... use the standard libraries and any other libraries other than the Ruby core, you will need to require them in your program:require 'base64'In addition to the standard libraries, you ... For example, writing a program that uses several chunks of code from this book does not require Preface | xi Sau Sheong Chang Exploring EverydayThings with Rand Ruby PrefaceExplorers ... of other unofficial R user interfaces, such as R Commander and RStudio. RStudio has a very nice R environment that runs on the server but is accessible through the browser. Another alternative...
... book (and also in Ruby programming), are arrays and hashes.Arrays are indexed containers that hold a sequence of objects. You can create arrays using square brackets ([]) or using the Array ... professionals use Safari Books Online as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning, and certification training.Safari Books Online offers a range of product mixes and pricing ... external libraries to make life easier. Two sets of Ruby libraries come preinstalled with Ruby. CoreThis is the default set of classes and modules that comes with Ruby, including String, Array,...
... important point and much work has been done on conservative management. We here report our experience on fertility sparing with cervical, endometrial and ovarian cancers and include a review ... contra lateral ovary and the uterus now is considered the appropriate surgical treatment for patients with Stage IA grade 1 epithelial ovarian cancer, any stage borderline ovarian tumors with ... literature. With cervical cancer, radical trachelectomy with para-aortic and pelvic lymphadenectomy can be performed in patients with early stage IA1-IB cancers, because they have low recurrence...
... capitals. The Pragmatic Starter Kit, ThePragmatic Programmer, Pragmatic Programming, Prag matic Bookshelf and the linking gdevice are trademarks of The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC.Every precaution ... athttp://www.pragmaticprogrammer.comCopyrightâ2006 Brian Marick.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmit-ted, in any form, or by ... contained herein.Our Pragmatic courses, workshops, and other products can help you and your teamcreate better software and have more fun. For more information, as well as the latestPragmatic...
... testing is considered one of Ruby s niches (largely due to Watir,http://wtr.rubyforge.org/, a tool fordriving web browsers). If you’re a programmer, you may already knowthat Ruby has recently become ... useyour computer’s command-line interpreter. The command-line2inter- command-line interpreterpreter is a program that lets you command the compiler by typing intext, rather than by pointing and ... differences.rbdifferences.rb:1:in ‘initialize': cannot convert nil into String (TypeError)from differences.rb:1:in ‘open'from differences.rb:1Not a friendly error message. I encourage...
... Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best effortsin preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy orcompleteness ... transition to thisvery general and powerful computer environment.REFERENCELedolter, J. and Burrill, C.: Statistical Quality Control: Strategies and Tools for ContinualImprovement. New York: John Wiley ... powerful and free. One may search for the software on the web and download thesystem. R is similar to Matlab and requires the user to write out simple instructions.The writing of (program) instructions...
... 1.1where α is a real number.Differential forms are important generalizations of real functions and distributions.Specially, a differential l-form ω on Ω is a de Rham current 7, Chapter III on Ω with ... access article distributed under the CreativeCommons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited.We ... Hu, where H is the harmonic projection operatorthat maps C∞lΩ onto H,sothatHu is the harmonic part of u.See8 for more propertiesof Green’s operator.The nonlinear elliptic partial...
... performed.Adrenal hemangiomas, however, are extremely rare, and their differential diagnosis preoperatively is rather chal-lenging.Adrenal hemangiomas are most usually cavernous, unilat-eral ... Larger tumors,that are technically challenging and more likely to bemalignant are treated preferably with open techniquethrough an anterior (subcostal or midline incision), pos-terior or ... Singapore Med J 2008, 49(9):e236-e237.3. Forbes TL: Retroperitoneal haemorrhage secondary to rup-tured cavernous hemangioma. Can J Surg 2005, 48:78-79.4. Sabanegh E, Harris MJ, Grider D: Cavernous...
... the CYCgroup but did not report standard errors [8,9]. The authorswere contacted but were unable to provide standard errordata. We therefore imputed the mean value of the standarderrors of the ... using Review ManagerVersion 4.2 (The Cochrane Collaborationđ, Software Update,Oxford, UK).ResultsUsing the search key words, 249 references were identified and screened for retrieval. From ... (occurrence of infections that requiredantibiotic therapy, hemorrhagic cystitis, hematuria and hospi-talization) were calculated using relative risks for the rand-omized control trials representing...
... veingraft. We performed a literature review for cases with Kartagener syndrome, coronary surgery and dextrocardia.Although a few cases of dextrocardia were found in the literature, no case of Kartagener ... CASE REPO R T Open AccessCoronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with Kartagener syndrome: a case report and literature review Ioannis Bougioukas1, Dimitrios Mikroulis1, Bernhard Danner2, ... 22(3):346-348.doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-68Cite this article as: Bougioukas et al.: Coronary artery bypass surgery ina patient with Kartagener syndrome: a case report and literature review. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:68.Submit...
... thisjournal.Authors’ contributionsAC participated as an observer in the case described, performed anextensive literature reviewand was primarily responsible for writing themanuscript. SC ... this article as: Chen and Chmell: Heterotopic ossification afterpatellar tendon repair in a man with trisomy 8 mosaicism: a case report and literature review. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 ... physician for the case described and provided guidance throughout the literature reviewand writing process.Both authors have read and approved the final manuscript.Competing interestsThe authors declare...