It is widely known that there exists a multitude of possible explanations for the maintenance of sex; however, it is less clear how to handle such an explanatory pluralism. In this paper, we address one older and one more recent discussion on what might constitute a good theory for sex and find that they reflect a trade-off between maximizing the scientific virtues of generalism, realism, and p...

iran has the longest political relations with russia among other great powers. this relation is resulted from neighborhood, trade, and cultural and racial factors between iran's people with some of the russia’s independent republics. purchasing of weapons by iran and participations of the soviet :union: in economic projects of iran helped the strengthening of the relations between the two ...

Approximately 4 million people in the United States suffer from Alzheimer’s disease—an irreversible, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder. Ten percent of people over age 65 and half of people over age 85 are affected by the disease. The estimated annual cost of caring for a patient with advanced Alzheimer’s disease is more than $50,000. Given that Alzheimer’s is expected to become a much mor...

Abstract We propose and test a new channel that links liquidity risk interest rates in short-term funding markets. Unlike existing theories focus on premiums demanded by lenders, the postulates borrowers are more exposed to urgent needs willing pay markup for immediate funding. quantify using unique trade-by-trade data uncover systematic differences across individual banks’ cost driven risk. Th...