Let M be the set of all functions meromorphic on D {z E C [z[ < 1}. For a E (0, 1], a function f e M is called a-normal function of bounded (vanishing) type or f N (N), if supzeD(1 --[Z[)=f#(Z) < OC (limzl_.,(1 --[z[)=f#(z) 0). In this paper we not only show the discontinuity of N and N relative to containment as a varies, which shows 0<=<1 N= C UBC’o, but also give several characterizations of...

This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, living in certain eligible regions in Austria. In the evaluation, I use sharp discontinuities in treatment assignment at age 50 and at the border between eligible regions and control regions to identify...

This paper proposes a new procedure to detect Glottal Closure and Opening Instants (GCIs and GOIs) directly from speech waveforms. The procedure is divided into two successive steps. First a mean-based signal is computed, and intervals where speech events are expected to occur are extracted from it. Secondly, at each interval a precise position of the speech event is assigned by locating a disc...

Segmentation of 3D articulated objects into a small number of parts is an important step for recognition of objects in 3D space. Range data provides ready-to-use information to derive a reasonably stable and accurate differential structure of the surfaces, which allow us to track discontinuities between these parts. We present a mixed and comprehensive approach to segmenting and extracting prot...

How Do Extended Benefits Affect Unemployment Duration? A Regression Discontinuity Approach This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, living in certain eligible regions in Austria. In the evaluation, I use sharp discontinuities in treatment assi...

Both for software developers and managers it is crucial to have clues about different aspects of the quality of their systems. Maintainability is probably the most attractive, observed and evaluated quality characteristic of all. The importance of maintainability lies in its very obvious and direct connection with the costs of altering the behavior of the software. In this paper we present an e...

This is a Supplemental online Appendix, containing additional theoretical and empirical results. 1 Supplemental Online Appendix Here we provide additional supplemental material. First is some details regarding extensions to higher order derivatives and larger than marginal changes in the threshold. Next is a second empirical application, showing application of our methods in a fuzzy design cont...

to determine chromosomal localization and relationship between field and laboratory indicators of drought tolerance, an experiment was conducted in 2003-2004 cropping season at sararood agricultural research station, kermanshah, iran. seven genotypes of wheat-barley disomic addition lines provided by international center for agricultural research in dryland areas (icarda), their donor and recip...