We sometimes have to choose between options that are seemingly incomparable insofar as they seem be neither better than, worse nor equal each other. This often happens when the available quite different from one another. For instance, consider a choice prioritizing either criminal justice reform or healthcare public policy goal. Even after relevant details of goals and possible reforms filled i...

In [1], a new class of blind equalization cost functions was proposed. They have the particularity of being unimodal, and some of them, sectionally convex in the Combined System Domain (CDS), both properties seeming very attractive for a cost function, though no proof (or specific definition) was given of the sectional convexity. In this paper we show, using a particular case of this class, tha...

Toxocara canis is an intestinal nematode affecting dogs and cats that causes human infestations by ingestion of embryonated eggs excreted in dogs' faeces. Humans are transport hosts, in whom the larvae do not develop to adult worms, but may migrate to various tissues and organs, and survive for several years, giving rise to several clinical symptoms, which include allergy-like presentations. We...

It appears paradoxical that science is producing outstanding new results and theories at a rapid rate at the same time that researchers are identifying serious problems in the practice of science that cause many reports to be irreproducible and invalid. Certainly, the practice of science needs to be improved, and scientists are now pursuing this goal. However, in this perspective, we argue that...

In the foreign exchange market, time-varying transaction costs and interest rates may define set of attractive currencies for investors. Our study shows that when are attractive, they tend to deviate from uncovered rate parity comove with global stochastic discount factor (SDF). Inversely, non-attractive, conform more closely do not SDF. As a consequence, both investors policy makers want know ...

The uniform-price auction is used in many regional electricity procurement auctions and its “collusive-seeming equilibria” have been linked to potential exercise of market power. Such equilibria do not exist, however, if a small amount of cash is split among rationed bidders. To shed light on what drives this result, I also examine variations in which the auctioneer is able to increase and/or d...