How similar are the publishing patterns of among Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries) in comparison with other countries? This is a question that we addressed by using networks as a tool to analyze the structure of similarities and disparities between countries. We analyzed the number of publications from 2006 to 2015 that are reported by SCImago Journal and Country Rank. With this ...

This project investigated the introduction of genomic research into the developing and the least developed nations. Initially, the basic demographic and epidemiological characteristics of these two geographical areas were provided. The enormous economic impact and medical benefits of genomics in the industrialized nations were outlined to exemplify the innovative applications of genomics. Effor...

In the last few decades, income distribution has deteriorated in a large part of world. The inability to stop inequality evolved into major social crisis and become one most urgent issues globally. Given importance issue, identifying root causes can be guide for policy makers solving problem. Although there are studies linking institutional quality with recent years, question whether freedom pr...

Abstract The literature reveals that linear models do not accurately represent the asymmetric relationship between economic growth and energy consumption (EC). To fill this gap, we examined EC in a non-linear panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) framework of 85 countries as whole sample Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS), Next Eleven, Big Four Western Europe, Asia-Pacific...

Given the increasing importance of digital economy, competition for technologies and solutions, as well contest to influence norms, standards, regulatory mechanisms, is escalating. This distributed unevenly—digitalization leaders, primarily key Group 20 (G20) members, gain significant advantages, their potential shaping regulation through consistent inclusion domestic standards norms in documen...

BACKGROUND The association between obesity and back pain has mainly been studied in high-income settings with inconclusive results, and data from older populations and developing countries are scarce. The aim of this study was to assess this association in nine countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America among older adults using nationally-representative data. METHODS Data on 42116 i...

Financial markets integration has resulted in high interconnectedness among the BRICS stock markets, which minimizes diversification potentials. This increased investors’ interest financialization of commodities to minimize their portfolio risks. However, comovements between these assets do not operate a vacuum, requires that role volatilities be considered tandem. The purpose this study is exp...

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is one of the most severe viral zoonozes. It is prevalent throughout Africa, Asia and southern Europe. Limited availability of sequence data has hindered phylogeographic studies. The complete genomic sequence of all three segments of 14 Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains isolated from 1958-2000 in Russia, Central Asia and Africa was ident...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper empirically investigates the contagion effects of the global financial crisis in a multivariate Fractionally Integrated Asymmetric Power ARCH (FIAPARCH) dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) framework during the period 1997–2012. We focus on five most important emerging equity markets, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), as well as USA ...