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Technology, Institution, and Regional Growth: Evidence from Mineral Mining Industry in Industrializing Japan [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Coal extraction was an influential economic activity in interwar Japan. Initially, coal mines employed both males and females as the workforce in the pits. However, the innovation of labor-saving technologies and the renewal of traditional extraction methodology induced institutional change.
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Journal of Family and Reproductive HealthObjective: Precise assessment of cervical conditions before labor induction is crucial for predicting the success of normal vaginal delivery. The cervix primary condition has a significant value in determining the succession of induction of labour ...
Osama Deif +2 more
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Labor market conditions and college graduation: evidence from Brazil [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 College students graduating in a recession have been shown to face large and persistent negative effects on their earnings, health, and other outcomes. This paper investigates whether students delay graduation to avoid these effects. Using data on the universe of students in higher education in Brazil and leveraging variation in labor market conditions
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A Short-term Intervention for Long-term Fairness in the Labor Market [PDF]
, 2017 The persistence of racial inequality in the U.S. labor market against a general backdrop of formal equality of opportunity is a troubling phenomenon that has significant ramifications on the design of hiring policies. In this paper, we show that current group disparate outcomes may be immovable even when hiring decisions are bound by an input-output ...
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arXiv, 2021 Decomposing taxes by source (labor, capital, sales), we analyze the impact of automation on tax revenues and the structure of taxation in 19 EU countries during 1995-2016. Pre-2008, robot diffusion lead to decreasing factor and tax income, and a shift from taxes on capital to goods.
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Maternal serum progesterone, estradiol and estriol levels in successful dinoprostone-induced labor
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2013 Hormone-mediated quiescence involves the maintenance of a decreased inflammatory responsiveness. However, no study has investigated whether labor induction with prostanoids is associated with changes in the levels of maternal serum hormones.
C.K. Konopka +6 more
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Benefits and risks of induction of labor at 39 or more weeks in uncomplicated nulliparous women: a retrospective, observational study [PDF]
Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2019 ObjectiveTo critically compare the benefits and risks of labor induction versus spontaneous labor in uncomplicated nulliparous women at 39 or more weeks of gestation.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective, observational study of 237 nulliparous women who ...
Hye In Kim +3 more
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Effects of the Oxytocin Hormone on Pelvic Floor Muscles in Pregnant Rats
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Oxytocin induction is a known risk factor for pelvic floor disorders (PFDs). The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of oxytocin induction on pelvic floor muscles in pregnant rats.
Emine Demir +2 more
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The effects of intramuscular dexamethasone on cervical ripening and induction of labor
فصلنامه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم, 2013 Introduction: One of the problems in midwifery is induction of cases in which it is necessary to terminate pregnancy. Thus the methods of cervical ripening and labor induction have always been sought.
Lila Hajivandi +3 more
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Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Objective: To compare the cesarean section (CS) rates of obstetricians with a preference of labor induction at early versus late gestational age. Material and methods: Medical records of women who were low risk, nulliparous, singleton pregnancy, and >37 ...
Liu-Ching Wu +5 more
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