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Globalization and Liberalization in Social Policy Expansion: Testing the Compensation and Efficiency Hypotheses in Brazil

Journal of Politics in Latin America
This article examines four potential strategies of the Brazilian welfare system in the face of increasing liberalization and globalization since the 1970s. We test whether liberalization and economic globalization hurt the expansion of social expenditure
Gibran Cruz-Martinez
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COVID‐19 Vaccination Is Not Associated With the Development of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in US Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Several case reports have proposed a potential association between COVID‐19 vaccination and the subsequent development of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM). This study examined prior COVID‐19 vaccination in US veterans who developed new‐onset IIM compared to those without new‐onset IIM.
Caleb Hernández, Naomi Schlesinger, Jorge Rojas, Jessica A. Walsh, Tawnie J. Braaten, Gary A. Kunkel, Makoto Jones, Brian C Sauer, Julio Facelli, Grant W. Cannon, Dorota Lebiedz‐Odrobina   +10 more
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Research on the comprehensive effect of the Porter hypothesis of environmental protection tax regulation in China

Environmental Sciences Europe
As a type of environmental regulation, environmental protection taxes (EPTs) have a Porter hypothesis effect. The Porter hypothesis effect is a comprehensive effect that includes the compliance cost effect, the innovation compensation effect, the weak ...
Chen Ming-jun, Zhou Jian-ya
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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
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Some notes about the distributive compensation ratio

Statistica, 2007
Recently Zenga has proposed a normalized compensation index based on a decomposition of the mean difference of the sum Y of the k variates X1, ..., Xk.
Walter Maffenini
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Influence of Sample Preparation and Processing Procedures on the Thermal Diffusivity of MgO‐C Refractories

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The thermal diffusivity of MgO‐C refractories is highly sensitive to sample preparation and processing procedures. In this article, the effects of coking sequence, machining conditions, structural inhomogeneity, and graphite coating application on measurements using laser flash apparatus are systematically investigated.
Luyao Pan, Rhena Wulf, Till M. J. Stadtmüller, Christos G. Aneziris, Tobias M. Fieback   +4 more
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Phase Field Failure Modeling: Brittle‐Ductile Dual‐Phase Microstructures under Compressive Loading

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The approach by Amor and the approach by Miehe and Zhang for asymmetric damage behavior in the phase field method for fracture are compared regarding their fitness for microcrack‐based failure modeling. The comparison is performed for the case of a dual‐phase microstructure with a brittle and a ductile constituent.
Jakob Huber, Jan Torgersen, Ewald Werner
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The Impact of Union Dissolution and Divorce on Adolescents’ and Adults’ Relationships with their Parents

Comparative Population Studies, 2015
Using data of the German Family Panel pairfam, this article examines whether relationship-related transitions among adolescents and adults – separations with or without subsequent new relationships and transitions from being single to a relationship ...
Oliver Arránz Becker
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Pengaruh Sistem Pengukuran Kinerja, Motivasi, dan Kompensasi terhadap Kinerja Karyawan

Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi dan Manajemen, 2017
The aims of this research is to know the effect of performance measurement system, motivation, and compensation on employees performance. The data collection of this research is done by spreading questionair to the 70 employees in PTPN XII region Kendeng
Dian Ayu Sartika
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Interhemispheric compensation: A hypothesis of TMS-induced effects on language-related areas

European Psychiatry, 2008
AbstractRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied over brain regions responsible for language processing is used to curtail potentially auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia patients and to investigate the functional organisation of language-related areas.
Jamila, Andoh, Jean-Luc, Martinot
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