We consider a banking model in which firms’ access to credit is constrained due to the banks’ limited risk-bearing capacities. We show that such constraints may be relaxed by allowing banks to transfer risks to outside investors. However, the market for credit risk transfer (CRT) works smoothly only if loans are based on hard, i. e., verifiable information. In contrast, the market for CRT eithe...

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of liquid-crystal display (LCDs) and cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays from a color-rendition and color-calibration perspective. Common display calibration models and assumptions are reviewed and their applicability to LCDs and CRTs is evaluated through an experimental study. The displays are compared with respect to the color-calibration accuracy, eas...

Two studies examined the relationship between individual differences in cognitive reflection (CRT) and the tendency to accord genuinely moral (non-conventional) status to a range of counter-normative acts — that is, to treat such acts as wrong regardless of existing social opinion or norms. We contrasted social violations that are intrinsically harmful to others (e.g., fraud, thievery) with tho...

The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) is increasingly employed to measure the tendency of an individual to override a prepotent but incorrect response and to subsequently engage in further reflection. This interplay between fast intuitive responding and resource demanding reflection has been offered as a paradigmatic example of dual process theories of thinking. Despite its growing popularity bot...

In experimental visual neuroscience brief presentations of visual stimuli are often required. Accurate knowledge of the durations of visual stimuli and their signal shapes is important in psychophysical experiments with humans and in neuronal recordings with animals. In this study we measure and analyze the changes in luminance of visual stimuli on standard computer monitors. Signal properties ...

We conduct a model-theoretic investigation of three infinitary ramseyan statements: Ramsey Theorem for pairs and two colours (RT2), Canonical Ramsey Theorem for pairs (CRT) and Regressive Ramsey Theorem for pairs (RegRT). We prove theorems that approximate the logical strength of these principles by the strength of their finite iterations known as density principles. We then investigate their l...

Introduction The full hermetic package for electronics and optoelectronic (OE) devices was first developed in the 1800’s and has served these industries well. The earliest optoelectronic devices, cathode ray tubes (CRT) demonstrated in the late 1800’s, used a sealed glass vacuum enclosure. The Braun Tube, for example, was a scanning CRT display system that used a glass envelope to seal out the ...

Deinterlacing was developed to address a legacy problem: the interlaced video that was required by old analog televisions must be converted to be shown on today’s digital televisions. An interlaced video is a succession of 50/60 fields per second, where each field carries only half of the rows that are displayed in each frame of video. In some ways, interlaced video was an elementary compressio...

Two experiments were carried out in this study. The first experiment assessed a subject's performance while carrying out a visual search task using a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a cathode ray tube (CRT) with varying refresh rate (48-75 Hz). The subject's task consisted of detecting a target character among distractor characters presented in positive contrast. Search time was similar in all...

An ultrasonic transmission technique is described which images the velocity variation within metal parts. The arrival time of the first ultrasonic pulse to traverse the object is detected and displayed as a gray scale on a cathode ray tube while the part is being scannerJ hori:tontally and vertically. The velocity variation imaged within severa 1 cast turbine parts will be shown. ihe system can...