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PIGS or Lambs? The European Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Role of Rating Agencies [PDF]

This paper asks whether rating agencies played a passive role or were an active driving force during Europe's sovereign debt crisis. We address this by estimating relationships between sovereign debt ratings and macroeconomic and structural variables. We
Griesbach, Bjoern, Gärtner, Manfred, Jung, Florian   +2 more
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Policy Issues Concerning the Reform of the Credit Rating Agencies [PDF]

, 2009
Proposes creating a private board of securitization market participants with a public mandate to set standards and encourage their adoption, improving transparency and realigning the incentives of rating agencies and others with those of final ...
Richard J. Herring
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Legal and ethical considerations around the use of existing illustrations to generate new illustrations in the anatomical sciences

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 289-300, March 2025.
Abstract It is likely existing anatomical illustrations are often used as the basis for new illustrative works, given not all illustrators have access to human tissues, bodies, or prosections on which to base their illustrations. Potential issues arise with this practice in the realms of copyright infringement and plagiarism when authors are seeking to
Jon Cornwall, Richard White, Patrick Pennefather, Sabine Hildebrandt, Jill Gregory, Heather F. Smith, Jason Organ, Claudia Krebs   +7 more
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Comparison of examination performance and test anxiety during bell‐paced and self‐paced gross anatomy laboratory examinations

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Pacing during anatomy laboratory examinations may influence both student performance and test anxiety. This study compared bell‐paced (BP) and self‐paced (SP) timing structures to assess their impact on students' test performance, test anxiety, and pacing preferences.
Danielle C. Bentley, Angelo Sotto, Peter Lombardi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The credit ratings game [PDF]

The spectacular failure of top-rated structured finance products has brought renewed attention to the conflicts of interest of Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs).
Joel Shapiro, Patrick Bolton, Xavier Freixas   +2 more
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Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Amina A. Abdu, Natascha Chtena   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Governance and Credit Rating of Islamic Banks: Moderating Role of Shariah Governance Attributes

SAGE Open
Shariah governance is the mechanism to monitor and implicate shariah compliance in Islamic banks. The study’s goal of exploring the Islamic bank’s governance attributes and credit scores or rating relationship in the presence of shariah board attributes ...
Muhammad Mansoor Baig, Qaisar Ali Malik, Nazima Ellahi   +2 more
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Evaluating and leveraging large language models in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics assessment: From exam takers to exam shapers

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims In medical education, the ability of large language models (LLMs) to match human performance raises questions about their potential as educational tools. This study evaluates LLMs' performance on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT) exams, comparing their results to medical students and exploring their ability to identify poorly formulated
Alexandre O. Gérard, Diane Merino, Marc Labriffe, Fanny Rocher, Delphine Viard, Laurence Zemori, Thibaud Lavrut, Erik M. Donker, Joost D. Piët, Jean‐Paul Fournier, Milou‐Daniel Drici, Alexandre Destere   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shadow Sovereign Ratings [PDF]

Sovereign ratings are a necessary condition for countries to fully access international capital. Even if the sovereign government is not issuing bonds, the sovereign rating often acts as a ceiling for the private sector and can influence its ...
Canuto, Otaviano, Dilip Ratha, Mohapatra, Sanket   +2 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source