Balfanz, Dirk, Klein, Michael, Schmidt, Andreas, Santi, Marco
This paper describes the main features of a middleware for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) applications, exemplified along the SOPRANO research project. The contribution outlines main requirements...
Rhesus monkeys and humans share common susceptibility genes for age-related macular disease (2008)
Francis, Peter J., Appukuttan, Binoy, Simmons, Emily, Landauer, Noelle, Stoddard, Jonathan, Hamon, Sara, ...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a complex multigenic disorder and the most common cause of vision loss in the elderly, is associated with polymorphisms in the LOC387715/ARMS2 and HTRA1 genes...
Creating, Filling, and Using a Repository of Reusable Learning Objects for Database Courses 1 (2007)
Michael Klein, Khaldoun Ateyeh, Birgitta König-ries, Jutta Mülle
When you take a look at courses on database management systems taught by different instructors at different types of universities for different target audiences, you will notice that
II. THE POTENTIAL OF FDI FOR POVERTY REDUCTION............................................. 3 (2007)
Michael Klein, Carl Aaron, Bita Hadjimichael
The last decade of the 20 th century has seen major shifts in the size and composition of cross-border capital flows into developing countries. Foreign direct investment has come to swamp all other...
Obreiter, Philipp, Koenig-Ries, Birgitta, Klein, Michael
In the context of mobile and wireless devices, an information system is no longer a centralized component storing all the relevant data nor is it a decentralized component governed by a common...
Lanes. A lightweigth overlay for service discovery in mobile ad hoc networks. (2007)
Klein, Michael, Koenig-Ries, Birgitta, Obreiter, Philipp
The ability to discover services offered in a mobile ad hoc network is the major prerequisite for effective usability of these networks. Unfortunately, existing approaches to service trading are not...
Self-configuring resource management in cooperative and uncooperative autonomous systems. (2007)
Obreiter, Philipp, Klein, Michael
In several circumstances, cooperation among autonomous agents is a prerequisite for effective or efficient task processing. This stems from the inherent or transient asymmetry of the agents...
A strategy for the modularization of courseware. (2007)
Ateyeh, Khaldoun, Klein, Michael, Koenig-Ries, Birgitta, Muelle, Jutta
In order to enable courseware reuse, learning platforms nowadays require the materials to be decomposed into small independent learning units. When trying to fulfill this need, authors face the...
Brain, Meaning, and Computation (2007)
This thesis deals with the question how the human brain acquires, represents, and processes the meaning of natural language expressions. A computational neural theory of meaning is introduced with...
Ontology-Centred Design of an Ambient Middleware for Assisted Living: The Case of SOPRANO (2007)
Michael Klein, Andreas Schmidt, Rolf Lauer
Abstract. The aim of the EU-funded project SOPRANO is to assist older Europeans to lead a more independent life in their familiar environment by means of a next generation smart home with ambient...
Automatisierung dienstorientierten Rechnens durch semantische Dienstbeschreibungen (2006)
Dienstorientierte Architekturen werden dann ihr volles Potenzial entfalten, wenn es gelingt, Dienste automatisch zur Laufzeit einzubinden. Ziel dieser Dissertation war die Schaffung einer dafür...
All members of the guild of sulfate reducing prokaryotes (SRP) gain energy via dissimilatory sulfate reduction. The phylogenetic inhomogeneity of this group does not allow to target 16S ribosomal RNA...
Automatisierung dienstorientierten Rechnens durch semantische Dienstbeschreibungen (2006)
Dienstorientierte Architekturen werden ihr volles Potenzial nur dann entfalten können, wenn es gelingt, Dienste fallweise und zur Laufzeit einzubinden. Hierdurch entstünde eine weitaus robustere...
Vanessa Ortiz, Steven O. Nielsen, Michael L. Klein, Dennis E. Discher, Vanessa Ortiz, Steven O. Nielsen, ...
ABSTRACT: Atomistic, coarsegrain, and mesoscopic computer simulation methods applied recently to the study of block copolymer assemblies in solution are reviewed. At the atomic level, particle-based...
Functional marker genes for identification of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (2005)
Wagner, Michael, Loy, Alexander, Klein, Michael, Lee, Natuschka, Ramsing, Niels B., Stahl, David A., ...
04441 Working Group -- Description and Matching of Services in Mobile Environments (2005)
Grünbauer, Johannes, Klein, Michael, Koloniari, Georgia, Samaras, George, Türker, Can
Service oriented computing is a new paradigm that is especially interesting in mobile environments. As a characteristics, functionality is hidden behind an interface and described as a black box with...
Endiinstrukturen finden sich in vielen Antibiotika, wie zum Beispiel Esperamicin A1, Calicheamicin g1I und Dynemicin A, und sind die Ursache für ihre cytotoxischen Eigen-schaften. Sie durchlaufen...
Comparison of overlay mechanisms for service trading in ad hoc networks. (2004)
Klein, Michael, Hoffman, Markus, Matheis, Daniel, Müssig, Michael
In this report, the efficiency and effectivity of different service trading overlays is determined by simulation. These overlays have been developed in the DIANE project. Especially, we test two...
Handbuch zur DIANE Service Description. (2004)
Die DIANE Service Description (DSD) ist eine Sprache, die entwickelt wurde, um elektronische Dienste semantisch eindeutig beschreiben zu können. Motivation fur die Entwicklung von DSD war die...
Comparison of overlay mechanisms for service trading in ad hoc networks. (2004)
Klein, Michael, Hoffman, Markus, Matheis, Daniel, Müssig, Michael
Regensburg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2003.
Praktikum 'Mobile Informationssysteme'. (2004)
Klein, Michael, König-Ries, Birgitta, Lockemann, Peter, Mülle, Jutta
Coupled signature and specification matching for automatic service binding (2004)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Abstract. Matching of semantic service descriptions is the key to automatic service discovery and binding. Existing approaches split the matchmaking process in two step: signature and specification...
Finance and growth: Theory, evidence, and mechanisms (2004)
Ross Levine, Asli Demirguc-kunt, Michael Klein, Raghu Rajan, Bruce Smith, Luigi Zingales Provided
helpful comments. Nobel Prize Laureates and other influential economists disagree sharply about the role of the financial sector in economic growth. Finance is not even discussed in a collection of...
B.: Activity-based user modeling in serviceoriented ad-hoc-networks (2004)
Tobias Breyer, Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Abstract. Wireless network research still lacks methods to integratively evaluate the performance that can be expected from application layer protocols. The user behavior is predominantly affecting...
B.: Activity-based user modeling in serviceoriented ad-hoc-networks (2004)
Tobias Breyer, Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Abstract. Wireless network research still lacks methods to integratively evaluate the performance that can be expected from application layer protocols. The user behavior is predominantly affecting...
Electronic Effects on the Bergman Cyclisation of Enediynes. A Review (2004)
Klein, Michael, Walenzyk, Thomas, König, Burkhard
The thermal cyclisation of enediynes to benzene-1,4-diyl diradicals (Bergman cyclisation) is affected by geometrical and electronic conditions. While the effect of ring strain or conformational...
Integrating preferences into service requests to automate service usage (2004)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Today, web services are often used as a technology to integrate functionality of different entities. However, one important potential of service oriented computing is not exploited: the ability to...
Why large size adds to value: a comment on Dennis Mueller's paper (2003)
Dennis Mueller's paper raises a puzzle. Economies of scale and market power do not explain the very large size of firms in the oil and gas industry. At the same time, managers of large cash-rich...
Why large size adds to value: a comment on Dennis Mueller's paper (2003)
Dennis Mueller's paper raises a puzzle. Economies of scale and market power do not explain the very large size of firms in the oil and gas industry. At the same time, managers of large cash-rich...
Kinder drogenabhängiger Eltern : Fakten, Hintergründe, Perspektiven (2003)
Kinder drogenabhängiger Eltern sind eine selbst unter Suchtexperten vernachlässigte und kaum bekannte Gruppe. Wie wirkt sich die Drogenabhängigkeit der Eltern, insbesondere der Mütter, auf sie...
Endiinstrukturen finden sich in vielen Antibiotika, wie zum Beispiel Esperamicin A1, Calicheamicin g1I und Dynemicin A, und sind die Ursache für ihre cytotoxischen Eigen-schaften. Sie durchlaufen...
A strategy for the modularization of courseware. (2003)
Ateyeh, Khaldoun, Klein, Michael, Koenig-Ries, Birgitta, Muelle, Jutta
The microarea impact of Coors Field on the LoDo district / (2003)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-63).
Therapiekonzepte der Heroinintoxikation / (2003)
Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, 2003.
Zugl.: Heidelberg, Universiẗat, Diplomarbeit, 1996.
Tetrahydroxy 10-membered cyclic enediynes (2003)
Klein, Michael, Zabel, Manfred, Bernhardt, Günther, König, Burkhard
The preparation of cyclic 10-membered tetrahydroxy enediynes is reported. The synthesis starts from tartaric acid and allows the control of the relative stereochemistry. Acetal protection of the...
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS SELF-DISCOVERY (2003)
John F. Kennedy, School Government, Ricardo Hausmann, Dani Rodrik, Thank Bill Easterly, Murat Iyigun, ...
Birgitta König-ries, Michael Klein
Abstract. In the context of mobile and wireless devices, an information system is no longer a centralized component storing all the relevant data nor is it a decentralized component governed by a...
Mülle: A Practical Strategy for the Modularization of Courseware. Accepted to (2003)
Khaldoun Ateyeh, Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries, Jutta Mülle
In order to enable courseware reuse, it is necessary to decompose learning materials into manageable learning objects. Most scientific projects and organizations that are concerned with courseware...
Lanes - A Lightweight Overlay for Service Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (2003)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
The ability to discover services offered in a mobile ad hoc network is the major prerequisite for effective usability of these networks. Unfortunately, existing approaches to service trading are not...
Lanes - A Lightweight Overlay for Service Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (2003)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
The ability to discover services offered in a mobile ad hoc network is the major prerequisite for effective usability of these networks. Unfortunately, existing approaches to service trading are not...
Birgitta König-ries, Michael Klein
In the context of mobile and wireless devices, an information system is no longer a centralized component storing all the relevant data nor is it a decentralized component governed by a common...
Birgitta König-ries, Michael Klein
Abstract. In the context of mobile and wireless devices, an information system is no longer a centralized component storing all the relevant data nor is it a decentralized component governed by a...
In ad hoc networks, devices must cooperate in order to compensate for the absence of infrastructure. Yet, autonomous devices are free to decide whether to cooperate or not. Hence, incentives are...
Stepwise refinable service descriptions: Adapting DAML-S to staged service trading (2003)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Abstract. In order for service-oriented architectures to become successful, powerful mechanisms are needed that allow service requestors to find service offerers that are able to provide the services...
A process and a tool for creating service descriptions based on DAML-S (2003)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Abstract. In distributed environments, collaboration is often achieved with the help of services. To enable automatic service trading, semantically expressive, automatically comparable, flexible, and...
Self-Configuring Resource Management (2003)
In Cooperative And, Michael Klein
In several circumstances, cooperation among autonomous agents is a prerequisite for e#ective or e#cient task processing. This stems from the inherent or transient asymmetry of the agents'...
DIANEmu - A Java Based Generic Simulation Environment for Distributed Protocols (2003)
DIANEmu is a simulator that has been developed within the DIANE project. It aims at simulating generic, distributed protocols on application level. Thus, its network model is fairly simple,...
Dr. Birgitta König-ries, Michael Klein
Workshop by the GI-Arbeitskreis
Regensburg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2003.
25 Jahre Trierer Forschungsgruppe Abhängigkeit und Suchtmittelmissbrauch (TRIAS) (2002)
Scheller, Reinhold, Funke, Joachim, Funke, Wilma, Klein, Michael
B.: Multi-layer clusters in ad-hoc networks - an approach to service discovery (2002)
Michael Klein, Birgitta König-ries
Abstract. One of the core functionalities needed in ad-hoc peer-to-peer networks is service discovery. However, none of the existing solutions for service discovery work well in these dynamic,...
M.: Information services to support e-learning in ad-hoc networks (2002)
Abstract. Mobile ad-hoc networks are a growing research topic. Much eort has been put into providing a technical basis for such networks. However, up to now, there has been very little work on how to...
Performance of MP3D on the SB-PRAM Prototype (2002)
Roman Dementiev, Michael Klein, Wolfgang J. Paul
The SB-PRAM is a shared memory machine which hides latency by simple interleav ed context switching and which can be expected to behav e almost exactly like a PRAM if all threads can be kept busy. We...
Interactivity, Scalability and Resource control for (2002)
Efficient Kdd Support, Matthias Gimbel, Michael Klein, P. C. Lockemann
The conflict between resource consumption and query performance in the data mining context often has no satisfactory solution. This not only stands in sharp contrast to the need of the analysts for...
M.: Information services to support e-learning in ad-hoc networks (2002)
Birgitta König-ries, Michael Klein
Abstract. Mobile ad-hoc networks are a growing research topic. Much effort has been put into providing a technical basis for such networks. However, up to now, there has been very little work on how...
25 Jahre Trierer Forschungsgruppe Abhängigkeit und Suchtmittelmissbrauch (TRIAS) (2002)
Scheller, Reinhold, Funke, Joachim, Funke, Wilma, Klein, Michael
Trierer Inventar für Medikamentenabhängige (TIM). Konzeption und erste Befunde (2001)
Funke, Joachim, Funke, Wilma, Klein, Michael, Scheller, Reinhold
Trierer Inventar für Medikamentenabhängige (TIM). Konzeption und erste Befunde (2001)
Funke, Joachim, Funke, Wilma, Klein, Michael, Scheller, Reinhold
Swaving, Jelto, Klein, Michael, Freudl, Roland, Driessen, Arnold J.M.
The Escherichia coli secretion-dedicated chaperone SecB targets a subset of proteins to the translocase by interacting with the carboxyl (C-) terminus of SecA. This region of SecA is highly conserved...
Klein, Michael., Verein Deutscher Ingenieure.
Thesis--Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, 2000.
Diese Arbeit stellt eine Anwendung und Erweiterung evolutionärer Methoden auf die aerodynamische Optimierung dar. Durch die Implementation der natürlichen Anpassungsmethode der Evolution in einen...
Dateiformat: zip, Dateien im PDF-Format.
Göttingen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2000 (Nicht für den Austausch).
Göttingen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2000 (Nicht für den Austausch).
Herbort, Markus, Klein, Michael, Manting, Erik H., Driessen, Arnold J.M., Freudl, Roland
In Bacillus subtilis, the secretion of extracellular proteins strongly increases upon transition from exponential growth to the stationary growth phase. It is not known whether the amounts of some or...
Langzeitverlauf nach Radiojodtherapie benigner Schilddrüsenerkrankungen / (1999)
Bonn, Univ., Diss., 1999.
Managing Government Exposure to Private Infrastructure Risks (1999)
Irwin, Timothy, Klein, Michael, Perry, Guillermo E., Thobani, Mateen
The privatization of infrastructure should lead to the development of new infrastructure, improvements in the operation of existing infrastructure, and a reduction in budgetary subsidies. Whether...
Designing Auctions for Concessions— Guessing the Right Value to Bid and the Winner’s Curse (1998)
This is the third in a series of four Notes on bidding for infrastructure concessions. The other three in the series examine how concession design affects competition in bidding and the...
United States, John Welty, Adin Hester, Ronald A. Schuler, Michael Klein, Andrew A. Jermolowicz, ...
of USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) at the request of the bargaining and marketing cooperatives. This 42nd National Bargaining Conference was combined with the Pacific Coast...
Erlangen, Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 1998.
Kinder aus alkoholbelasteten Familien (1997)
Es wird ein Überblick zu Forschung und Theorienbildung in bezug auf Kinder aus alkoholbelasteten Familien gegeben. Diese weisen ein bis zu sechsfach erhöhtes Risiko auf, selbst abhängigkeitskrank...
Information sharing Zeevat 1997. H. Zeevat: The Mechanics of the Counterpart Relation (1997)
The creation of productive jobs is the key for poverty reduction. Policy-makers concerned about poverty need to focus on helping growth processes spread to areas where poor people live. Today, wealth...
Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 1996.
...
Genetische Untersuchungen über einen Braunalgenvirus / (1995)
Konstanz, Universiẗat, Diss., 1995.
Hochrisikosituationen für den Alkoholrückfall: Theorie, Diagnostik und Klassifikation (1995)
Klein, Michael, Funke, Joachim, Funke, Wilma, Scheller, Reinhold
Zur Bedeutung differentieller Katamnesen: Strategien, Befunde, Konsequenzen (1995)
Funke, Wilma, Funke, Joachim, Klein, Michael, Scheller, Reinhold
Mikrofiche-Ausg.: 1995. 1 Mikrofiche : 24x.
Zugl.: Düsseldorf, Univ., Diss., 1995.
Hochrisikosituationen für den Alkoholrückfall: Theorie, Diagnostik und Klassifikation (1995)
Klein, Michael, Funke, Joachim, Funke, Wilma, Scheller, Reinhold
Zur Bedeutung differentieller Katamnesen: Strategien, Befunde, Konsequenzen (1995)
Funke, Wilma, Funke, Joachim, Klein, Michael, Scheller, Reinhold
Mikrofiche-Ausg.: 5 Mikrofiches : 24x.
L'intégration économique entre Hong-Kong, Taïwan et les provinces côtières de la Chine (1993)
Jones, Randall S, King, Robert E., Klein, Michael
L'intégration économique entre Taïwan, Hong-Kong et les provinces côtières de la Chine du sud a progressé rapidement ces dernières années. Les auteurs analysent la forte expansion des...
Bonn, Univ., Diss., 1993.
Klassifikation von Alkoholikern durch Persönlichkeits- und Suchtmerkmale / (1992)
Zugl.: Trier, Universiẗat, Diss., 1992.
"December 1991."
Klein, Michael., Verein Deutscher Ingenieure.
Thesis--Universität Kaiserslautern, 1991.
Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1992.
...
Mikroreprod. e. Ms. 139 Bl. : graph. Darst.
Thesis (doctoral)--Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 1988.
Mikroreprod. e. Ms. 81 Bl. : graph. Darst.
Interpretation von CD-Spektren chiraler p-Systeme [Pi-Systeme]. (1987)
Duisburg, Univ., Diss., 1987.
Die Handschriften der Staatsarchive in Baden-Württemberg / (1987)
Klein: Tübingen, Phil. Diss., Tag d. mündl. Prüfg: 28.6.1978.
Thesis (doctoral)--Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität zu Frankfurt am Main, 1984.
Besteht aus 2 Mikrofiches
Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 1984.
Rostock, Univ., Diss. A, 1983 (Nicht f.d. Austausch).
Entwurf eines Forschungsprogramms zur Optimierung der Behandlung von Alkoholabhängigen (1980)
Funke, Joachim, Keller, Wilma, Klein, Michael, Scheller, Reinhold
Entwurf eines Forschungsprogramms zur Optimierung der Behandlung von Alkoholabhängigen (1980)
Funke, Joachim, Keller, Wilma, Klein, Michael, Scheller, Reinhold
Untersuchungen zum autistischen Syndrom im Kindesalter. (1976)
Berlin, Humboldt-Univ., Med. Fak., Diss., 1976. (Nicht f. d. Austausch.).
Thesis--Leopold-Franzens-Universität, 1972.
Triterpene constituents of the fruit of the Osage orange [Maclura pomifera (Raf.)] (1972)
Thesis (Ph. D. in medicinal chemistry)--University of Illinois at the Medical Center, 1972.
Untersuchungen über den Amingehalt der Rattenepiphyse unter dem Einfluss von Pharmaka. (1969)
Bochum, F. f. theoret. Med., Diss. v. 24. Jan. 1969 (Nicht f. d. Aust.).
Mainz, Med. F., Diss. v. 26. Okt. 1968.
Competition in network industries
A wave of privatization is sweeping the globe, affecting about 100 countries and adding up to an average of more than $60 billion a year in business in the past decade. The challenge is to ensure...
Risk, taxpayers, and the role of government in project finance
The author concludes that government, through the tax system, cannot really do better than private financial markets at funding infrastructure projects. All the financial advantages of sovereign...
Privatization of infrastructure ventures in sectors such as energy, telecommunication, transport, and water has become popular over the last decade. Often- for good or bad reasons - private firms are...
Economic regulation of water companies
This paper provides an overview of approaches to the economic regulation of piped water supply and sewerage systems. The discussion emphasizes the particular importance that quality issues take on in...
Foreign direct investment and poverty reduction
Klein, Michael, Aaron, Carl, Hadjimichael, Bita
Foreign direct investment is a key ingredient of successful economic growth and development in developing countries--partly because the very essence of economic development is the rapid and efficient...
De Virgilio, Maddalena, Kitzmüller, Claudia, Schwaiger, Eva, Klein, Michael, Kreibich, Gert, Ivessa, N. Erwin
We are studying endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation (ERAD) with the use of a truncated variant of the type I ER transmembrane glycoprotein ribophorin I (RI). The mutant protein, RI332,...
Herbort, Markus, Klein, Michael, Manting, Erik H., Driessen, Arnold J. M., Freudl, Roland
In Bacillus subtilis, the secretion of extracellular proteins strongly increases upon transition from exponential growth to the stationary growth phase. It is not known whether the amounts of some or...
Klein, Michael, Friedrich, Michael, Roger, Andrew J., Hugenholtz, Philip, Fishbain, Susan, Abicht, Heike, ...
A large fragment of the dissimilatory sulfite reductase genes (dsrAB) was PCR amplified and fully sequenced from 30 reference strains representing all recognized lineages of sulfate-reducing...
Lateral Gene Transfer of Dissimilatory (Bi)Sulfite Reductase Revisited
Zverlov, Vladimir, Klein, Michael, Lücker, Sebastian, Friedrich, Michael W., Kellermann, Josef, Stahl, David A., ...
In contrast to previous findings, we demonstrate that the dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase genes (dsrAB) of Desulfobacula toluolica were vertically inherited. Furthermore, Desulfobacterium anilini...
Canadian departments of pediatrics and family medicine: in need of family therapy?
Whether and how much the departments of pediatrics in Canadian medical schools collaborate with the family medicine departments in training for child care were the focus of a survey conducted in...
Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Performance: Survey and Synthesis
Hali J. Edison, Michael Klein, Luca Antonio Ricci, Torsten Sløk
This paper reviews and discusses issues involved in assessing the relationship between capital account liberalization and economic performance. First, it discusses the different measures of...
Contracting for Trust in Family Practice Obstetrics
A case is presented, illustrating a problem faced by family physicians who practice obstetrics; women who present with lists of inflexible requirements for labor and delivery may be attempting to...
Obstetrical Practice and Training in Canadian Family Medicine: Conserving an Endangered Species
Klein, Michael, Reynolds, J. L., Boucher, Francois, Malus, Michael, Rosenberg, Ellen
Family practice obstetricians are an endangered species. Our practices and teaching sites must provide the correct attitudinal as well as technical messages to result in a practitioner who will be...
Jorgensen, Sally Helme, Klein, Michael
Newer techniques for diagnosing early pregnancy have shown that post-implantation embryo loss may be four times the accepted rate of 15%-20%. This article describes various causes of spontaneous...
Episiotomy and the Second Stage of Labour
The use of episiotomy emerged with the advent of “modern obstetrics”. Few of the benefits attributed to it have been sustained by scientific study. The author of this article explores the...
Influence of Perinatal Asphyxia on Neurologic Outcome: Consequences for Family Practice Accoucheurs
Klein, Michael, Reynolds, J. Larry
Inappropriate concern with perinatal asphyxia, based on false notions about causes, may be behind the decision of some family physicians to avoid obstetrics. Asphyxia can cause motor or mental...
Managing guarantee programs in support of infrastructure investment
The author discusses the risks of infrastructure projects and the costs of capital, rationales for government support of private infrastructure ventures, and approaches to managing government...
Government support to private infrastructure projects in emerging markets
Dailami, Mansoor, Klein, Michael
Driven by fiscal austerity and disenchantment with the performance of state-provided infrastructure services, many governments have turned to the private sector to build, operate, finance, or own...
Money, politics and a future for the international financial system
In developing the architecture for a financial system, the challenge is to combine deregulation and safety nets against systemic failure with effective prudential regulation and oversight. The author...
Fundamentally, poverty reduction is about bringing growth processes to poor areas. Because poor areas can benefit from technical and organizational innovations made elsewhere in the world, it is...
The Canadian Family Practice Accoucheur
Family practice obstetrics is strongly influenced by demography and marketing. The falling birth rate is leading to a surplus of caregivers who may inappropriately apply their technical skills to a...
Canadian family medicine and pediatrics have much in common, yet increasing interspecialty competition in the U.S. threatens to spill over into Canada. Geographic, demographic and manpower...
Graciela L. Kaminsky, Michael Klein
Foreign exchange rates - Great Britain ; Gold standard
Comparing and evaluating pesticide leaching models: Results of simulations with PELMO
Klein, Michael, Hosang, Jurg, Schafer, Helmut, Erzgraber, Beate, Resseler, Herbert
Foreign direct investment, trade, and real exchange rate linkages in developing countries
Linda S. Goldberg, Michael Klein
Developing countries ; Investments, Foreign ; Foreign exchange ; Pacific Area
Capital account liberalization, financial depth, and economic growth
Michael Klein, Giovanni Olivei
We show a statistically significant and economically relevant effect of open capital accounts on financial deepness and economic growth in a cross-section of countries over the period 1986 to 1995....
Managing the Dollar: Has the Plaza Agreement Mattered?
Klein, Michael, Mizrach, Bruce, Murphy, Robert G
This paper considers whether the Plaza Agreement of September 1985 marked the beginning of a fundamental shift in the exchange-rate policy regime for the United States, the former West Germany, and...
The Risk Premium for Evaluating Public Projects.
Governments face a lower apparent cost of capital than private firms. However, the low cost of borrowing by governments does not reflect superior capabilities to choose or manage projects. Instead,...
Managing Government Exposure to Private Infrastructure Risks.
Irwin, Timothy, Klein, Michael, Perry, Guillermo E., Thobani, Mateen
The privatization of infrastructure should lead to the development of new infrastructure, improvements in the operation of existing infrastructure, and a reduction in budgetary subsidies. Whether...
Infant Health Screening By Family Physicians and Pediatricians
Wyszogrodski, Linda, Klein, Michael
A pilot study of family physicians (FPs) and pediatricians (Ps) was done in order to determine which screening tasks were performed in the first year of life. All physicians followed most of the...
Teaching Through One-Way Glass
Klein, Michael, Heffernan, Michael
The one-way glass or mirror is an acknowledged teaching tool in academic family practice. Most teaching units use this device. The authors contend that despite its widespread use, standards are...
What Do Family Practice Residents Do in Prevention and Counselling?
Klein, Michael, Bluman, Robert, Tannenbaum, David
A study was undertaken to measure what family practice residents do in prevention and counselling during routine check-ups on adults. A series of Health Monitoring and Promotion (HMP) measures were...
Teaching the Behavioral Sciences in Family Medicine
Steinert, Yvonne, Golden, Morrie, Klein, Michael
This article addresses the need to develop behavioral science training programs in Canadian family practice residencies. Guidelines for establishing such programs are described, emphasizing teaching...
The Chinese Economic Area: Economic Integration without a Free Trade Agreement
Randall Jones, Robert King, Michael Klein
This paper describes the de facto economic integration taking place between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- the "Chinese Economic Area" -- and analyses basic factors underlying the process. Even in...
Graciela L. Kaminsky, Michael Klein
We study the determinants of the dollar/pound real exchange rate from 1879 to 1914 focusing on the role of fiscal policy. We present a simple dynamic model of the real exchange rate to frame our...
Troubled Banks, Impaired Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Relative Access to Credit
Michael Klein, Joe Peek, Eric Rosengren
The relative wealth hypothesis of Froot and Stein (1991), motivated by the aggregate correlation between real exchange rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) observed in the 1980s, cannot explain...
Rhesus monkeys and humans share common susceptibility genes for age-related macular disease
Francis, Peter J., Appukuttan, Binoy, Simmons, Emily, Landauer, Noelle, Stoddard, Jonathan, Hamon, Sara, ...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a complex multigenic disorder and the most common cause of vision loss in the elderly, is associated with polymorphisms in the LOC387715/ARMS2 and HTRA1 genes...