The Mail Keeps Coming (Empty Shops)

On-again/off-again dating relationships: what keeps partners coming back?

Building on research comparing on-again/off-again (on-off) relationships to other dating relationships, the current study focused on a unique feature of these relationships-renewals. A sample of 274 participants who had experienced an on-off relationship completed a survey about why they renewed their relationships, characteristics of their breakups and renewals, and what stressors and benefits...

Symbolic Significance of Yeats's "The Second Coming"

The minimal genome keeps growing.

Ubiquitylation keeps the nucleus moving

Ubiquitylation keeps the nucleus moving H ayakawa et al. reveal that many components of the yeast nuclear pore complex (NPC) are ubiquitylated and describe how this modifi cation helps segregate the nucleus during mitosis. NPCs and their constituent nucleoporin proteins control several cellular processes, including molecular transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm. These functions can be re...

Go - Shops vs . No - Shops : Evidence and Implications

Go-shop provisions have changed the way in which private equity firms execute public-company buyouts. While there has been considerable practitioner commentary on go-shops in the three years since they first appeared, this paper presents the first systematic empirical evidence on this new dealmaking technology. Contrary to the claims of prior commentators, I find that: (1) goshops yield more se...