... sense, since in either case the economic impact on the state and, thus, the size ofthe state's economy, is the same After all, the source oftheimpact is the new job (an expansion ofthe economic ... 1) The Economic Impactofthe University of Northern Iowa on the State of Iowa Cedar Falls, IA: Department of Economics, The University of Northern Iowa Butler, T E (1980) An Estimate ofthe ... applicants forthe position: one is a graduate of a local university and the other is a lifetime resident of another state According to the skill-base approach, if the firm hired the local graduate, then...
... Economics to analyze the economic impactofthe 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impactof another round of bonds to be issued in 2012 Summary of Findings The construction of housing made ... 3.6 THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Map Civic Economics THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ... Economics 10 THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Table – CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF 2006 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS - CONSTRUCTION TOTAL IMPACTS...
... requirement ofthe THO complex forthe expression of long genes [14], the GLAM ratios ofthe two THO mutants were dramatically reduced when compared with the wild type (Fig 6) The absence of effect of ... in the absence or in the presence of sublethal amounts of MPA (B) mRNA levels ofthe transcription units and strains analyzed in (A) cultured in the absence of MPA The relative values ofthe ... exclusively impairing the initial steps of transcription influence equally the Assay for gene length-dependent mRNA biogenesis expression ofthe reporters, independently ofthe length of their 3¢-UTR Results...
... to give the same value to each item for both impact and distress Forthe purposes of this paper, therefore, we chose to evaluate only one set of subscales, those Page of (page number not for citation ... that they were not able to work in the fields or participate in wage labor because of their impairment, subsequently impacting on their endorsement ofthe item The construct validity ofthe PIPP ... communities of Khon Kaen City to establish clarity ofthe questions and the sequence ofthe items Statistical analysis To assess the psychometric properties of each PIPP Impact subscale, the relevant...
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... and, forthe subject ofthe study, the main point is focussed to the capability, for Acuros XB, to manage elemental compositions of some predefined human tissues, and therefore to calculate the ... In Figure the distribution ofthe dose differences is shown also forthe entire lung tissue Due to the rather small portion of lung volume included in the fields (Lung_IN is 11 ± 3% for DIBH and ... in Figure Table reports, for lung tissues, the values ofthe mean and the standard deviation (average ± SD and range over all the ten patients) ofthe histograms ofthe dose difference plans...
... different for VIQ and PIQ; very low in the case ofthe former, but much higher in the case ofthe latter Analysis ofthe IQ scores in our control group suggests the presence of a practice effect Out of ... around the ideal test date: Within the first year forthe month test, and year either side of both the 3- and 5-year test dates The study was not designed as a longitudinal study, but rather as ... the year FSIQ by the number of previous tests taken yielded a p-value of p = 0.02 Forthe 3-year tests, controls taking their second test had a mean FSIQ of 107 (n = 60), compared to a mean of...
... Objectives The objective of this thesis is to study theimpactof imperfect channel estimation on the error performanceofthe Alamouti’s transmission scheme, and to derive closed form BER for various ... encounter the evaluation of probability distribution of a generic quadratic form of CGRV Here, we give the mathematical derivation ofthe probability distribution of this quadratic form The approach ... symbols are superimposed on the data symbols The objective of this investigation is to study theimpactof imperfect channel estimation on the error performanceofthe Alamouti’s transmission...
... uniform, how (do you think) the colour ofthe uniform was decided? * • Do you think employees should have the right to choose what they wear as a uniform? FQ • What you think is the role of (= the ... about the quality or the safety ofthe food? • (Similar to above) In general, are people in China concerned about such matters as the nutritional value ofthe food or the contents ofthe food they ... reason for = the purpose of) uniforms? • (Similar to above) Why some people (have to) wear a uniform? • (Similar to above) What you think are the benefits of (or is the usefulness of) uniforms?...
... Recognition ofthe responsibility of companies to act on climate change, one ofthe most significant challenges ofthe 21st century • Support for elevating the level of international attention to the ... program to offset the CO2 emitted from the production of our hybrid vehicles in the U.S The purchase price ofthe offset is applied to a project that reduces or sequesters the emission of CO2 elsewhere ... future Lincoln Navigator The production-scale pilot at Michigan Truck represents the final test ofthe system before fullscale implementation by the end ofthe decade as part of Ford’s program to deploy...
... writer for Wired, Discover, and other tech and science publications, said, The key challenge ofthe next five years—I say the because ofthe importance of education forthe entire global labor force ... is the relevance ofthe education to the professional future of a person Universities need to strengthen the causality between an education and a professional future, and given the nature ofthe ... more than the absolute minimum they need to know to conduct their jobs The problem, frankly, is the lack of respect for teaching as a profession, including the lack of compensation at the basic...
... where rest-oflife payments are higher for foreign men than native men up to the age of 35 For newborns in the base year, the value of expected tax payments for native men throughout their life ... raises foreign base year net tax payments to the levels observed for natives.58 In 55 See for example Bonin (2001) A comparison ofthe foreign age composition in the year 1981 to the average ofthe ... the age of 20, and pays more in net taxes over the rest of his or her life during working age until the age of 35 For cohorts older than 35, the picture looks different, and foreigners’ rest -of- life...
... ofthe resources of developing countries and their elevation to the level of international concern have obscured the problem of spoliations by national officials ofthe wealth ofthe states of ... leaders The circle of persons liable for acts of indigenous spoliation tracks the list of possible offenders in Article IV ofthe Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ofthe Crime of Genocide, ... ousting of Momoh there was no sign ofthe SSD uniforms Another example of phantom contracts that was brought to the attention ofthe Lynton Nylander Commission of Inquiry was the award of a $20 million...
... goal of this work is to identify the semantic labels of IMs, i.e., the attribute names they implicitly refer to We use Ac to denote the set of IM semantic labels forthe intent class c Other ... we first introduce the forms ofthe semantic features assuming the availability ofthe lexicons We let L denote a lexicon, and WL denote the set of n-grams extracted from L For CRFs, we create ... intent class The first type of lexicon is an IH lexicon comprised of a list of attribute names forthe intent class, e.g., “box of ce” and “review” forthe intent class Movie One easy way of composing...
... help reduce the growing burden of NCDs: • A global analysis ofthe economic impactof NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health • An analysis ofthe costs of scaling ... The content of this report stems from the work published in two separate reports, one led by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health, and the other developed by the ... represent the decisions, policy or views ofthe World Health Organization, the World Economic Forum or the Harvard School of Public Health This overview does not represent an official position of the...
... cost is the value of lost wages forgone by the carer • Replacement valuation is the cost of buying a similar amount of services from the formal care sector • Self-valuation is what carers themselves ... with NSW Health in these studies Dr Blyth also acted as chair ofthe expert reference group forthe report and collated the substantial input from the group ii The high price of pain EXECUTIVE ... provide an estimate of health expenditures due to chronic pain forthe year 2007 However, even the best estimates used forthe AF of chronic pain contain an amount of uncertainty Other explanatory...
... mainly on the theoretical impactof this innovation on the creation of new firms and products, on the empirical evidence about theimpactof its introduction forthe European economy and on the implications ... part ofthe paper translates theimpactof a cost reducing innovation on the European economy Future work may also improve the calibration ofthe theoretical model and the translation ofthe numerical ... reduction ofthe costs of entry and we will differentiate the simulations for cases of slow and rapid adoption to evaluate the range of results The general specification ofthe process of cost...
... language proficiency, lack of knowledge about the application process, and the cost of applying, which at $680 is higher than in most other OECD countries The Economic Value of Citizenship for Immigrants ... transportation and the value ofthe time spent preparing their application and studying forthe language and civics tests.24 In a survey of Latino immigrants who had attended one of a series of citizenship ... Researchers can in theory address some of these problems by using longitudinal data that follow individuals over time and identify the labor market performanceofthe same individuals before and after...