Ready or not? Constructing the Monetary Union Readiness Index

Constructing a New Monetary Condition Index for Iran

Reliable measures of the size and direction of changes in monetary policy are very crucial for examining the effects of monetary policy on the economy. Monetary Condition Index (MCI) can be used as a tool to assess the stance of monetary policy. This index is defined as the weighted average of different monetary transmission mechanism relative to their values in a base period. The weights in MC...

TERS — Ready or Not ?

microscopy (SPM) for nano-scale imaging with confocal Raman spectroscopy for chemical characterization. Challenges with tip quality, optical alignment, consistency and speed, however, have made the technique difficult and complex. New instrumentation is addressing these challenges, allowing TERS to migrate from pure research to routine laboratory analysis. These systems provide correlated nano-...

Monetary Union Its Costs

Ready or Not: Predicting High and Low Levels of School Readiness among Teenage Parents’ Children

Ready or not : Kindergarten classroom engagement as an indicator of child school readiness

Children’s preparedness for school is an important predictor of their eventual academic attainment, health, and personal success well into adulthood. Although kindergarten knowledge of numbers and vocabulary represent robust indicators of children’s readiness to learn at school entry, theory and research suggest that selfdirected learning skills are also important in meeting the challenges of t...