this paper using generalized roeger's model calculated the lerner index for iranian active industries in 4-digit isic codes during the period 1995-2007. the findings indicate that the lerner index has been between 8 to 16 percent in 38 industries among 131 ones. the index also in different industries shows that more than 50 percent of iranian industries have monopolistic power such that th...

in this paper the minimum temperatures of 54 weather stations collected for a 31-year period were analyzed for zoning the frost regions in iran. the results of this study show that the average of the number of frost days per year was 62, and the average temperature was 3 degrees of centigrade below zero. dey the tenth month in the iranian calendar, december 22-january 20 with an average of 28, ...

Text Normalization plays an important role in a Text-To-Speech (TTS) system. There are many researches on the topic in recent years. But we still have had many problems to deal with. In Vietnam, developing TTS system has had many positive results but researching Text Normalization hasn’t got necessary attention. Many TTS system in Vietnamese can only process the input text in pronounceable form...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM: We perform high tibial osteotomy with knee debridement and forage. GOAL We evaluated the results of operations in 47 patients, who were operated from 1st January 1998 to 31st of December 2000. RESULTS We examined the patients before operation and 2, 4, 6, 12, 24 and 30 months after it. The follow up was from 6 months to two and a half years after operat...

M edicare reform is one of the top issues on the domestic policy agenda, and the role of private plans in that reform is one of its critical dimensions.The Medicare experience with private plans has been principally through the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program. M+C plans, primarily HMOs, receive capitated payments from Medicare and provide coverage for Medicare-covered services.To the extent that ...

www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 47 IL LU ST R A TI O N B Y C .M . SC H N EI D ER In certain areas of the country, skyrocketing medical liability insurance premiums are pushing physicians out of practice and denying patients access to needed services. In eight states, premiums increased an average of 30 percent or more last year. Another 12 states saw avera...

In 2013 health spending growth is expected to have remained slow, at 3.6 percent, as a result of the sluggish economic recovery, the effects of sequestration, and continued increases in private health insurance cost-sharing requirements. The combined effects of the Affordable Care Act's coverage expansions, faster economic growth, and population aging are expected to fuel health spending growth...

The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), established by the Affordable Care Act, ties a hospital's payments to its readmission rates--with penalties for hospitals that exceed a national benchmark--to encourage hospitals to reduce avoidable readmissions. This new Commonwealth Fund analysis uses publicly reported 30-day hos­pital readmission rate data to examine whether safety-net hosp...