... identification of NVG as the etiology of an outbreak may contribute to the understanding ofthe burden and epidemiology of these infections, pinpoint the outbreak source, and rule out other AGE etiologies ... differently The identification of NVG as the etiologic agents of AGE is complicated by the non-culturable nature of these viruses Identification of NVG has traditionally depended on demonstration of characteristic ... probabilistic mathematical modeling methods, ours is subject to limitations, including the assumption of conditional independence of test results, the regional nature ofthe study, and the lack of sporadic...
... where they are, policy prescriptions often differ The goal of this study is not to question the legitimacy of differing societal concerns, but rather to concentrate on defining the range ofpolicy ... (OECD, 2004e) THE TRADE AND TRADE POLICYIMPLICATIONSOF DIFFERENT POLICY RESPONSES TO SOCIETAL CONCERNS defining the content of a workshop on the economic and trade implicationsofpolicy responses ... countries The study does not question the legitimacy of societal concerns or the legitimacy of domestic regulations and policies related to them, but rather it explores theimplicationsof these...
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... consisting ofthe minister of finance and national economy, the minister of commerce and industry, and the governor ofthe Saudi Monetary Agency The purpose of this research is to study the impact of ... the market response to the announcement ofthe new policy and the magnitude of abnormal returns surrounding the announcement date The study then investigates whether thepolicy appears to have ... the magnitude and the direction of relationships among them The third study concentrates on investigating the changes made to the market structure and whether or not the stated goals ofthe policy...
... the beam ofthe X-rays through the body The computer then uses the complete set of readings to determine the density ofthe material or tissue through which X-rays passed (195,196) An image of ... information to the health ofthe patient (335, 336) Assessment ofthe efficacy of diagnostic technologies is often limited to levels and ofthe Fineberg formulation as they are the easiest to ... under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling ofthe device The Bureau of Medical Devices has begun implementing the Amendments by * The language ofthe Act...
... both student and student visitors’ expenditure – was $9.3 billion in 2009 – or 0.76% of GDP; of this, $3.5 billion was in the education sector, the other $5.8 billion was in the rest ofthe economy. This resulted in additional employment of 102,387 FTE positions of ... 10% greater than their shares ofthe domestic student load – 33.8% versus 30.8% in the case of New South Wales and 31.5% versus 27.1%, in the case of Victoria. The other jurisdictions had commensurately lower levels of international students, ranging from ... The Economic Implicationsof Fewer International Higher Education Students in Australia Implications for the Australian Economy The Baseline and each ofthe three scenarios has implications ...
... petitioned the court to rehear the case and the final outcome of these and had yet to be determined at the time of this report’s publication In 2007, EPA’s Office of Water (OW) initiated the aforementioned ... documents due to the difficulty in understanding the complexities of these impacts, a lack of available information on their consequences, and the desire to limit the scope of environmental analysis.” ... and ultimately ensure the commercial viability of these unconventional resources In terms ofthe potential size ofthe oil shale resource residing in Region 8, the Department of Interior (DOI) estimates...
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... to the relatively robust definitions of ALRI, the measurement of exposure in the majority of these studies has relied on proxies, including the type of fuel used, stove type, exposure ofthe ... hours spent near the stove, and whether the child is carried on the |9 Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health ofthe Poor Implications for Policy Action ... countries ofthe value of a statistical life Then the result is weighted by the income ratio between the developing country and the country in which the value of a statistical life was estimated These...
... on the Revolution in France In his theory ofthe sublime Burke is a keen appreciator ofthe political effects of personal appearance The sublime, the aesthetic value of power, is an attribute of ... Some of these problems are the difficulty of measuring desert, the prospects of unwarranted coercive interventions in the lives of citizens, the impossibility of comparing the relative deserts of ... compensating advantages in return What are thepolicyimplicationsof Rawls’s theory of justice? The basic problem is that there is no way to determine all the effects of beauty discrimination Remarkably,...
... components, including the number of years spent in school, the quality ofthe schooling, the nature ofthe curriculum, and the student’s effort Creating a measure that accurately quantifies these components ... … the higher the level of schooling of other workers in the country.”41 Comparing the results of their own cross-country macro-Mincer regressions to cross-individual microeconomic estimates of ... over the same period of time – as each party is oblivious to the existence ofthe other’s research, twice the necessary amount of resources (labor and capital) are exhausted toward the pursuit of...
... features ofthe baseline forecast, but with the addition of policy- related shocks reflecting the details ofthepolicy change under investigation.13 The economic implicationsofthepolicy change ... effect to both the government’s policyof land designation, and the economic cost of this policy expressed in terms ofthe land rent foregone by thepolicy impediment to allocation of land to its ... minimising the impact on 21 real consumption of movements in the price of investment relative to the price of consumption In terms ofthe basic mechanics of macroeconomic causation, the main effect of...
... Agency (Ministry of Planing and Invesment of Vietnam) New contributions ofthe thesis - Contributtion to the theories about determinants of FDI in Vietnamese - Evaluation ofthe impact of global financial ... efficiently FDI Lay out ofthe thesis Beside the introduction, the conclusion, and the list of references documents, the thesis has chapter: Chapter 1: General Theories about determinants of FDI into developing ... are the two most populous countries in the world; therefore the travel need ofthe people is much higher than in many other countries Moreover, the area ofthe two countries is also ranked as the...
... increase ofthe HDI index of a country compared to others is also the requirement for the progress of a modern society because the components of HDI cover three main dimensions of life Therefore, the ... calculating the absolute value ofthe HDI of three main indices including income, education and health The changes in the history ofthe HDI were ignored in most of these studies in Vietnam heretofore Therefore, ... scope of research Thereby, the component indices of HDI themselves not express the various aspects of human development These indices, even the core ones, only reveal one or some aspects of human...
... targets Some of these can be realised only in the long run; some in the medium term, and others in the short term As it is always the case, the realisation ofthe long and medium term policy goals, ... necessitated the revision ofthe 1992 National Population PolicyThe implementation ofthe new 2006 National Population Policy will be done in tandem with the 2003 Zanzibar Population Policy iv ... appreciation ofthe role ofthe same viii Bolstering successes registered due to implementation of 1992 Population policy and other concomitant policies 1.1.2 Thepolicy also reaffirms the following...
... to the Palestinians by virtue of their being a member ofthe Arab League of States, and a signatory ofthe Arab Transit Agreement of 1977 In terms of this agreement, ‘Palestine’ has the right of ... special consent ofthe state concerned.186 Thus, Professor Brierly defined territorial sovereignty not in terms ofthe independence ofthe state, but rather in terms ofthe existence of plenary rights ... the nature ofthe cargo and the transportation system With respect to the cargo, the more homogenous the cargo, the less complex the inspection; while the more diverse is the cargo, the more complex...
... component to the model ofthe choice ofthe length of stay The decision depends on the value ofthe unobservable taste We can now construct the probability of observing a series of stay decisions ... The value ofthe shock is unknown in advance to either the officer or the analyst The shock affects the value the individual places on staying in the military until the next decision The shock can ... using the maximum ofthe expected value ofthe two coin flips—$0.50— rather than the expected value ofthe maximum—$0.75.) This approximation resulted in a model that the computer hardware and software...