the need for qualitative research

... version for attribution Review of the Need for a Large-Scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6458.html i Review of the Need for ... the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures, under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, to perform ... in the overall context of research in wind engineering SCOPE OF THE STUDY In response to that request, the NRC established the Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20

... [11–13] For highly parallelizable algorithms the GPU may outperform the sequential CPU 2.2 Programming the GPU The two programmable steps in the graphics pipeline are the vertex processor and the ... there will be exactly one fragment per particle, and that way the code is executed once for every particle The keyword uniform indicates that the following variable is set by the API before the ... indicated by the xy suffix The next line computes the difference between the measurement and the predicted measurement, before the error is scaled and shifted to allow for a quick texture look up The final...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 16:20

... diagram shows another way to think of the Defense In Depth concept At the center of the diagram is your information However, the center can be anything you value, or the answer to the question, ... Now, this would breach the confidentiality of this sensitive information (the password file) Then, on the privacy of his own computer system, the attacker can use brute force or dictionary-driven ... decrypt the passwords Then, with a stolen password, the attacker can execute an integrity attack when they gain entrance to the system And they can even use an availability attack as part of their...

Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 17:15

... determined by the physical topology used to implement the application Module 1: The Need for Web Services Why Do We Need Distributed Applications? Let us look at the driving forces behind the move ... would form the foundation for distributed applications for the Web 4 Module 1: The Need for Web Services " Problems with Traditional Distributed Applications Topic Objective To introduce the topics ... resource (for example, database connections) had been exhausted ! The need for excessive hardware than is required for typical loads, just to handle the infrequent load spikes Module 1: The Need for...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 16:15

... launched since the mid-1990s, these being the plethora of small-business development agencies The key policy question therefore, in both instances, is whether the state, operating through these two ... compares them to the findings of the primary research completed for this chapter A short conclusion that focuses on the analytical implications of the findings generated completes the chapter Before ... establishment of the 25 SETAs in March 2000 occurred without these intermediary bodies becoming informed regarding the key economic needs of the sectors Similarly, the 2001 National Plan for Higher...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 08:20

... unchanged in constant dollars for a full decade (since 2001) Other parts of the global economy recognize the need to help finance breakthrough technology research (for example, the EU’s recently announced ... meet the quality and performance requirements of the global marketplace and yet also meet the cost targets needed for successful market penetration This problem is complicated by the fact that the ... fueled the reincarnation of past populist movements in the form of the Tea Party As in past major economic crises, these movements arise based on the view that the problem is government and the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20

... published in the series of the Government Institute for Economic Research and the research work has been done with the support of Sitra The advisory group for the project included Kalevi Luoma, Research ... stimulointimallit Foreword The ageing of the population is a major challenge for Finland, where the population is ageing faster than in the other EU countries This means that the need for institutional ... living in their own (or rented) flats and purchase the services they need either from the keeper The models for care utilisation 15 or the third party supplier Clients are eligible for housing...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... friends for information Less than percent of young men turned to religious figures for information While girls are most comfortable talking to their mothers about puberty and other SRH issues, the ... that they know about it from the seminars,” said another “I agree about sex education for boys and girls, it is protection for them,” said one mother when asked about seminar topics Another mother ... they attended the seminars The boys answered 28 percent of questions correctly before the training and 76 percent correctly after the seminars The girls scored 35 percent before the training and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 22:20

... and the most probable size is close to the area of a face of the cube, not the maximum value that occurs when the cube is cut diagonally (a rare event) For the sphere, on the other hand, the ... either by the physical thickness of the slice or by the optical depth of the field of the instrument If this thickness is small relative to the dimensions of the structures of interest, then the ... blue) The gaps at the junctions of the lines define the grid points and allow the underlying structure to be seen Seven of the sixteen grid points lie on the starch granules (44%) The lines themselves...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20

... determine what they will need, and consider what they have already put aside, their confidence in their ability to save enough for retirement decreases.”36 Consistent with this theory, the 1998 Retirement ... convinced that they cannot save more for their retirement because they not have the money to so.79 • Many Americans lack knowledge Seven in ten Americans not know how much money they need for retirement ... to the late 1970s.”87 Credit has become an easy way for Americans to spend money they not have and to maintain lifestyles that they could not otherwise afford.88 This has even become the case for...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... wash the goggles they wore in warm water and soap After rinsing the goggles clean, the employees douse them in disinfecting solution for 10 minutes and then place them under a blower to dry before ... necessary—i.e., the workplace hazards threatening their heads s How the head protection will protect them s The limitations of the head protection s When they must wear the head protection s How to wear the ... intended for use with laser beams must bear a label with the following information: • The laser wavelengths for which they are intended to be used • The optical density of those wavelengths • The...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 12:20

... control in the system is simple The formal representation of the query is used to access the database and obtain the tuples which satisfy the user's query {which we will call T ~ ; the other tuples ... specific relations, the frame contains the name of a third relation which must be included in the join The information in the relation frames is useful in the application of the foreign-key heuristic ... component for storing away the results of the preceding database interactions to obviate the need to search the database for every query The extended knowledge base may be utilized for improved...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 17:20

... is Dutch-grown) while the Siberia Cafe sells an estimated $1,000 of hash and marijuana a day It's all done in the open, with the Dutch government collecting the taxes on the receipts (Just 114) ... of them inhale In Glasgow, one-half of all students between the ages of 14 and 25 admit to smoking pot "every day." Marijuana has become the US' 'biggest cash crop' despite the death penalty for ... a heavy and strict tax would instantly improve the economy, not to mention the medical and social benefits from the drug If we were to legalize the drug tomorrow, our national debt could be cut...

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 17:50

... algebraic equations The social scientist also supplies the data It is then up to the statistician to propose the proper way to transform the data into a form suitable for testing, to test the model, and ... of the form y = Gx1 x3 /x2 almost perfectly and submitted it for analysis by social scientists, would they discover the underlying pattern? For the purposes of such a test, the format of the ... quite happy For them, nothing would point to the need to go any further, even while they would miss the essential It could be claimed that some other social scientists might have used further methods...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 23:22

... and to regulate the supply Another, greater, limitation is the lack of normative standards for the need of specialists, whether by population ratios or other measures The way the deficit is calculated, ... increase The submodel of demand /need The demand /need submodel was based on normative standards of need for each specialty or group of specialties in the baseline year and over the successive years The ... software, Powersim Studio 2005, for the implementation of these models The model is a user-friendly tool for physician workforce planning The structure of a system, the relationships that exist...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... of the interventionalist performing the procedure During the study period, six interventionalists performed primary PCI for STEMI Concern about performing PCI prior to the availability of information ... one group, they imaged and then immediately percutaneously treated the culprit vessel before performing a complete coronary and left ventricular evaluation In another group, they performed complete ... management The first of these involves the location of arterial access The most common access routes include the femoral, the brachial and the radial artery In patients undergoing PCI for STEMI,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... in the psychiatric medicine literature Here we describe a case which is remarkable for the extent to which it demonstrates the classic features of PIP, and it thereby may serve to review the ... draw the field of epilepsy further into the convergence of other neuroscientific areas related to psychosis, and in the future provide further clinical criteria for assessing risk Conclusion ... Symmetry and convergence of the corticocortical connections of the left and the right principal sulcus (PS) and the left and the right supplementary motor area (SMA) in the rhesus monkey Cereb Cortex...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... Age at the beginning of RT (years) Figure Age distribution and need for anesthesia Age distribution and need for anesthesia Age at start of radiotherapy and need for anesthesia in 164 radiotherapy ... estimating the benefit of a psychoeducational support for RT, it is important not only to consider the age but also the site of irradiation, the planned positioning, and the gender of the patient The need ... rectal administration) was the first choice for sedation The association of the psychoeducational intervention and of six predefined clinical variables with the need for anesthesia was analyzed using...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... mentioned With these caveats in mind, we will nevertheless use the term biomarker or biological marker in the course of the present review for the biological measurements discussed here, for the sake ... the periphery often does not reflect the events occurring in the joint, but these by themselves are also not sufficiently predictive With the exception of macrophage infiltrates, therefore, the ... supported by the Center of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Medical University of Vienna References More information is presently needed, and the search for the best set of biomarkers for assessment...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... this the years survival was 79.2% for the CABG versus 71.5% for the valve subgroup (Hazard ratio = 1.78, CI = 0.92-3.46) Discussion The need for increased use of IABP during cardiac surgery in the ... (59.1%) and females (40.9%) The mean CPB time was 161.5 ± 38.2 The overall mortality was 11 patients (50%) The mortality for the males was 53.84% and for the females 44 44% Others From all 11 patients ... Haralabos Parissis conceived of the study, gathered the data and wrote the manuscript, Michael Leotsinidis participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis, Mohammad...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20