PURPOSE To compare corneal endothelial cell loss during cataract extraction by phacoemulsification with 2 different phaco-tip positions. SETTING Ophthalmic Research Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran. DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. METHODS Eyes scheduled for cataract extraction were randomly assigned sto...

This paper considers dynamic platform competition in a market with network externalities. A platform that dominated the market in the previous period becomes “focal” in the current period, in that agents play the equilibrium in which they join the focal platform whenever such equilibrium exists. We ask whether a low-quality but focal platform can maintain its focal position along time, when it ...

Systemic risk to financial markets is often defined as the risk of a major and rapid disruption in one or more of the core functions of the financial system caused by the initial failure of one or more financial firms or a segment of the financial system ([3], p. 3.) This widely accepted definition sets systemic risks in financial markets as a different class of risk agents in the market face, ...

economic growth and development of market, stock exchange and related variables are among components which influence on business, economic activities and management of society. financial repression is among economic variables greatly influencing on financial market specifically capital market and economic growth and development; so that, this concept caused to publish financial growth and devel...

Disclosures: Frederick H. Hausheer: Employment/leadership position: BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc., KI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Intellectual property rights/inventor/patent holder: BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ownership interest: BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Kathleen M. Foley: Consultant/advisory role: NCCN, NCIBCA. The content of this article has been reviewed by independent peer rev...

297 words Manuscript: 5049 words (including citations) Running title: Emotion Processing and Gender in PD Number of figures: 3; number of tables: 4; supplemental information: 2 tables Financial Disclosures and Funding Sources KR was partly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF 01GQ1402] and the Alzheimer Forschung Initiative e.V. [AFI 13812] and the position of J...

This position paper proposes a framework based on a feature clustering method using Emergent Self-Organizing Maps over streaming data (UbiSOM) and Ramex-Forum – a sequence pattern mining model for financial time series modeling based on observed instantaneous and long term relations over market data. The proposed framework aims at producing realistic monte-carlo based simulations of an entire p...

How can the academic discipline of rural health position itself to be relevant in a global environment dominated by financial crisis and climate change? This commentary by Rural and Remote Health Australasian regional editors looks beyond the present time of gloom to opportunities for this young academic discipline to flourish and increase in impact. Steps towards solutions for each of these ma...

Disclosure: Employment/leadership position: Chris H. Takimoto, Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development; Intellectual property rights/inventor/patent holder: None; Consultant/advisory role: None; Honoraria: None; Research funding: None; Ownership interest: None; Expert testimony: None; Other: None. The content of this article has been reviewed by independent peer reviewers to ensure that i...

This paper investigates the motives of FX-risk management based on the changes of forward open positions of Hungarian corporations. We have found that Hungarian companies are significantly more exposed in short EUR forward position, than in EUR long one. Our linear regression model also showed that changing market conditions have an essentially higher impact on the EUR short positions. Our resu...