... the growth rate of the Sen mean and compare it to the usual growth rate If the growth rate of the Sen mean is lower than the usual growth rate, then the Gini coefficient rises If the Sen growth rate ... (relative) partial means obtained by finding the mean of the incomes below a specific percentile cutoff (the lower partial means) or above the cutoff (the upper partial means), such as the mean of the ... of growth of each general mean against the parameter a When a = 1, the height of the curve is the usual growth rate of the mean income; a = yields the rate of growth for the geometric mean, and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2015, 19:13
... the growth rate of nominal wages minus the rate of growth in trend labor productivity The Phillips Curve now takes the form ¡ ¢ ∆wt = γ Ut − UtN + εt (7) where ∆w is change in the growth rate of ... before proceeding with the estimation of the parameters, a number of assumptions are required in terms of the behavior of some of the variables and the treatment of some the parameters Modelling the ... unemployment rate and its HP-filtered values The use of the unemployment rate assumes that the initial value of α is 16 This is related to so-called pile-up problem: The ML estimate of the variance of a...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:11
Exergoeconomic performance optimization of an endoreversible intercooled regenerated Brayton cogeneration plant Part 2: Heat conductance allocation and pressure ratio optimization
... of this paper, the dimensionless profit rate ( Π ) of the endoreversible intercooled regenerative Brayton cogeneration plant coupled to constant- temperature heat reservoirs is the function of ... Optimal dimensionless profit rate and corresponding exergetic efficiency Assuming that π = 18 (1 ≤ π ≤ 18) Figure shows the characteristic of the optimal dimensionless profit rate ( Π opt ) versus ... the increase of τ There exists an optimal value of intercooling pressure ratio ( (π )Π ) which leads to a maximum dimensionless profit rate ( Π max ) The max calculation illustrates that when...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58
Tài liệu South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2008 docx
... prevention of sexual transmission of HIV by age group, South Africa 2005 and 2008 52 Table 3.25: Correct knowledge about prevention of sexual transmission of HIV and rejection of major misconceptions of ... Awareness of HIV status in the last 12 months, by sex of respondent, South Africa 2005 and 2008 49 44 47 Figure 3.10: Correct knowledge about prevention of sexual transmission of HIV and rejection of ... rejection of major misconceptions of HIV transmission 53 Figure 3.11: Correct knowledge about prevention of sexual transmission of HIV and rejection of major misconceptions of HIV transmission by MARPs,...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Improving thermostability and catalytic activity of pyranose 2-oxidase from Trametes multicolor by rational and semi-rational design pdf
... rens, all Non-hydrogen atoms all protein Mean B (A2) protein all mc sc Mean B (A2) solvent number of molecules Mean B (A2) cofactor number of atoms rmsd bond lengths (A), angles () Ramachandran: ... bond is offered to Lys542 The loss of the hydrogen bond may or may not affect the precise positioning of the aromatic ring of Tyr456 in the closed state In the absence of a closed complex of E542K ... P2Ox, the effect of the loss of this hydrogen bond on the packing of the substrate loop is difcult to assess However, any mutation that affects the structure and function of the substrate loop and...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20
Interventions linking gender relations and violence with reproductive health and HIV: rationale, effectiveness and gaps pptx
... burden of responsibility for taking care of sick family and community members Lack of male involvement in pregnancy and antenatal care and in prevention of mother-tochild transmission (PMTCT) of ... socio-cultural context of, and factors influencing, the various forms of GBV, sexual abuse of children, definition of masculinity and femininity, and risky SRH behaviour and the effectiveness of the MAP ... impact of sexual and physical abuse by spouse A study of a random sample of Norwegian women’, in British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Simpson G and Kraak G (1998) ‘The illusions of sanctuary...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20
Cancer incidence, mortality and survival by site for 14 regions of the world. pdf
... Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) for urban India and the Annual Survey of Causes of Death (SCD)) for rural areas of India For all other countries lacking vital registration data, cause of death ... distribution of deaths across the broad categories of communicable, non-communicable and injuries, based on estimated total mortality rates and income (21) A regional model pattern of specific causes of ... analyses of specific conditions have been used to improve estimates of the cause of death patterns (12) Cause of death data have been carefully analysed to take into account incomplete coverage of...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21
Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Healthcare A Contextual and Comparative Perspective docx
... the discussion of the meaning of the alternative discourse of ‘priority-setting’ which is offered below Thirdly, definitions of rationing may turn upon the degree of necessity of access to the ... types of treatment’ Similar figures have been reported for Canada: 76 per cent of a survey population of 1,200 members of the public opposed restriction of the range of healthcare services on offer ... Ex parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly: In re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (4) SA 744 209 Government of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo sinh học: " Voice activity detection based on conjugate subspace matching pursuit and likelihood ratio test" doc
... that shows the accurate frequency components of x[m] The procedure of the MP decomposition of five iterations is shown in Fig In each iteration, the component with the maximum of Re{< g, rk >∗ αk ... coefficients of a given frame are obtained Instead of requiring a full reconstruction of a signal, the goal of MP is to extract MP coefficients These coefficients capture the most characters of a signal ... Drawbacks of the DFT coefficients (a) The DFT coefficients of a signal with frequencies: 100, 115, 130, 160, 200 Hz; (b) the accurate frequency components of the signal Fig Decomposition of a noisy...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Voice activity detection based on conjugate subspace matching pursuit and likelihood ratio test" pot
... that shows the accurate frequency components of x[m] The procedure of the MP decomposition of five iterations is shown in Fig In each iteration, the component with the maximum of Re{< g, rk >∗ αk ... coefficients of a given frame are obtained Instead of requiring a full reconstruction of a signal, the goal of MP is to extract MP coefficients These coefficients capture the most characters of a signal ... Drawbacks of the DFT coefficients (a) The DFT coefficients of a signal with frequencies: 100, 115, 130, 160, 200 Hz; (b) the accurate frequency components of the signal Fig Decomposition of a noisy...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo toán học: " Voice activity detection based on conjugate subspace matching pursuit and likelihood ratio test" pot
... that shows the accurate frequency components of x[m] The procedure of the MP decomposition of five iterations is shown in Figure In each iteration, the component with the maximum of Re {< g, rk >* ... coefficients of a given frame are obtained Instead of requiring a full reconstruction of a signal, the goal of MP is to extract MP coefficients These coefficients capture the most characters of a signal ... 0.2 (b) Page of 12 0.8 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 Empirical CDF Gaussian 0.6 0.4 0.2 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 Figure Comparison of empirical and Gaussian CDFs of real part of the MP coefficient of noisy speech...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20
Poverty Orientated Agricultural and Rural Development doc
... average annual population growth of 1.05 per cent, growth of 1.5 per cent in real per capita income and an income elasticity of demand for cereals of 0.12, average annual growth of demand will be 1.05 ... productivity of the land and the peasants’ share of the growth of ground rents These factors are joined by the employment-creating multiplier effects of agricultural growth (in local business) of typically ... A15 Growth rates in rice yields in rural practice in Asian countries (in % p.a.) Percentage of peasant family household income spent on food in Sierra Leone, by income deciles Percentage of peasant...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20
New common sense family planning policy and sex ratio in viet nam
... two sons; a group of men and a group of women from families with at least two girls; a group of single male and a group of single female youths; and a group of men and a group of women from families ... rise of the private sector The intervention of private clinics offering ultrasound services has been met with a good deal of 14 questioning, as well as a degree of criticism, from a number of doctors ... Eighty-seven per cent of people in Bac Ninh live in rural areas As of the end of 2005, there were about 24,958 girls with a general education, accounting for 49 per cent of the total number of pupils; as...
Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 06:46
Báo cáo khoa học: "Hospitalized cancer patients with severe sepsis: analysis of incidence, mortality, and associated costs of care" doc
... occurrence of severe sepsis in cancer patients has been described as a significant cause of death, there is no published national estimate of this problem, nor any description of the variability of severe ... those 40–44 years of age, at which point it became independent of age with an average rate of 38% for those aged 40 years and older In contrast, the noncancer severe sepsis mortality rate increased ... Mix Data Base 1999 State of New Jersey: Department of Health and Senior Services Discharge data UB-92 YTD Tape File 1999 State of New York: State of New York Department of Health SPARCS: 'Expanded...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20
severe paediatric ulcerative colitis - incidence, outcomes and optimal timing for secondline therapy 2008
... of colon luminal width of children older than 11 years of age was similar to data previously published in adults,22 23 with width of up to 60 mm [mean 36 (SD 19) mm] evidence in the absence of ... One (n = 11) reported a lower rate of colectomy than in adults (10%); the other two (n = 13 and n = 20) reported higher rates (45%, 46%).18 27 28 Our 46% steroidrefractory rate, in a much larger ... response rates and longer term outcomes in an otherwise understudied group of patients The population-based sub-analyses reduced the risk of referral bias Documentation of steroid response rates...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:45
Báo cáo y học: "Readmission to a surgical intensive care unit: incidence, outcome and risk factor" ppt
... the source of admission, SAPS II and SOFA scores on admission, SOFAmax, the type of surgery undergone, the presence of sepsis syndromes and parameters of organ function on the day of discharge ... purposes) The readmission rate in our study (13.4%) is higher than rates reported by previous authors [1,4,8,10,15] Rosenberg and Watts [22], reported a mean readmission rate of 6% (range = 5% to ... to 14%) in a systematic review of studies evaluating ICU readmission rates In another recent review of 20 studies, Elliot [7] reported an average readmission rate of 7.8% (range = 0.89% to 19%)...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23
Poverty, Social Services, and Safety Nets in Vietnam
... better off? The aggregate enrollment rates mask large differences between income groups, with the exception of primary education where a fairly high enrollment rate implies that most of the poor ... Nearly the same level of coverage has been achieved with lower secondary schools: 87 percent of rural children of lower secondary school age live in communes which have a lower secondary school ... percent, of out of pocket expenditures—most of which go for drugs User costs also vary across income groups (see Figure 13) Typically the poor spend less than the better off at all levels of the...
Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2016, 09:30