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Adult longevity and economic take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath [PDF]
We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height started to increase in Europe before the industrial revolution.
de la CROIX, David
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Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) has emerged as a serious pest since 2016 in Africa, affecting the food security and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, especially those growing maize. Native genetic resistance to FAW is essential for reducing yield loss.
Adamu Masari Abubakar +6 more
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Maternal Residential Mobility Between Births: A California Statewide Study
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Studies of perinatal and paediatric health often analyse data from consecutive pregnancies. However, little is known about the factors associated with maternal residential changes between births or how maternal mobility may affect the validity of epidemiological findings, particularly those involving geographic‐based measurements ...
Giselle Bellia +3 more
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Investor Behavior in the Option Market [PDF]
This paper investigates the behavior of investors in the equity option market using a unique and detailed dataset of open interest and volume for all contracts listed on the Chicago Board Options Exchange over the 1990 through 2001 period.
Allen M. Poteshman +2 more
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Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.Abstract The objective of the study was to assess the effect of soft‐tissue volume augmentation during early, delayed, and late dental implant therapy in terms of professionally determined esthetics and self‐reported patient satisfaction on esthetics. For this, a comprehensive electronic literature search was performed to identify randomized clinical ...
Ausra Ramanauskaite +5 more
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New Evidence on the Green Building Rent and Price Premium [PDF]
This paper investigates the effect of voluntary eco-certification on the rental and sale prices of US commercial office properties. Hedonic and logistic regressions are used to test whether there are rental and sale price premiums for LEED and Energy ...
Franz Fuerst, Patrick McAllister
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are novel financing mechanisms that encourage coal‐dependent emerging economies to transition away from fossil fuels. JETPs aim to facilitate coal phaseout and transitions to renewable energy through private and public financing.
Francine Hug
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Social Isolation and Inequality [PDF]
There is an increasing interest in the concept of social exclusion and the related concept of social isolation and their potential role in understanding inequality.
Andrew Postlewaite, Dan Silverman
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Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract The aim of this study was to explore the primary afferent depolarization mechanism, to determine whether the soleus transspinal evoked potential (TEP), elicited through transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation over the L1–L2 level, is modulated by presynaptic inhibition and heteronymous facilitation, similar to the Hoffmann (H) reflex, elicited ...
Julia Sordet +5 more
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Non-market Leadership Experience and Labor Market Success : Evidence From Military Rank [PDF]
There has been much recent interest in the effects of pre and non-market skills on future labor market outcomes. This paper examines one such effect : the effect on future wages of military leadership experience among "Vietnam generation" American men ...
Chun Seng Yip, Myoung-Jae Lee
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