cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12,300 individuals
Creators: name: Pankow, J
name: Stewart, J.D
name: Schwartz, J
name: Waldenberger, M
name: Huan, T
name: Horvath, S
name: Marioni, R
name: Peters, A
name: Hou, L
name: Starr, J.M
name: Baccarelli, A.
name: Liu, C
name: Lu, A.T
name: Pilling, L.C
name: Tanaka, T
name: Murabito, J.M
name: Levy, D
name: Whitsel, E.A.
name: Bandinelli, S
name: Vokonas, P
name: Gondalia, R
name: Tsaho, P.S
name: Colicino, E
name: Moore, A.Z.
name: McRae, A.F
name: Bressler, J
name: Spector, T
name: Just, A
name: Guan, W
name: Assimes, T
name: Wilson, R
name: Wray, N.R
name: Ward-Caviness, C
name: Kiel, D.P
name: Prokisch, H
name: Bell, J.T
name: Zhang, G
name: Absher, D
name: Deary, I.J
name: Li, Y
name: Visscher, P.M
name: Castillo-Fernandez, J
name: Xu, G
name: Tsai, P.-C
name: Ferrucci, L
name: Mendelson, M
name: Zhang, W
name: Golareh, A
name: Chen, B
Publisher: name: Impact Journals LLC
Year: 2020

description: DNA methylation has fundamental roles in gene programming and aging that may help predict mortality. However, no large-scale study has investigated whether site-specific DNA methylation predicts all-cause mortality. We used the Illumina-HumanMethylation450-BeadChip to identify blood DNA methylation sites associated with all-cause mortality for 12, 300 participants in 12 Cohorts of the Heart and Aging Research in Genetic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium. Over an average 10-year follow-up, there were 2,561 deaths across the cohorts. Nine sites mapping to three intergenic and six gene-specific regions were associated with mortality (P < 9.3x10-7) independently of age and other mortality predictors. Six sites (cg14866069, cg23666362, cg20045320, cg07839457, cg07677157, cg09615688)-mapping respectively to BMPR1B, MIR1973, IFITM3, NLRC5, and two intergenic regions-were associated with reduced mortality risk. The remaining three sites (cg17086398, cg12619262, cg18424841)-mapping respectively to SERINC2, CHST12, and an intergenic region-were associated with increased mortality risk. DNA methylation at each site predicted 5%-15% of all deaths. We also assessed the causal association of those sites to age-related chronic diseases by using Mendelian randomization, identifying weak causal relationship between cg18424841 and cg09615688 with coronary heart disease. Of the nine sites, three (cg20045320, cg07839457, cg07677157) were associated with lower incidence of heart disease risk and two (cg20045320, cg07839457) with smoking and inflammation in prior CHARGE analyses. Methylation of cg20045320, cg07839457, and cg17086398 was associated with decreased expression of nearby genes (IFITM3, IRF, NLRC5, MT1, MT2, MARCKSL1) linked to immune responses and cardiometabolic diseases. These sites may serve as useful clinical tools for mortality risk assessment and preventative care.
Anguliphantes sibiricus Trilikauskas 2019
Creators: name: Trilikauskas, Laimonas A.
name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Anguliphantes
Anguliphantes sibiricus

description: Anguliphantes sibiricus Trilikauskas, 2019: 287.
 Material. 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, env. of Taimenye Lake, floodplain of Khariuzovka River, 49°48’53.6”N 85°47’42.0”E, 1652 m a.s.l., 11.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, upper reaches of Katun River Valley, Zaichikha River Valley, 1 km upstream of its mouth, 49.619488N 85.717588E, 18.VIII.2020, leg. LT.
 Habitats. Dry riverbeds on small islands, among plant residues, green moss spruce forests.
 Range. West & South Siberian.
description: Published as part of Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2021, New Data On Spider Fauna Of The Katunskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Altai, Russia), With Description Of The Male Oreonetides Sajanensis Eskov, 1991 (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 137-153 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (2) on page 141, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649834
title: Tracking Canadian Trend Productivity: A Dynamic Factor Model with Markov Switching
Creators: name: Dolega, Michael
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: The author attempts to track Canadian labour productivity over the past four decades using a multivariate dynamic factor model that, in addition to the labour productivity series, includes aggregate compensation and consumption information. Productivity is assumed to switch between two regimes (the high-growth state and the low-growth state) with different trend growth rates according to a first-order Markov process. The author finds that labour productivity in Canada fell from the high-growth to the low-growth state towards the end of the 1970s, and that it has not yet reverted to the high-growth state. In particular, the model primarily attributes the resurgence of labour productivity growth in the late nineties to transitory effects.
description: L'auteur décrit l'évolution de la productivité du travail au Canada pendant les quatre dernières décennies au moyen d'un modèle multivarié à facteurs dynamiques alimenté par des données sur la productivité du travail ainsi que sur la rémunération et la consommation globales. Il fait l'hypothèse que la productivité oscille entre deux régimes que caractérisent des taux de croissance tendanciels différents (l'un élevé et l'autre faible), suivant un processus markovien d'ordre un. L'auteur constate que, vers la fin des années 1970, la productivité des travailleurs canadiens est passée d'un régime de croissance élevée à un régime de faible croissance, sans avoir renoué depuis avec son régime antérieur. Le modèle explique le gros de l'accélération de la croissance de la productivité du travail observée à la fin des années 1990 par des effets transitoires.
Healthy lifestyle and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential: Results from the women’s health initiative
Creators: name: Bick, A.G
name: Natarajan, P
name: Stefanick, M
name: Simon, M.S
name: Kooperberg, C
name: Wassertheil-Smoller, S
name: Manson, J.E
name: Haring, B
name: Eaton, C.B
name: Nguyen, P.K
name: Lamonte, M.J
name: Hayden, K.M
name: Reiner, A.P
name: Liu, J
name: Berger, J.S
name: Desai, P
name: Weinstock, J.S
name: Tobias, D.K
name: Whitsel, E
Publisher: name: American Heart Association Inc.
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: Presence of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is associated with a higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality. The relationship between a healthy lifestyle and CHIP is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: This analysis included 8709 postmenopausal women (mean age, 66.5 years) enrolled in the WHI (Women’s Health Initiative), free of cancer or cardiovascular disease, with deep-coverage whole genome sequencing data available. Information on lifestyle factors (body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and diet quality) was obtained, and a healthy lifestyle score was created on the basis of healthy criteria met (0 point [least healthy] to 4 points [most healthy]). CHIP was derived on the basis of a prespecified list of leukemogenic driver mutations. The prevalence of CHIP was 8.6%. A higher healthy lifestyle score was not associated with CHIP (multivariable-adjusted odds ratio [OR] [95% CI], 0.99 [0.80–1.23] and 1.13 [0.93–1.37]) for the upper (3 or 4 points) and middle category (2 points), respectively, versus referent (0 or 1 point). Across score components, a normal and overweight body mass index compared with obese was significantly associated with a lower odds for CHIP (OR, 0.71 [95% CI, 0.57–0.88] and 0.83 [95% CI, 0.68–1.01], respectively; P-trend 0.0015). Having never smoked compared with being a current smoker tended to be associated with lower odds for CHIP. CONCLUSIONS: A healthy lifestyle, based on a composite score, was not related to CHIP among postmenopausal women. However, across individual lifestyle factors, having a normal body mass index was strongly associated with a lower prevalence of CHIP. These findings support the idea that certain healthy lifestyle factors are associated with a lower frequency of CHIP.
Comparaison de la biodispnibilité des vitamines et des minéraux du lait et des boissons végétales
Creators: name: Kopf, Katrin Annika
Publisher: name: swissmilk
Year: 2022

description: Le lait et les boissons végétales sont en général difficiles à comparer. Ils diffèrent en effet par leur origine, leurs teneurs en nutriments et même leur matrice, c’est-à-dire leurs autres composants. Les boissons à base de plantes présentent en outre des compositions nutritionnellespouvant varier fortement de l’une à l’autre en raison de la grande diversité des sources végétales.
«Se volete il mio parere...» – Tenere conto delle conoscenze ed esperienze delle persone povere o a rischio di povertà. Basi e tappe della partecipazione dei diretti interessati alla prevenzione e alla lotta contro la povertà
Creators: name: Müller De Menezes, Rahel
name: Chiapparini, Emanuela
Publisher: name: Ufficio fed. delle assicurazioni sociali. Piattaforma nazionale contro la povertà/UFAS
Year: 2021

description: La guida pratica della Piattaforma nazionale contro la povertà illustra: • che cosa s’intende per partecipazione, quali effetti positivi ne derivano e quali sfide possono presentarsi al riguardo; • in quali settori della prevenzione e della lotta contro la povertà viene attuata ad oggi in Svizzera e all’estero; • come si può procedere nella pianificazione e nell’attuazione di un processo di partecipazione. La guida pratica si rivolge a: • professionisti nel campo della prevenzione e della lotta contro la povertà (operanti p. es. nei servizi sociali o nel settore dell’integrazione professionale o della formazione a livello di Città, Comuni, Cantoni, Confederazione e organizzazioni private) che intendono avviare o attuare processi di partecipazione; • persone o gruppi poveri o a rischio di povertà che vogliono lanciare processi di partecipazione o che desiderano contribuirvi attivamente. Elaborata da un gruppo della Scuola universitaria professionale di Berna in collaborazione con un gruppo di accompagnamento composto tra l’altro da persone povere e professionisti, la guida si basa sullo studio relativo ai modelli di partecipazione delle persone povere o a rischio di povertà alla prevenzione e alla lotta contro la povertà.
Bolyphantes alticeps
Creators: name: Trilikauskas, Laimonas A.
name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Bolyphantes
Bolyphantes alticeps

description: Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833) *
 Material. 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, NE shore of Taimenye Lake, 49.811683N 85.799368E, 10.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 2♂ 5♀ (ISEA), KBR, bank of Taimenye Lake near Soloukha River mouth, 49°50.194’N 85°51.128’E, 1534 m a.s.l., 09.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 1♂ (ISEA), KBR, E-slope of mountain near Taimenye Lake Ranger Station, 10.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 1♂ (ISEA), KBR, upper reaches of Katun River, Zaichikha River mouth, 49°37.138’N 85°43.064’E, 1302 m a.s.l., 19.VIII.2020, leg. LT.
 Habitats. Alluvions along lake shores, herb meadows, among stones in stream beds, edge of mixed and spruce forests.
 Range. Palaearctic.
description: Published as part of Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2021, New Data On Spider Fauna Of The Katunskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Altai, Russia), With Description Of The Male Oreonetides Sajanensis Eskov, 1991 (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 137-153 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (2) on page 142, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649834
title: Implications of New Accounting Standards for the Bank of Canada's Balance Sheet
Creators: name: Johnson, Grahame
name: Zelmer, Mark
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has implemented new accounting standards for the valuation and reporting of financial instruments. They are effective for the Bank of Canada in 2007. As a result of these changes, the Bank has begun valuing its holdings of Government of Canada treasury bills on a fair value basis and is carrying any unrealized valuation gains or losses on these investments in a new account (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) that forms part of its capital base. The Bank's capital base is likely to experience some volatility over time as the treasury bill portfolio records unrealized valuation gains or losses in response to movements in short-term interest rates. The Bank of Canada Act has been amended to allow the Bank's Board of Directors the right to establish a new special reserve fund that will form part of the Bank's capital base.
description: L'Institut Canadien des Comptables Agréés (ICCA) a instauré de nouvelles normes comptables relatives à l'évaluation et à la présentation des instruments financiers. Ces normes s'appliquent à la Banque du Canada à compter de 2007. Par suite de ce remaniement, la Banque a entrepris d'évaluer à la juste valeur son portefeuille de bons du Trésor du gouvernement canadien, et elle comptabilise les gains et les pertes de réévaluation non réalisés sur ces placements dans un nouveau compte (le cumul des autres éléments du résultat étendu) qui fait partie de son capital de base. Celui-ci risque d'afficher une certaine volatilité au fil du temps, au gré de la comptabilisation des gains et des pertes de réévaluation non réalisés du portefeuille de bons du Trésor en réaction à la fluctuation des taux d'intérêt à court terme. La Loi sur la Banque du Canada a été modifiée de façon à accorder au Conseil d'administration de l'institution le droit de constituer un nouveau fonds de réserve spécial qui fera partie du capital de base de cette dernière.
title: Vulnerabilities in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans
Creators: name: Selody, Jack
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: An effective pension system enhances economic and financial efficiency. A majority of pension plans in Canada are defined-benefit (DB) plans, but DB plans are under stress from increasing longevity, low long-term interest rates, and the shrinking equity premium. DB plans are vulnerable to such shocks because they are complex financial vehicles, with interdependencies not fully understood by those who design, administer, regulate, and otherwise influence their operation. In this paper, I provide an overview of the basic economic workings of a highly stylized DB pension plan. I use the framework to highlight some of the misconceptions about these plans and explain why the burden on sponsors has been increasing.
description: Un système de pension efficace accentue l'efficience économique et financière. Au Canada, la majorité des régimes de retraite sont des régimes à prestations déterminées. Or, ceux-ci sont fragilisés par l'accroissement de la longévité, le bas niveau des taux d'intérêt à long terme et la baisse de la prime de risque sur les actions. Les régimes à prestations déterminées sont vulnérables à ces types de chocs, car ils forment des vecteurs financiers complexes dont les interdépendances échappent en partie à leurs concepteurs, administrateurs, régulateurs et autres acteurs. L'auteur propose une description synthétique des principes de fonctionnement économique d'un régime de retraite à prestations déterminées hautement stylisé. Grâce à ce modèle, il met au jour certaines idées erronées sur les régimes de cette classe et explique en quoi la charge de leurs promoteurs s'alourdit.
title: Should Central Banks Adjust Their Target Horizons in Response to House-Price Bubbles?
Creators: name: Roi, Meenakshi Basant
name: Mendes, Rhys R.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: The authors investigate the implications of house-price bubbles for the optimal inflation-target horizon using a dynamic general-equilibrium model with credit frictions, house-price bubbles, and small open-economy features. They find that, given the distribution of shocks and inflation persistence over the past 25 years, the optimal target horizon for Canada tends to be at the lower end of the six- to eight-quarter range that has characterized the Bank of Canada's policy since the inception of the inflation-targeting regime. The authors' results also suggest that it may be appropriate to take a longer view of the inflation-target horizon when the economy faces a houseprice bubble.
description: Les auteurs analysent les implications de l'existence de bulles immobilières sur le marché résidentiel pour la détermination de l'horizon optimal d'une cible d'inflation. Ils ont recours pour ce faire à un modèle d'équilibre général dynamique de petite économie ouverte qui intègre des frictions sur le marché du crédit et des bulles immobilières. À la lumière de la distribution des chocs et du degré de persistance de l'inflation observés au cours des 25 dernières années, les auteurs concluent que l'horizon optimal dans le cas du Canada tend à se situer près de la limite inférieure de la fourchette de six à huit trimestres privilégiée par la Banque du Canada depuis l'adoption de cibles d'inflation. Leurs résultats donnent également à penser qu'un horizon plus long pourrait être approprié en présence de bulles immobilières.
title: Unanticipated Defaults and Losses in Canada's Large-Value Payments System, Revisited
Creators: name: Ball, Devin
name: Engert, Walter
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: Recent work at the Bank of Canada studied the impact of default in Canada’s large-value payments system, and concluded that participants could readily manage their potential losses (McVanel 2005). In an extension of that work, the authors use a much larger set of daily payments data – with three times as many observations – to examine the simulated losses of private sector participants and the Bank from defaults in the payments system. They also gauge the upper bound of possible losses in the period April 2004 to April 2006. The authors conclude that losses from a participant failure in the large-value payments system are very likely to be small and readily manageable, as in McVanel (2005). For one or two small participants, under some (probably extreme) conditions, losses could be significant, but not solvency threatening. In sum, the risk controls of the large-value payments system allow and encourage participants to keep potential losses manageable.
description: D'après de récents travaux effectués à la Banque du Canada (McVanel, 2005), les participants au système canadien de transfert de gros paiements pourraient aisément absorber les pertes découlant de la défaillance de l'un d'eux. Dans le prolongement de ces travaux, les auteurs exploitent un vaste ensemble de données quotidiennes sur les paiements – qui compte trois fois plus d'observations que celui de McVanel – afin d'étudier, au moyen de simulations, les pertes que la défaillance d'un participant au système de paiement ferait subir aux autres participants du secteur privé et à la Banque du Canada. Ils calculent également la perte maximale possible pour la période d'avril 2004 à avril 2006. À l'instar de McVanel, les auteurs concluent qu'il y a de fortes chances pour que les pertes découlant de la défaillance d'un participant dans le système de paiement soient faibles et puissent être absorbées. Dans certaines conditions (probablement extrêmes), les pertes d'un ou de deux petits participants pourraient être importantes, sans toutefois mettre en péril leur solvabilité. En somme, non seulement les mécanismes de maîtrise des risques du système canadien de transfert de gros paiements permettent aux participants de limiter les pertes à un niveau acceptable, mais ils les y encouragent.
Cirrhia Hubner
Creators: name: Saldaitis, Aidas
name: Benedek, Balázs
name: Visinskiene, Giedre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Cirrhia

description: Genus Cirrhia Hübner, [1821] 1816
Cirrhia Hübner, [1821], Verz. Bekannt. Schmett. 234. Type species: Phalaena fulvago Clerck sensu Linnaeus, 1761 [= Phalaena icteritia Hufnagel, 1766]. L.t.: Germany, Berlin.
[Synonymy: Mellinia Hübner, [1821].]
description: Published as part of Saldaitis, Aidas, Benedek, Balázs & Visinskiene, Giedre, 2011, Description of two new species of Noctuidae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea), pp. 60-68 in Zootaxa 3020 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206835
title: A Note on Contestability in the Canadian Banking Industry
Creators: name: Allen, Jason
name: Liu, Ying
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: The authors examine the degree of contestability in the Canadian banking system using the H-statistic proposed by Panzar and Rosse (1987) and modified by Bikker, Spierdijk, and Finnie (2006). A modification is necessary because the standard approach of controlling for size using total assets leads to an upward bias in the H-statistic. The authors propose a variety of model specifications and test for contestability using detailed quarterly balance-sheet data from 2000 to 2006. Contrary to Bikker, Spierdijk, and Finnie (2006), the authors find that the Canadian banking sector is in equilibrium and characterized by monopolistic competition. This result is in line with earlier studies of the Canadian banking sector (Nathan and Neave 1989) as well as cross-country studies that use cruder measures of Canadian banking inputs (Claessens and Laeven 2005). As in Bikker, Spierdijk, and Finnie (2006), the authors show that projecting revenue on total assets leads to an upward bias regarding the level of competition.
description: À l’aide de l’indice H créé par Panzar et Rosse (1987) et modifié par Bikker, Spierdijk et Finnie (2006), les auteurs examinent le degré de contestabilité au sein du système bancaire canadien. L’indice doit être modifié parce que l’approche habituelle, qui consiste à tenir compte de la taille de la banque en incluant l’actif total parmi les variables explicatives, induit un biais à la hausse dans l’indice de Panzar et Rosse. Pour mesurer le degré de contestabilité, les auteurs estiment un éventail de modèles au moyen de données détaillées provenant des bilans trimestriels des banques et couvrant la période allant de 2000 à 2006. Contrairement à Bikker, Spierdijk et Finnie (2006), ils constatent que le secteur bancaire canadien se caractérise par un équilibre de concurrence monopolistique. Ce résultat est conforme à ceux des travaux précédemment consacrés au secteur (Nathan et Neave, 1989) et à ceux d’études multipays qui reposent sur des mesures moins fines de la production des banques canadiennes (Claessens et Laeven, 2005). À l’instar de Bikker, Spierdijk et Finnie (2006), les auteurs montrent que le fait d’employer pour variable dépendante le ratio du revenu à l’actif total entraîne une surestimation du niveau de concurrence.
title: Price-Level Targeting
Creators: name: Côté, Agathe
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: In November 2006, the Bank of Canada announced its intention to lead a concerted research program over the next few years on the type of monetary policy framework that would best contribute to the economic well-being of Canadians in the decades ahead. The research will focus on two broad questions: whether economic welfare might be improved by targeting a rate of inflation lower than 2 per cent, and whether economic welfare might be improved by moving from an inflation-targeting (IT) framework to some form of price-level targeting (PLT). This paper focuses on the second question. The author provides an overview of the main conclusions in the literature on the relative merits of replacing IT with PLT, identifies some key outstanding questions, and outlines the Bank's research program. The author concludes that, compared with the conventional wisdom that prevailed a decade ago, recent analysis is more promising for PLT. Nevertheless, the models that have been used so far often ignore some of the key potential benefits, or some of the key potential costs, associated with PLT. More research is needed before one can draw strong conclusions.
description: En novembre 2006, la Banque du Canada a annoncé son intention de mener un programme de recherche concerté au cours des années à venir en vue de déterminer quel cadre de conduite de la politique monétaire serait le plus propre à favoriser la prospérité économique des Canadiens durant les prochaines décennies. On tentera en particulier de répondre à deux questions. La réduction de la cible d'inflation en deçà de 2 % permettrait-elle des gains au chapitre de la prospérité? Le remplacement de la cible d'inflation par une cible fondée sur le niveau des prix se traduirait-il par une amélioration du bien-être dans l'économie? L'auteure s'attache à la deuxième de ces questions. Elle présente un survol des principales conclusions dégagées dans la littérature au sujet des mérites respectifs des régimes de cibles basées sur le niveau des prix et des régimes de cibles d'inflation, dresse une liste de questions qui restent à résoudre et expose les grandes lignes du programme de recherche de la Banque. L'auteure conclut que les travaux récents sont plus encourageants que ceux effectués il y a dix ans concernant le potentiel des cibles de niveau des prix. Elle note par ailleurs que les modèles employés ne tiennent pas souvent compte de certains avantages ou coûts potentiels importants de l'adoption de cibles de niveau des prix. Il faudra pousser les recherches dans ce domaine avant d'être en mesure de tirer des conclusions solides.
Bolyphantes distichus Trilikauskas 2019
Creators: name: Trilikauskas, Laimonas A.
name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Bolyphantes
Bolyphantes distichus

description: Bolyphantes distichus Trilikauskas, 2019: 287.
 Material. 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, bank of Taimenye Lake near Soloukha River mouth, 49°50.194’N 85°51.128’E, 1534 m a.s.l., 09.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, right bank of Kharyuzovka River, 49.810694N 85.796680E, 09.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 1♂ (ISEA), KBR, E-slope of mountain near Taimenye Lake Ranger Station, 10.VIII.2019, leg. LT; 4♀ (ISEA), KBR, env. of Taimenye Lake, floodplain of Kharyuzovka River, 49°48’53.6”N 85°47’42.0”E, 1652 m a.s.l., 11.VIII.2019, leg. LT.
 Habitats. Among stones in stream beds, in grass of sparse dark coniferous forests, dry riverbeds on small islands, among plant residues.
 Range. South Siberian.
description: Published as part of Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2021, New Data On Spider Fauna Of The Katunskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Altai, Russia), With Description Of The Male Oreonetides Sajanensis Eskov, 1991 (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 137-153 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (2) on page 142, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649834
Centromerus clarus Trilikauskas 2019
Creators: name: Trilikauskas, Laimonas A.
name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Centromerus
Centromerus clarus

description: Centromerus clarus Trilikauskas, 2019: 287.
 Material. 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, 3 km NE of Zaichikha Ranger Station, 49°36’25.6”N 85°44’13.4”E, 16.VIII.2020, leg. LT; 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, Katun River Valley, 1 km E of Zaichikha River mouth, 49.618664N 85.718200E, 17.VIII.2020, leg. LT; 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, upper reaches of Katun River, near Zaichikha River mouth, 49°37.138’N 85°43.064’E, 1302 m a.s.l., 17.VIII.2020, leg. LT; 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, upper reaches of Katun River Valley, Zaichikha River Valley, 1 km upstream of its mouth, 49.619488N 85.717588E, 18.VIII.2020, leg. LT; 1♀ (ISEA), KBR, Katun River Valley, 150 m upstream of Zaichikha mouth, 20.VIII.2020, leg. LT; 2♀ (ISEA), KBR, same locality, 3.5 km upstream of Zaichikha River mouth, 49.614980N 85.717212E, 24.VIII.2020, leg. LT.
 Habitats. Abies sibirica green moss forests, herb meadows, green moss spruce forests, spruce-poplar and Larix-Picea forests.
 Range. Siberian.
description: Published as part of Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2021, New Data On Spider Fauna Of The Katunskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Altai, Russia), With Description Of The Male Oreonetides Sajanensis Eskov, 1991 (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 137-153 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (2) on page 142, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649834
Particulate matter and albuminuria, glomerular filtration rate, and incident ckd
Creators: name: Blum, M.F
name: Whitsel, E.A
name: Surapaneni, A
name: Liao, D
name: Yanosky, J.D
name: Stewart, J.D
name: Grams, M.E
name: Power, M.C
Publisher: name: American Society of Nephrology
Year: 2020

description: Background and objectives Exposure to particulate matter (PM),2.5 mm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) has been linked to detrimental health effects. This study aimed to describe the relationship between long-term PM2.5 exposure and kidney disease, including eGFR, level of albuminuria, and incident CKD. Design, setting, participants, & measurements The study included 10,997 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort who were followed from 1996–1998 through 2016. Monthly mean PM2.5 concentrations (mg/m3 ) were estimated at geocoded participant addresses using geographic information system–based, spatiotemporal generalized additive mixed models—including geospatial covariates such as land use—and then averaged over the 12-month period preceding participant examination. Covariate-adjusted, cross-sectional associations of PM2.5, baseline eGFR, and urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) were estimated using linear regression. PM2.5 and incident CKD (defined as follow-up eGFR,60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 with $25% eGFR decline relative to baseline, CKD-related hospitalization or death based on International Classification of Diseases 9/10 codes, or development of ESKD) associations were estimated using Cox proportional hazards regression. Modeling was stratified by study site, and stratum-specific estimates were combined using random-effects meta-analyses. Results Baseline mean participant age was 63 (66) years and eGFR was 86 (616) ml/min per 1.73 m2. There was no significant PM2.5-eGFR association at baseline. Each 1-mg/m3 higher annual average PM2.5 was associated with higher UACR after adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic status, and clinical covariates (percentage difference, 6.6%; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 2.6% to 10.7%). Each 1-mg/m3 higher annual average PM2.5 was associated with a significantly higher risk of incident CKD (hazard ratio, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.10). Conclusions Exposure to higher annual average PM2.5 concentrations was associated with a higher level of albuminuria and higher risk for incident CKD in a community-based cohort.
title: Hedge Funds and Financial Stability: The State of the Debate
Creators: name: King, Michael R.
name: Maier, Philipp
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2007

description: The authors review the state of the debate on hedge funds and the potential threat that hedge funds pose to financial stability. The collapse of a hedge fund or a group of hedge funds might pose a systemic risk directly by damaging systematically important financial institutions, or indirectly by increasing market volatility and generating a liquidity shock in key markets. Both the hedge fund sector and the prime brokerage industry supporting them are highly concentrated, with a small number of dominant players that have a complex business relationship. Therefore, while the potential for a systemic risk from the hedge fund sector is considered small, the potential for damage from such shocks may have increased due to the increased spread, complexity, and tighter linkages of the global financial system. Going forward, the relationship between large complex financial institutions and hedge funds must be monitored closely. In terms of policy, direct regulation that increases transparency – whether of counterparty exposures or trading positions – does not appear feasible, may create a moral-hazard problem, and may reduce overall market efficiency. Indirect regulation via prime brokers, market discipline, and improved riskmanagement practices are the most promising approaches for addressing potential risks from the hedge fund sector.
description: Les auteurs brossent un tableau du débat qui entoure les fonds de couverture et leur potentiel de menace pour la stabilité du système financier. L'effondrement d'un ou de plusieurs fonds de couverture peut constituer un risque systémique, de façon soit directe, en mettant en péril des institutions financières d'importance systémique, ou indirecte, en accentuant la volatilité des marchés et en produisant un choc de liquidité sur les marchés clés. Les fonds de couverture et l'industrie du courtage privilégié, qui fournit des services à l'appui de leurs activités, sont des secteurs très concentrés, dominés par une poignée d'acteurs aux relations d'affaires complexes. Même si l'on estime peu probable que le risque systémique représenté par les fonds de couverture se concrétise, le potentiel des dommages que peuvent causer de tels chocs a peut-être augmenté par suite de la ramification, de la complexité et de l'intégration accrues du système financier mondial. Dans l'avenir, il faudra surveiller de près la relation entre les grandes institutions financières complexes et les fonds de couverture. Une réglementation directe ayant pour effet d'accroître la transparence autour des risques de contrepartie ou des positions ne semble pas applicable et est susceptible de créer un aléa moral et de nuire à l'efficience globale des marchés. Une réglementation indirecte de l'activité de courtage privilégié, la discipline de marché et l'amélioration des pratiques de gestion des risques offrent en revanche les voies les plus prometteuses pour contenir les risques associés aux fonds de couverture.
Dicymbium nigrum Levina & Mikhailov 2004
Creators: name: Trilikauskas, Laimonas A.
name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Dicymbium
Dicymbium nigrum

description: Dicymbium nigrum Levina & Mikhailov, 2004: 44.
 Material. 1♂ (ISEA), KBR, upper reaches of Katun River Valley, downstream of Zaichikha River, 500 m E of its mouth, 19.VIII.2020, leg. LT.
 Habitats. Tall herb spruce forests.
 Range. West Palaearctic.
description: Published as part of Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2021, New Data On Spider Fauna Of The Katunskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Altai, Russia), With Description Of The Male Oreonetides Sajanensis Eskov, 1991 (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 137-153 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (2) on page 142, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649834
Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Across Early- and Mid-Life Among the Add Health Cohort
Creators: name: Hargrove, T.W
name: Hussey, J.M
name: Hummer, R.A
name: Gaydosh, L
name: Harris, K.M
name: Halpern, C.T
name: Whitsel, E.A
name: Dole, N
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2020

description: While disparities in depressive symptoms by race/ethnicity and gender have been documented, left unclear is how such status characteristics intersect to influence mental health, particularly across early life and among a diverse set of population subgroups. This study investigates how intra- and inter-individual trends in depressive symptoms unfold across a 30-year span (ages 12–42) and are structured by the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender among White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian American young adults (N = 18,566). Analyses use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a nationally representative study of adolescents who have been followed through their fourth decade of life. We draw on Waves I–IV and a representative subsample of the brand new Wave V data. Growth curve models indicated depressive symptoms decreased across adolescence and young adulthood before increasing in the early 30s. Racial/ethnic minorities reported more depressive symptoms than Whites. Women reported more depressive symptoms than men and experienced especially steep increases in their late 30s. Racial/ethnic-gender disparities remained stable with age, except for Hispanic-White disparities among women and Asian American-White disparities among men, which narrowed with age. Overall, findings demonstrate dynamic inequalities across a longer period of the life span than was previously known, as well as heterogeneity in trajectories of poor mental health within and between racial/ethnic-gender groups. Results also suggest that Black and Asian American women experience the highest mental health risks and that interventions for reducing disparities in depressive symptoms should focus on adults in their late 20s/early 30s, particularly women of color.
title: An Overview of Carbon Markets and Emissions Trading: Lessons for Canada
Creators: name: King, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2008

description: The author provides an overview of carbon markets and explains how emissions trading can be important in encouraging the reduction of CO2 emissions in an efficient manner. He describes the key steps in establishing a cap-and-trade system, and reviews the European experiences with emissions trading. He highlights the lessons learned from the EU Emissions Trading System on how to design a market that operates efficiently and effectively. By learning from the experience of other countries, Canada can avoid the uncertainty and volatility witnessed in carbon markets abroad while benefiting from an efficient trading mechanism that contributes to the welfare of all Canadians.
description: L'auteur donne un aperçu des marchés du carbone et explique comment les échanges de droits d'émission peuvent contribuer de manière efficiente à la réduction des émissions de CO2. Il décrit les principales étapes de l'établissement d'un système de plafonnement et d'échange de droits d'émission et passe en revue les expériences menées à cet égard en Europe. Il met en lumière les enseignements tirés, au point de vue de l'efficacité et de l'efficience, de la mise sur pied du système d'échange de quotas d'émission de l'Union européenne. En s'inspirant de l'expérience d'autres pays, le Canada peut éviter l'incertitude et la volatilité qui ont caractérisé les marchés du carbone ailleurs dans le monde et profiter d'un mécanisme efficace d'échange de droits d'émission qui contribuera au bien-être de tous les Canadiens.
title: A Structural VAR Approach to Core Inflation in Canada
Creators: name: Martel, Sylvain
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2008

description: The author constructs a measure of core inflation using a structural vector autoregression containing oil-price growth, output growth, and inflation. This "macro-founded" measure of inflation forecasts total inflation at least as well as other, atheoretical measures.
description: L'auteur construit une mesure de l'inflation sous-jacente à l'aide d'un modèle vectoriel autorégressif structurel qui comprend le taux de variation du prix du pétrole, la croissance de la production et l'inflation. Cette mesure de l'inflation fondée sur la théorie macroéconomique permet de prévoir l'inflation globale aussi bien que des mesures non théoriques.
title: Liquidity Efficiency and Distribution in the LVTS: Non-Neutrality of System Changes under Network Asymmetry
Creators: name: O'Connor, Sean
name: Chapman, James
name: Millar, Kirby
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2008

description: The authors consider the liquidity efficiency of Tranche 2 of the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS T2) by examining, through an empirical analysis, some plausible strategic reactions of individual participants to a systemwide shock to available liquidity in the system. The network structure of the LVTS T2 is found to be asymmetric in terms of the patterns of out-payment flows. It is composed of three subgroups, in which participants within a subgroup are more strongly linked with each other than with participants in other subgroups. Three possible network equilibria are proposed. The equilibria are defined in terms of participant-specific collateral needs and out-payment delays, and result from different relative cost structures involving collateral costs, queuing costs, and payment delay penalties. Each of the conjectural equilibria relate to a dominant strategy for at least those participants most central in the network with respect to liquidity transfer adopted network-wide as a common strategy.
description: Les auteurs étudient l'efficience de la gestion de la liquidité liée aux paiements de tranche 2 du Système de transfert de paiements de grande valeur (STPGV) en analysant empiriquement les scénarios plausibles des réactions stratégiques de chaque participant à un choc systémique qui toucherait la liquidité existante. Les caractéristiques des flux de paiement révèlent la structure asymétrique du réseau utilisé pour les paiements de tranche 2. Ce réseau compte trois sousgroupes de membres, dont les relations sont plus étroites dans chaque sous-groupe qu'avec les participants des autres sous-groupes. Les auteurs proposent trois formes d'équilibre de réseau. Ces équilibres, qui sont fonction des garanties dont a besoin chaque participant et de ses retards de règlement, découlent des différentes structures de coûts relatifs agencées autour des coûts de nantissement, du coût des files d'attente et du niveau des amendes associées aux retards de règlement. Chacun des équilibres potentiels relève d'une stratégie dominante, suivie au moins par les membres les plus influents du réseau (ceux qui remplissent un rôle clé dans les transferts de liquidité) et devenue la stratégie commune à l'ensemble des participants.
title: Merchant Acceptance, Costs, and Perceptions of Retail Payments: A Canadian Survey
Creators: name: Arango, Carlos
name: Taylor, Varya
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2008

description: Using the results of a survey on accepted means of payment, the authors examine merchant preferences and perceptions of retail payment reliability, risk, and costs; the share of each type of payment method over total sales; and the costs involved in accepting payments. Models are developed for each means of payment in order to determine how merchant characteristics may influence their responses. The authors find that the average transaction value, total transaction volume, and/or number of point-of-sale terminals influence merchant perceptions. The authors confirm that merchant preferences are determined by their perceptions and that the intensity of payment use is also important. Furthermore, the authors find that, aside from the initial decision to accept a payment method, merchants have little influence over the payment decisions made by consumers. These last two findings are indicative of the two-sided nature of payments. The marginal costs of accepting payment methods are also estimated and compared, and payment card processing fees are examined.
description: À partir des résultats d'une enquête menée sur les moyens de paiement acceptés, les auteurs étudient les préférences des commerçants et leurs perceptions à l'égard de la fiabilité, du risque et du coût des divers modes de paiement de détail. Ils étudient également la part de chacun de ces modes dans le chiffre d'affaires des répondants, de même que les frais liés aux instruments de paiement acceptés. Pour chaque méthode de paiement, ils construisent un modèle qui leur permet d'évaluer comment les caractéristiques des commerçants influent sur leurs réponses. Les auteurs constatent que le montant moyen et le volume total des transactions ainsi que le nombre de terminaux aux points de vente ont une incidence sur les perceptions des commerçants. Ils confirment que, sur le plan des préférences, les perceptions des commerçants sont déterminantes et que la fréquence d'usage d'un instrument de paiement joue aussi un rôle important. Qui plus est, sauf par la décision initiale d'accepter un mode de paiement, il apparaît que les commerçants ont peu d'influence sur l'instrument que choisira leur clientèle. Ces deux dernières observations témoignent de la nature bilatérale du paiement. Les auteurs estiment et comparent par ailleurs les coûts marginaux des différents instruments acceptés et analysent les frais de traitement des cartes.
The Effect of COVID-19 on Housing Affordability in the USA
Creators: name: Dandikatla, Rajneesh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350205
subject: Household finance and financial literacy

description: Introduction -This research paper, "The Effect of COVID-19 on Housing Affordability in the USA," examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing prices across four U.S. counties—Clark, Cobb, Maricopa, and Pima—compared to the national housing market. The study uses descriptive statistics, t-tests, correlation analysis, and regression models to evaluate housing price trends across three periods: before, during, and after the pandemic. The findings reveal significant increases in housing prices during the pandemic, with slower but continuous growth in the post-pandemic period. These results highlight housing affordability challenges and provide insights into regional versus national market dynamics. This research contributes to the growing body of literature on the economic implications of COVID-19 and its impact on housing markets.
Abstract - In this research, I analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on housing affordability in the U.S., focusing on four counties—Clark, Cobb, Maricopa, and Pima—across three periods: before, during, and after the pandemic. By using descriptive statistics, t-tests, correlations, and regression analyses, I found significant increases in housing prices during the pandemic, with slower growth post-pandemic. My findings show that the pandemic disproportionately affected local markets compared to the national average, leading to greater affordability challenges. These results highlight the pandemic's lasting impact on housing markets and the need for solutions to address rising costs.