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Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

By: Paolo Giordani,Nadia Rocha,Michele Ruta

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Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

By: Paolo Giordani,Nadia Rocha,Michele Ruta

This paper studies the relationship between trade policy and food prices. We show that, when individuals are loss averse, governments may use trade policy to shield the domestic economy from large food price shocks. This creates a complementarity between the price of food in international markets and trade policy. Specifically, unilateral actions give rise to a "multiplier effect": when a shock drives up the price of food, exporters respond by imposing restrictions while importers wind down protection, thus exacerbating the initial shock and soliciting further trade policy activism. We test the key prediction of the theory with a new dataset that comprises monthly information on trade measures across 77 countries and 33 food products for the period 2008-11, finding evidence of a multiplier effect in food trade policy. These findings contribute to inform the broader debate on the proper regulation of food trade policy within the multilateral trading system.

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International Monetary Fund

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1484327276

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The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity

By: Nadia Lie

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The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity

By: Nadia Lie

This book offers a comprehensive and systematic overview of the flourishing genre of the contemporary Latin American road movie, of which Diarios de motocicleta and Y tu mamá también are only the best-known examples. It offers the first systematic survey of the genre and explains why the road movie is key to contemporary Latin American cinema and society. Proposing the new category of “counter-road movie,” and paying special attention to the genre’s intricate relationship to modernity, Nadia Lie charts the variety of the road movie through films by both renowned and emerging filmmakers. The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity engages with ongoing debates on transnationalism and takes the reader along a wide range of topics, from exile to undocumented migration, from tourism to internally displaced people.

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252

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Springer

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3319451383

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9783319451381

Stress Response and Immunity: Links and Trade Offs

By: Nadia Danilova

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Stress Response and Immunity: Links and Trade Offs

By: Nadia Danilova

When environmental conditions deviate from the optimal range, stress ensues. Stress response is a set of reactions that allow the organism to adjust and survive adverse conditions. Stress can be physical, such as extreme temperature, radiation, injury, or psychological, caused by perceived danger or deprivation. Every living cell has biochemical mechanisms to cope with physical stress. These mechanisms show a degree of similarity among several types of living organisms. Stress Response and Immunity: Links and Trade Offs explores the functional and evolutionary connections between stress response and immunity. The book introduces the reader to the concept of stress and subsequently examines the connection between stress response and immunity at various evolutionary stages of living organisms - from bacteria to humans. The book also features chapters dedicated to the role of tumor suppressor genes and the immune system of the brain. The information presented in this reference demonstrates the profound effects of physical and psychological stress on human health. Readers with basic knowledge of molecular biology will learn about the interesting facets of stress responses and the evolutionary trade offs observed in different life forms.

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459

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Bentham Science Publishers

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9811437157

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9789811437151

The Regulation of Financial Planning in Australia

Current Practice, Issues and Empirical Analysis

By: Angelique Nadia Sweetman McInnes

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The Regulation of Financial Planning in Australia

Current Practice, Issues and Empirical Analysis

By: Angelique Nadia Sweetman McInnes

This book investigates the legitimacy of the current Australian Financial Services Licensee-Authorised Representative (AFSL-AR) licensing model, as specified in the Commonwealth Corporations Act 2001. The book rectifies the deficiency in scholarly attention to this matter by developing a new conceptualised framework for the financial planning discipline. It takes into account theories in agency, legislation, legitimacy and the independent individual regulatory regimes in other professions; thereafter integrating this framework with the financial planning theory to examine the legitimacy, or what was found to be the illegitimacy of licensing advisers via multiple third party conflicted commercially oriented licensees. This book makes a very useful reference to understanding financial planning licencing model in Australia.

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325

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Routledge

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0429620292

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9780429620294

The Motorcycle Diaries

Youth, Travel and Politics in Latin America

By: Nadia Lie

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The Motorcycle Diaries

Youth, Travel and Politics in Latin America

By: Nadia Lie

The first monograph to examine Walter Salles’ The Motorcycle Diaries, this book explains the significance of Salles’ film with respect to the specific category of ‘youth culture’ as a historically and culturally situated concept. The Motorcycle Diaries looks at the film’s engagement with ‘emerging adulthood’, the importance of travel as a source of self-discovery, and the film’s impact on the iconicity of Che Guevara, the international emblem of a restless, rebellious youth. Combining insights from transnational film studies, tourism studies and affect theory, as well as drawing on extensive historical materials, this book provides not only a necessary addition to existing scholarship on this popular movie, but also an inspiring model for the analysis of film in relation to youth culture - a burgeoning field of interest in Latin American scholarship. It will interest any scholar in film studies, specifically transnational cinemas, global cinema, Latin American cinema, Latin American history, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, tourism studies and global politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000790347

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9781000790344

Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support

By: Simon French,John Maule,Nadia Papamichail

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Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support

By: Simon French,John Maule,Nadia Papamichail

A multi-disciplinary exploration of how we can help decision makers to deliberate and make better decisions.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521883342

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9780521883344

The PCOS Plan

Prevent and Reverse Polycystic Ovary Syndrome through Diet and Fasting

By: Nadia Brito Pateguana,Jason Fung

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The PCOS Plan

Prevent and Reverse Polycystic Ovary Syndrome through Diet and Fasting

By: Nadia Brito Pateguana,Jason Fung

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Jason Fung joins forces with naturopathic doctor Nadia Pateguana to offer methods to prevent and reverse PCOS through diet and intermittent fasting. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common reproductive disorder in the world, affecting an estimated eight to 20 percent of women of reproductive age, almost half of whom are unable to conceive. PCOS is also associated with increased risks of heart disease, ovarian and endometrial cancers, and type 2 diabetes. In this clearly written guide, backed by science and personal experience, Drs. Jason Fung and Nadia Brito Pateguana show: How to prevent and reverse PCOS with a low-carb, ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. How the root cause of PCOS is excess insulin—and how to get rid of it. 50 recipes and a variety of meal plans for putting new knowledge into (delicious) practice.

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158

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Greystone Books Ltd

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1771644613

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9781771644617

Making Schools Better for Disadvantaged Students

The International Implications of Evidence on Effective School Funding

By: Stephen Gorard,Beng Huat See,Nadia Siddiqui

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Making Schools Better for Disadvantaged Students

The International Implications of Evidence on Effective School Funding

By: Stephen Gorard,Beng Huat See,Nadia Siddiqui

Around the world, governments, charities, and other bodies are concerned with improving education, especially for the lowest-attaining and most disadvantaged students. Making Schools Better for Disadvantaged Students presents detailed research into how poverty affects student segregation and underachievement in schools. It contains the first ever large-scale evaluation of how funding can best be used to lower the poverty attainment gap for disadvantaged students. Drawing on a wealth of empirical research from England, India, and Pakistan as well as worldwide reviews of relevant studies, the book presents high-quality evidence on the impact of funding policy initiatives, such as the Pupil Premium funding in England, and the many variations of similar schemes worldwide. It analyses education measures which have been put in place and discusses ways in which these can be used efficiently and fairly to allocate funding to students who are persistently at risk of underachievement. The book is unique in synthesising many forms of evidence from around the world and finding a definition of educational disadvantage that can be used fairly across different contexts. Offering significant implications for ways to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, the book will be essential reading for students of education policy, sociology of education and educational practices, and all researchers, school leaders, and policy-makers working in this area.

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220

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Taylor & Francis

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1000782360

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9781000782363

Customizable and Adaptive Quantum Processors

Theory and Applications

By: Nadia Nedjah,Luiza De Macedo Mourelle

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Customizable and Adaptive Quantum Processors

Theory and Applications

By: Nadia Nedjah,Luiza De Macedo Mourelle

The book describes state-of-the-art advances in simulators and emulators for quantum computing. It introduces the main concepts of quantum computing, defining q-bits, explaining the parallelism behind any quantum computation, describing measurement of the quantum state of information and explaining the process of quantum bit entanglement, collapsed state and cloning. The book reviews the concept of quantum unitary, binary and ternary quantum operators as well as the computation implied by each operator. It provides details of the quantum processor, providing its architecture, which is validated via execution simulation of some quantum instructions.

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137

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CRC Press

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1000838528

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9781000838527

The Trials of Evidence-based Education

The Promises, Opportunities and Problems of Trials in Education

By: Stephen Gorard,Beng Huat See,Nadia Siddiqui

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The Trials of Evidence-based Education

The Promises, Opportunities and Problems of Trials in Education

By: Stephen Gorard,Beng Huat See,Nadia Siddiqui

The Trials of Evidence-based Education explores the promise, limitations and opportunities of evidence-based policy and practice as the attention of funders moves from a sole focus on attainment outcomes to political concern about character-building and wider educational impacts. The results and implications of over 20 studies conducted by the authors are combined with large number of studies from systematic reviews, and their implications are spelled out for the research community, policy-makers, schools wanting to run their own evaluations and practitioners using evidence in this well-structured and thoughtful text.

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215

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Taylor & Francis

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1315456885

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9781315456881

Processing Technology for Bio-Based Polymers

Advanced Strategies and Practical Aspects

By: Khalid Mahmood Zia,Nadia Akram,Shazia Tabasum,Aqdas Noreen,Muhammad Usman Akbar

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Processing Technology for Bio-Based Polymers

Advanced Strategies and Practical Aspects

By: Khalid Mahmood Zia,Nadia Akram,Shazia Tabasum,Aqdas Noreen,Muhammad Usman Akbar

Processing Technology for Bio-Based Polymers: Advanced Strategies and Practical Aspects brings together the latest advances and novel technologies surrounding the synthesis and manufacture of biopolymers, ranging from bio-based polymers to synthetic polymers from bio-derived monomers. Sections examine bio-based polymer chemistry, discuss polymerization process and emerging design technologies, cover manufacturing and processing approaches, explain cutting-edge approaches and innovative applications, and focus on biomedicals and other key application areas. Final chapters provide detailed discussion and an analysis of economic and environmental concerns, practical considerations, challenges, opportunities and future trends. This is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists and advanced students in polymer science, bio-based materials, nanomaterials, plastics engineering, biomaterials, chemistry, biotechnology, and materials science and engineering, as well as R&D professionals, engineers and industrialists interested in the development of biopolymers for advanced products and applications. - Focuses on the processing of bio-based polymers, covering both traditional methods and innovative new approaches - Offers novel opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies for biopolymer research, preparation and application - Examines other key considerations, including reliability and end product, economic concerns, and environmental and lifecycle aspects

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306

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Elsevier

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0323858198

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9780323858199

N-Sulfonated-N-Heterocycles

Synthesis, Chemistry, and Biological Applications

By: Galal H. Elgemeie,Rasha A. Azzam,Wafaa A. Zaghary,Ashraf A. Aly,Nadia H Metwally,Mona O. Sarhan,Elshimaa M. Abdelhafez,Rasha E. Elsayed

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N-Sulfonated-N-Heterocycles

Synthesis, Chemistry, and Biological Applications

By: Galal H. Elgemeie,Rasha A. Azzam,Wafaa A. Zaghary,Ashraf A. Aly,Nadia H Metwally,Mona O. Sarhan,Elshimaa M. Abdelhafez,Rasha E. Elsayed

N-Sulfonated-N-Heterocycles covers the synthesis, chemistry and biological applications of these compounds, focusing on pioneering synthetic approaches, mechanistic insights and their limitations, as well as recent advances in this field. The synthesis of some of N-sulfonated N-heterocycles and their transformation to other useful cyclic and acyclic compounds are discussed, as well as their uses as useful intermediates in the preparation of polymeric and medicinal materials. This book includes detailed methods and protocols, and the focus on applications makes this resource an essential guide for all researchers in the area of organic, medicinal and polymeric synthetic study. - Reviews the use of N-sulfonated N-heterocycles as important precursors for the synthesis of biologically active compounds - Includes information on synthetically useful transformations of N-sulfonated N-heterocycles - Covers a wide synthetic methods used for an important branch of heterocycles and their biological evaluation in detail - Features over 500 schemes to illustrate different synthetic pathways and reactions of N-sulfonated N-heterocycles

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Elsevier

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0128221828

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9780128221822

Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

By: Paolo Giordani,Nadia Rocha,Michele Ruta

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Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

By: Paolo Giordani,Nadia Rocha,Michele Ruta

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Book's by Nadia Rocha

Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity

The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity

Stress Response and Immunity: Links and Trade Offs

Stress Response and Immunity: Links and Trade Offs

The Regulation of Financial Planning in Australia

The Regulation of Financial Planning in Australia

The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support

Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support

The PCOS Plan

The PCOS Plan

Making Schools Better for Disadvantaged Students

Making Schools Better for Disadvantaged Students

Customizable and Adaptive Quantum Processors

Customizable and Adaptive Quantum Processors

The Trials of Evidence-based Education

The Trials of Evidence-based Education

Processing Technology for Bio-Based Polymers

Processing Technology for Bio-Based Polymers

N-Sulfonated-N-Heterocycles

N-Sulfonated-N-Heterocycles

Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy

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