... rank between and 5, the second between and 10, the third between 11 and 15, the fourth between 16 and 20, and the fifth from 21 to 28 Some countries may have the same rank Therefore, the number ... ten – the higher the rate, the lower the disparity The following is an example of how to calculate the rate of similarity First, evaluate the general top ten for the 31 countries for 2005 and 2006 ... of the variables and the adaptation of the initial framework to the first form of categorization: The titles For each criterion, we choose the corresponding variables when they are available, and...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20
... understood by sorting them into three broad groups based on: • Who they serve: their member base or the general public • The cause(s) on which they focus • The role that they play in the sector These ... position There is still an all-too-common misconception of nonprofits as a place for unfocused do-gooders to get together and complain about the status quo before they have to go out and “get ... consider the public sector and the for- profit sector, you’ll notice a gap between the services provided by the government and the activities from which for- profit businesses make money (even with multiple...
Ngày tải lên: 05/04/2014, 01:31
asking questions the definitive guide to questionnaire design—for market research, political polls, and social and health questionnaires
... motivated to be “good respondents” and to provide the information that is asked for, they are also motivated to be “good people.” That is, they will try to represent themselves to the interviewer ... Saturday, and he replied ‘Nine to five.’” This story illustrates the basic challenge for those who engage in the business of asking questions It illustrates not only the importance of the golden rule for ... between the research question and the particular questions that you ask respondents in order to answer the research question The research question defines the purposes of the study and is the touchstone...
Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:19
the complete guide to game audio for composers musicians sound designers and game developers
... Ensemble Studios, and the game companies who have given me the chance to not only prove myself but to gain the wisdom to teach others And to all of the many others I’m sure I forgot Your contributions ... effects to their animation files The game was still in development and they were trying to add an audio personality to their movies and have something to show their investors at the same time Unfortunately, ... triggers similar to the roll on a player piano) which told the device what sounds to play and when to play them The sound bank consisted of 128 sounds with the capability to play a total of 16 notes...
Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 15:30
the complete guide to game audio for composers musicians sound designers and game developers
... Ensemble Studios, and the game companies who have given me the chance to not only prove myself but to gain the wisdom to teach others And to all of the many others I’m sure I forgot Your contributions ... effects to their animation files The game was still in development and they were trying to add an audio personality to their movies and have something to show their investors at the same time Unfortunately, ... triggers similar to the roll on a player piano) which told the device what sounds to play and when to play them The sound bank consisted of 128 sounds with the capability to play a total of 16 notes...
Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 15:34
Báo cáo khoa học: " Radiation-induced skin injury in the animal model of scleroderma: implications for post-radiotherapy fibrosis" ppt
... medians (and range) for skin damage and the mean (with standard error of the means) for leg extension measurements were employed A nonparametric median test was applied to the skin damage data to determine ... point for skin injury represents the median value for the group The error bars represent minimum and maximum value of the range Each point for leg extension data represents mean value for the group ... by 24 hours Each point for the TGF-β1 protein represents the mean value for the group The error bars represent the standard deviation of the mean Page of (page number not for citation purposes)...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22
A RESEARCH ON SCIENTIFIC BASE TO ESTABLISH THE MAP OF PROVINCIAL SOIL ENVIRONMENT FOR MANAGING AND PROTECTING SOIL ENVIRONMENT (TAKE HAIDUONG PROVINCE FOR RESEARCH AREA) = Nghiên cứu cơ sở khoa học thành lập bản đồ môi trường đất cấp tỉnh phục vụ quản lý
... TSQI for land for rice Based on the data system of the sampling points in land for rice, the author calculated for example for soil sample D1 according to the process of computing total indicator ... province + For the reason that agriculture land prevail in land use structure in Haiduong province, in which, land for rice, or land for rice and crops account for the vast majority, the thesis did ... number) Therefore, the author divided different groups to calculate the weight Wi’ and Wi for each parameter in the surveyed group This will be applied in calculating and ranking the soil sample to...
Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2014, 08:47
Guide to Design Criteria for Bolted and Riveted Joints
... load, and L + I is the summation of the live load and impact load on the connection The factor φ relates to uncertainties in the strength of the connection, whereas the factors α and γ relate to the ... writers alike The presentation of the strength and deformation statements in their most fundamental and basic forms made the guide directly useful for those using the limit states design formats that ... by the Industrial Fasteners Institute and endorsed and published by the American Institute of Steel Construction, and they form the basis of the technical requirements of other national standards...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 04:15
The Use of Selected Medicinal Herbs for Chemoprevention and Treatment of Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Heart Disease, and Depression
... and cited their significance as cell respiratory activators for cancer prophylaxis and therapy (Seeger, 1967) Early studies also proposed enzymatic modulatory and anti-inflammatory activities and ... lutein, and cryptoxanthin Total tocopherol was 260.6–2276.9 μmoles·kg−1 oil, including alpha-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherols The lowest OSI was attributed to V corymbosum oil, and the highest TPC and ... exposure If neither the investigators nor the study subjects know who was allocated into the treatment group or the control group, then the RCT was “double-blinded.” Neither investigator nor study...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20
The Health Benefits of Physical Activity for Girls and Women ppt
... be unique for each individual [13], and on the other, the need for an ecological interdependency and balance between the individual and the environment [82] Finally, there is a need for research ... order to understand the relationship between physical activity and health status for women and girls in our society i facilitating the process of transforming research information into knowledge and ... and the influence existing policies and community programs have had on the health and well-being of girls and women B The Need for a Multi-disciplinary and Gender-specific Approach The need for...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 13:20
A Practical Approach to Water Conservation for Commercial and Industrial Facilities pot
... to wasteful practices and the need to supply the urban population with water where the majority of the populations live as well as the challenge to maintain environmental flows in the rivers The ... Plans and submit them to the regulator of the Department of Energy Utilities and Sustainability More recently the Queensland government has followed suit with a requirement for business to reduce ... Nike and Gap, protecting their brand image means recognising the responsibility to manage not only their own environ mental performance but also that of their global suppliers Therefore they...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 17:20
Model Food Security Plan for Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities ppt
... guidance and market-driven requirements, FSIS intends for these model plans to serve as the framework for a reasoned and costeffective approach to improving the security status of the food sector ... intelligence information The motivation for these illegal actions includes the ability to cause illness and deaths following consumption of adulterated products and the desire to cause economic and psychological ... Apply the Highest Security to the Most Critical Components Security measures, costs, practices and procedures should be appropriate and proportionate to the criticality of the systems and to the...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 09:20
Ohio Pond Management Handbook a guide to managing ponds for fishing and attracting wildlife potx
... straightforward If the pond is irregular in shape, the best thing to is divide it into workable shapes and then add the areas of the smaller units to get the area of the whole The length and Table ... sealed plastic bag, into the pond and allowing the water in the bag to reach the same temperature as the pond Another method is to gradually add pond water to the container until the temperatures ... While these plants can be quite different, they have certain things in common that allow us to lump them together, and they also tend to respond to herbicides in the same manner Pondweeds have their...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20
How to use EXCEL for graphs and calculations
... click on the item you want to change Part III Installing Data Analysis Toolpak To install the data analysis toolpak, you need to click TOOLS, then ADD-INS Check the box for ‘Analysis ToolPak’ and ... under FORMAT, then CELLS you can change the font and colors of both the font and background You should be able to use these features It is possible to perform mathematical functions with the data ... typing the equals sign and then continue typing the formula Rather than typing this in the remaining nine cells, B2-B10, we can highlight B1 through B10, then click EDIT on the toolbar, and select...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 18:33
Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS ppt
... perform effects on it, mix it with other audio, and either play the result out to the speakers or convert it into a compressed format that you can then write to the file system or send over the ... Notice the names of the parameters :The use of in, out, or io indicates whether a parameter is used only for input to the function (as with the first two, which indicate the file to use and the property ... manage to again: Explain Core Audio in a way other people can understand This book has been years in the making, and it took an incredible amount of work and the best tech editor in the industry, the...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20
Guide to Practice Management for Small- and Medium-Sized Practices docx
... statement about the overall benefit they expect to deliver to the clients and other stakeholders who interact with the firm The vision statement touches on the impact of the firm, rather than on ... studies and checklists Furthermore, each module ends with further readings and other resources to allow practitioners to further examine topic areas of interest in more depth Cross-reference to Other ... bodies, and this Guide is intended to help them help their SMPs The Guide is likely to be particularly useful to member bodies in those countries where the profession is emerging and/ or neither...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20
GUIDE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE CENTERS docx
... thorough handwashing by children and staff before eating and after toilet use and diaper changes Persons handling and preparing food should give particular attention to handwashing OTHER INFORMATION ... attend the center if they are symptomatic To minimize the risk of transmission, emphasize thorough handwashing by children and staff before eating and after toilet use and diaper changes Persons handling ... attend the center if they are symptomatic To minimize the risk of spread, emphasize thorough handwashing by children and staff before eating and after toilet use and diaper changes Persons handling...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 11:20
Education Pays2004: The Benefi ts of Higher Education for Individuals and Society ppt
... the 25th percentile Twenty-five percent of the people in the group earn less than this amount The line across the bar and the dollar figures represent median earnings for the group The top of the ... from about $800 for the average non-Hispanic white woman and $1,500 for the average Asian American woman to $2,500 for black and other Hispanic women and $2,700 for Mexican women • The estimates ... specific information can increase our understanding of the contributions of higher education to both the equity and the efficiency of our society This report examines the benefits to individuals and to...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20
an introduction to numerical analysis for electrical and computer engineers - wiley
... of these ideas is not truly rigorous; for example, we completely avoid topology, and measure theory Therefore, we tend to follow simplified treatments of the subject such as Kreyszig [1], and then ... xn for n ∈ ZN , which is equivalent ˜ to only considering the vector x ∈ CN In this case the vector X ∈ CN given by (1.79) is now called the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of the vector x, and ... to “skip over the math.” After all, skipping over the math defeats the purpose of the book Notwithstanding the remarks above, the present book lacks the rigor of a mathematically formal treatment...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 15:09
fluid dynamics of packed columns principles of the fluid dynamic design of columns for gasliquid and liquidliquid systems
... possible to and expand the validity of the correlation derived in the first German edition for determining the hold-up at flooding point to include the range of high liquid loads and therefore higher ... pressure rectification Depending on the difference between the temperatures at the bottom tW and at the top tD of the column, and on the price of the heating steam CH , the optimum operating temperature ... procedure of the single pressure drop calculating based on the knowledge of the form factor (P and an additional model for calculating the pressure drop of irrigated structured and random packings,...
Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 14:41