OBJECTIVE To describe the differences in prevalence of tube feeding among states and to examine possible factors that could explain practice patterns. DESIGN Analysis of random samples from an interstate data bank comprised of the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a standardized, federally mandated assessment instrument for nursing home residents. SETTING Nursing homes in four states participating in...

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 examines wage adjustment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries using personnel records from the Union Bank of Australia and Williams Deacon’s Bank (England). During the period of this study there was steep and prolonged deflation. Firm-specific and industry-specific demand shocks also put downwards pressure on wages. Although it was common for individual wages at the banks to rem...

I Introduction II Populations targeted by public health genetics interventions III Ethical, legal, and social implications of public health genetic interventions III 1. Use of genetic information: confidentiality and discrimination III 2. DNA banks III 3. Prenatal diagnosis, assisted reproduction and embryo selection IV Examples of the role of public health in genetics IV 1. Folic acid and neur...

An experimental investigation on heat transfer coefficient is presented from three horizontal tubes in a vertical array in a duct for 500<ReD<6000. A mass transfer measuring technique based on psychrometry chart is used to determine heat transfer coefficient. The diameter of the tubes is 11 mm each spaced 40 mm apart and in-line pitch ratio varies &#10in the range 0.055<D/W<0.22. The experimen...