Throughout economic history, the global economy has experienced recurring crises. The persistent recurrence of such economic crises calls for an understanding of their generic features rather than treating them as singular events. The global economic system is a highly complex system and can best be viewed in terms of a network of interacting macroeconomic agents. In this regard, from the persp...

Results Ex vivo cytokine profile The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-a were higher in unstimulated and LPS stimulated PBMC supernatants of FMF patients in crises compared to the control group. Concentrations were comparable between FMF patients during and between crises. There was no difference in spontaneous IL1-b and IL-1 a release by PBMCs of FMF patients and controls. Howe...

In the modern humanistic and social discourse questions concerning body bod[1]iliness become increasingly more important than about subject his identity analysed from perspective of existing paradigms. Also, hitherto utter[1]ances referring to which is embodied are often criticised. The approach bodiliness changes narratives subjectivity, as well which, intermediated through bodiliness, created...

Where ethnic violence divides groups by both religious and tribal affiliation, how does the ‘ethnic’ characterization of conflict affect perceptions crises? From a survey experiment in Jos, Nigeria, we find that priming respondents with versus frames leads to differently interpret causes violence, issues viewed as most salient cause religion important solution. The findings emphasize where more...

The aim of this paper is to identify which factors explain why some countries are more prone to enjoy long durations of stability, while others experience crises in shorter intervals. To this end, we analyze the duration of stability periods between currency, debt, and banking crises from 1980 to 2008. We find that durations of tranquility between currency and debt crises are bimodally distribu...

Red cell enzyme deficiency disease states are reviewed to outline the requirements for transfusion therapy in the neonatal period, during spontaneous crises, drug or infection-induced crises and chronic anemia.

This paper proposes a macroeconomic model with financial intermediaries (banks), in which banks face occasionally binding leverage constraints and may endogenously affect the strength of their balance sheets by issuing new equity. The model can account for occasional financial crises as a result of the nonlinearity induced by the constraint. Banks’ precautionary equity issuance makes financial ...

There is a recurrent discourse about the fragmentation of psychology and its crises as a science, which often leads to a disenchanted view about its future. To this discourse we oppose a developmental one, in which crises can be occasions for development, and in which development might imply differentiation. We first review why psychology can be said to be in crisis. We then situate the crisis ...

This paper studies the influence of bank market concentration, regulation, and institutions on the real effects of 68 systemic banking crises in 54 countries over the 1980-2000 period. We find that less stringent restrictions on non-traditional bank activities and on the mixing of banking and commerce have a negative effect on economic growth during normal periods but mitigate the negative effe...