The tourism performance of spa destinations during crises in Central and Eastern Europe: An adjusted RCA index. [PDF]
HeliyonTourism is affected by natural and man-made disasters, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. The impacts of these on tourism have been analysed at national and regional levels, and at the level of individual destinations. However, the impacts on spa towns near the Ukrainian border are much less researched.
Bacsi Z, Kovács E, Lőke Z.
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Time stationarity, shape and ordinal ranking bias of RCA indexes: a new set of measures
Review of World Economics, 2023 AbstractA new set of tools to measure the time stationarity, shape and ordinal ranking bias of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indexes is suggested. The aim is to help select the most consistent RCA index for a given set of countries, products and time periods, which is especially relevant for economic policy based on comparative advantages.
Rémi Stellian
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Association of pericoronary fat attenuation index and insulin resistance for the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyBackgroundCardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM) has become an increasingly serious public health problem. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) often present with multiple cardiometabolic disorders and carry a significantly higher risk of CMM ...
Linjuan Li +6 more
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021 Abstract This paper presents an elaborated discussion on a soil microstructural index: the contact area ratio R ca, including its determination method and potential applications. Starting from the calculation of 3D porosity, a reliable threshold is obtained by introducing the connection between macro and micro ...
Riqing Xu, Jiaqi Jiang, Yujiang Hua
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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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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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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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Sustainable Materials and TechnologiesThe construction industry is associated with the largest contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions so as the largest consumption of natural resources and production of waste. Concrete consists of 70 % to 80 % of aggregates and that makes it also easily recyclable into reusable granular material, so-called recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), for ...
Veerle Boel +2 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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