Why Has the Cyclicality of Productivity Changed? What Does It Mean?

Why Has the Cyclicality of Productivity Changed? What Does It Mean?

participation, what does it mean?

participation has been with us since the inception of living in a family. participation developed in the matrix of religion and, two centuries ago, opend up its way in political systems of european countries. it supported the democratic principle of people's determining their own destiny. today, participation is considered a necessity for the total development of not only individuals, but ...

Translational research: what does it mean, what has it delivered and what might it deliver?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW In this article, we review recent developments in translational research in the fields of acute lung injury, acute kidney injury and sepsis with a focus on emerging biomarkers and outline future advances in the field. RECENT FINDINGS There is currently a significant and unmet need for high quality translational research in critical care. The emergence of '-omics' technologie...

Unpacking the beauty premium : What channels does it operate through , and has it changed over time ? *

Using data from representative samples of the Australian population in the 1980s and 2000s we make two main contributions to analysis of the economic effects of beauty. First, we broaden analysis of the effects of beauty beyond the labour market to examine its relation to household income. We find that beauty significantly affects total household income – primarily via respondents’ probability ...

What does it mean ?

As renewed attention has been given by policy makers to energy conservation issues, it has ft-equently been asserted that an energy-efficiency gap exists between actual and optimal energy use. The critical question is how to define the optimal level of energy efficiency. This paper seeks to disentangle some confusing strands of argument that are frequently brought to bear on this question, by i...