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Network tariffs applicable to households in Australia: empirical evidence [PDF]

, 2015
Presents information and analysis of the network tariffs applicable to household electricity consumers in the southern and eastern states of Australia covered by the National Energy Market.
Carbon and Energy Markets
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Road taxes, road user charges and earmarking [PDF]

, 1999
The UK Road Fund was set up in 1921 and financed by earmarked taxes, but was unsuccessful as a form of road finance and abandoned in 1937. The paper examines why earmarking failed and what problems arise for replacing road taxes by hypothecated road ...
Santos, Georgina, Georgina Santos, Newbery, David M., David M. Newbery   +3 more
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Inequality in prevalence of unmedicated hypertension or diabetes among older Filipinos: analysis of nationally representative survey data

International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention
Background: Public clinics in the Philippines provide free anti-hypertensive and anti-diabetic medications, removing the price barrier to accessing effective treatments.
Aleli D. Kraft, Kayleen Gene R. Calicdan, Joseph J. Capuno, Mark Ryan B. Paguirigan, Christian Joy P. Cruz, Owen O'Donnell   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient Algorithms for Electrostatic Interactions Including Dielectric Contrasts

Entropy, 2013
Coarse-grained models of soft matter are usually combined with implicit solvent models that take the electrostatic polarizability into account via a dielectric background. In biophysical or nanoscale simulations that include water, this constant can vary
Christian Holm, Olaf Lenz, Stefan Kesselheim, Florian Fahrenberger, Konrad Breitsprecher, Axel Arnold   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

pH‐mediated activation of the lysosomal arginine sensor SLC38A9

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cells monitor nutrient levels via the lysosomal transporter SLC38A9 to activate the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). This study reveals that SLC38A9 function is regulated by pH. We identified histidine 544 as a critical pH sensor that undergoes conformational changes to control amino acid efflux from lysosomes; therefore, it ...
Xuelang Mu, Ampon Sae Her, Tamir Gonen
wiley   +1 more source

User fees impact access to healthcare for female children in rural Zambia [PDF]

, 2002
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund favor healthcare user fees. User fees offer revenue and may decrease inappropriate care. However, user fees may deter needed care, especially in vulnerable populations.
Birbeck, GL, Malama, Costantine, Chen, Q, De Vogli, R, Malama, C, De Vogli, Roberto, Birbeck, Gretchen L., Chen, Qin   +7 more
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Is There a Link between User Charges and Expenditures on Public Kindergartens in Poland? [PDF]

, 2020
The aim of this article is to assess the link between user charges and expenditures on the service on the example of public kindergartens in Poland.
Będzieszak, Marcin
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Degradation mechanism of the von Willebrand factor A2 domain by nattokinase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Nattokinase, a natto‐derived protease, exhibits potent antithrombotic effects. This study demonstrates that nattokinase directly cleaves the von Willebrand factor (vWF) A2 domain in vitro. Unlike the native regulator ADAMTS13, nattokinase degrades folded vWF independently of shear stress.
Ryuichi Hyakumoto, Masatomo So, Ayako Furukawa, Kenji Sugase   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas, Brigitta Maruzs, Zsófia E. Kálmán, Tomas Klumpler, Gyula Batta, Bálint Péterfia, Zoltán Gáspári   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The User Charges [PDF]

, 2008
The aim of the work is to appraise a structure and a method of calculation of user charges by an example of a chosen municipality, on the basis of theoretic ...
Hejduková, Markéta
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