... version for attribution Review of the Need for a Large-Scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6458.html i Review of the Need for ... the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures, under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, to perform ... in the overall context of research in wind engineering SCOPE OF THE STUDY In response to that request, the NRC established the Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20
... [11–13] For highly parallelizable algorithms the GPU may outperform the sequential CPU 2.2 Programming the GPU The two programmable steps in the graphics pipeline are the vertex processor and the ... there will be exactly one fragment per particle, and that way the code is executed once for every particle The keyword uniform indicates that the following variable is set by the API before the ... indicated by the xy suffix The next line computes the difference between the measurement and the predicted measurement, before the error is scaled and shifted to allow for a quick texture look up The final...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 16:20
báo cáo khoa học: " Non-medical use of opioids among HIV-infected opioid dependent individuals on opioid maintenance treatment: the need for a more comprehensive approach" docx
... starting either buprenorphine or methadone treatment and led to the computation of the inverse Mills ratio (IMR) The IMR was then introduced in the second step model to correct for the potential ... approved the final manuscript Acknowledgments This research was supported by The French National Agency for Aids Research (ANRS, France), the charity organization ECS-SIDACTION (France), and the Departmental ... The sample comprised 235 individuals, accounting for a total of 1056 visits All individuals who agreed to be interviewed signed an informed consent form, approved with the study protocol by the...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo y học: "Pharmacotherapeutic intervention in impulsive preschool children: The need for a comprehensive therapeutic approach" pptx
... be very efficient The operant learning theory underlines the environmental antecedents and consequences for human behavior Therefore techniques of positive and negative reinforcement of child’s ... interaction therapy, cognitive-behavioural approaches, and other multimodal approaches are more effective than individual psychodynamic or traditional unfocused and open-ended psychotherapy approaches ... of contexts throughout the developmental stages of the child and family’s life Due to the heterogeneity of disruptive behaviour disorders, future research should focus on the study of biological...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21
Tài liệu Security Essentials Day 2 Threat and the Need for Defense in Depth docx
... diagram shows another way to think of the Defense In Depth concept At the center of the diagram is your information However, the center can be anything you value, or the answer to the question, ... Now, this would breach the confidentiality of this sensitive information (the password file) Then, on the privacy of his own computer system, the attacker can use brute force or dictionary-driven ... decrypt the passwords Then, with a stolen password, the attacker can execute an integrity attack when they gain entrance to the system And they can even use an availability attack as part of their...
Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 17:15
Tài liệu Module 1: The Need for Web Services pdf
... determined by the physical topology used to implement the application Module 1: The Need for Web Services Why Do We Need Distributed Applications? Let us look at the driving forces behind the move ... would form the foundation for distributed applications for the Web 4 Module 1: The Need for Web Services " Problems with Traditional Distributed Applications Topic Objective To introduce the topics ... resource (for example, database connections) had been exhausted ! The need for excessive hardware than is required for typical loads, just to handle the infrequent load spikes Module 1: The Need for...
Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 16:15
Tài liệu Sectors & Skills The Need for Policy Alignment doc
... launched since the mid-1990s, these being the plethora of small-business development agencies The key policy question therefore, in both instances, is whether the state, operating through these two ... compares them to the findings of the primary research completed for this chapter A short conclusion that focuses on the analytical implications of the findings generated completes the chapter Before ... establishment of the 25 SETAs in March 2000 occurred without these intermediary bodies becoming informed regarding the key economic needs of the sectors Similarly, the 2001 National Plan for Higher...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 08:20
Beyond the Business Cycle: The Need for a Technology-Based Growth Strategy potx
... Washington, given that the foreign content of Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner is 90 percent.28 Yet, while these indicators imply the need for a crisis approach to education reform and much more investment ... employment for the domestic supply chain as a whole.35 For the long run, the major problems for future productivity growth are a stagnant national R&D intensity and a decade-long drop in the growth ... challenges in the global economy, while regularly decreasing planned investments in the more radical research that provides the technology platforms for competing in future technology life cycles The Federal...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20
THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE USE OF ELDERLY CARE AND THE NEED FOR RESOURCES BY 2030 IN FINLAND pot
... published in the series of the Government Institute for Economic Research and the research work has been done with the support of Sitra The advisory group for the project included Kalevi Luoma, Research ... stimulointimallit Foreword The ageing of the population is a major challenge for Finland, where the population is ageing faster than in the other EU countries This means that the need for institutional ... living in their own (or rented) flats and purchase the services they need either from the keeper The models for care utilisation 15 or the third party supplier Clients are eligible for housing...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20
THE NEED FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IN EGYPT doc
... friends for information Less than percent of young men turned to religious figures for information While girls are most comfortable talking to their mothers about puberty and other SRH issues, the ... that they know about it from the seminars,” said another “I agree about sex education for boys and girls, it is protection for them,” said one mother when asked about seminar topics Another mother ... they attended the seminars The boys answered 28 percent of questions correctly before the training and 76 percent correctly after the seminars The girls scored 35 percent before the training and...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 22:20
Large-Scale Biomedical Science: Exploring Strategies for Future Research pdf
... from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... determine whether the large-scale approach adds value to the traditional models of research would also provide highly useful information for future endeavors Recommendation 1: NIH and other federal ... data and other tools for future research, this subject is especially salient for large-scale research The committee concluded that NIH should continue to promote the broad accessibility of research...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20
Internal audit independence and objectivity: a review of current literature and opportunities for future research ppt
... ability to maintain their independence: the position in which they establish their own role and duties; the role of professional status; and the nature of the communications in which they engage Schneider ... the exception of de Zwaan et al (2007), the existing research in the area is generally descriptive There are numerous opportunities for future research on the implications of internal auditors’ ... governance These authors focused on the relationship between internal audit and the other cornerstones of governance (i.e external auditors, the audit committee and management) They also evaluated the...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20
Stereology THE NEED FOR STEREOLOGY doc
... and the most probable size is close to the area of a face of the cube, not the maximum value that occurs when the cube is cut diagonally (a rare event) For the sphere, on the other hand, the ... either by the physical thickness of the slice or by the optical depth of the field of the instrument If this thickness is small relative to the dimensions of the structures of interest, then the ... blue) The gaps at the junctions of the lines define the grid points and allow the underlying structure to be seen Seven of the sixteen grid points lie on the starch granules (44%) The lines themselves...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20
THE FACTS ON SAVING AND INVESTING: Excerpts from recent polls and studies highlighting the need for financial education potx
... asked the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission “to provide a program to inform investors of the risks and rewards of the market, including the need for diversification.”92 Citing the high performance ... And many individuals who attempt to plan for their future retirement needs find that their savings fall far short of the minimum necessary The reasons for this shortfall vary A 1994 study by Public ... convinced that they cannot save more for their retirement because they not have the money to so.79 • Many Americans lack knowledge Seven in ten Americans not know how much money they need for retirement...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20
BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists docx
... the growing research at the intersection of biology with other disciplines, further supporting the need for more interdisciplinary education The NRC study Strengthening the Linkages Between the ... during the past two decades The ways in which most future research biologists are educated are geared to the biology of the past, rather than to the biology of the present or future Like research ... engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20
System dynamics applied to project management: a survey, assessment, and directions for future research potx
... and therefore provides the raw materials for many of the other uses of system dynamics discussed below (estimating, risk assessment, control) Perhaps, then, the greatest need in this arena is for ... done research that might provide one answer They argue that the solution managers choose for a problem, for example, poor performance, depends on their attribution of the cause If they believe the ... processes, then they will put effort into process improvement; if they believe the problem results from inadequate worker effort (“slacking-off”), then they will put effort into increasing the quantity...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20
Assessing the Need for Personal Protective Equipment: A Guide for Small Business Employers doc
... wash the goggles they wore in warm water and soap After rinsing the goggles clean, the employees douse them in disinfecting solution for 10 minutes and then place them under a blower to dry before ... necessary—i.e., the workplace hazards threatening their heads s How the head protection will protect them s The limitations of the head protection s When they must wear the head protection s How to wear the ... intended for use with laser beams must bear a label with the following information: • The laser wavelengths for which they are intended to be used • The optical density of those wavelengths • The...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "A Response to the Need for Summary Responses" pdf
... modification is seen in the following: The flow of control in the system is simple The formal representation of the query is used to access the database and obtain the tuples which satisfy the user's query ... specific relations, the frame contains the name of a third relation which must be included in the join The information in the relation frames is useful in the application of the foreign-key heuristic ... component for storing away the results of the preceding database interactions to obviate the need to search the database for every query The extended knowledge base may be utilized for improved...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 17:20
the need for weed
... is Dutch-grown) while the Siberia Cafe sells an estimated $1,000 of hash and marijuana a day It's all done in the open, with the Dutch government collecting the taxes on the receipts (Just 114) ... of them inhale In Glasgow, one-half of all students between the ages of 14 and 25 admit to smoking pot "every day." Marijuana has become the US' 'biggest cash crop' despite the death penalty for ... a heavy and strict tax would instantly improve the economy, not to mention the medical and social benefits from the drug If we were to legalize the drug tomorrow, our national debt could be cut...
Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 17:50
making social sciences more scientific the need for predictive models sep 2008
... algebraic equations The social scientist also supplies the data It is then up to the statistician to propose the proper way to transform the data into a form suitable for testing, to test the model, and ... of the form y = Gx1 x3 /x2 almost perfectly and submitted it for analysis by social scientists, would they discover the underlying pattern? For the purposes of such a test, the format of the ... quite happy For them, nothing would point to the need to go any further, even while they would miss the essential It could be claimed that some other social scientists might have used further methods...
Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 23:22