Abstract The seller of an asset has the option to buy hard information about value from intermediary. can then disclose this before selling in a competitive market. We study how intermediary designs and sells robustly maximize intermediary's revenue across all equilibria. Even though could use accurate test that reveals asset’s value, we show robust maximization leads noisy with continuum possi...

It is commonly assumed that sex and violence sell. However, we predicted that sex and violence would have the opposite effect. We based our predictions on the evolution and emotional arousal theoretical framework, which states that people are evolutionarily predisposed to attend to emotionally arousing cues such as sex and violence. Thus, sexual and violent cues demand more cognitive resources ...

L-selectin mediates the initial tethering and rolling of lymphocytes in high endothelial venules. To study the transcriptional regulation of mouse L-selectin, we cloned 4.5 kb 5'-flanking sequences of the mouse sell. Luciferase analysis of serial 5'-deletion mutants showed that the first 285 bp was sufficient to drive high promoter activity in EL4 cells, but not in Sell-negative HeLa cells, sug...

BACKGROUND HIV prevention in India has mostly focussed on heterosexual transmission. Data on homosexual transmission are not readily available from India. We therefore assessed the probability of acquiring and transmitting HIV for men who sell sex to men and compared this with women who sell sex in India. METHODS Sexual behaviour characteristics of 6661 men who have sex with men and 6648 wome...