We consider a canonical model of monetary policy in which the central bank learns about underlying fundamentals by estimating the parameters of a Phillips curve while disregarding the role of the public’s expectations. We show that the bank’s loss function is endogenously asymmetric with respect to these estimates such that overestimates may be more or less costly than underestimates, introduci...

Aim: Present study was carried out to assess the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADR) and assessment of causality and severity associated with reported suspected ADRs. Materials and Methods: A prospective cross sectional spontaneous reporting study was conducted over a period of six months in inpatients of Surgery wards of Prince bijaysingh memorial (PBM)Hospital ,Bikaner Rajasthan. Naranj...

The bioreaction database established by Ma and Zeng (Bioinformatics, 2003, 19, 270-277) for in silico reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic networks has been widely used. Based on more recent information in the reference databases KEGG LIGAND and Brenda, we upgrade the bioreaction database in this work by almost doubling the number of reactions from 3565 to 6851. Over 70% of the reactions ha...

THE OCCASION of this article is the acquisition of three species of thepolyclad genus Pseudoceros from the region of the Coral Sea. Pseudo. ceros is one of the most populous p.olyclad genera. In 1950, Marcus (1950: 84-88) listed 79 names in this genus, but the elimination of synonyms and of species that should be transferred to the genus Acanthozoon because of their papillate dorsal surface red...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate costs and treatment benefits of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) repair. DESIGN A Markov model of cost-effectiveness and utility. PARTICIPANTS There were no participants. METHODS Published clinical trials (index studies) of pneumatic retinopexy (PR), scleral buckling (SB), pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), and laser prophylaxis were used to quantitate surgical manag...

BACKGROUND Long-term medical management of hypersomatotropism (HS) in cats has proved unrewarding. Pasireotide, a novel somatostatin analogue, decreases serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and improves insulin sensitivity in cats with HS when administered as a short-acting preparation. OBJECTIVES Assess once-monthly administration of long-acting pasireotide (pasireotide LAR) for treatm...

BACKGROUND Studies exploring the association between insulin resistance (IR) and cardiovascular disease in blacks have not been conclusive, especially for coronary heart disease (CHD). The McAuley index and homeostasis model assessment of IR (HOMA-IR) perform differently in predicting cardiovascular disease. We investigated this association in the Jackson Heart Study, a large longitudinal cohor...

The apolipoprotein (apo) B-100-specific monoclonal antibody MB47 has been widely used in lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis research. When bound to apoB-100 on low density lipoproteins (LDL), antibody MB47 completely blocks the binding of LDL to the LDL receptor. The epitope for antibody MB47 has previously been mapped to the vicinity of apoB-100 amino acid (aa) residue 3500. To map the...

BACKGROUND Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) plays a key role in the management of various diseases, from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and Goodpasture's syndrome to cardiac allograft rejection. In many of these disease states cardiac and inflammatory involvement is common and biomarkers are routinely used for diagnosis or assessment of therapeutic success. The effect of TPE on biomarkers...

OBJECTIVE To analyze and evaluate the acceptability of mifepristone compatible with misoprostone versus conventional surgical abortion among women under unwanted early pregnancy, so as to help the unexpected pregnant women to choose the satisfactory abortion, and to provide the evidence for clinicians to make a proper clinical decision. METHODS Six medical databases were searched, including M...