... challenges for sensor networks Some challenges are similar to those faced in more traditional environments, but with additional constraints; othersare unique Sometimes one or more of these time phases ... networks rely on redundancy and aggregation (Properties P1, P2), and therefore some messages may be more influential thanothers In an earlier paper [AIL05], we presented an initial framework for quantifying ... [Wag04] On the other hand, count, median and root mean squared error are better estimators of the data being aggregated as they aremore robust Challenge 5: Scalable Trust Management Challenge...
... to determine whether some models perform better thanothers We find that some business models are much more common than others, and that some do, indeed, perform better thanothers For example, ... market value — some business models do, indeed, perform better thanothers Furthermore, business model classifications are better predictors of these measures of financial performance than two-digit ... single right way to distinguish different types of business models But some typologies are certainly better—or more useful thanothers In developing our typology, we focused particularly on trying...
... 'peace contract' did not appear at all;'to sign a treaty' appeared 79 times while none of the other three alternatives appeared morethan twice Thus we firstprefer 'treaty'to 'contract' because ... take the point of view that some ambiguity problems are easier to solve at the level of the target language instead of the source language The source language sentences are considered as a noisy ... For instance, the word 'minister' seems to cooccur in the same context more frequently with 'position' than with 'job' are 'small' and 'young', modified the word 'sikkuy', which means 'prospect'...
... would be critical Conversely, if systems aremore important, focusing on better service delivery would yield effectiveness In Kenya, morethan 90% of mothers take their infants for routine immunizations ... with HIV-1 HIV-1-positive mothers were more likely to have a non-facility delivery than HIV-1-uninfected mothers (31.0% vs 24.3% p=0.009) (Table 3) Among HIV-1-infected mothers, those who did not ... to child transmission interventions in Kenya: health systems aremore influential than stigma John Kinuthia1§, James N Kiarie1,5, Carey Farquhar2,3,5, Barbra A Richardson3,6, Ruth Nduati7, Dorothy...
... that foreign banks aremore efficient than domestic private banks and – surprisingly – that domestic private banks are not more efficient than domestic public banks These results are not driven by ... Schoors and Laurent Weill Are private banks more efficient than public banks? Evidence from Russia Alexei Karas, Koen Schoors and Laurent Weill Are private banks more efficient than public banks? Evidence ... banks aremore efficient than laterprivatized banks Kraft, Hofler and Payne (2006) study the Croatian banking system and find that new private and privatized banks are not more efficient than...
... nation’s largest metropolitan areas have seen their populations stagnant or declining Others have seen rapid growth The question of why some areas are growing and othersare shrinking is of major ... 2007 was three times higher in the 10 lowest-tax metro areas than in the 10 highest-tax areas In those same areas, employment growth was morethan two and a half times higher and real personal income ... Low-Tax Metro Areas Grew Faster Than High-Tax Metro Areas Why Some Cities Are Growing 291 292 14.0% 13.9 12.6 12.5 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 12.4% 10.0 Ten Highest-Tax Large Metro Areas New York-White...
... book is a more important source of knowledge than experience Knowledge from such source is proven less errors and less time to gain Knowing the value of books, people should spend more time of ... obtain such knowledge through experience An additional reason why knowledge from books is estimated more valuable source is that it is not only a broad and major source but also an effective way to ... test every theory in experience In contrast to experience, books help people understand theories more quickly and even much better The last but not the least reason is that knowledge from experience...
... With the introduction of biologics the question arises of whether these – far more expensive – drugs aremore effective than synthetic DMARDs This topic was recently addressed in a well-designed ... the present evidence it therefore cannot be concluded definitively that biologics aremore clinically effective than synthetic DMARDs, although a radiological difference in favour of biologics ... significant when extrapolated to years or more [15] Nevertheless, the methotrexate dose in the above-mentioned studies was limited to a maximum 20 mg/week, which is sometimes considered too low since...
... pericytes as MSC are multipotent Once we were able to show that pericytes behave like MSC, we posed the question if pericytes aremorethan just MSC The three cell types were therefore compared for pericytic ... (promocell) are isolated from microvessels of the human placenta More specifically, they are isolated from the chorionic villi of theplacenta tissue They are CD146+, CD105+, CD31-, CD34- The cells are ... pericyte function Some of the pericyte markers are molecules that are recognized to play an important role in ECpericyte interactions, such as surface receptors VEGFR, Tie2, and PDGFR-β Some contractile...
... share my deep feelings with anyone Although I was hurt, but I also learned a lesson that I could never ... source is, it cannot be as useful as real life experiences Books can be good teachers but they are not as good as real life experiences because books cannot help us see the reality while real...
... In a word, to choose way of gaining knowledge is something of a dilemma to public because they sometimes are confused by the seemingly good qualities of learning by experiences,...