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Consumer Protection and Contingent Charges [PDF]

Journal of Economic Literature, 2012
Contingent charges for financial services, such as fees for unauthorized overdrafts, are often controversial. We study the economics of contingent charges in a stylized setting with naive and sophisticated consumers. We contrast situations where the naive benefit from the presence of sophisticated consumers with situations where competition works to ...
Armstrong, Mark, Vickers, John
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Surface analysis of gold nanoparticles functionalized with thiol-modified glucose SAMs for biosensor applications.

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2016
In this work, Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) have been used to characterize the surface chemistry of gold substrates before and after ...
Valentina eSpampinato, Valentina eSpampinato, Mariaantonietta eParracino, Mariaantonietta eParracino, Rita eLa Spina, Francois eRossi, Giacomo eCeccone   +6 more
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Changes in miRNA Expression Profiling during Neuronal Differentiation and Methyl Mercury-Induced Toxicity in Human in Vitro Models

Toxics, 2014
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are implicated in the epigenetic regulation of several brain developmental processes, such as neurogenesis, neuronal differentiation, neurite outgrowth, and synaptic plasticity. The main aim of this study was to evaluate whether miRNA
Giorgia Pallocca, Marco Fabbri, Silvia Nerini-Molteni, Francesca Pistollato, Dimitra Zagoura, Maria Grazia Sacco, Laura Gribaldo, Susanne Bremer-Hoffmann, Anna Bal-Price   +8 more
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Protecting Consumer Protection

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2018
Recent consumer law cases are shaping consumer law in an unwarranted way. The courts have acknowledged the importance of advancing consumer law and protecting consumers, however, upon closer examination it is questionable whether courts are employing the right framework, tools and considerations. By analysing recent country of origin cases this article
Jessica C Lai, Samuel I Becher
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Understanding tobacco industry tactics: a content analysis of newspaper coverage of tobacco issues in Pakistan

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Each year more than 110,000 people die because of tobacco use in Pakistan. There are approximately 23.6 million (age 15-45 years) tobacco users in Pakistan.
Sana Azmat Rana, Nadeem Iqbal
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Support of Epidemiological Well-Being during Regional Event with the International Participation

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2016
Role of regional cultural mass events as potential threats for epidemics of the dangerous infectious diseases associated with implementation of external and internal epidemiological risks is demonstrated.
A. K. Noskov, I. S. Akimova, D. B. Verzhutsky, V. T. Klimov, M. V. Chesnokova, C. A. Kosilko, S. V. Balakhonov   +6 more
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Experiences and Statistical Evaluation of Serious Undesirable Effects of Cosmetic Products in the EU

Cosmetics, 2016
The Council of Europe created an outline for a vigilant system of undesirable effects of cosmetic products in 2006. In 2013, some of those aspects were included in the European Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009. Since then, serious undesirable effects (
Andreas Butschke, Astrid Droß, Katja Dünnebier, Ines Laube, Ariane Weiler   +4 more
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Epidemiological significance of detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA among different groups of population of Moscow and Moscow Region during the COVID-19 outbreak

Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2020
The Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor presents priority data obtained from the largescale population PCR-based study of the changes in the rates of circulation of SARS-CoV-2 among relatively healthy residents of Moscow and ...
Vasily G. Akimkin, Stanislav N. Kuzin, Olga Yu. Shipulina, Svetlana B. Yatsyshina, Elena V. Tivanova, Anna V. Kalenskaya, Irina V. Solovieva, Marina A. Vershinina, Olga A. Kvasova, Antonina A. Ploskireva, Marina V. Mamoshina, Mariya A. Elkina, Elena E. Andreeva, Aleksandr V. Ivanenko, Olga M. Mikailova   +14 more
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Monitoring the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (Coronaviridae: Coronavirinae: Betacoronavirus; Sarbecovirus) variants in the Moscow region using targeted high-throughput sequencing

Вопросы вирусологии, 2021
Introduction. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus, the international community has been concerned about the emergence of mutations altering some biological properties of the pathogen like increasing its ...
N. I. Borisova, I. A. Kotov, A. A. Kolesnikov, V. V. Kaptelova, A. S. Speranskaya, L. Yu. Kondrasheva, E. V. Tivanova, K. F. Khafizov, V. G. Akimkin   +8 more
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Immunogenic Properties of Cell Wall Preparations of Francisella tularensis Different Subspecies in Experimental Tularemia

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2018
Immunogenic properties of cell wall (CW) preparations of Francisella tularensis four subspecies are investigated. It is shown that the  preparations from F. tularensis urea lysates are not toxic for  experimental animals. Besides, CW of F.
A. V. Korneva, V. B. Nikolaev, T. A. Ivanova, V. I. Dubrovina, G. B. Mukhturgin, E. Yu. Markov, T. P. Starovoitova, A. V. Mazepa, T. T. Shkaruba, S. V. Balakhonov   +9 more
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