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INSIDE Project (Insights on Immigration and Development)
INSIDE is an independent, non-partisan initiative launched by the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE, CSIC). We aim at mobilizing and coordinating the research community contributing to the understanding of the causes and consequences of migrations. Special emphasis is also placed on the study of key aspects of economic development and growth of poor countries.
Our mission is to promote research and coordinate the efforts from researchers belonging to different institutions in view to contribute to the public debate on immigration and development issues.
Our interests include macro and microeconomic research, theory and empirics. We are committed to high standards of research.
"Experimental Economics, Two-sided Markets and Subjective Well-being"
ECO2014-59302-P, Ministerio Economía y Competitividad
Jordi Brandts, Flip Kliin, Ada Ferrer, Jose María Ortíz, Joana Pais, Péter Biró, Markus Walzl, Bettina Klaus, Klarita Gerxhani, Arthur Schram, David Cooper, Enrique Fatas
The project brings together three research lines in the field of microeconomics:
1. Experimental studies on economic and social issues
2. Experimental and theoretical studies on two-sided matching markets.
3. Welfare and the social and economic context.
The studies in this project aim at world-class research that will contribute to the international literature by pushing forward on the frontier of knowledge. Both, the experimental and the questionnaire based evidence will allow us to obtain a more complete view of social life, as well as to establish bridges between economics and other social sciences like psychology and sociology.
"Frictions and Failures in Old and New Markets"
ECO2014-59959-P, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Roberto Burguet, Ramon Caminal, Matthew Ellman, Vaiva Petrikaite, Lídia Farré
This project contributes to the analysis of interaction among individuals at a microeconomic level in the presence of frictions and group determinants. As such, it is part of the effort to bring the classical microeconomic model of a frictionless economy closer to the complexities of reality.
The project is divided in four sections:
- 1st section deals with open questions inside the classical framework of industrial economics.
- 2nd section focuses on online transactions and the issues specific to that vehicle of interaction.
- 3rd section will be devoted to the study of the effects of social determinants on individual choice and behavior
- 4th seciton will consider interactions not necessarily mediated by prices, subject to relational frictions. Issues pertaining to this category include the spillovers from intra-group decisions onto inter-group decisions, the design of procurement rules in front of corruption, the endogenous selection of members in problems of team formation, or the use and consequences of crowdfunding as a mechanism for financing new projects.
These four sections cover a wide thematic spectrum, and constitute a coherent research project organized around a unified methodological approach and the common theme of frictions in the economic interactions of individuals. The project includes theoretical and empirical work, and will help clarify open questions in the frontier of economic analysis
"Integrated Macro-Financial Modelling for Robust Policy Design"
MACFINROBODS, FP7-SSH-2013- 2 GA 612796, European Commission
Albert Marcet, Esther Hauk, Omar Licandro, Sarolta Laczo, Nezih Guner, Juan Carlos Conesa, Joan Llull y Francesc Obiols. Other institutions participant: University of Amsterdam (Project Coordinator), Centre Pour La Recherche Economique Et Ses Applications (CEP)
During the global financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession, economists at policy-making institutions had little choice but to augment macroeconomic models with ad-hoc assumptions and adjustments in order to provide analysis and advice for policy makers. Our consortium's proposal aims to move policy-focused macroeconomic modelling beyond this approach to the endogenous modelling of the dynamics resulting from financial risks and related decision making in banks, households, firms and public institutions. We bring together four broad lines of research to systematically develop new behavioural and institutional building blocks, integrating them in policy-focused macroeconomic models and using these models in a new framework for policy evaluation. In terms of building blocks, one line of research moves beyond the assumption of representative and homo-oeconomicus-type agents to incorporate micro-behavioural realism in decision making, while a second line of research advances the modelling of financial institutions, their fragility and the dynamics of systemic risk. The third line of research integrates these new building blocks (including a selection of those developed by researchers outside the consortium) in a new generation of policy-focused macroeconomic models. In parallel, in the fourth line of research new policy evaluation tools are developed, with a focus on robust tools aimed at containing financial contagion and boom-bust cycles, maintaining fiscal sustainability and coordinating monetary, fiscal and regulatory policies in normal and crisis regimes. The consortium comprises researchers with a strong track record in advancing the frontier on behavioural and institutional modelling, highly influential macroeconomic modellers as well as seasoned veterans of model-based monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policy evaluation and design. Consortium members have strong academic backgrounds as well as substantive practical experience at policy-making institutions.
"Tecnología, Capital Humano, Innovación y Comercio"
ECO2013-48884-C3-1-P, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Omar Licandro, Joachim Jungherr, Fernando Del Rio, Eduardo Giménez, Miquel Pérez-Nievas, Antonio Rodríguez Sampayo, José Ramón Ruiz
The aim of this project is to contribute to the understanding of the processes of technological innovation and capital accumulation in a global economy. Technology interacts with the investment decisions taken by households, firms and governments over the accumulation of physical and human capital, and the management of natural resources, the labor force and population growth. This interaction occurs in a global environment opened to international trade and international capital and labor flows. All of these processes are of interest for the Convocatoria de Excelencia del Plan Nacional de I+D, and at the core of some of the Challenges of the Spanish Strategy of Research 2013-16 (Challenge 6 and part of Challenge 5).
To better understand the aforementioned processes our goal is to construct economic models that incorporate those features, and test the models empirically. We target models of i) sustainable growth; ii) inequality, poverty and growth; iii) demography and fertility, iv) international trade and finance, v) competitive search and bargaining, vi) employment and business cycle, vii) technology adoption and vintage capital, viii) energy use and non-renewable resources. The results obtained with these models will allow us to make recommendations for macroeconomic policy. We will consider applications of many of these models not only to the global economy but also to the Spanish economy and the EU.
"Social Polarization and Conflict: Models, Estimation, Evidence"
ECO2011-25293, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Laura Mayoral, Joan Esteban, Francesco Fasani, Laia Balcells, Andrew Gianou, Alessandra Conte, Debraj Ray, Mateo Cervellati, Massimo Morelli, Dominic Rohner, Kalyvas Stathis, Ana Arjona
The project deals with the determinants of societal conflict as an outcome of rational behaviour, combining formal modelling with empirical testing of the implications of the models. In the ongoing research by Joan Esteban, Laura Mayoral and Debraj Ray we define a general model of conflict that provides a framework where one can accommodate the key role of non-material aspects often present in civil conflicts. These aspects are the payoffs other than direct private benefits(fighting for a "cause") and the concern for the fate of the group, involving (partially) altruistic behaviour. This is an empirically testable model that in addition facilitates an organized way of thinking about the different issues involved in inter-group conflict that constitute the core of this research project. We will use this framework as a thread that organizes most of the research plan. This general model suggests two features that appear to be key in explaining the nature of conflict and its correlates: what the group is fighting for and the level of group cohesion. Following these two leads, we shall first develop different questions associated with the group's objectives and how are they set, and next we will develop various determinants of group cohesion. How the objectives are set, how mutual concern and differentiation from the "others" can develop, what are the trade-offs between homogeneity and heterogeneity within groups? Finally, we will discuss the problem of civil conflict between groups in a framework of repeated interaction.
Every question addressed combines modelling with empirical tests. Empirical work on this topic poses two complex problems. One is the scarcity and quality of the data. For instance, the ethnic or religious composition of many countries is not known or the data are extremely unreliable. The second issue is methodological: the nonlinear models typically employed to estimate conflict probabilities are subject to a number of problems that difficult the estimation strategy. This research project will take these issues very seriously and will devote a significant amount of resources to adequately dealing with them.
Besides the scientific contribution of our project, the results obtained will be useful for a rigorous study of some pressing issues relevant to Spain. We are observing a marked process of dilution of the social cohesion driven by an increased income inequality and the large influx of immigrant population. The understanding of the role of ethnic, religious and/or economic polarization in the creation of social unrest may permit to adapt the institutions for a harmonic channelling of the increasingly different attitudes and social priorities.
"Advances in the Political Economy of Democratic Institutions"
ECO2012-37857, Ministerio Economía y Competitividad
Enriqueta Aragončs, Josep Maria Colomer Calsina, Hannes Felix Mueller, Timothy John Besley, Micael R. Castanheira de Moura, Marco Giani, Dominic Patrick Rohner, Dimitrios Xefteris
This project brings together researchers in Economics and Political Science. Its aim is to explore the role and social consequences of different political institutions by developing scientific methods that lie on the frontier between Economics and Political Science. Its ultimate goal is to contribute to the innovative design of social and political institutions.
The new developments that we propose in our work plan will proceed along three main research lines:
1. Proposing models of electoral competition that analyze the effects and the effectivity of electoral campaigns from both the voters' and the political parties' point of view.
2. Addressing the design of democratic institutions that could improve the performace of representative democracy.
3. Analyzing the political dimension of conflict: the role of social and political institutions in determining the extend and consequences of social conflict.
"Schools, Culture, Markets and Democratic Institutions in a Globalized World"
ECO2012-37065, Ministerio Economía y Competitividad
Esther Hauk , Sjaak Hurkens, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Facundo Albornoz Crespo, Giovanni Immordino, Doh-Shin Jeon, Javier Ortega Diego, Arnau Valladares Esteban
The number of immigrants are growing, cultures mix, are schooled together and need to find ways to resolve their conflicts. As markets grow, network effects gain importance. The aim of this project is to address some of these challenges that globalization entails. We will concentrate on the following main issues. (i) We will look at the historical issue of Nations and Nationbuilding and propose a theoretical model that links nation building and industrialization. (ii) We will study family immigration, in particular, the effect of immigration on the school system and try to understand how to attract immigrants with high parental motivation. (iii) We will try to understand whether TV program imports constitute a threat for cultural diversity, (iv) we will examine lying aversion and whether the same behavioral theory can explain behavior in TV game shows in different countries, (v) we will study competition and regulation in markets with network effects. Finally, we are interested in understanding how groups should negotiate and which institutions will form under democracy: in particular, we want to understand which sharing rules and stable organizations evolve under democratic decision making, how different majority rule affect the conflict resolution among two groups and if groups will choose a delegate to represent them in negotiations or prefer to submit the agreements reached by their representative to a ratification vote.
"The Dynamics of Firm Behavior at the Intersection of Labor Markets, Financial Markets, Foreign Product Markets, and Government Regulations"
ECO2012-38460, Ministerio Economía y Competitividad
Ana Rute Cardoso, Hugo Rodriguez Mendizabal, Radim Bohacek, David Card, Paulo Guimaraes, Patrick Kline, Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Keke Sun, Jose Varejao
Misallocation of workers and capital across firms has been shown to generate substantial loss of income and wellbeing. This problem is particularly obvious when we talk about high unemployment rates in a crisis setting, jobless economic recoveries, or a profusion of low quality jobs. At the heart of these problems lies the behavior of firms, which are constrained by financial markets, product markets, labor markets, and government regulations.
This project brings to the forefront of the analysis the firm and its decisions on the allocation of resources, addressing three issues on the dynamics of firm behavior: i) What are the sources of firm quality (access to high quality and flexible labor force? Access to export product markets? Access to financial markets?); ii) How do firms of different quality compare, in terms of their growth rates and the development of careers they offer their workers?; iii) How stable is the ranking of firms over time according to their quality?
We aim at analyzing the interaction between institutions and regulations, on one hand, and supply and demand market forces, on the other, as determinants of firm behavior. We are particularly interested in the labor market, foreign product markets, financial markets, and regulations such as: incentives for labor market participation, rules on labor flexibility and adequate pay, regulations aimed at reducing financial market frictions and promoting insurance markets, and recent innovations in central banking policies.
"The Macroeconomic Implications of Heterogenous Firms"
2014 SGR 1432, Generalitat de Catalunya
Omar Licandro, Joachim Jungherr, Francesco Cerigioni, Dmitry Matveev
Within the general framework of the empirical and theoretical literature on firm dynamics, its applications to trade, on firms' financing choice along the business cycle, the dynamics of employment and occupations, the history of longevity and migration, the welfare implications of output growth measurement and endogenous fertility, and on the relationship between bank opacity and financial stability, the research of the group will cover the following issues:
1. The dynamics of Spanish manufacturing firms
2. Real Exchange Rate and Export Behavior of Firms2
3. Dynamics of Firm Dynamics
4. Occupational Obsolescence
5. Longevity and Migration in Human History
6. The Welfare Implications of GDP Growth
7. Capital Structure, Uncertainty and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
8. Bank Opacity and Financial Stability
"Macroeconomia teňrica i aplicada"
2014 SGR 1446, Generalitat de Catalunya
Albert Marcet, Angel de la Fuente, Hugo Rodríguez, Sarolta Laczó, Albert Sánchez
The research of the group will focus on five major topics:
1. Formation of expectations. Rational expectations (RE) are replaced by the Internal Rationality (IR) approach that includes a learning algorithm consistent with the optimal behavior of the agents.
2. Volatility of asset prices. IR models will be applied to explain the apparent excess variability in the price of certain assets.
3. Fiscal policy. The optimal portfolio of debt will be analyzed and the implications of consistent temporarily fiscal policy. We quantify the results of the regional financing system at a national level.
4. Monetary policy. We will employ the IR approach to this policy. We will analyze the implementation of monetary policy during financial crises.
5. Economic growth. The links between education and economic growth will be studied. We will analyze the statistical quality of education indicators and the impact of the quality and quantity of education on the level of income and productivity of countries.
"Microeconomia teňrica i aplicada"
2014 SGR 510, Generalitat de Catalunya
Roberto Burguet, Jordi Brandts, Ramon Caminal, Matthew Ellman, Sjaak Hurkens, Jose MŞ Ortiz
The research will cover organizational economics. This includes transactions that take place inside the firm. We will pay particular attention to issues referring to manager-employee relationships, particularly the effects of several factors (legitimacy, employee assignment, group composition, etc.) on the feasibility of cooperation. It also includes transactions that take place outside the boundaries of the firm. We will study issues related to bilinguism, media subsidization, or service externalization.
The research will also cover topics on the economics of market mechanisms, with a focus on industries characterized by the need of coordination or centralization, typically due to the existence of externalities or an essential facility. This includes analysis of telecommunication or energy markets or the internet.
Finally, we will contribute to classical themes in industrial economics, with the study of issues like bundling, the dynamics of consumer preferences, or procurement.
"Social Unrest, Migration and Inequality"
2014 SGR 1414, Generalitat de Catalunya
Ada Ferrer, Ana Rute Cardoso, Joan Esteban, Laura Mayoral, Guillem Pons, Adrian Pino
This research proposal aims at contributing to the understanding of the causes of social unrest, focusing on economic and ethnicity diversity. The research will be based on both theory and empirics. The project can we divided into the six parts: (i) study how the economic conditions of a society and its ethnic composition may interact to precipitate internal conflict; (ii) examine the link between inequality and status seeking and how this affects individuals' welfare perceptions; (iii) assessing the inequalities in the labor market, in concrete, looking at the impact of firm dynamics and labor market institutions on the returns to education, the gender pay gap, and labor market inequality; (iv) explore further immigrant locations and native residential preferences in Spain; (v) build a theory of migration where in some development stages immigrants are an essential mean to increase the natives' welfare; and (vi) contribute to the econometric literature of instrumental variables.
"Economia Política"
2014 SGR 1064, Generalitat de Catalunya
Enriqueta Aragončs, Josep M. Colomer, Hannes Mueller, Esther Hauk, Flip Klijn, Clara Ponsatí, Jan Zapal, Benjamin Tello
This research group focuses on the relationship between economics and politics. On the one hand, we work on the application of economic analysis to political issues, that is, we use the analytical tools that have been developed mostly by economists that have been adopted to study issues that traditionally belong to other disciplines, specially political science. On the other hand, we study the relationship between economic structures and decisions with political and public institutions. In particular, we analyze the possibilities of reform for political and public institutions, for electoral and voting rules, federalism, institutional design, turnout, electoral strategies, economic growth, inequality. The aim of this research group is both theoretical and applied.
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BOSTON � In the afterglow of any World Series, there�s an onrush of stories analyzing what everyone can learn from the eventual champions.
This year�s Giants, winners of seven straight at the end of October to claim their second title in three years, provide any number of potential lessons to the other 29 clubs in the majors. The narratives emerging from San Francisco�s title run include the significance of starting pitching, of defense and of team chemistry.
The Red Sox � and really any big-league team � should probably be at least a little leery of copying that blueprint, though. Strange things happen in the small sample size that is October, and it can be shortsighted to extrapolate any large themes from San Francisco�s concluding seven-game winning streak.
Two weeks ago, the Giants started Barry Zito in an elimination game on the road. As well-built as the Giants proved to be, the fact remains that on six occasions they were one poor performance away from elimination. Hindsight can cloud the team�s various imperfections.
Those imperfections start with Zito, one of the increasingly large collection of poster children for why a team shouldn�t hand out long-term contracts to starting pitchers. Interestingly, Tim Lincecum falls into that same category, with the Giants perhaps relieved they didn�t come to terms with the two-time Cy Young Award winner on a longer-term deal last offseason, given his recent struggles. (San Francisco and Lincecum agreed on a two-year deal that didn�t buy out any of his free agency last winter.)
Starting pitching was central to the Giants� postseason run. They held a strong Tigers offense to six runs in four World Series games, and they allowed a grand total of seven runs in their last seven contests � as fine a run of pitching as we�ve seen in several autumns.
But a glance back to last season reveals different lessons. The Cardinals and Rangers advanced to the World Series in spite of remarkably poor starting pitching in October. In their respective League Championship series, their starters combined to pitch 53 innings in 12 games. The story was about offensive depth and the triumph of middle relief.
Indeed, the lessons of any individual champion are rarely all-encompassing, and over time, they begin to contradict one another. The 2009 Yankees were a testament to free agency, with CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett � don�t forget his performance in Game Two that year � leading New York to a title. The 2010 Giants taught us that pitching is king; a quartet of quality starters could compensate for a porous veteran lineup.
The 2011 Cardinals were a team of transition. Several times last offseason, Boston general manager Ben Cherington mentioned that the team on Opening Day need not be the team one brings into October.
There�s no neat coalescence from these teams, except maybe to say that there are several different ways to go about winning a championship. The differences between the Giants in 2010 and the Giants in 2012 � the teams shared two regular position players, and one of them (Pedro Sandoval) was benched throughout much of the 2010 postseason � prevent one from building longer-term narrative arcs.
This doesn�t mean there is nothing to be learned from San Francisco. The Giants didn�t define the path to a title so much as a path. They showed you could win a World Series with a lineup deficient in power; their 103 home runs were the fewest in the majors this season, and the fewest by any champion since 1988. (It did help, though, that San Francisco did find some power in the postseason; Sandoval of course hit three homers in Game One of the World Series, and Buster Posey�s grand slam effectively won Game Five of the NLDS against the Reds.)
The Giants were also willing to sacrifice offense for defense at multiple positions. Brandon Crawford hit only .248 with a .304 on-base percentage this season, but he showed his value time and again in the postseason with terrific plays at shortstop.
San Francisco was able to weather the suspension of Melky Cabrera because Gregor Blanco continued to provide highlight-reel defense in left field. Blanco proved adequate enough at the plate that the Giants didn�t activate Cabrera even when his suspension concluded in October.
The Red Sox have decisions to make at shortstop and the corner outfield this offseason. While players like Crawford and Blanco aren�t ideal, their performances this past month show such defensive-minded options � ahem, Jose Iglesias � don�t preclude a team from October success.
Further, the Giants traded from areas of strength to fill areas of need. Last offseason, San Francisco capitalized on its rotation depth by shipping Jonathan Sanchez to Kansas City for Cabrera, arguably the team�s MVP before his suspension. With extra arms in the bullpen, the Giants could package Ramon Ramirez and Andres Torres to upgrade to Angel Pagan in center field. Far from the winter meetings� most publicized move, having Pagan instead of Torres in center, according to Fangraphs.
The Red Sox, like San Francisco last offseason, have bullpen arms to spare and holes in the outfield to plug. One winter after trading for bullpen assets in Andrew Bailey and Mark Melancon, Cherington is likely looking to move an arm or two.
In winning the World Series, the Giants uncovered a different pathway to a championship. While it would be unwise for the Red Sox to focus exclusively on what San Francisco did to be the last team standing, there are still plenty of lessons to be learned.
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Culture and Health: What's the evidence?
Evidence on Trial Public Lecture
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Rescuing Shakespeare: 'King Lear' and Its Textual Contexts
In this lecture David Fuller will consider the nature of Shakespeare's early printed texts, examine afresh the evidence for the theory of authorial revision, particularly in the case of King Lear, and discuss the current editorial orthodoxy in relation to the practice of conflation – issues of consequence for readers and theatre-goers alike, because they affect how Shakespeare is presented in book form and on stage and film.
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Thea St. Omer, adjunct professor at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, will host a screening and discussion of her latest documentary film, Nigger, (2009, 86 minutes, b&w, video) at 7:30 p.m. April 22 in the Halmi Screening Room, 141 Newhouse 3.
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For her documentaries, St. Omer has received individual artists fellowships from: the Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, Bronx Council on the Arts, New York Women in Film and Television and New York Foundation for the Arts.
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ABSTRACT: A rôle for pulmonary endocrine cells has been suggested in the response of the lungs to hypoxia, the control of the pulmonary vasculature and inflammatory pulmonary disease. Since hypoxia, inflammation and vascular remodelling are all central to the pathology of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, we have studied these cells in the lungs of subjects with this condition. In comparison with lungs of matched controls, there was a modest uniform increase in endocrine cells containing gastrin-releasing peptide, possibly associated with vascular remodelling, and a marked increase in cells containing calcitonin, which was particularly seen in consolidated lobes and possibly related to inflammation.
Article: Erythrocyte sodium transport and renal sodium excretion after saline loading in young and adult spontaneously hypertensive [SHR] and normotensive [WKY] rats[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Adult SHR aged 19-21 weeks, subjected to osmotic diuresis, responded to an intravenous 1.8% saline loading (15 ml/kg b.w.) with greater sodium excretion than age-matched WKY. Young (6-7 weeks old) SHR and WKY also responded to saline loading with an increased sodium excretion but there were no differences in the relative changes of sodium excretion between young WKY and SHR. In adult WKY, saline loading induced a faster erythrocyte 22Na uptake as compared with adult SHR or young WKY. This suggests that volume and/or sodium loading increased sodium turnover of red cells only in adult WKY. The sodium transport differences found in erythrocytes of adult SHR and WKY could be caused by some membrane differences or could be due to different hormonal and nonhormonal response(s) to saline loading. If similar alterations would also occur in other tissues, they might be important for the sodium excretion pattern.
Article: Increased number of beta-adrenergic receptors on cells of the rat adenohypophysis after thyroid hormone administration.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The authors studied the effect of administration of thyroid hormones on the beta-adrenergic receptors of rat adenohypophyseal cells. The administration of triiodothyronine and thyroxine was followed by an increase in specific binding for 3H-dihydroalprenolol. No significant differences were found in cyclic adenosine monophosphate levels before and after isoprenaline stimulation. The significance of changes in these receptors for the hyperplastic reaction after oestrogens is discussed with reference to the inhibitory effect of the thyroid hormones on hyperplasia of the adenohypophyseal cells after the administration of oestradiol.
Article: Time course of lipid peroxidation during incomplete ischaemia followed by reperfusion in rat brain[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The time course of lipid peroxidation was studied in the rat brain cortex after ischaemia and reperfusion. The ischaemia was induced by 4-hour occlusion of both common carotid arteries and was followed by reperfusion of different duration (10, 30 or 60 min). The extent of lipid peroxidation was determined by measurement of conjugated dienes (CD) and TBA reactive products. Maximal values of CD and TBA reactive products were found after 10- and 30-minute reperfusion. This indicated the most suitable time interval for studying the effect of antioxidants and oxygen radical scavengers in this model of brain ischaemia.
Article: Reversible inactivation of water and sodium transport systems in frog urinary bladder and skin in the presence of detergents[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Detergents (Triton X-100, dodecyl sulphate, saponin) added in concentrations of 0.1-10 mg/ml to solution at the outer frog skin surface reversibly reduced potential difference (PD) and short-circuit current (Isc); when added at the inner surface. Triton X-100 initially induced a short increase in the PD and Isc followed by a pronounced decrease similarly as after the application of any of the detergents used. When added to either serosal or mucosal surface of frog urinary bladder, the detergents reversibly abolished the reactivity to vasopressin. Triton X-100 blocked foskolin and cAMP-induced effects on membrane water permeability. The results suggest that hydrophobic elements of membrane play a crucial role in the regulation of membrane permeability for ions and water and of the responsiveness of the cells to vasopressin. Differences in sensitivity to detergents could be observed between the apical and the basolateral cell membrane.
Article: Glutathione levels in liver and brain of newborn rats: Investigations of the influence of hypoxia and reoxidation on lipid peroxidation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: 1. The levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) in the liver and brain of newborn rats were independent of the birth mechanism (Cesarean section or natural birth). A significant increase of GSH content could be demonstrated 3 h after birth in the liver only. 2. The influence of reversible hypoxia (9 vol. % O2 in the respired air for one hour) on GSH and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) levels and the content of thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reagible products were investigated in the liver and brain of newborn rats in dependence on the duration of reoxygenation. Only small changes were observed in the liver indicating a relative resistance of this organ to hypoxic stress and reoxygenation. Distinct effects were found in the brain, indicating that the glutathione status is altered by increased lipid peroxidation.
Article: Effects of essential fatty acids deficiency in milk diets on the development of germ-free and conventional rats.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Conditions allowing physiological development were determined in infant rats delivered by Caesarian section on the 22nd day of gestation and fed, from birth onwards, on various diets by stomach tube. Two new diets were prepared--K 50 A (11.7% fat, 7.7% protein) and LNaH (7.6% protein, 12% fat). The sole difference between the two diets is in the essential fatty acid (EFA) content, which is 42.6% in diet K 50 A, but only 0.7% in diet LNaH. Animals reared on the LNaH diet displayed slower growth and delayed development of the adenohypophysis and the thymus. Degenerative changes (intracytoplasmic vacuolation) were found in the somatotropin-producing cells of the adenohypophysis. The serum prolactin concentration of animals fed on the LNaH diet was lower than in the suckled controls and in animals given the K 50 A diet. The damaging effect of the LNaH diet was particularly marked on the first five days after birth, indicating that this is a critical period in the development of the newborn rat. The histological structure of the adenohypophysis and thymus of animals reared on the K 50 A diet was the same as in the suckled controls.
Article: Proportion of individual fatty acids in the non-esterified (free) fatty acid (FFA) fraction in the serum of laboratory rats of different ages.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In experiments on Wistar strain rats of both sexes, aged 5, 10 and 14 days and adult (90-120 days), of their own breed, the authors determined the quantitative proportion of individual fatty acids in the serum free non-esterified fatty acid (FFA) fraction, using mixed blood (obtained by decapitation) and the titration method of Trout et al. (1960). The proportion of the individual fatty acids was then determined in this fraction by gas chromatography (Base 1978) and their concentration (in mumol.1-1) was determined by simple calculation from the relative chromatogram data. Animals in the first three age groups were killed in the morning, directly from the nest; in adult rats the FFA fraction was measured after a 20 h fast. It was demonstrated that the increase in the proportion of monoenoic acids was highly statistically significant (about fivefold) during ontogenesis and that there was also a marked increase in the quantitative expression of polyenic acids, especially in group (n-6). The n-6/n-3 acid index in the FFA fraction altered during maturation (despite some fluctuation it basically rose from 4.3 in 5-day-old young to 10.0 in adult rats). It was further demonstrated that the concentration of fatty acids with a very short chain fell significantly during development, so that C 8:0, for example, could be detected only in the first two age groups, but not in 14-day-old and adult rats. The concentration of the saturated fatty acids C 15:0 to C 18:0 in the serum FFA fraction showed a statistically significant increase, while the index expressing the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids displayed a downward trend during development.
Article: Interaction of prostaglandins and the myogenic factor in the mechanism of closure of the ductus arteriosus.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Although the role of prostaglandins (PG) in the mechanism of dilatation of the ductus arteriosus (DA) has received considerable attention, no data on their possible interaction with the pressure-induced myogenic reaction are available. There is also a lack of information on PG production by the foetal blood vessels of the guinea-pig, in which the DA closes rapidly. Use of the RIA method showed relatively low PG production by isolated foetal guinea pig blood vessels, as represented by the main products, PGI1 and PGE2. When computed in pmol per mg wet weight, the production of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (an equivalent of PGI2) was statistically significantly higher in the foetal DA (4.06 +/- 1.13) than in the foetal aorta (2.04 +/- 0.33). The isolated DA reacts to a sudden increase in perfusion pressure by marked constriction, which in some cases leads to functional closure of the DA. In 10(-7) to 10(-5) mol.l-1 concentration, PGE2 reversibly inhibits pressure-induced myogenic constriction, while under the same conditions the contractility of the DA in response to oxygen is unaffected. In concentrations of 10(-6)-10(-5) mol.l-1, indomethacin, a blocker of PG biosynthesis, also induces pressure constriction and it raises the basal flow resistance of isolated DA preparations. The results indicate that PGs play a modulator role in the pressure myogenic response of the DA of guinea-pig and rabbit foetuses.
Article: Effect of parenteral administration of carnitine on liver regeneration in partially hepatectomized rats[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Male Wistar rats were subjected to 65-70% hepatectomy and either immediately or 18 h after surgery were given a 6-hour infusion containing 3 ml of either Ringer solution or aqua pro injectione alone or with L-carnitine in doses 8 mg (12.4 mumol), 40 mg (62 mumol) and 200 mg (310.2 mumol)/kg b.w. The rats were killed 6, 18, 24 and 30 h after surgery. The changes in the DNA specific activity and in the mitotic activity demonstrate that L-carnitine has a stimulating, dose-dependent effect on liver regeneration. This effect acts both during early post-hepatectomy, the prereplicative period and in the subsequent replicative period.
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ABSTRACT: The authors studied 1-14C-palmitate metabolism in rat muscle, renal cortex and liver incubated with synthetic hippurate in vitro (1 mmol/l). a) Hippurate did not affect 1-14C-palmitate uptake and utilization in the muscle (hemidiaphragm). b) In the renal cortex it stimulated only the incorporation into total lipids and from the individual lipid fractions into mono- and diglycerides and free fatty acids (FFA). c) In the liver it stimulated the uptake, oxidation to 14CO2 and incorporation into total lipids and, out of the individual lipid fractions, into phospholipids, triacylglycerols and free fatty acids. d) Hippurate already had a significant effect in the concentration of 0.5 mmol/l, i.e. during the development of the disturbance and not just as a supplementary factor in advanced renal insufficiency. It is concluded that, by interfering with fatty acid metabolism, the hippurate present in the serum of patients with renal insufficiency plays an active role in the development of dyslipoproteinaemia in such patients.
Article: Influence of a new antiepileptic drug ORG 6370 on metrazol-induced seizures in rats during ontogenesis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The anticonvulsant action of a new antiepileptic drug ORG 6370 (Organon International B.V.) was studied in 217 male albino rats aged 7, 12, 18, 25 and 90 days. Epileptic phenomena induced by a subcutaneous injection of a 100 mg/kg dose of metrazol (isolated myoclonic jerk, minimal metrazol seizures and major, generalized tonic-clonic metrazol seizures) were used as a model. ORG 6370 did not influence myoclonic jerks or minimal metrazol seizures in those age groups where they were regularly elicited. In 12-day-old rats pretreatment with ORG 6370 led to the appearance of minimal metrazol seizures, a phenomenon rarely seen under control conditions. Major seizures were suppressed only in adult rats with a 20 mg/kg dose; on the other hand, ORG 6370 exhibited a selective action against the tonic phase of major seizures at all stages of development. The profile of action of ORG 6370 is almost the same as that of phenytoin.
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ABSTRACT: In albino rats, as in other mammals, nucleoli with nucleolonemata and compact nucleoli in the stem cells of the erythrocyte and granulocyte series are progressively replaced during maturation and differentiation first by ring shaped nucleoli and then by micronucleoli with low and finally with inhibited RNA synthesis. There are, however, differences between the nucleolar coefficient values and the proportion of ring shaped nucleoli and micronucleoli in maturing neutrophils in the albino rat, the mouse and man. In the case of the erythroblasts, the differences between the proportion of various nucleolar types in the three given species are smaller. The results thus indicate that the developmental trend of nucleolar changes related to cell maturation and differentiation is the same, but that there are interspecies differences because of which the results obtained in one species cannot be applied mechanically to another, i.e. results obtained in a laboratory animal cannot be applied automatically to man.
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ABSTRACT: The problem of space flights called for the need to construct ground-base models which imitate or simulate some reactions of the organism to the complex of spaceflight factors, mainly to microgravity. In this review the processes and models simulating flight factors and their advantages and disadvantages are described. The authors have supplemented the models used until now by a new modification of suspension hypokinesia, so-called safety-pin suspension. This model appears to be simple and inexpensive. It causes relatively weak traumatic stress and this may be demonstrated by daily weighing of the animals.
Article: Analysis of reaching in the rat by the continuous movement monitoring, utilizing the law of magnetic induction[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Successful and unsuccessful reaching attempts in rats were analysed with the aim of resolving the question of the programming of reaching movement. The course of movement was monitored continuously by a method based on the law of magnetic induction. The study of reaching showed that the forelimb extension had the same time course characteristics in both cases of reaching attempts and displayed features of preprogrammed ballistic movement. The course of the consecutive phases (grasping, forelimb flexion) showed differences between successful and unsuccessful attempts and also between individual successful attempts. The variability of the course of grasping and forelimb flexion indicates that a peripheral feedback participates in regulation of its performance and that the information on grasping the pellet is decisive for the subsequent performance of reaching. Reaching as a whole cannot be considered as a preprogrammed ballistic movement, but some of its components correspond to this pattern.
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ABSTRACT: The rôle of the endocrine cells which populate the airways of the lung is uncertain, although it has been suggested that one of their functions might be to regulate the pulmonary vasculature. We have studied the number, content and distribution of these cells in 26 pairs of lungs removed during heart-lung transplantation for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension of various causes, none of which were characterized by plexogenic arteriopathy. In comparison with the controls, there were no differences in the number, content or distribution of these cells, although in two cases of recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism they were aggregated into abnormal disorderly clusters.
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Article: Effect of severe incomplete ischaemia and postischaemic reperfusion on phospholipids and unesterified cholesterol in rabbit spinal cord.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Effect of severe incomplete ischemia, induced by occlusion of the abdominal aorta caudal to the left renal artery for 40 min, and postischemic reperfusion for 6 h, 1 and 4 days on phospholipid composition and unesterified cholesterol concentration was studied in the lumbosacral (L3-S1) spinal cord separated into the gracile fascicle (Fg), dorsal part without Fg (Dp) and ventral part (Vp). Ischemia decreased the inositol phospholipid (PI) concentration in Dp and Vp and this was recovered during reperfusion. Within 6 h following ischemia, ethanolamine (PE) and serine (PS) phospholipid concentrations decreased in Dp and PS also in Vp. During the long reperfusion intervals the concentrations of the two major phospholipids, PE and choline phospholipid (PC) declined in Fg, Dp and Vp. No changes were observed in sphingomyelin (SM). The concentration of unesterified cholesterol (UC) was lower throughout the reperfusion period in Dp and Vp, while the decrease in Fg was delayed. The molar ratio UC/TPL was reduced starting from 24 h of reperfusion. The pattern of changes, which were delayed in the white matter as compared to Dp and Vp (containing the gray matter) indicated severe damage to the membrane structures in the tissue, developed during reoxygenation, that was related to decreased tissue viability.
Article: Vascular smooth muscle cells of male and female rats in culture, migration, proliferation and chromosome number[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The authors evaluated the migratory and proliferative properties and the chromosome number of cultivated male and female smooth muscle cells (SMC) obtained by the explanation method from the thoracic aorta of rats of a conventional and a specific pathogen-free (SPF) breed. It was found that male SMC, in most cases, began to migrate from the explants sooner than female SMC and that they migrated from a higher total number of explants. The time needed for the number of cells in the culture to double (doubling time) was practically the same for male and female SMC, but male SMC attained a higher maximum population density. Male SMC cultures (2nd passage) contained cells with a hyperploid chromosome number, whereas female SMC were diploid. It was also found that SMC from conventional rats, in which the presence of pathogens could be presumed, displayed higher migratory and proliferative capacity than the SMC of SPF rats. The capacity of the SMC of male rats for migration and proliferation could have been potentiated by the effect of a different composition of the intercellular matrix and a different chromosome number, and in conventional rats by the presence of pathogens.
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ABSTRACT: Female Wistar rats in experimental groups were treated subcutaneously with a single dose of 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 or 0.08 mmol CdCl2.kg-1 body weight. Superovulated oocytes were cultivated in vitro for 4 or 14 h up to the stage of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and metaphase II (M II). In all, 606 oocytes were used for the determination obtained document that the Cd content in oocytes of cadmium-treated rats increases from less than 0.1, 1.6 +/- 0.4, 2.8 +/- 0.5, 6.5 +/- 0.3, 10.8 +/- 0.2 pg per oocyte. With and increasing cadmium dose the percentage of oocytes which reached the stage of metaphase II after 14 h of cultivation in vitro, decreased (86.6%, 77.6%, 43%, 4.3% respectively).
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Get out your dancing shoes, it's time to blog
Jan 5th
Pop quiz: Over the next three years, what is the number one skill that will be needed by marketing professionals?
Answer: An ability to entertain.
I realize that is not normally something you would put on a resume. Let me explain.
I often wonder, "Who really has the time to read all these blogs?" Don't you feel a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information coming at you every day? Of course. Who doesn't?
Well, guess what … you ain't seen nothin' yet! 2010 will The Year of Content as the fight for your attention gets much, much more competitive.
Who do you think will win that fight? The organizations with the most riveting content.
What will make that content riveting? It will entertain, it will amaze, it will amuse.
And who is going to make the big money on the social web? Those who can make that entertainment happen.
Yes folks, the ability to entertain will be a white-hot commodity.
Of course creativity and an entertainment factor has always been in demand in advertising circles but I think we are looking at a future where you are going to have to employ Madison-Avenue-quality entertainment value just to get eyeballs to your company blog. Let alone understanding of the message. Let alone engagement. Let alone something that turns into a sales lead. Consumer expectations to be entertained, as well as informed, are rising exponentially. How will you deliver?
I'm not saying there isn't going to be room for serious commentary and discussion. Of course there will. But let's put it this way, if you have a choice to read a blog that's interesting or a blog that is interesting AND consistently entertaining, where will you spend those precious moments of your time? Case closed.
What are you going to do to cut through this rising tsnamai of content with YOUR message? Do you really think a company blog or Facebook page is going to cut it?
As for me, I'm dusting off my dancing shoes. It's Hammer Time. Can't touch this.
Community alert: Jon Buscall, a frequent contributor to {grow} has written an excellent post on this same topic. Jon writes well but he cannot dance worth a shit.
Does Amanda Chapel matter?
Jan 3rd
The mysterious, mean-spirited, self-proclaimed "strumpette" Amanda Chapel is the most divisive personality in the social media movement. She relentlessly shoots poison darts at nearly every voice of authority on the social web. It's typical for her to characterize many of her A-List blogger targets as:
- "Baby babble"
- "Full-on non-stop shameless surreptitious sleaze"
- "The cacophony of dopes"
- "Sacs de douche"
- "Self-important fatuous boobs"
… and worse. But her commentary can also be positively brilliant, insightful, and hilarious. There is no humor so sublime as pomposity pricked.
All this venom sometimes leaves me wondering if she's a just a pesky mosquito annoying everyone at the social media picnic or if she is having a meaningful impact on the evolution of the social web. Does Amanda Chapel even really exist? Does she matter?
I decided to ask her these questions myself. Here is my interview with Amanda Chapel, which was conducted last week via email (I added the hyperlinks):
MWS: You are one of the most reviled personalities on the blogosphere. Why are you so mean?
AC: Actually, that's two separate questions. With regard to "reviled," I am/we are anti the general Web2 Cluetrain commie crap. We poke at the movement's weakest links. We show their Golden Calves for what they actually are, i.e. self-serving buffoons. That said, we also take no prisoners. As such, we lay claim to, and inspire, the inverse of the movement's immature passions … as does anyone who thinks critically … as does any skeptic who refutes a bogus pseudo religion.
As to "mean," I am cutting. Satire and mockery are biting at their best. Poignant is poignant. It's smart and often cuts through the clutter. I also believe that the "David Letterman Beat It To Death School of Comedy" is VERY effective and resonates.
MWS: So you refer to yourself as "we." This begs the question, are you real? Are you even a woman?
AC: The identity issue is so old and tedious frankly. It's been asked and answered SOOOO many times. Sadly, it keeps coming up because the nature of the SMedia crowd tends to be literal minded. Brian's interviews with Bill were pretty explicit.*
"We" means a group represented by a single brand. Asked and answered.
All to say, you can call me Amanda Chapel. That's what we are.
MWS: One of your biggest criticisms is that many of the A-List bloggers don't have the business experience or credentials to have a voice of authority in this space. Why are you different? Why should we listen to you?
AC: I'm not selling anything. I'm questioning. Those two things are NOT on equal footing. "Doubt" is not about credentials, per se; it is about the strength of the argument. That said, we stand on what already exists. The core of our system/Union is NOT enthusiasm; it's rationalism.
MWS: What is pissing you off the most these days?
AC: Most? That'd be Liz Strauss, Brian Solis, and Deepak Chopra. Ironically, as more light has been shed on the ethereal emptiness of the movement, its "evangelists" have gotten bolder and strident. They've become irrepressible caricature. It's like watching amateur Benny Hinns whistle on the way to the bank, having only increased their flocks after being busted on 60 Minutes. Arrrgh.
MWS: You have been one of the most visible voices of dissent for several years. Have you made a difference?
AC: Many say I have made a significant difference. Frankly, I'm not so sure. I think I'm more of a catalyst than a direct agent for change. Our outrageousness with Strumpette,** etc. made it safe for critical thinkers like you, Bill Sledzik, Sean Williams, Joel Postman, Ike Pigott, et al. to occupy the middle.
MWS: Do you have plans to ever shed the Amanda Chapel character or are you in it for the long-haul?
AC: I think the character is only good as long as our argument is relevant. Let's put it this way: most of the failure of Cluetrain, etc. is pretty basic. But it is a bubble that sadly continues to grow. However, the FTC, Congress and business are waking up. I'm certain when the bubble breaks a new canvas will present itself. I'm pretty excited about that actually. It's long overdue.
MWS: So far I have not been the target of your fury. What would I have to do to have you take a crack at me?
AC: We've seen you slip on occasion. But that's rare. To REALLY get our attention, I'd think you'd have to have had a serious head injury.
The title of this post is "Does Amanda Chapel Matter?" so I'll offer an opinion.
One of the most disturbing aspects of power and the social web is the herd mentality. You've seen it. If Chris Brogan, Guy Kawasaki or Jeremiah Oywang burps, it is tweeted 900 times. That burp gets repeated and codified by other bloggers and soon, it becomes a marketing tenet, a "rule" for social media marketing. That's called "group think" and it is DANGEROUS. Maybe we should call it "burp think."
It is difficult to have an impactful, dissenting voice in this arena. It's like yelling for the opposing team at a home Steeler game — You won't be heard and you'll probably be squashed.
But Amanda gets through. She often pisses me off. She's shrill, offensive and sometimes even flat-out wrong … but her message GETS THROUGH. We need that dissent. Even her detractors should admit we need it. Some of the most important and effective dissenters in history have been anonymous "characters" and maybe that's what we need to rise above social media's sycophantic mind muck — a voice who doesn't play nicey-nice all the time.
I think Amanda matters. What about you?
* This refers to a 2008 series of interviews of Brian Connolly by Bill Sledzik. In this interview, Connolly disclosed that the idea for the Amanda Chapel character started while his friends were watching a basketball game. The idea for the "blog of naked PR" was born, complete with an Amanda Chapel backstory. Between 4-7 people have sustained the Chapel character and signed a non-disclosure agreement. "Amanda" would not disclose the identity of the person or persons who answered these questions.
**Strumpette was the Amanda Chapel blog which was discontinued in 2008.
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Wet 'n' Wild Fergie Take on the Day Eyeshadow Primer
285 reviews
86% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.3
Price: $$$
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Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Medium Brown, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I bought backups of this when it was discontinued because I LOVE this product. It works perfectly. My lids are very oily and I've tried lots of products to try to make my eyeshadow stay in place. and this is the only thing that has worked. It makes my shadows and liner last all day, it's easy to work with for a makeup newbie (aka me), and it's affordable. I'm sad that it's discontinued because I would gladly repurchase it forever!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This my first and only eye primer, but I've never felt the need to try anything else. I have extremely oily eyelids and can't wear eyeshadow alone without it disappearing after an hour or two. When I put this on my eyeshadow lasts all day without any creasing whatsoever -- I'll never go without it again. It also works perfectly with Pixie Epoxy which I use with most of my loose indie eyeshadows. You really can't beat the price (I think I paid $2.99) and a tube lasts a really long time since you only need a little dab for both eyes. I'll continue to purchase as long as WnW makes it (hopefully forever!).
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This is so much better than Urban Decay Primer Potion (UDPP), which used to be my favorite. I also used to used and love MAC painterly paint pot, but this fergie primer takes the cake. The Fergie primer is a pale flesh tone color, much less orange than the UDPP. It is a little tackier than UDPP which makes glittery/shimmery eyeshadows last longer too. I feel like my eyeshadows blend better when I use this and my eyehshadow still looks amazing after a 12hr shift. I paid $3.99 for mine, which is a steal. Love, love, love, new holy grail!! P.s. I have had mine awhile and it lasts a long time, mine has never dried out.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
This works better for me than Urban Decay's primer. I was on the hunt for a dupe for that because- let's be honest- it was hard to justify the cost on that little amount of product. Sorry Urban Decay! I stumbled upon this and thought for a buck, hey, why not? And I'm in love. My eyeshadow stays on all day and doesn't crease at all, not even in the outer corners of my eye. Such an affordable product for such amazing quality. I'll never go back from this!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I've tried various eye primer products including NARS, TF, and some other cheaper stuff (also a few Japanese things), but to be honest I kind of feel like the WnW Fergie primer works about the same.
To compare what I remember of the three, I find WvW Fergie primer to be dryer than both NARS and TF - I used to use TF the most after finding that I dislike the doefoot applicator on the NARS. TF, I noticed, tend to separate easier and even with massaging the tube to try to get it to recombine, the output would come out liquidy and thin. I'm unsure if this causes the product to get not as good? I definitely noticed a decrease in performance in the TF after about half the tube (around when it starts to separate). In the case of NARS back when it was on doefoot, as we all know, we'd end up not being able to pick up product from the sides thus it was very wasteful.
With the WvW Fergie, I think it went the opposite direction - instead of getting more liquidy due to separation, it's gotten drier as time went by. I'm pretty sure when I first got my tube it was a bit more liquidy/creamier, but I think a general tend to slightly more dry is pretty normal for a cream product. And I've honestly been using the same tube for so long that it doesn't make me go "oh ugh, it's dry already" (compared to, say, a product I've used for a month and it's already drying).
That said, while I'm sure there is a slight decrease in performance, it still works very excellently and I rarely notice any drastic decrease in staying power on my eye makeup. Basically, when you consider how long you can use a single tube, price per tube, price per oz, and performance over time - this thing would rate muuuuuuuuch higher than the higher end products if only because usage and price ranks much better. Even the higher priced products decrease in performance and separate/dry out, so that's always going to be same.
That said, the best part about this primer is that you can use it for a really long time. TF, as I mentioned, tend to separate within a few months. This product, I find, does no separate. For the first time in my long makeup using career, I'm actually approaching the very end of my first WvW Fergie eye primer tube. I've never approached this with TF before (always tossed due to separating and getting oily looking liquid all over).
As soon as I'm back in the US, I'm purchasing a second tube of this because it's THAT GREAT. there's no point in buying anything more expensive because I know how well this works, and how long it'll last without spoiling/separating/drying out.
I will mention that I think in general this is a thicker product than the other brands (potentially a design decision?), however I never had problems blending this out or becoming patchy - i squeeze out a tiny dollop and pat on lid as the same way i use all primer (no rubbing), and it dries completely clear.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
This is by far the BEST eyeshadow primer I have every used. It keeps eyeshadow in place after all day and all night and will not budge.
The best thing about it is the price! I can never buy another expensive eye primer again, this stuff is amazing!
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I may have a holy grail! I have slightly dry lids and have been using udpp or too faced shadow insurance until I found this. The tiniest speck is enough for both eyes & hangs onto my shadow all day. I swear it is a dupe for the too faced primer - I see absolutely no difference. Very happy with this and I think it's well worth trying at $3 or $4.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Olive, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This primer works just as good as any high end primer. It makes the shadow stay put for the majority of the day and it is very affordable. You only need a little bit. The only problem I had was the few times the product ingredient separated and a little bit of clear product squeezed out but you can get past this if you squeeze a little more until you get the product. Not a big deal since I got it on sale at Walgreens less than $5 and have used it for a year now. The only minor issue I had was there was some patchiness but I think that is only if you apply too much. For the price and what it is I give it full lippies. If there was anything that I felt needed to change to make the product better or more interesting is that I think they should make this product in different shade formulas so that certain shadows can be more enhanced without looking for more things to use as bases.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I tried this on a whim and I'm surely glad I did. I've been loyal to UDPP for 9 years and wasn't able to get to Sephora to pick up a tube when I ran out. The texture of the Take on the Day primer is quite similar to TFSI, which I actually strongly dislike. When I saw the similarity I wasn't very hopeful. Thankfully that's where the similarities end. I do have to use more product than I do with UDPP, but that's ok. My shadow lasts through 12 hours at work. It isn't as vibrant as when i first applied, but 12 hours is a lot to ask for. I will always have this on hand.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I purchase and try a lot of eye primer. I was excited to see the positive reviews for this Fergie primer because of the fantastic price point. I actually only wore this a couple times because I couldn't stand this primer.
The packaging is lovely, like the Too Faced but better because the cap actually allows you to stand it up which would be great when getting to the bottom.
- The product itself is extremely creamy, the texture reminds me of a sunscreen. When the product finally does dry it becomes very patchy on my skin and looks scaly. I wore this all day indoors and one day in the heat and it looked the same in both conditions, a flaked up mess.
I think for the price there is no loss in trying this. I wish it worked but it didn't... at all.
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I want to develop a REST API. REST guidelines specify that the state mustn't be stored on the server side. But the REST methods I want to implement imply user connection management. In order to respect the statelessness, do I need to give the user credentials in each REST method request ? I find that quite inefficient... Isn't there an other more effective way ??
Statelessness is one of the main constrains of a REST architecture, as can be read in the original publication:
So for the credentials you mentioned, you should provide them in each call separately (i.e. Basic Auth + SSL). Of course, this is were "the real world" comes in, and applications start to differ. You might also use OAuth, fixed tokens, etc. but remember that you're then weakening the "RESTfulness" of your API.
Authenticating on every request does not necessarily require passing the username and password on every request. Some systems will take the user name and password, verify it and then create some kind of security token that can be passed on every request instead.
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