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Macroeconomics of Turkey's agricultural reforms: an intertemporal computable general equilibrium anlaysis
Cataloged from PDF version of article.Turkey recently launched a set of structural reforms to address elimination of producer price subsidies in its agriculture, and replacing them with a targeted direct income transfer program. The paper investigates analytically viable options of the proposed agricultural-cum-fiscal reform and analyzes the formal links between the public sector fiscal balances, accumulation patterns, dynamic resource allocation, and consumer welfare under a medium-long-term horizon. We utilize a dynamic general equilibrium model. The model results suggest that even though there are expected modest welfare gains of consumers' intertemporal efficiency, the repercussions of these policies on the rural economy and aggregate gross domestic product are likely to be deflationary. (C) 2003 Society for Policy Modeling. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
Retinoic acid receptor-Ī± signalling antagonizes both intracellular and extracellular amyloid-Ī² production and prevents neuronal cell death caused by amyloid-Ī²
Alzheimerās disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-Ī² (AĪ²) deposition in the brain, neuronal cell loss and cognitive decline. We show here that retinoic acid receptor (RAR)Ī± signalling in vitro can prevent both intracellular and extracellular AĪ² accumulation. RARĪ± signalling increases the expression of a disintegrin and metalloprotease 10, an Ī±-secretase that processes the amyloid precursor protein into the non-amyloidic pathway, thus reducing AĪ² production. We also show that RARĪ± agonists are neuroprotective, as they prevent AĪ²-induced neuronal cell death in cortical cultures. If RARĪ± agonists are given to the Tg2576 mouse, the normal AĪ² production in their brains is suppressed. In contrast, neither RARĪ² nor Ī³-agonists affect AĪ² production or AĪ²-mediated neuronal cell death. Therefore, RARĪ± agonists have therapeutic potential for the treatment of AD
Design of a videogame to explore morality
A number of video games involve moral narratives or require the player to make moral decisions and research from psychologists has helped to understand the effects video game content can have on how individuals behave. Recent research has started to examine the role of morality in video games: however, there are many inconsistencies in the findings. We propose that some of these inconsistencies could be due to using commercial video games for research purposes, which contain biases such as familiarity with the game and favourite characters. The process of playing video games requires consideration of Human Computer Interaction (HCI); i.e., how the game is designed and then how it is received by the player. The aim of this poster is to highlight the work being conducted to design a game in order to investigate how moral decisions are made in video games. The design of video games usually draws on an understanding of HCI to produce play that is entertaining and engaging for the player. The game development process in this research draws on a fusion of psychology and HCI, and by drawing on theories of morality the design of the game will be grounded in psychology, as well as entertainment. Through fusing video game design principles, HCI and psychology, this work is novel in terms of a methodological as well as theoretical contribution to the area
Times of Minima of Some Eclipsing Binaries
We present new times of minima in the light curves of some eclipsing binarie
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): data release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions
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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions
In Galaxy And Mass Assembly Data Release 4 (GAMA DR4), we make available our full spectroscopic redshift sample. This includes 248 682 galaxy spectra, and, in combination with earlier surveys, results in 330 542 redshifts across five sky regions covering similar to 250 deg(2). The redshift density, is the highest available over such a sustained area, has exceptionally high completeness (95 per cent to r(KiDS) = 19.65 mag), and is well-suited for the study of galaxy mergers, galaxy groups, and the low redshift (z < 0.25) galaxy population. DR4 includes 32 value-added tables or Data Management Units (DMUs) that provide a number of measured and derived data products including GALEX, ESO KiDS, ESO VIKING, WISE, and HerschelSpace Observatory imaging. Within this release, we provide visual morphologies for 15 330 galaxies to z < 0.08, photometric redshift estimates for all 18 million objects to r(KiDS) similar to 25 mag, and stellar velocity dispersions for 111 830 galaxies. We conclude by deriving the total galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) and its sub-division by morphological class (elliptical, compact-bulge and disc, diffuse-bulge and disc, and disc only). This extends our previous measurement of the total GSMF down to 10(6.75) M-circle dot h(70)(-2) and we find a total stellar mass density of rho(*) = (2.97 +/- 0.04) x 10(8) M-circle dot h(70) Mpc(-3) or Omega(*)=(2.17 +/- 0.03) x 10(-3) h(70)(-1). We conclude that at z < 0.1, the Universe has converted 4.9 +/- 0.1 per cent of the baryonic mass implied by big bang Nucleosynthesis into stars that are gravitationally bound within the galaxy population
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions
In Galaxy And Mass Assembly Data Release 4 (GAMA DR4), we make available our full spectroscopic redshift sample. This includes 248ā682 galaxy spectra, and, in combination with earlier surveys, results in 330ā542 redshifts across five sky regions covering ā¼250ādeg2. The redshift density, is the highest available over such a sustained area, has exceptionally high completeness (95āperācent to rKiDS = 19.65āmag), and is well-suited for the study of galaxy mergers, galaxy groups, and the low redshift (z < 0.25) galaxy population. DR4 includes 32 value-added tables or Data Management Units (DMUs) that provide a number of measured and derived data products including GALEX, ESO KiDS, ESO VIKING, WISE, and HerschelSpace Observatory imaging. Within this release, we provide visual morphologies for 15ā330 galaxies to z < 0.08, photometric redshift estimates for all 18āmillion objects to rKiDS ā¼ 25āmag, and stellar velocity dispersions for 111ā830 galaxies. We conclude by deriving the total galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) and its sub-division by morphological class (elliptical, compact-bulge and disc, diffuse-bulge and disc, and disc only). This extends our previous measurement of the total GSMF down to 106.75āMāhā270 and we find a total stellar mass density of Ļ* = (2.97 Ā± 0.04) Ć 108āMāh70āMpcā3 or Ī©ā=(2.17Ā±0.03)Ć10ā3hā170ā . We conclude that at z < 0.1, the Universe has converted 4.9 Ā± 0.1āper cent of the baryonic mass implied by big bang Nucleosynthesis into stars that are gravitationally bound within the galaxy population
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