John Geanakoplos deserves credit for having blazed the trail on the analysis of leverage and collateral, and their crucial impact on the workings of the financial system. His 1997 paper “Promises, Promises” was a milestone in the way that it brought together the institutions and practices that underpin modern capital markets with rigorous general equilibrium theory. It is also famous as an engr...

This paper is concerned with the ability of speculation to generate a currency crisis. We consider a game-theoretic setting between a unit mass of speculators and a government that holds foreign currency reserves. We analyze conditions under which the speculators may be able to force the government to devaluate the currency. Among these conditions, we analyze the role of heterogeneous beliefs, ...

According to Family Expenditure Survey (FES) data, child poverty (with a poverty line defined at half mean equivalised household income) has risen markedly in Britain in the last 30 years. By 1995–96, around one in three — or 4.3 million — children were living in poor households. This compares with child poverty rates of one in ten, corresponding to 1.4 million children, in 1968. The employment...

A multiplane 3-dimensional thigh model is considered* The current densities in various planes are obtained using Laplace equation. Electrodes are placed both in transverse and lognitudinal direction. A method to have enough current densities over the entire thigh length using multiple electrodes has been suggested.

AIM To obtain a prevalence rate and determine the distribution of accidental bruising in babies. METHODS 177 babies aged 6-12 months were examined naked to look for bruises. They were seen in health visitor hearing test clinics and child health surveillance clinics. The site, size, shape, and colour of bruises were recorded on a skin map, and the parent's explanation noted. Any other injury w...

The prevalence of skin depigmentation in the pretibial region is closely correlated in the adult Congolese population with conventional indices (microfilarial index, mean microfilarial density, cyst index) for the evaluation of endemic onchocerciasis. Individuals over 15 years of age in endemic villages who had a microfilarial index of 80-90%, had a cystic index of 60-70% and a pretibial depigm...

Background: Kathak is a very complex dance form in which greater emphasis is laid on foot work thus putting substantial amount of stress over the feet. The purpose of this study was to investigate the foot postural deviations amongst the Kathak dancers. Methods: Screening of 40 Female Kathak Dancers was done for the study from Department of Dance, Punjabi University, Patiala on the basis of inc...

In this paper we demonstrate the existence of a number of weaknesses in a leakage-resilient authenticated key transport (RSA-AKE) protocol due to Shin, Kobara and Imai.