a review of some important math stats and systems

... be compared to spectral subtraction Evaluation database As test material we took the resource management (RM) database (available from LDC [34]) These data are considered as clean data, to which ... singular value of Σ The enhanced signal s(k) is recovered by averaging along the antidiagonals of Hs Dologlou and Carayannis [17], and later on Hansen and Jensen [18] proved that this overall ... spectral subtraction Singular value adaptation In the singular value adaptation (SVA) method [5], the p dominant singular values of Hx are mapped onto the original (clean) singular values of Hs by...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 23:20

... on parameters derived from intensive measurements of seasonal patterns of soil water content and of tree transpiration and leaf water potentials, and of climatic data [19] The gradual increase ... plants as a catenary process, in: Interaction of water and porous materials, Discuss Faraday Soc (1948) 146153 [151] Wargo P.M., Armillaria mellea and Agrilus bilineatus and mortality of defoliated ... stands of the Carboeurope network (from Granier et al [58]) Hesse (France), Hainich (Germany) and Sorứ (Denmark) are beech stands, Tharandt (Germany) is a spruce stand, Hyytiọlọ (Finland) and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20

... countries of Sub Saharan Africa[82] Indeed, it has been appreciated for many years that the global availability and marketing of cheap vegetable oils and fats is leading to increasing fat consumption ... HIV population[66] Importance of these associations in a SubSaharan African setting and the impact of globalization upon them Importance of both associations within Sub Saharan Africa Although ... 48(7):1247-1257 Ramachandran G, Santha T, Garg R, Baskaran D, Iliayas SA, Venkatesan P, Fathima R, Narayanan PR: Vitamin A levels in sputum-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in comparison with...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Diagram of the systems approach that may be applied to explain the multifactorial aetiology underlying osteoporotic vertebral fracture Bone, macroscopic, local and global factors may interact ... 40-50% of trabecular mass by 90 years of age [58] This results in a decline in the loadbearing capacity of the vertebral body For example, load bearing capacity in a lumbar vertebra can decrease from ... end plate The disc facilitates intersegmental movement while maintaining alignment of the vertebral column and has a primary role in attenuating and dispersing axial load With aging, the water...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49

... exactly same as it appears in its dialectal words and classic references Semantically, classification of original material with clear reference to its authors, names of the data is mainly based ... woman and then abandoned her In Vietnamese popular parlance, S Khanh has come to mean a Don Juan, a heartless, unscrupulous seducer The phrases an unfaithful lover and a lady- killer have similar ... is a unique and edgy style of describing both leading characters and villains It can be “She was small and slight in person, pale, sandy – hair and with eyes habitually cast down.”[28, p.11] said...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21

... accessible, affordable, safe and co-ordinated transport options that are tailored to the needs of older adults and promotion and awareness of alternative transport options amongst older drivers and their ... rates based on US Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data for 1997, National Highway Transport Safety Administration (NHTSA) (see Table 1.) Table 1: Number of driver fatalities and fatality ... especially for older drivers Casualty crash analyses, even those encompassing casualties of all severity, have a sampling bias: the so-called ‘frailty bias’, which exaggerates any apparent age-related...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... Predicting bank performance with financial forecasts: A case of Taiwan commercial banks Journal of Banking and Finance, 28, 2353—2368 Karels, G V — Prakash, A J (1987) Multivariate normality and forecasting ... stochastic DEA Kao and Liu (2004) formulate a DEA model of interval data for use in evaluating the performance of banks Their study makes advance predictions of the performance of 24 Taiwan banks ... combination of linear programming (LP) and DA Using data from the National Bank of Belgium, they find that MSD, DEA and C5.0 obtain the correct classification rates of failure for 78.9%, 86.4% and 85.5% of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] OCEAN, COASTAL, AND MARINE EDUCATION CAN: • Enhance public awareness of the ocean and increase scientific literacy • Ensure that present and future ... thematic areas for clarity and appropriateness of thematic research priorities (Task 3a) ; balance among substantive research areas as well as among research activities such as observations, modeling, ... knowledge and understanding of factors contributing to the maintenance and restoration of ecosystem health Enhancing Human Health This theme addresses a broad array of human health issues that relate...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 06:20

... concentration of radon and its metabolites is increased in concrete single-family homes.129) Nano-particles and Nano-materials The health effects of nano-particles and nano-materials have been reviewed.117–121) ... (in Japanese) IPCS (1989) Environmental Health Criteria 89 Formaldehyde, World Health Organization, Geneva Takeda, M., Saijo, Y., Yuasa, M., Kanazawa, A. , Araki, A and Kishi, R (2009) Relationship ... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009)...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... performance benefits of experience, training, and innate ability and also as a summary of the research already completed in this area The report will be of particular interest to policymakers and ... Comments are welcome and may be addressed to Jennifer Kavanagh, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90407, or Jennifer_Kavanagh@rand.org For more information on RAND's Forces ... Table 2.2 Number of Flights and Marginal Products of Yearof-Service Groups .8 Table 2.3 Mission Capable Rate and Marginal Products of Pay Grade Groups Table 2.4 Mission Capable Rate...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... meals, breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, and beverages, as well as fruits and vegetables and dairy products, and the campaigns generally were integrated across promotional formats The focus of ... meals, frozen waffles, fruit and fruit snacks, breakfast cereals, popcorn, lunch kits, candy, carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, pasta, snack chips, and milk Superman and the Pirates characters ... Disney characters appeared on packages and store displays for fruit snacks, breakfast cereals, candy, yogurt, frozen waffles, toaster pastries, macaroni and cheese, and fruits and vegetables Multi-brand...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 07:20

... www.arpnjournal.com Arias, J.L., D .A Carrino, M.S Fernandez, J.E Rodrigues, J.E Denis and A. I Capln, 1992 Partial biochemical and immunological characterization of avian eggshell extracellular matrices Arch ... associated with the increased activity of carbonic anhydrase, improving the quality of egg shell and the presence of manganese has an activator influence on the calcification and resistance of ... collagen and gelatin are of low protein quality; although some of the collagen based dietary supplements improve quality of skin and finger nails (Meier, 2006) Skin is made of collagen and as we age,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20

... defense of the neonate and the intestinal flora Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella ... Nagata I, Shiraki K, Tanimoto K, Harada Y, Tanaka Y, Okada T 1992 Mother-to-infant transmission of Hepatitis C virus Journal of Pediatrics 120:432–434 78 Ogasawara S, Kage M, Kosai K, Shimamatsu ... well-being of children and families by leading a national effort to collect, develop, and disseminate information and educational materials on maternal and child health, and by collaborating with...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means of a change of public examinations” Similar ... effect of teaching and learning Types of Washback Generally, washback can be analysed according to two major types: positive and negative, depending on whether it has a beneficial or harmful impact ... Tests are used as a “lever” for change To present a clear view of positive and negative washback at both micro-level (classroom settings) and at macro-level (educational and societal system), Tables...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... paper and wood pulp.29 Any one of several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions and stars Alpha and beta particles, X-rays and ... lymphoma; tetrachloroethylene and bladder cancer; and trichloroethylene and Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia, and kidney and liver cancers Environmental tobacco smoke and cancers of the breast and lung ... contrast, Landrigan and co-authors maintained that Doll and Peto’s estimate of the contribution of cancer deaths due to occupation was too low and that it failed to take into account limitations...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... had a colon polyp removed, Japanese-Hawaiians, North American Caucasians, native rural Japanese, and rural native Africans Lactobacillus species and Eubacterium aerofaciens, both producers of ... to a standardized amount of carbohydrate in a food The glycemic load takes into account the amount of food eaten An international table of the glycemic index and glycemic load of a wide variety ... MD, Balmes J, Cullen MR, Glass A, Keogh JP, Meyskens FL, Valanis B, Williams JH, Barnhart S, Hammar S: Effects of a combination of beta carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... and editorial tasks The panel also appreciates the assistance of Jon Herrmann and Alan Hais, EPA Office of Research and Development and Hiba Shukairy and Grace Robiou, EPA Office of Water who were ... (3.6 .a) • Databases - Development of a list of contaminants and threat scenarios (3.2 .a) - Development of a database of important information on the contaminants (3.2.b) - Development of a surrogate/simulants ... Action Plan also includes a description of the plan’s implementation Although the Action Plan consists of a large array of drinking water and wastewater research and technical support needs and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20

... countries in east and southern Africa (ESA): Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe There ... Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODS 2.1 Conceptual framework A review ... case: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe While some effort was made to obtain...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... Korea Iceland Netherlands Denmark Japan Norway Sweden Canada Finland Luxembourg United Kingdom Belgium Switzerland United States Germany Austria Australia France Spain New Zealand Hungary Ireland ... United Austria Germany Finland Denmark Ireland Sweden Netherlands Slovak Slovak Republic Norway Hungary Switzerland Poland Spain Iceland New Zealand Australia Belgium South Korea France United States ... Berkman Center analysis of Eurostat data The National Broadband Task Force has provided a broad review of the uses and benefits of broadband, from quantifiable measures of jobs created or health outcomes...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... Northern Ireland and the team approached their task fully aware of the responsibility it had been given It was also aware that whilst it was important to look to best practice and examine data from ... Public health and social wellbeing is at the heart of health and social care The 12 Review team is aware that there is a separate piece of work being undertaken by the Department of Health Social Services ... by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health, England was carried out by researchers from a number of institutions in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the UK that were the focus of...

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