methods and materials for research paper

... sorghum, mol- asses, and after hydrolysis to glucose—starchy crops, such as corn, potatoes and grains, or cellulosic materials, for example, wood pulping sludges from pulp and paper mills. 13a The ... raw materials has its foreseeable limits, as these materials are depleting and are irreplaceable. The basic question today is not “When will affordable fossil fuels be exhausted?”—fossil 23 Methods ... of the isocyanides were the for- mations of tetrazole derivatives from isocyanides and hydrazoic acid, a process introduced in 1910 by Oliveri-Mandala and Alagna, 24 and then in 1921 Passerini introduced...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 15:19

... between the LL and average of the arm leads; aVR is the difference between the RA and the average of LL and LA, and aVL is the difference between the LA and the average of the RA and LL. Since there ... graph -paper presentation format, which stems from the early clinical years of electrocardiogra- phy, where analysis was done by hand measurements of hard copies. Each box is 1mm 2 and the ECG paper ... same as a 20-bpm change, for example) and their associated distributions differ, the task at hand is far more difficult. In fact, normalizing for these differences, and building trust metrics to...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... commonly used for electroencephalograms (and more increasingly is becoming the standard for ECGs); HL7 [26, 27] (an XML-based format for the exchange of data in hospitals); and WaveForm DataBase ... contains information about the binary file format variety, the number and type of channels, the lengths, gains, and offsets of the signals, and any other clinical information that is available for the ... Storage, Transmission, and Representation questions to ask when choosing a data format and access libraries include: • What are the data going to be used for? • Are the data format and libraries extensible? • Is...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... therefore only be used to evaluate metrics involving the LF and HF bands. The upper frequency limit of the highest band for HRV analysis is 0.4 Hz [51]. Since the average time interval for N ... periodogram definition [67]. See [67–72] for mathematical derivations and further details. C and Matlab code (lomb.c and lomb.m) for this routine are available from PhysioNet [2, 70] and the accompanying book ... on the MIT-BIH database [2] of 93.2%, 94.4% for sinus rhythm, 100%, 96.2% for superventricular tachycardia, 97.7%, 98.6% for VT, and 98.6%, 97.7% for VFIB. They also report classification statistics...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... learn more about different assessment methods and how to implement them? A. Chapters 4 and 5 in this handbook will give you a basis for understanding and beginning to implement classroom-based ... covered today?” Students respond on a sheet of paper and hand them in before leaving. You can use the minute paper to assess: - Student recall and understanding - Student evaluation of what they ... and understanding 4 OAPA Handbook COURSE-Based Review and Assessment • UMass Amherst 25 Questions and Answers Q. Doesn’t assessment ask me to become an education researcher, conducting research...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... to know about promotions. What brands do people remember promotions for? Do they recall promotions for new products? And, of course, for brand, advertising, and promotions, we always should find ... We want to know what their “ideal” brand would look like. Key criteria and ideal brands can change as lifestyles and values change. We ask about how each brand rates on key attributes. These should ... perceptual brand mapping that locates the consumers’ ideal brand and the five competent brands in the correlationship with the five key attributes: aroma, natural taste, sweetness, greasy and nice...

Ngày tải lên: 13/04/2013, 10:31

... forecasts, signals, and data. In doing so, forecasts and methodologies can be easily compared and measured for effectiveness and accuracy. Openness and persistence are synergistic: Open and persistent ... geocaching for treasure hunters and gamers, photo geotagging, performance measurement for sports and fitness enthusiasts, navigation systems for cell phones, and fleet management for truckers. • ... technology forecasting platform.* • Identify data sets, sources, and collection techniques for forecasting technologies of potential value. • Comment on the technology forecasting approach set forth...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... project delivery methods, and rewards to drive investment including design-build and in research and innovation for build-operate-transfer, provide new equipment and methods. rewards for innovation, ... for Advances have been made on life-cycle analysis and design. materials flows and a better understanding of inventory analysis for construction materials. Technologies are well established for ... containment and • Strategies and technologies for remediation technology for developing alternatives to landfilling countries and technology for • Carbon sequestration reduction, reuse, and recycling...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... accepted and standardised techniques of the natural sciences. STANDARDISED PROCEDURES AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH As we shall see in a little while, there are psychological research methods for which ... and statistical treatments for practical work and for structured questions on research examples, but also for dealing with general issues of scientific and research methods. Higher education ... Ethical issues and humanism in psychological research Publication and access to data; confidentiality and privacy; the Milgram experiment; deception; debriefing; stress and discomfort; right to...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 16:20