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Wildland–urban interface expansion: Towards comprehensive planning processes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildland–urban interface (WUI) expansion is accelerating in numerous regions around the world due to increasing amenity‐led migration processes, defined as the movement of people seeking higher environmental quality. While WUI areas are complex social–ecological systems requiring holistic planning and management, they are usually approached ...
Clara Mosso, Stephanie Kampf, Andrea Baudoin Farah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining bank failures: deposit insurance, regulation, and efficiency [PDF]

This paper uses micro-level historical data to examine the causes of bank failure. For state charactered Kansas banks during 19 10-28, time-to-failure is explicitly modeled using a proportional hazards framework. In addition to standard financial ratios,
David C. Wheelock, Paul W. Wilson
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The Expanding Role of Gene Sequencing in Shaping Fetal Therapies: Clinical and Ethical Considerations

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In utero interventions are transformative in addressing genetic and anatomic conditions during fetal development. Next generation sequencing enables early genetic testing, playing a pivotal role in prenatal decision‐making by supporting risk stratification, precise and timely diagnosis, which directly informs eligibility for fetal surgical and
Matthew A. Shear, Beltran Borges, Billie R. Lianoglou, Tony Lum, Emma Canepa, Jennifer L. Cohen, Julia E. H. Brown, Akos Herzeg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Next‐generation sequencing in newborn screening: Current status, challenges, and future perspectives

Pediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
Newborn screening shifts from biochemical to genetic methods. Global exploration is promising but requires overcoming challenges and international collaboration to optimize implementation. ABSTRACT Newborn screening (NBS) is a key public health intervention that improves children's health outcomes by enabling precise intervention through the early ...
Zhelan Huang, Wenhao Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Does deposit insurance increase banking system stability ? An empirical investigation [PDF]

Based on evidence of 61 countries in 1980-97, the authors find that explicit deposit insurance tends to be detrimental to bank stability, the more so where bank interest rates are deregulated and the institutional environment is weak.
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Detragiache, Enrica
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Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Essam Debie, Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Alessandro Lanteri, Tate McGregor, Oleksandra Molloy, Alice Plebe, Michael Regan, Eduardo Sandoval, Dongmo Zhang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Free banking : the Scottish experience as a model for emerging economies [PDF]

The notion of free banking is at least as difficult to define as the notion of central banking. The author focuses on a relatively unregulated banking system that operated in Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Kroszner, Randall
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Bias in Peak Flood Discharges: Are Our Bridges and Culverts Undersized?

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reliable methods for peak discharge predictions at ungaged locations are required for infrastructure design and floodplain management. For decades, a standard practice in the United States has been to utilize US Geological Survey regional regression equations (StreamStats) as a singular method. However, implementation of multiple methods, such
Steven E. Yochum, Tyler Wible
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of personal medical savings accounts on healthcare utilization and out-of-pocket costs in public basic health insurance: a national cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Yang J, Tao W, Qu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

"Bank Merger Wave and Evolution of Financial System: Experience in Prewar Japan" [PDF]

In this paper we examined effects of bank consolidations on the financial system, using the data on the Japanese banking industry before the Second World War, when the first bank merger wave occurred.
Michiru Sawada, Tetsuji Okazaki
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