1 United States and European Students’ Social-Networking Site Activities and Academic Performance Aryn C. Karpinski, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Paul A. Kirschner, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands Anthony V. Shreffler, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Patricia A. Albert, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Carrie A. Tomko, Kent State University, Kent, O...

We consider a bank runs model à la Diamond and Dybvig (1983) with a continuum of agent types, indexed by the degree of patience. Much of our understanding based on the two-type model must be modified. The endogenous determination of a cutoff type is central to the analysis. In the case where the bank can credibly commit to a contract, the optimal contract results in socially excessive withdrawa...

45 Geospatial Analysis of Land Loss, Land Cover Change, and Landuse Patterns of Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh; Munshi K. Rahman, Center for Sustainability, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA Thomas W. Schmidlin, Geography Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Mandy J. Munro-Stasiuk, Geography Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Andrew Curtis, Geography Department, ...

A general proof of the Dybvig-Ingersoll-Ross Theorem on the monotonicity of long forward rates is presented. Some inconsistencies in the original proof of this theorem are discussed.

Electric-Field Induced Transitions in a Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Film with Negative Dielectric Anisotropy E. C. Gartland Jr.1 ∗, H. Huang1, O. D. Lavrentovich2, P. Palffy-Muhoray2, I. I. Smalyukh3, T. Kosa4, and B. Taheri4 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA 2Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA 3Department of Ph...

report, was the deep divergence of the rosada lineage at the base of the Conolophus clade. “The species alters the current thinking about the timing of diversification of land iguanas, which was previously supposed to have occurred in the Pleistocene era,” the researchers write. “In addition to the taxonomic implications, this form, which we recognise as a good species, is very important becaus...

Çevresi ile sürekli etkileşim içinde olan insanoğlunun hem kişisel de toplumsal gereksinimleri vardır. Bu gereksinimlerin karşılanması için fiziksel ortamlarda yapılan düzenlemeler bulunduğu toplumun ekonomik, sosyo-kültürel ve sosyo-ekonomik şartlarına göre şekillenerek mimari yapılarına dolayısıyla kentsel mekanlarına yansır. nedenle bir kent ait olduğu teknolojik, şartlarını yansıttığı ölçüd...

a Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA b Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA c Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA d Division of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA e Department of Cell Biology, Division of Physi...