Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic development. Yet, two issues remain to be addressed in the literature. First, while proper identification of the causal effectiveness of infrastructure in reducing poverty is important, experimental evaluation, such as randomized control trials (RCT)-based evaluation, is diffic...

This paper examines the role of infrastructure in long run economic growth. The paper consists of two sections, the first concentrates on the theoretical role of government spending in models of growth and the second details examples of private participation in infrastructure development. Using a simple endogenous growth model we find that while the hypothesized benefits of infrastructure expen...

Clotting Factor VII activity emerges as a highly significant predictive factor for development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) In prospective trials. We have previously shown that In hypertriglyceridemlc Individuals a fraction of their clotting Factor VII molecules is present in an activated state In phosphollpase C-sensitive complexes in plasma. These complexes may explain the increased Factor...

This appendix contains the results obtained from the analysis of variance described in chapter three using " set " as the second factor.

This paper presents the methodology for performing and interpreting second-order factor analysis. Procedures for extracting and rotating solutions are presented. Critical issues of interpretation, such as interpreting second-order factors are discussed. Two methods for accomplishing this are explained, including multiplying the firstand second-order factor pattern matrices and the Schmid-Leiman...

We focused attention of the calcification ability of coral cells. A section of coral was transplanted to the cavity of a tooth and observed microscopically for calcification after 7 days (LI group) and 14 days (LII group) of artificial irradiation. Observation after 7 days (NI group) and 14 days (NII group) without artificial irradiation was used as a control. Calcification was observed in the ...

This paper describes and evaluates Sprinkler, a reliable highthroughput broadcast facility for geographically dispersed datacenters. For scaling cloud services, datacenters use caching throughout their infrastructure. Sprinkler can be used to broadcast update events that invalidate cache entries. The number of recipients can scale to many thousands in such scenarios. The Sprinkler infrastructur...

This appendix contains the results obtained from the analysis of variance described in chapter three using " driver " as the second factor.

This paper assesses the determinants of European outward and inward processing trade. Thereby, it distinguishes between size, relative factor endowment, (other) cost factors and infrastructure variables. Using a large panel of bilateral processing trade flows of the EU12 countries at the aggregate level over the period 1988-1999, we find that infrastructure variables, relative factor endowments...