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Is a Green Building an Energy Efficient Building? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Is a “green building” an energy efficient building? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is “not necessarily.” As the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) notes, green building rating systems are flexible, and buildings with poor energy ...
Mindy, Steven
core   +1 more source

Best-Worst Scaling More Reliable than Rating Scales: A Case Study on Sentiment Intensity Annotation

open access: yes, 2017
Rating scales are a widely used method for data annotation; however, they present several challenges, such as difficulty in maintaining inter- and intra-annotator consistency.
Kiritchenko, Svetlana, Mohammad, Saif M.
core   +1 more source

First-mover disadvantage: The sovereign ratings mousetrap. CEPS Working Document No 2020/02, February 2020 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Using 102 sovereigns rated by the three largest credit rating agencies (CRA), S&P, Moody’s and Fitch between January 2000 and January 2019, we are the first to document that the first mover CRA (S&P) in downgrades falls into a commercial trap.
Klusak, Patrycja   +2 more
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DELP Treatment on Vision and Retinal Microcirculation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The delipid extracorporeal lipoprotein filter from plasma (DELP) treatment can effectively reduce blood lipid, increase blood flow, and improve neurological deficits in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its effect on vision and retinal microcirculation in stroke patients has never been reported.
Ning Li   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE PLACE OF «SBERBANK» ON THE MODERN FINANCIAL MARKET

open access: yesВестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
This article describes the position of Sberbank in the financial market, reflecting its significance for the Russian economy. At the same time, the financial and investment activities of the bank have been analyzed, which give a general idea of its ...
Ekaterina Kalashnikova, Daria Teslenko
doaj  

Predicting the Future Burden of Renal Replacement Therapy in Türkiye Using National Registry Data and Comparative Modeling Approaches

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic kidney disease is a growing public health problem worldwide, and the number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy is steadily increasing. Türkiye has experienced a similar rise in both the incidence and prevalence of renal replacement therapy over the past decades; however, national‐level projections of future ...
Arzu Akgül   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of position of Kazakhstan in the report of the World Economic Forum: current ranking and review of the activities for improving the rating of the «Innovations» group

open access: yesХабаршысы. Экономика сериясы, 2018
Object of research. Object is to analyze the indicators of Kazakhstan in the «The Global Competi-tiveness Index», the rating of the World Economic Forum, to consider the measures of responsible state structures on improvement of indicators in the ...
Mukhamediyev B.M., Assanova R.N.
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Courage to Capital? A Model of the Effects of Rating Agencies on Sovereign Debt Role-over [PDF]

open access: yes
We propose a model of rating agencies that is an application of global game theory in which heterogeneous investors act strategically. The model allows us to explore the impact of the introduction of a rating agency on financial markets.
Galina B. Hale, Mark A. Carlson
core  

Intraoperative Collection of Ascitic Fluid With Intra‐ or Postoperative Reinfusion in Ovarian Cancer: Safety and Feasibility of a Roller Pumping Method

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients with ovarian cancer often present with massive ascites, leading to significant protein loss during surgical procedures. Although cell‐free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART) is used in palliative settings to mitigate protein loss, its application in intraoperative settings remains unexplored.
Yutaka Yoneoka   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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