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A Primer on Private Equity at Work: Management, Employment, and Sustainability [PDF]

Private equity, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and other private pools of capital form part of the growing shadow banking system in the United States; these new financial intermediaries provide an alternative investment mechanism to the traditional ...
Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt
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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
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THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATELY ADMINISTERED PENSION SYSTEM IN ROMANIA IN FINANCING AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRIPHOTOVOLTAICS [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
In this article, the authors analyzed the strategic connection between the private pension system in Romania and the agriphotovoltaic potential, emphasizing the importance of these funds as a source of institutional capital for the energy transition ...
ANGHEL MĂDĂLINA-GABRIELA, STRIJEK DENIS-ARTHUR   +1 more
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THE ROLE AND PLACE OF VENTURE BUSINESS IN INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA

Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова, 2017
The article deals with the innovation economy development on the basis of setting-up venture enterprises, which provide an opportunity to introduce new technologies, inventions and discoveries.
Sergei I. Kuzin, Elvira A. Yarnikh
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Kidney Organoids in Drug Development: Integrating Technological Advances and Standardization for Effective Implementation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how emerging enabling technologies enhance the physiological relevance, scalability, and reproducibility of kidney organoids, while advanced analytical approaches support model validation and deepen mechanistic insight into nephrotoxicity.
Helen Kearney, Silvia M. Mihăilă, Lorenzo Moroni, Carlos Mota   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pension funds and the secondary private equity market in Brazil: a study of Petros and Previ transactions

Revista Ambiente Contábil
Purpose: This study analyzes the sale of shares in the secondary market of a portfolio of Private Equity Funds (FIPs) held by two Closed-Entity Pension Funds (EFPC) or pension funds, Petros and Previ, in 2019 and 2021, respectively, to highlight the ...
William Phillip Fernandes Santos, Matheus da Costa Gomes   +1 more
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Evaluation of the 3rd pillar pension funds in Lithuania

Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2014
The article emphasizes the increasing importance of the 3rd pillar pension funds and necessity of their assessment in Lithuania. Identified private pension funds evaluation criteria and the expert survey carried out in this paper allowed to ascertain ...
Daiva Jurevičienė, Marina Volkova
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A Synovium‐on‐Chip Platform to Study Multicellular Interactions in Arthritis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The Synovium‐on‐Chip comprises a thin microporous PDMS membrane to support co‐culture of fibroblast‐like synoviocytes (FLS), THP‐1‐derived macrophages, and endothelial cells, enabling real‐time analysis of synovial‐vascular interactions. FLS migration through the pores drives endothelial remodeling, while TNF‐α stimulation induces robust inflammatory ...
Laurens R. Spoelstra, Fleur R. Semmekrot, Nuno Araújo‐Gomes, Daniël Wijnperle, Monique M. A. Helsen, Martijn H.J. Van Den Bosch, Loes. I. Segerink, Séverine Le Gac, Marcel Karperien   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating private pension funds’ structure, performance and investments: cross-country evidence [PDF]

, 2000
A number of countries have introduced individual, privately managed defined-contribution accounts, where the value of the pension benefit will depend on accumulated contributions and investment returns.
Srinivas, P.S., Whitehouse, Edward, Yermo, Juan   +2 more
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Accelerating Discovery to Deployment: Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) and Its Role in Scaling Materials Technologies for Water and Resource Solutions

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this Perspective, we highlight the processing science and scale‐up capabilities of the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, with an emphasis on practical solutions for sustainable water and critical resource recovery. We demonstrate how national laboratories bridge fundamental
Yuepeng Zhang, Bratin Sengupta, Xiaoao Shi, Haihui Pu, Jeffrey W. Elam, Gregory K. Krumdick, Jessica Durham Macholz, Allison Bennett Irion, Junhong Chen, Seth B. Darling   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source