Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Does BRRD mitigate the bank-to-sovereign risk channel? [PDF]
PLoS OneLamers M +3 more
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A Simulation Estimator for Testing the Time Homogeneity of Credit Rating Transition [PDF]
The measurement of credit quality is at the heart of the models designed to assess the reserves and capital needed to support the risks of both individual credits and portfolios of credit instruments.
Kiefer, Nicholas M., Larson, C. Erik
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Mapping molluscan endocrinology: a systematic and critical appraisal
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Historically, a vertebrate‐centric paradigm has framed our interpretation of molluscan endocrinology, with considerable research focusing on vertebrate‐type steroid hormones (e.g. oestrogens, testosterone). However, contradictory evidence on the occurrence of vertebrate‐type steroid hormones in molluscan tissues, and a lack of the specific ...
Konstantinos Panagiotidis +3 more
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Assessing the asymmetric interrelationships between sovereign bond yields and selected potential determinants: The case of frontier WAMZ economies. [PDF]
HeliyonAdom-Dankwa A +3 more
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Early evolutionary history of the seed
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman +2 more
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Research on the effect of multiple credit ratings from the perspective of financial regulatory systems in Chinese bond market. [PDF]
PLoS OneZhou X, Wang H, Zhang L.
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Macroeconomic and monetary policy responses in selected highly indebted MENA countries post Covid 19: A structural VAR approach. [PDF]
Res Int Bus Finance, 2022 Neaime S, Gaysset I.
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Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That Requires More Rules
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines why Italian for‐profit firms convert to Benefit Corporation status and how they navigate the ensuing hybridization. Survey data from 118 companies are interpreted through a pragmatic and moral legitimacy lens. Results show that the main trigger is pragmatic legitimacy: managers seek to strengthen trust with internal and ...
Laura Rocca +3 more
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Investors reward countries for participating in climate agreements. [PDF]
Nat CommunSaxena K, Singh M.
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