... in parenthesis J-Stat denotes the p-value ofthe Jstatistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions are satisfied Excess returns are expressed vis-à-vis the US The data ... J-stat The results refer to the estimation of system (14) by one stage GMM estimation with the optimal weighting matrix being the unity matrix The estimated coefficients ofthe system of equations ... both the domestic country and the US for bonds Standard errors are reported in parenthesis J-Stat denotes the p-value ofthe Jstatistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions...
... combination of these two impacts, auto-enrollment may not be in and of itself driving the ‘all-in’ fee lower Rather, the lower fee may be attributed to some other factors such as the age ofthe plan, the ... composition as compared with the universe In the case of this Study, the share of large plans in the sample is higher than the share of large plans in the 401(k) universe Thus, if the survey responses ... Whether measured by plan assets or number of plan participants, the 2011 sample covers a wide range of plan sizes Because the distribution of plans across the sample differs from the universe of...
... ofthe components ofthe quality of prenatal care used in the Jordan Prenatal Care Study3 Figure 1: Examples ofthe components, sub-components and indicators of quality of prenatal care at the ... and from the clinics themselves A sampling frame was constructed of currently married women below the age of 50, and the sample of women from the community included users ofthe services of private ... management ofthe service facility as one component ofthe quality of care5" QUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES The WHO definition of reproductive health extends beyond the physical...
... characterize thepotential for bioaccumulation and toxicity Although these types of analyses had thepotential to help broaden the scientific underpinnings ofthe PBT analysis, the difficulty of prescribing ... possible risk if the substance enters the environment, with the degree (probability) of risk related to the hazardous nature ofthe substance and the amount of exposure that occurs Therefore, substances ... highlighted the state ofthe science regarding the interpretation of PBT for metals These presentations provided the 44400_C001.fm Page Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:04 AM Assessingthe Hazard of Metals...
... had concerns with the quality of advice in the other quarter In 11% of mystery shops we felt the advice was unsuitable for the customer and in a further 15% the adviser did not gather enough information ... based on the amount of money the customer wanted to invest – to help u establish the level of risk he was willing to take; and • ighlighting the difference between the risk profile ofthe customer’s ... concerned 12 Assessingthe quality of investment advice in the retail banking sector Section – Key causes of poor advice about these failings as the majority ofthe mystery shops based upon the short,...
... the scope of this study, hydraulic fracturing is to be understood as the cycle of operations from the upstream acquisition of water, to chemical mixing ofthe fracturing fluid, injection ofthe ... recovery of a given volume of gas than for recovery ofthe same volume of gas from conventional reservoirs Ofthe order of 50 shale gas wells might be needed to recover the same volume of gas as ... fracturing of some tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part ofthe North Sea and in Ref: AEA/ED57281/Issue Number 17 Support to the identification ofpotential risks for the environment...
... on the PSSA It therefore has an ASA of 80 The school with the lowest level of student achievement across all tests has an average of 13% of its students achieving proficiency on the PSSA It therefore ... interpreted as measures ofthe performance of schools Achievement levels are a product not only of school performance, but also of a wide range of other forces that are outside the control of schools, including ... describes the analyses RAND conducted with the aim of identifying the school’s contribution to student achievement, thereby measuring the performance ofthe school A methodologically valid measure of...
... similar, too.2 Therefore, it would be better to look at whether assessors tend to find the same SCUs (information “nuggets”) in different summaries on the same topic, and whether they annotate them consistently ... If the autoPyramid score is higher than the manual Pyramid score, it means that either (1) the assessor missed relevant strings in this summary, but found them in other summaries; or (2) the ... on the performance of automatic evaluation metrics, which might be unfairly penalized by their inability to emulate random human mistakes Table shows ROUGE-2 (Lin, 2004), one ofthe state -of -the- art...
... is the first such in-depth study.4 The results of our study are of twofold interest First, they provide guidance for the developers of reference resolvers who might prioritize the scope of their ... depending on the syntactic roles ofthe merged components (a) Dependent-Merge This operation is applicable when the head of either the focus or reference terms (of both) matches the head node of on ... form the dependency representation ofthe bridging relation Br and must be provided by the interface between the discourse and the inference systems Clearly, their exact form depends on the set of...
... such as these ignore the cost term ofthe maximization problem and thus assume a uniform cost of annotating each item In this case, the ordering of annotated data A will depend entirely on the algorithm’s ... an important component of a cost model of payment by the hour Since each of these functions depends on factors having a significant effect on the perceived performance ofthe various AL algorithms, ... sentence, l is the number of tokens in the sentence, and c is the number of words in the sentence needing correction For this model, the Relative Standard Error (RSE) is 89.5, and the adjusted...
... local examples of benefits realization, there has so far been only limited evaluation ofthe experience of implementation and ofthe impact of Agenda for Change The results ofthe case study ... on the pay bill in the first full year of implementation The absence of a detailed costing by all the trusts, and the absence of a consistent approach to costing, provides one example ofthe ... The timing of implementation took longer than anticipated, and coverage was not complete at the time ofthe case study research At the time ofthe case studies, from March to May 2007, none of...
... assisted in the analysis and drafted the manuscript MH and TC assisted in the design ofthe study and in the drafting ofthe manuscript SL assisted in the conducting of interviews, analysis ofthe data ... The validation ofthe TRIM-Diabetes/Device followed the analyses as specified in the SAP However, since the factor analyses yielded slight differences from the hypothesized domains, some ofthe ... the data and the drafting ofthe manuscript DMB prepared the analysis plan, conducted the analyses and assisted in the preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... was therefore performed in the "UK finalisation population" set constituted of two-thirds ofthe UK clinical trial subjects The scale structure was then validated in the remaining one-third ofthe ... variability (more than 90% ofthe subjects ticked the same response-choice), the content of one item was inconsistent with that ofthe other items in its dimension, the response-choices of one item were ... properties ofthe final version ofthe VAPI questionnaire Distribution ofthe scores Mean scores ofthe four dimensions and the five individual items were very low, ranging from 1.08 to 1.31 for the...
... characterize the shape ofthe Power Spectral Density: in particular, the Mean Power Frequency and the Centroidal Frequency are respectively representative ofthe barycentre and the dispersion ofthe Power ... Distribution in the frequency domain, i.e the Power Spectral Density F95% is finally representative ofthe overall breadth ofthe Spectrum PPs underwent statistical analysis, and, for each of them, the corresponding ... and then processed to obtain the Centre of Pressure trajectories in both antero/posterior and medio/ lateral directions, CoP = {CoPAP(t), CoPML(t)} The maximum ofthe vertical component of the...
... success or otherwise ofthe movements Objectives The objective ofthe GENTLE/S study was to assess the effectiveness ofthe Robot-mediated therapies (RMT) compared to sling suspension (SS) therapies ... group during the three phases ofthe trial The ABC group during the three phases ofthe trial Comparison between the three phases ofthe trial for the participants in the ABC group ences, it could ... group during the three phases ofthe trial The ACB group during the three phases ofthe trial Comparison between the three phases ofthe trial for the participants in the ACB group Table 3: Multiple...
... critical test of either of these hypotheses we are left with considering which of these type I errors is most severe or unacceptable Since the primary interest in H5N1 is relative to thepotential ... hypothesis as the type I error based on this null hypothesis is the most severe and the probability of making this error should be minimized and controlled While acknowledging that under the ... strictly true, the conclusions drawn from them are not necessarily valid or informative Conclusion As the debate regarding the role of wild birds and domestic fowl in the dispersal of H5N1 continues,...
... assisted in the analysis and drafted the manuscript MH and TC assisted in the design ofthe study and in the drafting ofthe manuscript SL assisted in the conducting of interviews, analysis ofthe data ... The validation ofthe TRIM-Diabetes/Device followed the analyses as specified in the SAP However, since the factor analyses yielded slight differences from the hypothesized domains, some ofthe ... the data and the drafting ofthe manuscript DMB prepared the analysis plan, conducted the analyses and assisted in the preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...