Apart from inherent conservatism, this approach can be grounded in the theoretical findings of Brainard (1967) that faced with model uncertainty the appropriate policy response is normally to “do less” than under conditions of certainty. Shuetrim and Thompson (ST) describe this result. Under some conditions, this result does not hold, and it is theoretically possible, as shown by ST, for the op...

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Recent years have seen a surge in psychological research on the relationship between political ideology (particularly conservatism) and cognition, affect, behaviour, and even biology. Despite this flurry of investigation, however, there is as yet no accepted, validated, and widely used multi-item scale of conservatism that is concise, that is modern in its conceptualisation, and that includes b...

About 10% of apparently normal individuals are sensitive to clastogenic effects of physico-chemical agents. More than 45% of breast cancer patients’ exhibit elevated radiosensitivity. Although the nature of inherent radiosensitivity is not fully understood, but insufficiency and impaired DNA repair mechanism might be prime cause of radiosensitivity. This is evident from genetically affect...

A successful controller design paradigm must take into account both model uncertainty and design specifications. Model uncertainty can he addressed using the ‘ H, or I 1 robust control theory. However, these frameworks cannot accommodate the realistic case where the design specifications include both time and frequency domain constraints. In this paper we propose an approach that takes explicit...

Ecologists are increasingly adopting an evolutionary perspective, and in recent years, the idea that closely related species are ecologically similar has become widespread. In this regard, phylogenetic signal must be distinguished from phylogenetic niche conservatism. Phylogenetic niche conservatism results when closely related species are more ecologically similar that would be expected based ...

The high accelerations occurring in present-day machine tools are likely to excite the vibration modes of the machine structure. These structural eigenfrequencies are not constant but depend on the position of the tool in its workspace. High performance motion controllers should take into account these varying resonances. This paper discusses the gain-scheduling control approach for an experime...

One of the most important concepts in financial statement analysis and evaluation is conservatism. Thus recognition of the factors which influence conservatism can considerably help the investor in managing the selection of more conservative assets properly and avoiding the untrue exposure of financial statements. This research is about to consider the relation of effective factors on organizat...

one of the most important concepts in financial statement analysis and evaluation is conservatism. thus recognition of the factors which influence conservatism can considerably help the investor in managing the selection of more conservative assets properly and avoiding the untrue exposure of financial statements. this research is about to consider the relation of effective factors on organizat...