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Estimating indirect allocative inefficiency and productivity change by Fukuyama, H, Weber, W L

“…Building on the method used in previous indirect production studies, we construct an indicator of indirect output allocative inefficiency. Our indicator equals…”
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Economic inefficiency measurement of input spending when decision-making units face different input prices by Fukuyama, H, Weber, W L

“…In a recent paper, Kaoru Tone (J Opl Res Soc (2002) 2: 429-444) showed that when the Farrell measure of cost efficiency is estimated for two firms that have…”
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Shadow prices and pollution costs in U.S. agriculture by Färe, Rolf, Grosskopf, Shawna, Weber, William L.

“…We use the directional output distance function to derive estimates of production inefficiency, shadow prices for polluting outputs, and the associated…”
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Priming for T-cell-mediated rejection of established tumors by cutaneous DNA immunization by ROSS, H. M, WEBER, L. W, WANG, S, PISKUN, G, DYALL, R, SONG, P, TAKECHI, Y, NIKOLIC-ZUGIC, J, HOUGHTON, A. N, LEWIS, J. J

“…DNA immunization has been shown to elicit both antibody and CTL responses against antigens expressed by infectious organisms. Because CTL responses have been…”
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Evaluating public school district performance via DEA gain functions by Fukuyama, H, Weber, W L

“…Existing measures of input allocative efficiency may be biased when estimated via data envelopment analysis (DEA) because of the possibility of slack in the…”
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Does Environmental Protection Lead to Slower Productivity Growth in the Chemical Industry? by Domazlicky, Bruce R, Weber, William

“…Efficiency and productivity growth is measured at the three-digit SIC level for six chemical industries for 1988–1993. The directional distance function is…”
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Polychlorinated biphenyls affect the activities of gluconeogenic and lipogenic enzymes in rat liver: is there an interference with regulatory hormone actions? by BOLL, M., WEBER, L. W. D., MESSNER, B., STAMPFL, A.

“…1. The effects of dietary polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (30-2000 ppm) on activities of gluconeogenic (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase-PEPCK, and fructose…”
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The effect of risk-based capital requirements on profit efficiency in banking by Färe, Rolf, Grosskopf, Shawna, Weber, William L.

“…The purpose of this paper is twofold: to show how to measure profit efficiency in banking using a newly developed technique, and to use that technique to…”
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Tumor immunity and autoimmunity induced by immunization with homologous DNA by Weber, L W, Bowne, W B, Wolchok, J D, Srinivasan, R, Qin, J, Moroi, Y, Clynes, R, Song, P, Lewis, J J, Houghton, A N

“…The immune system can recognize self antigens expressed by cancer cells. Differentiation antigens are prototypes of these self antigens, being expressed by…”
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Heteroclitic immunization induces tumor immunity by Dyall, R, Bowne, W B, Weber, L W, LeMaoult, J, Szabo, P, Moroi, Y, Piskun, G, Lewis, J J, Houghton, A N, Nikolić-Zugić, J

“…In tumor transplantation models in mice, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are typically the primary effector cells. CTLs recognize major histocompatibility…”
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Observation of underwater objects through glitter parts of the sea surface by Weber, W L

“…We consider the possibility of decreasing the negative influence of roughness on the visibility of underwater objects. The technique is based on determination…”
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A directional slacks-based measure of technical inefficiency by Fukuyama, Hirofumi, Weber, William L.

“…Radial measures of efficiency estimated using linear programming (LP) methods can be biased since slack in the constraints defining the technology suggests…”
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Georgius Agricola (1494–1555): Scholar, Physician, Scientist, Entrepreneur, Diplomat by Weber, Lutz W

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Anticipating the Consequences of School Reform: A New Use of DEA by Grosskopf, Shawna, Hayes, Kathy J, Taylor, Lori L, Weber, William L

“…We use DEA-type linear programming techniques to simulate a basic component of educational reform-eliminating restrictions on the allocation of school…”
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The toxicity of brominated and mixed-halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans: an overview by Weber, L W, Greim, H

“…Brominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans can be formed under laboratory conditions by pyrolysis of flame retardants based on polybrominated biphenyls and…”
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Productivity growth, market structure, and technological change: evidence from the rural banking sector by Devaney, Michael, Weber, William L.

“…Linear programming techniques are used to estimate the Malmquist productivity index for the US rural banking sector over the period 1990 to 1993. The index…”
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Lidar signal fluctuations in sounding the sea through a rough surface by Weber, W L

“…We developed a rigorous calculation procedure for the characteristics of lidar signal fluctuations in sounding the upper sea layer through a surface disturbed…”
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Total factor productivity growth in manufacturing: a regional approach using linear programming by Weber, William L., Domazlicky, Bruce R.

“…Nonparametric linear programming methods are used to measure total factor productivity growth in state manufacturing from 1977–1989. Total factor productivity…”
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Decreased hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene expression after 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin treatment: implications for the acute toxicity of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins in the rat by Stahl, B U, Beer, D G, Weber, L W, Lebofsky, M, Rozman, K

“…Decreased activity of the rate limiting gluconeogenic enzyme, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), has been recently suggested to be the critical lesion…”
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A note on efficiency and productivity growth in the Korean Banking Industry, 1992–2002 by Park, Kang H., Weber, William L.

“…In this paper we present estimates of Korean bank inefficiency and productivity change for the period 1992–2002 that are derived from the directional…”
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