... where the tail andthe head of an arrow denote the transmitter andthe receiver of the link, respectively We use the capacity across unit cut η(μ) as theperformance metric, where μ = r/d is the ... in the PHY header, the MAC header, andthe payload, respectively On the other hand, if T1 cannot sense the transmission of T2 , that is, P2 pl(dT1 ,T2 ) ≤ β, then the SINR at R1 depends on whether ... cut and · is the Euclidean norm Then the length L of the cut occupied by an active transmitter is the length of C(Tn ), andthe capacity across unit cut is therefore η(μ) = fρ(μ)/L, where f is the...
... overcrowding, and these reports have questioned the ability of the entire US emergency care system to provide safe care during the current surge in demand for emergency services Causes The causes ... recognition and delivery in the ED setting could potentially represent a threat to patient safety Adding to the current landscape of ED critical care capacity is the potential threat of terrorism and other ... standpoint [9] However, when hospitals are perpetually functioning at greater than 90% of their inpatient capacity, they are ill equipped to handle surges in the number of admissions [25] The...
... sources to exploit the opportunities, they produce positive growth and development for their firms The insignificant effect of network frequency, on the other hand, indicates that the quality of ... On the other hand, the nature of family ownership will give them some unique characteristics both enhancing and impeding their performance, such as family contractual relationships, the influence ... as the number of people that the business owners know and interact with personally (Greve and Salaff 2003) The variable is operationalized by the answer of the question “how many times a year the...
... in blogs expands the blogger’s capacity for play andperformance – apart from theperformance text, the viewer can now see the costume, the set, the props as well as the body of the blogger-performer ... upon which the blog is coded and built; secondly, language andthe narrative framework, the expressive outlet for the performance; and thirdly, the implied presence of the blogger through the textual ... to the importance of the self’s interaction with and reflection from others: 29 Blogs allow the same presentation of the ‘I’ as homepages, but they also expect the other to interact to [sic ] the...
... severe and very severe (Table 2) The overall intensity of oral impacts for a person follows the same classification and refers to the most severe impact on any of the performances or the highest performance ... (weigh) the impacts by using a score that reflects their frequency as well as a severity score that indicates the importance of the specific impact in the daily life of the person Multiplying the ... already provided by the prevalence figures The correlation coefficient (Spearman's Rho) between the weighted OIDP-total on the one hand and OIDP SC sum scores on the other was 0.97 The predictor variables...
... from (17) andthe final expression is given in (19) D Minimum transmit powers The first terms in the sum at the right-hand side of (17) andthe first multiplicative term at the right-hand side ... for the leaves, the relays, andthe sink In the Configuration A (Figure 9a) the throughputs of the leaves, relays, and sink are increasing functions of q for small values of q and reach the maximum ... from the leaves are no longer relayed and successfully transmitted to the sink Consequently, for q ≥ 0.6, the throughputs at the relays and at the sink tend to decrease Theperformance with the...
... Figure On the other hand, the nodes moving according to RW and RDM are most likely 5.2 Impact of Random Mobility Models on Bypass-AODV The RWP, RW, and RDM models are used to evaluate theperformance ... FRW, and MAN mobility models These findings are important for understanding the behavior of routing protocols and their effect on TCP performance Figures and show the percentage of short and medium ... random direction and a random speed The node randomly and uniformly selects its new direction θ(t) from (0, 2π] and speed v(t) from (0, Vmax ] During the time interval t, the node moves with the...
... Timeframe of the study We plan to randomise six of the initially recruited IQual groups that have declared their willingness to participate in this study, and to assign them randomly to one of the two ... competing interests DM, WvdS and MW performed the study and drafted the manuscript AP and RG participated in the study design All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Source of ... quality of dental care; the development, validation and standardisation of an index for the assessment of restorative care Thesis University of Amsterdam: The Netherlands; 1997 National Institute...
... productivity gains for individual companies and their investors, andthe results then have positive impact on the overall economy (OECD, 2004) Recognizing the importance of corporate governance, ... minutes and documents relating to the General Meeting of Shareholders, the company Articles of Association, and from the public media and other sources of public information such as the company ... financial markets and a fall in the market value of shares The downturn in the domestic corporate sector performance may have also exposed further poor governance practices In Vietnam, there have been...
... productivity gains for individual companies and their investors, andthe results then have positive impact on the overall economy (OECD, 2004) Recognizing the importance of corporate governance, ... minutes and documents relating to the General Meeting of Shareholders, the company Articles of Association, and from the public media and other sources of public information such as the company ... financial markets and a fall in the market value of shares The downturn in the domestic corporate sector performance may have also exposed further poor governance practices In Vietnam, there have been...
... productivity gains for individual companies and their investors, andthe results then have positive impact on the overall economy (OECD, 2004) Recognizing the importance of corporate governance, ... than the mean of the other sectors (43.5) There are two possible reasons First, given the important financial intermediation role of the banking and financial services industry in an economy, there ... managed and tend to have by senior two board controlled management in order to systems including an protect the best interests and executive fair treatment of the board and a shareholders and other...
... quality stable and choosing S2 (FigsSa and 5b) as target, the changes of the measured and simulated MLSS in Tank A and B are shown in Fig.6 Evidently, the simulated results not accord with the measured ... in Tank A In other words, the higher the initial MLSS in Tank A is, the higher the MLSS in Tank B is during the half-cycle The initial MLSS of S1 in Tank A was about 13000 mg/L, the MLSS of S1 ... B and X began to descend faster On the other hand, the Tank B tended to be anoxic, which influenced r greatly As a result, in Tank B, the entered S surpassed the transformed S , leading to the...
... and hypotheses: Theimpact of risk factors to production and business performance in Vietnam 2.6.1 Conceptual framework and hypotheses: Theimpact of risk factors to production and business performance ... Conceptual framework and hypotheses: Theimpact of risk factors to production performance in Vietnam FACTOR DETERMINANTS OF RISK’S IMPACT PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE TO RODUCTION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE GTT ... to mitigate the impacts of weather 5.1.1.5 Solutions to mitigate the impacts of pest 5.1.1.6 Solutions to mitigate the impacts of working capital 5.1.1.7 Solutions to mitigate the impacts of production...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US The sample starts in 1986 in order to avoid the more turbulent, ... the whole sample period are available for Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK andthe US For, Belgium we link an older series for small and...
... group-decision On the other hand, Ballmer has reduced a level of management to manage more easily and efficiently Microsoft structure is less flat therefore, the span of control is narrower andthe gap ... just about technology It’s also about improving the way the company handles relationships with customers and others in the technology industry” Further, specific manifestations of culture are people ... Because of the main mission is an openness and opportunity on the Internet rather than business, like profits or price of stock therefore authority are decentralize and opener “Developers and programmers...
... directors As the leader of the firm, the CEO has an astounding impact on theperformance of the firm and many believe this to be the result of the tremendous growth in executive compensation over the ... managers andthe governance of corporations in the United States and legislators and regulators have been quick to respond to the latest corporate scandals Despite the debate among the academic and ... in the null and alternative forms Statistical analysis allows the researcher to either accept or reject the null hypotheses The null and alternative hypotheses for this study are: H01 (null) There...
... improved the way people communicate today (compared to the days before we used these inventions)? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of, on the one hand, using mobile phones andthe internet ... as the nutritional value of the food or the contents of the food they buy (for example, what chemical additives were added to the food)? FQ (This question might include: the packaging andthe ... person from the clothes they wear? (E.g., their identity, interests, income, personality, mood (feeling) etc.) FQ Formal & Casual Clothes • Compare formal clothes and casual (informal) clothes FQx2...
... session they discuss what the person will achieve over the next twelve months (the key responsibilities of the person’s job andthe goals and projects the person will work on) and how the person ... frequently—they meet to review the individual’s performance thus far against the plans and goals that they discussed in the performance- planning meeting Phase 3: Performance Assessment As the time for the ... consistent, demanding standards for everyone and they keep raising those standards They work relentlessly to identify their highest potential managers and professionals and develop them quickly They move...
... participating in the program; (iii) whether they had participated in it in the past and, if so, in what year; (iv) the monetary value of the incentive; and (v) how they rated the importance of the program ... implementation in the West and East Midlands of England, the South West of England and South Wales The sample included 4,326 firms of which 2,840 firms received support (the treatment group) and 1,486 ... subsidies The study focused on three assistance clusters in Northern Ireland (training, marketing and upgrading machinery and equipment), and two in the Republic of Ireland (marketing and training)...