... are used We evaluated the influence of context by varying both the position and the size ofthe window of words (i.e., parts of speech) surrounding the candidate compound The window size parameter ... corpus independently of their position (i.e., independently of whether they are heads or modifiers) Consider the compounds cocaine customer and baby calf in Table The likelihood ofthe words cocaine ... taxonomy The frequency ofthe concept pair f (c , c2) could then be estimated by counting the number of times ci corresponding to n I was observed as the modifier of c2 corresponding to the head...
... with the batting performance of other players on the team, but decreases with the quality ofthe team’s pitching Furthermore, a pitcher’s performance increases with the pitching quality ofthe other ... not the case, then v1 > cannot be optimal since the principal would be better off paying zero to player Depending on the value of B as well as the values ofthe other parameters in the game, the ... and the Technology of Production: Evidence from Professional Baseball* This paper examines how the effort choices of workers within the same firm interact with each other In contrast to the existing...
... contributed to drafting the article RM participated in the design ofthe study, led the data collection for the second and third phases ofthe study, led the analysis ofthe qualitative data, and ... contributed to drafting the article EP led the data collection for the first phase ofthe study, contributed to data collection for the other two phases, and led the analysis ofthe quantitative data ... method of analysis We produced a video documentary about each case We used the seven main recommendations that emerged from the advice offered in the interviews to organize much ofthe synthesis of...
... ACHR for the Pan American Health Organization (WHO's regional office for the Americas) The Chair ofthe WHO ACHR, a member ofthe PAHO ACHR, and several WHO staff members were members ofthe project ... prioritized evidence by its quality A higher proportion of organizations producing CPGs, HTAs, or both graded recommendations according to the quality oftheevidence and/or the strength ofthe recommendation ... their evidence- based approach, and much less commonly from their strict conflict -of- interest guidelines, is the main strength of their outputs, while the most commonly cited weaknesses were the...
... are members ofthe ACHR JL is also President ofthe ACHR for the Pan American Health Organization (WHO's regional office for the Americas) The Chair ofthe WHO ACHR, a member ofthe PAHO ACHR, ... examples of success or failure, noting that their role is only to report the research evidence, and the decision about whether and how to act on the research evidence is best left to others The examples ... outside of government complained about the limited role of research evidence in policy decisions (see A.F.2) In contrast, none ofthe directors based in government spoke ofthe limited role of research...
... are members ofthe ACHR JL is also President ofthe ACHR for the Pan American Health Organization (WHO's regional office for the Americas) The Chair ofthe WHO ACHR, a member ofthe PAHO ACHR, ... and in the form of some researchers becoming policymakers themselves, which allowed them to bring to the policymaking process their knowledge of research evidence and their contacts within the research ... members other than the director ofthe organization, an advocate ofthe organization, and at least one critic ofthe organization Sometimes the individuals we interviewed were based in other organizations...
... when the ratio of ICU beds to population is low, as is the case in Israel Deliberate rationing of scarce health resources on the basis of age is highly controversial Like any other form of rationing, ... inconclusive evidence and a motivation to save money A serious confounding factor in the whole discourse on the allocation of intensive care is lack of clarity regarding the prognosis of ventilated ... the ICU A second group of patients is also sent to the regular floor, however, not because they not need intensive care but because the person responsible for the ICU does not have a bed for them...
... squared deviations of every point from the mean ofthe cluster, or by squaring the distance between the cluster means and dividing that by the sum ofthe reciprocals ofthe number of points within ... between the two groups.6 The group average method the distance between groups is the average ofthe distances between all pairs of observations in the two groups.6 It takes the average of all the ... THE COMPARISON OF CLASS EVIDENCE A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Elisa Anne Liszewski In Partial Fulfillment ofthe Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science August...
... included in the analyses (not shown), the significance, or lack thereof, of each variable remains the same Table 1, Panel A, presents a demographic profile ofthe 125 participants included in the results ... participants understood the impact ofthe audit difference on the company’s ability to meet the forecast Participants’ mean rating of task realism was 5.00, above the mid-point ofthe seven-point scale ... regulation, the partner rotation condition indicated the external audit firm rotates the audit partner in charge ofthe engagement every years For the firm rotation condition, the case indicated the audit...
... J ofthe TO F R B^htiD at the close of business on the I day of ^ ^ 192.9 as found upon exami- nation made by the direction and authority ofthe Superintendent Location of Banks ofthe State of ... considered the riskiest assets a bank can hold, then the higher the loan-to-deposit ratio, the higher the deposit rate The larger the bank, as measured by (the log of) total assets, the more it ... Securities other than those ofthe U.S government to earning assets • Interest received to earning assets The presumption was—and still is—that the higher these ratios, the lower the quality ofthe bank's...
... which these putative sub-complexes bind to each other during the assembly ofthe bc1 complex is also unknown Furthermore, as in the case ofthe biogenesis of other multi-subunit complexes ofthe ... that the association ofthe Qcr9p subunit with the bc1 complex precedes the binding of ISP In fact, the direct absence of ISP (DISP), or the block of its insertion into the bc1 complex due to the ... incorporated into the bc1 complex On the other hand, the absence of Qcr9p in the DQCR9 ⁄ DQCR10 strain prevented the binding of ISP (Fig 4B) Interestingly, in the absence of Qcr9p, the catalytic...
... that the toponym of Nh or Nh Hà had been applied to the river until the middle ofthe XIX century When occupying Vietnam, to serve the need for river-name textualization, the French opted for the ... time For these arguments, we lean on the position in favor ofthe French origin ofthe H ng/H ng Hà name 2.2 The second type relates to the Sino or Sino-Vietnamese toponyms indicating the geographical ... represented in the authorized historical records, they, however, are the oldest and the most official and oft-cited terms in history It seems to us that their archaic-ness and their exclusion from the two...
... However, these recommendations are likely to change with the availability of more clinical evidence in the future On the other hand, although it has been found that corticosteroids reduced the risk of ... pericarditis More evidence is required on the efficacy of corticosteroids in other forms of extrapulmonary TB Further, the biological mechanisms underlying the clinical benefit of corticosteroids ... found that corticosteroids confer a survival benefit irrespective ofthe severity of TBM On the other hand, evidence to use of corticosteroids in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infected...
... first part ofthe paper is based upon Multiple Choice Analysis and identifies the determinants ofthe probability of an enterprise declaring itself profitable, on the basis of a projection of discriminating ... higher probability of posting profits Lastly, the evolution of credit over the preceding six months (on the basis of 100 index) provides a measure ofthe actual distribution of bank credit to ... appraisal of their actual behaviors Section two ofthe paper presents a brief description ofthe data base and the way it has been used here The third section presents the main results of a Multiple...
... about the data set IV The Profit Efficiency Effects of Megamer~ers The Level of Profit Efficiency We begin discussing the results with some information on the levels of profit efficiency of merging ... of efficiency The use of total efficiency, the ratio of predicted profits to optimal profits (m/m”), corresponds well to the social benefit concept ofthe real value of output produced less the ... merger In the remainder ofthe analysis, we focus simply on the total efficiency ranks ofthe merging banks, rather than dealing with the cumbersome array of components of efficiency or with the level...
... in the education variables, only the direct effects ofthe years of schooling ofthe head ofthe household, the years of schooling ofthe money manager and the average schooling ofthe heads of ... Sixty-eight percent ofthe banks in the Northeast and 81% ofthe banks in the Central region make loans, while only 35% ofthe banks in the Northeast and 53% ofthe banks in the Central region offer savings ... the joint effect ofthe education ofthe money manager and the villagers If the education of both the money manager and the average education ofthe village heads are increased by one year, the...
... The stages ofthe approach, including the synthesis and assessment of evidence, the application of that evidence to a particular case, and finally the monitoring and reassessment ofthe intervention, ... methods, there is no conclusive evidence on the relative merits ofthe various methods of occlusal reconstruction, or the superiority of one occlusal scheme over another [82] Neither is there any evidence ... comprehensive evidence- based approach to the prevention of oral diseases, an evidence loop has been presented Theevidence for the prevention of oral diseases begins with an understanding ofthe burden of...
... XII OfThe Explanation Of Laws Of Nature Chapter XIII Miscellaneous Examples OfThe Explanation Of Laws Of Nature Chapter XIV OfThe Limits To The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature; And Of Hypotheses ... at the mouth ofthe Dart But it is no part ofthe signification ofthe word John, that the father ofthe person so called bore the same name; nor even ofthe word Dartmouth, to be situated at the ... in the form ofthe expression The father of Socrates”is an example ofthe one kind (since Socrates could not have had two fathers); the author ofthe Iliad,” the murderer of Henri Quatre,” of...
... catalytic center ofthe enzyme These modications may be attributed to either the presence ofthe substrate and/or a product in the vicinity ofthe T2Cu active center rather than to disruption of this ... Na2B2O7, 0.1 The optical density, the concentrations of nitrate [17] and nitrite [18], the pO2 and the pH ofthe medium were monitored, and the composition ofthe gaseous phase in the fermentor ... coupling constant ofthe spectrum ofthe turnover form ofthe T2Cu center are slightly different from that ofthe as-puried form (cf Table 2) which suggests the existence of modications in the catalytic...
... Because the objective ofthe research is inspecting the understanding of CSR importance of officers in Vietnam; the 31 researcher does not use professional software like SPSS The result ofthe research ... conducts the study through Vietnamese officer because the range ofthe research is the impact of CSR and relate to all of Vietnamese‟s perception of its The researcher comes to each individual officer ... ethics” how is defined? in the research papers and in the consciousness ofthe business After finding the common point ofthe concept, he synthesized and introduced the concept of business ethics as...