Monetary Policy in a Portfolio Balance Model with Endogenous Physical Capital

We develop a portfolio balance model with real capital accumulation. The introduction of real capital as an asset as well as a good produced and demanded by firms enriches extant portfolio balance models of exchange rate determination. We show that expansionary monetary policy causes exchange rate overshooting, not once, but twice; the secondary repercussion comes through the reaction of firms to changed asset prices and the firms' decisions to invest in real capital. The model sheds further light on the volatility of real and nominal exchange rates, and it suggests that changes in corporate sector profitability may affect exchange rates through portfolio diversification in corporate securities.

Die Alliance Univers. Israélite und die Juden Rumäniens

Zacharias Frankel

Die Alliance Israélite Universelle

Zacharias Frankel

Die Alliance Israélite Universelle

Zacharias Frankel

Das Ende des Schulwerks der Alliance Israelite Universelle

Cheskel Zwi Klötzel

La sainte alliance des peuples=Schir berit ha-amim

A. Levy

Die Juden in China : Schreiben des Comte d'Escayrac de Lauture an den Vorsitzenden der Alliance israelite universelle in Paris

Stanislas Escayrac de Lauture

Die Alliance Israélite Universelle

J. Thon

A practice-based culminating experience: Writing a HRSA grant application with Texas Organ Sharing Alliance for public education efforts to increase solid organ donation

In November 2010, nearly 110,000 people in the United States were waiting for organs for transplantation. Despite the fact that the organ donor registration rate has doubled in the last year, Texas has the lowest registration rate in the nation. Due to the need for improved registration rates in Texas, this practice-based culminating experience was to write an application for federal funding for the central Texas organ procurement organization, Texas Organ Sharing Alliance. The culminating experience has two levels of significance for public health – (1) to engage in an activity to promote organ donation registration, and (2) to provide professional experience in grant writing. ^ The process began with a literature review. The review was to identify successful intervention activities in motivating organ donation registration that could be used in intervention design for the grant application. Conclusions derived from the literature review included (1) the need to specifically encourage family discussions, (2) religious and community leaders can be leveraged to facilitate organ donation conversations in families, (3) communication content must be culturally sensitive and (4) ethnic disparities in transplantation must be acknowledged and discussed.^ Post the literature review; the experience followed a five step process of developing the grant application. The steps included securing permission to proceed, assembling a project team, creation of a project plan and timeline, writing each element of the grant application including the design of proposed intervention activities, and completion of the federal grant application. ^ After the grant application was written, an evaluation of the grant writing process was conducted. Opportunities for improvement were identified. The first opportunity was the need for better timeline management to allow for review of the application by an independent party, iterative development of the budget proposal, and development of collaborative partnerships. Another improvement opportunity was the management of conflict regarding the design of the intervention that stemmed from marketing versus evidence-based approaches. The most important improvement opportunity was the need to develop a more exhaustive evaluation plan.^ Eight supplementary files are attached to appendices: Feasibility Discussion in Appendix 1, Grant Guidance and Workshop Notes in Appendix 2, Presentation to Texas Organ Sharing Alliance in Appendix 3, Team Recruitment Presentation in Appendix 5, Grant Project Narrative in Appendix 7, Federal Application Form in Appendix 8, and Budget Workbook with Budget Narrative in Appendix 9.^

El Portfolio europeo de las lenguas y la evaluaciòn de comptencias lingüisticas

Entre las aportaciones importantes que se han producido en los últimos años en el campo de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras, hay dos que merece la pena destacar por su amplio impacto, por su incidencia en diseños curriculares y por su repercusión en las prácticas didácticas en el aula, entre otras razones. Una de ellas es la publicación del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas, y otra es el Portfolio Europeo de las Lenguas; estos documentos, a su vez, guardan estrecha relación entre sí. En primer lugar, analizaremos aquí el concepto de Portfolio en general como instrumento que contribuye a la evaluación de competencias lingüísticas en los distintos niveles educativos, desde la educación infantil hasta la universidad, fomentando así la valoración de procesos de aprendizaje de lenguas a lo largo de toda la vida. A continuación se describirá el Portfolio Europeo de las Lenguas y su vinculación con la evaluación de competencias lingüísticas que establece el Marco anteriormente citado. Finalmente, se aportarán unas conclusiones derivadas de la reflexión