... empirical analysis using a large German panel data set Fred Ramb 26 22 2007 Volatile multinationals? Evidence from the labor demand of German firms Claudia M Buch Alexander Lipponer 23 2007 International ... quality of banking and regional growth Hasan, Koetter, Wedow 11 2007 Welfare effects of financial integration Fecht, Grüner, Hartmann 12 2007 The marketability of bank assets and managerial Falko ... information on the Bundesbank's banking data see Memmel and Stein (2008) talks with practitioners of the savings banks and cooperative banks sector, we know 11 From that the average duration for savings...
... speech data The fragmentary and partially illformed nature of such spoken data makes them harder to analyze than written data such as the Penn treebank typically used as gold standard It should also ... classical PARSEVAL measures toa partial pars- language German English parameter true positives false positives unattached constituents unmatched constituents true positives false positives unattached ... the case in rule-based systems or other learning approaches Previous applications of Memory-based learning has recently been applied toa variety of NLP classification tasks, including part-of-speech...
... contain a considerable amount of knowledge [in the AI sense) relating grammatical features to extra-lingulstic factors ADVANTAGES The backward chaining approach outlined here has several advantages ... contain punctuation, capitals, the word "an", and so on This approach has the advantage of being able to combine an established linguistic formalism with powerful AI methods It also has the advantage ... [Mann/Halliday) [Kress, 1976J [Halliday & Hasan, 1976) [Winograd, 1983J, a n d contains about six hundred grammatical features Fragments of grammar usually appear in the linguistic literature as...
... Hitzeman et al (1995) proposed a constraintbased approach taking into account tense, aspect, temporal adverbials, and rhetorical structure to analyze a discourse Recently, groups have used machine ... ones: states and occurrences We determine the features using procedures attached to each grammatical construct we extract The grammatical features aspect and tense are straightforward and a direct ... theories and an attempt to unify them, Bennett and Galton (2004) classified the most influential formalisms along three lines A first approach is to consider events as transitions between states as in...
... Palaiseau, Unie versitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Universitat de les Illes of Balears, Palma, and University of California at Los Angeles It is also being taught by Andr` s Almansa e at the Facultad ... grouping laws stated above work from local to global They are of mathematical nature, but must actually be split into more specific grouping laws to receive a mathematical and computational treatment: ... a tough and abstract subject So let us return toa more familiar problem: the classical problem of shared birthdays in a class Is it surprising that two alumni have the same birthday in a class...
... more dynamic approachto skill management that goes beyond the mix of available staff members From staff-mix to skill management Skill management refers to an organisation's ability to optimise ... various health care professions • Enhance approaches collaboration and multidisciplinary • Facilitate work across professional divides • Ensure that the most appropriately qualified health care ... literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups BMC Med Res Methodol 2006, 6:35 Bloor K, Maynard A: Planning human resources in health care: towards an economic approach Ottawa: Canadian...
... vectors, say ak and bk , are given by [13] dab ak , bk = dba ak , bk bT Rsa bk k , T ak Rsa ak aT Rsb ak , = k bT Rsb bk k (9) where dab and dba are the asymmetric distances from ak to bk and ... classification indices, thereby avoiding unnatural discontinuities prevalent in VQ-based approaches [7, 8] Neural network approaches that use a simple nonlinear mapping from narrow to wideband ... B Yegnanarayana is a Professor and Microsoft Chair at IIIT Hyderabad Prior to joining IIIT, he was a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Madras, India, from...
... were aligned Reads were aligned as described in [3] GABP ChIP-seq dataset ChIP-seq data for the GABP transcription factor in humans was obtained from Valouev and associates [4] This dataset contains ... Valencia, CA, USA) The DNA was blunted, and adapters were ligated to each end to facilitate Solexa sequencing PCR was then used specifically to enrich for DNA fragments with adapter molecules ligated ... Initial peak shape estimation We make an initial estimate of the shape of an enrichment profile as follows We aim to select a pulse that is strong (of large amplitude) and narrow, such as to select...
... treatment in 209 cases of relapse hemoptysis Angiology 1993, 44:295-299 Tanaka N, Yamakado K, Murashima S, Takeda K, Matsumura K, Nakagawa T, Takano K, Ono M, Hattori T: Superselective bronchial ... embolotherapy for control af acute hemoptysis Chest 1999, 115:912-915 Analysis and interpretation of data: Fartoukh, Parrot, Mayaud, Cadranel Drafting of the manuscript: Fartoukh, Parrot, Carette, Khalil ... gelfoam A visualisation of an anterior spinal artery arising from an intercostal artery deriving from the right bronchointercostal trunk was considered an absolute contraindication to embolisation...
... variables, easily accommodate additional constraints, and guarantee the optimal answer given valid assumptions and accurate data In contrast to the matrix approach, which explicitly enumerates ... suppliers, and SKU proliferation to name just a few constraints, makes enumeration of available options problematic (the matrix approach) Conversely, optimization models can handle a wide variety of variables, ... experiments among all available transportation options Converting the inventory ii theoretic approach into an optimization problem provides a first step towards extending the inventory theoretic approach...
... as data storage and retrieval, data drilling, manipulation, and consistency checking (Radermacher 1994) However, with advances in software and hardware technology, the data, model and interface ... more pro- activeapproach This approach would enable physicians to ask the system for advice regarding certain complications, treatments or differential diagnoses instead of just being warned ... Design al 2002) For illustration, factor analysis based on principle component approach, as one of the multivariate analysis tools, is to be utilized here Firstly, Factor Analysis is adopted It provides...
... Minor RaidDevice State removed active sync /dev/hda1 Replacing the failed disk When a new disk to replace the failed one is available it can be installed into the system, partitioned to have the ... relative to the boot process, and to train yourself, to be able to recover the system if a disk problem arises Also remember that using a RAID device does not mean you can stop doing regular backups! ... disks already contains data, make a backup if needed (all existing data of partitions involved in the process will be lost), and delete or resize existing partitions to create space for the software...
... today most advantages don’t stay relevant and few are sustainable Advantages are temporary Increasingly, a company wins not with a single advantage but by layering one advantage on top of another ... customized equipment such as B-47s or power plants or selling to large national and global accounts Today’s companies increasingly assign national and global account managers to manage their largest ... practice today must go beyond a fixation on transactions that often leads toa sale today and a lost customer tomorrow The marketer’s goal is to build a mutually pro table long-term relationship...
... appearances E Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise Easier said than done What is suggested sounds easy but it is more difficult to actually it Empty vessels make ... better to stop and accept a small loss, rather than continue and risk losing everything Better untaught than ill-taught It's better not to be taught at all than to be taught badly Birds of a feather ... these days' remains vague One today is worth two tomorrow What you have today is better than what is promised or hoped for One man's meat is another man's poison People don't always like the same...
... technical analysis thirty years ago, many people considered technical analysis just another 1960's adventure into the occult Today, technical analysis is accepted as a viable analytical approach ... Indicators Indicators An indicator is a mathematical calculation that can be applied toa security's price and/or volume fields The result is a value that is used to anticipate future changes ... we are analyzing a logical entity That is not to say that computers aren't wonderful technical analysis tools they are indispensable In my totally biased opinion, technical analysis software has...
... today most advantages don’t stay relevant and few are sustainable Advantages are temporary Increasingly, a company wins not with a single advantage but by layering one advantage on top of another ... customized equipment such as B-47s or power plants or selling to large national and global accounts Today’s companies increasingly assign national and global account managers to manage their largest ... practice today must go beyond a fixation on transactions that often leads toa sale today and a lost customer tomorrow The marketer’s goal is to build a mutually pro table long-term relationship...
... customized equipment such as B-47s or power plants or selling to large national and global accounts Today’s companies increasingly assign national and global account managers to manage their largest ... United States, Madonna, and you—yes, you! A brand is any label that carries meaning and associations A great brand does more: It lends coloration and resonance toa product or service Russell Hanlin, ... votes Great brands are the only route to sustained, above-average pro tability And great brands present emotional benefits, not just rational benefits Too many brand managers focus on rational incentives...
... Marketing Insights fromAto Z • From mass marketing to customized marketing The mass market is splintering into mini-markets and your company now has the capability of marketing to one customer ... salesperson can convince you about the virtues of a product as persuasively as can a friend, acquaintance, past customer, or independent expert Suppose you are planning to buy a PDA (personal digital assistant) ... marketing automation software, 81 marketing process automation, 82 marketing strategy simulators, 114 partner relationship management (PRM), 55 real-time inventory management, 81 real-time selling,...
... today most advantages don’t stay relevant and few are sustainable Advantages are temporary Increasingly, a company wins not with a single advantage but by layering one advantage on top of another ... She added another value: that many women care about social issues and will patronize a company that cares.19 Greg Carpenter and Kent Nakamoto have challenged a core assumption of marketers that ... manufacturer Caterpillar’s brand personality triggers such associations as hardworking, resilient, tough, bold, and determined So Caterpillar has been able to launch Cat jeans, sandals, sunglasses,...
... will Companies must view the customer as a financial asset that needs to be managed and maximized like any other asset Tom Peters sees customers as an “appreciating asset.” They are the company’s ... your pro ts this year but in your share of the customer’s mind and heart Companies that make steady gains in mind share and heart share will inevitably make gains in market share and pro tability ... reputation Reputations are hard to build and easy to lose IBM calls receiving complaints a joy Customers who complain are the company’s best friends A complaint alerts the company toa problem that...