We use three different quality based rankings of the publishing record of Irish based economists in academic journals during the period 1990-2000 and 1995-2000. While individual rankings are sensitive to the range of ...
It is well accepted that the quality of soft clay samples obtained using standard
fixed piston samplers can be relatively poor and that block samples are necessary to
yield very high quality samples. However for many ...
In recent years, economists have started using socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics to explain self-reported individual happiness or satisfaction with life. Using data disaggregated at the individual and ...
The study examines objective indicators associated with quality of life in Ireland. As noted above, these include indicators of environmental quality, income, house prices, health, education and crime. The analysis then ...
With wind power penetration increasing in many systems worldwide, operational issues are beginning to emerge due to the uncertain nature of wind power. One of these issues is
the provision of reserve for system security. ...
Horse rider ability has long been measured using horse performance, competition results and visual observation. Scientific methods of measuring rider ability on the flat are emerging such as measuring position angles and ...
Throughout the world significant development is being encouraged in wind energy for electricity generation. A complete cost and benefit analysis has been conducted in this paper on grid connected wind generation. It takes ...
Interest continues to grow in the possibility of understanding the mechanism(s) of nanoparticle-cell interactions. At present there is little knowledge, and essentially no understanding, of the relevant length and time ...
While it is universally held by computer scientists that conference publications
have a higher status in computer science than in other disciplines there is little quantitative evidence in support of this position. The ...
More than 85% of reported brain traumas are classified clinically as “mild” using GCS; qualitative MRI findings are scarce and provide little correspondence to clinical symptoms. Our goal, therefore, was to establish in-vivo ...
Proteomics has enabled the direct investigation of biological material, at first through the analysis of individual proteins, then of lysates from cell cultures, and finally of extracts from tissues and biopsies from entire ...
This paper provides a quantification of the inputs for an existing qualitative
foundation project planning model, namely ARUP’s Sustainable Project Appraisal
Routine (SPeAR) diagram. The goal is to provide an improved ...
The quaternarized pdppz derivative 1 was shown to bind strongly to DNA with concomitant changes in its ground and excited state photophysical properties. Furthermore, the compound also showed rapid cellular uptake, and ...
The integrated management of both spatial and temporal components of information is crucial in order to extract significant knowledge from datasets concerning phenomena of interest to a large variety of applications. ...
Among the many concerns over globalization is that as nations compete for mobile firms, they will relax labour standards as a method of lowering costs and attracting investment.
Using spatial estimation on panel data for ...
Examines differences in medical care expenditures by non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanic elderly who were Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S.
This research develops a weighted integer goal-programming model for prioritising railway projects for investment. The goal of the model is to prioritise the identified projects for investment while maximising the objectives ...