potential to change ablation of arrhythmia, particularly atrial fibrillation (AF) [1 – 3]. It exploits the ...

Objective: This study aimed to enhance the current understanding of the epidemiologic characteristics, laboratory diagnostic levels, and changes in pathogenic populations of rabies in China by ...

Fair Trade emerged as a set of practices and relationships to address North–South socio-economic inequalities drawing on ideas of partnership and reciprocity. Whilst the movement has a history dating ...

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 ...

Infectious diseases pose a major challenge to public health worldwide. In recent years, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases have emerged as major public health threats. Effective prevention, control, ...

Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), a member of the phosphodiesterase superfamily, has highly important roles in cyclic nucleotide signaling pathways and a variety of skin disorders. Blocking PDE4 activity ...