IN THIS SECTION, we discuss the implementation details for MPEC and NFP applied to the BLP demand estimation problem. For a gradient-based solver to perform effectively, researchers need to provide the first-order and secondorder closed-form derivatives along with their respective sparsity patterns. Without this additional information, both MPEC and NFP may fail to converge or may require consi...

This article considers the natural regulators of blood-sucking Simuliidae subzone mixed forests on territory Belarus and Ukraine. In forests, major preimaginal phases bloodsucking blackflies are microsporidia (Polidyspirenia simulii, Polidyspirenia sp., Thelohania fibrata, Amblyospora bracteata, A. varians), fungi mermithides (Gastromermis boophthorae). Caddisfly larvae (Hydropsyche angustipenn...

El estudio del bilingüismo se ha enfocado principalmente en hablantes de lenguas indoeuropeas (lenguas mayoritarias). A pesar que México cuenta con una cantidad importante bilingües indígenas y español, esta situación bilingüe sido poco estudiada. objetivo presente trabajo es describir el perfil psicolingüístico hñäñho-español, migrantes Santiago Mexquititlán, Amealco, a Querétaro, México. Con ...

Most information extraction (IE) systems identify facts that are explicitly stated in text. However, in natural language, some facts are implicit, and identifying them requires “reading between the lines”. Human readers naturally use common sense knowledge to infer such implicit information from the explicitly stated facts. We propose an approach that uses Bayesian Logic Programs (BLPs), a stat...

The global strategy for eliminating leprosy as a public health problem by the end of this century is primarily dependent on detection of untreated hidden leprosy patients, especially those with leprosy of consequence, and curing them with MDT. l To unearth such cases rapidly, WHO recommended a leprosy elimination campaign (LEC) through community involvement. l The National Leprosy Eradication P...

Economists often study consumers’ aggregate behavior across markets choosing from a menu of differentiated products. In this analysis, local demographic characteristics can serve as controls for market-specific heterogeneity in product preferences. Given rich demographic data, implementing these models requires specifying which variables to include in the analysis, an ad hoc process typically g...