Tobin reasoned that firms should accumulate more capital when Q > 1 and should draw down their capital stock when Q < 1. That is, net investment in physical capital should depend on where Q is in relation to one. How would one measure Q in the data? Typically this is done by using the value of the stock market in the numerator and data on corporate net worth in the denominator – here net worth ...

Recently we published an accurate analysis of molecular hydrogen absorption in the photospheres of the white dwarf stars GD133 and GD29-38, previously observed with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. Constraints were derived on a possible dependence of the proton–electron mass ratio on gravitational fields that are 10 000 times stronger than at the Earth’s surfac...

The Devil's Hole pupfish Cyprinodon diabolis has iconic status among conservation biologists because it is one of the World's most vulnerable species. Furthermore, C. diabolis is the most widely cited example of a persistent, small, isolated vertebrate population; a chronic exception to the rule that small populations do not persist long in isolation. It is widely asserted that this species has...

This study aimed to reconstruct a three-dimensional map of axonal mitochondria using Fiji and Neurolucida software, and to observe directly the morphology and distribution of mitochondria in axons of motor neurons in dorsal longitudinal flight muscles of drosophila aged 5 days and 20 days, using electron microscopy. Results indicated that there was no difference in the total area and volume of ...

THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF BLINDNESS DUE TO RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a major cause of potentially avoidable blindness in children in the middle-income countries of Latin America and Eastern Europe, and is becoming a public health problem in Asia. Indeed, the earlier estimate that there were 50 000–60 000 children worldwide who were blind from ROP is a mark...

Cryptomonads show strong seasonal distribution in lakes yet little is known of their nutrient requirements. In this study, we examined the role of Fe nutrition in the growth and photosynthetic properties of two freshwater cryptomonads (Cryptomonas sp. UTCC 337 and C. erosa UTCC 446). Cryptomonas sp. appeared more tolerant to Fe deprivation compared with C. erosa. Growth rates calculated for Cry...

Intron conservation, intron gain or loss and putative intron sliding events were determined for a set of three genes (SPO11, MRE11 and DMC1) involved in basic aspects of recombination in eukaryotes. These are ancient genes and present in nearly all of the major kingdoms. MRE11 is of bacterial origin and can be found in all kingdoms. DMC1 is a specialized homolog of the bacterial RecA protein, w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the occupational risks in relation to multiple sclerosis (MS). The immediate background for this research was our finding that there had been a high number of critical illness insurance claims by patients diagnosed with MS within the agricultural segment of a Danish pension fund. DESIGN An open insurance cohort. All payouts for the critical illn...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer in men and eighth most common cancer in women worldwide, resulting in at least 500 000 deaths per year. It accounts for 90% of all liver cancers. Its crude incidence in the European Union is 8.29/100 000. Areas such as Asia and subSaharan Africa with high rates of infectious hepatitis have incidences as high as 120 cases per 100 000...

The molecular weight and hydrodynamic properties of a polypeptide isolated from the lamellar system of Antirrhinum chloroplasts were determined in sodium dodecyl sulphate solution by measurement of sedimentation velocity, diffusion and effective partial specific volume. The polypeptide fraction exhibits a molecular weight of 25000 which agrees with the apparent molecular weight found by polyacr...