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The Impact of Imperfect Information on the Wages of Native-Born and Immigrant Workers: Evidence from the 2006 Canadian Census

This paper empirically examines how imperfect information about wage offers and reservation wages among employees and employers respectively impacts on the wages of Canadian born and immigrant workers. We estimate these effects from 2006 census data using a two-tier stochastic wage frontier. Our main contributions are: first, the use 2006 census data allows us to examine how the international transferability of immigrant human capital (or the lack of it) impacts on worker and employer information - this could not be done with earlier censuses, but is a critical factor that separates the labour market experience of immigrants (especially newcomers) from that of native-born Canadians; second, we adopt a more general approach to information gaps by re-parameterizing the frontier model to incorporate the impact of individual differences on labour market information; and third, we allow worker and employer information gaps to vary due to industry fixed effects. Our findings show that Canadian-born and immigrants with similar characteristics tend to experience quite similar wage gaps in the aggregate. While those gaps show significant variation across some industries for both immigrants and Canadian-born workers, and wage gaps due to worker imperfect information are also similar both groups, wage gaps driven by employer imperfect information are much larger among immigrants. As well, the results show that the variability in the amount of information that workers and employers possess is clearly more substantial among immigrants, thereby pointing to greater uncertainty about their wage outcomes. Our analysis of immigrants shows that while the effects of acquiring their degree prior to migration increases the size of wage gaps due to employer and worker imperfect information, these impacts are relatively modest when compared to those arising from a lack of language skills.
Consideration of Relation between Characteristic and Price of Land by Hedonic Approach : The Residential Quarter in Shiga Prefecture as a Case Study

In this paper, we quantitatively arranges whether to become important for which factor how can able to catch real estate characteristic in which it has significant influence on price of land by hedonic approach through the observation of spatial distribution of the residential quarter price of land in Shiga Prefecture, and to be able concretely to decide the price difference. The evaluation of value of the real estate is recorded according to the appraisal of real estate criterion of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) as follows. The price of real estate is the one formed as a result of the interaction of many factors. Moreover, it has the tendency to which each factor always changes, too. Therefore, after real estate is appraised, it is necessary to understand the price formation factor from market participant's viewpoint clearly, to analyze the interrelation between the transition, a trend, and various factors enough, and to judge the influence on the above-mentioned three points (utility of real estate, relative scarcity and effectual demand to real estate). [MLIT (2002) p.6, in Japanese] The overall price formation factor is assumed to incorporate a general factor, a regional factor, and an individual factor. The main one concerning the factor concerning the residential area in these is brought together in Table 1. It is thought that an individual factor has Correlation mutually rather than is independent. Because it is such a lot of factors, it has the side that the real estate including the residential quarter price of land is a unique generally commodity. That is, the same real estate doesn't exist to have real estate as natural characteristic, reproduction impossibility, Individuality, such as a ground and its dimensional standard, and diversity of the use as cultural
Distributional effects of CAP instruments on farm household incomes

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has evolved from an allocative towards a distributive policy. Distributive policies aim at correcting market outcomes according to politically determined objectives usually through transferring money from richer to poorer households. We compare the distributional effects of CAP direct payments in EU Member States. In general, poorer households benefit more from social transfers than richer ones, whereas larger farms get more direct payments than smaller ones. Direct payments which are basically linked to the acreage of farms seem to be not an adequate tool to ensure a fair standard of living of farm households, a major objective of the CAP.
SQUEEZED STATES : A GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK

A general definition of squeezed states is proposed and its main features are illustrated through a discussion of the standard optical coherent states represented by "Gaussian pure states" (Ref. 1). The set-up involves representations of groups on Hilbert spaces over homogeneous spaces of the group, and relies upon the construction of a square integrable (coherent state) group representation modulo a subgroup (Ref. 2). This construction depends upon a choice of a Borel section which has a certain permissible arbitrariness in its selection; this freedom is attributable to a squeezing of the defining coherent states of the representation, and corresponds in this way to a sort of gauging. AN EXAMPLE: GAUSSIAN PURE STATES Gaussian pure states (GPS's), as defined by Schumaker (Ref. 3) and elaborated by Simon, Sudarshan and Mukunda (Ref. 1), are functions: 2(;) = (const) exp[P(_)] (1) where _ _/Rn and P(_) is a quadratic *S.T. A. and ,I.A. B. gratefully acknowledge partial support from /_SERC. polynomial in _ with complex coefficients: = xZx + ,w • _ + w o (2) -i/2 . 4 with Z a symmetric (zt= Z) complex n x n matrix, _v e (n, w ° _ _, and where, if Z = V-iU is the decomposition into real and imaginary parts, then U is positive definite (U > 0). Let G denote the semi-direct product of the Weyl-Heisenberg group H(2n + 1) with the symplectic group Sp(2n;_R) of symplectic linear maps of IR2n. G = H(2n + 1) e Sp(2n;R). (a) Multiplication in G is as follows: glg2 = (ClC2exp[ifi(Ql,SlQ2)/2l,Q l+slQ2,sls 2) (4) where g = (c,Q,s) denotes a general element of G; (c,Q) eH(2n+l) where Icl =1, Qe_2n s e Sp(2n;01); 12 is the symplectic structure on _2n defined for Qr = (qr'Pr)' r = 1,2, by --'4 --,t -4 --b fl(Q1,Q2)=pl.q2-P2, ql. Let U(g), g e G, denote the irreducible unitary representation of G on the Hilbert 339 https://ntrs.nasa. gov/search.jsp? R=19920012839 2019-11-06T10:26:43+00:00Z
Mining User Personality in Twitter

The paper describes how we collected and annotated \Personalitwit", a corpus of 25700 posts from the popular micro-blogging site Twitter, automatically annotated by user personality and by language with two computational linguistic tools. From the analysis of that data emerged how dierent writng styles and personality models are associated to different communitites using dierent devices to post to Twitter.
Acoustic Scene Classification in DCASE 2019 Challenge: Closed and Open Set Classification and Data Mismatch Setups

Acoustic Scene Classification is a regular task in the DCASE Challenge, with each edition having it as a task. Throughout the years, modifications to the task have included mostly changing the dataset and increasing its size, but recently also more realistic setups have been introduced. In DCASE 2019 Challenge, the Acoustic Scene Classification task includes three subtasks: Subtask A, a closed-set typical supervised classification where all data is recorded with the same device; Subtask B, a closed-set classification setup with mismatched recording devices between training and evaluation data, and Subtask C, an open-set classification setup in which evaluation data could contain acoustic scenes not encountered in the training. In all subtasks, the provided baseline system was significantly outperformed, with top performance being 85.2% for Subtask A, 75.5% for Subtask B, and 67.4% for Subtask C. This paper presents the outcome of DCASE 2019 Challenge Task 1 in terms of submitted systems performance and analysis.
Towards Automated Nanomanipulation under Scanning Electron Microscopy

Towards Automated Nanomanipulation under Scanning Electron Microscopy Xutao Ye Master of Applied Science Graduate Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Toronto 2012 Robotic Nanomaterial Manipulation inside scanning electron microscopes (SEM) is useful for prototyping functional devices and characterizing one-dimensional nanomaterial’s properties. Conventionally, manipulation of nanowires has been performed via teleoperation, which is time-consuming and highly skill-dependent. Manual manipulation also has the limitation of low success rates and poor reproducibility. This research focuses on a robotic system capable of automated pick-place of single nanowires. Through SEM visual detection and vision-based motion control, the system transferred individual silicon nanowires from their growth substrate to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device that characterized the nanowires’ electromechanical properties. The performances of the nanorobotic pick-up and placement procedures were quantified by experiments. The system demonstrated automated nanowire pick-up and placement with high reliability. A software system for a load-lock-compatible nanomanipulation system is also designed and developed in this research.
Generic biomass functions for Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Central Europe: predictions and components of uncertainty

This study provides a comprehensive set of functions for predicting biomass for Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Central Europe for all major tree compartments. The equations are based on data of stem, branch, timber, brushwood (wood with diameter below 5 or 7 cm), foliage, root, and total aboveground biomass of 443 trees from 13 studies. We used nonlinear mixed-effects models to assess the contribution of fixed effects (tree dimensions, site descriptors), random effects (grouping according to studies), and residual variance to the total variance and to obtain realistic estimates of uncertainty of biomass on an aggregated level. Candidate models differed in their basic form, the description of the variance, and inclusion of various combinations of additional fixed and random effects and were compared using the Akaike information criterion. Model performance increased most when accounting for between-study differences in the variability of biomass predictions. Further, performance increased with the in.
Protein levels for Chios lambs given high concentrate diets

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Protein levels for Chios lambs given high concentrate diets M. Hadjipanayiotou
Tethered fleximags as artificial cilia

Flexible superparamagnetic filaments (‘fleximags’) are very slender elastic filaments, which can be driven by distributed magnetic torques to mimic closely the behaviour of biological flagella. Previously, fleximags have been used as a basis for artificial micro-swimmers capable of transporting small cargos Dreyfus et al. (Nature, vol. 437, 2005, p. 862). Here, we demonstrate how these filaments can be anchored to a wall to make carpets of artificial micro-magnetic cilia with tunable densities. We analyse the dynamics of an artificial cilium under both planar and three-dimensional beating patterns. We show that the dynamics are controlled by a single characteristic length scale varying with the inverse square root of the driving frequency, providing a mechanism to break the fore and aft symmetry and to generate net fluxes and forces. However, we show that an effective geometrical reciprocity in the filament dynamics creates intrinsic limitations upon the ability of the artificial flagellum to pump fluid when driven in two dimensions.
Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

Aim of the study: To review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods: We review the main effects of forest management by comparing the effects of silvicultural systems (even-aged vs. uneven-aged stands, coppice systems, agroforestry systems), silvicultural options (thinning, rotation period, species composition), afforestation, harvesting, fire impact or effects of shrub layer on carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean area. Main results: We illustrate as forest management can clearly improve forest carbon sequestration amounts. We conclude that forest management is an effective way to maintain and enhance high carbon sequestration rates in order to cope with climate change and provision of ecosystem services. We also think that although much effort has been put into this topic research, there are still certain gaps that must be dealt with to increase our scientific knowledge and in turn transfer this knowledge to forest practitioners in order to achieve sustainable management aimed at mitigating climate change. Research highlights: It is important to underline the importance of forests in the carbon cycle as this role can be enhanced by forest managers through sustainable forest management. The effects of different management options or disturbances can be critical as regards mitigating climate change. Understanding the effects of forest management is even more important in the Mediterranean area, given that the current high climatic variability together with historical human exploitation and disturbance events make this area more vulnerable to the effects of climate change
Running head: Temporal Stability of Motivation Profiles On the temporal stability of self-determined work motivation profiles: A latent transition analysis Claude Fernet, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

This study extends the research and theory on work motivation by examining temporal stability and change in employees’ self-determined work motivation profiles and their differential relations to various predictors and outcomes. We gathered data at two time points over a 24-month period from a sample of 438 newly registered public health care nurses. Results of latent profile and latent transition analyses revealed four distinct profiles (strongly, moderately, self-determined, and poorly motivated), estimated from the position of global and specific behavioral regulations on the motivation continuum proposed by self-determination theory. These profiles were entirely stable at the within-sample level, although withinperson changes in profile membership occurred for 30–40% of employees. Of particular interest, perceptions of job resources were consistently associated with greater likelihood of membership in the strongly and moderately motivated profiles. These profiles were also consistently associated with lower emotional exhaustion and intentions to leave the occupation and the organization and with higher in-role performance compared to the self-determined and poorly motivated profiles.
Impact of Ownership Structure and Corporate Governance on Capital Structure: The case of Vietnamese Firms

This article attempts to explore how corporate governance and ownership structure affect capital structure in the context of an emerging economy like Vietnam by considering impact level of three groups of factors which are corporate governance, ownership structure and firm elements. Method of Multivariable Regression Analysis used with cross-panel data collected from non-financial firms listed on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchanges in the period 2009-2012 shows that corporate governance measures have a significant impact on decision of capital structure, while ownership structure has not given evidences with statistical significance of its impact on capital structure choice, except the fact that managerial ownership has negative impact on capital structure of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs). Especially, the study shows that characteristics which cause effects on corporate governance measures of Vietnamese SOEs include Board size, Non-executive Directors (NEDs), CEO duality and corporate ownership structure. Besides, pecking – order theory can explain basically the impact of classical firm elements such as growth, profitability, tangibility and firm size on capital structure of Vietnamese firms. Finally, our research concludes that ownership structure and corporate governance have a certain impact on decisions of capital structure.
Germination characteristics and molecular characterizations of some wheat varieties in Sulaimanyah by SSR marker

The genetic diversity of 11 bread and durum wheat varieties was estimated using germination characteristic and molecular analysis. The phenotypic data showed highly significant differences between cultivars for germination speed, germination percentage, seedling length, fresh weight, and dry weight. Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were used to examine the genomic diversity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. and Triticum durum L.). Eleven wheat varieties of diverse origins were analyzed with 12 selected SSRs to provide uniform and maximum genome coverage. A total of 18 bread wheat and 20 durum wheat polymorphic allelic variants were detected, ranging from 1 to 4 per locus with an average of 1.5 and 1.7, respectively. Genetic similarities calculated from SSR data ranged from 0.286 to 1 for bread wheat and 0.333 to 0.818 for durum wheat. Unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) analysis based on genetic distance estimates produced 2 loose groupings that were generally consistent with available pedigree information. Cham 6 and Cham 4 were closely related. Their genetic relationship was confirmed by the facts that they share a common ancestor and that they were clustered together. A wide range of genomic diversity was observed among all the genotypes, indicating them as prime candidates for selective breeding for specific traits and broadening the genetic base.
New Zealand Society of Animal Production online archive

A hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp was used to investigate the effect of insulin on milk protein synthesis in wellfed Holstein cows (n=4) with or without additional amino acids. Cows were fed a dry total mixed ration diet formulated to exceed requirements for metabolizable energy and protein. During abomasal water infusion, the insulin clamp increased milk protein yields by 15% (+128 g/d; P<0.01); when combined with abomasal infusion of casein plus branched-chain amino acids, milk protein yield was increased by 25% (+213 g/d; P<0.01). Concentrations of casein and whey proteins in milk were increased by insulin clamp treatments, with little change in their relative proportions. Providing amino acids without the insulin clamp had no effect on any production variables. Results confirm the important regulatory role of the endocrine system in milk protein synthesis and demonstrate the potential to produce milk protein is not fully expressed.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS WITH LI-FI TECHNOLOGY: A SURVEY

In modem days many people are using wireless communication with low power consumption, increase the data rate and long-range communication by increasing the no of users. The wireless communication methods are transfer information between two or more devices using the radio transmitters, receivers, remote controls and Li-Fi technology. The Li-Fi is visible light communication (VLC) technology, developed by scientists Hass at University of Edinburg and deals with data transmission through LED light bulb that is over IEEE 802.157. 7 standards used in personal area network (PAN). They explained as, “if LED is ON, transmit a digital data is 1 and likewise if the LED is OFF, transmit of a digital 0 or null or simply no data transmission happens”. The Wi-Fi gives us to speed up to 150mbps as per IEEE 802.11. n and directly connected computer to computer with the suitable network. Bluetooth devices of the application is a cordless mouse, keyboard, and hands-free headset. UWB is the high-bandwidth multi-communication. ZigBee is reliable for wirelessly networked monitoring and control networks. In this paper, we provide a study about the wireless communication standards, features, behaviors and power consumption. We present in this paper about the benefit of different application and comparison of different wireless protocols. Finally gives concussion from all the above technology.
The Use of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales to Predict Accurate Social Perception.

Adaptive behavior refers to behaviors that demonstrate an age-appropriate level of adjustment and independence within one's cultural group. Many adaptive behaviors involve social perception, which may be described as knowing who does what, with whom, where, and when. The demonstration of these behaviors may be an important factor in the ability of an individual with mental retardation to successfully integrate into the community. This study examined social perception among 48 mentally retarded adults classified as having either moderate or severe deficits in adaptive behavior by the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Participants listened to stories detailing social interactions in which a character exhibited warmth or dominance, and were asked to choose one picture from two choices of the man who was the character in the story. As past research has demonstrated that baby-faced people are perceived as warm and kind, and mature-faced people are viewed as dominant, the pictures depicted a matureand a baby-faced choice. The results indicated that males with moderate deficits in adaptive behavior consistently made accurate attributions of warmth to the baby-faced man and dominance to the mature-faced man. Moreover, neither chronological age nor intelligence quotient were positively related to attribution accuracy. The results indicated that the Vineland measure is a determinant of socially-adaptive skills for some mentally retarded people. (Author/NB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************
Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium National Aerospace Laboratory NLR NLR-TP-2004-465 Dynamic Task Selection in Aviation Training

This paper presents a comparison of learning task selection approaches that have been used throughout the last three decades in the training of complex cognitive skills. In general, a development from static part-task selection to dynamic whole-task selection can be noticed. The four approaches of static part-task approaches, static whole-task approaches, dynamic part-task approaches, and dynamic whole-task approaches are identified and compared in terms of their flexibility and adaptability to the needs of the individual trainee during training. The comparison shows that dynamic whole-task approaches are the most flexible and adaptive. For each approach it is discussed to what complex cognitive skills they might be useful training methods.