Basel III is a recently-agreed regulatory standard for bank capital adequacy with focus on the macroprudential dimension of banking regulation, i.e., the system-wide implications of banks’ lending and risk. An important Basel III provision is to reduce procyclicality of present banking regulation and promote countercyclical capital buffers for banks. The Eurace agent-based macroeconomic model a...

In recent years, molecular-targeted agents have been used clinically to treat various malignant tumors. In May 2009, sorafenib (Nexavar ) was approved in Japan for ‘unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)’, and was the first molecular-targeted agent for use in HCC. To date, sorafenib is the only molecular-targeted agent whose survival benefit has been demonstrated in two global phase III ra...

1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 2 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3 School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 4 Independent consultant, Basel, Switzerland, 5 Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 6 Department of...

Julia Spoendlin, Johannes J. Voegel, Susan S. Jick and Christoph R. Meier Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacy and Epidemiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Hospital Pharmacy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Galderma Research & Development, Sophia Antipolis, France and Boston Collaborative Drug Surveill...

Introduction.........................................................................................668 I. The Elements of a Trade Dispute: Title III of the Bioterrorism Act and the Basic Obligations under the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures .............................................................674 A. Title III: Protecting the Safety and Security ...

In this study, the adsorption behavior of an alginate biopolymer microspheres containing D2 EHPA/TOPO (DTMCs) toward samarium (III) and gadolinium (III) ions was examined under various conditions. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques were used to characterize the structure of microspheres. The average size of the microspheres was estimated around 50...

In recent years, molecular-targeted agents have been used clinically to treat various malignant tumors. In May 2009, sorafenib (Nexavar ) was approved in Japan for ‘unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)’, and was the first molecular-targeted agent for use in HCC. To date, sorafenib is the only molecular-targeted agent whose survival benefit has been demonstrated in two global phase III ra...