... clearly consider CSM as an activity that is based on standardized questionnaires that are delivered to a sample ofthe customer base These quantitative multi-attribute questionnaires are then analyzed ... and the performance ofthe organization’s offerings (see e.g Parasuraman et al., 1985 & 1988 & 1991) Another stream of research is the performance-based approach (or linear regression approach) ... important to differentiate whether CSM is focusing on the satisfaction ofthe customer organization as a whole or the satisfaction of certain individuals within that organization These are clearly...
... Guilamo-Ramos, as principal investigators, had full access to all ofthe data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity ofthe data and the accuracy ofthe data analysis The study was designed ... for all participants [35,40] As the pada lacked a common space, the girls and the mothers groups met in the house ofthe pada worker, and the boys and fathers groups met in the house ofthe angan- ... "They are outside and they feel it is a need so they have sexual relationships." one father said Feasibility ofa family-based programme All four groups of stakeholders indicated that a familybased...
... 2 Aims and objectives ofthe research The research is aimed at investigating students‘ attitudes towards the genre-based approach, which was new to them, and examining whether this teaching approach ... Tuyen Quang, Vietnam The research lasted for weeks and the treatment was applied to all students in a classroom The research mainly focused on 11th form students majored in Mathematics The research ... research method was aimed at providing information on students‘ attitudes towards, and opinions about, the genre-based approach that their teacher (also the researcher) used In addition to the...
... also are provided at a dental clinic operated by the program The program targets all children at area schools Program data was not available upon request for the 2009 and 2010 school years Partnering ... at the City of West Allis Health Department The coordinator provides oral exams, sealants, fluoride varnish applications and oral health education The program was a longtime grantee ofthe SAS ... treatment n /a Oral health education n /a Untreated decay n /a Urgent needs n /a Retention rate n /a Program notes The program is coordinated by a project manager at Northeast Wisconsin Area Health Education...
... labelling, but they are not available in the output of other parsers As an alternative to hardcoded heuristics, Blaheta and Charniak (2000) proposed to recover the Penn functional tags automatically ... pattern and the features of all the nodes involved We trained a separate classifier for each pattern For evaluation purposes we extracted all occurrences ofthe patterns and the features of their ... automatically enrich the output ofa parser with information that is not provided by the parser itself, but is available in a treebank Using the method with two state ofthe art statistical parsers and...
... experienced while navigating through the site A suggested enhancement to the navigational capability ofthe site was a text-based replication of site navigation bar at the top of each page to make scrolling ... Web learning environment These icons were replicated at the top left corner ofthe corresponding page and again in a navigational menu bar that appears at the bottom of each page allowing the student ... page The earlier version ofthe ‘Discussion Area’ was maintained, however, based on reviewers suggestions, an abbreviated list ofthe group tasks was added to the top ofthe Discussion Area page...
... was the mentor of LK and participated in the face validity process ofthe translation LK also participated in the writing ofthe manuscript LA had the comprehensive responsibility for the main ... Bolling-Sternevald E, Junghard O, Talley NJ, Agreus L: Gatro-oesophageal reflux symptoms and health-related quality of life in the adult general population -the Kalixanda study Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006, ... English words as abdomen, stomach, and pain can be accurately translated into Swedish in various ways We compared the back-translation with the original English version and found a few variations in...
... designed and managed the valuation survey, analysed and reported on the valuation data and contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... providing the descriptive system is valued on the same scale using the same variant ofthe same valuation technique, as was the case for the CAMPHOR and EQ-5D models, then the valuations should ... conducted analysis and reported on the valuation exercise *DM ran the analysis to identify items for the valuation exercise, analysed the validation data and contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript...
... respond to items and talk about all aspects of their health and well-being in meaningful ways They are able to comprehend varying response options on a categorical scale, and can accurately respond ... using a 7-day recall period Feedback from the children who participated was valuable in creating a set of items to be administered to a wide age range of children The final item set generated as a ... for an interview date At the time ofthe interview, a trained research assistant obtained parental informed consent and the children signed an assent document All child participants received a...
... displacement to estimate the amount of postural sway in the AP plane Scores are calculated as the angular difference, expressed as a percentage, between the amount of estimated AP postural sway and ... not by a reallocation of attention but by mechanical destabilization, albeit along a temporal rather than a spatial dimension, brought about by articulation and respiratory patterns during the spoken ... our purpose, RMS was calculated for each test trial as the square root ofthe mean squared deviation from the average COP value Separate RMS values were calculated for the COP AP and ML time series...
... performed by a standard microsurgical interlaminar approach Intradiscal implantation ofthe PGA-HA nucleus-implant as well as sealing ofthe annulus defect by sewing a PGA-HA annulus-implant into the ... biomechanical test set-up and advised in analyzing the data 14 ME advised about the use of biomaterials and customized the PGA-HA biomaterial 15 CK participated in the design ofthe study and performed ... destruction ofthe ligaments, capsules and soft tissue Soft tissue was only removed from the upper half ofthe cranial vertebral body and the lower half ofthe caudal vertebral body The upper and lower...
... out ofthe scope of this research work) Page of 10 the urban area was utilized for this purpose The time delay and the corresponding average powers in the case ofa 12 tap configuration are shown ... important aspect to consider is that in the case ofthe first one, as the size ofthe input matrix increases then the number of branches also increases by two (e.g., × matrix = branches, while a ... perceiving the dynamic allocation Lately, for each ofthe optimal metrics provided as output ofthe algorithm, the global metrics were computed with the aim of generating a statistical distribution,...
... which generate estimates ofthe noise covariance matrix with more variance when primary data are used More precisely, the variance ofthe noise covariance matrix estimate and then the associated performance ... R(nT), C(nT), s TNAR available R, C on sec data TNAR available R, C on sec + prim data No TNAR No TNAR available R, C on sec data TNAR available R, C on sec + prim data No TNAR - 29 - Receivers ... (called primary observation vectors) For example the secondary observation vectors may correspond to samples of data associated with another range than the range ofthe detected target in radar...
... performance Several experiments are also taken by using the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database [13] The rest of this paper is organized as follows The nonlinear quantization scheme with the approximate ... of subband error The two mechanisms facilitate the significant normalization of subband data and a quantization scheme design with linear distortion characteristics EURASIP Journal on Advances ... (4), QF can be an available variable for desired PRD and CR control In order to explore the linear control performance of QF, all 48 ECG signals recorded in the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database were...
... the calculation ofthe cost ofa path, based on the LQI values of all links Therefore, we chose to evaluate the performance of these LQI-based routing metrics for NST-AODV Note that the PATH-DR ... packet were obtained at each ofthe remaining motes The LDR was calculated for all the receivers The same procedure was repeated three times, and the sender was placed at each ofthe other three ... including the LQI of lost packets [19] 6.2 Variability ofthe LQI ofa Link Figure depicts the standard deviation ofthe LQI against the average values of LDR (%) EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications...
... Siddiqi and Q H Ansari, “Strongly nonlinear quasivariational inequalities,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 149, no 2, pp 444–450, 1990 22 A H Siddiqi and Q H Ansari, “General ... nonlinear variational inequalities,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 166, no 2, pp 386–392, 1992 23 L U Uko, “Strongly nonlinear generalized equations,” Journal of Mathematical ... S Adly, “Perturbed algorithms and sensitivity analysis for a general class of variational inclusions,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 201, no 2, pp 609–630, 1996 C Baiocchi...
... ofthe assortment criteria for the grading routine, a database application thar-QDB (Tharandt Quality Data Base) was developed as subject-matter ofa diploma thesis [19] The grading process was ... (breast height) and the basal areas of first green/dead branch can serve as “natural pass points” for supporting a rectification ofthe stem part > m height Finally, the geo-coordinates ofthe sample ... (iv) a marketoriented evaluation approach for the growing stock The article reports primarily the results ofthe photogrammetrical investigation and the automatized grading A total of eight Norway...
... data were assumed to be the absence ofthe extra-articular manifestation for pulmonary nodule When radiologic and laboratory data were not available, the data was considered as missing ACR, American ... USA) Statistical analysis To test the convergent validity of RARBIS as a measure of disease severity, the Spearman rank correlation between the RARBIS and the DAS28 was assessed in the total study ... coefficients ofa linear regression of all subscales on the DAS28 Results Patients characteristics and the RARBIS score Patient characteristics ofthe study cohort are summarized in Table The mean age of...