Loss Of Analyst Research Articles

Die Hitler in UNS (The Hitler in US): Evil and the Psychoanalytic Situation

In exploring egregious behavior on the part of psychoanalysts, this article attempts to redefine the traditionally ecclesiastical, moralistic notion of evil. Referencing the “Nazification” of the famed Berlin Institute, the vociferous “controversial discussions” at the British Psychoanalytic Society during the London Blitz, and more recent events involving psychologists condoning torture, the author considers evil as a universal potential in context, rather than a fixed social or psychiatric aberration. As such, the dynamic stance of participant observation is put forth as a safeguard against the analyst's loss of self-reflexivity.

Simultaneous Cell Disruption Extraction and Purification Followed by Two-phase Derivatization Procedure for the Determination of Organotin Compounds in Wet Biological Samples by GC–MS

Freeze-dried biological samples used for the determination of organotin compounds (OTCs) involve complicated or tedious pretreatment (e.g., freeze-drying) that may result in loss of analyst or contamination. In the present study, a rapid and accurate method for determination of five kinds of OTCs—monobutyltin (MBT), dibutyltin (DBT), tributyltin (TBT), diphenyltin (DPhT) and triphenyltin (TPhT) in fresh biota samples—was developed and further compared with freeze-dried tissues. It involved a sample preparation method of simultaneous extraction and purification of OTCs in fresh biological samples, which was developed with ultrasonic cell disruption and primary secondary amine (PSA) adsorption, and followed by two-phase (organic solvent and cell membrane phases) derivatization before the analysis by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The extraction efficiency from biota matrices was relatively better with the acetate/acetic acid and tropolone into methanol as extraction agents and primary secondary amine as grease-removing agents. The retention of cell membrane-like materials as well as 25% of ethyl acetate as co-extraction reagents used after centrifugation improved the targeted OTCs’ recoveries. The proposed method, under the optimal condition, has shown satisfactory performance in wet biological samples. The limits of detection obtained were less than 10 ng Sn g−1 ww (wet weight) for all analytes. Spiked recoveries were within the range 89–118% and the relative standard deviations were less than 7% (n = 5) when quantified by matrix-matched calibration curves. Finally, the applicability of this new method was further verified by comparing the results from wet and freeze-dried oyster tissues collected from two coastal cities in China.

Does Change in Information Environment Affect the Choice between Bank Debt and Public Debt?

Using brokerage mergers and closures as natural experiments, we examine how exogenous changes in the information environment affect a firm’s choice between bank debt and public debt. Our difference-in-differences approach shows that exogenous increases in information asymmetry lead firms to substitute away from public debt towards bank debt, which is consistent with predictions in the theoretical literature that public bondholders are more sensitive than banks to information asymmetry problems. We also demonstrate that the effect of the change in the information environment on a firm’s debt choice is more pronounced for firms with low initial analyst coverage, for firms losing star analysts, and for firms with high asset substitution risk. Importantly, this paper directly tests the underlying assumption behind the theoretical framework by documenting an instantaneous negative bond market reaction, an insignificant change in bank loan spread, a reduced bond issuance and an increased bank loan issuance for firms with analyst loss.