Banks routinely invest in the venture capital market. Why are they interested in venture capital, and how do their investments differ from independent venture capitalists? The banking literature suggests that banks may have some valuable expertise that they might want to leverage into venture capital. Alternatively, banks may want to build relationships in the venture market for their core lend...

The Japanese verbal suffix -aw appears in reciprocal and non-reciprocal pluraction sentences. The syntax of the former instance has been studied in the literature (Ishii, 1989; Nishigauchi, 1992; Nakao, 2003; Bruening, 2004, 2006), while the semantics, especially in the latter use has not been studied (cf. Yamada, 2009). I present numerous examples of the non-reciprocal pluraction use of -aw an...

This thesis presents a new approach and a new interface to let children practice written literacy skills using oral language. Specifically, I argue that language composition is learned by practicing a set of cognitive skills that are independent of the medium in which the linguistic meaning is represented. Furthermore, I claim that tangible, technology-enhanced toys with specific features can s...

Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document serves to register...

We present a new approach to clinical workplace computerization that departs from the window–based user–interface paradigm. NOSTOS is an experimental computer–augmented work environment designed to support data capture and teamwork in an emergency room. NOSTOS combines multiple technologies, such as digital pens, walk–up displays, headsets, a smart desk, and sensors to enhance an existing paper...

We introduce Topobo, a 3-D constructive assembly system embedded with kinetic memory, the ability to record and playback physical motion. Unique among modeling systems is Topobo’s coincident physical input and output behaviors. By snapping together a combination of Passive (static) and Active (motorized) components, people can quickly assemble dynamic biomorphic forms like animals and skeletons...

This paper investigates the relationship between bank performance and management structure in Shanghai between 1912 and 1937. The data come from the Shanghai's Municipal Archives and the Center for Research of Chinese Business History. Using panel data econometric technique, the analysis finds that management structure does little to explain bank performance. Rather, factors such as bank asset ...

The aim of this work is to revisit viscosity solutions’ theory for second-order elliptic integrodifferential equations and to provide a general framework which takes into account solutions with arbitrary growth at infinity. Our main contribution is a new Jensen-Ishii’s Lemma for integro-differential equations, which is stated for solutions with no restriction on their growth at infinity. The pr...

ISHII, K. and ISHII, K. Degeneration in the Efferent Nerve Endings on the Chemoreceptor Cells of the Carotid Labyrinth after the Sympathetic Nerve Trunk Section. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1973, 109 (4), 339-345-Using 9 toads , the sympathetic nerve trunk was cut near the jugular ganglion . In more than a half of efferent nerve endings on the chemoreceptor cells, morphological changes , which were co...

Submitted for the DFD11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Hydrodynamic instability induced by a precipitation reaction in a Hele-Shaw cell YUKI ISHII, YUICHIRO NAGATSU, Nagoya Institute of Technology, 466-8555, Japan, ANNE DE WIT, Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, CP 231, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium — We experimentally demonstrate hydrodynamic fingering d...