...Prevalence, outcome and prognostic factors of sepsis in Jimma Specialized Hospital. By Dr Tadiwos Hailu (M.D) A Proposal Submitted to the Department of Internal Medicine, Jimma University, in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement for a Specialty Certificate in Internal Medicine. September, 2012 Jimma, Ethiopia Prevalence, outcome and prognostic factors of sepsis in Jimma specialized hospital. Dr Tadiwos Hailu By Advisors: 1-Dr.Daniel yilma [M.D] 2-Birtukan Tsehayneh [Bsc. Msc.] September, 2012 Jimma Ethiopia i Abstract summary Background: Sepsis is a final pathway of infectious disease in critically ill patients. It is highly fatal condition. Though many researches are undertake in pathophysiology, epidemiology and management of sepsis in developed nation ,very limited information is available in low incomes countries where infections are prevalent. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and outcome of sepsis and its prognostic factors in patients admitted to Jimma University Specialized Hospital. Method: Patients with systemic inflammatory response due to infections were studied using prospective cohort study design for four month period in Jimma University hospital. A structured questioner was used to collect data on socio demographic feature of the patient and clinical feature, outcome and prognostic factors . Data was cleaned, edited and entered to SPSS window for analysis. The survival analysis and determination...
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...Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning William R. King Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh wking115@yahoo.com For centuries, scientists, philosophers and intelligent laymen have been concerned about creating, acquiring, and communicating knowledge and improving the re-utilization of knowledge. However, it is only in the last 15–20 years or so that a distinct field called “knowledge management” (KM) has emerged. KM is based on the premise that, just as human beings are unable to draw on the full potential of their brains, organizations are generally not able to fully utilize the knowledge that they possess. Through KM, organizations seek to acquire or create potentially useful knowledge and to make it available to those who can use it at a time and place that is appropriate for them to achieve maximum effective usage in order to positively influence organizational performance. It is generally believed that if an organization can increase its effective knowledge utilization by only a small percentage, great benefits will result. Organizational learning (OL) is complementary to KM. An early view of OL was “encoding inferences from history into routines that guide behavior” (Levitt and March, 1988, p. 319). So, OL has to do with embedding what has been learned into the fabric of the organization. 1 The Basics of Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning To understand KM and OL, one must understand knowledge, KM...
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...Government of Andhra Pradesh COMMON SCHEDULE OF RATES AS PER A.P. REVISED STANDARD DATA FOR THE YEAR 2014-15 (Effective from 1st June, 2014) BOARD OF CHIEF ENGINEERS MASTER INDEX Sl. No. 1 2 3 Description Part-I (Irrigation & CAD Works) Part-IV ( Public Health Works) Annexure – Latest G.O. on Seigniorage Charges Page No. From 1 1 1 To 44 84 5 Office of the Engineer-in-Chief(I.W) I&cad Dept., Errummanzil,Hyderabad Procs.No.ENC/IW/P&M/EE.3/DEE-10/AE/13305/Vol.37 Sub: Ref: dt:30.05.2014 Schedule of Rates as per A.P.Revised Standard Data for the year 2014-15-Irrigation & CAD orks(Part-I),Road & Bridge Works(Part-2) and Drinking water supply schemes(Part-4)-approved-Printing& Communication of SoRs-Reg. 1)G.O.Ms.No.49,I&CAD (PW:Reforms)Dept., dt:2.3.2009 2)ENC(PH) Lr.No. 146/T1/SoR/2014-15/2014 dt. 31-05-2014 3)Industrial Consumer Price Index points obtained from Commissioner,Labour Department 4)Minutes of BOCEs meeting for Schedule of Rates held on 24.05.2014. **** The Government have approved A.P.Revised Standard Data vide ref 1st cited.The Schedule of Rates as per A.P.Revised Standard Data for the year 2014-15 is approved based on the following. The Engineer-in-Chief, Public Health Department has furnished draft rates for Public Health works items and Public Health Materials vide ref 2nd cited. The Engineer-in-Chief (PR) has furnished the draft rates for Roads & Bridge items for the year 2014-15 in lieu of the...
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...ANSWERS TO CASES Chapter 1 DiGiorno Pizza: Introducing a Frozen Pizza to Compete with Carry-Out In conducting research for the launching of a new product it is imperative that the target population be identified. In this case, who are the people most likely to be interested in purchasing and consuming frozen pizzas in lieu of carry-out pizzas? How are these people to be identified for sampling (Chapter 7 refers to this group as the “frame”)? Should a test market city or area be used? Why or why not? What mode of survey such as telephone, mail, or personal interview should be used? When should these people be surveyed? Does time of day, day of the week, or season of the year make any difference? What types of measurements should be taken? Some possible measurements might include dollar amounts spent per week of pizza per family, number of pizzas purchased per month, percentage of family pizza consumption that is frozen pizza, and total amount spent per month on take out food. 1. One population that was identified was “pizza lovers”. These people may have been previously identified by market researchers based on number of pizzas purchased per month, use of coupons, or from previous surveys. Another population mentioned in the case was women ages 25 to 54. The advertisements shown on national TV were likely aimed at the general population because Kraft was attempting to achieve broader goals such as brand name recognition and a dissemination...
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...Technology Dr. Hayriye Ayhan School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Mark E. Ferguson College of Management Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Anton J. Kleywegt School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Date Approved: July 6, 2009 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank my advisors, Dr. Shi-Jie Deng and Dr. John H. Vande Vate, for their guidance of my research. I am particularly indebted to them—Prof. Vande Vate especially— for technical and expository advice in the portion of the dissertation on capacity planning. I also thank Dr. R. Gary Parker for his support of my graduate studies. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments iii Summary v Chapter 1: Average optimal control in an inventory model with multiple sources 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Literature review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Inventory control with a convex ordering cost function . 1.2.2 Inventory control under average cost criteria . . . . . . . 1.3 Formal problem statement and proof strategy . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Technical arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 Preliminary...
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...Sales and Distribution Management Introduction 1 Evolution of Sales Management 1 What is Sales Management? 2 Nature and Importance of Sales Management 2 Relationship Selling 3 Varying Sales Responsibilities/Sales Positions 4 Importance of Personal Selling and Sales Management 4 Role and Skills of Modern Sales Managers 4 Skills of a Sales Manager 6 Types of Sales Managers/Sales Management Positions 6 Top-level (Strategic) Sales Managers 6 Middle-level (Tactical) Sales Managers 7 First-line (Operational) Sales Managers 7 Staff Sales Management Positions 8 Sales as a Career 8 Rewards in Sales Career 8 Salesperson to Sales Manager 9 Changing Role of a Salesforce 9 Women in Sales 11 Sales Objectives, Strategies and Tactics 12 Sales Objectives 12 Sales Strategies and Tactics 12 ii vii ix xiii xv 1 xviii Contents Emerging Trends in Sales Management 13 Global Perspective 13 Revolution in Technology 14 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 14 Salesforce Diversity 14 Team Selling Approach 14 Managing Multi-channels 15 Ethical and Social Issues 15 Sales Professionalism 15 E-Selling 16 Linking Sales and Distribution Management 16 Distribution Channels 18 Maximising Customer Service 18 Sales Operations Planning 19 Summary 20 Glossary of Key Terms 21 Conceptual Questions 22 Objective Type Questions 23 Application Questions 24 Reference Notes 24 Case 1.1: PI Foods Ltd.—Managing Sales and Distribution 2. Personal Selling: Preparation and Process Introduction: The Psychology in Selling 27...
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...Fuzzy Control Kevin M. Passino Department of Electrical Engineering The Ohio State University Stephen Yurkovich Department of Electrical Engineering The Ohio State University An Imprint of Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc. Menlo Park, California • Reading, Massachusetts Don Mills, Ontaria • Sydney • Bonn • Harlow, England • Berkeley, California • Amsterdam • Mexico City ii Assistant Editor: Laura Cheu Editorial Assistant: Royden Tonomura Senior Production Editor: Teri Hyde Marketing Manager: Rob Merino Manufacturing Supervisor: Janet Weaver Art and Design Manager: Kevin Berry Cover Design: Yvo Riezebos (technical drawing by K. Passino) Text Design: Peter Vacek Design Macro Writer: William Erik Baxter Copyeditor: Brian Jones Proofreader: Holly McLean-Aldis Copyright c 1998 Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a database or retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Printed simultaneously in Canada. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and AddisonWesley was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or in all caps. MATLAB is a registered trademark of The MathWorks...
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...Applied Statistical Methods Larry Winner Department of Statistics University of Florida February 23, 2009 2 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Populations and Samples . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Types of Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Quantitative vs Qualitative Variables 1.2.2 Dependent vs Independent Variables . 1.3 Parameters and Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Graphical Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Basic Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5.1 Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 8 8 9 10 12 16 20 21 25 25 29 29 29 32 32 32 32 32 35 35 37 38 38 39 40 42 42 44 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Random Variables and Probability Distributions 2.1 The Normal Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Statistical Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 2.2.1 Distribution of Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Other Commonly Used Sampling Distributions . . . . . 2.3.1 Student’s...
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...U N I V E R S I T À D E G L I S T U D I D I G ENOVA DIPARTIMENTO DI ECONOMIA CORSO DI LAUREA IN ECONOMIA AZIENDALE Elaborato scritto per la prova finale in Organizzazione Aziendale Talent Management e Valorizzazione delle persone Docente di riferimento: Angelo Gasparre Candidato: Federico Minato Anno accademico 2013-2014 Sommario Introduzione 2 Capitolo I - Il Talent Management 7 1.1 - L'impresa che passa dal fordismo ad una visione più incentrata sulle persone 7 1.2 - Imprese moderne e concetto introdotto da McKinsey (1997): introduzione al Talent management 11 1.3 - I quattro Pilastri del Talento Management 12 1.3.1 - Recruitment 13 1.3.2 - Performance management 14 1.3.3 - Compensation management 16 1.3.4 - Learning and development 18 Capitolo II - I problemi relativi all'assunzione dei talenti dall'esterno 20 2.1 - I problemi generati nell’ambiente interno 20 2.2 - I problemi derivanti dall’incertezza nell’ambiente esterno 29 Capitolo III - La ripresa della pratica dello sviluppo interno dei talenti 35 Riferimenti bibliografici 52 Bibliografia 52 Libri 52 Articoli scientifici 52 Risorse Web 53 Introduzione Lo scopo di questa tesi è quello di affrontare il tema della Gestione del Talento, tramite una visione critica della stessa. L'elaborato si basa sull'analisi incrociata di una serie di valutazioni ed osservazioni proposte da più autori, ottenute tramite ricerche e studi sul suddetto tema. Dunque, in...
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...U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2011 NON-EQUITY MODES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2011 NON-EQUITY MODES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT New York and Geneva, 2011 ii World Investment Report 2011: Non-Equity Modes of International Production and Development NOTE The Division on Investment and Enterprise of UNCTAD is a global centre of excellence, dealing with issues related to investment and enterprise development in the United Nations System. It builds on three and a half decades of experience and international expertise in research and policy analysis, intergovernmental consensus-building, and provides technical assistance to developing countries. The terms country/economy as used in this Report also refer, as appropriate, to territories or areas; the designations employed and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. In addition, the designations of country groups are intended solely for statistical or analytical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage...
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...OFFICIAL CATALOG This Catalog contains information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that were correct at the time of publication and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Enrollment Agreement entered into between the Student and ECPI University. In keeping with the educational mission of the University, the information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements contained herein are continually being reviewed, changed and updated. Consequently, this document cannot be considered binding. Students are responsible for keeping informed of official policies and meeting all relevant requirements. When required changes to the Catalog occur, they will be communicated through catalog inserts and other means until a revised edition of the Catalog is published. The policies in this Catalog have been approved under the authority of the ECPI University Board of Trustees and, therefore, constitute official University policy. Students should become familiar with the policies in this Catalog. These policies outline both student rights and student responsibilities. The University reserves the right and authority at any time to alter any or all of the statements contained herein, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation, to change or discontinue programs of study, to amend any regulation or policy affecting the student body, to increase tuition and fees, to deny admission, to revoke an offer of admission and to dismiss from the...
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...LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS AND THE U.S. ELECTRIC GRID Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability U.S. Department of Energy April 2014 Update Large Power Transformers and the U.S. Electric Grid This page intentionally left blank. DOE / OE / ISER April 2014 ii Large Power Transformers and the U.S. Electric Grid FOR FURTHER INFORMATION This report was prepared by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the direction of Patricia Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, and William Bryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary. Specific questions about information in this report may be directed to Dr. Kenneth Friedman, Senior Policy Advisor (kenneth.friedman@hq.doe.gov). Tiffany Y. Choi of ICF International contributed to this report. The U.S. Department of Energy would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their contribution to this report: ABB American Transmission Company Bartley, William H., Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, A member of the Munich Reinsurance Company North American Electrical Reliability Corporation Ontario Power Generation Scott, Daniel U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Cover photo sources: Large power transformer photo: Siemens.com High-voltage transmission lines photo: Utilities-me.com DOE / OE / ISER April 2014 iii Large Power Transformers...
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...Foundations of Machine Learning Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning Thomas Dietterich, Editor Christopher Bishop, David Heckerman, Michael Jordan, and Michael Kearns, Associate Editors A complete list of books published in The Adaptive Computations and Machine Learning series appears at the back of this book. Foundations of Machine Learning Mehryar Mohri, Afshin Rostamizadeh, and Ameet Talwalkar The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England c 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. For information, please email special sales@mitpress.mit.edu or write to Special Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. A This book was set in L TEX by the authors. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mohri, Mehryar. Foundations of machine learning / Mehryar Mohri, Afshin Rostamizadeh, and Ameet Talwalkar. p. cm. - (Adaptive computation and machine learning series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01825-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Machine learning. 2. Computer algorithms. I. Rostamizadeh, Afshin. II...
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...Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques Practitioners and Experts Evaluate KM Solutions This page intentionally left blank Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques Practitioners and Experts Evaluate KM Solutions Edited by Madanmohan Rao AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Elsevier Butterworth–Heinemann 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com.uk. You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://elsevier.com), by selecting “Customer Support” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Elsevier prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rao, Madanmohan. KM tools and techniques : practitioners and experts evaluate KM solutions / Madanmohan Rao. p. cm. Includes...
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...Export Policy 2009-2012 Contents SL. No Chapters Subject Page No 1 Preface 1-2 2 Chapter One Title, Objectives, Strategies, Application and Scope3-5 3 Chapter Two General Provisions for Export 6-8 4 Chapter Three Steps toward Export Diversification 9-11 5 Chapter Four General Export Facilities 12-18 6 Chapter Five Product-Specific Export Facilities 19-23 7 Chapter Six Export of Services 24 8 Chapter Seven Other Steps towards Export Promotion 25 9 Annex-1 List of Export-Prohibited Products 26 10 Annex-2 List of Products under Conditional Export 27 Broad Objectives: The general objective of this study is to determine the present activities of export, import and the significance of their role for smooth, efficient and effective marketing process of export & import products overseas. Specific Objectives: • However the specific objectives of the study may be described as: • To identify the challenges of export Products in the Global Market. • To sketch the overall condition of the Bangladeshi export & import sectors in the global... [continues] Objectives of the Study : The objections of the report are : • To expose the Different years export & Import • To find out the different products offered to exports & imports. • Acquiring a practical knowledge and personal observation about overall export & import procedure & policy , functions, principles. • Find out the activities and implication of Export...
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