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Some university students are more equal than others: Efficiency evidence from England
This paper estimates the efficiency of students in English universities using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and a new dataset which is able to capture the behaviour of university students. Two output variables are specified: the classification of a university degree, and student satisfaction. Three input variables are specified: teaching hours, private study and entry qualifications. The results reveal that university students differ in terms of the efficiency with which they use inputs in generating good degrees and satisfaction. Students in some post-92 universities may be more efficient than students in some pre-92 universities.Data Envelopment Analysis; Efficiency; Education Economics; Universities.
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Exploring tourist preferences of heritage attractions- Evidence from discrete choice modeling in Taiwan
This study focuses on the touristsâ preference evaluation on service attributes of heritage attractions by stated preference (SP) method and employs logit models to estimate the relative influences of service attributes on site choice behavior of heritage tourists. Also, this study valuates touristsâ willingness to pay for hypothetical managerial developments of the heritage service attributes. The results indicate that provision of outdoor cafĂ© and restaurant service, operating hours until evening, and entrance fee in heritage attractions exhibit a statistically significant effect on probability of visitation. In addition, the results from welfare effects demonstrate that tourists are willing to pay extra money to utilize more service facilities for heritage attractions
An Exploration of the Experience of Interaction between the Police and Juvenile Offenders in Taiwan
By developing Foucaultâs concepts of power, this paper aims to explore the interaction experience between Taiwanese police and juvenile offenders from a critical perspective.
From macro analysis of social discourse to micro daily practice, the study objectives are to examine whether the police act as a mechanism of discourse formation for juvenile offenders, to articulate how the strategies and techniques are enforced or strengthened and to scrutinise how juveniles are disciplined and resisted.
The findings reveal that the dual-oppositional discourses are constructed by defining juveniles as either ânormalâ or âdeviantâ. Through the discipline and inspection techniques used by police, juveniles are forced to fit the image of the ânormal juvenileâ.
To maintain a sense of their autonomous self, juveniles choose to resist these stereotypes. The struggle contributes to the criminal discourse reproduction, pushing juveniles into categories of criminal offenders. It is hoped that this paper can offer a framework for analysing and discussing policy in criminology and criminal justice
Interest Rate Rules, Target Policies, and Endogenous Economic Growth in an Open Economy
This paper sets up an endogenous growth model of an open economy in which the monetary authority implements a gradualist interest-rate rule with targets for inflation and economic growth. We show that, under a passive rule, a monetary equilibrium exists and is unique; moreover, the equilibrium is locally determinate. Under an active rule, the open economy either generates multiple equilibria or does not have any equilibrium. If equilibria exist, the high-growth equilibrium is locally determinate while the low-growth equilibrium is a source. Besides these, the stabilization and growth effects of alternative target policies are also explored in this study.Nominal interest rate rules, gradualism, endogenous economic growth
LLM4TS: Two-Stage Fine-Tuning for Time-Series Forecasting with Pre-Trained LLMs
In this work, we leverage pre-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance
time-series forecasting. Mirroring the growing interest in unifying models for
Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision, we envision creating an
analogous model for long-term time-series forecasting. Due to limited
large-scale time-series data for building robust foundation models, our
approach LLM4TS focuses on leveraging the strengths of pre-trained LLMs. By
combining time-series patching with temporal encoding, we have enhanced the
capability of LLMs to handle time-series data effectively. Inspired by the
supervised fine-tuning in chatbot domains, we prioritize a two-stage
fine-tuning process: first conducting supervised fine-tuning to orient the LLM
towards time-series data, followed by task-specific downstream fine-tuning.
Furthermore, to unlock the flexibility of pre-trained LLMs without extensive
parameter adjustments, we adopt several Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT)
techniques. Drawing on these innovations, LLM4TS has yielded state-of-the-art
results in long-term forecasting. Our model has also shown exceptional
capabilities as both a robust representation learner and an effective few-shot
learner, thanks to the knowledge transferred from the pre-trained LLM
BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GRAB AND TRACK SWIMMING STARTS
The aim of this study was to compare the grab and track competitive swimming starts. Twelve male college competitive swimmers (six used the grab start and six the track start) participated in this study. Data were collected from two video cameras (60Hz) above water. The video data were digitized and analysis was performed with the Kwon3D Motion Analysis system. No significant differences existed between the two groups for flight time and distance, time to 12m, takeoff velocity and angle, entry velocity and angle and the center of mass at highest position above water. The track start had the centre of mass on the block more towards the rear and a shorter block time (
Applying Data Classification Techniques for Churn Prediction in Retailing
Acquiring new customers and retaining loyal customers have been two important tasks for retailers. One critical issue to retain loyal customers is to know the customers well so that the retailers can provide the right products, do the right promotions and maintain customers from switching away to competitors, i.e. churn. In this study, we investigated the partial churnersâ behaviors by (1) identifying key churn predictors, (2) establishing a churn prediction procedure, and (3) applying classification techniques to detect the possible partial churners. Further, the performance of each classification technique was examined and evaluated. We adapted and modified a two-year period customer and transaction data from a retailer to verify our proposed approach. Discussion and managerial implications are provided at the end
The Incidence and Prevalence of Thromboangiitis Obliterans in Taiwan: A Nationwide, Population-based Analysis of Data Collected from 2002 to 2011
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence and prevalence of thromboangiitis obliterans in Taiwan in the period spanning from 2002 to 2011. METHODS: We identified all incident and prevalent cases with a diagnosis of thromboangiitis obliterans (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code 443.1) in the period spanning from 2002 to 2011 using Taiwanâs National Health Insurance Research Database. We calculated the age- and sex-specific incidence and prevalence rates of thromboangiitis obliterans during the study period. RESULTS: From 2002 to 2011, 158 patients were diagnosed with thromboangiitis obliterans; of these, 76% were men. Most (63%) of the patients wer
A study of the total chromatic number of equibipartite graphs
AbstractThe total chromatic number Ït(G) of a graph G is the least number of colors needed to color the vertices and edges of G so that no adjacent vertices or edges receive the same color, no incident edges receive the same color as either of the vertices it is incident with. In this paper, we obtain some results of the total chromatic number of the equibipartite graphs of order 2n with maximum degree n â 1. As a part of our results, we disprove the biconformability conjecture
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