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Constructing Market-based Economies in Central Asia: A Natural Experiment? [PDF]

This paper reviews the experience of the five Central Asian countries in the two decades since independence. In the 1990s the five countries looked like a natural experiment. They had similar initial conditions, but different transition strategies. Today
Richard Pomfret
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Alternating High‐Fat and Polysaccharide Diets Modulates Gut Phage‐Bacterial Interplay

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals how alternating high‐fat and polysaccharide diets reshape the human gut virome and enhance phage‐bacteria interactions. Using large‐scale metagenomic meta‐analysis and a time‐resolved mouse model, the authors show that diets strongly modulate phage abundance, lifestyle, and gene exchange, offering new insights into nutrition‐guided ...
Fengxiang Zhao, Ruiqi Zhang, Rujun Wei, Huimin Fan, Yongfei Hu, Wenyu Shi, Jinfeng Wang   +6 more
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How should emerging economies manage their foreign exchange reserves? [PDF]

Asia has emerged as the balancing wheel of global finance. The countries of Asia now account for 70 per cent of global foreign exchange reserves, compared to only 30 percent in 1990 and 21 per cent in the early 1970s.
Akash Gupta, Rahul Agarwal
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European transition at twenty: Assessing progress in countries and sectors [PDF]

, 2010
This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, using a broad approach that compares countries with respect to their business environment, competition, and managerial practices ...
Berglöf, Erik, Bruynooghe, Lise, Harmgart, Heike, Sanfey, Peter, Schweiger, Helena   +4 more
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Coupled Above‐ and Belowground Ecosystem Stability Worldwide

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Are the worlds above and below our feet in sync? This global exploration reveals an entangled fate between above‐ and belowground ecosystem stability. It identifies arid regions as hotspots for this coupling and highlights temperature stability as a vital safeguard for maintaining ecosystem balance across our warming planet.
Zexin Meng, Huiwen Li, Yiping Wu, Peter B. Reich, Nico Eisenhauer, Diego Abalos, Daniel Revillini, Shuguang Liu, Wende Yan, Ji Chen, Alexey Voinov, Zhifeng Yang, Ying‐Ping Wang, Fubo Zhao, Linjing Qiu, Jingfeng Xiao, Shantao An, Guopeng Liang, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo   +18 more
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Сontemporary Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation between the Countries of Central Asia

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014
AbstractCentral Asian countries have a long history of cultural-humanitarian cooperation. Civilization-cultural interaction and mutual influence of the Central Asian peoples was not interrupted during the emergence of many independent states, resulting in the collapse of the Soviet Union.The humanitarian cooperation between the Central Asian countries ...
Moldakhmet, Myrzabekov, Raikhan, Sadykova, Ryskeldy, Myrzabekova   +2 more
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Multicohort Validation of Gut Microbiome Signatures for Cholangiocarcinoma Diagnosis and Functional Characterization of Bifidobacterium Pseudocatenulatum

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study analyzes gut bacteria in cholangiocarcinoma patients, revealing distinct microbial signatures that enable accurate disease detection. Species‐based diagnostic models achieved over 98% accuracy in identifying cholangiocarcinoma and distinguished it from other liver diseases. The research demonstrates that specific beneficial bacteria suppress
Benchen Rao, Jianwen Jiang, Ruiqing Zhang, Dongya Zhang, Chenchen Zhang, Ang Li, Haifeng Lu, Hua Zhang, Lin Zhou, Wenzhi Guo, Peihao Wen, Jianfeng Xue, Jie Pan, Tuerganaili Aji, Zhou Lan, Xianzhi Jiang, Shusen Zheng, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren   +18 more
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Landlockedness, Infrastructure and Trade:New Estimates for Central Asian Countries [PDF]

This paper assesses the impact of internal infrastructure and landlockedness on Central Asian trade. The impact of landlockedness on Central Asian’s trade costs is split into several components, using a panel gravity equation estimated on a large sample ...
Christopher GRIGORIOU, Céline CARRERE
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Oil‐Coated Nanoplastics Induce Rapid Membrane Disruption and Severe Intestinal Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plastic food containers used in food delivery may pose underrecognized health risks by releasing micro‐ and nanoplastics (MNPs), especially when in contact with oil‐rich foods. Here, we show that cooking oil dramatically increased MNP release from polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE)‐coated containers within 3 min of microwave heating ...
Ruwen Xie, Gulimire Yilihan, Qiong Chen, Dachuan Lin, Zhen Liu, Mengyi Yuan, Yujia Wang, Haoteng Xu, Weishang Zhou, Wanxin Gong, Yueer Li, Chen Peng, Tong Yang, Peng Gao, Qing Liu, Xin‐Hua Feng, Mu Xiao, Chao Jiang   +17 more
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The politico-institutional foundation of economic transition in Central Asia: Lessons from China [PDF]

Central Asia is increasingly the focus of intense international attention because of its geopolitical and economic importance as well as its unsettled transition processes.
Ahrens, Joachim
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