... major accounts Nevertheless, when the study was completed, we announced Oracle as the winner We declared that Oracle was technically the best product on the market, and that the management team ... that Oracle and the relational database would go nowhere Oracle today is the largest database company, and the second largest software company in the world The relational database is now the world ... name The same is true in a relational database Anyone can understand the words and the ideas they represent, because the words used to describe the parts of a table in an Oracle database are the...
... sufficiently large, the estimation θn (x) converges to the target quantity Indeed the strong law of large numbers states that this is the case Second, the central limit theorem states that the normalized ... than the other, then it is preferable to this one The problem arises whenever one of the two estimators requires lower time per replication, but displays a higher mean square error than the other ... replication in the new sense is given by the average of two replications in the old sense, then the cost per replication doubles and the variance per replication halves, leaving the efficiency...
... sufficiently large, the estimation θn (x) converges to the target quantity Indeed the strong law of large numbers states that this is the case Second, the central limit theorem states that the normalized ... than the other, then it is preferable to this one The problem arises whenever one of the two estimators requires lower time per replication, but displays a higher mean square error than the other ... replication in the new sense is given by the average of two replications in the old sense, then the cost per replication doubles and the variance per replication halves, leaving the efficiency...
... assigned to the same study arm as the psychiatrists with whom they were associated At the third clinic, within one of the medical centers, all the clinicians and patients were assigned to the control ... At the conclusion of the project, we will conduct semistructured interviews with the clinicians and clinic managers regarding the usefulness of the EQUIP-2 strategy, their satisfaction with the ... eligible for the study if they practiced at one of the clinics Eligible clinicians were given information about the study and the opportunity to enroll Patients were eligible if they were at...
... assigned to the same study arm as the psychiatrists with whom they were associated At the third clinic, within one of the medical centers, all the clinicians and patients were assigned to the control ... At the conclusion of the project, we will conduct semistructured interviews with the clinicians and clinic managers regarding the usefulness of the EQUIP-2 strategy, their satisfaction with the ... eligible for the study if they practiced at one of the clinics Eligible clinicians were given information about the study and the opportunity to enroll Patients were eligible if they were at...
... relationship between the providers, and that the nature of the referral (e.g., amount and type of information accompanying the referral) may depend on the nature of the condition, whether the referral ... return the patient to the primary medical practitioner rather than referring them elsewhere, although this also may depend on the nature of the condition and the relationship between the specialty ... the general themes Once completed, the investigators came together to collapse their lists of themes into one set of themes as reached via consensus This process involved examining themes for...
... when reading the data back in using the Read or ReadLine methods The code in Listing 5-7 shows the typical use of these formats The formatting specifier follows the colon after the index (and ... dereferenced like a pointer to get at an object The address of the array is the address of the handle; it is not the same as the address of the first element of the array Element access for managed arrays ... your application, one or the other might make the most sense The assignment operator creates another reference to the same string This is what is meant by a shallow copy The Copy member function...
... into the arms of the competition Sample design refers to how we define who the customer is (population), how we can contact them (sample frame) and the actual sampling method to be used The population ... appeal to their interests, providing the URL link to your web-based survey If they are so inclined, a single click will bring the survey up on their computer Five to ten minutes later their responses ... to provide the customer with choices on how they can respond For example, t ey can be h sent a mail survey but a URL with the survey web address can be included in the cover letter Another application...
... it to the outer gimbal ring This pivoting action of the inner gimbal defines the horizontal axis of the gyro, which is perpendicular to the spin axis of the rotor as shown in the figure The outer ... surrounds the debate over whether the Chinese or the Europeans first adapted the compass for marine applications, but by the middle of the 13th century such usage was fairly widespread around the globe ... tangent to the surface These two components are known as the vertical earth rate and the horizontal earth rate, respectively At the North Pole, for example, the component acting around the local...
... syntax instead The following example increases the value of X by 10 To so, it has to read the value of X by using the GetX accessor method, and then write the value of X by using the SetX modifier ... is to make the fields private and add an accessor method and a modifier method to respectively read and write the value of each private field The modifier methods can then range-check the new field ... range-check the new field values because the constructor already checks the initial field values For example, here's an accessor (GetX) and a modifier (SetX) for the X field Notice how SetX checks...
... it to the outer gimbal ring This pivoting action of the inner gimbal defines the horizontal axis of the gyro, which is perpendicular to the spin axis of the rotor as shown in the figure The outer ... surrounds the debate over whether the Chinese or the Europeans first adapted the compass for marine applications, but by the middle of the 13th century such usage was fairly widespread around the globe ... tangent to the surface These two components are known as the vertical earth rate and the horizontal earth rate, respectively At the North Pole, for example, the component acting around the local...
... surrounds the debate over whether the Chinese or the Europeans first adapted the compass for marine applications, but by the middle of the 13 th century such usage was fairly widespread around the ... around the core The magnitude of these surges will vary with the strength of the external magnetic field, and its orientation with respect to the axis of the core and sensing coil of the fluxgate ... measured to induce a voltage in the sense coil The greater the differential between the saturated and unsaturated states (i.e., the steeper the slope), the more sensitive the instrument will be An...
... = (UR - UL)/b (1.5) where b is the wheelbase of the vehicle, ideally measured as the distance between the two contact points between the wheels and the floor The robot's new relative orientation ... Figure 1.8, the extended axes for the two front wheels intersect in a common point that lies on the extended axis of the rear axle The locus of points traced along the ground by the center of ... in the output of the gyroscope as a result of the Earth's rotation This change in output is at a constant rate; however, this rate depends on the location of the gyroscope on the Earth At the...
... development Throughout this book, the student is therefore exposed to both the theory and the practice of the Unified Process • In Chapter 1, the strengths of the object-oriented paradigm are analyzed ... reported it to the manufacturer in the United States The manufacturer corrected the fault as quickly as it could, but tragically, the new software arrived the day after the direct hit by the Scud [Mellor, ... the best fit for the data relating to the larger projects, and the dashed line is the best fit for the smaller projects For each of the phases of the classical software life cycle, the corresponding...
... it to the outer gimbal ring This pivoting action of the inner gimbal defines the horizontal axis of the gyro, which is perpendicular to the spin axis of the rotor as shown in the figure The outer ... surrounds the debate over whether the Chinese or the Europeans first adapted the compass for marine applications, but by the middle of the 13th century such usage was fairly widespread around the globe ... tangent to the surface These two components are known as the vertical earth rate and the horizontal earth rate, respectively At the North Pole, for example, the component acting around the local...
... at the programmed AV delay This is also known as the maximum tracking rate (MTR) The limit of the MTR is limited by the TARP All DDD programmers will automatically calculate the MTR based on the ... next chapter, and these algorithms have generally eliminated the need for DDI pacing On the other hand, if the atrial fibrillation is P.81 intermittent, the DDI mode will prevent the patient from ... spike at the time of sensing and could be used for diagnostic purposes Generally, other approaches are used in the more modern pacemaker era In the past, one use of the AAT mode was in the assessment...
... (the monitor that displays the Deskbar) Additionally, the width of the screen can be determined by subtracting the left coordinate from the right, and the height by subtracting the top from the ... button was clicked The values of the point are in the view’s coordinate system For example, if the cursor was over the very top left corner of the view at the time of the mouse click, the point’s coordinates ... altered—as they are here with the writing of the string “Quitting ” the view needs to be updated before the changes become visible onscreen If the changes are made while the view’s window is hidden, then...
... = (UR - UL)/b (1.5) where b is the wheelbase of the vehicle, ideally measured as the distance between the two contact points between the wheels and the floor The robot's new relative orientation ... Figure 1.8, the extended axes for the two front wheels intersect in a common point that lies on the extended axis of the rear axle The locus of points traced along the ground by the center of ... in the output of the gyroscope as a result of the Earth's rotation This change in output is at a constant rate; however, this rate depends on the location of the gyroscope on the Earth At the...
... operations data Financial October 1, 2012 Veteran population V l i surveys Clinical Data from other f h agencies Overview: Levels of Data • Local facility data • VISN level data • C Corporate (national) level ... Vital Status File • Data element examples: Data element examples: – Date of death (variables from the different sources and value selected as “best”) –L h lh Last healthcare utilization date ili ... VHA Office of Research and Development October 1, 2012 33 Data Access Requirements are Determined by the Data • National Data Systems (NDS) – – – – Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) Corporate Data Warehouse...