varian s drawing of cost curves in his advanced microeconomics textbook

... randomness Figure 4: Predicted curves in the three scenarios for Czech-English test set using the Lasso model For enabling this work we trained a multitude of instances of the same phrase-based SMT system ... system on 30 distinct combinations of language-pair and domain, each with fourteen distinct training sets of increasing size and tested these instances on multiple in- domain datasets, generating ... experiments in this paper, we trained a large number of systems on multiple configurations of training sets and sample sizes, and tested each on multiple test sets; these are listed in Table All...

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Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... progress across the Bank s regions, but (for the first time) progress in all regions  Dramatic progress in East Asia Looking back to the early 198 0s, East Asia was the region with the highest incidence ... we have seen sharply falling poverty counts (and percentage poor) in LAC since then  The rising incidence and number of poor in Eastern Europe and Central Asia has also been reversed since 2000 ... day standard over 1981-2008 are still poor by the standards of middle-income developing countries, and certainly by the standards of what poverty means in rich countries  There has been less long-run...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 09:20

... is combined with a series of legislative reforms Sigman (2002) was the first to examine water pollution spillovers across jurisdictional boundaries She finds that stations just upstream of international ... distances to borders and border crossings over time for the same pair of monitoring stations even when the locations of those stations remain fixed In this example, a district of Barra Mansa ... density are likely to explain splits at least as well as the other potential causes of county splits 31 Table 10 presents a summary of the bias estimate results Both variables measuring distance...

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... surgery In recent years, the concept of biological osteosynthesis has gained a reputation in fracture treatment Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) techniques minimize the extent of soft ... the significant complications associated with more commonly used techniques of internal fixation This unusual case of delayed union of the femur fracture associated with Paget 's disease of the ... bracing was ultimately successful illustrates the usefulness of biological fracture treatment in patients with this potentially refractory condition Consent Written informed consent was obtained...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... metabolites (such as ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1 P)) are now recognized as messengers playing essential roles in cell growth, survival, as well as cell death [9,29] Sphingomyelin ... processes Ceramide directly regulates protein phosphatase (PP1), inducing dephosphorylation of SR proteins and splicing of caspase-9 and Bcl-x genes [30] Interaction of ceramide with protein kinase-c ... mean±SD of combined results from n = 10 independent assays clinical routine The simulation of ischemia in isolated cardiomyocyte models can provide important insights into the pathophysiology of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... remained disease-free for six months after diagnosis Based on these findings, a diagnosis of Ewing s sarcoma of the calcaneus was made Discussion Ewing s sarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm, ... extraosseous soft-tissue component and often sclerotic reaction [5,6] In spite of clinical and radiological findings, Ewing s sarcoma can be misinterpreted as osteomyelitis, cartilaginous tumor, ... predominantly affecting young patients of the ages five to 20 years It involves the diaphyses of long bones and occurs Figure CT image of the patient s foot, revealing a soft-tissue mass originating...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... Paget s disease of the right nipple with no evidence of underlying invasive ductal carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast tissue or lymph node invasion Discussion Paget s disease is an ... diagnoses should be considered when Paget s disease is suspected including malignant melanoma, pagetoid dyskeratosis, Bowen s disease and inflammatory skin conditions of the nipple e.g seborrhoeic ... new skin lesions present in the context of an underlying chronic skin disorder Page of 10 11 12 13 Brenin DR: 2-6 Paget Disease of the Breast: Changing Patterns of Incidence, Clinical Presentation,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... from its base Histologically, a thick-walled arterial vessel is seen This is larger than the surrounding submucosal vessels and runs below the muscularis mucosae A similar appearance has been ... patient 's data TSB performed the histological examination of the surgical specimen and assisted in interpreting our patient 's data ATR assisted in the operation and in analyzing our patient 's data ... center in India, out of 900 cases of upper GIB, only six (0.67%) were caused by DL The lesion was located within cm of the gastroesophageal junction in all cases [1] Extragastric DLs are uncommon In...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... number of studies have alluded to some of the obstacles men are facing in accessing HIV services as a result of social constructions of masculinity [14,15,32,33], this is the first in- depth study, ... their masculinity In the process of doing so, men in this case study sought to avoid HIV/AIDS services, demonstrating themselves as strong and resilient to illness They also did so out of fear ... is both subordinating of women, as well as other forms of masculinities (such as those exhibited by homosexuals), we argue in this paper that men s enactment of social constructed versions of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... always knows that his sister is the only meaningful and most precious asset to him In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, ... moments of peacefulness and happiness She used to be his family, who was supposed to understand him more than anyone else, as she could see the darkest and ugliest parts of his whose existence ... recalls his lover s smile, and every page of book prints the lady s great looks He gets obsessed with her so hard that he murmurs to himself as all emotions in his heart and all thoughts in his mind...

Ngày tải lên: 18/09/2014, 15:57

... in triplicate Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS Statistical Package (version 15.0 for Windows) as previously reported [11] Results Radio-induced apoptosis (RIA) could be defined ... assay of intrinsic radiosensitivity based on apoptosis in human CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocytes Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1997, 38:429-440 16 Schmitz A, Bayer J, Dechamps N, Thomas G: Intrinsic susceptibility ... and cost effectiveness of this assay would favour larger studies to analyze the predictive role of this model, especially in different lymphocyte subpopulations Anyhow, constant b, that defines...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... consists of lessons, each of which lasts 45 minutes The English specialized classes have five lessons a week The lessons cover reading, listening, structured speaking practice (SSP), writing ... new words with classmates suggests that learning vocabulary is increasing being seen as an independent activity 3.3 Discussion of major findings The findings of the present study suggested that ... new words in sentences contradicts expectations since this is a skill that 40 is practiced every day in students’ vocabulary books Likewise, the decline in the use and usefulness of studying new...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 14:03

... changes as time passes Cost escalation can be measured by cost increase Cost increase is the percentage change in cost between time periods Algebraically, it is Cost Cost 1 , (1.1) where • Cost is ... costs of SSN-667 to SSN-777, we compare costs of the Sturgeon class to those of the Virginia class The surface combatant pairings represent comparisons of average costs for classes; in particular, ... ships rather than increases in basic shipbuilding costs such as those for labor or materials If labor and material cost increases were causing cost escalation for these ships, then we would see...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... depreciation Business base considerations are important in determining the burdened costs because certain fixed costs (costs that occur independently of workload such as security costs) get spread to ... data sources, including their limitations Second, we discuss how to measure cost escalation Third, we assess how cost escalation for aircraft compares with other measures of cost in ation such as ... ask RAND to address sources of cost escalation in procuring military fixed-wing aircraft The issues we address are: How does escalation in aircraft costs compare with cost escalation in other sectors...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 23:20

... principal designs for focused tasks: comprehension tasks, consciousness-raising tasks, and structure-based production tasks Elsewhere (Ellis, 2003a) presents a sequence of tasks for helping learners become ... - 138) In his view, form learner s position, doing the tasks in pairs or groups has a number of advantages Bearing this in mind can also guide teachers in roles of facilitators of learning • It ... because confusions often arise in discussions of task-based teaching when different teachers and writers use different definitions of the term ‘task’ And here is the overview of task definitions In...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:01

... surveyed students agree with this idea Because singers sing covered songs so musicians are lazy to compose In order to have fast success, they also cover foreign music They become passive musicians ... boys or people who have strong personality like listening this genre So, to satisfy audience 's different music hobbies, Vietnam s musicians and singers, who cover music, often chose pop songs ... many kinds of music stream are increased, music cover is a typical example Rationale: Nowadays, finding covered songs are so easy, they appear in most CDs of most singers “Music cover” is not a...

Ngày tải lên: 21/04/2013, 20:53

... while, in large farms it was mainly owned, resulted in highest fixed cost in large farms and lowest fixed cost in small farms (Table 4) The total cost of production in medium farms was found ... 17.0 software programs Results and discussion 3.1 Analysis of input-output energy use in canola production The amount of inputs and outputs for canola production in different farm sizes are presented ... Mechanization Engineering in University of Tehran under supervision of Dr Shahin Rafiee His main research interests are agricultural mechanization and energy in agriculture E-mail address: sh.mousavi@ut.ac.ir...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:30

... philosophy was powerless to undermine Hegel called this a thesis about “consciousness.” If we begin with our consciousness of singular objects present to our senses (“sense-certainty,” an awareness of ... dialectic of self-consciousness, Hegel brings up the ancient philosophies of stoicism and skepticism, posing them as responses to the problems encountered in the relationship of mastery and servitude. ... “truth-maker” of even simple judgments about the existence of singular things of experience as consisting of more complex unities of individual-things-possessing-general-properties of which we are...

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