... interpretation ofthe results for each measure, one
supplemental question was added after completion of the
fourth interview (and thus asked of only 16 ofthe 20 par-
ticipants). The question asked ... concept
elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the
impactof FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these two
sleep ... each
interview. The interviews started with a general discussion
regarding theimpactof FM on participants' lives and then
moved to a discussion about theimpactof FM onthe par-
ticipants'...
... concept
elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the
impactof FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these two
sleep ... each
interview. The interviews started with a general discussion
regarding theimpactof FM on participants' lives and then
moved to a discussion about theimpactof FM onthe par-
ticipants' ... information they pro-
vided to their physicians about the consequences of their
nocturnal FM pain. These findings, along with the brevity,
ease of use, and daily recall period provide further support
for...
... characterization ofthe promoter
region ofthe gene andthe associated transcriptional
factors. Therefore, delineation ofthe transcriptional
regulation ofhuman DNASE1 may provide clues to
the mechanisms ... that of pGL3–basic vector and
was half that of pGL3–promoter vector. These findings
demonstrate the promoter activity ofthe 5Â-anking
region of exon 1 in DNASE1. Deletion of the
upstream end ofthe ... splicing junction between
exon 1a and a portion of exon 1. The thick straight lines represent
the intron sequence. +1 indicates the position ofthe transcription
start site of exon 1. Dashed v-shaped...
... empirical
evidence. The honesty of naăve falsicationism demanded the testing ofthe falsiable and the
rejection ofthe unfalsifiable andthe falsified. Finally, the honesty of sophisticated falsificationism
demanded ... demanded the acceptance
of only what was proven andthe rejection of everything unproven. Neojustificationist honesty
demanded the specification ofthe probability of any hypothesis in the light ofthe ... same
time offering an evolutionary form of natural religion.⁷⁴ The ‘agnostics’ could present
themselves onthe one hand as opponents of immoderate religious movements andon
the other as opponents of...
... Payments andthe
Digitization of Money will Change
Everything…Or will it?
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MOBILE
SHOPPING?
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From Theory to Action:
The work of SapientNitro
2
Business Transformation ... the days of consumers being “dumb” at
point of sale
Consumer empowerment to the max.
6
Using our phones as shopping and
payment devices is big…
… and getting BIGGER.
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6. There ... in the
retail experience.
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Thanks
Donald Chesnut, dchesnut@sapient.com
, @D_Chesnut
Alex Sion, asion@sapient.com
, @ASion1
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8. The mPayment
landscape is diverse, and...
... securitisation implies stronger effects of monetary policy onthe economy
and on residential property prices (CGFS 2006). Onthe other hand, Tsatsaronis and Zhu
(2004) conjecture that the prevalence of ... large literature onthe estimation of panel regressions andthe inconsistency that
can arise in that context. Much of that literature deals with the bias ofthe fixed effects
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The price puzzle ... that the transmission mechanism of
monetary policy depends onthe institutional characteristics ofthe financial system, we go on
to split the sample of countries into two groups depending on their...
... look at the whole income and asset portfolio rather than solely the poultry
income, thereby providing a more accurate measure oftheimpactofthe disease. If one looked only at the
impact of HPAI ... either the logistic function
or the standard normal cumulative distribution function (the probit function) (Greene 1997b).
The mean and variance ofthe ZINB are
(18)
,
To test whether the ... scales. The duration ofthe
livelihoods impacts of these shocks are assumed to be one year. This is because the variables used to
derive the impacts of these shocks (which include whether or not the...
... year of college. This assumption implies a linear
relationship between the log of earnings andthe number of years of education.
15
Second,
we assume that the cost of an additional year of education ... model. It captures the effect of existing knowledge onthe
production of new knowledge. There is no constraint onthe range of θ. If past
knowledge offers the necessary foundation upon which to discover ...
question of “why advanced economies … can continue to grow in the long run despite
the workings of diminishing returns in the accumulation of physical andhuman
capital.”
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Extensions of these...
... Regardless of whether
one agrees with revisionist assumptions or not, the issue that concerns me
is whether they had an important and concrete impacton policy assump-
tions and choices.
In the first ... expanding wealth
put it in the position to bear more ofthe costs of maintaining the alliance.
Traditionalists saw these contributions as one way to silence the growing
number of critics in the ... this
book.
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Traditionalist Views andthe Emergence of Revisionism
Clinton and Japan
eventually becoming adopted as core policy assumptions ofthe US
government, and then exerting a concrete impacton a key...
... an important role in the
education ofthehuman population regarding the risk
of infection. Knowledge ofthe parasite’s biological
charateristics, life cycle and trasmission routes is nec-
essary ... feces (approximately 2% ofthe cat
population at any given time) contaminates the litter
box. If the cat is allowed outside, it can contaminate
the soil or water in theenvironment as well. Litter ... represent any risk for
infection with Toxoplasma gondii.
Cats are the definitive host of T. gondii; they are
the only animals that pass oocysts in their feces. They
become infected by eating...