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... frontal left lobes of Alpha and Gamma2 band and central lobes of the Alpha band Alterations in the Alpha band are also expected since they are generally associated with problems in attention and ... years analyzed in [32] have also shown an increase in theta and alpha power When considering the mathematical subtraction Task the most significant bands (Table 2) are Theta, Beta and Gamma2 ... group for both the signal representation approach and the signal modelling approach in the univariate and bivariate cases Once the features were available, classification was performed using a simple...
... Planning Based on available and accurate data Verifiable Based on a set of indicators rather than a single indicator Comprised of core and supplemental indicators Addressing all six aspects ... of indicators Easy to apply and evaluate indicators Simple, yet meaningful indicators Using both quantitative and qualitative indicators Allowing comparisons among companies Addressing ... Indicators are useful for summarising, condensing and focusing enormous amount of data related to complex and dynamic environments into manageable and meaningful information [56] For sustainable...
... features are extracted automatically from the fifteen minutes (1800 samples) FT measurements signal data Then a new case is formulated with 19 features as a total keeping in a vector above 12 features ... clinicians A standardization of the slope that is using negative and positive angles makes it more visualise and gives a terminology toa clinician for reasoning about stress Therefore, we calculate ... diagnosis/classification tasks in the medical domain Montani et al (2001) has combined case-based reasoning, rule-based reasoning (RBR), and model-based reasoning tosupporttherapyfor diabetic patients Auguste...
... definitions for the effective length of a link We will take into account This research was undertaken as part of the ALADDIN (Autonomous Learning Agents for Decentralised Data and Information Networks) ... interaction between an evacuee and aDecision Node can be accomplished by either a visual indicator (such as a smart panel) or a wireless communication device (such as a PDA) which is carried ... Evacuation Simulator (BES) [10], [11], in order to evaluate its performance during an emergency situation inside a building The BES is an agentbased simulator for building evacuation The actors...
... robustness evaluation that integrates two main architectural components: a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) component and a portfolio decision analysis (PDA) component The MCDA component allows ... portfolio p* and all of its competitors Example A manager has to allocate resources to 12 projects from four departments, million (see Table 2), largely exceed 14 million available The manager and the ... multi-criteria decision analysis tosupport the search for less conflicting policy options in a multi-actor context: Case study Journal of MultiCriteria Decision Analysis, 10(2), 111-125 Bana e Costa, C .A. ,...
... and plan fora strategy in educational management of organizations in Vietnam and Asia [3] However, there are no DSS applications to apply a real case in the domain of an evaluation and a strategic ... staffs and good instructors are significant factor to mainly affect a model 3.2 Application model using ISO 9000 factors for evaluation of educational management At present, Vietnam National ... standards have been adopted by more than 74 countries as national standards for quality assurance The representative of ISO for the USA is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and...
... plain or transformed) to expand the information on explanatory variables A selection based on different aspects was considered: available variables, desirable variables with a high biological expression, ... thinnings that are designed so as to maintain a constant and relatively low basal area after each cycle (15 m3 ha−1 ) The rotation of scenario is fixed to 60 years As for scenario 3, the thinnings are ... designed to lead toa fixed remaining stand basal area which in this case is variable from cycle to cycle and is calculated to optimize the biodiversity indicator The particularity of scenario 5,...
... vegetative, development and administrative attributes of land units (e.g forest stands) It also stores topological data to allow spatial recognition and analysis of land units within the landscape, ... tree information and specific ecological data Third, an additional capability for linking financial and economic data, i.e unit costs and prices, to cultural treatments is key for estimating revenue ... ecosystem management problem for decision- making at Serra de Grândola These non-governmental organizations (NGO) provide both technical and management assistance to landowners and information to develop...
... verbatim Usability study was also videotaped to observe users’ physical behaviour as they interacted with the RAQ Data collection and analysis consisted of a combination of qualitative analysis to ... as increased clinic staff workload (e.g., explaining the tool to patients, alteration of workflow to make the BestPROMPT available at the point of care) About half of the participants were particularly ... Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3Li Ka Shing...
... Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2Division of Endocrinology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3Dalla Lana ... the ARIMA approach to analyze our data to control for the effects of variability Additionally, we will also ensure that any variability that may occur will not be due to unreliability of the measurements ... trial evaluating falls and osteoporosis risk management strategies Trials 2008, 9(1):62 39 Public Health Agency of Canada Canada’s Aging Population: Who are Canada’s Seniors? Division of Aging and...
... Filippi A, Sabatini A, Badioli L, Samani F, Mazzaglia G, Catapano A, Cricelli C: Effects of an automated electronic reminder in changing the antiplatelet drug-prescribing behavior among Italian general ... technical or material support JP acquired data; drafted the manuscript; and provided administrative, technical, or material support LWK and TN acquired data and drafted the manuscript NLW acquired, ... forcancer 44* / 44 / screening and influenza 740 vaccination in primary care Performance of health maintenance activities including influenza vaccinations, FOBTs, pap smears, breast exams, and...
... manuscript; and provided statistical analysis LWK and TN acquired data and drafted the manuscript NLW acquired, analyzed, and interpreted data; provided administrative, technical, or material support; and ... clear patient benefit and lack of data on harms and costs preclude a recommendation to adopt CCDSSs for drug therapy management Additional material Additional file 1: Study methods scores for ... strategies to increase beta-blocker use in heart failure Circulation 2003, 107(22):2799-2804 Filippi A, Sabatini A, Badioli L, Samani F, Mazzaglia G, Catapano A, Cricelli C: Effects of an automated...
... manuscript; and provided statistical analysis as well as administrative, technical, or material support LWK and TN acquired data and drafted the manuscript NLW acquired, analyzed, and interpreted data; ... Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada 3Hamilton Health Sciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada 4Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, ... statistical analysis SJC analyzed and interpreted the data; and critically revised the manuscript JAM acquired, analyzed, and interpreted data; drafted the manuscript; critically revised the manuscript;...
... concept as a strategic performance management system Kaplan and Norton (1996) define balanced scorecard concept as follows: ‘‘The balanced scorecard retains traditional financial measures But financial ... organization The balanced scorecard is a tool that can help translate visions and strategies into an integrated set of performance and action Kaplan and Norton (1992) introduced The balanced scorecard concept ... and innovation.” A strategic planning study such as balanced scorecard is very useful from vision to action Kaplan and Norton (1996) state that ‘‘the balanced scorecard translates an organization’s...
... White Hat While wearing this hat, decision makers are neutral They examine the data available and determine what additional data are needed and how far they can extrapolate the information available ... systems allow decision makers to access relevant data across the organization as they need it to make choices among alternatives The DSS allow decision makers to analyze data generated from transaction ... begun to transform the management of professional sports Managers who intelligently use data and analytics can improve asset acquisition and management, talent management and operational performance...
... Similarly, choice of font can be varied for reasons of appearance and occasionally information normally associated with one field of an entry is shifted into another to create a more compact or ... is available from Longman and the code is geared more towards visual presentation than formal precision; for example, words which qualify codes, such as "to be" in Figure 3, appear in italics and ... a n g u a g e application such as a database query system Given a hand-coded hierarchical organization of the r e l e v a n t (central) senses of the definition vocabulary together with a classification...
... the tools available in a spreadsheet to summarize and analyze the data Instead of just providing access to data, these DSS allow the decision maker to create some basic models and to evaluate ... Data have begun to transform the management of professional sports Managers who intelligently use data and analytics can improve asset acquisition and management, talent management and operational ... data that are stored in a database The system controlling these databases allow for manipulating and joining the data and presenting those data in ways that will benefit decision makers Generally...
... tested for 20 frames from the “mannathi mannan” black and white film and “lesa lesa” color film Figure 9 (a) is the white and black line corrupted frame in the film mannathi mannan Figure 9(b) shows ... graph for color film Lesa Lesa compared with spatial median filtering technique and temporal median technique S Manikandan and D Ebenezer Table 1: PSNR, IEF, and MSE for various filters for lena.gif ... white bands, black bands, and blotches along with impulse noise varying upto 70% The advantage of the proposed algorithm is that a single algorithm with improved performance can replace several independent...
... White Hat While wearing this hat, decision makers are neutral They examine the data available and determine what additional data are needed and how far they can extrapolate the information available ... systems allow decision makers to access relevant data across the organization as they need it to make choices among alternatives The DSS allow decision makers to analyze data generated from transaction ... begun to transform the management of professional sports Managers who intelligently use data and analytics can improve asset acquisition and management, talent management and operational performance...
... specifically, African-American or Blackwomen have had historically worse outcome after treatmentforbreastcancer when compared to their non -Black counterparts [2-8] A number of putative, probably ... both univariate (p < 01) and multivariate analyses Black race Black race was a significant predictor of disease-specific survival on both univariate (p < 01) and multivariate analyses treatment ... Our patient population was largely Black and Hispanic; Caucasians and Asians made up only about 10% of the cohort Thus, when we compare Black patients to non -Black patients, this is largely a comparison...