Dynamic process of capital structuring in Vietnamese companies

This study explores the adjustment process of capital structure using dynamic model, by which capital structures are adjusted towards optimal level, and cost of adjustment has impacts on dynamic adjustment speed of capital structure.Adjustment speed within a trikes range of [0;1] shows an evidence for adjustment and partial adjustment behaviors of

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Immunostimulation of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) blood cells by parapoxvirus ovis and CpG motif-containing bacterial plasmid DNA upregulates innate immune gene expression

The immune system of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) is poorly studied, compared to that of livestock, rodents or humans.The innate immune response has become a focus of interest in relation to Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs).EEHVs cause a fatal hemorrhagic disease (EEHV-HD) and are a significant threat to captive Asian elephant p

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Ehrlichia canis in dogs experimentally infected, treated, and then immune suppressed during the acute or subclinical phases

Abstract Background Concerns for recrudescence of Ehrlichia canis infection arise when immunosuppressive drugs are used to treat immune?mediated diseases in dogs previously infected with E.canis.Objectives Determine whether administration of prednisolone and cyclosporine would reactivate E.canis infection in dogs previously treated with doxycycline

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