... Simulation: ThePracticeofModelDevelopmentandUse Stewart Robinson Warwick Business School Simulation: ThePracticeofModelDevelopmentandUse Simulation: ThePracticeofModelDevelopmentandUse ... understanding ofthe requirements for the successful developmentanduseof simulation models The specific objectives ofthe book are for the reader: ž ž ž ž ž ž ž To understand how simulation software ... knowledge and understanding At the end of many months of simulation modelling, the manager ofthe organization informed me that all ofthe benefits could have been obtained without theuseof simulation...
... knowledge of vocabulary and terms in the field of Land Management and Use; - to improve ESP reading skills for the students The four main objectives ofthe ESP course, therefore, are: By the end ofthe ... all ofthe subject teachers ofthe Land Resources and Environment Department to ask for their ranking in order the importance ofthe ESP reading syllabus and to search their suggestions ofthe ... study are the second-year academic course students of Land Management andUse at BUAF The age of these students is from 18 to 22 They are of different levels of English because of their own background...
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... indicator tracks the magnitude and rate of change ofthe atmospheric reservoir ofthe most abundant ozone-depleting substances Because ofthe long lifetimes of these chemicals andthe quantities ... on the relevance ofthe trends presented andthe methods used to quantify and construct the indicators As they became accepted by decisionmakers and others as a proper model or representation of ... CALCULATIONS OF INDICATORS ANDOF A COMPOSITE INDEX FOR THE NETHERLANDS Climate Change Depletion ofthe Ozone Layer Acidification ofthe Environment Eutrophication ofthe Environment Dispersion of Toxic...
... Director ofthe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); the US Surgeon General; the Director ofthe Office of Global Health Affairs in the US Department of Health and Human Services; the Secretary-General ... develop the fifth edition ofthe MEC andthe third edition ofthe SPR will be initiated, in anticipation of a 2014 meeting ofthe expert committee In response to recent data suggesting that useof ... transitioned into the recovery phase ofthe study The early termination ofthe regimen will compromise the precision of a final estimate ofthe contraceptive failure rate of this regimen The side-effects...
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... from the apothecaries andthe allopathic doctors ofthe old school In 1846 the American Medical Association (AMA) was formed to counter the influence ofthe homeopaths andthe AIH By the turn ofthe ... both the explicate and implicate orders, the outside andthe inside, the effects andthe causes It is not enough to document and adjust the manifest symptoms ofthe disease, we have to understand ... apparent It is not the drugs or modalities used that labels thepracticeof medicine as holistic or reductionistic, but rather the attitudes ofthe patient andthe doctor to the disease and its biological...
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... from the soil level to the apical meristem, in order to describe the kinetic of leaf production and shoot growth At the end ofthe experiment (350 days), the seedlings were harvested andthe following ... photosynthetic photon flux densities (PPFD) measured over the daytime in the sheltered tunnel and outdoor in full sunlight Theuseof shelters leads to an alteration ofthe local climate Among the ... 72 h and weighted These data were then used to assess the number of leaflets of plants, height, leaf area and weight, total above and below-ground biomass, leaf area ratio, root:shoot ratio and...
... despite the theoretical advantages of this model, some data andmodel conditions can affect the validity and precision ofthe estimation of variance components The first source of bias lies in the ... ratio of one male for twenty females The offspring were generated according to a prolificacy of 115% Each year, 1/3 ofthe males and 1/5 ofthe females were replaced by offspring at random The remaining ... be theuseof DNA markers The conditions for successful DNA fingerprinting depend not only on the cost ofthe method, but also on the breeding system ofthe animals (number of males, numbers of...
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... Preclinical data have supported the pivotal role of mTOR in cancer and led to thedevelopmentof mTOR inhibitors as a therapeutic target [13] TheDevelopmentof mTOR Inhibitors Rapamycin (sirolimus), ... (AMM), and MCL The PR rate was 10% (2 of patients with AMM andof patients with MCL), and SD/hematologic improvement occurred in 40% (4 of 22 patients with AML, of patients with MDS, of patients ... cells to these agents The potential exists for these combinations to produce additional activity or perhaps delay or prevent thedevelopmentof resistance to these agents The results of ongoing...
... to be useofthe theory within the ‘some conceptual basis’ category Stage ofuse Choice/design of intervention The choice/design category refers to theuseof theory to guide the choice of intervention, ... understand the reasons for the observed gap between clinical practiceandthe guideline recommendations, or theuseof theory to guide the design ofthe intervention used to implement the guidelines ... (unrelated to theory)–were further classified according to the stage ofthe research process at which the theory (or construct) was used For the purposes ofthe review, the stage ofuse categories...
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