... employee quality training and pervasiveness ofthe quality management system An important advantage of CIT and SIT is the usability ofthedata gathered with them for improving service levels (Edvardsson ... & Kawani, 1982) Therefore, it can be argued that the aggregate satisfaction ofthe buying organization is a rather complex function of satisfactions of individual, from an importance viewpoint, ... expectations and the performance ofthe organization’s offerings (see e.g Parasuraman et al., 1985 & 1988 & 1991) Another stream of research is the performance-based approach (or linear regression approach)...
... biological data YLM participated in statistical analysis BR participated inthe conception and design ofthe study, statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and in drafting the manuscript Acknowledgements ... was considered as indicating myocardial damage A value >1.5 ng.L-1 was considered as indicating severe myocardial damage, as previously reported [18] Statistical analysis Data are expressed as ... pointed out that a high heart rate indicates a considerable heart strain inthe clinical conditions of heatstroke and that an elevated serum creatinine level might reflect global dehydration The...
... University Inthe past, most of these teachers mainly used the GrammarTranslation Method - a way of teaching and learning a foreign language on the basis of detailed analysis of grammar rules and application ... important in working in pair or group If they are afraid of making mistakes, afraid of losing face, they can not make use ofthe chances to express their ideas and show their language use Their teachers ... one ofthe most important and useful activities in language classes Some of them think it as a vital activity in language teaching After answering all questions about the time, the benefits, the...
... is the learners and the teachers who play the primary role in managing a disciplined atmosphere inthe classroom Inthe light of Communicative Language Teaching, where the roles ofthe learners ... and the same main point: the understanding of this relationship is exclusively vital for discipline to be satisfactorily maintained I.4 Factors affecting discipline and motivation ina language ... to maintain discipline and motivate language acquisition ina language classroom It also goes further to point out specific steps towards helping teachers ina certain classroom to make the most...
... 0.75 are shown Black geometrical shapes are additional domains, as indicated ANOGA, Anopheles gambiae; ASHGOS, Ashbya gossypii; BRARE, Brachydanio rerio; CANDGLA, Candida glabrata; CIONA, Ciona intestinalis; ... constitute the minimal transcriptionally active fragment and are required simultaneously to maintain transcription The PHF3 protein was recovered in initial analyses and also contains a TFS2M domain ... other distantly related protein families involved in DNA binding and chromatin stability Moreover, additional experimental data place the DIDO protein inthecontextof cell division Our analyses...
... sustainability Pearce suggests focusing on savings rates and argues that sustainability inthe weak sense means that the value of savings must at least equal the depreciation of manufactured capital ... normalized so that an index of one indicates that the increase in man-made capital is offset exactly by the depreciation ofthe nation's natural assets An index much less than one indicates that resource ... are aggregated first under each attribute and then into a single Approximated Sustainability Index But the indicators of each attribute appear to be assigned somewhat arbitrarily and the attributes...
... Large number of languages: The number of languages in our data set is 638 and that ofthe current ODIN database is close to a thousand As more data is added to ODIN, the number of languages may ... (116 word tokens inthe language lines) available, and 45.3% ofthe languages have no more than 10 word tokens inthe training data (F3): For each language inthe training data, we build three ... only a small fraction ofthe original training data and tested on the same test dataThe results with the first system are in Table Notice that the upper bound ofthe CoRef approach remains the same...
... achieved by active learning algorithm A and t amount of training data, and Acct (L) is the average accuracy achieved using random sampling and learning algorithm L and t amount of training dataThe deficiency ... separate views of learning the same target concept As in active learning, Co-training starts off with a small set of labeled data, and a large set of unlabeled dataThe classifiers are first trained ... labeled data, as well as a large set of unlabeled data Co-testing proceeds by first learning a hypothesis using each view ofthe data, then asking a human annotator to label the unlabeled instances...
... that the change inthe state of one gene will affect the state ofthe other Inthe considered illustrative example in Figure 1, ASS1 and ASL are both associated with L-argininosuccinate Thus, the ... drafted the manuscript HWM conceived ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination All the authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional data files The following additional ... Kaneko N, Suganuma K, Watanabe M, Matsubara T, Seto R, Matsumoto J, Kawakami M, Yamamori M, Nakamura T, Yagami T, Sakaeda T, Fujisawa M, Nishimura O, Okumura K: Quantitative proteomic analysis to...
... exploring authentic materials as well as in mastering the language Fourthly, adapting authentic materials is an important task inthe process of language teaching Authentic materials should be suitable ... In terms ofthe frequency of using authentic materials, out of teachers shared the opinion that they often used authentic materials inthe classroom They reasoned that using authentic materials ... (http://www.jrc.sophia.ac.jp/kiyou/ki21/gaio.pdf.) Each of these types of authentic materials has certain benefits to certain kinds of learners in certain contexts of teaching and learning It goes beyond doubt that some ofthe teachers...
... matrix of pair-wise comparisons A = (aij) can be established as follows: A1 A2 An A1 a1 /a1 a1 /a2 a1 /an A2 a2 /a1 a2 /a2 a2 /an An an /a1 an /a2 an/an 149 where ai/aj = aj/ai for all ... block The calculation is based on estimates of average annual local rainfall, absorption capacity of site through permeable paving and landscaping (See 6.3.3.) All waste water inthe housing block ... Quality of parking area development Parking areas are in multi-storey carpark surrounded with some landscaping, and dedicated walkways lead from parking areas to a building entrance S.6 Impact...
... distance of available point that horizontal and downward views are available ofthe interior of bedroom and living areas of certain percentage of dwelling units ofthe building Interpreting from ... percentage of greenery area inthe site In daylight factor, other constituting components inthe measurement include the total area and reflectance of interior surfaces, the total area and average ... performance, the building footprint area (Af) and the percentage of hard-paved area ofthe site (P) should be kept as low as possible, and the total net usable area ofthe building (Anet) should be as large...
... criticism and debate' (as inthe words of Guy and Farmer, 2001) 329 14.3 Towards sustainable public housing in Singapore In substantiating the main discourse of environmental performance and sustainable ... potential sustainable performance ofthe project, based on the information available at the end ofthe Design phase Because the information available during the Pre-Design and Design phases are likely ... few indicators are available in this phase Assessment during the Operations phase is intended to provide an objective and factual indication ofthe Actual performance ofthe project, and the...
... Conference in Canada The objective of GBC is not a commercial tool, but rather a research and testing tool acting as a generic framework for global practice and national adaptation Inthe words of Raymond ... customizing and inputting local context, benchmarks, weightings, and datasets of building to be assessed, together with assessing data and reporting the results of environmental performances The organising ... for the most part, aloof and apart from these rewards, the gains residing mainly inthe realm of institutional improvements (Kellert, 1999) 2.4.2 Quantitative approach The practice of building...
... Chuan Chin Yee, Ms Normah Bte Mahamood, Zanariah Zainal Abidin M and Mr Mohamad Razali Bin Sak Yok for their efficient administrative assistance Thanks to CJ Koh Law Library staff led by managers ... Mee Lan and Mrs Thavamani Ratnasamy for always extending their helpful assistance I also thank all the staff at Central Library and Office of Student Affairs I thank following persons for sharing ... phrase was given inthe GATS context and the panel had held that the ordinary meaning ofthe term “affecting,” in Art I: of GATS, did not convey any notion of limiting the scope of GATS to certain...
... institutions and policies on climate change adaptation: Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planing • Mainstreaming climate change into national or regional policies • Mainstreaming ... through a case study in Nam Dinh Using the analytical framework of adaptive capacity which is divided into two levels: passive adaptation and active adaptation and data from the household survey in ... Improving natural capital • Improving physical capital • Improving financial capital • Improving human capital • Improving social capital 1.3.4.2 Creating enabling environment in terms of institutions...
... nature to adata manager which fails to free data, but is easier to detect and prevent • Data manager changes dataA malicious data manager may change the value of its data on each cache refresh ... when thedata manager relinquishes that memory If thedata manager does not process and release thedata within an adequate period of time, thedata may then be paged out to the default pager In ... object data It is usually made in response to a pager _data_ request call made to thedata manager by the kernel Typical data managers will only provide data upon demand (when processing pager _data_ request...
... countries in drafting and negotiating bilateral tax treaties, with a view to maintaining the desired balance What isobtaining more tax revenue from foreign investment and special about the UN Model ... exchange of information • New Article 27 on “Assistance inthe Collection of Taxes” • All changes inthe above Articles accompanied by corresponding changes inthe relevant Commentaries Other ... 13, paragraph 5, to address possible abuses • Optional version of Article 25, providing for mandatory binding arbitration • New version of Article 26, confirming and clarifying the importance of...
... MFIs amongst lower income populations Thedata was tabulated and analyzed through qualitative analysis ofthe gathered data, which reveal the behaviors and decision making patterns in lower income ... sound influence on behavioral and attitudinal aspects of individuals An in- depth analysis in each ofthe broad parameters revealed the following: Educational Facet Education plays a vital role in ... limited by all the MFIs operating in Pakistan The average loan size in Pakistan is ranging from 10,000- 15,000 only Keeping in mind the inflation and ever increasing price in Pakistan, the loan size...
... is also committed to maintaining the integrity ofthe health SWAp at least inthe medium term The implications ofthe changing financing context on the health sector and RH in particular as seen ... antenatal care and deliveries in addition to family planning and immunization At the time ofthe study, Ghana was introducing a national health insurance scheme It is anticipated that the health ... key international development targets that Ghana has signed on to, such as the MDGs, the ICPD, and the Abuja declaration Indeed, these targets have been translated into national targets and have...