... physical and geochemical settings, and for situations where previous work has created a credible understanding ofthe geology ofthe area, and has defined the existing hydrogeochemistry and extent of ... Assessing therisk to humans or to the environment of a constituent of groundwater requires the ability to predict exposure to this groundwater This requires knowledge ofthe direction and amount of ... aquifer segment there is a node point at which the equations are solved The nodes can be in the centers ofthe cells or at the intersections ofthe grid lines Any pumping occurring within the cell,...
... counted the numbers of occurrences for the dependencies B A (the word B is the head ofthe word A) and C A (the word C is the head ofthe word A), where B A is the dependency proposed by the ... one hand the fact that some ofthe phenomena are too rare and are not captured by their models On the other hand, in many other cases parsers make correct predictions, but the gold standard they ... before the substitution ofthe gold standard 2077 annotations remain wrong independently ofthe changes in the gold standard 1131 ofthe relations become wrong with the changed gold standard,...
... output andthe measurements The b vector thus serves as p an approximation of p0 A common choice of cost function is the sum ofthe squares ofthe residuals, typically weighted with the variance of ... predictor than another according to the tests described in the section The F andthe likelihood ratio test’ Then these explanations can be analysed further, because other properties ofthe models might ... experimental design andthe iteration ofthe 918 above mentioned analyses with the experimental data gathering phase is the topic of an accompanying minireview [56], and is outside the scope ofthe present...
... (Nová Louka in the Jizerské hory Mts in the north of CR), a highland area (Pasecká skála in the Czech-Moravian Highlands in the central part of CR) and a lowland forest (Knížecí les in the south-eastern ... distorted by the random sample and by possible willingness or unwillingness to fill in the form, is substantially higher than the average ofthe population in CR The size and population ofthe visitors’ ... limited and even impaired by their demands as they increase the costs of timber production and lower the revenues By persisting on these suggestions the respondents would paradoxically destroy the...
... 1984) Logically, the answers to these questions depend upon the variation that exists for SCEs and upon the purpose ofthe investigation In order to contribute to the resolution of these questions ... using the HARVEY program (version 1987) On the other hand, the comparison of residual variances obtained from the treatments was done by an F-test Finally, therelationship between SCE and PRI ... are individual differences in the stimulation response to the mitogen andthe proliferative capacity ofthe cells, the amount of cells in division at the moment of BrdU addition could have varied...
... respectively), and for 4) into 10 groups of 10 herds For the univariate analyses andthe analyses using a repeatability model, the standard errors (SE) ofthe estimates were calculated by approximating the ... application and discussion of this procedure) For the within lactation MV analyses andthe BV analyses, the average (co)variance estimates are presented with the empirical standard error ofthe mean ... according to the number of records in the analysis was tried and showed differences between weighted and unweighted means ofthe order of 1% of, tl,1e mean) : It was not clear how to combine the different...
... reference The method of computing the reference should be specified, as well as the format ofthe input and output of comparison between the reference andthe results ofthe method applied to the validation ... potential source of errors Therefore, validation should involve the study ofthe performance and validity ofthe overall system, the performance and validity ofthe individual components, and error-propagation ... images ofthe vertebrae, the intensity ofthe vertebral body is similar to the soft tissue and different from that ofthe spinal processes Thresholding would thus classify the vertebral body and soft...
... Standards Additional background information is available from the FASAB: • “Memorandum of Understanding among the General Accounting Office, the Department ofthe Treasury, andthe Office of ... THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB or the Board”) was established by the Secretary ofthe Treasury, the Director ofthe Office ... about the respondent’s majority view is provided only as a means of summarizing the comments The Board considered the arguments in each response and weighed the merits ofthe points raised The...
... by the local Ethics Committee of Taizhou Municipal Hospital, and had the informed consent ofthe patients and volunteers The patients and serum samples were then divided into two groups: the ... examination ofthe colon remains to be the gold standard for diagnosis, which is however invasive, unpleasant and carries associated riskof morbidity and mortality Identification of high -risk patients ... between the groups of colorectal cancer and healthy controls, these data in the Excel format were imported into the Biomarker Pattern Software (BPS) to construct the classification tree of CRC The...
... protocol adhered to the provisions ofthe Declaration of Helsinki for research The Bureau of Education and Bureau of Health in Yongchuan District approved the implementation of this study Eye Examination ... [13, 14], and Chile [15] The prevalence rates of refractive errors in these areas are different from the results of epidemiological studies from China [8, 9, 10] andthe prevalence of myopia ... a SE peak In the 6-8-year-old group, the SE varied from -4.00 to +8.13 D and peaked between +1.25 D and +1.50 D (24.50 % ofthe children in the group) In the 9-12-year-old group, the SE varied...
... basin, on the basis ofthe results ofthe river flow survey (Fig 17) In the case of Mizunashi River andthe upstream basins of Kuzuha River, because of higher permeability, the water quantity ... detail, the water quality condition ofthe whole river system In addition, the study on therelationshipof river water quality with sewerage system and land use has not been done yet in the Hadano ... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 9, No.2, 2011 drainage area map of Hadano City Then, to verify the accuracy of data with respect to the real condition ofthe study site, they were...
... fluid, and therefore the fluid pressure The smaller flow area, the higher velocity ofthe fluid The static pressure ofthe fluid drops as the square ofthe velocity increase and will reach the vapour ... as the return conduit andthe tubing as the power fluid string For this type of installation, the production of free gas through the pump causes reduction in the ability to handle liquids The ... data it is referred to the thesis The analysis ofthe data followed the model of Petrie, Wilson and Smart (PWS) This model is based on conservation of mass and energy, and is widely familiar...
... speakers often not only qualify their commitment to assertion but also soften and hedge their judgments and orders and strengthen the expressions of their feelings and opinions of their feelings and ... FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS The results ofthe tests are presented in tables, four of which are the results ofthe four sections of test 1 (the grammar test) andthe fifth table is the result ofthe test ... Conclusion The final part ofthe thesis will conclude what has been discussed in the content ofthe thesis, point out the limitations ofthe study and give some suggestions for further research The...
... cannot reject the null hypotheses ofthe appropriateness ofthe instruments andthe assumption of no serial correlation ofthe differenced error terms The results seem to indicate that there is a ... and Montiel 1997) We use the inflation rate andthe ratio of government expenditure to GDP as indicators of macroeconomic stability We use the sum of exports and imports as share of GDP andthe ... is the nominal interest rate and p the inflation rate The inflation rate is the average ofthe current and year-ahead inflation Terms of Trade Old and young dependency ratios are the shares of...
... decomposing the errors into identification and classification errors In Figure we report the identification F-Measure for the baseline (the first hypothesis), andthe N-best upper bound, the best ofthe ... representing the event) and a set of arguments When a name candidate is involved in an event, the trigger word and other arguments ofthe event can help to determine the name boundaries For example, in the ... parsing results too, such as the family name and given name of person, the prefixes ofthe abbreviation names, the modifiers and suffixes of organization names Then the results from subsequent...
... standard of Vietnam (TCVN 5942/95/B) [4, 9] The two reasons for this situation are the discharges of cattle waste into channels then to river andthe uses of fertilizer The concentrations of DO, ... scenarios and finally bring out predictions as well as recommendations [7, 8] VNU Journal of Science, Nat., Sci., & Tech., T.XXI, N02, 2005 Preliminary assessmentand simulation ofthe water quality of ... the standard, BOD and COD concentrations were near the allowable limit Water quality was greatly improved in the third scenario Conclusion and recommendation 4.1 Conclusion In general, the water...
... quarter ofthe century in the United States and in the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany This coincides with an increase in both access to andthe generosity of publicly provided social insurance and ... for other reasons then health We therefore briefly discuss in section the main elements ofthe Social Security and pension system in the Netherlands Section presents a model for health and work ... Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) The first wave was fielded in the fall of 1993 and consists of 4727 households in which the head ofthe household (i.e., the main income earner) was between 43 and...
... the study in either ofthe two models analyzed, andthe adjusted effect of PRECEDE was close to zero (Table 2) In both models, the level of exercise decreased Page of slightly and was not significant ... et al [22] The study showed a reduction of 7% in theriskof mortality owing to cardiovascular disease, and 10% in theriskof mortality owing to ictus with every mmHg decrease in SBP The slight ... with a change in the behavior ofthe subjects owing to the knowledge that they are being studied This would have had the same effect on both the groups, because the follow-up ofthe patients was...
... word-POS pair p (of length l) to the tail of each candidate result at the prior position of p (position i − l), and select for position i a N -best list of candidate results from all these candidates ... When we derive a candidate result from a word-POS pair p and a candidate q at prior position of p, we calculate the scores ofthe word LM, the POS LM, the labelling probability andthe generating ... probability of W and T , rather than use Co(W, T ) itself In the rest ofthe paper, we will call them labelling model and generating model respectively Decoder Sequence segmentation and labelling...
... simplifying the format of error rule As a result of experiment, about 63.2% of tagging errors were corrected Our environment needs further enhancements One is the need of observation on the pattern of ... unknown word - absence ofthe word entry in the dictionary If at least one sequence of morphological analysis can produce sequence of morphemes registered in the dictionary, the unknown word identification ... morphemes are in the dictionary, unknown words are supposed to be included in the word Then, the user adds the unknown words into the dictionary with dictionary manager, if any After adding the words,...