In this article we explain the essential role of controlled experiments in testing job-search models. We derive the testable implications of a finite-horizon job-search model and layout the design of the controlled experiments that we use to test those implications. We present the results of several parametric and nonparametric tests, all conditional on the actual draws of the wage offers. Over...

arrangement Projective realization lx ly ld ly1 lx1 v 00 v 10 v 01 v 11 l∞ v x v y Lx Ly Ld L∞ (1, 0) (0, 1) (1, 1) (0, 0) (∞ , 0) (0, ∞) Line at infinity Figure 15: The standard triangle T and its standard realization. De nition 12.2 The standard realization T of the standard triangle T is determined by: T (v00) = (0; 0); T (vx) = (1; 0); T (vy) = (0;1); T (v11) = (1; 1) Here (0; 0); (1; 0); (...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether production of liver metastasis by human colon carcinoma (HCC) cells depends on the response of tumor cells to organderived growth factors. HCC cells were isolated from several surgical specimens whose malignant potential differed (Dukes’ stage B or D tumors), adapted to grow in culture, and assessed for expression of the epidermal growth factor...

Systemic anti-cancer therapies can produce acute and chronic organ damage. Ocular toxicity induced by anti-cancer chemotherapy is not uncommon, but underestimated and under-reported. The development of more aggressive regimens, use of newer agents and combination chemotherapies have resulted in a significant increase of reported cases of chemotherapies induced ocular side effects. Visual change...

In a text-based discovery and analytical environment, high quality textual representation is needed to support discovery of and research on spoken content. The increased representation of human thoughts and ideas as digitally represented speech highlights the need for efficient generation of high quality text representations of spoken content. The most cost-effective method of producing textual...

This study used a person-centered approach to identify naturally occurring combinations of intrinsic and extrinsic academic motives and their correlates. 1061 high school students completed measures of academic motivation, performance, and school engagement. Cluster analysis revealed four motivational profiles characterized by high levels of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations (high quanti...

The Project involved the study, both experimental and theoretical, of extreme events (EE, sometimes named Optical Rogue Waves) in two types of self-pulsing lasers: 1) all-solid-state (i.e., diode-pumped) Nd:YVO4+Cr:YAG (“slow” saturable absorber); and 2) Kerr-lens-mode locked Ti:Sapphire (“fast” saturable absorber). The main tool is the analysis of the time series of the laser pulses and of the...

The Ninth Annual AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research conference was held in Philadelphia in November 7–10, 2010. Its thematic focus was "Prevention: From Basic Science to Public Health Benefit." Telomere plasticity, the microenvironment, inflammation, transformation to the metastatic phenotype, and pathways to obesity were highlighted as important elements of carcinogenesis amenable to...

This article investigates the relationship between genetic determinism and the discourse of risk by making use of an elaboration of the concept of governmentality developed by Michel Foucault. After a short outline of the theoretical profile of the employed risk analysis, the main part of the text distinguishes three core level of analysis. With a view to illustrating several aspects of a ‘gene...

In recent years, the use of gender neutral-terminology has become commonplace. At times, the practice is awkward, as when a writer or speaker avoids generic terms that are also used exclusively for males. "Human" or "person" then replaces "man," and "he or she" is often used instead of merely "he." Despite the awkwardness, this practice may have the positive effect of reminding readers or liste...