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Estimation of the population at high risk of developing lung cancer in Chile using simplified eligibility criteria
(Public Health, 2024)Objectives: Several countries in different global regions are implementing lung cancer (LC) screening programmes. This study aimed to estimate the proportion of the Chilean population ≥15 years who are ... -
Peer-to-peer lending to businesses: Investors’ characteristics, investment criteria and motivation
(The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2019)Online peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending, where individual investors provide unsecured loans directly to individual business borrowers without the intermediation of banks, has experienced rapid growth ... -
Startup ventures and equity finance: How do Business Accelerators and Business Angels’ assess the human capital of socio-environmental mission led entrepreneurs?
(Innovation, 2022)We investigate the role of entrepreneurs’ human capital on the potential of newly created ventures to receive equity funding from Accelerators and Business Angels using a resource-based approach to ... -
Giving coins for free: Does digital outsourcing of technical and advisory support influence the success of initial coin offerings (ICOs)?
(Strategic Change, 2023)Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have emerged as a novel mechanism for financing entrepreneurial ventures. This relatively new application of blockchain technology allows a venture to raise money directly ... -
Innovation and Foresight in SMEs: Lessons From the Case of U.K. Digital Health Companies
(IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2023)Technological innovation represents a significant opportunity for those organizations that are able to identify new technologies early and anticipate their future evolution and impact. At the same time, ... -
Cleantech incubators within the sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem: Fundraising sources, income generation strategies, and the role of public support
(Strategic Change, 2024)This paper explores the different financial viability strategies adopted by cleantech incubators (CTIs) located in both high-income and medium- and low-income countries. More specifically, we focus on ... -
Venture Capital, the Regions and Public Policy: The United Kingdom since the Post-2000 Technology Crash
(Regional Studies, 2013)Mason C. and Pierrakis Y. Venture capital, the regions and public policy: the United Kingdom since the post-2000 technology crash, Regional Studies. The geography of venture capital in the United Kingdom ... -
Venture Capital in Crisis: The Impact of the Economic Downturn in Company’s Time to Exit
(The Journal of Alternative Investments Winter, 2013)The collapse of many IT-related companies shocked venture capital investors around the world in 2000–2001. Similarly, the 2008–2009 financial crisis found VC investors very vulnerable. This article ... -
Public Policies and Public Programs with a Regional Impact in Promoting Entrepreneurship: The Case Study of Government Backed Venture Capital Schemes in the UK
(2016)This chapter adds to the growing literature from recent years on innovation finance, innovation systems, and regional economic policy. Although the role of business has been seen as critical within the ... -
Dimensional changes of the carpal tunnel and median nerve during manual mobilization of the carpal bones - Anatomical study
(Clinical Biomechanics, 2018)Study design: Cross-sectional study. Background: The carpal tunnel is a clinically important fibro-osseous conduit for the median nerve and associated tendons. It is mechanically dynamic and therapeutic ... -
Do publicly backed venture capital investments promote innovation? Differences between privately and publicly backed funds in the UK venture capital market
(Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017)This paper examines the link between publicly backed venture capital funds and business innovation in the UK venture capital market. In examining this relationship, the research empirically analyses the ... -
The role of venture capitalists in the regional innovation ecosystem: a comparison of networking patterns between private and publicly backed venture capital funds
(The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2019)This paper empirically examines the development of social networks among venture capitalists and other professionals of the regional innovation ecosystem. Using an online survey of venture capitalists, ... -
Control of cell cycle progression by the stress-activated Hog1 MAPK
(Cell Cycle, 2005)Activation of the stress-activated Hog1 kinase is essential for cell survival in response to high osmolarity. The Hog1 SAPK elicits the program for cell adaptation that includes modulation of several ... -
Posttranscriptional control and the role of RNA-binding proteins in gene regulation in trypanosomatid protozoan parasites
(WIREs RNA, 2010)Trypanosomatids are unicellular eukaryotes responsible for severe diseases in humans. They exhibit a number of remarkable biological phenomena, especially at the RNA level. During their life cycles, ... -
Alterations in DRBD3 Ribonucleoprotein Complexes in Response to Stress in Trypanosoma brucei
(PLOS One, 2012)Regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription initiation is apparently absent in trypanosomes. Instead, these eukaryotes control gene expression mainly at the post-transcriptional level. Regulation is ... -
A short RNA stem–loop is necessary and sufficient for repression of gene expression during early logarithmic phase in trypanosomes
(Nucleic Acids Research, 2014)We have compared the transcriptomes of cultured procyclic Trypanosoma brucei cells in early and late logarithmic phases and found that ∼200 mRNAs were differentially regulated. In late log phase cells, ... -
Depletion of the RNA-binding protein RBP33 results in increased expression of silenced RNA polymerase II transcripts in trypanosoma brucei
(PLOS One, 2014)We have characterized the RNA-binding protein RBP33 in Trypanosoma brucei, and found that it localizes to the nucleus and is essential for viability. The subset of RNAs bound to RBP33 was determined by ... -
Meet the players: local translation at the synapse
(Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2014)It is widely believed that activity-dependent synaptic plasticity is the basis for learning and memory. Both processes are dependent on new protein synthesis at the synapse. Here, we describe a mechanism ... -
CLIPing Staufen to secondary RNAstructures: Size and location matter!
(BioEssays, 2015)hiCLIP (RNA hybrid and individual-nucleotide resolution ultraviolet cross-linking and immunoprecipitation), is a novel technique developed by Sugimoto et al. (2015). Here, the use of different adaptors ... -
RNA transport: from head to toe in radial glial cells
(Current Biology, 2016)Intracellular mRNA localization critically contributes to proper brain development and function. A recent study demonstrates that mRNAs are actively transported in radial glial cells from the soma to ...