A sudden change in investment environment shifts objective uncertainty (characterized by parameters that determine the distribution of returns) and at the same time heightens subjective uncertainty (about the data generating ...

Traditional models of bank runs do not allow for herding effects, because in these models withdrawal decisions are assumed to be made simultaneously. I extend the banking model to allow a depositor to choose his withdrawal ...

Parametric stochastic frontier models have a long history in applied production economics, but the class of tractible parametric models is relatively small. Consequently, researchers have recently considered non-parametric ...

Although the Internet reduces market frictions by making it easier for consumers to obtain information about prices and product offerings, goods sold by electronic firms are not perfect substitutes for otherwise identical ...

Conditional Markov chain models of observed aggregate share-type data have been used by economic researchers for several years, but the classes of models commonly used in practice are often criticized as being purely ad ...

Some of the most difficult situations faced by physicians have been when loving and caring families, often out of guilt or misunderstanding, disagree or become demanding. This challenge intensifies when those demands do ...

The first official healthcare ethics committee convened in 1971. But the origin of such committees came years earlier in response to a rising tide of moral concern in health care. “Committees for the Discussion of Morals ...

Terri Schindler-Schiavo has lived in a persistent vegetative state in Florida for thirteen years, since her collapse and resuscitation at age 26 due to apparent severe hypokalemia. She has been kept alive with a jejunal ...

Faith and spirituality, and their place in professional relationships, are getting a great deal of press these days. From an airline pilot proselytizing to his captive passengers at the beginning of a four hour coast to ...

Writing formal “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders is a relatively new practice that has come about over the last 30 years as a result of medical innovation coupled with a growing understanding that sometimes it's just not ...

Making decisions within the complexities of modern health care is not easy. This is especially true in a training environment. Ethical dilemmas often present themselves, and having a mechanism available to effectively ...

When Arabidopsis must defend itself from bacterial infections, the process can potentially be harmful to the host plant. The specific gene I am focusing on in my project is SRFR1 (suppressor of rps4-RLD), which is involved ...

Hip-hop music emerged in the 1970's as a countercultural strategy to deter inner city youth from the influence of violence and gangs; it was a form of social expression. The dominant images in early hip-hop music videos ...

Of the 2.9 million Latinas/o students (17% of all high school students in the U.S.) enrolled in secondary education, only 53.2% of these students are expected to graduate from high school, and only 28.2% of these graduates ...

The current standard for abdominal hernia repair uses synthetic meshes, which often break down, leading to complications and a high rate of recurrence. A biologic prosthetic, derived from animal tissue, would provide a ...

Tropisms, the responses of plants to external stimuli, have been studied as important evolutionary adaptations and as possible areas of future advantageous genetic manipulation. The goal of our current research is to ...

Sexual harassment law within the US is unable to accurately handle the real life experiences of women, especially the workplace experience. Feminist theorists have suggested many options to deal with the laws' inefficiencies; ...

Lectin-like receptor kinases (LecRKs) are specialized proteins encoded in many plant genomes. These proteins contain three distinct domains: an extracellular receptor domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular ...

In 2002, Brazil's bond market fell dramatically at the same time that Brazilian citizens prepared to vote for the left-leaning President Lula. This event prompted political scientists to question why investors reacted so ...

The n-acetyl galactosaminidase from Clostridium perfringens removes the terminal n-acetyl galactosamine from the A trisaccharide of human blood group A glycotypes thereby converting cells of Blood Type A to cells of the ...