... values of raw WSN sheets from
soft and hard wheat flour samples. Measurements of L*, a*, and
b* usually give low standard deviations (SD) using the method
described and this study gave mean SD of ... Japanese udon, the appearance of raw
noodles is usually judged by laboratory assessments of sheet color
and color stability and often supported by measurements of Com-
mission International ...
translucency, and gloss of boiled noodles, and to demonstrate the
application of such tests on noodles prepared by both convention-
al and vacuum mixing.
MATERIALS ANDMETHODS
The translucency and gloss...
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sections of the paper, the relative advantages and disadvantages of the alternative survey
methods are presented and tradeoffs of important factors are explored.
Questionnaire design and construction ... Satisfaction Officer
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SUMMARY
The purpose of this paper is to help customer survey process stakeholders understand some of
the inherent tradeoffs of ... of alternative survey methods. The scope addresses factors including size
of the customer population, strengths and weaknesses of alternate methods, survey response rates
and resource constraints....
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OVERVIEW AND COMPARISON OF BASIC ICA METHODS
methods. In some cases, however, the algorithm and the estimation principle may be
difficult to separate.
The properties of the ICA method depend on both of ... Comparison of, say, the traces of the asymptotic variances of
two estimators enables direct comparison of the accuracy of two estimators. One can
solve analytically for the asymptotic variance of
b
b
, ... variance of the first component of
^
q
,
denoted by
^
q
1
, is of a smaller order than the variance of the vector of other components, denoted
by
^
q
1
. Excluding the first component in (A.1), and...
... vector v is unique.
Let U and V be two vector spaces of dimensions m and n, respectively,
and L a linear transformation of U into V, and define bases B
U
and B
V
for
U and V as
B
U
= {u
j
}
m
1
, ... (Pettinato and Stephanou, 1989).
The kinematics of grasping is discussed in Chapter 4. The basic kinematic
structure of a multifingered hand consists of a palm, which plays the role
of the base of a ... revolute joints only, the unitsof the
joint-rate vector are all s
−1
, whereas the Cartesian velocity contains some
components with unitsof s
−1
and others with unitsof ms
−1
.
Further definitions...
... velocity and acceleration
of a set of its points are known. Moreover, given the intermediate level of
the chapter, only the theoretical aspects of the problem are studied, and
hence, perfect measurements ... positioning of one point of their
end-effector (EE), and a local architecture for the orientation of their EE.
In this chapter, the notation of Denavit and Hartenberg is introduced and
applied ... Simulation of
Multibody Systems: The Real-Time Challenge
W.K. Gawronski
, Dynamics and Control of Structures: A Modal Approach
K.C. Gupta,
Mechanics and Control of Robots
J. Ida and J.P.A. Bastos,
...
... reverse-joined hairpin ribozymes
and engineering of twin ribozymes consisting of
conventional and reverse-joined hairpin ribozyme units
Sergei A. Ivanov, Ste
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Ruhr-Universita
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and structure of catalytic RNA molecules, and we are now beginning to
understand ribozymes well enough to turn them into useful tools. Work in
our laboratory has focused on the development of ... cp(Cy5)
control. Lanes 2 and 3, incubation of S20 cp(Cy5) with HP–TWRJ in the absence of initial substrate under conditions of fragment exchange
reaction after 5 and 80 min. Lane 4, incubation of S20 cp(Cy5)...
... the roles of primary and secondary OC produc-
tion is an important step toward an improved understanding
and modeling of the sources, morphology and effects of
aerosol OC. The technique of minimizing ... 12% and 27% of the ambient concentrations of
acetone, MEK and acetaldehyde respectively in the winter
and 29%, 26% and 34% respectively in the s ummer.
Aerosol OC was found to be composed of 16% ... Meteorological
Measurements
[
17] Additional measurements which are used in this
paper are described briefly below. For a more thorough
overview of the gas and particle measurementmethods and
results...
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advantages of these methods, the affects on the decisions of managers can be obvious.
As a result, the author of this thesis hopes that the empirical study of advantages and
disadvantages of ABC ... products or
services and establish in their mind a whole picture about cost pool with all of items. By
this way, the reliability of data andmeasurement will be increased rapidly and the
following ... impacts and influences on
the managers’ decisions by using SWOT analysis and survey results.
2.1.1 History of cost accounting methodsand ABC general review
A fire at the headquarters of the...
... Potter of NASA Ames, R. Atkinson of UC Riverside,
and P. Harley and A. Guenther of NCAR are much appreciated.
References
Andreae, M. O., and P. Merlet (2001), Emissions of trace gases and aerosols
from ... NASA
DC-8 flying laboratory to measure a large number of
OVOC and chemical tracers in the polluted and unpolluted
Pacific troposphere. An overview of the mission payload,
flight profiles, and prevalent ... OVOC and tracers in (top) the free troposphere and (bottom)
the boundary layer. S and R are slopes and correlation coefficients for the linear fit. Slopes are in units of
ppt/ppb for CO and ppt/ppt...
... understanding of the climate system and the creation of a
robust observations and modeling infrastructure. However, the
paucity of social science research and the separation of natural
and social ...
and thresholds and barriers to adaptation), of economic costs and
10 RESTRUCTURING FEDERAL CLIMATE RESEARCH
need to improve our understanding of climate change and satisfy
the growing demand ... of the CCSP:
• Discovery science and understanding of the climate system
are proceeding well, but use of that knowledge to support decision
making and to manage risks and opportunities of...
... [11, 15, 14] and includes
three steps. The first step consists of acquiring and analyzing
a copy of a bot. This can be achieved for example using hon-
eypots [1] and special analysis software [4, ... OVERNET and the Stormnet and observe the commu-
nication to get a better understanding of it.
Assume that we want to find out in the least intrusive way
what type of content is published and searched ... using sandbox or network analysis tech-
niques. The result of this step is a list of network locations (IP
address / port) of peer services that form part of the P2P botnet.
Step 2: Infiltration and...
... suitable cut-
off values for the on-line detection of credit default events. Table 3 gives some examples
of possible cut-off values and the resulting correct and incorrect classification of default
events. ... make use of the patterns of payment – an alternative way to
measure the status and development of accounts receivable – to analyze payment behavior
and derive a profit-oriented definition of credit ... gratefully acknowledges the support of Gerhard Arminger (University of Wuppertal) and
helpful comments of Annette K
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ohler (University of Duisburg-Essen) and participants at the 4th European
Risk...
... In
general, let u and v be vectors of spaces U and V,ofdimensionsm and
n, respectively. Furthermore, let t be a real variable and f be real-valued
function of t, u = u(t)andv = v(u(t)) being m-andn-dimensional ... revolute joints only, the unitsof the
joint-rate vector are all s
−1
, whereas the Cartesian velocity contains some
components with unitsof s
−1
and others with unitsof ms
−1
.
Further definitions ... which
contradicts the property of proper orthogonal matrices of eq.(2.21b).
Now one more representation of Q in terms of e and φ is given. For a
fixed axis of rotation, i.e., for a fixed value of e, the rotation...