Forecasting price delay and future stock returns: The role of corporate social responsibility

This paper investigates the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance in forecasting companys' stock prices and future returns. The forecasting analysis identifies a negative association between CSR performance and proxies of price delay. The negative CSR–delay association is weak for state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) because of their politically oriented motivation of CSR activities, but significantly strong for non‐SOEs. Furthermore, we find that forecasting delayed firms is expected to have higher future returns. In particular, the returns premium is most attributable to the CSR component of delay, compared with the non‐CSR component. Taken together, these results suggest that CSR performance plays a positive role in enhancing stock price efficiency, and a potential explanation is that CSR performance can be considered as additional information for equity predictions.     

Crosstalk between cerebral endothelium and oligodendrocyte

It is now relatively well accepted that the cerebrovascular system does not merely provide inert pipes for blood delivery to the brain. Cerebral endothelial cells may compose an embedded bunker of trophic factors that contribute to brain homeostasis and function. Recent findings suggest that soluble factors from cerebral endothelial cells nourish neighboring cells, such as neurons and astrocytes. Although data are strongest in supporting mechanisms of endothelial-neuron and/or endothelial-astrocyte trophic coupling, it is likely that similar interactions also exist between cerebral endothelial cells and oligodendrocyte lineage cells. In this mini-review, we summarize current advances in the field of endothelial-oligodendrocyte trophic coupling. These endothelial-oligodendrocyte interactions may comprise the oligovascular niche to maintain their cellular functions and sustain ongoing angiogenesis/oligodendrogenesis. Importantly, it should be noted that the cell–cell interactions are not static—the trophic coupling is disturbed under acute phase after brain injury, but would be recovered in the chronic phase to promote brain remodeling and repair. Oligodendrocyte lineage cells play critical roles in white matter function, and under pathological conditions, oligodendrocyte dysfunction lead to white matter damage. Therefore, a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of endothelial-oligodendrocyte trophic coupling may lead to new therapeutic approaches for white matter-related diseases, such as stroke or vascular dementia.     

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本文在（0，＋∞）上构造了一个次增泛函，它在有限区间上是无上界的。     

凝胶萃取浓缩分离大分子物质

用四种不同交联度的交联聚丙烯酰胺凝胶,研究了它们在去离子水及牛血清白蛋白、牛血红蛋白、精氨酸酶、聚乙二醇等大分子溶液中的溶胀速率和平衡溶胀比的变化规律。发现其平衡溶胀比越大,溶胀速率也越快;凝胶在大分子溶液中的平衡溶胀比总是小于它在水中的值,且随大分子溶液浓度增大,平衡溶胀比的减小程度增大;温度升高,溶胀速率和平衡溶胀比均增大。凝胶交联度越大,对大分子物质的分离效率越高,浓缩精氨酸酶时的最大值为53.4%。凝胶的再生可用加少量盐或丙酮或调节pH值等方法。     

刺五加对心功能,血流动力学及强心甙毒性的影响

心脏血流动力学研究表明,用4.48％的刺五加按4.5ml/kg静脉推注时,对猫心肌收缩性的影响甚小,其主要作用为降低外周阻力,明显增加心排血量和冠脉流量,提高心脏指数,但不增加心肌耗氧量。刺五加可降低离体蛙心的收缩振幅,明显增加离体豚鼠心脏灌流时的冠脉流量和轻度减慢心率。静注刺五加抗哇巴因中毒时发生的室性心律失常优于苯妥英钠。     

PZT陶瓷表面金属化—化学镀的条件控制

报导了在用化学镀镍方法使ＰＺＴ陶瓷表面金属化以制备电极的过程中，化学镀液组分浓度的变化，以及ＰＨ值、施镀温度及施镀时间等因素对化学镀结果的影响，并选定了合适的工艺条件和控制标准。     

A common genetic risk factor for colorectal and prostate cancer

Variants on chromosome 8q24 contribute risk for prostate cancer; here, we tested whether they also modulate risk for colorectal cancer. We studied 1,807 affected individuals and 5,511 controls and found that one variant, rs6983267, is also significantly associated with colorectal cancer (odds ratio = 1.22; P = 4.4 x 10(-6)) and that the apportionment of risk among the variants differs significantly between the two cancers. Comprehensive testing in the region uncovered variants capturing significant additional risk. Our results show that variants at 8q24 have different effects on cancer development that depend on the tissue type.