Devaluation has different effects on the structure of trade patterns in countries which have a fixed exchange rate regime. The experience of devaluation in many countries has clearly shown that devaluation policies have not always led to the improvement of their trade pattern structures. Some empirical studies have revealed that after employing devaluation, the real rate of money in some nation...

Mingjun Zhang1,2, Jin He1 and Jing Yang1,3* 1Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA 2Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA 3Cancer Research Institution, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China *Corresponding author: Jing Yang, Department of Lymphoma/Myelom...

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a Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium b Division of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium c Department of Nuclear Medicine, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH d Nuclear Med...

Implications for Bio-Feedback and Assistive Devices Zachary F. Lerner, Sarah P. Shultz, Wayne J. Board, Stacey Kung, and Raymond C. Browning 1 School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA [email protected] 2 School of Sport and Exercise, Massey Univeristy, Wellington, NZ [email protected], [email protected] 3 Department of Health and Exe...

Leveraging branch-level data on bank deposits, we provide evidence of a negative impact branching restrictions payout ratios, which occurs only for banks with low charter value, as proxied by the market-to-book ratio. The results ratio extend to Lerner index, return assets, and Z-score, suggesting that risk-shifting incentives drive our rather than signaling or agency costs. Our are robust diff...

Despite the rapid expansion of interest in competency-based assessment, few descriptions of assessment systems specifically designed for a competency-based curriculum have been reported. The purpose of this article is to describe the design of a portfolio approach to a comprehensive, competency-based assessment system that is fully integrated with the curriculum to foster an educational environ...

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In recognition of the potentially critical role the family plays in substance use, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is expanding its school-based prevention efforts to include the family. For the developmentalist, this new focus raises challenging methodological issues. These issues largely reflect paradigmatic interests in change and multilevel systems, themes that are common to num...

Leonard H. Calabrese, D.O., Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology; Theodore F. Classen D.O. Chair of Osteopathic Research and Education; Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A50, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Rece...