... students of English atthe intermediate level in particular - help us widen our knowledge of English Subjects ofthe study are a group of eighty students of English atthe intermediate levelof Foreign ... deals with the theoretical background Chapter is about the study and presentation of common written English errors of students of English atthe intermediate levelThe description of research ... conscious ofthe importance of doing well in the tests, they tried their best to finish them However, the limitation of time (one hour and 15 minutes) might have decreased theimpactof revision...
... factors as the date of measurement, representativeness ofthe sample, and scope of measurement Differences in findings may be due to a confluence of factors in the design ofthe studies, rather than ... amounts representing the cost ofthe estimated productivity loss This is usually done by calculating thelevelof compensation for the relevant workers either from survey data or BLS averages ... cost of $2.7 billion a year Jacobson and McLay40 provide a similar annual estimate ofthe fuel-use impactof obesity in the US They also estimate that approximately 39 million additional gal of...
... estimates with pessimistic (high) cost estimates, the results suggest that appropriate capital ratios should be in excess of 11% of risk-weighted assets: at 11%, the benefits (4% of GDP) exceed the ... the failure of one bank can cause the contagious failure of other institutions We assume that a bank fails if its capital ratio approaches the Basel II minimum of 4%; for purposes of illustration ... is used The model is calibrated using 2007 data for the five largest UK banks, with a systemic crisis defined as the joint default ofat least two of these banks.8 Figure shows the predicted link...
... impact evaluation techniques to assess the farm -level economic impacts ofthe EBRM technology in Vietnam 1.3 Objectives ofthe Study The general objective ofthe study is to assess the farm -level ... (2009) investigated the importance of EBRM in the light ofthe previous food crisis, and the potential effects of this approach on the position ofthe undernourished The study indicated that hunger ... between the CTBS farmers and the control farmers, before and after the implementation ofthe EBRM Project 313 12 Results ofthe t-test of means to determine the significance ofthe differences in the...
... definition of RH and the reality of selective implementation atthe district level There is therefore a gap between the RH components as stated in the national policy and the components available atthe ... both the national and district levels Priority setting is essentially driven atthe national levelThe study suggests that the national level sets priorities and districts implement them The sector ... What is the place of RH on the list of district priorities? How much attention the media in the district give to RH? Is the RH programme adequately resourced? What is the capacity of districts...
... non-profit that advocates for affordable housing, retained Civic Economics to analyze theeconomicimpactofthe 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impactof another round of bonds ... 3.6 THEECONOMICIMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Map Civic Economics THEECONOMICIMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEECONOMICIMPACT ... of these costs, we elected to take a conservative approach b The costs of these supportive services are here treated as positive in terms of local economicimpact There exists a strong body of...
... EconomicImpactofthe 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 oftheEconomic Impacts ... education) constitutes an economicimpactofthe university on the state However, if the job were offered to the resident from out of state (who would then migrate to Boston to take the job), there ... the process of estimating economicimpact First, estimate the net income received by all graduates ofthe university (who remain in the state after graduation) in excess of what they would have...
... result of its use The designations employed and the presentation ofthe material in this overview not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe World Health Organization ... help reduce the growing burden of NCDs: • A global analysis oftheeconomicimpactof NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health • An analysis ofthe costs of scaling ... was developed by the World Health Organization to simulate theeconomicimpactof diseases on aggregate economic output2 EPIC links the value ofeconomic output to quantities of labour and capital...
... estimates ofthe number of cases in the category (‘n’) and the average cost for that category The product is the total cost (eg the wage rate for lost earnings multiplied by the average number of ... given year, then 50% ofthe cost of musculoskeletal diseases can be attributed to chronic pain Repeating this calculation for the other causes of chronic pain could provide an estimate ofthe total ... be possible to attribute costs of premature mortality in this analysis, the overall view ofthe authors, in the interests of conservatism, is that the evidence on premature death is not strong...
... Data Our approach in the evaluation oftheimpactofthe diffusion of a new general purpose technology as cloud computing is based on macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic data We emphasize the ... more conservative assumption for our macroeconomic investigation One ofthe best reviews ofthe state ofICT in Europe is provided by the eBusiness Watch ofthe European Commission The 2006 e-Business ... 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...
... education with good mathematics and science results This severely limits the number of candidates that can enter ICT- related fields, where mathematics is usually a requirement Analysis oftheICT ... non-specialist ICT provider) The second section ofthe chapter elaborates on the nature, form and context of instruction It identifies the type and levelof courses offered, and elaborates on the nature of ... ofICT intermediate -level provision Organisational features of private ICT providers This section begins with an elaboration ofthe institutional location, size and recent growth ofthe private...
... demonstrated atthelevelof insulinstimulated phosphorylation of IRS1 Experimental procedures Subjects Samples of subcutaneous abdominal fat were obtained from patients atthe University Hospital of ... overnight incubation When the insulin-responsiveness ofthe cells was examined at different concentrations of insulin, we found that insulin enhanced the phosphorylation of PKB at lower concentrations ... phosphorylation ofthe insulin receptor and IRS1 was required to increase the phosphorylation of ERK1 ⁄ (Figs 1C and 5) Our findings indicate that the collagenase treatment to isolate adipocytes from the...
... education with good mathematics and science results This severely limits the number of candidates that can enter ICT- related fields, where mathematics is usually a requirement Analysis oftheICT ... non-specialist ICT provider) The second section ofthe chapter elaborates on the nature, form and context of instruction It identifies the type and levelof courses offered, and elaborates on the nature of ... ofICT intermediate -level provision Organisational features of private ICT providers This section begins with an elaboration ofthe institutional location, size and recent growth ofthe private...
... and magnitude They are of concern to governments because of (i) the negative impact that they can have on innovation, (ii) the threat they pose to the welfare of consumers and (iii) the substantial ... published on the responsibility ofthe Secretary-General ofthe OECD The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein not necessarily reflect the official views ofthe Organisation or ofthe governments ... part in the work ofthe OECD OECD Publishing disseminates widely the results ofthe Organisation’s statistics gathering and research on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as the conventions,...
... estimates ofthe type of calculations potential violators like me would make Of course, the first question I put to the hapless student was to work out the optimal behavior of both the offenders ... observations rather than grouped data, and he carefully analyzed the properties of residuals from earnings-generating equations There are now numerous estimated rates of return to education and ... forming the traditional core of economics Atthe same time, specialists from fields that consider social questions are often attracted to theeconomic way of modelling behavior because ofthe analytical...
... regionalised SPS, atthe latest, by the end of 2013 Further simplifications ofthe CMO Some further simplifications concerning the general market organisation have been introduced in 2007 in the so called ... that the shadow price ofthe milk quota constraint equals the price of milk quota in the calibration phase Although some MS allow almost free trade of milk quota at nation level and others at ... into account that the expert data used for the generation ofthe baseline are at Member State or European level (not regional level) 12 See Annex for further details on the effects of milk use on...
... Figure 3: Feature representation of dialogue D1 The dialogue quality features attempt to capture aspects ofthe naturalness ofthe dialogue Rejections represents the number of times that the system ... results, the error rates ofthe learned classification models are estimated using the resampling method of cross-validation (Weiss and Kulikowski, 1991) In 25-fold cross-validation, the total set of ... However, unlike the efficiency and experimental parameters features, the normalization ofthe dialogue quality features by dialogue length means that rules learned on the basis of these features are...