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... MF1 and input2 is MF1 and and input4 is MF1, then output = ~1 :Y c ~ If input1 is MF1 and input2 is MF1 and and input4 is MF2, then output = ~2 :Y c ~ If input1 is MF1 and input2 is MF1 and and ... MF1 and input2 is MF1 and and input4 is MF2, then output = ~4 :Y c ~ If input1 is MF1 and input2 is MF2 and and input4 is MF1, then output = ~5 :Y c ~ If input1 is MF1 and input2 is MF2 and and ... MF1 and input2 is MF2 and and input4 is MF1, then output = ~7 :Y c ~ If input1 is MF1 and input2 is MF2 and and input4 is MF2, then output = ~8 :Y c ~ If input1 is MF2 and input2 is MF1 and and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... PhD candidature, and Xiao Fei, nice to work with you in the later part of my PhD candidature And for those who cannot be named one by one but contributed in one way or another: my bros and sistas, ... performance In Section 2.3.3, we have shown that an SLS trajectory can be seen as a walk in the COP fitness landscape It will be intuitive if one can visualize the fitness landscape and understand ... much theoretical understanding for a particular SLS algorithm And when we have such an understanding, the analysis is mainly worst-case and not averagecase Thus the information gained is not...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:39

... propose an approach for designing an entity-centric IDM model D Contribution and Paper Organization We propose an approach for IDM in the cloud that: (1) does not use trusted third parties; and (2) ... Fiat and Shamir as is and we change Protocol The main steps of Protocol are: i IdP sends to B: vj = f(I, j )for j = 1,…, n Repeat steps (ii) to (v) for i = 1,…, t ii A picks a random ri [0,n) and ... proposed privacy and identity management system, as well as its potential for becoming a standard for privacy and identity management in cloud computing VII.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This research was supported...

Ngày tải lên: 31/07/2013, 09:43

... hierarchical tree and the estimated word significance, we propose an iterative algorithm to select sentences which is able to integrate the multiple objectives for composing a relevant, concise and fluent ... representation for the words in the original document set, we proposed a summarization approach for the purpose of generating a relevant, concise and fluent summary Experiments on DUC 2007 showed the advantages ... internal grants (A-PA6L and G-YG80) References Comparing the generated summaries of the two systems, we can see that the summary generated by the proposed approach is better in coherence and fluency...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 00:20

... exclusive planes (Figure 3.13 ) Vertex Obtained Planes to be intersected A Plane 1,4 and B Plane 2, and C Plane 2, and D Plane 2, and Figure 3.13 Vertex obtained from the intersection of planes 3.5 ... perpendicular to any plane Perpendicular to planes (Plane 3, 4, and 6) Perpendicular to plane (Plane 2) Shortest (perpendicular) distance of any point on Plane to Plane is always less than that of Plane 5 ... planes 30 Chapter Methodology for Part Digitization Vertex B Plane Plane Plane Plane Vertex C Vertex Plane Plane Vertex D Figure 3.11 Four chosen points for transformation Planes Properties for...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 14:04

... after WWII, the transition from basic agriculture to advanced manufacturing drastically transformed some European and Asian countries, such as Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Ireland Another paradigm ... function was manufacturing, have changed to scientific research and technology development During the 1970s and 1980s, Ireland and Singapore were the manufacturing centers of Europe and Asia, respectively ... of unforeseen advances in technology and its applications These forecasts are critical because they provide scenarios to help frame long-term strategic planning efforts and decisions and can assist...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... understanding and management of the behavior of Earth materials from the nanoscale to the macro- and even global scale and link the engineering management of Earth processes with economic and environmental ... account for time effects; understand biogeochemical processes in soils and rocks; stabilize soils and rocks; use enhanced computing, information, and communication technologies; and understand geomaterials ... containment and remediation technology for developing countries and technology for reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste materials Cleanup, restoration, and protection of wetlands, rivers, harbors, and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... Administration for Children and Families, U.S Department of Health and Human Services and the Office on Women’s Health, U.S Department of Health and Human Services With Special Thanks to: Frances E ... here is a substantial body of research describing the dynamics and effects of IPV on women’s and adolescents’ health Abusive and controlling behaviors range from sexual assault and forced sex, to ... training and technical assistance on IPV and reproductive coercion to family planning agencies Initially supported through a Safe Families grant (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... evidence for and against the role of antioxidants in chronic pancreatitis, and discusses the potential therapeutic role of antioxidants Role of antioxidants in the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis ... has to be chronic for at least many weeks and has to be rather constant • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography should be performed immediately before study entrance and should demonstrate ... 1999;10:179–83 38 Schmitz-Moormann P, Himmelmann GW, Brandes JW et al Comparative radiological and morphological study of human pancreas Pancreatitis like changes in postmortem ductograms and their morphological...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 07:20

... carcinoids of the pancreas and biliary tract, 823 Andrea Frilling and Vito Cicinnati Nonsurgical management of endocrine tumors, 832 Rudolf Arnold and Anja Rinke Liver transplantation in advanced disease ... Castillo and Andrew L Warshaw Minimally invasive and local ablation techniques of serous and mucinous cystic lesions, 940 Laureano Fernández-Cruz Section Nine Transplantation of the pancreas Transplantation ... Bettina M Rau and Hans G Beger Indications for interventional and surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis, 298 Thomas E Clancy and Stanley W Ashley Surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 07:20

... plant feedstocks, and understand the effects of fluctuating industrial demand and agricultural production on the risks and returns for bioprocessing investments There are also storage and transportation ... biomass and also contribute to the nation’s liquid transportation fuel needs Productivity of U.S farms and forests has been rising to meet domestic and export demands for traditional food, feed, and ... Oils and Inks Coke Fuel Oil Syngas Activated Carbon Pigments and Dyes Lignin Ethanol Methane Oxy-Fuel Additives Paints and Varnishes Bagase Methanol Hydrogen Phenols and Furfural Soaps and Detergents...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 06:20

... heat, steam, and power Mass and energy balances were performed for individual process components and the entire design An overall process efficiency of 49% and 53% was achieved for DME and FT-fuels, ... for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and the effectiveness of wet and dry gas cleaning methods [79] 33 Table 6: Contaminant specification for cobalt FT synthesis, and cleaning effectiveness of wet and ... on the advantages and disadvantages associated with high- and low-temperature gasification systems for black liquor and the need for high-quality syngas for fuel production, an entrained flow...

Ngày tải lên: 26/02/2014, 14:20

... like to thank the Institute for Infocomm Research for its support and permission to publish this work Molla-Aliod D, Vicedo J (2010) Question answering In Indurkhya and Damerau (eds) Handbook of ... human-to-human dialogues, it does constitute an excellent dataset for studying the semantic and pragmatic aspects of human communication within a wide variety of contexts, scenarios, styles and ... types of information elements are extracted from the scripts: speakers, utterances and context The utterance and speaker information elements contain what is said at each dialogue turn and the corresponding...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 18:20

... their agenda, and understands that Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and IRB regulations need to be kept up to date with current ethical and legal needs and standards 31 ... Pacific Islanders, most 28 SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION likely as a result of the LDS Church’s missionary efforts in Samoa, Tonga, and other island locales, and there is a Native American population ... acceptability, and other contextual issues before making a decision Quantitative Information for Decision Making Quantitative information needed for decision making includes data on effectiveness,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20

... that an understanding of functional analysis is a tremendous aid to understanding other subjects such as quantum physics, probability theory and random processes, digital communications system analysis ... x ∈ X and a ∈ K, then the product of a and x is ax, and ax ∈ X (V7) If x, y ∈ X, and a ∈ K, then a(x + y) = ax + ay (V8) If a, b ∈ K, and x ∈ X, then (a + b)x = ax + bx (V9) If a, b ∈ K, and x ... these ideas are more abstract than Boolean algebra, convolution integrals, and Fourier or Laplace transforms, all of which are standard fare in present-day electrical and computer engineering curricula...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 15:09

... 28.8% (17.3% Type variants and 11.5% Type variants) Thus, term variant extraction is a significant expansion factor for identifying morphologically and syntactically related multi- word terms in ... syntax-based approach via morphologically derived forms for the identification and extraction of multi- word term variants 29 Table 4: Precision and Recall of Term Variant Extraction on [AGR] Type variants ... 1126-1131, Nantes, France Strzalkowski, Tomek 1996 Natural language information retrieval Information Processing ~ Management, 31(3):397-417 Tzoukermann, Evelyne and Christian Jacquemin 1997 Analyse...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 21:20

... Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia € Data on population living below poverty line reflects 1997 estimates for Jordan, 1998 for Iran and Yemen, 1999 for Libya and Oman, and 2000 for Egypt and Syria ¥ Data ... nurse and physician density reflects: • 1997 estimates for Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Somalia • 2001 for Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic and United Arab Emirates • 2002 for ... development and consequently formulate regional strategies for improving HRH planning and management [15] To better-inform HRH policies and to guide actions in terms of management and planning, essential...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... study For example, Demand Management will be focused on Demand Signal, Demand Collaboration, Sales and Operation Planning and Inventory Management Practice Waste will be discussed on waste management ... throughput can be explained by the demand management and the F-value of 21.055 was significant at the 0.001 level Demand collaboration (β = 0.462; p

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20

... consolidators, and non-vessel operating common carriers), distribution services (warehousing and transportation, inventory management, and domestic and regional distribution and courier companies), and integrated ... analysis (cause -and- effect diagrams, pareto charts, and scatter diagram), evaluation and decision- making tools (decision matrix and multi- voting), process analysis (flowchart, failure modes and ... capabilities and firm performance: a resource-based view", Industrial Marketing Management 35 (4),pp.493–504 24 Supply Chain Management – Pathways for Research and Practice Yang,C.C.,Marlow.PB. ,and Lu.C.S...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20