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… industry (contracts with Bayer, Daichio Sankyo, Boehringer Ingelheim). After we demonstrated that VKA treatment resulted in increased and accelerated vascular and valvular calcification, our research group got back in contact with the Norwegian stock- exchanged company NattoPharma ASA. With VitaK the research with NattoPharma resulted in a five-year research budget exceeding 3 M€. My research within CARIM led to a renewed collaboration with currently two PhD positions sponsored by NattoPharma. … research meetings in which CARIM researchers from the Dept. of Cardiology, Dept. Physiology and Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, as well as collaborators from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, participate. These meetings provide a platform to exchange ideas, share expertise and identify new opportunities for joint projects. In addition, the topic of modelling cardiac electrophysiology is regularly part of the Maastricht Systems Biology Forum meetings, a quarterly event bringing together all … students with medical background as well as biomedical engineers, medical technician and biomedical scientists. Many of these students continue in the field by specialisation in disciplines like cardiology or cardiac surgery. There is a regular exchange of investigators between our group and the abovementioned institutes, frequently resulting in internships or secondments at each other’s labs as well as visiting professorships. Scientific quality The scientific quality of the research is …

… issues in corporate finance and combines insights from economics, business, and psychology. The economic side of corporate finance deals with the maximization of shareholder wealth. To this end managers aim at securing the greatest possible return in exchange for accepting the smallest amount of risk. The course is largely based on real life cases that we discuss in an interactive manner. To conclude, the goal of this course is to develop financial skills for making corporate and personal … Assessment methods: Attendance, Portfolio, Assignment FSE Campus Venlo International Macroeconomics Full course description This course provides a detailed insight into global economic issues. The course starts with an analysis of the determination of exchange rates. After this, the course addresses a number of issues in open macroeconomics, including the working of monetary and fiscal policy, and the economics of the euro. This background will be used to discuss and to critically evaluate current … in the world economy, such as the current crisis, globalization, monetary and fiscal policy in the euro zone and whether China should appreciate its yuan or not. Course objectives Learn how to analyze international trade, capital flows and exchange rates Learn how to interpret and understand various types of economic policies in an international context Understand current discussions about developments in international relations Prerequisites VSS1202 Principles of Economics Principles of …