Social Spending, Human Capital, and Growth in Developing
... A crucial issue in this regard is the role of public policy in helping countries meet the MDGs. In most countries, the public sector plays a dominant role in providing the educational and health services necessary to build human capital. As such, the impact of this spending on social indicators, and ...
... A crucial issue in this regard is the role of public policy in helping countries meet the MDGs. In most countries, the public sector plays a dominant role in providing the educational and health services necessary to build human capital. As such, the impact of this spending on social indicators, and ...
Structural and functional brain network correlates of depressive
... disease caused by a dominantly inherited CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene on chromosome 4 [Ross et al., 2014]. It is characterized by cognitive, motor and neuropsychiatric impairment. Depression can precede the onset of motor symptoms by many years [Tabrizi et al., 2009] and has a signifi ...
... disease caused by a dominantly inherited CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene on chromosome 4 [Ross et al., 2014]. It is characterized by cognitive, motor and neuropsychiatric impairment. Depression can precede the onset of motor symptoms by many years [Tabrizi et al., 2009] and has a signifi ...
ICLS Occasional Paper 6.1 Families and Children Study 2006 – 2008.
... didn’t see any direct effect between informal childcare on its own and work entry. Another interesting finding was that we looked at the age of the youngest child in quite a lot of detail and having a youngest child aged between 7 and 10 had a direct effect on work entry. But none of the other age g ...
... didn’t see any direct effect between informal childcare on its own and work entry. Another interesting finding was that we looked at the age of the youngest child in quite a lot of detail and having a youngest child aged between 7 and 10 had a direct effect on work entry. But none of the other age g ...
The Use of Statistics in Sociocultural Anthropology
... many of the issues I examine pertain to interval and ordinal statistics, 1 restrict my discussion here to independence tests and measures of association for nominal level data. Sociocultural anthropologists very often use such data but are frequently unaware of certain fundamental analytic problems. ...
... many of the issues I examine pertain to interval and ordinal statistics, 1 restrict my discussion here to independence tests and measures of association for nominal level data. Sociocultural anthropologists very often use such data but are frequently unaware of certain fundamental analytic problems. ...
Do Animals Living in Larger Groups Experience Greater Parasitism
... to resist infection. However, evidence for these predicted relationships is mixed. Ezenwa (2004) found that the prevalence of intestinal parasites in species of African artiodactyls increased with group size, and Whiteman and Parker (2004) demonstrated higher individual infestations of lice (Colpoce ...
... to resist infection. However, evidence for these predicted relationships is mixed. Ezenwa (2004) found that the prevalence of intestinal parasites in species of African artiodactyls increased with group size, and Whiteman and Parker (2004) demonstrated higher individual infestations of lice (Colpoce ...
Here - Syddansk Universitet
... both inside and outside the body to produce the chain of mechanisms that lead to a given trait, which may radically differ across the lifespan. Thus, whenever genetic influence is found for a given trait, whether by twin studies that rely on a latent measure of genetic influence, or molecular studi ...
... both inside and outside the body to produce the chain of mechanisms that lead to a given trait, which may radically differ across the lifespan. Thus, whenever genetic influence is found for a given trait, whether by twin studies that rely on a latent measure of genetic influence, or molecular studi ...
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... differences frequently reported in various regions of the corpus callosum of musicians compared with non-musicians. However, differences found in intra-hemispheric fibres have not always been replicated, while findings regarding the internal capsule and corticospinal tracts appear to be contradictor ...
... differences frequently reported in various regions of the corpus callosum of musicians compared with non-musicians. However, differences found in intra-hemispheric fibres have not always been replicated, while findings regarding the internal capsule and corticospinal tracts appear to be contradictor ...
The value of relatives with phenotypes but missing genotypes in
... consideration among the ungenotyped individuals can be ‘‘recovered’’ from the measured genotypes of their relatives. The conditional means of the genotypic values among the ungenotyped relatives is easily derived from the allele frequency and genotype probabilities at the locus. We derived these mea ...
... consideration among the ungenotyped individuals can be ‘‘recovered’’ from the measured genotypes of their relatives. The conditional means of the genotypic values among the ungenotyped relatives is easily derived from the allele frequency and genotype probabilities at the locus. We derived these mea ...
Introduction - University of Idaho
... In this connection, Michael D. Maltz argues “Homicide is a crime in and of itself; but in another sense it is the fatal outcome of… many different crimes” (Maltz 1998, p.1490). For example, armed robbery, if it includes killing is also recorded as homicide. Thus, we are attempting to analyze the lin ...
... In this connection, Michael D. Maltz argues “Homicide is a crime in and of itself; but in another sense it is the fatal outcome of… many different crimes” (Maltz 1998, p.1490). For example, armed robbery, if it includes killing is also recorded as homicide. Thus, we are attempting to analyze the lin ...
Long-term use of psychedelic drugs is associated with differences in
... One of the most interesting contemporary adaptations of psychedelic use is the syncretism observed in Brazilian religious groups that consume ayahuasca, an infusion of the plants Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis. These ayahuasca religions have expanded in the last decades, and it is estim ...
... One of the most interesting contemporary adaptations of psychedelic use is the syncretism observed in Brazilian religious groups that consume ayahuasca, an infusion of the plants Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis. These ayahuasca religions have expanded in the last decades, and it is estim ...
Critical Sociology
... Moving beyond this kind of fruitless controversy requires a philosophy of science that is more appropriate than Popper’s. Popper’s ideas apply best to fields where experiments are expensive and time consuming, so few are done and they are likely to be critical. In these fields, a hypothesis is forme ...
... Moving beyond this kind of fruitless controversy requires a philosophy of science that is more appropriate than Popper’s. Popper’s ideas apply best to fields where experiments are expensive and time consuming, so few are done and they are likely to be critical. In these fields, a hypothesis is forme ...
13_1 _Autosaved_
... that ecologists study AND will be able to describe research methods ecologists use to study the environment ...
... that ecologists study AND will be able to describe research methods ecologists use to study the environment ...
PAPER 2: BEYOND GDP MEASURING OUR PROGRESS
... capital stock (the basis for achieving this goal in the future) and depletion of environmentally limited resources (a particularly important form of change to the capital stock). It will also measure the most important drivers of changes in these things (such as economic activity, equality, health, ...
... capital stock (the basis for achieving this goal in the future) and depletion of environmentally limited resources (a particularly important form of change to the capital stock). It will also measure the most important drivers of changes in these things (such as economic activity, equality, health, ...
paper 2: beyond gdp
... capital stock (the basis for achieving this goal in the future) and depletion of environmentally limited resources (a particularly important form of change to the capital stock). It will also measure the most important drivers of changes in these things (such as economic activity, equality, health, ...
... capital stock (the basis for achieving this goal in the future) and depletion of environmentally limited resources (a particularly important form of change to the capital stock). It will also measure the most important drivers of changes in these things (such as economic activity, equality, health, ...
Requesting a Certificate Exemption Under Section 10(1)(b)
... If the Executive Director determines that an environmental assessment certificate is not required, the Environmental Assessment Office will issue an order. The Environmental Assessment Office will advise the proponent and other potentially affected parties of the decision. The order and any relevant ...
... If the Executive Director determines that an environmental assessment certificate is not required, the Environmental Assessment Office will issue an order. The Environmental Assessment Office will advise the proponent and other potentially affected parties of the decision. The order and any relevant ...
Digital Forensics to Intelligent Forensics
... generally to the problems of processing very large datasets often collected to finite detail and which require elaborate and sometimes complex techniques to process the data. The definition is contextually contemporaneous and relative, what constitutes as big data today will not be big data in years ...
... generally to the problems of processing very large datasets often collected to finite detail and which require elaborate and sometimes complex techniques to process the data. The definition is contextually contemporaneous and relative, what constitutes as big data today will not be big data in years ...
Sustainability and Inequality in Human Development
... educational spending. On the whole, investment in human capital is therefore likely to decrease with more income inequality. As concerns social capital, more income inequality, at least beyond a certain level of inequality, is likely to lead to a loss of social capital as more inequality threatens ...
... educational spending. On the whole, investment in human capital is therefore likely to decrease with more income inequality. As concerns social capital, more income inequality, at least beyond a certain level of inequality, is likely to lead to a loss of social capital as more inequality threatens ...
Contents and Measures of Sustainable Progress: the
... - adjusting GDP: aims to correct the existing national accounts and, in particular, the GDP (e.g. ISEW, GPI, Green GDP, ANS); - replacing GDP: aims to create altogether new indicators or indices with innovative assumptions (e.g. HDI, EF, ESI, HPI); - supplementing GDP: aims to be complemented with a ...
... - adjusting GDP: aims to correct the existing national accounts and, in particular, the GDP (e.g. ISEW, GPI, Green GDP, ANS); - replacing GDP: aims to create altogether new indicators or indices with innovative assumptions (e.g. HDI, EF, ESI, HPI); - supplementing GDP: aims to be complemented with a ...
Cultural Models, Consensus Analysis, and the
... the natives’ behaviors and belief systems, to see interconnections (Boster, 2011). But, because anthropologists very rarely select their informants, households, or villages using probability sampling, their ethnographic accounts typically consist of qualitative generalizations from small samples to ...
... the natives’ behaviors and belief systems, to see interconnections (Boster, 2011). But, because anthropologists very rarely select their informants, households, or villages using probability sampling, their ethnographic accounts typically consist of qualitative generalizations from small samples to ...
Middle East
... of Europe’s mastery over the world.6 To understand how limited were the resources, whether governmental or non-governmental, devoted to an examination of the rest of the world in the United States, it suffices to note that no American intelligence service with international scope existed before the ...
... of Europe’s mastery over the world.6 To understand how limited were the resources, whether governmental or non-governmental, devoted to an examination of the rest of the world in the United States, it suffices to note that no American intelligence service with international scope existed before the ...
gross domestic product (gdp) and gross national product (gnp)
... countries that do not have much physical, technological and human capital. The result can be a development policy that causes long-term damage under the guise of short-term benefit. In addition, a focus on an absolute growth figure for GDP as a whole or average GDP per capita can encourage policies ...
... countries that do not have much physical, technological and human capital. The result can be a development policy that causes long-term damage under the guise of short-term benefit. In addition, a focus on an absolute growth figure for GDP as a whole or average GDP per capita can encourage policies ...
concept of economic development and its measurement
... and raising the standard of living of the people. Per capita income may accompany increasing output and it is not a bad substitute for measuring economic and social structure of the societies. Based on per capita income states are classified into forward and backward. Many states, which are classifi ...
... and raising the standard of living of the people. Per capita income may accompany increasing output and it is not a bad substitute for measuring economic and social structure of the societies. Based on per capita income states are classified into forward and backward. Many states, which are classifi ...
doc Chapter 6 McAdams note
... o Test-retest reliabilities are typically around +0.85 or so o Longitudinal consistency over many years Such high correlation means “Hardened plaster”? o NO! o Personality traits are not set in stone by the time we reach our adult years o Trait scores are not perfectly stable (even after accounting ...
... o Test-retest reliabilities are typically around +0.85 or so o Longitudinal consistency over many years Such high correlation means “Hardened plaster”? o NO! o Personality traits are not set in stone by the time we reach our adult years o Trait scores are not perfectly stable (even after accounting ...