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from infancy to adulthood starting from 1983. This longitudinal study involved the participants to fill out questionnaires in late adolescence and early adulthood. The missing data ranged from 0 to 24.6%, and was imputed using full information maximum likelihood (FIML). Questions on fundraising, conservation, helping (volunteering) and social change behaviors (involvement in political or lobby groups) were selected to form the latent variables of adolescent eudaimonic behaviors at 19-20 years…

This can be understood as whenever p and q are equal to zero, the intercept can be read as the sample mean; however in this case where p and q are bigger than zero it will still be close to the sample mean but usually not identical as it is not the maximum likelihood estimate whenever p and q are bigger than zero. The AR(1) coefficient is significant at 10% with estimate of 0.31523, interpreted as a correlation of the current period GDP with the previous period as shown in equation 1.1.…

Estimation} The main component in language model approaches is how to estimate the probability of generating query terms from a specific language model (i.e, $P(t/LM_{text})$) as a language model process. The simplest and commonly used method is the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE; citep{fisher1922rsta}); defined as: egin{equation} label{MLE} LM_{text} = P_{MLE} = frac{tf_{t,text}}{L_{text}} end{equation} where $tf_{t,text}$ is the term frequency of term $t$ in a sample $text$ (i.e,…

Traffic In Jakarta Have you ever imagined being stuck in traffic worse than New York? If you haven’t, then you’ve never been to Jakarta. The capital city of Indonesia that is home to roughly ten million people has to endure in such distress in their daily commute that has to travel twice less of an average speed in New York said Greenfield. This traffic is greatly caused by the impacted population that the city has to accommodate, the lack of public transportation and the slow-growth of roads…

6. Smart Transportation System It aims to improve travel safety and travel efficiency while bringing up a sustainable transportation system. The information collected from the system can support transportation mangers in making decision, facilitate rational utilization of resources, and provide inspiration for the future development. This smart transportation system helps travelers to reduce travel times, delay, and the stress of travel so that benefit the whole transportation sector to reduce…

Denise grabs her water bottle and sits down, leaning her back against the mirrored wall. As she takes a sip of water, Kate sits down next to her and says, “hey” in a friendly tone. “Oh hi,” Denise replies. Kate ignores the distaste in Denise’s voice and says, “good job with the dance today. You choreographed it really well.” Denise murmurs “thank you,” and stands up, taking her water bottle to the other side of the room. Of course Kate just has to be the nice one. Yes Denise worked hard…

According to the Scientific American (PyperClimateWire 2014), “a smart parking system that uses sensors to detect when parking spaces are open and sends the information to the drivers in real time reduce the time spent looking for parking spots by 21%, leading to associated emissions and fuel savings. Los Angeles County, Calif., introduced a traffic signal synchronization program to improve the throughput of vehicles that result in saving 31.3 million hours of travel time, 38 million gallons of…

Have you ever watched the cartoons Doc McStuffins and Paw Patrol? Doc McStuffins and Paw Patrol are two recent cartoon shows. They both were published around the same time. Girls mostly watch Doc McStuffins because lots of them want to become doctor or nurse one day. Boys watch Paw Patrol because many of them probably want to become a firefighter or a police someday. Doc McStuffins and Ryder have many things in common. They are both great helpers and they both have animals in their cartoon show.…

How many people have jumped on a bandwagon with loose wheels? Today, the Confederate battle flag finds itself in the center of much controversy in several states. Most people have jumped on a bandwagon saying, “the Confederate flag is a symbol of racism;” however, it should be viewed as a positive symbol of American history. Therefore, I’m here to ask all of you to look at the Confederate battle flag as a battle flag and a symbol of American history by learning about its history, the…

The first thing was “buying a parking pass is like going hunting for a spot, it’s better to just ride the bus or look for a free pass.” The second thing was, “it’s better to stay on campus all day/between classes than to go home because you’ll accomplish more.” These two ideas are not exactly folklores but pieces of advice that have been passed down…