The idea of rearranging generation assets amongst firms to improve competition has once again surfaced in a recent report on improvements to the New Zealand Electricity Market. We show with examples that rearranging assets, either with asset divestiture to a new firm, or asset swaps between existing firms, may actually reduce competition in electricity markets. Our examples emphasize features t...

This paper describes methods aimed at solving the novel problem of automatically discovering ‘wishes’ from (English) documents such as reviews or customer surveys. These wishes are sentences in which authors make suggestions (especially for improvements) about a product or service or show intentions to purchase a product or service. Such ‘wishes’ are of great use to product managers and sales p...

Valvular aortic stenosis (AS) is a prevalent condition and one of the most common indications for valve replacement surgery. Although AS can be congenital in etiology or a consequence of rheumatic fever, the most common form is “calcific” AS. Calcific AS is usually seen in patients over the age of 65 years, and as the population continues to grow older, the number of patients with AS is almost ...

BACKGROUND Decision-making processes used by experts when undertaking occupational exposure assessment are relatively unknown, but it is often assumed that there is a common underlying method that experts employ. However, differences in training and experience of assessors make it unlikely that one general method for expert assessment would exist. Therefore, there are concerns about formalizing...