... context, they exceed the percent rate of return suggested for government programs by the Office of Management and Budget; they also exceed the historic real rate of return in the stock market of approximately ... technologies, and work processes Over the past century, education has been the major contributor to economic growth, improving the quality ofthe workforce, and allowing innovative ideas to flourish ... to whatever quality of program they can afford and/ or is offered in their neighborhood In 43 states, the average cost of full-day early education and care for four-yearolds exceeds the cost of...
... sensor “Thermistor”, 1.5 m height) and relative humidity (psychrometer “Thermistor”, 1.5 m height) were recorded Potential evapotranspiration (PET) was calculated according tothe Penman formula ... made on the reliability of one method among others Studies of inter-annual trends in water use of forests offer the opportunity to study a spectrum of biotic and abiotic conditions [37] The interactions ... (LAI), it reinforced the role of LAI as the main limiting factor of transpiration [6, 17, 28] Körner [24] also pointed out that in temperate deciduous forests, the dominant factor of stand transpiration...
... in one hand andthe bands in the other Place and hold the mask over your nose, mouth, and chin, then stretch the bands over your head and secure them comfortably as shown; one band on the upper ... fit the user’s hands comfortably – they should not be too loose or too tight They also should not tear or damage easily Gloves are sometimes worn for several hours and need to stand up tothe ... the hands, gowns or aprons protect the skin and/ or clothing, masks and respirators protect the mouth and nose, goggles protect the eyes, and face shields protect the entire face The respirator,...
... appreciated that the variance of an error estimator is important for its performance [22], but here we have seen the effect ofthe correlation on the RMS ofthe error estimator when samples are ... “rf ” for relief, and “mi” for mutual information The blanks in the table correspond tothe experiments where the covariance matrix is not full rank and not invertible, and therefore the classifiers ... ofthe random vector (εtru , εest ), whose component random variables are the true error, εtru , andthe estimated error, εest , ofthe designed classifier This distribution is a function of the...
... (i-number for the directory andthe position ferent tothe users than the Unix FFS-like file system in within the directory), the contents ofthe directory entry Sprite The reason is that the machines ... than 5% ofthe disk’s potential bandwidth is used for new data; the rest ofthe time is spent seeking directories, and almost all the other information used to manage the file system For workloads ... this theory we simulated a new policy for selecting segments to clean The policy rates each segment according tothe benefit of cleaning the segment andthe cost of cleaning the segment and chooses...
... intended for a very specialized audience State -of -the- art researchers need this kind of detailed mathematics to understand the theoretical implications ofthe work A basic premise of this book ... learned and used without the traditional barriers of detailed mathematics and theory The Scientist and Engineer’s Guide to Digital Signal Processing is written for those who want to use DSP as a tool, ... pay to establish and maintain the channel The financial bottom line is simple: the more information they can pass through a single channel, the more money they make DSP has revolutionized the telecommunications...
... had the misfortune of inhaling anthrax died ofthe infection, and more were found to be suffering from the cutaneous form The bacteria À unfortunately for humans À are invisible and therefore ... diminishing their rather uncertain standing within the group Concerned both about losing and winning À thereby stoking the resentment of other competitors À they find it safer keeping out ofthe running ... at the beginning of his speech; and Demosthenes that great orator of Greece, before Phillipus.’’ Burton gave further the example of Hippocrates who ‘‘through bashfulness, suspicion, and timorousness,...
... more often to results than to works, and if to works, it is to individual works rather than to any collection of works No one in antiquity seems to have known the works in the precise form or ... grateful tothe Curator of Manuscripts there, William Noel, tothe conservator of manuscripts, Abigail Quandt, tothe imagers ofthe manuscript, especially Bill Christens-Barry, Roger Easton, and ... the same base as the segment and an equal height.3 Later, theorems worthy of mention suggested themselves to us, and we took the trouble of preparing their proofs They are these: first, that the...
... within the general themes Once completed, the investigators came together to collapse their lists of themes into one set of themes as reached via consensus This process involved examining themes for ... classifying them for uniformity, and then reaching agreement on the final list of six key themes Once the themes were set and subordinate concepts identified, each investigator looked for quotes and ... skills The focus group (both the chiropractors andthe medical practitioners) expressed a concern over the ability of chiropractors to accurately diagnose chest pain In order for chiropractors to...
... resection ofthe midportion ofthe pancreas andthe mass with preserving the rim ofthe head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head ofthe ... distal pancreatectomy was attempted for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail ofthe pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body ofthe pancreas, ... surgery is the first choice of treatment, since other adjuvant therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, had shown no demonstrable response.7 According tothe location ofthe tumor, distal...
... painlessly, in a short time and without requiring the patients to suspend their routines activities For the operators, the main barriers to acquiring these tools are their high cost in terms of purchase, ... skill and experience" ofthe specialist The aim of this study was to verify the reliability and efficacy of one of these compact portable diode instruments, emitting a maximum power density of 30W/cm2 ... developed for a broader range of wavelengths that will offer useful, predictable, and comfortable therapy for managing of dental patients Particularly, the use of a diode laser seems to be promising,...
... cytopenias The use of these agents is costly and has not been studied rigorously in a randomized controlled format to assess their value and impact on efficacy of therapy although they are now ... liver transplant are more ill The resulting poor synthetic function, presence of hepatic encephalopathy and hypersplenism limit the candidacy of patients for interferon-based therapies Pre-transplant ... other cohorts and centers The development of new, nonimmunomodulatory antiviral agents promises to be a significant advance in the treatment of this population Ultimately, individualization of...
... with and without relevant coronary stenosis according to sex and age groups The boundaries ofthebox are Tukey’s hinges The median is identified by the line inside theboxThe length ofthebox ... NPV) for the assessment of coronary stenosis were calculated with adjustment to prevalence of stenosis [23] Moreover, to assess the performance ofthe prediction of stenosis independent ofthe ... coronary stenosis from the individual centers included in the meta-analysis The boundaries ofthebox are Tukey’s hinges The median is identified by the line inside theboxThe length ofthe box...
... farmer and his ocular manifestations are described in the specific section Figure 1: Geographical location ofthe province of Parma (Italy) References Mora P, Vecchi M, Barbera L, Toscani M, Orsoni ... this case the patient had a panuveitis, which recovered only after a combination of medical treatment and surgery, with a final visual acuity of 40% in the affected eye [1] The only case of Lyme ... Vecchi M, Barbera L, Toscani M, Orsoni JG Use of systemic cyclosporin A in a case of severe Toxocara uveitis J Infect 2006; 52:159-161 http://www.medsci.org ...
... their own society, the “world of their fathers,” and those whose terrorist activities carry on the mission of their fathers To put it in other words, for some, becoming terrorists is an act of ... terrorist groups and more than two dozen terrorist leaders or other individuals implicated in acts of terrorism Three profiles of noteworthy terrorists ofthe early 1970s who belonged to other ... because they identify with the cause and idolize the group’s leader, but also because they want to belong to a group for a sense of self-importance and companionship The top leaders of several of the...
... attitudes ofthe grandmother, the father andthe mother andthe children at least cause discontent to one another The grandmother held the floor most ofthe time from the beginning ofthe story in ... narrator to present an objective voice for the story and stimulate the analysis and interpretation ofthe readers All ofthe techniques used in the story are to contribute tothe success ofthe ... happens or a limited narrator who is the outsider ofthe events and describes from the points of view of one character in the story.) - Theme is the message ofthe story that the author wants to send...
... reliable andthe other 40% may be caused by an error Thus, the higher the reliability coefficient is, the lower the standard error is The lower the standard error is, the more reliable the test scores ... more test characteristics and he summarized in the form ofthe table called A checklist for Test Evaluation The checklist is for rating ofthe adequacy of a test for any given purpose -8- Table ... variety of factors such as the purpose ofthe test, the content ofthe syllabus, the pupils’ background, the goal of administrators and so forth Moreover, test characteristics play a very important...