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Anti‐Corruption and Luxury Goods Consumption: Evidence From the Chinese Cigarette Market

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies the impact of anti‐corruption efforts on luxury goods consumption and market structure. We propose a theory on the impact of corruption on luxury goods consumption, then test the theory and evaluate the effectiveness of China's anti‐corruption campaign in 2012 by conducting a difference‐in‐differences analysis of product ...
Liu Wei, Xiao Junji, Zhan Xiaoling, Zheng Bingyong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Facial Profile Attractiveness and Full‐Face Attractiveness in Individuals With Convex Facial Profiles

Orthodontics &Craniofacial Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Facial attractiveness significantly influences social and personal outcomes, and therefore, interventions in orthodontics and maxillofacial surgery often aim at enhancing facial appearance. This study investigated the relationship between facial profile attractiveness and overall (frontal and profile) facial attractiveness to ...
Simos Psomiadis, Nikolaos Gkantidis, Ioannis Iatrou, Iosif Sifakakis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The tongue piercing fashion and its related health costs: A perspective of clinical dentistry in Taiwan. [PDF]

J Dent Sci
Cheng FC, Wang LH, Chang JY, Chiang CP.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
wiley   +1 more source

A Material Study of Persian-Period Silver Coins and Hacksilber from Samaria. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Ashkenazi D, Cohen M, Gitler H, Johananoff M, Tal O.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Chrystalline Talk’: Thomas Browne's Poetics of Concretion and Mineral Plain Style

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article charts the figuration, both material and rhetorical, of mineral bodies in early modern natural philosophy, paying particular attention to the second book of Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). It argues that concretions (stony calculi and crystals formed through the aggregation of physical matter) make manifest a mineral
Jess Dunmore
wiley   +1 more source

Recurrent coronary artery in-stent restenosis caused by metal allergy: a case report. [PDF]

Front Cardiovasc Med
Li Y, Dong Z, Dai Q, Feng Y, Chen L, Ma G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘In Curaçao They Celebrate King's Day Abundantly!’ – Diachronic Representation of (Post)colonial Communities in Dutch Geography Textbook Discourse (1946–2018)

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Postcolonial textbook research leads us to reflect on the representation of (post)colonial communities in educational media for adolescents in geography education. This paper contributes to this scholarship through Critical Discourse Analysis tracing how nine Dutch geography textbooks (1946–2018) have represented such communities from ...
Marthe Wierenga, Dietha Koster
wiley   +1 more source

Performance Validation of ORTHOSEG, a Novel Artificial Intelligence Tool for the Segmentation of Orthopantomographs and Intra-Oral X-Rays. [PDF]

Clin Pract
Cota G, Scaramozzino G, Chiesa M, Gennaro L, Pascadopoli M, Scribante A, Colombo M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Management of Patients with Nickel Hypersensitivity Undergoing Patent Foramen Ovale Closure. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Apostolos A, Gregoriou S, Drakopoulou M, Trantalis G, Tsiogka A, Ktenopoulos N, Vlachakis PK, Karakasis P, Synetos A, Tsivgoulis G, Stratigos A, Tsioufis K, Toutouzas K.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source