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A Bioeconomic Projection of Climate‐Induced Wildfire Risk in the Forest Sector
Earth's Future, 2022 Under the influence of climate change, wildfire regimes are expected to intensify and expand to new areas, increasing threats to natural and socioeconomic assets.
M. Riviere +7 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Abstract Using a portfolio theory framework, we introduce the concept of “political beta” to model firm-level export diversification in response to global political risk. Our model predicts that firms are less responsive to changes in political relations with lower beta countries—those that contribute less to the firm’s total political ...
Fisman, Raymond +4 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Ethiopia is the second populous country in Africa . In 2015, 4.2% of adults smoke. Despite, the proportion is low; it is a small percentage of large population with an increasing trend.
Zelalem Mengistu Abate +1 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022 Beta is used in many applications, ranging from asset pricing tests to cost of capital estimation, investment management and risk management. Beta needs to be estimated, and shrinkage to its cross-sectional average value of 1 is often applied to reduce estimation error.
Blitz, D +3 more
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Cell Transplantation, 2017 Transplantation of islet allografts into type 1 diabetic recipients usually requires multiple pancreas donors to achieve insulin independence. This adds to the challenges of immunological monitoring of islet transplantation currently relying on surrogate
Cornelis R. Van Der Torren +12 more
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The Review of Asset Pricing Studies, 2015 We show that an increase in a stock’s breadth of institutional ownership or turnover is followed by a significant, but temporary, increase in its CAPM beta estimate and a decrease in its CAPM alpha. The increasing effect of breadth of ownership on beta estimates is mainly driven by short-term investors.
Suominen, Matti +3 more
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Enhanced Oxygen Supply Improves Islet Viability in a New Bioartificial Pancreas
Cell Transplantation, 2013 The current epidemic of diabetes with its overwhelming burden on our healthcare system requires better therapeutic strategies. Here we present a promising novel approach for a curative strategy that may be accessible for all insulin-dependent diabetes ...
Uriel Barkai Ph.D. +20 more
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Streetworking jako nowa forma interwencji i pracy z osobami wykluczonymi społecznie
Seminare, 2022 Zarówno istniejące, jak i nowo powstające problemy społeczne skłaniają do ciągłego poszukiwania nowych podejść, form i metod pracy socjalnej. Do najnowszych przykładów koncepcji wykorzystujących idee upełnomocnienia można zaliczyć między innymi ...
Beta Szluz
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Climate Services, 2020 In Western Europe, future climate changes go hand-in-hand with increasing risks of droughts and heat waves during summer. For forest ecosystems, a drought may result in both an increase in tree mortality and a reduction in tree growth.
Sylvain Caurla, Antonello Lobianco
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Particle Physics on the Eve of LHC, 2006 8 pages, 1 table, 5 figures, Proceedings of "13th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics"
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