Capital account liberalization in China: the need for a balanced approach

This repository item contains a single issue of the Pardee Center Task Force Reports, a publication series that began publishing in 2009 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.This is the third report stemming from the Pardee Center Task Force on Regulating Capital Flows for Long-Run Development, a project of the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) at Boston University. This report is the collective work of experts examining the benefits and risks of accelerated capital account liberalization in China. The contributing authors – all leading scholars and practitioners from around the world (listed below) – met at Boston University in February 2014 to discuss the experiences of other emerging market countries that liberalized the capital account to glean lessons for China as it considers this delicate task. This volume is an outcome from that meeting, presenting the authors’ perspectives on important aspects of capital account liberalization that China should pay special attention to, not only for its own sake, but also in consideration of the potential impacts that China’s actions may have on other emerging markets and the global economy overall

Leaving the nest: the rise of regional financial arrangements and the future of global governance

This article examines the impact of regional financial arrangements (RFAs) on the global liquidity regime. It argues that the design of RFAs could potentially alter the global regime, whether by strengthening it and making it more coherent or by decentring the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and destabilizing it. To determine possible outcomes, this analysis deploys a ‘middle‐up’ approach that focuses on the institutional design of these RFAs. It first draws on the rational design of institutions framework to identify the internal characteristics of RFAs that are most relevant to their capabilities and capacities. It then applies these insights to the interactions of RFAs with the IMF, building on Aggarwal's (1998) concept of ‘nested’ versus ‘parallel’ institutions, to create an analytical lens through which to assess the nature and sustainability of nested linkages. Through an analysis of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization (CMIM) and the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR), the article demonstrates the usefulness of this lens. It concludes by considering three circumstances in which fault lines created by these RFAs’ institutional design could be activated, permitting an institution to ‘leave the nest’, including changing intentions of principals, creation of parallel capabilities and facilities, and failure of the global regime to address regional needs in a crisis.The authors would like to thank Veronica Artola, Masatsugu Asakawa, Ana Maria Carrasquilla, Junhong Chang, Paolo Hernando, Hoe Ee Khor, Kazunori Koike, Jae Young Lee, Ser-Jin Lee, Guillermo Perry, Yoichi Nemoto, Freddy Trujillo, Masaaki Watanabe, Yasuto Watanabe, Akihiko Yoshida, and others who wished to remain anonymous, for their generosity in providing in-person interviews. Further, the authors would like to thank various central bank and ministry of finance officials of both FLAR and CMIM member countries. We also thank Jose Antonio Ocampo, Diana Barrowclough, and participants in the 'Beyond Bretton Woods' Workshop at Boston University (where an earlier version of this article was presented in September 2017) for their feedback on our broader research projects on RFAs. Last but not least, the authors wish to thank the anonymous referees for their constructive comments. This work builds upon previous work funded by UNCTAD and the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. (UNCTAD; Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University)Accepted manuscrip

Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies

This study was funded by Princeton University, a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (to M.C.S.), AFOSR FA9550-20-1-0161 (to M.C.S.), Eric and Wendy Schmidt by recommendation of the Schmidt Futures Polymaths program (to M.C.S.), and European Research Council Advanced Grant 788203. Acknowledgements We would like to thank Karina Vanadzina for sharing unpublished life-history data and Maria Camila León for providing original artwork. Maria E. Mendiwelso Moreno helped to gather information from the literature for some species and Gates Dupont provided insights about statistical analysis in the earliest stages of the project. Mark Mainwaring and two reviewers provided very insightful comments that have improved our manuscript. Photographs were obtained with permission from Daniel Field, Daniel Perrella, John and Milena Beer, Gustavo Londoño and Juan Felipe León. We are indebted to the many field biologists who described the nests of Tyrannida species.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Dyadic analysis of emotional intimate partner violence: an estimation of dyadic patterns and influencing individual, family, and couple factors

Background: The co-occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) has been usually determined by co-occurring reports of perpetration and victimization, but still not considering the interdependence of both members'' reports. The current research aimed to analyze the dyadic patterns of IPV perpetration and victimization, considering the influence of sexism toward women, family functioning, and relationship duration. Method: The sample involved 242 couples heterosexual couples. The ActorPartner Interdependence Model was calculated to analyze the violent dynamics in the couple. For males, a couple-oriented pattern was identified, but for females the pattern was between couple-oriented and actor-only pattern. Results: These patterns remained stable when personal, family, and relational variables were included in the model, which present different effects on perpetration and victimization: males'' hostile sexism predicted higher levels of male IPV perpetration and victimization as well as higher levels of male and female victimization via male perpetration. Regarding family functioning, higher family good functioning predicted lower IPV perpetration in males and lower victimization in females. Finally, relationship length predicted higher levels of IPV perpetration of both couple members and higher victimization via perpetration. Conclusions: These results are discussed in light of the interdependence of couple members'' IPV perpetration and victimization. Antecedentes: La coocurrencia de la violencia en la pareja (IPV) suele establecerse con el informe de ambos miembros de la pareja, pero rara vez se tiene en cuenta la interdependencia entre sus respuestas. El objetivo del trabajo ha sido analizar los patrones diádicos de la IPV teniendo en cuenta el sexismo hacia las mujeres, la funcionalidad familiar y la duración de la relación. Método: La muestra estaba compuesta por 242 parejas heterosexuales, utilizándose el Actor-Partner Interdependence Model para analizar los patrones diádicos. En el caso de los hombres se identificó el patrón orientado a la díada, mientras que el patrón de las mujeres parecía encontrarse entre el orientado a la díada y al actor. Resultados: Estos patrones se mantuvieron tras haber incluido el sexismo, el funcionamiento familiar y la duración de la relación: el sexismo hostil de los hombres predecía mayores niveles de perpetración en ellos y de victimización en ambos a través de la perpetración de los hombres. El buen funcionamiento familiar predecía una menor perpetración en los hombres y victimización en las mujeres. Finalmente la duración de la relación predijo mayores niveles de perpetración y victimización a través de la perpetración en ambos miembros de la pareja. Conclusiones: Se discuten los resultados a partir de la interdependencia de la IPV de ambos miembros de la pareja

Desarrollo de la competencia de interpretaci?n a traves del genero narrativo ?cuentos fant?sticos? en los estudiantes del grado quinto del Colegio Mayor del Castillo de Melgar Tolima, tomando como referencia el contexto escolar

104 p. Recurso Electr?nicoLa presente investigaci?n busca que los estudiantes de grado quinto del Colegio Mayor del Castillo, fortalezcan la producci?n textual por medio del g?nero narrativo ?cuentos fant?sticos?, ya que en cuanto a comprensi?n y producci?n de textos se refiere, se da la convicci?n a trav?s del proceso de observaci?n con indiferencia y apat?a en el ?rea de lengua castellana, puesto que los estudiantes de este grado no sienten agrado al leer cualquier texto, y mucho menos tener que interpretarlo; se realiza una serie de talleres donde se vinculan grados de dificultad, a trav?s de los mismos se generan inc?gnitas de como contribuir a este grado una mayor comprensi?n e interpretaci?n. La propuesta se hinc? en la ejecuci?n de talleres pedag?gicos como estrategia did?ctica para fortalecer el proceso de producci?n textual y contribuir a la competencia interpretativa, donde se tuvo en cuenta la planificaci?n, contextualizaci?n y la revisi?n continua de dicho proceso. Observar el conjunto de evidencias en cuanto se inici? la investigaci?n muestra la deficiencia interpretativa, y desconocimiento a la producci?n textual de cuentos fant?sticos, a los resultados finales han sido realmente satisfactorios, es decir que de forma constante se manejaron distintas estrategias, permitiendo que los estudiantes desarrollaran una visi?n interpretativa para fortalecer el desarrollo de las capacidades comunicativas incorporando la l?dica, tomando como referencia, las experiencias vividas, reflejando el gran avance, fortaleciendo as? la competencia interpretativa a lo largo de la investigaci?n, en la orientaci?n y aplicaci?n de los talleres forjados en producci?n textual de calidad, con l?xico enriquecido la cual asemejan a las experiencias de su entorno inmediato.The present research seeks that the fifth grade students of the Castillo High School, strengthen the textual production through the narrative genre "fantastic stories", since in terms of understanding and production of texts is referred, conviction is given through Process of observation with indifference and apathy in the area of Castilian language, since students of this grade do not enjoy reading any text, let alone having to interpret it; There is a series of workshops where degrees of difficulty are linked, through which they generate unknowns of how to contribute to this degree a greater understanding and interpretation. The proposal focused on the execution of pedagogical workshops as a didactic strategy to strengthen the textual production process and contribute to the interpretative competence, which took into account the planning, contextualization and continuous revision of said process. Observing the set of evidences as soon as the research began showed the interpretative deficiency, and ignorance of the textual production of fantastic stories, the final results have been really satisfactory, that is to say that different strategies were constantly handled, allowing the students Develop an interpretive vision to strengthen the development of communicative capacities incorporating the playful, taking as a reference, the lived experiences, reflecting the great advance, thus strengthening the interpretative competence throughout the investigation, in the orientation and application of the forged workshops In quality textual production, with enriched lexicon which resemble the experiences of their immediate environment. Keyworks: Textual production, pedagogical workshops, textual production

Diferencias antropométricas en estudiantes con extra edad escolar : Resutados preliminares en dos escuelas públicas de la capital jujeña

A partir de las implicancias que retraso en el crecimiento físico se corresponda con extra edad escolar, definimos dos conjuntos respecto de la situación “cursada escolar según edad cronológica”: acorde con la edad y extra edad. Los datos proceden de estudiantes asistentes de primer a séptimo grado (6 a 15 años de edad) a quienes les medimos talla total, peso corporal, espesor de los pliegues cutáneos adiposos tricipital, subescapular y abdominal y perímetros cefálico, braquial y de pierna. La confrontación de promedios por edad cronológica indicaría diferencias significativas (p<0,05) con más variables antropométricas involucradas a la edad de 10 tanto en varones como en ambos sexos conjuntamente; mientras mujeres lo mostraría a la edad de 8. Perímetro cefálico sería la variable con más diferencias significativas por edad. Discutimos la inexistencia de diferencias desde los 11 años y empuje puberal; la magnitud del subconjunto “extra edad escolar”: veinte porciento de los estudiantes medidos; así como la necesidad de intervenir lo antes posible para cubrir los requerimientos biopsicosociales de cada infante.Eje: Crecimiento, nutrición y desarrolloAsociación de Antropología Biológica de la República Argentina (AABRA

Diferencias antropométricas en estudiantes con extra edad escolar : Resutados preliminares en dos escuelas públicas de la capital jujeña

A partir de las implicancias que retraso en el crecimiento físico se corresponda con extra edad escolar, definimos dos conjuntos respecto de la situación “cursada escolar según edad cronológica”: acorde con la edad y extra edad. Los datos proceden de estudiantes asistentes de primer a séptimo grado (6 a 15 años de edad) a quienes les medimos talla total, peso corporal, espesor de los pliegues cutáneos adiposos tricipital, subescapular y abdominal y perímetros cefálico, braquial y de pierna. La confrontación de promedios por edad cronológica indicaría diferencias significativas (p<0,05) con más variables antropométricas involucradas a la edad de 10 tanto en varones como en ambos sexos conjuntamente; mientras mujeres lo mostraría a la edad de 8. Perímetro cefálico sería la variable con más diferencias significativas por edad. Discutimos la inexistencia de diferencias desde los 11 años y empuje puberal; la magnitud del subconjunto “extra edad escolar”: veinte porciento de los estudiantes medidos; así como la necesidad de intervenir lo antes posible para cubrir los requerimientos biopsicosociales de cada infante.Eje: Crecimiento, nutrición y desarrolloAsociación de Antropología Biológica de la República Argentina (AABRA

A unified and automated approach to attractor reconstruction

We present a fully automated method for the optimal state space reconstruction from univariate and multivariate time series. The proposed methodology generalizes the time delay embedding procedure by unifying two promising ideas in a symbiotic fashion. Using non-uniform delays allows the successful reconstruction of systems inheriting different time scales. In contrast to the established methods, the minimization of an appropriate cost function determines the embedding dimension without using a threshold parameter. Moreover, the method is capable of detecting stochastic time series and, thus, can handle noise contaminated input without adjusting parameters. The superiority of the proposed method is shown on some paradigmatic models and experimental data from chaotic chemical oscillators

Evolutionary-game-based dynamical tuning for multi-objective model predictive control

Model predictive control (MPC) is one of the most used optimization-based control strategies for large-scale systems, since this strategy allows to consider a large number of states and multi-objective cost functions in a straightforward way. One of the main issues in the design of multi-objective MPC controllers, which is the tuning of the weights associated to each objective in the cost function, is treated in this work. All the possible combinations of weights within the cost function affect the optimal result in a given Pareto front. Furthermore, when the system has time-varying parameters, e.g., periodic disturbances, the appropriate weight tuning might also vary over time. Moreover, taking into account the computational burden and the selected sampling time in the MPC controller design, the computation time to find a suitable tuning is limited. In this regard, the development of strategies to perform a dynamical tuning in function of the system conditions potentially improves the closed-loop performance. In order to adapt in a dynamical way the weights in the MPC multi-objective cost function, an evolutionary-game approach is proposed. This approach allows to vary the prioritization weights in the proper direction taking as a reference a desired region within the Pareto front. The proper direction for the prioritization is computed by only using the current system values, i.e., the current optimal control action and the measurement of the current states, which establish the system cost function over a certain point in the Pareto front. Finally, some simulations of a multi-objective MPC for a real multi-variable case study show a comparison between the system performance obtained with static and dynamical tuning.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Industrialización de la riqueza vegetal: oportunidades sociales y económicas

Las empresas enfrentan un importante desafío es esta economía globalizada, porque para sobrevivir tienen que ofrecer nuevos productos con valor agregado en los mercados internacionales. Para ello se requieren profesionales entrenados en las metodologías para el desarrollo de nuevos productos (DNP), y los egresados universitarios tienen que tener estas habilidades para que puedan contribuir a enfrentar esta situación. J unto con esto se requieren también productos innovadores de la mano con la conservación del medio ambiente y aprovechando al máximo los recursos disponibles, bien sea de la tierra o de transformación tecnológica. Con este proyecto se pretende abrir una ventana de oportunidad para que los alumnos del programa de Ingeniería de Procesos puedan adquirir el entrenamiento necesario para desempeñarse con éxito en el DNP. A demás, los empresarios del campo puedan obtener un valor agregado para sus productos como alternativa en tiempos de precios desfavorables.Companies face a major challenge is this globalized economy, because to survive they have to offer new products with added value in the international market. This requires professionals trained in the methodologies for the development of new products (DNP) and university graduates must have these skills so that they can contribute to deal with this situation. A long with this they also require innovations running by the side of conservation of the environment and the taking of full advantage of available resources, either from land or technological transformation. This project is to open a window of opportunity so that the Process Engineering students can acquire the knowledge needed to perform successfully in the DNP training. A lso field employers can get valueadded products as an alternative in times of unfavourable prices