268 research outputs found
Optimization of ownership for the innovation economy of Russia.
No full textIn article the original author's concept on improvement of qualifiers of forms of the account of the property which the author uses as the precondition to re-structuring of toolkit of the sociologist for deep studying, improvement of a condition and development of economy of Russia at a new historical stage of development is stated. The rich actual material which has made base for theoretical constructions stated in article, the author has saved up, studying the big file of the scientific literature. Thanks to the popular statement which has been not overloaded with special terms, article can be useful not only to professional sociologists, philosophers and economists, but in general to all who is interested in those actual problems which are considered within the limits of corresponding sciences. The author will be deeply grateful to readers for responses and critical remarks for its work.Optimization of ownership, innovation economy
In Search of Lost Meaning. Review of the Monograph by Kharayeva L.F., Kuchukova Z.A. “Gender and Ethnogender (on the Material of Kabardian Women’s Prose)”
No full textThe review offered to our readers is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of Kabardian women’s prose, presented in the monograph “Gender and Ethnogender” by L.F. Kharaeva and Z.A. Kuchukova. The author analyzes the monograph from the point of view of its structure, sequence of presentation, relevance to the topic and corpus of chosen literary texts. The undoubted value of the monograph recognizes its theoretical and practical significance, as well as an indisputable novelty. The author recommends this scientific research to be read by all who are interested in issues of gender and its ethnospecificity, gender literature, and the latest Kabardian literature
On the use of Spaceborne Remote Sensing for Archaeology: A case study on early iron production sites at the Jordan Valley
No full textThe purpose of this research was to investigate the surroundings of the Jordan Valley in Jordan with a large variety of spaceborne remote sensing data to examine the potential of this technique for the application of archaeology in general. The Jordan Valley is a region where many archaeological remains have been discovered, such as ancient settlements, old irrigation systems, and remains of early iron production. The used data sources includes multispectral (ASTER), hyperspectral (Hyperion), high-resolution (Quickbird), and radar data (ERS, Envisat and SIR-C). ASTER and Hyperion data are used to investigate the mineralogical content of the soil, whereas pan-sharpened Quickbird imagery is used to reveal the smallest structures in the landscape. Spectral field measurements are carried out as well for collecting groundtruth information. Radar (SAR) is used to map the terrain texture. Spaceborne remote sensing appears to be capable to map the known archaeological sites, showing its potential for the use in unexplored areas. However, the Jordan Valley itself is an area that is well known, and most archaeologically interesting features visible at the surface there are already documented, also detailed geological maps are available. No new discoveries therefore have been made.Aerospace Engineerin
Tedizolid (TR-701): A new oxazolidinone with enhanced potency
No full textIntroduction: Tedizolid phosphate (TR-701) is a new oxazolidinone prodrug that is transformed in the serum into the active drug tedizolid (TR-700). Tedizolid acts by inhibiting protein synthesis and has broad activity against Gram-positive pathogens, including strains that are resistant to linezolid. Areas covered: This review summarizes the currently available data on this new antimicrobial agent. In vitro activity, pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics, clinical efficacy and safety are all addressed. Expert opinion: Tedizolid will provide a useful addition to the antimicrobial armamentarium, particularly in complicated skin and skin structure infections, due to its high oral bioavailability and once-daily dosing. The results of future studies will serve to better position tedizolid among the newly approved agents for infections caused by Gram-positive organisms. © 2012 Informa UK, Ltd.[Anonymous], 2001, AM J INFECT CONTROL, V29, P404; Betriu C, 2010, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V54, P2212, DOI 10.1128-AAC.01653-09; Bien P., 2010, 50 INT C ANT AG CHEM; Brown SD, 2010, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V54, P2063, DOI 10.1128-AAC.01569-09; Chang S, 2003, NEW ENGL J MED, V348, P1342, DOI 10.1056-NEJMoa025025; Colak D, 2002, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V50, P397, DOI 10.1093-jac-dkf134; Colca JR, 2003, J BIOL CHEM, V278, P21972, DOI 10.1074-jbc.M302109200; Dreskin H, 2011, 51 INT C ANT AG CHEM; Falagas ME, 2006, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V58, P273, DOI 10.1093-jac-dkl219; Fluit AC, 2001, J CLIN MICROBIOL, V39, P3727, DOI 10.1128-JCM.39.10.3727-3732.2001; Fridkin SK, 2005, NEW ENGL J MED, V352, P1436, DOI 10.1056-NEJMoa043252; Gould IM, 2008, INT J ANTIMICROB AG, V31, P1, DOI 10.1016-S0924-8579(08)70002-5; Hiramatsu K, 1997, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V40, P135, DOI 10.1093-jac-40.1.135; Housman ST, 2011, 51 INT C ANT AG CHEM; Hsueh PR, 1999, INFECT CONT HOSP EP, V20, P828, DOI 10.1086-501592; Im WB, 2011, EUR J MED CHEM, V46, P1027, DOI 10.1016-j.ejmech.2011.01.014; Jacobson LM, 2009, PEDIATR INFECT DIS J, V28, P445, DOI 10.1097-INF.0b013e3181927891; Jones RN, 2009, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V63, P716, DOI 10.1093-jac-dkp021; Keel RA, 2011, 51 INT C ANT AG CHEM; Kirst HA, 1998, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V42, P1303; Leach KL, 2007, MOL CELL, V26, P393, DOI 10.1016-j.molcel.2007.04.005; LECLERCQ R, 1988, NEW ENGL J MED, V319, P157, DOI 10.1056-NEJM198807213190307; Lemaire S, 2009, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V64, P1035, DOI 10.1093-jac-dkp267; Livermore DM, 2009, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V63, P713, DOI 10.1093-jac-dkp002; Locke JB, 2009, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V53, P5265, DOI 10.1128-AAC.00871-09; Louie A, 2011, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V55, P3453, DOI 10.1128-AAC.01565-10; Mangili A, 2005, CLIN INFECT DIS, V40, P1058, DOI 10.1086-428616; Moellering RC, 2003, ANN INTERN MED, V138, P135; Moise PA, 2000, INT J ANTIMICROB AG, V16, pS31; Munoz KA, 2011, 21 EUR C CLIN MICR I; Prasad JV, 2007, CURR OPIN MICROBIOL, V10, P454, DOI 10.1016-j.mib.2007.08.001; Prokocimer P, 2008, 48 INT C ANT AG CHEM; Prokocimer P, 2011, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V55, P583, DOI 10.1128-AAC.00076-10; Ramsey AM, 2009, INFECT CONT HOSP EP, V30, P184, DOI 10.1086-593956; Rodriguez-Avial I, 2012, J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, V67, P167, DOI 10.1093-jac-dkr403; Sakoulas G, 2004, J CLIN MICROBIOL, V42, P2398, DOI 10.1128-JCM.42.6.2398-2402.2004; Garcia MS, 2010, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V303, P2260, DOI 10.1001-jama.2010.757; Schaadt R, 2009, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V53, P3236, DOI 10.1128-AAC.00228-09; Shaw KJ, 2008, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V52, P4442, DOI 10.1128-AAC.00859-08; SMALL PM, 1990, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V34, P1227; UTTLEY AHC, 1989, EPIDEMIOL INFECT, V103, P173; van Hal SJ, 2011, EUR J CLIN MICROBIOL, V30, P603, DOI 10.1007-s10096-010-1128-3; VOSS A, 1994, EUR J CLIN MICROBIOL, V13, P50, DOI 10.1007-BF02026127; Woods CW, 2004, CLIN INFECT DIS, V38, P1188, DOI 10.1086-383027; Yamaki J, 2011, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V55, P4432, DOI 10.1128-AAC.00122-11; Yum JH, 2010, ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH, V54, P5381, DOI 10.1128-AAC.00728-10; Zetola N, 2005, LANCET INFECT DIS, V5, P275, DOI 10.1016-S1473-3099(05)70112-214171
Studying Co-evolution of Production and Test Code Using Association Rule Mining
No full textUnit testing is generally accepted as an aid to produce high quality code, and can provide quick feedback to developers on the quality of the software. To have a high quality and well maintained test suite requires the production and test code to synchronously co-evolve, as added or changed production code should be tested as soon as possible. Traditionally the quality of a test suite is measured using code coverage, but this measurement does not provide insight in how tests are used by developers. In this thesis we explore a new approach to analyse how tests in a system are used based on association rules mined from the system’s change history. The approach is based on the reasoning that an association rule between two entities, possibly of a different type, is a measure for the co-use of the entities. Case studies show that analysing all the resulting rules allows us to uncover the distribution of programmer effort over pure coding, pure testing, or a more test-driven practice. Another application of our approach is that we can express the number of tests that are truly co-evolving with their associated production class.Software EngineeringSoftware TechnologyElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Quaternion PCA and sparse PCA for shape variability
No full textPrincipal component analysis (PCA) is commonly used in the fields of computer graphics and geometry processing for constructing subspaces that represent the variability present in a dataset. Examples of such datasets are configurations of a non-rigid object, poses of a deformable character or snapshots from a simulation. By applying PCA to the dataset, one can generate a lower-dimensional space in which the data samples can be approximated well. Similar to PCA, one can also apply a sparse PCA technique to the geometric data. These methods aim to find components that do not only describe the deformations present in the data well, but are also sparse and localized.One of the problems related to PCA and sparse PCA is that they do not take the correlation between the x, y and z coordinates of each vertex into account when constructing the subspace. Furthermore, the methods are not invariant to rigid motion (rotations and translations) of the data samples, which means that rigid registration has to often be applied to the samples as a preprocessing step. Ideally, we would like to construct a subspace that is invariant to these rigid motions.This project investigates whether quaternions can be used to solve these problems. By describing each vertex as a pure quaternion, we show how quaternion PCA can be applied to geometric data and introduce a quaternion method of snapshots for improved computational efficiency. Additionally, we derive multiple quaternion sparse PCA techniques, which are inspired by the Sparse Localized Deformation Components (SPLOCS) method. Experimental results show that the quaternion PCA and sparse PCA methods are able to describe a richer space of deformations using fewer components. Furthermore, we show that quaternion PCA leads to improved rigid motion invariance.Computer Scienc
De Stille Kracht & Metamorfoze: Renovatie van de Couperusbuurt
No full textRenovatieontwerp voor de duplexwoningen in de vroeg-naoorlogse Couperusbuurt in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Aan de hand van twee ontwerpen worden de diverse mogelijkheden van renovatie getoond. 'De Stille Kracht' benadrukt de jaren '50 kwaliteit van de buurt en versterkt dit in de architectuur. Bij 'Metamorfoze' staat duurzaamheid centraal en worden de woningen energiezuiniger en comfortabeler gemaakt.Transforming Housing HeritageRMITArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Detecting a risk mismatch between actual investment portfolio and its strategic asset allocation
No full textApplied mathematicsElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Minimaliseren van kosten van dijkverhoging
No full textIn 1953 vond in Nederland de watersnoodramp plaats. Als gevolg daarvan werd de Deltacommissie ingesteld. Haar doel was om de overheid te adviseren welke maatregelen getroffen moesten worden zodat een tweede ramp voorkomen werd. De adviezen van de Deltacommissie hebben bijvoorbeeld geresulteerd in de afsluiting van de Nieuwe IJssel, de Oosterschelde, de Grevelingen en het Haringvliet. In Nederland zijn echter nog veel meer beschermingsmaatregelen. Er zijn 57 dijkringen. Een dijkring is een in de wet vastgelegd binnengebied dat voor water beschermd wordt door onder andere dijken, sluizen en gemalen. Ook de dijkringen zijn onderhavig aan verzakking en waterpeilstijging. Hierdoor is het belangrijk dat vaak onderzocht wordt of de dijken en de andere waterkeringen aangepast moeten worden. De verhoging van dijken staat centraal in dit verslag. Wanneer en hoeveel moet je een dijk ophogen zodat de kosten minimaal zijn. Om dit probleem op te lossen zijn verschillende formules nodig, zoals de kans op overstroming, verwachte schade bij overstroming en de investeringskosten voor het ophogen van de dijken. Aan de hand van deze formules kan het probleem gediscretiseerd worden tot een kortste pad probleem. Dit probleem wordt opgelost aan de hand van een algoritme dat in Matlab is geimplementeerd. In de minimale oplossing zijn de ophogingen nagenoeg periodiek. Dit is niet doordat de maximale toelaatbare overstromingskans wordt overschreden, maar doordat de verwachte schade, die als kostenpost wordt genomen, kleiner wordt als de kans op overstroming ook klein is. In de formules zijn verschillende waarden die afhangen van de economische situatie in het land. Dit zijn de rentevoet en de groei van de welvaart. Verschillende waarden hiervoor zijn ingevoerd in het model. Als de rente hoger wordt door hoge inflatie, worden de kosten van de ophogingen lager. Als de welvaart groeit, worden de kosten voor dijkophogingen hoger. Dit komt doordat bij overstroming meer verlies wordt geleden in een welvarender gebied. In New Orleans ging het in 2005 ook mis. Van deze ramp kan men ook in Nederland leren: New Orleans is vergelijkbaar met Nederland doordat het ook onder zeeniveau ligt en beschermd wordt door dijken. Uit deze ramp is gebleken dat men meer voorbereid moet zijn op een ramp en alle kosten van zo'n ramp ingecalculeerd moeten worden.Technische WiskundeElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Computational modelling of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for Aerospace Flow control applications
No full textAerospace EngineeringAerodynamics, Wind Energy & Propulsio
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