Presents a photograph of the WindBox turbine which is installed on roof building in Rouen, France. It 1.6 meters tall, and has 4-square-meter footprint (leaving plenty space for solar panels or tiles). The unit, weighs 130 kilograms, can generate up to 2,500 kilowatt-hours electricity per year (enough meet roughly one-quarter energy needs typical U.S. household).

N Engl J Med 2003;349:875-81. Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 20-year-old woman presents with fatigue; laboratory tests reveal a serum potassium level of 2.3 mmol per liter and a serum bicarbonate level of 36 mmol per liter. She is 163 cm (64 in.) tall and weighs 54 kg (119 lb). The findings on physical examination are normal. On questioning, she admits to binge eating and vom...

Uncertainty reduction has a major role in communication theory of relational development. Two competing theories, Berger and Calabrese’s (1975) uncertainty reduction theory (URT) and Sunnafrank’s (1986) predicted outcome value (POV), provide different perspectives on the uncertainty reduction process during initial interactions. Research suggests that when forming a first impression, negative i...

This study considers the implications of corporate political activity and political risk on asset pricing. It is found that firms which operate an affiliated political action committee (PAC) outperform firms that do not. Among firms that operate a PAC, we find that those that spend relatively less on politics outperform those that spend more and that political risk is successfully hedged by fir...

Political correctness (PC) norms are highly controversial and have been subject to political and philosophical debate for decades. Yet, surprisingly little empirical research has been conducted to understand if they have any impact at all and, in particular, if and how they affect the perception of and interaction between social groups. In this chapter, we will argue that PC language has tangib...

n fall 1997, the democratic movement in Russia will celebrate its tenth anniversary. In November 1987, a group of young intelligentsia from Moscow (creators of the then unknown historical-educational organization Memorial) marched to Arbat to collect signatures. Those signatures were not calling for the dissolution of the Soviet system, but for the creation of a memorial to the victims of Stali...

Unlike his theory of justice as fairness, John Rawls’s political liberalism has generally been spared from critiques regarding what is due to the disabled. This paper demonstrates that, due to the account of the basic ideas of society and persons provided by Rawls, political liberalism requires that the interests of numerous individuals with disabilities should be put aside when the most fundam...

Abstract The good of those who are worse off matters more to the overall than better does. But being one’s fellows is not itself bad; nor inequality do differences in well-being matter when lower an absolute sense. Instead, relatively worse-off weighs heavily better-off does, virtue fact that former off. This paper articulates and defends view just described.

IN ADMINISTERING the Bank Holding Company Act, the Federal Reserve Board weighs the public benefits from proposed acquisitions by bank holding companies (hereafter called BHCs) against possible adverse competitive effects.~BHCs are asked to discuss public benefits of proposed acquisitions in applications to acquire banks and noubanking firms. A public benefit commonly mentioned in applications ...