Climate change is expected to have large, negative effects on the global economy. Adaptation by individuals and firms will determine, in part, how much damage ultimately occurs. This paper introduces a method for estimating forward-looking adaptation based on changes in expectations about the weather, provides conditions under which public forecasts provide good measures for these expectations,...

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The paper examines the main issues involved in translating domestic bankruptcy procedures to the sovereign context. It considers some of the principles by which domestic bankruptcy procedures operate, and the extent to which they apply to international lending. Two recent proposals are considered in more detail, that of Krueger (2001) and that of Pettifor (2002). The paper also considers the qu...

A strategy combining intercritical quenching, pre-tempering, and tempering processes was implemented to optimize the microstructures mechanical properties of 5CrNiMoV steel. By intercritically quenching at 1050 °C, pr-tempering 600 550 steel exhibited a comprehensive performance with yield strength 1120 MPa, an ultimate tensile 1230 elongation 8.2%. The high is attributed presence tempered mart...

We study the light vector and axial-vector mesons. According to the hadrogenesis conjecture the nature of the two types of states is distinct. The axial-vector mesons are generated dynamically by coupled-channel interactions based on the chiral Lagrangian written down in terms of the Goldstone bosons and the light vector mesons. We propose a novel counting scheme that arises if the chiral Lagra...

This paper classifies the morphologic features of adverse hepatic reactions for assessing the hepatotoxic potential of a drug and for guiding clinical management. The classification is now widely accepted. Viral-hepatitis-like pictures appear to becharacterized by low incidence but high mortality in exposed patients. [The SCI® indicates that this• paper has been cited in over 160 publications s...

Theessen H, Karakaya M, Daniel WG, Bautz W, Kalender WA, Anders K. Contrast-enhanced coronary artery visualization by dual-source computed tomography–initial experience. Eur J Radiol 2006;57:331–335. 9. Johnson TR, Nikolaou K, Wintersperger BJ, Leber AW, von Ziegler F, Rist C, Buhmann S, Knez A, Reiser MF, Becker CR. Dual-source CT cardiac imaging: initial experience. Eur Radiol 2006;16:1409–14...

T-cell activation plays a critical role in the initiation and propagation of HIV-1 infection and yet transient activation of the immune system is a normal response to immunization. While it is now considered wise to vaccinate HIV-1-positive patients, it is crucial to anticipate any lasting effects of vaccination on plasma HIV-1 RNA levels and on infected T-cell populations. We extend a simple d...