“…An increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio by 1 percentage point is associated with a decrease in discretionary federal spending by 0.33 percentage point during 1997-2005. …”

“…Revamped bank regulation and supervision should utilise a wider set of indicators and rules beyond standard capital ratios and pay greater attention to macro-financial linkages…”

“…Optionally other effects can be reported, including the sex ratio of the offspring. The reproductive output of the animals exposed to the test substance is analysed, by comparing it with that of the control in order to determine the lowest observed effect concentration (LOEC) and hence the no observed effect concentration (NOEC), and by estimating the concentration that causes an x % reduction in reproductive output by means of a regression analysis…”

“…Among mathematics-specific item classifications, two are found to be significantly related to future student success: those that assess knowledge, understanding, and application of statistics; and those related to rates, ratios, proportions, and/or percent. These items frequently require students to apply common mathematical concepts to solve multi-step, non-routine problems, think flexibly, and understand and interpret information presented in an unfamiliar format or context. …”

“…To do so, measures will need to be taken to arrest the increase in current spending, especially on pensions, paving the way for subsequently removing distortions and reducing the tax burden over the medium to longer term, once the debt-to-GDP ratio has been reduced in a sustainable manner. The favourable domestic macroeconomic environment, with falling inflation and improving growth prospects, appears propitious for reform towards the gradual phasing-out of directed credit and a reduction in compulsory reserve requirements…”

“…It finds that Norway’s aid effort ranks second among DAC Members in terms of ODA to GNP ratio. Broad national consensus towards Norway’s development assistance is based on strong support by churches and NGOs and on effective development education. …”

“…Chapter 4 focuses on wavelets and convolutional-neural filters for feature extraction and entropy-based anomaly detection, and Chapter 5 deals with a number of metrics such as cross correlation ratios and the Hausdorff distance for variational analysis of the state of snow. …”

“…What You'll Learn: Create a smartwatch design and visual effects pipeline Gain knowledge of the concepts behind smartwatch design Work with resolution, aspect ratio, animation, and color depth Use smartwatch design components such as ticks, numerals, feature markers, dates, etc. …”

“…The seventh paper proposes an integrated membrane process, including electrochemical intercalation–deintercalation, for the preparation of Li2CO3 from brine with a high Mg2+/Li+ mass ratio. Finally, the eighth paper is a perspective article devoted to the acid–base flow battery with monopolar and bipolar membranes…”

“…Carpenters, taxi-drivers, teachers, nurses, and other local service jobs are created at a ratio of five-to-one in the brain hubs, raising salaries and standard of living for all. …”

“…As the wealth of the average family dropped precipitously-by 44 percent-between 2007 and 2013, with black families hit hardest, the debt-income ratio more than doubled. The Great Recession also caused a sharp spike in asset poverty, as more and more families barely survived from one paycheck to the next. …”

“…These new effects and possibilities are mainly due to the quantum effects resulting from the increasing ratio of surface-to-volume atoms in low-dimensional systems. …”

“…Readers are told to start all graphs at a zero baseline, never use pie charts, maximize the data-ink ratio, and so on. Cairo argues that this approach is misguided: it shoehorns designers into a single rigid mode of thinking, based only on the perspective of the book's author or authors"-- Proporcionado por el editor…”

“…Tradicionalmente ha existido el debate sobre la conveniencia de que los ordenamientos jurídicos tributarios contengan una cláusula general antiabuso (GAAR General Antiavoidance Rule) que, a modo de claúsula de cierre del sistema, imponga la tributación en aquellos casos en que sin infringir directamente la Ley tributaria se soslaya su aplicación o ratio legis. Cláusula general que, en ocasiones, se ve completada con específicas cláusulas antiabuso particulares que tratan de atajar elusiones de normas tributarias específicas (SAAR Special Antiavoidance Rule). …”

“…Transconstitutionalism does not take any single legal order or type of order as a starting point or ultima ratio. It rejects both nation-statism and internationalism, supranationalism, transnationalism, and localism as privileged spaces for solving constitutional problems. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.3 Centralized DR Approaches 124 -- 6.3.1 Minimize Peak-to-Average Ratio 124 -- 6.3.2 Minimize Total Cost of Power Generation 125 -- 6.4 GameTheoretical Approaches 128 -- 6.4.1 Formulated Game 128 -- 6.4.2 GameTheoretical Approach 1: Locally Computed Smart Pricing 129 -- 6.4.3 GameTheoretical Approach 2: Semifixed Smart Pricing 131 -- 6.4.4 Mixed Approach: Mixed GA1 and GA2 132 -- 6.5 Precision and Truthfulness of the Proposed DR System 132 -- 6.6 Numerical and Simulation Results 132 -- 6.6.1 Settings 132 -- 6.6.2 Comparison of 1, 2 and GA1 135 -- 6.6.3 Comparison of Different Distributed Approaches 136 -- 6.6.4 The Impact from Energy Storage Unit 141 -- 6.6.5 The Impact from Increasing Renewable Energy 143 -- 6.7 Summary 145 -- 7 Intelligent Charging for Electric Vehicles-Scheduling in Battery Exchanges Stations 147 -- 7.1 Background and RelatedWork 147 -- 7.1.1 Background and Overview 147 -- 7.1.2 RelatedWork 149 -- 7.2 System Model 150 -- 7.2.1 Overview of the Studied System 150 -- 7.2.2 Mathematical Formulation 151 -- 7.2.3 Customer Estimation 152 -- 7.3 Load Scheduling Schemes for BESs 154 -- 7.3.1 Constraints for a BES si 154 -- 7.3.2 Minimizing PAR: Problem Formulation and Analysis 156 -- 7.3.3 Problem Formulation and Analysis for Minimizing Costs 156 -- 7.3.4 GameTheoretical Approach 159 -- 7.4 Simulation Analysis and Results 161 -- 7.4.1 Settings for the Simulations 161 -- 7.4.2 Impact of the Proposed DSM on PAR 163 -- 7.4.3 Evaluation of BESs Equipment Settings 164 -- 7.4.3.1 Number of Charging Ports 164 -- 7.4.3.2 Maximum Number of Fully Charged Batteries 164 -- 7.4.3.3 Preparation at the Beginning of Each Day 165 -- 7.4.3.4 Impact on PAR from BESs 166 -- 7.4.4 Evaluations of the GameTheoretical Approach 167 -- 7.5 Summary 169 -- 8 Big Data Analytics and Cloud Computing in the Smart Grid 171 -- 8.1 Background and Motivation 171 -- 8.1.1 Big Data Era 171 -- 8.1.2 The Smart Grid and Big Data 173 -- 8.2 Pricing and Energy Forecasts in Demand Response 174.…”

“…ARTE Y TÉCNICA DEL INTERROGATORIO, novena obra publicada en esta editorial por Óscar Fernández León, abogado en ejercicio y Socio Director de LEONOLARTE ABOGADOS, completa la serie de trabajos publicados por el autor y vinculados a la práctica profesional del abogado en juicio: «Manual de oratoria para abogados», «Cómo preparar con éxito la audiencia previa y el juicio oral», «El abogado y el juicio»)…”
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“…Y, si no empleas la oratoria en tu vida profesional, en la personal también encontrarás oportunidades para utilizarla: en un brindis en una boda, al defender tu punto de vista ante la comunidad de vecinos o hacer una pregunta en un debate…”

“…A comprehensive fiscal reform package is needed to bring to a halt the fast rising debt-to-GDP ratio, including measures to increase tax revenues and curb spending, strengthen the budgetary framework with a new, operational fiscal rule and restrict earmarking.SPECIAL FEATURES: FISCAL POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; INCLUSIVE GROWTH…”

“…Fine-graining the analysis by using income percentile ratios, in turn, produces more significant and stable results. …”