That All Might See...

Dark Chocolate and Metabolic Syndrome; Do Polyphenols All that Matter?

Academic nepotism – all that glitters is not gold

Dear Editor With increasing emphasis on publications forfaculty recruitment, career advancementand obtaining research grants, the issues relatedto author kinship and academic nepotism havegrown significantly and these probably reflectthe inflationary growth rather than the optimalgrowth warranted due to increasing researchcomplexity. Allesina S (1) measured the fullmagnitude of nepotism in the ...

Battlefields That See

This talk will introduce two new applications of automated video analysis being pursued by DARPA. Video Verification of Identity (VIVID) is concerned with automatically tracking moving vehicles from a moving aircraft and searching the surrounding area for others who may be nearby. Combat Zones That See (CTS) is coordinating the analysis of large numbers of fixed cameras to identify and track ve...

Crystals That Nature Might Miss Creating

No one should have any objections against the claim that the diamond crystal, the most precious gem polished usually with the brilliant cut, casts a spell on us by its stunning beauty. The beauty would be more enhanced and its emotional appeal would be raised to rational one if we would explore the microscopic structure, say the periodic arrangement of carbon atoms, which is actually responsibl...

Husbands Might Really Be That Cheap ∗ Matthew

This paper explores the life insurance holdings from a general equilibrium perspective. Drawing on the data explored in Chambers, Schlagenhauf, and Young (2003), we calibrate an overlapping generations lifecycle economy with incomplete asset markets to match facts regarding the uncertainty of income and demographics. We then explore the implications for life insurance demand. We find that the a...