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A New Index of Environmental Quality [PDF]

An optimal weighting scheme is proposed to construct a new index of environmental quality for different countries using an approach that relies on consistent tests for stochastic dominance efficiency.
Elettra Agliardi, Mehmet Pinar, Thanasis Stengos   +2 more
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Evaluating the Promethee ii Ranking Quality

Algorithms
Multicriteria decision aid consists in helping decision makers to compare (rank, choose, sort, etc.) different alternatives which are evaluated on conflicting criteria. One well-known family of multicriteria decision aid methods is Promethee. It is based
Boris Coquelet, Gilles Dejaegere, Yves De Smet   +2 more
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Defocus test and defocus correction in full-field optical coherence tomography

, 2009
We report experimental evidence and correction of defocus in full-field OCT of biological samples due to mismatch of the refractive index of biological tissues and water.
A. C. Boccara, Debarre, Dubois, Fercher, Fujimoto, G. David, Hermann, Miller, Rueckel, S. Gigan, S. Labiau, Tearney, Tearney, Vabre   +13 more
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Tests for price indices in a dynamic item universe

, 2018
There is generally a need to deal with quality change and new goods in the consumer price index due to the underlying dynamic item universe. Traditionally axiomatic tests are defined for a fixed universe. We propose five tests explicitly formulated for a
Johansen, Ingvild, Nygaard, Ragnhild, Zhang, Li-Chun   +2 more
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Double-Cropping of Pinus sylvestris L. Containerized Seedlings under Short Growing Season Conditions at High Latitudes

Лесной журнал
The quality of forest crops significantly depends on the characteristics of the planting stock. To obtain high-quality conifer seedlings, the process of container cultivation is used and optimized and a double-cropping mode is introduced. The aim of this
Elena V. Robonen, Nadezhda P. Chernobrovkina, Boris V. Raevsky, Maria I. Zaitseva, Karina G. Nelaeva   +4 more
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ON THE RECENT EXTENSION OF PRICE AND PRODUCTION STATISTICS TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION [PDF]

The paper pertains to the recent extension of price and production statistics to health, social assistance services and education. In the first part, it is underlined that using net prices instead of gross prices, as it has been decided for the European ...
Damien Broussolle
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An air-assisted mechanical hill-seeding device for foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Setaria italica (foxtail millet) plays an important role in human nutrition, animal feed, and agriculture. However, the difficulty in realizing precision seeding introduces challenges to the planting and industrialization of foxtail millet.
Lingxin Bu, Qianwen Kou, Adilet Sugirbay, Jun Chen, Yu Chen   +4 more
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Recent flow visualization studies in the 0.3-m TCT [PDF]

Light beams are altered by refractive index changes; flow induced refractive index changes provide the impetus for conventional visualization techniques such as schlieren and shadowgraph.
Burner, Alpheus W., Goad, William K., Snow, Walter L.   +2 more
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Measuring Productivity using the Index Number Approach: An Introduction [PDF]

This paper provides an introduction to productivity measurement using index number techniques. Attention is given to the construction of productivity series using common index number formulae, the economic and axiomatic approaches to selecting an index ...
Nathan McLellan
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A quality adjusted wage index [PDF]

In this paper, a new method of estimating a wage index is proposed and implemented. We construct a wage index by controlling for quantity, as well as quality of labor.
J. S. Butler, Jennjou Chen
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