... comes the test of fire. Then comes the test of ice. Then comes the test of patience.” –Ken Cohen “Writing a Windows application is like having Microsoft give you a periodic table ofthe ... abuse the tar out ofthe thing to see whether it lives up to the spec. As a programmer, you are supposed to love your test team because they’re critical to the production of decent software. ... that the experiences I had, the lessons I learned, and the order in which I learned them were what I personally needed in each phase ofthe process. The specifics of those experiences and the...
... not in the plan. Futuretechnology and standards compliance? Give them a year or two—they’reworking on it.All ofthe major telecommunications manufacturers offer similar-minded products.They ... service orproduct, post here.Asterisk-Dev The Asterisk developers hang out here. The purpose of this list is the discussion of the development ofthe software that is Asterisk, and its participants ... documentation forms by far the bulk oftheinformation on this website,‡ and it probably contains more Asterisk knowledge than all other sources puttogether (with the exception ofthe mailing-list...
... alone in their discomfort in dealing with questions of scale. Economists are far worse: the vast majority of economists never evenbother to ask the question ofthe proper scale ofthe economy ... copy ofThe Theory of Island Biogeography, but he saw the significance sooner than nearly allother ecologists. In 1978, by-then Professor Soulé and one of his graduatestudents at University of ... forest in the eastern United States. The Cathedral Pines preservein Connecticut contained about twenty-five acres of old-growth pine, one of the last examples of that type of forest in the region....
... of 0.989. Therefore, it is expected that the estimation results ofthe production function using either the number of employees or the derived labor cost will be quite similar even though the ... by other companies. The cost of sales of most physical dot coms consists ofthe cost of merchandise sold and inbound/outbound shipping. There are other important distinctions between these ... that these specific firms are trying to maximize their sales instead ofthe traditional assumption of profit maximization. Therefore, sales is a more relevant measure of output than gross profit...
... range of available eBooks is key. Indeed, the shortage of eBooks in the past was one ofthe main reasons why the market did not develop. Many publishers now recognize the attractiveness ofthe ... to the range of eBooks that are available. The United States is a pioneer in this regard: At the launch ofthe Kindle, Amazon offered 90,000 eBooks for purchase, including 102 of the 112 The ... price ofthe printed versions, others have a policy of offering digital content for the same price as the least expensive printed form, which is usually the paperback format. The absence of axedbookpricearrangement...
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... together the iden-tity ofthe whole of God’s people so that what is true of him is true of them and vice versa. Here we arrive at one ofthe great truths ofthe gospel, which is that the accomplishment ... celebration ofthe resur-rection ofthe Son of God, his vindication ofthe deity of Christ, his belief in the virgin birth of Jesus, his biblical disapproval of homosexual con-duct, and the consistent ... and of the knowledge ofthe Son of God” (Eph. 4:13, 16). “Grace and peace” 7He addresses the danger of boasting in leaders (1:10–3:23), the limits of sexual freedom (5:1–8), the extent of...
... unity. These three aspects correspond to the current use ofthe term in psychology (with the meaning of purpose), in medicine (with the meaning ofthe mode of healing and integration ofthe body), ... mind is the same. The ectoderm, our primary interface, is the outermost ofthe three primary germ layers of an embryo and the source ofthe epidermis, the nervous system, the eyes, and the ears, ... Institute of Ecosystems Study) of Pallanza, Italy. The main features ofthe current state ofthe art in this eld of application of mathematical modeling techniques are summarized and the characteristics...
... properties of the document containing the sentence and properties of the sentence itself. Regarding the former type,two features come into play: the relevance score of the document (from the IR ... adding1Since the count variant of POURPRE achieved the highestcorrelation with of cial rankings, the nugget score is simply the highest fraction in terms of word overlap between the sen-tence and any of ... arose from the recognition that the document does not occupy aprivileged position in the space ofinformation ob-jects as the most ideal unit of retrieval. Indeed, forcertain types of information...
... stages of the development of this report as members ofthe Task Force. The Deans of Medicine and their decanal teams have been central to this work. They reacted toseveral iterations ofthe draft ... list ofthe keypriorities they had identified. The lists were then compared and discussed. The high degree of consistency among the three made it possible to merge them into an integrated list of ... meetings, and sharing in the writing and editing ofthe many versions of the FMEC Collective Vision.Thank you,Nick Busing, MDPresident and CEO, Association of Faculties of Medicine of CanadaChair,...
... convened by the Joint Commission, the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) and the Federation of Associations of Schools ofthe Health Professions (FASHP). The work of IHI reflects the approach ... andãusing information technology. ã The benets of collaboration and interprofessional work are now recognized as essential elements ofthe work of important federal agencies. The National Institutes of ... implications of our lack of a comprehensive federal health professions work-force strategy I will direct you to the recent report ofthe World Health Organization (WHO). The follow-ing statement of the...
... 44Euro-NF - Anticipating the Network oftheFuture - From Theory to DesignEuro-NF is a Network of Excellence on the Network ofthe Future, formed by institutions (from the academia and industry) ... eory. In future networks, the randomness ofthe quality ofthe radio links, ofthe mobility of users and devices as well as ofthe topology ofthe networks has to be considered. New quantitative ... maintaining the above goal The views expressed are those ofthe authors and not necessarily those ofthe European Commission or any of its officials»A great deal of additional information on the...