Our study provides both theory and evidence about the effect of social capital possessed by individual managers of Korean corporations on their likelihood of promotion to the next hierarchical level. We argue that (1) executive social capital can be dimensionalized into internal and external components, and both components are positively associated with executive promotion and (2) the effects o...

To investigate the characteristics of total factor productivity and its influencing factors in china’s soybean. Cobb-Douglas production function model is used in this study. The data is based on the period from 1990 to 2007, and C-D production function is applied twicely. The results of this study indicate that total factor productivity grows at 0.42% annually, the changes fluctuate apparently....

HISTORY OF THE RECTUS SHEATH BLOCK Abdominal field block was first described in 1899 by Schleich.1 Various methods of abdominal field block have been used in anaesthetic practice over recent decades. A technique involving multiple injections of local anaesthetic in the abdominal wall was used in the 1980’s.2 This technique was simplified with a single injection non-ultrasound technique used thr...

We test for contagion between pairs of East Asian equity markets over the period 1990-2007. We develop an econometric methodology that allows us to test for both ‘shift’ and ‘pure’ contagion within a unified framework. Using both Hong Kong and Thailand as potential shock sources, we find strong evidence of both types of contagion. Therefore during episodes of high-volatility, equity returns are...

Global loss of 85% of oyster reef ecosystems over the past 130 yr (Beck et al. 2011) has led to both growing recognition of the services once provided by healthy oyster reef ecosystems (Grabowski et al. 2012) and increasing interest in restoring these ecosystems. In Chesapeake Bay, USA, populations of the native oyster Crassostrea virginica have been reduced to <1% of historic levels through a ...

Imatinib has transformed the prognosis and the management of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and has probably changed the patterns of mortality rates. We explored this change at each disease severity level (Sokal score) through a flexible statistical modeling of the effect of the year of diagnosis on the excess mortality rate. The study included 691 chronic-phase patients from Nord-Pas-de-Calais...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data were used to describe 1980-2007 trends among children 0 to 17 years of age and recent patterns according to gender, race, and age. Asthma period prevalence increased by 4.6% per year from 1980 to 1996. New measures introduced in 1997 show a plateau at historically high levels; 9.1% of US children (6.7 million) currently had asthma in 2007. Ambulat...

RESUMO Neste artigo, investigam-se as políticas curriculares da rede estadual de ensino São Paulo entre 2007 e 2018 com o objetivo compreender seus sentidos significados. Em foi implantado um modelo padronizado currículo, articulado à avaliação desempenho das escolas bonificação docente. Com base em pesquisa documental, buscou-se entender a gênese desse política curricular originado nos anos 19...