Although the reproductive success of most organisms depends on factors acting at several spatial scales, little is known about how organisms are able to synthesize multi-scale information to optimize reproduction. Using longitudinal data from a long-lived seabird, Monteiro's storm-petrel, we show that average breeding success is strongly related to oceanic conditions at the population level, an...

We develop a model of currency crises, in which traders are heterogeneously informed, and interest rates are endogenously determined in a noisy rational expectations equilibrium. In our model, multiple equilibria result from distinct roles an interest rate plays in determining domestic asset market allocations and the devaluation outcome. Except for special cases, this finding is not affected b...

nancial crises is one of the gravest threats to an open and liberal international economic order... Recent events in Turkey and Argentina demonstrate that financial crises with potentially profound consequences for economic and political stability are not a thing of the past. They also demonstrate the continued urgency of finding practical and concrete means to handle the crises that do occur.”...

s International: Section B: The Sciences & Engineering, 64, 2902.MALCOLM ET AL. 278 Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention / 5:3 August 2005

Dramatic changes in the relative prices of goods in international trade have accompanied, and indeed preceded, the global crisis. These changes are reflected in the terms of trade of individual countries and in the relative prices of goods within those countries. Asia-Pacific countries are particularly affected by the changes in relative prices as they have been at the core of the increasing gl...

The threat of nuclear annihilation has never been higher than in 1962, when US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khruschev engaged brinkmanship over the placement missiles Cuba during October 16−28. Although resolution crisis was followed by a sustained recovery US, Canadian Mexican stock markets, market impact itself, at first glance, seems relatively limited. Notwithstanding fact that empi...

The unexpected and extraordinary situations such as typhoon, flood, earthquake, volcano eruption, nuclear, epidemic, chemical biological substances threatening human health, accidents related to airline, sea or highway transportations, terrorist attacks, widespread act of force, risk war well developments in monetary financial markets are generally considered among the causes crisis.
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Nuclear power plants, which started to be used in the military field 19th century, began electricity generation due oil crisis and increasing need. It has many advantages as well some disadvantages. Commonly fossil, hydraulic, wind solar energy systems likewise have both The emission of nuclear radiation is most important risk. If there no emission, it will cause a less bad impact even if an ac...

natural hazards in the form of floods, quakes, cyclones, and the like have existed since the earth has come to being. in recent decades, in spite of scientific and technological developments in forecasting incidents, building construction and crisis management have imposed heavy expenses on human societies. the importance of many natural hazards is so great that to predict the very occurrence a...