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Given the increasing popularity of the Internet as a medium to convey advertising messages, limited empirical research has been published concerning Internet consumers' attitudes to advertising on the ...

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) was established in 1979 by the late Professors Edward Said and Ibrahim Abu-Lughod. They envisioned the Journal to be a platform for academic research to counter anti-Arab ...

This article deconstructs the theory of modernization and argues that the theory is a political propaganda to mislead the people of Third World countries; the social transformation the theory ...

Methods: We analyzed the incidence, distribution, and laboratory testing of human rabies in mainland China using statutory surveillance data from 2015-2021. Based on a literature review, the study ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are widely used in academic personnel decisions as a measure of teaching effectiveness. We show: SET are biased against female instructors by an amount that is ...

The dairy industry is in crisis in countries throughout the world. Rising industrialization in the sector coupled with corporate consolidation is harming small-scale farmers. Indeed, low milk prices ...

The monkeypox outbreaks started in 2022 and became an unexpected public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The factors that drove this neglected zoonosis in Africa into a global focus ...

In past decades, numerous emerging infectious diseases have markedly affected global health and social-economic development. Consequently, the concept of “disease X” has been developed, and lists of ...

This study contributes to broader understanding of viral diversity, by suggesting potential epidemic causes and illustrating genetic relationships among viruses associated with marine organisms. By ...

Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), a member of the phosphodiesterase superfamily, has highly important roles in cyclic nucleotide signaling pathways and a variety of skin disorders. Blocking PDE4 activity ...

Cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, vessels, nerves, and the surrounding supporting collagen matrix constitute the heart. Myocardial fibrosis—excessive deposition of activated fibroblasts and ...