This paper surveys the literature on pollinator declines and related concerns regarding global food security. Methods for valuing the economic risks associated with pollinator declines are also reviewed. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) approach is introduced to assess the effects of a global catastrophic loss of pollinators. There appears to be evidence supporting a trend towards future ...

We introduce a maximum entropy approach to parameter estimation for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The approach applies information theory to estimating a system of nonlinear simultaneous equations. It has a number of advantages. First, it imposes all general equilibrium constraints. Second, it permits incorporation of prior information on parameter values. Third, it can be applie...

Chromatography and electrophoresis are the most common techniques available for the separation of mixtures. For the analysis of large molecules, capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) was not introduced until the late 1980s, well after most chromatographic techniques. Guttman et al.,1 Cohen et al.,2 and Kasper et al.,3 all independently, combined the principles of slab gel electrophoresis with the...

The objective of this study was to characterize and compare the water and salt soluble proteins from rat liver and muscle by using sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulphate polymer-filled capillary gel electrophoresis (SDS-CGE). The evaluation and comparison of separations realized with the use of both techniques was done. It was found tha...

This is the final version of the manuscript. It is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kraemer, N., Picker-Minh, S., Abbasi, A. A., Fröhler, S., Ninnemann, O., Khan, M. N., Ali, G., Chen, W. and Kaindl, A. M. (2016), Genetic causes of MCPH in consanguineous Pakistani families. Clin Genet, 89: 744–745. doi:10.1111/cge.12685 which has been published in final form in: Clinical Gene...

The basic structure of a CGE model dividing Mainland China into two parts, including Chongqing and rest regions, is described. Based on this CGE model, both the unilateral impact and collaborative impact of two policies, agricultural technical progress and supporting policies for improving rural labor transfer on the economic development in Chongqing, are simulated and analyzed. The results dem...

PURPOSE To assess the safety and efficacy of spot scanning proton beam therapy (PT) in the curative treatment of soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) in adults patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS We identified 13 STS patients treated with PT between July 1998 and May 2005 in our institutional database. Tumor histology varied with the most common histologic subtypes including liposarcoma and peripheral nerve ...

This agent-based model uses the building blocks of a Computable General Equilibrium model, but instead of assuming equilibrium, it explicitly models the price formation and investment processes using money as the medium of exchange. This model gives us several insights that CGE models do not: first, we can check whether or not the results of the CGE models still hold without the equilibrium ass...

Illegal logging is widely recognized as a major economic problem and one of the causes of environmental degradation. Increasing awareness of its negative effects has fostered a wide range of proposals to combat it by major international conservation groups and political organizations. Following the 2008 US legislation which prohibits the import of illegally harvested wood and wood products, the...

a r t i c l e i n f o Most CGE models are real and cannot be easily used to study monetary policies. This paper develops a financial CGE model with interaction between real and financial side of the Chinese economy and applies the model to study oil price shocks and monetary policy responses. Unlike macro models in the current literature, the financial CGE model can be implemented to look into ...