Grading Grain Under the U.S. Grain Standards

Crop Production/Industries,

Recovery from a financial crisis: the case of South Korea

Among the countries that were impacted by the 1997 Asian crisis, South Korea (Korea hereafter) has demonstrated the fastest recovery by blocking its downward spiral. Jahyeong Koo and Sherry Kiser examine the recovery process of financial crises, particularly in Korea, in light of the weak-fundamentals and financial-panic views. Since neither of these views adequately explains Korea’s recovery, the authors look at other phenomena for an explanation. Alternative financial arrangements and labor market adjustments are specifically examined. The authors acknowledge that Korea’s recovery was only possible after it gained control of its exchange-rate crisis. Since the recovery process affirms neither the weak-fundamentals view nor the financial-panic view, Koo and Kiser conclude that containing the downward spiral was a combination of factors working together and that much of Korea’s recovery can be attributed to the creation of alternative funding sources and labor adjustments.Banks and banking - Korea

Hey, Mr. Greenspan, can you spare a dollar?

Money ; Dollar ; Latin America

The Effects of Gender Differences in Networking on Pay Equity and Leadership Opportunities

This report was undertaken in an effort to establish the causes of gender differences in pay and leadership achievement in the United States. The report attempted to add a fresh perspective to the issues of the Wage Gap and Glass Ceiling by analyzing differences between the networking habits of male and female professionals and whether they are responsible for gender inequalities. Through an online survey of 55 professionals, it was established that high income individuals were invited to more organized networking opportunities than low income individuals (p=0.103) and attended significantly more organized networking events than low income individuals(p=0.094) and men were invited to significantly more organized networking opportunities than women (p=0.038) and therefore attended significantly more organized networking opportunities than women (p=0.062). The survey found no significant difference between income groups for the number of casual networking activities they were invited to (p=0.248) or attended (p=0.866) and no significant difference between genders for the number of casual networking activities they were invited to (p=0.503) or attended (p=0.230). However, some directional differences occurred between men and women in the types of events they were invited to and attended. The study concluded that positive correlation between amount of organized networking and salary coupled with the significantly higher involvement of men in organized networking suggests that gender differences in amount of organized networking may be responsible for the gender wage gap and gender achievement gap in the United States. Furthermore, it was concluded that the presence of wage differences despite similarities in amount of casual networking suggested that different types of casual networking may have a greater positive effect on income. This fact coupled with the directional differences in the type of casual networking activities that men and women were invited to and attended suggest that women may engage in less beneficial types of casual networking activities. Further research is necessary on this subject in order to confirm these conclusions with a larger, less homogenous sample and to determine which types of casual networking have the greatest positive relationship with income and whether men and women attend these types in the same proportion

Psychiatric Emergency Services in Oregon

Psychiatric emergency services are recognized as an essential component in the provision of mental health care. This study describes the delivery of psychiatric emergency services in selected Oregon comm.unities. The theoretical framework was developed to consider the problem of psychiatric emergency service delivery from the perspective of the individual experiencing the emergency, the social milieu, and the health care system. The literature describing psychiatric emergency service programs, the characteristics of those who use these services and the roles of direct service providers was reviewed. On the basis of the review a study was undertaken to describe the delivery of psychiatric emergency services in selected Oregon counties, to identify variables that determine the nature of psychiatric emergency services provided and to develop recommendations for existing psychiatric emergency services