WHAT MATTERS FOR COMOVEMENTS AMONG GOLD, BITCOIN, CO2, COMMODITIES, VIX AND INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS DURING THE HEALTH, POLITICAL AND BANK CRISES?

What Matters for Comovements among Gold, Bitcoin, CO2, Commodities, VIX and International Stock Markets during the Health, Political and Bank Crises?

This paper analyzes the connectedness between gold, wheat, and crude oil futures, Bitcoin, carbon emission futures, and international stock markets in the G7, BRICS, and Gulf regions with the outbreak of exogenous and unexpected shocks related to health, banking, and political crises.To this end, we use a wavelet-based method on the returns of diff

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Symptom frequency and development of a generic functional disorder symptom scale suitable for use in studies of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome or chronic fatigue syndrome

Objectives: To describe the extent to which irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) exhibit symptom overlap, and to validate a patient-derived, generic symptom questionnaire.Methods: A patient-derived 61-item symptom-frequency questionnaire was completed by participants recruited through IBS,

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