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2022
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2022
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Nature Communications
2022
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Will falling domestic labor compensation share really be improved when global trade slowdown?
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Communications Earth & Environment
2022
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Nature Sustainability
2026
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Nature Sustainability
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Nature Sustainability
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Nature Communications
2021
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The 1995-2018 global evolution of the network of amicable and hostile relations among nation-states
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There has been longstanding interest in the evolution of positive and negative relationships among countries. An interdisciplinary field of study, Structural Balance Theory, has developed on the dynamics of such appraisal systems. However, the advancement of research in the field has been impeded by...
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Nature Climate Change
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EconomicsPolitics
10.1038/S41558-022-01538-8
ISSN:1758-678X
Determinants of international price volatility transmissions: the role of self-sufficiency rates in wheat-importing countries
Jin Guo•Tetsuji Tanaka
Palgrave Communications
2019
•2019/10/22
•Vol.5 No.1 p.1-13
From the 1980s until the early 2000s, many developing governments adopted market liberalization policies due to relatively low agricultural prices and the implementation of structural programs by the IMF. Yet, a paradigm shift occurred with the emergence of the 2008 food crisis, which directed food-...
Development studiesEconomics
10.1057/S41599-019-0338-2
ISSN:2055-1045
Worldwide divergence of values
Joshua Conrad Jackson•Danila Medvedev
Nature Communications
2024
•2024/4/9
•Vol.15 No.1 p.1-14
Social scientists have long debated the nature of cultural change in a modernizing and globalizing world. Some scholars predicted that national cultures would converge by adopting social values typical of Western democracies. Others predicted that cultural differences in values would persist or even...
CultureHuman behaviour
10.1038/S41467-024-46581-5
ISSN:2041-1723
More intense and equal compound heatwaves driven by urbanization
Shengjun Gao•Yunhao Chen•Deliang Chen•Bin He•Kangning Li等 6 人
Npj Urban Sustainability
2026
•2026/2/18
•Vol.6 No.1 p.540
Urban populations are increasingly exposed to severe and disproportionate heatwaves. While existing studies address urban heatwaves and intra-urban disparities, there remain gaps in understanding of the impact of urbanization on heatwaves and the associated inequalities. In this study, we analyzed u...
Climate changeEnvironmental impact
10.1038/S42949-026-00363-8
ISSN:2661-8001
How global targets on drinking water were developed and achieved
Shizuki Fukuda•Keigo Noda•Taikan Oki
Nature Sustainability
2019
•2019/4/15
•Vol.2 No.5 p.429-434
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have passed their target year of 2015 and are followed by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of the MDG targets was halving the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water. It was the first target achieved in the long history of internation...
Developing worldEnvironmental social sciencesHydrologyWater resources
10.1038/S41893-019-0269-3
ISSN:2398-9629
Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines makes a life-saving difference to all countries
Ye Yang•Zhang Qingpeng•Wei Xuan•Cao Zhidong•Yuan Hsiang-Yu等 6 人
Nature Human Behaviour
2022
•2022/1/31
•00 p.1-10
Despite broad agreement on the negative consequences of vaccine inequity, the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is imbalanced. Access to vaccines in high-income countries (HICs) is far greater than in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). As a result, there continue to be high rates of COVID-19 ...
Complex networks
10.1038/S41562-022-01289-8
ISSN:2397-3374