We show modern information technology (in short IT) is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality since the 1970's and has contributed to slow growth of wages and decline in the natural rate. Hence, the source of most improvements in our living standards also causes social losses and rising inequality. We first study all US firms whose securities trade on public exchanges. Surplus wealth ...

Broiler trials, using feeds with varying WE-AX and WU-AX levels (wheat and/or corn based) showed that the AME-uplift obtained by Nutrase Xyla is correlated with the level and type of AX. AX-dependant enzyme energy factors were calculated and put in the prediction model : AMENX (kcal/kg) = AME + 100*WE-AX (%) + 25*WU-AX (%) To validate the model, diets with very low and high AX levels were made,...

The ubiquitously occuring non-specific lipid-transfer proteins (nsLTPs) in plants are implicated in key processes like biotic and abiotic stress, seed development and lipid transport. Additionally, they constitute a panallergen multigene family present in both food and pollen. Presently there are 49 nsLTP entries in the WHO/IUIS allergen database (http://allergen.org/). Analysis of full-length ...

On-demand computing provides a new way for companies to manage and use their IT infrastructure. This model of corporate computing radically changes the way companies pay for their IT infrastructure, basing it on "pay per use" rather than on the fixed infrastructure investments such companies are accustomed to. A clear theoretical understanding of pricing on-demand computing is thus central to t...

We introduce a Bayesian method to infer repeated-game strategies in the form of ifthen statements that best describe individuals’ observed actions. We apply this method to buyer behavior in posted-offer market experiments. While the strategies of one-quarter of the buyers in our experiments correspond to the game-theoretic prediction of passive price-taking, for three-quarters of the buyers we ...

Calcium formate (CaFo; Rovelan–Lanxess Corporation, Germany) is a commonly used source of calcium in poultry and swine feed in the EU. Due to increased cost, US interest in alternate feedstuffs has grown. The objective of this study was to evaluate CaFo in broiler diets as an alternate calcium source during a 49d pen trial. A total of 2,160 male Cobb 500 broilers were randomized and placed in 4...

Consumers have only partial knowledge before making a purchase decision, but can choose to acquire more-detailed information. A …rm can make it easier or harder for these consumers to obtain such information. We explore consumers’information gathering and the …rm’s integrated strategy for marketing, pricing, and investment in ensuring quality. In particular, we highlight that when consumers are...

INTRODUCTION This study attempted to determine the effect of a 1800 MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) (only carrier frequency) on thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and corticosterone (CORT) concentrations in the blood plasma of chick embryos, and to investigate the effect of electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure during embryogenesis on the level of these hormones in birds that are ready for sl...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the influence of diet composition on ruminal parameters, more particularly redox potential (Eh). Four Holstein dry dairy cows, fitted with ruminal cannulas, were allocated in a 4 × 4 Latin square design. They were given four experimental hay-based diets D0, D25, D42 and D56 consisting of 0%, 25%, 42% and 56% of ground wheat and barley concentrate mi...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure 25 mm Hg at rest, measured during right heart catheterization. There is still insufficient .evidence to add an exercise criterion to this definition. The term pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) describes a subpopulation of patients with PH characterized hemodynamically by the presence of pre-capillary PH including an ...