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Possible Harms Of Oseltamivir—A Call For Urgent Action, Tom Jefferson, Mark Jones, Peter Doshi, Chris Del Mar Dec 2009

Possible Harms Of Oseltamivir—A Call For Urgent Action, Tom Jefferson, Mark Jones, Peter Doshi, Chris Del Mar

Christopher Del Mar

Extract: Oseltamivir is a successful drug: between July, 2004, and June, 2009, more than 11·5 million new prescriptions were issued in the USA, and nearly all influenza pandemic plans recommend antiviral drugs as a mainstay of containment on a population basis and treatment on an individual basis, with oseltamivir preferred because of ease of administration and storage. Because 75% of the world production of oseltamivir has been used in Japan,¹ this is where to look for any serious harms the drug might cause. ¹ See note in article.


Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 292. Transcriptions of five interviews conducted with retired four-star general Barksdale Hamlett in which he reflects on his 34-year military career, including service in World War II, the Korean War, and on the Army's General Staff in Washington, D.C.


Identifying The Effect Of Bank Of Japan's Liquidity Facilities: The Case Of Cp Operations During Financial Turmoil, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan Dec 2009

Identifying The Effect Of Bank Of Japan's Liquidity Facilities: The Case Of Cp Operations During Financial Turmoil, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan

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No abstract provided.


Anti-Personnel Landmine Detection For Humanitarian Demining: The Current Situation And Future Direction For Japanese Research And Development, Book Review Nov 2009

Anti-Personnel Landmine Detection For Humanitarian Demining: The Current Situation And Future Direction For Japanese Research And Development, Book Review

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The interest in developing technology for humanitarian demining has grown in Japan ever since the country became a signatory to the Ottawa Convention on 3 December 1997. In fact, from October 2002 to March 2008, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, which is under Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, funded a comprehensive program to jump-start research and technology development in the field of humanitarian demining. This program, titled “Research and Development of Sensing Technology, Access and Control Technology to Support Humanitarian Demining of Anti-personnel Mines,” consisted of 12 projects that were chosen out of 82 different …


Thomas, Mabel (Finney), 1897-1988 (Sc 2061), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Thomas, Mabel (Finney), 1897-1988 (Sc 2061), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2061. Typescripted diaries of Mabel Thomas relating to her travel in Africa, Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. Includes cards and letters to Thomas relating to travel by others in Africa, Alaska, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, Japan, and New England.


Regulatory Remedies For Banking Crises: Lessons From Japan, Linda Allen, Suparna Chakraborty, Wako Watanabe Nov 2009

Regulatory Remedies For Banking Crises: Lessons From Japan, Linda Allen, Suparna Chakraborty, Wako Watanabe

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No abstract provided.


"L’Effondrement Du Parti Libéral-Démocrate Et Le Retour Du Politique Au Japon" Par Nishitani Osamu, Matthieu Forlodou Oct 2009

"L’Effondrement Du Parti Libéral-Démocrate Et Le Retour Du Politique Au Japon" Par Nishitani Osamu, Matthieu Forlodou

Matthieu Forlodou

Le texte proposé est la traduction de l'article écrit par Nishitani Osamu (philosophe, professeur à l’Université des langues étrangères de Tokyo (Japon), membre correspondant de l’IEA de Nantes), et publié dans le numéro 797 (novembre 2009) de la revue "Sekai" (Le monde). L'auteur revient sur les dernières élections législatives qui se sont tenues cet été au Japon. Il fournit au lecteur quelques clés pour comprendre "l'alternance politique" qui s'est produite à la suite de ces élections. Il replace le vote des Japonais dans une perspectives plus large de retour du Politique dans leur société, après plus de 50 ans de …


Incentives For Learning: Why American High School Students Compare So Poorly To Their Counterparts Overseas, John H. Bishop Oct 2009

Incentives For Learning: Why American High School Students Compare So Poorly To Their Counterparts Overseas, John H. Bishop

John H Bishop

[Excerpt] The scientific and mathematical competence of American high school students is generally recognized to be very low. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports that only 7.5 percent of 17 year old students can "integrate specialized scientific information" (NAEP 1988a p.51) and 6.4 percent "demonstrated the capacity to apply mathematical operations in a variety of problem settings." (NAEP 1988b p. 42) There is a large gap between the science and math competence of young Americans and their counterparts overseas. In the 1960s, the low ranking of American high school students in such comparisons was attributed to the fact …


Principal Terms And Conditions Of The Special Funds-Supplying Operations To Facilitate Corporate Financing, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan Oct 2009

Principal Terms And Conditions Of The Special Funds-Supplying Operations To Facilitate Corporate Financing, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan

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No abstract provided.


Placeholders: Engaging The Hayekian Critique Of Financial Regulation, Annelise Riles Oct 2009

Placeholders: Engaging The Hayekian Critique Of Financial Regulation, Annelise Riles

Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers

Since Friedrich Hayek, debates about the proper relationship between the state and the market, and about the optimal design of regulatory institutions, often turn on assumptions about the workings of legal expertise — and in particular about the difference between public expertise (bureaucratic knowledge) and private expertise (private law). Hayek’s central argument, adopted uncritically by a wide array of policy-makers and academics across the political spectrum, is a temporal one: bureaucratic reasoning is inherently one step behind the market, and hence effective market planning is impossible. In contrast, Hayek argues, private ordering is superior because it is of the moment, …


An International Perspective On Battling The Bulge: Japan's Anti-Obesity Legislation And Its Potential Impact On Waistlines Around The World, Christin Lawler Oct 2009

An International Perspective On Battling The Bulge: Japan's Anti-Obesity Legislation And Its Potential Impact On Waistlines Around The World, Christin Lawler

San Diego International Law Journal

This Comment identifies six factors which my be analyzed to predict the outcome of Japan's new "Metabo" legislation: (1) the compelling need for anti-obesity legislation; (2) the broad authority vested in Japanese physicians and medical policymakers; (3) the Japanese cultural emphasis on harmony; (4) the structure of the Japanese Constitution; (5) the legislation's enforcement mechanisms; and (6) the costs of the program. This Comment predicts that although the cost of implementing the program could pose a serious impediment to initiating the anti-obesity campaign on a national scale, the new legislation is likely to succeed in decreasing Japanese obesity.


Eki Mae Poems [Volume 1], Judy Halebsky, Yuka Tsukagoshi, Fumiko Yamanaka, Ayumu Akutsu Oct 2009

Eki Mae Poems [Volume 1], Judy Halebsky, Yuka Tsukagoshi, Fumiko Yamanaka, Ayumu Akutsu

Faculty Authored Books and Book Contributions

Bilingual Japanese-English poetry journal.


Government, Business And Markets After The Lehman Shock: A Review Of Aid To The Business Sector In Japan, Takao Komine Oct 2009

Government, Business And Markets After The Lehman Shock: A Review Of Aid To The Business Sector In Japan, Takao Komine

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No abstract provided.


Interviews With Forrest Winston Coggan (Fa 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Interviews With Forrest Winston Coggan (Fa 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcripts of four interviews with Forrest Winston Coggan, dance educator and choreographer. The telephone interviews were done by Meredith Martin, a graudate student in Western Kentucky University's Folk Studies Department. All four interviews are attached to this TopSCHOLAR record.


Martin, Meredith (Fa 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Martin, Meredith (Fa 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 454. Four telephone interviews conducted with dance educator and choreographer Forrest W. Coggan by Meredith Martin, a graduate student in Wetern Kentucky University's Folk Studies Department. Transcripts of these interviews are available on TopSCHOLAR.


Why Japanese Entrepreneurs Don't Give Up Control To Venture Capitalists, Zenichi Shishido Sep 2009

Why Japanese Entrepreneurs Don't Give Up Control To Venture Capitalists, Zenichi Shishido

Zenichi Shishido

The biggest difference in the incentive bargains between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the US and Japan is that American entrepreneurs abandon control while Japanese entrepreneurs do not. Years ago, Black & Gilson tried to explain the difference by the existence and non-existence of liquid IPO markets. Although now there are multiple liquid IPO markets in Japan, Japanese entrepreneurs are still reluctant to abandon control of their companies to venture capitalists. While there must be many complementary reasons, such as different market situations, different social norms, etc., for the difference, I will raise a hypothesis that it can be partly …


The Role Of The 'Tojisha' In Current Debates About Sexual Minority Rights In Japan, Mark J. Mclelland Sep 2009

The Role Of The 'Tojisha' In Current Debates About Sexual Minority Rights In Japan, Mark J. Mclelland

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

‘Speaking as a tojisha’ has become an important strategy in establishing ‘correct knowledge’ about sexual minority cultures in contemporary Japan. Originally developed in a legal context where it referred to the ‘parties’ in court proceedings, in the 1970s tojisha was taken up by citizens’ groups campaigning for the right of self determination for the ‘parties concerned’ facing discrimination and has become a central concept for all minority self-advocacy groups. In the 1990s the discourse of tojisha sei (tojisha-ness) was adopted by gay rights groups and by spokespersons for lesbian and transgender communities in a battle to change public perceptions of …


Financial System Report, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan Sep 2009

Financial System Report, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan

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No abstract provided.


Oecd Economic Surveys: Japan, Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (Oecd) Sep 2009

Oecd Economic Surveys: Japan, Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (Oecd)

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No abstract provided.


The Conduct Of Monetary Policy In Japan And Abroad, Atsushi Mizuno Aug 2009

The Conduct Of Monetary Policy In Japan And Abroad, Atsushi Mizuno

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No abstract provided.


The Co-Evolution Of International Business Connections And Domestic Technological Capabilities: Lessons From The Japanese Catch-Up Experience, John Cantwell, Yanli Zhang Aug 2009

The Co-Evolution Of International Business Connections And Domestic Technological Capabilities: Lessons From The Japanese Catch-Up Experience, John Cantwell, Yanli Zhang

Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We undertake an examination of the technological catch-up experiences of the leading Japanese industrial firms in the twentieth century, based on both qualitative and quantitative historical evidence. We argue that the international business connections of Japanese firms had a strong influence on the industrial composition of the catch-up of their technological capabilities, and that in turn that catch-up has led to a change in the nature and form of their international business connections. We speculate on some similarities and differences with the current catchup of firms in emerging market economies.


International Outreach: The Southeast Prehistoric And Historic Landscapes Tour, J. Christopher Gillam Aug 2009

International Outreach: The Southeast Prehistoric And Historic Landscapes Tour, J. Christopher Gillam

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Bank Of Japan Financial Markets Report: August 2009, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan Aug 2009

Bank Of Japan Financial Markets Report: August 2009, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan

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No abstract provided.


Witten, Tempie Jane (Bell), 1901-1985 (Mss 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Witten, Tempie Jane (Bell), 1901-1985 (Mss 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 261. Correspondence, chiefly genealogical related; family files; research materials about Grayson County, Kentucky schools, churches, businesses, history, and personalities. Also includes items related to Witten's long career as a teacher in Grayson County schools.


Principal Terms And Conditions For Outright Purchases Of Cp, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan Jul 2009

Principal Terms And Conditions For Outright Purchases Of Cp, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan

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No abstract provided.


Statement On Monetary Policy, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan Jul 2009

Statement On Monetary Policy, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan

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No abstract provided.


Bank Of Japan Statement On Monetary Policy, July 15, 2009, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, Hirohide Yamaguchi, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Miyako Suda, Atsushi Mizuno, Tadao Noda, Seiji Nakamura, Hidetoshi Kamezaki Jul 2009

Bank Of Japan Statement On Monetary Policy, July 15, 2009, Bank Of Japan/Central Bank Of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, Hirohide Yamaguchi, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Miyako Suda, Atsushi Mizuno, Tadao Noda, Seiji Nakamura, Hidetoshi Kamezaki

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No abstract provided.


Sumitomo Trust To Get Loan Under Bank Of Japan Plan, Nikkei Says, Bill Koenig May 2009

Sumitomo Trust To Get Loan Under Bank Of Japan Plan, Nikkei Says, Bill Koenig

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No abstract provided.


Six Banks Won't Take Part In Bank Of Japan Auction, Nikkei Says, Unknown May 2009

Six Banks Won't Take Part In Bank Of Japan Auction, Nikkei Says, Unknown

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No abstract provided.


The Japanese Revolutionaries: The Architects Of The Meiji Restoration, 1860-1868, Dana Kenneth Teasley May 2009

The Japanese Revolutionaries: The Architects Of The Meiji Restoration, 1860-1868, Dana Kenneth Teasley

Student Papers (History)

Scholars have offered many conflicting interpretations of the Japanese Meiji Restoration of 1868, but few have put forth a comprehensive analysis as to the nature of the protagonists and the motivation of those who initiated this revolutionary movement. Although historical interpretations of the Restoration and its heroes have ranged from a romantic and generalized theory of economic struggle to focused studies of individuals whose motivations were singular, the true character of the samurai revolutionaries behind the Restoration is the issue here. Of those samurai who, acquired knowledge of Western civilization and technology, took part in the Restoration, and witnessed the …