Using a new dataset on imports of technology and total factor productivity (TFP) over more than a century for the OECD countries, this paper tests for international technological transmission through trade. The empirical estimates suggest that imports of knowledge have been responsible for an almost 200% increase in TFP over the past century, but that the spillover effect has been highly uneven...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the in vivo efficacy in a murine pulmonary infection model of panobacumab (KBPA101), a human IgM monoclonal antibody directed against the O-polysaccharide moiety of Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O11, and to describe the anti-inflammatory effects in the lung as a consequence of the treatment. METHODS We established an experimental murine model of acute pneumonia by ...

Abstract Introduction Our proteomic data has validated that high levels of the protein myoferlin confers poorer response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. Myoferlin plays a role membrane repair and VEGF signal transduction, is associated with worse prognosis numerous other epithelial cancers. We aim assess impact on radiosensitivity Method Clonogenic assays wer...

This study aims to determine the effect of financial development on economic growth in ASEAN-4 during 1999-2018. uses regression method and panel approaches using Fixed Effect Model method. research FEM quantitative a stata 13 estimation tool. The data results this indicated that has positive relationship with growth. is evident from three proxies, which have correlation domestic credit private...

The article offers a strategy for increasing the Russian economy through rational use of country's natural resources. As tools, it is offered to apply functional approach determine critical functions system in order generate additional income improve economy. A scheme influencing control using negative feedback method quality offered. New criteria are proposed assessing work governors and minis...

This paper investigates the link between domestic income inequality and international trade using a dynamic model of occupational choice. After showing how systematic patterns of comparative advantage arise among countries with no di®erences in their economic fundamentals, I provide two results regarding trade liberalization describing the full transition dynamics. First, international income d...

This paper analyzes qualitatively and quantitatively the effects of declining mortality rates on fertility, education and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that if individuals are prudent in the face of uncertainty about child survival, a decline in an exogenous mortality rate reduces precautionary demand for children and increases parental investment in each child. Once mortality is e...