Because of the near-universal …nding that minorities fare poorly on standardized tests, the use of such tests for employment screening is thought to pose an equity-e¢ ciency trade-o¤: improved selection comes at a cost of screening out more minority applicants. This paper investigates the consequences of standardized testing for minority employment and productivity. We analyze the experience of...

The relationship between metacognition and executive control is explored. According to an analysis by Fernandez-Duque, Baird, and Posner (this issue), metacognitive regulation involves attention, conflict resolution, error correction, inhibitory control, and emotional regulation. These aspects of metacognition are presumed to be mediated by a neural circuit involving midfrontal brain regions. A...

A.I. Gusarov, D.S.Starodubov, F. Berghmans, O. Deparis , Y.Defosse, A. Fernandez Fernandez, M. Decréton, P. Mégret, M. Blondel a Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, 31 Boulevard Dolez, B-7000 Mons, Belgium Tel.: (+32) 65.37.41.98, Fax.: (+32) 65.37.41.98, E-mail: [email protected] b SCK•CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium Tel. (+32)14.33.26.37, Fax (+32)...

97 * Cheryl Joy J. Fernandez, Assistant Professor, College of Management, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), Iloilo City, Philippines; Kim Hang Pham Do, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. This paper was supported by a grant from the New Zealand International Aid and Development Agency (NZAID) and the School of Economics ...

Bordetella pertussis Lipid A Glucosamine Modification Confers Resistance to Cationic 1 Antimicrobial Peptides and Increases Resistance to Outer Membrane Perturbation 2 3 4 5 Nita R. Shah, Robert E. W. Hancock, Rachel C. Fernandez# 6 7 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 8 Canada, V6T 1Z3 9 10 Running Title: Modified B. pertussis Lipid A Conf...

We present an algorithm for determining whether a set of species, described by the characters they exhibit, has a perfect phylogeny, assuming the maximum number of characters is fixed. This algorithm is simpler and faster than the known algorithms when the number of characters is at least 4. Disciplines Theory and Algorithms This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository:...

1Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA 2Clinical Breast Care Project, 620 Seventh Street, Windber, PA 15963, USA 3Division of Oncogenomics, Department of Pathology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany 4Department of Pathology, University of Milan School o...