stability and persistence of performance measures

... 9.2 Conservation of Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics 9.3 Nonconservation of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 9.4 Nonconservation of Ectropy 9.5 Semistability of Discrete-Time ... information on the stability of the zero solution x(t) = [x1 (t), x2 (t)]T of (2.46) and (2.47) To examine the stability of (2.46) and (2.47) consider the vector Lyapunov function candidate V (x) ... system (2.64) and (2.65) with respect to xI uniformly in xII0 The remainder of the proof involves similar arguments as given above and as in the proof of parts ii) v) of Theorem 2.3 and, hence,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 16:20

... causal and chronological future J + (S) and I + (S), and thereby, in a standard way, the domain of influence and domain of dependence of an achronal set S Given (u, v) ∈ D(U ), a solution of the ... for relatively low regularity, and discuss the status of each in the context of the initial value problem of this paper and in the light of the results of Sections and As strong cosmic censorship ... Formulation of predictability seems unnatural from the point of view of both physics and the theory of partial differential equations The blow-up of the curvature or even of the C norm of the metric...

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... (2000) Structural and genomic correlates of hyperthermostability J Biol Chem 275, 32383–32386 Thermodynamic stability and folding of proteins Das F & Gerstein M (2000) The stability of thermophilic ... thermal and chemical stability (TM of 85 °C, pH 7; DGU of 26 kJÆmol)1, pH 7, 20 °C) than BsCsp (TM of 50 °C, pH 7; DGU of 11 kJÆmol)1, pH 7, 20 °C) [44] This difference in thermodynamic stability ... similar [55] The stability profiles of TkRNase HII and TtRNase HII are similar, although TkRNase HII exhibits a higher temperature of maximum stability and is folded in a smaller range of temperatures...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20

... analytics of macro adjustments of the two distinct ( i.e 1980-88/89 and 1989-2000) phases of liberalization is the theme of section I We address the modes of accumulation and resolution of macro ... quantifies the economics of macro adjustments via a set of decomposition exercises on the evolution of real output and sources of aggregate demand The deterioration of fiscal balances of the state constitute ... targeted rates of change of price indices and of nominal exchange rates Between the last weeks of 1999 and 2000, the exchange rate basket rose by 20.3%; but rates of change in WPI and CPI indices...

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... of participants Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:92 performance ("I have"), individual judgement, and the nature and timeliness of ... baseline, estimates of persistence within each of the 11 aspects of life were calculated overall, and by age and gender Persistence was calculated as those with restriction in an aspect of life at both ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:92 Understanding the impact of health conditions on the lives of older people is important for the development of policies and management strategies...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... κ/λ) (4) Results and discussion Stability and texture of dilute nanofluids All the TiO2 dispersions, prepared in the described way, were partially settling down The concentrations of the final stable ... nanopowder, and dispersion procedure The series of images in Figure illustrates the influence of the dispersion procedure and base solution on the texture of several dispersions of the nanopowder ... rheology of anatase dispersions Colloids Surf A: Physicochem Eng Aspects 2000, 175:349-359 Mikulasek P, Wakeman RJ, Marchant JQ: The influence of pH and temperature on the rheology and stability of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 04:20

... to the study of stability and estimates of solutions of 1.1 Exponential Stability and Estimates of the Convergence of Solutions to Stable Systems First we give two definitions of stability to ... related to the exponential stability in the metric C0 and the related estimates of the norms of solutions in the case of exponential stability and in the case of the exponential stability being not ... system 1.1 as well as on estimates of the norms of its solutions and their derivatives in the case of exponential stability and in the case of exponential stability being not guaranteed To obtain...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 11:20

... Papaschinopoulos and G Stefanidou, Boundedness and asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a fuzzy difference equation, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 140 (2003), no 3, 523–539 , Trichotomy of a system of two difference ... solution of (1.1) nearly converges to a period κr solution of (1.1) with respect to D as n → ∞ and converges to a period κr solution of (1.1) with respect to D1 as n → ∞ Thus, the proof of the ... Difference Equations and Inequalities, Monographs and Textbooks in Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol 155, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1992 D Benest and C Froeschle, Analysis and Modelling of Discrete Dynamical...

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... http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/40 Page of 12 Table Effects of formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde on infectivity of HCVcc in culture medium Table Effects of formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde on infectivity of HCVcc in human ... environment, and that stability of HCVcc is inversely correlated with temperature Effect of heat treatment on HCVcc infectivity To evaluate the sensitivity of HCVcc to heat treatment, aliquots of HCVcc ... washed extensively with PBS were pelleted and resuspended in 50 μl PBS and lysed by three cycles of freezing and thawing (-70°C to 37°C), and the infectivity of supernatants was titrated on Huh7-25-CD81...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:21

... stratified randomized sample representing the 12 counties of the canton, the school grades, and the types of school and formed the basis of the Zurich Epidemiological Study of Child and Adolescent ... Results Frequency and Stability of School Absenteeism The frequency of school fear was 6.9% at time and 3.6% at time The stability of school fear is shown in figure The number of subjects showing ... Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008, 2:17 ing practices of schools A recent study from the US used self-reported data and found nearly 11% of 8th graders and over 16% of 10th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... damage of HIV and TB as well as HIV/TB coinfection Expanding and deploying of intervention programs on HIV infection such as giving out clean needles and condoms Expanding medical gridlines and ... 14,769 and (incubatory oral fluid) techniques; 09 studies with total samples of 6,562 and lung x-ray and incubatory oral fluid techniques; 01 study with total samples of 161 and lung x-ray and Mantoux ... 88.3% of them were once IDUs and 40.2% of them had shared needles 4.3 Assessment on efficacy of community intervention measures for IDUs group The efficacy study of community intervention measures...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2014, 12:44

... information costs, and corporate governance: The use of accounting performance measures in proxy contests, Journal of Accounting and Economics 10.3336 P.M Dechow / Journal of Accounting and Economics ... DeAngelo, and Douglas J Skinner, 1992, Dividends and losses, Journal of Finance 47, 1837-1863 Dechow, Patricia M., 1993, Accounting earnings and cash flows as measures of firm performance: The role of ... L with respect to c(, /I, and g2, the maximum likelihood estimators of a and b aqe the same as the least squares estimators of a and /? Substituting &a and PE for & and flE we can see that, for...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 03:20

... changes in gait stability and increased fall risk [10,13,14] Stability is a significant component of standing balance and walking A relatively new approach to quantify gait and balance stability is ... conception of the research project, design, analysis and interpretation of the data analysis and writing of the manuscript FJD was involved in the design and organization of the study and the acquisition ... variability index (PVI) and the a of the strideto-stride fluctuations The lower and upper lines of the box are the 25th and 75th percentiles of the sample The line in the middle of the box is the sample...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... presence and persistence of IgG and IgE anti-influenza antibodies in the serum from those with normal and ele- 243 vated levels of IgE are understandable Our findings appear to be of importance and ... A/Brisbane/10/2007-like virus), and B/Brisbane/60 /2008 Each 0.2 mL dose of Flumist intranasal spray contains 10 FFU (fluorescent focus units) of live attenuated influenza virus reassortants of each of the three ... 10.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) RESULTS Characteristics of Study Subjects Serum IgE levels and IgE and IgG anti-Influenza virus antibodies were studied in children (N=3) (m/f 14-16 y/o) and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... the stability and toxicity of PANs, and further investigated the sustained release behavior in vivo of drug loading in PANs PA was firstly synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and 1H NMR, and ... integration value of acetyl protons at 1.8–2.2 ppm and B is that of OH protons and H-1 to H-6 protons of pullulan moiety observed at more than 3.5 ppm Preparation and characterization of PANs and PA/EPI ... G2F-20, Eindhoven, Holland) The stability of PANs in water In order to study the stability of PANs, the above dispersions were stored for months at 4°C Macroscopic characteristics of NPs dispersions...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2013, 21:38

... reason of higher BSFC of JOME and its blend was due to lower calorific value and the higher densities of JOME and blends caused higher mass injection for the same volume Figure Variation of BSFC ... waste land area suitable for Jatropha cultivation, it can supply large volume of biodiesel, in fact, nearly half a dozen states of India have reserve a total of 1.72 million hectares of land for ... properties of Jatropha biodiesel was compared with the Diesel fuel The fuel properties of Jatropha biodiesel were found to be higher than diesel fuel The Performance and emission parameters of JOME and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11

... between Chicago and Amsterdam TCP Throughput (Mbps) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Number of UDT flows 10 Stability • Stability index of UDT and TCP – Stability: average standard deviation of throughout ... 10 RTT (ms) 10 Fairness and Friendliness 50 TCP flows and UDT flows between SARA and StarLight Realtime snapshot of the throughput The UDT flows have similar performance and leave enough space ... asynchronously stable • But, inefficient and not scalable – In grid networks (with high bandwidth-delay product) • RTT bias Efficiency of TCP Gb/s link, 200ms RTT, between Tokyo and Chicago 28 minutes On 10...

Ngày tải lên: 15/01/2014, 15:59

... the Bank of England, the Group of Thirty, the Of ce of the U.S Comptroller of the Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and, most recently, the U.S Government Accounting Of ce (GAO) ... percent of the dealers’ $6.5 trillion of notional outstandings.18 Table NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL OF INTEREST RATE AND CURRENCY SWAPS WRITTEN ANNUALLY BY UNDERLYING AND OUTSTANDING Billions of U.S Dollars ... President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and A Barton Hepburn Professor of Finance and Economics...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20

... registration of land use to full ownership The registration of land occupancy is at present the only form of land security for millions of people, and although The complex rubber agroforestry system ... universities of Kasetsart and Helsinki 1.2 Scope and objective of the study The present study was carried out in Thailand in order to investigate the performance and wood production potential of two ... Research Center (of the Rubber Research Institute of Thailand) DBH Tree diameter at breast height (1.3 m) DOA Department of Agriculture of Thailand FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 04:20

... models of labour supply, these measures tend lead to an overestimate of the effect of health and an underestimate of the effect of economic incentives This paper focuses on the issue of reporting ... work of Kerkhofs and Lindeboom (1995) and Kreider (1999) Kerkhofs & Lindeboom (1995) and Kreider (1999) take a very similar approach In both studies the group of workers is taken as a benchmark and ... value of general health, H* , and the true value of work W G W related health, H* Rather then one measure for each type of health, H* and H* could refer to sets of health measures For ease of exposition...

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