Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements
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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Herping the African Continent: Alien Amphibians and Reptiles in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
Kopij G.
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Biomarkers of Sarcopenia: Current Status and Future Perspectives
In this review, we summarize the various biomarkers discovered in recent years, including biochemical, imaging, and physical testing markers. We analyze their advantages and disadvantages and propose potential ways to improve the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers, as well as future research directions.
Bijin Luo +6 more
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Brain and central nervous system cancer burden in children across Asia. [PDF]
Zhang W, Lv W, Chen R, Liu T.
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Frailty definitions in Chinese‐language biomedical literature increasingly align with international frameworks, while retaining conceptual diversity, underscoring the need for multidimensional, cross‐cultural research and integration with traditional Chinese medicine for culturally sensitive clinical practice.
Haodong Wei +5 more
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Empowering women can increase modern contraception use among women with no fertility intentions in South Asia. [PDF]
Tonmoy MH, Arnob RH, Akter S, Rahman MM.
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Morbidity Among the Aging Population in Northern Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Study
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) is common among aging populations, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. A cross‐sectional survey of 540 older adults in Northern Bangladesh (June–August 2022) assessed multimorbidity using interviews and logistic regression analysis. Multimorbidity prevalence was 75.74% (95% CI: 71.9%–79.3%).
Md. Abu Sayem +3 more
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The rising burden of early-onset esophageal cancer: a call to action. [PDF]
Pustake M.
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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Burden and Forecast of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer (1990-2038) in Five East Asian Populations: A Systematic Analysis Based on the GBD 2023 Study. [PDF]
Jin L, Tang J, Meng C, Liao J, Liu B.
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