A fast-growing theoretical literature on the political economy of reform has provided a sizable collection of models that have deepened our understanding concerning how distributional conflict manifests itself in the political process and can prevent efficiency-enhancing economic reform from taking place (see e.g., Allan Drazen [2000 Ch. 10, 13] for an insightful review). Unfortunately, systema...

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With the licensure of the human papil-lomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the United States and many other countries, an understanding of the natural history of HPV infection is imperative for establishment of appropriate policies and guidelines for its use. Although our knowledge of the natural history of HPV infection in women has increased dramatically over the past decade, the natural history of HPV...

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is defined as a localized and permanent dilatation of the abdominal aorta, beyond 50% of the normal aorta diameter (Schermerhorn, 2009). The prevalence of AAA ranges from 1.3% to 8.9% in men and 1% to 2.2% in women (Sakalihasan et al., 2005; Singh et al., 2001). Incidence of AAA is on the rise in parallel with a globally ageing population, higher clinical suspici...

Prostate cancer currently stands as the most frequently diagnosed solid tumor in men, and remains one of the leading causes of cancer mortality in men in the Western world, accounting for an estimated 32,050 deaths in the United States in 2010 (Jemal et al., 2010). With the wellknown use of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a screening tool, men are being diagnosed with earlier stage dis...

PURPOSE This study evaluates the extent to which bilingual children produce the same or overlapping responses on tasks assessing semantic skills in each of their languages and whether classification analysis based on monolingual or conceptual scoring can accurately classify the semantic development of typically developing (TD) bilingual children. METHOD In Study 1, 55 TD children (ages 4;0 [y...

This paper analyzes the impact of biased beliefs on the structure of informational equilibria in classical self-selection models. Using the intuitive insurance market example of Rothschild-Stiglitz (1976) I show that biases of high-risk individuals have fundamentally different effects on equilibrium contracts than biases of low-risk individuals. Whereas equilibrium contracts of both groups are ...

INTRODUCTION Suicide is one of the most prominent problems in health care system in current Iran. It could be impacted by various factors such as social, economic, individual and so on. Researchers show that socio-economic factors and suicide has significantly related. The people in low social class may more engage with social problems than higher social class. They may confront to problems suc...

Through joined two sensitive methods solvation and cloud point extraction separated and determined micro amount of Ce(III) from aqueous solutions by using organic reagent 2,4-Dimethyl pentan-3-one (2,4-DMP) as extractant and non-ionic surfactant 1% TritonX-100 , the experimental study shows the solvation species of Ce+3 extracted into cloud point layer (CPL) have a wavelength for maximum absorb...