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... cannot be linked back to the source. best inthe business inthe private sector. This type of The main issue then in is inthe feeling of anonymity. If benchmarking implies comparing customer ... important given the track record for customer surveys inthe literature thus farand the expansion of their use inthe Federal Government.Given the costs involved in designing and conducting thesesurveys ... consider them to be customers.assuming that the instrument is well designed and able to After all, someone (the taxpayer) is paying the agency tomeasure what was intended, there are still several issues...
... defined in (19.10). The excess MSE is the power of the additional error in the filter output due to the errors inthe filter coefficients. An equivalent measure of the excess MSE in steady-state is the ... Performance Issues When using the LMS adaptive filter, one must select the filter length L and the step size µ(n) toobtain the desired performance from the system. In this section, we explore theissues ... generalized expression forthese stability bounds in (19.41), the upper bound for the step size is inversely proportional to the input signal power σ2x in general. In practice, the input signal power...
... Academyof Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communi-ties. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute ... developing and maintaining a credible integrated climate observing system.” The “Post-2002” report (NRC,1999b) determined that “ensuring continuity of operational data, evaluating the readiness ... of the candidate sensors. There have been final selections of the winning contractors in 1999 and 2000. The Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) contractor was selected in early 1999. The...
... action, the speaker and he=rer mutually believe that executing plan P will result in the hearer acquiring the required information, but, since only the hearer is actually executing the plan, the ... result in identification of the intended referent, and in the case of the S[ action, the plan is simply to do nothing, because the referent of the term is already mutually known. This is not the ... knowledge. Since there are two dimensions relevant to ,:haracteriz- ing concept activation actions, it is possible to define four 199 Some Pragmatic Issuesinthe Planning of Definite and Indefinite...
... to the long-term sustainability of major infrastructure investments inthe water sector. The immediate challenge on the ground is the non-application of basic zoning principles and land delineation ... Pygmies draw drinking water directly from natural springs in Ituri forest 47Water Issuesinthe Democratic Republic of the CongoWork in progress: construction of a retaining headwall inthe village ... ($6.9 billion) over the period 2007-2008 was allotted to the water sector, placing it in sixth place in relation to other sectors. In terms of actual spending, the water sector, with 3 per...
... Assessing the quality of investment advice inthe retail banking sector A mystery shopping reviewFebruary 2013 3Assessing the quality of investment advice inthe retail banking sector ... the customer at the beginning of their first meeting. The adviser took time to explain key information and check the customer understood it. This included the adviser making it clear that the ... other factors causing poor advice” 13Assessing the quality of investment advice inthe retail banking sector Section 2 – Key causes of poor adviceFailing to give customers the correct informationWe...
... Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute ... that the FDA has agreed to include information about the lack of activity of anti-EGFR antibodies inthe setting of KRAS mutations inthe labels (i.e., while the indication remains broad, the ... engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and inthe selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The...
... a single man.HECTOROh.NICKGoodbye to drinking beer and watching football in bed.HECTOROh.NICKGoodbye to eating curry for breakfast.Episode 13 A Wedding inthe Air 8 EUNICE MOUNTAINOh!What ... about the women?NICK The women?BRIDGET The women you rescue.You carry them out of the house that is on fire.NICKOh yeah.BRIDGETThey must love it!NICKWell they are acting.BRIDGETAnd do they ... behave badly?EXTRA – don’t miss it!Episode 13 A Wedding inthe Air 17 Episode 13NarrativeANNIE [Reading on screen advert]Pet Weddings, the wedding for you and your little friends. Oh, Hector,...
... Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute ... that the FDA has agreed to include information about the lack of activity of anti-EGFR antibodies inthe setting of KRAS mutations inthe labels (i.e., while the indication remains broad, the ... (Oncotype DX, MammaPrint). 20 PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN ONCOLOGYinaccuracies in how the test is performed inthe laboratory. Emblematic of these issues are tests for HER2 amplification. The breast cancer...
... China 2007). Further investigation is necessary to determine the geographic location and dispersion of these sludges in order to assess the feasibility of using them in cement manufacturing. ... residues in China is paper production. China has the third largest paper industry inthe world, and manufactures two-thirds of all non-wood papers (Hammett 2001). Within the waste hierarchy, the ... residue: injection in blast furnace." Waste Management 22(8): 841-851. 39 At present, there is at least one example of sewage sludge being used in cement manufacturing in China. In spring...
... example, the kind of clause (main, coordinate, subordinate), whether the clause has a verb to be solved, the voice and form of the clause, the kind of event described by the clause, the time interval ... with the event described in the clause, etc. Some of the exercise descriptors must be manually coded and inserted inthe exercise data base whereas the others (mainly concerning purely linguistic ... rules according to the results obtained through their use. The work presented here relates both to the research carried out inthe fields of linguistics and philosophy, concerning theories of...
... provide recommendations for keeping the momentum of reform pursuit in the future. The methodology included obtaining statistics pertaining to the medical sectorin Egyptas regards colleges, students, ... quality(QAAP), in which all colleges in this sector would eventu-ally participate The projects of the medical sector as well as those in othersectors were continuously monitored, integrated witheach other ... strengthen-ing the cooperation and integration between industry andhigher education institutions; e) developing ManagementInformation Systems (MIS); and f) increasing the sourcesof information,...
... participated in its design and coordination, revised the final document. All authors read andapproved the final manuscript.Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.Received: ... ofbullying and work-related stress examined inthe Occu-pational Medicine Unit of our Institute, and analyzes,from a forensic point of view, the critical issues still pre-sent inthe diagnostic ... “Idon’tknow.” The usefulness of information obtained throug h the MMPI-2 depends on the ability of the subject tounderstand instructions, carry out the required task,understand and interpret the content...