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Keynote Reflections: The Public Governance Duty [PDF]
, 2015 Firms must take ever greater risks to try to innovate and create value in our increasingly competitive and complex global economy. Corporate governance law generally delegates control over excessive risk-taking to the firm’s investors, principally its ...
Schwarcz, Steven L.
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Measuring Excessive Risk-Taking in Banking [PDF]
In this paper the authors propose a new approach to the assessment of excessive risk-taking by a banking sector. They use the portfolio approach to assess the optimal risk-return combination of a bank’s portfolio, based on data for 32 categories of loans.
Jiri Podpiera, Laurent Weill
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Embodied Risk-Taking: Embracing Discomfort through Image Theatre [PDF]
, 2019 Taking risks does not come easily to many honors students. Often their success is based on carefully following directions and working hard to meet established expectations.
White, Leah
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Structural biology of ferritin nanocages
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
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What risk of death would people take to be cured of HIV and why? A survey of people living with HIV
Journal of Virus Eradication, 2019 People living with HIV (PLWHIV) can reasonably expect near-normal longevity, yet many express a willingness to assume significant risks to be cured. We surveyed 200 PLWHIV who were stable on antiretroviral therapy (ART) to quantify associations between ...
Benjamin R. Murray +14 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai +9 more
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Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Entrepreneurial Intention Among Final Year Female Undergraduates in Nigerian Federal Universities [PDF]
International Journal of Business and Development StudiesIn the multifaceted landscape of entrepreneurship, this research delves into the intricate relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial intention, focusing specifically on the final-year female undergraduates in Nigerian federal ...
Emmanuel Ozigi
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Depression, Risk Preferences, and Risk-Taking Behavior
The Journal of human resources, 2020 Depression affects the way that people process information and make decisions, including those involving risk and uncertainty. Our objective is to analyze the way that depressive episodes shape risk preferences and risktaking behaviors.
D. Cobb-Clark +2 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Questions VivesWe study “best teaching moments” from the point of view of the unanticipated. We analyze posts published on a digital collaborative logbook by pre-service language teachers in lycée or collège.
Marie-Claire Lemarchand-Chauvin +2 more
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