AIM/HYPOTHESIS Rat pancreatic islet cell apoptosis is minimal after prolonged culture in 10 mmol/l glucose (G10), largely increased in 5 mmol/l glucose (G5) and moderately increased in 30 mmol/l glucose (G30). This glucose-dependent asymmetric V-shaped profile is preceded by parallel changes in the mRNA levels of oxidative stress-response genes like Metallothionein 1a (Mt1a). In this study, we ...

This paper is a reply to Barry Ickes' critique of my paper “Trust versus Illusion: What is Driving Demonetization in Russia?” in which I show that the data reject Barry Ickes' Virtual Economy explanation of barter in Russia in favor of an institutional explanation based on the lack of trust. JEL Classification: D20, G30, O10, P30

This paper is a reply to Barry Ickes' critique of my paper “Trust versus Illusion: What is Driving Demonetization in Russia?” in which I show that the data reject Barry Ickes' Virtual Economy explanation of barter in Russia in favor of an institutional explanation based on the lack of trust. JEL Classification: D20, G30, O10, P30

We offer a sketch of an Austrian theory corporate finance by studying the structure firms’ liabilities both on unhampered market and through monetary policy-induced business cycle. Building recent contributions time-structure savings, we show that booms are characterized increased leverage higher levels maturity mismatches for firms. Such fragilities to be corrected during busts.
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RESUMO Defeitos ósseos constituem um problema de saúde global. O sistema Rigenera permite a extração microenxertos ricos em células-tronco mesenquimais (CTMs). Objetivou-se avaliar o processo regeneração óssea por enxertos obtidos pelo defeitos críticos na calvária ratos. Foram utilizados 18 ratos Wistar, machos, pesando 285±29g, distribuídos três grupos (n=6), sendo cada animal controle si mes...

PURPOSE To evaluate the survival and complications associated with prematurity of infants with less than 32 weeks of gestation. METHODS It was done a prospective cohort study. All preterm infants with a gestational age between 25 and 31 weeks and 6 days, born alive without congenital anomalies and admitted to the NICU between August 1st, 2009 and October 31st, 2010 were included. Newborns wer...

In this paper, we examine how county unemployment rates affect consumers’ delinquency and bankruptcy behavior by focusing on the credit card market. In particular, after controlling for credit supply and shocks like divorce and health coverage we investigate whether consumer propensity for delinquency and bankruptcy changes with respect to the macroeconomic fluctuations across counties. Our res...