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United States Department of Commerce Technology Administration National Institute of Standards pot

United States Department of Commerce Technology Administration National Institute of Standards pot

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... is part of the General Code. A. Application. These paragraphs pertain to the application of the requirements of a code. S. Specification. These paragraphs relate to the design of equipment. ... hold it there firmly and without appreciable movement. The dimension of the tip of the pawl that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the weighbeam shall be at least equal to the corresponding ... tolerance when the weighing system is out of level up to three degrees or 5 %. If the accuracy of the system is affected by out -of- level conditions normal to the use of the device, the system shall...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Properties and significance of apoFNR as a second form of air-inactivated [4Fe-4S]ÆFNR of Escherichia coli pot

Báo cáo khoa học: Properties and significance of apoFNR as a second form of air-inactivated [4Fe-4S]ÆFNR of Escherichia coli pot

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... essential. The redox state of the cysteinyl residues of apoFNR shouldbe relevant for function and properties of the protein.Therefore the redox state of the cysteinyl residues of the various forms of ... Three of the cys-teine ligands of the FeS cluster of FNR are located at the N-terminal end (Cys20, Cys23 and Cys29), the fourth (Cys122) is close to the centre of the protein[21–23]. The fifth ... FEBS ApoFNR is a product of the reaction of ([4Fe-4S]ặFNR) with air The in vitro rate for the conversion of [4Fe-4S]ặFNRto apoFNR (via [2Fe-2S]ặFNR) is either similar to the rates shown for the...
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Báo cáo sinh học: " Determination of suitable housekeeping genes for normalisation of quantitative real time PCR analysis of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus and herpes viruses" pdf

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... acid integrity, the efficiency of the reverse tran-scription of RNA to cDNA and the amount of sampleloaded. References for normalising sample and run varia-tion include the use of total nucleic ... experiments and the reliability of a panel of potential genes should be determined for individualexperimental conditions [3,8]. Ideally the best two orthree of these genes would then be used for ... (HIV-1). The authors are grateful to Heather Donaghy for critical reading of the manuscript.This project was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant. ID number...
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A study to indicate the importance of consumer based-brand equity on consumer perception of brand (a case study of fast food restaurants).pdf

A study to indicate the importance of consumer based-brand equity on consumer perception of brand (a case study of fast food restaurants).pdf

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... chapter the results of the study will be presented. The chapter begins with a brief background of the two restaurants, followed by the analysis of the data we collected from our respondents with the ... generalization of the result. There are several ways of assessing external validity, for example taking of random sampling as it is done in politics.ã Internal validity has to do with the design of the ... purchase Intention.Another example of a study which offered a good way of understanding brand equity in the service industry is the study of Prasad and dev. (2000). Their study was based on...
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An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 1

An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 1

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... SATISFACTIONOver the years, the development of different theories of management and different approached to organization has affected the way we view motivation. In the 19th century, the writer ... during the summer than it is now. The impact on the jet stream will be that it will be located further north. The British Isles will then become dry, with an almost complete lack of rain. So there’s ... lakes. It is an agency of the Department of Agriculture. The first is the threat of fire and fuel. This year, forest fires have burned more than three million hectares of land. That is almost...
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An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 2

An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 2

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... overview of the study in which the rationale for the research, the research problem, the purposes, the research questions, the scope of the study, the research method, the significance of the study, ... English. The voice of the students was recorded and then played again for the students themselves to find out the mistakes they had made. After the students realized the mistakes they had made, the ... the larynx to the lips” (Roach, 2000:10). According to Roach (1998), vowels can be classified in terms of: (1) The height of the bulk of the tongue in the mouth(2) The front/back position of...
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Tài liệu 67 Detection: Determining the Number of Sources pptx

Tài liệu 67 Detection: Determining the Number of Sources pptx

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... function of the number of sources, Ns, is the vector of parametersneeded for the model that generated the data Y. The criteria are composed of the negative of the log-likelihood function of the ... both of these methods, the estimate of the number of sources is that value of Nswhich minimizes the criterion. In [9] there is a more thorough discussion concerning determining the number of degrees ... Knis the correlation matrix of the noise, S is the matrix whose columns correspond to the vector representations of the signals, Sis the conjugate transpose of S, and C is the matrix of the correlations...
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IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (COT)   VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (COT) VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

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... attended the pilot course. 6. Design of the Study The thesis consists of three parts. Part I is the introduction, which represents the rationales, the aims, the significance, the method, the scope ... aware of the college's expectation of their English level of proficiency. Informal talks with the college's administrators show their responsibilities for the development of their ... English after they have finished the English course at college. This indicates students' recognition of the importance of the language in their life and career. Furthermore, 97% of the students...
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Tài liệu The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2005–2006 docx

Tài liệu The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2005–2006 docx

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... each other and the child’s school andother systems; whether the family gets help coordinating the child’s careif needed; whether the doctor spends enough time with the child;whether the doctor ... Days The number of days of school a child misses during the year is anothermeasure of the impact of a child’s condition on his or her ability tofunction as other children do. In general, the ... surveymeasured whether the plan offers benefits and services that meet the child’s needs, whether the family considers any costs not covered by the plan to be reasonable, and whether the plan allows the child...
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Tài liệu Fertility, Family Planning, and Women’s Health: New Data From the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth pptx

Tài liệu Fertility, Family Planning, and Women’s Health: New Data From the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth pptx

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... thepopulation.Thenumberofwomensherepresentsinthepopulationiscalledhersamplingweight.Samplingweightsmayvaryconsiderablyfromthisaveragevaluedependingontherespondentsrace,theresponserateforsimilarwomen,andotherfactors.Aswithanysamplesurvey,theestimatesinthisreportaresubjecttosamplingvariability.SignicancetestsonNSFGdatashouldbedonetakingthesamplingdesignintoaccount.Nonsamplingerrorswereminimizedbystringentquality-controlproceduresthatincludedthoroughinterviewertraining,checkingtheconsistencyofanswersduringandaftertheinterview,imputingmissingdata,andadjustingthesamplingweightsfornonresponseandundercoveragetomatchnationaltotals.Estimatesofsamplingerrorsandotherstatisticalaspectsofthesurveyaredescribedinmoredetailinanotherseparatereport(13).Thisreportshowsndingsbycharacteristicsofthewomaninterviewed,includingherage,maritalstatus, education, parity,householdincomedividedbythepovertylevel,andraceandHispanicorigin.IthasbeenshownthatblackandHispanicwomenhavemarkedlylowerlevelsofincome ,education, andaccesstohealthcareandhealthinsurance,thanwhitewomen(14).Theseandotherfactors,ratherthanraceororiginperse,probablyaccountfordifferencesinthebehaviorsandoutcomesstudiedinthisreportamongwhite,black,andHispanicwomen(15).TableBshowsafactorthatshouldbeconsideredininterpretingtrendsinpregnancy-relatedbehaviorintheUnitedStates:thechangingagecompositionofthereproductive-agepopulation.In1982,therewere54.1millionwomenofreproductiveageintheUnitedStates;in1988,57.9million;andin1995,60.2million(16).Thelargebabyboomcohort,bornbetween1946and1964,was1834yearsofagein1982,2442yearsofagein1988,and3149yearsofagein1995.Theselargebirthcohortswerepreceded(upto1945)andfollowed(196580)bysmallercohorts.Whiletheoverallnumberofwomen1544yearsofageroseby6million,or11percentbetween1982and1995 ,the numberofteenagewomendroppedbyabout6percent,thenumberofwomen2024yearsofagedroppedby15percent,andthenumberofwomen2529droppedby6percent(tableB).Incontrast,thenumberofwomen3044yearsofageincreasedsharplyforexample,thenumberofwomen4044yearsofageincreasedby59percentbetween1982and1995.Also,women3044yearsofageaccountedfor54percentofwomen1544yearsofagein1995comparedwith44percentin1982.Thesedifferencesinagecompositionmayberelevantwhenevertimetrendsamongwomen1544yearsofagearebeingdiscussed.Publicuselesbasedonthe1995NSFGareavailableoncomputertape.TheywillalsobeavailableonCompactDiscRead-OnlyMemory(CD-ROM).QuestionsaboutthecostandavailabilityofthecomputertapesshouldbedirectedtotheNationalTechnicalInformationService(NTIS),5285PortRoyalRoad,Springeld,VA22161,703487-4650,or1800-553-NTIS.QuestionsregardingtheCD-ROMlesshouldbedirectedtoNCHSDataDisseminationBranchat301436-8500.ResultsTables117containmeasuresofpregnancyandbirthintheUnitedStates.ChildrenEverBornandTotalBirthsExpectedIn1995,women1544yearsofageintheUnitedStateshadhadanaverageof1.2birthsperwoman(table1).Thiscompareswith1.2in1988and1.3in1982(17).In1995,women1544yearsofageexpectedtonishtheirchildbearingwithanaverageof2.2childrenperwoman(table1)comparedwith2.2in1988and2.4in1982(17).Theproportionwhoreportthattheyhaveneverbeenpregnantwasmarkedlyhigherforcollegegraduatesthanforthosewhodidnotcompletehighschool(table3).Thissamepatternbyeducationisalsoseenwhendataforlivebirthsareexamined(tables45):about49percentofwomen2244yearsofagewhohadgraduatedfromcollegehadhadnolivebirthsasofthedateofinterviewcomparedwithjust8percentofwomen2244yearsofagewithoutahighschooldiploma(table4).WithinraceandHispanicorigingroups,thepatternwasthesame:collegegraduateshadmarkedlyhigherpercentschildlessthanwomenwithlesseducation(table5).Table6showsacomparisonbetweenlivebirthsreportedintheNSFGandlivebirthsregisteredonbirthcerticatesintheyears199194.Ineachindividualcalendaryearandforthesumoftheyears199194 ,the NSFGestimateofthenumberofbirthsisveryclosetothebirthcerticatetotalanddiffersfromitbylessthantheNSFGssamplingerror.TheNSFGestimateisalsoverycloseforwhitewomen.TheNSFGestimateforblackwomenisslightlylower,andtheestimateforotherracessomewhathigherthanthebirthcerticatedata.AdiscussionofthisdifferenceisgiveninthedenitionofRaceandHispanicoriginintheDenitionsofTerms.Overall,andbycharacteristicsotherthanrace,however,table6showsthatTableB.Numberofwomen,byage:UnitedStates,1982,1988,and1995Ageơ ... thepopulation.Thenumberofwomensherepresentsinthepopulationiscalledhersamplingweight.Samplingweightsmayvaryconsiderablyfromthisaveragevaluedependingontherespondentsrace,theresponserateforsimilarwomen,andotherfactors.Aswithanysamplesurvey,theestimatesinthisreportaresubjecttosamplingvariability.SignicancetestsonNSFGdatashouldbedonetakingthesamplingdesignintoaccount.Nonsamplingerrorswereminimizedbystringentquality-controlproceduresthatincludedthoroughinterviewertraining,checkingtheconsistencyofanswersduringandaftertheinterview,imputingmissingdata,andadjustingthesamplingweightsfornonresponseandundercoveragetomatchnationaltotals.Estimatesofsamplingerrorsandotherstatisticalaspectsofthesurveyaredescribedinmoredetailinanotherseparatereport(13).Thisreportshowsndingsbycharacteristicsofthewomaninterviewed,includingherage,maritalstatus, education, parity,householdincomedividedbythepovertylevel,andraceandHispanicorigin.IthasbeenshownthatblackandHispanicwomenhavemarkedlylowerlevelsofincome ,education, andaccesstohealthcareandhealthinsurance,thanwhitewomen(14).Theseandotherfactors,ratherthanraceororiginperse,probablyaccountfordifferencesinthebehaviorsandoutcomesstudiedinthisreportamongwhite,black,andHispanicwomen(15).TableBshowsafactorthatshouldbeconsideredininterpretingtrendsinpregnancy-relatedbehaviorintheUnitedStates:thechangingagecompositionofthereproductive-agepopulation.In1982,therewere54.1millionwomenofreproductiveageintheUnitedStates;in1988,57.9million;andin1995,60.2million(16).Thelargebabyboomcohort,bornbetween1946and1964,was1834yearsofagein1982,2442yearsofagein1988,and3149yearsofagein1995.Theselargebirthcohortswerepreceded(upto1945)andfollowed(196580)bysmallercohorts.Whiletheoverallnumberofwomen1544yearsofageroseby6million,or11percentbetween1982and1995 ,the numberofteenagewomendroppedbyabout6percent,thenumberofwomen2024yearsofagedroppedby15percent,andthenumberofwomen2529droppedby6percent(tableB).Incontrast,thenumberofwomen3044yearsofageincreasedsharplyforexample,thenumberofwomen4044yearsofageincreasedby59percentbetween1982and1995.Also,women3044yearsofageaccountedfor54percentofwomen1544yearsofagein1995comparedwith44percentin1982.Thesedifferencesinagecompositionmayberelevantwhenevertimetrendsamongwomen1544yearsofagearebeingdiscussed.Publicuselesbasedonthe1995NSFGareavailableoncomputertape.TheywillalsobeavailableonCompactDiscRead-OnlyMemory(CD-ROM).QuestionsaboutthecostandavailabilityofthecomputertapesshouldbedirectedtotheNationalTechnicalInformationService(NTIS),5285PortRoyalRoad,Springeld,VA22161,703487-4650,or1800-553-NTIS.QuestionsregardingtheCD-ROMlesshouldbedirectedtoNCHSDataDisseminationBranchat301436-8500.ResultsTables117containmeasuresofpregnancyandbirthintheUnitedStates.ChildrenEverBornandTotalBirthsExpectedIn1995,women1544yearsofageintheUnitedStateshadhadanaverageof1.2birthsperwoman(table1).Thiscompareswith1.2in1988and1.3in1982(17).In1995,women1544yearsofageexpectedtonishtheirchildbearingwithanaverageof2.2childrenperwoman(table1)comparedwith2.2in1988and2.4in1982(17).Theproportionwhoreportthattheyhaveneverbeenpregnantwasmarkedlyhigherforcollegegraduatesthanforthosewhodidnotcompletehighschool(table3).Thissamepatternbyeducationisalsoseenwhendataforlivebirthsareexamined(tables45):about49percentofwomen2244yearsofagewhohadgraduatedfromcollegehadhadnolivebirthsasofthedateofinterviewcomparedwithjust8percentofwomen2244yearsofagewithoutahighschooldiploma(table4).WithinraceandHispanicorigingroups,thepatternwasthesame:collegegraduateshadmarkedlyhigherpercentschildlessthanwomenwithlesseducation(table5).Table6showsacomparisonbetweenlivebirthsreportedintheNSFGandlivebirthsregisteredonbirthcerticatesintheyears199194.Ineachindividualcalendaryearandforthesumoftheyears199194 ,the NSFGestimateofthenumberofbirthsisveryclosetothebirthcerticatetotalanddiffersfromitbylessthantheNSFGssamplingerror.TheNSFGestimateisalsoverycloseforwhitewomen.TheNSFGestimateforblackwomenisslightlylower,andtheestimateforotherracessomewhathigherthanthebirthcerticatedata.AdiscussionofthisdifferenceisgiveninthedenitionofRaceandHispanicoriginintheDenitionsofTerms.Overall,andbycharacteristicsotherthanrace,however,table6showsthatTableB.Numberofwomen,byage:UnitedStates,1982,1988,and1995Ageơ ... nonvoluntaryintercourse.Onesetofquestionswasintheinterviewer-administeredportionofthesurveyandthesecondwasintheself-administeredportion(AudioCASI).Intheinterviewer-administeredseries,theywereaskedwhethertheirfirstintercoursewas‘‘voluntaryornotvoluntary.’’Forabout8percentofwomen15–44yearsofagewhohavehadintercourse,theirfirstintercoursewasnotvoluntary(table21).Forthosewhosefirstintercourseoccurredatage15oryounger,thatfirstintercoursewasnonvoluntaryfor16percentcomparedwith7percentorlessforthosewhosefirstintercourseoccurredatage16orolder.Thepercentwhosefirstintercoursewasnonvoluntaryisnearly10percentamongwomenwhosefirstintercoursewasbefore1975comparedwithabout6percentamongwomenwhofirsthadintercourseinthe1990’s(table21).Intheself-administered(AudioCASI)portionoftheinterview,womenwereaskedarelatedbutdifferentquestion:whethertheyhadeverbeenforcedbyamantohavesexualintercourseagainsttheirwill.About20percentofwomenreportedthattheyhadbeenforcedbyamantohaveintercourseagainsttheirwillatsometimeintheirlives(table22).Thus,table21showsthatfor8percentofwomen,theirfirstintercoursewasnonvoluntary;table22showsthat20percenthadhadnonvoluntaryintercourseatsometime—notnecessarilyatfirstintercourse.Table22alsoshowsthat6percentofwomenreportedthattheywereforcedtohaveintercoursebeforetheywere15andanother6percentbeforetheywere18.Afairlyhighpercentofformerlymarried(divorcedorseparated)women—about35percent—reportedthattheyhadbeenforcedtohaveintercourse.Thisfindingdeservesfurtherstudy.FirstSexualPartnerTherehasbeenmuchpublicdiscussionaboutthepartnersofsexuallyactiveteenagers.Table23profilestheageofmalepartnersatwomen’sfirstvoluntaryintercourse.Abouttwo-thirds(66percent)ofwomenwhohadtheirfirstvoluntaryintercoursebeforetheywere16hadfirstpartnerswhowereunder18yearsofage;21percenthadfirstpartners18–19yearsofage;7percenthadfirstpartners20–22yearsofage,2percenthadfirstpartners23–24yearsofage,and4percenthadfirstpartners25yearsofageorolder(table23).Only3percentofwomenhadtheirfirstintercoursewithamantheyjustmet.About3outof5women(61percent)were‘‘goingsteady’’or‘‘goingtogether’’withthemantheyhadintercoursewiththefirsttime,andabout1in5wereengagedormarriedtohim.About12percentofallwomenweremarriedwhentheyhadtheirfirstintercourse.Amongwomen40–44yearsofage(bornin1951–55),23percentweremarriedtotheirpartneratfirstintercoursewhileabout2percentofwomen15–19yearsofage(born1971–75)weremarriedtotheirfirstpartner.Womenwholivedwithbothoftheirparentsthroughouttheirchildhoodweremorelikelythanotherwomentohavebeenmarriedtotheirpartneratfirstintercourse(table24).FirstIntercourseRelativetoFirstMarriageAmongever-marriedwomen15–44yearsofage,82percenthadfirstintercoursebeforetheyweremarried.About69percentofthosefirstmarriedin1965–74hadtheirfirstintercoursebeforemarriagecomparedwith89percentofthosefirstmarriedinthe1990’s.Only2percentofthosefirstmarriedin1965–74hadtheirfirstintercourse5yearsormorebeforemarriagecomparedwith56percentofthosefirstmarriedinthe1990’s(table25).NumberofSexualPartnersAsmentionedpreviously,somequestionsonabortion,sexualpartners,andforcedsexualintercoursewereaskedinboththeinterviewer-administeredandtheself-administered(AudioCASI)portionsoftheinterview.Responsestosensitivequestionsappeartohavebeenaffectedbythecomputerself-administeredmodeofinterviewing.Tables26–31showdataonthenumberofsexualpartnersinthelast1year,5years,andlifetime,usingboththeinterviewer-administeredandself-administeredmethods.Presentingdatabasedonbothmodesofinterviewingallowstheexaminationofdifferencesinreportingduetothemodeofinterviewing(table26versus27,table28versus29,andtable30versus31);andtheselectionoffindingsmostappropriateforcomparisontoothersurveys.About3percentofunmarriedwomentoldtheinterviewerthattheyhadhadfourormoremalesexualpartnersinthelast12months(table26),comparedwith9percentreportingfourormorepartnersinAudioCASI(table27).AsimilardisparitywasfoundwhencomparingtheinterviewerresultswithAudioCASIresultsforthenumberofpartnerssinceJanuary1991(alittlelessthan5years,onaverage).Amongunmarriedwomen,14percenttoldtheinterviewertheyhadfourormoremalesexualpartnerssinceJanuary1991(table28)while18percentreportedinAudioCASIthattheyhadhadfourormorepartnersinthattime(table29).Thistopicdeservesmoredetailedstudy,butitappearsthatusingthemoreprivateinterviewtechniquegaveahigherandpresumablymorecompleteestimateofthenumberofpartnersamongunmarriedwomen(8,11).MarriageandCohabitationTables32–37show1995dataonformalmarriageandunmarriedcohabitation.About38percentofwomen15–44yearsofagehadneverbeenmarriedwheninterviewedin1995(table32).Thepercentnevermarriedwashigherineveryagegroupin1995thanitwasin1982(24).Abouthalfofwomen25–39yearsofagehavehadanunmarriedcohabitationwithamanatsometimeintheirlives;10to11percentofwomenintheirtwentiesarecurrentlycohabitingwithaman(table33).About30percentofwomen25–39yearsofagelivedwithaman(cohabited)beforetheirfirstmarriage(table34).Overone-half(57percent 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Tài liệu Fertility, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health of U.S. Women: Data From the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth doc

Tài liệu Fertility, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health of U.S. Women: Data From the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth doc

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... (tables 97,98) The NSFG is one of the few reliable sources of nationally representative data on the use of infertility services. Earlier reports have documented the rise in use of these services ... disagreement about the intendedness (at time of conception) of recent births, with the father’s attitudes based on the mother’s reports of his attitude. A forthcoming report will describe fathers’ attitudes ... attitudes toward the intendedness of pregnancies based on their own reports (13). + Of all births in the 5 years before interview, 55 percent were intended by both the mother and the father (as...
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Tài liệu Guideline on Network Security Testing: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ppt

Tài liệu Guideline on Network Security Testing: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ppt

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... for the testing organization to alert other security officers, management, and users that network mapping is taking place. Since a number of these test mimic some of the signs of attack, the ... None of these tests by themselves will provide a complete picture of the network or its security posture. Table 3.1 at the end of this section summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of each ... result in the testing team learning more about the targeted network and its potential vulnerabilities, or they may induce a change in the state of the security of the targeted network. In either...
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