207 research outputs found
Investment, Private Information, and Social Learning: A Case Study of the Semiconductor Industry
No full textSocial learning models of investment provide an interesting explanation for sudden changes in investment behaviour. Caplin and Leahy (1994) develop a model of social learning in which agents learn about the true state of demand from the investment suspension decisions of other agents. The author tests the main predictions of Caplin and Leahy’s model using a unique database of investment projects undertaken by semiconductor plants. She finds that firms that are installing a significant new technology appear to be influenced by social learning, because they are more likely to suspend their investment project when other suspensions occur. A 1 per cent increase in the number of other suspensions increases by 3.6 per cent the probability that an average new technology plant will suspend their investment project. Suspensions by other agents also significantly affect plants that use conventional technology, but that effect is negative. The conventional technology plants are less likely to suspend their investment project when other firms suspend, which suggests that their payoffs are strategic substitutes, as in a "war-of-attrition" game.Business fluctuations and cycles
Occupational kidney disease among young populations in northwest Nicaragua
No full textChronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology (CKDu) is mainly responsible for the deaths of young males in agricultural lowland regions of Central America. The aim of this thesis was to advance the understanding of the causes of CKDu by conducting several different epidemiological research studies. The systematic review identified a number of cross-sectional studies and occupational cohort studies with limited follow-up periods, but the findings were inconclusive regarding the causes of CKDu. The cohort study described in this PhD thesis is the first community-based cohort study in the region to evaluate the natural history of disease in apparently healthy people aged 18-30 years. It collected information about a wide range of exposure conditions with a questionnaire, biological samples, and water samples. There was an unparalleled, asymptomatic and very rapid decline in renal function among 10% of males and 3.5% of females who had normal renal function at baseline. Meanwhile, the group displaying established renal dysfunction (mean estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR: 58 mL/min/1.73 m2) at baseline showed a slower subsequent decline in kidney function (3.6 mL/min/1.73 m2/year). A rapid decrease in eGFR was associated with outdoor work, agricultural work, and a lack of shade during work breaks. The nested case-control study measured eGFR, and urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) at baseline. After adjusting for eGFR, uNGAL did not improve prediction a rapid decline in kidney function among individuals who initially presented a normal eGFR. This is the first study to show that in northwest Nicaragua, 10% of the male and 3.5% of the female population aged 18-30 years showed a very strong decline in kidney function. Larger community-based and occupational longitudinal studies with more detailed analyses of exposure data are needed to identify the cause(s) of CKDu
Student Film Festival Film Still: Brokeback Mountain
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Angell Blackfriars Theatre Student Film Festival 2015 Films by current Providence College Students Thursday, April 30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney COMPETING FILMS: MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis JURY DELIBERATIONS: MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_photos/1013/thumbnail.jp
Student Film Festival Film Still: Be Mine
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Angell Blackfriars Theatre Student Film Festival 2015 Films by current Providence College Students Thursday, April 30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney COMPETING FILMS: MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis JURY DELIBERATIONS: MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_photos/1007/thumbnail.jp
Student Film Festival Film Still: Newbury Street
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Angell Blackfriars Theatre Student Film Festival 2015 Films by current Providence College Students Thursday, April 30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney COMPETING FILMS: MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis JURY DELIBERATIONS: MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_photos/1029/thumbnail.jp
Student Film Festival Film Still: Amaryllis
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Angell Blackfriars Theatre Student Film Festival 2015 Films by current Providence College Students Thursday, April 30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney COMPETING FILMS: MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis JURY DELIBERATIONS: MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_photos/1000/thumbnail.jp
Student Film Festival 2015 Playbill
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
Student Film Festival 2015
Films by current Providence College Students
Thursday, April 30
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney
COMPETING FILMS:
MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder
VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical
KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve
NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys
VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine
STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street
NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis
JURY DELIBERATIONS:
MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph
DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts
AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_pubs/1001/thumbnail.jp
Student Film Festival Film Still: Morph
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Angell Blackfriars Theatre Student Film Festival 2015 Films by current Providence College Students Thursday, April 30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney COMPETING FILMS: MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis JURY DELIBERATIONS: MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_photos/1023/thumbnail.jp
Urinary biomarkers of tubular injury in chronic kidney disease.
No full textIt has been suggested that urinary biomarkers of tubular injury might help predict progression to end-stage renal disease. In this issue, Hsu et al. report that in those with established chronic kidney disease, this information does not add to what we know by quantifying creatinine and albuminuria. Here we discuss the evidence for urinary tubular injury markers in predicting renal outcomes in chronic kidney disease and the areas where measurement of these molecules might be useful in the future
Student Film Festival Film Still: Learning Curve
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Angell Blackfriars Theatre Student Film Festival 2015 Films by current Providence College Students Thursday, April 30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Ben Sweeney COMPETING FILMS: MICHELLE PICCOLINO \u2717, OCD: Obsessive Coffee Disorder VERONICA MURPHY ‘17, MICHELLE PICCOLINO ‘17, BLAINE PAYER ‘18, TIM MOYNIHAN ‘18, The Making of Brokeback Mountain: the Musical KATELYN SUDLIK \u2716, Learning Curve NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Stupid Keys VERONICA MURPHY \u2717, Be Mine STEFAN PUENTE \u2717, Newbury Street NEAL MERCIER \u2715, Amaryllis JURY DELIBERATIONS: MELISSA BRIAN \u2716, Morph DANIEL CAPLIN ‘14, TAYLOR ROSENBAUER ‘14, JUSTIN KANKA ‘14, MARC CAPRIO ‘14, Good Hosts AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Ben Sweeneyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/sff_2015_photos/1018/thumbnail.jp
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