Porcine kidney xenotransplantation: From primate models to clinical reality
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.In the face of a critical shortage of human donor kidneys for end‐stage renal disease patients, porcine kidney xenotransplantation has emerged as a viable solution. This field has navigated major hurdles, including immune rejection, physiological incompatibilities, potential biomechanical differences and the risk of cross‐species infection. To overcome
Zihang Guo +3 more
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Accounting for intimacy troubles:: Sociological analysis and vernacular discourse. [PDF]
, 2004 Intimate relations are one of the most analysed aspects of human experience, and sociological interest in this topic has been sustained throughout the history of the discipline.
Hill, Thomas Michael
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Business-to-Business Market Making on the Internet: A Case for End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: The ongoing transformation towards emission-free means of transportation goes along with the resource-intensive production and integration of electric vehicle batteries.
Marten, Hannes
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Muscle architecture is a major determinant of muscle performance and, in mammalian lineages, has been correlated with both feeding ecology and locomotor behaviors. Over the past decade, contrast‐enhanced micro‐CT (DiceCT) has emerged as an alternative to traditional dissection‐based measurement.
Aleksandra Ratkiewicz +5 more
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A relational theory of relationship lending under contractual incompleteness [PDF]
While the literature has focused on relationships as a technology for solving hidden information problems in credit markets, hidden action has been very little explored as an explanation for the existence of relational lending.
João Manoel Pinho de Mello +1 more
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CHILDREN, LEARNING AND CHRONIC NATURAL DISASTERS: HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA ADDRESS EDUCATION DURING LOW-INTENSITY HURRICANES? [PDF]
, 2014 By the time today’s Grade K students graduate high school in the Commonwealth of Dominica, they will have experienced five major and many low-intensity hurricanes (LIH).
Serrant, Ted D., Serrant, Ted / D.
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Cardiac morphological and morphometric analysis of Ardea alba
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Ardea alba (Linnaeus, 1758) is a widely distributed heron species whose cardiovascular morphology remains poorly described. This study aimed to characterize the cardiac morphology and morphometry of adult A. alba. Ten specimens were analyzed using radiographic, morphometric, histological, scanning electron microscopy, and three‐dimensional ...
Julia Vaz Feio +5 more
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A relational theory of relationship lending under contractual incompleteness
, 2008 While the literature has focused on relationships as a technology for solving hidden information problems in credit markets, hidden action has been very little explored as an explanation for the existence of relational lending.
Carrasco, Vinicius +1 more
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Contractual solutions to hold-up problems with quality uncertainty and unobservable investments
Consider a seller and a buyer who write a contract. After that, the seller produces a good. She can influence the expected quality of the good by making unobservable investments. Only the seller learns the realized quality. Finally, trade can occur.
Schmitz, Patrick W.
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Charlotte Pommer: Resistance fighter and female pioneer of German anatomy
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the biography and unique case of Charlotte Pommer (1914–2004), the only anatomist documented to have left the field during the Nazi period after encountering the regime's victims on the dissection table. While she is known for her resistance activities, newly presented documentation reveals her role as the provisional ...
Tim S. Goldmann
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