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... equivalent plastic strain and is calculated at residual strength state Using the Law of Conservation of Mass, the rate of the change of porosity is related to the rate of generated sand mass by the ... Comparison of numerical and experimental stressstrain response for a triaxial test Sanding Model Calibration The main parameters in the sanding model are critical porosity, critical flow rate and ... sand face fatigue (gradual weakening of cementation due to strain cycles) and this may eventually breakdown all cementation The extent and acceleration of degradation depend on the magnitude of...

Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2016, 11:03

... kDa band) that the clearance and further metabolism of the allergen was altered as a result of the inflammation in the lungs of sensitized animals Up to now there are few data available on the ... nonlabelled Der p at day 30 displayed an airway inflammation 18 h after treatment, in the same magnitude as in animals challenged with a third HDM aerosol on day 30 (data not shown) The animals ... aiming at an understanding of how airborne allergens interact with the airway mucosa and the immune system after inhalation are of crucial importance Mice are used widely for in vivo models of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20

... of the maximum profit to any characteristic parameter of the take back procedure for analyzing the associated Page 10 of 15 Figure Optimum value of incentive (panel A) , advertisement cost (panel ... monotonically (as expected) by increasing the amount of advertisement and incentive and approaches a maximum value The net profit of take back of all 15 combinations of advertisement method and transportation ... the advertisement parameters are roughly estimated based on the available data on costs (e.g air time rates) and estimates of the number of people that will be impacted by the ad N, the total...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 02:20

... of the mathematical model at the heart of the IOF Allocator and its implementation are included in Appendixes A and B Here we will cover the details of the data and constraints in the model The ... in near real time and for Future Force analysis APPENDIX A Mathematical Formulation of the Problem In this appendix we formulate the static, snapshot problem as a mathematical program We assume ... insofar as the data can be assumed to be the best possible at the time of the decision, a reasonable analysis may be to understand the affects of poor data on the solution For instance, after the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... computer, for example A media application, also known as application software or an “app,” is computer software that allows a user to perform a specific task or tasks Applications can be categorized ... from the same sort of efforts made offline Important aspects of new media that may alter the experience of social interaction and the distribution of information are that (1) its use affords ... research was conducted in RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation A profile of RAND Health, abstracts of its publications, and ordering information can be found at www.rand.org/health...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 05:20

... quite satisfactorily the estimation of N PARTICULAR CASE OF A LINEAR PIECEWISE VARIATION OF THE AUTOCORRELATION MATRIX EIGENVALUES The theoretical validity of this criterion will be demonstrated ... to a high-resolution radar application The goal is to find the most accurate estimate of the range profile of a radar target using its complex signature in the frequency domain An Estimation of ... classes An analytical demonstration is provided for a special case of a piecewise linear variation of the autocorrelation matrix eigenvalues Although this model is very simple, it contains all...

Ngày tải lên: 23/06/2014, 01:20

... such as Pakistan that previously supported the Taliban Fearing instability, Pakistan offered information about, and access to, the Taliban and Afghanistan to the United States In return, the United ... you look at the myriad relationships that your company has, or rather that you and your colleagues have, and evaluate whether they are adding value? Because the foundation of collaborative business ... physically across the table in the same room For others, collaboration is about the free flow of information across boundaries And for still others, it is the sharing of resources and goals More...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 08:20

... such as Pakistan that previously supported the Taliban Fearing instability, Pakistan offered information about, and access to, the Taliban and Afghanistan to the United States In return, the United ... you look at the myriad relationships that your company has, or rather that you and your colleagues have, and evaluate whether they are adding value? Because the foundation of collaborative business ... physically across the table in the same room For others, collaboration is about the free flow of information across boundaries And for still others, it is the sharing of resources and goals More...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 22:20

... Â Animal Sire Dam Genotype Qi di 0 0 A A1 A A2 A A2 A A2 A A1 A A2 A A2 Table I Example pedigree and the corresponding Q i and di matrices 157 Gametic relationship matrix inverse The rationale ... separately The objective of the present paper is to develop a rapid method to obtain the inverse of the covariance matrix of the additive effects of a marked QTL in the case of complete marker ... elements of the inverse are discussed TABULAR METHODS FOR THE COVARIANCE MATRIX AND THE INVERSE The covariance of marked QTL (MQTL) effects for given complete marker data was discussed by Fernando and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... Validation of this method was done in a sub-sample of the data used on the French on-farm evaluation, IBOVAL, for the Parthenaise breed The trait analysed was the muscular development score at ... empirical variances and covariances without actually computing all the other off-diagonal elements of the matrices NAG subroutines were used for drawing random numbers [22] 2.3 Validation of the ... It was then applied to all the Salers breed animals involved in the French on-farm evaluation of 2000 MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Models Consider a Gaussian mixed linear model with one random factor...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... plummeting valuations, and soaring layoffs Others have a sense of the association and are trying to see their way clear Not all of the economic malaise of the years 2000 to 2002 is due to these two ... rather that you and your colleagues have, and evaluate whether they are adding value? Because the foundation of collaborative business lies not in the technical tools for communication and information ... of the favorite expressions of Guy Kawasaki, founder and CEO of Garage Technology Ventures (formerly called Garage.com) and former chief evangelist of Apple Computer: “There’s marketing and then...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... Community are similar to those required of a choreographer of dance Encyclopaedia Britannica describes choreography as the gathering and organization of movement into order and pattern The choreographic ... that interact with each other in a mutually beneficial and personal manner As we’ve said, traditional industry structures are vestiges of another era that are in the process of dying 2 ❘ Collaborative ... store, as a cornerstone of the community, has really brought the whole area to life So what is his interest in having us there? Before our machine was there, there was a gumball machine and hair care...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... internal collaboration initiatives because of (1) an organizational structure that creates silos; (2) the inability to get people to see the value of collaboration; and (3) the lack of a culture and ... understand they can’t win customers by offering the lowest price, nor can they afford the kind of marketing and advertising that would make their name as well known as that of many of their competitors ... product and competencies for access to customers—that is, the members of the organization In addition, the organization offers actual 66 Part One ❘ The Era of Collaborative Business validation as...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... services at a reduced rate to tenants in Max’s buildings And Dave and Myer have agreed that after a trial period to assess tenants’ interest, they will pay Max a fee for each tenant that becomes their ... to the farm and more members to the organization And similar to a transactional relationship, a relationship in the collaborative quadrant is viable because it is a win-win for both parties Thus, ... relationship with the landlord of space you rent as transactional On the first of every month you send the landlord a check, and the landlord makes sure you have occupancy of the rented space as...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... goals and the currencies required for achieving them The final components of the Relationship Scorecard are the Weighted Totals and the Relationship Value (RV) The Weighted Totals are the calculated ... time after we take a closer look at what each of these nine relationship scenarios means: Scenario A: Collaborative Relationship A relationship that has a continuous bidirectional flow of currencies ... be, transactional Transactional relationships are a viable state and for many relationships are exactly suited to their purpose because they consume so few resources THE RELATIONSHIP DANCE Throughout...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... fair behavior by the other party and acceptance of the other party’s rights and interests The creation of shared goals and strategy, especially in the initial stage of a relationship, facilitates ... by Kasper-Fuehrer and Ashkanasy in the May 2001 issue of the Journal of Management, trust results from experiencing fair behavior by the other party together with acceptance of the other party’s ... directions, and as such each party needs to trust the other party or otherwise the information required for the collaboration won’t be shared LEVELS OF COLLABORATION To get a better understanding of the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... that particular transaction 146 Part Two ❘ Purposeful Collaboration The transactional experience gained allows both parties to demonstrate that they can and adhere to the terms of the transaction, ... of the not -for- profit Information will need to be shared regarding who the joint customers/members are as well as the amount of their purchases so the program can be measured and managed Another ... internal and external to the company) that are of the greatest strategic value As such, the information infrastructure has to provide you with the information required to value, measure, and manage...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... representatives of two other trade publications that heard us speak have also asked us to write for their online and offline magazines and are listed as Trade Publications (3) and (4) Each of these ... Relationship Value of 5.2 for John at the agency, which was higher than the 4.4 value we had calculated for Delphi in January This means that despite the fact that it was already mid-August, we ... out of the panel); (3) cash (for participation on the panel); and (4) access to customers (the software company and the PR agency’s other clients) In Figure 9.4, we calculated a Future Relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... everyone as a customer, that there is quantifiable and significant value in non-cash currencies, and that the intricacies of all forms of business relationships can be objectively measured and managed ... Rottenberg is the editor for The Rhythm of Business, Inc He has also worked as a freelance author and has written business profiles for Boston Magazine as well as articles for several national computer ... Then, based on your analysis and your ability to see the pattern in the data, refine the value proposition, if necessary Stand back and evaluate whether the currencies you received did, in fact,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20