setting priorities to guide the federal research effort

... Seat any passengers on the bottom of the boat, near the center line • If the engine fails, trail a sea anchor from the bow of the boat to keep it headed into the waves (A bucket can work as a sea the operator’s side of the boat, always in view ... water plus the distance from the surface of the water to where the “footprint” in the water when loaded to its rated capacity; catamarans, anchor will attach to the bow For example, if the water is eight ... eliminated! the boat carefully to the submerged trailer and raise the lower unit of the engine Fuel Management • Winch the boat onto the trailer and secure it Drive the trailer with Practice the “One-Third Rule” by using:...

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... by the debtor to prevent the reporting (i.e., repayment in full or a repayment agreement) C the rights the debtor has under 31 U.S.C § 3711 to a complete explanation of the debt, to dispute the ... delinquent,”remove the debtor’s account from data (tapes, etc.) sent to the credit reporting agencies In other words, not report the account; C if the debtor asks for a review of the files or disputes the debt, ... agency of the dispute If the creditor agency does not recertify the debt within the specified time, DMS will return the entire debt file to the agency and cease all further collection efforts,...

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... discuss the following topic (Students picked up one among the topics given) The best way to travel is by bicycle To what extend you agree with this statement? Money is the most important thing ... SATISFACTION Over 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 Federick ... them at the noble art of queuing The British actually look forward to spending their weekends in a queue, waiting for a shop to open or waiting for a parking space at the furniture superstore If...

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... provider for the research They were the one who participated thoroughly in the research from the beginning to the end In order not to make other students feel excluded, the teacher still let them participate ... accepted to another college using the marks they got at this exam However, to their surprise, they passed it The truth was that they passed the exam thanks to their exceptionally high marks in mathematics ... into five chapters as follows: Chapter one presents an overview of the study in which the rationale for the research, the research problem, the purposes, the research questions, the scope of the...

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... situation they may have found themselves in that your product could address Then, when the times comes for a task, ask them to try to use the product as if they were trying to resolve the situation they ... addition, it’s a useful time for the moderator to discuss the test with the observers When leaving the room, the moderator should reemphasize the need for the evaluator to narrate all of his or her ... for the evaluator and can produce some good ideas (or the time can be used to ask people to draw what they remember of the interface as the moderator leaves the room and asks the observers if they...

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... (http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/iusr/documents/whatistheCIF.html) If your task is to improve the interface as well as to establish whether it meets the requirements, then you are likely to need to work out what to next: recommending the changes ... Table 12.5 to record the applicability) The next column is for recording the adherence/nonadherence of the interface feature to the particular guideline of the standard The inspector records ... small fee when they came to the university to test the software The Tertiary Testing Phase would include the final testing with pairs of Open University students working together with the software...

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... (http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/iusr/documents/whatistheCIF.html) If your task is to improve the interface as well as to establish whether it meets the requirements, then you are likely to need to work out what to next: recommending the changes ... Table 12.5 to record the applicability) The next column is for recording the adherence/nonadherence of the interface feature to the particular guideline of the standard The inspector records ... Your Guide to Getting the Right Design There is a large cognitive overhead for the students using this software and they have to be guided through a number of tasks It was, therefore, important to...

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... How to Choose the Right Cabling Infrastructure A Brief History of Cabling Over the past 30 years there have been unprecedented advances in networking technology Since the early 1970s with the ... allow the creation of advanced applications and services These new applications will demand more and more bandwidth, driving the need for higher speed protocols and cabling to support these protocols ... systems and the inherent ability to run more complex applications Over time, network equipment speeds outpace the infrastructure that connects the devices; In the transition of 10Base-T to 100Base-TX,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 02:15

... Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock Other Books in the Streetsmart Series Streetsmart Guide to Managing Your Portfolio Streetsmart Guide to Short Selling Streetsmart Guide to Timing the Stock Market ... Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock is a how -to book that provides you with the tools to make money in the stock market The book’s focus is on stock valuation—an area of great interest to many investors, ... the indices consistently The stock market was manic during the late 1990s Exhibit 1-1 shows the blastoff and then the plummet of the stock market averages over the past five years When the stock...

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... support The strap is attached at the bottom of the guitar’s body to a pin and commonly attached at the top by a string tied around the bottom of the headstock, above the nut Pins can be added to a ... hides the joint between the neck and the guitar The front of the guitar is called the face or top Around the edge of the face, there is usually purfling (often called binding) that hides the joint ... admirers, Segovia took the guitar to the world, and brought the world into his concerts with a hitherto unknown level of virtuosity and musicianship It was due to him that the guitar is now recognized...

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... supposed to and asked to point to the icon that best matched the description Users were also given the complete set of names and asked to match up all the icons with their names The score for all these ... ignored while the customers are using the computer, and their friends who are trying to call while they’re monopolizing the phone line You’ve got to factor in the concerns of all these people ... passed to another person who then enhances or adds something to the sketch or creates a new sketch After a designated time, each person passes the sketches on to yet another person The sketch-then-pass...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20

... they would go there Ask them how it fits into their lifestyle, and when and how they’d like to use it Ask them what features they’d like and what they’d use; provide them with suggestions if they ... to accomplish the goal “Select a country from the pop-up menu,” the user must the following: Locate the pop-up menu named “Country” Move the cursor to the menu Press the mouse button Locate the ... The Schedule page shows the published schedules for each train on a route To get the true status for a train, the user must select a train and press the button at the bottom of the page (b) The...

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... When the time is up, you can collect the cards and then redistribute them randomly to the group Then ask the participants to read aloud what is on each card as they place them on the brainstorming ... preparation for the session; a second group read books related to the design of toys and listened to a lecture; the third group took a field trip to a toy store Each group then engaged in a brainstorming ... sorted all the cards, we gave them the colored cards and asked them to name each of their groups We also asked them to place the groups on the table in the approximate configuration that they would...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20

... factoids near each other to form groups or clusters Ask everyone to review their factoids and start putting them on the wall or floor in relation to other people’s factoids (and in relation to the ... as they try to prioritize the skeletons factoids Try to identify the key points that capture the essence of the subcategory Do not give the skeletons names or other personal details that make them ... chance to comb through their assigned research documents, it is time to go back through the items they highlighted, reevaluate their importance, and then transfer them to another medium to enable...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20

... suggestions to help you with this Don’t Use Stock Photos Stock photos can look too professional and slick, as the people in them tend to look like professional models (see Fig 6.15) With stock photos, ... later in the development process, personas must be able to end arguments To this, they must narrow the design space to something that is manageable Story from the Field In the End, the Choice ... this early in the product cycle STRUCTURE THE DISCUSSION It is helpful to provide some structure to the prioritization exercise The first step is simply to have them rank order the skeletons by perceived...

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... that points to the corresponding section further down the page “See Also” links: These point to the other Web sites They are often of particular value to users as they enable them to explore related ... be prudent to make the payment upfront, prior to the test That way the participant will not feel pressured to have to stay to the end of the test (see P5 about the right to leave the test at ... for the facilitator: looking after the well-being of the participant The second job for the facilitator is to try to keep the participant talking about what is going on Snyder calls this the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20

... one of these cross-cuts and revised to strengthen the rationale for basic research Themes and Priorities The draft research priorities plan is organized around six societal themes The themes ... years) research priorities are defined with regard to these themes There is no ranking of either the long-term or the near-term priorities Commonalities among themes, particularly in the areas ... engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 06:20

... cost The Federal agency shall then promptly confirm to the auditee whether it wants the program audited as a major program If the program is to be audited as a major program based upon this Federal ... Inspector General of the Federal agency to determine whether such a guide is available When a current program-specific audit guide is available, the auditor shall follow GAGAS and the guide when performing ... reported the status of any audit findings, the auditee shall submit one copy of the reporting package to the Federal clearinghouse on behalf of the Federal awarding agency, or directly to the pass-through...

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