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Finance and Growth: Modern Interpretations of the Thoughts of Schumpeter

Studies of the 2007-09 credit crisis and the resulting recession have revealed the inadequacy of the predominant theoretical frameworks and their failure to propose adequate policy solutions. The presence in the economy of “bank money” and a financial system (not only constituted by banks) characterized by financial innovation and speculation fundamentally changes the nature of credit creation. As J.A. Schumpeter (1934) and other scholars (such as Shackle, 1967) have recognized the central role of credit creation in the economic system, a new perspective on the financial role in defining the growth path needs to be developed by filling the gaps in New Growth Theory (NGT) (Aghion and Howitt, 1998) and Evolutionary Theory (ET) (Nelson and Winter, 1982) - which we call the two Sons of Schumpeter - and in some way combining them. The financial instability of the economy seems to depend on the financial structure. The goal of this survey is to explain the main hypothesis of the historical passage of the economy from a virtuous to a bad cycle and to show the existence of what we label the wealth trap: that is, the consequence of the presence of a technologically advanced and greedy financial system within the economic system. This new point of view can help to answer some important questions that in the literature remain unsolved. Future extensions of this survey will develop a quantitative ABM (Agent-Based Model) able to demonstrate the existence of the “two cycles” and will finally undertake experiments to build policy proposals for the restoration of the virtuous cycle and to prevent this cycle from becoming a bad one again.
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We tested whether Hooded Warblers ( Wilsonia citrina ) avoided abrupt forest edges by radiotracking males breeding in small, isolated forest patches (0.5–2.0 ha) in northwest Pennsylvania. Because territory edges were synonymous with abrupt forest edges in all cases, we compared space use patterns with males radiotracked in a nearby continuous forest (150 ha), where we deﬁned edge from territorial boundaries. Based on the proportion of edge to core area, males in both habitats avoided the area within 20 m of the edge, implying that males responded to the presence of territory edge rather than forest edge. Surprisingly, however, males in isolated fragments used the edge area signiﬁcantly more than males in continuous forest, even when measured against the relative amount of edge area within each territory. Elevated levels of edge use were not related to distance of nests to edges, nest stage, or time of day. We conclude that the presence of physical edges is not the sole determinant of territorial space use in this species and there are likely additional social factors inﬂuencing occupancy rates in small, isolated woodlots. Therefore, deﬁnitions of forest-interior species based on edge use need to be reconsidered.
An observation-constrained multi-physics WRF ensemble for simulating European mega heat waves

Abstract. Many climate models have difficulties in properly reproducing climate extremes, such as heat wave conditions. Here we use the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) regional climate model with a large combination of different atmospheric physics schemes, in combination with the NOAH land-surface scheme, with the goal of detecting the most sensitive physics and identifying those that appear most suitable for simulating the heat wave events of 2003 in western Europe and 2010 in Russia. In total, 55 out of 216 simulations combining different atmospheric physical schemes have a temperature bias smaller than 1 °C during the heat wave episodes, the majority of simulations showing a cold bias of on average 2–3 °C. Conversely, precipitation is mostly overestimated prior to heat waves, and shortwave radiation is slightly overestimated. Convection is found to be the most sensitive atmospheric physical process impacting simulated heat wave temperature across four different convection schemes in the simulation ensemble. Based on these comparisons, we design a reduced ensemble of five well performing and diverse scheme configurations, which may be used in the future to perform heat wave analysis and to investigate the impact of climate change during summer in Europe.
Implication of γδ T cells in the human immune response to cytomegalovirus

In normal individuals, γδ T cells account for less than 6% of total peripheral T lymphocytes and mainly express T-cell receptor (TCR) Vδ2-Vγ9 chains. We have previously observed a dramatic expansion of γδ T cells in the peripheral blood of renal allograft recipients only when they developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. This increase was long lasting (more than 1 year), was associated with an activation of γδ T cells, and concerned only Vδ1 or Vδ3 T-cell subpopulations. Analysis of γδ TCR junctional diversity revealed that CMV infection in these patients was accompanied by (a) a marked restriction of CDR3 size distribution in Vδ3 and, to a lesser extent, in Vδ1 chains; and (b) a selective expansion of Vδ1 cells bearing recurrent junctional amino acid motifs. These features are highly suggestive of an in vivo antigen-driven selection of γδ T-cell subsets during the course of CMV infection. Furthermore, Vδ1 and Vδ3 T cells from CMV-infected kidney recipients were able to proliferate in vitro in the presence of free CMV or CMV-infected fibroblast lysates but not uninfected or other herpes virus–infected fibroblast lysates. This in vitro expansion was inhibited by anti-γδ TCR mAb’s. These findings suggest that a population of γδ T cells might play an important role in the immune response of immunosuppressed patients to CMV infection.
Quasar Accretion Disk Sizes from Continuum Reverberation Mapping from the Dark Energy Survey

We present accretion disk size measurements for 15 luminous quasars at 0.7 ≤ z ≤ 1.9 derived from griz light curves from the Dark Energy Survey. We measure the disk sizes with continuum reverberation mapping using two methods, both of which are derived from the expectation that accretion disks have a radial temperature gradient and the continuum emission at a given radius is well described by a single blackbody. In the first method we measure the relative lags between the multiband light curves, which provides the relative time lag between shorter and longer wavelength variations. From this, we are only able to constrain upper limits on disk sizes, as many are consistent with no lag the 2σ level. The second method fits the model parameters for the canonical thin disk directly rather than solving for the individual time lags between the light curves. Our measurements demonstrate good agreement with the sizes predicted by this model for accretion rates between 0.3 and 1 times the Eddington rate. Given our large uncertainties, our measurements are also consistent with disk size measurements from gravitational microlensing studies of strongly lensed quasars, as well as other photometric reverberation mapping results, that find disk sizes that are a factor of a few (∼3) larger than predictions.
A Review Study of Wireless Sensor Networks and Its Security

The confluence of cheap wireless communication, sensing and computation has produced a new group of smart devices and by using thousands of these kind of devices in self-organizing networks has formed a new technology that is called wireless sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs use sensor nodes that placed in open areas or in public places and with a huge number that creates many problems for the researchers and network designer, for giving an appropriate design for the wireless network. The problems are security, routing of data and processing of large amount of data etc. This paper describes the types of WSNs and the possible solutions for tackling the listed problems and solution of many other problems. This paper will deliver the knowledge about the WSN and types with literature review so that a person can get more knowledge about this emerging field.
Pellet Embolization after Subclavian Artery Injury: A Case Report

Acute upper limb ischemia caused by a gunshot penetrating vascular injury and subsequent arterial embolization by foreign body is uncommon in everyday practice and is associated with high morbidity/mortality rates, especially with emergency surgery. We present the case of a 72-year old male who attempted suicide using a gun. A gunshot entry wound was evident in the right upper chest region with no pellet exit wound. Radial pulses were palpable bilaterally. Angiography revealed right subclavian artery direct injury and pellet embolization to the brachial artery. The patient underwent open surgery, with reversed saphenous vein interposition graft to replace subclavian artery defect. A pellet was removed by a separate arteriotomy in the brachial artery. Associated injuries were clavicle-comminuted fracture and subclavian vein injury. The patient remained well 5 months later with no reported complications. In conclusions, the presence of radial pulses alone on clinical exam cannot rule out the presence of a significant vascular injury.
Communication and collaboration ' s nurse with physician from the perspective of hospitals nurse in Neyshabur City 2013

Interactions between physician and nurse are discussed as an indicator to present the desirable care from the patient. The present study was conducted with aim of clarifying the status of communication and collaboration's nurse and physician as well as the correlation of these two factors from the nurses' viewpoint. The materials and methods in this research has been a descriptive – analytical study from cross-sectional type that all nurses employed in the wards ofHospitals22 Bahman and Hakim's Neyshabour County participated as total census in it. The sample size was determined162 persons according to Morgan table. To collect data was used from three-part questionnaire including demographic information as well as the communication and collaboration's physician and nurse. Data collected by SPSS software of version 16andthroughdescriptive-statistical methods and inferential tests were analyzed. In results from all participants, 37%, 24.7% and 38.3% were working in intensive care units (ICUs), emergency ward, and other wards, respectively. Communication and collaboration scores of nurses in all domains were at moderate extent. A positive correlation was found between the scopes of communication with collaboration's physician and nurse (r = 0.04, P < 0.001). A significant relationships were also found between employees' demographic characteristics and communication and collaboration (P = 0.000). In conclusion the results showed that the effective communication between physician and nurse for collaboration among them is an important element so that whatever communication is more, collaboration will be more.
Is the Fabric of Reality Guided by a Semi-Harmonic, Toroidal Background Field?

In this mini-review we describe our recent work, summarizing 13 publications, integrating their concepts and picturing potential perspectives. The history of the discovery of the generalized music (GM)-scale is highlighted in relation to the areas of bio-field research and quantum biology. The central message is that nature may be guided by a discrete pattern of electromagnetic frequencies, as expressed in photon/electron (polariton) and phonon/electron (polaron or soliton) activities. This guiding is based upon a physical coherence principle that is coupled to entanglement, acts in a local and non-local way, and is embedded in a toroidal geometry. We performed meta-analysis studies on biomedical, cancer and neurological literature, revealing the discrete EMF frequency pattern in a consistent manner. This novel biophysical principle exhibits a mathematical background and was also applied to brain function (consciousness research) and 3-dimensional protein folding in integrates cells. Strikingly, this life algorithm could also be detected in various nonanimate systems. Among others we discovered a very similar pattern such as energy/frequency distributions in entanglement (EPR) experiments, frequencies of the currently known elementary particles in the standard model as well as in frequency patterns of spectral energy gaps that promote superconducting properties. The latter aspect provides an interesting bridge between life systems and pure physical phenomena. Finally some potential applications in quantum computing and health technology are treated on the basis of a toroidal model approach.
Growth rates of vibrissae of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

Growth rates of vibrissae (whiskers), which act as a temporal record of feeding in harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina) and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), were estimated using 13 C- and 15 N-labeled glycine followed by stable-isotope analysis. The labeled glycine was incorporated into keratin and served as a temporal marker for growth- rate calculation. One captive harbor seal received two doses 147 days apart, while a second seal received one dose; vibrissae were analyzed after 86 and 154 days. The peak positions indicated that growth began in the fall, continued into spring, but ceased in June, with active growth rates of 0.33 mm/day. Two adult captive Steller sea lions each re - ceived two labeled doses during a 308-day period. After 427 days vibrissae in both sea lions showed two peaks corre- sponding to the markers; growth rates were calculated as 0.05-0.07 mm/day. Growth rates in captive juvenile and wild adult Steller sea lions, 0.10-0.17 mm/day, supported the assumption that major isotopic oscillations in vibrissae of wild sea lions were annual. The multiyear records imply that Steller sea lions retain their vibrissae; harbor seal vibrissae, in contrast, have periods of rapid growth and appear to be shed, at least in part, annually. Resume : Les taux de croissance des vibrisses, organes qui peuvent etre utilises pour l'enregistrement temporel des activites alimentaires des Phoques communs (Phoca vitulina) et des Otaries de Steller (Eumetopias jubatus), ont ete estimes a l'aide de glycine marquee au 13 Ce t au 15 N; une analyse des isotopes stables a suivi. La glycine marquee s'incorpore a la keratine et sert de marqueur temporel dans le calcul du taux de croissance. Un Phoque commun garde en captivite a recu deux doses a 147 jours d'intervalle, alors qu'un autre phoque n'en a recu qu'une; leurs vibrisses ont ete analysees apres 86 et 154 jours. La position des pics indique que la croissance commence a l'automne, se poursuit jusqu'au printemps et cesse en juin; le taux de croissance active a ete evalue a 0,33 mm/jour. Deux Otaries de Steller adultes, gardees en captivite, ont recu chacune deux doses marquees au cours d'une periode de 308 jours. Apres 427 jours, deux pics ont ete enregistres dans les vibrisses des deux otaries, correspondant a l'utilisation des marqueurs; les taux de croissance ont ete estimes a 0,05-0,07 mm/jour. Les taux de croissance des otaries juveniles en captivite et des adultes libres en nature, 0,10-0,17 mm/jour, appuient l'hypothese selon laquelle les oscillations importantes des isoto- pes dans les vibrisses des otaries en nature sont annuelles. Les donnees echelonnees sur plusieurs annees indiquent que les Otaries de Steller gardent leurs vibrisses, alors que les vibrisses des Phoques communs ont des periodes de crois- sance rapide, mais semblent etre rejetees chaque annee, au moins en partie. (Traduit par la Redaction) 1061
The Generational Effect on the Relationship between Job Involvement, Work Satisfaction, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

In recent years, generational differences have been studied in the context of the workplace. In a review of the evidence for generational differences in work values, for example, Twenge (2010) reported that work centrality and the work ethic declined steadily from the Baby Boomer generation through Generation X and to Generation Y. However, although the literature appears to confirm that generational differences indeed exist in respect to work, very little research attention has been paid to the relationships between various work attitudes in the generational context. The current study therefore sought to examine the degree of generational influence on the relationships between three work-related attitudes and behaviors: work satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The findings indicate that generation mitigates the effect only job involvement on two dimensions of OCB with the effects of this interaction being more positive among Gen X than Gen Y employees. The implications of the results were discussed and future research venues were suggested.
Relations Between the Woodcock-Johnson III Clinical Clusters and Measures of Executive Functions From the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System

This study examined the convergent relations between scores from four clinical clusters from the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ III) and measures of executive functions using a sample of school-aged children and a sample of adults. The WJ III clinical clusters included the Working Memory, Cognitive Fluency, Broad Attention, and Executive Processes clusters, and the measures of executive functions were from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS). Across both samples, all clinical clusters demonstrated evidence of statistically significant and moderate positive relations with at least some measures of executive functions. The Executive Processes cluster demonstrated relations with measures of executive functions that tended to be the strongest and most consistent of the WJ III clinical clusters. When these relations between the clinical clusters and the measures of executive functions were contrasted with the relations between the WJ III Comprehension-Knowledge cluster and the same measures of executive functions, results called into question the distinction between process and content but suggested that there is a common ability or common abilities underlying performance across all of the WJ III and D-KEFS measures.
Phylogeny and species delimitation in the group Rhodocanthopus of the genus Passalus (Coleoptera: Passalidae) inferred from morphological and molecular data, with description of two new species

The genus Rhodocanthopus Kaup was originally proposed to include five species; after that, more species were added and different criteria were adopted to delimit it, generating great taxonomic confusion. At present, Rhodocanthopus Kaup is considered as a synonym of Passalus and is currently named as the group Rhodocanthopus without formal taxonomic circumscription. To clarify this, phylogenetic analyses (Bayesian inference and parsimony) were performed using morphological and molecular data with genes 12S, 16S and COI. In both analyses, the group Rhodocanthopus resulted monophyletic inside Passalus and included seven previously described species, plus Passalus chocoensis sp.n. and Passalus rufiventris sp.n. Morphologically, the group can be recognized by the presence of secondary internal tubercles over the frontal edge, reduced compound eyes and strong spines on the external edge of the meso- and metatibiae.
Signal phase and timing prediction for intelligent transportation systems

This work studies the methods for signal phase and timing prediction and their application in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). For a given movement direction, we want to be able to predict the traffic light signal at every moment of time for the next few seconds to several minutes. The ITS applications can advise a driver about the optimal speed and future traffic light changes making the driving safer as well as more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly. The problem of traffic signal prediction is not trivial since traffic light controllers are programmed to react on the immediate traffic load using complex algorithms. We approach the problem by decomposing it into a number of simpler tasks and applying machine learning techniques for prediction. The evaluation of the developed methods using a real-world dataset shows that they satisfy the requirements of many ITS applications in terms of accuracy and prediction horizon. They also can adapt to the new traffic conditions and can be extended with new sensor technologies.
Solution of thermo‐fluid problems by collocation with local pressure correction

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the application of the mesh‐free local radial basis function collocation method (RBFCM) in solution of coupled heat transfer and fluid‐flow problems.Design/methodology/approach – The involved temperature, velocity and pressure fields are represented on overlapping five nodded sub‐domains through collocation by using multiquadrics radial basis functions (RBF). The involved first and second derivatives of the fields are calculated from the respective derivatives of the RBFs. The energy and momentum equations are solved through explicit time stepping.Findings – The performance of the method is assessed on the classical two dimensional de Vahl Davis steady natural convection benchmark for Rayleigh numbers from 103 to 108 and Prandtl number 0.71. The results show good agreement with other methods at a given range.Originality/value – The pressure‐velocity coupling is calculated iteratively, with pressure correction, predicted from the local mass continuity equat.