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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Recent findings on the global, regional, and national burden of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in the elderly (1990-2021): an analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021. [PDF]

Front Cardiovasc Med
Yang C, Fang S, Li X, Wang M, Xie T, Zhou Z, Ding Y, Zhou M, Shi Z.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi, Wenjun Wu, Yifan Chen, Chunyang Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
wiley   +1 more source

Burden of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer based on GBD 2021. [PDF]

Discov Oncol
Hu C, Nong S, Meng Y, Deng R, Cheng Y, Wang J, Luo B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Cross‐Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Social Media and Mental Health Among a Large Sample of Adolescents, Inclusive of Transgender/Gender‐Diverse Adolescents

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The objectives of this study were to examine: (1) the cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations between social media (SM) time and mental health outcomes among a large sample of Canadian adolescents (ages 12–18) and (2) if associations are moderated by gender.
Madelyn Curle, Stephen Hunter, Scott T. Leatherdale, Karen A. Patte, Guy Faulkner, Gary Goldfield, Mark A. Ferro, Anne‐Marie Turcotte‐Tremblay, Valerie Carson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversification in the steppe rat snake <i>Elaphe dione</i> (Pallas, 1773) coincides with the Mid-Pleistocene climatic transition of Eurasia. [PDF]

PeerJ
Simonov E, Chernigova P, Lisachov A, Akhmedenov K, Ermakov O, Klenina A, Bakiev A, Nazarov R, Akhmedenova S, Jablonski D.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

If I Know Myself, I Can Welcome You: Identity Roots of Intergroup Solidarity

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction While implementing integration policies is crucial for countries to foster cohesion and well‐being, it is equally important to understand how individuals, especially youth, endorse such policies and the factors that influence this form of intergroup solidarity.
Fabio Maratia, Elisabetta Crocetti
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A global analysis of opportunistic salpingectomy adoption across FIGO member societies. [PDF]

AJOG Glob Rep
Boparai S, Salmanpour A, Hanley GE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the Relationship Between MDM4 Gene Polymorphisms (rs1380576 and rs4245739) and Breast Cancer Susceptibility in Bangladesh: A Case–Control Study

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
Our findings indicated that the rs4245739 A>C polymorphism was not associated with BC risk in the Bangladeshi population, whereas the rs1380576 C>G polymorphism was significantly associated with BC risk. This study provides new insights into the genetic factors influencing breast cancer susceptibility in the Bangladeshi population, highlighting the ...
J. M. Aousiful Islam, Sharif Ahamed, Shafiqul Islam, M. Mahboob Hossain, Md Sadbean Hossain, Md. Shaki Mostaid, Md. Rabiul Islam, Md. Aminul Haque   +7 more
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