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Inflation in Pakistan
This paper examines the factors that explain and help forecast
inflation in Pakistan. A simple inflation model is specified that
includes standard monetary variables (money supply, credit to the
private sector), an activity variable, the interest and the exchange
rates, as well as the wheat support price as a supply-side factor. The
model is estimated for the period January 1998 to June 2005 on a monthly
basis. The results indicate that monetary factors have played a dominant
role in recent inflation, affecting inflation with a lag of about one
year. Private sector credit growth and broad money growth are also good
leading indicators of inflation which can be used to forecast future
inflation developments. JEL classification: E31, C22, C32 Keywords:
Inflation, Pakistan, Leading Indicators, Forecasting, Monetary
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Sequential decoupling of negative-energy states in Douglas-Kroll-Hess theory
Here, we review the historical development, current status, and prospects of
Douglas--Kroll--Hess theory as a quantum chemical relativistic electrons-only
theory.Comment: 15 page
Autoantibodies against NMDAR subunit NR1 disappear from blood upon anesthesia
Anesthetics penetrate the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) and - as confirmed preclinically – transiently disrupt it. An analogous consequence in humans has remained unproven. In mice, we previously reported that upon BBB dysfunction, the brain acts as ‘immunoprecipitator’ of autoantibodies against N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor subunit-NR1 (NMDAR1-AB). We thus hypothesized that during human anesthesia, pre-existing NMDAR1-AB will specifically bind to brain. Screening of N = 270 subjects undergoing general anesthesia during cardiac surgery for serum NMDAR1-AB revealed N = 25 NMDAR1-AB seropositives. Only N = 14 remained positive post-surgery. No changes in albumin, thyroglobulin or CRP were associated with reduction of serum NMDAR1-AB. Thus, upon anesthesia, BBB opening likely occurs also in humans
The well-preserved Late Neolithic dolmen burial of Oberbipp, Switzerland. Construction, use, and post-depositional processes
Excavation of the Late Neolithic dolmen of Oberbipp BE, Steingasse in the Swiss Central Plateau provided a
unique opportunity for a comprehensive study of the archaeological and anthropological evidence. In multidisciplinary
studies, we investigated the processes at work during construction, use, and abandonment of the
megalithic structure, as well as the dietary habits, subsistence strategy, and possible mobility of the Neolithic
population. Archaeological methods included micromorphology, archaeobiology, typology, use-wear analysis,
and geology. The anthropological investigation was complemented by an analysis of stable isotope ratios and
palaeogenetics. Local topography and the cover of alluvial sediments ensured an extraordinary conservation of
the monument. It allowed the preservation of the human remains of at least 42 individuals of both sexes and all
ages. The observation of the sedimentary and post-depositional processes, supplemented by an extensive series of
radiocarbon dates, allowed us to reconstruct the history of the dolmen in its environment and the definition of at
least two deposition phases. We found genetic evidence of lactase intolerance, a local population with a mixed
ancestry of early Anatolian farmers and Western hunter-gatherers, and a crop-based diet. Sparse remains of a
nearby Late Neolithic settlement sustain the interpretation that this is the burial site of a local farming community.
Evidence of higher mobility of females and kinship over three generations solely in the paternal line
suggests a virilocal community. Bone-altering pathologies support the assumption of a caring society
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Cell Pattern in Adult Human Corneal Endothelium
A review of the current data on the cell density of normal adult human endothelial cells was carried out in order to establish some common parameters appearing in the different considered populations. From the analysis of cell growth patterns, it is inferred that the cell aging rate is similar for each of the different considered populations. Also, the morphology, the cell distribution and the tendency to hexagonallity are studied. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that this phenomenon is analogous with cell behavior in other structures such as dry foams and grains in polycrystalline materials. Therefore, its driving force may be controlled by the surface tension and the mobility of the boundaries
New Strategies in Modeling Electronic Structures and Properties with Applications to Actinides
This chapter discusses contemporary quantum chemical methods and provides
general insights into modern electronic structure theory with a focus on
heavy-element-containing compounds. We first give a short overview of
relativistic Hamiltonians that are frequently applied to account for
relativistic effects. Then, we scrutinize various quantum chemistry methods
that approximate the -electron wave function. In this respect, we will
review the most popular single- and multi-reference approaches that have been
developed to model the multi-reference nature of heavy element compounds and
their ground- and excited-state electronic structures. Specifically, we
introduce various flavors of post-Hartree--Fock methods and optimization
schemes like the complete active space self-consistent field method, the
configuration interaction approach, the Fock-space coupled cluster model, the
pair-coupled cluster doubles ansatz, also known as the antisymmetric product of
1 reference orbital geminal, and the density matrix renormalization group
algorithm. Furthermore, we will illustrate how concepts of quantum information
theory provide us with a qualitative understanding of complex electronic
structures using the picture of interacting orbitals. While modern quantum
chemistry facilitates a quantitative description of atoms and molecules as well
as their properties, concepts of quantum information theory offer new
strategies for a qualitative interpretation that can shed new light onto the
chemistry of complex molecular compounds.Comment: 43 pages, 3 figures, Version of Recor
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