The neutron deficient Tb nucleus has been studied with the Mo (Fe, αp) reaction at 240-MeV incident energy and the multidetector array GASP. For the yrast πh11/2 decoupled band, excited states up to 6.7 MeV and spin up to 47/2− have been observed. This band presents an upbend at rotational frequency of ~ω = 0.38 MeV due to the alignment of h11/2 protons. The results are discussed in terms of th...

Nuclear structure of Ba is investigated within a framework of the pair-truncated shell model. The model reproduces experimental energy levels of the magnetic dipole band with the ν(h 11/2)⊗π(h11/2g7/2) configuration. From analysis of its structure, it turns out that two angular momenta of valence neutrons and protons gradually close as total spin increases. PACS numbers: 21.60.Cs, 21.60.Ev, 27....

In this paper we present a generalization of power indices which includes the preferences of the voters. Using a Multilinear Extension perspective (Owen, 1972a) we measure the probability of the players’ voting ’yes’ for a particular political issue. Further, we randomize the issues and show the influence that the Agenda Setter can have on a player’s power. We demonstrate these results using da...

In the presence of spillovers, decentralized provision of local public goods may lead to a higher surplus than centralized provision even though localities have identical preferences. Indeed, free-riding costs associated to decentralization can be lower than the costs of rent-seeking and influence activities under centralization. Actually, centralization yields a higher level of regional surplu...

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is responsible for several food-borne outbreaks worldwide. In this study, tissue samples of finfish (tilapia, n = 100) and (mullet, 100), twenty human hand swabs from fish sellers fishermen were tested bacteriologically STEC presence. Isolates their antibiotic susceptibility examined the presence eaeA,stx1, stx2 genes. E. identified tissues (36.5% 1...

This paper investigates the role of structural reforms – privatization, financial reform and trade liberalization– as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main finding is a strong empirical relationship from reforms to FDI, in particular, from financial liberalizati...

We generalize the Diamond–Mirrlees production efficiency theorem, that there should be no taxes on sectors producing pure intermediate goods, to an environment with political economy constraints. In our economy, allocations and taxation are decided by self-interested politicians without the power to commit to future policies. The Diamond–Mirrlees production efficiency result holds even when pol...