... linear function ofthe individual attributes (Pindyck and Rubinfeld, 1981) The logit technique allows examination ofthe effect of a number of variables on the underlying probability of a dichotomous ... the appropriate density of lychee tree was trees per Therefore, they gained lower productivity compared to others Other variables were not significant (Table 1) 127 Factors affecting lychee productivity ... Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy Tru, N.A (2008) The Value Chain Analysis of Lychee in Haiduong Province, Vietnam MS Thesis at the University ofthe Philippines Los...
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... flow-on effect that reduces theproductivityofthe rest ofthe team, so the lost productivity exceeds the wage ofthe absent individual Pauly et al observe that the costs of absenteeism due to illness ... labour, it is also the cost ofthe loss of production from other members ofthe team who rely on the absent worker in their own work (Pauly et al 2002) The implication for the current project ... in the labour force if they were to become employed The outline ofthe paper is as follows: the aims ofthe research and the analytical approach are described in this chapter; a review of the...
... range of questions on the utilization ofthe individual, the conduct of job training, and the individual’s overall performance The supervisor was first asked to describe theproductivityof a ... and the developments associated with it A more advanced understanding ofthe production of military activities would be valuable to the readiness ofthe armed forces, the effectiveness ofthe ... measure the accuracy or success of personnel on specific activities Both of these are acceptable measures, but neither is able to capture the full meaning of personnel productivityThe choice of an...
... are colonial and marine Therefore, we analysed the transcriptome of a more typical member of this class, thecolonial marine hydroid Hydractinia echinata This animal offers attractive features of ... EST clusters with their corresponding EST frequency The x-axis shows the cluster size The y-axis represents the frequency of each cluster size group and the abundance of ESTs The Hydractinia ESTs ... groups The first group consists of 487 sequences, which were also found in the ESTs ofthe Acropora, Hydra and ⁄ or in the Nematostella genome Approximately two-thirds of them might be present in the...
... women from the East and from the West, we see that Asians are often portrayed as being either enraptured or suspicious of their Western counterparts This is an underlining theme in the play, and ... similar to the original play, right up to the surrendering of Song's character What subsequently follows, however, is a complete turning ofthe tables To make matters even worse, the object of his ... today's modern world, women of Asian descent are frowning upon this form stereotyping And that today, Asian women have advanced to the point of being deeply disturbed by these stereotypes Fleck From...
... environment The quality ofthe indoor environment reflects on the health, comfort and productivityof individuals in buildings The main reason for the lack of awareness ofthe problems is due to the ... aware of environmental pollution, acid rain, depletion of ozone, global warming, additives in food, CFCs, so their awareness ofthe impact ofthe places in which they live and work is increasing The ... bodies as the third skin (considering the body as the first skin and clothes as the second skin), which forms a physical barrier to separate the inside from the outside (Walker, 1990) The building...
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... collection, the end ofthe duodenum and the cranial part ofthe cecum were tied and both ends were cut One end ofthe small intestine was at the stand and a conical tube was placed at the other end Then ... decreased compare to that of control Over-dosage of CLA may affect the depression of immune production However, the addition of vitamin ADE and/or selenium to CLA increased the level of immunoglobulin ... ad libitum for the duration ofthe study P re pa ratio n o f CLA CLA was made by the method of Ip et al [18] and extracted from corn oil With a radiochemical purity of 76.1445%, the CLA (c9, t11...
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... 44-136 and 11-11, respectively The LA on the current terminal of each ofthe clones remains a minor part ofthe total LA ofthe tree, until the end ofthe growing season These clonal differences in ... same as that of proleptic branches for the R trichocarpa and hybrid clones in the middle ofthe season, but was only 1/5 the biomass of proleptic branches in clone 111-005 The ratio of total LA ... than that of their sylleptic counterparts The relative proportion of LA on sylleptic branches to LA on proleptic branches in the hybrid clones was intermediate between that ofthe both the parental...
... component ofthe burden of illness and its economic cost [5,6] The financial cost of schizophrenia in the United States in 2002 was estimated to be $62.7 billion [6] In another study ofthe economic ... how often functional activities can be performed: 1, no useful functioning; 2, > 0% to ≤25% ofthe time; 3, > 25% to ≤50% ofthe time; 4, >50% to ≤75% ofthe time; and 5, >75% to ≤100% ofthe ... to the conception and design, as well as the acquisition ofthe data Additionally, HL-S and HA-S contributed to the analysis ofthe data KYJ drafted the manuscript All authors contributed to the...
... emphasized consistently the use of person-specific measures of H-index [3] and total citations Indeed, annually for the past three years, these data have been presented, using the Scopus data base ... not overlook the merits of awards and prizes in evaluating highly accomplished colleagues Awards/prizes can come in two flavors; one as "leading" and the other as "lagging" indicators of scientific ... for the 2009 Retrovirology Prize to recognize a retrovirologist for non-HIV-retrovirology research is open The nomination period will close on October 31, 2009 The rules for nomination and the...
... perspective The budget is defined as the actual direct cost ofthe interventions, i.e the proportion ofthe set (the "needs") that are financed today We use a deterministic model to compute the effect of ... treatment of costs incurred by the patient and/or the family and voluntary caring time In the current study, however, we focus on the issue ofproductivity changes The precise consequences of including ... gains of any particular intervention depend, among other things, on the risk ofthe target group Therefore, the population is stratified according to risk into 108 groups (table 3) The effect of...
... of input use The volume measure of output reflects the goods and services produced by the workforce Numerator ofthe ratio of labor productivity, the volume measure of output is measured either ... one ofthe main problems confronting the construction industry, the construction firm and the construction project As a consequence ofthe importance ofthe construction industry, the nature of ... planed labor productivityof construction projects - To assess the impact strength of these factors on the fluctuation of labor productivity - To analysis the difference in Labor Productivity...
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... Wills contest the manipulation ofthe policy to mask the real reason for the occupation which, they argue, was the pursuit of profit For these two, the concern is not the idea of Benevolent Assimilation ... the “hierarchy of languages”162 in contemporary Philippines At present, English occupies the top ofthe hierarchy as it is the language of higher education, the language ofthe professions, the ... The examples, symptomatic of how the Americans envisioned their enlightenment, refer to the ideas ofthe equality ofthe races (the Civil War) and ofthe separation of church and state (Westphalia)...