Abstract Introduction Vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) often presents with chronic pruritus. While VLS is associated feelings of isolation, risk mood disorders among females has yet to be quantified on a large scale. Objective Our objective was assess the association development depressive episode, anxiety disorder, major disorder (MDD), and prescription antidepressants benzodiazepines, evaluate i...

Janfalk Carlsson, Å. 2016. Towards Understanding of Selectivity & Enantioconvergence of an Epoxide Hydrolase. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1378. 90 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9586-2. Epoxide hydrolase I from Solanum tuberosum (StEH1) and isolated variants thereof has been studied for mapping...

We introduce “financial imperfections” asymmetric net wealth positions, incomplete risksharing, and interest rate spread across member countries in a prototypical two-country currency union model and study implications for monetary policy transmission mechanism and optimal policy. In addition to, and independent from, the standard transmission mechanism associated with nominal rigidities, finan...

This essay follows the synergies and complementarities between European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the optimum currency area (OCA) theory. Various advancements in economic theory and econometrics have made it possible to progress from the “early OCA theory” to a “new OCA theory”. The balance of judgements has shifted in favour of monetary union: it is deemed to generate fewer costs a...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: E31 E52 E61 F33 F41 Keywords: Currency union Optimal monetary policy Redistributive monetary policy Financial frictions Interest rate spreads Spread-adjusted Taylor rule We introduce " financial imperfections " – asymmetric net wealth positions, incomplete risk-sharing, and interest rate spreads across member countries – in a prototypical two-country cu...

In Response: We respectfully disagree with some of the issues raised by Reiter et al. that imply that epidermal growth factor receptor–related protein (ERRP) lacks therapeutic value. Our studies show the pan-erbB inhibitory nature of ERRP, which inhibits the growth of human colonand pancreatic cell-derived tumors (1, 2). Although the genetic identity of human ERRP is not known, reverse transcri...

INTRODUCTION in recent years there has been a general move towards treating depressed patients in the community if at all possible. One factor that may reduce the likelihood of discharge from secondary care is suicidality (Butler et al. 2010). The aim of this audit was to identify factors associated with continued suicidality among patients in a CMHT. SUBJECTS AND METHODS we searched an anony...

Abstract T his study aimed to examine the Islamic stock market integration between Indonesia and Malaysia, and the effect of foreign interest rates on both stock markets. This study used the monthly time series of Jakarta Islamic Index, Hijrah Syariah Index, and foreign interest rates within a period from August 2000 to January 2016. Result of cointegration test demonstrat...