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Efficiency of Financial Institutions: International Survey and Directions for Future Research [PDF]
This paper surveys 130 studies that apply frontier efficiency analysis to financial institutions in 21 countries. The primary goals are to summarize and critically review empirical estimates of financial institution efficiency and to attempt to arrive at
Allen N. Berger, David B. Humphrey
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ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to systematically observe the clinical manifestations, immune cell subsets, and dynamic changes in serological indicators in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) before and after efgartigimod (EFG) treatment. Methods We analyzed the baseline data, laboratory parameters, and lymphocyte subset proportions in MG ...
Tiancheng Luo +9 more
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Institutional Change and Product Composition: Does the Initial Quality of Institutions Matter? [PDF]
We argue that the quality of institutions that enforce contracts and protect property rights influences the costs of producing high-value added (complex) versus low-value added (simple) products.
Daniel Berkowitz, Johannes Moenius
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Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang +7 more
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Sociedad civil transnacional y relaciones internacionales. Una introducción a su análisis
El presente artículo busca analizar y comprender la emergencia de la sociedad civil internacional en las relaciones internacionales contemporáneas.
Alejandro Medici, Juan Alberto Rial
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Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel +5 more
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Privatisation and restructuring of water supply in Russia and Ukraine [PDF]
Examines the problems and policy issues in the water sector on Russia and Ukraine, the experiences with privatisation and reform so far, the activities of international institutions, and of multinational and Russian companies in the water ...
Hall, David, Popov, Vladimir
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas +7 more
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Promoting Systemic Change in Industrial Relations: Creating the Conditions of Effective Workplace Participation [PDF]
Report Presented to International Evidence: Worker-Management Institutions and Economic Performance Conference, U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations.Report_Streeck.pdf: 889 downloads, before Oct.
Streeck, Wolfgang
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