Two Stories of King Midas in the Judeo-Spanish Speaking World: Isak Papo and Matilda Koén-Sarano’s Versions of the ATU782 «Midas and the Donkey’s Ears», and ATU775 «Midas’ Short-sighted Wish» / Dos cuentos del rey Midas en la tradición oral judeoespañola: las versiones de Isak Papo y Matilda Koén-Sarano del ATU782 «Midas y las orejas de asno» y ATU775 «El rey Midas y el toque de oro»

Cointegrating MiDaS Regressions and a MiDaS Test

This paper introduces cointegrating mixed data sampling (CoMiDaS) regressions, generalizing nonlinear MiDaS regressions in the extant literature. Under a linear mixed-frequency data-generating process, MiDaS regressions provide a parsimoniously parameterized nonlinear alternative when the linear forecasting model is over-parameterized and may be infeasible. In spite of potential correlation of ...

Las TICs y la Asociatividad Comercial: El Caso de la Ruta del Vino del Maule

El regreso de las epidemias. Salud y sociedad en el Perú del siglo XX

extent the approaches to illness and healing have become "disenchanted" during this period or not. The authors have drawn on a broad range of archival sources, medical literature and field studies (as far as the more recent history is concerned). The studies in this volume show that Max Weber's concept of the "disenchantment of the world" may be perfectly applicable to many phenomena, but lack ...

The Midas touch?

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that GP trainees are worth their weight in gold. DESIGN Data collected from 100 consecutive patients analysed with reference to practice statistics, fees, and allowances. SETTING General practice, Edinburgh. RESULTS In the year April 1992 to April 1993 the trainee saw 3439 patients, who were worth over 18,000 pounds in capitation fees. The training grant i...

The Midas Cichlid In Nicaragua