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Metabolic Syndrome in Obese and Normal Weight Myanmar Children

open access: yesJournal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2014
Objectives. To estimate the frequency of Metabolic Syndrome (MS in Myanmar obese children and to determine the risk factors associated with MS in obese children comparing with normal weight children.   Methodology.
Khin Than Yee   +8 more
doaj  

Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Effects Between Korea and South/North Asia

open access: yesAsian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Korea has established various policies to expand trade between Southern Asia and Northern Asia, and an analysis of the impact of these policies is required. Hence, this study used a gravity model to estimate the impact of trade creation and diversion effects on Southern and Northern Asia, focusing on their trade relationships with Korea.
Byung Min Soon, Sumin Cho, Jinhyoung Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Trading in troubled times: The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic, military coup, and Chinese border closure on the Kachin amber industry

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper investigates the impact of Covid‐19, border closure, and the military coup on the mining and trading of Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and the 2021 military coup have dramatically affected the lives and livelihoods of communities across Myanmar.
Seng Lawn Dan, Alessandro Rippa
wiley   +1 more source

WCN25-894 FALLING PREVALENCE, MORTALITY AND SEVERITY OF COVID-19 AMONG PATIENTS ON MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS IN ONE SELECTED PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN MYANMAR

open access: yesKidney International Reports
Khin Phyu Pyar   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal Institutions and Multinationals' Drive Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Dark‐Side Perspective

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of informal institutions (including its dark side) on multinational enterprises (MNEs) in promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a developing nation. Using qualitative interviews, we find that informal institutions, including “crime” and “corruption,” increase telecommunication MNEs' support of SDGs.
Ugbede Umoru   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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