In this study, we re-examine the failure of formation of electronic markets for the air cargo industry. Using an economic theory called Core Theory, we provide an alternate explanation. Core theory explains why: a) such a failure might have been anticipated and b) the failure to form an electronic market may in fact be beneficial for the industry as a whole.

Improving diet is a critical component in the management of cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction (MI). Most of the staple diets used worldwide, especially by Asians are high in carbohydrates. The key aim of this study was to investigate how different high carbohydrate diets (HCD) affect paraoxonase-1 (PON1) and lipogenic enzymes activity along with the lipid levels. Rats were f...

BACKGROUND This study aims to identify whether reinforcing the staple line during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has advantages. METHODS We searched MEDLINE (PubMed; till August 2011), EMBASE (till August 2011), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Central) in the Cochrane Library (till August 2011) using common keywords related to sleeve gastrectomy and reinforcemen...

 Growth in the productivity of staple nontradable food production is associated with consumption increases or poverty reduction across a number of settings, although the study of these relationships is complicated by the specific market dynamics that determine food prices. The relationship between productivity growth in tradable or export-oriented production and poverty alleviation is less cle...

Automated market makers are algorithmic agents that provide liquidity in electronic markets. We construct two new automated market makers that each solve an open problem of theoretical and practical interest. First, we formulate a market maker that has bounded loss over separable measure spaces. This opens up an exciting new set of domains for prediction markets, including markets on locations ...