Objectives. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is important for peritoneal deterioration. We evaluated the association between peritoneal solute transport rate (PSTR) and effluent markers related to EMT with adjusted values for effluent cancer antigen 125 (CA125). Methods. One hundred five incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients on PD for 25 (12-68) months with biocompatible solutions w...

Unemployment hysteresis of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries is investigated under a battery unit root testing frameworks in the extant literature, including recently proposed Panel SUR Dickey-Fuller-like test with Fourier Exponential Smooth Transition Regression (ESTR) nonlinearities. The function allows for smooth nonlinear breaks, while ESTR nonlinearity instantaneous breaks. tw...

In this paper we adopt a non linear approach to examine the dynamics of the international reserves holdings by the emerging economies. To do so, we estimate the demand for international reserves with a panel smooth transition model, that loosens two restricting hypotheses, homogeneity and time-stability. We find evidence for the presence of a non linear behavior in the demand for international ...

This paper examines the role of global value chains development in reducing exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) to import and producer prices. In contrast existing research, we assume that decline ERPT resulting from enhanced participation GVC may be non-linear with respect country’s position chain due different firms’ market power at various stages vertical specialization. We investigate a panel...