Long-run cross-country price data exhibit a puzzle. Today, richer countries exhibit higher price levels than poorer countries, a stylized fact usually attributed to the “BalassaSamuelson” effect. But looking back fifty years, or more, this effect virtually disappears from the data. What is often assumed to be a universal property is actually quite specific to recent times. What might explain th...

Magyar, Clara E., Kenneth E. White, Raul Rojas, Gerard Apodaca, and Peter A. Friedman. Plasma membrane Ca2 -ATPase and NCX1 Na /Ca2 exchanger expression in distal convoluted tubule cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 283: F29–F40, 2002; 10.1152/ajprenal.00252.2000.— The plasma membrane Ca2 -ATPase (PMCA) and the NCX1 Na /Ca2 exchanger regulate intracellular Ca2 concentrations and mediate Ca2 effl...

This paper develops a continuous-time two-sector model to study the economic e ects of an import quota during the period of time over which it is imposed. One of the sectors is protected by a quota, which in our setup manifests itself as an integral constraint on the ow of imports of the protected commodity. In sharp contrast to the existing literature, our small open economy exhibits distinctl...

Large uninsured risk, severe borrowing constraints, and rapid income growth can create excessively high household saving rates and large current account surpluses for emerging economies. Therefore, the massive foreign-reserve buildups by China are not necessarily the intended outcome of any government policies or an undervalued home currency, but instead a natural consequence of the country’s r...

Attaining maximum sustained yield (MSY) is a central goal in U.S. fisheries management. To attain MSY, fishing mortality is maintained at FMSY and biomass at BMSY. Replacing FMSY and BMSY by “proxies” for FMSY and BMSY is commonplace. However, these proxies are not equivalent to FMSY and BMSY. The lack of equivalency is an important issue with regard to whether MSY is attained or whether biomas...

BACKGROUND This study will explore the validity of psychiatric diagnoses in administrative registers with special emphasis on comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders. METHODS All new patients admitted to psychiatric hospital in northern Norway during one year were asked to participate. Of 477 patients found eligible, 272 gave their informed consent. 250 patients (52%) with hospital diagn...

UNLABELLED AIM : The aim of the research is the analysis of psychiatric consultations conducted in the multi-disciplinary hospital, establishing the cause of the consultations according to ICD-10 and the analysis of psychiatric consultations regarding their number on particular wards. METHODS Retrospective analysis of medical documentation concerning given consultations in the multidisciplina...

چکیده زعفران به عنوان طلای سرخ ایران با ارزش ترین محصول کشاورزی و گران ترین ادویه جهان در تاریخ صادرات کشورمان همواره از جایگاه خاصی برخوردار بوده و پس از پسته مهمژ ترین محصول صادراتی غیرنفتی کشور می باشد. لذا در این مقاله سعی شده است با استفاده از روش ماتریس تحلیل سیاست 3 (pam)، ضمن بررسی شاخص های حمایتی، مزیت نسبی ایران در تولید زعفران و نیز توان رقابت آن در بازارهای جهانی در سال 1387 مورد بر...

The purpose of the study was to features primary mental disorders that arose as a result coronavirus disease. In order realize goal in borderline psychiatry "INPN NAMS Ukraine" SI, 97 patients were examined for first time psychic suffered from Covid-19 and exposed Sars-CV-2 pandemic stressors. diagnosis made taking into account criteria ICD-10 (F32.0 — F32.2 34 patients, F40 F45—32 F06.3 F06.6 ...