... investigated and utilized in model-based algorithms and extended gradient-based algorithms Sudhir et al [13] and Clifford and Nasrabadi [14] used Markov random fields to combine the stereo and motion ... and vertical (Y ) directions Figures 3(a) and 3(b) show the horizontal displacements for the left and right images while Figures 3(c) and 3(d) show vertical displacements A colour scheme is used ... vector is SV = [Z Z Z ]T , and the measurement vector is MV = [Z] The prediction and measurement equations keep the same format as (4) and (7) with some changes in matrix A and C, that is ⎡ ⎤ T 0.5T...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 22:20
... Framework for 34 Harmonizing People, Information and Technology Donald A Marchand, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland Michael J Stanford, IMD, Switzerland Chapter ... organizational transformation Chapter Business Process Redesign: A Framework for Harmonizing People, Information and Technology Marchand and Stanford This chapter evaluates the role of information management ... 34 Marchand/Stanford Chapter Business Process Redesign: A Framework for Harmonizing People, Information and Technology Donald A Marchand Michael J Stanford International Institute for Management...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo y học: " Mechanical ventilation in the ICU- is there a gap between the time available and time used for nurse-led weaning?" pot
... weaning Therefore, the aims of this study were 1) to identify possible discrepancies between the time used for weaning and time available for weaning and 2) to analyse the patient and systemic ... less freedom for the individual clinician to decide if and how weaning should be performed [1,7] This approach also facilitate teamwork and interprofessional communication and may therefore increase ... ventilator-shifts for analysis (Figure 2) Of the 572 ventilator-shifts available for weaning, 262 (46%) were actually used for weaning In 2002 and 2003, roughly 40% of the available ventilator-shifts were used...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20
development of novel micro-embossing methods and microfluidic designs for biomedical applications
... Green and Leigh Edward for their endless help on the machining and other supporting efforts in my experimental work Last but not least, I want to thank my family for their love and dedications for ... serving on my dissertation committee and for their invaluable comments and suggestions, to Paula and Stacy for proofreading all the manuscripts I submitted for publishing Thanks also go to my ... Grewell, and Ms Miranda Marcus for their valuable discussion and generous help in my experiments related to laser heating Thanks go to Professors Allen Yi, Avarham Benatar, and John C Byrd for serving...
Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2014, 13:26
Numerical methods and their analysis for some nonlinear dispersive equations
... Example 3.5: (a) for β < and m = 1, and (b) for β = −50 and different m; and evolution of |ψ(r, t)| close to the blow-up when Vext (r) = 0: (c) for β = −200 and m = 1, and (d) for β = −50 and m = 80 ... Numerical studies for ground states 30 along x-axis for 3D BSFC, BESP and BEFP methods in a cube [−4, 4]3 with uniform mesh size h = 1/16 in each axis, and for BEFP in different cubes with uniform mesh ... 2.2 and additional results not shown here for brevity, the following observations are made: (i) BESP and 1D BSFC methods both have spectral order of accuracy (cf Tab 2.1), and 2D and 3D BSFC methods...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 17:55
Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer pptx
... apply to methods for the early detection of breast cancer The study committee was charged with surveying existing technologies and identifying promising new technologies for early detection, and assessing ... strategies, and early detection Although mammography has been the mainstay of early detection, its limitations are well recognized and the search for more effective technologies for early detection ... Research and Materiel Command USPSTF U.S Preventive Services Task Force Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 15 Breast Imaging and Related Technologies 55 Technologies in Development: Genetics and...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Readability and Patient Education Materials Used for Low-Income Populations pptx
... accreditation, these recommendations and standards could provide guidance for improved care and outcomes for patients in a variety of settings No recommendations for reading levels or specific readability ... can be manually calculated and a number are available as a computerized software program Because of the composition of formulas, they can be used only for text and not for tables, charts, or word ... Scores for SMOG and FleschKincaid are calculated for reading grade level, and the FRE provides a score that is associated with an estimated grade level The SMOG formula26 is a simple method used...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 14:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "Semantic Information and Derivation Rules for Robust Dialogue Act Detection in a Spoken Dialogue System" pptx
... PST as a knowledge source for DA detection, we essentially need to model the relationship between the random DA and the random DR Denote the random DA by X and the random DR by Y Given a text ... (Larsen and Marx, 2000) of each word w in the ASR output Figure illustrates the PST for the sentences: Where is the Anping-Fort There are two keywords Where and Anping-Fort and two non-keywords is and ... sentence symbol, and D is a function defined on P for rule probability (Jurafsky and Martin, 2009) A derivation rule is defined to be a derivation of the form A → B → w where A, B ∈ V and w ∈ Σ The...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 05:20
Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles: Standards and Technologies for Controlling Emissions docx
... Exhaust Emission Standards U.S Federal and California Exhaust Emission Standards for Medium-Duty Vehicles U.S Federal and California Exhaust Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty and Medium-Duty Engines ... Chapter Emission Standards and Regulations International Standards U.S Standards U.N Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and European Union (EU) Standards Country and Other Standards Argentina ... Thailand has adopted test cycles and emission standards conforming to ECE/EEC regulations for light-duty gasoline and light- and heavy-duty diesel vehicles (table 1.27) Emission standards for...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20
corporate social responsibility – csr some theoretical problems and demand for managing changes related to csr in vietnam.
... 2000 and ISO 14001: 2004 certified by BVQI and QUACERT in all production processes, emission and waste of the company are handled thoroughly and closely monitored for chemicals escaping and not ... government for the companies to formally issue CSR reporting 1.2.2 International Accounting Standard (IAS) and Vietnamese Accounting Standards (VAS) In February 12, 1999, the Vietnam Accounting Standards ... attentions and actions from the government and companies This paper aims to discover how the companies to implement CSR in Vietnam then show some theoretical problems and the demand for managing changes...
Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20
An application of GIS and Remote Sensing for Analysis of Agricultural Development-Induced Changes in Land Use: A case study in Lao PDR pdf
... to commercial and market-oriented farms These transformed sometimes happens in improperly ways and induced to change in land use and land covers by despoilment of forest covers and traditional ... linkage and analysis of such data, in particular for detection, interpretation, area calculation, monitoring and future estimating Therefore, this study applied GIS and remote sensing for analysis ... tool for decision support system in the watershed land use planning by created land zoning Materials and Methods Materials • • • • Satellite images: – Landsat ETM+ (25 January 1999), LIG format...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 11:20
Low-Iodine Cookbook: Guidelines and Tips for the Low-Iodine Diet Used for a Short Time When Preparing To Receive Radioactive Iodine docx
... salt, and sugar Add apple, onion, and raisins; toss lightly to coat Cover and let stand for 10 minutes Just before serving, combine spinach and romaine in a large salad bowl; add dressing and toss ... proofreading, design, and production We also thank ThyCa's medical advisors and the many other specialists who provide information and ongoing input and review for our web site and publications If ... ketchup and water Add Tablespoons of unbromated and unbleached flour and stir until well blended and it starts to thicken Salt (non-iodized, non-sea) and pepper to taste Cover with foil and simmer for...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21
The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be Changing Trends And Their Implications For Transport Planning doc
... planning reforms are needed to respond to changing demands including better demand models that account for demographic and economic factors that affect travel demands, and more comprehensive and multi-modal ... particularly for younger people, which is likely to reduce automobile travel demand and increase demand for alternative modes 24 The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Changing Trends And Their Implications ... costs, and growing demand by residents for alternative modes, communities increasingly demand more diverse and efficient transport systems Automobile Travel Marginal Benefits and Costs Benefits and...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of native and recombinant A4 glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase Kinetic evidence for conformation changes upon association with the small protein CP12 pptx
... recombinant and native GAPDHs not differ for NADH and also for NADPH The catalytic efciencies, or specic constants for NADPH- and NADH-dependent activities were quite similar for recombinant and native ... NADH-dependent K0.5 values (95 10 lM for the recombinant form and 45 lM for the native form) The Hill coefcients show that cooperativity for BPGA was positive (value near 1.5 for both enzymes), with both ... performed The common value of Km was 143 15 lM and the kcat for recombinant and native GAPDH were equal to 114 s)1 and 42 s)1, respectively The distribution of the residuals for individual and...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:22
Guidelines for the early detection and screening of breast cancer ppt
... hand (first supporting from below and then pressing down from the top) and examine it with the other hand, again first from above and then from below 30 Guidelines for the early detection and ... outreach and education with the general population, training for medical and technical staff, development of programmes and processes for accurate diagnosis of breast cancer, and facilities for timely ... disease for government officials and policy-makers who are responsible for developing and implementing the national health care agenda and programmes Early detection programmes allow for a more...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Biochemical evidence for conformational changes in the cross-talk between adenylation and peptidyl-carrier protein domains of nonribosomal peptide synthetases ppt
... absence of ligands the electrophoretic mobility in native PAGE was slightly higher for the holo-form than for the apo-form (left lanes) This difference might reflect minor conformational changes but ... of the natural substrates ATP and l-Phe on the apoand holo-forms of the A-PCP construct in the partial tryptic digest is shown in Fig The apo-form and the holo-form yielded similar results in ... into the thioester conformation, this 1162 closed state is probably the thioester-forming conformation [13] Although similar digest patterns were observed for the apo- and holo-forms of A–PCP we...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20
Third-Party Provision of Ancillary Services; Accounting and Financial Reporting for New Electric Storage Technologies doc
... Utilities, Licensees and Others (Form No 1), 18 CFR § 141.1; FERC Form No 1-F, Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees (Form No 1-F), § 18 CFR 141.2; and FERC Form No 3-Q, Quarterly ... RM11-24-000 and AD10-13-000 - 24 - condition and results of operation This information is important in developing and monitoring rates, making policy decisions, and informing the Commission and the ... accounts and amounts included and reported in the general utility plant accounts 101, 103, 106 and 107 for energy storage plant by function; and (2) expense accounts and amounts included and reported...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20
in situ detection of dna damage, methods and protocols
... morphological changes that occur in the nucleus (see for a comprehensive review of apoptosis and programmed cell death) Thus, light and electron microscopy were the first tools for the detection ... by immersing for 30 sec in PBS (see Note 2) Fix for in 3% paraformaldehyde in PBS Rinse twice for 30 sec each time in PBS Permeabilize for 20 in 0.2% Triton X-100 in PBS Rinse 3× for each time ... (no enzyme) for h at 37°C in a humid chamber (see Notes and 4) Stop reaction by transferring to TB buffer for 15 Rinse 3× for each time in PBS Block for 10 in PBS + 2% BSA Rinse 3× for each time...
Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 09:47
nonviral vectors for gene therapy, methods and protocols
... 3.3.), and by NMR For 1H-NMR assignments, see Subheading 3.1.8 and Notes and 3.3 GPC of pDMAEMA Homo- and Copolymers This instruction is intended for the molecular weight determination of pDMAEMA and ... Backbone and Hyaluronic Acid Side Chains for DNA Carrier Atsushi Maruyama and Yoshiyuki Takei Introduction Polycations have been used as nonviral gene carriers because the polycations and DNAs form ... laminar airflow safety cabinet 30 before use and clean the surface with 70% ethanol After opening and before closing tubes, bottles, and so on, quickly put cap and neck through a burner’s blue flame...
Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 09:59
recombinant antibodies for cancer therapy, methods and protocols
... for each reshaped antibody and can therefore be difficult to foresee Such approach was successfully used for humanizing a MAb 4D5 against the product of protooncogene HER2 (27) HER2 is a ligand-less ... with Fc receptors and complement and thus to trigger cytolysis and other immune reactions Human IgG1, for example, would be the constant region of choice for mediating ADCC and probably also ... technology have provided several alternative methods for constructing and producing BsAb molecules (114,115) (Fig 5) For example, nearly quantitative formation and efficient recovery of bispecific human...
Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 10:25