quantitative and qualitative analysis of critical issues

... al., 2001) Each dialogue consists of a recording, a logfile consistent with the standard, transcriptions and recordings of all user utterances, and the output of a web-based user survey Metrics ... achieve a better understanding of the role of qualitative aspects of each system’s dialogue behavior We quantify the extent to which the dialogue act metrics improve our understanding by applying ... generation and had only a limited number of ways of saying the same content, it was possible to achieve 100% accuracy with a parser that tags utterances automatically from a database of patterns and...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 04:20

... P aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp We found different levels of sensitivity (81%, 65%, 26%) and specificity (23%, 48%, 78%) for qualitative and quantitative (cutoffs 105 cfu/ml and 106 cfu/ml) ... results, and previous antibiotic treatment has great impact on these values Souweine and coworkers [23] showed that the standard cutoff values of BAL and PSB would have to be lowered to 103 cfu/ml and ... found the threshold of 105 cfu/ml to have a sensitivity of 81%, specificity of 65%, positive predictive value of 55% and negative predictive value of 55% In that study different cutoff values were...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL PROTEINS INVOLVED IN mRNA DECAY CHENG ZHIHONG (B.Sc) Ease China University of Science and Technology A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... committee: Associate Professor Kunchithapadam Swaminathan, Associate Professor Wang Yue from Institute of Molecular and Cell (IMCB) and Assistant Professor J Sivaraman from Department of Biological Sciences ... Structural and functional analysis of hUpf1……………………….41 1.7.1 Previous functional and biochemical studies of Upf1……………… .41 1.7.2 Structural studies of Superfamily helicases……………………………43 1.7.3 Aims of...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 22:22

... ∞, and the solutions of (46) are global Zheng and Feng Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:20 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/20 Page 14 of ... the set of real numbers as R, and R+ = [0, ∞) is a subset of R Dom(f) and Im(f) denote the definition domain and the image of f, respectively Theorem 2.1: Assume that x, a Î C(R+, R+) and a(t) ... Zheng and Feng Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:20 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/20 Page 11 of 15 Then z(x0 , y) ≤ J−1 [v(x0 , y)], (41) and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... because of the explicit influence of pH and catalyst concentration to the kinetics of the reaction The values of the optimized reaction rate constant, k, and the values of the objective function, OF ... summarized in table (1) The influences of hydrogen peroxide and catalyst concentration and of the initial temperature of the reactor on the reaction rate and the heat flow behavior were evaluated ... enthalpy is a function of the composition, temperature and pressure, but primarily temperature [6] So, it can be written as the product of the temperature of the system, Tr, and the average heat...

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 03:20

... perspectives of men and women, and people of differing ages, educational, social and cultural backgrounds, severity and length of depression demonstrate differing patterns of response The nature of the ... current study sought to elicit and undertake a qualitative analysis of the views of a large community-based sample of consumers about the advantages and disadvantages of seeking help from informal ... Psychiatr Scand 2005, 111:125-132 Zuroff DC, Blatt SJ: Vicissitudes Of Life After The Short-term Treatment Of Depression: Roles Of Stress, Social Support, And Personality Journal of Social and Clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Authors’ contributions DBN and VLN contributed to qualitative analysis and drafted the manuscript ARO, RT, AD and SG contributed to qualitative analysis and ... Experiences and barriers to HealthRelated Quality of Life following liver transplantation: a qualitative analysis of the perspectives of pediatric patients and their parents Health and Quality of Life ... study and the qualitative research concept of saturation appeared to be achieved based on standards of qualitative rigor [15] While comparative trends with a larger representative sample of fathers...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... importance of recognising the resilience and agency of refugees and the need to better understand the different methods of coping with traumatic events and new and challenging circumstances of displacement ... and well-being go beyond the simple absence of disease and include the presence of capacity and conditions that promote wellness It has also been argued that the understanding of resilience and ... world: a qualitative analysis of strengths and struggles of urban refugees in Nepal Conflict and Health 2011 5:20 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... 28.95 Volume 8, Issue 2, Article R19 comment Sample Standard1 Standard1 Standard2 Standard2 Standard3 Standard3 Standard4 Standard4 Standard5 Standard5 Genome Biology 2007, R19.4 Genome Biology 2007, ... formulas N, number of replicates i; g, number of genes j; c, number of IRCs m, m'; r, number of runs l, l'; s, number of samples k; f, number of reference genes p, p'; h, number of standard curve points ... between the IRCs in run and run Fold change is defined as the ratio of the geometric mean of the (C)NRQs of the IRCs in run and run For the calculation of the effects of inter-run calibration,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 17:22

... practitioners in software reliability (Jelinski and Moranda, 1972; Goel and Okumoto, 1979; Shanthikumar, 1981) and now has expanded to the consumers‘ point of view of software end users in software availability ... to nowadays when the quality of a software system is of main concern The quality of a software system is vital to the success of a software system Software quality analysis is a very active research ... the aspect of software availability In the mean time, traditional ways of analyzing software quality often ignores the impact of environmental factors, such as software maintenance and software...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:51

... result list of load cases, superposition files and influence lines 3.64 Version 8.38.03 • • • • Use of combination codes “SupOrX” and “SupAndX” for superposition files corrected New command “PLSCFAC” ... to choose between E- and Fformat of the written values Information about units added to the plot file of the action PlInfl, screen plot Results/ PlInfl and to the list file of the action DoList/Influence ... new program release! 1.2 Unit dependency of Import/Export of RM2000 Export and Import of RM2000 database is now UNIT dependent! In this case: • • Import of PARTIAL project, created by RM2000 Version...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:18

... Disclaimer and Copyright Disclaimer Much time and effort have gone into the development and documentation of RM2000 and GP2000 The programs have been thoroughly tested and used The user accepts and ... the two load sets and the two loading cases (e.g.: L.C is a UDL of 10kN/m from Elem to Elem 20 and L.C is a Settlement of 0.001m at the beginning of element 1200.) Choose AddCon and insert the ‘Additional ... the program and the documentation remain with TDV Austria Use of the program and the documentation is restricted to the licensed users Unlicensed use of the program or reproduction of the documentation...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:55

... Definition of loading and construction stages "RECALC Definition of calculation parameters and start of the calculation "RESULTS Viewing of results and creating of output files (plots and listings) ... from the icons at the top of the RM2000 screen), write the sequence of commands and save it as ‘filename.tcl’ The summary and the syntax of the commands to be specified and used in the TCL script ... displayed on the right hand side of the screen #NODE Definition of nodes and their attributes #ELEMENT Definition of elements and their attributes #TENDON Definition of tendons and their attributes...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:55

... conditional breakfast They often have cereal or porridge, egg and bacon followed by toast and marmalade and coffee and tea or they may just have a toast and marmalade and coffee and tea *Elevenses - ... Definition of word meal - Field of word meal in English and in Vietnamese equivalents - Cultural and linguistic analysis of the English word meal Chapter III Cultural and linguistic analysis of Vietnamese ... People often drink a glass of mild and a sandwich 3.1.6 Parts of meal Basically, English meals and meal time are quite clear Even name of courses are also: starter, main course/ meat course and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/04/2013, 15:11

... for analysis The lower limit for band detection was set by a relative intensity per lean of 0.5% of the total band intensity The presence or absence of bands in fingerprints of test systems A and ... labels a, b, and c are PCR-DGGE banding patterns of 16S rRNA gene in test systems A, B, and C, respectively; d, e, and f are PCR-DGGE banding patterns of C12O gene in test systems A, B, and C, respectively; ... 15 15 Fig - PCR-DGGE banding patterns of 16S rRNA gene, C12O gene and C23O gene of Spirodela polyrrhiza-associated bacterial communities in test systems A and B and that of suspended bacterial...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15

... making and energy storage Dr.Pohekar is a life member of Solar energy society of India and International society of multi-criteria decision making, and fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and ... variation of HTF temperature and interface location at any instant can be easily obtained by integrating equations (5) and (6) with respect to X and Fo respectively and subsequent application of the ... the unit is in the form of latent heat as the sensible heating of the liquid PCM is neglected for the sake of simplifying the analysis Figure and Figure show the influence of particles as well as...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... using the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and SPSS 17.0 software programs Results and discussion 3.1 Analysis of input-output energy use in canola production The amount of inputs and outputs for ... of sustainable, efficient and economic use of energy Energy use in small and large farms of canola production is not efficient and detrimental to the environment mainly due to excessive use of ... in terms of energy use and economic performance Based on the literature, there was no study on energy and economical analysis of canola productions in Iran Therefore, the main objective of this...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:30

... results of all analyses and assume professional responsibility for the results It is assumed that the reader has an understanding of statics, mechanics of solids, and elementary structural analysis ... and are defined in terms of three numbers: modulus of elasticity E , Poisson’s ratio 1-2 STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS ν and coefficient of thermal expansion α In addition, the unit weight w and ... effective for the development of structural analysis programs The static and dynamic analysis of structures has been automated to a large degree because of the existence of inexpensive personal computers...

Ngày tải lên: 12/01/2014, 21:45

... Fig 10 Dynamic characteristics of the Internet—average degree, creation of nodes and links, and death of nodes and links; (a): mn and me denotes the number of nodes and links added since November, ... characteristics of the Internet; , Ko and DIKo are defined as the average diameter, K, and DIK of the original networks and df , Kf and DIKf denote the diameter, K, and DIK after 10% of the nodes ... about 18% of dead links was due to node deletion and 82% of link deaths occurred without node death dn and de denote the number of nodes and links deleted since November, 1997 The number of internal...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20

... control for the quantity and quality of cDNA Semiquantitative analysis of RT–PCR products Suspensions of Carp head kidney and liver cells were treated with 10 lgÆmL)1 LPS for 1, and h, individually, ... more pronounced expression of carp IL-10 was observed in head kidney and intestine tissues A semiquantitative analysis of IL-10 expression in head kidney and liver tissues was carried out using ... and pufferfish (torafugu and spotted green pufferfish) IL-10 sequences Pufferfish and carp IL-10 genes, clustered together and distant from IL-20 and IL24, as recently determined from analysis of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 02:21