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Error Estimation Of The Padé Approximation Of Transfer Functions Via The Lanczos Process, Zhaojun Bai, Qiang Ye

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Krylov subspace based moment matching algorithms, such as PVL (Padé approximation Via the Lanczos process), have emerged as popular tools for efficient analyses of the impulse response in a large linear circuit. In this work, a new derivation of the PVL algorithm is presented from the matrix point of view. This approach simplifies the mathematical theory and derivation of the algorithm. Moreover, an explicit formulation of the approximation error of the PVL algorithm is given. With this error expression, one may implement the PVL algorithm that adaptively determines the number of Lanczos steps required to satisfy a prescribed error tolerance. …

Perspectives Winter 1998, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Winter 1998 employee newsletter published quarterly for employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.

1998 Compensation Program Information Guide, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

1998 Compensation Program guide to pay for performance charts and employee category salary ranges.

The Power And The Process: Instructions And The Civil Jury, Elizabeth G. Thornburg

Fordham Law Review

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Human Embryo Experimentation: Regulation And Relative Rights, Christine L. Feiler

Fordham Law Review

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Legal-Ware: Contract And Copyright In The Digital Age, Michael J. Madison

Fordham Law Review

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The Effects Of Gain Sharing On The Basic Wage: The Case Of Improshare, Roger T. Kaufman

Economics: Faculty Publications

Although gain-sharing plans are typically promoted to workers as a way of increasing total compensation, workers are often concerned that gain-sharing bonuses may becvomne substitutes for future wage increases that would have occurred in the absence of the plan. I examine the theoretical and empirical interaction among wages, bonuses, effort, and productivity in firms that implemented IMPROSHARE, a well-known gain-sharing plan. Using longitudinal data obtained from detailed survey questionnaire, I find that one can usually reject both the perfectly competitive model in which effort is held constant (in which case bonuses are a perfect substitute for wages) and the 'pure …

Incentive Schemes For School Attendance In Rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Gilda Sedgh

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This paper examines the impact of two incentive schemes on school attendance in rural Bangladesh: a food-for-education program for poor primary school children and a female secondary school scholarship scheme. The data come from an in-depth village study, before and after the programs went into effect. Both programs provide direct financial incentives to families to send their children to and keep them in school. The data also allow for an assessment of an informal school program sponsored by BRAC, a national non-governmental institution, at the study sites. School enrollment in the target population increased more rapidly than would have been …

Ethnicity And Child Mortality In Sub-Saharan Africa, Martin Brockerhoff, Paul C. Hewett

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Analysis of recent survey data reveals large differentials in child mortality among ethnic groups in countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa. These disparities correspond with the prominence of specific ethnic groups in the national political economy. In many countries where heads of state since independence have come from one or two ethnic groups-as in Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, and Niger-these groups have experienced levels of early child mortality at least one-third lower than those of other groups. In other countries where there have been several transitions in state control, as in Ghana and Uganda, descendants of precolonial kingdoms such as Ashanti and Buganda …

The Uncharted Passage: Girls' Adolescence In The Developing World, Barbara Mensch, Judith Bruce, Margaret E. Greene

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Adolescence is a formative time of transition to adulthood. What happens between the ages of 10 and 19 shapes how girls and boys live out their lives as women and men—not only in the reproductive arena, but in the social and economic realm as well. Yet, despite its impact on human development, adolescence has been sidelined as a research and policy subject in developing countries. While all adolescents deserve our attention, the needs of adolescent girls in the developing world are particularly pressing. This monograph focuses on these girls, presenting statistics to examine the social and economic context of their …

Covert Contraceptive Use: Prevalence, Motivations, And Consequences, Ann E. Biddlecom, Bolaji M. Fapohunda

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This paper examines women’s covert use of contraceptives, that is, use without the knowledge of their husbands. Covert use may highlight conflict between husbands and wives about family planning, or it may reflect behaviors that spouses find difficult to discuss together. This study addresses three questions: 1) How is covert use measured in different settings? 2) How prevalent is it? and 3) What are the factors underlying covert use? We examine these questions by drawing on existing studies and detailed survey and qualitative data collected in 1997 in an urban setting in Zambia from married women and a subsample of …

The Onset Of Fertility Transition In Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, John B. Casterline

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Recent trends in fertility and contraceptive prevalence indicate that the marital fertility transition in Pakistan, which has been anticipated for three decades, has begun in the 1990s. Before that decade, the total fertility rate had exceeded 6 births per woman for at least three decades, and fewer than 10 percent of married women practiced contraception. The most recent survey data, collected in 1996- 97, show a total fertility rate of 5.3 births per woman and a contraceptive prevalence rate of 24 percent. Underlying this development are macroeconomic trends that have led to widespread economic distress at the household level, and …

The Impact Of Family Planning Household Service Delivery On Women's Status In Bangladesh, James F. Phillips, Mian Bazle Hossain

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Since 1982, the Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Extension Project has compiled longitudinal panel data on rural women’s contact with household service providers who visit homes to discuss family planning and offer services to women on request. This study tests the hypothesis that home-based services reinforce customs of purdah (female seclusion) by sustaining the dependency and isolation of the women served by the program. Results show that household services improve women’s status. This effect is largely attributable to the impact of outreach on effective fertility regulation. Findings do not support the hypothesis that household service delivery is detrimental …

Realism And Formalism In The Severance Of Joint Tenancies, Richard H. Helmholz

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Definitions

III. Continuing Citation of the Four Unities

IV. Rejection of the Four Unities Requirement ... A. Cases of Unilateral Self-conveyance .... B. Contracts to Sell and Equitable Conversion ... C. Divorce and Severance ... D. Summary

V. The Consequences ... A. Added Difficulties in Determining Severance Questions ... B. Increased Possibility of Fraud ... C. Greater Incongruity with the Remaining Formal Rules ... 1. Void Deeds ... 2. Mortgages ... 3. Wills .... 4. Partition ... 5. Bankruptcy .... 6. Leases

VI. Conclusion

1998 Annual Report Of The Tennessee Registry Of Election Finance, Tennessee Registry Of Election Finance

Registry Annual Reports

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Hibernia Turbeville, Windle Turley

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

What Is The Value Of A Life: Child Restraint Systems On Commercial Airlines, Alana N. Taylor

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

The Deductibility Of The Costs Of Aircraft Maintenance, Denyse Finn Clancy

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

The Law Of Letters Of Credit And Investment Securities Under The Ucc - Modernization And Process, Gene N. Lebrun, Fred H. Miller

South Dakota Law Review

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Case Survey: A Brief Survey Of Selected South Dakota Supreme Court Cases Decided In 1997, Thomas Simmons

South Dakota Law Review

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Third Party Bad Faith Refusals To Settle In Nielsen V. Boos, Colby M. Lessmann

South Dakota Law Review

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The Clash Between Federal And State Arbitration Law And The Appropriateness Of Arbitration As A Dispute Resolution Process, Margaret M. Harding

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Doctor’s Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto ... A. The Facts ... B. Montana Uniform Arbitration Act ... C. Casarotto v. Lombardi (Casarotto I)—Judicial Hostility to Arbitration Revisited ... 1. The Majority Opinion ... 2. Justice Trieweiler’s Concurrence ... 3. The Dissents ... D. The Supreme Court’s Remand ... E. Casarotto v. Lombardi (Casarotto II)—The First Remand ... F. The Supreme Court’s Opinion in Doctor’s Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto ... G. Casarotto v. Lombardi (Casarotto III)—The Second Remand

III. Federalism Issues and the FAA ... A. Background of the Passage of the FAA …

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Measurement Of The Compton And Coherent Scattering Differential Cross-Sections, Yakup Kurucu, Salih Erzeneoğlu, Rıdvan Durak, Yusuf Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Physics

The total atomic Compton and coherent scattering differential cross section of Al, Sn and Ta for 59.5 keV gamma rays of Am-241 point source have been measured for scattering angles $\theta=81^{\circ}$, $85.5^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$ and $94.5^{\circ}$ by a direct method with an energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer. The background correction and detection efficiency are also included the study. The experimental results are comparatively given with some available theoretical data obtained with some approximation methods.

Bulk Modulus Calculations Of Liquid Alkali Metal Alloys, Mehmet Yilmaz, Seyfeddin Karagözoğlu, İris Gümüş

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this work, the bulk modulus values for liquid alkali metal alloys near melting point are studied in the framework of the Gibbs-Bogoliubov method. We use the local Heine-Abarenkov pseudopotential and Ichimaru-Utsumi screening function in these alloys. The results are compared with experimental and theoretical results.

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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