The constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) type utility functions are used in consumption-based capital asset pricing models (C-CAPM) and are estimated by the generalized method of moments (GMM). More realistic hyperbolic absolute risk aversion (HARA) utility functions are analytically inconvenient. We show how to estimate HARA-based CCAPM models by employing Godambe-Durbin \estimating function...

People usually like experiences less as they repeat them: they satiate. This research finds that people satiate less if they categorize the consumption episodes at lower levels. For instance, as people ate more jelly beans, their enjoyment declined less quickly when the candy was categorized specifically (e.g., cherry, orange) rather than generally (e.g., jelly bean). Three studies demonstrate ...

Four methods were tried in order to reduce the growth of granulation tissue on the dura. The best results were obtained using white petrolatum jelly, which almost completely suppressed the growth of granulation tissue when the recording chamber was filled with petrolatum. Collagen and acrylic seals were very effective in one monkey. Panalog ointment slowed the growth of granulation tissue; pref...

EVALUATION OF FIBRIN HYDROGEL SCAFFOLD EFFECT ON OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION WHARTONS’S JELLY DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

A 44-year-old Caucasian woman presented with asymptomatic skin lesions on the trunk, arms and legs. These lesions had suddenly appeared 4 months before and have been unchanged ever since. Medical history included arterial hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia. The patient recalled an acute episode of painful subcutaneous nodules on the lower legs some years ago that disappeared with NSAID and l...

OBJECTIVE Royall and colleagues identified a latent dementia phenotype, "δ", reflecting the "cognitive correlates of functional status." We sought to cross-validate and extend these findings in a large clinical case series of adults with and without dementia. METHOD A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model for δ was fit to National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data (n = 26,068). Factor s...

instructions in infants and children are unsavory or bitter taste, formulations which are very powdery, and multiple dosings. Powdery medicines in particular often taste unpleasant, even in taste-masked formulations. Recently, a number of jelly products have been developed that aim to improve compliance by aiding swallowing. When the drug is incorporated in the jelly product, swallowing is made...