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Legacy effects of locally extinct flagship species on protected areas

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Protected areas (PAs) are often established to conserve flagship megafauna so as to mobilize political support and secure sustained conservation investment, with the expectation that flagship‐centered governance will also protect habitat. Despite such efforts, flagship species can experience extirpation, raising a fundamental question: do conservation ...
Rachakonda Sreekar, James EM Watson, Jiajia Liu, Aakash Lamba, Hoong Chen Teo, Jun Ying Lim, Yiwen Zeng   +6 more
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MNE retrenchment and redeployment in the face of the US–China trade war: Real options and strategic flexibility

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Trade wars increasingly manifest in the contemporary environment for global business; thereby, calling for examination of MNE strategic responses. MNEs can respond to such shocks by leveraging their strategic flexibility and engaging in retrenchment and redeployment; that is, the respective scaling down (up) of subsidiary ...
Hyewon Ma, Joseph A. Clougherty
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The Effects of Compulsory Licensing: A Case Study of HIV Drugs

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Compulsory licensing is a legal mechanism that allows governments the use of patented medicines without the owner's consent, subject to conditions and compensation, to meet public‐health needs. Despite its policy relevance and increasing use, empirical evidence on its market effects remains limited.
Nicolau Martin‐Bassols, Miquel Serra‐Burriel, Kerstin Noelle Vokinger   +2 more
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Healthcare Costs Following Medical Gender‐Affirmation: Evidence From Whole‐of‐Population Australian Administrative Data

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender incongruence in trans and nonbinary (“trans”) populations is often associated with psychological distress and increased demand for mental healthcare. Gender‐affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is a key component of care for many trans people, yet long‐term evidence around its cost implications remains limited despite increasing uptake and ...
Karinna Saxby, Dennis Petrie, Brendan J. Nolan   +2 more
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The Unintended Consequences of Sugar‐Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Sales and Prices of Beer Beverages

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the causal effect of Berkeley's sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) tax on beer purchases and prices using retail scanner data from 2014 to 2015. Applying both synthetic control and difference‐in‐differences (DID) approaches, we find that the tax reduced beer purchases within Berkeley by 8.9%, while having a negligible effect ...
Lei Pan, Xiaoyong Zheng
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The Fertility Reduction Effects of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative by Age and Parity

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use restricted‐access birth records from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to document the full age and parity fertility effects of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative (CFPI). The CFPI provided access to every FDA approved method of contraception for free to anyone living below approximately 200% of the federal poverty line ...
James Flynn, Amanda Stevenson, Sara Yeatman, Katie Genadek, Jane Menken, Stefanie Mollborn, Leslie Root   +6 more
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A Two‐Step Procedure for Generating Domestic and Asymmetric Trade Costs When Data Are Scarce

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of domestic trade cost measurement faces several challenges related to data quality, methodology and theory; but the major issue is that of data scarcity. Due to these facts, both domestic and asymmetric trade costs have been ignored despite being a feature of modern trade models.
Arman Mazhikeyev
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Effect of four or more prenatal care contacts on healthcare seeking for immediate postpartum complications in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To examine the effect of four or more prenatal care (PNC) contacts on healthcare‐seeking behavior (HSB) for immediate postpartum complications (IPPC) in Ethiopia. Methods We used data from the Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia longitudinal surveys of baseline and 6‐week postpartum surveys conducted between 2019 and 2020.
Alehegn Bishaw Geremew, Claire T. Roberts, Shahid Ullah, Jacqueline H. Stephens   +3 more
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Association of a single prior cesarean delivery with adverse birth outcomes at a tertiary referral hospital in southwestern Uganda: A secondary analysis of four observational studies

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Prior cesarean delivery (CD) is a leading indication for repeat CD and a key driver of rising cesarean rates in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Evidence on associations between prior CD and adverse outcomes in low‐resource settings remains limited.
Leevan Tibaijuka, Joseph Ngonzi, Katharine Correia, Jeffery A. Goldstein, James Z. Wang, Rachel E. Walker, Alison D. Gernand, Elias Kumbakumba, Adeline A. Boatin, Lisa M. Bebell   +9 more
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Microbiome and aging: Trajectories of microbiome age across human ecosystems and their systemic effects

iMeta, EarlyView.
Microbiome age (MA) has emerged as an innovative biomarker of biological aging, reflecting host aging trajectories through dynamic alterations in microbial composition, function, and host–microbe interactions across multiple body ecosystems. Diverse computational strategies—including traditional machine learning, deep learning, and multi‐omics ...
Zhexin Ni, Jiaojiao Xie, Zhichun Zhang, Keming Zhang, Jie Ding, Mingyang Chang, Ying Su, Yunan Zhang, Mingfei Yao, Chengyuan Wang, Yan Yan, Wenjie Fang, Hainv Gao, Xuecong Tian, Yangshuo Li, Xinlin Zhu, Wen Zhang, Wanqing Liao, Gaoyuan Xu, Guojing Chen, Xiaoyi Lv, Chaoqin Yu, Weihua Pan, Vadim Molodtsov, Lanjuan Li, Yue Gao, Wei Zhou   +26 more
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