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The X-Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2001
Simon H. Kwan
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Optimized Monothiol Thioredoxin Derivative (ORP100S) Protects In Vitro and In Vivo from Radiation and Chemotoxicity Without Promoting Tumor Proliferation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Native thioredoxin‐1 (TRX) stimulates proliferation and rescues stem cells and cancer cells from multiple stressors by suppressing p53 and inhibiting ferroptosis via GPX4/SLC7A11 upregulation mediated by enhanced KLF4 expression and p53 promoter binding.
Jian Wu, Xiaobei Wang, Parker Mathews, Shaima Jabbar, Min Zhang, Haim Moskowitz, Wei Duan, David P. Nichols, George William Schaaf, John D. Olson, Andrew N. Macintyre, J. Daniel Bourland, Ivan Spasojevic, Jen‐Tsan Ashley Chi, Joel Ross, Nelson Chao, J. Mark Cline, Peter B. Heifetz, Yubin Kang   +18 more
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The Relationship between Macroeconomic Variables and South African Commercial Bank Performance

Finance, Accounting and Business Analysis
Purpose: The study examined the short-run and long-run relationship between South African commercial bank performance and macroeconomic variables. Design/Methodology/Approach: Six South African commercial banks (ABSA, Standard bank, Nedbank, Capitec ...
Fabian Moodley, Babatunde Lawrence, Surendran Pillay   +2 more
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The big problem of large bills: the Bank of Amsterdam and the origins of central banking [PDF]

This paper outlines a model of the first true central bank, the Bank of Amsterdam, founded in 1609. Employing a variant of the Freeman (1996) model of money and payments, we first analyze the problematic monetary situation in the Netherlands prior to the
Stephen Quinn, William Roberds
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Helping Microfinance Become Commercially Sustainable [PDF]

, 2011
Microfinance primarily refers to the making of small loans to low-income individuals and the poor, to enable them to start or expand small businesses. Currently, most microfinance loans are made through nonprofit microfinance institutions (MFIs) that
Schwarcz, Steven L.
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Corn exchange national bank corn show and agricultural conference. Assisted by the Commercial exchange, State college of Pennsylvania, City club of Philadelphia ... [etc.] Philadelphia ... December 4, 5, 6, 1913

, 1914

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Determinants of Commercial Bank Interest Margins and Profitability: Some International Evidence [PDF]

, 1999
Aslι Demirgüç-Kunt, Harry Huizinga
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Adaptive Machine Learning for Electronic Nose‐Based Forensic VOC Classification

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A 32‐element electronic nose enhanced with machine learning demonstrates exceptional accuracy in differentiating between living and deceased individuals (98.1%), discriminating human and animal specimens (97.2%), and estimating postmortem intervals.
Ivan Shtepliuk, Kerstin Montelius, Jens Eriksson, Donatella Puglisi   +3 more
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Recent experience with commercial bank debt reduction [PDF]

The authors review the case for market-based debt reduction and concerted debt reduction. They explain the new menu-based approach to debt reduction and discuss why it may be preferred to market-based and concerted debt reduction. In a review of the five
Claessens, Stijn, Diwan, Ishac, Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo   +2 more
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Therapeutic Repair of Sperm Quality Decline Caused by Polytetrafluoroethylene

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Exposure to PTFE (teflon), a commonly used microplastic in non‐stick cookware, significantly reduces sperm quality in both humans and mice. Specifically, PTFE induces the disruption of sperm cytoskeleton and F‐actin assembly through targeting SKAP2 in haploid spermatid.
Shiming Gan, Shumin Zhou, Jiaming Zhou, Guanghui Zhang, Jingshou Chen, Rui Liu, Kuan Sun, Sisi Li, Wenjing Xiong, Yujiao Wen, Jianzhong Sheng, Yu Zhang, Jingchao Ren, Youjiang Li, Hefeng Huang, Chen Zhang   +15 more
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