Self-harm among unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugee minors: protocol for a global systematic review of prevalence, methods and characteristics

Introduction Asylum seekers and refugees are at an elevated risk of self-harm, with younger age and traumatic experiences found to further increase such risk.Despite this, evidence regarding self-harm among unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugee minors has not been synthesised.As self-harm among minors is a risk factor for a range of adverse clin

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An Assessment of Wind Energy Potential in the Caspian Sea

At this time, there are plans to develop offshore wind projects in the Caspian Sea.The aim of the present work was to estimate the possible benefits coming from such a project.As a first step, the wind profile of this region was established by considering reanalysis data coming from the ERA-Interim project, the time interval covered being between J

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JAK inhibitors attenuate hyperactivation of nonswitched memory B cells in rheumatoid arthritis patients in remission

Abstract Objective To investigate the distribution and activation BG@6 of B-cell subpopulations in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) and to analyze their correlation with disease remission.Methods Peripheral blood samples were collected from 23 adult healthy controls and 58 RA patients, 31 of whom were

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The Presence of a Parasite in the Head Tissues of a Threatened Fish (Bidyanus bidyanus, Terapontidae) from South-Eastern Australia

The silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell) (Terapontidae) is a freshwater fish, endemic to the Murray-Darling river system in south-eastern Australia.Population declines have led to the fish being listed as critically endangered by the Australian Government.Knowledge about parasites and diseases of wild populations of freshwater fish are limite

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