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ABSTRACT Introduction Children with more caries in the primary dentition have been observed to have greater caries risk in the permanent dentition. In a previous trial, we determined lesion arrest in primary teeth, where 38% SDF gel and 2.5% NaF varnish were applied sequentially.
Tania Carola Padilla Cáceres +5 more
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Can Small Businesses Survive Chapter 11?
ABSTRACT A majority of small U.S. businesses attempting to reorganize in bankruptcy fail to do so. Subchapter V of Chapter 11 (SubV) streamlines bankruptcy for small firms by reducing bankruptcy costs and negotiation frictions, and enables entrepreneurs to retain ownership.
EDITH HOTCHKISS +2 more
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Economic Growth Vulnerability Across Euro Area Countries
ABSTRACT We analyse growth vulnerability in the four largest Euro Area (EA) economies, measured as a lower quantile of the growth distribution conditional on EA‐wide and country‐specific macroeconomic/financial factors. Growth densities are obtained under a normal activity scenario and under stressed conditions.
Claudio Lissona, Esther Ruiz
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Abstract Economists have examined the rise of so-called zombie firms in recent years. Such firms remain in financial distress for a prolonged period while financial creditors keep them alive through continued lending. Based on signaling theory, we investigate zombie firms in the context of corporate restructuring and relationship ...
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The Problem of Psychonomic Harmony
ABSTRACT The problem of nomological harmony is the problem of explaining why the laws of nature match or apply to the states of the universe in a way that results in temporal evolution. The problem of psychophysical harmony is the problem of explaining why phenomenal states are paired with physical states and other phenomenal states in surprisingly ...
Joseph C. Schmid
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Coalition Breakdown and Subsystem Exit
ABSTRACT Why actors choose to work together (or not) to advance policy has been the central area of inquiry within the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Existing research has mainly emphasized the pathway towards coalition formation and evolution, underscoring the stable patterns of allies and opponents observable in policy processes over a decade or
Charlie F. Thompson
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Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks
ABSTRACT In contrast to the “quiet” politics of the pre‐2008 period, macroeconomic policy has become “noisy”. This break raises a question: How do independent agencies designed for quiet politics react when a contentious public turns the volume up on them?
Benjamin Braun, Maximilian Düsterhöft
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CRISPR/Cas9 has revolutionized the field of gene therapy, but delivery remains an outstanding issue. We propose a nonviral gold‐nanoparticle platform for co‐delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein and long 2.1 kilobase dsDNA transgene constructs. This CRISPR‐AuNP is inexpensive to produce and mediate gene editing and DNA delivery in T cells and CD34+
Rachel A. Cunningham +8 more
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Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead +3 more
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