... Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National ... technical area is a major collaborative effort of the individual partners, the national laboratories, and a few universities The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, ... SUSANNA CLARENDON, Financial Associate PANOLA GOLSON, Project Assistant ANA-MARIA IGNAT, Project Assistant SHANNA LIBERMAN, Project Assistant NAE = National Academy of Engineering viii Acknowledgments...
... enough to allow comparative advantages to last for extended periods The advent of technology as a major tradeable asset has radically changed the dynamics of trade among nations What the centuries’ ... plan for and thereby make the transition to the next major technology, the smart phone, where not just basic design and manufacturing are important Operating and other software, for example, are ... largely determined by endowed assets (arable land, navigable water ways, minerals deposits, etc.) The fact that these assets were available in at most slowly changing quantities facilitated the...
... Federal Emergency Management Agency INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology ... such as the characterization of wind fields and the evaluation of the performance of the building envelope (AAWE, 199 7a) Two critical questions regarding theneedfor an LSWTF (as opposed to the ... to an LSWTF are available that could potentially provide much of the same data A variety of tools for research on wind-resistant structures are available, including analysis, numerical computation,...
... designs for PDSA quality improvement research Qual Manag Health Care 2004, 13(1):17-32 Wolf MM, Kirigin KA, Fixsen DL, Blase KA, Braukmann CJ: The Teaching-Family Model: A case study in data-based ... techniques; all in as much detail as is possible, unless these details are already readily available (e.g., in a prior publication) Access to intervention manuals/protocols At the time of publishing a ... confused Having consistent terminology and sufficient information for replication appears to be more problematic for behavioural and organisational interventions than for pharmacological ones Twenty-six...
... designs for PDSA quality improvement research Qual Manag Health Care 2004, 13(1):17-32 Wolf MM, Kirigin KA, Fixsen DL, Blase KA, Braukmann CJ: The Teaching-Family Model: A case study in data-based ... techniques; all in as much detail as is possible, unless these details are already readily available (e.g., in a prior publication) Access to intervention manuals/protocols At the time of publishing a ... confused Having consistent terminology and sufficient information for replication appears to be more problematic for behavioural and organisational interventions than for pharmacological ones Twenty-six...
... PMC and SDC All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgments This research was supported by The French National Agency for Aids Research (ANRS, France), the charity organization ... visit thereafter was defined as the injection of any drug in the months before that visit Clinical and laboratory data on viral load, CD4 T-cell counts and data on HIV clinical stage, with stage ... individuals Finally, although a statistical adjustment was made to allow for non-random assignment to medication type, this study was not a controlled clinical trial and further investigations are...
... ensure greater generalization of therapeutic effects Following the idea of Pelham’s summer treatment approach, also in Germany and Japan Intensive-Behavioural Treatment approaches have been developed ... child antisocial behavior There is also a significant body of research underpinned by the social and operant learning theory, addressing the relationship between early parenting practices and child’s ... combination of several components of psychotherapeutic interventions, case management as well as pharmacological and educational intervention Thus, the optimum method appears to be an integrated approach...
... Start with a plan As part of that, you make sure each table contains unique data For example, a table of asset data won’t contain sales information, and a table of payroll data can’t contain ... enable the relationships among your tables Design tables fora web database — a database you publish to a Microsoft® SharePoint® site Design the tables foranew database Start with a plan For ... the tables and relationships foranew database Course goals Plan the table structure of anew database Plan the fields — the individual columns in each table Plan the primary key fields that...
... War Bonds in the Second World War: A Model foraNew Iraq/Afghanistan War Bond? Summary The high costs of fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have rekindled congressional interest in the ... States War Bonds to aid in funding of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.” All three bills are similar and state that the authorized war bonds “shall be in such form and denominations, and ... that accrue earnings based on both a fixed rate of return and a semiannual inflation rate A single, annual rate, called the composite rate, reflects the combined effects of the fixed rate and the...
... protects against heat and cold Many glove manufacturers use aramid fiber to make gloves that are cut- and abrasive-resistant and wear well • Other synthetic materials Several manufacturers make gloves ... insulating protection against heat Aluminized gloves require an insert made of synthetic materials that protect against heat and cold • Aramid fiber gloves Aramid is a synthetic material that protects ... sufficient For example, install a barrier that makes it impossible for employees to put their hands at the point where a table saw blade makes contact with the wood it cuts For other hazardous operations,...
... implications if the interactions with a database management system are to have the properties and constraints normally associated with human dialogue Interactions with traditional database management ... enhancement, the knowledge base may be augmented with an additional component for storing away the results of the preceding database interactions to obviate theneed to search the database for ... particular attribute A in T ~ are the same (say, c~) If so, and if no tuple in T,~u.~ has the same value forthe attribute A, the general formulation of the response is: "All tuples having the value...
... effect, and causal links A causal link connects a cause variable with an effect variable by a link with a positive or negative charge A positive link from variable X to variable Y means either that ... demand /need The demand /need submodel was based on normative standards of needfor each specialty or group of specialties in the baseline year and over the successive years Theneedfor specialists ... are those used by the US Department of Health and Human Services [51] These rates and appropriate standards can be set as parameters, as the model is an instrument that allows Page of the Health...
... countries (and institutions) will be able to read the same material as wealthier ones (although creating access to the Internet is another matter [10]) This is particularly relevant in virology as many ... Virology Journal 2004, 1:1 Second, the information available to researchers will not be limited by their library's budget, and the widespread availability of articles will enhance literature searching ... experts in the field Once the reviewers have provided their feedback, the monitoring editor makes the final recommendation Managing Editor, David Sander will be available to assist authors with...
... countries (and institutions) will be able to read the same material as wealthier ones (although creating access to the Internet is another matter [10]) This is particularly relevant in virology as many ... Virology Journal 2004, 1:1 Second, the information available to researchers will not be limited by their library's budget, and the widespread availability of articles will enhance literature searching ... experts in the field Once the reviewers have provided their feedback, the monitoring editor makes the final recommendation Managing Editor, David Sander will be available to assist authors with...
... industry Additional results are available at www.relationshipera.com, and details of the Brand Sustainability Map research methodology are available at www.relationshipera.com/brand-sustainability/bsm-info/ ... brand relationship surveys and, from the data we gathered, placed actual brand relationships onto the Brand Sustainability Map To date, the research has focused on the two to three market share ... Brands that are clear on their purpose attract passionate supporters and create loyal customers They accommodate customers’ true needs rather than try to convince them that the brand is right for...
... 16-20 Age at the beginning of RT (years) Figure Age distribution and needfor anesthesia Age distribution and needfor anesthesia Age at start of radiotherapy and needfor anesthesia in 164 radiotherapy ... Female Age Median Mean Range Anesthesia Yes No Age of those with anesthesia (Years) Median Mean Range Standard Deviation Total dose of irradiation (Gray) Median Mean Range * Standard Deviation ... administration) was the first choice for sedation The association of the psychoeducational intervention and of six predefined clinical variables with theneedfor anesthesia was analyzed using uni- and...
... savages The Europeans had progressed through all the other stages to civil society, the Africans, Asians, and Americans had not The Americans, at least in Smith’s eyes, had not advanced beyond the ... offer a clue that it was a source of wealth for Scotland or that it was based on slavery In another of the few passages on the tobacco trade, Smith makes the following remark in comparing the tobacco ... override actual facts in The Wealth of Nations Many Native Americans were actually doing quite well before the European invasion Furthermore, as we have shown, slavery was a key economic basis for the...
... models and methods‟ as well as the native speaker‟s „prerogative to control its standardisation‟ (Kachru, 1985:29-30) And as part of a wider Kachruvian paradigm (Canagarajah, 1999:180) that has shaped ... diversity and great variation in the aptitude of the speakers to the language A language that has 12 taken root in new contexts of situation also becomes localised and acculturated to the local situations, ... Kachruvian paradigm (Canagarajah, 1999:180)7 Basically the formulation of this paradigm in the study of English in the world is in response to what Kachru calls the paradigms of marginality (Kachru,...
... reduce theneed Want Kotler (1997) also defined Human wants are the form taken by human needs as they are shaped by culture and individual personality A hungry person in Bahrain may want a vegetable ... supply and demand chains and available markets for many different companies as well 8.2 Economic: A market boom, recession, or growing inflation problem can all change the way an organization plans ... fields Capacity Utilization: Governments and private industry alike in all parts of Canada have recognized additional opportunities for other regions of Canada to increase their participation in the...