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Unintended consequences of adjacency claims: the function and dysfunction of analogies between refugee protection and IDP protection in the work of UNHCR

Bradley, Miriam (Brill Academic Publishers, 2019)

This article examines the role of adjacency claims in the development of a norm for the international protection of internally displaced persons (IDP s). Consistent with existing scholarship on adjacency claims, the ...
From green technology to functional olive oils: assessing the best combination of olive tree-related extracts with complementary bioactivities

Hernáez, Álvaro; Jaramillo, Sara; García Borrego, Aránzazu; Espejo-Calvo, Juan A.; Covas Planells, Maria Isabel; Blanchart, Gemma; Torre Fornell, Rafael de la; Carrasco-Pancorbo, Alegría; Mesa, Maria-Dolores; Fernández Prior, Maria África; Castañer, Olga; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat (MDPI, 2021)

Our aim was to assess the combination of olive tree-related extracts with the most favorable profile of in vitro bioactive properties. We tested the antioxidant (increment of low-density lipoprotein resistance against ...
Evaluation of the mortality registry in Ecuador (2001-2013) - social and geographical inequalities in completeness and quality

Peralta Chiriboga, Alejandro Andrés, 1985-; Benach, Joan; Borrell i Thió, Carme; Espinel Flores, Verónica, 1979-; Cash-Gibson, Lucinda, 1984-; Queiroz, Bernardo L.; Marí Dell'Olmo, Marc, 1978- (BioMed Central, 2019)

Background: Mortality registries are an essential data source for public health surveillance and for planning and evaluating public policy. Nevertheless, there are still large inequalities in the completeness and quality ...
Scenarios for population health inequalities in 2030 in Europe: the EURO-HEALTHY project experience

Alvarenga, António; Bana E Costa, Carlos A.; Borrell i Thió, Carme; Lopes Ferreira, Pedro; Freitas, Ângela; Freitas, Liliana; Oliveira, Mónica; Rodrigues, Teresa C.; Santana, Paula; Lopes Santos, Maria; Vieira, Ana C. L. (BioMed Central, 2019)

Background: Health inequalities have been consistently reported across and within European countries and continue to pose major challenges to policy-making. The development of scenarios regarding what could affect population ...
Depression and apathy after transient ischemic attack or minor stroke: prevalence, evolution and predictors

Carnes-Vendrell, Anna; Deus, Joan; Molina-Seguin, Jessica; Pifarré, Josep; Purroy, Francisco (Nature Research, 2019)

Few previous studies have focused on affective impairment after transient ischemic attack (TIA) and/or minor stroke. The aim was to establish the prevalence, evolution and predictors of post-stroke depression (PSD) and ...