1 Université de Franche Comté, EA 3920 and IFR133, Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Besançon, France 2 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Explorations fonctionnelles Physiologie, Besançon, France 3 Université de la Méditerranée, EA 3280, Physiopathologie et action thérapeutique des gaz sous pression, Marseille, France and Institut de Médecine Navale du Service de Santé des Armées, Toulon, France

editorial editorial l ong ago, in a political galaxy far away, i was educated at one of the world's elite universities. neither i, nor my middle-class parents, paid a penny in upfront fees for this privilege. in fact, the state—or more precisely my local municipality—paid me a substantial 'maintenance grant' every term which covered my room in college, living expenses, books and other study ess...

Die informationstechnische Infrastruktur sehr vieler Industriebetriebe ist durch die gleichzeitige Verwendung mehrerer spezialisierter Anwendungsprogramme, die auf die Lösung bestimmter Probleme zugeschnitten sind, geprägt [Abe90]. Besonders im Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) ist man auf solche Speziallösungen für einzelne Aufgabenbereiche wie z.B. PDM, PPS oder CAD, die in der Regel ke...

This study compares an ordered probit model and a Tobit model with selection to take into account both true zero and protest zero bids while estimating the willingness to pay (WTP) for coi~servation easements in Macon County, NC. By comparing the two models, the ordere~Uunordered selection issue of the protest responses is analyzed to demonstrate how the treatment of protest responses can signi...

Estimates of willingness to pay (WTP) for health, environmental, and other goods obtained using contingent valuation (CV) have been criticized as inadequately sensitive to the scope or magnitude of the good. We investigate the sensitivity of WTP to variation in the magnitude of reductions in health risk using survey data collected in two countries, Taiwan and the United States, that differ dram...

This study is an attempt to overcome the lack of reliable estimates on the willingness of Malaysian users to pay for public transportation (particularly buses) through a combined analysis of a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (F-AHP) and the Taguchi method. This is a ground-breaking study in the attempt to evaluate the bus users’ satisfaction factors based on the F-AHP, and find the pattern f...

This paper examines the determinants of the decision of low-income renters to move out of their current dwelling. Maximum score estimation is shown t be superior to ordinary discrete choice estimation techniques (probit, logit) for this problem, ad for similar discrete choices that require revering a previously optimal decision. The estimation reveals psychological costs f moving for typical lo...