The Direct and Indirect Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on Exports to China
The World Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the direct effect of a country's participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on that country's exports to China, as well as the indirect effect of such participation on other countries' exports to China. Using panel data covering 187 countries from 2006 to 2023, we employ an event study approach, a staggered
Haonan Li, Yasuyuki Todo
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Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Dependence, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in University Students: Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Dependence Scale (AICDS) in Spanish. [PDF]
Alpha PsychiatryBarrios I +9 more
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The Missing Link: When GVC Does Not Matter for Structural Change
The World Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite rising levels of Global Value Chains (GVC) integration in several emerging and developing economies, the latter failed to experience a significant structural change. Thus, this paper examines how participating in global supply chains can have implications on labour reallocation in the economy, and to what extent technological advances ...
Mazen Fathy, Chahir Zaki
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Nationwide seroprevalence study of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses among blood donors in Paraguay. [PDF]
Sci RepDi Lello FA +9 more
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Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Three forested dispersal corridors have been proposed within the diagonal of open/dry landscapes in South America and the relative importance of each one has been the subject of debate for forest organisms. We analysed the biogeographical history of three snake genera (Bothrops, Philodryas, and Micrurus) from different families (Viperidae ...
Matheus Pontes‐Nogueira +2 more
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Global beef production: Trends, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable development
Agricultural &Environmental Letters, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2026.Abstract Sustainable livestock systems require managing trade‐offs and synergies across productive, socioeconomic, and environmental dimensions to meet rising global beef demand. We present a biophysical framework to analyze how management‐driven energy allocation is manifested through herd size and total and per‐head beef productivity.
Nicolas Caram +4 more
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Prevalence and non-invasive predictive models of vitamin D insufficiency in Paraguayan youth: the role of body composition and traditional mate consumption. [PDF]
Front NutrGonzaléz A +6 more
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Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 5, Page 1383-1402, December 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva +2 more
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Policies for Poultry Workers in 33 Pan American Health Organization Member States in 2026: A Review. [PDF]
Vaccines (Basel)Montes JL +4 more
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Correction: Psychometric properties of the sense of coherence scale: a cross-sectional study in Spain and Latin America. [PDF]
Sci RepDomínguez-Salas S +5 more
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