...Grading Criteria Marketing Research and Segmentation Problem Complete the following problem related to market research and segmentation by writing a 1,050- to 1,400-word response. Take on the role of a marketing representative at a local hospital or medical facility with which you are familiar. Provide a brief description of the facility. Conduct research on the consumers in the area using at least two lifestyle analyses and marketing research databases discussed in Ch. 4 and 5 in your text. 1. Write a lifestyle profile for the neighborhood that can be used as the demographic profile for potential patients at your facility. a. Based on your research, describe two ways the facility could segment their market. b. How does this profile provide you with insight on how the people in this neighborhood will perceive your facility? 2. Based on your research, assess the lifestyle profile you have developed. a. In your assessment, is the demographic and psychographic information you found accurate? Why or why not? |Content |Points Available|Points Earned|Additional | |60 Percent |6 |X/6 |Comments: | |The response: | | | ...
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...ReaseachA SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER/THESIS/DISSERTATION ON ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY LINEARY ALGEBRA by James Smith B.S., Southern Illinois University, 2010 A Research Paper/Thesis/Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree Department of Mathematics in the Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale July, 2006 (Please replace Name and Year with your information and delete all instructions) Copyright by NAME, YEAR All Rights Reserved **(This page is optional)** RESEARCH PAPER/THESIS/DISSERTATION APPROVAL TITLE (in all caps) By (Author) A Thesis/Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of (Degree) in the field of (Major) Approved by: (Name of thesis/dissertation chair), Chair (Name of committee member 1) (Name of committee member 2) (Name of committee member 3) (Name of committee member 4) Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Date of Approval) AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF NAME OF STUDENT, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in MAJOR FIELD, presented on DATE OF DEFENSE, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. (Do not use abbreviations.) TITLE: A SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER ON ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY LINEAR ALGEBRA MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. J. Jones (Begin the abstract here, typewritten and double-spaced. A thesis abstract should consist of 350 words or less including the heading. A page and one-half is approximately 350 words.) ...
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...A SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER/THESIS/DISSERTATION ON ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY LINEARY ALGEBRA by James Smith B.S., Southern Illinois University, 2010 A Research Paper/Thesis/Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree Department of Mathematics in the Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale July, 2006 (Please replace Name and Year with your information and delete all instructions) Copyright by NAME, YEAR All Rights Reserved **(This page is optional)** RESEARCH PAPER/THESIS/DISSERTATION APPROVAL TITLE (in all caps) By (Author) A Thesis/Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of (Degree) in the field of (Major) Approved by: (Name of thesis/dissertation chair), Chair (Name of committee member 1) (Name of committee member 2) (Name of committee member 3) (Name of committee member 4) Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Date of Approval) AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF NAME OF STUDENT, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in MAJOR FIELD, presented on DATE OF DEFENSE, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. (Do not use abbreviations.) TITLE: A SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER ON ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY LINEAR ALGEBRA MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. J. Jones (Begin the abstract here, typewritten and double-spaced. A thesis abstract should consist of 350 words or less including the heading. A page and one-half is approximately 350 words.) iii DEDICATION (NO REQUIRED FOR...
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...Society/Reed | Date Dec 11 by 11:59pm Assignment Aspect of Human Experience Literary Research Paper | Content and Development = 9 Points | Points Earned X/9 = | | Additional Comments: | All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way. * Student writes about a specific theme of the human experience conveyed in the assigned readings for the course. * Essay is 1,400 – 1,750 words in length. | | The content is comprehensive and developed. * Student explains the connection or larger theme among 3 different reading selections from the course. * Student includes the use of specific literary devices and quotes from selections to support interpretations and analysis. * Student addresses how the authors and readers create meaning from the text, the role of the imagination in literature. * Student addresses how individual experiences shape interpretations, including self-identity and culture. * Student uses one of the studied criticism theories to analyze the texts/themes: gender, historical, formalist, or reader-response. * Student includes a minimum of two secondary sources as research for the paper. * Major points are stated clearly and are supported by specific details, examples, or analysis. Content is comprehensive. | | Readability and Style = 3 Points | Points Earned X/3 = | | Additional Comments: | Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout...
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...Memory Mapping and Task Scheduling Techniques for Computation Models of Image Processing on Many-Core Platforms Memory Mapping and Task Scheduling Techniques for Computation Models of Image Processing on Many-Core Platforms Abstract Adding more processor core can help in the improvement of a computer performance. As a result in the number of high specification application being run on the computer, it reduces the processing ratio of processor core. This journal focuses on how the system resources is being shared. It also explains how an algorithm is being use to share, map and schedule task for more processor cores. At the end of the research, the algorithm states how the processor core are being improved greatly by 64.77% . with the speed up ratio of 43.55 can be obtained if 48 process unit is employed and are all activated and 10% will be the performance ratio. Introduction Demand for high definition image of modern images made the computation working application much higher. To achieve efficiency improvements were needed on the system architecture. The frequency of single core processors could not have any impact on the processor cores even when the frequency is increased, as a result processors with higher computation power were employed. Today a number of parallel image processing algorithms with emphasis in manipulating the arithmetical level ignoring the limitation of hardware in a many processor core machine and are also developed for many core system. In other to...
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...------------------------------------------------- Your Personal Library of Research Papers for Mac · Also available for Windows and iOS Repository of knowledge Search article repositories and download articles without leaving Papers All your papers at a glance Papers lets you view, browse and search your library, iTunes style Manuscripts and Citations A revolutionary new way to cite papers and format references. Write. Cite. Done. Use Papers, save trees → Papers doesn’t just save your library from disarray, it can also save a few trees. File management made easy Ease the pain of organizing and naming files on your hard drive with Papers' automatic management Papers Livfe Share your collection with colleagues and peers, discover new papers, collaborate. “At last, I’m back to knowing what I have and where it is. Bedlam has been defeated.” ↪ New York Times Download Trial → Try Papers free for 30 days Also available for Windows Papers for iOS Your personal library on the go Papers Helpcenter Support and Feedback How to upgrade from Papers 1.x Buy Papers → €59 / $79 Student and group discounts Select your field of research above to find out more about the features you will love most: Your field: Overview Science Business Education Law News Pharma Technology Read, Write, Cite. Your research will never be the same with Papers2 and Citations. Papers revolutionizes the way you deal with your research documents. It allows you to search...
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...Competitor analysis: Website & Thought leadership Report by Rashmi Singh (PGDM No: 10098) Work carried out at Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore, Karnataka Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of Summer Internship Programme Under the Supervision of Mr. Ashish Shetty, Marketing Lead, Insurance ISU, TCS, Bangalore SDM Institute for Management Development Mysore, Karnataka, India (June 2011) SDM IMD INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Ms. Rashmi Singh, undergoing PGDM program 2010-12 at this institute has successfully completed the Summer Internship Programme on the project titled ―Competitor Analysis: Website and Thought Leadership‖ at TCS, Bangalore, from April 01, 2011 to May 31, 2011 as a partial requirement for completion of his PGDM curriculum. Prof. Govinda Sharma Internal Faculty Guide SDM IMD, Mysore. Date: 24/06/2011 Place: Mysore Summer Internship Project Page 2 SDM IMD Acknowledgement I take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to our guides at Tata Consultancy Services, Mr. Ashish Shetty and Ms. Varsha Nair who spent a lot of time mentoring and guiding us. The insurance ISU was a completely new arena for us. We stumbled a few times, yet they have been very patient and supportive with us, always encouraging us to give our best. I also thank the Academic relationship manager, TCS, Mr. Chandra Koduru, for helping us with the joining formalities and induction program. I would also like to thank Prof. N. R. Govinda Sharma...
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...290 IEEE TRANSACTIONS AUTOMATIC CONTROL, VOL. ON AC-29,NO. 4, APRIL 1984 The Control of a Prosthetic Arm by EMG Pattern Recognition Abstract -An electromyographic (EMG) signal pattern recognition system is constructed for real-lime control a prostheticarm through precise of identificationof motion and speed command. A probabiistic modelofthe EMG patterns is f i i formulatedinthe featurespace of integralabsolute d u e (IAV) to describetherelation betweena command, represented by motion and speed variables, and location and shape of the corresponding pattern. The model provides the sample probability density function of pattern classes in the decision space relations between L4V, of variance zero and crossings based on the variance, and zero crossings established in this paper. Pattern classification is carried out through a multiclass sequential decision procedure designed with an emphasis on computational simplicity. The upper bound of probability of error and the average number of sample observationsareinvestigated. Speed andmotionpredictionsareusedin conjunctionwiththe decision proceduretoenhance decision speed and reliability. A decomposition ruleis famulated for the direct assignment of speed to each primitive motion involved ina combined motion..4 learning procedure i also designedforthedecisionprocessorto s adaptlong-termpattern variation. Experimental results are discussed in the Appendix. I. INTRODUCTION HE electromyographc (EMG) signals are the electric...
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...SEGMENTATION WITH NEURAL NETWORK B.Prasanna Rahul Radhakrishnan Valliammai Engineering College Valliammai Engineering College prakrish_2001@yahoo.com krish_rahul_1812@yahoo.com Abstract: Our paper work is on Segmentation by Neural networks. Neural networks computation offers a wide range of different algorithms for both unsupervised clustering (UC) and supervised classification (SC). In this paper we approached an algorithmic method that aims to combine UC and SC, where the information obtained during UC is not discarded, but is used as an initial step toward subsequent SC. Thus, the power of both image analysis strategies can be combined in an integrative computational procedure. This is achieved by applying “Hyper-BF network”. Here we worked a different procedures for the training, preprocessing and vector quantization in the application to medical image segmentation and also present the segmentation results for multispectral 3D MRI data sets of the human brain with respect to the tissue classes “ Gray matter”, “ White matter” and “ Cerebrospinal fluid”. We correlate manual and semi automatic methods with the results. Keywords: Image analysis, Hebbian learning rule, Euclidean metric, multi spectral image segmentation, contour tracing. Introduction: Segmentation can be defined as the identification of meaningful image components. It is a fundamental task in image processing providing the basis for any kind of...
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...THESES AND DISSERTATIONS Research and Graduate Studies Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, Texas 78363 (361) 593-2808 SPRING 2011 COPYRIGHT PRIVILEGES BELONG TO RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES Reproduction of this THESIS MANUAL requires the written permission of the Graduate Dean. FOREWORD The nature of a research study should be one in which the investigation leads to new knowledge or enhancement of existing knowledge in the student's field of study, either through acquisition of new data or re-examination and interpretation of existing data. At the graduate level, all students should learn how new knowledge is created, how experimentation and discovery are carried out, and how to think, act and perform independently in their discipline. Depending upon the degree to which the discipline has an applied orientation, the student can demonstrate mastery of the discipline through means such as research papers, literature reviews, artistic performances, oral/written presentations or case studies. The doctoral dissertation is viewed in academia as the ultimate model of documentation of the student's research. The characteristics of dissertation research include the theoretical background, description of the problem, the method which was used to solve the problem, interpretation of results and explanation of their significance. The student is expected to produce a product of excellent quality which reflects the originality of the research. The dissertation should be...
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...I. Introduction: The purpose of this paper is an overview about the current space tourism industry with advanced developments of space vehicles. Until now, seven tourists have ridden Soyuz spacecraft, a Russian spacecraft, to the International Space Station. Capturing the potential demand of space tourism, many private companies began to introduce their new and well-designed spacecraft promising to enable tourist to travel to space. From now to the next couple of years, we are expected to see many launches including testing and commercial flights into suborbital and low Earth orbit. There are also some private companies, who were awarded by NASA for their space programs to carry astronauts to the space station. II. Virgin Galactic – Scaled Composites (Suborbital): Virgin Galactic – Scaled Composites founded by Burt Rutan designed a unique type of spacecraft. Using a mothership aircraft, the space plane will be carried to midair and then be released to launch toward the edge of the atmosphere. Using carbon composite construction, the company has introduced two version of the space plane: SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo along with two model of the mothership aircraft: WhiteKnightOne and WhiteKnightTwo. (Ref 1,3) A. Spaceship: a. SpaceshipOne – WhiteKnightOne: Scaled Composites first launched the SpaceShipOne to the suborbital in 2004 while the first of WhiteKnightOne was in 2002. Overall, the WhiteKnightOne’s features are carriage and launch of payloads up to 7...
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... | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Researching the topic 3 Name of topic 3 Definitions 3 Background information 3 Research methods and sources 3-4 Identify the needs 4 Coasting 5 Program delivery plan...
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...Programme: MSc Hons International Hospitality Management Course Title: DEVELOPING AND MONITORING CORPORATE STRATEGY Course Code: Prerequisite/s: Co-requisite/s: MNGT 903 Nil Nil Scheduled for trimester: Credit hours: Nominal Contact Hours: Three 3 36 20 Hours Breakdown: Lectures, Tut/Sem 36 Self-Managed Learning, Project/s & Assignment/s 62 Total Course hours: 120 Lecturer/s: Dr. Ivan Ninov Lecturer’s email address Rationale: As a discipline and as a business practice strategic management is playing a vital role within the modern hospitality industry. Strategy is concerned with the long term direction and aspirations of the organization and is based upon solid market and business research and an understanding of the organizations capabilities and potential. Strategic planning is however of little organizational use without the effective management of the achievement of the strategic intent. This module provides managers with the skill sets to engage with the strategic planning process and then to manage and monitor the achievement of these goals. Directed Learning: Exam: 2 Tel Ext: 5149 ivan.ninov@emiratesacademy.edu Teaching Philosophy During this course my main goal as a teacher will be to stimulate students’ learning, thinking, and inquisitiveness. Students’ critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills will be further developed through challenging tasks and projects. Students will not only learn the knowledge and the theories behind strategic...
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...Association Rule (QAR) mining has been recognized an influential research problem due to the popularity of quantitative databases and the usefulness of association rules in real life. Unlike Boolean Association Rules (BARs), which only consider boolean attributes, QARs consist of quantitative attributes which contain much richer information than the boolean attributes. To develop a data mining system for huge database composed of numerical and categorical attributes, there exists necessary process to decide valid quantization of the numerical attributes. One of the main problems is to obtain interesting rules from continuous numeric attributes. In this paper, the Mutual Information between the attributes in a quantitative database is described and normalization on the Mutual Information to make it applicable in the context of QAR mining is devised. It deals with the problem of discretizing continuous data in order to discover a number of high confident association rules, which cover a high percentage of examples in the data set. Then a Mutual Information graph (MI graph), whose edges are attribute pairs that have normalized Mutual Information no less than a predefined information threshold is constructed. The cliques in the MI graph represent a majority of the frequent itemsets. Keywords: Quantitative Databases, Association Rules, Mutual Information 1. Introduction Association rule mining is a significant research topic in the knowledge discovery area. Association analysis...
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...Birthday Headlines Pauline F. Bacay De La Salle – College of St. Benilde Introduction As final requirement for Technical Writing class, the students were to research on events that were headlines on the day they were born, 20 years, 50 years and 100 years ago. They were to present this in front of a panel in specific schedules their professor has given. This also served as their final exam for the second term of school year 2012 – 2011. They were to follow the APA style in doing the paper including a bibliography of the same format. The research is very useful in their course, which is Bachelor of Arts Major in Consular and Diplomatic Affairs, because it concerns historical headlines around the world and their course mostly consists of majors in history. They may also improve their research making skills and strategies in the study because it requires them to consult more sources for a precise and reliable study. Based on this study, many historical events did happen on the same month of the researcher’s birthday. Some created great effect on today and others are just headlines that shook the world. It’s a way of discovering new things about history and also getting to remember it because it took a mindful of research to get all the information. It also serves as an achievement for a student to create a research paper and applying all that they have learned in their subject. BODY January 31, 1996 50 Dead in Sri Lanka suicide bombing BBC News UK (1996) reported more...
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