We develop techniques for learning the meanings of unknown words in context. Working within a com-positional semantics framework, we write down equations in which a sentence's meaning is some combination function of the meaning of its words. When one of the words is unknown, we ask for a paraphrase of the sentence. We then compute the meaning of the unknown word by inverting parts of the semant...

PURPOSE This preliminary study compared clinical evaluations for guardianship in three states with varying levels of statutory reform. DESIGN AND METHODS Case files for 298 cases of adult guardianship were reviewed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Colorado, three states with varying degrees of statutory reform. The quality and content of the written clinical evidence for guardianship and t...

This study aims to determine whether Earning Asset Quality affects Profitability, Non-Performing Credit and have a simultaneous effect on Profitability. Collecting data using secondary obtained from the financial statements cross-sectional technique. The population in this is PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Branch Makassar Period 2011 – 2019 taken while sample amounted 36 pieces. results of such ...

The purpose of this paper is to study the suitability of loan loss provision (LLP) of Iranian banks when the industry is dealing with earning management behaviors. This goal has been reached using a two-step approach to analyze the discretionary component of LLP and then examine the relevant factors. This empirical study uses an unbalanced panel data of 15 listed banks during the 2006-2017 peri...

We study personalized price competition with costly advertising among n quality-cost differentiated firms. Strategies involve mixing over both prices and whether to advertise. In equilibrium, only the top two firms advertise, earning “Bertrand-like” profits. Social efficiency is U-shaped in the ad cost, with losses due to excessive advertising and sales by the “wrong” firm. Quality or cost impr...