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Frontiers in Aging NeuroscienceBackgroundObesity, through mechanisms such as insulin resistance and systemic low-grade inflammation, can damage the central nervous system and impair cognitive function. Weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) is a novel measure of obesity that may offer more
Jie Lin +7 more
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Did the Structure of Trade and Foreign Debt Affect Reserve Currency Composition? Evidence form Interwar Japan [PDF]
Historical experience is often invoked in the modern debate on competition among reserve currencies, yet little is known about quantitative aspects or institutional features of reserve management.
Mari Ohnuki, Mariko Hatase
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, 2017 The article focuses on use of cocaine by military personnel during the war. Topics discussed include effect of coca on physical endurance of the soldiers, research on stimulating effects of coca leaves by neurologist Paolo Mantegazza and trials by toxicologist Robert Christison.
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Journal of Health, Population and NutritionIntroduction Fecal incontinence (FI), a prevalent condition affecting approximately 7.7% of the global population and 8.3% of Americans, significantly impairs quality of life.
Ying Zhang +4 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundThis study explores the longitudinal relationship between the Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI), an innovative obesity metric, and stroke incidence in aged 45 and older Chinese adults.MethodsData from 9,725 individuals aged 45 years and older ...
Xiaoqiang Li +7 more
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Scientific ReportsObesity promotes chronic kidney disease and albuminuria. Whether weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) is correlated with albuminuria reflected by urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) in normal body mass index (BMI) population and the effect of ...
Pengjie Gao +6 more
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Postwar Slowdowns and Long-Run Growth: A Bayesian Analysis of Structural-Break Models [PDF]
Using Bayesian methods, we re-examine the empirical evidence from Ben-David, Lumsdaine and Pappell (“Unit Roots, Postwar Slowdowns and Long-Run Growth: Evidence from Two Structural Breaks”, Empirical Economics, 28, 2003) regarding structural breaks in ...
Eric Zivot, Yi-Chi Chen
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Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesBackground: Obesity is a significant risk factor for stroke, and the novel index Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI) provides a more accurate representation of fat distribution, which has been linked to stroke risk.
Zhengjin Luo, Yufeng Xu
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Economic growth in Argentina in the period 1900-30: some evidence from stock returns [PDF]
This paper reports the first stage of a project to recover Argentine stock market data for the entire 20th century. The authors find that real rates of return on Argentine stocks and bonds after 1920 were above those in the Belle Époque, and that they ...
Carlos E.J.M. Zarazaga +1 more
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The effects of war losses on mortality estimates for Italy [PDF]
For countries that experience substantial war losses in a given time period, the exclusion of military deaths can have an important impact on estimates of mortality and life expectancy. In this paper, we start by reviewing Vallin’s work in accounting for
Dana Glei +2 more
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