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Showing 1 to 20 of 21289 for “"measure"”.
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Strange Measure
… the impulsive and the graphic (the graph), measure and disorder (or measured disorder). The very form of an 'opposition,' and its subtext of mutual exclusion restated as an entwined tension, an impossible one-within-the-other, thought if not realized, oblique if not overt. To work with …
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Measure for measure. Outcome assessment of arthritis treatment in clinical practice
… (iv) to develop a simple, utility-based outcome measure, the number needed to treat per quality adjusted life year gained (NNQ) and apply it in RA, PsA and SpA patients on anti-TNF treatment. Methods: Data were retrieved from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment (SSATG) register. In patients …
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Sustainable Schools: Beyond Measure ?
… question; ‘Sustainable Schools; Beyond Measure?’ In this regard, a “systems” approach was selected, which in turn led to the identification of three further levels of analysis (Inputs [1], Processes [2] and Outcomes [3]). Five objectives were then identified, helping to instruct the …
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From Measure Zero to Measure Hero: Periodic Kerr Orbits and Gravitational Wave Physics
A direct observational detection of gravitational waves - perhaps the most fundamental prediction of a theory of curved spacetime - looms close at hand. Stellar mass compact objects spiraling into supermassive black holes have received particular attention as sources of gravitational waves …
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Do Parent and Teacher Ratings of Behavior Measure What They Are Intended to Measure?
… behavioral rating forms and neuropsychological measures are commonly employed in pediatric clinical evaluations, these two forms of assessment do not generally converge as expected. The purpose of the current research was to examine and compare the abilities of intellectual, academic, …
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Underappreciated Resource or Inadequate Measure?
… suggesting that they deem it to be an inadequate measure of minority protection. This thesis seeks to address the question of whether article 27 is simply another inadequate measure or an underappreciated resource through analyses of four key questions: (i) the scope question, (ii) the …
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Lebesgue ▼-Measure and Riemann ▼-Integration
… involving the ▲ case (i.e., ▲-derivatives, ▲-measure, ▲-integrability, etc.) with only a brief mention of the ▼case. This thesis is designed to give a greater understanding of ▼-measurability and Riemann ▼-integration, as well as to give a comparison between ▲ and ▼-measurability. Furthermore, …
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Hypergeometric functions and Mahler measure
The logarithmic Mahler measure of an n-variable Laurent polynomial, P(x1,...,xn) is defined by [expression]. Using experimental methods, David Boyd conjectured a large number of explicit relations between Mahler measures of polynomials and special values of different types of L-series. This thesis …
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Amount Superlatives and Measure Phrases
… superlative ambiguity, semantic constraints on measure constructions, and the internal structure of the extended nominal phrase. I analyze the quantity words, <em>most, least</em>,<em> </em>and<em> fewest </em>as superlatives of quantificational adjectives (Q-adjectives), but argue that these …
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Utility driven change of measure
We demonstrate how a change of probability measure can be carried out based on the risk preference of a representative investor. Using the stochastic discount factor and the Radon-Nikod´ym derivative, we are able to obtain the risk-neutral measure given a real world measure and a preference …
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Development of the Negative Attentional Bias during Exercise Measure and the Rumination and Escape Thoughts Measure
… primary purpose of this study was to develop a measure to assess negative attentional bias toward changes in bodily sensations during exercise and to examine the reliability and validity of that measure. A secondary purpose was to develop a measure to assess tendencies toward rumination about …
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Take heed what ye hear : Shakespeare's "Measure for measure" and the Bible.
… allusions to Christian Scripture in Measure for Measure, his most biblical play. It takes the play as Shakespeare’s sincere response to his new king and patron’s well-known aspiration to be a “good textuary” of the Bible. Working through a network of biblical texts connected to Jesus’ …
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Halstead's complexity measure on PASCAL programs
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