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The Impact of Mobility Restrictions on Trade Facilitation at Borders: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central Asia

Asian Development Review
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, mobility restrictions had a significant impact on trade times and costs at the borders, particularly in landlocked developing countries. This paper examines the effect of COVID-19 mobility measures
KIJIN KIM, JEROME ABESAMIS, ZEMMA ARDANIEL   +2 more
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Comparing impacts of climate change and mitigation on global agriculture by 2050

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
Systematic model inter-comparison helps to narrow discrepancies in the analysis of the future impact of climate change on agricultural production.
Hans van Meijl, Petr Havlik, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Elke Stehfest, Peter Witzke, Ignacio Pérez Domínguez, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Michiel van Dijk, Jonathan Doelman, Thomas Fellmann, Florian Humpenöder, Jason F L Koopman, Christoph Müller, Alexander Popp, Andrzej Tabeau, Hugo Valin, Willem-Jan van Zeist   +16 more
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The Psychosocial and Economic Impact of Uveitis in Iraq [PDF]

Journal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2021
Background & Aims:  Uveitis is the inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer that lies between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.
Hany Akeel Naji
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Mixed effects modelling of excess mortality and COVID-19 lockdowns in Thailand

Scientific Reports
Accurate mortality data are critical for understanding the impact of COVID-19 and learning lessons from crisis responses. But published statistics risk misrepresenting deaths due to limited testing, underreporting, and lack of subnational data ...
Anna Christine De Padua Durante, Rutcher Lacaza, Pamela Lapitan, Nishtha Kochhar, Elaine S. Tan, Milan Thomas   +5 more
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Bridging the Evidence-to-Policy Gap: Strengthening Capacities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Translate Antimicrobial Resistance Data and Evidence into Effective Policies

Antibiotics
Background: The translation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data and evidence into policy remains limited in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia and Africa, despite expanded investments being made in AMR surveillance and research ...
Prerana Parajulee, Sajan Gunarathna, Anthony Burnett, Jae Hee Hwang, Jung-Seok Lee, Fadi El-Jardali, Satyajit Sarkar   +6 more
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The Economic Impact of Pilgrimage: An economic impact analysis of pilgrimage expenditures in Galicia [PDF]

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 2017
In this article, we calculate the economic impact of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the NUTS 2 region Galicia (Spain) in 2010. This economic impact is relevant to policymakers and other stakeholders dealing with religious tourism in Galicia. The analysis is based on the Input-Output model.
Graave, Elisabeth J.E, Klijs, Jeroen, Heijman, Wim   +2 more
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
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Health Capacity to Work among Older Adults in Viet Nam

Asian Development Review
In this paper, we estimated the additional health capacities to work of older Vietnamese adults by applying the Milligan–Wise and Cutler–Meara–Richards-Shubik methods with various nationally representative datasets.
LONG THANH GIANG, AIKO KIKKAWA, DONGHYUN PARK   +2 more
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Economic Impact of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Switzerland [PDF]

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 2005
Since more than 20 years elevated homocysteine plasma levels have been associated with an elevated cardiovascular risk. It can be assumed that approx. 5-7% of the Swiss population suffers from hyperhomocysteinemia. These people have an odds ratio of 1.7 (95% confidence interval: 1.5-1.9) to develop a myocardial infarction and an odds ratio of 2.5 (95 ...
Szucs, T D, Käser, A, Riesen, W F
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
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