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Background Dolphin® visual treatment objective (VTO) prediction software is routinely utilized by orthodontists during the treatment planning of orthognathic cases to help predict post-surgical soft tissue changes.
Robert J. Peterman +3 more
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Linking institutional quality to environmental sustainability
AbstractThis study investigates the influence of democracy, autocracy, and globalization on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 69 developing countries from 1990 to 2018. We used the unit root approaches to scrutinize the level of stationarity and recognize that all concern variables were unified at first difference.
Atif Jahanger +2 more
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We examine the linear and nonlinear long-run relationship between public expenditure and institutional quality, and income inequality in Asia and the Pacific.
Bertrand Blancheton, Dina Chhorn
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Customization Or Conformity? An Institutional And Network Perspective On The Content And Consequences Of TQM Adoption [PDF]
This study develops a theoretical framework that integrates institutional and network perspectives on the form and consequences of administrative innovations.
Gulati, R. +2 more
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It has been observed in the literature that efficient energy use reduces production cost and carbon emissions into the environment. This study further argues that institutional quality enhances environmental efficiency of energy consumption.
Noman Rasheed +3 more
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The effect of bank market power on economic growth in Africa: The role of institutions
We provide empirical investigations into the role of political institutions in the bank market power-economic growth nexus using country-level data from 44 African countries from 2002 to 2015.
Anthony Adu-Asare Idun +2 more
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Most countries have suffered from prolonged budget deficits over the past two decades. This situation has made researchers and policymakers aware of the challenges to debt sustainability.
Chee Loong Lee +3 more
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Ownership, innovation, and variable institutional quality
AbstractResearch question/issueInnovation has been a constant feature of the tales of transition and transformation. State ownership as the engine of innovation and technological change may be juxtaposed with the “liability of stateness” and the notion that “privatization works.” This study seeks to investigate the relationship between legal ownership ...
Hien Thu Tran, Mark Freel
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Impact of Institutional Quality on Human Rights Abuses in Transition Economies [PDF]
This purpose of this paper is to examine the direct effects of institutional quality on human rights abuses in transition economies. We make use of an alternative empirical approach for evaluation of institutional systemís development in transition ...
Tamazian, Artur +1 more
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ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi +20 more
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