For instance, the PAC-level security measures index = (standardized block-level proportion of security bars) + (standardized block-level proportion of barbed wire) + (standardized block-level no trespassing signs) + (standardized block-level beware of dog signs) + (standardized block-level security sign) + (standardized block-level fencing).
(Iraq is the most clear, and awful, example: a war that started with a far greater proportion of private security contractors than ever before, now outnumbering soldiers).
According to the seminal paper, as the proportion of a security in a portfolio decreases, the risk of returns in the portfolio also declines (Markowitz 1952).
With the Acholi people, who dominate swathes of northern Uganda, accounting for a significant proportion of the security personnel of the previous government, they became the target of post-war reprisals.
The bigger picture is that President Obama and others embrace defense spending over the next decade that is out of proportion to security threats and short changes more relevant investments in this nation's strength.
Kwasi Kwarteng is Conservative MP for Spelthorne Our population is ageing and with that comes and increasing proportion of our social security spend going to pensions.
As Mr Maloney went on to explain, what he actually opposes is a Republican suggestion that a small proportion of workers' Social Security contributions be invested in the risky stockmarket, where pay-outs cannot be guaranteed.
We should then allow a personal account option for younger workers for this portion of the payroll tax, with the accounts taking responsibility for paying an equivalent proportion of future Social Security benefits.
The proportions of food security status presented here slightly differ from proportions presented in the introductory section of this document.
Instead of spreading purchases of Treasuries evenly across all maturities, the Fed will buy "a greater proportion of off-the-run securities with remaining maturities under two years" than those with remaining maturities between 10 and 30 years, it said in a statement.
