Why is theNew York TimesWriting so Much about Alzheimer's Disease Therapies?

Why so much stability ?

Niemi (1969), in an important but neglected paper, found that when orderings were drawn from a simulation based on the impartial culture, the greater the proportion of voter orderings that were single-peaked (a condition he called partial single-peakedness), the more likely was there to be a transitive group ordering. Niemi also found that the likelihood of transitivity increased with n, group ...

O10: Why Preschool Education Programs Is So Important

Neurological development is largely a result of the learning that takes place starting at birth and during the earliest years of life. Child Care and Preschool Education Programs are key to predicting ultimate success in school and life. Children who attend preschool or other early education programs have enhanced cognitive, verbal, and social development (which is maintained into the first few...

Why is so much clinical research ignored and what can we do about it?

Why is Speech so Much Easier than Reading and Writing ? *

About 25 years ago, some ofmy colleagues posed the question that was, in their view, basic to an understanding of the reading process and the ills that so frequently attend it: what must the would-be reader know that mastery of speech will not have taught him? Drawing on a combination of common sense, old knowledge about language, and new knowledge about speech, they arrived at the hypothesis t...

Why is there so Much Demand for Foreign Equity Capital

Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) are now a significant force in Chinese economy, as measured by their size, performance, and their encroachment on China’s most important industries. This paper challenges many of the conventional views on the factors behind this growth of FIEs. The paper offers an institutional and policy perspective explaining the high Chinese demand for foreign equity capit...