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News shocks, consumer confidence and business cycles

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract We study the causal effects of consumer sentiment shocks on macroeconomic aggregates. By constructing a novel instrument based on major non‐economic news shocks in the USA over 1969–2022, and opinion polls around these events, we identify exogenous changes in consumer confidence.
Syed M. Hussain, Zara Liaqat
wiley   +1 more source

EIGENSINN AND DOMINATION IN LIBERAL AND ILLIBERAL SOCIETIES

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is a posthumously published text that was written by Alf Lüdtke and Alexandra Oeser but was left unfinished when Lüdtke died in February 2019. It examines two central notions—and their articulations—that Lüdtke and Oeser use differently in their work: domination and Eigensinn. On domination, it focuses on perspectives of Max Weber'
Alf Lüdtke, Alexandra Oeser
wiley   +1 more source

ON HISTORICAL (ANTI‐)REALISM

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The problem of historical realism has gained some new momentum recently, with a fresh challenge to what is taken to be an anti‐realist hegemony in the theory and philosophy of history. Unfortunately, this has also provided the opportunity for the reheating of old polemics and lazy scholarship that characterized the 1990s reaction to ...
João Ohara
wiley   +1 more source

Real-World Effectiveness of Mepolizumab in Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps: Findings From the European CRS Outcome Registry (CHRINOSOR). [PDF]

Clin Transl Allergy
ABSTRACT Background The SYNAPSE phase 3 study demonstrated that mepolizumab significantly improves nasal polyp score (NPS), quality of life and symptom severity in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Objective We aimed to evaluate mepolizumab effectiveness in a real‐world cohort from 12 tertiary centers in 6 European ...
Alobid I, Seys SF, de Kinderen J, Hox V, Cavaliere C, Andrianakis A, Schneider S, Wagenmann M, Bruch M, Izquierdo-Domínguez A, Gonzalez-Compta X, Muñoz LP, Van Gerven L, Hellings PW, Mortuaire G, Burian M, Golet-Fors M, Moyaert M, Tomazic PV, Bettio G, de Vincentiis M, Diamant Z, Eckl-Dorna J, Mariën G, Masieri S, Morgenstern C, Scheckenbach K, Tu A, Rodriguez van Strahlen C, Bachert C, CHRINOSOR consortium.   +30 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Impact of Training Dental Students to Use an Artificial Intelligence–Based Platform for Pulp Exposure Prediction Prior to Deep Caries Excavation: A Proof‐of‐Concept Randomised Controlled Trial

International Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study evaluated the effect of a short, personalised training session on student performance in using an artificial intelligence (AI)‐based platform for pulp exposure prediction before caries excavation and determined the required sample size for a further randomised controlled trial (RCT).
Shaqayeq Ramezanzade, Tudor Laurentiu Dascalu, Azam Bakhshandeh, Sergio E. Uribe, Bulat Ibragimov, Lars Bjørndal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investing in Game‐Based Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE): A Chinese‐Speaking Gaming Community

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a rapidly evolving sub‐field of computer‐assisted language learning, informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has become a significant catalyst for linguistic, affective, and pedagogical development among English as a second language (L2) learners.
Yue Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market

International Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

Tim Burton's Christmas Chaos: Abject Transgression in Batman Returns, the Nightmare Before Christmas, and Edward Scissorhands

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tim Burton's Christmas trilogy, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands are all characterized by his trademark features. These include characters with ambiguous identities, apparently “normal” worlds adjacent to spaces associated with difference and exclusion, and the inevitable intrusion of the latter into the ...
Fran Pheasant‐Kelly
wiley   +1 more source

Messages for ultraviolet‐radiation protection to fair‐skinned populations

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
This expert consensus summarizes messages for UV protection in fair‐skinned populations. Key messages include no sunbathing or tanning, no sunbeds. UV protection measures are to be used from UV index 3. Priority is given to shade and physical protection. Sunscreen with a strong SPF is to be used on uncovered areas.
Lieve Brochez, Claus Garbe, Teresa Amaral, Petr Arenberger, Violeta Astratinei, Philippe Autier, Marianne Berwick, Matilda Bylaite, Brigitte Boonen, Veronique del Marmol, Brigitte Dreno, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Adele C. Green, Rüdiger Greinert, Axel Hauschild, Catherine A. Harwood, Isabelle Hoorens, Lidija Kandolf, Roland Kaufmann, Nicole Kelleners‐Smeets, Aimilios Lallas, Celeste Lebbé, Ulrike Leiter, Henry W. Lim, Caterina Longo, Joseph Malvehy, David Moreno, Fredrik Östman, Giovanni Pellacani, Ketty Peris, Caroline Robert, Bettina Ryll, Philippe Saiag, Dirk Schadendorf, Peter Soyer, Gilliosa Spurrier‐Bernard, Eggert Stockfleth, Alex Stratigos, Hisashi Uhara, Ricardo Vieira, Martin A. Weinstock, Dagmar Whitaker, David C. Whiteman, Iris Zalaudek, Ana‐Maria Forsea, EADO Task Force for Prevention and Early Detection of Skin Cancer   +45 more
wiley   +1 more source

Employee diversity and litigation risk: Evidence from the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the valuation effects of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which increases potential litigation over discriminatory compensation. Firms with relatively fewer women exhibit significant 3‐day abnormal returns of −0.61% around the passage of the Act, whereas firms with more women show no effect.
Erik Devos, William B. Elliott, He Li, Adrian Tippit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source