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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Short‐Term Functional Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Individuals with SLE can accumulate functional status (FS) impairment. We evaluated the association between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, as measured by the area deprivation index (ADI), and FS in a national SLE sample. Methods Data were derived from RISE, a national electronic health record‐based registry.
Baljeet Rai, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jing Li, Eric Roberts, Patricia Katz, Laura Plantinga, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Privatization: Why Do Governments Want Reforms? [PDF]

International organizations promote privatization as precondition for economic development. But is there really too little privatization? This political economy model asks for the incentives of governments to privatize or restructure a state-owned firm ...
Kira Boerner
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Cathodic Cage Plasma Deposition of Nanostructured Cu–Fe–Se Coatings on Poly(methyl Methacrylate)

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Nanostructured Cu–Fe–Se coatings are deposited on PMMA by a modified cathodic cage plasma process, enabling low‐temperature deposition on polymer substrates. A transition from discontinuous to compact morphology is observed with temperature, with optimal properties at 200°C, where improved CuFeSe2‐type bonding, lowest sheet resistance, and favorable ...
V. S. S. Sobrinho, M. Naeem, T. H. C. Costa, M. S. Libório, J. C. A. Queiroz, C. B. B. Luna, R. R. M. Sousa, P. S. Vieira, E. M. Araújo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Survey Role of Transference of State-Owned Companies to Increase Their Profitability and Return [PDF]

پژوهش‌های مدیریت عمومی, 2011
Privatization has become an important phenomenon in both developed and developing countries. This process Provide a change in the balance between governance-market, so it leaves effects in the long run, and given that the main aim of privatization to ...
doaj   +1 more source

Privatization in the Russian Federation [PDF]

The aim of this paper is providing an overview of the privatization process in the Russian Federation. The first section focuses on the experience with management and employee-buyouts in the Russian Federation, the second part explores two sides of the ...
Alexander Radygin
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Optoelectrical Devices for Neural Interfacing: Engineering Integration, Stability, and Multimodal Sensing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Implantable optoelectrical devices are an effective resource for the modulation and monitoring of neural activity with high spatiotemporal resolution. This review discusses current challenges faced by these devices and outlines future perspectives for the development of next‐generation neural interfaces targeting chronic, multisite, and multimodal ...
Stella Aslanoglou, Barbara Spagnolo, Antonio Balena, Massimo De Vittorio, Ferruccio Pisanello   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Privateers and Privateering

, 2011
In this book, first published in 1910 at the height of Britain's naval arms race with Germany, E. P. Statham (b. 1848) presented the lives and exploits of, in his words, 'licensed plunderers'. Insisting his tales were 'without embroidery' but were intended 'to amuse and entertain', Statham clearly had a fondness for adventure and an almost grudging ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Enhanced Human Antigen‐Specific B Cell Responses Using In Vitro 3D Tonsil Cultures Containing Stromal Cells

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We developed a fully human 3D tonsil cell culture system incorporating supportive stromal cells that better sustains and activates immune cells than conventional methods. The model generates stronger, more targeted antibody responses to viral antigens and vaccines, providing a physiologically relevant and entirely human platform for studying immune ...
Maaike V. J. Braham, Marlon de Gast, Liubov Babii, Sabine Kruijer, Theo M. Bestebroer, Mathilde Richard, Mathieu Claireaux, S. Marieke van Ham, Jelle de Wit, Cécile A. C. M. van Els, Anja ten Brinke, Marit J. van Gils   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of privatizing Japanese expressway companies on maintenance and management efficiency

Transport Economics and Management
In 2005, Japan privatized its four public highway corporations, resulting in the establishment of three NEXCO companies. Although these entities remain fully government-owned, future stock exchange listing is envisioned.
Tsubasa Kaino, Kazuyoshi Hidaka
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A castle built on sand: The effects of mass privatization on stock market creation in transition economies [PDF]

This paper deals with the relationship between mass privatization and stock market development in transition economies. The link is investigated empirically using a panel of data that includes most transition countries. Our results confirm the hypothesis
Fungacova, Zuzana, Hanousek, Jan
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