Topography is a critical element in the hydrological response of a drainage basin and its availability in the form of digital elevation models (DEMs) has advanced the modeling of hydrological and hydraulic processes.However, progress experienced in these fields may stall, as intrinsic characteristics of free DEMs may limit new findings, while at th
This study investigates whether governance mechanisms external to the firm affect leverage using a sample of 7.490 companies from 40 countries.Our contribution is to separate Poster mechanisms that protect minority shareholders from those that protect creditors rights.Our results show that companies issue debt following the Pecking Order Theory (PO
BackgroundThis study examined the profiles of adaptive behavior development in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and severe intellectual disability (ID), and the relationships between the levels of the different domains and subdomains of adaptive development and the intensity of autistic symptomatology.ParticipantsThis study involved 71 ad
Objective: Articular cartilage injury is central for the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA).With few disease-modifying therapies successful at offsetting progressive osteoarthritis (OA), our goal is to use a high throughput screening Multi-Tools platform of cartilage injury to identify novel chondroprotective compounds.Targeting ar