Estimated Price Increases Due to Higher Costs of Petroleum and Other Imports, as Calculated from a 38-Sector 1968 Input-Output Model. Quarterly Economic Commentary, March 1974

In December 1973 the Arab Oil States declared their intention to raise the posted price of crude oil to over 350 per cent of its pre-October price. Assuming that operating costs, company profits, freight and insurance are unlikely to remain at their original levels per barrel, the average rise in the c.i.f. price which importing countries will now have to pay for crude petroleum is of the order of 200 per cent. Otir model is intended to estimate and analyse the effects of such a pnce rise on the prices of other goods in Ireland, and the overall effect on the cost of living and other categories of final demand. The framework is the 1968 input-output table with certain key sectors broken dowri in finer detail

A Psalm of Life

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Irish Full Employment Structures, 1968 and 1975. ESRI General Research Series Paper No. 74, May 1974

THIS paper contains an introduction followed,by four main sections which are as follows: (I) Detailed discussion of the model used. (2) The I’968 experiments. (3) The I975 experiments. (4) Conclusions. It isexplained in the introduction that the paper is a suitable illustration of how an input-output table can be used with linear programming~ (LP) techniques so as to measure the economic structure required ~to give full employment of a specified labour force and simultaneously to maximise household expenditure for a given import surpluS. The emphasis is on methodology and illustration rather than on precise estimation of economic structure. The intention is to stimulate discussion. The previous input-output models of Geary and Simpson are described briefly. There is a short account of how the 1968 fulLemployment economic structure is approached via LP technique

THE IMPACT OF ENERGY PRICES ON THE IRISH ECONOMY DURING 1973-1981. ESRI General Research Series Paper No. 112, March 1983

Nine years have passed since the oil crisis of late 1973 issued in the era of escalating energy prices. We have to hand the facts and figures of the years 1973-1981, within which we may treat the year 1973 as a base of comparison. Since then energy prices have generally increased, with two major increases, one in 1974 and the other in 1979, and a minor decrease in 1978

The Influence of Customers Communication Behaviour in the Implementation of 21cineplex Viral Marketing Using the Social Networking Site Facebook

Application of viral marketing through social networking sites will greatly help companies in saving high marketing costs since companies do not have to give financial incentive to internet users or customers who voluntarily forward the information about the companies. Good marketing communication strategy will increase the company's branding and enable good interaction between customers and companies. This research to look if the customer communication behavior has a relationship and a significant impact on forwarding online content and whether the curiosity variable has a relationship and a significant impact on the variable of consumption of online content in the application of Viral Marketing. The methodology used is interpersonal communication model adopted from FIRO theory, which consists of the following variables: inclusion-need to belong, inclusion-individuation, affection-altruism, control-personal growth, and consumption of online content, towardthe online content forwarding variable; and also the curiosity variable towards the consumption of online content variable, where the hypothesis was tested by the correlation and regression analysis. The test results based on correlation analysis show that all H1hypotheses (have relation) are received; and based on regression analysis, all H1hypotheses (effect) are received, although the value of r and the effect is less significant (small)

IMPLEMENTASI PORTAL LAYANAN BAGI ORANG TUA MAHASISWA PADA PERGURUAN TINGGI

Upaya untuk meningkatkan layanan kepada para stakeholder, kerap kali dilakukan oleh perguruan tinggi dengan harapan kualitas layanan dan image dari suatu perguruan tinggi dapat ditingkatkan. Stakeholder dari perguruan tinggi sendiri dapat dikelompokkan menjadi calon mahasiswa, mahasiswa, orang tua mahasiswa, dosen, industri, alumni, staff dan pimpinan perguruan tinggi. Dengan banyaknya jumlah stakeholder yang ada, penelitian kali ini lebih difokuskan kepada stakeholder orang tua mahasiswa. Penelitian dilakukan dengan cara membangun suatu portal layanan bagi orang tua mahasiswa yang dapat digunakan untuk mendapatkan informasi secara lengkap terkait dengan kegiatan akademik mahasiswa. Adapun hasil akhir dari penelitian ini adalah sebuah portal/website yang dapat digunakan oleh perguruan tinggi untuk memberikan layanan yang lebih baik kepada orang tua mahasiswa

IMPLEMENTASI PORTAL LAYANAN BAGI ORANG TUA MAHASISWA PADA PERGURUAN TINGGI

Upaya untuk meningkatkan layanan kepada para stakeholder, kerap kali dilakukan oleh perguruan tinggi dengan harapan kualitas layanan dan image dari suatu perguruan tinggi dapat ditingkatkan. Stakeholder dari perguruan tinggi sendiri dapat dikelompokkan menjadi calon mahasiswa, mahasiswa, orang tua mahasiswa, dosen, industri, alumni, staff dan pimpinan perguruan tinggi. Dengan banyaknya jumlah stakeholder yang ada, penelitian kali ini lebih difokuskan kepada stakeholder orang tua mahasiswa. Penelitian dilakukan dengan cara membangun suatu portal layanan bagi orang tua mahasiswa yang dapat digunakan untuk mendapatkan informasi secara lengkap terkait dengan kegiatan akademik mahasiswa. Adapun hasil akhir dari penelitian ini adalah sebuah portal/website yang dapat digunakan oleh perguruan tinggi untuk memberikan layanan yang lebih baik kepada orang tua mahasiswa

Double Inflation in Supergravity and the Large Scale Structure

The cosmological implication of a double inflation model with hybrid + new inflations in supergravity is studied. The hybrid inflation drives an inflaton for new inflation close to the origin through supergravity effects and new inflation naturally occurs. If the total e-fold number of new inflation is smaller than $\sim 60$, both inflations produce cosmologically relevant density fluctuations. Both cluster abundances and galaxy distributions provide strong constraints on the parameters in the double inflation model assuming $\Omega_0=1$ standard cold dark matter scenario. The future satellite experiments to measure the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background will make a precise determination of the model parameters possible.Comment: 19 pages (RevTeX file

Long-term prognosis after kidney donation: a propensity score matched comparison of living donors and non-donors from two population cohorts

Background: Live donor nephrectomy is a safe procedure. However, long-term donor prognosis is debated, necessitating high-quality studies. Methods: A follow-up study of 761 living kidney donors was conducted, who visited the outpatient clinic and were propensity score matched and compared to 1522 non-donors from population-based cohort studies. Primary outcome was kidney function. Secondary outcomes were BMI (kg/m2), incidences of hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular events, cardiovascular and overall mortality, and quality of life. Results: Median follow-up after donation was 8.0 years. Donors had an increase in serum creatinine of 26 μmol/l (95% CI 24–28), a decrease in eGFR of 27 ml/min/1.73 m2 (95% CI − 29 to − 26), and an eGFR decline of 32% (95% CI 30–33) as compared to non-donors. There was no difference in outcomes between the groups for ESRD, microalbuminuria, BMI, incidence of diabetes or cardiovascular events, and mortality. A lower risk of new-onset hypertension (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.33–0.62) was found among donors. The EQ-5D health-related scores were higher among donors, whereas the SF-12 physical and mental component scores were lower. Conclusion: Loss of kidney mass after live donation does not translate into negative long-term outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality compared to non-donors. Trial registration: Dutch Trial Register NTR3795

Colliding branes and formation of spacetime singularities in string theory

Colliding branes without $Z_{2}$ symmetry and the formation of spacetime singularities in string theory are studied. After developing the general formulas to describe such events, we study a particular class of exact solutions first in the 5-dimensional effective theory, and then lift it to the 10-dimensional spacetime. In general, the 5-dimensional spacetime is singular, due to the mutual focus of the two colliding 3-branes. Non-singular cases also exist, but with the price that both of the colliding branes violate all the three energy conditions, weak, dominant, and strong. After lifted to 10 dimensions, we find that the spacetime remains singular, whenever it is singular in the 5-dimensional effective theory. In the cases where no singularities are formed after the collision, we find that the two 8-branes necessarily violate all the energy conditions.Comment: revtex4, 13 figures. Some typos were corrected, and new refereeces added. Final version to appear in JHE