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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Performance and development trends of ultrasound diagnostic systems in military settings: a review. [PDF]

Ultrasound J
Lu C, Huang HJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

A “Tech First” Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars have recently argued that international politics is plagued by instability as the world rapidly transitions from one crisis to another. This state of “Permacrisis,” or permanent crises between states, is driven by technological innovations which create new kinds of crises and drive competitions between adversarial states.
Ilan Manor
wiley   +1 more source

Penetrating trauma on the rise- nine-year trends of severe trauma in Sweden. [PDF]

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
Holmberg L, Mani K, Linder F, Wanhainen A, Wahlgren CM, Andréasson H.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
wiley   +1 more source

neonSoilFlux: An R package for continuous sensor‐based estimation of soil CO2 fluxes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Accurate quantification of soil carbon fluxes is essential to reduce uncertainty in estimates of the terrestrial carbon sink. However, these fluxes vary over time and across ecosystem types and so, it can be difficult to estimate them accurately across large scales.
John Zobitz, Edward Ayres, Zoey Werbin, Ridwan Abdi, Natalie Ashburner‐Wright, Lillian Brown, Ryan Frink‐Sobierajski, Lajntxiag Lee, Dijonë Mehmeti, Christina Tran, Ly Xiong, Naupaka Zimmerman   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural anti-cancer products: insights from herbal medicine. [PDF]

Chin Med
Cui D, Zhang C, Zhang L, Zheng J, Wang J, He L, Jin H, Kang Q, Zhang Y, Li N, Sun Z, Zheng W, Wei J, Zhang S, Feng Y, Tan W, Zhong Z.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Iron Ore Pricing in China: Financialization Through a Marxist Lens

Abacus, EarlyView.
We offer a Marxist interpretation of financialization as we examine the Chinese market for iron ore and the shift in the pricing mechanism from an annual fixed price to an indexed price from 2010. Drawing upon Marx's theory of the circuit of capital, we illustrate an empirical case of financialization that results from the conflict between social ...
Xun Gong, Eagle Zhang, Corinne Cortese
wiley   +1 more source

Classification of major depressive disorder using vertex-wise brain sulcal depth, curvature, and thickness with a deep and a shallow learning model. [PDF]

Mol Psychiatry
Goya-Maldonado R, Erwin-Grabner T, Zeng LL, Ching CRK, Aleman A, Amod AR, Basgoze Z, Benedetti F, Besteher B, Brosch K, Bülow R, Colle R, Connolly CG, Corruble E, Couvy-Duchesne B, Cullen K, Dannlowski U, Davey CG, Dols A, Ernsting J, Evans JW, Fisch L, Fuentes-Claramonte P, Gonul AS, Gotlib IH, Grabe HJ, Groenewold NA, Grotegerd D, Hahn T, Hamilton JP, Han LKM, Harrison BJ, Ho TC, Jahanshad N, Jamieson AJ, Karuk A, Kircher T, Klimes-Dougan B, Koopowitz SM, Lancaster T, Leenings R, Li M, Linden DEJ, MacMaster FP, Mehler DMA, Meinert S, Melloni E, Mueller BA, Mwangi B, Nenadić I, Ojha A, Okamoto Y, Oudega ML, Penninx BWJH, Poletti S, Pomarol-Clotet E, Portella MJ, Radua J, Rodríguez-Cano E, Sacchet MD, Salvador R, Schrantee A, Sim K, Soares JC, Solanes A, Stein DJ, Stein F, Stolicyn A, Thomopoulos SI, Toenders YJ, Uyar-Demir A, Vieta E, Vives-Gilabert Y, Völzke H, Walter M, Whalley HC, Whittle S, Winter N, Wittfeld K, Wright MJ, Wu MJ, Yang TT, Zarate C, Veltman DJ, Schmaal L, Thompson PM, ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group.   +86 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain technology disruptions: Exploring accounting and auditing academics and practitioners' perception

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the practical impact of blockchain technology (BCT), which contrasts strongly with literature that has predominantly hypothesised BCT's potential to disrupt accounting practice. We interviewed 44 practitioners and academics with knowledge of BCT across 13 countries and industries.
Musbaudeen Titilope Oladejo, Vida Botes, Mary Low, Steve Reeves   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source