Hyungjun Im, M.D., Jeong Don Chae, M.D., Minseok Yoo, M.D., So-Young Lee, M.D., Eun Ju Song, M.D., Su-Ah Sung, M.D., Young Hwan Hwang, M.D., Jeong Hwan Shin, M.D., and Young-Uk Cho, M.D. Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Eulji General Hospital, College of Medicine, Eulji University, Seoul; Department of Laboratory Medicin...

We consider insurance markets with adverse selection and propose a mechanism under which a separating Nash equilibrium always exists (even when a Rothschild-Stiglizt equilibrium does not). This equilibrium is unique and always (interim) incentive efficient. In our setting, the Rothschild-Stiglizt equilibrium exists and coincides with ours only if the former is incentive efficient. Otherwise, ou...

single crystals Xiaohang Zhang, Shanta R. Saha, Nicholas P. Butch, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Johnpierre Paglione, Richard L. Greene, Yong Liu, Liqin Yan, Yoon Seok Oh, Kee Hoon Kim, and Ichiro Takeuchi Department of Physics and CNAM, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, CSCMR & FPRD, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea D...

Background: The distribution of diseases in society varies across communities and geographical places. Diseases the ear, nose, throat (ENT) pose severe public health issues both rural urban populations.Objective: To determine demographic disease pattern ENT Head Neck Surgery (HNS) Out Patient Department(OPD).Materials Methods: This retrospective study is based on patient’s medical records who a...

This paper provides the first combined theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of private school entry on private schools’ strategic choices of quality, addressing the concern that school competition can harm poorer students. I develop a model where schools select their quality when (1) the match between a school and a student affects test scores, and (2) wealthier students’ enrollment...

Information affects beliefs, which in turn determine investment decisions. Because human capital exhibits dynamic complementarity, early sources of information play a crucial role in its formation. We study how information from stereotypes and role models influences children’s beliefs, aspirations, investment, and academic performance. A model of investment under uncertainty predicts that role ...

Reducing tax evasion is a priority for many governments. A growing literature argues that verifying taxpayer reports against third-party information is critical for tax collection. However, effectiveness can be limited when tax authorities face constraints to credible enforcement and taxpayers make offsetting adjustments on other margins. We exploit a policy intervention in which Ecuadorian fir...

PURPOSE To evaluate the antiangiogenic potential of topical ophthalmic formulations of the novel angiostatic steroids AL-3789 and AL-4940, using a rabbit model of corneal neovascularization. METHODS Neovascularization was induced in the rabbit cornea by surgical implantation of a standard ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (Elvax-40) pellet containing 1 microg lipopolysaccharide. Coded formulat...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the last decade, genomic studies using DNA markers have strongly influenced the current phylogeny of angiosperms. Genome size and ploidy level have contributed to this discussion, being considered important characters in biosystematics, ecology and population biology. Despite the recent increase in studies related to genome size evolution and polyploidy incidence, only a ...