When the error distribution in a regression model is asymmetric, the second-order least squares estimator (SLSE) is more efficient than the ordinary least squares estimator. This result motivated the research in Gao and ...

The notion of ‘absolute’ power underpins my own interest in power relations in Child Welfare practice but I shift the focus to the perspective of frontline child protection social workers. Missing in social work literature ...

More than a decade after the World Bank was forced out of the dam-building industry due to the social and environmental consequences of the projects they helped to finance, World Bank support for the development of the Nam ...

Dr. Stephen Pfohl’s presentation, “Data Banked Bodies: New Global Technologies of Power” is a mixed-media performance exploring the social, psychic, and economic dynamics of information — intensive forms of global capitalist ...

Bioretention cells are an urban stormwater management technology used to address both water quality and quantity concerns. A lack of region-specific design guidelines has limited the widespread implementation of bioretention ...

In smart energy systems, load curve refers to the time series reported by smart meters, which indicate the energy consumption of customers over a certain period of time. The widespread use of load curve (data) in demand ...

Continuation of the Stirling interview October 2006. Stirling speaks about tensions between park interpreters and park managers/operations, which he feels lead to decline of interpretation program. He also discusses the ...

Cloud computing is growing technology [10] which is adopted and used by many companies but it is facing a huge number of threats and Distributed Denial of Ser- vice(DDOS) tops the list. It can seriously a ect the companies ...