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Trade, foreign direct investment, international telephone calls, Internet servers — considered individually, statistics on each of these phenomena are accurate, albeit insufficient, measures of global interdependence. Yet, just as a cat scan creates a three-dimensional image of the human anatomy from a series of two-dimensional images, the A. T. Kearney I FOREIGN POLICY Magazine Globalization Index provides a comprehensive view of global integration through an analysis of its component parts.

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Globalization Index provides a comprehensive view of global integration through an analysis of its component parts.

全球化指数通过分析经济一体化的各个组成部分从而给人们提供了一个全景图象。

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cat scan 计算机X射线轴向分层造影扫描图

an image produced by a CAT scanner. CAT scans (computerized axial tomography(X线断层摄影术)) scans, also called CT (computed tomography) scans, are completed with the use of a 360-degree x-ray beam and computer production of images. These scans allow for cross-sectional views of body organs and tissues.