Spatial Price Differences in China: Estimates and Implications

Racial differences in heritability estimates for tests of spatial ability.

Anticipation in Baseball: Differences in Using Spatial Cues between Skilled and Novice Players

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the differences between novice and skilled baseball players to anticipate the type of ball being pitched and to specify the players’ dependence on distributed or local kinematic spatial cues. Male baseball players (N= 15; Mage: 27.73 ± 6.28 years; baseball experience: 7.90 ± 5.69 years) and novices (N= 15; Mage: 23.10 ± 5.68 years; no playing exp...

Asian Implications of Aflatoxin and Dioxin Foodborne Chemical Exposures Based on World Health Organization Estimates

All people need food. Unsafe foods; however, may cause diseases ranging from diarrhea to cancer. Chemicals in food are a worldwide health concern. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a consultation on the global burden of foodborne diseases. Work to estimate this burden began in 2007 and was carried out by the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), ...

Estimates of Norm and Essential norm of Differences of Differentiation Composition Operators on Weighted Bloch Spaces

Norm and essential norm of differences of differentiation composition operators between Bloch spaces have been estimated in this paper. As a result, we find characterizations for boundedness and compactness of these operators.

Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication

Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has been paid to disentangle the contribution of regional price differentials. This paper examines regional price differential in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost Method, which defines a national basket...