∗James Heckman: Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; phone: 773-702-0634; fax: 773-702-8490; email: [email protected]. John Eric Humphries: Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; phone: 773-980-6575; email: [email protected]. Gregory Veramendi: Arizona State University, 501 East Orange Str...

This research focuses on the risk management of reinforced concrete heritage constructions in coastal environments, with an emphasis preserving their cultural significance. It addresses a critical gap existing risk-related research, since this type site is often overlooked conservation research. The proposed methodology offers flexible framework that links natural and human-induced hazards impa...

The basic workings of inflationary models are summarized, along with the arguments that strongly suggest that our universe is the product of inflation. The mechanisms that lead to eternal inflation in both new and chaotic models are described. Although the infinity of pocket universes produced by eternal inflation are unobservable, it is argued that eternal inflation has real consequences in te...

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death among hemodialysis patients.1 Poorly controlled blood pressure (BP), a major risk factor for CV events, also remains 1 of the 2 most common causes of chronic kidney disease and contributes to development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD).1 More than a decade ago, a positive correlation was noted between systolic BP and development of car...

Nos últimos anos, o campo da inclusão produtiva ganhou relevância no Brasil e tornou-se cada vez mais um assunto de discussão entre os formuladores políticas públicas a sociedade civil. Nesse contexto, necessidade avançar na agenda monitoramento, avaliação aprendizagem das intervenções sociais estratégica. Em 2021, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), centro pesquisa globa...

Podcasting in medical education is becoming more widely used and may be a useful tool for communicating with applicants to medical school. Given recent trends in the popularity of podcasting and mobile media, we created a podcast to communicate more effectively with applicants to our medical school as well as with the broader premedical community. The purpose of this study was to characterize t...

INTRODUCTION Although it is well known that BMP-2 and BMP-7 play significant roles in cartilage metabolism, data about intra-articular expression and localization of these proteins and their receptors in humans are rare. METHODS Biopsies of synovia and debrided cartilage were taken in patients undergoing autologous chondrocyte implantation. Expression of BMP-2, BMP-7, and their receptors BMPR...

217 References 1. SAIDENBERG-KERMANAC’H N, BESSIS N, LEMEITER D, DE VERNEJOUL MC, BOISSIER MC, COHEN-SOLAL M: Interleukin-4 cellular gene therapy and osteoprotegerin decrease inflammationassociated bone resorption in collagen-induced arthritis. J Clin Immunol 2004; 24: 370-8. 2. GAHUNIA HK, BABYN P, LEMAIRE C, KESSLER MJ, PRITZKER KP: Osteoarthritis staging: comparison between magnetic resonanc...

atherosclerosis is the most common cause of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. various risk factors have been identified for atherosclerosis. recently, bacterial and viral organisms, which are involved in chronic inflammatory processes, have been also implicated in atherosclerosis development. individuals with a prior history of periodontal diseases and/or tooth loss are considered to be...

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death among hemodialysis patients.1 Poorly controlled blood pressure (BP), a major risk factor for CV events, also remains 1 of the 2 most common causes of chronic kidney disease and contributes to development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD).1 More than a decade ago, a positive correlation was noted between systolic BP and development of car...