Operational Risk Management in the UK Banking Industry: The Enlightenment for Chinese Banks

Operational risk is the oldest kind of risk facing by banks, and it emerges in almost every aspect of the business environment. As financial scandals have appeared regularly, operational risk has been receiving increasingly significant media attention in recent years. This dissertation is written to identify the meaning of operational risk management and focus on the operational risk management situations in the UK banking sector by studying on four major British banks. Besides, Chinese banking industry is still in the process of reform, which would probably cause more operational failure for Chinese banks. Therefore, managing operational risk would be a crucial target for banks in China, and the aim of this dissertation is to give some helpful suggestions for them according to successful cases from the UK

The BMP inhibitor follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) suppresses cervical carcinogenesis

Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) is a cancer-related matricellular secretory protein with contradictory organ-specific roles. Its contribution to the pathogenesis of cervical carcinoma is still not clear. Meanwhile, it is necessary to identify novel candidate genes to understand cervical carcinoma’s pathogenesis further and find potential therapeutic targets. We collected cervical carcinoma samples and matched adjacent tissues from patients with the locally-advanced disease and used cervical carcinoma cell lines HeLa and C33A to evaluate the effects of FSTL1 on CC cells. The mRNA transcription and protein expression of FSTL1 in cervical carcinoma tumor biopsy tissues were lower than those of matched adjacent tissues. Patients with a lower ratio of FSTL1 mRNA between the tumor and its matched adjacent tissues showed a correlation with the advanced cervical carcinoma FIGO stages. High expression of FSTL1 markedly inhibited the proliferation, motility, and invasion of HeLa and C33A. Regarding mechanism, FSTL1 plays its role by negatively regulating the BMP4/Smad1/5/9 signaling. Our study has demonstrated the tumor suppressor effect of FSTL1, and these findings suggested a potential therapeutic target and biomarker for cervical carcinoma

Operational Risk Management in the UK Banking Industry: The Enlightenment for Chinese Banks

Operational risk is the oldest kind of risk facing by banks, and it emerges in almost every aspect of the business environment. As financial scandals have appeared regularly, operational risk has been receiving increasingly significant media attention in recent years. This dissertation is written to identify the meaning of operational risk management and focus on the operational risk management situations in the UK banking sector by studying on four major British banks. Besides, Chinese banking industry is still in the process of reform, which would probably cause more operational failure for Chinese banks. Therefore, managing operational risk would be a crucial target for banks in China, and the aim of this dissertation is to give some helpful suggestions for them according to successful cases from the UK

The mitochondrial genome of Anthalia sp. (Diptera: Empididae)

The dance fly Anthalia sp. belongs to the subfamily Ocydromiinae of Empididae. The mitogenome (GenBank accession number: MT483943) of Anthalia sp. was sequenced, the new representative of the mitogenome of the subfamily. The nearly complete mitogenome is 15,142 bp totally, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, and 22 transfer RNAs. All genes have the similar locations and strands with that of other published species of Empididae. The nucleotide composition biases toward A and T, which together made up 78.6% of the entirety. Bayesian inference analysis strongly supported the monophyly of Empidoidea, Empididae, and Dolichopodidae. It is clear that the phylogenetic relationship within Empidoidea: (Dolichopodinae + Neurigoninae) + ((Empidinae + (Trichopezinae + Oreogetoninae)) + Ocydromiinae) in this study

Wing base of Sialidae (Megaloptera).

<p>(A) <i>Sialis sibirica</i> McLachlan, forewing base; (B) same, hindwing base.</p

Wing base of Neuroptera.

<p>(A) <i>Paraglenurus japonicas</i> (Mclachlan) (Myrmeleontidae), forewing base; (B) same, hindwing base; (C) <i>Heterosmylus wolonganus</i> Yang (Osmylidae), forewing base; (D) same, hindwing base.</p

Morphological variations of 1Ax among Neuropterida families.

<p>(A) <i>Protohermes costalis</i> (Walker) (Corydalinae); (B) <i>Neochauliodes punctatolosus</i> Liu & Yang (Chauliodinae); (C) <i>Sialis sibirica</i> McLachlan (Sialidae); (D) <i>Paraglenurus japonicas</i> (McLachlan) (Myrmeleontidae); (E) <i>Heterosmylus wolonganus</i> Yang (Osmylidae); (F) <i>Eumantispa harmandi</i> (Navás) (Mantispidae); (G) <i>Chrysoperla</i> sp. (Chrysopidae); (H) <i>Semidalis aleyrodiformis</i> (Stephens) (Coniopterygidae); (I) <i>Sulphalasca</i> sp. (Ascalaphidae); (J) <i>Dilar hastatus</i> Zhang, Liu, Aspöck & Aspöck (Dilaridae); (K) <i>Nipponeurorthus fuscinervis</i> Nakahara (Nevrorthidae); (L) <i>Hemerobius</i> sp. (Hemerobiidae); (M) <i>Inocellia fujiana</i> Yang (Inocelliidae); (N) <i>Xanthostigma gobicola</i> Aspöck & Aspöck (Raphidiidae); (O) <i>Tenthredo</i> sp. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae); (P) <i>Taeniostigminae</i> sp. (Psocoptera: Amphipsocidae).</p

Wing base of Corydalidae (Megaloptera).

<p>(A) <i>Protohermes costalis</i> Walker (Corydalinae), forewing base; (B) same, hindwing base; (C) <i>Neochauliodes punctatolosus</i> Liu & Yang (Chauliodinae), forewing base; (D) same, hindwing base. Number of morphological character: character state for phylogenetic analysis is indicated by straight line for relevant position.</p

Wing base of Neuroptera.

<p>(A) <i>Eumantispa harmandi</i> (Navás) (Mantispidae), forewing base; (B) same, hindwing base; (C) <i>Chrysoperla</i> sp. (Chrysopidae), forewing base; (D) same, hindwing base.</p