Risk Objectivism and Risk Subjectivism: When Are Risks Real

Typically, those who discuss Risk management envision a two-step process wherein, first, Risk is more or less objectively appraised and, second, the acceptability of those Risks is subjectively evaluated. This paper questions the philosophical foundations of that approach

Preemption and Federalism in Corporate Governance: Protecting Shareholder Rights to Vote, Sell, and Sue

Thompson examines the changed roles of the state and federal governments since the enactment of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998. He notes that these changes have created a greater dependence on federal law, a greater emphasis on the voting function of shareholders, and the likelihood of additional argument over traditional corporate issues

Modelling and optimal control of plate evaporators

Evaporators are an important stage in the extraction of sugar from sugar cane. A model of a simple evaporator is developed and then extended to multiple stage evaporation. An approximate solution and an iterative solution to the equations are developed. From the properties of these models a control strategy is developed

SUSTAINING ANIMAL AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN THE SOUTH: WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY? DISCUSSION

Environmental Economics and Policy, Livestock Production/Industries,

Competing Conceptions of Risk

Recent literature is said to reflect growing acknowledgment of multiple conceptions of risk but often to obscure an important distinction. Building on work of Kristin Shrader-Frechette, the authors explore the potential for debate over competing philosophical conceptions of risk

Variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 3201. I. Multimode SX Phe-type variables

We report on the discovery of eleven multimode SX Phoenicis--type blue stragglers in the field of the southern globular cluster NGC 3201. In these variables both radial and non-radial modes are excited. For three variables the derived period ratio is close to that observed in SX Phoenicis itself, suggesting that these stars are pulsating in the fundamental and the first-overtone radial modes. Using the McNamara (1997) period-luminosity relation we have estimated the apparent distance modulus to NGC 3201 to be 14.08$\pm0.06\pm0.1$mag.Comment: 10 pages, requires mn2e.cls,contact the first author at [email protected] for high-resolution figure

Normative Values for 18-30 Age Group of Benton Visual Retention Test Scores and Pre-morbid Intelligence Quotients: New Data Comparisons for Diagnosing Memory and Visual Spatial Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease and Stroke

The Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT) is a well known test used to assess visual memory deficits and visual spatial abilities in patients. Normative data for the 18-30 age group is not presently covered thoroughly; hence, this study continues the work of previous series that examined data comprising BVRT scores, intelligence quotients (IQ), anxiety and depression levels, and gender effects. Correlations between pre-morbid estimates of IQ across different BVRT administrations were examined and discussed in order to compile a database of new data comparisons for this age group