... evaluating the effect of failures in auxiliary electrical spstem on the reliability of a generating unit We would like t o note that the performance of auxiliary electrical system (and of other systems) ... units in the station Some ofthe buses can be supplied from the station common bus or thebuses of other units For this reason, the whole auxiliary electrical systemofthe stationwill have to be ... failures in other auxiliary systems The actual values of MWhr/yr not supplied due to the failures in auxiliary electrical system will be, therefore, less than those given in the paper The authors...
... works: in the leftmost part ofthe figure, peers are grouped together and far from the models, giving a low JACK value In the rightmost part ofthe figure, peers are distributed around the set of models, ... contrastive summary, the number of fragments ofthe reference summary which are also in the contrastive summary, in relation to the size ofthe contrastive summary DocSim: The number of documents used ... framework Even if the test is very limited by the number of topics, it confirms the potential ofthe framework, with the highest KING metric combination doubling the performance ofthe best ROUGE...
... heuristics The probability of a resulting word is the product ofthe probabilities ofthe applied rules The result is a list of target words sorted by their associated probabilities, Li The first system ... consonants and vowels The full details of this system are not important for this paper; here we focus on the performance evaluationof systems, not the systems themselves 641 2.1 SystemEvaluation In ... inserted in the text to represent a source word, it is important that the word at the top ofthesystem generated list of target words (by definition the most probable) is one ofthe words generated...
... affect the long-term outcomes A staging system should be capable of accounting for these factors and the most important drawback ofthe TNM-7 staging system is the lack of incorporation of host ... as the period from the date of hepatectomy to the date of recurrence as detected by imaging studies Overall survival (OS) was defined as the period from the date of hepatectomy to the date of ... lesions The new 7th edition (TNM-7) ofthe AJCC/UICC TNM system [10], which was introduced in 2009, is a modified version ofthe 6th edition (TNM-6) of this systemThe major modifications of this...
... by immunofluorescence to determine the number of infected monocytes in each preparation; the murine MOMP monoclonal antibodies used in these experiments was again from the Micro-Trak system Samples ... months until repetition of amplification analysis Method and differ in the contents ofthe added extraction buffers Exact contents ofthe buffers supplied are subject to patent of Qiagen (Hilden, ... sensitive detection of C trachomatis EB DNA in combination with all DNA extraction methods applied None ofthe other amplification systems allowed higher sensitivity than PCR regardless ofthe extraction...
... appraise the reports prior to consideration ofthe recommendations made in the report ofthe meta-analysis [4] While the overall quality of reports is of some interest, the results ofthe component ... the selection of studies and the assessment ofthe validity of all the included studies These are crucial elements in the conduct of a metaanalysis, without which the results ofthe meta-analysis ... to place the results of this assessment in a broader context, the quality ofthe reports of meta-analyses in the critical care literature was compared to the quality ofthe reports of meta-analyses...
... rating The PPV is the probability that a patient coughed, if thesystem judged the respiratory event as a cough Likewise, the NPV is the probability that the patient did not cough, given that thesystem ... unidirectional free-air microphone for the duration ofthe testing period The video data stream was synchronized to the LS data stream by the coordination ofthe device clocks The LS recorder has an on-board ... output from algorithm The shaded bar contains the cough event Cough is indicated by a single solid line at the end ofthe breath that contains the cough Note the change in the posture from supine...
... respectively the cost-effectiveness of a medical technology, which possibly affects the rest ofthe life ofthe patients For the first time the direct medical costs for the treatment of patients ... transplantation – because the high treatment costs of these few patients could extremely influence the costs and cost-effectiveness ofthe treatment alternatives Therefore the effect ofthe use of MARS for ... percentage in the MARS group After one year 58% ofthe patients ofthe MARS group were alive compared to 35% ofthe controls The survival rates after a follow-up of years were 52% in the MARS group...
... proved the eon'eetness ofthesystem with a rigor and explicitness that is unusual for the great majority of mathematical proofs A Survey oftheSystem gtructure Storage Allocation In the classical ... in their homing position Each process blocked in the course of task execution relies on the other processes for removal ofthe barrier Essentially, the proof in question is a demonstration ofthe ... the value ofthe semaphore called "sem" by If the resulting value ofthe semaphore concerned is positive, the V-operation in question has no further effect; if, however, the resulting value of...
... 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 ... issues in programme evaluation as follows: • What is the purpose ofthe evaluation? • Who is the audience for the evaluation? • What principles of procedure should guide the evaluation? • What...
... 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...
... charging systemThe debate for the adequacy of such system was between the capitalist party and socialist party The capitalist party opposed it, since thesystem is against the basic principles of ... of up to 50% ofthe capital costs for WWR construction to offset the associated costs and the government further assisted in connecting commercial WWR systems to the public sewerage system (Chung ... 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...
... Schematic diagram ofthesystem Johansson Biomass Gasifier Figure shows the photo ofthe 180Nm3/h gasifier When the fuel is introduced into the gasifier, it first passes through the fuel hopper/drying ... 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 ... represented the cold gas efficiency ofthe gasifier An average efficiency of 75% was achieved from the simulation data, this efficiency is within the known cold gas efficiencies of biomass gasifier systems...