Effects of Low Dose Neutron-Gamma Field on Cell Cycle and Damage of Human Lymphocytes
Dose-ResponsePurpose: The aim is to investigate the response of peripheral blood lymphocytes to a low-dose neutron-gamma field. Methods: The human peripheral blood was exposed to low-dose neutron-gamma radiation ex vivo.
Jinghong Fu +5 more
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On Forecasting Interest Rates: An Efficient Markets Perspective [PDF]
This paper reviews, from an applied forecasting perspective, the properties of short- and long-term interest rates in an efficient market. The paper emphasizes that efficient markets do not preclude economic agents from successfully forecasting movements
James E. Pesando
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A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON UNDERINVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL R&D [PDF]
During the past 40 years, the returns to agricultural R&D have been on average in the range of 40-60% (Alston, et al 2000, Evenson 2001). Many agricultural economists see this high average as convincing evidence that there is significant underinvestment ...
Roseboom, Johannes
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Does uncertainty matter ? A stochastic dynamic analysis of bankable emission permit trading for global climate change policy [PDF]
Emission permit trading is a centerpiece of the Kyoto Protocol which allows participating nations to trade and bank greenhouse gas permits under the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Zhang, Fan
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ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE EU: THE EUWAB PROJECT [PDF]
Since 1995, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been introduced commercially into US agriculture. These innovations are developed and commercialised by a handful of vertically coordinated "life science" firms who have fundamentally altered the ...
Demont, Matty, Tollens, Eric
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Incentives in Obesity and Health Insurance [PDF]
The obesity rate in the United States has risen significantly in the past few decades. While a number of economic causes for the rise in obesity have been explored, little attention has been on the role of health insurance per se.
Inas Rashad, Sara Markowitz
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Molecular Origin of Correlated Bath Effects in Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Polar Solvents. [PDF]
J Phys Chem LettSun X, Liu Z.
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Economic Recovery from the Argentine Great Depression: Institutions, Expectations, and the Change of Macroeconomic Regime [PDF]
This work explores how Argentina overcame the Great Depression and asks whether active macroeconomic interventions made any contribution to the recovery.
Alan M. Taylor, Gerardo della Paolera
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Fat Oxidation, But Not Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Lipolysis, Differs Between Males and Females During a Treadmill-Based Heat Tolerance Test. [PDF]
Eur J Sport SciMorrissey-Basler MC +6 more
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Asbestos Disease Initiation. [PDF]
Bull Math BiolDeStefano A, Martin C, Wallace D.
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