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View article: BANK BRANCHES AND LENDING IN THE EURO AREA – A PANEL ANALYSIS
BANK BRANCHES AND LENDING IN THE EURO AREA – A PANEL ANALYSIS Open
Since the Great Financial Crisis, the number of bank branches has decreased significantly as credit institutions have sought to cut costs and increase efficiency. However, such developments may have adverse effects on households’ access to…
View article: Evaluation of the effect of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae meal in the diet of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) juveniles on production performance and feed palatability
Evaluation of the effect of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae meal in the diet of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) juveniles on production performance and feed palatability Open
Black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens ) larvae are insects capable of valorizing various waste streams into protein that has the potential to replace fish meal (FM) in fish diets. To evaluate the feasibility of replacing FM with black sold…
View article: Determinants of Adopting Extraordinary Bank Taxes in the Euro Area in the Post-COVID 19 era
Determinants of Adopting Extraordinary Bank Taxes in the Euro Area in the Post-COVID 19 era Open
Monetary policy tightening in the Euro Area has driven record-high bank profitability, increasing public pressure and prompting legislative proposals for bank profit levies in several Euro Area countries during 2022 and 2023. While much fo…
View article: House Price Determinants in the European Union: The Role of Macroprudential Policy
House Price Determinants in the European Union: The Role of Macroprudential Policy Open
The study examines key factors influencing residential real estate markets across EU countries using fixed effects panel estimation on EU countries from 2011Q1 to 2024Q3. Housing markets vulnerabilities were one of the main factors behind …
View article: Digital Green Laws: The Role of Legal Norms in Advancing Climate Technology for Sustainable Development
Digital Green Laws: The Role of Legal Norms in Advancing Climate Technology for Sustainable Development Open
Background. The intersection of environmental governance and digital innovation has introduced new opportunities for addressing climate change through technology-driven solutions. However, the role of legal norms in facilitating or hinderi…
View article: Do macroprudential borrower-based measures influence inequality? A structural approach for an emerging economy
Do macroprudential borrower-based measures influence inequality? A structural approach for an emerging economy Open
In the context of high macroeconomic and financial volatility, it is appropriate to implement stricter macroprudential borrower-based measures, such as loan-to-value (LTV) ratios. Lower (stricter) LTV ratios can lead to decreased inequalit…
View article: Decorated Vesicles as Prebiont Systems (a Hypothesis)
Decorated Vesicles as Prebiont Systems (a Hypothesis) Open
Decorated vesicles in deep, seafloor basalts form abiotically, but show at least four life-analogous features, which makes them a candidate for origin of life research. These features are a physical enclosure, carbon-assimilatory catalysts…
View article: Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems by Constraining Nitrogen Pollution through Aquaculture Effluents
Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems by Constraining Nitrogen Pollution through Aquaculture Effluents Open
Recirculated aquaculture systems (RAS) have increased in preponderance in producing fish and shrimp protein. Yet, the economic sustainability of constraining RAS from negatively impacting aquatic ecosystems remains challenging. The future …
View article: Decorated vesicles as prebiont systems (a hypothesis)
Decorated vesicles as prebiont systems (a hypothesis) Open
Due to competition with modern life forms, no primitive living systems now remain to teach us about how early protocells may have functioned. This selection, however, does not apply to abiotic prebiont systems that formed by natural proces…
View article: Cave <i>Thiovulum</i> (<i>Candidatus</i> Thiovulum stygium) differs metabolically and genomically from marine species
Cave <i>Thiovulum</i> (<i>Candidatus</i> Thiovulum stygium) differs metabolically and genomically from marine species Open
Thiovulum spp. (Campylobacterota) are large sulfur bacteria that form veil-like structures in aquatic environments. The sulfidic Movile Cave (Romania), sealed from the atmosphere for ~5 million years, has several aqueous chambers, some wit…
View article: Monitoring the Evolution of Redox Changes in Sediments made Possible by Electrochemical Multilayer Probes
Monitoring the Evolution of Redox Changes in Sediments made Possible by Electrochemical Multilayer Probes Open
Marine sediments with rapid oxic/anoxic transitions are difficult to monitor in real time. Organic overload that may lead to anoxia and buildup of hydrogen sulfide can be caused by a variety of factors such as sewage spills, harbor water s…
View article: Constraints of the MAX4781 CMOS Solution for Electrode Switching in Multilayer Electrochemical Probes
Constraints of the MAX4781 CMOS Solution for Electrode Switching in Multilayer Electrochemical Probes Open
The most common means to analyze redox gradients in sediments is by push/pulling electrochemical probes through sediment’ strata while repeating measurements. Yet, as electrodes move up and down they disrupt the texture of the sediment lay…
View article: Two Food Waste By-Products Selectively Stimulate Beneficial Resident Citrus Host-Associated Microbes in a Zero-Runoff Indoor Plant Production System
Two Food Waste By-Products Selectively Stimulate Beneficial Resident Citrus Host-Associated Microbes in a Zero-Runoff Indoor Plant Production System Open
The global production of food waste is a far-reaching problem with sizable financial, ethical, social, and environmental costs. Over 66 million tons of food waste is produced annually in the United States alone. This waste can be converted…
View article: Cave<i>Thiovulaceae</i>differ metabolically and genomically from marine species
Cave<i>Thiovulaceae</i>differ metabolically and genomically from marine species Open
Life in Movile Cave (Romania) relies entirely on carbon fixation by bacteria. The microbial community in the surface water of Movile Cave’s hypoxic air bells is dominated by large spherical-ovoid bacteria we identified as Thiovulum sp. ( C…
View article: Debt Service and Default: Calibrating Macroprudential Policy Using Micro Data1
Debt Service and Default: Calibrating Macroprudential Policy Using Micro Data1 Open
We provide empirical evidence to support the calibration of a limit on household indebtedness levels, in the form of a cap on the debt-service-to-income (DSTI) ratio, in order to reduce the probability of borrower defaults in Romania. The …
View article: Debt Service and Default
Debt Service and Default Open
We provide empirical evidence to support the calibration of a limit on household indebtedness levels, in the form of a cap on the debt-service-to-income (DSTI) ratio, in order to reduce the probability of borrower defaults in Romania. The …
View article: Carbon fixation and energy metabolisms of a subseafloor olivine biofilm
Carbon fixation and energy metabolisms of a subseafloor olivine biofilm Open
Earth’s largest aquifer ecosystem resides in igneous oceanic crust, where chemosynthesis and water-rock reactions provide the carbon and energy that support an active deep biosphere. The Calvin Cycle is the predominant carbon fixation path…
View article: The potential of biofilms from moving bed bioreactors to increasethe efficiency of textile industry wastewater treatment
The potential of biofilms from moving bed bioreactors to increasethe efficiency of textile industry wastewater treatment Open
Textile industry processes produce some of the most heavily polluted wastewater worldwide. Wastewater from textile industry is also highly variable (it varies with time and among factories) and contains wide diversity of pollutants. This m…
View article: Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses
Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses Open
Recent measurements of methane (CH4) by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) now confront us with robust data that demand interpretation. Thus far, the MSL data have revealed a baseline level of CH4 (∼0.4 parts per billion by volume [ppbv]), …