The use of appropriate level of theories for studying weak van der Waal interactions such as 8-8stacking interactions of aromatic molecules has been an important aspect, since the high levelmethods have limitations for application to large molecules. The differences in the stacking energiesof various aromatic molecular structures are found significant. It is also very important for identifyingt...

BACKGROUND The quantification of the burden of disease attributable to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the adaptation of prevention and control measures requires knowledge on its prevalence in the general population. For most countries such data are not routinely available. We estimated the national, regional, and global prevalence of chronic HBV infection. METHODS For this systematic r...

Global health scholarship has failed to adequately consider the “BRIC” cluster of nations—Brazil, Russia, India and China—particularly in the aggregate. An article search with the keywords “BRIC” and “public health” yields just one publication. But these countries have a unique role to play in the global health enterprise by addressing global health problems as they build their own health syste...

The European Green Deal entails benefits for industrial transition to cleaner production through resource efficiency, paving the way green transition. We develop a conceptual framework study drivers of efficiency industries towards growth via segments countries' competitiveness under technological heterogeneity. Data on 13 in 17 countries over an 8-year period is used. Evidence shows that isola...

This study assessed the extent of household catastrophic expenditure in dental health care and its possible determinants in 41 low and middle income countries. Data from 182,007 respondents aged 18 years and over (69,315 in 18 low income countries, 59,645 in 15 lower middle income countries and 53,047 in 8 upper middle income countries) who participated in the WHO World Health Survey (WHS) were...

Neonatal tetanus (NT) is a major cause of mortality in developing countries, with over 400,000 deaths estimated to occur annually. WHO has adopted the goal of eliminating NT worldwide, and a major strategy for its prevention is the administration of at least two properly spaced doses of tetanus toxoid (TT) to women of childbearing age in high-risk areas to protect passively their newborns at bi...