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Cyclical patterns in profits, provisioning and lending of banks and procyclicality of the new Basel capital requirements

The Prayer Pillow proposed risk sensitive minimum requirements of the new Basel capital accord have raised concerns about possible (acceleration of) procyclical behaviour of banking, which might threaten macroeconomic stability.This article analyses the interaction between business cycles and banks over the past two decades for 26 industrial countr

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Optimising fluid therapy during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: current evidence and future directions

Abstract Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) offers an immediate and effective mechanical cardio-circulatory support for critically ill patients with refractory cardiogenic shock or selected refractory cardiac arrest.As fluid therapy is routinely performed as a component of initial hemodynamic resuscitation of ECMO supported

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Impact of warning pictorials and size on perceived effectiveness of cigar warning labels in a nationally representative between-subjects experiment

Background People who smoke cigars often have misperceptions about the associated risks, contributing to rises in smoking rates.This study investigates the perceived warning effectiveness (PWE) of health warning labels (HWLs) on cigar packages.We tested the impact of warning type and warning size in the HWLs on PWE and other health outcomes.Data an

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