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Woman and Chinese Modernity: The Politics of Reading Between West and East

The time for this type of book and this sort of critical approach in Chinese studies is overdue. Rey Chow's collocation of provocative salvos attempts to cover much neglected territory, and the result is an adventurous, controversial, and challenging book. It is organized into four chapters—each of which might stand on its own—dealing with much more than woman and Chinese modernity. Chow has a bone to pick with traditional "sinologists," whom she holds responsible for an excessive concentration on China as "tradition": "What is missing from the preoccupation with tradition and authentic originariness [sic] as such is the experience of modern Chinese people who have had to live their lives with the knowledge that it is precisely the notion of a still-intact tradition to which they cannot cling—the experience of being impure, 'Westernized' Chinese and the bearing of that experience on their ways of 'seeing China' " (p. 28). Rey Chow also points to the concomitant neglect of Taiwan and Hong Kong people and culture because they are seen as less "authentic" and more "Westernized. " Chow blames sinology and China studies for structuring the ways Westerners "see" China and underlines this by pointing to the Chinas constructed by Western cultural producers and critics like Bertolucci and Julia Kristeva. This calling to account is executed in the first chapter, entitled "Seeing Modern China. " The author then proceeds to re-evaluate aspects of modern Chinese literary culture.
A Switching Regression Model for Wage Determinants in the Public and Private Sectors of a Developing Country

Governments in less developed countries face severe budgetary constraints. Given that public sector employment is a large part of modern sector employment, the government wage bill h as come under increased scrutiny. The central question is how do gove rnment wages compare with those in the private sector? In this paper, the authors develop and estimate a model to answer this question. An important aspect of this model is the endogenous treatment of sector choice. The estimation results (full information maximum likelihood) sound a strong warning against the use of ordinary least squares est imates that are based on sector-specific samples. Data are from the I vory Coast. Copyright 1988 by MIT Press.
Pricing and Capacity Rationing with Customer Disappointment Aversion

Customers are averse to disappointment that arises when economic outcomes fall short of expectations. In this study, we study a two-period model in which the firm may create rationing in either period. In the anticipation of possible disappointment due to stock-outs, strategic customers decide when to purchase and the firm determines the prices and rationing levels in each period. We explore the impact of disappointment aversion on customers' strategic purchasing behavior and the firm's pricing and rationing decisions. Without disappointment aversion, it is optimal for the firm to adopt a uniform pricing policy without rationing. However, when strategic customers are averse to disappointment, a firm may be able to increase profits with an appropriate level of rationing. We analyze both the mark-up and mark-down policies. We show that, in a mark-down scenario, the firm always benefits from disappointment aversion behavior by using an appropriate level of rationing in a low-price period. However, in a mark-up scenario, whether it is beneficial for the firm to induce disappointment aversion behavior depends on how customers frame payoffs in different periods when forming utilities. Particularly, when customers compartmentalize payoffs in different periods to form utilities, the firm should not induce disappointment aversion behavior.
Evaluation and art therapy treatment of the burnout syndrome in oncology units

We undertook a pilot study to evaluate and potentially reduce the level of burnout in the operators of two oncology centers. The study included 65 doctors and nurses of an adult (Group A) and a pediatric oncology unit (Group B). We used the Maslach Burnout Inventory to estimate the level of burnout obtained in three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, distancing (cognitive and emotional) and reduced personal achievement. Data showed a medium–high level of burnout in Group A and a medium–low level in Group B. In the second part of the study, Group B underwent a program of art therapy interventions with the aim of reducing the level of burnout. Comparing the responses from Group B participants before and after the intervention indicated a statistically significant decreased level of burnout. In conclusion, burnout syndrome exists among oncology unit personnel and can be effectively treated with art therapies. Attention devoted to this aspect is required in order to improve the workers' well‐being, thus enhancing attention and dedication to patients. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A Prospective Study of High School Wrestling Injuries *

We performed a prospective study to evaluate injury patterns in a large population of high school wrestlers during one season. Preseason screening was performed on 458 male wrestlers from 14 different high schools. Certified athletic trainers submitted detailed weekly team and individual injury reports. There were 219 injuries in 418 wrestlers followed throughout the season for an overall injury incidence of 52 injuries per 100 wrestlers per season and an injury rate of 6.0 injuries per 1000 exposures. The most commonly injured areas were the shoulder (24%) and knee (17%). Injured wrestlers were an average of 5 months older and had a 32% higher experience level than noninjured wrestlers. Wrestlers with ligamentous laxity suffered fewer shoulder injuries than the other wrestlers. The majority of injuries occurred in practice (63%), although the injury rate was higher in match competitions. Sixty-eight percent of practice injuries occurred during hard wrestling, 23% during drills, and 9% during conditioning. The most common wrestling situation resulting in injury was the takedown position (68%). Our results show that the older and more experienced wrestler may be at greater risk of injury. Hard wrestling during practice and the takedown position resulted in the highest occurrence of injury.
Aggregate Volatility Risk and Momentum Returns

Momentum stocks are exposed to aggregate volatility risk. This paper estimates an exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic model of market volatility to introduce a new volatility risk factor. Winners have negative loadings on this factor, whereas losers have positive loadings. Because volatility risk carries a negative price of risk, the new factor explains 73% of momentum profits. The paper rationalizes the volatility risks of momentum portfolios using growth option arguments and explains why momentum profits are short‐lived, depend on market states, and concentrate among firms with high idiosyncratic volatility. Results are robust to controlling for other risk factors and using alternative estimation procedures.
Venture Capitalists on Boards of Mature Public Firms

Venture capitalists (VCs) often serve on the board of mature public firms long after their initial public offering (IPO), even for companies that were not VC-backed at the IPO. Board appointments of VC directors are followed by increases in research and development intensity, innovation output, and greater deal activity with other VC-backed firms. VC director appointments are associated with positive announcement returns and are followed by an improvement in operating performance. Firms experience higher announcement returns from acquisitions of VC-backed targets following the appointment of a VC director to the board. Hence, in addition to providing finance, monitoring and advice for small private firms, VCs play a significant role in mature public firms and have a broader influence in promoting innovation than has been established in the literature. The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. , Oxford University Press.
Glycerol Utilization Gene Cluster in Streptomyces clavuligerus

ABSTRACT The Streptomyces clavuligerus ATCC 27064 glycerol cluster gylR-glpF1K1D1 is induced by glycerol but is not affected by glucose. S. clavuligerus growth and clavulanic acid production are stimulated by glycerol, but this does not occur in a glpK1-deleted mutant. Amplification of glpK1D1 results in transformants yielding larger amounts of clavulanic acid in the wild-type strain and in overproducer S. clavuligerus Gap15-7-30 or S. clavuligerus ΔrelA strains.
Privatization, International Asset Trade and Financial Markets

This paper evaluates the impact of privatization on the development of capital markets in a two-country general equilibrium model. We draw particular attention to two divestment techniques, share issue privatizations and voucher privatizations. It is shown how these two privatization methods can have an impact on private asset prices, supplies of private assets, demands for assets, market capitalizations and international asset allocation strategies. We show that even a non-marketed privatization (voucher privatization) has market-e¤ects, by altering the portfolio choice of both domestic and foreign agents.
Moderators of the Relationship between Director Stock-Based Compensation and Firm Performance

Research on the efficacy of stock-based compensation for outside directors has documented a weak or non-existent relationship with firm performance. Other variables also influence the relationships between these two constructs. Consistent with agency theory, we show, for a sample of 450 Standard & Poor 500 firms over the 1995-97 period that the use of director stock options and grants ratios was more strongly associated with positive performance in firms with (a) higher investment opportunities, and (b) weaker external monitoring. These findings have implications for compensation committees in the structuring of director compensation. Copyright (c) 2007 The Authors; Journal compilation (c) 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
LRRK2 G2019S Mutation: Prevalence and Clinical Features in Moroccans with Parkinson's Disease

Background. The LRRK2 G2019S mutation is the most common genetic determinant of Parkinson's disease (PD) identified to date. This mutation, reported in both familial and sporadic PD, occurs at elevated frequencies in Maghreb population. In the present study, we examined the prevalence of the G2019S mutation in the Moroccan population and we compared the motor and nonmotor phenotype of G2019S carriers to patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Methods. 100 PD patients were assessed for motor and nonmotor symptoms, current medication, and motor complication including motor fluctuations and dyskinesia. The LRRK2 G2019S mutation was investigated by direct sequencing in patients and ethnically matched controls, all of Moroccan origin. Results. Among the 100 PD Moroccan patients, 41 (41%) were carriers of the G2019S mutation. The mutation frequency was higher among probands with autosomal dominant inheritance (76%) than among sporadic ones (28%). Interestingly, G2019S mutation was also found in 5% of control individuals. Clinically, patients carrying the G2019S mutation have more dystonia (OR = 4.6, p = 0.042) and more sleep disorders (OR = 2.4, p = 0.045) than noncarriers. Conclusions. The LRRK2 G2019S prevalence in Morocco is the highest in the world reported to date. Some clinical features in G2019S carriers such as dystonia and sleep disturbances are worth noting.
An Evaluation of Accounting Rate-of-return

where the first two components (profit margin and turnover ratio) are further decomposed by line-item components of the income statement and balance sheet. However, how one utilizes this ratio in a financial statement analysis that elicits investment value (price) is not understood. This paper examines what ROE means for the pricing of stocks. Investment analysis can be characterized as discovering two types of (accounting) information which together yield the price of a stock. First, there is information that provides indications of future earnings (profitability) and, second, information that provides an indication of the rate at which those expected future earnings are discounted (that is, risk). ’ In traditional ratio analysis, ROE is nominated as a profitability measure. However, there are vague notions that it also reflects expected rate-of-return (risk) and certainly one can see from ( I ) that it is related to (book) leverage which presumably is related to risk. The paper evaluates ROE as an indicator of profitability and as an indicator of risk. The analysis of ROE as a measure of risk is described in Section 4 of the paper and the analysis of ROE as a measure of expected profitability is described in Section 5 . Section 2 describes the data and Section 3 provides
How to use pilot projects to implement open innovation

Existing empirical research indicates that strong organizational barriers and inertia need to be overcome to ensure a smooth transition of a firm's approach to technological innovation from Closed to Open Innovation. The objective of the paper is to study how firms can identify, plan, and manage a pilot project so as to unfreeze the status quo and prepare the ground for a successful shift toward Open Innovation. Integrating existing literature in the field of innovation management, organizational change and project management, the paper develops a conceptual framework which identifies three steps a pilot project goes through (i.e. conception, realization and transfer of project's results) and the aspects that should be looked at along these stages so as to mobilize the organization and revolutionize its strategic approach to innovation management. These issues are investigated using a multiple case study involving 4 firms that can be considered as "early adopters" of Open Innovation in Italy. The paper provides several insights to R&D managers and Chief Technology Officers that will hopefully help them foresee and properly administer the organizational implications of adopting Open approaches to innovation management.
Stochastic Models of Buying Behavior.

This is the first book on stochastic models of consumer buying behavior, and indeed one of a relative few books dealing with original contribution to research for marketing management (as opposed to textbooks) published to date. The purpose of the book is to present an integrated treatment of the authors' research on the title subject. Including the 15% or so of material discussing the work of others in the field, and one chapter on statistical methodology, the book covers almost all aspects of the field of stochastic process models of buyer behavior as it is known today. Thus the book is both intensive, in that it covers both the theoretical and empirical aspects of the authors' models in detail, and extensive in that it provides a comprehensive treatment of the general subject.While all essential concepts of stochastic process and estimation theory are developed in the body of the work, it assumes prior knowledge of mathematics through calculus and matrix algebra. However, every effort has been made to write for the practicing management scientist as well as the academic specialist.The approach of the book is to develop, in order, the theory of successively more refined stochastic models of buyer behavior. We begin with the heterogeneous Bernoulli model and then extend the treatment to a class of heterogeneous Markov processes. The next two chapters deal with independent and contagious probability diffusion processes for explaining time changes in market shares. The linear learning model is considered in the next chapter. The treatment then shifts to stochastic market penetration models, of which several different varieties are explored. Empirical results from marketing applications are provided for nearly all the models. Separate chapters on parameter estimation procedures and ways in which the models may be applied to management problems are provided early in the book.Many of the models and empirical results presented in the book have never been published before, and others have received only limited attention. The general approach to stochastic model development and testing will serve to put the rather extensive but scattered literature on stochastic marketing models on a common footing. Finally, many of the models developed in the book should find applications in other branches of social science, such as sociology or political science.
Tourists' satisfaction and behavioral intentions on destination attributes: an empirical study in Alanya.

This study attempts to investigate the tourist's satisfaction as an influence on future behavioral intensions (intention to revisit and recommendation) within a tourism context, specifically with reference to the accommodation services, incoming travel agency services, and destination facilities. The study was conducted in Alanya with a total of 2,200 respondents. The research findings indicated that there were significant relationships among destination attributes, tourist satisfaction, and behavioral intensions. Especially, the dimension of accommodation services was the strongest predictor of the tourist satisfaction, followed by incoming travel agency services and facilities of Alanya. In addition to this, the repeat tourists were more likely than first-time tourists to intend to revisit Alanya in the future.
Hedging with zero-value at risk hedge ratio

In this paper we derive a new mean-risk hedge ratio based on the concept of Value at Risk (VaR). The proposed zero-VaR hedge ratio has an analytical solution and it converges to the MV hedge ratio under a pure martingale process or normality. A bivariate constant correlation GARCH(1,1) model with an error correction term is employed to estimate expected returns and time-varying volatilities of the spot and futures in S&P 500 index. The empirical results indicates that the joint normality and martingale process do not hold for S&P 500 futures and the conventional minimum variance hedge is inappropriate for a hedger who only cares about downside risk. Eventually, this article provides an alternative hedging method for a practitioner to use the concept of Value-at-Risk to reflect the risk-averse level.
An International Review of Roundabout Capacity Modelling

Roundabouts are an increasingly common form of road junction worldwide, and their effective design requires a detailed analysis of maximum vehicle throughput capacities. In this paper, the worldwide state-of-the-art in roundabout capacity modelling is examined, covering the three main methodologies on which models are based: fully-empirical, gap acceptance and simulation. It is shown that due to their limitations, each of these methodologies on their own cannot completely explain the complex behavioural and physical processes involved in roundabout entries, hence all the models require strong semi-empirical or fully-empirical bases using data obtained from their countries of origin. Differences in driver behaviour and methodologies thus result in differences in predicted capacities by the various models, and although local calibration allows some transferability, it is often limited by the availability of data or an incomplete understanding of the relationships between model parameters and capacity.
Identification of novel cellular targets for therapeutic intervention against Ebola virus infection by siRNA screening

While much progress has been made in developing drugs against a few prominent viruses such as HIV, few examples exist for emerging infectious agents. In some cases, broad spectrum anti‐viral drugs, such as ribavirin, are effective, but for some groups of viruses, these show little efficacy in animal models. Traditional methods focus on screening small molecule libraries to identify drugs that target virus factors, with the intention that side‐effects to the host can be minimized. However, this greatly limits potential drug targets and virus genes can rapidly mutate to avoid drug action. Recent advances in siRNA gene‐targeting technologies have provided a powerful tool to specifically target and suppress the expression of cell genes. Since viruses are completely dependent upon host cell proteins for propagation, siRNA screening promises to reveal novel cell proteins and signaling pathways that may be viable targets for drug therapy regimens. Here we used an siRNA screening approach to identify gene products that play critical roles in Ebola virus infection. By gene cluster analysis, proteins in phosphatidylinositol‐3‐kinase and calcium/calmodulin kinase related networks were identified as important for Zaire Ebola virus infection and prioritized for further evaluation. The key roles of each were confirmed by testing available drugs specific for members of each pathway. Interestingly, both sets of proteins are also important in cancer and subject to intense investigation. Thus, development of new drugs against these cancer targets may also prove useful in combating Ebola virus. Drug Dev Res 70:255–265, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Hysteria repeating itself: Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the Witch

Abstract Elizabeth Gaskell's fictional representation of the witch trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Lois the Witch, was first published serially in Dickens's All The Year Round in 1859. At the time of the novella's serialisation there appeared alarmist descriptions in the press of the recent Protestant revivals, particularly the unruly behaviour of female revivalists in Ulster. This in turn led to numerous conservative accounts in the periodical press (including All The Year Round) of the role of the hysterical woman throughout history. In Lois, however, with its representation of mass hysteria, Gaskell refutes the widespread Victorian belief that hysteria is “natural” for women, a symptom of their vulnerable bodies and minds. This article examines the significance of Lois the Witch as a powerful comment upon women, politics, and history, as well as a text that dramatically responds to the debates engendered by the events in Ulster in 1859.
A Closer Look at the Sensitivity Puzzle: The Sensitivity of Expected Future Short Rates and Term Premia to Macroeconomic News

Nominal forward rates are sensitive at surprisingly long horizons to macroeconomic news and monetary-policy surprises. This paper takes advantage of affine term-structure modelling to demonstrate that movements in term premia, not expected future short rates, account for most of the reaction of forward rates at long horizons. Specifically, term premia account for about three quarters of the reaction of nominal forward rates 10 to 15 years hence to the surprise component of numerous macroeconomic news announcements. This has strong implications for the interpretation of interest-rate sensitivity. Contrary to some recent conjectures, long-horizon expectations of the level of inflation and real rates appear reasonably well anchored in the United States, but the associated term premia are quite variable.