... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... one of these studies collected data on the number of poultry kept by the sampled households in the study year and, in the case of Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana, on the number of poultry sold andthe ... income and wealth According to this method of matching, the two groups—which include the treatment group of households representing the result ofthe HPAI-induced supply -and- demand shocks andthe ... and supply shocks (all other scenarios), as well as theimpactofthe supply shocks on poultry keepers of different scales The duration ofthe livelihoods impacts of these shocks are assumed...
... numbers of HIV-positive individuals being enrolled onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand theimpactof HAART use on the quality of lives of ... Africa, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not the side-effect profile of HAART may adversely affect the HRQoL of HIVpositive individuals More data about theimpactof HAART and HAARTrelated ... association In the developed world, symptoms have been shown to impact negatively on both physical and mental HRQoL [10,31] However, the nature ofthe symptoms and whether they were attributed to the disease...
... satisfaction andtheimpactof stroke The results oftheimpactof stroke in everyday life andthe association with the dyads combined life satisfaction are presented in Table These results show that the ... perceived life satisfaction ofthe dyads, the perceived level ofimpactofthe stroke in everyday life for the persons with stroke andthe perceived level of burden of care for the caregiver Life Satisfaction ... contributed to the design ofthe study, data analysis and to the revision ofthe manuscript KT was responsible for initiating and planning the study, contributed to the design ofthe study and was instrumental...
... recent years there was a lack of good evidence on the strength and nature ofthe association between TB and DM At present recognition ofthe association between diabetes and TB is low The link goes ... risk ofthe adverse combination of TB and diabetes The potential importance ofthe relationships in international migrants, moving from Africa to richer parts ofthe world, is poorly researched and ... between diabetes and tuberculosis[28] In order to gain a better awareness ofthe effect of ethnicity upon the strength ofthe RR of individuals with DM for contracting TB further investigation...
... statistics andthe research design controls for the composition of firms andthe time of day ofthe announcements The univariate approach provides an intraday profile ofthe variables of interest ... unchanged when we standardize the quoted spreads and depths by the beginning ofthe year price andthe average daily volume rather than their respective averages 21 The accuracy ofthe DJNS time stamp ... decreases after the announcement However, these studies exclude the day before andthe day ofthe announcement, because of concerns over the accuracy ofthe announcement date.15 Yet these are the periods...
... terms, there were, simultaneously, other strategic interests being pursued by both the Singaporeans and Indonesians under the cover ofthe moral argument This two-pronged pursuit of moral ideals and ... Singapore-Indonesia relations in the years 1965 to 1973 in the form of enduring lessons learnt about the other from the experience ofthe Confrontation years ii List of Abbreviations ABRI: Angkatan ... strategic interests was played out in the political, military, economic and diplomatic fronts of Confrontation, which also reflects the move towards the closure ofthe conflict In addition, Singapore’s...
... by the objectives and ambitions ofthe Malayan, Indonesian and Singaporean leadership One such pitfall was the pressing concerns ofthe Indonesians on the question of whether the people ofthe ... territories of ‗Nusantara‘ or pre-historical Indonesia, which consisted ofthe eight groups of islands ofthe Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Southeastern Islands, the islands of Sulawesi, the ... on the re-organisation ofthe International Relations of Southeast Asia This is presented through the explanation of why Malaysia fell apart with the secession of Singapore andtheimpact of...
... political and military fronts of Confrontation, 1963-1965: Creating a new Southeast Asia 135 5.1 The systemic imperatives ofthe political theatre of Confrontation 140 5.2 The avoidance of war on the ... Malaysia plan andthe Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) 60 Conclusions 68 Chapter 3: The proximate “causes” of Confrontation, 1962-1963: On the concept of Malaysia 72 3.1 The question ofthe North ... revolution, andthe search for a post-colonial identity 45 2.3 Singapore and Confrontation as the continuation ofthe confrontation over West Irian 51 2.4 The fear of communism, the Tunku’s Greater...
... policies the utilisation of many ofthe restricted antibiotics was decreased andthe trend of resistance rates became downwards after implementation of NARP The amount of money saved increased further ... restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption of these quinolones was unsurprisingly high Besides that the use of oral quinolones for maintenance may contribute to the significant ... specialists just for the first 72 h of treatment but further utilization required IDS approval In this multicenter study we aimed to assess theimpactofthe antibiotic restriction policy on the antibiotic...
... upgrading in the relevant sectors (Kumar, 1998) In the case of Thailand, this is relevant in the electronics and automobile sectors, two ofthe most important recipients of FDI The influx of new foreign ... programs of trade and investment liberalization and domestic economic reforms While Thailand was one ofthe most open economies, the crisis has greatly extended the role andimpactof FDI in ... In the period ofthe crisis, the importance of FDI as a potential source of net capital inflows has been emphasized At the same time, however, it is important to point out that theimpact of...
... example, evaluated the causes ofthe Great Depression and found that the collapse ofthe financial system - more specifically, the failure of roughly half the banks in the US between 1930 and 1933 - ... andthe role these play in affecting the economy more broadly The large body of literature reviewing the ‘bank lending channel’ for the effects of monetary policy on the volume of credit in the ... capital and credit supply: Measuring theimpactof prudential standards One notable study that addresses the problem of a lack of heterogeneity of capital requirements and assesses the impact...
... Understanding the surprise component of these announcements is important in order to understand how much of their effect on the day ofthe announcement was already priced in In the case ofthe U.S ... in the case of Federal Reserve announcements, with the effect on the S&P 500 significant at 5percent, and in four of six markets in the case of Bank of England announcements, though none of these ... identify “news” about their recent programs of asset purchases We concentrate on the programs ofthe Federal Reserve andthe Bank of England These central banks both rapidly brought their policy rates...
... inventory of IND drugsand vaccines for CBW defense? There are three problems First, the ease of use of licensed drugs is substantially greater than the ease of use of not-yet-approved drugsThe decision ... shipment and storage of drugs, disposition of unused IND drugs, and submission of annual and other reports In 1993–1994, the military again failed the recordkeeping requirements for the use of tick-borne ... did not examine theimpactof this new office on DoD-FDA relations or the production of chemical and biological defense vaccines and pharmaceuticals x The Acquisition ofDrugsand Biologics for...
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... producing the 25-best list for the reranker The log figure of merit is the sum ofthe log language model probability andthe log channel model probability plus 1.5 times the number of edits in the sentence ... either the repair can end or else a sequence of words can be inserted in the reparandum At the end of each repair, a (possibly null) interregnum is appended to the reparandum We will look at these ... is, they seem to involve “crossed” dependencies between the reparandum andthe repair Example (3) shows the crossing dependencies As this example also shows, the repair often contains many of the...
... whether they received the SCP and whether they believe it has improved the communication between themselves andthe gynecologist, and between themselves and their patient Sample size The initial patient ... Eindhoven, The Netherlands 3Department of Gynecology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands 4Department of Gynecology, TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg and Waalwijk, The Netherlands 5Department of ... Veldhoven and Eindhoven, The Netherlands Department of Gynecology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Department of Gynecology, St Anna Hospital, Geldrop and Eindhoven, The Netherlands...
... ofthe debate In 2006 the then Secretary ofthe Department ofthe Prime Minister and Cabinet, Dr Peter Shergold, described the ‘Children Overboard’ affair andthe mistreatment of Cornelia Rau and ... provide the same high standard of policy advice, implementation and professional support, irrespective of which political party is in power This is at the core ofthe professionalism ofthe APS The ... Nevertheless, the APS Values are the artefact of legislation, and reflect the views ofthe executive andthe Parliament at a particular point in time about the conduct of public administration Their...
... emissions of other harmful pollutants Studies on concentrations of individual 35 I Air Pollution andthe Health of New Yorkers: TheImpactof Fine Particles and Ozone air pollutants andthe risk of ... policies and behaviors, and will require significant investments in new vehicles and other equipment Local officials andthe public, therefore, must understand the magnitude and distribution of mortality ... mortality and illnesses Air Pollution andthe Health of New Yorkers: TheImpactof Fine Particles and Ozone I of deaths, hospital admissions and emergency department visits (Tables and 2) Ozone...