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The Governance of International Finance [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Political Science, 2016
Contemporary international finance raises important questions about whether, and how, it might be overseen by national governments and international institutions. Inasmuch as global financial stability is a global public good, there is a normative case for governance structures to try to achieve this goal—whether they take the form of interstate ...
openaire   +1 more source

Insights into PI3K/AKT signaling in B cell development and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This Review explores how the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and protein kinase B pathway shapes B cell development and drives chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a common blood cancer. It examines how signaling levels affect disease progression, addresses treatment challenges, and introduces novel experimental strategies to improve therapies and patient outcomes.
Maike Buchner
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Governance and Firms Financial Performance in the United Kingdom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The objective of this study is to examine empirically the impact of good corporate governance on financial performance of United Kingdom non-financial listed firms. Agency theory and stewardship theory serve as the bases of a conceptual model. Five corporate governance mechanisms are examined on two financial performance indicators, return on assets ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Air pollution and local government financing costs: Evidence from the Chinese municipal corporate bond spread

open access: yesBorsa Istanbul Review, 2023
Using a sample of Chinese municipal corporate bonds from 2011 to 2019, this paper investigates the effect of city-level air pollution on local government financing costs.
Xiaokun Wei   +4 more
doaj  

Making tau amyloid models in vitro: a crucial and underestimated challenge

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review highlights the challenges of producing in vitro amyloid assemblies of the tau protein. We review how accurately the existing protocols mimic tau deposits found in the brain of patients affected with tauopathies. We discuss the important properties that should be considered when forming amyloids and the benchmarks that should be used to ...
Julien Broc, Clara Piersson, Yann Fichou
wiley   +1 more source

The financing and governance of new technologies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper examines the financial sector preconditions for the successful development of high technology sectors. It argues that there is a close relation between types of activities undertaken in different countries and their institutional structures.
openaire   +4 more sources

Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis acid resistance and pH homeostasis mechanisms

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibits a remarkable resilience to acid stress. In this Review, we discuss some of the molecular mechanisms and metabolic pathways used by the tubercle bacilli to adapt and resist host‐mediated acid stress. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a successful pathogen that has developed a variety of strategies to survive and ...
Janïs Laudouze   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causal Inference for Banking Finance and Insurance A Survey [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Causal Inference plays an significant role in explaining the decisions taken by statistical models and artificial intelligence models. Of late, this field started attracting the attention of researchers and practitioners alike. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of 37 papers published during 1992-2023 and concerning the application of causal ...
arxiv  

Local Government Financing Platforms in China: A Fortune or Misfortune?

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2013
China’s rapid credit expansion in 2009–10 brought local government financing platforms (LGFPs) into the spotlight. This paper discusses their function, reasons behind their recent expansion, and risks they are posing to the financial sector, local ...
Yinqiu Lu, T. Sun
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Refining the NaV1.7 pharmacophore of a class of venom‐derived peptide inhibitors via a combination of in silico screening and rational engineering

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Venom peptides have shown promise in treating pain. Our study uses computer screening to identify a peptide that targets a sodium channel (NaV1.7) linked to chronic pain. We produced the peptide in the laboratory and refined its design, advancing the search for innovative pain therapies.
Gagan Sharma   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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