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Classification and prediction of milk yield level for Holstein Friesian cattle using parametric and non-parametric statistical classification models

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2020
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the veracities of most admired strategy dis¬criminant analysis (DA), in comparison to the artificial neural network (ANN) for the anticipation and classification of milk production level in Holstein ...
Hend Radwan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Better prepared for retirement? Using panel data to improve wealth estimates of ELSA respondents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We compare the key assumptions underpinning estimates of the pension wealth of ELSA respondents to outcomes over the period from 2002–03 to 2004–05. We find that many of these assumptions have, on average, proved cautious or reasonable. Improving pension
Banks, J., Emmerson, C., Tetlow, G.
core   +1 more source

The External Wealth of Nations Mark Ii: Revised and Extended Estimates of Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1970-2004

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2006
We construct estimates of external assets and liabilities for over 140 countries over the period 1970-2004. We describe our estimation methods and present some key features of the data, both at the country and at the global level.
P. Lane, G. Milesi-Ferretti
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inadequate Funding of Basic Education in Nigeria: Implications for Quality and Equity in Learning Delivery

open access: yesAl Ibtida: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru MI
Basic education forms the cornerstone of national development, yet Nigeria continues to suffer from chronic underfunding despite policy frameworks aimed at universal access.
Adesola Afusat Odukoya, Egbedi Tungbowei
doaj   +1 more source

Moral Visions in Medieval Muslim Interpretations of Sūra 102 Al-Takāthur: Warnings against Pride, Wealth, or Pleasure?

open access: yesReligions, 2022
This article focuses on sūra 102 al-Takāthur of the Qur’ān which addresses those preoccupied with al-takāthur (competition for superiority in number, or accumulation of wealth), warning them of the punishment of Hell in the Hereafter and of their ...
Alena Kulinich
doaj   +1 more source

Studies on some Welfare Aspects of Broilers Reared Under Different Stocking Densities

open access: yesJournal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2017
Nowadays, there is much concern expressed about stocking density as it is related to the well-being and welfare of broilers, and to define some welfare aspects of broilers in an environmentally uncontrolled conventional house under two different ...
Rasha R.Ibrahim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A characterization of the multivariate excess wealth ordering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this paper, some new properties of the upper-corrected orthant of a random vector are proved. The univariate right-spread or excess wealth function, introduced by Fernández-Ponce et al.
Arias-Nicolás   +31 more
core   +2 more sources

A study of contemporary and historical sedimentation in waterbodies of the Volgaupland and the low-lying trans-Volga region

open access: yesTransactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018
The article presents the results of the study of contemporary and historical sedimentation in 66 waterbodies of different types in the middle course of the Volga (ponds, lakes) within the Chuvash Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, and Republic of Mari El ...
Dmitry Ivanov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retirement expectations, pension reforms and their impact on private wealth accumulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
We estimate the effect of pension reforms on households' expectations of retirement outcomes and private wealth accumulation decisions exploiting a decade of intense Italian pension reforms as a source of exogenous variation in expected pension wealth ...
Attanasio   +23 more
core   +1 more source

Augmented wealth in Switzerland: the influence of pension wealth on wealth inequality [PDF]

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020
AbstractEntitlements for social security and occupational pensions present a major wealth component and play a central role for financial security. However, most individual-level data lacks information on pension wealth. By linking various data sources, this contribution estimates the present value of future pension entitlements in Switzerland for ...
openaire   +5 more sources

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