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On Optimal Currency Areas: Common Shocks Versus Common Persistence of Shocks
ABSTRACT The Optimal Currency Area (OCA) literature has been focusing on the co‐movement of business cycle shocks as a key policy criterion. We document in a simple Barro–Gordon framework that, in addition to a high correlation of shocks, a common persistence of shocks is a relevant OCA criterion.
Louisa Grimm+2 more
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The Detection of Saccadic Eye Movements and Per-Eye Comparisons using Virtual Reality Eye Tracking Devices [PDF]
Eye tracking has been found to be useful in various tasks including diagnostic and screening tools. However, traditional eye trackers had a complicated setup and operated at a higher frequency to measure eye movements. The use of more commonly available eye trackers such as those in head-mounted virtual reality (VR) headsets greatly expands the utility
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Selecting ELL Textbooks: A Content Analysis of Ethnicity Depicted in Illustrations and Writing [PDF]
In an effort to respond to the need for culturally appropriate English Language Learning(ELL) resources for adolescent immigrants, the researchers gathered 64 textbooks actually in use in eight Milwaukee middle schools to analyze their content for the ...
LaBelle, Jeffrey
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Major Conundrums and Possible Solutions in DeFi Insurance
ABSTRACT This paper empirically explores the early development of insurance projects in the decentralised finance (DeFi) industry, which is based on disruptive technologies like blockchain and smart contracts. A brief history of DeFi is narrated, stressing four risks of DeFi (volatility risk, cyberattack risk, liquidity risk, and regulation risk) and ...
Peng Zhou, Ying Zhang
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ABSTRACT River dolphins are the least studied and most threatened cetaceans. Anthropogenic activities, including habitat fragmentation, pollution, and declining fish stocks, pose significant challenges to their survival. This study evaluated the effects of landscape changes resulting from human activity on the encounter rates of the putative species of
Cristiane Gonçalves de Moraes+4 more
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Abstract In this study, we employ the synthetic control method to evaluate the transmission of external shocks, taking COVID‐19 as an example, on the stock market in the Chinese hospitality and tourism industry, specifically in the catering, hotel, cultural landscape, natural landscape, and travel agency sectors. We find an increasingly negative causal
Yuan Chen+3 more
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ABSTRACT Pyriproxyfen (PPX) is an analog of the juvenile hormone from insects. Following our previous studies, for the ex vivo short‐term effect, we chose 10−9 M pyriproxyfen to analyze the morphology of spermatogenesis wave cells. In silico docking and ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, Toxicity) studies were carried out to ...
Bruna Antunes Zaniboni+5 more
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Exchange Rate Volatility and ESG Performance: An International Empirical Analysis
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of exchange rate volatility (ERV) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance using a large dataset of 15,196 firms from various countries, covering the period from 2012 to 2019. By employing a comprehensive set of statistical tests, including the system generalized method of moments (GMM ...
Hamzeh Al Amosh
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Early Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on the Availability of Cornea Donors: Warnings and Recommendations
Mario Toro,1,2 Tomasz Choragiewicz,1 Chiara Posarelli,3 Michele Figus,3 Robert Rejdak1 On Behalf of European COVID-19 Cataract Group (#EUROCOVCAT)1Department of General Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland; 2Faculty of Medical ...
Toro M+4 more
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Current situation of corneal donor action at Juntendo Eye Bank.
Akira Murakami, Koichi Ono
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