China's transition to a digital currency does it threaten dollarization?

Does a mature AIDS epidemic threaten growth ?

Does Productivity Growth Threaten Employment?

Is productivity growth inimical to employment? Canonical economic theory says no, but much recent economic theory says ‘maybe’ — that is, rapid advances in machine capabilities may curtail aggregate labor demand as technology increasingly encroaches on human job tasks. We explore the relationship between productivity growth and employment using countryand industry-level data for 19 countries ov...

Credit Dollarization in Transition Economies: Is it Firms’ or Banks’ “Fault”?

The existing empirical literature on credit dollarization has not reached agreement on its causes. Most studies that analyze financial dollarization start from the presumption that credit dollarization is supply-determined. If this were the case, then policies that attempt to reduce dollarization should aim to affect behavior in the banking sector. We use a newly constructed dataset for twenty-...

‏‎a 10-bit 50-ms/s parallel successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter‎‏

‏‎applications such as high definition viedeo reproduction, portable computers, wireless, and multimedia demand, and ever-increasing need for ligh-frequency high-resolution and low-power analog-to-digital converters. flash, two-step flash, and pipeline convertors are fast but consume large amount of power and require large area. to overcome these problems, successive approximation converter blo...

The transition to parenthood: what does it mean for fathers?

AIM This paper is a report of a study to explore the needs of first-time fathers in relation to the care, support and education provided by healthcare professionals during the antenatal period, particularly in relation to preparing them for the transition to fatherhood. BACKGROUND Pregnancy and transition to parenthood are major developmental periods within families throughout the world. Prev...