This paper considers the interactions between financial sector reform and entrepreneurial development with a focus on identifying policies appropriate for fostering entrepreneurial discovery and learning. Using a simple model of occupational choice with moral hazard, it analyzes the effects of Financial Liberalization policies (McKinnon, 1973) on the development of industrial entrepreneurship. ...

In this paper, a novel method for analysis of binaural room impulse responses is presented. Individual reflections are localized in time and frequency from a measured binaural room impulse response based on the continuous cross-wavelet transform (XWT). The directions of the reflections are then analyzed based on KEMAR and CIPIC reference data lookup, and compared a previous approach. Analysis o...

BACKGROUND Occupational stress is a known factor behind employee resignations; thus, early identification of individuals prone to such stress is important. Accordingly, in this pilot study we evaluated potential predictors of susceptibility to occupational stress in Japanese novice nurses. METHODS Forty-two female novice nurses at Kagoshima University Hospital were recruited for the study pop...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Falls are common and often take place in the home. Risk of fall increases if the environment is dimly lit. Longer sitting pause times, before standing, might improve postural stability after standing from a supine position. The purpose of this investigation was to measure the effects of sitting pause times on postural sway velocity immediately following a supine-to-standi...

Cellular automata are a simple formal model for complex systems. They consist of an infinite number of identical finite automata arranged over a regular lattice (here Z). Each automaton updates its state according to its own state and the one of a fixed set of neighboring automata according to a local rule. All updates are synchronous. The simplicity of the model contrasts with the great variet...

hypersensitivity reactions to natural rubber latex have increased recently, especially among people with high exposure to latex allergens. hypersensitivity reactions to latex are related to many conditions like occupational asthma. our study was performed to determine the prevalence of hypersensitivity to natural rubber latex and potential food cross reactions in operation room personnel in shi...

sulfuric acid ([3-(3-silicapropyl)sulfanyl]propyl]ester (saspspe) is employed as a recyclable catalyst for the silylation of hydroxyl groups. a good range of primary, secondary alcohols and phenolic hydroxyl groups were effectively converted into their corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers with hexamethyldisilazane in the presence of catalytic amounts of saspspe at room temperature with short rea...

Abstract In this paper, we present empirical evidence that higher income inequality is associated with a greater equity share in countries’ external liabilities, and develop theoretical model can explain observation: small open economy traded non-traded goods, entry barriers depress entrepreneurial activity industries raise inequality. The number of domestic goods firms leaves room for foreign ...

INTRODUCTION To analyze the correlation between the many different emergency department (ED) treatment metric intervals and determine if the metrics directly impacted by the physician correlate to the "door to room" interval in an ED (interval determined by ED bed availability). Our null hypothesis was that the cause of the variation in delay to receiving a room was multifactorial and does not ...