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The Mode Site Revisited, William J. Schmitz Jr.

Journal of Marine Research

In the 1970's, an intense physical oceanographic effort was focused on the MODE Area (centered at 28N, 70W) to study mesoscale eddies and their effect on the larger-scale longer-term (or general) interior ocean circulation. At that time there was considerable discussion as to the typicality of these results. It has become clear that the time-dependent field is horizontally inhomogeneous; eddies have a geography related to the general circulation. In some areas, significant temporal inhomogeneity (nonstationarity) has been observed, but this issue has not yet been clarified for the MODE Area. Recently, a collective experiment to study the effect of fronts …

A Dengue Antibody Prevalence Study In New Providence, Bahamas, Veronica Toppin

Public Health Theses

Approximately 275 persons currently residing in New Providence, and whose ages ranged from 1-60 years were chosen to participate in school and pre/post natal clinic surveys testing for dengue antibody. Two hundred nine persons responded favorably. Blood samples taken from these individuals were tested for dengue antibody utilizing the IgM (MAC) Capture ELISA, the IgG ELISA and/or the Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. Twelve percent of the population tested were < 5 years, and the majority of the participants (55%) were between the ages of 5 and 9 Years.

The results showed that 15.4 % of the females, and 5.1 % of the males tested positive for dengue antibody. Three percent of the persons who tested positive to dengue were …

Yale Scientific Magazine: Volume 63, Number 2

Yale Scientific Magazine

No abstract provided.

Psychological, Social, And Economic Aspects Of Juvenile Diabetes Which May Influence The Use Of 'Self-Monitoring Of Blood Glucose' Techniques, Ira Marc Cheifetz

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

No abstract provided.

Saint Raphael's Report To The Community, 1988, Saint Raphael Healthcare System

Hospital of St. Raphael Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Saint Raphael's In The News, 1988, Hospital Of Saint Raphael

Hospital of St. Raphael Annual Reports

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Distinguished Lecture On Economics In Government Central Banking And Systemic Risk In Capital Markets, Andrew F. Brimmer

Documents

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Calcium/Diacylglycerol-Dependent Protein Phosphorylation In The Nervous System, Katherine Ann Albert

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Calcium/diacylglycerol-dependent protein kinase, most often referred to as protein kinase C, is of interest to research groups across many scientific disciplines for two major reasons. First, protein kinase C is of general importance in signal transduction because its second messenger activator, diacylglycerol, is generated by phosphoinositide metabolism in response to a host of biologically active molecules. Second, protein kinase C has been identified as the cellular receptor for tumor-promoting phorbol esters. Protein kinase C is of particular interest to neuroscientists because its highest activity is in the nervous system. The studies described in this dissertation were undertaken to analyze the …

Nonparametric Tests Of Maximizing Behavior Subject To Nonlinear Sets, Rosa L. Matzkin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper extends the axiomatic theory of revealed preference to choices that are generated by the maximization of a strictly concave and strictly monotone function subject to nonlinear constraint sets. I characterize finite sets of observations on choice behavior that are consistent with the maximization of a strictly concave and strictly monotone objective function. Both nonconvex and convex choice sets are considered. The analysis applies, for example, to consumers who face either regressive or progressive taxes and to households that produce commodities according to either a convex or a concave production function. For choice sets that possess convex and monotone …

The Interaction Of Implicit And Explicit Contracts In Repeated Agenc, David G. Pearce, Ennio Stacchetti

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Traditional agency theory assumes that the principal has no more information about the agent’s actions than the enforcement authorities have. This is unrealistic in many settings, and in repeated models, additional information possessed by the principal changes the nature of the problem. Such information can be used in implicit, self-enforcing contracts between principal and agent, that supplement the usual explicit contracts. This paper studies the way in which the two kinds of contracts are combined in constrained efficient equilibria of the agency supergame. The agent’s compensation is comprised of both guaranteed payments and voluntary bonuses from the principal. We give …

Reflections On Econometric Methodology, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

General issues about the methodology of empirical econometric research are discussed. It is argued that the most successful paradigms for applied work are the ones that have a capacity to survive and to evolve into more useful forms as these are needed. Paradigms that embrace progressive modeling principles, such as those espoused by David Hendry, seem most amenable to this criterion. It is also argued that econometric theory has a large role to play in helping us to understand the strengths and the weaknesses of a methodology and to codify what its prescriptions entail. The time series methodology of David …

Human Capital And Agricultural Productivity Change, Robert E. Evenson

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Yale Nurse: Yale School Of Nursing Newsletter, November 1988, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

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The Behavior Of Home Buyers In Boom And Post-Boom Markets, Robert J. Shiller, Karl E. Case

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

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The Interaction Of Implicit And Explicit Contracts In Repeated Agency, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This article deals with experimental games as they pertain to game theory. As such there is a natural distinction between experimentation with abstract games devoted to testing a specific hypothesis in game theory and games with a scenario from a discipline such as economics or political science where the game is presented in the context of some particular activity.

Seigniorage In Europe, Vittorio Grilli

Discussion Papers

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A Little Magic With The Cauchy Distribution, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The standard Cauchy distribution is completely characterized by theproperty that it has no atmos and is distributionally equivalent under the involution X → – 1/ X , i.e., X ≡ – 1/ X . Since maximum likelihood is invariant to the choice of normalization rule in structural equation estimation this property establishes that the LIML estimator is standard Cauchy in the leading case of a canonical structural equation. This is a proof by identifying characteristics and is a major improvement over the usual apparatus of change of variable methods and reductions by multiple integration. The new approach has applications in …

A New Proof Of Knight's Theorem On The Cauchy Distribution, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We offer a new and straightforward proof of F.B. Knight’s [3] theorem that the Cauchy type is characterized by the fact that it has no atom and is invariant under the involution i : x → –1/ x . Our approach uses the representation X = tan θ where θ is uniform on (–π/2, π/2) when X is standard Cauchy. A matrix generalization of this characterization theorem is also given.

Yale Medicine : Alumni Bulletin Of The School Of Medicine, Fall 1988- Summer 1990, Yale University. School Of Medicine

Yale Medicine Magazine - alumni bulletin and magazine

This volume contains Yale medicine: alumni bulletin of the School of Medicine, v.23 (Fall 1988) through v.24 (Summer 1990). Prepared in cooperation with the alumni and development offices at the School of Medicine. Earlier volumes are called Yale School of Medicine alumni bulletins, dating from v.1 (1953) through v.13 (1965).

Digitized with funding from the Arcadia fund, 2017.

The Macroeconomics Of Government Finance, Michael Haliassos, James Tobin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper establishes the asymptotic normality of series estimators for nonparametric regression models. Gallant’s Fourier flexible form estimators, trigonometric series estimators, and polynomial series estimators are prime examples of the estimators covered by the results. The results apply to a wide variety of estimands in the regression model under consideration, including derivatives and integrals of the regression function. The errors in the model may be homoskedastic or heteroskeclastic. The paper also considers series estimators for additive interactive regression (AIR), seimparametric regression, and semiparametric index regression models and shows them to be consistent and asymptotically normal. All of the consistency and …

On The International Capital Ownership Pattern At The Turn Of The Twenty Firth Century, Koichi Hamada, Kazumasa Iwata

Discussion Papers

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A Theoretical Framework For The Analysis Of Inflation In The Prc, John C. H. Fei

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Results Of Economic Comparative Statics Of Steady- States Of Higher-Order Discrete Dynamic Systems, Raaj Kumar Sah

Discussion Papers

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The Power Of Commitment, Chien-Fu Chou, John Geanakoplos

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

History has seen many examples of the lone man — like Christ, Luther, Gandhi, or Hitler — who without initial wealth or position, succeeds in changing the behavior of an entire society, for good or for ill. Whence comes this power. No doubt such leaders have possessed extraordinary ability, and have formulated original ideas with great appeal which others could readily follow. But there is another striking similarity among these leaders; namely their single-minded devotion to their, ideals, and their uncompromising attitude toward those who opposed them, no matter what the personal cost. There is hardly any need to document …

The Shapes Of Polyhedra, Ravi Kannan, László Lovász, Herbert E. Scarf

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Nonparametric And Distribution-Free Estimation Of The Binary Choice And The Threshold-Crossing Models, Rosa L. Matzkin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper studies the problem of nonparametric identification and estimation of binary threshold-crossing and binary choice models. First, conditions are given that guarantee the nonparametric identification of both the function of exogenous observable variables and the distribution of the random terms. Second, the identification results are employed to develop strongly consistent estimation methods that are nonparametric in both the function of observable exogenous variables and the distribution of the unobservable random variables. The estimators are obtained by maximizing a likelihood function over nonparametric sets of functions. A two-step constrained optimization procedure is devised to compute these estimators.

Yale Scientific Magazine: Volume 63, Number 1

Yale Scientific Magazine

No abstract provided.

Press Release A1234, Argentina: Banco De La Repºblica

Documents

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Persistence And Pervasiveness Of Corruption: New Perspectives, Raaj Kumar Sah

Discussion Papers

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Fiscal Uncertainty, Informational Externalities And The Welfare Cost Of Speculation, Gabriel De Kock, Vittorio Grilli

Discussion Papers

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