The skill bias of world trade

Under plausible assumptions about preferences and technology, the model in this papersuggests that the entire volume of world trade matters for wage inequality. Therefore,trade integration, even among identical countries, is likely to increase the skill premium.Further, we argue that empirical evidence of a falling relative price of skill-intensive goods can be reconciled with the fast growth of world trade and that the intersectoral mobility of capital exacerbates the effect of trade on inequality. We provide new empirical evidence in support of our results and a quantitative assessment of the skill bias of world trade.

How are "teaching the teachers" courses in evidence based medicine evaluated? A systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Teaching of evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become widespread in medical education. Teaching the teachers (TTT) courses address the increased teaching demand and the need to improve effectiveness of EBM teaching. We conducted a systematic review of assessment tools for EBM TTT courses.To summarise and appraise existing assessment methods for teaching the teachers courses in EBM by a systematic review. METHODS: We searched PubMed, BioMed, EmBase, Cochrane and Eric databases without language restrictions and included articles that assessed its participants. Study selection and data extraction were conducted independently by two reviewers. RESULTS: Of 1230 potentially relevant studies, five papers met the selection criteria. There were no specific assessment tools for evaluating effectiveness of EBM TTT courses. Some of the material available might be useful in initiating the development of such an assessment tool. CONCLUSION: There is a need for the development of educationally sound assessment tools for teaching the teachers courses in EBM, without which it would be impossible to ascertain if such courses have the desired effect.

Breeding system and genetic variance in the monogamous, semi-social shrew, Crocidura russula

The population-genetic consequences of monogamy and male philopatry (a rare breeding system in mammals) were investigated using microsatellite markers in the semisocial and anthropophilic shrew Crocidura russula. A hierarchical sampling design over a 16-km geographical transect revealed a large genetic diversity (h = 0.813) with significant differentiation among subpopulations (F-ST = 5-6%), which suggests an exchange of 4.4 migrants per generation. Demic effective-size estimates were very high, due both to this limited gene inflow and to the inner structure of subpopulations. These were made of 13-20 smaller units (breeding groups), comprising an estimate of four breeding pairs each. Members of the same breeding groups displayed significant coancestries (F-LS = 9-10%), which was essentially due to strong male kinship: syntopic males were on average related at the half-sib level. Female dispersal among breeding groups was not complete (similar to 39%), and insufficient to prevent inbreeding. From our results, the breeding strategy of C. russula seems less efficient than classical mammalian systems (polygyny and male dispersal) in disentangling coancestry from inbreeding, but more so in retaining genetic variance.

Ystävyys- ja avunantosopimus

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Patrones de distribución y fluctuaciones de desoves de anchoveta y sardina

Expone los resultados relativos a los estudios sobre las primeras etapas de vid de la anchoveta principalmente.

Doktor Erik Tawaststjerna 24.1.1960 Härstädes

Kirje

[Illustrations de Le livre des prouffitz champestres et ruraulx...] / [Non identifié] ; Pierre de Crescens, aut. du texte

Comprend : [Fig. p.1 du Prologue : Pierre de Crescent remettant son livre au Roi Charles V] [cote : microfilm m 9883/R 33444] ; [Fig. folio ai : scènes de taille des arbres, de construction d'un édifice. Vue d'une cour de ferme. Scène de taille de la vigne.] [cote : microfilm m 9883/R 33444] ; [Fig. folio fi : scènes de semailles et de moissons.] [cote : microfilm m 9883/R 33444] ; [Fig. folio 1 du livre X : scène de chasse. Fauconnerie. Chasse du cerf et du sanglier. Chasse des oiseaux à l'arbalète.] [cote : microfilm m 9883/R 33444]

eVOC: a controlled vocabulary for unifying gene expression data.

Expression data contribute significantly to the biological value of the sequenced human genome, providing extensive information about gene structure and the pattern of gene expression. ESTs, together with SAGE libraries and microarray experiment information, provide a broad and rich view of the transcriptome. However, it is difficult to perform large-scale expression mining of the data generated by these diverse experimental approaches. Not only is the data stored in disparate locations, but there is frequent ambiguity in the meaning of terms used to describe the source of the material used in the experiment. Untangling semantic differences between the data provided by different resources is therefore largely reliant on the domain knowledge of a human expert. We present here eVOC, a system which associates labelled target cDNAs for microarray experiments, or cDNA libraries and their associated transcripts with controlled terms in a set of hierarchical vocabularies. eVOC consists of four orthogonal controlled vocabularies suitable for describing the domains of human gene expression data including Anatomical System, Cell Type, Pathology and Developmental Stage. We have curated and annotated 7016 cDNA libraries represented in dbEST, as well as 104 SAGE libraries,with expression information,and provide this as an integrated, public resource that allows the linking of transcripts and libraries with expression terms. Both the vocabularies and the vocabulary-annotated libraries can be retrieved from http://www.sanbi.ac.za/evoc/. Several groups are involved in developing this resource with the aim of unifying transcript expression information.

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Delay in diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis increases risk for stricture formation in a time-dependent manner.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Development of strictures is a major concern for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). At diagnosis, EoE can present with an inflammatory phenotype (characterized by whitish exudates, furrows, and edema), a stricturing phenotype (characterized by rings and stenosis), or a combination of these. Little is known about progression of stricture formation; we evaluated stricture development over time in the absence of treatment and investigated risk factors for stricture formation. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study using the Swiss EoE Database, collecting data on 200 patients with symptomatic EoE (153 men; mean age at diagnosis, 39 ± 15 years old). Stricture severity was graded based on the degree of difficulty associated with passing of the standard adult endoscope. RESULTS: The median delay in diagnosis of EoE was 6 years (interquartile range, 2-12 years). With increasing duration of delay in diagnosis, the prevalence of fibrotic features of EoE, based on endoscopy, increased from 46.5% (diagnostic delay, 0-2 years) to 87.5% (diagnostic delay, >20 years; P = .020). Similarly, the prevalence of esophageal strictures increased with duration of diagnostic delay, from 17.2% (diagnostic delay, 0-2 years) to 70.8% (diagnostic delay, >20 years; P < .001). Diagnostic delay was the only risk factor for strictures at the time of EoE diagnosis (odds ratio = 1.08; 95% confidence interval: 1.040-1.122; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of esophageal strictures correlates with the duration of untreated disease. These findings indicate the need to minimize delay in diagnosis of EoE.

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Starmont Community School District near Arlington, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on Starmont Community School District near Arlington, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Algunas Consideraciones sobre las primeras relaciones griegas con Egipto

Hace ya tiempo que se tiene noticia, por las fuentes egipcias, de las relaciones que existían entre Egipto y el mundo egeo en el segundo milenio. Por las arqueológicas se sabe qué artículos manufacturados de procedencia cretense llegaban al país del Nilo, como mínimo, ya en el Imperio Medio; por los textos egipcios sabemos que había relaciones pacíficas, aunque basadas en la superioridad egipcia, entre ambos países, particularmente importantes, por ejemplo, en el reinado de Thutmés III; estas relaciones acabaron por convertirse en hostiles a fines del Imperio Nuevo, cuando los «Akauas» (¿Achaiói?), junto a otros múltiples pueblos, los «Pueblos del Mar», emigraron de sus países de origen y atacaron Egipto por tierra y por mar, enfrentándose a las fuerzas de Mineptah (h. 1230) y de Ramsés III (h. 1194, 1191 y 1188), por quien fueron definitivamente derrotados.

Report on a special investigation of the football program at Lincoln High School within the Des Moines Independent Community School District for the period May 30, 2003 through October 31, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the football program at Lincoln High School within the Des Moines Independent Community School District for the period May 30, 2003 through October 31, 2012