... twothirds ofthe studies reviewed here used the firm as the unit of analysis The remaining fifteen studies adopted export venture as the unit of analysis In the case of using the firm as the unit of ... publications due to the non-availability ofthe printed form of these studies outside the countries of publication and the non-inclusion of most of these journals in electronic data banks The studies ... Export Performance Measurement: An Evaluationofthe Empirical Research in the Literature Export Performance Measurement: An Evaluationofthe Empirical Research in the Literature INTRODUCTION The...
... all these documents, theevaluation report follows the logic established in article 16 ofthe Treaty: first an assessment ofthe evolution ofthe legislative framework and ofthe market performance ... The Commission is already working to fill in these gaps in future reports However, the cooperation of all actors involved in the EU-wide process ofevaluationoftheperformanceof services of ... Commission evaluation reports should evolve over time, expanding the scope ofthe evaluations and going deeper in the assessment ofperformance So far, we have been able to report on the evolution of the...
... Weibull RV based on the knowledge of its moments We then use these expressions to evaluate theperformanceof linear digital modulations over flat Weibull fading channels in the case of both single-channel ... unity, then the SNR will be equal to the squared channel amplitude, X One ofthe interesting properties ofthe Weibull RV with parameters (m, γ) is that raising it to the kth power results in another ... the region of convergence in the complex s-plane, and SNRMRC is the total SNR, which is equal to the sum ofthe branches SNRs For the same system employing M-ary phase shift keying (M-PSK), the...
... ofthe DF after administration ofthe 1st GnRH analogue to the cows synchronized using PGF occurred in 75% of cows in the control group, 50% ofthe cows in the Ovsynch + GnRH group and 100% of ... concentration ofthe Ovsynch + GnRH group Values are the mean ± SD The progesterone (P4) concentration was positively correlated with the cross-sectional area ofthe CL (r = 0.89) (C) Summation ofthe ... between the Ovsynch + GnRH group and the Ovsynch + CIDR + GnRH group The length ofthe estrous cycle in one ofthe ovulating cows in the Ovsynch + CIDR + GnRH group was extended to 24 days, while the...
... air speed is the sum ofthe squares ofthe individual air speed due to stack and wind separately The underlying principle ofthe solar chimney is well understood However, the state ofthe art research ... ambient, the thermal gradient along the height ofthe solar chimney and the air velocity at the output ofthe solar chimney had a combined effects on theperformance A regression curve based on the least ... currently concentrates on the design aspect ofthe solar chimney and its performance under different climate The purpose of this study aims to examine the operability and performanceof implementing solar...
... separate the dataset into two equal-sized data sub-sets Q1 represents the first quartile or the median ofthe lower half ofthe dataset and Q3 is the median ofthe upper half ofthe dataset Cutof f ... retrieves the packets from the buffer to decode them At the end ofthe processing chain, the audio files are re-constructed After the all these steps, we use the PESQ algorithm to calculate the PESQ ... for encoding the audio input signal It can adapt to the network characteristics through the control ofthe bit-rate, the packet rate, the packet loss resilience and the use of DTX The SILK codec...
... allow the control ofthe speed ofthe air emerging from the nozzles, its temperature, the surface temperature of a 200-Watt radiant heating panel located in the knee space, the dimming ofthe user’s ... the polluting manikin in the air inhaled by the exposed manikin was found to be independent ofthe UFAD flow rate, i.e the throw height When the ATD ofthe exposed manikin was switched off, the ... accommodating the widely recognized large individual differences in preference for thermal environment, and introduces the concept ofthe state -of- the- art personalized ventilation (PV) The objectives of the...
... their influence on the quality ofthe established link between sensor and coordinator node The complexity ofthe evaluation, i.e., the parameters involved for theperformanceofthe communication ... 150% of humidity; levels depending on the time of harvest, the growing region and the type of bamboo According to the technical characteristics ofthe bamboo samples (Figure 1) used in the experiment, ... in the tests The following graphs show the results that allow making a comparison of losses introduced by different wood types to the transmission of waves The higher the LQI value, the lower the...
... early in the morning and swelling ofthe legs at the end ofthe day Participants were asked to weigh themselves using the same weighing scales at around a.m and p.m for three consecutive days They ... idea ofthe high prevalence of edema in the more advanced grades of cellulite The lack of specific clinical and laboratory studies hinders research on cyclic edema and the dissemination of information ... patients and the other (28%) required other types of treatments Aminaphtone was the first drug of choice but when treatment failed ginkgo biloba was prescribed For the patients treated with the ginkgo...
... appropriateness ofthe material to the aims ofthe course, the author has based upon the analysis ofthe syllabus objectives and that ofthe material 3.1.1 Syllabus objectives analysis The course ... designers Therefore, they can provide the most valid information in theevaluation process Also, their understanding of cultural and political factors ofthe institution in which theevaluation ... to the students’ age, knowledge of English, interest and so on - Aims ofthe materials: the evaluator has to check if the materials match the aims and objectives ofthe course - Content of the...
... ofthe ESP reading texts in the course are useful; 70.7% the learners think that the topics ofthe ESP reading texts in the course are useful and 13.4% the learners think that the topics ofthe ... half ofthe learners (65.2%) find the length ofthe ESP reading texts in the course suitable while over half ofthe learners (67.7%) complain about the length ofthe ESP reading texts in the course ... determines the ESP course as the nature ofthe target situation performance; A skill-centered approach determines the ESP course as the nature ofthe target situation performance and looking behind the...
... such as the port of entry, the names ofthe importer and exporter, a detailed description ofthe goods, the quantity ofthe goods, the value ofthe goods, the currency, and the country of origin ... France ,etc The major market ofthe company’s products is North Vietnam The area’s consumption accounted for up to 87% ofthe total sales ofthe company in 2011 The Central Vietnam and the others took ... develop their products in the local market At the early stage, the company had the start-up capital of 610 million VND and the labor force of only 12 people Up to present, the capital ofthe company...
... uptake the CO2 dissolved in the water because ofthe existence ofthe CO2 concentration difference between the inside (low) and outside (high) ofthe cell When the water was discharged outside the ... point.) To be sure ofthe effect of SS in raw water, another experiment was conducted with the supernatant from the final settling tank ofthe WWTP (Ube City, Japan) with the same initial TC ... represent the data range.) CONCLUSION (1) The optimum operational condition ofthe device is a pressure of 0.3 MPa When a high-dissolved CO2 device is used for the disinfection ofthe effluent from the...
... water (Miura et al., 2007) Evaluationof denitrification activity of microorganisms Batch experiments for theevaluationof DNR, and a quinone analysis for theevaluationofthe microorganism community ... representation ofthe PCA analysis of DNR The X-axis is the first principal component (PC1) and Y-axis is the second principal component (PC2) The diameters ofthe circles indicate DNRs The plots ... Outline ofthe experimental field and the water treatment apparatus - 422 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 8, No.4, 2010 Paddy field The characteristics ofthe paddy field and the...
... Another major factor was the reduction of water use in the factory through the utilization of WWR and water conservation efforts mainly due to their cost consciousness after the introduction of ... forecast the future of water consumption change and has no confidence on the successful performanceof WCP Thus, the government tends to increase the water supply capacity corresponding to the water ... proposed the necessity of city-wide recycling system and other measures The fluctuation of water consumption in this period reflects the people’s consideration on the WCP introduced The people...
... cracking Figure shows the schematic diagram ofthe SJBG The SJBG consists ofthe gas producer, purification unit and the generator The gas producer is an 180Nm3/h gas production unit The purification ... efficiency ofthe gasifier without looking at the downstream processes and associated components Figure Schematic diagram ofthe system Johansson Biomass Gasifier Figure shows the photo ofthe 180Nm3/h ... rate of 2Nm3/h was assumed, which is the gas flow rate in the 180Nm3/h gasifier; and a wood heating value of 17.5MJ/kg was used because it is the average calorific value ofthe wood used during the...