This study will assess the efficiency of different F1 teams -or Constructors- based on their budget and points obtained during a racing season. A Data Envelopment Model (DEA) is used to measure each team's efficiency ...

Assess levels of efficiency in the provision of public services and its determinants becomes increasingly important to meet growing needs of the population and the scarcity of resources. The provision of health services ...

Milk production is one of the main economic activities in Brazil generating jobs and income to many people. According to estimates made with the Agriculture and Livestock Census 2006, this activity employs around 3.6 ...

The removal of ultrafine particles is becoming an increasingly important operation due to the occupational problems caused to the environment and to the human health, such as inhalation of particulate matter, as well as ...

We estimate the relative efficiency of economics departments around the world. Taking as output the students’ placement in the Top 20 PhD programs in Economics in the United States, we estimate efficiency frontiers through ...

The aim of this study was to measure the technical and economic efficiency differentials in citrus production among farms in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, as well as to identify the determining factors of these differentials. ...

Human exposure to nanoparticles is increasingly becoming a concern, including in the workplace, due to urban and industrial development and the increasing use of motor vehicles. Filtration using fibrous filters is among ...

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar desempenho, parâmetros de eficiência e correlações fenotípicas entre diferentes medidas de eficiência energética de animais Nelore selecionados para peso pós desmame e classificados ...