This paper examines the endogeneity (or lack thereof) of the rate of capacity utilization in the long run at the firm level. We provide economic justification for the adjustment of the desired rate of utilization toward the actual rate on behalf of a cost-minimizing firm after examining the factors that determine the utilization of resources. The cost-minimizing firm has an incentive to increas...

Normocalcaemic hyperparathyroidism is a common biochemical finding, usually identified during an assessment of bone or renal health. Hypercalcaemia must be considered by calculation of adjusted calcium, and a careful history taken to assess dietary calcium intake and for the possibility of a malabsorption syndrome. 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) should be measured and replaced if indicated. The ma...

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RESULTS: Cord serum PRL level was directly proportional to gestational age and birth weight in normal and abnormal pregnancies but was not affected by maternal age, parity, socioeconomic status, geographical background and mode of delivery. Women with abnormal pregnancy had significantly lower (302.12± 103.02 vs 385.65 ± 85.01 ng/mL) prolaction level as compared to that with normal pregnancy. N...

Objective: The aim of present study was to find the effect of cholesterol level on platelet aggregability in normal individuals. Methodology: This study was conducted in Cardiology department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar in SeptemberOctober 2007. Normal individuals aged 18 years or above were randomly included. Patients who were suffering from any cardiovascular or other diseases were exclu...

Empirical Bayes approach is an attractive method for estimating hyperparameters in hierarchical models. But, under the assumption of normality for a multi-level heteroscedastic hierarchical model, which involves several explanatory variables, the analyst may often wonder whether the shrinkage estimators have efficient asymptotic properties in spite of the fact they involve numerous hyperparamet...

Normal basis is widely used for representation of binary field elements Much attention has been paid to trade off between time and number of gates, but until little attention has been paid to the problem of connecting the gates in economical and regular way to minimize chip and chip area and design costs. Two new level high speed architectures, reordered normal basis type-I and reordered normal...

Introduction Release from masking, or the masking level difference (MLD), is a phenomenon in which the binaural auditory system can take advantage of interaural phase differences to improve the detection of signals in a background of noise. The MLDphenomenon can be observed for both tonal and speech signals at or near threshold levels. Similarly, intelligibility of speech presented at suprathre...

X-linked agamaglobulinemia (XLA) or Bruton’s disease is a genetic disease resulting from a mutation in the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) gene. This mutation leads to B cell arrest during differentiation (1). This disease was first described by Ogden Bruton in 1952 (2). Approximately 85% of the affected subjects are male (3). This disorder is inherited as an X-linked recessive trait. Carrier fe...