This paper analyzes the feasibility of various types of currency unions, such as a dollar bloc, Euro bloc, Yen bloc, and basket currency bloc in East Asia, and empirically estimates welfare effects of a currency union for East Asian economies. Judging from optimum currency area (OCA) criteria, including the symmetry of output and price shocks across countries, commitment to price stability, and...

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Metamorphosis involves the destruction of larval, the formation of adult and the transformation of larval into adult tissues. In this study, we demonstrate the role of the Drosophila nuclear proteins EAST and Chromator in tissue destruction and remodeling. To better understand the function of east, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screen and identified the euchromatin associated protein Chromato...

Diana HAN*, Byungho YANG*, L. Karl OLSON†, Alexander GREENSTEIN*, Seung-Hoon BAEK‡, Kate J. CLAYCOMBE*, John L. GOUDREAU‡§‖, Seong-Woon YU‡§ and Eun-Kyoung KIM*‡1 *Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A., †Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A., ‡Department of Neurology and Ophthalmolo...

In post-unification Germany, lingering conflicts between East and West Germans have found some unusual outlets, including a debate of the relative superiority of East and West German 'Ampelmännchen' pedestrian traffic signs. In our study, we probed the visual efficacy of East and West German Ampelmännchen signs with a Stroop-like conflict task. We found that the distinctive East German man-with...

This study investigated the seasonal variation of nitrate concentration and its radiative forcing over East Asia by using an online-coupled regional climate model. Comparison with a series of in-situ observations from Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) and China demonstrated a good skill of the model in reproducing the magnitude and seasonality of nitrate concentration acro...

1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; [email protected] 2 BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA 3 Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; [email protected] 4 Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan St...

Care Indicators for Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Manjit Dhillon; Kaushal Shah, MD; Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MD; Hao Nguyen, MD; Paul Cook, MD; Infectious Diseases, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Infectious Disease, East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC; Infectious Disease, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; In...

a National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA b Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA c Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA d Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA e Grand Accélérate...