Governing the Local: Sovereignty, Social Governance and Community Safety by Kevin Stenson

“…This is seen as a product of: increasing demographic and cultural diversity due to legal and illegal migration; economic, cultural, and political global interdependence; footloose mobility of capital and the outsourcing of jobs to poorer countries; the growing power of international corporations and financial markets; and the growth of supra-national bodies like the European Union and The North Atlantic Free Trade Association, the World Trade Organisation, and (debatably), the UN. …”
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Evaluation of In Vitro Genotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Milda Babonaitė, Matas Čepulis, Jūratė Kazlauskaitė, Juozas Rimantas Lazutka

“…According to the trade association PlasticEurope, global plastics production increased to 390.7 million tons in 2021. …”
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Social inequities in vaccination coverage among infants and pre-school children in Europe and Australia – a systematic review by Arzu Arat, Bo Burström, Viveca Östberg, Anders Hjern

“…Methods A systematic literature review of socio-economic patterns of uptake of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) and/or Diphteria-Tetanus-Pertusis (DTP) in population based studies of children 0–5 years of age living in the 30 European Economic Area (EEA) or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and Australia, was carried out using the PRISMA guidelines. …”
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Evolution of EFTA in Differentiated Integration within Europe by V. V. Zolotukhin

“…The European Free Trade Association (EFTA), established over 60 years ago as an alternative platform for fostering cooperation, has evolved into a crucial component of the pan-European project. …”
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Learning and innovation in youth-owned small businesses by Oluyemi Theophilus Adeosun, Ayodele Ibrahim Shittu

“…The informal network society via a trade association, professional network and social media are also critical in knowledge transfer in youth-owned businesses. …”
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Corporate social responsibility, policy framing and strategic marketing: understanding the alcohol industry’s use of social media in Uganda by Matthew Lesch, Su Golder, Jim McCambridge

“…Data on the X (formerly Twitter) activity of the Ugandan companies of AB InBev and Diageo, who are the two main brewers, and the trade association including both, were collected, coded and thematically analysed. …”
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Method Validation and Measurement Uncertainty Determination of Ethoxyquin and Antioxidant Activity in Paprika Seasonings and Paprika Sauces Frequently Consumed in South Korea by Gill-Woong Jang, Sun-Il Choi, Xionggao Han, Xiao Men, Hee-Yeon Kwon, Ye-Eun Choi, Mi-Hye Park, Ok-Hwan Lee

“…Additionally, the antioxidant activity of ethoxyquin was assessed using the American Spice Trade Association values and its residual levels in paprika seasoning samples. …”
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Determinants of Peruvian Export Efficiency: Poisson PML Estimation Approach by Fabiola Cruz Navarro-Soto, Elsa-Sofia Morote, Roberto Macha-Huamán, Enzo Arnold Saavedra-Soplín

“…This research evaluates the level of efficiency of Peruvian exports (EF) and the impact of four regional trade agreements (RTAs) (MERCOSUR, the EU, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the Andean Community of Nations (CAN)), twelve bilateral agreements (BAs), the World Trade Organization (WTO), institutional distance (ID), cultural distance (CD), foreign direct investment (FDI), trade freedom (TF), and traditional (TX) and nontraditional exports (NTX) by sector on the export efficiency of Peru. …”
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Tobacco industry interference with the 2017 Thai Tobacco Product Control Act by Naowarut Charoenca, Paisan Limstit, Vasin Pipattanachat, Nipapun Kungskulniti, Stephen Hamann

“…These include how the industry established front groups such as the Thai Tobacco Trade Association (TTTA) and the Thai Tobacco Growers, Curers and Dealers Association (TTA), both exaggerating economic consequences from the new law. …”
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Social participation and mortality: does social position in civic groups matter? by Yoshiki Ishikawa, Naoki Kondo, Katsunori Kondo, Toshiya Saito, Hana Hayashi, Ichiro Kawachi, for the JAGES group

“…We examined participation in the following civic groups: neighborhood association/senior citizen club/fire-fighting team, religious group, political organization or group, industrial or trade association, volunteer group, citizen or consumer group, hobby group, and sports group or club. …”
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Econometric Analysis of China-ECOWAS agricultural products trade by Bello Nasiru Abdullahi, Ma dingchou, Frederick Kwame Yeboah, Hussaini Yusuf Ibrahim

“…This research analyzed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and China’s agricultural products trade determinants based on 19 years (2000-2018) panel dataset of West African countries aggregate agricultural products exports ($) and macroeconomic variables; GDP, population, arable land, language investment, and trade association(WTO)) as predictors. The PPML estimation method was employed due to its prediction accuracy, the size of the data, and potential hetroskadacity issues. …”
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Structures for the care of people with dementia: a European comparison by Tim Schmachtenberg, Jessica Monsees, Jochen René Thyrian

“…In 2018, the number of people with dementia in the EU, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the UK was estimated to be 9.1 million. …”
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Evaluation of the Chile-Korea FTA and Policy Implications for Korea's FTA Policy by Inkyo Cheong, Jae Hwa Jeong

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Conflito urbano e comércio informal: Quadros da repressão e da tolerância aos camelôs na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1983-2009) by Hernán Armando Mamani

“…This article addresses the subject of informal trade's association to "piracy" (1999), to urban disorder and to illegality (2009).…”
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Distant harvest : the production and price of organic food by Sherburne, Morgan (Morgan L.)

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Drying of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) using solar tunnel dryer by Joy, C. M., Pittappillil, George Peter, Jose, K. P.

“…ASTA (American Spice Trade Association) and Agmark quality standards were tested on the tunnel dried and commercial samples. …”
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South Korea and COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021: Changes in Socioeconomic Parameters Reviewed by Innokentii G. Aktamov, Yulia G. Grigoreva

“…The research materials were based on the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Korea, the Korea Export-Import Bank, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), the Trade Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Mongolia (KOTRA), and of such international organizations as the WTO, OECD, and IMF. …”
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Model estimates of hospitalization discharge rates for norovirus gastroenteritis in Europe, 2004–2015 by Elsa Negro Calduch, Tom Cattaert, Thomas Verstraeten

“…Methods National hospital discharge registers in all 28 European Union countries (at that time) and all 4 European Free Trade Association countries were contacted and invited to participate in the study. …”
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Paprika Pepper Yield and Quality as Affected by Different Irrigation Levels by Süleyman Kodal, Ersoy Yıldırım, Zeki Gökalp, Halil Kırnak, Hüseyin Demir

“…The average moisture, ASTA American Spice Trade Association , capsaicin, vitamin C and beta-carotene contents were respectively varied between 83.96 – 84.76%, between 225.76–286.22 mg kg-1, between 1404.11–2408.11 mg kg-1 and between 77.88–113.00 mg kg-1. …”
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Critical Review of the Increasing Complexity of Access and Benefit-Sharing Policies of Genetic Resources for Genebank Curators and Plant Breeders–A Public and Private Sector Perspe... by Andreas W. Ebert, Johannes M. M. Engels, Roland Schafleitner, Theo van Hintum, Godfrey Mwila

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