harmony and disharmony are generally considered in isolation in the phonological literature. this has led to a striking asymmetry in their analyses. in this article, it is argued that both phenomena call for a parallel treatment and that this can be accomplished within correspondence theory.correspondence theory provides a general framework for defining faithfulness constraints. what happens in...

Social media is becoming popular as a key source of information on disasters and crisis situations. Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) respondents can gain valuable insights and situational awareness by monitoring social mediabased feeds. Specifically, the use of microblogs (i.e., Twitter) has been shown to provide new information not otherwise attainable. In this paper, we present a n...

The global financial crisis has brought to an end a rather unprecedented period of banks’ international expansion. We analyze the effects of the crisis on international banking. Using a detailed dataset on the international assets of all German banks with foreign affiliates for the years 2002-2011, we study bank internationalization before and during the crisis. Our data allow analyzing not onl...

Countries may face debt problems for periods when the long-run solvency condition about current account deficits holds. Using Markov Switching model, the econometric methodology proposed in this study allows us to distinguish periods that are associated with unsustainable outcomes from those in which the solvency condition holds. Analyzing Turkey’s current account deficits between 1987:4 and 20...

Emergency Management Agencies (EMA) are increasingly adopting online social network (OSN) such as Twitter and Facebook for interacting with partner institutions and citizens for sourcing and distributing of vital crisis information. However, EMA need to study and analyze how well they are using and, how they should be using the OSN. This paper adopts a holistic social architecture driven approa...

This study examines the dual implications of dual-option subsidiaries on exit decisions during times of economic crisis. Retaining dual-option subsidiaries in crisis-stricken countries means leaving a shadow option open for future growth once a crisis ends. However, MNCs may encounter problems pursuing either option due to challenges in managing dual-option subsidiaries with clashing strategic ...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a worldwide public health problem and an incurable disease. The roles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) on AIDS had been recognized and accepted by more and more people. Being a relatively long period, to initiate combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for the asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection patient is not consensus....

Using a panel of corporate transactions in 27 EU countries from 1999 to 2012, we investigate the impact of the financial crisis on the market for corporate assets. In particular, we test the ‘fire-sale FDI’ hypothesis by analyzing the number of cross-border transactions, the price of corporate assets and the impact of credit and macroeconomic conditions. According to the fire-sale FDI hypothesi...

The hormonal status of women with a diagnosis STUMP, removal one ovary and without surgery were prospectively studied. study the background revealed ovarian insufficiency syndrome in after surgical treatment. Our studies carried out period from 1 month to 3 months, 4 6 months 7 12 operation. We investigated changes level main informative hormones FSH, E2, LH, AMH, since other hormones, such as ...