... approach can be developed using mutual information, which is a well-motivated information- theoretic measure of statistical dependence.One of the main utilities ofmutualinformation is that it serves ... the approximation that uses the negentropy approximations.10.4 ALGORITHMS FOR MINIMIZATION OFMUTUAL INFORMATION To usemutualinformation in practice, we need some method of estimating or ap-proximating ... mutual information. Mutualinformation is a natural information- theoretic measure of dependence, and therefore it is natural to estimatethe independent components by minimizing the mutual information...
... 27FIGURE A1Household Ownership of Mutul FundsNumber and percentage of U.S. households owning mutual funds,1, 2 1980–2011U.S. households owning mutual fundsMillionsShare of U.S. householdsPercentMemo: ... Distribution of Mutul Fund–Owning Households nd All U.S. HouseholdsPercent distribution of U.S. households owning mutual funds and all U.S. households by income,1 1998–2011Share of U.S. households2Less ... CONTINUEDHousehold Ownership of Mutul FundsNumber and percentage of U.S. households owning mutual funds,1, 2 1980–2011U.S. households owning mutual fundsMillionsShare of U.S. householdsPercentMemo:...
... 84:1870–1879. 05 - Useof DDGS in Swine Diets 1 Use of U.S. DDGS in Swine Diets Historical Useof DDGS in Swine Diets Historically, limited amounts (less than 3% of total production) of distiller’s ... gas characteristics of swine manure and energy, nitrogen, and phosphorus balance of grow-finish pigs fed corn-soybean meal User Handbook Use of DDGS inSwine Diets Use of DDGS inSwine Diets ... 1997; Pork Industry Handbook, 1998). As a result of limited informationof feeding DDGS to sows, current recommendations for DDGS inclusion for useof DDGS in sow diets are somewhat different....
... 5:41http://www.cmjournal.org/content/5/1/41Page 9 of 9 Use of Chinese OTC medications andconsultations with Chinese medicine practitionersA total of 19.0% of the population used Chinese OTCmedications only whereas 7.2% used both ... well as their use of * Correspondence: vchung@cuhk.edu.hk1School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of HongKong, Shatin, Hong Kong, ChinaFull list of author information ... perceived level of health andpossession of western or Chinese medicine insurancecoverage.Our data analysisAnalysis of THS data were conducted without imputa-tion of missing data. We focused our...
... Clare Bradley for permission to use the W-BQ12questionnaire and to Charlotte Paterson for useof the MyMOP2 and hercontinued support and encouragement in the useof patient-centredquestionnaires.This ... illustrates the evolution of instruments thatacknowledge the importance of subjective perceptions of health and which focus on the measurement of functionand quality of life [1].Subjective outcome ... measure of within-person changeover time; is capable of measuring the effects of a wide* Correspondence: max.walsh@rmit.edu.au† Contributed equallyDivision of Chiropractic, School of Health...
... Postoperative view of the patient (Patient 2). Results The TPFF has been used in reconstruction of various defects of 57 patients. Each of them was as-sessed in terms of age, sex, etiologic ... range of axis of rotation, minimal donor site morbidity are some fea-tures of the of the TPFF. These advantages make this flap a good option in head and neck reconstruction. The possibility of ... aim of this study is to report our experience in versatile useof temporo-parietal fascial flap (TPFF) and discuss the surgical anatomy and technique. Patients and Methods: A total number of...
... issue of International Journal of Medical Sciences, a study was published based on a prescription register in Denmark which indicated an absence of an association between maternal useof loratadine ... hypospadias after maternal useof loratadine in early pregnancy Bengt Källén, Petra Otterblad Olausson Tornblad Institute, University of Lund, and Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, ... Swedish Medical Birth Register which contains information on maternal useof drug as reported and registered in early pregnancy [2, 8]. This information is based on interviews performed by...
... infrequent maternal useof loratadine and the prevalence of hypospadias have a major impact on sample size requirements for providing the definitive assurances of the safety of loratadine to ... and weight of the neonate, and personal identifiers for both mother and child [24]. Use of loratadine, other antihistamines, IVF drugs, antidiabetics and epileptics As a part of the tax-funded ... were used to link records from all registries. Statistical analysis The association between useof loratadine and hypospadias was studied in a nested case-control design within the cohort of...
... member of the group, and to know one’s wants are shared by others.1.3.1.2. Negative face11(ii) The useof “now” interacts with the useof tense deixis, now making a claim for relevance (because ... those that soften or tentativize what they modify. Nevertheless, the author only investigates weakeners mentioned above in the scope of the study because of the suitability to the topic of the thesis ... the truth of his assertion.In the second place, Heringer (1972:55) describes a set of illocutionary force hedges that consist of the expression of a felicity condition in an “if clause”Catch...
... almost seventy-eight million hectares of forests, grasslands, rivers and lakes. It is an agency of the Department of Agriculture.The first is the threat of fire and fuel. This year, forest fires ... superstore.If you ever decide to visit Britain, you will need to know some of the basic rules of the sport. First of all, remember that you only need one person to make a queue. If you are alone ... fires have burned more than three million hectares of land. That is almost two times as much as the ten-year average. Fires are a natural part of forest growth, but they can also threaten lives...
... classified in terms of: (1) The height of the bulk of the tongue in the mouth(2) The front/back position of the tongue in the mouth(3) The degree of lip-rounding(4) The length of vowels (Roach, ... discussion of the method used in the study. This chapter presents a thorough justification for the useof continuous feedback and action research. It also gives a thorough description of the research’s ... types of classes, teachers give feedback on the students’ pronunciation, but of a very limited scale. Teachers often focus on the content of students’ product, rather than the accuracy of their...