Identification of Factors Determining Patterns of Serum C-Reactive Protein Level Reduction in Response to Treatment Initiation in Patients with Drug-Susceptible Pulmonary Tuberculosis. [PDF]
Kivrane A+11 more
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Explaining the Path of the Democratic Transition
ABSTRACT The paper explains two centuries of development of the political systems of the west by the underlying economic fundamentals. Democracy indices for the average country have a strong long‐run empirical relation to income that looks like a perfect transition curve. The traditional steady state political system was the three pillars model of king,
Martin Paldam
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Cryptosporidium spp. Are Associated with Giardia duodenalis Co-Infection in Wild and Domestic Canids. [PDF]
Mateusa M+5 more
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Does Public Expenditure on Education Improve Well‐Being? International Evidence
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to quantify the relationship between public expenditure on education and individual subjective well‐being, providing empirical evidence of the social return on this investment. We use microdata from the European Social Survey (ESS) merged with macroeconomic variables from official sources. Econometric estimations are
Rubén Rubio‐Ortiz+2 more
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Radical SAM Enzyme WprB Catalyzes Uniform Cross-Link Topology between Trp-C5 and Arg-Cγ on the Precursor Peptide. [PDF]
Khan AH+6 more
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North Meets Hofstede: Effects of Individualistic Culture on Property Rights
ABSTRACT This study investigates the influence of individualistic culture on property rights protection using a dataset of 86 countries. Employing the instrumental variable estimation method, the study uncovers the causal relationship between culture and institutional dynamics, considering variations in historical pathogen prevalence, linguistic ...
Hoyong Jung
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<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> serotypes and factors associated with antimicrobial resistance in Invasive pneumococcal disease cases in Latvia, 2012-2022. [PDF]
Savrasova L+10 more
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Monnet Reversed: The Intergovernmental Solutions of the Poly‐Crises
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Sergio Fabbrini
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The Effect of Swiss Free Trade Agreements on Agricultural Trade
ABSTRACT As a country highly dependent on imports, Switzerland has many free trade agreements (FTAs) that liberalise trade barriers. We assess how these agreements affect Swiss agricultural imports at different margins of trade adjustment. We estimate reduced‐form gravity models using agricultural trade data for 202 partner countries from 2004 to 2022.
Dela‐Dem Doe Fiankor+3 more
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Teacher Delivered Block Construction Training Improves Children's Mathematics Performance
ABSTRACT There is robust evidence for a causal association between spatial thinking and mathematics achievement. However, most research has been lab‐based, with spatial training delivered by researchers. We present a teacher delivered, whole‐class 6‐week spatial training study that involved professional development for practitioners coupled with ...
Emily K. Farran+7 more
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