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PFI HOSPITALS 'MAY AXE CARE TO CUT COSTS' It is a platitude among decision theorists that agents should choose their actions so as to maximize expected value. But exactly how to define expected value is contentious. The Philosophical Review: January 2010, Vol. 119, No. 1 It ranks each past...
PFI HOSPITALS 'MAY AXE CARE TO CUT COSTS' Additionally, Enea is entitled to royalty payments for each system sold, but it has decided not to announce their expected value as it is difficult to estimate. Enea wins USD5.1m software, licensing contract EV (Tax saving) = expected value of the...
Today, 2.5 months later, I'm stuck with the second part of the problem. Since starting to work on that two months ago this one great problem was cut down into many smaller ones of which a few are solved, others aren't. Those few unsolved problems are a major issue now. On the whol...
The Masters 2024: Danny Willett making injury comeback six months earlier than expected, The doctors told Danny Willett he would be out for 12-18 months after undergoing surgery on his left shoulder. Instead, he’s making his comeback at The Masters this
You can still find them today, albeit as nostalgic classics on theshelves of Target: View-Masters, the go-to entertainment in '70s households with just one TV. Today kids might hang out with their own tablet, but we huddled in our dimly lit bedrooms, flipping through the same stills from...
Even though temperatures in Washington, D.C., cracked 100 degrees Saturday, grill masters fired up their barbecues for a popular annual event. And in the Midwest, humidity levels in the Ohio River Valley made it feel like triple digits, and some looked for relief on the riv...
It is my view that when energy supply falls, it falls not because reserves "run out." It falls because economies around the world cannot afford to purchase goods and services made with energy products and using energy products in their operation. It is r
On the morning of March 17, 1987, between 80%and 90% of classes were cancelled as members of the NUT and the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) staged a protest at Education Secretary Kenneth Baker's decision to impose a national pay agreement, and ...
I then completed a degree in psychology and a masters in ancient history at Cardiff University but my heart was set on cooking and I re-entered the family business as a commis chef at The Seafood Restaurant. After that, I became a sous chef at Rick Stein's Cafe. ...