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... of the main contributions of, this thesis 1.1 A brief review of the model selection literature For expository purposes, we shall restrict here the discussion of the model selection problem to the ... selection procedure that has an explicit predictive motivation An application of this procedure to the variable selection problem in the generalized linear regression models with l1 constraints on the ... speaking, the LoRP consists in the so-called loss rank of a model defined as the number of other (fictitious) data that fit the model better than the actual data, and the model selected is the one with the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:51

... suggestions with the hope to overcome these problems Within the scope of the study, the researcher does not have the ambition to find out the solutions to all the problems mentioned above But only ... presented as well The following chapters will present the investigation, the findings and suggested solutions to the problems under the light of the above mentioned theories Chapter two: the study This ... language use; they are task- based and authentic It is thought that the definition contains aspects that are common to many other definitions The definition above, as with any definitions of the language...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:06

... toxicity The compounds with the Cl in the 2, 3, 7, and positions on the molecule PCDF Of the 17, only two, 2378TCDD and 2378-TCDF are potentially produced with chlorine bleaching 23 The Call ... persistent; whether the compounds are bioaccumulative; the toxicity and biological properties of the compounds; or the degree of chlorination Due to these limitations, AOX does not provide environmentally ... pollution or end-of-pipe treatment Pollution prevention means stopping pollution before it starts! In the late 80s the international pulp and paper industry voluntarily implemented a pollution prevention...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 02:20

... within the common law The latter, particularly through application of the public benefit test and the limitations of the charitable purposes classification, has long imposed restrictions on eligibility ... Chapter considers the jurisprudence underpinning the functional approach to the law, giving particular attention to the more salient principles and their contemporary impact The legal functions most ... Population and Composition The National Economy Social Policy Issues Raised by the State of the National Economy The Role of the...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 05:20

... English words, their place in the sentence, and the grammatical information given in the dictionary are analyzed with a view to the determination of both the grammatical form of the corresponding Russian ... words and their place in the Russian sentence The resulting information is recorded by means of indices, thereby permitting passage to the second part of the program -"Synthesis of the Russian ... characteristic of the analyzed word In checking, only two answers are possible, either positive or negative Each of these answers admits either a final conclusion and the development of the corresponding...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 17:20

... National Bureau of Economic Research or the sponsoring organizations ix Introduction David A Wise This is the ninth in a series of volumes on the economics of aging The previous ones were The Economics ... in the Economics of Aging, Topics in the Economics of Aging, Studies in the Economics of Aging, Advances in the Economics of Aging, Inquiries in the Economics of Aging, Frontiers in the Economics ... further contributions Our analysis of DB contributions, relative to contributions to other plans, is directed at understanding how fluctuations in DB contributions affect the retirement plan contribution...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 14:32

... information in a nonstandard environment, when mothers may have other demands being placed upon them, is without doubt a challenging task However, the 'bringing into the home environment' of the information ... open question format, we asked participants what they had received education on To summarise this data we content analysed the responses into themes In descending order, the following themes were ... some of the worst health indicators in Africa – including the second largest number of HIV positive people on the continent – the Ethiopian government introduced the Health Service Extension Programme...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... approximation even for systems with only a few antennas 5.2 Conclusion From the results we may conclude the following: (1) The decision on the resolution of channel quantization and the amount ... by setting the factor η (see (2) and the discussion in Section 2) properly (The actual value for the factor η depends on the fading distribution in the uplink, which also depends on the number ... As a consequence, (10) is necessary and sufficient for the existence of the solution The original constraint optimization problem (1) is, therefore, essentially reduced to the unconstrained problem...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 22:20

... aware of the cultural and social dimensions of the environment as well as natural dimension, try to diminish their footprint on the environment, reconsider their consumption habits and control ... environment and the implications of the ruined environments which will cause lots of problems for themselves After that, they should develop actions skills and then take responsible action for the ... questions Their responses and views are given below in five main themes emerged from the interview results a) Understanding the Connection between “Environmental Education” and “Environmental Consciousness”...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20

... institutionally integrate their action into that of others, their actions still take place in a social environment beyond their control as they cannot control the motivations behind the actions of others ... property over one's enterprise is in place, no one can decide on the continuation or termination of the enterprise but the owner of the capitaJ.2 The three dimensions of entrepreneurial action are manifested ... perception and acknowledgment of the conditions of action (dashed lines 1), that is, the aspects of the entrepreneur's socio-physical environment that are beyond his control These conditions include...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2014, 11:39

... school The last part will conclude the main contents of the study and review its limitations and suggestions for further research 40 PART III: CONCLUSIONS Conclusion Listening is one of the receptive ... interest of the teacher; - The place in which the work is being carried out; - The nature and content of the listening text itself The last item on the list, "the nature and content of the listening ... be done without the need for each student to respond by speaking; c) Whether the work is to be done by the students with the teacher present or whether it is to be done as private study, either...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:34

... section mentions about conclusions The second section is implication The third section states some limitations of the study The forth section offers some suggestions for further researcher in the ... “weak form” The strong form is the pronunciation given in dictionaries and used in isolation or in stressed positions in connected speech; the weak form is the reduced pronunciation used only in ... cueing the learners with questions while requiring them to use the whole sentence in reply The second time this is done, the learners can discard the parts of the sentence which not contain the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:37

... vertices on the triangle mesh The different colors of vertices refer to the different bones they depend on An action will correspond to a shape of skeleton, for example, if we bending the arm, the ... function of state and the action agent execute at that time Notice that, the reward is computed by the environment And reward values only provide the result for the action in the state, not the ... exploitation process, that the agent chooses actions based on its knowledge about environment If the agent has got enough information about the environment then agent may determine the action which...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2015, 10:02

... Organization of the study There are three main parts in this study including: Introduction, Development and Conclusion The Introduction part of the study covers the rationale for the study, the significance, ... improve their ESP reading skills Method of the study For the purpose of the study, data is collected through the application of the questionnaire technique The information from the survey will then ... answering the questionnaires, the students were explained clearly about the purpose of the study as well as the questionnaire Then they were instructed how to complete the questionnaire Moreover, the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 09:32

... information, and setting goals In the planning stage, the writers collect the information related to the task in their long term memory Then, the information is carefully organized according to the ... take on the responsibility of error location and correction, in reality the teachers were doing the work for the students However, it could be observed that the limitations of the study were the ... (Draft 3) They submitted the first draft to the teacher and received content feedback in the next class meeting Using the content feedback to review their content and organization, they then submitted...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 10:44

... not English, they can borrow English suffixes or other suffixes that use commonly in their mother tongue In conclusion, whenever taking notes the interpreters must concentrate on the ideas and ... nevertheless If : Supposing As to : as regards, regarding, concerning Tfe : therefore, in conclusion, we can conclude that The links should be noted logically as their function is to connect the ... work with the help of headphone and microphone The second mode is consecutive interpreting which is a mean to orally convey the messages from the source language to the target language In consecutive...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2016, 20:02

... part introduces the rationale for the study carried out by the researcher, the aims of the study, the scope of the study, and the method by which the study was conducted The second part is developed ... emphasized There is no rising tone at the end of yes/no questions and falling tone at the end of Wh-questions “Most of the students produce a flat intonation when speaking I think the reasons are, ... of the importance of their students’ vocabulary teaching, hence more consideration and contribution to their students’ vocabulary learning at the university Their contribution can be made in the...

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