Tests for Scale Parameter of Asymmetric Log Laplace Distribution

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104
Author(s):  
Pradnya P. Khandeparkar ◽  
V. U. Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Order Statistic ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Scale Parameter ◽  
Laplace Distribution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Subject Classification ◽  
Shape Parameters ◽  
Sample Median ◽  
Uniformly Most Powerful ◽  
Ump Test

This article focuses on tests for scale parameter of asymmetric log Laplace distribution when shape parameters are known. The most powerful test is obtained for scale parameter and is compared with the corresponding uniformly most powerful (UMP) test based on distribution of order statistic. A simple ad hoc test based on sample median is also suggested and is compared with the other two tests. AMS 2000 subject classification: 62F03

scholarly journals Burnout in Professional Caregivers and Quality of Life in Institutionalized Center Residents

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Juan P. Martínez ◽  
Inmaculada Méndez ◽  
Esther Secanilla ◽  
Ana Benavente ◽  
Julia García Sevilla
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
The Other ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Professional Caregiver ◽  
The One ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Professional Accomplishment

Starting from previous studies in professional caregivers of people with dementia and other diseases in institutionalized centers of different regions, the aim of this study was to compare burnout levels that workers present depending on the center, to create a caregiver profile with high professional accomplishment and to describe the quality of life that residents perceive Murcia and Barcelona. The instruments used were the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Professional Caregiver Survey developed ad hoc and the Brief Questionnaire of Quality of Life (CUBRECAVI in Spanish) on residents. The results show, on the one hand, that levels of professional accomplishment may be paradoxically higher in the case of catastrophe and, on the other hand, the 98.2% of users are satisfied with the residence in which is located and 81.8% with the manner in which occupy the time. The conclusions that are extrapolated from the study shed light on the current situation of workers and residents and the influence that an earthquake can have on them.

Optimization of Inlet Ring Groove Arrangement for Suppression of Unstable Flow in a Centrifugal Impeller

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Ishida ◽  
Daisaku Sakaguchi ◽  
Hironobu Ueki
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
The Other ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
Shape Parameters ◽  
Unstable Flow ◽  
Ring Groove ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Small Flow ◽  
Specific Speed ◽  
Large Flow

An optimization of the inlet ring groove arrangement has been pursued in the present study for obtaining better impeller characteristics and a wider operation range at both small and large flow rates in a high specific speed type centrifugal impeller with inducer. The effects of the shape parameters with respect to the inlet ring groove on the impeller characteristic and the flow incidence were analyzed mainly based on numerical simulations, but also compared to the experimental results. At small flow rates, a significant improvement in the impeller characteristic is achieved due to reduction in the excessive-positive flow incidence by optimizing both location and width of the rear groove near the inducer tip throat. On the other hand, the impeller characteristic is improved at large flow rates by implementing the corner radius at the rear groove edge and by placing another front ring groove in the suction pipe. As a result, by the optimized configuration of the front and rear ring grooves, the unstable flow range of the test impeller can be reduced by about 50% without deterioration of the impeller characteristic even at the 125% flow rate.

scholarly journals Danza en educación infantil: opinión de los docentes (Dance in preschool education: teachers' opinion)

Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
Vicente Juan Peña de Hornos ◽  
Gregorio Vicente Nicolás
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Integral Development ◽  
Development Of Students

El objetivo principal de esta investigación ha sido conocer y analizar la inclusión de actividades de danza en la práctica educativa del aula de Educación Infantil desde la perspectiva de los docentes. Los participantes (N=105) han sido maestras/os que imparten docencia en el segundo ciclo de Educación Infantil en centros educativos de la Región de Murcia (España). Para la recogida de datos se ha diseñado un cuestionario ad hoc y posteriormente se ha aplicado un análisis descriptivo a la información obtenida. Los resultados reflejan que los especialistas de Educación Infantil de la Región de Murcia incluyen en sus programaciones y en su práctica docente actividades de danza. Asimismo, las consideran fundamentales en el desarrollo integral del alumnado y que este responde de forma positiva y activa a este tipo de actividades. Por otro lado, alertan de la necesidad de mejorar la oferta formativa con respecto a estas materias y la calidad y cantidad de medios y recursos para llevarlas adecuadamente a la práctica. Abstract. The main objective of this research was to learn and analyze the inclusion of dance activities in Preschool teaching practices from the perspective of teachers. Participants (N=105) were teachers who teach at the second cycle of Preschool Education in schools from the Region of Murcia (Spain). An ad hoc questionnaire was designed for the collection of data, and descriptive analysis was subsequently applied. The results reflect that specialists of Preschool Education from the Region of Murcia include dance activities in their planning and teaching practices. Likewise, they consider them fundamental for the integral development of students, who respond in a positive and active way to this type of activities. On the other hand, they call the attention on the need to improve both teacher training with respect to these subjects and the quality and quantity of resources to carry them properly into practice.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the microbial community structure of potable water samples from occupied and unoccupied buildings using16S rRNA amplicon sequencing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimothy L Smith ◽  
Howard A Shuman ◽  
Douglas Findeisen
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Microbial Community Composition ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Water Usage ◽  
16S Rrna Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Oxford Nanopore

AbstractWe conducted two studies of water samples from buildings with normal occupancy and water usage compared to water from buildings that were unoccupied with little or no water usage due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Study 1 had 52 water samples obtained ad hoc from buildings in four metropolitan locations in different states in the US and a range of building types. Study 2 had 36 water samples obtained from two buildings in one metropolitan location with matched water sample types. One of the buildings had been continuously occupied, and the other substantially vacant for approximately 3 months. All water samples were analyzed using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing with a MinION from Oxford Nanopore Technologies. More than 127 genera of bacteria were identified, including genera with members that are known to include more than 50 putative frank and opportunistic pathogens. While specific results varied among sample locations, 16S rRNA amplicon abundance and the diversity of bacteria were higher in water samples from unoccupied buildings than normally occupied buildings as was the abundance of sequenced amplicons of genera known to include pathogenic bacterial members. In both studies Legionella amplicon abundance was relatively small compared to the abundance of the other bacteria in the samples. Indeed, when present, the relative abundance of Legionella amplicons was lower in samples from unoccupied buildings. Legionella did not predominate in any of the water samples and were found, on average, in 9.6% of samples in Study 1 and 8.3% of samples in Study 2.SynopsisComparison of microbial community composition in the plumbing of occupied and unoccupied buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.

scholarly journals PROPOSED CLUSTER BASED ALGORITHM FOR MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Chen Chao ◽  
Liang Jun ◽  
Sun Xin
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cluster Method ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks use the wireless network and have wider applications especially in emergency situation, military combat zones, and the mobility vehicles. The mobile ad hoc network especially poses the problem of security and efficiency as the network is often subject to internal and external attacks. To overcome such problems, different protocols are proposed. In this study, an improved protocol is proposed which makes use of hexacol cluster method and thus provide greater efficiency and security to the network. For validating the proposed method, a stimulation was performed and results were compared with other protocols. The results indicate that the proposed method showed improved performance compare to the other protocol.

Trans‐European Party Groupings: Emergence of New and Alignment of Old Parties in the Light of the Direct Elections to the European Parliament

1979 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul‐H. Claeys ◽  
Nicole Loeb‐Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Level ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Direct Elections ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Domestic Level

TWO QUESTIONS ARISE WHEN CONSIDERING THE CHANGES that might be brought about by direct elections and by developments in the new European Parliament. One concerns institutionalized cooperation between political parties. To what extent can the three existing European party federations – Socialist, Christian Democrat, Liberal – be considered as a step towards the formation of genuine European political parties? Are they anything more than alignments of traditional parties coordinating their action at European level? The other question is related to parties or groups which have not until now created close-knit ad hoc structures. A special case is that of the Communist parties, which have not organized specific links at Communit level. Another problem is raised by non-traditional parties and groups that have in most cases little or no parlia mentary representation at either national or European level. Will some of them take advantage of the European sphere of action to make more impression than they have been able to do at domestic level, in cooperation with similarly oriented partners in other member countries?

Radical of a-Ideals in Mv -Modules

2014 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Forouzesh ◽  
E. Eslami ◽  
A. Borumand Saeid
Keyword(s):  
Maximal Ideal ◽  
The Other ◽  
Subject Classification ◽  
Mv Algebra ◽  
Mv Algebras

Abstract In this paper, we introduce the notion of the radical of an ideal in MV - algebras. Several characterizations of this radical is given. We define the notion of a semi-maximal ideal in an MV -algebra and prove some theorems which give relations between this semi-maximal ideal and the other types of ideals in MV -algebras. Also we prove that A/I is a semi-simple MV -algebra if and only if I is a semi-maximal ideal of an MV -algebra A. The above notions are used to define the radical of A-ideals in MV -modules and investigate some properties. Mathematics Subject Classification 2010: 03B50, 03G25, 06D35

Camps in a Time of War

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan Forth
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The Other ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
Guerrilla Warfare ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
Boer War ◽  
Asymmetric Conflict ◽  
African Refugees ◽  
The One

Guerrilla warfare during the South African (or Anglo-Boer) War presented a new context for the development of British camps. On the one hand, camps were a measure of military counterinsurgency that concentrated and detained scattered civilian populations suspected of aiding enemy insurgents. On the other hand, camps were measures of social control and sympathetic concern that organized shelter and humanitarian relief for refugees who had been displaced by scorched earth warfare and were congregating in overcrowded towns. Boer and African refugees presented a specter of social destitution and sanitary disarray familiar from Indian plague and famine operations. Like plague and famine camps, wartime concentration camps removed “uncivilized” and unhygienic populations from the center of towns and systematized ad hoc charitable arrangements by confining relief within demarcated boundaries. Although Boers were ostensibly Europeans respected for their vigor and courage, racialized discourses in the later phases of an asymmetric conflict denigrated them as uncivilized and even subhuman: such representations ultimately facilitated encampment.

The Role of the Mentor

2018 ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Chris Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The Other ◽  
English Studies ◽  
Mentor Program ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
External Context ◽  
The Uk

This chapter focuses on the role of the mentor the context of a modern language institution. It looks at two strands of mentorship: within the organization and while interacting with the wider ELT world. In the first context the authors look at the various functions a mentor is expected to perform with a particular focus on the scheme as it exists in Centre of English Studies in the UK and Ireland. Here we have a comprehensive mentor program in operation for the summer quarter of the year with weekly sessions and comprehensive support provided. For the other three quarters of the year, the mentor role is more ad-hoc, with a flexible program and timetable dictated by the teachers' needs. In both of these situations, the mentor has to play a number of key roles and be relatively proficient in these. In terms of the role of the mentor in an external context, this chapter looks at the role of mentor in the Irish Research Scheme for Teaching, a national research scheme aimed at promoting academic quality through research in Ireland.

Using Mobile Phones and PDAs in Ad Hoc Audience Response Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 1396-1407
Author(s):  
Matt Jones ◽  
Gary Marsden ◽  
Dominic Gruijters
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Audience Response ◽  
Audience Participation ◽  
Audience Response Systems ◽  
Response Systems

This chapter investigates how to create ad hoc audience response systems using nonspecialist devices. The chapter revolves around two case studies: one involving the use of mobile phones, and the other based on PDAs. Both case studies are carried out in tertiary education institutions, showing how these devices can be used to facilitate audience participation using devices that students might, themselves, bring to lectures. Both are evaluated from the perspective of the student and the educator, using a mixture of observational and interview-based techniques.

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