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Why Barriers to Entry Are Barriers to Understanding [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Economic Review, 2004
This paper discusses and criticizes the usual definitions of barriers to entry. The failure of the concept of barrier to entry to incorporate a time dimension means that it is a concept that is in need of additional embellishment in order to be useful in a practical problem or for antitrust or regulatory proceedings.
openaire   +2 more sources

Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Despite decades of efforts to combat homelessness, many people continue to experience it in Canada’s major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to homelessness, including a lack of agreement on the fundamental question:
Smith, Alison
core  

Comparison of a Rat Primary Cell-Based Blood-Brain Barrier Model With Epithelial and Brain Endothelial Cell Lines: Gene Expression and Drug Transport

open access: yesFrontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2018
Cell culture-based blood-brain barrier (BBB) models are useful tools for screening of CNS drug candidates. Cell sources for BBB models include primary brain endothelial cells or immortalized brain endothelial cell lines.
Szilvia Veszelka   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Powered Exoskeleton Gait Training on Cardiovascular Function and Gait Performance: A Systematic Review

open access: yesSensors, 2021
Patients with neurological impairments often experience physical deconditioning, resulting in reduced fitness and health. Powered exoskeleton training may be a successful method to combat physical deconditioning and its comorbidities, providing patients ...
Damien Duddy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological and analytical considerations for intra-operative microdialysis

open access: yesFluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2023
Background Microdialysis is a technique that can be utilized to sample the interstitial fluid of the central nervous system (CNS), including in primary malignant brain tumors known as gliomas.
Cecile Riviere-Cazaux   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to Care [PDF]

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1984
In elevating cost containment to a first principle, the current political debate about health policy in the U.S. and Canada has lost sight of what should be its primary concern: the health status of the population. The two need not be incompatible. Many current medical procedures are of uncertain value for health and entail sizable costs.
openaire   +2 more sources

A new type of ultrasonic water alleviates constipation with favorable safety

open access: yesFrontiers in Toxicology
IntroductionUltrasonic water (UW) is a novel category of functional drinking water. This study aimed to investigate its laxative efficacy and underlying mechanisms using a constipation model in SD rats, while also conducting a comprehensive safety ...
Jiarong Hu   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-Precision Isotopic Analysis of Cu and Fe via Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Reveals Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Effects in Blood Plasma and Brain Tissues

open access: yesFrontiers in Chemistry, 2022
The concentration and the isotopic composition of the redox-active essential elements Cu and Fe were investigated in blood plasma and specific brain regions (hippocampus, cortex, brain stem and cerebellum) of mice to assess potential alterations ...
Kasper Hobin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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