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The impact of the brics’ universities on internationalization of smart cities technologies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Within the past decade, the increased use of technology in all sectors of society has created a push for cities to integrate the latest and greatest into their city development economically, socially and politically.
Bentsion, V.
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On the Way to BRICS+ Digital Sovereignty: Opportunities and Challenges of a New Era

open access: yesBRICS Law Journal
A new era for BRICS has begun with the desire of new countries to join BRICS. This expansion, the BRICS+, poses several challenges and opportunities for the renewed alliance, particularly concerning the digital sovereignty of the countries.
E. Gromova, D. Brantes Ferreira
doaj   +1 more source

Private Equity Investment in the BRICs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This Article investigates the legal and economic environment for private equity investments in Brazil, Russia, India and China (“BRIC”). In contrast with disappointing returns in the 1990s, private equity investment has soared in developing countries ...
Andreas Woeller
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International development in transition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: HARMAN, S. and WILLIAMS, D. (2014), International development in transition. International Affairs, 90: 925–941. doi: 10.1111/1468-2346.12148, which has been published in final form at http:/
Harman, S, Williams, D
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Are There Causal Associations Between Obsessive‐Compulsive Disorder and Cardiometabolic Phenotypes? A Genetic Correlation and Bi‐Directional Mendelian Randomization Study

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In epidemiological studies, obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) is robustly associated with increased risk of cardiometabolic disorders, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. However, the mechanisms behind these associations are unclear. We conducted genetic correlation analyses to explore shared genetic etiology and
Robyn E. Wootton   +217 more
wiley   +1 more source

Therapeutic Applications of Stimuli‐Based Release and Engineering of Extracellular Vesicles

open access: yesAdvanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the effects of endogenous and exogenous stimuli, their effects on the natural release of extracellular vesicles, as well as their uptake and release. It also gives an overview of stimuli‐responsive EVs and their therapeutic applications. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), nano‐ to microsized lipid bilayer membrane‐bound particles, are
Gloria Kemunto, Kristen Dellinger
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of macroeconomic infrastructure on supply chain smoothness and national competitiveness and its implications on a country's economic growth: evidence from BRICS countries

open access: yesUncertain Supply Chain Management
This study investigates the intricate relationships between macroeconomic infrastructure, supply chain smoothness, national competitiveness, and economic growth within the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Rinto Alexandro, Basrowi Basrowi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Turning Carbon Into Cash? Cross‐Country Evidence on the Profitability of Emission Reductions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does corporate CO2 abatement pay? We assembled an international panel of listed firms (2019–2023), linking Scope 1–2 emissions to institutional (G7, CCPI) and search‐based attention measures. The dataset consists of an unbalanced panel of 1724 multinational firms, together with a sub‐sample of 922 firms operating in G7 economies. Firm and time
Mauro Aliano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences

open access: yesBMC Plant Biology
Background Anthocyanins are important contributors to coloration across a wide phylogenetic range of plants. Biological functions of anthocyanins span from reproduction to protection against biotic and abiotic stressors.
Maria F. Marin-Recinos, Boas Pucker
doaj   +1 more source

Reforming the International Monetary System in the 1970s and 2000s: Would an SDR Substitution Account Have Worked [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper analyzes the discussion of a substitution account in the 1970s and how the account might have performed had it been agreed in 1980. The substitution account would have allowed central banks to diversify away from the dollar into the IMF’s ...
McCauley, Robert N.   +1 more
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