language is primarily constituted by action and interaction based on sensorimotor information. this paper demonstrates the nature of subjectivity and intersubjectivity through the neural mechanism and typological evidence of sentence-final particles from east asian languages and extends to the discussion of the relationship between them. i propose that intersubjecivity is a kind of embedded or ...

This paper investigates whether aid flows to developing countries fit well with their development priorities. In particular, we examine aid allocation across sectors in a given recipient country by using sectoral data on aid and indicators that measure the recipient’s need for aid in each sector. The data show that inter-recipient aid allocation reflects the recipient’s need. However, we found ...

BACKGROUND In psychiatry, hospital stays and transitions to the ambulatory sector are susceptible to major changes in drug therapy that lead to complex medication regimens and common non-adherence among psychiatric patients. A multi-dimensional and inter-sectoral intervention is hypothesized to improve the adherence of psychiatric patients to their pharmacotherapy. METHODS 269 patients from a...

In this session of the conference we have been asked to examine the issue of research for policy. In my view there are three main challenges for the future development of policy in the context of violence against women. These are : i) policy making in an era of shrinking public resources; ii) inter-agency, inter-department and inter-sectoral cooperation attempts have been made to enhance such a...

This study experimentally evaluates the performance of partial equilibrium mechanisms when different sectors run their separately, despite existence complementarity between them. In our simple laboratory experiment setting that includes two sectors, each sector runs top-trading-cycle mechanism. There is a Pareto-dominant equilibrium, but it requires coordination across sectors. Our results show...

India has witnessed a remarkable catch-up by the historically disadvantaged scheduled castes and tribes (SC/STs) towards non-SC/ST levels in their education attainment levels, occupation choices as well wages during period 1983-2012. Using heterogenous agent, multi-sector model we show that sectoral productivity growth this can explain 75 percent of observed wage convergence between castes. Int...

BACKGROUND People living in poverty throughout the developing world are heavily burdened with neglected communicable diseases and often marginalized by the health sector. These diseases are currently referred to as Neglected Diseases of Neglected Populations. The neglected diseases create social and financial burdens to the individual, the family, the community, and the nation. DISCUSSION Num...

This paper documents long-term trends in the sectoral composition of employment and output in the Japanese economy over the last four decades. The share of the manufacturing sector in total employment has declined steadily while the share of service sector employment has trended upward. In real terms, however, the share of the manufacturing sector in the total output has remained stable over th...