... during this period (ESSTI 2008). The cause of this increase is not clear. Potential explanations include a genuine rise in incidence, an increase and change in diagnostic testing, and/ or the introduction ... vaccination is in fact decreasing despite the much broader trend of increased vaccination: in the UK, MMR vaccination decreased from 99% in 2000 to 86.2% in 2007 andin Denmark from 100% in ... polio, in uenza, and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the elderly. Sex -and- age-specic data on basic vaccination coverage is currently minimal. However, as most vaccination occurs during infancy and...
... In a recent study, Cho et al. [12] investigated the effect of a gap in the inclined rib on heat transfer in a square duct and reported that a gap in the inclined rib accelerates the flowand ... determine the optimum width of a gap in the inclined rib to form discrete rib. This study will help in determining the gap size while descritizing the inclined (non-transverse) ribs for enhancing ... gap in the inclined rib releases the air partly belonging to the secondary flowand partly belonging to the main flow through the gap. As a result of the presence of gap, the secondary flow...
... Pre-WritingUsing Cooperative Learning to Integrate Thinking andInformation Technology in a Content-Based Writing LessonGabriel Tan (Xinmin Secondary School, Singapore) Patrick B Gallo (SEAMEO ... article begins with separate discussions of how cooperative learning promotes effective instruction of thinking skills and creativity, and of information technology. Thinking skills and creativity ... EnjoymentCooperative Learning and Thinking and CreativityCooperative learning is believed to promote thinking and creativity in many ways (Hythecker, Dansereau, & Rocklin, 1988; Qin, Johnson, &...
... Modeling of LanguageVariability. In Proceedings of the PASCAL Workshopof Learning Methods for Text Understanding and Min-ing.M.C. De Marneffe, B. MacCartney, and C.D. Man-ning. 2006. Generating ... achieved in the most challenging setting4Using Google Translate.122lems. Given two pages (P1 and P2), these issuesinclude identifying, and properly managing:(1) Text portions in P1 and P2 ... Generalization. In Proceedings of the 10th Con-ference on Natural Language Processing (KONVENS2010), Saarbr¨ucken, Germany.J.R. Finkel, T. Grenager, and C. Manning. 2005. Incor-porating Non-local Information...
... easy to hedge against (e.g. usingan industry price index), thus extracting from each asset a random variable that is independentfor assets in different industries or markets. In any case, our ... followingtwo distributions R and D on (M, N, D) graphs:• R is obtained by choosing for every top vertex D random neighbors on the bottom.• P is obtained by first choosing at random S ⊂ [N ] and ... expectation D, and then choose Dirandom neighbors, and (b) adding to Gthe edges of a random bipartite graph H on m + n vertices and degree d, where we place H on mrandom top vertices and n random...
... points. 232 7.2 Example of supporting line for two convex hulls. 233 7.3 Partitioning a set of points using four extreme points. 235 7.4 Angles among points and the 236 7.5 Points in ... finding the sum of N numbers and (b) finding the OR of N bits. Illustration 1: Adding N Numbers. For let processor initially hold input The object is to compute We use the well-known binary ... balance between speed and efficiency by reusing hardware to suit the computation. Indeed, several image and video processing, cryptography, digital signal processing, and networking ap-plications...
... reading ESP teaching and learning and (3) advantages of using computers in reading ESP teaching and learning.I.2.3.1.1.Model of teaching ESP reading with computersSome models of using computers ... on computers in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning and computers in ESP teaching and learning.I.1. Theoretical backgrounds of computers and EFL teaching and learningI.1.1. ... of computers for teaching and learning (in general) and teaching and learning FL (in particular). As far as this study is concerned, certain applications of computers in teaching and learning...
... characteristicinworking coordinate by usingnonlinearcoordinate transform between the working coordinate andthe jointcoordinate aboutarticulatedrobot arm.(2) Servo Controller of IndustrialMechatronic ... personallyheld and described in introduction. In eachsection of eachchapter, main points are inserted at the beginning ofPrefaceXIeachsection for recommending the text readingthoroughly.The ... pointinwork-ingcoordinate hastwo possibilities in the jointcoordinate.Next,the dynamics of th erobot armisgiven in the jointcoordinate.Inanindustrial robot arm, if the gearratioislarge, then theload inertiaissmall.Moreover,...
... computer. Kerberos is available for mostversions of UNIX, Linux, Macintosh OS/X, and Windows 2000/XP and is free.The Role of Middleware and Campus DirectoriesThe Internet2 Middleware working ... your computer profilesgenerated in step 3 to see what critical machines are vulnerable and work to get the security patch installed on those machines.If the machines you are tracking number in ... machines individually and get this information, but most campuses will want to use an auto-mated tool to detect this information. Commercial tools such as the Internet Scanner from ISS (“Inter-net...
... like Jagersfontein, there’s an area in Jagersfontein where it’s quite rife, Springfontein ja, I think it’s Springfontein number one. And the reason for that is that in Springfontein you have, ... in Springfontein that most of commercial sex took place. And the reason for that (high rates of HIV infections in Springfontein) is that in Springfontein you have, it’s on the N1, the Springfontein, ... where orphans and other needy children would be seen wandering on streets and asking for food and money, in Kopanong this is not in existence. Instead in Kopanong orphans are taken in either by...
... investment in training. The use of the Internet in language teaching and learning requires some technological knowledge and computer skills from both teachers and learners. Insufficient computer ... learners work in their teaching and learning of second/foreign language. Indeed, the use of the Internet and the World Wide Web in second and foreign language instruction has been increasingly recognized. ... for information processing and display to a tool for information processing and communication. The instant worldwide connections enabled by the Internet have changed the way teachers and...