1. The urinary excretion of isomers I and I11 of coproporphyrin by fifty-nine patients with Dubin-Johnson syndrome has been examined, and compared with the results obtained for normal control subjects and patients with various types ofjaundice. 2. The control subjects (with one exception) excreted less than 45% of the coproporphyrin as isomer I. Fifty-six patients with the Dubin-Johnson syndrom...

Corrupt government hiring is common in developing countries. This paper uses original data to document the operation and consequences of corrupt a health bureaucracy. Hires pay bribes averaging 17 months salary, but contrary conventional wisdom, their observable quality comparable counterfactual merit-based hires. Exploiting variation across jobs, I show that allocations depend on correlation b...

The initial step of fatty acid biosynthesis in both plants and Escherichia coli is the condensation of malonyl-acyl carrier protein with acetyl-COA, a reaction that is catalyzed by KAS 111 (Jackowski and Rock, 1987; Jackowski et al., 1989; Jaworski et al., 1989; Clough et al., 1992). In E. coli, KAS 111 has been implicated as a site of regulation for de novo fatty acid synthesis (Jackowski and ...

2 9 Repetition of the male back-cross test with star dichaete ......................... 290 Location of the vortex genes through linkage tests with star and dichaete.. ..... 292 The localization of vortex I1 by aid of streak .................................. 296 The streak vortex modifier 300 Further tests of the position of vortex I11 301 The isolation of an (additional vortex intensifier.. 3...

Preliminary experiments indicated a change in the distribution of molecular aggregates possessing phospholipase activity when the supernatant had been treated with colchicine before density-gradient sedimentation. To examine the possible association between microtubular protein and the phospholipase, rat brain supernatant was labelled with [3H]colchicine before ion-exchange chromatography. Enzy...

Efforts to raise US health-care productivity have proceeded slowly, potentially due the fragmentation of payment across insurers. Each insurer’s efforts improve care could influence how doctors practice for other insurers, leading unvalued externalities. We study a randomized letter intervention by Medicare curtail overuse antipsychotics. The letters did not mention private insurance but reduce...

Most doctors in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) match with one of their most preferred internship programs. However, surveys indicate doctors’ preferences are similar, suggesting a puzzle: how can so many top choices when positions scarce? We provide possible explanation. show that patterns NRMP data may be an artifact interview process precedes match. Our study highlights importa...

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI holders.Further,we find that hospitals offering private insurees shorter waiting times as compared to SHI...