... not • Neither model has turned out be more accurate than the other Historical Evidence • If the decline in the growth rate ofthe money supply is soon followed by a decline in output in these episodes, ... Examines whether one variable affects another by using data to build a model that explains the channels through which the variable affects the other • Transmission mechanism – The change in the money ... component of aggregate spending (output) Reduced-Form • Examines whether one variable has an effect on another by looking directly at the relationship between the two • Analyzes the effect of changes...
... 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...
... urinary secretion of isothiocyanates, was inversely related to the risk of breast cancer; the quartile with the highest intake only had 50% ofthe risk ofthe lowest intake group [89] In the Nurses' ... adequate The glycemic index is an indication ofthe blood sugar response ofthe body to a standardized amount of carbohydrate in a food The glycemic load takes into account the amount of food ... measure the impact of these foods on the body is through the glycemic index Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States Sixty-four percent ofthe adult population is overweight...
... tools to address the imbalance of power in the produce industry? Unfortunately, there have been few systematic studies of their performance Central was the grandfather ofthe breed of cooperatives ... (based either on the number of voters or on the volume of product marketed) from the producers who will be subject to its provisions Depending upon the provisions ofthe order, the agreement of handlers ... industry Each of these types of charges are but symptoms ofthe greater problem The imbalance of power, which allows the retail chain to demand the fee if it desires, would, in the absence of such...
... underestimation ofthe increase in the likelihood of cancer rather than an overestimation Thus, the inability to find an increased risk of cancer is often the result of study design (the study did ... studied even less Therefore, it is difficult to determine the exact magnitude ofthe contribution of toxic chemicals to the overall burden of childhood cancer The lack of proof of direct causal ... difficult to determine the exact magnitude ofthe contribution of toxic chemicals to the overall burden of childhood cancer Because the majority of chemicals in commerce—some of which are widely...
... presents OLS estimates ofthe determinants ofthe loan interest rate markup and the adjustment speed The dependent variable of models (1)-(2) is the loan markup The dependent variable of models (3)-(4) ... for maturities of more than one year.14 Panel B of Table presents the results ofthe correlation analysis that is performed The standard approach of estimating the pass-through of market interest ... is focused on identifying the determinants ofthe net interest margins (NIM) of banks: theoretical models indicate the importance of operational and overhead costs and their influence on NIMs Specifically,...
... Delta and Sinai alike The book also brings together the results of wider study ofthe giving of law and covenant in Sinai, ofthe results of modern study ofthe ancient use of portable structures ... Tradition and the Historian of Religion, 23 Sinai: The Great and Terrible Wilderness, 35 The Geography ofthe Exodus: Ramesses to the Sea, 47 The Location ofthe Re(e)d Sea, 75 The Mountain of God, ... captured the ark ofthe covenant they were troubled by a plague that they attributed to the ‘‘gods’’ of Israel: ‘‘These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.’’3...
... to the delay search space T consisting of 151 elements The initial estimate ofthe noise floor is obtained from the tail ofthe measured PDP The algorithm stops once the relative change oftheevidence ... observe that the minimum ofthe negative log -evidence (i.e., maximum ofthe evidence) becomes more pronounced as the SNR increases, which has an effect of decreasing the variance ofthe model order ... the possible positions ofthe multipath components The columns ofthe matrix K contain the shifted versions ofthe kernel Ruu (nTs − Tl ), l = · · · L0 , where Tl are the possible positions of...
... Although the exact cause ofthe differences could not be identified, measurements of pesticides suggested two likely causes The first was that the algal food supplied ofthe caddis flies was lower in the ... abundance of residues (McSorley and Gallaher, 1994; LopezFando and Bello, 1995) 3.2 Mesofauna The benefits ofthe mesofauna are primarily, as for the microfauna, in nutrient recycling but also in the ... overestimate the loss by two times Quantifying diffuse pollution is, however, complex because of: (a) the wide range of pesticides in use and the type and timing of their application; (b) the range of...
... these matching polynomials yet from another point of view We are interested in simultaneous weighted matchings on segment graphs of different size, and ask how often the cumulative weightof these ... state the result, we also need the notion of five types of so-called standard pairs, which are pairs of polynomials of some special shape To begin with, a standard pair ofthe first kind is ofthe ... standard pair ofthe fifth kind is ofthe form ((γx2 − 1)3 , 3x4 − 4x3 ) (or switched) The following (less strong) version ofthe theorem of Bilu and Tichy [2] is sufficient for our purposes: the electronic...
... levels of substance P are increased Available evidence would favour diminished function ofthe HPA axis in fibromyalgia The HPA axis is of course one ofthe major stress-response systems ofthe ... conditions In another study, 65% of female patients with fibromyalgia experienced menopause prior to the onset ofthe condition [68] In this study, 30% of fibromyalgia patients between the ages of 24 and ... tenderness, mainly in the deep tissues As the terminations ofthe descending neurones have a widespread distribution in the spinal cord, a dysfunction ofthe descending system due to a lack of serotonin...
... classified according to the rule of JPS were excluded There was no restriction criterion on the number of patients enrolled in the study The rate of disease involvement of all lymph nodal regions ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/28 Page of 13 Figure Flowchart of studies to final number of eligible studies Table Classification of regional lymph nodes ofthe pancreas No of Study Studies Year Location of Tumors No of Patients ... rates of subgroups of lymph nodes We also analyzed the metastatic rates of several subgroups of lymph nodes based on tumor locations The metastatic rates of subgroups of lymph nodes for Page of...
... [18-29] There is evidence that at least some entities within the group of PSV confer an altered function ofthe immune defence per se In WG, for instance, the granulomatous inflammation ofthe upper ... has a role in the aetiology ofthe disease itself [44] Disease stage and phase of therapy In PSV, and especially in SVV, the therapeutic approach usually consists of an induction of remission ... Furthermore, in SVV the selection of drugs depends on the stage ofthe disease: in the localised and early systemic stage - that is, disease without threatened vital organ function - induction of...
... adjustment ofthe multilevel structure ofthe data For the more comprehensive covariance structure models, power depends on several factors, such as the number of parameters, effect sizes, levels of ... infarction being the leading cause of on duty death [13] In addition, perhaps related to exposure to toxins, their risk of cancer is increased [14,15] The fire service also is one ofthe most hazardous ... References Gorman DG: The irrelevance ofevidence in the development of school-based drug prevention policy, 1986-1996 Eval Rev 1998, 22(1):118-46 Pelletier KR: A review and analysis ofthe clinical and...
... Investigator) The content is solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does not necessarily represent the official views ofthe National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health ... have regarding the validity and ultimate value ofthe scientific process when applied to the needs of their communities, seeing this as another imposition of non-AI/AN worldviews on their communities ... sight ofthe distinctive characteristics of AI/AN communities and the programs that serve them and that these will likely require the development of tribally-specific approaches (e.g., the resurgence...
... 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...