There is a translation into Hebrew: ʸʫʹʬ ʺʥʩʹʩʠ ʺʥʠʺʰʫʹʮʥ ʺʥʠʥʥʬʤ ʺʣʮʶʤ , ʺʩʡʸ ʠʬʬ Abstract A case for linkage without interest to the average wage is presented. The accuracy and stability of index formulae is examined and price linkage is compared to wage linkage. The linkage of personal loans and mortgages and relevant Halachic questions are discussed. It is explained how accounting in terms ...

This document gives an overview of our research eeort in developing a digital shared (multiuser) integrated environment with multi-media data management at the University of Minnesota.

OBJECTIVE To test the cultural invariance of the Impact-on-Family Scale in order to make cross-cultural comparisons. METHODS The Italian version of the scale was administered to mothers of children with chronic illnesses. Factorial invariance was examined to investigate whether the four factors found with the original United States (U.S.) scale could be replicated. RESULTS The results clear...

In this paper we study the price dynamics in a simple model of financial markets with heterogeneous agents. We concentrate on how increases in the total number of active traders influences fluctuations of asset prices. We find that a curious route to chaos is observed when the total number of [active traders] increases. Particularly, we show that intermittent chaos [1] of price fluctuations is ...

Transformation of the monopolistic electric industry into a competitive and free market system is underscored by the wide price variation of electricity. To address price variation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed the development of fair competition in the wholesale power market as a first step toward full deregulation of the industry. This paper will discuss the steps tha...

Achieving a better rank online is often costly. Is the effect of ranking different for mobile devices and traditional PC? This study empirically examines the ranking effect across different device types in an ecommerce environment. With over 4 million observations from Tweaker.net, the largest shopbot in Netherlands, we estimated the ranking effect between mobile and PC. Surprisingly, and contr...

The paper describes a new version of a visual feedback aid for speech training. The aid is a PC based speech processing system that visualizes incoming signal and its most relevant parameters (such as volume, pitch, timing, spectrum) and compares them to utterances recorded by reference speakers. The goal is to help a trained person in identifying the most severe deviations in his or her pronun...

OBJECTIVES This article aims to introduce, compare and analyze the design and development of Critical Illness Insurance systems in different parts of China under different social and economic conditions, to explain their characteristics and similarities. It may provide references to other countries, especially developing countries, to solve the problem of high medical costs. METHODS According...

The term “illegal price manipulation” is difficult to define. Current U.S. law does not explicitly define it. The finance and economics literature uses the term “manipulation” in an imprecise manner. This paper proposes that a trading strategy not be classified as “illegal price manipulation” unless the violator’s intent is to pursue a scheme that undermines economic efficiency both by making p...