Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are a group of malignancies that globally account for a significant portion of cancer incidence and cancer-related death.Survival outcomes for esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary cancers remain poor, but new treatment paradigms are emerging with the advent of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy.Thi
From income to capital breeding: when diversified strategies sustain species coexistence.
There is empirical evidence of many diversified ways for energy to be acquired and allocated to reproduction, notably with strategies ranging from strict income breeding (females fueling their gametes with energy gained concomitantly during reproduction) to strict capital breeding (females storing nutrients prior reproduction).Until now, the questi
The imperative of evidence-based health workforce planning and implementation: lessons from nurses and midwives unemployment crisis in Ghana
Abstract Following periods of health workforce crisis characterised by a severe shortage of nurses, midwives and doctors due to low production rates and excessive out-migration, the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Health (MOH) responded by expanding training and allowing private sector involvement in the training of health workers espec
Reinventing the House of Lords for the XXIst century
An entirely unelected Upper House looks, at first sight, to sit uneasily with a XXIst century democracy.In this context, the House of Lords indefinitely baby opi has had to carve out its own role in the British constitutional settlement.Since the reforms of the beginning of the XXIst century, its legitimacy and positions have shifted.This article f