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Use of national and international growth charts for studying height in european children: Development of up-to-date european height-for-age charts [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Growth charts based on data collected in different populations and time periods are key tools to assess children's linear growth. We analyzed the impact of geographic factors and the secular trend on height-for-age charts currently used in ...
Bonthuis, M. (Marjolein), Edefonti, A. (Alberto), Hokken-Koelega, A.C.S. (Anita), Jager, K.J. (Kitty), Molchanova, E.A. (Elena), Schaefer, F. (Franz), Stralen, K.J. (Karlijn) van, Verrina, E. (Enrico)   +7 more
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Episodic Post-Shock Dust Formation in the Colliding Winds of Eta Carinae [PDF]

, 2009
Eta Carinae shows broad peaks in near-infrared (IR) JHKL photometry, roughly correlated with times of periastron passage in the eccentric binary system.
Aitken, Bertoldi, Chesneau, Corcoran, Corcoran, Damineli, Damineli, Damineli, Davidson, Davidson, Davidson, Davidson, Draine, Duncan, Falceta-Goncalvez, Feast, Fox, Gehrz, Gehrz, Gull, Hackwell, Hackwell, Hillier, Immler, Indebetouw, Ishibashi, Kashi, Martin, Monnier, Monnier, Nathan Smith, Okazaki, Parkin, Pittard, Pozzo, Robinson, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Steiner, Sterken, Tielens, Tuthill, Usov, Whitelock, Whitelock, Whitelock, Williams, Williams, Williams, Zanella   +59 more
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Argentina's capital gap puzzle [PDF]

Argentina’s GDP per working age person in 2003 was about the same as it was twenty years earlier and around fifteen percent below trend. By international standards that has been a dismal performance whose ultimate sources are important to uncover to ...
Carlos E.J.M. Zarazaga, Finn E. Kydland
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On the Measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect Using the Nodes of the LAGEOS Satellites in reply to "On the reliability of the so-far performed tests for measuring the Lense-Thirring effect with the LAGEOS satellites" by L. Iorio

, 2006
In this paper, we provide a detailed description of our recent analysis and determination of the frame-dragging effect obtained using the nodes of the satellites LAGEOS and LAGEOS 2, in reply to the paper "On the reliability of the so-far performed tests
Cazenave, Cheng, Cheng, Cheng, Ciufolini, Ciufolini, Ciufolini, Ciufolini, Ciufolini, Ciufolini, Cox, Devoti, E. Pavlis, Eanes, Gegout, I. Ciufolini, Ivins, Kaula, Luthcke, Mitrovica, Nerem, Nerem, Pavlis, Pavlis, Press, Reigber, Ries, Rubincam, Trupin, Yoder   +29 more
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Body height and age at menarche of girls from eastern Poland in the period of political transformation

Anthropological Review, 2018
Biological state of a group of people or particular individuals in various phases of ontogenesis should be treated as a positive health measure. The aim of the study was to assess the directions of changes in body height and age at menarche of girls from
Saczuk Jerzy, Wasiluk Agnieszka, Wilczewski Adam   +2 more
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Secular Cycles and Millennial Trends

Cliodynamics, 2016
In the current paper we investigate the relation between secular cycles and millennial trends. The tests we have performed suggest that the structure of millennial trends cannot be adequately understood without secular cycles being taken into ...
Andrey Korotayev, Julia Zinkina, Alexey Andreev   +2 more
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Human Capital Prices, Productivity and Growth [PDF]

Separate identification of the price and quantity of human capital has important implications for understanding key issues in economics. Price and quantity series are derived for four education levels.
Bowlus, Audra J., Robinson, Chris
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Trends versus cycles in global wine export shares [PDF]

The global wine market has witnessed major changes in recent years. Some of these changes are structural in nature or trend-following, whereas others are cyclical.
Cohen, Bruce C., Labys, Walter C.
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Comparing mortality rates, risk, and trends of hip fracture and common cancers in Hong Kong, 2010–2020: A population-based study

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
Objectives: Hip fracture is a global public concern exhibiting high mortality rates but often underrecognized. We compared the mortality rates, risk, and secular trend of hip fractures with common cancers in females and males, aiming to call attention to
Xiaowen Zhang, Chor-Wing Sing, Philip CM Au, Kathryn Choon-Beng Tan, Ian Chi-Kei Wong, Ching-Lung Cheung   +5 more
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Secular trends and survival impact of high proportion of curative treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan, 2011–2019

Annals of Hepatology
Introduction and Objectives: To explore the secular trend and impact of treatment modalities for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on survival in Taiwan.
Kwong-Ming Kee, Chien-Hung Chen, Tsang-Wu Liu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Jui-Ting Hu, Gar-Yang Chau, Kuo-Hsin Chen, Chun-Ju Chiang, Chih-Che Lin, Chien-Fu Hung, Tsang-En Wang, Shiu-Feng Huang, Hsiu-Ying Ku, Bing-Shen Huang, Hui-Ju Ch’ang, Hui-Ping Tseng, Sheng-Nan Lu   +16 more
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