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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik, İsmail Güderer, Yi Wang, Tayyaba Alvi, Prasoon Pandey, Handan Melike Dönertaş   +5 more
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Malaysia’s Hedging Strategy Towards China Under Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020): Direct Engagement, Limited Balancing, and Limited Bandwagoning

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2020
To mitigate the risks and maximise the opportunities arising from China’s great power behaviour, Malaysia employed a hedging strategy during Mahathir Mohamad’s second term as prime minister.
Alfred Gerstl
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Converting Tall Spindle Apple Trees to Narrow Walls with Summer and Dormant Hedging Plus Root Pruning

HortScience, 2023
Recently, some commercial apple growers have been adopting hedging as an alternative or supplement to hand-pruning. With increasing labor costs across the United States, alternatives to hand-pruning and current training systems are being considered.
Thiago Campbell, James R. Schupp, Richard P. Marini   +2 more
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Boundary‐Dependent Sleep–Wake Dysregulation in Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) presents with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) despite apparently preserved nocturnal sleep, challenging traditional models of hypersomnolence based on sleep loss or fragmentation. We aimed to test the hypothesis that EDS in IH reflects excessive stabilization of the sleep state, consistent with ...
Samantha Mombelli, Karine Lacourse, Hélène Blais, Anne‐Sophie Deshaies‐Rugama, Cynthia Thompson, Alex Desautels, Jacques Montplaisir, Milan Nigam, Christophe Moderie, Boshra Khajehpiri, Catherine Duclos, Jean Marc Lina, Julie Carrier, Nadia Gosselin   +13 more
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Hedging and Cash Flows in the Presence of Taxes and Expenses in Life and Pension Insurance

Risks, 2018
In investment and insurance contracts, certain stipulated payments may depend on the hedging strategy. We study the problem of calculation, hedging and valuation of such cash flows, by considering a payment process in a setup with taxes and investment ...
Kristian Buchardt, Thomas Møller
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LLM‐Integrated Human–Robot Interaction System for Microrobots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This paper proposes an LLM‐based control framework for guiding microrobots using human natural language. This framework can convert the natural human speech into safe and executable command sets for reliable navigation in complex environments. The experimental results show high accuracy and robustness in task performance, demonstrating the potential of
Bairong Zhu, Amar Salehi, Tingting Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Hedging of Sales by Zero-cost Collar and its Financial Impact [PDF]

Journal of Competitiveness, 2012
The zero-cost option structures appeared in 90´s and became popular tool of hedging. They come of combination of standard and also exotic option. The paper deals with the most famous of them - zero-cost collar strategy.
Bartoňová Marie
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A Huaxian Formula Nanoformulation Confers Protection Against Acute Radiation‐Induced Lung Injury by Targeting Ferroptosis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An inhalable, nanoengineered herbal therapy achieves protection against acute radiation‐induced lung injury via self‐assembled nanomicelle‐mediated pulmonary targeting and a previously unrecognized dual mechanism that attenuates oxidative stress while inhibiting ferroptosis in alveolar epithelial cells.
Li Quan, Junyang Chen, Xingmin Chen, Zengyi Fang, Yuanzhen Mi, Pingjin Zou, Shunlian Fu, Huakang Li, Ke Xu, Bing Lin, Jinyi Lang, Meihua Chen   +11 more
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Does the hedge pay? Assessing natural hedging’s role in firm valuation under varying macroeconomic conditions

Future Business Journal
This study aims to assess the influence of natural hedging on firm value, incorporating the mediating role of financial derivatives and the moderating impact of macroeconomic variables.
Anureet Saharan, Madhumathi Rajendran
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From Nuclear Hedging to Korea-Japan Nuclear Weapons Free Zone: Japan's Nuclear Options

The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2016
This article discusses both the positive and negative effects of Japan's three nuclear strategies: nuclear hedging, nuclear breakout, and the Korea-Japan Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (KJNWFZ).
Tianjiao Jiang
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