Article history: Received 15 June 2015 Available online 21 March 2017 JEL classification: C78 D40

Abstract Introduction Dextran 40 (D40) is a synthetic colloid with anticoagulant properties, which commonly used instead of heparin following pancreas transplantation, however there lack evidence over more effective. Graft thrombosis and pancreatitis, may be mediated through micro or macrothrombosis within the graft, remain significant complications transplantation. We hypothesised that D40 red...

BACKGROUND Endothelial cells (ECs) represent the critical cellular element responsible for postnatal angiogenesis. Because ACE inhibitors may favorably affect endothelial function, we investigated the hypothesis that administration of the ACE inhibitor quinaprilat could enhance angiogenesis in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS Ten days after resection of 1 femoral artery, New Zealand White (NZW) rabb...

Polychaetes can be successfully employed to recover essential fatty acids (EFA) from wasted uneaten aquafeeds present in aquaculture effluents. The optimization of the timeframe required produce premium ragworms ( Hediste diversicolor ) biomass rich EFA is paramount make available industry another alternative ingredient fish meal and oil. study aimed evaluate potential enrichment acid (FA) prof...

We study transactions that require investments before trading in a competitive market, when forward contracts fixing the transaction price are absent. We show that, despite the market being perfectly competitive and subject to arbitrarily little uncertainty, the inability to jointly determine investment levels and prices may make it impossible for buyers and sellers to predict the prices at whi...

We introduce and justify a taxonomy for the structure of markets and minimal institutions which appear in constructing minimally complex trading structures to perform the functions of price formation, settlement and payments. Each structure is presented as a playable strategic market game and is examined for its efficiency, the number of degrees of freedom and the symmetry properties of the str...

This paper analyzes an informal financial institution that brings heterogeneous agents together in groups. We analyze decentralized matching into these groups, and the equilibrium composition of participants that consequently arises. We find that participants sort remarkably well across the competing groups, and that they re-sort immediately following an unexpected exogenous regulatory change. ...