We consider how past, current, and future competition within an elimination tournament affect
the probability that the stronger player wins. We present a two-stage model that yields the …

This paper explores stock market reactions to corporate social performance. We construct a
value-weighted portfolio based on the list of “100 Best CSR companies in the world” …

• Three patients with relapsing polychondritis were treated successfully with dapsone.
Mounting evidence suggests an immune-related pathogenesis for relapsing polychondritis. …

Cerium dioxide has been found to react with other oxides at high temperatures in an open air
environment with the formation of Ce +3 , Ce +4 or mixed valence phases. The compound …

We posit Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is being used by firms as a reputation
insurance mechanism, helping them better withstand the tumult of negative business shocks. …

Subsolidus phase equilibria in the CaO:Al 2 O 3 :Nb 2 O 5 system at 1325C in air have
been determined. One ternary phase forms, Ca 2 AlNbO 6 , which exhibits a perovskite-related …

Socially responsible investing (SRI) is an increasingly important investment issue, gaining
popularity among both institutional and individual investors. In the past, SRI research has …

… The data come from Frontier Analytics and Morningstar's Principia database. Next, we
calculate a risk-adjusted return measure, the Sharpe ratio. This measure allows us to combine the …

… largest class of variation in the database, and the name dbSNP… database notation and
documentation (http://www. ncbi. nlm. … classes of variation in the database and should be regarded …

For La 1−x Th x NbO 4+ x 2 , three phases with broad homogeneity regions occur, for 0.075
≤ x ≤ 0.37, 0.41 < x < 0.61, and 0.65 ≤ x ≤ 0.74. All are related to the scheelite structure …