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On Control of Static Synchronous Series Compensator for SSR Mitigation

This paper deals with the analysis and simulation of the static series compensator (SSSC) for subsynchronous resonance (SSR) mitigation. The purpose of the paper is to derive and analyze a novel control strategy for SSSC dedicated for SSR mitigation. Objective of the proposed controller is to increase the network damping only at those frequencies that are critical for the turbine-generator shaft. By using frequency scanning analysis, the effectiveness of the proposed method for mitigation of SSR due to torsional interaction effect is presented and compared with the existing control strategy. Finally, simulation results show the performance of the proposed method in mitigating SSR due to torque amplification effect.
Retraites par répartition et pouvoir électoral des retraités

Résumé L'objectif de cet article est d'expliquer, dans le contexte actuel de vieillissement de la population, pourquoi les retraités arrivent à maintenir des niveaux de retraite élevés. L'argument développé repose sur le fait que le processus politique est essentiellement multidimensionnel. En effet, nous considérons le problème de la détermination collective de deux politiques. Le premier de ces choix est le taux de cotisation au système de retraite par répartition. Le second est un choix non éco­nomique, sans lien direct avec le système de retraite. À l'aide d'un modèle d'agence politique, nous montrons qu'à partir du moment où les retraités sont suffisamment nombreux, le taux de cotisation choisi est plus élevé que le taux préféré par les actifs, qui constituent pourtant la majorité des électeurs.
Multi-Curves Framework with Stochastic Spread: A Coherent Approach to STIR Futures and Their Options

The development of the multi-curve framework has mainly concentrated on swaps and related products. By opposition, this contribution focuses on STIR futures and their options. They are analysed in a stochastic multiplicative spread multi-curve framework which allows a simultaneous modelling of the Ibor rates and of the cash-account required for futures with continuous margining. The framework proposes a coherent pricing of futures, swaps, cap/floor, and options on futures. The margined options on futures can be priced by reading the model quantities from the market with almost no calibration. In the final part of the note, we propose the pricing of a financial product which does not exists yet, betting that it will be proposed soon.
Economic Self-Interest and Political Behavior

The nature of the relationship between personal economic well-being and political behavior has been an object of much theory and research in the social sciences. A growing number of studies of survey data have concluded, however, that there is little or no relationship in the U.S. between financial well-being and political attitudes and behavior. This paper offers an explanation for these findings based on the way people perceive the nature of their financial well-being. The analysis shows that belief in economic individualism leads people to accept personal responsibility for their economic conditions, which in turn eliminates any connection between personal well-being and political evaluation. I discuss the role of political culture and belief in the assessment of "self-interest" and "rationality" in political behavior in light of these findings.
Revanchist Sanitisation or Coercive Care? The Use of Enforcement to Combat Begging, Street Drinking and Rough Sleeping in England

This paper examines recent responses to ‘problematic street culture’ in England, where increasing pressure has been exerted to prevent people from begging and street drinking in public spaces, with rough sleeping also targeted in some areas. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with enforcement agents, support providers and targeted individuals, it assesses the extent to which the strategies employed are indicative of a ‘revanchist expulsion’ of the deviant Other and/or an expression of ‘coercive care’ for the vulnerable Other. It concludes that, whilst the recent developments appear, at first glance, to be symptomatic of revanchist sanitisation of public space, closer examination reveals that the situation is actually much more complex than a revanchist reading of the situation might suggest, and perhaps not as devoid of compassion.
An investigation of the effect of information technology (IT) culture on the relationship between IT and business professionals

The 'cultural chasm' between business and Information Technology (IT) professionals and the importance of their developing and sustaining a healthy partnership has received attention in the IT literature. This study applies existing theories of culture and inter-group relations from the organisational behaviour discipline to investigate how and why the IT culture affects these relationships. Insights as to how tensions in the IT-business relationship can be minimised by managing the IT culture are revealed.
Gastroenterología y Hepatología

Despite high prevalence of iron deﬁciency anemia (IDA) in patients with acute or chronic gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), IDA and iron deﬁciency (ID) are frequently untreated. Reasons may be misconceptions about the impact and diagnosis of IDA and the efﬁcacy of new treatments. Addressing these misconceptions, this article summarizes current evidence for better understanding and management of GIB-associated IDA. Despite only few controlled studies evaluated the efﬁcacy of iron treatment in patients with GIB, there is consistent evidence suggesting that: (a) IDA should be diligently investigated, (b) effective treatment of ID/IDA
Poverty among the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper provides evidence on the incidence of poverty among the elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on household survey microdata from 20 countries. The situation of older people is characterized in terms of income, employment, education, health and access to services vis-a-vis the rest of the population. The paper identifies the role played by the current pension systems in Latin America, and assesses the efforts needed to achieve substantial improvements toward the reduction of old-age poverty.
Improving farmer knowledge and skills to better manage climate variability and climate change

Although it is expected that farmer education will improve climate risk management, there is only anecdotal evidence that this is true. We wanted to approach and test this in a more rigorous way. A needs analysis showed that only 30% of farmers believe they are competent or very competent to manage climate risk and, as a consequence, they consider flexible education and training as one way to address this issue. In consultation with farmers, educational resources were developed to cover strategic thinking for managing risk, climate variability impacts, management options, planning and monitoring decisions. Training with this package was delivered to fifteen farmers and consultants over a week, with feedback recorded at the end of each session and post-training. Measurements were made of knowledge, attitude, skills and aspirations (KASA), and followed with assessment of end-result and practice-change. After this training, farmers improved their competency, from 2.2 (before) to 3.9 (after) on a proficiency scale of one to five. From the feedback, a “problem-based” resource manual was refined to appeal to a broad range of agricultural enterprises such as livestock, horticulture and cropping, and across diverse climates. Farmers can best learn about improving management of climate risk through a variety of ways that include exercises, discussion, reflection and putting their ideas into practice. Actions resulting from the training included development and enactment of strategic plans.
Bond Risk Premia and Optimal Monetary Policy

The bond yield dynamics implied by a welfare-maximizing monetary policy, and its credibility, are explored in general equilibrium. Credibility is captured by a regime change from discretion to commitment. Optimal monetary policy determines the inflation risk premium: If the elasticity of intertemporal substitution is lower than the elasticity of substitution across goods, the premium is negative. Credibility reduces the inflation risk and bond risk premia. A calibration implies lower yield spreads, less volatile yields, and reduced deviations from the expectations hypothesis under commitment. The model suggests an explanation for changes in yield dynamics in the U.S. for different policy regimes. Stephen M. Ross School of Business The University of Michigan 701 Tappan Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Francisco Palomino Assistant Professor of Finance Tel: 734 615 4178 Fax: 734 936 0274 Email: fpal@bus.umich. edu David Backus Editor Review of Economic Dynamics
Serum neuron‐specific enolase. A marker for response to therapy in seminoma

Neuron‐specific enolase (NSE) was evaluated as a serum marker in 105 patients with testicular cancer and compared with the established tumor markers alphafetoprotein (AFP) and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). Increased serum NSE activity was measured in eight of 11 (73%) patients with metastatic seminoma. Serum NSE concentrations fell to within the normal range following chemotherapy. Localization of NSE in seminoma cells was demonstrated immunohistochemically. Only six of 40 (15%) patients with metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumors showed elevated serum NSE levels. AFP and HCG were both positive in 70% of patients in this group, and NSE determination gave no additional information. Serum NSE concentrations were normal in 53 of 54 testicular cancer patients after orchiectomy and there was no evidence of metastatic disease; only one had borderline NSE levels, indicating the specificity of serum NSE determination. NSE is a new marker of seminoma and its measurement may be of clinical value in monitoring chemotherapy in patients with metastatic seminoma.
Coping with depression.

It’s the Catch-22 of depression recovery: The things that help the most are the things that are the most difficult to do. There is a big difference, however, between something that’s difficult and something that’s impossible. While recovering from depression isn’t quick or easy, you do have more control than you realize—even if your depression is severe and stubbornly persistent. The key is to start small and build from there. You may not have much energy, but by drawing on all your reserves, you should have enough to take a walk around the block or pick up the phone to call a loved one, for example.
Do New Economic Geography agglomeration shadows underlie current population dynamics across the urban hierarchy

The New Economic Geography (NEG) was motivated by the desire to formally explain the emergence of the American urban system. Although the NEG has proven useful in this regard, few empirical studies investigate its success in explaining current population dynamics in a more developed mature urban system, particularly across the urban hierarchy and in the rural hinterlands. This study explores whether proximity to same-sized and higher-tiered urban centers affected the patterns of 1990-2006 U.S. county population growth. Rather than casting agglomeration shadows on nearby growth, the results suggest that larger urban centers by and large promote growth for more proximate places of less than 250 thousand people. However, there is some evidence the largest urban areas cast growth shadows on proximate medium-sized metropolitan areas (population between 250 thousand and 1.5 million) and of spatial competition among small metropolitan areas. The weak evidence of growth shadows suggests a need for a broader framework in understanding population movements.
A systems approach to meeting the challenges of urban climate change

This article identifies the future challenges that cities face in their ability to create well-being, particularly for urban poor communities, as a result of the compound effect generated by climate change – distinguishing between direct impacts, indirect effects and pre-existing vulnerability. This suggests that action to reduce exposure and improve the adaptive capacity of urban populations must therefore simultaneously address disaster risk reduction, urban poverty reduction and urban resilience (i.e. the ability of the city to maintain the functions that support the well-being of its citizens). Based on evidence and experience from 10 cities which form part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (www.acccrn.org), this article proposes that a simplified conceptual model and resilience characteristics be used to analyse urban systems, in parallel with spatial analysis, to target action at multiple levels to reduce exposure and improve the adaptive capacity of urban populations simultaneously.
Mortality and cancer incidence among Swedish paint industry workers with long-term exposure to organic solvents.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this update on a cohort of male paint industry workers was to determine whether an excess of mortality and incidence of lymphatic and hematopoietic tumors, particularly multiple myeloma, still exists, and, if so, to determine if it is due to exposures occurring before the mid-1950s, when benzene disappeared as a solvent in the Swedish paint industry. METHODS The cohort of 411 men who had worked in the Swedish paint industry and had been exposed to organic solvents for at least 5 years during 1955-1975 was followed from 1961 to 1994 for causes of death in the mortality register and from 1961 to 1992 for cases of cancer in the Swedish cancer register. RESULTS The number of paint industry workers who had died, plus the number of deaths in the major disease groups and the number of cancers reported to the cancer registry, was close to the expected. The incidence of prostatic cancer increased somewhat [standardized incidence ratio (SIR) 1.5, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.0-2.2]. Among the workers first employed in 1956 or earlier, there was an increase in both the incidence and mortality from all lymphatic and hematopoietic tumors [SIR 2.3, 95% CI 1.0-2.2; standardized mortality ratio (SMR) 2.0, 95% CI 0.7-4.4]. The excess was particularly marked for multiple myeloma (SIR 3.8, 95% CI 0.8-11; SMR 4.4, 95% CI 0.9-13). CONCLUSIONS Employment in the Swedish paint industry before 1957 may have entailed some excess risk of lymphatic and hematopoietic tumors, particularly multiple myeloma. A significant excess of prostatic cancer was not linked to any particular employment period and deserves further investigation.
The Product Space and the Middle-Income Trap: Comparing Asian and Latin American Experiences

Rapid and sustained economic growth in the emerging world has brought new members, notably China, into the group of middle-income countries. Reaching this level of income, however, has historically presented countries with a new set of challenges to development, resulting in slowing growth and an entrapment in what is known as the middle-income trap. Limited income convergence in Latin America has at least partly been due to its reduced capacity to engage in a structural transformation conducive to higher productivity. In contrast, emerging Asia offers a few examples of these ‚virtuous. productive transformations. With these two references in mind, we build a comparative analysis based on the following points: First, we illustrate differences in the process of structural transformation, both with regard to sector productivity and employment absorption. Second, we adopt the Product Space methodology to compare the structural transformation that took place in both regions. Finally, we consider the role played by Productive Development Policies (PDP) in shaping the process of structural transformation, through a comparative review of these policies in Korea, Brazil and Mexico. In short, the analysis allows us to gauge the role that the economic specialisation of a country plays in facilitating transitions to more advanced stages of economic development. La croissance rapide et soutenue dans les economies emergentes a fait rentrer des nouveaux membres, dont la Chine, dans le groupe des pays a revenu intermediaire. Cependant, atteindre ce niveau de revenu, a historiquement suppose pour ces pays de faire face a de nouveaux defis pour le developpement, entrainant un ralentissement de la croissance et une situation de stagnation connue sous le nom de piege des revenus intermediaires. La convergence toutefois limitee de l’Amerique latine est en partie expliquee par sa capacite reduite a s’engager dans des transformations structurelles vers une productivite plus elevee. En revanche, l’Asie emergente nous presente des exemples de ces vertueuses transformations productives. Tenant compte de ces deux differences, nous elaborons une analyse comparative basee sur les dimensions suivantes : D’abord, nous illustrons des differences dans le processus de transformation structurelle, a la fois par rapport a la productivite sectorielle et la relocalisation d’emplois. Par la suite, nous adoptons la methodologie de Product Space pour comparer la transformation structurelle qui a eu lieu dans les deux regions. Finalement, nous considerons le role des politiques de developpement productives (PDP) pour determiner le processus de transformation structurel, a travers une revision comparative de ces politiques en Coree, au Bresil et au Mexique. En somme, l’analyse permet d’evaluer le role que la specialisation economique d’un pays peut jouer pour faciliter la transition vers des phases de developpement economique plus avancees.
“GOOD, STEADY PROGRESS”: SUCCESS STORIES FROM ONTARIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCE

This paper presents findings from a funded case study research project conducted in Ontario, Canada during the 2007-2008 school year. Together with the Elementary Teachers‘ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the researchers undertook a qualitative investigation to identify and describe success stories from a diverse sample of 11 Ontario elementary schools working with students and communities affected by poverty. Through school visits, interviews, and document analysis, researchers identified three major findings: schools made connections with parents and the broader community; schools built a sense of collective endeavor and community within the school; and schools struggled with a persistent dilemma regarding students‘ social versus academic needs. The project contributes to the Canadian research literature on poverty and schooling and to the practical understanding of how schools can better work with students and communities affected by poverty.
Development of an integrative patient history intake tool: a Delphi study.

OBJECTIVE To identify patient history intake questions common to four fields of medicine--allopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic, and Traditional Chinese Medicine for potential development of an Integrative Patient History Intake Tool. DESIGN A two-round modified Delphi technique was utilized to generate expert consensus among Oregon healthcare practitioners on the importance of specific patient history intake questions. A panel of faculty members from Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU), the National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM), the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM), and Western States Chiropractic College (WSCC) identified 321 patient history intake questions, which then were distributed to 106 Oregon healthcare practitioners. The healthcare practitioners were asked to rate the importance of each question through a series of two surveys over the period of 11 weeks. Suggestions for additional intake questions also were invited. RESULTS The Delphi process resulted in the original 321 initial questions plus 150 additional suggested questions being reduced to 52 intake questions (11% total similarity) for the potential development of the Integrative Patient History Intake Tool. There was a 63% response rate to SURVEY I, and a 73% response rate for SURVEY II. CONCLUSION The concept of attempting to develop an integrative patient history intake tool is important to improve communication between practitioners of allopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. This study revealed insight into the difficulties faced with such a tool due to the lack of similarity in priorities of questions between these different disciplines. This may also reveal a component of why communication remains difficult between these fields, but should not deter efforts to increase communication in the interest of optimal patient care.
The natural and organic pork market: A sustainable niche for small-scale producers? A review and analysis of the evidence

This study reviews the literature on consumer preferences and willingness to pay for pork produced through alternative methods, such as natural and organic production. It finds evidence suggesting that many consumers are willing to pay relatively high premiums for natural and organic pork. Furthermore, research is found which suggests that such premiums can be expected to persist into the foreseeable future. This study also investigates the degree to which such premiums are transmitted to pork producers and finds anecdotal evidence suggesting that natural and organic pork producers receive modest premiums as well as more stable pricing overall. This paper then discusses the marketing efforts needed and impediments to supplying the natural and organic markets for pork. The overall perspective provided by this paper is that natural and organic production may be viable alternatives to more capital-intensive production for many small-scale producers.
Enoxaparin once daily vs. twice daily dosing for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients: A literature summary

Current anticoagulation guidelines for cancer patients are largely based upon studies done in the general population. Anticoagulation studies in cancer patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) have compared varying doses of different low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) to warfarin or unfractionated heparin (UFH) regimens, and most guidelines recommend LMWH as the preferred agent over vitamin K antagonists. However, very few studies compare different dosing regimens of the LMWH itself. As a result, practitioners attempt to extrapolate results from studies done in the general medicine population and apply them to cancer patients with VTE. Considering the differences in risk factors and hypercoagulability between these populations, such generalizations may compromise outcomes or safety for cancer patients. Currently, no study to date has compared the safety and efficacy of enoxaparin 1.5 mg/kg subcutaneously (SC) once daily vs. 1 mg/kg SC twice daily in a prospective, randomized fashion, for the longterm treatment of VTE in patients with cancer. The purpose of this article is to review currently available literature utilizing these dosing schemes in order to risk-stratify cancer patients who may better qualify for one dosing regimen as compared to the other. Our analysis suggests that enoxaparin dosed at 1.5 mg/kg SC once daily may be a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of VTE in cancer patients with both a low risk of recurrent VTE and bleeding. In the absence of additional studies, the dosing of enoxaparin for cancer patients should be based on patient-specific risk factors.