This study sheds light on the diffusion of knowledge production as an institutional norm among central, development, and investment banks. It builds on an original database of 24,435 peer-reviewed scientific items published by a pool of 237 central banks, development banks, and investment banks from 1966 to 2023. The focus is on their interactive dynamics, analysed through a two-fold approach: Granger-Causality...
Today we live in a globalised world, with no boundaries and where we can be updated of any information by the minute. This globalisation phenomenon has a lot of advantages as well as disadvantages. It is wonderful to know the news by the minute, however the easiness and swiftness real news spreads, and same goes to the fake news. Tools, such as search engines like Google, Bing, Yandex, etc. and social media (i....
Quando não devidamente maturados, os compostos orgânicos podem causar fitotoxicidade, prejudicando o desenvolvimento das culturas e a produção. Esse efeito está frequentemente relacionado com a libertação de ácidos orgânicos de baixo peso molecular, de azoto na forma amoniacal e de dióxido de carbono. Este estudo tem como objectivo avaliar a qualidade de correctivos orgânicos em comercialização no Entre Douro e...
Aim: To understand the relationship between ica, aap and bhp gene expression and the implications in biofilm formation in selected clinical and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates. Material & methods: Isolates were analyzed regarding their biofilm-forming capacity, biochemical matrix composition, biofilm spatial organization and expression of biofilm-related genes. Results: On polysaccharide intercell...