frontier, holding risk constant. That is, it identifies lost potential return given the firm's level of return risk. One can identify the group of banks that are most efficient (say, the quarter of banks with the lowest levels of measured inefficiency) as those that are value-maximizing ...
This program was then altered to identify “at-risk” students on a regular basis term-wise, commencing at the end of the first term of each year and then for each quarter (term). This idea is underpinned by Warren’s (2003) assertion that the students’ growth in academic literacy will...
The USA has emitted the most to date: more than a quarter of all historical CO2 — twice that of China, which is the second largest contributor. In contrast, most countries across Africa have been responsible for less than 0.01% of all emissions over the last 266 years. What becomes ...
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易错提示 (1)“分数+of+名词”作主语时,谓语动词的单复 数形式取决于 of 后的名词。 如:Two thirds of the area is covered by forest. 这个地区的三分之二被森林覆盖。 (2)“四分之一”用 one/ a quarter或 one fourth;“四分之三”用three quarters 或 three fourths;“二分之一”用 a half 或...
Nowadays everyone knows that the US is the world’s biggest polluter, and that with only one 20th of the world’s population it produces a quarter of its greenhouse gas emissions. But the US government, in an abdication of leadership of epic proportions, is refusing to take the problem ...
When from one quarter the wind builds up, lunges,Muscles the deep caves with its headstrong power,The earth leans hard where the force of wind has pressed it;Then above ground, the higher the house is built,The nearer it rises to the sky, the worseWill it lean that way and jut out ...
In the second quarter, Fiorentina was in the lead at 6-2 when the game came to a pause because of a sudden shift in the crowd of spectators. Their normal competitive frenzy turned to something more like hysteria. Everyone in The Stadio Artemio Franchi turned their eyes to the sky. Ad...
We are also well into the first quarter of reporting against the key goals for each portfolio (the operational plan). I didn’t come up with all these ideas, or do this all myself. I consulted with my peers, my mentors, my sponsors, my coach. I have a terrific executive assistant ...
(lead) by Professor Allan Hacksaw from the UCL Cancer Institute at University College London states “No safe level of smoking __3__ (exist) for cardiovascular (心脏血管的) disease”. As smoking has fallen out of fashion in Britain, a quarter of people report only __4__ (have)...