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Matching Methods for Causal Inference with Time‐Series Cross‐Sectional Data by Imai, Kosuke, Kim, In Song, Wang, Erik H.

“…Matching methods improve the validity of causal inference by reducing model dependence and offering intuitive diagnostics. Although they have become a part of…”
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Frightened Mandarins: The Adverse Effects of Fighting Corruption on Local Bureaucracy by Wang, Erik H.

“…Canonical theories of bureaucracy demonstrate the need for enhanced monitoring in government hierarchies. I argue that intensive top-down monitoring may reduce…”
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Social mobility in the Tang Dynasty as the Imperial Examination rose and aristocratic family pedigree declined, 618-907 CE by Wen, Fangqi, Wang, Erik H, Hout, Michael

“…Data from the distant past are fertile ground for testing social science theories of education and social mobility. In this study, we construct a dataset from…”
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Pollution Lowers Support for China’s Regime: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Beijing by Alkon, Meir, Wang, Erik H.

“…Using an eight-week-long original survey conducted day by day in Beijing in 2015, we leverage daily variation in air quality to estimate the causal effects of…”
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Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration by Salganik, Matthew J., Lundberg, Ian, Kindel, Alexander T., Ahearn, Caitlin E., Al-Ghoneim, Khaled, Almaatouq, Abdullah, Altschul, Drew M., Brand, Jennie E., Carnegie, Nicole Bohme, Compton, Ryan James, Datta, Debanjan, Davidson, Thomas, Filippova, Anna, Gilroy, Connor, Goode, Brian J., Jahani, Eaman, Kashyap, Ridhi, Kirchner, Antje, McKay, Stephen, Pentland, Alex, Polimis, Kivan, Raes, Louis, Rigobon, Daniel E., Stanescu, Diana M., Suhara, Yoshihiko, Usmania, Adaner, Wang, Erik H., Adem, Muna, Alhajri, Abdulla, Amin, Redwane, Amos, Ryan B., Argyle, Lisa P., Baer-Bositis, Livia, Büchi, Moritz, Chung, Bo-Ryehn, Eggert, William, Faletto, Gregory, Fan, Zhilin, Freese, Jeremy, Gadgil, Tejomay, Gao, Yue, Halpern-Manners, Andrew, Hashim, Sonia P., Hausen, Sonia, He, Guanhua, Higuera, Kimberly, Hogan, Bernie, Horwitz, Ilana M., Hummel, Lisa M., Jain, Naman, Jin, Kun, Jurgens, David, Kaminski, Patrick, Karapetyan, Areg, Kim, E. H., Leizman, Ben, Liu, Naijia, Möser, Malte, Mack, Andrew E., Mahajan, Mayank, Marahrens, Helge, Mercado-Garcia, Diana, Mocz, Viola, Mueller-Gastell, Katariina, Musse, Ahmed, Nowak, William, Omidvar, Hamidreza, Or, Andrew, Pinto, Katy M., Porter, Kristin E., Qian, Crystal, Rauf, Tamkinat, Schaffner, Thomas, Schnabel, Landon, Schonfeld, Bryan, Sender, Ben, Tang, Jonathan D., Tsurkov, Emma, van Loon, Austin, Varol, Onur, Wang, Xiafei, Wang, Zhi, Wang, Flora, Weissman, Samantha, Whitaker, Kirstie, Woon, Wei Lee, Wu, James, Wu, Catherine, Yang, Kengran, Yin, Jingwen, Zhao, Bingyu, Zhu, Chenyun, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Hardt, Moritz, Knox, Dean, Levy, Karen, Narayanan, Arvind, Stewart, Brandon M., Watts, Duncan J., McLanahan, Sara

“…How predictable are life trajectories? We investigated this question with a scientific mass collaboration using the common task method; 160 teams built…”
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Nanoarchitectured materials composed of fullerene-like spheroids and disordered graphene layers with tunable mechanical properties by Zhao, Zhisheng, Wang, Erik F., Yan, Hongping, Kono, Yoshio, Wen, Bin, Bai, Ligang, Shi, Feng, Zhang, Junfeng, Kenney-Benson, Curtis, Park, Changyong, Wang, Yanbin, Shen, Guoyin

“…Type-II glass-like carbon is a widely used material with a unique combination of properties including low density, high strength, extreme impermeability to gas…”
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Radiomic Features of Primary Rectal Cancers on Baseline T2‐Weighted MRI Are Associated With Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: A Multisite Study by Antunes, Jacob T., Ofshteyn, Asya, Bera, Kaustav, Wang, Erik Y., Brady, Justin T., Willis, Joseph E., Friedman, Kenneth A., Marderstein, Eric L., Kalady, Matthew F., Stein, Sharon L., Purysko, Andrei S., Paspulati, Rajmohan, Gollamudi, Jayakrishna, Madabhushi, Anant, Viswanath, Satish E.

“…Background Twenty‐five percent of rectal adenocarcinoma patients achieve pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemoradiation and could avoid…”
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Radiomic Features of Primary Rectal Cancers on Baseline T 2 -Weighted MRI Are Associated With Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: A Multisite Study by Antunes, Jacob T, Ofshteyn, Asya, Bera, Kaustav, Wang, Erik Y, Brady, Justin T, Willis, Joseph E, Friedman, Kenneth A, Marderstein, Eric L, Kalady, Matthew F, Stein, Sharon L, Purysko, Andrei S, Paspulati, Rajmohan, Gollamudi, Jayakrishna, Madabhushi, Anant, Viswanath, Satish E

“…Twenty-five percent of rectal adenocarcinoma patients achieve pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemoradiation and could avoid proctectomy…”
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Awakening Leviathan: The effect of democracy on state capacity by Wang, Erik H., Xu, Yiqing

“…Recent debates over the relative importance of democracy and state capacity for human development have led to the prevailing view that a strong state must be…”
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Keyhole Endoscopic-Assisted Transcervical Approach to the Upper and Middle Retrostyloid Parapharyngeal Space: An Anatomic Feasibility Study by Eguiluz-Melendez, Aldo, Torres-Bayona, Sergio, Vega, María Belen, Hernández-Hernández, Vanessa, Wang, Erik W., Snyderman, Carl H., Gardner, Paul A.

“…Abstract Objectives  The aim of this study was to describe the anatomical nuances, feasibility, limitations, and surgical exposure of the parapharyngeal space…”
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Prevalence of Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism in Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Spine Surgery Patients by Fischer, Charla R, Wang, Erik, Steinmetz, Leah, Vasquez-Montes, Dennis, Buckland, Aaron, Bendo, John, Frempong-Boadu, Anthony, Errico, Thomas

“…Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolisms (HA-VTE) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in spine surgery patients. The purpose of this study was…”
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The rise and fall of imperial China: The social origins of state development. By YuhuaWang. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 2022. 352pp. $28.99 (paper) by Wang, Erik H.

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Virtual reality therapy for myofascial pain: Evolving towards an evidence-based non-pharmacologic adjuvant intervention by Wang, Erik F., Jotwani, Rohan

“…Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a highly prevalent and burdensome cause of pain globally, representing a major focus of chronic pain management. Management…”
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Localized bargaining: The political economy of China's high‐speed railway program. By XiaoMa, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022 by Wang, Erik H.

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Virtual reality training and modeling to aid in pre-procedural practice for thoracic nerve root block in the setting of a schwannoma by Wang, Erik F., Yu, James, Rubin, John E., Jotwani, Rohan

“…Virtual reality (VR) is a tool to aid with pre-procedural modeling and practicing for complex procedures with anatomic variation. Here we demonstrate a case of…”
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From powerholders to stakeholders: State‐building with elite compensation in early medieval China by Chen, Joy, Wang, Erik H., Zhang, Xiaoming

“…How do rulers soften resistance by local powerholders to state‐building efforts? This paper highlights a strategy of compensation, where elites receive…”
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Expandable cages increase the risk of intraoperative subsidence but do not improve perioperative outcomes in single level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion by Stickley, Carolyn, Philipp, Travis, Wang, Erik, Zhong, Jack, Balouch, Eaman, O'Malley, Nicholas, Leon, Carlos, Maglaras, Constance, Manning, Jordan, Varlotta, Christopher, Buckland, Aaron J.

“…Expandable cages (EXP) are being more frequently utilized in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions (TLIF). EXP were designed to reduce complications related…”
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Frequency and Implications of Concurrent Complications Following Adult Spinal Deformity Corrective Surgery by Bortz, Cole, Pierce, Katherine E., Brown, Avery, Alas, Haddy, Passfall, Lara, Krol, Oscar, Kummer, Nicholas A., Wang, Erik, O’Connell, Brooke, Wang, Charles, Vasquez-Montes, Dennis, Diebo, Bassel G., Neuman, Brian J., Gerling, Michael C., Passias, Peter G.

“…STUDY DESIGNRetrospective review. OBJECTIVEIdentify co-occurring perioperative complications and associated predictors in a population of patients undergoing…”
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228. A predictive model of perioperative myocardial infarction in spine surgery by Passias, Peter G., Pierce, Katherine E., Naessig, Sara, Ahmad, Waleed, Oh, Cheongeun, Wang, Erik, Diebo, Bassel G.

“…Emphasis has been placed upon reducing perioperative complications in spinal operations, of which cardiac complications remain among the most devastating for…”
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Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life Improvement in Patients Undergoing Spine Versus Adult Reconstructive Surgery by Varlotta, Christopher, Fernandez, Laviel, Manning, Jordan, Wang, Erik, Bendo, John, Fischer, Charla, Slover, James, Schwarzkopf, Ran, Davidovitch, Roy, Zuckerman, Joseph, Bosco, Joseph, Protopsaltis, Themistocles, Buckland, Aaron J.

“…STUDY DESIGN.Retrospective analysis of outcomes in single-level spine and primary hip and knee arthroplasty patients. OBJECTIVE.The aim of this study was to…”
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