SUBJECT REVIEW Regression Methods in the Empiric Analysis of Health Care Data GRANT H. SKREPNEK, PhD ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to provide health care decision makers with a conceptual foundation for regression analysis by describing the principles of correlation, regression, and residual assessment. SUMMARY: Researchers are often faced with the need to describe quantitatively the relationships between outcomes andpre d i c t o r s , with the objective of ex p l a i n i n
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A Profile of Haier Group Founded in 1984, the Haier Group has been dedicated to innovation and creating a world famous brand over the past 26 years. Originally a small collective plant on the verge of bankruptcy, it has now grown into an international group which has more than 70,000 employees around the globe and realizes a turnover of 135.7 billion yuan in 2010. Haier has risen to be the world's No.1 brand of consumer appliances. In addition, it was selected as one of the world's Top 10 innovative
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS I. Introduction The People's Republic of China (PRC) is the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and by purchasing power parity after theUnited States. It is the world's fastest-growing major economy, with growth rates averaging 10% over the past 30 years. China is also the largest exporter and second largest importer of goods in the world. On a per capita income basis, China ranked 90th by nominal GDP and 91st by GDP (PPP) in 2011, according to the International Monetary
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1. Intro In recent years, discussions between the governments of China and the United States have centered on each country’s external imbalances, large trade surpluses for China and deficits for the United States, and the need for structural reforms to achieve more sustainable patterns of growth in future years. This paper argues that reductions in external imbalances suggest that some restructuring has occurred. However, a more detailed examination of economic developments within each country
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home” Feliciana Liem Alex Lorenzo Julie Martin Emma Munley Ally Murphy April 9, 2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary 4-5 Product 6-7 a. Product Description 6 b. Physical Description 7 Value Proposition 9-10 c. For HomeGoods 9 d. For Customers 9 e. For Mobile HomeGoods 10 Market Analysis Summary 11-15 f. Target Market 11
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REGION 3.30 ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS 3.31 SURVEY OF EMPLOYEES 3.32 EFFECTIVENESS 3.32 OVERALL EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY 3.39 RECRUITMENT PLAN 3.40 LIMITATION OF THE PRESENT STUDY 4. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSION 5. ANNEXURES PREFACE Effective recruitment, selection and retention are critical to organizational success. They enable companies to have high performing employees who are satisfied with their jobs, thus
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Highly-Efficient Battery Chargers with ParallelLoaded Resonant Converters Ying-Chun Chuang e-mail:chuang@mail.ksu.edu.tw Yu-Lung Ke e-mail:yulungke@ms25.hinet.net Shun-Yi Chang e-mail:nickelayu@hotmail.com Department of Electrical Engineering, Kun Shan University, Tainan Hsien 71003, Taiwan, R.O.C. Abstract—The well established advantages of resonant converters for battery chargers, including fast response, low switching losses, easy of the control scheme, simplicity of circuit configuration
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1898 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION (VLSI) SYSTEMS, VOL. 22, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 2014 Active Mode Subclock Power Gating Jatin N. Mistry, Member, IEEE, James Myers, Bashir M. Al-Hashimi, Fellow, IEEE, David Flynn, Senior Member, IEEE, John Biggs, Member, IEEE, and Geoff V. Merrett, Member, IEEE Abstract— This paper presents a technique, called subclock power gating, for reducing leakage power during the active mode in low performance, energy-constrained applications. The
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Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder - June 2-28, 2002. † This work was supported in part by DOE grant DE-FG02-94ER40823 at Minnesota. 1 2 which can be used to determine the cosmological density parameter Ωm = ρ = (M/L)/(M/L)c ρc (4) Mass-to-light ratios are, however, strongly dependent on the distance scale on which they are
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