... methods, and by dimensionality mapping methods Multiband images can be taken as a particular case Such methods are pivotal in Chapter on multichannel data, on catalog analysis, and on data storage and ... with automatic decision making Typically, we have a collection ofdata about a situation; completely generally, we can assume that these data come as a set of p values, {x1 , x2 , xp } Usually, ... Introduction to Applications and Methods 1.2 Transformation and Data Representation Many different transforms are used in data processing, – Haar, Radon, Hadamard, etc The Fourier transform is perhaps the...
... of data, spatial geographic data and general spatial data 1.2 Spatial Geographic Data Spatial geographic data, sometimes abbreviated as geo-spatial data, distinguish themselves from general data ... whole dataset may be partitioned and allocated into different sites For instance, every site contains all data but with a fraction of attributes, i.e., a particular view/subspace of the original data ... chapter with a summary 2.1.1 Geo-Spatial Data Characteristics Geo-spatial data often exhibit two unique characteristics: spatial trend and spatial dependence [20] Spatial trend denotes the large...
... computer-driven (quantitative) analysis Hereinafter, quantitative fundamental analysis refers to the evaluation ofa security through machine analysisofa company's financial statements and other disclosure, ... separate study of the two disciplines (in particular, the separate study ofqualitative fundamental analysis) is complicated by institutional features The marriage of quantitative and qualitative ... readily available analyst data to researchers is sell-side analyst data, their potential access to inside information is a significant barrier to empirical investigations of traditional qualitative...
... chapter, theoretical results are balanced by more qualitativedata analytic procedures based on analysisof residuals Chapter 15 is an introduction to decision theory and the Bayesian approach ... prktice of statistics It is in the analysisof real data that one sees the roles played by both formal theory and informal data analytic methods I have organized this book around various kinds of ... that entail the use of statistical methods and have included many real examples to motivate and introduce the theory Among the advantages of such an approach are that XIV Preface theoretical...
... Areas (SEIFA) Based on Census information, these SEIFA provide a measure of area ‘disadvantage’ and can be used to assess socio-economic conditions by geographical areas [18] Classification of ... end of the DSH spectrum Whilst hospital admissions data was of high quality, the hospital emergency data was inadequate to allow analysis with regard to either DSH or mental health presentations ... hospitalisation for mental disorder and self-harm Strengths and limitations A key strength of this study was the methodology Followup via data- linkage to administrative datasets conferred several advantages...
... and analysis The collection of reactors effluents was done daily to be transferred to the analysis laboratory for parameters analysis The related parameters were observed and analyzed daily are ... bioreactor may be employed as an alternative of the anaerobic reactors for treating several kind of wastewater such as industrial or municipal effluents References [1] Shivayogimath CB, Ramanujam ... Habeeb, S A. , AB Aziz Bin Abdul Latiff., Zawawi Bin Daud., Zulkifli Bin Ahmad A review on granules initiation and development inside UASB Reactor and the main factors affecting granules formation...
... in America FiOS gives consumers a super-fast broadband data experience, at speeds ofup to 30 megabits downstream and megabits upstream As we move forward, the bandwidth and upstream capacity of ... consumers a super-fast broadband data experience It has speed up to 30 megabits downstream and megabits upstream As we move forward, the bandwidth and upstream capacity of the fiber system will allow ... generating realtime ratings data is unprecedented Ensure that the underlying signal area data is accurate Local broadcasters must be able to easily communicate changes in their signal area They...
... conducted, both parallel database systems displayed a significant performance advantage over Hadoop MR in executing a variety ofdata intensive analysis benchmarks Averaged across all five tasks at 100 nodes, ... data) have approximately constant performance for this task, since each node has the same amount of Document data to process and this amount ofdata remains constant (7GB) as more nodes are added ... phase on each node in parallel, the data was actually loaded on each node sequentially Thus, as the total of amount ofdata is increased, the load times also increased proportionately This also...
... the actual constraints exerted by the structure ofa balance sheet are still limited, aqualitative survey may actually offer a stronger appraisal of their actual behaviors Section two of the paper ... analysisof the level of real wages as of wage arrears 16 Enterprise Adjustment and the Role of Bank Credit in Russia: Evidence from a 420 Firm's Qualitative Survey Micro-economic analysis (Alfandari ... intra-group variance, and maximize inter-group variance The main characters of each group are summed -up in Table 1, which reflects the average answers provided by enterprises in each sub-group Table...
... not always achievable due to many practical limitations, we need to consider a new method that can be applicable to time-series experimental data without parameter perturbations and that can make ... kinases, a MAP kinase (MAPK), a MAPK kinase (MAPKK) and a MAPKK kinase (MAPKKK), are common signalling modules in eukaryotic cells [20,21] The budding yeast (S cerevisiae) has several MAPK cascades ... intervals at xi as a fully excited information set at xi (Definition in Supplementary material, Supplementary mathematical descriptions) and in this case we simply say that the experimental data set...
... language As the quality of automatic translations are rarely close to human quality translations, the user may need to correct any such automatically translated or transliterated content, and an ... machine translation and transliteration systems for rough initial translation [or transliteration] ofa source language string at sentential/phrasal levels [or names] to the intended target language ... WikiBABEL portal Such set of articles is already available as Featured Articles in most Wikipedias English Wikipedia has a set of ~1500 articles that are voted by the community as stable and well...
... (serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase activity, c-glutamyl transferase (GGT), total bilirubin, albumin levels and prothrombin time), fasting ... The starting point for survival analysis was date of diagnosis of NAFLD Patient follow -up was extended up to April 2008 The end-points for survival analysis were death or liver transplantation ... were also common The main laboratory data gathered at the time of NAFLD diagnosis are summarised in table ALT and AST levels were each within the normal range in few patients 1539 Hepatology Table...
... table 2.2 Table 2.1 NAM parameter explanation and boundaries NAM Parameter NAM Parameter Description Unit Umax Lmax CQOF CKIF CK1,2 TOF TIF TG CKBF Maximum water content in surface storage Maximum ... measurable quantities of basin characteristics [6] and hence model calibration is needed Using the observed rainfall and evaporation dataof each storm event as inputs, model will automatically ... verification procedure introduced above, Gia Vong – a river basin in Quang Tri was taken as a case study (Figure 3.1) The basin has an area of about 275 km2, a perimeter of 111.9 km and an average...
... Mexico Bahrain Thailand Colombia Kazakhstan Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan Pakistan Thailand Indonesia Kazakhstan Indonesia South Korea Egypt Argentina Thailand Iran Venezuela Macedonia Iran Chile Source: ... against the MAC curves The quantification of the abatement potential that pCDM can facilitate and thereby provide additional supply of CERs will be based on the updated TETRIS database of GHG abatement ... potential data from the updated TETRIS database A systematic search of the various mitigation options covered by the abovementioned methodologies was performed within the database and potentials of...
... from, and complement, traditional community health worker training? • How can the health professional training be better aligned with local health needs and be more socially accountable? • What ... is the status of existing collaborations between developing countries aiming to improve health worker education? • How have modifications in healthcare management had an impact upon health workforce ... lifetime." Sir Paul Nurse, Cancer Research UK Your research papers will be: available free of charge to the entire biomedical community peer reviewed and published immediately upon acceptance cited...
... principally from inadequate educational opportunities for health workers and a lack of relevance of their training to community health care practice Additional contributing factors include: inadequate ... modifications in healthcare management had an impact upon health workforce capacity at the local level? Papers will be accepted in two formats: Brief communications of less than 1200 words: better ... mix to local health service needs? For example, what impact have recent health sector reforms had on the local health workforce? • What is the status of existing efforts to train health workers...
... selected based on a "snowballing" process originating from an in-country advisory panel, made upof academics, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, a Zambian clinician and a representative ... year to year There may also be a negative impact on long-term quality of care if top-ups are withdrawn after a year, and this underlines concerns about sustainability of the programmes An advisor ... and changing area The research for this paper was conducted as part ofa "twinning" project between a Zambian researcher and a UK researcher Ethical clearance for the research was granted by the...
... age-related cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Due to demographic aging, these numbers are expected to increase and this group of patients will cause an increased demand for ophthalmic ... statistical analyses; MRDB participated in the design of the study, collected data, advised on the statistical analyses, and helped to interpret the data; JGJH drafted a preliminary version of the manuscript ... (data not shown) Patient characteristics Table presents the baseline characteristics of the patients Of the visually impaired population, in more than 50% the primary cause of vision loss was...
... DNA polymerase II (PolII), bacterial DNA polymerase III α subunit (DnaE) and bacteriophage DNA polymerase I Among these, archaeal PolI belongs to the family B DNA polymerase Archaeal PolI contains ... KFVKPVSLEFEKVYYPYLLI -AEAMALGREAADWVSG HFPSPIRLEFEKVYFPYLLI -MKTIAKCQRAAKLINQ NVPKPQSIVYEKTLHPFILV - : : :: Sequence alignment of Family B DNA polymerases from the Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya domains ... Matsui H, Nakamura M, Aminov RI: Phylogenetic analysisof archaeal 16S rRNA libraries from the rumen suggests the existence ofa novel group of archaea not associated with known methanogens FEMS...