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Perles et tissus. Les instruments monétaires au Katanga

open access: yesAfrique Archéologie Arts, 2015
In the late 19th century, Luba Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo) used glass beads as currency. These exotic objects, manufactured in Europe, spread out via the interregional trade, together with other objects, sometimes used elsewhere as currency ...
Renaud Zeebroek
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Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 228:A soft edge target zone model: theory and application to Hong Kong [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Hong Kong’s currency is pegged to the US dollar in a currency board arrangement. In autumn 2003,the Hong Kong dollar appreciated from close to 7.80 per US dollar to 7.70, as investors feared that the currency board would be abandoned. In the wake of this
Chen, Yu-Fu   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Do Countries Peg the Way They Peg? The Determinants of Anchor Currency Choice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Conditional on choosing a pegged exchange rate regime, what determines the currency to which countries peg or “anchor” their exchange rate? This paper aims to answer this question using a panel multinomial logit framework, covering more than 100 ...
Meissner, Christopher M., Oomes, Nienke
core   +2 more sources

From omics to AI—mapping the pathogenic pathways in type 2 diabetes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Integrating multi‐omics data with AI‐based modelling (unsupervised and supervised machine learning) identify optimal patient clusters, informing AI‐driven accurate risk stratification. Digital twins simulate individual trajectories in real time, guiding precision medicine by matching patients to targeted therapies.
Siobhán O'Sullivan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The international currency crisis

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 1971
No abstract available.
F. J.C. Cronje
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Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Designing the lipid membrane of synthetic cells is a complex task, in which its various roles (among them solute transport, membrane protein support, and self‐replication) should all be integrated. In this review, we report the latest top‐down and bottom‐up advances and discuss compatibility and complexity issues of current engineering approaches ...
Sergiy Gan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryptocurrencies, Currency Competition and the Impossible Trinity

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2019
We analyze a two-country economy with complete markets, featuring two national currencies as well as a global (crypto)currency. If the global currency is used in both countries, the national nominal interest rates must be equal and the exchange rate ...
Pierpaolo Benigno   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The multidrug and toxin extrusion (MATE) transporter DTX51 antagonizes non‐cell‐autonomous HLS1–AMP1 signaling in a region‐specific manner

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Arabidopsis mutants hls1 hlh1 and amp1 lamp1 exhibit pleiotropic developmental phenotypes. Although the functions of the causative genes remain unclear, they act in the same genetic pathway and are thought to generate non‐cell‐autonomous signals.
Takashi Nobusawa, Makoto Kusaba
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing a Central Bank Issued Digital Currency with Economic Implications Considerations

open access: yesInternational Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance, 2020
A central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC) could solve the volatility of a privately-issued cryptocurrency as well as keep intact its potential benefits.
Hazik Mohamed
doaj  

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