Ecological Democracy and Sustainable Development
... elsewhere. Thus ESI emphasizes local pollution. As can be seen in Figure 2, for 114 nations it has a much lower correlation with affluence (-0.34) and the relationship is negative, unlike positive relationship for EFP. Note that we have reversed the scoring of the ESI reported by Samuel-Johnson et a ...
... elsewhere. Thus ESI emphasizes local pollution. As can be seen in Figure 2, for 114 nations it has a much lower correlation with affluence (-0.34) and the relationship is negative, unlike positive relationship for EFP. Note that we have reversed the scoring of the ESI reported by Samuel-Johnson et a ...
Le trouble déficitaire de l`attention - University of Ottawa
... burnout and emotional responses (r = .41). A moderate average correlation was found with personality mediators (r = .27) but a basically nonexistent average correlation was found with background characteristics (r = .07) indicating that general personality traits are more strongly affecting burnout ...
... burnout and emotional responses (r = .41). A moderate average correlation was found with personality mediators (r = .27) but a basically nonexistent average correlation was found with background characteristics (r = .07) indicating that general personality traits are more strongly affecting burnout ...
Education and Growth Instrumental Variables Estimates
... Previous papers, such as Topel (1999) and Krueger and Lindahl (2001 that have estimated the returns to schooling using a specification similar to (1) have not controlled for changes in experience. Such an omission may bias the estimated effect of schooling on productivity downward as one cost of add ...
... Previous papers, such as Topel (1999) and Krueger and Lindahl (2001 that have estimated the returns to schooling using a specification similar to (1) have not controlled for changes in experience. Such an omission may bias the estimated effect of schooling on productivity downward as one cost of add ...
Comparing functional connectivity via thresholding correlations and
... yellow to red rods indicate positively correlated nodes; blue rods indicate negatively correlated nodes. (d) Top view. Note that red rods tend to join similarly coloured principal component regions, whereas blue rods tend to join differently coloured principal component regions. (e, f ) same as (c,d ...
... yellow to red rods indicate positively correlated nodes; blue rods indicate negatively correlated nodes. (d) Top view. Note that red rods tend to join similarly coloured principal component regions, whereas blue rods tend to join differently coloured principal component regions. (e, f ) same as (c,d ...
Hands-on Tutorial to Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), GMI
... • Correlation between causal factors and unlinked non-causal markers • More than one causal factor ...
... • Correlation between causal factors and unlinked non-causal markers • More than one causal factor ...
Local Rates of Recombination Are Positively Correlated with GC
... pear to explain this discrepancy, as we found little difference in the observed correlation coefficients when estimates derived from averaging over larger numbers of bands (five, seven, or nine) were used (data not shown). Instead, the difference is more likely to reflect the substantively different ...
... pear to explain this discrepancy, as we found little difference in the observed correlation coefficients when estimates derived from averaging over larger numbers of bands (five, seven, or nine) were used (data not shown). Instead, the difference is more likely to reflect the substantively different ...
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) oriented - Rights
... Development has different forms which depend on the objectives or the goals of the project designers. I understand that different forms of development have their positive outcomes which are based on who will benefit from them. But what kind of benefits exactly will they offer? How much the society w ...
... Development has different forms which depend on the objectives or the goals of the project designers. I understand that different forms of development have their positive outcomes which are based on who will benefit from them. But what kind of benefits exactly will they offer? How much the society w ...
1 Globalisation and developing countries: diversity of causalities
... Globalisation also implies globalisation of knowledge, and not only knowledge coming from a particular model (coined as the “Empire” by some). This knowledge is both knowledge on developing countries, and knowledge as a good, which may be helpful for developing countries. With respect to the first a ...
... Globalisation also implies globalisation of knowledge, and not only knowledge coming from a particular model (coined as the “Empire” by some). This knowledge is both knowledge on developing countries, and knowledge as a good, which may be helpful for developing countries. With respect to the first a ...
Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
... to these measures as test scores. Examples of test scores range from cognitive and noncognitive skill scores such as IQ scores, to school grades and scores from large international surveys of educational achievement such as PISA or TIMSS. Psychometric theory tells us that mean-based regression of te ...
... to these measures as test scores. Examples of test scores range from cognitive and noncognitive skill scores such as IQ scores, to school grades and scores from large international surveys of educational achievement such as PISA or TIMSS. Psychometric theory tells us that mean-based regression of te ...
The Next PAGE in Understanding Complex Traits: Design for the
... Genetic studies have identified thousands of variants associated with complex traits. However, most association studies are limited to populations of European descent and a single phenotype. The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study was initiated in 2008 by the National ...
... Genetic studies have identified thousands of variants associated with complex traits. However, most association studies are limited to populations of European descent and a single phenotype. The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study was initiated in 2008 by the National ...
Slide 1
... Forms of Casual reasoning 1. The case-study method - The most common way to support such a casual analysis is by providing an account of the particular casual mechanisms linking various parts of the story. - To credibly identity casual mechanisms we must employ one of two forms of inference 1. We ma ...
... Forms of Casual reasoning 1. The case-study method - The most common way to support such a casual analysis is by providing an account of the particular casual mechanisms linking various parts of the story. - To credibly identity casual mechanisms we must employ one of two forms of inference 1. We ma ...
Artificial selection experiments for association in model organisms
... Historically, breeding of plants and animals after domestication can be considered to be artificial selection. The first recorded artificial selection experiments were performed only after 1945 [Hill and Caballero, 1992]. They were used to show that almost any quantitative trait could be altered, th ...
... Historically, breeding of plants and animals after domestication can be considered to be artificial selection. The first recorded artificial selection experiments were performed only after 1945 [Hill and Caballero, 1992]. They were used to show that almost any quantitative trait could be altered, th ...
Deterritorialization and Social Science
... • PNG case study shows us that the knowledge in area grow the economic benefits of both capital and small sector. It was focus toward difference (non-capitalist economy) rather than dominance (capitalist economy) – As a result it reduced domestic violence and contributed to the local welfare. • ...
... • PNG case study shows us that the knowledge in area grow the economic benefits of both capital and small sector. It was focus toward difference (non-capitalist economy) rather than dominance (capitalist economy) – As a result it reduced domestic violence and contributed to the local welfare. • ...
Design and Analysis of Genetic Studies After the Hapmap Project
... both the selection of cost-effective SNP panels that provide high power and tools that assist in determining the optimal approaches to analysis. The SNPbrowser software, described by De La Vega et al., provides a powerful and flexible interface to an embedded database including the HapMap results to ...
... both the selection of cost-effective SNP panels that provide high power and tools that assist in determining the optimal approaches to analysis. The SNPbrowser software, described by De La Vega et al., provides a powerful and flexible interface to an embedded database including the HapMap results to ...
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... because most women (and men) in the OECD nations do not usually have access to land and capital, and so are reliant on a cash income to cover basic needs such as food, clothing and housing. Measuring income poverty in a meaningful way, even within the richer nations, is nevertheless still problemati ...
... because most women (and men) in the OECD nations do not usually have access to land and capital, and so are reliant on a cash income to cover basic needs such as food, clothing and housing. Measuring income poverty in a meaningful way, even within the richer nations, is nevertheless still problemati ...
The Analysis of Population
... Mistakenly applying methods for observational analyses to experimental results Field experimental literature in which exposure to treatment cannot always be controlled ...
... Mistakenly applying methods for observational analyses to experimental results Field experimental literature in which exposure to treatment cannot always be controlled ...
The Analysis of Population
... Mistakenly applying methods for observational analyses to experimental results Field experimental literature in which exposure to treatment cannot always be controlled ...
... Mistakenly applying methods for observational analyses to experimental results Field experimental literature in which exposure to treatment cannot always be controlled ...
Neuroanatomical correlates of intelligence
... Notwithstanding, researchers have emphasized the modest nature of regional relationships: “Significant correlations ranged from 0.26 to 0.56, indicating that between 12% and 31% of the variance can be accounted for by the size of the brain or its subregions” (Andreasen et al., 1993). They argue that ...
... Notwithstanding, researchers have emphasized the modest nature of regional relationships: “Significant correlations ranged from 0.26 to 0.56, indicating that between 12% and 31% of the variance can be accounted for by the size of the brain or its subregions” (Andreasen et al., 1993). They argue that ...
Beyond GDP: Valuing what matters and measuring natural capital
... lend themselves to green policy. It is not a given, but over the last 60 years data shows that GDP has a very tight relationship with environmental impact: when one increases so does the other. Subjective wellbeing, for example, does not. There are countries that achieve relatively high levels of su ...
... lend themselves to green policy. It is not a given, but over the last 60 years data shows that GDP has a very tight relationship with environmental impact: when one increases so does the other. Subjective wellbeing, for example, does not. There are countries that achieve relatively high levels of su ...
Quiz 4
... results shown in Table 1. Comment on why females take more risk than males. d. Cheng et al (2010), “Pride, personality and the evolutionary foundations of human social status” – Summarize the differences between the results shown in Table 2 and Table 3, and describe the authors’ explanation of these ...
... results shown in Table 1. Comment on why females take more risk than males. d. Cheng et al (2010), “Pride, personality and the evolutionary foundations of human social status” – Summarize the differences between the results shown in Table 2 and Table 3, and describe the authors’ explanation of these ...
Causation and the Rules of Inference
... Causal Inference* Theory – should lead to observables Replicability – transparency of theory, data and method Control for Rival Hypotheses and “Third Factors” Pay Attention to Measurement ...
... Causal Inference* Theory – should lead to observables Replicability – transparency of theory, data and method Control for Rival Hypotheses and “Third Factors” Pay Attention to Measurement ...
Choking on Modernity: A Human Ecology of Air Pollution
... Population size and growth rates of all species are fundamental features structuring their interaction with ecosystems and the demands they place on them. In the case of humans, ecologists have underscored this nexus between population and environment by arguing for a direct relationship between the ...
... Population size and growth rates of all species are fundamental features structuring their interaction with ecosystems and the demands they place on them. In the case of humans, ecologists have underscored this nexus between population and environment by arguing for a direct relationship between the ...
CHAPTER 2: AN UNEQUAL WORLD - Indus Valley School of Art
... a death sentence to extreme poverty (just think of Switzerland and Austria!), yet it is an added difficulty to development, especially when the landlocked country is surrounded by poor coastal economies. Note that the LDCs also include a number of small island economies, which can be quite vulnerabl ...
... a death sentence to extreme poverty (just think of Switzerland and Austria!), yet it is an added difficulty to development, especially when the landlocked country is surrounded by poor coastal economies. Note that the LDCs also include a number of small island economies, which can be quite vulnerabl ...
Fractionating Human Intelligence
... are independent or are related to the same set of diffuse biological factors that modulate general neural efficiency. It is unclear, therefore, whether the pattern of individual differences in intelligence reflects the functional organization of the brain. Here, we address the question of whether hu ...
... are independent or are related to the same set of diffuse biological factors that modulate general neural efficiency. It is unclear, therefore, whether the pattern of individual differences in intelligence reflects the functional organization of the brain. Here, we address the question of whether hu ...