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The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Quintessential Axion

open access: yes, 2002
The model independent axion of string theory has a decay constant of order of the Planck scale. We explore the properties of this quintessence candidate (quintaxion) in the scheme of hidden sector supergravity breakdown.
Abbott   +51 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluating the Probability of Survival and Damage Mechanisms of Resin Matrix Ceramics: Insights Into Wear Progression and Surface Damage Under Fatigue

open access: yesJournal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study evaluated the probability of survival, failure modes, and fatigue‐induced wear progression, as well as assessed damage tolerance under simulated mastication in two resin matrix ceramics (polymer‐infiltrated ceramic networks (PICN) and resin nanoceramic (RNC)).
Mirelle M. Ruggiero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

DOMINATION, CONFRONTATION AND AGREEMENT. THE INTERVENTION OF IMF IN THE ARGENTINE CRISIS DURING 2002

open access: yesRevista Conjuntura Austral, 2013
In 2002 the Argentine government tried unsuccessfully to reach an agreement with the IMF, to moderate the impact of the economic crisis that erupted after the end of convertibility.
Pablo Nemiña
doaj   +1 more source

Twisted Dickson-Mui invariants and the Steinberg module multiplicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We determine the invariants, with arbitrary determinant twists, of the parabolic subgroups of the finite general linear group GL_n(q) acting on the tensor product of the symmetric algebra and the exterior algebra of the natural GL_n(q)-module V.
Humphreys   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Associations Between Body Composition and Metabolic Health in Children With Obesity

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Childhood obesity is an increasing public health problem with heterogeneous metabolic health outcomes. In children, distinguishing differences in body composition between individuals with metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and those with metabolic syndrome (MS) may be useful for understanding the impact of body composition on metabolic health.
Desiree Lopez‐Gonzalez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception of neighborhood crime and drugs Increases cardiometabolic risk in Chilean adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
PURPOSE: Studies report an association between neighborhood risk and both obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR) among adolescents. Here we describe the effect of perceived neighborhood risk on adiposity and CMR among Chilean adolescents ...
Blanco, Estela   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Pregnancy shifts endothelial progenitor cell morphology and function: Role of metabolism, pro‐inflammatory cytokines and fetal sex

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend We recruited non‐pregnant women (NP), women in early pregnancy (EP) and late pregnancy (LP) for isolation of endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) via density gradient centrifugation. Plasma supernatant was collected for analysis of markers of glucose and lipid metabolism (fasting glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, low ...
Marie‐Therese Weiser‐Fuchs   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

La transformación del FMI [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
El FMI ha experimentado una importante transformación desde el estallido de la crisis financiera internacional para mejor abordar los retos a los que se enfrentará en el siglo XXI.
Castillo, Sonsoles   +1 more
core  

Interchange fee rate, merchant discount rate and retail prices in a credit card network: A game-theoretic analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We consider two game-theoretic settings to determine the optimal values of an issuer's interchange fee rate, an acquirer's merchant discount rate, and a merchant's retail price in a credit card network.
Guo, Hangfei   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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