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Venture Capital Funds Investing in Minority-Owned Businesses: Evaluating Performance and Strategy [PDF]

, 2008
Based on a survey of minority-oriented private equity funds, analyzes their performance between 2000 and 2006 compared to those of major stock indices.
Timothy Bates, William Bradford
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Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
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Integrated Single‐Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Reveal Cell‐Type‐Specific Immune Regulatory Networks in Maize Responding to Southern Corn Rust

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By integrating single‐nuclei and spatial transcriptomics, this study presents a stereoscopic landscape of maize leaf to Puccinia polysora infection. Epidermal and mesophyll cells initiate primary defenses via RLPs/RLKs and jasmonic acid signaling. Cell‐cell communication analyses further reveal the underlying the dynamics of the underlying immune ...
Qiongqiong Wang, Xinyan Sun, Yingchao Sun, Zeqiang Cheng, Zixiang Cheng, Shengbo Han, Ying Feng, Wenbo Yang, Huimin Li, Meichen Zhu, Xiaoling Wu, Jinghua Zhang, Jihua Tang, Honglian Li, Yanyong Cao, Canxing Duan, Yan Shi   +16 more
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High‐Fidelity Synthetic Data Replicates Clinical Prediction Performance in a Million‐Patient Diabetes Cohort

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study generates high‐fidelity synthetic longitudinal records for a million‐patient diabetes cohort, successfully replicating clinical predictive performance. However, deeper analysis reveals algorithmic biases and trajectory inconsistencies that escape standard quality metrics. These findings challenge current validation norms, demonstrating why a
Francisco Ortuño, Víctor M. de la Oliva Roque, Javier‐Ignacio Ramirez‐Lopez, David P. Kreil, Joaquín Dopazo, Carlos Loucera   +5 more
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Fees, Fees and More Fees: How Private Equity Abuses its Limited Partners and U.S. Taxpayers [PDF]

, 2016
The private equity industry receives billions of dollars in income each year from a variety of fees that it collects from investors as well as from companies it buys with investors' money.
Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt
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Update: Are Lower Private Equity Returns the New Normal? [PDF]

, 2017
This report updates a version released in June 2016.U.S. private equity fundraising had its best year ever in 2015 -- raising $185 billion. But is the enthusiasm of investors warranted?
Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt
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Discovery of an Adaptive Neuroimmune Response Driving Itch and Fast Tick Removal with Implications for Preventing Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Doehl et al. discovered an adaptive neuroimmune mechanism that induces itch in tick‐exposed guinea pigs, enabling rapid tick removal. This itch‐induced tick removal (IITR) is mediated by an adaptive cellular immune response and is independent of IgG, IgE, or TRPV1.
Johannes S. P. Doehl, Tiago D. Serafim, Serena Doh, Charles S. Grugan, Eva Iniguez, Luana Rogerio, Ronja Frigard, Ranadhir Dey, Pedro Cecilio, Xinglong Gu, Pang‐Yen Tseng, Aline da Silva Moreira, Mahnaz Minai, James Oristian, Hans Ackerman, Steven Brooks, Caroline Percopo, Siu‐Ping Ng, Derron A. Alves, Lucas Tirloni, Jennifer M. Anderson, Adriana Marques, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Daniel E. Sonenshine, José M. C. Ribeiro, Mark Hoon, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +27 more
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EGYPTIAN MUTUAL FUNDS ANALYSIS: HISTORY, PERFORMANCE, OBJECTIVES, RISK AND RETURN [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
The present research aims to overview the mutual fund in Egypt. The establishment of the first mutual funds was achieved in 1994. Nowadays, the total mutual funds reached 90 funds , approximately.
Petru STEFEA, Osama WAGDI WADI, Karim MAMDOUH ABBAS   +2 more
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Referral Burden and Cost of Outpatient Care of Patients Covered by the Rural Insurance Fund before and after the Implementation of Electronic Referral System in Golestan Province

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2021
Background: Part of the major health costs is related to outpatient care. Since the costs of diagnosis and treatment are increasing rapidly and increasingly, this study was conducted to determine the referral burden and cost of outpatient care of ...
Anis Abbasi, Mohammad Javad Kabir, Fatemeh Kavian Telouri, Alireza Heidari, Zahra Khatirnamani, Narges Rafiei, Anahita Keshavarzi   +6 more
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Evaluation of pillar II pension funds‘ return on investment considering risk

Business: Theory and Practice, 2012
The article deals with the topic of Lithuanian pillar II private pension funds investments’ evaluation. Private pension funds’ features and stand in Lithuanian pension funds’ system are analyzed.
Daiva Jurevičienė, Šarūnė Samoškaitė   +1 more
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