Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Gate freeze time (GFT) controls internal void formation in thick‐walled injection‐molded polyetherimide (PEI). Extending GFT by optimizing cooling time and mold temperature reduces void size from the baseline (large voids) to an optimized condition (voids reduced), as confirmed by ultrasonic C‐scan inspection.
Chirag Thummar
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Abstract This study investigates the claim that women are disproportionately more likely to die in disasters by reviewing existing data sources and compiling new datasets on sex‐differentiated disaster fatalities in the twenty‐first century. The analysis is structured by disaster type, covering geophysical, meteorological, climatological, hydrological,
Olivier Rubin
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Description of a novel <i>Lankesterella</i> species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina) infecting the green iguana (<i>Iguana iguana</i>) from Eastern Amazonia. [PDF]
Pelaes de Almeida D +3 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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African swine fever knowledge, attitudes and practices of pig farmers of Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Eustatius, Saint Lucia and Saba; West Indies. [PDF]
Hervé-Claude LP +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Eating disorders (ED) and psychosis/psychotic‐spectrum disorders (PSD) have overlapping symptoms and may co‐occur in a variety of presentations. Due to its debilitating and life‐threatening risk, it is important for clinicians to be aware of how catatonia may present within these co‐occurrences.
Rosiel Elwyn
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Diversity and spatial distribution of malaria vectors in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region from 1900 to 2024: a systematic review. [PDF]
Rashti R +6 more
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Periodontitis and Periodontal Conditions in Systemically Healthy Children and Adolescents
ABSTRACT Objective To answer the PICoS question ‘in systemically healthy children and adolescents (Population), what are the main features of periodontitis, necrotising periodontal diseases (NPD) and other periodontal conditions (periodontal abscesses, endo‐periodontal lesions, traumatic occlusal forces, prosthesis‐ and tooth‐related factors ...
Inbar Eshkol‐Yogev +5 more
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Enhancing island biogeography: improving identification of potential species pools via environmental filtering. [PDF]
Nuñez-Penichet C +4 more
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