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From politics to economics: The investigation of the determinants of local administrative hierarchy in the Tang–Song transition

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 39-78, March 2025.
Abstract This study collects original data to examine the determinants of classification criteria of county hierarchy and its rank variations during the Tang–Song period. The results reveal that the county hierarchy was affected by both economic and political situations, with more emphasis on politics in Tang and economics in Song.
Nan Li, Heqi Cai
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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Competition among ports on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea for the Russian and Eastern European market

Contemporary Economy, 2013
The paper describes the Baltic ports in the process of adoption to a changing environment. The EU is Russia's most important trading partner by far, accounting for 50% of its overall trade in 2010.
Kateryna Grushevska, Irina Moskvichenko
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Late Iron Age and Early Roman Brooches From the Lower Rhine Area: Provenance of the Metal Supply Traced Through Lead Isotopes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geochemical analysis of five brooch types from the Lower Rhine area dated to the last century bc and first century ad is used to constrain resource use, exchange and mobility. Lead isotope ratios demonstrate an Iberian provenance for copper in bronze Late Iron Age brooches.
A. A. T. Ruiter, B. J. H. van Os, J. B. V. Hermsen, G. R. Davies, S. W. Merkel   +4 more
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Provisioning a Silk Road City: Herd Management Strategies at the Urban Site of Dzhankent, Kazakhstan

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents evidence for herd management at the early medieval city of Dzhankent in southern Kazakhstan. Located along the Northern Silk Road, Dzhankent was a key trading node linking northern and southern areas between the 9th and 10th centuries ce.
Kara Larson, Iride Tomažič, A. Haruda, A. Tazhekeyev, S. Bilalov, H. Härke, I. Arzhantseva, Alicia R. Ventresca‐Miller   +7 more
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Submerged geomorphic record of Quaternary palaeoshorelines: terraces and clinothems along a shelf‐edge in the Žirje Archipelago, Adriatic Sea

Boreas, EarlyView.
Numerous studies have shown that during the Quaternary there were substantial fluctuations in sea level in response to glacial–interglacial climate variability, reaching lowstand positions up to 134 m below the present sea level (b.s.l.). These fluctuations have had a strong influence on the morphology of shallow shelf seas, which preserve evidence of ...
Ozren Hasan, Dea Brunović, Natalia Smrkulj, Maria Geraga, Dimitris Christodoulou, Nikolina Ilijanić, George Papatheodorou, Slobodan Miko   +7 more
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A Real‐World Controlled Multicentre Study Evaluating the Association Between Benralizumab Therapy and Major Outcomes in Severe Asthma

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Among patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, benralizumab was associated with greater improvements in asthma outcomes—such as improved asthma control, quality of life and remission rates—compared to biologic‐naïve patients. ABSTRACT Background Real‐world data on benralizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma–while controlling for ...
Dennis Thomas, Vanessa M. McDonald, Gijo Thomas, Joy Lee, Li Ping Chung, Matthew Peters, Shakti D. Shukla, Yuto Hamada, Erin S. Harvey, Michael Fricker, Hayley See, Rejoy Sabin Thomas, Claude S. Farah, Andrew Gillman, Constance H. Katelaris, Gregory P. Katsoulotos, David Langton, Peter G. Middleton, Paul Reynolds, Janet Rimmer, Francis Thien, Stephen Vincent, John W. Upham, Peter G. Gibson   +23 more
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An XGBoost Approach to Identifying Hinterland Drivers of Inland Port Development

Systems
Inland ports play a strategic role in enhancing multimodal connectivity and promoting sustainable freight transport within European corridors. However, the drivers of inland port development remain insufficiently understood, particularly with respect to ...
Eugen Rosca, Cristina Oprea, Mircea Rosca, Stefan Burciu, Alina Roman, Florin Rusca   +5 more
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Cost‐effectiveness of investing in earlier access to diabetic foot services: A multi‐centre pre‐post study

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims We evaluated the cost‐effectiveness of implementing a novel funding model to incentivise earlier access of patients with diabetes‐related foot disease (DFD) to diabetic foot services (DFS). Methods In this multi‐centre pre‐post study, we compared the cost, quality‐adjusted life year (QALY) and clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes ...
Son Nghiem, Peter A. Lazzarini, Lauren T. Ward, Sarah Jensen, Danielle Charles, Rebecca Mann, Manjeet Sagoo, Jennifer Finch, Belinda Gavaghan, Liza‐Jane McBride, Joshua Byrnes   +10 more
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