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Trade Agreements as Self-Protection [PDF]

Review of International Economics, 2005
Risks that are associated with an uncertain trading world have been dealt with using two different techniques in the literature: defensive, or insurance approaches, and preventive, or self-protection approaches. Much of the earlier work centered on security issues but with the end of the Cold War attention turned toward preventive approaches.
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Preferences for Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Prevention Strategies in Individuals With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury. Methods Participants with a history of
Kevin Kennedy, Lily Waddell, Adam Easterbrook, Jeffrey N. Katz, Cale Jacobs, Morgan Jones, Faith Selzer, Elena Losina, Liana Fraenkel, Nick Bansback   +9 more
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth With Childhood‐Onset Lupus: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the Treatment and Education Approach for Childhood‐Onset Lupus (TEACH), a six‐session cognitive behavioral intervention addressing depressive, fatigue, and pain symptoms, delivered remotely to individual youth with lupus by a trained interventionist.
Natoshia R. Cunningham, Thea Senger‐Carpenter, Jocelyn Zuckerman, Michelle Adler, Mallet R. Reid, Ashley Danguecan, Luana Flores Pereira, Sarah I. Mossad, Samantha L. Ely, Khalid Abulaban, Elizabeth A. Kessler, Natalie Rosenwasser, Tamar B. Rubinstein, Ekemini A. Ogbu, Emily A. Smitherman, Alaina Miller, Taylor Abounader, Elizabeth Ross, Livie Timmerman, Dhriti Sharma, Jennifer N. Stinson, Stacy Allen, Kabita Nanda, Tala El Tal, Deborah M. Levy, Linda T. Hiraki, Hermine I. Brunner, Mathew Reeves, Steven J. Pierce, Andrea Knight   +29 more
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An examining factors influencing international export and import relationships in context of Vietnam’s free trade agreements

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan
Vietnam's trade balance was positive with the United States, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Austria. However, it was negative in several countries, including South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore ...
Le Thi Thanh Ha, Wing-Keung Wong, Eko Hariyadi   +2 more
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The General Agreement on Trade in Services [PDF]

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 1995
The conclusion of GATS and its inclusion as an annex in the constitutive Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) responds to the need for disposing of a stable juridical instrument which, given the current economic interdependence between States,
Francina Esteve García
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U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Trends and U.S. Policy Challenges [PDF]

, 2014
[Excerpt] This report provides background information and analysis on U.S. foreign trade in services. The focus of the report is an analysis of the policy challenges that the United States confronts, especially the challenge of negotiating a set of ...
Cooper, William H, Nelson, Rebecca M
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Minimal Important Change and Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Pain and Function With Exercise in Hip Osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to estimate the minimal important change (MIC) and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for pain and physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA) following a physiotherapist‐guided exercise intervention.
Yareni Guerrero, Fiona Dobson, Venkatesha Venkatesha, Kim Allison, Gabrielle Knox, Libby Spiers, Travis Haber, David J Hunter, Michelle Hall   +8 more
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Diversificación productiva para mejorar la competitividad en los acuerdos comerciales del sector agroindustrial en el Perú

Ingeniería Industrial, 2016
El estudio de la diversificación productiva para mejorar la competitividad en los acuerdos comerciales del Perú en el sector agroindustrial es clave en el desafío de la innovación de los sectores productivos.
Pedro Arroyo-Gordillo , Mario Rojas-Delgado, Fernando Kleeberg-Hidalgo   +2 more
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Low‐Cost, Large‐Scale Nanoporous Metals by Mechanical Alloying, Oxide Reduction, and Dealloying of Powders

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Powder metal processing provides scalable advantages in nanoporous (np) metal development. Mechanical alloying is used to produce unique precursors for hybrid nanopore formation by oxide reduction and dealloying. As demonstrated in np Ag, this approach improves process efficiency while promoting smaller ligaments and larger pores, both of which are ...
Mark A. Atwater, Oliver A. Fowler
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Fair Trade City Subsidization and WTO Agreement Violation [PDF]

, 2006
Numerous local governments in the UK have achieved the designation Fairtrade City for their provision of special assistance to Fairtrade certified goods “ which originate from producers in the developing world who enjoy a higher wage and healthy living ...
Collins, D. A.
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