Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva +2 more
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Embodied experiences of race-based traumatic stress and the journey towards black joy. [PDF]
Mudzongo FK.
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This review summarizes key advances from 2024 to 2025 that are reshaping esophageal cancer surgery toward a strategy‐oriented, personalized paradigm through the integration of immunotherapy, population aging, and intelligent technologies. Adjuvant nivolumab after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy remains the only perioperative approach with durable benefit,
Shuichiro Oya +2 more
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Mental illness, forced labour, and colonial biopower in Kabba Province of Northern Nigeria, 1900-1947. [PDF]
Itodo UF.
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This retrospective study analyzed patients aged ≥ 85 years undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, focusing on short‐term outcomes and inpatient cost structure under the Japanese DPC system. Although major complications occurred in 19.4% of patients, more than 70% were discharged home.
Yuta Kobayashi +8 more
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The unsung heroes of traditional healers in healing and traditional medicine in dementia care for Indigenous populations in North America: an exploration of a compassionate, community-led care model. [PDF]
Shrestha HL +4 more
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This multicenter propensity score‐matched study of 3213 patients compared intracorporeal (IA) and extracorporeal (EA) anastomosis during minimally invasive colectomy. IA was associated with a significantly lower incidence of intraoperative blood loss ≥ 200 mL (2.5% vs.
Takuya Takami +9 more
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Urgent investment needed to reclaim lactation care and training to support Indigenous women, babies, families, and communities. [PDF]
Stewart G +11 more
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Radical Resection of the Third Portion of the Duodenum for Secondary Aortoduodenal Fistula
Secondary aortoduodenal fistula most commonly involves the third portion of the duodenum and requires definitive management of both vascular and gastrointestinal components. We demonstrate a step‐by‐step technique for radical duodenal resection and reconstruction performed in structured collaboration with cardiovascular surgeons.
Koji Kubota +4 more
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Reflections of Indigenous, racialized, and Global South practitioners and scholars on liberatory community wellbeing and mental health praxis: A qualitative study. [PDF]
Barhouche R.
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