The status of the organization of the auditory corticofugal systems is summarized. These are among the largest pathways in the brain, with descending connections to auditory and non-auditory thalamic, midbrain, and medullary regions. Auditory corticofugal influence thus reaches sites immediately presynaptic to the cortex, sites remote from the cortex, as in periolivary regions that may have a c...

The motion of a slender axisymmetric rod-like particle is investigated theoretically for translation through a quiescent second-order fluid and for rotation in a simple shear flow of the same material. The analysis consists of an asymptotic expansion about the limit of rheologically slow flow, coupled with an application of a generalized form of the reciprocal theorem of Lorentz to calculate th...

O rganizations in the new economy are facing turbulent environments and strong competition. The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm explains the importance of developing valuable and scarce resources and capabilities (Collis & Montgomery, 1995; Hamel, 1994; Prahalad & Hamel, 1990), which are said to be the source of sustainable competitive advantage (Barney, 1991; Barney & Wright, 1998; Wrigh...