wk). Birds grew 819 g during the 4 to 8wk period (CV = 15.0 %), as compared to only 389 g in the 8 to 12 wk period (CV = 15.3 %). Although there was no difference in the variation on a population basis, drastic changes are apparent when data was expressed in relative gains. The variation for relative gains ranged from a low of 17.2 % in the 4 to 8 wk period to a high of 41.0 % in the 16 to 18 w...

This paper argues that technical change in the East Asian countries was sector-specific, took the form of learning-by-doing and was induced by relative factor prices. Usual growth accounting exercises do not account for this in the structure of the assumed aggregate production function and therefore miss these technical gains. Assumed or estimated elasticities of substitution are too high in th...

Using data from the General Social Survey, we study the role of income in self-reported happiness. Unexpected income gains increase happiness but individual happiness is not very persistent over time. Relative income is more important than absolute income, in particular, income relative to individuals’ own cohort working in the same occupation group, and living in the same region. Perceptions a...

This study examined the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles relative to captions, subtitles, and no for incidental vocabulary learning. Learners’ processing novel words in its relationship learning gains were also explored. While their eye movements recorded, 112 intermediate advanced Chinese learners English watched a documentary one 4 conditions: L1 subtitles. Vocabulary pretests posttests a...

This paper deals with adaptive consensus output regulation of a class of network-connected nonlinear systems with completely unknown parameters, including the high frequency gains of the subsystems. The subsystems may have different dynamics, as long as the relative degrees are the same. A new type of Nussbaum gain is proposed to deal with adaptive consensus control of network-connected systems...

A brief educational intervention with families living with a schizophrenic relative is described and evaluated in terms of benefits for relatives' well-being and patient recovery. Education led to considerable knowledge gains and to reductions in relatives' reported stress symptoms and fear of the patient. There was a trend for relatives to be more optimistic concerning their role in treatment....

In this paper, we study starting point bias in double-bounded contingent valuation surveys. This phenomenon arises in applications that use multiple valuation questions. Indeed, response to follow-up valuation questions may be influenced by the bid proposed in the initial valuation question. Previous researches have been conducted in order to control for such an effect. However, they find that ...

In this paper, we test for productivity gains resulting from the introduction of a productivity-based incentive program in a large manufacturing plant of a Fortune 500 corporation. We develop a methodology based on a stochastic nonparametric frontier estimation technique to evaluate productivity in the postincentive plan period relative to the pre-incentive plan period. We also test for product...

• A sharp rise in real commodity prices has boosted Canada’s terms of trade and exchange rate over the past five years. These relative price movements, underpinned by a strong global demand for commodities, have generated substantial real income gains, reduced Canadian cost competitiveness, and changed relative factor prices in favour of capital, thereby stimulating final domestic demand, depre...

Lattice segmentation techniques developed for Minimum Bayes Risk decoding in large vocabulary speech recognition tasks are used to compute the statistics needed for discriminative training algorithms that estimate HMM parameters so as to reduce the overall risk over the training data. New estimation procedures are developed and evaluated for both small and large vocabulary recognition tasks, an...