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DID VITA AND OSINSKI RELY EXCESSIVELY ON CHAPTER 7 , WHILE IGNORING RELEVANT ANALYSES IN OTHER CHAPTERS ?

John Kwoka’s Mergers, Merger Control, and Remedies is a meta-analysis of “retrospective” academic studies of consummated mergers and other horizontal arrangements. Based on this meta-analysis, Kwoka strongly criticizes federal enforcement policies, claiming that the agencies permit far too many anticompetitive mergers to go unchallenged, and are far too willing to accept remedies that fail to prevent a significant loss of competition. Kwoka claims further that this excessive leniency is the culmination of a trend reflecting deliberate policy choices made over the last several decades. In a forthcoming critique, Vita and Osinski challenge Kwoka’s analysis and his conclusions, identifying serious flaws in the size, construction, and composition of his sample, and in the statistical analysis of the data drawn from that sample. In a published response to Vita and Osinski, Professor The views expressed here are the author’s, not those of the Federal Trade Commission or any individual Commissioner. Healthcare Antitrust, Settlements, and the Federal Trade Commission Research in Law and Economics, Volume 28, 433 444 Copyright r 2018 by Emerald Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved ISSN: 0193-5895/doi:10.1108/S0193-589520180000028010 433 D ow nl oa de d by F ed er al T ra de C om m is io n, D oc to r M ic ha el V ita A t 0 6: 53 2 0 A ug us t 2 01 8 (P T) Kwoka offers a number of objections and counter-arguments. In this rejoinder, I respond to Professor Kwoka.
Benchmarking Bayesian Deep Learning with Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

We propose a new Bayesian deep learning (BDL) benchmark, inspired by a realworld medical imaging application on diabetic retinopathy diagnosis. In contrast to popular toy regression experiments on the UCI datasets, our benchmark can be used to assess both the scalability and the effectiveness of different techniques for uncertainty estimation, going beyond RMSE and NLL. A binary classification task on visual inputs (512× 512 RGB images of retinas) is considered, where model uncertainty is used for medical pre-screening—i.e. to refer patients to an expert when model diagnosis is uncertain. We provide a comprehensive comparison of well-tuned BDL techniques on the benchmark, including Monte Carlo dropout, mean-field variational inference, an ensemble of deep models, an ensemble of dropout models, as well as a deterministic (deep) model. Baselines are ranked according to metrics derived from expert-domain to reflect real-world use of model uncertainty in automated diagnosis. We show that some current techniques which solve benchmarks such as UCI ‘overfit’ their uncertainty to UCI—when evaluated on our benchmark these underperform in comparison to simpler baselines—while other techniques that solve UCI do not scale or fail on the new benchmark. The code for the benchmark, its baselines, and a simple API for evaluating new models are made available at https://github.com/oatml/bdl-benchmarks.
WP / 15 / 063 Foreign Aid Fiscal Policy : Theory and Evidence

The paper provides theoretical and empirical justifications for the instrumentality of foreign aid in stimulating private investment and fixed capital formation through fiscal policy mechanisms. We propose an endogenous growth theory based on an extension of Barro (1990) by postulating that the positive effect of aid mitigates the burden of the taxation system on the private sector of recipient countries. The empirical validity is based on data from 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. While the findings on the tax effort channel are overwhelmingly consistent with theory across specifications and fundamental characteristics, those of the ‘government expenditure’ channel are a little heterogeneous but broadly in line with the theoretical postulations. Justification for the slight heterogeneity and policy implications are discussed. JEL Classification: B20; F35; F50; O10; O55
A Graph Convolutional Approach to Answer Selection in CommunityQuestion Answering

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Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in Emerging Economies in the 21st Century: Lessons from Indonesia for the World

Governments of developing countries around the world have dramatically expanded social protection programs for the poor in recent decades. In doing so, they face a host of challenges in the targeting, design and implementation of these programs. In this paper, I describe the results from more than a decade of collaboration with the Indonesian government to understand how best to tackle these challenges, drawing primarily on evidence from randomised controlled trials. I highlight results that show the advantages of both community-based targeting and self-targeting, the importance of tangible information about beneficiaries’ rights in minimising leakage, and the remarkable impacts of conditional cash transfers in the medium term. I also describe several recent studies that use randomisation at scale to generate policy-relevant evidence.
CASE REPORT 】 Infective Endocarditis on Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus Involving Both the Anterior and Posterior Annulus : A Rare Case Report

A 72-year-old man with end-stage renal disease and who was on dialysis was admitted with fever and chills. Two years previously, he had been diagnosed with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA). Blood cultures revealed Staphylococcus aureus, and echocardiography revealed vegetation attached to the CCMA lesion, progressing to both the anterior and posterior annulus. Infective endocarditis (IE) was diagnosed and antibiotic (ampicillin) treatment was initiated. Emergent mitral valve replacement was performed after the occurrence of multiple cerebral infarctions. During surgery, we identified vegetation attached to the CCMA lesion. After surgery, the patient showed a good recovery and was discharged. This case demonstrates that IE can be complicated with CCMA.
1 Impact of Intellectual Capital on Firm Value : The 2 Moderating Role of Managerial Ownership 3

Rapidly changing dynamics of globalization and increasing market competition are 11 causing the companies all around the world confronting several new challenges and opportunities. 12 To be competitive and successful apart from relative importance of physical resources, companies 13 must adapt modern strategies and policies regarding market flexibility and development. The 14 purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the relationship between intellectual capital and 15 firm value. Furthermore, the moderating role of managerial ownership has been evaluated with the 16 help of regression analysis. The sample included the panel data taken from non-financial firms listed 17 on Pakistan stock exchange (PSX) covering the period 2010-2015. A sample of 79 firms out of 384 18 firms have been selected with the help of systematic sampling technique. VAIC (Value Added 19 Intellectual Coefficient) model has been used for the calculation of intellectual capital. Tobin's Q has 20 been taken as a measure of firm value. Managerial ownership has been tested as moderator. Based 21 on data analysis, it is concluded that the relationship between intellectual capital and firm value is 22 positively significant. It is also concluded that managerial ownership moderates the relationship 23 between intellectual capital and firm value negatively. 24
Syddansk Universitet YKL-40 tissue expression and plasma levels in patients with ovarian cancer

Background: YKL-40 (chitinase-3-like-1) is a member of "mammalian chitinase-like proteins". The protein is expressed in many types of cancer cells and the highest plasma YKL-40 levels have been found in patients with metastatic disease, short recurrence/progression-free intervals, and short overall survival. The aim of the study was to determine the expression of YKL-40 in tumor tissue and plasma in patients with borderline ovarian tumor or epithelial ovarian cancer (OC), and investigate prognostic value of this marker. Methods: YKL-40 protein expression was determined by immunohistochemistry in tissue arrays from 181 borderline tumors and 473 OC. Plasma YKL-40 was determined by ELISA in preoperative samples from 19 patients with borderline tumor and 76 OC patients. Results: YKL-40 protein expression was found in cancer cells, tumor associated macrophages, neutrophils and mast cells. The tumor cell expression was higher in OC than in borderline tumors (p = 0.001), and associated with FIGO stage (p < 0.0001) and histological subtype (p = 0.0009). Positive YKL-40 expression (≥ 5% staining) was not associated with reduced survival. Plasma YKL-40 was also higher in patients with OC than in patients with borderline tumors (p < 0.0001), and it was positively correlated to serum CA-125 (p < 0.0001) and FIGO stage (p = 0.0001). Univariate Cox analysis of plasma YKL-40 showed association with overall survival (p < 0.0001). Multivariate Cox analysis, including plasma YKL-40, serum CA125, FIGO stage, age and radicality after primary surgery as variables, showed that elevated plasma YKL-40 was associated with a shorter survival (HR = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.40–3.25, p = 0.0004). Conclusion: YKL-40 in OC tissue and plasma are related to stage and histology, but only plasma YKL-40 is a prognostic biomarker in patients with OC. Published: 9 January 2009 BMC Cancer 2009, 9:8 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-8 Received: 26 June 2008 Accepted: 9 January 2009 This article is available from: http://www.biomedcentral. com/1471-2407/9/8 © 2009 Høgdall et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Early termination and barriers to treatment in parent and child therapy

EARLY TERMINATION AND BARRIERS TO TREATMENT IN PARENT AND CHILD THERAPY Brittany L. Gresl, M.A. Marquette University, 2014 Young children typically experience challenging behaviors. However, 10-15% of young children experience clinical behaviors that can impact the child’s typical development. These challenging behaviors are even more common in children from lowincome, urban settings. If left untreated, such challenging behaviors may lead to more severe behaviors including aggression, violence, and anti-social behaviors. Research has demonstrated that participation in parent and child therapy (PCT) programs significantly reduces problematic child behaviors while increasing positive behaviors in both the child and the parent. However, PCT programs report rates of early termination as high as 70%. Research to reduce these early termination rates has historically focused on barriers to treatment including logistical conflicts, race, socioeconomic status, child age, and symptom severity. Despite attempts to address these variables and reduce early termination rates, progress has been slow in advancing the research in this area. In addition, few measures have been designed that are available to accurately assess how barriers to treatment impact treatment attendance and participation, particularly for families of young children living in poverty. The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot a clinician-report screening tool, the Treatment Barriers Scale (TBS), to assess barriers to treatment participation in primarily low-income, urban minority families receiving home-based therapy for their young child’s challenging behaviors. Data from 330 families referred to a mental health clinic for behavior problems were analyzed to identify the utility of this new tool in screening treatment barriers in this population. The resulting 17-item scale consisted of two factors, labeled Treatment Process Barriers and the Operational Barriers. Each factor demonstrated acceptable levels of internal consistency (.82 and .80, respectively). Results indicated that children with more severe challenging behaviors and African American children had higher TBS scores, while children with an identified developmental delay had lower TBS scores than typically developing children. Moreover, children with more severe challenging behavior at pretest were more likely to be appropriate treatment terminators. Alternately, families with higher TBS scores were more likely to drop out of treatment prematurely. Limitations of the study and implications for future research and practice for similar programs were discussed.
The relation between dependency distance and frequency

This present pilot study investigates the relationship between dependency distance and frequency based on the analysis of an English dependency treebank. The preliminary result shows that there is a non-linear relation between dependency distance and frequency. This relation between them can be further formalized as a power law function which can be used to predict the distribution of dependency distance in a treebank
QUALITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE SLANTED TAILPLANE CONFIGURATION IN THE INDONESIAN BPPT ’ S GENERAL

This article contains a discussion of the advantages of the unique configuration of the Indonesian general purposes Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) equipped with the slanted tailplane. These UAVs—prototyped by the Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)—applied the V-tail and the Inverted V-tail plane configuration for their empennage construction. Such unconventional configuration has been implemented in the aircraft design, especially for the UAV. Previously, the conventional configurations are preferable due to the less of resource, lower effort and lower cost in the aircraft design. In the conventional empennage design, the tail consists of the vertical fin and horizontal tail plane joined to form the T-tail configuration. Although the vertical and horizontal tail construction decoupled the aircraft longitudinal and directional control, there is a higher risk of flutter occurrence at the T-tail joint. The conventional T-tail configuration also resulted in higher drag compared with the slanted tailplane, i.e. the V and the inverted V-tail plane. Since the UAV relied on the autopilot and autonomous flight features, thus a complex control mechanism of the slanted tailplane becomes an insignificant problem compared to the drag reduction obtained. This drag reduction significantly leads to the maximum range or endurance achievement in the UAV remote missions. Besides the benefit of the unconventional tail configuration, the wing and engine placement also brought practical advantages for UAV operations, for example, to impose special flight characteristics like flight agility or the Short Take-Off/Landing (STOL) and supporting the engine maintenance. Thus, the BPPT successfully prototyped a V-Tail UAV named the BPPT-01B “Gagak” (means: the crow) and an inverted V-Tail UAV named BPPT-02A “Pelatuk (means: the woodpecker). Each of them equipped with several opposing constructions intended for the comparative research at the later stage such as the low-high wing placement and the low-high tail boom placement. The analysis of the qualitative comparison of this uniqueness shown that these slanted tailplane type will play a tremendous role in the future configuration of UAV.
HIF 1 a Inhibitor Rescues Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Introduction and Objectives: Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 is critically involved in the pathogenesis of liver diseases. Its inhibitor genistein attenuated D-galactosamine (D-GalN)-induced liver damage. However, the role of genistein in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is unclear. The influence of genistein on reactive oxygen species (ROS) and hepatocyte functions were evaluated in a rat model of ACLF. Material and methods: Genistein [20 mg/ (kg. day)]/coenzyme Q10 [10 mg/ (kg. day)]/lipoic acid [20 mg/ (kg. day)] was administered via the intra-gastric route daily for 6 weeks as co-treatment to the rats in the experimental groups. Then, 100 g/kg LPS combined with 0.5 g/kg D-GalN was injected intraperitoneally to attack the rats. Results: Genistein significantly attenuated LPS/D-GalN-induced ACLF, characterized by ameliorated gross appearance and microscopic histopathology of liver, reduced AST level in serum, whereas increased levels of ATP, ADP/O, and respiratory control ratio (RCR) in mitochondria. Genistein suppressed necrosis and ROS production. Conclusion: These results suggested that genistein could protect against ACLF through inhibiting cellular ROS production and necrosis, improving RCR, and decreasing permeability transition pores in mitochondrial, which was similar as mitochondrial protective agent coenzyme Q10. © 2019 Fundación Clı́nica Médica Sur, A.C. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The Heterogeneity Problem in Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling ( MASEM ) Revisited : A Reply to

Yu, Downes, Carter, and O’Boyle (2016) introduce a new technique to incorporate effect size heterogeneity into meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) labeled full information metaanalytical structural equation modeling (FIMASEM). Cheung’s (2018) commentary raises concerns about the viability of FIMASEM and provides its initial validation. In this reply, we briefly respond to those concerns noting how they relate to Yu et al.’s original conclusions, general MASEM practices, and operational decisions within the FIMASEM procedure. We synthesize Cheung’s criticisms and build on his findings to lay out a research agenda for the future of MASEM and the role that our technique might play in it. In doing so, we clarify the conceptual nature of FIMASEM, identity inferential mistakes that current MASEM studies are likely to make, and offer specific and actionable recommendations in terms of the types of research questions FIMASEM is best suited to address and how FIMASEM results can best be interpreted and reported.
Mental health and associated health service use on the island of Ireland

This is the first population-based mental health telephone survey that allows for direct comparisons between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The findings show: * A higher prevalence of self-reported mental health problems in the North than in the Republic * A higher use of psychotropic medication for the Northern Ireland than the Republic * A higher proportion of people in Northern Ireland attended the GP for mental helath problems than in the Republic * There were no differences between the jurisdictions in the use of secondary mental health services or in the preferred sources of support which included the GP and family and friends
Nutrient Interactions and Toxicity Thermally Oxidized Dietary Fats Increase the Susceptibility of Rat LDL to Lipid Peroxidation but Not Their Uptake by Macrophages 1

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary oxidized fats on the lipoprotein profile and the atherogenicity of LDL. Two experiments with male Sprague-Dawley rats were conducted. In Experiment 1, diets with either fresh fat or oxidized fat, prepared by heating at temperatures of 50, 105 or 190°C, containing either 25 or 250 mg -tocopherol equivalents/kg were used. In Experiment 2, diets with fresh or oxidized fat, heated at a temperature of 55°C, containing 25 mg -tocopherol equivalents/kg, were used. In Experiment 1, rats fed all types of oxidized fats had higher concentrations of HDL cholesterol and lower ratios between plasma and HDL cholesterol than rats fed the diet containing the fresh fat. As determined from the lag time, the susceptibility of LDL to copper-induced lipid peroxidation was higher in rats fed oxidized fats heated at 105 or 190°C than in rats fed the diets containing the fresh fat or the oxidized fat treated at 50°C, irrespective of the dietary vitamin E concentration. However, in Experiment 2, the composition of LDL apolipoproteins and uptake of LDL by macrophages were not different between rats fed the fresh fat diet and those fed the oxidized fat diet. We conclude that ingestion of oxidized fats does not adversely affect the lipoprotein profile in the rat model used, and does not cause modifications of apolipoproteins that would lead to enhanced uptake of LDL via macrophage scavenger receptors. J. Nutr. 133: 2830–2837, 2003.
Studies on certain aspects of the reproductive biology of mouthbrooding tilapia , Oreochromis mossambicus ( Peters ) from Assam , India

Certain aspects of the reproductive biology of O. mossambicus (Peters) from a domestic pond of Assam have been described. Morpho-histological studies of the gonad revealed the existence of six maturity stages in O. mossambicus while gonadosomatic index (GSR) indicated that the breeding season extended from March to October. The frequency four polygon of ova diameter showed peaks suggesting four times of spawning of the species in this part of the country. Appearance of first sexual maturity was observed in 5 – 10cm length groups in female and 10 – 15cm in male specimen. Fifty per cent of male mature by the time they attained an average length of 12.5cm and this occurring at 7.5cm in females. Absolute fecundity ranged from 100 to 850 while the relative fecundity varied between 6 and 16. There was positive correlation (r = 0.88) between GSR and Condition factor (K) and negative correlation (r=0.84) between GSR and gonadosomatic index (GSI). Fecundity was highly correlated with total length (r = 0.99), body weight (r = 0.85) and ovary weight (r=0.62) of the fish.
ONE CENTURY OF STUDIES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ONE OF THE LARGEST CATHEDRALS WORLDWIDE : A REVIEW

Mallorca cathedral is one of the largest ever built cathedrals in the world. When compared with all other Gothic cathedrals in the world, it is found that its columns have the highest slenderness ratio, its main nave span is the second longest after Girona cathedral, and its main nave is the third highest after those of Beauvais and Milan cathedrals. The preservation of the cathedral was always of concern due to its audacious dimensions and slender structural members. About one century ago, a pioneering structural assessment was carried out by Rubió. Since then, and up to date, a relevant number of studies have been carried out on this cathedral and covered many aspects such as the history of construction, the characterization of the construction materials, the seismic assessment, the static and the dynamic monitoring, and the investigation of the foundation soil, among others. The objective of this article is to review these studies making focus on their main conclusions that are relevant for future studies on the cathedral and other similar historical structures.