世界経済・社会統計 = World development indicators

计量经济分析 = Econometric analysis

How to Do Things With Words

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Development as Freedom

The 2008 crash has left all the established economic doctrines - equilibrium models, real business cycles, disequilibria models - in disarray. Part of the problem is due to Smith’s "veil of ignorance": individuals unknowingly pursue society’s interest and, as a result, have no clue as to the macroeconomic effects of their actions: witness the Keynes and Leontief multipliers, the concept of value added, fiat money, Engel’s law and technical progress, to name but a few of the macrofoundations of microeconomics. A good viewpoint to take bearings anew lies in comparing the post-Great Depression institutions with those emerging from Thatcher and Reagan’s economic policies: deregulation, exogenous vs. endoge- nous money, shadow banking vs. Volcker’s Rule. Very simply, the banks, whose lending determined deposits after Roosevelt, and were a public service became private enterprises whose deposits determine lending. These underlay the great moderation preceding 2006, and the subsequent crash.

The Economic Institutions of Capitalism

Papers to be Published in Future Issues of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

The aim of our study was to explore the possible role of OPG and OPN levels as biomarkers in COPD. We measured OPG and OPN in the serum of 22 controls and all together 58 COPD patients. The levels of OPG were higher in controls (2.25±0.50 vs. 1.10±0.18 ng/ml, p=0.008). Patients with more advanced GOLD stages (III+IV), as well as the common exacerbators had lower OPG than patients with a disease in initial stages (0.68±0.06 vs. 1.34±0.28 ng/ml, p=0.08) and than non-common exacerbators (0.73±0.06 vs. 1.39±0.31 ng/ml, p=0.067). Patients with stable or improved FEV1% pr. during the follow-up period had higher OPG than those with decline FEV1% pr. (p=0.034). A significant positive correlation was seen at the end of the followed-up period between OPG and FEV1% pr. (Rho=0.373, p=0.006). The non-symptomatic patients (CAT points &lt;10) had higher OPG levels than symptomatic (2.07±0.77 vs. 0.91±0.15 ng/ml, p=0.017). OPN concentration was higher in controls (13.18±0.64 vs.10.39±0.24 ng/ml, p&lt;0.0001). COPD patients with normal BMI had lowed OPN than obese ones (9.63±0.46 ng/ml vs. 10.97±0.48 ng/ml, p= 0.038). Non-symptomatic males at the end of the follow-up had lower OPN compared to symptomatic (8.99±0.36 vs. 10.43±0.29 ng/ml, p=0.084). A strong trend toward significantly positive correlation between OPN and the percentage of neutrophils was found (Rho=0.265, p=0.060), especially in patients with early GOLD stages (Rho=0.455, p=0.009). According to our studies, the low OPG might be used as biomarker for unfavorable progression of COPD. OPN might also be related to COPD, but more studies should be done in order to reveal its role as reliable biomarker for the disease. 

Serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) and osteopontin (OPN) in patients with COPD during two-year follow-up study

Human Relations has long hosted a dialogue between entrepreneurship, work, and organization scholars. Research on topics such as entrepreneurial narratives (Kibler, Mandl, Farny, & Salmivaara, 2021), leadership as entrepreneurial agency (Edwards & Meliou, 2015), entrepreneurial careers (Valette & Culié, 2015) or entrepreneurial identity work (Essers & Benschop, 2009; Essers, Doorewaard, & Benschop, 2013) demonstrates the synergistic potential of these domains by highlighting distinct aspects of human practices in a dynamic world. However, the vast majority of studies of entrepreneurship, work and organization have kept a polite distance by emphasizing domain differences and treating them as externalities (e.g., Storey, Salaman and Platman, 2005; McCabe, 2009). With this Special Issue, we aim to reinvigorate the intersections between entrepreneurship, work, and organization by advancing research on the organizational processes and practices of entrepreneurship at work. To do so, we focus on the notion of “entrepreneuring” (Steyaert, 2007) that puts emphasis on the processes of organization-creation as collective work taking place in new ventures, in existing organizations or between them (Hjorth, 2015). This enables to link two key dimensions of contemporary work: the organizational in entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial in organizing.

Human Relations special issue call for papers

The aim of the current study is to explore the possible role of L55M, (rs 854560, 163T > A) SNP as a predisposing factor for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to assess its potency as a prognostic biomarker for short (1 year) survival and for median (5 years) and 9-year long patients’ outcome. Methods: The current work is a prospective case-control study with 77 patients with acute coronary syndrome (53 with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI, 14 with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI and 10 with unstable angina, UA) and 122 control individuals. Patients were followed-up for 9 years. The genotyping for PON1 L55M SNP was carried on by PCR-RFLP method. Results: The results of the genotyping for PON1 L55M SNP showed a statistically significant difference (p = 0.023) between the controls and the whole group of patients with acute coronary syndrome, as the individuals with genotype with at least one variant M allele had about 2.5-fold higher risk for developing ACS than those which are homozygous of the wild-type L allele (LL genotype). In patients with variant M allele genotypes (LM + MM) which suffer from non-ST-segment elevation ACS (NSTEACS, i.e., UA or NSTEMI), the serum levels of total cholesterol (TC) and triacylglycerols (TAG) are significantly higher than in NSTEACS patients with LL genotype (p = 0.022 for TC and p = 0.015 for TAG). There was no significant difference in the survival rate at the 1st, 5th and 9th year of follow-up between ACS patients with different genotypes, although it is worth to note that in the subgroup of NSTEACS, all patients (n = 13) with variant M allele genotypes (LM + MM) were alive at the end of the first year, while 2 of the patients with LL genotype (18.2%) were dead. Conclusions: The results of our current study suggest that the variant M allele and the M allele genotypes (LM + MM) of the PON1 L55M polymorphism are risk factors for acute coronary syndrome, especially for patients with STEMI, but do not support the possible effect of this polymorphism on the clinical progression and outcome of the patients with ACS either in short or long follow-up periods.

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Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism L55M in the Paraoxonase 1 Gene as a Risk and Prognostic Factor in Acute Coronary Syndrome

In this paper, we introduce a set of instructional tools (Kinetic Thinking Styles framework) focused on developing entrepreneurial thinking by stimulating metacognitive awareness and fostering learning environments that are conducive to metacognition. We provide an account of the development of the framework, including its conceptual underpinnings, synthesis of a map of thinking styles that can help us understand how thinking operates in entrepreneurial situations, and the design process for the creation of an assessment tool (mirror) of one's thinking style. We illustrate how this suite of tools can be used in educational settings, including an example of a newly designed thinking tune-up course and a framework for understanding challenges for diverse learner populations. 

Dimo Dimov

Papers

Papers to be Published in Future Issues of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) and osteopontin (OPN) in patients with COPD during two-year follow-up study

Human Relations special issue call for papers

Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism L55M in the Paraoxonase 1 Gene as a Risk and Prognostic Factor in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Kinetic Thinking Styles: A tool for developing entrepreneurial thinking