Lessons for Asia from Europe's History with Banking Integration

Lessons from European Banking Liberalization and Integration

Food Allergy--Lessons from Asia

OBJECTIVE : This is a review on published data available on food allergy in East Asia and a discussion on the insights that it offers. METHODS : PubMed searches were made for terms food allergy and anaphylaxis, in combination with Asia. RESULTS : There is a paucity of population-based prevalence studies on food allergy in Asia. Certain unique food allergens, such as buckwheat, chestnuts, ch...

History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19

Writing in the heady days of new antibiotics and immunizations, esteemed microbiologists Macfarlane Burnet and David White predicted in 1972 that “the most likely forecast about the future of infectious diseases is that it will be very dull.” When asked to explain past events, historians are quick to assert the importance of context. If you want to understand how or why something happened, you ...

History Lessons from Bacteria

Microbes have been catapulted into the spotlight again by recent studies showing that uniquely modern phenomena, like jet lag and artificial sweeteners, can affect health by altering the microbiome (Suez et al., 2014; Thaiss et al., 2014). However, even as the nature of our current relationship with bacteria unfolds, DNA sequencing and proteomic approaches are giving us a fascinating glimpse in...

Japanese Banking Problems: Implications for Southeast Asia

Japanese banks are among the world’s largest global financial intermediaries, with a significant presence in many regions, particularly the United States and Southeast Asia. In addition to being among the world’s largest banks, they have some of the world’s largest problems. Recent studies have found that Japanese banks have reduced lending as a consequence of these problems, that this shrinkag...