Descriptive analyses of piano works for the use of teachers, players, and music clubs by Edward Baxter Perry

UANL

Dealing with Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection Simultaneously

Although Insurers Face Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard When They Set Insurance Contracts, These Two Types of Asymmetrical Information Have Been Given Separate Treatments Sofar in the Economic Literature. This Paper Is a First Attempt to Integrate Both Problems Into a Single Model. We Show How It Is Possible to Use Time in Order to Achieve a First-Best Allocation of Risks When Both Problems Are Present Simultaneously.

Moral Hazard and Marshallian Inefficiency: Evidence from Tunisia.

In the presence of moral hazard, received agency theory predicts the Marshallian inefficiency of agricultural tenancy contracts, meaning that inputs per hectare on sharecropped land will differ from that on owned land. in this paper, we test for the presence of Marshallian inefficiency using a unique data set collected in the Tunisian village of El Oulja in 1993.

Uni, autoritaire et éclairé : le gouvernement français dans la pensée d'Olympe de Gouges de l'Ancien Régime à la première République, 1785-1793

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

Haematological Studies on the Freshwater Mussel - Lamellidens Marginalis ( Lamark, 1819 )

School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Studies on Copepod Parasites on Elasmobranchs of Kerala Coast

The present study of the parasitic copepods gives the taxonomic description of thirty one species of parasites collected from various elasmobranch fishes of Kerala coast. Copepods parasitic on fishes include three sub orders, viz. poecilostomatoida, cyclopoida and siphonostomatoida. Parasitic copepods of elasmobranch fishes for the present study were collected from different fish landing centres of Kerala and by undertaking regular fishing trips. The collected parasites are identified to the species level and described. It is found that out of thirty one species, fifteen are new to science. They belong to the genera viz. Nothobomolochus Vervoot, 1962, Caligus Muller, 1785, Alebion, Kroyer, 1863, Gloipotes Steenstrup and Lutken, 1861, Pandarus Leach,1819, Perissopus Steenstrup and Lutken, 1861, Echthrogaleus Steenstrup and Lutken, 1861 and Kroyeria van Beneden, 1853. Fifteen new host records were reported. Two genera viz. Echthrogaleus and Entepherus were reported for first time from Indian waters. A new genus called Penicillus was erected. The general observations made during this study revealed certain interesting aspects of host-parasite relationship, host specificity, site specificity, adaptive modifications and geographical distribution.

Modelling and Analysis of Bivariate Lifetime Data using Reversed Hazard Rates

Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Lluís Oliver i els components fonamentals de la matèria

Entrevista en Lluís Oliver, químic gironí

Efectividad del tratamiento con neurofeedback en trastornos del estado del ánimo, ansiedad y fibromialgia: una revisión de literatura

El neurofeedback es una técnica no invasiva en la que se pretende corregir, mediante condicionamiento operante, ondas cerebrales que se encuentren alteradas en el electroencefalograma. Desde 1967, se han conducido numerosas investigaciones relacionadas con los efectos de la técnica en el tratamiento de alteraciones psicológicas. Sin embargo, a la fecha no existen revisiones sistemáticas que reúnan los temas que serán aquí tratados. El aporte de este trabajo es la revisión de 56 artículos, publicados entre los años 1995 y 2013 y la evaluación metodológica de 29 estudios incluidos en la revisión. La búsqueda fue acotada a la efectividad del neurofeedback en el tratamiento de depresión, ansiedad, trastorno obsesivo compulsivo (TOC), ira y fibromialgia. Los hallazgos demuestran que el neurofeedback ha tenido resultados positivos en el tratamiento de estos trastornos, sin embargo, es una técnica que aún está en desarrollo, con unas bases teóricas no muy bien establecidas y cuyos resultados necesitan de diseños metodológicamente más sólidos que ratifiquen su validez.

Mossèn Bartomeu Oliver i Amengual. 'Mosén Bartomeu Oliver i Amengual'.

Se trata de una aproximación a la figura y personalidad de Bartomeu Oliver i Amengual (Sencelles, 1903-1993) y un intento de profundizar en su condición de maestro, cura y agricultor. Además de ser un hombre activo e investigador de su realidad más cercana, su diaria tarea docente en las escuelas de Algaida y Sencelles se caracteriza por un pensamiento pedagógico moderno cargado de interés, curiosidad y diálogo. Sacando provecho de su entorno más cercano, desarrolló planteamientos pedagógicos de activismo, experimentación y contacto directo con la realidad en diversas áreas de conocimiento, como geografía, ciencias naturales, agricultura, matemáticas y trabajos manuales, y puso en práctica los modernos postulados de la evaluación como diagnóstico y proceso. Llegó a ser director de la Escuela Graduada de Sencelles, donde estuvo hasta su jubilación en 1965, y da nombre a uno de los premios 31 de Diciembre de la asociación nacionalista Obra Cultural Balear. El trabajo analiza su perfil personal, su pensamiento pedagógico y la actuación docente desarrollada, y su opinión sobre la cultura y lengua de las Islas.

L'Oliver : organitzaci?? i gesti?? d'una Zona Escolar Rural. 'L'Oliver : organizaci??n y gesti??n de una Zona Escolar Rural'

La ZER l'Oliver est?? formada por 3 CEIP, y desde sus inicios en 1994 se propuso, como objetivo prioritario, la gesti??n compartida y unificada, manteniendo el respeto a la identidad de cada centro y sus respectivas comunidades. Se explica c??mo fue necesario rehacer los proyectos prescriptivos de centro, con la intenci??n de definir de manera conjunta un marco de convivencia y una l??nea de trabajo comunes para el desarrollo del Proyecto de Zona.

Small-area variation in health care affecting the choice of cesarean delivery: the case of a Colombian health insurer

In the midst of health care reform, Colombia has succeeded in increasing health insurance coverage and the quality of health care. In spite of this, efficiency continues to be a matter of concern, and small-area variations in health care are one of the plausible causes of such inefficiencies. In order to understand this issue, we use individual data of all births from a Contributory-Regimen insurer in Colombia. We perform two different specifications of a multilevel logistic regression model. Our results reveal that hospitals account for 20% of variation on the probability of performing cesarean sections. Geographic area only explains 1/3 of the variance attributable to the hospital. Furthermore, some variables from both demand and supply sides are found to be also relevant on the probability of undergoing cesarean sections. This paper contributes to previous research by using a hierarchical model and by defining hospitals as cluster. Moreover, we also include clinical and supply induced demand variables.

Genetic testing with primary prevention and moral hazard

We develop a model where a free genetic test reveals whether the individual tested has a low or high probability of developing a disease. A costly prevention effort allows high-risk agents to decrease the probability of developing the disease. Agents are not obliged to take the test, but must disclose its results to insurers. Insurers offer separating contracts which take into account the individual risk, so that taking the test is associated to a discrimination risk. We study the individual decisions to take the test and to undertake the prevention effort as a function of the effort cost and of its e¢ ciency. We obtain that, if effort is observable by insurers, agents undertake the test only if the effort cost is neither too large nor too low. If the effort cost is not observable by insurers, they face a moral hazard problem which induces them to under-provide insurance. We obtain the counterintuitive result that moral hazard increases the value of the test if the effort cost is low enough. Also, agents may perform the test for lower levels of prevention e¢ ciency when effort is not observable