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The 2008 extreme outburst of the young eruptive variable star Ex Lupi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In early 2008, the young low-mass star EX Lupi, the prototype of the EXor class of eruptive variables, optically brightened by over five magnitudes for a period of 7 months.
Aspin   +12 more
core   +5 more sources

GOLD AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE RE-SERVES AND THE DOLLAR EX-CHANGE RATE: A STUDY OF THE RE-LATIONSHIP

open access: diamondECONOMIC VECTOR
The paper examines the significance of national gold and foreign currency re-serves and draws conclusions about the reorientation of the Russian economy to-wards a sovereign course aimed at strengthening financial independence.
Vladimir State University named after A.G. and N.G. Stoletovs   +1 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Rare Disasters, the Natural Interest Rate and Monetary Policy

open access: yes, 2020
This paper evaluates the impact of rare disasters on the natural interest rate and macroeconomic conditions by simulating a nonlinear New-Keynesian model. The model is calibrated using data on natural disasters in OECD countries.
A. Cantelmo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Constraints to and conservation implications for climate change adaptation in plants

open access: yesConservation Genetics, 2016
Contemporary climate change is having widespread impacts on plant populations. Understanding how plants respond to this change is essential to our efforts to conserve them.
M. Christmas, M. Breed, A. Lowe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CPI Exchange Rate Pass-Through Decomposition and Distribution Margins: The Case of Brazil versus Advanced Economies

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Economia, 2020
We analyze the channels through which the exchange rate af- fects nal consumer prices. We compare advanced countries with one emerging economy, Brazil, to determine the corresponding ex- change rate pass-through and its channels.
Camila Ciss Abdelmalack, C. Campos
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Eculizumab in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requiring continuous positive airway pressure ventilator support: Retrospective cohort study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundComplement activation contributes to lung dysfunction in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We assessed whether C5 blockade with eculizumab could improve disease outcome.MethodsIn this single-centre, academic, unblinded study two 900 mg ...
Piero Ruggenenti   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

In vitro performance in cotton plants with different genetic backgrounds: the case of Gossypium hirsutum in Mexico, and its implications for germplasm conservation [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
One of the best ex situ conservation strategies for wild germplasm is in vitro conservation of genetic banks. The success of in vitro conservation relies heavily on the micropropagation or performance of the species of interest.
Alejandra Hernández-Terán   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Method of autofluorescence diagnostics of skin neoplasms in the near infrared region

open access: yesJournal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering, 2015
We propose a method for the diagnostics of skin neoplasms, based on the analysis of the changes in the autofluorescence spectra in the near infrared range. The autofluorescence was excited by means of the laser radiation with the wavelength 785 nm for ex
Yulia A. Khristoforova   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of smoking status on the efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) reduce exacerbation rates and the decline in lung function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is evidence that smoking causes ‘steroid resistance’ and thus reduces the effect of ICS.
Roger Knaggs   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short-Term Waterlogging in Citrus Rootstocks

open access: yesPlants, 2021
Changes in climate are provoking flooding events that cause waterlogging in the fields. Citrus are mainly cultivated in areas with a high susceptibility to climate change.
Margarita Pérez-Jiménez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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