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Abuse liability of two electronic nicotine delivery systems compared with combustible cigarettes and nicotine gum from an open-label randomized crossover study

Scientific Reports, 2023
An assessment of the likelihood of use and abuse potential for new tobacco products is an important part of tobacco product regulation in the United States and abroad.
Chris Campbell, Tao Jin, Elaine K. Round, Paul R. Nelson, Sarah Baxter   +4 more
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Enhancing the criteria for financial assistance to state-owned companies

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2023
Orientation: South African state-owned companies (SOCs) have incurred debt with financial guarantees leading to financial bailouts because of failure to repay lenders.
Precious T. Ngobeni, Leon Barnard, Mosie C.C. Molate   +2 more
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Statistical analysis plan for “A randomised, controlled study to evaluate the effects of switching from cigarette smoking to using a tobacco heating product on health effect indicators in healthy subjects”

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020
Tobacco harm reduction strategies aim to substitute smoking with potentially reduced risk products (PRRPs) such as e-cigarettes and tobacco-heating products (THPs). The health benefits of switching from smoking to PRRPs is unknown.
Oscar M. Camacho, Andrew Hedge, Frazer Lowe, Nik Newland, Nathan Gale, Mike McEwan, Christopher Proctor   +6 more
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Switching Investments

Theoretical Computer Science, 2010
We present a simple online two-way trading algorithm that exploits fluctuations in the unit price of an asset. Rather than analysing worst-case performance under some assumptions, we prove a novel, unconditional performance bound that is parameterised either by the actual dynamics of the price of the asset, or by a simplifying model thereof.
Koolen, W.M., de Rooij, S.
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A randomised, controlled, two-Centre open-label study in healthy Japanese subjects to evaluate the effect on biomarkers of exposure of switching from a conventional cigarette to a tobacco heating product

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Smoking is a leading cause of numerous human disorders including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Nathan Gale, Mike McEwan, Alison C. Eldridge, Neil Sherwood, Edward Bowen, Simon McDermott, Emma Holmes, Andrew Hedge, Stuart Hossack, Oscar M. Camacho, Graham Errington, John McAughey, James Murphy, Chuan Liu, Christopher J. Proctor, Ian M. Fearon   +15 more
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An abuse liability assessment of the glo tobacco heating product in comparison to combustible cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapy

Scientific Reports, 2022
Tobacco heating products (THPs) have reduced emissions of toxicants compared with cigarette smoke, and as they expose user to lower levels than smoking, have for a role to play in tobacco harm reduction.
George Hardie, Nathan Gale, Michael McEwan, Stefano Milleri Oscar, Luigi Ziviani, Christopher J. Proctor, James Murphy   +6 more
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Leading Financial Literacy in Australia

Applied Finance Letters, 2013
In Australia financial literacy work nationally is guided by the principles of the National Financial Literacy Strategy, a collaborative multi-agency strategy coordinated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Clare Marlin, Amanda Westcott
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Investment Shocks and the Relative Price of Investment [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
We estimate a New-Neoclassical Synthesis model of the business cycle with two investment shocks. The first, an investment-specific technology shock, affects the transformation of consumption into investment goods and is identified with the relative price of investment.
Alejandro Justiniano, Giorgio E. Primiceri, Andrea Tambalotti   +2 more
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Bitcoin as a New Currency

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2020
Research background: Bitcoin is the most popular financial instrument within the new cryptocurrencies class, which emerged in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007/2008.
Brzeszczyński Janusz, Gajdka Jerzy, Schabek Tomasz   +2 more
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Plasma Nicotine Pharmacokinetics of Oral Nicotine Pouches Across Varying Flavours and Nicotine Content *

Contributions to Tobacco and Nicotine Research, 2023
In recent years several nicotine products have been introduced that aim to offer smokers an alternative to cigarettes. As well as having fewer toxicants than combustible cigarettes, such nicotine products must be able to deliver nicotine efficiently. The
McEwan Michael, Haswell Linsey Ellen, Baxter-Wright Sarah, Meichanetzidis Filimon, Jin Tao, Hardie George   +5 more
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