BENCHMARKING THE COST PER PERSON OF MASS TREATMENT FOR SELECTED NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES: AN APPROACH BASED ON LITERATURE REVIEW AND META-REGRESSION WITH WEB-BASED SOFTWARE APPLICATION.

Benchmarking the Cost per Person of Mass Treatment for Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Approach Based on Literature Review and Meta-regression with Web-Based Software Application.

Advocacy around mass treatment for the elimination of selected Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) has typically put the cost per person treated at less than US$ 0.50.Whilst useful for advocacy, the focus on a single number misrepresents the complexity of delivering "free" donated medicines to about a billion people across the world.We perform a lit

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Beyond loot boxes: a variety of gambling-like practices in video games are linked to both problem gambling and disordered gaming

A variety of practices have recently emerged which relate to both video games and gambling.These range from opening loot boxes, to esports betting, real-money video gaming, token wagering, and social casino spending.It is unknown either how harmful or how widespread many of these activities are.A sample of 1,081 adults from the UK aged venus tops a

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On the occurrence of the fireworm Eurythoe complanata complex (Annelida, Amphinomidae) in the Mediterranean Sea with an updated revision of the alien Mediterranean amphinomids

The presence of two species within the Eurythoe complanata complex in the Mediterranean Sea is reported, as well as their geographical distributions.One species, Eurythoe laevisetis, occurs in the eastern and central Mediterranean, likely constituting the first historical introduction to the Mediterranean Sea and the other, Eurythoe complanata, in

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