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The Indonesian Government launched a for-poor students cash transfer program (Bantuan Siswa Miskin, BSM) to aid poor students in attaining goods and services that would improve... -
Asymmetric regional dynamics in the Portuguese economy: debt, openness and lo...
Regional convergence stands out in the adjustment of the Portuguese economy that followed the international financial crisis. This outcome contrasts with increasing regional... -
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Monitoring the impact of vaccine programs is necessary to identify changes in vaccine efficacy. We report the impact of the 12-year rotavirus vaccine program on diarrhea... -
Operational decisions and financing strategies in a capital-constrained close...
This paper aims to find operational decisions and financing strategies in a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) consisting of a financially constrained manufacturer and a retailer.... -
Does subnational tax autonomy promote regional convergence? Evidence from OEC...
This paper investigates the simultaneous impact of subnational tax autonomy and vertical transfers on regional disparities of gross domestic product (GDP) per head in a sample... -
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This paper provides insights into trademark activity at the regional level via two objectives. First, it examines the relationship between technological capabilities and new... -
Afro-Pessimist or Africa Rising? US Newspaper Coverage of Africa, 1994–2018
Is media coverage of Africa systematically negative or increasingly positive? Several scholars have argued that too little empirical evidence exists to address the debate... -
Prenatal grading of fetal congenital heart disease and its influence on decis...
Congenital heart defects(CHDs) are an important cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. With advances in diagnosis and treatment, many defects are now amenable to correction.... -
Inter- and intra-city networks: how networks are shaping China’s film industry
While existing studies have mapped out various networks with some visualization techniques, we move one step forward by examining if city/firm performance is dependent not only... -
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The study investigates the interrelationships between house prices and share prices at the national and regional levels in the UK. It also investigates whether London house... -
Diversity Deficit and Scale-Flip
We present a comprehensive multi-scale test of the diversity-deficit hypothesis that posits a negative association between diversity and development. We develop a ‘scale-flip... -
Surprise me! On the impact of unexpected benefits on other-praising gratitude...
Gratitude reinforces social bonds. This relationship-regulating function depends on whether and how it is expressed. People can express gratitude in different ways:... -
Carbon footprint of school lunch menus adhering to the Spanish dietary guidel...
Current eating patterns are damaging the environment and there is a need for dietary guidelines to address this issue. Schools can act as springboards to promote sustainable... -
Specialist care in rural hospitals: From Emergency Department consultation to...
In urban and rural hospitals, congested Emergency Departments (EDs) are filled with patients boarding in the ED awaiting admission to inpatient wards. We study this problem... -
Immigrant integration policies when regions decide ‘who comes in’: the case o...
Using the Canadian case, this paper explores immigrant integration policies when Rokkan and non-Rokkan regions have immigrant selection capacities. By systematically documenting... -
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To understand which users’ characteristics influence their preferences in the selection of vehicle seating configurations and positions across different traveling scenarios... -
Frequency of turning in bed at home in persons with chronic spinal cord injury
Objective: To determine the routine turning frequency of persons with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) in bed at night in their home environment. Design: An online questionnaire... -
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To compare the vision needs of children wearing and not wearing eyeglasses who failed school-based vision screening. Students aged 4 to 16 years in 41 Baltimore City schools... -
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Very limited information exists from Italian hospitals about the utilization and expenditure of medical devices. The ratio expenditure/DRG reimbursement (expressed as a...
