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  2. John Burr Williams - Wikipedia

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    John Burr Williams (November 27, 1900 – September 15, 1989) was an American economist, recognized as an important figure in the field of fundamental analysis, and for his analysis of stock prices as reflecting their "intrinsic value". [1]

  3. Harold Saxton Burr - Wikipedia

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    Burr used the L-field to explain cellular differentiation and the form of living organisms. According to writer Ruby Khoo in the New Straits Times, Burr's theory has been rejected by "most scientists." [8] Burr's research was continued by Leonard J. Ravitz, a physician who had worked with Burr at Yale. Ravitz has written that ovulation, illness ...

  4. Burr distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory, statistics and econometrics, the Burr Type XII distribution or simply the Burr distribution [2] is a continuous probability distribution for a non-negative random variable. It is also known as the Singh–Maddala distribution [ 3 ] and is one of a number of different distributions sometimes called the "generalized log ...

  5. Guns versus butter model - Wikipedia

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    In macroeconomics, the guns versus butter model is an example of a simple production–possibility frontier. It demonstrates the relationship between a nation's investment in defense and civilian goods. The "guns or butter" model is used generally as a simplification of national spending as a part of GDP. This may be seen as an analogy for ...

  6. Marginal rate of substitution - Wikipedia

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    Under the standard assumption of neoclassical economics that goods and services are continuously divisible, the marginal rates of substitution will be the same regardless of the direction of exchange, and will correspond to the slope of an indifference curve (more precisely, to the slope multiplied by −1) passing through the consumption bundle in question, at that point: mathematically, it ...

  7. Echinocyte - Wikipedia

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    Echinocyte (from the Greek word echinos, meaning 'hedgehog' or 'sea urchin'), in human biology and medicine, refers to a form of red blood cell that has an abnormal cell membrane characterized by many small, evenly spaced thorny projections. [1] [2] A more common term for these cells is burr cells.

  8. Bur - Wikipedia

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    A bur (also spelled burr) [1] is a seed or dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth. The main function of the bur is to spread the seeds of the bur plant, often through epizoochory . The hooks of the bur are used to latch onto fur or fabric, enabling the bur – which contain seeds – to be transported to another location for ...

  9. Marginal utility - Wikipedia

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    Marshall was the second-generation marginalist whose work on marginal utility came most to inform the mainstream of neoclassical economics, especially by way of his Principles of Economics, the first volume of which was published in 1890. Marshall constructed the demand curve with the aid of assumptions that utility was quantified, and that the ...