reflections on current knowledge and future directions

... symptomremission at six months and one year[33] Similarly, one meta-analysis analyzed studies comparing pneumatic dilationwith BT injection and found a remission rate of 65.8% at one year forpneumatic ... stronger autonomic effects than BT(A), even when used at standard dose In one study for example, patients whoreceived BT (B) reported higher incidences of constipation and lower salivaproduction[28] ... shown continued efficacy in up to 34% of and is thought to be secondary to antibody formation Trang 12Current role in treatment Overall, pneumatic dilation and myotomy have superior long term...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2022, 12:58

... International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing ICSKG International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grids ICUC International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing IGCCW International ... e-business, online surveys, e-books, online news and digital archiving Scholars consider education and training for the soft solutions (Herrick and Ritschard 2009) and focus on IT users' belief and behaviour ... researchers and practitioners to an understanding of the current trends and anticipated future directions of Green IT It consolidates Green IT research from the Computer Science, Information Systems,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2017, 16:15

... monitoring will be risk-based and focus on consent Trang 5procedures and inclusion/exclusion criteria Randomizationintegrity is ensured by a central online randomization module, safety is monitored ... intervention, follow-up only by telephone (and automatically from registries) and no sub-studies, and a short and simple writ-ten consent form Study Population, Screening, and Enrolment In conventional ... international collabo-ration, and the monitoring of safety and adherence for chronic HF treatments Here, we use the Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2022, 16:04

... information on possible effects on male and female reproductive performance such as 274 gonadal function, mating behaviour, conception, development of the conceptus and 275 parturition, either ... information on possible effects on reproduction and/or development 239 This test does not provide complete information on all aspects of reproduction and 240 development In particular, it offers only ... behaviour, conception, gestation, parturition, lactation, and weaning, and the growth and 207 development of the offspring The study may also provide information about the effects on 208 neonatal morbidity,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... and Ph Avouris, “Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications,” Springer: Berlin, 2001 [30] M P Mattson, R C Haddon and A M Rao, “Molecular Functionalization of Carbon ... inspiration from biological processes governing memory, consciousness and also evolution through patterned and non-patterned genetic variation This is essential to understand the limits and power ... spontaneous electrical activity These spontaneous activities depend on the electrophysiological properties of their constituent neurons and connections, which could be measured by single-neuron...

Ngày tải lên: 14/10/2022, 15:33

... perpetuate for a long time However, the World Conservation Union (formerly International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Global ... management, and restoration management Collaborating across institutional and property boundaries and across local and national levels to carry out the complex tasks of detection, prevention, eradication, ... Resources and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Ravinder K Kohli Centre for Environment and Vocational Studies Panjab University Chandigarh, India Andrew Gray Forest Inventory and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:21

... Group National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters Cost Analysis Division NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Reconnaissance Organization Naval Air Systems Command, Cost ... readiness, and support of current and future aerospace forces Research is conducted in four programs: Aerospace Force Development; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and ... predictions of future costs An analyst does not have perfect knowledge about technology, economic conditions, and other future events Thus, a cost estimate carries with it an uncertainty and, thereby,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... corporation with multiple focuses on hunger improvement, disease prevention and community education through scholarship programs The second one is the McLamore Foundation, also a non-profit corporation ... contribution and services: BK has two of its own in-house national charitable organizations and programs One is the Have It Your Way Foundation, as its slogan “Have it Your Way”, a US-based non-profit ... old However additional service also addressed here such as Wifi, Televion and Bluetooth headset communication device between staff to serve better 13 V Conclusion and Recommendation Fast food industry...

Ngày tải lên: 03/03/2014, 22:42

... overall condition of positivedefinite correlation matrix, the constraints on correlated positive random variables are stronger and far less intuitive.46 Given that correlations between task durations ... Justice and RAND Health often deal with confidential and politically sensitive analyses of decisionmaking and its consequences RAND has an important niche doing work with confidential information ... management decisions CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A program of critical evaluation in the open literature would help resolve these issues How could RAND help? RAND has a reputation for doing work...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20

... Pulp and Paper Production) German Version 3.02 http://www.cm-consult.de N.N (H.A.SIMONS, NLK CONSULTANTS, SANDWELL, PULP and PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA): Water use reduction in the pulp and ... 1994 – a monograph Vancouver: Canadian Pulp and Paper Association 1994 N.N.: Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), Reference Document on Best Available Techniques in the Pulp and Paper ... water consumption on the wet end of the paper machine and the quality of paper Paperi ja Puu 83, 3, 190-203 (2001) BOYKO J., ANDERSON J., LOCKHART C.: Reduction of paper machine water consumption...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 00:20

... information as a result of inaccuracy, conflict, contradiction, and/ or confusion 2.1.1 Confusion Wrongful substitutions 2.1.2 Conflict Conflicting or contradictory assignments or substitutions 2.1.3 ... beyond the location of the building to include communication links and response of fire and rescue units and personnel CHAPTER INTRODUCTION Slide No 20 Knowledge and Ignorance ̈ Knowledge: – Knowledge ... to consist of two types: • Nonpropositional • Propositional – The nonpropositional knowledge can be further broken down into: • know-how and concept knowledge • familiarity knowledge (commonly...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... acceptable risk and comparative evaluation of options and/ or alternatives through monitoring and decision analysis Risk control also includes failure prevention and consequence mitigation CHAPTER ... purchase money, and maintain projects and operations CHAPTER RISK ANALYSIS METHODS Slide No 91 Risk Assessment (cont’d) ̈ Economic and Financial Risks (cont’d) – Operational Risks • Operational risks ... financial and investment obligations Preliminary design Detailed design Execution and Termination implementation The preliminary design is not The detailed design The execution and The termination stage...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... System Definition Models ̈ Contributing Factor Diagrams (cont’d) Construction of a Contributing Factor Diagram: Identify and select answer variables in consultation with stakeholders and specialists ... decision CHAPTER 3a SYSTEM DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE Slide No 35 System Definition Models ̈ Decision Trees and Influence Diagrams – The construction of a decision model requires the definition of ... inspection method CHAPTER 3a SYSTEM DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE Slide No 41 System Definition Models ̈ Decision Trees and Influence Diagrams – Tree Construction • The decision tree includes the decision...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... components functioning Functioning System survival based on one component functioning and one component failed Failed System survival based on one component functioning and one component failed Failed ... A Conceptual Design Studies Phase B Concept Definition Phase C Design and Development Phase D Fabrication, Integration, Test and Certification • Phase E Pre-Operations • Phase F Operations and ... engineering, and production control; quality control; production operations Evaluation requirements; categories of test and evaluation; test preparation phase including planning and resource...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... the regression line (b1), and the standard deviation of the random (standard) error ( ) using Eqs 30b to 30d Generate a random (standard) error using a zero mean and a standard deviation as given ... X1 , X , Case a: Non-correlated Random Variables Compute the standard deviation and mean of the equivalent normal distribution for each non-normal random variable using Eqs 13 and 14 Compute the ... Performance-Based Reliability Assessment ̈ Monte Carlo Simulation Methods – Conditional Expectation (cont’d) • In these equations, L and R are the control variables The total failure probability...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... Hazard Functions (cont’d) – For the exponential distribution, the hazard (failure) rate function is constant, and is given by h(t) = (49) and the exponential cumulative hazard rate function is H(t) ... Failure Rates, and Hazard Functions (cont’d) – Exponential Distribution • The exponential distribution has a reliability function R(t) as given by R(t) = exp(- t) (38) = failure rate = constant Slide ... example are based on Monte Carlo simulation – The TTFs and the estimation results of the empirical survivor function based on Eq 55 are given in Table – The table shows only a portion of data since...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... Binomial Distribution (cont’d) Where f = binomial probability mass function r = random variable, n and p =binomial distribution parameters – The corresponding likelihood function is given by l(p ... ̈ Parameter Estimation for the Exponential Distribution (cont’d) – Using the Bayes’ theorem with the prior distribution given by Eq 89 and the likelihood function of Eq 90, one can find the posterior ... Example 22 (cont’d) – The failure data and survivor functions for these components are given in Tables 24, 25, and 26 – The parameters of the hazard rate functions based on Eqs 60a and 60b model...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21