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... non-significant, those obtained with ordinal analysis were highly significant With ordinal analysis, a 2- to 2.5-fold gain in information density was demonstrated, compared to the dichotomized analysis ... approaches are often used in the analysis of trials conducted for other indications For example, in stroke the modified Rankin scale, which is also an ordinal scale, consisting of six categories, ... adjustment in all analyses in the present study Why is the use of ordinal outcome analysis beneficial? The common practice of collapsing an ordinal outcome measure to a binary scale results in a loss...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... head income of the household in Tribal and rural area than in urban area VNP Class 13 Determinants of household health care expenditure: An analysis in Vietnam using of VHLSS 2006 However, the influence ... analysis in Vietnam using of VHLSS 2006 disability; Childbirth; Smoking; Income; Expenditure; Housing, electricity, access to safe drinking water, sanitary and durable goods; Income gap and inequality; ... gtves an interesting finding: "healthcare expenditure in Tribal area is double that of rural and urban areas It means that an educated person on an average spends six paise more in a rupee than...

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2018, 12:45

... identify and characterize the contributions of the informal sector for solid waste management in developing countries in general and in HCMC in particular and to find out whether an integration ... lower than in high income areas and the chances to gain an extra income by selling recyclables, gaining tips or providing extra services are relatively low Poor collection services in low-income ... 2003) In many cases policies strive for the elimination of scavenging rather than trying to use their workforce In fact, the informal recycling sector is an already working subsystem in waste management...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2013, 18:48

... productsSqlDataReader.GetInt16(unitsInStockColPos); Console.WriteLine("unitsInStock = " + unitsInStock); bool discontinued = productsSqlDataReader.GetBoolean(discontinuedColPos); Console.WriteLine("discontinued ... column values as C# types using the Get* methods */ using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; class StronglyTypedColumnValues { public static void Main() { SqlConnection mySqlConnection ... productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("UnitPrice"); int unitsInStockColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("UnitsInStock"); int discontinuedColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("Discontinued"); // use...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 01:17

... nchar SqlString GetSqlString() nvarchar SqlString GetSqlString() ntext SqlString GetSqlString() binary SqlBinary GetSqlBinary() varbinary SqlBinary GetSqlBinary() image SqlBinary GetSqlBinary() sql_varient ... Sql* TYPE GetSql* METHOD bigint SqlInt64 GetSqlInt64() int SqlInt32 GetSqlInt32() smallint SqlInt16 GetSqlInt16() tinyint SqlByte GetSqlByte() bit SqlBoolean GetSqlBoolean() decimal SqlDecimal GetSqlDecimal() ... ProductID int GetInt32() SqlInt32 ProductName nvarchar GetSqlString() SqlString UnitPrice money GetSqlMoney() SqlMoney UnitsInStock smallint GetSqlInt16() SqlInt16 Discontinued bit GetSqlBoolean()...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 01:17

... implemented in the Java programming language Behind the scenes, however, native methods are implemented in another language and reside in native libraries The JNI supports an invocation interface ... (performance), in addition ease to maintain, high programmer productivity and platform portable Portable in this case does not mean that the embedded applications can run in any OS without changing ... the JNI can incorporate native code written in programming languages such as C and C++, as well as code written in the Java programming language The JNI allows programmers to take advantage of...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 10:20

... to performance in response to a step change in the reference input An example of such a step input is instantaneously changing the reference input from to Time domain specifications include, but ... models Using root locus design and Bode diagram design Using the pole placement design method Using the Linear Quadratic Regulator and Kalman Filter optimal design methods Implementing and testing ... point An equilibrium point is an operating point where the system is in a steady state and all the derivatives in the equations are zero In many systems of interest, the response of the plant...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 14:09

... use in Turkey and to assess its internal and external construct validity in an adult population [6], and determine the validity of the existing cut points for passing subtests, given the wide range ... data analysis and interpretation, and also participated in writing the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript References It is important to note that this type of analysis ... elegant mechanism for establishing and correcting for bias under such circumstances This bias does not necessarily manifest though the ANOVA distributional analysis, and raises important issues...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... FIM in spinal cord injury Spinal Cord 2006 Pallant JFTA: An introduction to the Rasch measurement model: An example using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) British Journal of Clinical ... Items showing significant DIF in pooled data and between stroke and TBI Pooled data Eating Grooming Bathing Dressing upper body Dressing lower body Toileting Bladder Bowel Transfer bed Transfer ... collapsed and in the current study collapsing was done by using headings of the categories in the FIM™ manual and clinical judgement, keeping the categories at the ends and collapsing the middle...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... article [7], can help authors easily report Alpha intervals in studies involving quality-of-life investigation and surveillance Furthermore, the skewness coefficient and its 95% CI, referring to expected ... 1960 13 Wang WC, Yao G, Tsai YJ, Wang JD, Hsieh CL: Validating, Improving Reliability and Estimating Correlation of the Four Subscales in the WHOQOL-BREF using Multidimensional Rasch Analysis ... eating, dressing, washing yourself or using the toilet?), as shown in Table The easiest question was 18 (Were you tired?) Expected response scores, as anticipated, presented an acceptable infit...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... of integrated testing strategies by phasing out in vivo testing in line with 3R strategy (replace, reduce, refine), promoting omic and integrating chemical, in vitro and in silico methods, and ... of LECOTOX in ongoing and future research projects Knowledge, new methods and know-how gained via trainings in partner institutions were transferred to LECOTOX and incorporated into individual ... LECOTOX Since LECOTOX was already incapacitated and experienced in conducting a great variety of toxicity tests and bioassays applied in EDA, the trainings in UFZ included hands-on tool in fractionation...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... which are bigger than a certain size Amin in the transformed binary image In most cases Amin can also be used to distinguish between airplanes and other vehicles After removing all foreground ... GMMSAMT can be initialized Object Tracking Using GMM-SAMT 4.1 Mean Shift Tracking Overview Mean shift tracking discriminates between a target model in frame n and a candidate model in frame n+1 ... on Image and Video Processing (a) (b) Figure 13: Tracking results using the standard mean shift tracker combined with the ±10% method (The result of the standard mean shift tracker indicated...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 08:20

... (1.15) into (1.16) and (1.17), we obtain: [ ]( [ ]( )( ) ) λR k L { u + (ωR − v )2 tanψ − tanψ * sin ψ − k D u + (ωR − v )2 tan ψ − tanψ * λ 2 λS k L kD 2 * { u + v tan θ − tan θ sin θ − u + v tan ... α and β are the x- and y-velocity increments in the distorted inlet region, and α and β are the x- and y-velocity increments in the undistorted inlet region, respectively In distorted region: ... 1.2.2 Forces As shown in Fig 1.2, in integral equations, Fx and Fy denote the forces in the distorted inlet region, and Fx ,0 and Fy ,0 denote the forces in the undistorted inlet region, respectively...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 21:20

... different inlet distorted velocity These results are isolated and incomplete A more suitable analysis way is combining the two parameters, inlet flow angle and inlet distorted velocity, into a single ... compressors to intake flow distortion In Proceeding of International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, ASME Paper 69-GT-29 [11] Stenning, A.H., 1980, Inlet distortion effects in axial ... propagation in axial compressors In Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, 2: 123-130 [9] Liu Luxin, Neumeier, Y and Prasad,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 21:20

... or by enhancing future crop tree growth in high forest regimes) For these reasons, there is an increasing need for integrated simulation models, providing detailed outputs in terms of stand yield, ... growth and the main quality criteria, including log grading [15] Oak-based ecosystems are also particularly important for other functions than just yield: structuring of landscapes, species and ... particular importance for forest managers and forest policy-makers In these multiple regards, it seems important to maintain a sufficient degree of genetic variability in oak stands, in order to preserve...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:20

... Telemedicine equipment and procedure Remote interviews were conducted using H.323 IP standards-based Polycom iPower Videoconferencing Systems (Polycom, Inc., Pleasanton, CA), connected using ISDN lines ... physicians is the lack of formal training in the diagnosis and assessment of depression using standardized rating scales Other barriers include a lack of experience in research methodology, and ... dedicated phone lines that can handle voice, video and data) The system ran at an industry standard bit rate of 384 kps, was HIPAA compliant, and occurred via a secure encrypted connection Interviews...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

... above), and is a result of the mating ST of animals within subpopulations producing an increase in the inbreeding coefficients which can be lowered using a particular mating policy For example, ... studbook using molecular typing (finding nearly 10 % incorrect paternities which result in a lowering of the inbreeding level - FI 5.3 % CONA = table !, the rate of inbreeding still remains relatively ... following Falconer and McKay [4] and is the inverse of twice the increase in inbreeding All inbreeding values [27] were computed (starting from zero in generation 0), assuming an ideal state of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of using composite indicators, regardless of field or purpose We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of composite indicators focusing on their ... significant institutional expertise in developing, applying, and evaluating composite indicators; it has, in fact, published guidelines for composite indicator development [15,23,24] These guidelines ... missing at random or missingness signals differences in the underlying case mix between institutions (e.g., missing VAP rate data not randomly distributed but reflecting poor recordkeeping and/or...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... markers using pooled (black and white columns) and individual DNA samples Allele grey and light grey) Allele frequencies genotyped in microsatellite markers using pooled (black and white columns) and ... genotyping of individual DNAs, thereby excluding false positive associations resulting from artifact introduced by DNA pooling Materials and methods Patient and control DNA samples All individuals involved ... for multiple testing according Bonferroni (n = simultaneous tests) Allele 490 individual DNA samples (dark grey and ERBB3 using the originally pooled (black and white columns) and the addiFigure...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:20