... Kandiller/ PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS INOPERATIONSRESEARCH Lee & Lee/ BUILDING SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE IN EMERGING ECONOMIES * A list ofthe early publications inthe series is at the end ofthe book ... ANNOTATED TIMELINE OFOPERATIONS RESEARCH: An Informal History Greenberg/ TUTORIALS ON EMERGING METHODOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONSINOPERATIONSRESEARCH Weber/ UNCERTAINTY INTHE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY: ... re-taking ofthe Muslim lands benefited The leadership ofthe reconquest of Castillian territory south ofthe Duero River and the creation ofthe vast majority ofthe dehesa is thus tightly linked...
... used in both the conviction of guilty offenders and the appraisal ofthe consanguinity Amino acids, peptides and proteins Proteins are very important to life, the complex molecules of proteins ... numbers), the number of double bonds and also the exact position of these double bonds, this will define the biological reactivity ofthe fatty acid molecule and even ofthe lipid containing these ... samples indicated the possibilities of applying hydrophobic compounds as terminating ions Since the miniaturization has received considerable attention inthe recent development of CE The use of microfabrication...
... and guide the child and the mother in creating a joint narrative ofthe traumatic events while working toward their resolution The treatment manual includes clinical strategies and clinical illustrations ... continuum of instruments used to establish need for an intervention or to rule out the existence of a problem Assessments can reinforce the need for a specific intervention, the intensity ofthe ... sessions include individual sessions with the mother to communicate emerging assessment findings, agree on the course of treatment, and plan how to explain the treatment to the child Weekly joint...
... understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLE OF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has always been unique inthe sense of containing large numbers of small ... can take into account a wide variety of factors in reviewing applications for small business loans, including the character ofthe borrower and special features ofthe local market Loan officers ... banks continue to be chartered (Chart 2) After declining steadily since the mid-1980s, the number of new bank charters inthe United States increased sharply during the second half ofthe 1990s,...
... landclearing, the charcoal iron industry, lumbering and the chestnut blight have led to increases in Quercus above levels estimated inthe original forest Dynamics of an old-growth white oak-white pine ... intense deer browsing are acting in concert to prevent adequate oak canopy recruitment CONCLUSION The rise in oak dominance inthe eastern United States at the beginning ofthe Holocene epoch ... 1992) Cutting for charcoal in New Jersey resulted inthe increased dominance of Quercus and Betula, and decreased dominance of Tsuga and Fagus (Russell, 1980) The importance of Quercus rubra increased...
... [37] Other uses of CK-MB include estimating the infarct time, the infarct size and expansion, and reinfarction [38] Troponins Troponin T and troponin I are part ofthe contractile apparatus of striated ... the circulation following myocardial injury, and is detectable within to hours ofthe onset of clinical symptoms [48] The diagnostic sensitivity of H-FABP for acute myocardial infarction inthe ... worsening outcome [61] Interleukins IL-6, a proinflammatory cytokine produced by macrophages in atherosclerotic plaque, induces hepatic synthesis of all the acute phase proteins, including CRP [54,62]...
... CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION This chapter introduces the context ofthe study, including a short introduction of beer industryin Viet Nam the purpose of this study and the other contents such as the rationale ... version ofthe product or service (Kim et al, 2003) The components of brand equity are different from one industry to other industryInthe scope of this research for beer industry, we would mainly ... express the main message ofthe campaign In addition to strengthening the Heineken brand has also launched a campaign based on the idea of "Heineken has been tested on the streets all over the world...
... radiation The extent ofthe effect of its presence on the radiation spectrum, together with the resolution and signal-to-noise ofthe instrument, determine the accuracy ofthe measurement Inthe UV, ... scientific information on the feasibility of utilising remote sensing techniques inthe implementation of existing legislation, and describe opportunities for realistic streamlining of monitoring inair ... request ofthe European Commission’s DG Environment the Institute for Environment and Sustainability ofthe Joint Research Centre is exploring the possibilities of how the use of remote sensing can...
... dollars using the chain-type price indices for “Information processing equipment 22 and software” from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Then the average ofthe beginning and ending values ... also included inthe regression The focus will be on the interaction term between the dummy and IT input Since the regressions are subject to collinearity problem due to the inclusion ofthe interaction ... issues regarding the way the e-tailers have conducted their business on the Internet This study also finds that the digital dot coms should be investing the marginal dollar in IT, while the physical...
... business, including Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Research, Management International Review, Journal of ... Evaluation ofthe Empirical Researchinthe Literature carry out such controls, casting some doubts on the representativeness ofthe samples and on the robustness ofthe data obtained The majority ofthe ... remaining fifteen studies adopted export venture as the unit of analysis Inthe case of using the firm as the unit of analysis, the export performance construct is assessed inthe context of the...
... doubling the size ofthe grammar are multiplying the processing time by a factor of when no prosodic information is available (assuming (2n) = 8n time) consist ofthe most likely sequence of phonemes ... to incorporate the durational information from Bear and Price quite easily into our framework An advantage of our approach is that the prosodic information is added as constraints instead of incorporating ... Assuming O(n4/log(n)) processors, the cost of applying each constraint is O(log (n))[2] Whenever we apply a constraint to the network, our processing time is incremented by this amount In contrast,...
... some amino acid property that characterizes each kind of R-chain inthe protein The calculation ofthe three rst values of bilinear indices for the example protein (Tables and 3) is shown in Table ... protein bilinear descriptors account for 83% of variance ofthe tm for the cases inthe training series; the values of F-ratio for Eqns (27) Table 10 Results ofthe stochastic bilinear indices-driven ... predicting the free energy changes ofthe Arc mutants: LMR equation (Eqn 33) explains 83% ofthe variance ofthe experimental DDGfo for those cases inthe training set The statistics calculated in the...
... the fixed point lays on the line 10x 2y This is also the case inthe general setting It follows from 4.22 that whenever σnk −1 then the point xn−k , yn−k is on the line containing the fixed point ... Our main goal will be to give a description ofthe dynamics ofthe system in terms ofthe eigenvalues ofthe associated matrix A given in 2.2 We begin with the following result concerning 2-periodic ... that, since we are assuming that inequality 2.6 holds, we have β1 α2 / In this case, the forbidden set ofthe system reduces to the line y Since β2 0, the second equation ofthe system becomes the...
... the node upstream of that break tries to repair the route if it is closer to the destination than the source node To repair the link break, the node broadcasts an RREQ for that destination Otherwise, ... the values of all parameters used inthe simulation The following metrics are computed to evaluate the impact of each mobility model on the performance ofthe Bypass-AODV as well as the original ... of introducing the new protocol (2) The goodput ofthe TCP is the number of sequenced bits that a TCP receiver receives per unit of time This measure will show the effectiveness ofthe routing...
... the dominant trapping sets are formed by a combination of short cycles present inthe bipartite graph Inthe following, we adopt the terminology and notation related to trapping sets as originally ... determine the variable nodes in a trapping set, such as the trapping set bits flipping technique used in [3] Inthe previous example, if only out ofthe trapping sets variables are neutralized, the ... considered the variable nodes ofthe trapping set Finally, if the identified trapping set TS is already inthe trapping sets list, TS List, then its weight is incremented by one; otherwise the identified...
... obtained the Master of Engineering degree in July 2004 She then attended McMaster University pursuing further studies inthe Department of Electrical Engineering and completed the degree of Master ... edges are the [MK − (K + L)] vectors {ηm } involved inthe principal minor Now, since the determinant ofthe rank deficient matrix P ⊥ Σr (P ⊥ )H H H represents the square ofthe volume of a collapsed ... PDF such that: the priori distribution of a set of parameters is taken to be proportional to the square root ofthe determinant ofthe information matrix Applying Jeffreys’ principle, the noninformative...
... ofthe B-parts inthe Chopin example results from “subtracting” the segments corresponding to the A-parts given by A2 from the segments of A1 Or, inthe Mendelssohn example, the similarity of ... structure—as is the case for the Bolero— the running time ofthe path extraction is only a couple of seconds Finally, the running time ofthe clustering algorithm of Section is negligible; see the last ... ≤ K − The pairs pk will also be called the links of P Then the cost of link pk = (nk , mk ) is defined as S(nk , mk ) Now, it is the objective to extract long paths consisting of links having low...
... not investing inthe 5-scattered localities inthe region; not investing inthe dyeing industryin Danang and Quang Nam because ofthe risk of sea pollution; this industry can be invested in Thua ... of garment firms inthe region In this section, there an analysis ofthe presence ofthe banking system and the credit institutions inthe region; policies of these institutions; changes in interest ... enterprises inThe Key Economic Zone of Central Regarding theresearch object: the sewing businesses whose products are mainly clothing (industry code is 14100) On the spatial scale: the headquarters of...