In good times and in bad: bank capital ratios and lending rates by Matthew Osborne, Ana-Maria Fuertes, Alistair Milne

“…This paper investigates the relationship between bank capital ratios and lending rates using data from 1998 to 2012 for 13 large banks accounting for 75% of total UK lending. …”
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Dialogue with the Emperor Qin's Warriors catalogue by John Atkin, Pick Keobandith

“…LUiL in conjunction with Here East, was the only venue for this seminal exhibition in the UK, and although this Group Show has been exhibited throughout China at a number of Tier One museums and galleries in order to widen the appreciation of European contemporary art practice to an audience that might not be familiar with the nuances of Western Art. …”
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Goodbye Reykjavik: international banking centres and the global financial crisis by Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor

“…We aggregate data derived from The Banker’s annual list of the world’s leading banks at the city level to map changing levels of Tier 1 capital between 2007 and 2008 and returns on capital in 2008. …”
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Water and sanitation sector reform in Nigeria by Tameez Ahmad, Said Allaoui, Sanusi A. Mai-afu, Veronique Marx, Kate Kanebi, Mohammed Kamfut

“…In addition sharing of capital cost for construction of water supply systems by all three tiers of government, communities and development partners/donors is a major thrust of financing mechanism. …”
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Are associations of adulthood overweight and obesity with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and obesity-related cancer modified by comparative body weight at age 10 year... by Will Johnson, Tom Norris, Natalie Pearson, Emily Petherick, James King, Scott Willis, Rebecca Hardy, Susan Paudel, Emma Haycraft, Jennifer L Baker, Mark Hamer, David Stensel, Kate Tilling, Tom Richardson

“…For incident obesity-related cancer, the evidence for effect modification was limited and inconsistent between the observational and genetic analyses.ConclusionsGreater risks for all-cause mortality and incident CVD in adults with obesity who perceive themselves to have been a thinner or plumper than average child may be due to confounding and/or recall bias.…”
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Supplementary files for Are associations of adulthood overweight and obesity with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and obesity-related cancer modified by comparative bo... by Will Johnson, Tom Norris, Natalie Pearson, Emily Petherick, James King, Scott Willis, Rebecca Hardy, Susan Paudel, Emma Haycraft, Jennifer L Baker, Mark Hamer, David Stensel, Kate Tilling, Tom Richardson

“…For incident obesity-related cancer, the evidence for effect modification was limited and inconsistent between the observational and genetic analyses.ConclusionsGreater risks for all-cause mortality and incident CVD in adults with obesity who perceive themselves to have been a thinner or plumper than average child may be due to confounding and/or recall bias.…”
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Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action by William D. Riley, Edward C. Potter, Jeremy Biggs, A.L. Collins, Helen P. Jarvie, J. Iwan Jones, Mary Kelly-Quinn, Steve J. Ormerod, D.A. Sear, Robert Wilby, Samantha Broadmeadow, Colin D. Brown, Paul Chanin, Gordon H. Copp, I.G. Cowx, Adam Grogan, Duncan D. Hornby, Duncan Huggett, Martyn G. Kelly, Marc Naura, Jonathan R. Newman, Gavin M. Siriwardena

“…Small, 1st and 2nd-order, headwater streams and ponds play essential roles in providing natural flood control, trapping sediments and contaminants, retaining nutrients, and maintaining biological diversity, which extend into downstream reaches, lakes and estuaries. However, the large geographic extent and high connectivity of these small water bodies with the surrounding terrestrial ecosystem makes them particularly vulnerable to growing land-use pressures and environmental change. …”
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Chasing the phantom of a 'global end game': The role of management consultancy in the narratives of pre-failure ABN AMRO by Michiel Van Meeteren, David Bassens

“…More specifically, the chapter enquires into the scope of the agency of ABN AMRO’s management as it was leading a 'second tier' bank from a 'second tier' global city in decline —i.e. …”
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Warriors (Dialogue with the Emperor Qin's Warriors): an exhibition of 31 large-scale sculptures by John Atkin, Pick Keobandith

“…LUiL in conjunction with Here East, was the only venue for this seminal exhibition in the UK, and although this Group Show has been exhibited throughout China at a number of Tier One museums and galleries in order to widen the appreciation of European contemporary art practice to an audience that might not be familiar with the nuances of Western Art. …”
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