A conjunctural analysis of the origins of ‘embedded ELSI’ in U.S. genomic medicine by James Karabin, Chessa Adsit-Morris, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Stephanie M. Fullerton, Mildred K. Cho, Jenny Reardon

“…We end by calling for an opening up of embedded approaches to integration so that they might better meet calls for justice and equity in the present conjuncture.…”
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Preface for the special issue of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, BIOCOMP 2012 by Aniello Buonocore, Antonio Di Crescenzo, Alan Hastings

“…It was dedicated to the Memory of Professor Luigi M. Ricciardi(1942-2011), who was a visionary and tireless promoter of the 3 previous editions of the BIOCOMP conference series.We thought that the best way to honor his memory was to continue the BIOCOMP program. …”
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Community-based tourism in the context of the neoliberal paradigm: counter-hegemonic initiatives and land disputes in northeastern Brazil by Ilana Barreto Kiyotani, Wagner Fernandes Costa, Maria Aparecida Pontes da Fonseca

“…Community-based tourism (CBT), in contrast, is seen as a counter-hegemonic practice aiming for greater socio-economic equity, unlike its conventional counterpart. This study aims to analyze the motivating factors and action strategies behind the development of CBT in Chã de Jardim, Doces Tambaba, and Porto do Capim in Paraiba State (northeastern Brazil). …”
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Evolutionary Game Analysis of Debt Restructuring Involved by Asset Management Companies by Danyu Zhao, Li Song, Liangliang Han

“…Research shows that the government chooses to give specific support, banks choose debt-to-equity swaps, asset management companies choose to provide liquidity, and enterprises choose to work hard, which can better promote the debt restructuring process. …”
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Anatomie d’une condamnation by Alessandro Gamberini

“…The article aims at examining the judicial process that has led to the conviction of Adriano Sofri, Ovidio Bompressi and Giorgio Pietrostefani, for the murder of Commissioner Luigi Calabresi. After describing the conditions of the sentence given to the three former militants of “Lotta continua” and laying stress on some contradictory aspects in the informants’ statements on which the accusation is based, the author analyzes an internal contradiction in the way justice operates: a contradiction that has opposed, on many occasions during the long judicial process (from 1988 to 2000), the giudici di merito, who pronounce on the guilt of the defendants, and the giudici di legittimità, the judges of the court of Cassation, whose role is to guarantee the legitimacy of the procedures. …”
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L’évolution de l’inspiration poétique républicaine de Mameli à Carducci : de l’antimonarchisme mazzinien et jacobin à la « démocratie dynastique » by Laura Fournier-Finocchiaro

“…While in 1848-1849, the compositions of the major Republican poets of the Risorgimento (Goffredo Mameli, Francesco Dall’Ongaro, Alessandro Poerio, Luigi Mercantini…) are largely influenced by the teachings of Giuseppe Mazzini, in 1859-1860 the Republican inspiration evolves into Garibaldi’s positions, celebrating national unity under the rule of the House of Savoy, in the name of the primacy of the struggle for independence. …”
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Impact of low-dose CT screening for lung cancer on ethnic health inequities in New Zealand: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Sue Crengle, Giorgi Kvizhinadze, Melissa McLeod, Peter Sandiford, Karen Bartholomew

“…We model the potential lifetime health gains, equity impacts and cost-effectiveness of a national low-dose CT (LDCT) screening programme for lung cancer in smokers aged 55–74 years with a 30 pack-year history, and for formers smokers who have quit within the last 15 years.Design A Markov macrosimulation model estimated: health benefits (health-adjusted life-years (HALYs)), costs and cost-effectiveness of biennial LDCT screening. …”
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Indicators for the evaluation of musculoskeletal trauma systems: A scoping review and Delphi study. by M Dworkin, K J Agarwal-Harding, M Joseph, G Cahill, D Konadu-Yeboah, E Makasa, C Mock, MSK Indicator Group

“…<h4>Study objectives</h4>The purpose of this study was to establish a practical list of performance indicators to evaluate and monitor the quality and equity of musculoskeletal trauma care delivery in health systems worldwide.…”
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Insight into Nigeria’s progress towards the universal coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services: a secondary data analysis by Xiaohui Wang, Joy James Mafiana, Xiping Shen, Wenping Hu

“…Analysis was conducted using Excel and the WHO’s Health Equity Assessment Toolkit software.Setting The study setting is Nigeria.Participants Aggregated health service coverage data of women aged 15–49 years and children under 5 years of age.Outcome measures The outcome of interest is the level of coverage of RMNCH services in Nigeria and the difference in equity gaps among subgroups before and after UHC adoption.Results The RMNCH index increased by 6.4% points with a difference of 33.7% points to attain the minimum 80.0% target. …”
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Credit Borrower Sector of Economy and Credit Risk For Banks by Joanna Stępińska

“…The cost level index, debt-to-equity ratio, the share of credit s and credits of each section in relation to equity are also examined. …”
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Credit Management and Performance of selected financial Institutions in Kabale District, Uganda by Joshua, Muhumuza

“…The specific objectives were; to investigate the relationship between key performance indicators (return on equity and return on assets) and non-performing loans; to explore the relationship between capital adequacy ratio and performance (return on equity and return on assets) and to examine the effect of credit terms on loan performance of financial institutions studied. …”
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Surface water and flood-based agricultural systems: Mapping and modelling long-term variability in the Senegal river floodplain by Andrew Ogilvie, Cheickh Sadibou Fall, Ansoumana Bodian, Didier Martin, Laurent Bruckmann, Djiby Dia, Issa Leye, Papa Malick Ndiaye, Donissongou Dimitri Soro, Jean Homian Danumah, Jean-Claude Bader, Jean-Christophe Poussin

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The Impact of Intellectual Capital on Bank Profitability during COVID-19: A Comparison with China and Pakistan by Jian Xu, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan

“…Profitability is measured by return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE), and IC is measured by the value added intellectual coefficient (VAIC) model. …”
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Sharing the Growth Dividend: Analysis of Inequality in Asia by Sonali Jain-Chandra, Tidiane Kinda, Kalpana Kochhar, Shi Piao, Johanna Schauer

“…While in the past, rapid growth in Asia has come with equitable distribution of the gains, more recently fastgrowing Asian economies have been unable to replicate the “growth with equity” miracle. There is a growing consensus that high levels of inequality can hamper the pace and sustainability of growth. …”
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Capitalization Chronicles: Unraveling the Impact on Bank Profitability by Ririen Setiati Riyanti

“…The researcher evaluates the capital ratio, a critical measure of financial stability, for its impact on key profitability metrics such as Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Net Interest Margin (NIM), and Pre-Provision Profitability Ratio (PPR).  …”
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Modeling Overlapped Mutual Funds’ Portfolios: A Bipartite Network Approach by Jaime F. Lavin, Mauricio A. Valle, Nicolás S. Magner

“…With the physical positions of the local equity portfolios managed during 2003.01-2017.4, we analyze their connectivity structure in both the mutual funds’ bipartite network and their one-mode projection. …”
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Debt Relief as a Last Resort for the Lender of Last Resort? by Arne Hansen, Dirk Meyer

“…Such a scheme would be possible without amending the EU treaties and would avoid negative equity at the central banks. The question is under what circumstances would this approach be suitable and proportionate?…”
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Building ethical virtual classrooms: Confucian perspectives on avatars and VR by Chi-Ming Lam

“…This paper examines the ethical implications of using avatars and virtual reality (VR) in education, focusing on issues such as privacy, identity representation, psychological impact, equity in access, and virtual bullying. Confucian ethics, emphasizing virtues like benevolence (ren), righteousness (yi), ritual propriety (li), wisdom (zhi), trustworthiness (xin), and loyalty (zhong), offers a valuable framework for addressing these challenges. …”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Bioethical Challenges for Research with Human Beings by Denisse Isabel Suaste Pazmiño, Kathya Verónica Suaste Pazmiño

“…Dignity is an inherent value of the human being, which is protected by bioethical principles and other principles such as equity, transparency and proportionality, to support each of the parts of the investigation. …”
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Supporting National Product Based on the Experience of Latin American Economies: Neo-Liberal and Neo-structural Policies by Seyed Hossein Mirjalili

“…These policies include: strengthening competitiveness, economic growth with social equity, selective support, reforming production structures, and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship.…”
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