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Human Rights Promotion through Transnational Investment Regimes: An International Political Economy Approach

Politics and Governance, 2013
International investment agreements are foundational instruments in a transnational investment regime that governs how states regulate the foreign-owned assets and the foreign investment activities of private actors.
Claire Cutler
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Triblock Polymer Engineering Enables Hydration‐Rich, High‐Performance, Fouling‐Resistant Interfaces

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A molecularly engineered triblock polymer (PHZ) rapidly reorganizes into a hydration‐rich interfacial layer on diverse surfaces, strongly suppressing hydrophobic attraction and fouling. The triblock polymer provides robust energy and steric barriers to oily foulants, enabling high‐performance antifouling at ultralow dosage.
Chenyu Qiao, Ziqian Zhao, Yueying Huang, Yongxiang Sun, Genglin Li, Xuguang Song, Hongbo Zeng   +6 more
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Voltage‐Gated Dedoping of n‐Doped Poly(benzodifurandione) as an Interfacial Protective Mechanism in Electrochromic Devices

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrochromic polymer stability under overpotential is improved by inserting an ultrathin, transparent n‐doped poly(benzodifurandione) interlayer between indium tin oxide and a poly(3,4‐propylenedioxythiophene)‐based electrochromic polymer. The interlayer supports rapid switching at operating bias, then becomes resistive near +0.8 V to suppress excess
Priyanka Rout, Palak Mehra, Won‐June Lee, Liyan You, Jianguo Mei   +4 more
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A Unified Pricing of Variable Annuity Guarantees under the Optimal Stochastic Control Framework

Risks, 2016
In this paper, we review pricing of the variable annuity living and death guarantees offered to retail investors in many countries. Investors purchase these products to take advantage of market growth and protect savings.
Pavel V. Shevchenko, Xiaolin Luo
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A Human Kidney Tubuloid Model of Repeated Cisplatin‐Induced Cellular Senescence and Fibrosis for Drug Screening

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Replicating aging and senescence‐related pathophysiological responses in kidney organoids remains a significant challenge. Human adult renal tubular organoid, tubuloids, are successfully developed recapitulating cellular senescence that is the central pathophysiological mechanism of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Yuki Nakao, Makiko Mori, Yuta Sekiguchi, Iori Morita, Ryota Shindoh, Shintaro Mandai, Tamami Fujiki, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Fumiaki Ando, Koichiro Susa, Takayasu Mori, Ayumi Suzuki, Yuji Nashimoto, Hirokazu Kaji, Yuma Waseda, Soichiro Yoshida, Yasuhisa Fujii, Eisei Sohara, Shinichi Uchida, Kensuke Miyake, Yutaro Mori   +20 more
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New Insights into Atonic Postpartum Hemorrhage: Animal Model Construction Based on Placental Nanodelivery Systems

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study develops a placenta‐targeted nanodelivery system co‐loading HMGB1 protein and the NLRP3 agonist nigericin to establish an animal model of atonic postpartum hemorrhage. The model accurately recapitulates clinical phenotypes, including prolonged labor and uterine contractility dysfunction, while revealing inflammatory activation in placental ...
Jiangxue Qu, Ruiqi Wu, Hai Jiang, Lian Chen, Yingying Tian, Shuai Zeng, Tongmin Liu, Cheng Zhao, Huifeng Shi, Xiaolong Liang, Yangyu Zhao   +10 more
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Advances in Bioprinting to Model Immune‐Mediated Skin Diseases

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores how 3D bioprinting drives innovation in developing in vitro skin models that mimic immune‐mediated diseases. It highlights current technologies, key applications in studying skin pathologies, and emerging challenges. The review points toward future opportunities for improving disease modeling and advancing therapeutic and cosmetic ...
Andrea Ulloa‐Fernández, Marica Markovic, Julia Fernández‐Pérez, Georg Stary, Aleksandr Ovsianikov   +4 more
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Incomplete Contracts and Signalling [PDF]

The RAND Journal of Economics, 1992
This article presents a principal-agent model in which asymmetric information leads to contractual incompleteness. I show that in the presence of transactions costs, incompleteness may act as a signal of the principal's type. Two types of transactions costs are considered: those incurred ex ante (drafting costs) and those incurred ex post ...
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Patient‐Derived 3D Bioprinted Cardiac Organoid Constructs Reveal Key Pathological Features of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Patient‐derived cardiac organoids reveal key features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy, including apoptosis, oxidative stress, calcium handling defects, and mechanical remodeling. By integrating organoids into alginate–gelatin bioprinted constructs, disease phenotypes are organized into scalable 3D cardiac tissues displaying extracellular ...
Vittoria Marini, Margalida Campaner Socias, Andreas Dimopoulos, Lorenza Rinvenuto, Enrico Pozzo, Diana Stalkopf, Angelo Serafini, Sara Morri, Ashley Wang, Rita La Rovere, Yoke Chin Chai, Sveva Bollini, Geert Bultynck, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Ioannis Papantoniou, Maurilio Sampaolesi   +15 more
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THE THEORIES OF INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS IN ANALYZING THE COMPANY [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012
Incomplete contracts theories have developed significantly in recent decades, although insistence for rigorous models left little room for empirical research.
Pacala Anca
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