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Refining the estimation of illicit drug consumptions from wastewater analysis: Co-analysis of prescription pharmaceuticals and uncertainty assessment

Lai, Foon Yin; Ort, Christoph; Gartner, Coral; Carter, Steve - 2011

Wastewater analysis is a promising monitoring tool to estimate illicit drug consumption at the community level. The advantage of this technique over traditional surveys and other surveillance methods has been emphasized in recent studies. However, there are methodological challenges that can...

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Retooling the Corporate Brand: A Foucauldian perspective on normalisation and differentiation

Leitch, S. R.; Motion, J. - 2007

normalization and differentiation in corporate branding. The mainstream response within the corporate marketing literature to … normalization and differentiation must be managed within each of these contexts, and that the brand positioning may therefore vary … managing the tension between normalization and differentiation because it facilitates the creation of flexible interpretations …

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Untangling Fixed Effects and Constant Regressors

Klaassen, Franc; Teulings, Rutger - 2015

is to drop some FE and constant regressors by normalizing their impact to zero. We introduce ''untangling normalization …

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Development of sustainable energy indexes by the utilization of new indicators: A comparative study

Razmjoo, A. Armin; Sumper, Andreas; Davarpanah, Afshin - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 375-383

Decision making to improve energy sustainability requires scientifically information based on sustainability. Since there are different sustainability targets and specific decision problems in this regard, hence to achieve these targets or solve these problems, relevant sustainability indicators...

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An efficient method for solving a correlated multi-item inventory system

Lee, Chang-Yong; Lee, Dongju - In: Operations Research Perspectives 5 (2018), pp. 13-21

We propose an efficient method of finding an optimal solution for a multi-item continuous review inventory model in which a bivariate Gaussian probability distribution represents a correlation between the demands of different items. By utilizing appropriate normalizations of the demands, we show...

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From scandalization to normalization: conceptualizing the mainstreaming of far-right contestations in participatory processes

Nettelbladt, Gala - In: European Planning Studies (2022) Latest Articles, pp. 1-19

democracy. I do so by drawing on social sciences literature on the issue of normalization, which captures how far … the boundaries of the ‘sayable’. To understand how normalization occurs within participatory processes, I mobilize the … normalization of far-right contestations. …

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The elasticity of substitution and labor-saving innovations in the Spanish regions

Cutanda Tarin, Antonio - In: Estudios de Economía 49 (2022) 2, pp. 123-144

This paper performs a nonlinear estimation of a normalized CES production function within a system of equations with a panel of Spanish regions for the period 1964-2013. It obtains an elasticity of substitution below one and identifies different rates of factor-augmenting technical progress. The...

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Die Differenz Haushalt vs. Markt als latentes Beobachtungsschema

Wobbe, Theresa - In: KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 73 (2021) Suppl 1, pp. 195-222

Ausgehend von der Teilung in nichtaktive (Haushalt) und aktive Bevölkerung (Markt) fragt der Beitrag nach der Rolle, die statistische Vergleichsverfahren bei dieser Grenzziehung in der Welt der Arbeit spielen. Dies geschieht vor dem Hintergrund der Verzweigung von zwei strukturellen...

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Normalizing the fed funds rate: The fed's unjustified rationale

Dantas, Flavia - 2016

In December 2015, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) initiated the process of "normalization," with the objective of …

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Untangling fixed effects and constant regressors

Klaassen, Franc; Teulings, Rutger - 2015

is to drop some FE and constant regressors by normalizing their impact to zero. We introduce ''untangling normalization …

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