This study is set against the background of the growing internationalization of venture capital (VC) investing and is the first global comparison of the returns generated by individual domestic and cross-border deals. We examine investments worldwide during 1971 to 2009...

Emerging evidence suggests associations between the vaginal microbiota (VMB) composition, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); however, causal inference remains uncertain. Here, we use bacterial DNA sequencing from serially...

This paper evaluates the heterogeneous impact of hydro-meteorological disasters on populations along the dimensions of age, sex, and human development. The analysis is based on previously untapped cause-of-death data over the period 1995- 2011 that were obtained from th...

We use Hα imaging spectroscopy taken via the Swedish 1 m Solar Telescope to investigate the occurrence of fan-shaped jets at the solar limb. We show evidence for near-simultaneous photospheric reconnection at a sunspot edge leading to the jets appearance, with upward ve...

Achromatopsia is an autosomal recessive condition, characterised by reduced visual acuity, impaired colour vision, photophobia and nystagmus. The symptoms can be profoundly disabling, and there is no cure currently available. However, the recent development of gene-base...

We investigate the transport properties of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) formed in a GaAs/Al(0.33)Ga(0.67)As quantum well, where InAs has been inserted into the center of the GaAs well. Depending on the growth conditions, the InAs forms either self-assembled qu...

<jats:p><jats:bold>Background</jats:bold>: It is estimated that 13% of arthropod species carry the heritable symbiont <jats:italic>Cardinium hertigii</jats:italic>. 16S rRNA and gyrB sequence divides this species into three clades, with the A group infecting a range of ...

Higher education institutions are major concentrations of political, social, economic, intellectual and communicative resources. They reach freely across populations and cultures, and connect to government, professions, industry and the arts. The neo-liberal logic of ma...

Abstract When the nucleoprotein (N) of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses is expressed in insect cells, it binds to cellular RNA and forms N-RNA complexes just like viral nucleocapsids. However, in virus-infected cells, N is prevented from binding to cellular RNA ...

<jats:p>Evolutionary conflict between the sexes can induce arms races in which males evolve traits that are detrimental to the fitness of their female partners, and vice versa. This interlocus sexual conflict (IRSC) has been proposed as a cause of perpetual intersexual ...