... important to note that despite the name “light licensing” the possession of such a license still gives the link operator the same full benefitsof a traditional link license, including link registration, ... register for any number of individual e-band link in the USA and its territories. Application for an e-band license is via the website of one of three database managers. The FCC has selected ... managers ofthe link registration process and custodians of a central e-band link database. Registration involves simply logging onto any one ofthe three database manager’s websites, entering the...
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... pairs The results refer to the estimation of system (14) by one stage GMM estimation with the optimal weighting matrix being the unity matrix. The estimated coefficients ofthe system of equations ... the domestic country and the US for bonds. Standard errors are reported in parenthesis. J-Stat denotes the p-value ofthe J-statistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions ... The US SDF and estimated expected excess returns The results refer to the estimation of system (16) by one stage GMM estimation with the optimal weighting matrix being the unity matrix. The...
... Change in the EFILevel ofthe EFILevel ofthe EFILevel ofthe EFILevel of a version ofthe EFI with different weightsLevel ofthe Scully-Slottjeeconomic freedom indexLevel ofthe Scully-Slottjeeconomic ... comparison to other empirical results,12are the two negative relationshipsdetected. They imply that the smaller the size of government and the more freedomto trade with foreigners, the slower the growth ... figure 1.9As the figure shows, the one-fifth of countries VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 2, FALL 2003 THE BENEFITSOF ECONOMIC FREEDOM ✦ 203Figure 2: Economic Freedom and the Income Share ofthe Poorest...
... some information to the other to help reduce the number of choices be- ing considered. Only when the parser has analyzed a unit that carries some part ofthe meaning ofthe sentence (such ... alternatives. The algorithm for the unified process: Given: A set of feasible attachments {AI} where each Ai is a fist ofthe two syntactic nodes being attached, the level of syntactic preference, ... ference ofthe Cognitive Science Society, Atlanta, GA, Aug 1994. 312 REAPING THEBENEFITSOF INTERACTIVE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS* Kavi Mahesh Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing...
... 2002a). The current ten oldest countries in the world are shown below in terms ofthe median age of their populations (Table 2). In 2000, 40 per cent or more ofthe populations of these countries ... productivity. Assessments ofthe value of this work to the economy vary depending upon the estimated number of volunteer hours and the method of valuing the contribution. For example, the work done by ... are at the peak of their earning power. They have paid off their mortgages and are expected to have considerable discretionary income and savings. Given the ageing ofthe population, the spending...
... this is the role of the competition theory. Because the identification theory preventsmonopolization of even more features than the competition theory, the identification theory ... competition theory, are nonfunctional. Applying each of the above six tests to the three examples confirms the affinity of thesetests for the competition theory.Under the comparable ... Accordingly, these six tests alignthemselves more readily with the competition theory than with the identification theory.IV THE Two TEoRIEs OF FUNCTIONALrIY AND THE AESTHETICFUNGT1ONALrIY...
... equivalent to adding 6.7 percent to the value ofthe crop in the biotech-growing countries or adding the equivalent of 5.6 percent to the $55 billion value ofthe global soybean crop in 2006.18Cost ... significant impact in the U.S. and other countries. Its most significant conclusions include: (1) There is no evidence ofthe existence of unique hazards, either in the use of rDNA biotechnology ... those that might arise from other ways of altering the genome of an organism, such as conventional breeding…While there may be limitations to the application ofthe substantial equivalence approach...
... members ofthe population aged 16–64, who are in the labour force at the time ofthe survey; for the wage regressions, only full-time employees are included. The wage data is for the year 2005. The ... a brief overview ofthe evolution of immigrant labour market outcomes over the past 30 years. We then provide a snapshot ofthe more recent situation by presenting estimates of immigrant wage ... percentage earnings gaps by cohort for the years 1980–2000. One ofthe contributions ofthe present work is to update these estimates using the 2006 data and to extend the analysis to include unemployment....
... are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Insti-tute of Medicine. The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were ... extend the lifetime of TRMM beyond the originalanticipated maximum length ofthe mission thereby enhancing the value of the data from TRMM to science and operations. The committee found the following:ã ... research benefitsof extending 12 ASSESSMENT OFTHEBENEFITSOF EXTENDING TRMMforced in approximately December 2005. At that point the agency will have toweigh the societal benefitsof TRMM...
... to the concentration of traffic15 and in other London shopping streets, tenants on the asphalted side of a road compare their situation unfavourably with the tenants on the other side ofthe ... notice the opportunities to spend. The key issue though is the improvement in the quality ofthe urban environment that results from a rise in the volume of walkers and a fall in the dominance of ... higher rents or the attraction of new tenants/businesses.ã Thereputationofcertainareasandthebusinessesthatareresident in them is based on the quality ofthe public realm. ã Thereisevidencethatimprovingwalkingandcyclingenvironments...
... report documents the results ofthe first phase of a two-phase studyconducted for the Office of Electricity Transmission and Distribution ofthe U.S.Department of Energy (DOE) and the Pacific Northwest ... profits. Table 2.2 reformulates benefits to electricitysuppliers and end-users in terms of intermediate and final benefits. Benefits Often Are Not Independent of Each OtherMany ofthe final benefits ... evaluate the effect of demand response on expenditures but do not include the results in their conservative scenario “because ofthe wide range of these estimates and the fact thatthey possibly...
... achieving proficiency on the PSSA. It therefore has an ASA of 80. The school with the lowest level of student achievement across all tests has an average of 13% of its students achieving proficiency ... not randomly assigned to schools, there is no way to perfectly distinguish the effects ofschools from the effects of non-school factors. Nevertheless, careful analysis of student-level data can ... gains for the students they serve, but that also bring their students to high absolute levels of achievement. Initial discussions with the Board of Education ofthe Pittsburgh Public Schools...
... discussion ofthe theme, locating it in the wider literature. The extent of this discussion varies; the theoretical debate onsocial capital is less mature and more in flux than on the other themes, ... level of understanding. The final chapter revisits the principal themes and drawstogether the main conclusions ofthe work; it also raises some further theoreticalconsiderations, and offers ... product ofthe skills individuals are able to deploy, ofthe sets of relation-ships in which they are involved and of their personal outlook on life and view of themselves; and all these factors...