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World Trade Report 2013

TL;DR: The Blade Runner sequel as discussed by the authors fails in a particular way: when our hero Deckard falls for "Rachael", he already knows that Rachael is a highly intelligent organic robot, so sophisticated that she can hardly be distinguished from a human. Yet Deckard likes her and asks her out on a date using a graffiti-scrawled public payphone.
Abstract: Last year's Blade Runner sequel persuaded me to watch the 1982 original again – set in 2019. For all the amazing qualities of the film, it fails to provide a convincing vision of today's technology. And it fails in a particular way: when our hero Deckard falls for "Rachael", he already knows that Rachael is a highly intelligent organic robot, so sophisticated that she can hardly be distinguished from a human. Yet Deckard likes her and asks her out on a date – using a graffiti-scrawled public payphone.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new holistic perspective on the factory of the future is presented, which is more suitable with respect to the new trends, and a selection of factory perspectives is revised.
Abstract: An increasing global demand for natural resources and the inherent challenges accompanying this demand pose a great task for manufacturing companies. Apart from this, new technologies and a demographic change of the workforce as well as the desire for new individualized products make manufacturing more challenging than ever. To succeed in this new setting manifold perspectives of a factory have been proposed in order to enhance the understanding of the complex interdependencies between the factory elements. Against this background, this paper starts with a short overview regarding the paradigm change in manufacturing including contemporary trends triggering the requirements for factories of the future. Subsequent to that, a selection of factory perspectives is revised indicating the demand for a new holistic perspective of a factory that is more suitable with respect to the new trends. For that reason a new holistic perspective on the factory of the future is presented.

261 citations

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TL;DR: In the largest reported cohort of coronavirus disease 2019 patients to date treated with chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine±azithromycin, no instances of Torsade de pointes, or arrhythmogenic death were reported and clinicians seldomly needed to discontinue therapy.
Abstract: Background: The novel SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is responsible for the global coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Small studies have shown a potential benefit of c...

260 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest that there is a mobility bias in migration research: by focusing on the "drivers" of migration, the forces that lead to the initiation and perpetuation of migration flows, m...
Abstract: This article suggests that there is a mobility bias in migration research: by focusing on the “drivers” of migration — the forces that lead to the initiation and perpetuation of migration flows — m...

232 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a theoretically justified gravity model of trade is used to examine the impact of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) on exports, focusing on trade creation and diversion effects.

153 citations

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TL;DR: This finding confirms the existence of the agriculture-induced EKC hypothesis in Pakistan and can be a guideline for other agrarian developing countries for the creation of effective policies around environmental degradation.
Abstract: This study investigates the long-run equilibrium relationship among carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, income growth, energy consumption, and agriculture, thus testing the existence of what we call the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets’ curve (EKC) hypothesis in the case of Pakistan for the period of 1971–2014. The long-run equilibrium relationship among the variables in the conducted model is confirmed by Maki’s (EM 29(5), 2011–2015, 2012) co-integration test under multiple structural breaks. Toda-Yamamoto’s (JE 66(1):225–250, 1995) causality test results reveal bidirectional causal relationships among gross domestic product (GDP), energy use, agriculture, and CO2 emissions. Fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) results suggest that GDP has elastic positive impacts on CO2 emissions, and energy use and agricultural value added have inelastic positive impacts on CO2 emissions, whereas squared GDP has an inelastic and negative effect on CO2 emissions. This finding confirms the existence of the agriculture-induced EKC hypothesis in Pakistan and can be a guideline for other agrarian developing countries for the creation of effective policies around environmental degradation.

145 citations