n t ro d u c t i o n: Man has been plagued by chronic c o n s t i p ation and other digestionr e l ated problems for more than 7 000 ye a rs or at least ever since we stopped feeding solely on berries, roots and grains, but turned to a wide va riety of m e at products (3). Constipation is still an important problem today, plaguing modern society more than e ver, because approx i m ately one-fif...

This paper aims to ompare and ontrast two types of model (logisti regression and de ision tree indu tion) for the diagnosis of arpal tunnel syndrome using four ordered lassi ation ategories. Initially, we present the lassi ation performan e results based on more than two ovariates (multivariate ase). Our results suggest that there is no signi ant di eren e between the two methods. Further to th...

This paper tests whether the Fisher hypothesis holds for a sample of 26 countries by assessing the long run relationship between nominal interest rates and in ̄ation rates taking into consideration the short run dynamics of interest rates. The empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that there is a one-to-one relationship between the interest rate and in ̄ation for more than half of the countr...

The adoption of a common currency has fostered European economic integration and provided many European countries with an e¢ cient tool to reduce in‡ation and …nancial volatility. It is well understood, however, that a single monetary policy also opens a stabilization gap at national level, relative to an ideal benchmark in which output gaps and marginal costs are e¢ ciently stabilized in each ...

This paper contributes to the address of two questions emphasized in the recent literature on models of the role of monetary policy in the economy. The …rst concerns the consistency of the New Keynesian sticky price model with the high degree of persistence in in‡ation. The second concerns the possibility that perceived di¤erences in the behavioral relationship between in‡ation, interest rates,...

In re ent years Arvind's Group at MIT has shown the usefulness of term rewriting theory for the spe i ation of pro essor ar hite tures. In their approa h pro essors spe i ed by term rewriting systems are translated into a standard hardware des ription language for simulation purposes. In this work we present our urrent investigation on the use of Rewriting-Logi , whi h is a more powerful theore...

Selective lactone form ation from hydroxy esters can be obtained with m icroporous glass catalysts. By a sol-gel polycocondensation o f TEO S and a cyclic phosphonate an im printed m icroporous silica catalyst was prepared. The imprint m olecule selected is a transition state analogue for the lactone form ation from hydroxy esters. A lthough selective yand ^-lactone form ation from the respecti...

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) and poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolases (PARGs) are the main enzymes responsible for the post-translational modification known as poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. These enzymes play important roles in genotoxic stress tolerance and DNA repair, programmed cell death, transcription, and cell cycle control in animals. Similar impacts are being discovered in plants, as well...