... in, after people remembered how to go about their lives without the pressing fear of crime, there arose a nat- ural question: just where did all those criminals go? At one level, the answer seemed ... is found for cops. So if you just look at raw correlations between police and crime, you will find that when there are more police, there tends to be more crime. That doesn’t mean, of course, ... Within one year of the abortion ban, the Romanian birth rate had doubled. These babies were born into a country where, unless you belonged to the Ceaus¸escu clan or the Communist elite, life
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Where to Buy Stocks
... time, you must specify whether the order is good for the day only (day order) or good until you cancel the order (good-till-canceled order, or GTC). If you select good-till-canceled, you can go ... refresh your memory, if you wanted to buy Bright Light, the current market price is $20.25, which is how much you would have to pay if you wanted to buy it right now. You don’t like that price? Don’t ... below the current stock price. (If your order does get filled, however, there’s nothing to stop the stock from going even lower.) Stop-Loss Order: Protecting You from Financial Disaster As the name
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 08:20
Where do we begin
... unless we do something; but, the reality is that they may also die even if we do something. Therefore, what do we do? The remainder of this book tries to answer that question. So where do we begin? ... in Wales, where as many as 80% of the people do not speak the language 46 And the split in opinion seems to be found everywhere The Dauenhauers found it in Alaska, for example, where 90% ... ‘typology of ecological classification’, which would ‘tell us something about where the language stands and where it is going in comparison with the other languages of the world’, 6 but most of the
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20
... WHERE THERE’S SMOKE HOLLYWOOD &TOBACCO: REALITY CHECK STRIKES AGAIN! ACTION GUIDE WHERE THERE’S SMOKE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES HAVE NOW BECOME THE ... stars Stomps Stick it to ‘em Right to the top Going global Key messages Fact sheet TOOLS Sample letters Where to write them Powerful web links Research reports and where to get more Page references sources ... making our presence felt big time exactly where people... movies will be grassroots audience and consumer pressure REALITY CHECK STRIKES AGAIN! where it counts the most — at America’s
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 14:20
Where Does Computational Media Aesthetics Fit? docx
... equation (1) where G is the number of bins and H(i) the value for the ith Y, U, or V color bin, respectively. Presumably, applying a threshold to the con- structed N × N similarity matrix (where N ... Structure-related indexes 18 1070-986X/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE Published by the IEEE Computer Society Where Does Computational Media Aesthetics Fit? Brett Adams Curtin University of Technology, Australia Survey use ... of special effects. Segmenting shots, therefore, involves generating an index of transitional effects. For many appli- cations, cut detection (identifying where two dis- joint pieces of footage
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20
Where will they lead 2008? MBA STUDENT ATTITUDES ABOUT BUSINESS & SOCIETY ppt
... in conict with those of the company where they work. If you find that your values conflict with those of the company where you work, how likely it is that you will: BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND VALUES Please ... non-U.S. citizens, 20% are from India; 20% from Europe; 19% from Asia (excluding mainland China and India); 16% from Canada; 8% from South America; 7% from Mainland China; 4% from Central America ... areas—among them downsizing, investing in less developed countries and nancial reporting. Assume you are engaged in each of the following business activities/practices. How likely do you think it
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 01:20
Where Do Older Americans Live? Geographic Distribution of the Older Population potx
... RL33897 Where Do Older Americans Live? Geographic Distribution of the Older Population March 5, 2007 Kirsten J. Colello Analyst in Gerontology Domestic Social Policy Division Where Do Older ... post-retirement, changes in where older Americans live, or the “geographic distribution” of the older population, will likely have broad policy implications for federal, state, and local governments. Older ... move than the younger population, and of those who do move, most move within the same county or state. Among those moving to different states, the pattern has been to relocate from colder to
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20
Where I Wasn''''t Going potx
... observatory com line switch. "Have you got the planets lined up in your scopes yet? Where are they? The Sacred Cow wants to know if they're all where they ought to be." Out in the ... surprises!" 7 "No, you don't" Bessie said severely. "No, you don't. They need an alert, and I need to finish the programming on Sad Cow to be sure this thing doesn't wobble ... RPM, your seams might not hold with a real wobble, and I don't like the idea of falling into a vacuum bottle as big as the one out there without a suit." "How much time do you need?" "On
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20
WHERE IS THE Wealth of NATIONS? pptx
... human capital and good governance and engages finance ministries in developing a comprehensive agenda that looks at natural resources as an integral part of their policy domain Where Is the ... expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does ... WHERE IS THE Wealth of NATIONS? WHERE IS THE Wealth of NATIONS? THE WORLD BANK Washington, D.C. Measuring Capital
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:21
Where is the energy spent inside my app? Fine Grained Energy Accounting on Smartphones with Eprof pot
... Android We first profiled a 30-second run of the browser for one dominant usage: Google search, where the user opens the browser, performs a Google search over 3G, and closes Table 4: Summary of energy ... breakdown (1) The main thread which activates GUI and displays the news downloaded, consumes only 5.2% energy (2) The DownloadManager thread consumes the bulk of the app energy (65%) It downloads ... today: Where is the energy spent inside my app? We first present eprof, the first fine-grained energy profiler for smartphone apps and its implementation on Android and Windows Mobile Eprof adopts
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20
Where are we going - Josh Williams
... WHERE ARE GOING? @jw * Josh Wiiams We The Preface In the BEGINNING Where did we come om? What follows is a brief history of our bizarre journey from a web + UI boutique ... FUTURE Where are we going? The Fads • Checking In • Game Mechanics • Badges • Geo-blah-blah-blah Checking out • Checking In is the status update for the places we go It has succeeded where ... Stadiums Airports Add Go to a Wallaby and you get a Gowalla Really Hype Machine In many ways Gowalla was in the right place at the right time We ve grown our community from 2,000 to 500,000
Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 09:38
Where’s the Money? Ideas on Book Promotion docx
... much you edit your book, someone won’t think you did a good enough job So what you do? The very best you can No book is perfect, and you can’t please everybody Just your best and write your next ... text on it) Check the back There is the publisher's imprint again Where is it? Are there any other graphics on the back? Where? Where is the book summary and author bio? Where is the price located? ... build up and attract people, but go ahead and set the stage This is where you can make announcements about your book and interact with your readers Interaction with your readers is the most important
Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20
Where Energy Efficiency Collides with Human Health ppt
... in areas where ozone standards were not met; 3.5 million children were living in areas where the particulate standards were exceeded; 2.8 million children were living in counties where the ... susceptible to pesticides applied indoors Young children spend more time indoors within residential settings than adults, and this time is usually spent on or near floors, where dust, molds, pesticide ... buildings, resulting in lower levels of exchange between indoor and outdoor air. Since indoor air is often more contaminated than outdoor air, the effect may intensify chemical exposures, increasing
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20
Where.Am.I-Sensors.and.methods.for.mobile.robot.positioning.-.Borenstein(2001) Part 2 ppsx
... Drive The odometry solution for most multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) configurations is done in similar fashion to that for differential drive, with position and velocity data derived from the motor ... be on the opposite side of the power shaft gear from the wheel as illustrated. The governing equation for minimal slippage is [Holland, 1983] where A = number of teeth on the power shaft gear ... of their inherent simplicity. For odometry instrumentation in the form of a steering-angle encoder, the dead-reckoning solution is equivalent to that of an Ackerman-steered vehicle, where the steerable
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 02:21
Where.Am.I-Sensors.and.methods.for.mobile.robot.positioning.-.Borenstein(2001) Part 3 pps
... arising from the “dipping” action observed in compass needles attributed to the vertical component of the geomagnetic field. The dip effect varies with latitude, from no impact at the equator where ... Aschenbrenner and Goubau [Geyger, 1957]. An alternative technique for decoup- ling the pickup coil from the drive coil is to arrange the two in an orthogonal fashion. In practice, there are a number ... vessel containing the compass disk and damping fluid is typically suspended from a 2-degree-of-freedom gimbal to decouple it from the ship’s motion. This gimbal assembly is mounted in turn atop a
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 02:21
Where.Am.I-Sensors.and.methods.for.mobile.robot.positioning.-.Borenstein(2001) Part 5 pptx
... visible and VDOP>10, switches to 2-D navigation. If HDOP>10, suspends 2-D navigation PDOP < (HDOP + 5 ) 22½ PDOP > (HDOP + 10 ) 22½ Rockwell NavCore V If 4 satellites visible and GDOP>13, ... Receiver 2-D/3-D DOP criterion PDOP equivalent Magellan If 4 satellites visible and VDOP >7, will switch to 2-D navigation. Enters 3-D navigation when VDOP<5. PDOP > (HDOP + 7 ) 22½ Magnavox ... the system used for dynamic testing where power was supplied from a 12-Volt battery. For the static testing, AC power was available with an extension cord. Therefore, the computer supply was connected
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 02:21
Where.Am.I-Sensors.and.methods.for.mobile.robot.positioning.-.Borenstein(2001) Part 6 pot
... discharging from a known set point at a constant rate. An analog-to-digital conversion is performed on the sampled capacitor voltage at the precise instant a return signal is detected, whereupon ... was developed by SEO for automating the selective application of pesticides to orange trees, where the goal was to enable individual spray nozzles only when a tree was detected within their associated ... two available algorithms. The clutter suppression algorithm incorporates a combination of range measurement averaging and noise rejection techniques to filter out backscatter from airborne particles,
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 02:21
Where.Am.I-Sensors.and.methods.for.mobile.robot.positioning.-.Borenstein(2001) Part 7 doc
... (4.10) f(t) = f + at (4.7) 0 where a = constant t = elapsed time. This signal is reflected from a tar- get and arrives at the receiver at time t + T. 2d T = — (4.8) c where T = round-trip propagation ... frequency F : b F = f(t) - f(T + t) = aT (4.9) b where a = constant. This beat frequency is measured and used to calculate the distance to the object: where d = range to target c = speed of light ... HAPTER 5 O DOMETRY AND O THER D EAD -R ECKONING M ETHODS Odometry is the most widely used navigation method for mobile robot positioning. It is well known that odometry provides good short-term
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 02:21
Where Do I Go From Here? Civilian Transition ppt
... provided policy is it goes wherever you go meaning if there’s a lapse in employment your family is still covered The life insurance calculator at va.gov can help you to determine your need for life ... school you want to attend, but where The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides a basic college housing allowance However, benefits are based on the zip code of where you attend school — not where you reside ... aboutface from combat to college Here are some practical dos and don’ts for getting the most out of your hard-earned benefits Do: Determine Eligibility and Apply If you have college in your sights, you...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 03:20
Lessons Learned from the Field: Where do we go from here? docx
... suffer from a disease for health care, the women did not always have time to go; often field workers had to negotiate for permission from the husband or mother-in-law to so Related issues documented ... principles and goals There are several factors that work against open and equal partnerships Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), for example, are often wary of working with governments Physicians ... biomedical, and social scientists Uneasy relationship between NGOs and government agencies Few NGOs are interested in health Many feminist NGOs are in capital cities Provincial grassroots women are...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20