Applied Sciences, 2022 The Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index is an important metric for evaluating competitiveness of a country in exporting certain commodity. While it is desirable to have a normally distributed RCA index, the opposite is often found in empirical ...
Bin Liu, Jianbo Gao
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Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Mediates the Link Between TyG Index and OSA Risk in Type 2 Diabetes [PDF]
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and ObesityMei Zhang,1 Haimei Du,1 Qin Zhou,2 Yaxin Yao,2 Linjuan Li1 1Department of General Medicine, Yan’an University Affiliated Hospital, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology, Yan’an University Affiliated Hospital, Shaanxi, People’s
Zhang M, Du H, Zhou Q, Yao Y, Li L
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Echocardiographic and hemodynamic determinants of right coronary artery flow reserve and phasic flow pattern in advanced non-ischemic cardiomyopathy [PDF]
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2007 Background In patients with advanced non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NIC), right-sided cardiac disturbances has prognostic implications. Right coronary artery (RCA) flow pattern and flow reserve (CFR) are not well known in this setting.
Mady Charles +8 more
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Oral Rhizoma Coptis Alkaloids Nanoparticle for Treating Diabetes Through Regulating PI3K/Akt Pathways [PDF]
PharmaceuticsObjectives: Rhizoma Coptidis alkaloids (RCAs) have been proven highly promising in diabetes therapy. However, poor solubility, low bioavailability, and a lack of an effective delivery strategy are major hurdles to improving clinical outcomes.
Yuejiao Liu +5 more
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Decreased clinical and functional outcomes following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for proximal humerus fractures compared to rotator cuff arthropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
JSES Reviews, Reports, and TechniquesBackground: Comparative studies of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) for proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) versus rotator cuff arthropathy (RCA) have yielded conflicting findings and lack comprehensive synthesis to guide perioperative counseling.
Shahabeddin Yazdanpanah, MS +9 more
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Tourism Competitiveness in Eastern Africa: RCA and TTCI
Heritage, 2023 Eastern Africa is home to strikingly beautiful landscapes, unique wildlife and exotic cultural heritage that create outstanding tourism appeal. Unfortunately, these attractive features do not always translate to high tourism revenues.
Zsuzsanna Bacsi +2 more
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Pericoronary adipose tissue inflammation mediates the atherogenic effects of lipids on multivessel coronary artery disease: a CCTA-based radiomics analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineObjectiveThe atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) is a robust predictor of cardiovascular risk. However, its mechanism of action in the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) remains unknown.
Haimei Du +4 more
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Evaluation of foreign trade specialisation and competitiveness of the Slovak economy [PDF]
Ekonomski Anali, 2023 This paper aims to assess the structure of foreign trade specialisation and the character of trade competitiveness of the Slovak Republic as a member state of the European Union in the period 1999- 2021.
Brinčíková Zuzana
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Composite Revealed Comparative Advantage Index: A Non-parametric Approach [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics, 2022 The composition and share of export items from a country change over time. Individual exporting companies take firm-level actions to keep up their market share.
Satyendra Nath CHAKRABARTTY +1 more
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Economies, 2021 In the extant body of literature on the servitization of the economy, on the one hand, and determinants of growth and development, on the other, the classic question of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) plays a prominent role.
Roman Wosiek, Anna Visvizi
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