Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) is Minnesota’s oldest and largest health insurer. Blue Cross is a not-for-profit organisation which provides services to more than 1.8 million members throughout Minnesota and its border states, as well as nationally. Blue Cross has a network based system of care providers, and contracts with 100% of ho...

Ophthalmologists should consider the causes of myopia and not simply treat its consequences Myopia has been undergoing a major re-evaluation in recent years both by ophthalmologists and basic scientists, though for diVerent reasons. For ophthalmologists the rise of refractive surgery in the past decade has seen myopia changing from a condition requiring optical correction to one that can be man...

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic industry equilibrium model of R&D, R&D spill-overs, and productivity evolution of manufacturing plants in the Korean electric motor industry from 1991 to 1996. Plant-level decisions for R&D, physical capital investment, entry, and exit are integrated in an equilibrium model with imperfectly competitive product market. Estimates of the structural param...

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate sweet potato feed as an alternative energy supplement for ovine. A latin-square design was used assess the effects of feeding animals 0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5% their body weight in well ryegrass hay (Lolium multiflorum) twice daily, mineral salt water ad libitum. During this 8 males were housed metabolic cages with urine feces collectors. Each round experimentatio...

Analyzing civil society resistance to elite-led democratic backsliding in Africa, the article argues that non-militant, society-based transitions experienced 1990s left a legacy of pro-democracy cleavage is mobilized when central constitutional rights are threatened. Building on insights from social movement theory, paper conduct multiparty elections at regular intervals provides an opportunity...

Rumble strips aim to alert the driver of dangerous situations via acoustic and tactile stimulation. They can, however, also lead increased noise in surroundings. Strip parameters vehicle type determines size these vibratory effects. In our work, 16 rumble strip types (including with irregular spacing) were evaluated respect their effects on acoustics, vibration, perception. Interior exterior em...

Today, Sports is not what it used to be a decade ago. Technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence have dominated it. Now there are sensors in all types of sports equipment cricket bats, stumps, flannels, etc., which analyse the data provide analytics, may or helpful, but we, as spectators, thoroughly enjoy game. The terms such Cric-Science (Cricket + Data Science) Cricket Ana...

In this study we investigate in how far firms special economic zones (SEZs) have the potential to generate indirect benefits and knowledge spill-overs local economy through creation of backward linkages with suppliers. For purpose, map between SEZ suppliers host seven SEZs around world, namely Colombia, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa Vietnam, based on 103 interviews firm mana...