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British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Purpose Nicotine dependence remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with high relapse rates and post‐cessation weight gain representing persistent barriers to sustained abstinence. The incretin hormones glucose‐dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) have ...
Christian E. Edvardsson +5 more
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The TTIP negotiations: from interregionalism to global governance
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2015 In this theoretical study, we show why the negotiation between the European Union and the United States of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could be a watershed in the field of international relations.
Stephan Joseph Sberro Picard
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ASEAN and the EU amidst COVID-19: overcoming the self-fulfilling prophecy of realism. [PDF]
Asia Eur J, 2021 Kliem F.
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The effects of environmental regulations on performance of firms with heterogeneous resilience
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the impacts of environmental regulations on performance of heterogeneous firms through both theoretical modelling and empirical analysis. It further examines the role of firm resilience in moderating these impacts. We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model predicting that a stricter environmental regulation increases ...
Liang Chen +2 more
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Methodology to identify ecologically matching areas and its applications in conservation planning
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Identifying ecologically matching areas is both challenging and critical for understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity and advancing conservation planning. However, existing approaches often lack spatial flexibility, overlook shape and size constraints, or rely on limited environmental parameters, reducing their effectiveness in real ...
Pietro Milanesi +7 more
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The European Union, from Latin America’s interregionalism to Brazil’s strategic partnership
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2012 For several years, the European Union attempted to frame its relations with South America through bloc-to-bloc association projects. In 2007, the EU surreptitiously changed its objective and signed a strategic association agreement with Brazil.
Andrés Malamud
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
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Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2017 Cuando se piensa en la historia de la integración regional como fenómeno de las relaciones internacionales, se suele pensar en mediados del siglo XX, y siempre tomando como referencia el proceso de integración regional de la Unión Europea (UE). Del mismo
Mario Torres Jarrín
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Atlantic trade and the West African market economy: New evidence from cowry imports, 1650–1905
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, billions of cowries arrived in West Africa, leaving one of the few quantitative traces available for historians to measure the Atlantic trade's impact on the precolonial market economy. Yet, current estimates substantially underestimate the volume of cowry imports.
María José Pont Cháfer
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Impacts of coal smoke on infant mortality: Evidence from industrializing Japan
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the health consequences of coal smoke during Japan's early industrialization. Using fixed‐effects models and a prefecture‐level panel dataset on actual coal consumption and infant mortality from 1899 to 1910, this study finds that higher coal consumption was positively associated with infant mortality.
Tatsuki Inoue
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