100 research outputs found
Political Budget Cycles in New versus Established Democracies
No full textLike other recent studies, we find the existence of a political deficit cycle in a large cross-section of countries. However, we find that this result is driven by the experience of new democracies'. The strong budget cycle in those countries accounts for the finding of a budget cycle in larger samples that include these countries; when these countries are removed from the larger sample, so that only established' democracies remain, the political budget cycle disappears. The political deficit cycle in new democracies accounts for findings in both developed and less developed economies, for the finding that the cycle is stronger in weaker democracies, and for differences in the political cycle across governmental and electoral systems. Our findings may reconcile two contradictory views of pre-electoral manipulation, one arguing it is a useful instrument to gain voter support and a widespread empirical phenomenon, the other arguing that voters punish rather than reward fiscal manipulation.
Using Accelerometry to Detect Upper-Extremity Motor Deficits and Delays in Early Childhood
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
Identifying subtle motor delays in early childhood is challenging. Accelerometry is a novel way to characterize upper-extremity motor patterns in typically developing children. Differences were identified between typically developing children and children with hemiparesis ages 0–5 yr.
Primary Author and Speaker: Catherine Hoyt Drazen
Contributing Authors: Annie Nguyen, Elyse Everet, Melanie Berner, Jonathan Koller, Dustin K. Ragan, Nico U. F. Dosenbach</jats:p
Who would vote for inflation in Brazil? : an integrated framework approach to inflation and income distribution
No full textMost studies of how inflation affects income distribution focus only on wages or the inflation tax. The authors argue that this approach can be misleading as it ignores important channels through which inflation affects income distribution. The authors present an integrated framework that combines interest bearing assets with labor income and cash holdings. This allows them to describe clearly the conditions under which inflation will create gainers and losers. They apply the model to Brazil, which is a prime candidate for this exercise because its economy combines skewed income distribution and high inflation. They show that in Brazil inflation helped worsen income distribution in the 1980s. Their major findings follow. In 1980-1989, the inflation induced income loss for the lowest quintile in Brazil was an estimated 19 percent a year, of which 16 percent is attributable to the erosion of real wages and the rest to the inflation tax. During the same period, Brazil's middle class which lost close to 30 percent of its annual income, was devastated because of its limited access to indexed assets. But the richest quintile managed to insulate itself from inflation by taking advantage of high real interest on demand deposits - without losing from reduced labor income. Had real assets and subsidized credits been considered in the analysis, the regressive effects on inflation would probably have been worse, say the authors. This raises aquestion: Do these findings about the distributional effects of inflation help explain Brazil's delays in adopting a stabilization program?Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Conditions and Volatility,Inequality,Banks&Banking Reform
Chronic gvhd dictionary-eurograft cost action initiative consensus report
No full textChronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) affects patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT). This orphan disease poses a challenge for clinicians and researchers. The purpose of the cGVHD Dictionary is to provide a standardized structure for cGVHD databases on an international level, reconciling differences in data retrieval and facilitate database merging. It is derived from several consensus meetings of the EUROGRAFT consortium (European Cooperation in Science and Technology-COST Action CA17138) followed by a consensus process involving European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), US GvHD consortium and Center for International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (CIBMTR). Databases used for the dictionary were: the National Institutes of Health (NIH) database, the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Applying Biomarkers to Minimize Long Term Effects of Childhood/Adolescent Cancer Treatment - Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium database, EBMT registry, the German-Austrian-Swiss GvHD registry, Italian Blood and Marrow Transplantation Society registry and Regensburg-Göttingen-Newcastle HSCT dataset. A four-part cGVHD Dictionary was formed based on the databases, consensus, and evidence in the literature. The Dictionary is divided into: (1) Patient characteristics, (2) Transplant characteristics, (3) cGVHD characteristics and (4) patient-reported quality of life, symptom burden and functional indicators.sponsorship: The analysis was performed in the framework of the COST project CA17138 cGvHD Eurograft (www.gvhd.eu).DW work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) -Projekt-ID 324392634 -TRR221, subproject B10. (COST project|CA17138, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)|324392634 -TRR221)status: Publishe
Finite vs infinite decompositions in conformal embeddings
No full textBuilding on work of the first and last author, we prove that an embedding of simple affine vertex algebras , corresponding to an embedding of a maximal equal rank reductive subalgebra into a simple Lie algebra , is conformal if and only if the corresponding central charges are equal. We classify the equal rank conformal embeddings. Furthermore we describe, in almost all cases, when decomposes finitely as a -module
Successful Treatment of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Small Intestine Angiodysplasia and Multiple Myeloma with Thalidomide: Two Birds with One Stone
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Therapy Decisions in Patients Evaluated in Specialized Chronic Graft-Versus-Host (cGVHD) Clinics Using 2014 Consensus Criteria for Diagnosis and Response Assessment
No full textACKNOWLEDGEMENT
No full texttheir patience and guidance during the development of this project. Their combined knowledge and leadership were greatly appreciated. In addition, the author would like to give a special thanks to Diana McDonald, Dr. Drazen Fabris, Dr. Lilia Sanchez, and Dr. Peter Woytowitz for their continued support and expertise. ii TABLE OF CONTENT
Explosive Remnants of War in the Republic of Croatia
No full textExplosive remnants of war represent a constant threat to normal life and activities of the population living in mine-affected areas in the Republic of Croatia. The author considers the extent and impact of unexploded ordnance and other ERW contaminating the country as a consequence of military operations between 1991 and 1995
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