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... value ofthe trigram model is the low- est, there is no statistical significance between it and any ofthe three PLTIGs. The relative sta- tistical significance between the various types of models ... Table 2. In any case, the slight language modeling advantage ofthe tri- gram model is offset by its inability to handle parsing. Our ATIS results agree with the findings of Pereira and Schabes ... similarities to the results from the ATIS corpus. All three variants ofthe PLTIG formal- ism have converged at a faster rate and have far better language modeling scores than any of the PCFGs....
... ofthe studies reviewed here used the firm as the unit of analysis. The remaining fifteen studies adopted ex-port venture as the unit of analysis. In the case of using the firm as the unit of ... Academy of Marketing Science. Sousa / Export Performance Measurement: AnEvaluationoftheEmpirical Research in the Literature 1Export Performance Measurement: AnEvaluationoftheEmpirical ... use either the firm level or the export venture as the unit of analysis. The vast majority ofthe reviewed studies assessed export performance at the firm level (28 out of 43), which can be...
... should concern: the audience, the aims, the content, and the methodology.13 3. Significance ofthe thesis The findings ofthe thesis will be useful not only to the researcher, and the course book ... plays an important part in the process of language teaching and learning. It makes the teaching materials more relevant to the needs of students and to the objectives ofthe course, and therefore, ... with the results of document and material analysis. 3.2.2. The Suitability ofthe Material to the Content Requirements ofthe Course* Language points and macro- skills Language points and language...
... dedi-cation, and service and the excellent OIT staff for their assistance, cooperation,and professionalism. The chair thanks all ofthe participants for their insights andstimulating discussions and the ... Parks, and Marsha Quinn ofthe Department of Energy’s Office of In-dustrial Technology. The committee is particularly grateful to Jim Quinn andDenise Swink and the staff ofthe Office of Industrial ... program and recommen-dations for the future focus ofthe program, as well as an assessment ofthe impli-cations for the entire OIT program and the transition to the IOF strategy (NRC,1997). The...
... comment, the video is well done and the narrator gives a good performance and so our critique ofthe video is primarily meant to reflect on the content and organization ofthe video. The errors ... vaginal use” and “Any use of Trojan Brand Latex Condoms for other than vaginal intercourse can increase the potential damage to the condom.”62 A full discussion ofthe increased risks of anal sex ... advise changing the subjects ofthe myths to a “man and a woman” rather than a “boy and girl.” This may seem like an insignificant change but we think it provides reinforcement for the reality...
... on the sale of their products for the life ofthe patent and prevent others from using the patented technology for the life ofthe patent. Although the justification for patents is that they ... companies, necessitating the need for Australian companies to negotiate access deals with these companies.26 The impact of gene patenting and licensing on the development ofthe Australian ... advantage of advances in biotechnology ( the industry ofthe 21st century”) to improve the health ofthe Australian population, to build the economy and to create valuable jobs.15 The...
... dummy is the mean difference between the value ofthe variable in the year and the country-specificaverage of the value of the variable in the two pre-crisis years.Table 7 contains the regression ... University.Chang, Roberto, and Andres Velasco, 1997, OFinancial Fragility and the Exchange RateRegimeg, Working Paper No. 16, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta., 1998, OFinancial Crises ... characteristic of interest. A positive and significant sign for the interaction termindicates that the difference between the value ofthe variable in the period of interest and the pre-crisis...
... 1996, Lavy and others 1996, Mwabu and others 1993), anddrinking water (Brockerhoff and Derose 1996, Lee and others 1997). The main conclusions ofthe study are as follows. Although the social ... with the health interventions.This article provides an overview ofthe results ofan impact evaluation study of the Bolivian Social Investment Fund (sif) and the methodological choices andJohn ... sharedwith the government of Bolivia in 1999, the sif and the Ministry of Educationhave devoted much effort to changing the projects financed through the sif. Theynow give more attention to the “software”...
... occurred over the period ofthe analysis, as well as for economic and monetary regime changes, such as the creation ofthe monetary union and the introduction ofthe euro. A list ofthe variables ... representing the views ofthe European Central Bank (ECB). The views expressed are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect those ofthe ECB.1 We are grateful to participants ofan ECB ... share of GDP); (iv) the depth ofthe financial system and other financial indicators, as proxied by the share of domestic private credit in GDP and the long-term interest rate; (v) indicators of...