... choose a specific set of vectors forming an orthonormal basis and change basis Statistical methods are applied to search for single coordinates ofthe data (relative tothe new basis) that are “large” ... So the image of A1 is a subset ofthe image of A2 and it holds: A1 A = A A1 = A1 (16) This equation shows the orthogonality ofthe projections of Cochran’s Theorem Results Nycthemeral rhythm of ... Figure Quantil-quantil-plot of residuals Quantil-quantil-plot of residuals of d6 and d7 against standard normal quantiles (black cross) The gray line joins the first andthe third quartile The absence...
... customer satisfaction excluded practical advice on how to develop these tools and how to analyse collected data, due tothe general nature of these tools and availability of sources, which can ... motivation to satisfy a hierarchy of needs, and that self-realisation and social acceptance are as important as the basic needs of food and shelter (Maslow 1954) Some needs are pre-potent and ... determinants of perceived service quality (Parasuraman, Berry et al 1985; Parasuraman, Berry et al 1988; Zeithaml, Parasuraman et al 1990; Parasuraman, Berry et al 1991; Parasuraman, Berry et al 1993;...
... considerably and seems to be uncontrollable Stopping spammers has drawn an increasingly number of anti-spam approaches There are also a number of factors to evaluate the efficiency of solutions Among them, ... relies on the well-known Spam-Assassin architecture SpamAssassin is a common antispam system that developed by the Apache Software Foundation It examines email and assign a score to indicate the likelihood ... decrease the error rate over a given training dataset SpamAssassin uses the Stochastic Gradient Descent algorithm toof training a single-layer neural network with a transfer function anda logsig...
... previous generation With low living standards, lack of jobs, the expansion of industrial areas as agricultural land area is shrunk, leading tothe increase of waves of migration to urban areas looking ... learners are eager and are attracted and actively participate in learning activities; there are many opinions and arguments, among members ofthe group, among the groups together to address the learning ... Electrical installations for small manufacturing facility; Interior electrical network installation; Repair of fans, motors and voltage regulator; Repair and maintenance of refrigerators and air...
... cost tothe Contractor and appropriate allowance has to be made in the tender offer Clause Staff and Labour Health and Safety The Contractor is required at all times to take reasonable steps to ... Clause Plant, Materials and Workmanship 39 Clause Plant, Materials and Workmanship Manner of Execution The Contractor shall carry out the manufacture of Plant, the production and manufacture of ... formally communicate, particularly by e-mail, and that the other Party is informed in writing ofthe limitations of any delegated authority 1.4 Law and Language Both the applicable law andthe language...
... measured the following constituent sizes: maximal and average NP length maximal and average AJP length maximal and average PP length maximal and average AVP length sentence length On a lexical ... shows the effect of varying the size ofthe training data The data point graphed is the average accuracy over the ten samples at a given sample size, with error bars showing the range from the least ... selected and tools to automatically extract those features are in place, classifiers can be built and evaluated quickly This overcomes the two problems associated with traditional manual evaluation of...
... Rassias and K Shibata, “Variational problem of some quadratic functionals in complex analysis,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 228, no 1, pp 234–253, 1998 68 K Ravi and ... vruta, A generalization ofthe Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of approximately additive a ¸ mappings,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 184, no 3, pp 431–436, 1994 18 J M Rassias, ... stability of functional equations in Banach spaces,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 251, no 1, pp 264–284, 2000 64 Th M Rassias, “On the stability of functional equations and a...
... and G2 to gain information on a group G that is an extension of G1 and G2 This is one ofthe most frequently applied and classical techniques in the investigation ofthe Davenport constant and ... extreme cases; and, from a theoretical point of view, the case that G/H is an elementary 2-group can thus be considered as a worst-case scenario On the other hand, from a practical point of view, ... Possibly changing the basis, we obtain a1 , a3 ∈ [0, n − 1] and a3 ≥ a1 If a3 ∈ {0, 1} the sequence is ofthe form 6., if a3 ≥ and a1 ∈ {0, 1} it is ofthe form 4., and otherwise it is ofthe form...
... miRNAs bind tothe mRNAs of these genes, leading tothe cleavage and subsequent degradation ofthe mRNAs The miR-444 family of miRNAs is specific tothe Poaceae (the grasses) and targets mRNAs of ... MIKC* A thaliana Pollen development APETALA1 (AP1) Type II C MIKC A thaliana Sepal and petal development APETALA3 (AP3) Type II MIKCC A thaliana Petal and stamen development ARABIDOPSIS BSISTER (ABS) ... trichocarpa] Μα AGL60 [Arabidopsis thaliana] 1.00 TM3 AGL29 [Arabidopsis thaliana] PtMADS60 [Populus trichocarpa] STMADS11 PtMADS56 [Populus trichocarpa] AGL64 [Arabidopsis thaliana] AGL39 [Arabidopsis...
... nanoparticle synthesisand preparation ofthe suspension, in the design ofthe study andtothe writing of parts ofthe manuscript JMF contributed tothe experimental design of nanoparticle synthesis ... the processing of plant samples, and wrote the first manuscript draft LC carried out thesynthesisof nanoparticles andthe bioferrofluid suspension CM and MRI participated in the design ofthe ... b) and e), 100 μm; c) and d), 25 μm rate towards other plant parts, involving higher accumulation of nanoparticles at theapplication point After a successful uptake ofthe nanoparticles by the...
... introduce Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa at the Nobel Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Conjugated Polymers Ceremonies in 2000, the year in which Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa received ... K Sharma (University of Delhi, India), Prof B Viswanathan (IIT Madras), and Prof G Sundararajan (IIT Madras) for their informal discussion and encouragements during their journey in Singapore ... result was a Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Conjugated Polymers surprise also tothe scientists Instead ofthe expected black polyacetylene powder that normally was obtained, and that was of no...
... Cite this article as: Arai et al., Development andapplicationofa biomarker assay for determining the pharmacodynamic activity of an antagonist candidate biotherapeutic antibody to IL21R in ... SJ and AAW performed all the pilot studies in humans and monkeys that identified the candidate biomarkers, and they participated in the data analyses AAH developed the customized Spotfire tool ... scheduling the resources that will be required upon hand-off for assay validation SJ, AW, SWA and KA performed the in vitro assays on monkeys treated with Ab-01 and control Ig and analyzed the data, and...
... efficiency, and ECAPi is the ratio of equity capital to gross total assets The use of ECAPi as an inverse measure of leverage is standard in banking research in part because ofthe regulatory attention ... these additional banks are owner managed rather than professionally managed, and therefore not provide a good laboratory for testing the agency costs ofthe separation of ownership and management.19 ... holdings, and institutional holdings Our applicationto data from the banking industry is advantageous because ofthe abundance of quality data available on firms in this industry In particular, we have...
... assumed that SAsun has the same photosynthetic rate as a needle area illuminated by a radiation intensity of Edir/SAsun + Idif , and that SAshade has a photosynthetic rate equal to that ofa surface ... than the radiation limitation Another applicationofthe model was to simulate the effect ofthe variability of annual climate on the carbon balance of branches (figure 7) This plot shows the annual ... perpendicular toand in the direction of their woody axes are presented for two different shoots: (a) at the bottom ofthe crown and (b) at the top ofthe crown their maximal length: the assimilating area...
... oxidantinduced decrease of hexokinase and pyruvate kinase, andthe maximum activity of these enzymes was allowed to change according tothe ratio of GSH and GSSG The equations and parameters used are derived ... simulation for analyzing the pathology of human diseases should not approximate the "mathematical steady state" Moreover, in the case where the system reaches a steady state with a certain oscillation, ... solve the problems associated with developing a model that simulates all the cellular metabolic pathways The mathematical steady state may not be the normal state of real cells During this simulation...
... ofthe center ofthe cavity tothe surface is h The major and minor axis ofthe cavity are denoted ˆ as aand b respectively a y -axis is pointing perpendicularly out ofthe image plane 122 The ... slab Slab thicknesses are indicated in the graph Data are calculated based on the EM theory ofa 3-layers stratified system Dielectric constants of Au are evaluated using the experimental data ... sides ofthe layer andthe SPP energy density is enhanced because ofa lateral compression ofthe SPP wavelength due toa gradual increase in the phase velocity ofthe SPP as it approaches the...
... colleagues at Laboratory of Optical Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy in the National Cancer Centre, namely Dr Patricia Thong, Ms Ramaswamy Bhuvaneswari, Mr William Chin and Ms Lucky Sasidharan, and ... 12 A schematic sketch ofthe cavity system considered in this chapter The distance ofthe center ofthe cavity tothe surface is h The major and minor axis ofthe cavity are ˆ denoted as aand ... proximity ofa sample surface, forces between the tip andthe sample lead toa measurable deflection ofthe cantilever according to Hooke's law In this way, a topology mapping ofthe surface with a height...
... was at the same time so cheap that the cost of conveyance was only a small item in the expenses ofthe Post Office The Mayor of Bath proposed the toast of "the Visitors," and said that they had ... mentioned The mail-coach system had its origin in the West of England, and Bristol and Bath in particular are associated with all the traditions ofthe initiatory stages, so that the details on ... commands to carry the plan into execution tothe other parts ofthe kingdom To this (and I have not the least fear of accomplishing it) will be the most decisive answer to abuse, and more satisfactory...
... in fats and sugars, targeting young children 17 Brand equity and licensed characters Characters associated with a particular brand are called brand equity characters These brand equity characters ... personalities, andthe colouring, shaping and design of products and packaging likely to have a particular appeal to children and adolescents A high standard: A comprehensive approach acknowledges that children ... characters – usually cartoon or animated characters – are normally owned by the companies that make the food and beverage products, andthe characters are used on the packaging and in their advertising...