The purpose of this paper is to study the convergence and the almost sure T-stability of the modied SP-type random iterative algorithm in a separable Banach spaces. The Bochner in-tegrability of andom xed points of this kind of random operators, the convergence and the almost sure T-stability for this kind of generalized asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive random mappings are obtained. Our result...

The contourlet transform has the benefit of efficiently capturing the oriented geometrical structures of images. In this paper, by incorporating the ideas of Stein’s Unbiased Risk Estimator (SURE) approach in Nonsubsampled Contourlet Transform (NSCT) domain, a new image denoising technique is devised. We utilize the characteristics of NSCT coefficients in high and low subbands and apply SURE sh...

The objective of this paper is to obtain estimates of the effect of HIV prevalence on economic performance in selected economies of Latin America using a panel regression to identify plausible interventions to fight the epidemic in the region and ameliorate the negative effect of this epidemic on human capital accumulation. Due to the suspicion that either all variables of interest are endogeno...

Objective: The aim of this study is to extend our knowledge about uncertainty in fertility intentions from a life course perspective. We want find out if markers such as economic circumstances, relationship status, family size, and the so-called “biological clock” (getting older) influence intentions. Uncertainty state which individuals are not sure whether they will have (more) children.
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A moral hazard model is used to show why overly optimistic revenue forecasts prior elections can be optimal: Opportunistic governments increase spending and appear more competent; ex post deficits emerge in election years, thereby producing political forecast cycles – as also found for US states the empirical literature. Additionally, we obtain three theoretical results which are tested with pa...

The aim of this paper is to empirically investigate the determinants of tourism demand by utilizing panel data for the period of 1995-2011 from top 20 countries sending tourists to Turkey. Econometric results obtained from panel cointegration analysis show that macroeconomic factors as such income, prices, supply capacity, exchange rate and political stability play a significant role in determi...

I plan to study abroad in the next few years and, although I've never seen a psychiatrist or anything, I am fairly certain I have anxiety. I can tell through my daily interactions and I am a psychology major so I used the manual to kind of self diagnose myself. I wanted to go talk to my college counselors about getting an emotional support dog soon so we can build a bond and then he/she can com...

Prospect theory suggests that because smoking cessation is a prevention behavior with a fairly certain outcome, gain-framed messages will be more persuasive than loss-framed messages when attempting to encourage smoking cessation. To test this hypothesis, the authors randomly assigned participants (N=258) in a clinical trial to either a gain- or loss-framed condition, in which they received fac...