Purpose Climate change and its imminent threat to human survival adversely impact the agriculture sector. In an impoverished country like The Gambia, economic costs of climate are colossal. This study aims establish a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Gambia’s sector examine effects on crops, livestock sea-level rise. Design/methodology/approach used CGE with other models compute i...

UNLABELLED Previous in vivo studies have suggested that nucleic acid polymers (NAPs) may reduce circulating levels of HBsAg in the blood by blocking its release from infected hepatocytes and that this effect may have clinical benefit. NAP treatment, was evaluated in two clinical studies in patients with HBeAg positive chronic HBV infection. The REP 101 study examined REP 2055 monotherapy in 8 p...

BACKGROUND Population movements following disasters can cause important increases in morbidity and mortality. Without knowledge of the locations of affected people, relief assistance is compromised. No rapid and accurate method exists to track population movements after disasters. We used position data of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards from the largest mobile phone company in Haiti (Dig...

Background Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) provides more timely access to transplantation and better clinical outcomes than deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT). This study investigated disparities in the utilization of LDKT in the UK. Methods A total of 2055 adults undergoing kidney transplantation between November 2011 and March 2013 were prospectively recruited from all ...

Climate change is expected to have substantial impacts on the composition of freshwater communities, and many species are threatened by the loss of climatically suitable habitat. In this study we identify Australian Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) vulnerable to the effects of climate change on the basis of exposure, sensitivity and pressure to disperse in the future. We used an ensemble o...

a División de Matemáticas Aplicadas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José 2055 col. Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí, 78216, SLP, México b Coordinación Académica Región Altiplano Oeste, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Kilometro 1 Carretera a Santo Domingo, 78600, Salinas de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, México c Institute of Informa...