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The role of trade costs in global production networks : evidence from China's processing trade regime [PDF]

In a seminal contribution, Yi (2003) has shown that vertically specialized trade should be more sensitive to changes in trade costs than regular trade. Yet empirical evidenceof this remains remarkably scant.
Ma, Alyson C., Van Assche, Ari
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Action on Social Security: The Urgent Need for Delay [PDF]

, 2010
There is enormous public confusion (much of it deliberately cultivated) about the extent of Social Security's projected shortfall. Many policymakers and analysts point out that projections from the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security ...
Dean Baker
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School travel mode choice in two medium-sized south Asian cities: Cross-city transferability and explainable machine learning approaches

Journal of Urban Mobility
Trips for educational purposes represent a significant portion of morning and evening peak hour trips. These trips, if carried out by private transport, can lead to several negative consequences including increased traffic congestion, air and noise ...
Muhammad Abdullah, Nazam Ali, Charitha Dias, Muhammad Ashraf Javid, I.M.S. Sathyaprasad   +4 more
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Psychiatry on fire: Climate change and the role of mental healthcare

European Psychiatry
Introduction What is the psychiatrist’s role on a burning planet? As our world faces the existential ramifications of irreversible climate change, clinicians are contending with what purpose a normalizing institution like psychiatry can have in ...
F. Poukhovski-Sheremetyev
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Privatisation and Franchising of British Train Operations: the decline and derailment of the Great North Eastern Railway [PDF]

, 2007
As a result of the 1993 Railways Act, the British railways industry was privatised which resulted in the separation of ownership and control of the railway infrastructure (track, signals and stations) from that of passenger train operations.
Li, CA, Stittle, J
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The influence of war on pregnancy and childbirth in female service members and internally displaced women

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal
Aim: to synthesize existing scientific literature to evaluate the impact of war and military conflict on the course of pregnancy and childbirth among female service members and internally displaced women. Materials and methods.
V. V. Babaian
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Proposals for a new audit liability regime in Europe [PDF]

, 2009
The past few years have seen a growing trend towards the focus on audit liability. In the UK, the Company Law Reform Bill which became the Companies Act 2006, has removed the previously existing limits on auditor liability and compelled an agreement ...
Ojo, Marianne
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The United States Healthcare System

Voices in Bioethics
Photo ID 76831545© Rawpixelimages| Dreamstime.com INTRODUCTION Today, United States citizens live in a society guided by a false consciousness.[1] The presiding culture of the United States (US) has painted a picture – a distorted and surreal ...
Jacob Pollock
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On the Analysis of the Disproportionate Structural Collapse in RC Buildings

, 2018
Increasing structural robustness is the goal which is of interest for structural engineering community. The partial collapse of RC buildings is subject of this dissertation. Understanding the robustness of RC buildings will guide the development of safer structures against abnormal loading scenarios such as; explosions, earthquakes, fine, and/or long ...
openaire   +1 more source

Denying humanitarian aid in a war zone: The intersecting impacts of the war on Gaza on adolescent girls’ and young women’s health

Women's Health
Background: Since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel has carried out an intensive bombing campaign and implemented a complete siege on Gaza, permitting extremely limited humanitarian aid.
Joost Vintges, Bassam Abu Hamad, Riyad Diab, Shoroq Abuhamad, Nicola Jones   +4 more
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