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World Leprosy Day 2025

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2025's World Leprosy Day: A Unified Call for Dignity and Healing

Celebration and Recognition

World Leprosy Day is commemorated each year on the final Sunday of January, promoting worldwide unity in the battle against leprosy. On January 26th, 2025, this day will occur. In India, January 30th is an important event that is observed annually to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary. Gandhi was a strong supporter of the rights and respect for individuals stricken with leprosy.

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Health and population; Health Disorders; Health and wellbeing, Global

The efficacy of antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis B patients with hepatic steatosis

Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 10, April 2024, e28653
This study investigated antiviral effects in a real-world cohort of non-cirrhotic CHB patients with varying degrees of HS, assessed by transient elastography (TE) with controlled attenuation parameter (CAP).
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Necroptosis in aluminum-induced neural cells and animal models of Alzheimer's disease

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Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, Volume 8,
2024, 100125,

The present article reviews the role of necroptosis, as a novel cell death pathway, in Aluminium-induced Alzheimer’s disease models in vitro and in vivo.

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Development of novel prognostic models based on dynamic changes in risk factors for hepatitis B associated acute-on-chronic liver failure:a 10-year retrospective study

Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 10, 15 April 2024
This study aims to develop novel prognostic models based on the dynamic changes in variables to predict the short-term mortality of HBV-associated ACLF (HBV-ACL)
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Global outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 10, 15 April 2024
Systematic review on Global outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis
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Health and wellbeing; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population, Global

People in community corrections are a population with unmet need for viral hepatitis care

Elsevier,

eClinicalMedicine, Volume 70, April 2024
This Article supports SDG 3 by arguing that people under community correction supervision (probation or parole) are a large population of individuals at risk of viral hepatitis, to whom little attention has thus far been paid. Targeting hepatitis testing and treatment services at this population would be feasible and effective in reducing hepatitis incidence.
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Health and population, Global

Carbon nitride based nanoarchitectonics for nature-inspired photocatalytic CO2 reduction

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Progress in Materials Science, Volume 142, April 2024
Climate changes (abrupt weather) and pollution-borne fatal diseases are directly associated with carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) emission levels beyond a safe limit. In this timely review, we present an overview of the recent advances in surface/interface engineering of carbon nitrides for the conversion of CO2 to fuels and useful chemical by-products.
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Energy, Global

Modeling the effects of artificial intelligence (AI)-based innovation on sustainable development goals (SDGs): Applying a system dynamics perspective in a cross-country setting

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Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 201, April 2024
The study forecasts AI-based innovation's impact on SDGs in 22 countries from 2022 to 2030 using System Dynamics Modeling. In most of the 22 countries studied, AI-based innovation positively affects SDGs 1, 3, and 5. For half of the countries studied, AI-based innovation positively influences SDGs 2, 4, 6–8, 11, 13, and 16–17. AI-based innovation does not positively influence SDGs 10, 12, 14–15 for most countries studied.
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Risk Assessment and Management for Ships and Offshore Structures - Chapter 11: Systematic measures to address offshore drilling hazards

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Risk Assessment and Management for Ships and Offshore Structures, 2024, pages 163-178
This chapter aligns with Goals 9 and 14 by studying the risk-based assessment methods associated with health, safety, and environmental protection of engineering structures and infrastructure, discussing how to prevent and mitigate oil and gas leaks, fires, explosions, and more.
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Disaster risk reduction; Oceans & Seas, Global

Cancer treatment and decision making in individuals with intellectual disabilities: a scoping literature review

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The Lancet Oncology, Volume 23, Issue 4, April 2022, Pages e174-e183

This Series of 2 papers in The Lancet Oncology addresses the urgent need to pay specific attention to the challenges and disparities faced by people with disabilities suffering from cancer. The authors highlight the need to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes to provide more equitable cancer prevention and care.

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