Credit Union Division Activities, December 2003, Issue 9

Newsletter for Iowa Credit Union Division

Investigation of the State Insurance Division's Oversight of Clinton Memorial Cemetery & Funeral Home, Inc, 1999

Investigative report produced by Iowa Citizens' Aide/Ombudsman

Division of Persons with Disabilities Agency Performance Plan

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities Annual Report, 2003

Agency Annual Report

Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities Annual Report, 2002

Agency Annual Report

Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities Annual Report, 2004

Annual report from Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities

The equity core and the Lorenz-maximal allocations in the equal division core

In this paper, we characterize the non-emptiness of the equity core (Selten, 1978) and provide a method, easy to implement, for computing the Lorenz-maximal allocations in the equal division core (Dutta-Ray, 1991). Both results are based on a geometrical decomposition of the equity core as a finite union of polyhedrons. Keywords: Cooperative game, equity core, equal division core, Lorenz domination. JEL classification: C71

Annual Report of Highway Division Highway Research and Development in Iowa, 2004

Annual report for Iowa Department of Transportation

Iowa Lottery Authority (Previously known as the Lottery Division of the Department of Revenue and Finance), Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2004

State Agency Audit Report

Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division 70th Annual Report June 2003 - June 2004

FY04 Annual Report of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division

Division of Workers' Compensation Regulatory Plan for State Fiscal Year, 2005

This plan is intended to implement Governor Vilsack’s Executive Order Number 9, V, signed September 14, 1999. This plan provides the Division of Workers’ Compensation anticipated regulatory actions for potential rule making activity for State Fiscal Year 2005, which began July 1, 2004, and thereafter.

A genomic analysis identifies a novel component in the genetic structure of sub-Saharan African populations

Studies of large sets of SNP data have proven to be a powerful tool in the analysis of the genetic structure of human populations. In this work, we analyze genotyping data for 2,841 SNPs in 12 Sub-Saharan African populations, including a previously unsampled region of south-eastern Africa (Mozambique). We show that robust results in a world-wide perspective can be obtained when analyzing only 1,000 SNPs. Our main results both confirm the results of previous studies, and show new and interesting features in Sub-Saharan African genetic complexity. There is a strong differentiation of Nilo-Saharans, much beyond what would be expected by geography. Hunter-gatherer populations (Khoisan and Pygmies) show a clear distinctiveness with very intrinsic Pygmy (and not only Khoisan) genetic features. Populations of the West Africa present an unexpected similarity among them, possibly the result of a population expansion. Finally, we find a strong differentiation of the south-eastern Bantu population from Mozambique, which suggests an assimilation of a pre-Bantu substrate by Bantu speakers in the region.

Iowa Federal Family Education Loan Program Division, Iowa College Student Aid Commission, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, June 30, 2004

State Audit Reports

Sub-acute delayed failure of subthalamic DBS in Parkinson's disease: the role of micro-lesion effect.

OBJECTIVE: To study delayed failure after subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. METHODS: Out of 56 consecutive bilaterally STN-implanted PD patients, we selected subjects who, after initial clinical improvement (1 month after surgery), lost benefit (delayed failure, DF). RESULTS: Five patients developed sub-acutely severe gait disorders (DF). In 4/5 DF patients, a micro-lesion effect, defined as improvement without stimulation, was observed; immediate post-operative MRI demonstrated electrode located above or behind to the STN. CONCLUSIONS: Patients presenting micro-lesion effect should be carefully monitored, as this phenomenon can mask electrodes misplacement and evolution in DF