suffering and death from lack of food‚ shelter‚ and medical care are bad (Singer 231). If we are capable of preventing something bad like death from famine and other disasters from occurring‚ without sacrificing something of comparable moral importance‚ then we should. Therefore‚ we ought to contribute as much as we can to the alleviation of poverty-induced famine to the point where contributing more would do us more harm than benefit the needy. Singer’s principle prescribes that we need to contribute as
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ECONOMETRICS Bruce E. Hansen c 2000‚ 20101 University of Wisconsin www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen This Revision: January 10‚ 2010 Comments Welcome 1 This manuscript may be printed and reproduced for individual or instructional use‚ but may not be printed for commercial purposes. Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi 1 Introduction 1.1 What is Econometrics? . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The Probability
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food shortages. Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Eritrea‚ Djibouti‚ Somalia‚ Kenya‚ South Sudan‚ and Sudan. What is famine? Famine contains three elements: • food shortage • starvation • excess mortality It has a greater effect on the most vulnerable in society. Famine is caused by many factors including: • poor climatic • environmental conditions • population growth • market failure • war. Over half of the Ethiopian population
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interpretation of the slope coefficient in the model Yi = β0 + β1 ln(Xi ) + ui is as follows: (a) a 1% change in X is associated with a β1 % change in Y. (b) a 1% change in X is associated with a change in Y of 0.01 β1 . (c) a change in X by one unit is associated with a β1 100% change in Y. (d) a change in X by one unit is associated with a β1 change in Y. (ii) The interpretation of the slope coefficient in the model ln(Yi ) = β0 + β1 Xi + ui is as follows: (a) a 1% change in X is associated with a β1
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ECONOMETRICS Bruce E. Hansen c °2000‚ 20061 University of Wisconsin www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen Revised: January 2006 Comments Welcome This manuscript may be printed and reproduced for individual or instructional use‚ but may not be printed for commercial purposes. 1 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Economic Data . . 1.2 Observational Data 1.3 Random Sample . 1.4 Economic Data . . 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 14 15 15 20 21 21 22 25 26 27 28 30 32 33 34 35 . . . . . . . .
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(In Japanese.) SanshikaihO‚ 47 (560): 33-38. UMEYA Y. (1939) Experiments on the artificial development of the diapausing silkworm egg. (In Japanese.) Proc. Jap. Ass. Adv. Sci.‚ 14:504-508. Xu W.‚ Sato Y.‚ Yamashita O.(1995) Cloning of the diapause hormone gene of the silkworm (Bombyx mori)‚ 22(3):178-184. Xu W.H. (1999) Molecular mechanism of diapause in Bombyx mori. 2. Diapause determination and expression of diapause hormone gene in pupal stage. Yi Chuan Xue Bao‚ 26(2):107-111. Yaginuma T.‚ Yamashita
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The people of Soviet population encountered very many hardships during the 1930’s and this can be attributed to Stalin’s poor leadership compared to the leaders before him Lenin. He took initiatives to replace the systems employed by Lenin and in introduce communism that was expected to favor the adverse industrialization advocated for by Stalin. To achieve this industrialization‚ Stalin used harsh and ruthless measures that saw extreme suffering and death of thousands of Soviet population. The first
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Ch 12: Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Introduction -Postclassical period saw a vital unification of Chinese civilization • Less fundamental changes occurred than in other places • Established orbit of influence; though isolated‚ was able to contribute to other areas -Era of political division and civil strife after breakdown of Han dynasty • Most advances of the Qin-Han era (221 BCE-220 CE) lost • Era of Division (220-589)-Nomadic
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Visual Impairment Introduction Vision challenge or impairment is when a person’s degree of seeing is very low and the affected person requires assistance in order to carry out daily routine. Significantly‚ for one to qualify as visually impaired there must be prove that a person cannot undertake duties by himself without necessary assistance. For a person to qualify as a visually challenged‚ there must be a prove that the affected eyes cannot be conventionally treated. Visual challenge cannot be
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The Gods Must Be Crazy The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 is a South African comedy film which tells the story of Xi‚ a Bushman from the deep Kalahari Desert. He lived happily with his family and tribe because he thought the god provided them with plenty of things. The film contains various elements about cultural differences and intercultural communication concepts. In this essay‚ I aim to analyze the film in the light of the concepts of ethnocentrism and values. The literature review of the concepts will
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