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Other People's Money: Political Embeddedness on Pension Boards, Alternative Assets and Investment Fees

open access: yesPublic Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract State‐administered pension plans report paying roughly $20 billion each year in fees to external asset managers, much of it for high‐cost, high‐risk “alternative” assets such as private equity and hedge funds. These outcomes involve trillions in pension investments that affect the retirement security of millions of public sector workers and ...
Jeffrey C. Diebold, Cody R. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

From Opportunity to Constraint: Structural Inequities in Public Pension Fund Investing

open access: yesPublic Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how structural features shape participation in private equity across U.S. state and local public pension systems. Using panel data from the Boston College Public Plans Database the analysis introduces the concept of structural asymmetries to explain persistent differences in access to illiquid investment strategies ...
Odd J. Stalebrink
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis infection (TBI) among residents of a monastery situated in a high-TB burden area: A cross-sectional study, Sikkim, India. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Siddiqui MK   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rapid responses of marsh birds to large‐scale tidal wetland restoration in California's Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Tidal wetland restoration is widely used to recover ecosystem function in modified estuaries, yet uncertainty remains about how quickly wildlife communities respond. Early trajectories are central to evaluating restoration success, guiding adaptive management, and building ecosystem resilience in engineered landscapes. Marsh birds
Jason Riggio   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anges et démons dans la Vie des Pères

open access: yesBulletin du Centre d’Études Médiévales d’Auxerre
Élisabeth Pinto-Mathieu
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety of Hyaluronic Acid Fillers for Horizontal Neck Lines: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesAesthet Surg J Open Forum
Wong ZY   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Why Did You Go to Buda?’: The Humanist Sodality and Mantuan’s Rustic Idyll in Bohuslaus of Hassenstein’s Ecloga sive Idyllion Budae (1503)☆

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In the late fifteenth century, the Hungarian royal court at Buda was home to a cosmopolitan community of humanists. In early modern historiography, this cultural milieu has often been interpreted as one of the new, emergent ‘centres’ of the Renaissance in East Central Europe.
Eva Plesnik
wiley   +1 more source

Interleukin-10 limits immune-mediated pathology in chronic subclinical plasmodial infection. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Negl Trop Dis
de Souza Silva L   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
wiley   +1 more source

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