framework mechanisms for participation and impact of participatory budgeting

... Geneva, Switzerland 3Department of Human Resources for Health, WHO, Geneva Authors’ contributions AR was primarily responsible for the formulation of the evaluation framework and for drafting the ... their effect The mapping of the entire pathway, from the initial identification of training needs and selection of fellows to the assessment of the support for and utilization of fellows in the home ... pathway The inclusion of indicators for verification of progress and attainment of goals provides a blue print for monitoring and evaluation and the identification of barriers along the way The World...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... as circles (blue for human, purple for mouse and green for rat) The different species of transcription factors reflects the fact that assays on the regulation of human genes are often carried out ... collections have endured for long periods of time with evidence of substantial expansion The widely used TRANSFAC collection of regulatory sequences has been a central tool for bioinformatics [23] However, ... provides tools for data exchange (XML and GFF formats), dynamic data access (application programming interface) and internet-based user interaction In order to provide a framework for independent...

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... cells/mL) for the whole data, 253 for the bacteria negative, and 1,082 for the bacteria positive Although ranges of SCC for uninfected and infected animals were similar, the arithmetic mean SCC for ... than five colony forming units (CFU) per 10 μl of milk of one species of bacteria were isolated, and the data used in this study were the apparent presence or absence of infection for each milk ... negative) and the accompanying SCC information (5,977 test-day records from 1,805 lactations of 1,062 ewes) Table Number of observations and frequencies for bacteria observed Number of observations...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21

... Chapter gives an overview of the modeling and analysis framework for the experimental data and the metabolic networks The first step of the framework involves collection of experimental data from ... metabolism and to identify the gene functions of the organisms The analyses of such models lead to better understanding of the systems structure and its behavior (modeling and simulation) and interpretations ... production of amino acids for biosynthetic demand as well as for other metabolites production in phase 2a 78 4.6 Comparison of ATP consuming metabolic pathways for complex and minimal...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 21:27

... Perf = performance measure Figure 5.1: Framework for Formalization and Characterization of Simulation Performance In summary, this thesis offers three main contributions: formalization of event ... event orderings, time and space performance characterization, and strictness measurement 5.1.1 Formalization of Simulation Event Orderings We have proposed the formalization of simulation event ... Conclusions 147 maintained by a number of simulators (sequential and parallel) This formalization provides a theoretical foundation for carrying out performance analysis of simulation The existing theories...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:12

... a threshold value of m Therefore, the probability of the maximum number of events in each LP exceeding m depends on the average number of events and its standard deviation For partial event ordering ... the same result for large number of stations (Figure 4.26) We run our simulation on 2, 4, 6, and PPs, and the time and space performance of the simulator is shown in Figure 4.28 and Figure 4.29, ... depends on the value of the threshold, the average number of events, and the standard deviation [COLE01] A high threshold value, low average number of events, and narrow standard deviation result...

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... defined the efficiency of protocol as the ratio of the execution time of ISP to the execution time of the target protocol Of course, as in CPA, their performance evaluation framework is limited ... the performance of two different implementations of the same event order For examples, the performance comparison between the CMB protocol and the carrier null message protocol [CAI90], and the ... SR1 = SR2 This implies that for any set of events E, R1 and R2 will produce the same set of comparable events Therefore, R1 and R2 are the same event order If SR1 ⊆ SR2 and SR2 ⊆ SR3 then SR2 ⊆...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:12

... we define what simulation event ordering is, and formalize a number of major simulation event orderings 2.1 Motivation The need for formalization of simulation event ordering is motivated by ... “descendant of a given set of people is another example of partial order However, an order “friend of a given set of people may not be a partial order, depending on the given set of people This ... is the set of natural numbers Hence, for all x,y∈S, x is ordered before y if and only if f(x) < f(y) Every element of S in total order is mapped onto a unique natural number Therefore, as the...

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... understanding of performance ranging from simulation problem, to simulation models, and simulation implementations We focus on time and space performance of a simulation The time and space performance ... the performance of a conservative protocol and an optimistic protocol, specifically between the CMB protocol and the TW protocol Fujimoto measured the performance of the CMB protocol and the ... approach has been used for two main reasons, i.e., to evaluate the performance of new protocols and to compare the performance of the existing protocols, particularly the relative performance between...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:12

... inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis; (5) regulation of subcellular signaling pathways and modulation of transcription factors; and (6) inhibition of growth factors and ... of DNA; (2) oxidations of unsaturated fatty acids in lipids; (3) oxidations of amino acids in proteins; and (4) inactivation of specific enzymes through oxidation of catalytic cofactors Many forms ... evaluated for ACF formation, for inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and for effects on mucin glycoprotein (MUC2) Administration of pterostilbene...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20

... diseases: policies and principles for prevention and care (9), which outlines the policies and principles for the prevention and care of STIs, to offer guidance to ministry of health officials who ... supplies for collection and transport of culture specimens (for instance swabs, transport media and candle jars) • training laboratory technicians and building capacity for performing culture and ... policy and economic case for urgent, heightened and sustained action to prevent and control N. gonorrhoeae infection and mitigate the emergence and impact of AMR • providing a strategic framework...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... selection of natural questions The articles varied in topic, degree of formality and the amount of details; from ”Horror film” and ”Christmas worldwide” to ”G-Man (Half-Life)” and ”History of London” ... and/ or too slow a rate of data acquisition Therefore it is often necessary to raise the reward and rely on efficient automatic validation of the data We have looked into the answer agreement of ... Scholarship of Japanese Government and the 21st Century COE Program Framework for Systematization and Application of Large-scale Knowledge Resources (COE-LKR)” References Yllias Chali and Maheedhar...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 09:20

... Ontology and Indexing Terms We have made use of the British Police Information Technology Organisation Common Data Model and a collection of formal reports produced by scene of crime officers ... and String is of the form (AdjlQual) * Head, where Head is the head of the noun phase and Adj and Qual are adjectives and nominal qualifiers syntactically attached to the head For example, the ... Tablan 2002 GATE: A framework and graphical development environment for robust NLP tools and applications In Proceedings of the 40th Anniversary Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 02:20

... all transformations for uniformity (both translations and rotations) The standard way of describing these transformations is from the leaves (bottom) to the root node Therefore, when forming the ... exchange for the need of fast viewing direction control and at the expense of delay times required to perform these gaze changes Figure 1.5 gives an impression of the fields of view of this trifocal ... models and integration of information over time are discussed as a general tool for representing the evolution of processes observed A distinction between objects and subjects is made for forming...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... hepatitis B and hepatitis C and related liver cirrhosis and cancer, the extent of ongoing risk behaviors, and the impact of HIV coinfection and other cofactors Assess the role of state and local ... not -for- profit coalition of public, private, and voluntary organizations; the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health; and VA sought guidance from the Institute of Medicine ... assistance of Jeffrey Efird and Daniel Riedford, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention We appreciate the assistance of Ronald Valdiserri, of the Department of Veterans Affairs, for providing...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... Academy of Sciences and the Department of Health and Human Services (with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office of Minority Health, and the Department of Veterans ... not -for- profit coalition of public, private, and voluntary organizations; the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health; and VA sought guidance from the Institute of Medicine ... of Jeffrey Efird and Daniel Riedford, of the Centers for Disease Control and ix Copyright © National Academy of Sciences All rights reserved Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... (44.1 and 43.9 p.p.m.), confirming that a disulfide bridge is present Because of the absence of NOE and 13C chemical shift data indicative of disulfide bond formation in mature CbnB2, MS and chemical ... importance of this helix for membrane-bound receptor recognition and consequent antimicrobial activity [2,10] For example, Fimland et al [42] have shown that interchange of large domains of different ... Biochemistry, University of Alberta) for performing all CD experiments Albin Otter (Department of Chemistry) and Ryan T McKay (NANUC, University of Alberta) are gratefully acknowledged for assistance with...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20

... more informed and aware of climate change, and want companies to provide information on this area of their operations Government administration As the EU ETS and other schemes mature and are ... provisions and assets in the books of emitters or traders How should forward sales before the CER is received be accounted for? Timing of recognition of income must be considered The instrument of sale ... trading for profit An internal trading desk may buy and sell EUAs and CERs for both of these purposes These transactions may be facilitated by trading houses, banks and other facilitators Buy forward...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... Bethesda, Maryland Randall R Mayer Chief, Bureau of HIV, STD, and Hepatitis, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa Margaret L Brandeau Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering, ... Professor, Asian Liver Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California David L Thomas Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of ... accurate estimates of the current burden of disease and are insufficient for program planning and evaluation The committee recommends that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20

... needed, and education of patients about the signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions and the need for prompt cessation of treatment and clinical evaluation, should symptoms occur Signs and symptoms ... treatment for LTBI regardless of age, result of tests for TB infection, or history of previous treatment for LTBI, as they may be newly infected and may not react to the TST due to anergy (see Steps and ... negative, and a 2-month x-ray shows no change, there are two possible regimens for LTBI therapy for individuals with evidence of old, healed TB and no history of treatment for TB: i months of isoniazid...

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