BACKGROUND The success in learning of emergency depends on many factors that can be summarized as: student, instructors and course. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of financial subsidy and venue of course in learning cardiovascular emergency. METHODS Data were analyzed regarding the courses of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in the period from December 2005 to December 2006. In agr...

The concern over population decline has led Taiwan government to examine how and to what extent pronatalist policies could reverse the trend. The exclusive provision of the education subsidy to government employees allows us to examine whether the availability of the education subsidy explains differences in fertility behavior between public-sector and private-sector households. In 1996, the go...

The level and distribution of the costs tradable allowance schemes are important determinants whether regulation is enacted. Theoretical simulation models have shown that updating allocations based on firm emissions or output can improve efficiency scheme by acting as a production subsidy. Using U.S. NOx Budget Program case study, this analysis tests electricity generators in states which chose...

LAURIE BALL COOPER & ANA VOHRYZEK INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 308 I. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE D.C. HOMELESS POPULATION ........................................................ 312 A. Characteristics of D.C.’s Homeless Population Based on the 2015 Point-in-Time Survey ..... 3...

We evaluated several variants of a variable biofuel subsidy and compared them with the fixed subsidy and Renewable Fuel Standard. We used two different modeling approaches. First we used a partial equilibrium model encompassing crude oil, gasoline, ethanol, corn, and ethanol by-products. Second, we used a stochastic simulation model of a prototypical ethanol plant. From the partial equilibrium ...

Some favor maintaining constraints on bank powers and organizational form because they believe banks receive a significant net subsidy from access to the federal safety net. They argue that this net subsidy will be successfully transferred to subsidiaries or affiliates engaged in non-traditional activities, giving these units a significant competitive advantage vis a vis rivals not affiliated w...

poverty has been the fundamental development goal of every administration in the country. However, despite the government's various poverty reduction programs, the increase in the number of poor remains unabated. Given the ineffective and wasteful subsidy programs in the past, the government's preparedness to implement an intervention like the CCT, which requires large budgets and exceptional a...