... inhomogeneity ofthe emotion-related states within one turn can be observed The emotional homogeneity is defined as the proportion of raw labels, that is, the decisions ofthe five human labellers onthe ... Size ofthe vocabulary for the different training and test subsets ofthe FAU Aibo Emotion Corpus; training onthe balanced subsets of Ohm, testing onthe unbalanced subsets of Mont Number of word ... level of 0.05 The performance of an ASR system is always a combination ofthe influence ofthe acoustic models andthe linguistic models In order to show the pure impactofthe linguistic adaptation...
... RATIONALE OF FDI ANDECONOMICGROWTH 1.1 Rationale ofeconomicgrowth 1.1.1 The concept ofeconomicgrowthEconomicgrowth is considered one ofthe most critical issues in the study ofeconomic ... contributions ofthe thesis * Academic and theoretical contributions Onthe basis ofthe theoretical and empirical researches, the thesis analyzes and clarifies the reality of FDI attraction and ... 3.2 The scope ofthe thesis Scope of content: the study focuses on analyzing the relation between FDI andeconomicgrowth at both macroeconomic and microeconomic levels The scope of time and...
... increase their market, and only handful of them reported success (Jay and Peter, 1992) Onthe other hand, Toyota is now the number one car manufacturer (Economist, 2005, 2004) The success of Toyota ... Hendricks and Singhal (1997), empirically compared profitability, sales growthand cost ofthe companies that have won quality related awards with the otherwise similar ones in the control groups They ... scientific study are tentative, further research with new data either strengthens these conclusions or improves upon them (Frohlich, and Dixon, 2001) Secondly, technologies and management practices diffuse...
... carbon andthe price of carbon. And we don’t want to turn this into a discussion about Congress and legislation, but I think there was some consensus around the table that if we can focus onthe ... when they don’t agree with what we wanted to do, because they are bipartisan; they are responsible. Andthe CBO report, the most recent white house forum on jobs andeconomicgrowth report of ... (Automation Alley), Matthew Segal (80 Million Strong for Young American Jobs), Randall Stephenson (AT&T), Andy Stern 19 white house forum on jobs andeconomicgrowth (Service Employees International...
... mix of patients Medical staff, consisting of five senior intensivists and three residents, rotated continuously over these units, usually on a one-week basis One month after the completion ofthe ... acquisition, analysis ofthe data, statistical analysis and drafting ofthe manuscript BC was responsible for data acquisition, analysis ofthe data, and drafting ofthe manuscript JD was responsible ... MPE involved the wrong prescription of a tenfold overdose of a beta-blocker, where rapid intervention ofthe clinical pharmacist intercepted the administration of this overdose The nonintercepted...
... facilitate the initiation of WCM implementation Cooper and Kaplan (1991) also conclude that the understanding of cost variability sources of plant managers and so, can manage the demand of resource and ... evaluation, I can see that ABC can’t improve performance of plant by itself, and one ofthe ways to see overall impactof ABC is the implementation of WCM TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration of Originality ... better by concentrate in product lines and know the exact impactofthe changes in the production mix and profits in production activities So, Cooper and Kaplan conclude that the advantages of ABC...
... the Vietnamese consumers consist of high education background, but only few of them understand CSR and most of them are still confuse or not understand CSR The reason may be the CSR is new concept ... calculate the result of survey show that there are 35% of respondents choose “strongly agree" and "agree", it meet the result ofthe question about when respondents not understand the concept of CSR and ... objectives The purpose of this project is to give the definition of CSR and its concepts and studies Through this definition of CSR and its concepts and studies, we will have a view of CSR in the world...
... is the CSR? - The definition of CSR The theories of CSR What is the finance performance? What is the relationship between CSR and finance performance? The role of CSR to increase profit of ... traced and recorded in the balance sheet A second feature oftheeconomic costs of CSR is the considerable amount of upfront cash outflows, which decrease the competitive ability of socially responsible ... outcome of increasing CSR for the firm Additionally, political cost theory and environmental economic theory also seem to forecast less volatile earnings as a primary impactof CSR The second economic...
... activity), further investigation ofthe contribution ofthe mutation p.Gln204Lys was required Given the extremely low residual activity of most ofthe mutant proteins, further kinetic studies of those ... domains andthe dipyrromethane cofactor is covalently linked to Cys261 The interaction ofthe cofactor with the enzyme side chains is well understood The position ofthe observed mutations in the ... effect of a mutation can be evaluated by observing the function ofthe residue conserved in the structure and by assessing its conservation in the sequence in relation to structure and evolution...
... division ofthe patients based onthe expression levels of MTSS1 yield a significant correlation with overall survival; (F) A three-way division ofthe patients based onthe expression levels of ... in collection ofthe tissue samples ZZ helped to draft the manuscript YY participated in the design ofthe study LZ participated in the design ofthe study WJ conceived ofthe study, and participated ... reduction in tumour cell migration, invasion and growth, and an increase in cell adhesion The loss of MTSS1 by way of hammerhead ribozyme transgenes resulted in enhanced invasiveness, migration, growth...
... division ofthe patients based onthe expression levels of MTSS1 yield a significant correlation with overall survival; (F) A three-way division ofthe patients based onthe expression levels of ... in collection ofthe tissue samples ZZ helped to draft the manuscript YY participated in the design ofthe study LZ participated in the design ofthe study WJ conceived ofthe study, and participated ... reduction in tumour cell migration, invasion and growth, and an increase in cell adhesion The loss of MTSS1 by way of hammerhead ribozyme transgenes resulted in enhanced invasiveness, migration, growth...
... http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/33 Figure The component arrangement for testing of reconstructions: The tensioning device is positioned in series with the reconstruction, four load cells andthe load-train ofthe ... properties The plane of proximal-distal rotation lies closer to the longitudinal axis ofthe tunnel and hence the tendons Conversely, strand tension showed a significant differences when the tensioning ... M30 and L30 allowing rejection ofthe second null hypothesis in this specific situation A possible explanation is that at M30 and L30 there is medio-lateral excursion ofthe tendons away from their...
... any combination of these symptoms, of acute onset, and requiring a change in the regular medication ofthe patient [18] The study was approved by the Ethics Committee ofthe Foundation Hospital ... medical visits, hospital admissions, and death in these patients [38] Furthermore, there is an increasing evidence oftheimpactof these events onthe health condition of patients with COPD Thus, ... though they only show a reduction in MCS-12 in the most advanced phases ofthe disease The determinant factors of both components of HRQoL include sex, FEV1, use of oxygen therapy andThe influence...
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... modify the instrument based on this first set of results The final choice ofthe set of items will be based on their indices of distribution and discrimination and their theoretical importance Second, ... between the constructs based onthe proposed integrated model using path analysis Observation ofthe expected relationships will be further proof ofthe validity ofthe model and its constructs The ... healthcare, contains two parts: the knowledge creation cycle andthe action cycle While the first cycle comprises the process of creating knowledge, the second one constitutes the process of applying the...
... pneumonia Authors' contributions EMM originated and coordinated the study, obtained funding, contributed to the analysis ofthe data, and contributed to preparation ofthe paper MIR, AA, and JP contributed ... index, and processes of care by β-lactam with a fluoroquinolone in comparison with other antimicrobial combinations Figure demonstrates the association ofthe use of a β-lactam plus a fluoroquinolone, ... administration and in the first 24 hours, and measurement of oxygen saturation within 24 hours of presentation [18] Mortality was assessed with information from the Texas Department of Health and the...
... symptoms andthe ensuing daily challenges, but also the context (e.g consequences and settings) of symptoms andtheimpactof these symptoms on daily functioning Indeed, it has been suggested that the ... medicated and non-mediated children with ADHD, in terms oftheimpactof their condition on eve- http://www.capmh.com/content/2/1/31 ryday activities, general behaviour and family relationships, andthe ... severity -of- illness In addition, no information was available onthe dosage of medication and medication compliance in the ADHD treatment group Concerns regarding the use of stimulation medication...