... Konstandina for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
presented on June 21, 2007.
Title: Measuring Efficiency and Explaining Failures in Banking: Application to the
Russian Banking ... their input
and output features. Second, we contribute to modeling failures in the banking
sector by distinguishing three groups of factors affecting fail...
... =
n
N
, where n is the num-
ber of times the word w appeared in the input and N
is the total number of words in the input.
Log-likelihood ratio (LLR) The likelihood ratio λ
(Manning and Schutze, 1999) ... probability (under
a binomial distribution) of observing w in the input
and the background corpus assuming equal proba-
bility of occurrence of w in both and...
... contains at least one of the overused words and
is dated within the peaking interval or the day be-
fore the beginning of the peak. The hits are ranked
based on the number of overused terms contained
in ... that found in the general lan-
guage associated with the mood. Then we form
queries using these “overused” words as well as
the date(s) of the peaking interval...
... efforts to strengthen the banking system aimed at increasing stability,
expanding and improving banking senrices, as well as protecting the interests of depositors and
creditors. Over the course ... goods
and services at the Belarusian Currency and Stock E~change.~
Serious changes in state policy towards privatizing the public sector and attracting foreign
in...
... what goes on in the classroom. And pupils can talk when the
teacher allows them to talk. Therefore the interaction in class is mainly one – way flow.
3.2.3. Questioning strategies and interaction
If ... that, they must also ask the right type of questions. For example, you may want to ask
questions to determine the level of your students’ learning, to increase the...
... and retaining
customers for the purpose of generating profits, improving companies’ competitiveness and
securing market share. Some of the major themes in the business management domain
include ... 2000).
The paramount goal of the marketing domain is to understand the consumer and to influence
buying behaviour. One of the main perspectives of the consumer behav...
... covering the slopes
and tall grass present on most ridge crests. Geological mapping by Otton and Zielinski
(13) show the area to be underlain by interbedded shale, siltstone, and sandstone. ...
resistant sandstone units typically form the hill crests. Hill slopes are underlain by shale,
siltstone, and thin sandstone beds.
The geologic and climatic settings of the Le...
... education and other social indicators than the
Central and Southern Regions. Some 60% of people
living in the Southern Region are in poverty and the
corresponding rates for the Central and Northern Re-
gions ... Cushing, Alfredo Aliaga, Rebecca
Stallings and Shane Ryland, all from ORC Macro, for
input into all facets of the survey design and coordinat-
ing the pret...