Child maltreatment remains a major public-health and social-welfare problem in high-income
countries. Every year, about 4–16% of children are physically abused and one in ten is …

Uterine function is often compromised in cattle by bacterial contamination of the uterine
lumen after parturition, and pathogenic bacteria often persist, causing uterine disease, a key …

THIS PAPER SURVEYS empirical studies designed to provide evidence on how market
structure influences the performance of depository institutions. These studies are divided into …

To HAVE the incentive to undertake research and development, a firm must be able to
appropriate returns sufficient to make the investment worthwhile. The benefits consumers derive …

… Gilbert This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 1987 by John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. … Also, Robert R. Kinnison provided encouragement and support in many ways including …

TUMOUR necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a potent pro-inflammatory and immunomodulatory
cytokine implicated in inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, …

… Examples of preemption by accelerated investment in new plant capacity appear in Gilbert
and Richard Harris, A. Michael Spence (1977, 1979), and Ram Rao and David Rutenberg. …

Objective: To determine the odds ratio and population attributable fraction associated with
food and environmental risk factors for acute toxoplasmosis in pregnancy. Design: Case-…

Eight persons from five institutions in different countries carried out polymerizations of aniline
following the same preparation protocol. In a "standard" procedure, aniline hydrochloride …

… If W"(r) < 0 on the interval [r, 7r, then we know from the proof of Proposition 1 that a slight
decrease in ir, with the necessary increase in T to leave V unchanged, will increase welfare …