Professor Ta-shue Chou (1950-1999)

Henry Shue on Basic Rights

Changes in USDA food composition data for 43 garden crops, 1950 to 1999.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate possible changes in USDA nutrient content data for 43 garden crops between 1950 and 1999 and consider their potential causes. METHODS We compare USDA nutrient content data published in 1950 and 1999 for 13 nutrients and water in 43 garden crops, mostly vegetables. After adjusting for differences in moisture content, we calculate ratios of nutrient contents, R (1999/1950...

Temporal trends in the incidence of intermittent claudication from 1950 to 1999.

Declines in coronary disease and stroke mortality have occurred, but it remains unclear whether intermittent claudication (IC) incidence and mortality rates have changed. The authors sought to examine long-term trends for IC in the community. Cases of IC among Framingham Study participants aged >or=40 years were classified according to date of onset from the 1950s to the 1990s. IC was defined a...

Convertibility, Currency Controls and the Cost of Capital in Western Europe, 1950-1999

For most of the postwar period, Europe’s capital markets remained largely closed to international capital flows. This paper explores the costs of this policy. Using the familiar event-study methodology, we examine the extent to which restrictions of current and capital account convertibility affected stock returns. We find that the delayed introduction of full currency convertibility increased ...

Aaron S. Chou for the Sld Collaboration

We present recent measurements by SLD of the branching fractions of B hadrons to states with 0 and 2 open charm hadrons, BR 0D and BR 2D , from which both the average charm yield per B decay, N c and the inclusive branching ratio into rare modes not containing any charmed hadrons, BR rare can be derived. We also present a new measurement of the B d mixing frequency ∆m d and limits on the B s mi...