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Internalization of environmental costs in the financial management of organizations: a proposition to be applied in agribusiness
This article aims to show the impact of the internalization of environmental costs overall, as measured by the methods of environmental valuation, in financial management companies, and can be applied in agribusiness, specifically in determining the finance equilibrium point environmentally adjusted. The survey begins with a literature review on methods of environmental valuation and confrontation of costs of pollution and of control and to determine the total environmental costs, passing the handle, then the process of internalization of these costs through economic instruments (tax and non tributaries) and the impacts that occur in corporate finance. Based, from the analysis, the importance of government policies such as subsidies for cost control and its consequences for companies, contributing directly to reduce the level of pollution and environmental degradation. The research uses the deductive method as a methodology, seeking the basic concepts of environmental economics a specific application in financial management organizations, and as a technical procedure to literature revision, so a theoretical research with the possibility of further application in empirical studies.8417119
Cultural intelligence and conflict management styles
Purpose –Negotiating effectively in multicultural contexts or others is not only a very important skill for all organizational elements, but it is also crucial to interorganizational relations (e.g., Adler, 2008). If defined as a process that occurs when one party feels adversely affected by another (e.g., De Dreu, 1997) conflict management styles can be analysed as a function of personality variables. In this respect cultural intelligence and self-monitoring appear to be relevant variables, as they are characterised by the demonstration of flexibility and interest in elements that are present in conflict management styles. In this study the intention was to evaluate the extent to which variables such as cultural intelligence and self-monitoring
can positively influence the ability to solve interpersonal conflicts more effectively.
Design/methodology/approach – This study, with a sample of 399 individuals, aimed to test a model that explores how cultural intelligence and self-monitoring are related as predictor variables in the styles of conflict resolution.
Findings – It was observed that cultural intelligence presents itself as a reasonable predictor of conflict management styles while self-monitoring appeared as a dispositional and controversial measure in relation to those styles. Self-monitoring exhibited itself as an important predictor of conflict management, but on the other hand it had an influence on the choice of the dominating style in conflict situations.
Practical implications – To understand the predictors of conflict management style and in particular to realize the extent to which cultural intelligence promotes a more effective conflict management style can help in the development of selection processes and skill training programs. The development of these multicultural skills will contribute to individual, social and organizational well-being.
Originality/value – This study contributes to the literature of individual differences and conflict management, demonstrating that some individual differences that
predict the styles of conflict management can lead to a certain ambiguity in understanding the behaviour that an individual may adopt in situations of conflict
Nanostructured interfacial self-assembled peptide-polymer membranes for enhanced mineralization and cell adhesion
This work was supported by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the project PTDC/CTM-BIO/0814/2012 and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Operational Competitiveness Programme “COMPETE” (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-028491). J. Borges and R. P. Pirraco gratefully acknowledge funding support from FCT for postdoctoral (SFRH/BPD/103604/2014) and investigator (IF/00347/2015) grants, respectively. Y. Shi acknowledges China Scholarship Council for her PhD scholarship (no. 201307060020). H. S. Azevedo also acknowledges financial support from the EU-funded project “SuprHApolymers” (PCIG14-GA-2013-631871) and A. Mata acknowledges the European Research Council Starting Grant “STROFUNSCAFF” and the Marie Curie Career Integration Grant “BIOMORPH”
Interaction of paraoxonase-192 polymorphism with low HDL-cholesterol in coronary artery disease risk.
A doença coronária (DC) é a principal causa
de mortalidade nos países desenvolvidos. O
aumento da peroxidação lipídica está associado
com a progressão acelerada da arteriosclerose.
A Paraoxonase (PON1) é uma
enzima antioxidante, que protege contra a
peroxidação lipídica e a DC. A actividade
da PON1 está sob controlo genético e a sua
base molecular consiste num polimorfismo
do gene da PON1 que apresenta duas isoformas
comuns: a forma nativa, Q (192 Gln)
com elevada capacidade de protecção das
LDL da peroxidação lipídica in vitro, e a
isoforma mutada R (192 Arg) com baixa
capacidade de protecção.
Objectivo: O objectivo deste trabalho foi
investigar a interacção entre o alelo R do
gene da PON 1 e os níveis plasmáticos
baixos de colesterol HDL, no risco do
aparecimento da DC.
Métodos: Participaram no estudo 818 indivíduos,
298 doentes coronários com idade
média 55.0±10.3 anos, 78.9% do sexo masculino,
e 520 controlos, com uma idade
média de 53.3±11, 7 anos, 72, 5% do sexo
masculino, tendo casos e controlos sido
emparelhados por idade e sexo. Foi considerado
um valor <de 40 mg/dl (0,90
mmol/L), nos homens e <de 50 mg/dl (1,11
mmol/L), nas mulheres como um nível baixo
de Colesterol HDL. As comparações
genotípicas, entre casos e controlos, foram efectuadas pelo teste do Chi-quadrado. A
significância estatística foi aceite para valores
de p <0,05. Para determinar o risco
relativo de DC, em relação ao genótipo RR
e aos níveis baixos de colesterol HDL, foi
usada uma análise univariada e foram utilizadas
as tabelas epidemiológicas 4x2 e
medidas de sinergismo (modelo aditivo - SI
e multiplicativo - SIM) para determinar a
interacção entre o genótipo RR e os níveis
baixos de colesterol HDL. Foi finalmente
calculado o excesso de risco relativo (RERI)
e proporção atribuída à interacção (AP).
Resultados: A PON 1 192 RR está associada
à DC [OR=1,61; p=0,043] para toda a população.
A associação de níveis baixos de
HDL com o genótipo 192 RR mostrou um
aumento do risco de DC (OR=17,38; p
<0,0001) comparada aos níveis normais de
HDL associados ao mesmo genótipo
(OR=1,39; p=0,348) e aos níveis baixos de
HDL sem o genótipo RR (OR=7,79; p
<0,0001). Índices de Sinergismo: SI= 2,3;
SIM = 1.6; RERI=9,2; AP=0,53.
Conclusão: Estes dados sugerem a existência
de um efeito sinérgico entre o genótipo
192 RR da PON1 e os valores baixos de
colesterol HDL, na emergência de DC, pois
este genótipo aumentou o risco de DC, em
especial, na população com níveis plasmáticos
baixos de colesterol HDL. A proporção
de DC que pode ser atribuída a esta interacção
(AP) foi de 0,53 significando que
53% da DC que surgiu nestes indivíduos,
foi explicada por esta interacção.INTRODUCTION:
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause of mortality in developed countries. Increased lipid peroxidation is associated with accelerated progression of atherosclerosis. Paraoxonase (PON1) is an antioxidant enzyme bound to high-density lipoprotein (HDL), which protects against lipid peroxidation and coronary artery disease. PON1 activity is under genetic control and its molecular basis is a polymorphism in the PON1 gene that shows two common isoforms: the wild Q form (192 Gln) with high ability to protect LDL from lipid peroxidation in vitro, and the mutated R (Arg) form with lower ability.
AIM:
To explore the interaction of the R allele of the paraoxonase gene and low HDL-cholesterol concentrations in CAD risk.
METHODS:
The study population consisted of 818 individuals, 298 coronary patients, aged 55.0 +/- 10.3 years, 78.9% male, and 520 age and gender matched healthy controls, aged 53.3 +/- 11.7 years, 72.5% male. Low HDL-cholesterol was defined as < 0.90 mmol/l in men and < 1.11 mmol/l in women. Comparisons of genotypes between cases and controls were performed by a chi-square test. Statistical significance was accepted at p < 0.05. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the RR genotypes and HDL-deficient subjects were computed using univariate analysis (2 x 2 tables). To determine the interaction between the RR paraoxonase genotype and HDL-deficient subjects, we used 4 x 2 epidemiologic tables and synergy measures: the additive model (Rothman's synergy index, SI) and multiplicative model (Khoury's synergy index, SIM). The relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) and the attributable proportion (AP) due to interaction (Rothman) were calculated.
RESULTS:
The PON1 RR192 polymorphism was associated with coronary heart disease (OR = 1.61; p = 0.043) in the whole population. HDL-deficient subjects with the RR192 genotype showed increased risk for CAD (OR = 17.38; p < 0.0001) compared to those with normal HDL and RR192 (OR = 1.39; p = 0.348) and HDL-deficient subjects not carrying the RR genotype (OR = 7.79; p < 0.0001). Synergy measures were SI = 2.3, SIM = 1.6; RERI = 9.2.
CONCLUSION:
These data suggest the existence of a synergistic effect of the PON1 RR192 genotype (with lower antioxidant ability) and HDL-deficient subjects in risk for development of CAD. The AP due to this interaction was 0.53, meaning that 53% of CAD was explained by this interaction.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Independent association of the variant rs1333049 at the 9p21 locus and coronary heart disease.
Introdução: Estudos recentes de associação
genómica em larga escala (GWAS)
identificaram vários polimorfismos de um
único nucleótido (SNP), localizados no locus
9p21, associados com doença arterial
coronária (DAC). De entre eles o SNP
rs1333049 demonstrou uma associação
consistente com a DAC tendo sido
reproduzida, com sucesso,
em várias populações.
Objectivo: Investigar se a nova variante
rs1333049, no cromossoma 9p21,
é um factor de risco independente
para DAC, na população Portuguesa.
Material e métodos: Estudo caso-controlo,
que incluiu 1406 indivíduos, 723 doentes
coronários internados consecutivamente
(idade média de 53,7±8,9 anos 79,9% do
sexo masculino) e 683 controlos
sem doença coronária (idade média
de 53,3±10,5 anos, 73,9 % do sexo
masculino) seleccionados para não serem
significativamente diferentes quanto ao sexo
e idade. Estudou-se o SNP rs1333049,
em todos os indivíduos,
com recurso à técnica convencionada de
PCR combinada com a técnica TaqMan (Applied Biosystems). Determinou-se a
distribuição alélica e genotípica (C/G), odds
ratio e respectivo intervalo de confiança
para risco de DAC.
Foi construído um modelo de regressão
logística forward wald ajustado para a
idade, sexo, factores de risco convencionais,
marcadores bioquímicos e genótipos em
estudo, afim de avaliar quais as variáveis
associadas de forma significativa e
independente com DAC.
Resultados: 60% dos doentes coronários e
53% dos controlos apresentaram o alelo C
(OR=1,33; p=0,0002), 35,7% dos doentes e
29,3% dos controlos tinham o genótipo
homozigoto CC (OR=1,34;p=0,010).
O heterozigoto CG estava presente em
48,1% dos doentes e 47% nos controlos,
não atingindo significância estatística, para
risco vascular (OR=1,05;p=0,670). Após
análise multivariada de regressão logística o
genótipo CC do cromossoma 9p21 ficou na
equação com um OR=1,7, p=0,018 e o
genótipo heterozigoto
CG com um OR=1,5, p=0,048.
Conclusão: Com o presente trabalho
replicou-se, numa população portuguesa, o
risco coronário ligado à nova variante
rs1333049 do cromossoma 9p21.
A robustez deste genótipo,
tanto em homo como em heterozigotia,
tem sido consistente e relevante na
estratificação de risco para a DAC,
mesmo em contextos populacionais
muito diversos. Nestas circunstâncias,
a utilização do genótipo CC ou CG
poderá vir a revelar-se útil
para a previsão do risco de DAC
na nossa população.INTRODUCTION:
Recent genome-wide association studies have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the 9p21 locus as risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Among them, the SNP rs1333049 has demonstrated a consistent association with CAD, which has been successfully replicated in several populations.
AIM:
To investigate whether the SNP rs1333049 located on the 9p21 chromosome is an independent risk factor for CAD in a Portuguese population.
METHODS:
We performed a case-control study which included 1406 individuals, 723 consecutive coronary patients (mean age 53.71 +/- 8.9 years, 79.9% male and 683 controls without coronary disease (mean age 53.3 +/- 10.5 years, 73.9% male). Cases and controls were selected so as not to be significantly different in terms of gender and age. We studied the SNP rs1333049 at the 9p21 locus in all individuals, using standard PCR combined with the TaqMan technique (Applied Biosystems). The allelic and genotype distribution (C/G), odds ratios and corresponding confidence intervals for CAD risk were determined. A forward Wald logistic regression analysis model was constructed, adjusted for age, gender, conventional risk factors, biochemical markers and the genotypes under study, in order to determine which variables were linked significantly and independently with CAD.
RESULTS:
The C allele was found in 60% of the CAD patients and 53% of the controls, with OR = 1.33; p = 0.0002. The CC genotype appeared in 35.7% of CAD patients, with OR = 1.34, p = 0.010. The heterozygous CG genotype was present in 48.1% of the CAD patients and 47% of the controls, and did not present vascular risk (OR = 1.05, p = 0.670). After logistic regression analysis, the CC genotype remained in the equation with OR = 1.7; p = 0.018 and CG with OR = 1.5, p = 0.048.
CONCLUSION:
In the present study we replicated the coronary risk linked to the recently discovered variant rs1333049 on the 9p21 chromosome in a Portuguese population. Although the mechanism underlying the risk is still unknown, the robustness of this risk allele in risk stratification for CAD has been consistent, even in very different populations. The presence of the CC or CG genotype may thus prove to be useful for predicting the risk of developing CAD in the Portuguese population.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Human paraoxonase gene polymorphisms and coronary artery disease risk.
Introdução: As doenças complexas como a
doença das artérias coronárias (DAC), a
hipertensão e a diabetes, são usualmente
causadas pela susceptibilidade individual a
múltiplos genes, factores ambientais e pela
interacção entre eles. As enzimas da
paraoxonase humana (PON), particularmente a
PON1, têm sido implicadas na patogenia da
aterosclerose e da DAC. Dois polimorfismos
comuns na região codificante do gene, com
substituição Glutamina (Q) /Arginina (R) na
posição 192 e Leucina /Metionina na posição
55 influenciam a actividade da PON1. Vários
estudos têm investigado a associação entre os
polimorfismos da PON1 e a DAC, com
resultados contraditórios.
Objectivo: 1- Avaliar a associação dos
polimorfismos da PON1 com o risco de DAC.
2-Estudar a interacção destes polimorfismos
com outros situados em genes candidatos
diferentes, na susceptibilidade para o
aparecimento da DAC.
Material e Métodos: Estudámos em 298
doentes coronários e 298 controlos saudáveis,
através de um estudo caso/controlo, o risco de
DAC associado aos polimorfismos da PON1,
192Q/R e 55L/M. Numa segunda fase
avaliámos o risco das interacções polimórficas
PON1 192 RR + MTHFR 1298 AA; PON1
192 R/R + ECA DD; PON1 192 R/R + ECA 8
GG. Finalmente construímos um modelo de
regressão logística (no qual entraram todas as
variáveis genéticas, ambientais e bioquímicas,
que tinham mostrado significância estatística
na análise univariada), para determinar quais
as que se relacionavam de forma significativa e
independente com DAC.
Resultados: Verificámos que o genótipo PON1 55 MM tinha uma distribuição superior na
população doente mas não atingia significância
estatística como factor de risco para DAC. O
PON1 199 RR apresentou um risco relativo
80% superior relativamente à população que o
não possuía (p=0,04). A interacção da PON1
192 RR e da MTHFR 1298 AA, polimorfismos
sedeados em genes diferentes, apresentou um
risco relativo de DAC de 2,76
(OR=2,76;IC=1,20- 6,47; P=0,009), bastante
superior ao risco de cada polimorfismo isolado,
assim como a associação da PON1 RR + ECA
DD (com polimorfismos também sedeados em
genes diferentes), que apresentou um risco
337% superior relativamente aos que não
possuíam esta associação (OR=4,37;IC=1,47-
13,87; P=0,002). Da mesma forma a associação
entre a PON1 RR e ECA 8 GG, revelou um
risco ainda mais elevado (OR=6;23; IC=1,67-
27,37; P<0,001). Após modelo de Regressão
Logística as variáveis que ficaram na equação
representando factores de risco significativos e
independentes para DAC, foram os hábitos
tabágicos, doença familiar, diabetes,
fibrinogénio, Lp (a) e a associação PON1 192
RR + ECA 8 GG. Esta última associação
apresentou, na regressão logística, um
OR=14,113; p=0,018
Conclusões: O genótipo PON1 192 RR
apresentou, se avaliado isoladamente, um risco
relativo de DAC 80% superior relativamente à
população que não possuía este genótipo. A
associação deste polimorfismo com outros
polimorfismos sedeados em genes diferentes,
codificando para diferentes enzimas e
pertencendo a sistemas fisiopatológicos
distintos (MTHFR1298 AA, ECA DD e ECA 8
GG), aumentou sempre o risco de eclosão da
DAC. Após correcção para os outros factores
de risco clássicos e bioquímicos, a associação
PON1 192 RR + ECA 8 GG, continuou a ser
um factor de risco significativo e independente
para CAD.BACKGROUND:
Complex diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension and diabetes are usually caused by individual susceptibility to multiple genes, environmental factors, and the interaction between them. The paraoxonase 1 (PON1) enzyme has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and CAD. Two common polymorphisms in the coding region of the PON1 gene, which lead to a glutamine (Q)/arginine (R) substitution at position 192 and a leucine (L)/methionine (M) substitution at position 55, influence PON1 activity. Studies have investigated the association between these polymorphisms and CAD, but with conflicting results.
AIMS:
1) To evaluate the association between PON1 polymorphisms and CAD risk; and 2) to study the interaction between PON1 polymorphisms and others in different candidate genes.
METHODS:
We evaluated the risk of CAD associated with PON1 Q192R and L55M polymorphisms in 298 CAD patients and 298 healthy individuals. We then evaluated the risk associated with the interaction of the PON1 polymorphisms with ACE DD, ACE 8 GG and MTHFR 1298AA. Finally, using a logistic regression model, we evaluated which variables (genetic, biochemical and environmental) were linked significantly and independently with CAD.
RESULTS:
We found that the PON1 55MM genotype was more common in the CAD population, but this did not reach statistical significance as a risk factor for CAD, while PON1 192RR presented an 80% higher relative risk compared to the population without this polymorphism. The interaction between PON1 192RR and MTHFR 1298AA, sited in different genes, increased the risk for CAD, compared with the polymorphisms in isolation (OR=2.76; 95% CI=1.20-6.47; p=0.009), as did the association of PON1 192RR with ACE DD, which presented a 337% higher risk compared to the population without this polymorphic association (OR=4.37; 95% CI=1.47-13.87; p=0.002). Similarly, the association between PON1 192RR and ACE 8 GG was linked to an even higher risk (OR=6.23; 95% CI=1.67-27.37; p<0.001). After logistic regression, smoking, family history, fibrinogen, diabetes, Lp(a) and the association of PON1 192RR + ACE 8 GG remained in the regression model and proved to be significant and independent risk factors for CAD. In the regression model the latter association had OR=14.113; p=0.018.
CONCLUSION:
When analyzed separately, the PON1 192RR genotype presented a relative risk for CAD 80% higher than in the population without this genotype. Its association with other genetic polymorphisms sited in different genes, coding for different enzymes and belonging to different physiological systems, always increased the risk for CAD. After correction for other conventional and biochemical risk factors, the PON1 192RR + ACE 8 GG association remained a significant and independent risk factor for CAD.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Gene-gene interaction affects coronary artery disease risk.
Introdução: Existem vários estudos que comparam doentes coronários e controlos, no sentido de determinar quais os polimorfismos que apresentam risco acrescido de doença das artérias coronárias (DC). Os seus resultados têm sido muitas vezes contraditórios, mas apresentam uma limitação suplementar: avaliam os polimorfismos um a um, quando na natureza os polimorfismos não existem isolados. Põe-se a questão se serão mais importantes associações de polimorfismos mutados no mesmo gene ou em genes diferentes.
Objectivo: Com o presente trabalho pretendemos avaliar o risco da associação de polimorfismos em termos de aparecimento de DC no mesmo gene ou em genes diferentes.
Metodologia: Estudámos em 298 doentes coronários e 298 controlos sãos o risco associado aos polimorfismos (genótipos considerados de risco), DD da Enzima de Converaão da Angiotensina (ECA) I/D; GG da ECA 8, MM do Angiotensinogénio (AGT) 174; TT do AGT 235; TT da Metiltetrahidrofolato Reductase (MTHFR) 677; AA da MTHFR 1298;RR da Paraoxonase1 (PON1) 192 e MM da PON1 55. Posteriormente avaliámos o risco ligado às associações no mesmo gene (DD da ECA + GG da ECA 8; MM do AGT174 + TT do AGT 235; TT da MTHFR 677 + AA da MTHFR 1298). Finalmente, nos polimorfismos que isoladamente apresentavam significância, avaliámos o risco das associações de polimorfismos a níveis funcionais diferentes (ECA + AGT; ECA + MTHFR; ECA + PON1.
Finalmente através de um modelo de regressão
logística fomos determinar quais as variáveis
que se relacionavam de forma significativa e
independente com a DC.
Resultados: Os polimorfismos isolados como:
ECA DD [P<0.0001], ECA 8 GG [P=0,023],
e MTHFR 1298 AA [P=0,049]), apresentaram
uma frequência mais elevada nos casos,
associando-se de forma significativa ao grupo
com DC. A associação de polimorfismos no
mesmo gene não teve efeito sinergístico ou
aditivo e não aumentou o risco de DC. A
associação polimórfica em genes diferentes
aumentou o risco de DC quando comparada
com o risco do polimorfismo isolado. No caso
da associação da ECA DD ou ECA 8 GG
com a PON1 192 RR, o risco quadruplicou
(OR passou de 1,8 para 4,2). Após regressão
logística o hábito tabágico, a história familiar,
o fibrinogénio, diabetes, a associação ECA
DD ou ECA 8 GG com a MTHFR 1298 AA
e a interacção ECA DD ou ECA 8 GG com
a PON1 192 RR permaneceram na equação,
mostrando ser factores de risco independente
para DC.
Conclusões: A associação de polimorfismos
mutados no mesmo gene nunca aumentou o
risco do polimorfismo isolado. A associação
com interacção de polimorfismos mutados
em genes diferentes, pertencentes a sistemas
fisiopatológicos e enzimáticos diferentes,
esteve sempre associada a maior risco do
que cada polimorfismo por si. Este trabalho
levanta, pela primeira vez, a possibilidade
de tentativa de compreensão do risco
genético coronário em conjunto e não de cada
polimorfismo por si.INTRODUCTION:
Various studies have compared coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with controls in order to determine which polymorphisms are associated with a higher risk of disease. The results have often been contradictory. Moreover, these studies evaluated polymorphisms in isolation and not in association, which is the way they occur in nature.
OBJECTIVE:
Our purpose was to evaluate the risk of CAD in patients with associated polymorphisms in the same gene or in differen genes.
METHODS:
We evaluated the risk associated with ACE DD, ACE 8 CC, ACT 174MM, AGT 235TT, MTHFR 677TT, MTHFR 1298AA, PON1 192RR and PON1 55MM in 298 CAD patients and 298 healthy individuals. We then evaluated the risk of associated polymorphisms in the same gene (ACE DD + ACE 8GG; AGT 174MM + AGT 235TT; MTHFR 677TT + MTHFR 1298AA). Finally, for the isolated polymorphisms which were significant, we evaluated the risk of polymorphism associations at different functional levels (ACE + AGT; ACE + MTHFR; ACE + PON1). Multiple logistic regression was used to identify independent risk factors for CAD.
RESULTS:
Isolated polymorphisms including ACE DD(p < 0.0001), ACE 8 gg (p=0.023), and MTHFR 1298AA (p = 0.049) presented with a significantly higher frequency in the CAD group. An association of polymorphisms in the same gene did not have an additive or synergistic effect, nor did it increase the risk of CAD. Polymorphic associations in different genes increased the risk of CAD, compared with the isolated polymorphisms. The association of ACE DD or ACE 8 GG with PON1 192RR increased the risk of CA fourfold (1.8 to 4.2). After logistic regression analysis, current smoking, family history, fibrinogen, diabetes, and the ACE DD or ACE 8 GG + MTHFR 1298AA and ACE DD or ACE 8 GG + PON1 192RR associations remained in the, model and proved to be independent predictors of CAD.
CONCLUSIONS:
The association of polymorphisms in the same gene did not increase the risk of the isolated polymorphism. The association of polymorphisms in genes belonging to different enzyme systems was always linked to increased risk compared to the isolated polymorphisms. This study may contribute to a better understanding of overall genetic risk for CAD rather than that associated with each polymorphism in isolation.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Accreting Black Holes
This chapter provides a general overview of the theory and observations of
black holes in the Universe and on their interpretation. We briefly review the
black hole classes, accretion disk models, spectral state classification, the
AGN classification, and the leading techniques for measuring black hole spins.
We also introduce quasi-periodic oscillations, the shadow of black holes, and
the observations and the theoretical models of jets.Comment: 41 pages, 18 figures. To appear in "Tutorial Guide to X-ray and
Gamma-ray Astronomy: Data Reduction and Analysis" (Ed. C. Bambi, Springer
Singapore, 2020). v3: fixed some typos and updated some parts. arXiv admin
note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1711.1025
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