Feminicide and counterdata production: Activist efforts to monitor and challenge gender-related violence by D'Ignazio, Catherine, Cruxên, Isadora, Suárez Val, Helena, Martinez Cuba, Angeles, García-Montes, Mariel, Fumega, Silvana, Suresh, Harini, So, Wonyoung

“…Gender-related violence against women and its lethal outcome, feminicide, are a serious problem throughout the world. Official government data on gender violence and feminicide are often absent, incomplete, infrequently updated, and contested. …”
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Gut microbiota in colorectal cancer: biological role and therapeutic opportunities by Pandey, Himani, Tang, Daryl W. T., Wong, Sunny Hei, Lal, Devi

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. While CRC is thought to be an interplay between genetic and environmental factors, several lines of evidence suggest the involvement of gut microbiota in promoting inflammation and tumor progression. …”
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Excess Mortality and its Determinants During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 21 Countries: An Ecological Study from the C-MOR Project, 2020 and 2021 by Rahmanian Haghighi, Mohammad Reza, Pallari, Chryso T., Achilleos, Souzana, Quattrocchi, Annalisa, Gabel, John, Artemiou, Andreas, Athanasiadou, Maria, Papatheodorou, Stefania, Liu, Tianyu, Cernuda Martínez, José Antonio, Denissov, Gleb, Łyszczarz, Błażej, Huang, Qian, Athanasakis, Kostas, Bennett, Catherine M.

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health systems, resulting in a surge in excess deaths. This study clustered countries based on excess mortality to understand their response to the pandemic and the influence of various factors on excess mortality within each cluster. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Zou, Kunru

“…Our findings suggest that the imprint of similar viruses’ experience is a fundamental mechanism underlying timely responses to COVID-19.…”
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Long-term fine particulate matter exposure on lung cancer incidence and mortality in Chinese nonsmokers by Chen, Z, Meng, X, Han, Y, Mou, Y, Ji, C, Zhu, X, Yu, C, Sun, D, Yang, L, Sun, Q, Chen, Y, Du, H, Dai, J, Hu, Z, Lv, J, Jin, G, Ma, H, Kan, H, Li, L, Shen, H

“…</p> <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To investigate the association between long-term PM_2.5 exposure and LCINS in a Chinese population and to assess the modifying effect of genetic factors. …”

Comparative analysis of pediatric COVID-19 infection in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Japan, and China by Wong, Judith Ju Ming, Abbas, Qalab, Chuah, Soo Lin, Malisie, Ririe Fachrina, Pon, Kah Min, Katsuta, Tomohiro, Dang, Hongxing, Lee, Pei Chuen, Jayashree, Muralidharan, Sultana, Rehena, Maha, Quratulain, Gan, Chin Seng, Shimizu, Naoki, Xu, Feng, Tang, Swee Fong, Shi, Luming, Lee, Jan Hau, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Yung, Chee Fu

“…There is a scarcity of data regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in children from southeast and south Asia. …”
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Use of topical mineral powder as monotherapy for treatment of active peptic ulcer bleeding by Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu, Moreea, Sulleman, Dhaliwal, Harinder, Moffatt, Dana C., Ragunath, Krish, Ponich, Terry, Barkun, Alan N., Kuipers, Ernst J., Bailey, Robert, Donnellan, Fergal, Wagner, David, Sanborn, Keith, Lau, James

“…Background and Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Hemospray (Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, NC, USA), a hemostatic powder, as monotherapy for active peptic ulcer bleeding. …”
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