assessing the costs of sampling

... is the first such in-depth study.4 The results of our study are of twofold interest First, they provide guidance for the developers of reference resolvers who might prioritize the scope of their ... depending on the syntactic roles of the merged components (a) Dependent-Merge This operation is ap-plicable when the head of either the focus or ref-erence terms (of both) matches the head node of submarine ... form the dependency representation of the bridging relation Brand must be provided by the interface between the discourse and the inference systems Clearly, their exact form depends on the set of

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 21:20

... The validation of the TRIM-Diabetes/Device followed the analyses as specified in the SAP However, since the factor analyses yielded slight differences from the hypothesized domains, some of the ... for both the item development and validation phases of the proc-ess Item Development Item Generation The development of the item content for the TRIM Diabe-tes/Device began in 2002 with the development ... data to assess the measurement and psychometric properties of the TRIM-Diabetes To be eligible for the study, the subject was required to be over the age of eighteen, currently on their diabetes

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... one-third of the "UK validation population", to assess the robustness of the analyses in an independent sample, as well as in the other 5 countries The reliability and validity of the final ... variability (more than 90% of the subjects ticked the same response-choice), the content of one item was inconsistent with that of the other items in its dimension, the response-choices of one item were ... properties of the final version of the VAPI questionnaireDistribution of the scores Mean scores of the four dimensions and the five individ-ual items were very low, ranging from 1.08 to 1.31 for the

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... when The ABC group during the three phases of the trial Figure 9 The ABC group during the three phases of the trial Comparison between the three phases of the trial for the partici-pants in the ... Trang 9The ACB group during the three phases of the trialFigure 10 The ACB group during the three phases of the trial Comparison between the three phases of the trial for the partici-pants in the ... or otherwise of the movements Objectives The objective of the GENTLE/S study was to assess the effectiveness of the Robot-mediated therapies (RMT) compared to sling suspension (SS) therapies using

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... envisioned in the project document and as such their time is not included as part of the in kind contribution The expertise of SOFRI researchers has greatly strengthened the scope of training provided ... connecting these pests and diseases to the phenology of citrus trees ¾ spray application is mainly based on the use of knapsack sprayers ¾ the current economic situation and the impractical nature of the ... travel costs were paid from the SK project Trang 95 Report on Cross-Cutting Issues Environment The focus of FFS is to increase the farmers understanding of the ecosystem and the impact of human

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... developed a curriculum for FFS The trainers then conducted FFS for a season incorporating adaptations for their particular regions during the course of the schools At the end of the season review meetings ... evaluate the FFS and make revisions to the training program and the FFS curriculum Revisions in the second year included extending the duration of the FFS to include all the major stages of citrus ... 70.62, which was only 1.60% of the estimated average net profit per hectare Based on these estimates the cost of FFS would be offset in just one season due to the reduction of inputs and increased

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... investments, even if they are not immediately able to take advantage of them Reduced transport costs are reflected in the prices of their products and of the goods they purchase, as well as in the increased ... benefits of these programs for the poor. 14 increase the flow of information to the poor. 15 by decreasing pressure on woodlands, protect the access of the poor to natural capital. 16 increase the ... bringsbenefits to the poor also depends on the quality of servicesprovided The responsiveness of transport and energy ser-vices to the needs of the poor is partly a function of publicpolicy and partly of political

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 07:20

... monitoring, further reports from these projects were not available at the time of this review None of the projects reviewed has yet been the subject of a post project evaluation report assessing its ... investment to the area and supported the growth of township and village enterprises, including tourism Although the northeastern PRC is generally low in pov-erty, poor people from other parts of the country ... mountainous terrain, the cost of major bridges is excluded and the total cost for projects in these areas is adjusted downward The final ranking also takes account of the severity of access problems,

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... the design of every case study Participation of the poor, together with other stake-holders, in the design and implementation of transport and energy projects is another important aspect of the ... and the PRC The results of this study are reported in the Thailand country study (Chapter 6) Crosscutting Themes The central theme of the proposed research program is the impact of transport ... to do with • the impacts of sector policy change, • the impacts of changes in service provision, • the impacts of transport modes other than roads, • the impacts of energy sources other than electricity,

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... households in thesample villages The characteristics of the field survey sample matchedwell with the characteristics of the sample drawn from theprovincial survey database The lower value of assets ... between thenorth and the south exists on this point Today, 75% of therespondents in the south take the train to Xi’an, while only17% of those in the north do so Five years ago, nearly 80% ofthe interviewed ... of Xi’an From 221 BC to the Tang dynasty, Shaanxi was the center ofpolitical activity in China The northern upland part of the province is on theloess plateau, where the climate and soils are

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... wellserved than the sample districts in the Northeast in terms of physical infrastructure, they are still considerably ter off than those in the Northeast in terms of economicproductivity bet-The two ... Residents help the Thailand study team to map some of the features of their village. Trang 12For electricity, the household survey examined themethod of connection and the length of time that a ... Conceptually, in terms of consumption and quality of life, the category of poor plus near-poor in urban areas corresponds to the category of officially poor in rural areas, whereas the officially poor

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... in the southern part of the state, in a densely populated and agriculturally productive area Bharuch City is one of the oldest seaports in India, located at the mouth of the Narmada River on the ... nationally in the pro-duction of cotton and groundnuts, and second in the production of tobacco It is also known for ushering in the dairy revo-lution in the country The industrial struc-ture of the state ... In the last decade, however, therate of poverty reduction has slowed, notably in the ruralareas where over 70% of the poor population live, andespecially in the poor states of India’s Northeast

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... evaluate the factors that affectthe ability of the poor to take advantage of the opportuni-ties offered by transport and energy improvements Thepresent study cannot demonstrate the impact of such ... significantly related to the current length of pavedroads, the increase in length of paved roads over the study period, and the length of laterite roads at the beginning of the study period, as well ... more likely to serve the needs of the nonpoor part of the population Thailand has gone farthest with respect to the private pro-vision of infrastructure, but both India and the PRC are now aiming

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... indicators of change, to the extent that the data were available Within the transport sector, the RETA gave greater attention to the impact of recent rural road improvements However, two of the studies ... increase their productivity For another, the unit costs of delivering energy through community-based projects are generally higher than those of grid-based electricity services On the other hand, the ... out of services by regulatory barriers or poor quality will gain access and will see their total energy costs reduced, in comparison with the costs of meeting their energy needs in other ways Others

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... buildingthe asset base (physical, human, and social) of the poor.However, the report also points out that the effects of trans-port improvements on the livelihoods of the poor depend on both the ... adequate account of the needs and requirements of the rural poor The transport needs of the rural poor are largely for the movement of small loads over relatively short distances Much of this is “on-farm” ... reduce congestion.This is to the advantage of the well-off, at the expense ofthe poor who provide such transport services and whomay use these services, if they can afford them In manycities, more

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 10:23

... HIV Study (WIHS), one of the larg-est prospective cohort studies of HIV-infected and at-risk women in the U.S Acknowledging the challenges encoun-tered in the analysis of observational data, ... well-being) on the basis of a published algorithm[19] The summary and nine domain scores are the outcomes of interest in this study HAART was defined following the Department of Health and Human ... in the models This phenomenon might be explained by the weak associations between these biological variables and QOL[1,26] Finally, with the inclusion of the time varying clinical variables, the

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... located on the map relative to their true location on the ground Thematic accuracy refers to the accuracy of the map label in describing a class or condition on the earth For example, in the picnic ... with the US Army Corps of Engi-neers Waterways Experiment Station Environmental Lab in 1984 From 1985-1991, he held the position of Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing in the Department of Forestry ... However, if the maps are not 100% accurate we may find ourselves in the middle of the lake, when we were expecting a forest However, if we know the accuracy of the map, we can incorporate the known

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 06:22

... possible to the date of the collection of the remotely sensed data used to make the map However, trade-offs may need to be made between the timeliness of the data collection and the need to use the resulting ... if a combination of species are present, then a mixed label is used (e.g., the mixed conifer type) The size of the tree is measured by the diameter of the tree at 4.5 feet above the ground (i.e., ... program that summarized the results into the dominant species/type, the size class of the dominant species/type, the crown closure of the dominant size class, and the crown closure of all tree species

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 06:22

... pairs The results refer to the estimation of system (14) by one stage GMM estimation with the optimal weighting matrix being the unity matrix. The estimated coefficients of the system of equations ... the domestic country and the US for bonds. Standard errors are reported in parenthesis. J-Stat denotes the p-value of the J- statistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions ... The US SDF and estimated expected excess returns The results refer to the estimation of system (16) by one stage GMM estimation with the optimal weighting matrix being the unity matrix. The...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 02:20

... from the method used to calculate these costs. The notion of cost is quite complex. Formally, it implies the comparison between two scenarios, and the assessment of the welfare of a group of ... report tries to summarize the information available about the different costs of water pollution in India. The variety of these costs comes not only from the variety of pollution dealt with ... significant costs. Nevertheless, even if underestimated, the figure of 4.53% of GDP for the total cost of pollution, with surface water pollution accounting for 59% of it has the merit of being...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:21