... Page of 10 case-analysis, which sidesteps imputation and missingness by use of missing case deletion (list-wise or pairwise) will produce biased results when non-random missingness is present ... targets make bad performance measures Am J Manag Care 2007, 13:126-128 42 Saisana M, Saltelli A, Tarantola S: Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis techniques as tools for the quality assessment of ... regardless of field or purpose We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of composite indicators focusing on their two probable uses, benchmarking and quality improvement Composites for...
... Page of 10 case-analysis, which sidesteps imputation and missingness by use of missing case deletion (list-wise or pairwise) will produce biased results when non-random missingness is present ... targets make bad performance measures Am J Manag Care 2007, 13:126-128 42 Saisana M, Saltelli A, Tarantola S: Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis techniques as tools for the quality assessment of ... regardless of field or purpose We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of composite indicators focusing on their two probable uses, benchmarking and quality improvement Composites for...
... NGOs Private local business clans and families individuals private sector businesses business associations regional business associations international associations of businesses (e.g in the ... resources The resources assembled by governments and stakeholders will largely affect the success of national responses tothe DESD The most crucial element tothe Decade s success is the scope ... Understanding and addressing these global issues of sustainability that affect individual nations and communities are at the heart of ESD These issues come from the three spheres of sustainable development...
... Interfaces Step #2: Install the Android SDK The Android SDK gives you all the tools you need to create and test Android applications It comes in two parts: the base tools, plus versionspecific SDKs and ... is no specific path that is required Windows users also have the option of running a self-installing EXE file Install the SDKs and Add-Ons Inside the tools/ directory of your Android SDK installation ... data gets accessed Intents Intents are system messages, running around the inside ofthe device, notifying applications of various events, from hardware state changes (e.g., an SD card was inserted),...
... circumstances those resources can be used (e.g., use these for normal-sized screens, but use those for larger screens) Sometimes, supporting larger screens means you will want to “snap together” ... invaluable assistance on the Android Google Groups and StackOverflow I would also like to thank the thousands of readers of past editions of this book, for their feedback, bug reports, and overall support ... through the Play Store and similar venues • And so on Coverage of these non-Java alternatives will be found in the trails of this book, as the bulk of this book is focused on Java The author assumes...
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... transfer these problems to social organizations Meanwhile, business elites also wanted to associate with each other to protect their own rights Therefore, business and industrial associations as well ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis owes many debts to professors and friends in National University of Singapore who have given me valuable insights, comments, suggestions and supports during my research and study ... NGOs’ functions and discusses the international standard governing the rights and obligations of these organisations Chapter Two discusses the general constitutional, political and judicial system...
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... the Android SDK The Android SDK gives you all the tools you need to create and test Android applications It comes in two parts: the base tools, plus versionspecific SDKs and related add-ons Install ... is required Windows users also have the option of running a self-installing EXE file Install the SDKs and Add-Ons Inside the tools/ directory of your Android SDK installation from the previous ... data gets accessed Intents Intents are system messages, running around the inside ofthe device, notifying applications of various events, from hardware state changes (e.g., an SD card was inserted),...
... performers, and athletes Writers and authors Interior designers Music directors and composers Art directors Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Photographers Musicians and singers Camera ... industry cluster tool focuses on 17 clusters across the United States in order to provide a framework that is easy to analyze and understand This tool can assist users in identifying the basic ... partnerships composed of people who share important qualities These individuals possess the personal integrity needed to strengthen the bonds of trust within the team They have access to resources...
... German firms were something other than joint-stock firms.11 1.3 An overview ofthe banks Many discussions of German banks focus on the credit banks tothe exclusion ofthe other parts ofthe system ... the end ofthe 186 0s as the Schaaffhausen, the first ofthe joint-stock banks The size of individual private banks was less important because of their habits of working together closely Banks ... conditions the bank can provide these services to its depositors for less than it would cost the depositors to so without the intermediary, and this is the reason banks exist Admirers argue that the...
... principles of natural lawtothe will of God Some of his successors, particularly Scotus and Ockham, have more to say Suarez sets out and discusses in full the major issues that arise in his predecessors; ... because the naturalist thesis makes intrinsic rightness necessary and sufficient, and divine commands unnecessary and insufficient, for the existence of natural lawThe voluntarist thesis denies intrinsic ... exist must be taken to assume the impossible situation in which God does not exist and still the world is in other ways as it actually is These questions and distinctions may help us to understand...
... questions Elements of these positions are present in some influential accounts ofthe history of ethics The most successful and satisfactory history of ethics in English is Sidgwick s Outlines, ... Will and Properly Human Actions Rational v Non-rational Agents The Passivity ofthe Passions The Passions and Sensory Desire Criticism ofthe Stoics on the Passions Will and the Ultimate Good The ... 175 The Stoics and their Predecessors Eudaemonism Reactions to Stoic Ethics Stoic Strategies Preconceptions Nature, Conciliation, and Appearances Passions as Assents How can we Correct our Assents?...
... these decreases appear to reflect decreased levels of viral message in the CNS (Fig 6B) To further assess the relative levels of virus-specific T cell responses in the CNS of these poly IC treated ... immunological studies and contributed to writing the manuscript HSK generated peptide-loaded tetramers TK and CSK performed histological studies and contributed to analysis CSK and BSK analyzed the data and ... (ssRNA) virus ofthe Picornaviridae family [12] TMEV establishes a persistent CNS infection in susceptible mouse strains that results in thedevelopmentof demyelinating disease, which is considered...
... Point Theory and Applications The special issue contains 38 papers accepted Most ofthe papers touched on all applications of Kirk s fixed point theorem Mohamed A Khamsi Tomas Dominguez-Benavides...