First, an assessment of the total EIP emissions' inventory and impacts is conducted; the second step, focusing on the sustainability benefits of combined heating and power (CHP) plants and photovoltaic technologies, developed a multi-objective mathematical model including both economic and environmental objectives in a Pareto-frontier optimisation analysis.
To conduct the first step, several statistical procedures have been developed, including the Mantel-Haenszel method (MH), logistic regression (LR), the standardization procedure, and IRT (see a review by Clauser and Mazor, 1998).
This evaluation approach is based on an assumption of zero moving costs, making the value an upper limit for the individual's WTP.9 In this study we only conduct the first step and, therefore, estimate the monetary values using the hedonic price function.
Revealed preference methods are based on actual decisions, not hypothetical ones, and if, for instance, data is available to conduct the second step of the HP method [19, 44] it is possible to adjust the welfare measures based on results on individual characteristics from a RP study.
Prior to collecting quantitative data on preferences, qualitative pre-studies are often conducted in the first step of a research study with a mixed methods approach (e.g., identifying relevant attributes and levels in focus groups for developing choice sets in discrete choice experiments [DCE]).
In general, the two-step procedure helps to reduce but may not exclude all false positive due to 4.2 billion of tests were conducted in the first step.
The SGR was conducted as the first step in the development of a new guideline on chronic heart failure for use by family physicians in Germany.
We note that network compression leads to a more compact network representation but, in contrast to network pruning conducted in the first step, it neither changes the dof nor the potential behaviors of the network.
To understand whether PRMT5-dependent premethylation of the KATs or of the histone H4 interfered with the ability of the histone acetyltransferases to acetylate lysine residues on histone H4, we conducted the first experiment in two steps: premethylation of KATs and H4 followed by the addition of acetyl donor groups and additional histones.
Now, a Japanese team has produced a rubbery, stretchy conducting material--the first step toward building a flexible circuit.
