... estimator, theimpactofthe discretization, theimpactofthe inference algorithm, and the influence of sample and network size The section concludes with the identification ofthe best combination of ... synthetic data generator, the description ofthe real data setting, and the related discussions ofthe results Section concludes the paper Estimators ofInformation An information theoretic network inference ... and Pearson) onthe mutual information computation once a hypothesis of normality is done Interestingly enough, the Spearman- and the Pearson-based information estimators emerge as the most competitive...
... 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 relations on ... literature onthe estimation of panel regressions and the inconsistency that can arise in that context Much of that literature deals with the bias ofthe fixed effects 19 The price puzzle arises because ... triggered by the adoption of tight monetary policy in Germany to offset the aggregate demand effects of German Reunification The figure indicates that following the collapse ofthe “bubble economy”...
... the questionnaire The results ofthe questionnaire are presented in the following sections IV.5.1 Result ofthe first part ofthe questionnaire Table indicates the results ofthe first part of ... week the students handed in a “weekly reading log” detailing informationonthe texts they had read and the amount of time spent on reading during that week Theinformationofthe amount of reading ... increase the validity ofthe later generalization ofthe result to the population Involving the generalization ofthe results, extraneous variables need controlling prior to the experimental like the...
... (for the case of swept frequency measurements) to extract the channel impulse response ofthe channel In theory, convolution ofthe impulse response with an information signal (such as one used ... Tbb the paths are not completely resolved and the contribution ofthe second term of (2.47) depends on relative difference in the multipath phases and the value ofthe autocorrelation function ... propagation were considered separately However, any practical communication system will make useof all of these concepts to facilitate the transfer ofinformation from one location to another Classically,...
... the sum of all students in the class This then raises the question ofthe validity and authority of knowledge gained over the Internet How can the learner be sure ofthe sources of information? ... other in some way The professor's expertise is used to estimate the effects of changing one variable on all the others Users are then asked to input their own data and/or make decisions, and the ... explanations or answers not previously considered by the designer ofthe multiple choice questions Consequently, a more common form of response is theuseof words or phrases, usually typed into the...
... necessary condition for the possibility of aesthetic nature, which is itself vital for a 'rich' life The junction ofthe ethical and the aesthetic leads Seel to the moral proposition that the conservation ... depend onthe degree of freedom but on our ability to acknowledge its freedom Therefore the potential freedom of existing nature is a condition for the imaginative construction of aesthetic nature ... introduction onthe subject His description of fantasy brings us closer to understanding the meaning ofthe term of imagination According to him, the concept of fantasy is nowadays often related...
... scales The duration ofthe livelihoods impacts of these shocks are assumed to be one year This is because the variables used to derive the impacts of these shocks (which include whether or not the ... mentioned in Section 3, the duration of these shocks onthe livelihoods outcomes are assumed to be annual, since the variables used to derive theimpactofthe shocks (whether or not the household had ... and asset portfolio rather than solely the poultry income, thereby providing a more accurate measure oftheimpactofthe disease If one looked only at theimpactof HPAI onthe income from poultry...
... BRIEF TheUseofthe Internet for Information and Learning Purposes Over the last few years, the Internet has had a profound effect onthe private and professional lives of European citizens, offering ... collaboration with DG Education and Culture, Directorate A, Unit A1 (Lifelong Learning: contribution to the Lisbon process) The IPTS contribution to the strategic policy work of DG EAC consists of techno-economic ... Eurostat data ontheuseofthe Internet for seeking information with the purpose of learning (2009) IPTS LEARNING 2.0 POLICY BRIEF However, only 5% of Europeans used the Internet for doing an online...
... org/education/apeid/news/news-details/article/consultation-meeting -on -the- impact- of- theeconomic-crisis -on- higher-education-in-asia-and -the- pacific UNESCO Bangkok 2010 Information Note Regional Seminar ontheImpactofthe Economic Crisis on Higher Education ... framework containing three basic research questions: what is theimpactofthe economic crisis on higher education budgets and government responses to cushion the impact; what is theimpactofthe ... staff) The expansion ofthe role ofthe private sector has been a key feature in the transformation ofthe Hong Kong higher education system The system consists of 12 UGC-funded higher education...
... Regulation, the CEPR conference on Bank Crisis Prevention and Resolution, the European Finance Association Conference, the Reserve Bank of Chicago Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, the ... in the midst of a crisis, in which case the effects ofthe guarantees onthe portfolio risk of banks are confounded by the effects ofthe crisis itself on portfolio risk of banks To disentangle the ... spreads of savings banks’ bonds increased upon the announcement ofthe decision to remove the guarantee, while the yield spread of bonds issued by the control group remained unchanged In light of the...
... and the nature ofthe process or other conditions of receipt The intention to sell or usethe allowances links into the questions regarding provisions and assets in the books of emitters or traders ... – Central allocation by an EU body – i.e no more national allocation plans – Auction process rather than free allocation – Inclusion of other greenhouse gases – Inclusion of other industries such ... schemes These are both part ofthe regulated trading environment and should not be confused with the voluntary/unregulated sector which is part ofthe corporate and social ‘greening’ phenomenon of the...
... ofthe situation The theoretical issue is often not one of economic and sociological arguments conflicting, but rather ofthe weakness of both in understanding how actors with simultaneous economic ... out others in the bank for information (about the clients or about the details of a certain type of deal) and for approval Under conditions of uncertainty about the nature ofthe deal or the client, ... “structural holes” in the network 4) The Interpenetration of Economic and Non-Economic Action Much social life revolves around a non-economic focus Therefore, when economic and noneconomic activity...
... heart ofthe American university is intellectual training, the awakening ofthe whole [person], the thorough introduction ofthe student to the life of America and ofthe modern world, the completion ... address the economic returns of education Our first discussion concerns private returns on education: the economic benefits to the individual We then take a close look at the economic benefits to the ... examination ofthe human capital foundations of arguments about the contributions of higher education to economic growth, Ashworth (1998) chose an empirical route He tests the presumption of economic...
... that the effect of related variety on regional employment growth is conditioned by the technological intensity ofthe local sectors involved JEL Codes: D62, O18, R11 Introduction In the context of ... recently, the key question was whether regions should be mainly specialized, or whether the economic composition of regions should be mainly diversified Especially, the importance of regional diversity ... regions, particularly related variety Section contains the empirical framework that describes the evolution ofthe Finnish economy from 1993 onwards in greater detail, and then elaborates on the...
... 379 ofthe 538 assignee names These names are not retrievable by the baseline system, and thus form the main target for our classifier The second row of Table reports onthe distribution ofthe ... compiled the corpus in order to assess theimpactof misspelled companies on patent retrieval and the effectiveness of our classifier to detect them.3 The corpus is built onthe basis of 132 825 ... name q with the first |q| words ofthe assignee name a: SoftTfIdf The SoftTfIdf metric is considered, since the metric is suitable for the comparison of names (Cohen et al., 2003) The metric incorporates...
... Finally, we have informationonthe housing conditions ofthe home the child at the same dates We use this to construct an indicator of whether the home ever had serious damp, condensation or mould ... remain The Data 3.1 The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) We use a very rich UK data set on a cohort of children born in one region ofthe UK in the early 1990s The Avon Longitudinal ... health months 18 months 30 months 42 months 81 months Top 5% of number of symptoms of poor health months 18 months 30 months 42 months 81 months Mother-reported poor child health months 18 months...
... birth Mother: no education Mother: primary school Mother: secondary school Mother: higher education Father: no education Father: primary school Father: secondary school Father: higher education Muslim ... immunization regimen by four months of age, only children up to 15 months of age at the time of survey would have been “at risk” of not receiving the vaccination during the prior 11 months For ... clear Onthe one hand, infants may be less prone to nutritional deficiencies or adverse health effects from water or food contamination because of exclusive breastfeeding Onthe other hand, they...