How natural resources are measured and bounded within a property right system can influence their development productivity. This is especially true for surface water given its fluid, fungible, stochastic nature. Two quantifications have emerged: The prior appropriation doctrine provides absolute quantities to allocated based on first use while proportional rights distribute set percentage of to...

A 2 years and 9 months old boy attended to a gastroenterology clinic of pediatric hospital for investigation of recurrent and intractable vomiting. He had post prandial, non-projectile, non-bilious emesis since past 2 years. Since the onset of illness, he was carried to many doctors and underwent extensive laboratory investigations. Because all of the science lab and imaging work up for etiolog...

In my testimony today, I consider the relative potential advantages and disadvantages of voting systems that can be subjected to objective independent analysis. I emphasize that openness in the design, development, and operation of voting machines can significantly enhance the integrity, transparency, and accountability of the election process. However, openness by itself is not a cure for voti...

Different economic characteristics between developing and developed countries may require worker with different skills, resulting in different returns to the same ability. Moreover, it is also possible that different countries require different skills depending on their economic fundamentals. This paper provides evidence of the hypotheses above by comparing the labour market returns to numeracy...

During the 1950s and 1960s, research teams across the country searched for differences that explained why some organizations were highly successful while others were only marginally successful, if at all. Several of them came to similar explanations involving managerial treatment and use of their subordinates. Major researchers were Rensis Likert, Douglas McGregor, Robert R. Blake (withJane S. ...