methods and materials in research

... when interpreting results and evaluating one's research The articles covered in the survey cited by Valentine did not exactly set a shining example Probably 85% used inadequate sampling methods and, ... expensive and time consuming The researcher may require skills of tact and persuasion, not needed in the laboratory, in dealing with those who need convincing that the research is necessary, and in ... hears about In fact, research plods along all the time, largely according to Figure 1.1 Although, from reading about research, it is easy to think about a single project beginning and ending at specific...

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... to, instead, the promotion of just finding “something 26 quickly”–i.e., endorsing research having the lack of perspective exemplified by the Six Blind Men of India The objection that maintaining ... headings lacking in the two subscription databases, and PCI and Web offer very different search and limiting features Reducing all searches to “lowest common denominator” keyword inquiries is, in ... quickly at “minimal level” or in “batch processing” fail to show up within the conceptual categories and webs of cross-references that are defined by standard (and more time-consuming) cataloging practices...

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... such interests and • address institutional financial interests in research ! Establishing criteria to determine what constitutes an institutional conflict of interest, including identifying leadership ... ! Using independent organizations to hold or administer the institution's financial interest ! Including individuals from outside the institution in the review and oversight of financial interests ... protection and financial conflict of interest on August 15-16, 2000 A draft interim guidance document, “Financial Relationships in Clinical Research: Issues for Institutions, Clinical Investigators, and...

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... since ratified the Constitution in accordance with their own constitutional requirements, including by means of a referendum in both Spain and Luxembourg, F France and the Netherlands, following ... individual and collective responsibility for bringing into force a Constitution for Europe; and insists that they coordinate more closely both the content and timing of the national campaigns and give ... concerns; in this context the introduction of a new legal instrument facilitating interregional and cross-border cooperation, including economic and social cooperation, could be seen, for instance,...

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... forms indoxyl, isatine and indigo red, methionine is oxidised to sulphoxide and finally, to the corresponding sulphone, and tyrosine forms dopaquinone (Tan et al., 1987a) Studies of proteins (bovine ... the skin, even untrapped in inaccessible sites Spray rinsing at several points along the processing line is an effective means of minimising contamination but is not so effective especially in exposed ... Reactions of chlorine dioxide with proteins, peptides and amino acids Proteins, peptides and some amino acids, especially tyrosine, tryptophan and cysteine can undergo oxidation and/ or substitution...

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... trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Korn, Ralf Monte Carlo methods and models in finance and insurance ... Carlo Methods and Models in Finance and Insurance CHAPMAN & HALL/CRC Financial Mathematics Series Aims and scope: The field of financial mathematics forms an ever-expanding slice of the financial ... Carlo Methods and Models in Finance and Insurance Serial test or m-tuple test The frequency test can be generalized in examining pairs of successive RNs Again we have partitioned the single RNs into...

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... specializing in the principles of tolerancing, metrology, and process modeling within the engineering and manufacturing disciplines Encourage and strengthen the framework within which industry, ... NRC (National Research Council) 1989 Materials Science and Engineering: Maintaining Competitiveness in the Age of Materials Committee on Materials Science and Engineering, NRC Washington, D.C.: ... Council, Materials Science and Engineering in the 1990s: Maintaining Competitiveness in the Age of Materials, highlights materials synthesis and processing as an important area of expanded emphasis...

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... obtained by installing corrosion spools in the pipeline itself These spools can be installed, for example, before and after inhibitor injection points 22 Advances in Corrosion Control and Materials ... contained in this publication The proceedings are opened by two keynote papers from leading experts in the understanding and control of Corrosion in Oil and Gas Production: Dr S D Kapusta, Shell International, ... corrosion between a tubing string and the carbon steel casing has resulted in failure in a cold worked duplex stainless steel in the past and this is investigated further in Paper 39 The study...

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... machine learning and data-mining methods Dealing with noise and uncertainty underlying experimental data demands appropriate probabilistic or statistical methods In particular, integrating all kinds ... Domain –domain interaction Database of domain interactions and bindings Database of Interacting Proteins Dynamic programming Domain pair exclusion analysis European Bioinformatics Institute Enzyme ... protein interactions that results in one or more genes being expressed in the genome Understanding this interplay between proteins and DNA clearly requires data integration When proteins interact...

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... civil engineer specializing in transport engineering This branch of engineering involves dealing with land, maritime, river and air transport, as well Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering as ... Engineering Military-trained engineers played an important role in the development of the city of Sóo Paulo and its hinterland, moving on from mapping and surveying the then "province" to undertaking ... the expanding urban area, designing roads and railways and being closely involved in the construction of bridges, fortifications and public buildings in general (Simừes Jr., 1990) The growing importance...

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... other options at hand Another important point concerns the establishment of “minimum standards” The debate initiated by the rationalism in architecture and engineering at the beginning of the twentieth ... stages of intervention, considering the technical and social needs and the available financial 30 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering resources It is essential that the plan of intervention ... urbanizing process in Brazil has increased strongly, which can be seen in Table We verify that in 1960 there were 45% of the population in urban areas, and in the following decades it has been increased...

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... growth of slums In Minas Gerais, in Vila Senhor dos Passos, actions to minimise risks had been taken, such as maintaining and intensifying the permanent training of leaders, seeking to integrate new ... Well-known methods (examples) Outranking -methods Utility Analysis Table Multiattribute and multiobjective decision making Goal programming 50 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering Usually, siting ... 34 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering Fig and Vila Mangueiral, and Vigário Geral Fig and Vila Nossa Senhora Rosário, and Vila Senhor dos Passos Fig and 10 Bairro Córrego...

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... understanding how factors evolution influences a site 84 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering For instance, registering and analyzing the offer records along a significant time, and consulting ... in urban engineering and policy (Table 1) Thus it is hoped that this work will inspire more frequent and innovative use of spatial analyses in urban engineering practice and research Discipline ... are the limit in quantities and are defined as infinitesimal and small values (>0) Actually, there is an infinite number of values cik in the interval [0, 1] aij ⊗ bjk 0+ Demand for Factors...

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... changes in land use and covering, engineering and traffic control, dissemination of epidemics, biology, among others CA had been, in a implicit way, in the first generation of computational models in ... Space Dynamic Models in the Dynamics of Land Use Change An increasing number of models for predicting land use change in rapidly urbanising regions are being proposed and built using ideas from cellular ... 50´s The problem is so vast and complex and we are in the beginning of understanding the complexity of the processes and the interactions between the actors, in modelling urban systems The rapid...

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... Acari River Basin Modelling 156 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering Fig 22 Flood map for present situation After analysing flood patters and making a diagnosis of the flooding present situation, ... increased data sharing and pooling of resources; Enhanced public involvement, including better relations with permitted due to increased involvement and greater consistency and equitability in permit ... Hydrology in Flood Control Design and Planning Lighthouse Publications California Kraus, R.A (2000) Floodplain Determination Using ArcView GIS and HEC-RAS In: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling Support...

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... is on-line or off-line, confined or unconfined; and the type of land use in the contributing drainage area Normally sand filter removal rates are "high" for sediment and trace metals and "moderate" ... spaces (not determinant but very useful in the cases of Trams and, particularly, Tram-Trains), which is much more demanding in terms of initial financial and time investment and require more sophisticated ... Bike&Ride/Metro/Train ones, since they are amongst the more common and with more potential 188 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering In these solutions an individual mode is intertwined with a collective...

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... net and the 208 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering demand for parking; (d) Ideal of the “motorised city” and the “proper car”; and (e) Intensification of the functional separation of land ... population, including: (a) Public administration and services; (b) Private administration and services; (c) Financial sector; (d) Business sector in wholesale and retail; (e) Fun and entertainment ... (Transland, 2000) There is a lack of knowledge about the interaction between land use and transport and the related planning consequences Institutional demands for integrated policymaking is 206 Methods...

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... necessary incentives for these changes in behaviour (push effect) Co-ordination and integration of transport and land-use planning contribute to reducing the need for travel and making the remaining ... policies in this promising field of integrated landuse/transportation planning Such a role calls for the incorporation of effective and feasible planning concepts and institutional innovations, and ... analyse existing conditions and trends; to idealise future conditions; to delineate politics and lines of action for implementation A managing 224 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering plan...

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... sustainable objectives This mainly refers to the relationship of investment and services and planning on the one hand and regulation, pricing and to a certain extent information on the other hand ... with planning and investment mainly being restricted by institutional barriers and pricing and regulatory policies mainly facing social barriers Information policies, which are limited in their ... weighting filters A, B and C 250 Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering Weighting curve D is mainly used to assess airport and aircraft related noise Curve B, although interesting, since...

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... civil engineer specializing in transport engineering This branch of engineering involves dealing with land, maritime, river and air transport, as well Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering as ... Engineering Military-trained engineers played an important role in the development of the city of Sóo Paulo and its hinterland, moving on from mapping and surveying the then "province" to undertaking ... the expanding urban area, designing roads and railways and being closely involved in the construction of bridges, fortifications and public buildings in general (Simừes Jr., 1990) The growing importance...

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