Does the new technological paradigm based on information and communication technologies (ICTs) create new windows of opportunity or further obstacles for catching up countries? The paper discusses this question by taking neo-Schumpeterian long wave theory as the basic framework of analysis. According to this approach, the current rapid diffusion of the ICT-based paradigm marks the initial phase...

abnormalities [1-3]. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis was carried out using TUPLE region probe (from Kreatech Diagnostics, Netherland) on metaphase and interphase cells. Presence of two intact signals on chromosome 22 ruled out 22q11.2 deletion. Thus, chromosomal analysis was carried out using the GTG-banding technique and the patient was found to be tetrasomy for sex chromoso...

The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC-2) is a functional test for identifying deficits in the motor performance of children. The test contains a ball-catching task that requires the children to catch a self-thrown ball with one hand. As the task can be executed with a variety of different catching strategies, it is assumed that the task success can also vary considerably. Even thou...

This paper examines the hypothesis that local weighted variants of k-nearest neighbor algorithms can support dynamic control tasks. We evaluated several k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) algorithms on the simulated learning task of catching a ying ball. Previously, local regression algorithms have been advocated for this class of problems. These algorithms, which are variants of k-NN, base their predic...

We examine economic convergence among subnational regions of Bangladesh over the period 1992-2013. Absent traditional gross domestic product (GDP) for areas and building on recent findings luminosity literature, we use night lights intensity as a proxy local activity to test hypothesis. Our results show existence both absolute conditional in intensity, but with very long half-lives convergence....

In this article we focus on the role of exports in Chinese economic development era WTO accession. We address a series different, although connected, questions. First, do exporting and non-exporting firms differ terms their productivity performance paid wages? Second, to what extent have contributed process convergence catching-up? Third, does productivity-wage pass-through between firms? Overa...

This paper proposes a methodology for the assessment of social progress in the biggest Spanish municipalities between years 2001 and 2011. We follow recent descriptions of QoL to elaborate a measurement framework composed of eight dimensions, for which 16 subindicators are elaborated from information collected using different data sources. Weight constrained Data Envelopment Analysis is used to...

In an experiment eliciting noun-noun compounds, participants were more likely to produce plural nouns in the first position (e.g., mice trap) when presented with an irregular plural in the stimulus (e.g., a trap for catching mice is a _____) than when presented with stimuli containing regular plurals (e.g., a trap for catching rats is a _____). When they did produce a normatively correct singul...