... nature ofthe recognitionadmission-resolution process We next focus in table 7.3 onthe evolution of two ofthe most closely watched macroeconomic indicators—growth and inflation—in theaftermathof ... to contagion during three recent episodes of currency crises in emerging markets The first of these episodes began with the devaluation ofthe Mexican peso in December 1994 Onthe heels ofthe ... reported in the table are the simple difference between the probability of a crisis conditioned on our composite index of fundamentals, P(C ͉ F), andthe probability of crisis conditioned onthe fundamentals...
... this: The problem is precisely how to extend the span of our utilization of resources beyond the span ofthe control of any one mind; and, therefore, how to dispense with the need of conscious control ... factors of production not depend solely onthe valuation ofthe consumers’ goods but also onthe conditions of supply ofthe various factors of production Only to a mind to which all these facts were ... California and Oregon Now contemplate all the saws and trucks and rope andthe countless other gear used in harvesting and carting the cedar logs to the railroad siding Think of all the persons and the...
... President, the Congress, andthe American people the results of its examination and its conclusions as to the causes ofthe crisis More than two years after the worst ofthe financial crisis, our economy, ... Urban Development, the Office ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (and its successor, the Federal Housing Finance Agency), the Office of Thrift ... regulation—too often rewarded the quick deal, the short-term gain—without proper consideration of long-term consequences Often, those systems encouraged the big bet—where the payoff onthe upside...
... highlights the importance of interprofessional competition in the process of professional formation and development2 Urging a close consideration ofthe interconnectedness and rivalry between professional ... shaping the conditions of their development, he champions the study ofthe negotiation of jurisdictional boundaries between professions : ‘each profession has its activities under various kinds of ... 1976, the Secretary of State for Trade responded to an observation that one ofthe "worst features ofthe affair [London and County] is the fact that the auditors passed the accounts ofthe organisation",...
... on work supported by the US Department of Education Institute of Educa- tion Sciences under Grant Nos R305U040005 and R305D090011, andthe RAND Corporation Any opinions, findings and conclusions ... distinguish them from the other models Because ni depends on δ, by Bayes’ rule the distribution of δ conditional on ni is a function of ni Consequently, assumption implicitly makes ni a predictor of ... distribution ofthe longitudinal data (observed and unobserved) depends onthe pattern of responses Little (1995) also develops a selection model in which the response probability depends on latent...
... division of Random House, Inc., New York RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Duhigg, Charles The power of habit ... fortunes ofthe worst team in the National Football League by focusing on his players’ automatic reactions to subtle on- field cues The second part examines the habits of successful companies and organizations ... recall ofthe past andthe regulation of some emotions The completeness ofthe destruction didn’t surprise Squire—viral encephalitis consumes tissue with a ruthless, almost surgical, precision What...
... Salome, and Helen of Troy Onthe other, it bespeaks ofthe world-harmonizing emotional power ofthe same womanhood, noticeable in the stories about Gaia, Eve, andthe Madonna No wonder then that ... the controlling agencies behind the scenes The theorists have apparently taken it upon themselves to educate the masses and help them escape from their miserable state One ofthe last ofthe theorists ... part ofthe sacred (the authoritative, logical, and rational dimensions of social life) while mythic ones are viewed as part ofthe profane (the secular, hedonistic, and epicurean dimensions of the...
... one of a series of mathematics and science achievement studies conducted under the auspices ofthe International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement TIMSS tested and gathered ... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... data onthe students, the composition ofthe class andthe school, the teacher’s goals and qualifications, andthe administrative structure ofthe school Student work can demonstrate assessment and...
... critical ofthe role ofthe government decried the participation of troops and government of cials’ “private armies of hired thugs.” None of these explanations is wrong (with the exception ofthe ... like these women who stand onthe thin line of survival For the people standing on that thin line of survival between living and becoming a casualty of war, the impact of these actions is of existential ... understand the story ofthe watermelon: she lives in a warzone where one-third ofthe entire population has been forced to flee their homes, and one-twelfth ofthe population have lost their lives...
... purchase one ofthe twelve spots will join the “ultimate peer group,” we are told the “cream ofthe crop,” the “elite ofthe elite ofthe elite.” I can’t help but wonder why none ofthe other UPWers ... shaping their own online and o ine personae These students inhabit a world in which status, income, and self-esteem depend more than ever onthe ability to meet the demands ofthe Culture of Personality ... billion a year, by de nition reveals our conception ofthe ideal self, the one we aspire to become if only we follow the seven principles of this andthe three laws of that I want to know what...
... holder The1997 Constitution, known as the “People’s Constitution”, is a landmark in democratic constitutional reform It provides the basis for the protection of constitutional rights and civil ... liberties ofthe Thai people The drafting and promulgation ofthe Constitution illustrates the successful application ofthe triangle that moves the mountain” The first point of triangle was the Committee ... critics who were concerned, among other things, that the political and economic costs ofthe licenses would outweigh the benefits They feared the imposition of trade and other sanctions from foreign...
... ability of this to make a clinical difference will be a function of whether the patient can understand the information and act upon it This is therefore a function ofthe mobile phone context, ... drawing conclusions ❍ The developed world model of personal ownership of a phone may not be appropriate, and may even be irrelevant, to the developing world where telephones are often shared ❍ Convincing ... dramatic effects onthe use of SMS messaging The implications of this will extend to use of text messaging to convey health information For example, in the UK, the ratio ofthe number of outgoing...
... support the hypothesis ofthe introduction of new PRRSV strains with the same nsp2 deletion patterns from other countries The deletion patterns found in this study could stem from the evolution ofthe ... minor) genetic relationship among the viruses These findings confirmed a total lack of evidence of SHF-like virus in Thailand at least at the time of sample collection Only severe respiratory symptoms ... sequences Therefore, out of 10 Thai PRRSVs in this study had a nucleotide deletion in the nsp2-coding region (or at least in the studied region) The size ofthe partial fragment (nt 885 - 2,205) of the...
... and identification Conclusion The results of this study may assist in the prevention and control of SIV infection in Thailand, especially for H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes Based onthe percentages of ... lesions consist of epithelial disruption and attenuation in the bronchioles with later found hyperplastic proliferation and bronchiolitis obliterans Mild to moderate peribronchiolar and perivascular ... and IHC (Table 1) IFA using nucleoprotein specific monoclonal antibodies was done at the necropsied dates revealing positive apple-green color in the nuclei ofthe alveolar, bronchial and bronchiolar...
... Injury) was an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial designed to investigate the effect of early administration of methylprednisolone onthe risk of death and disability after head ... valid if the odds ratios for each cut-off are the same (the proportional odds assumption) We can, however, interpret the common odds ratio as a summary measure of treatment effect, even if the odds ... can contribute to the detection of a treatment effect The idea of exploiting the ordinal nature of ordered outcome scales is far from a new concept in the statistical community [18] Nevertheless,...
... half-sib and fullsib family phenotypic means and average effects ofthe QTL substitution, andthe variance ofthe half-sib families were estimated under the hypothesis ofthe segregation of a QTL at the ... intercross design between two grand parental populations, respectively one population of grand sires and one population of grand dams The three generations ofthe design were denoted F0, F1, ... haplotypes to perform the discriminant analysis onthe overall population were then theoretically identical (2) The QTL segregated in only one ofthe grand parental populations (say the grand sires) fp(1)...
... the power of these designs However, because ofthe varying sizes of each ofthe nested groups, the numerator ofthe final test statistic used in the analysis of variance to detect the marker-QTL ... the other is a codominant marker The loci are linked with a recombination fraction of r (r’ I r) Let the frequency of allele Q at the QTL be denoted - q) andthe phenotypic distributions ofthe ... use of these designs has been shown to be a function ofthe recombination fraction (r) andthe basic genetic parameters at the QTL, mamely the allelic frequency p (q = -p), the additive and dominant...
... in the ODS HTML output onthe CSSSTYLE= option, the output will also look nearly the same The only remaining difference lies with the FRAME= and RULES= attributes that control borders onthe ... include the contents of another style sheet before making further changes to the styles The syntax is very simple SAS Global Forum 2011 Reporting and Information Visualization Unveiling the Power of ... selector that means the element onthe right must be a descendant ofthe element onthe left This is the most common type of combination in CSS and it can be done using any two selectors, not...
... third set of lessons concerns the long-run effects of financial integration onthe design of stabilization policies, on efficiency and growth andonthe distribution of income and wealth in the Nordic ... periphery ofthe continent The timing andthe nature ofthe deep crises in the two countries were astonishingly similar – it was the crisis ofthe twins To policy-makers and economists the power ofthe ... peacetime Only the depression ofthe 1930s exhibited a larger output loss The depression brought down the rate of inflation significantly From the end ofthe 1980s to the end ofthe 1990s Finland and...
... purchase one ofthe twelve spots will join the “ultimate peer group,” we are told the “cream ofthe crop,” the “elite ofthe elite ofthe elite.” I can’t help but wonder why none ofthe other UPWers ... ministry They focused on one -on- one and small group interactions rather than on large groups, and McHugh helped the students nd rhythms in their lives that allowed them to claim the solitude they ... to innovation As the in uential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion “concentrates the mind onthe tasks in hand, and prevents the dissipation of energy on social and sexual...