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Regional integration and firms’ environmental performance: Evidence from Chinese urban agglomerations under relative regulatory stringency

Abstract Regional integration is widely promoted as a path to greener urban agglomerations, but its firm-level environmental effect remains uncertain because integration can also lower the cost of pollution relocation. This study examines how the regulatory gap between core and p...

EXTRACTION AND EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS FROM NATURAL SOURCES

Antioxidants from natural sources play an important role in preventing oxidative damage and promoting human health. This study focuses on the extraction and evaluation of antioxidants from plant-based materials using simple and effective methods such as solvent and ultrasound-ass...

BARRIERS OF EFFECTIVE HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN MOSUL

Hypertension is a major global health problem and one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular disease; uncontrolled blood pressure remains common in primary care settings despite available treatment. This comparative cross-sectional study aimed to assess the common barrier...

Cannabidiol selectively downregulates FAM111B expression and induces apoptosis in fibrosarcoma cells: an in vitro study

Abstract Background Fibrosarcoma is a rare and aggressive soft tissue sarcoma with limited therapeutic options and poor outcomes in advanced disease. Family with sequence similarity 111 member B (FAM111B) has emerged as a pro-tumorigenic factor associated with dysregulated cell s...

AYURVEDIC INTERVENTION IN DIABETIC CHEIROARTHROPATHY (PRAMEHA-UPADRAVA): A CASE STUDY

Diabetic Cheiroarthropathy, also known as Diabetic Stiff Hand Syndrome, is a chronic musculoskeletol complication of Diabetes mellitus characterized by pain, stiffness, restricted mobility, deformity, along with cardinal symptoms of Diabetes mellitus.[1] From an Ayurvedic perspec...

ANTICANCER POTENTIAL OF ALKALOIDS: A KEY EMPHASIS TO COLCHICINE, VINBLASTINE, VINCRISTINE, VINDESINE, VINORELBINE AND VINCAMINE

One of the main causes of death globally, cancer continues to be a significant public health concern. The identification of anticancer drugs has been greatly aided by natural compounds made from medicinal plants. The Vinca plant, or Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, is a significa...

BARRIERS FOR ROUTINE IMMUNIZATIONS AMONG UNDER SIX YEARS CHILDREN IN MOSUL CITY

Background: Immunization remains the most effective and cost-effective public health tool against vaccine-preventable diseases in children, yet regional disparities in coverage persist worldwide because of funding gaps and health-system weaknesses. Aim: To assess the barriers to...

Dimensional Asymptotics of Euler-Based Simulated Likelihood for Multidimensional Diffusions

A widely used simulation method for likelihood inference in discretely observed diffusions approximates each transition density by simulating an Euler scheme to one step before the observed endpoint and averaging the final Gaussian density. We show that this endpoint estimator is...

UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF VAMANA KARMA THROUGH CLASSICAL PRINCIPLES AND MODERN EMESIS PHYSIOLOGY

Background: Vamana Karma, one of the principal purification procedures of Panchakarma, is indicated predominantly in Kapha-dominant disorders and aims at expelling vitiated doshas through therapeutic emesis. Although its clinical utility is widely acknowledged in Ayurvedic practi...

The "Hard Problem of Consciousness" is a Choice: The Universal Principle of Collapse (UPC)

The “Hard Problem of Consciousness,” articulated by David Chalmers, asks how physical brain processes give rise to subjective experience. This paper demonstrates that the problem is not an intrinsic physical mystery, but a self-inflicted category error produced by inverting the o...

A REVIEW OF FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF ANTI MICROBIAL CREAM USING DIFFERENT PLANT EXTRACT

Herbal antimicrobial creams have gained considerable importance in recent years due to the increasing demand for natural and safer therapeutic alternatives to synthetic drugs. Traditionally, antibiotics were primarily derived from microorganisms, whereas many chemotherapeutic age...

MATERNAL BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT NEONATAL JAUNDICE IN MOSUL, NORTH OF IRAQ

Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is a highly prevalent condition worldwide and remains a major contributor to neonatal morbidity and hospital readmissions when not recognized and managed promptly. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Mosul City to assess maternal knowle...

FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT AND IN-VITRO EVALUATION OF HERBAL BUCCAL SPRAY HAVING ANTI-DIABETIC ACTIVITY

Gymnema sylvestre is a traditional medicinal plant belonging to family Asclepiadaceae. Mainly leaves of Gymnema sylvestre have been used for the treatment of madhu meha or “honey urine” for more than 2,000 years in India. Recently novel dosage forms have gained significant popula...

AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ANANTAVATA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA: A CASE STUDY

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a neuropathic disorder marked by sudden, intense, stabbing pain in the lower face and jaw, typically affecting one side of the face and often triggered by simple activities like touching the face, brushing teeth, or exposure to cold wind.[1] The pain...

Hip & Pelvis

The August 2026 Hip & Pelvis Roundup 360 looks at: WaSTE: a multicentre audit of waste segregation practices in elective knee and hip arthroplasty; An analysis of the effect of the COVID-19-induced joint replacement deficit in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland suggests rec...

Visible injury patterns in relation to reported sexual acts after sexual assault: a retrospective cohort study

Sexual assault may result in visible anogenital and extragenital injuries, but the absence of such findings remains a major challenge in forensic interpretation. This retrospective forensic outpatient study analyzed 306 adults examined after reported sexual assault at the Violenc...

Evidence-Based Practice Implementation, Part 2: Embedding Evidence-Based Innovations in Practice

Part 1 of this series, "Selecting Interventions," explored how to choose interventions for evidence-based practice implementation that fit the patient population, practice setting, and clinician workforce. Part 1 also introduced the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Resea...

Trauma

The August 2026 Trauma Roundup 360 looks at: Hemiarthroplasty versus total hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture in the elderly: an analysis from the American Joint Replacement Registry; How should we reduce distal radius fractures?; Extra-articular fractures of the distal t...

A matter of definition

Aims: The establishment of the fracture-related infection (FRI) consensus definition and the FRI classification system provide a foundation for research and the development of clinical recommendations. To date, however, the evaluation of treatment success is still impeded by a la...

MANAGEMENT OF MUTRASHMARI THROUGH AYURVEDIC SHAMANA CHIKITSA: CASE SERIES

Background: Mutrashmari (urolithiasis) is one of the most prevalent disorders of the urinary tract and is classified as an Ashta Mahagada (eight fatal diseases) in Ayurveda due to its severity and tendency for recurrence. Although modern management includes pharmacotherapy and su...