The Weight of the Crisis: Evidence from Newborns in Argentina Argentina hit headlines around the world in 2002 on account of the largest debt default in history and a sudden economic collapse that generated statistics reminiscent of those from the Great Depression. In this article we focus on other consequences of the crisis that are not so obvious but that may linger for decades. Combining mac...

Japan has had a profound influence on Southeast Asia. Whether it is measured by Japan’s often brutal, but ultimately liberating, war-time occupation of the region, or by the more recent economic interaction, Japan has played a major part in shaping Southeast Asia’s political and economic development. At one level this is hardly surprising. Japan, as T..J. Pempel (1999: 27) reminds us, ‘remains ...

BACKGROUND In Africa low birth weight (LBW) (<2500 g), is the strongest determinant of infant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of maternal anthropometry, education and socio-economic status on gestational age and birth weight. METHODS In 1000 Sudanese mothers with singleton births, anthropometric measurements (weight, height, mid-arm circumference) and...

In this paper, we propose an economic model predictive control (MPC) framework with a self-tuning terminal weight, which builds on a recently proposed MPC algorithm with a generalized terminal state constraint. First, given a general time-varying terminal weight, we derive an upper bound on the closed-loop average performance which depends on the limit value of the predicted terminal state. Aft...

in this study, production, reproduction, management and economic parameters deduced from recordings of 5 flocks with 720 heads of native goats during an annual cycle of production in transhumance, village and farming systems were employed to determine the traits&apos; economic values. the economic values of the traits were estimated, using maximizing profit, revenue per cost as well as minimizi...

We use a unique data set of California births to ask whether intergenerational correlations in health contribute to the perpetuation of economic status. We find that if a mother was low birth weight, her child is significantly more likely to be low birth weight, even when we compare mothers who are sisters. Second, the intergenerational transmission of low birth weight is stronger for mothers i...

Developing effective selection programs for improving the performance of livestock requires taking the economical selection indices into account. The present study was performed for comparing four selection indices developed in Kermani sheep through simulated data. The relative importance of traits was determined based on the estimated economic values and consequently, the most beneficial trait...

Introduction: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has estimated the economic impact of Graphic Warning Labels (GWLs). By omitting the impact on tobacco consumption by pregnant women, the FDA analysis underestimates the economic benefits that would occur from the proposed regulations. There is a strong link between the occurrence of low birth weight babies and smoking while pregnant. Low...

China has attained new importance in world history. Recent textbooks now regularly include a historian who specializes in China. [1] Asia's spectacular economic growth in the past two decades,.and awareness of China's huge global demographic and economic weight have gained her new recognition. Consequently, specialists now need to push beyond their focused research to address broader questions ...