U.S. Department of State indexes of living costs abroad and quarters allowances : a technical description.

"April 1980."

American National Standard N433.1 : safe design and use of self-contained, dry source storage gamma irradiators (category I).

Issued July 1978.

To establish a federal cost-sharing policy for the construction and maintenance of deep draft ports : hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, September 24, 1983--Portsmouth, N.H.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control : hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on the effect of the report of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, on Titles V and X of S. 1739, the Water Resources Development Act of 1983, February 22, 1984.

Mode of access: Internet.

Plain thoughts on the art of living; designed for young men and women.

Most of these essays were originally delivered as lectures, they were afterward rewritten and printed in the Springfield Republican, under the title "Plain talks with young folks in a parson's study." cf. Pref.

1963 census of commercial fisheries: number of operators and fishing vessels, employment and gross receipts, fishing regions, primary catch, and fishing gear, size of vessel, cost, and year purchased or built.

Cover title.

Disability amendments of 1982 : report together with separate views (to accompany H.R. 6181) (including cost estimate and comparison of the Congressional Budget Office).

"May 26, 1982."

The place and meaning of physical activity, physical education, and physical culture in the lives of young people living in rural Queensland

Young people living in rural and regional areas are often reported as being less physically active than are young people living elsewhere. An understanding of this phenomenon will inform policies and strategies to address this finding. One source of valuable information is a qualitative understanding of how social relations and cultural meanings influence young people's opportunities and choices in relation to physical activity as told by young people themselves. The study reported here forms a component of a national project to gain insights into young people's engagement with physical activity and physical culture. Data has been collected for over two years with 15 young people residing in rural areas throughout Queensland, using semi- structured interviews. This paper reports the findings of the research. [Author abstract, ed]

Optimal Paths and Costs of Adjustment in Dynamic DEA Models: With Application to Chilean Department Stores

In this paper we propose a range of dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) models which allow information on costs of adjustment to be incorporated into the DEA framework. We first specify a basic dynamic DEA model predicated on a number or simplifying assumptions. We then outline a number of extensions to this model to accommodate asymmetric adjustment costs, non-static output quantities, non-static input prices, and non-static costs of adjustment, technological change, quasi-fixed inputs and investment budget constraints. The new dynamic DEA models provide valuable extra information relative to the standard static DEA models-they identify an optimal path of adjustment for the input quantities, and provide a measure of the potential cost savings that result from recognising the costs of adjusting input quantities towards the optimal point. The new models are illustrated using data relating to a chain of 35 retail department stores in Chile. The empirical results illustrate the wealth of information that can be derived from these models, and clearly show that static models overstate potential cost savings when adjustment costs are non-zero.

Symptom prevalence and clustering of symptoms in people living with chronic hepatitis C infection

Quality of life has been shown to be poor among people living with chronic hepatitis C However, it is not clear how this relates to the presence of symptoms and their severity. The aim of this study was to describe the typology of a broad array of symptoms that were attributed to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Phase I used qualitative methods to identify symptoms. In Phase 2, 188 treatment-naive people living with HCV participated in a quantitative survey. The most prevalent symptom was physical tiredness (86%) followed by irritability (75%), depression (70%), mental tiredness (70%), and abdominal pain (68%). Temporal clustering of symptoms was reported in 62% of participants. Principal components analysis identified four symptom clusters: neuropsychiatric (mental tiredness, poor concentration, forgetfulness, depression, irritability, physical tiredness, and sleep problems); gastrointestinal (day sweats, nausea, food intolerance, night sweats, abdominal pain, poor appetite, and diarrhea); algesic (joint pain, muscle pain, and general body pain); and dysesthetic (noise sensitivity, light sensitivity, skin. problems, and headaches). These data demonstrate that symptoms are prevalent in treatment-naive people with HCV and support the hypothesis that symptom clustering occurs.