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'On the Trail of Capital Flight from Africa' investigates the dynamics of capital flight from Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and South Africa, countries that have witnessed large-scale illicit financial outflows in recent decades. Quantitative, qualitative, and institutional analysis for each country is used to examine the modus operandi of capital flight; that is, the 'who', 'how', and 'where' dimensions of the phenomenon. 'Who' refers to major domestic and foreign players; 'how' refers to mechanisms of capital acquisition, transfer, and concealment; and 'where' refers to the destinations of capital flight and the transactions involved. The evidence reveals a complex network of actors and enablers involved in orchestrating and facilitating capital flight and the accumulation of private wealth in offshore secrecy jurisdictions.

Capital movements --- Capital flight --- Capital flows --- Capital inflow --- Capital outflow --- Flight of capital --- Flow of capital --- Movements of capital --- Balance of payments --- Foreign exchange --- International finance --- Capital movements.

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Recent advances in information technology have brought forth a paradigm shift in science, especially in the biology and medical fields. Statistical methodologies based on high-performance computing and big data analysis are now indispensable for the qualitative and quantitative understanding of experimental results. In fact, the last few decades have witnessed drastic improvements in high-throughput experiments in health science, for example, mass spectrometry, DNA microarray, next generation sequencing, etc. Those methods have been providing massive data involving four major branches of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics). Information about amino acid sequences, protein structures, and molecular structures are fundamental data for the prediction of bioactivity of chemical compounds when screening drugs. On the other hand, cell imaging, clinical imaging, and personal healthcare devices are also providing important data concerning the human body and disease. In parallel, various methods of mathematical modelling such as machine learning have developed rapidly. All of these types of data can be utilized in computational approaches to understand disease mechanisms, diagnosis, prognosis, drug discovery, drug repositioning, disease biomarkers, driver mutations, copy number variations, disease pathways, and much more. In this Special Issue, we have published 8 excellent papers dedicated to a variety of computational problems in the biomedical field from the genomic level to the whole-person physiological level.

water temperature --- bathing --- ECG --- heart rate variability --- quantitative analysis --- t-test --- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy --- data mining --- automated curation --- molecular mechanisms --- atrial fibrillation --- sudden cardiac death --- heart failure --- left ventricular outflow tract obstruction --- cardiac fibrosis --- myocardial ischemia --- compound–protein interaction --- Jamu --- machine learning --- drug discovery --- herbal medicine --- data augmentation --- deep learning --- ECG quality assessment --- drug–target interactions --- protein–protein interactions --- chronic diseases --- drug repurposing --- maximum flow --- adenosine methylation --- m6A --- RNA modification --- neuronal development --- genetic variation --- copy number variants --- disease-related traits --- sequential order --- association test --- blood pressure --- cuffless measurement --- longitudinal experiment --- plethysmograph --- nonlinear regression --- n/a --- compound-protein interaction --- drug-target interactions --- protein-protein interactions

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The arterial pole is one of the most complex parts of the heart both in development and disease. It involves the collaboration and orchestration of contributions from the first and second heart fields as well as the neural crest. The precursor cells differentiate into endocardial cushions and putative cardiac valves, the myocardium, and epicardium of the heart, but also into the different layers of the main arterial vessels. These include not only the aorta and the pulmonary trunk but also the pulmonary and coronary arteries, and during development, the arterial duct. Many transcriptional and signaling networks act in timely concert to acquire the proper asymmetric development and function and pressure and flow dynamics. This is not only a human or even mammalian ‘enterprise,’ but is also taking place in so-called ancestral forms from fish to reptiles, including birds. In humans, it is small wonder that many clinical syndromes may arise when something in this complexity is amiss. This Special Issue of JCDD contains contributions focussed on the heart fields, congenital cardiac malformations and associated syndromes, with special emphasis on the cardiac outflow tract. The Issue is devoted to Prof. Dr. Adriana Gittenberger-de Groot, who dedicated her extensive career to research on cardiovascular development.

Public health & preventive medicine --- transforming growth factor beta-3 --- cardiac development --- loeys dietz syndrome-5 --- arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia --- rienhoff syndrome --- cleft palate --- congenital heart disease --- outflow tract septation --- signaling networks --- transcription factor AP-2α --- cardiovascular development --- outflow tract --- pharyngeal arch artery --- neural crest cell --- pharyngeal ectoderm --- Tetralogy of Fallot --- monozygotic twins --- discordant phenotype --- genetics --- variations --- epigenetics --- DNA methylation --- candidate genes --- acute aortic syndrome --- cardiovascular disease --- aorta --- aortic valve replacement --- surgical --- aortic surgery --- bicuspid aortic valve --- Bentall --- Kommerell’s diverticulum --- right sided aortic arch --- anomalous left subclavian artery --- arteria lusoria --- tracheal compression --- esophageal compression --- transposition great arteries coronary anatomy --- Rac1 --- proliferation --- cell polarity --- congenital heart defects --- compact myocardium --- trabeculation --- aortic stenosis --- asymptomatic --- early surgery --- watchful waiting --- cardiac progenitor cells --- second heart field --- neural crest --- endocardium --- cushion --- valve --- ductus arteriosus --- neointima --- tunica media --- transcriptome --- lineage tracing --- developmental biology --- cell identity --- atrioventricular valve --- epicardium --- lateral cushion --- major cushion --- myxomatous degeneration --- homograft --- semilunar valves --- aortic regurgitation --- superimposed tissue --- original leaflet --- myofibroblasts --- free edge folding --- remodeling --- dissection of ductus arteriosus --- sudden unexpected intrauterine death --- single coronary artery --- Leiden Convention coronary coding system --- Lipton classification --- coronary artery anatomy --- transposition of the great arteries --- arterial switch operation --- coronary artery --- coronary complications --- imaging --- fetal aortic stenosis --- prenatal ultrasound --- postmortem histology --- speckle tracking analysis --- endocardial fibro-elastosis --- endocardial cushions --- cartilage --- foramen of Panizza --- left aorta --- right aorta --- pulmonary trunk --- pharyngeal arch arteries --- coronary arteries --- cardiac fields --- cardiomyocyte --- progenitor specification --- heart tube --- aortic wall --- cardiovascular pathogenesis --- arterial duct

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The arterial pole is one of the most complex parts of the heart both in development and disease. It involves the collaboration and orchestration of contributions from the first and second heart fields as well as the neural crest. The precursor cells differentiate into endocardial cushions and putative cardiac valves, the myocardium, and epicardium of the heart, but also into the different layers of the main arterial vessels. These include not only the aorta and the pulmonary trunk but also the pulmonary and coronary arteries, and during development, the arterial duct. Many transcriptional and signaling networks act in timely concert to acquire the proper asymmetric development and function and pressure and flow dynamics. This is not only a human or even mammalian ‘enterprise,’ but is also taking place in so-called ancestral forms from fish to reptiles, including birds. In humans, it is small wonder that many clinical syndromes may arise when something in this complexity is amiss. This Special Issue of JCDD contains contributions focussed on the heart fields, congenital cardiac malformations and associated syndromes, with special emphasis on the cardiac outflow tract. The Issue is devoted to Prof. Dr. Adriana Gittenberger-de Groot, who dedicated her extensive career to research on cardiovascular development.

Public health & preventive medicine --- transforming growth factor beta-3 --- cardiac development --- loeys dietz syndrome-5 --- arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia --- rienhoff syndrome --- cleft palate --- congenital heart disease --- outflow tract septation --- signaling networks --- transcription factor AP-2α --- cardiovascular development --- outflow tract --- pharyngeal arch artery --- neural crest cell --- pharyngeal ectoderm --- Tetralogy of Fallot --- monozygotic twins --- discordant phenotype --- genetics --- variations --- epigenetics --- DNA methylation --- candidate genes --- acute aortic syndrome --- cardiovascular disease --- aorta --- aortic valve replacement --- surgical --- aortic surgery --- bicuspid aortic valve --- Bentall --- Kommerell’s diverticulum --- right sided aortic arch --- anomalous left subclavian artery --- arteria lusoria --- tracheal compression --- esophageal compression --- transposition great arteries coronary anatomy --- Rac1 --- proliferation --- cell polarity --- congenital heart defects --- compact myocardium --- trabeculation --- aortic stenosis --- asymptomatic --- early surgery --- watchful waiting --- cardiac progenitor cells --- second heart field --- neural crest --- endocardium --- cushion --- valve --- ductus arteriosus --- neointima --- tunica media --- transcriptome --- lineage tracing --- developmental biology --- cell identity --- atrioventricular valve --- epicardium --- lateral cushion --- major cushion --- myxomatous degeneration --- homograft --- semilunar valves --- aortic regurgitation --- superimposed tissue --- original leaflet --- myofibroblasts --- free edge folding --- remodeling --- dissection of ductus arteriosus --- sudden unexpected intrauterine death --- single coronary artery --- Leiden Convention coronary coding system --- Lipton classification --- coronary artery anatomy --- transposition of the great arteries --- arterial switch operation --- coronary artery --- coronary complications --- imaging --- fetal aortic stenosis --- prenatal ultrasound --- postmortem histology --- speckle tracking analysis --- endocardial fibro-elastosis --- endocardial cushions --- cartilage --- foramen of Panizza --- left aorta --- right aorta --- pulmonary trunk --- pharyngeal arch arteries --- coronary arteries --- cardiac fields --- cardiomyocyte --- progenitor specification --- heart tube --- aortic wall --- cardiovascular pathogenesis --- arterial duct

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In the past few years, knowledge about glaucoma diagnosis and follow up has evolved dramatically through advances in intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, corneal biomechanics, structural and functional assessment of the ocular surface, anterior chamber, retina, optic nerve and intracranial visual pathways, as well as the advent of artificial intelligence. In addition, the development of new modalities of IOP-lowering and non-IOP-lowering drugs, alternative deliveries, refined laser technologies, and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) techniques with different implants have widened the therapeutic possibilities for treating this disease. Finally, current insights into risk factors and quality of life in relation to glaucomatous impairment are emerging. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the latest exciting clinical developments that are taking place in the field of glaucoma.

ripasudil --- suture trabeculotomy ab interno --- Schlemm’s canal incision --- aqueous outflow --- open-angle glaucoma --- glaucoma --- inflammation --- oxidative stress --- phenotype --- polymorphism --- susceptibility --- intraocular pressure --- ocular inflammation --- cornea biomechanics --- Corvis® ST --- subclinical keratoconus --- ocular hypertension --- tears --- miRNAs --- next generation sequencing --- biomarkers --- genes --- signaling pathways --- apoptosis --- neurodegeneration --- glaucoma suspect --- lamina cribrosa --- optical coherence tomography angiography --- peripapillary vessel density --- OCTA --- vessel density --- disc --- peripapillary --- NTG --- BRVO --- corneal hysteresis --- corneal biomechanics --- ocular biomarkers --- deep learning --- perimetry --- optic nerve --- obesity --- risk factor --- young adults --- multifocal visual evoked potentials --- mfVEP --- physical exercise --- sport --- acrobatic gymnastics --- baseline intraocular pressure --- central corneal thickness --- ocular health --- tumbling skills --- hand balance --- cytokines --- BDNF --- VEGF --- fractalkine --- microglia --- saffron --- crocin --- retinal glial cells --- microperimetry --- OCT --- macula --- structure --- function --- correlation --- retina --- inner --- outer --- macular segmentation --- optical coherence tomography-angiography --- vascular density --- blood flow --- biomarker --- myopia --- n/a --- Schlemm's canal incision