We contribute to the Marxist discussion on the role of the interest rate in the investment and financing decisions of firms, a crucial dimension that has not received sufficient attention in the literature. The market rate ...

Murine embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are pluripotent cells that can be propagated in an undifferentiated state in continuous culture on a feeder layer or without feeders in the presence of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). ...

Ecosystem restoration has gained increasing interest to mitigate the effects of climate change, loss of biodiversity and desertification. Since the genetic composition of the reproductive material to revegetate degraded ...

The interactions established between plants and endophytic fungi span a continuum from beneficial to pathogenic associations. The aim of this work was to isolate potentially beneficial fungal endophytes in the legume Lotus ...

We investigated if in complex environments, like those where β-galactosidase activity is usually assayed, the kinetics of hydrolysis against soluble substrates could be modulated through enzyme-surface interactions. Kinetic ...

Phytochrome B (phyB) is an excellent light quality and quantity sensor that can detect subtle changes in the light environment. The relative amounts of the biologically active photoreceptor (phyB Pfr) are determined by the ...

The reason for understanding the evolution of the real exchange rate lies in the central importance of this variable to the country's development, especially in the growth of the tradable sector.This research analyzes the ...