The COVID-19 recession that started in March 2020 led to an unprecedented decline in economic activity across the globe. To fight this recession, policy makers in central banks engaged in expansionary monetary policy. This paper asks whether the measures adopted by the ...

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This paper develops Bayesian econometric methods for posterior inference in non-parametric mixed frequency VARs using additive regression trees. We argue that regression tree models are ideally suited for macroeconomic nowcasting in the face of extreme observations, for...

In March 2020, the Austrian government introduced a widespread lock-down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on subjective impressions and anecdotal evidence, Austrian public and private life came to a sudden halt. Here we assess the effect of the lock-down quan...

Highlights • We developed a framework for balancing the importance of NIBS operations with safety considerations, which facilitates the re-establishment of access to NIBS clinical services and research operations during COVID-19. • The present consensus paper provides g...

Many countries have passed their first COVID-19 epidemic peak. Traditional epidemiological models describe this as a result of non-pharmaceutical interventions that pushed the growth rate below the recovery rate. In this new phase of the pandemic many countries show an ...

International audience; Autophagy is a catabolic pathway with multifaceted roles in cellular homeostasis. This process is also involved in the antiviral response at multiple levels, including the direct elimination of intruding viruses (virophagy), the presentation of v...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>Advances in single-cell technologies have enabled the investigation of T cell phenotypes and repertoires at unprecedented resolution and scale. Bioinformatic methods for the efficient ana...

Due to production of special homodimeric heavy chain antibodies, somatic hypermutation of their T-cell receptor genes and unusually low diversity of their major histocompatibility complex genes, camels represent an important model for immunogenetic studies. Here, we ana...

This study provides a useful starting point for a better understanding about the circulation of respiratory infectious agents in the area of Sousse, Tunisia. It will participate to reduce the overuse of unnecessary antibiotics in public hospitals which will avoid bacter...