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Hörmann, Wolfgang, and Josef Leydold. "Quasi Importance Sampling." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2005. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1394/1/document.pdf.
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Streit, Lisa M. "Importance driven halftoning." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ34422.pdf.
Full textTalbot, Justin F. "Importance Resampling for Global Illumination." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1021.pdf.
Full textLahdenperä, Jori. "The Importance of Equality." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-14787.
Full textHörmann, Wolfgang. "New Importance Sampling Densities." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2005. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1066/1/document.pdf.
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Levican, Asenjo Arturo. "Sanitary importance of arcobacter." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/125666.
Full textEl género Arcobacter incluye especies consideradas patógenos emergentes, ya que se han asociado con patologías gastrointestinales y bacteriemia en humanos y con diarrea, mastitis y abortos en animales. Sin embargo, aún no se ha definido completamente las rutas de transmisión, los factores de virulencia presentes en cepas patogénicas no se han determinado y los métodos de aislamiento e identificación aún son deficientes. Todo esto genera una subestimación de la importancia sanitaria de Arcobacter. En esta tesis doctoral se demostró la existencia de 5 nuevas especies de este género. Para su diferenciación se utilizó herramientas nuevas, tales como el Matrix Assisted Laser desorption Ionization Time of Flight (MALDI TOF) y un Multilocus Phylogenetic Analysis (MLPA) con 5 genes concatenados (rpoB, gyrB, hsp60, atpA y gyrA). Considerando el número de especies incluidas actualmente en el género (n=17), se evaluó si 5 de los métodos moleculares de identificación son todavía útiles para la identificación de las especies para las que se habían definido o si se generan confusiones, demostrrando que todos ellos generan algún error que osciló entre el 16,8% y 67,4% de las cepas estudiadas. En este sentido, la ampliación del método 16S rRNA-RFLP para poder identificar todas las especies resultó ser de gran utilidad. Por otra parte, en esta tesis se observó una gran diversidad de especies de este género en muestras de mariscos y aguas residuales. Ambas matrices han sido poco estudiados a pesar de su importancia epidemiológica. Más aún, se demostró que el uso en paralelo del cultivo por siembra directa y post enriquecimiento, además de incubación en aerobiosis y microaerofilia, favorece la recuperación de una mayor diversidad. Por otra parte, también se demostró que la mayoría de las especies de este género, en especial algunas cepas A. butzleri, A. cryaerophilus, A. skirrowii, A. trophiarum y A. defluvii, son potenciales enteropatógenos para el hombre, ya que presentaron factores de virulencia y fueron capaces de adherir e invadir células intestinales humanas (Caco-2). Por último, se demostró que Arcobacter puede ser confundido con Campylobacter sp., lo que puede contribuir aún más a subestimar su importancia sanitaria.
Evans, Edward W. "Importance of strengthening fellowship." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
Full textReiners, Roger. "Importance nutritionnelle du selenium." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986STR1M096.
Full textCox, Violet O. "DO FEATURE IMPORTANCE AND FEATURE CENTRALITY DIFFERENTIALLY INFLUENCE SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH APHASIA?" Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1258671486.
Full textBaker, Paul B., and Ruben Marchosky. "Arizona Termites of Economic Importance." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146733.
Full textParr, A. Douglas. "Radical reactions of atmospheric importance." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.291531.
Full textOwen, Paula S. "Radical reactions of tropospheric importance." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386578.
Full textMunday, Paul. "Importance Sampling in Spatial Epidemics." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504438.
Full textde, Zwart Frederick. "Medical importance of dietary betaines." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Biochemistry, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6864.
Full textMurtha, Jason R. "The strategic importance of Balochistan." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5699.
Full textBalochistan, the southwestern province of Pakistan, is taking on increased importance in regional affairs. With the discovery of vast fields of natural gas, along with other valuable minerals, the region is experiencing increased interest from foreign investors and developers. Along with this, the terrain of Balochistan makes it a prime location for the development of roads, railroads and pipelines to connect the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. To augment this development, the construction of a deep-water port at Gwadar has the potential of bringing globalization to the region in an exponential manner. In the face of this development and growth are the Baloch whose continued insurgencies have created an unstable environment. Although deterring large-scale growth, interest in the region continues to grow, and with it, the threat of international politics and agendas colliding in a violent manner as Balochistan grows. As such, the strategic importance of Balochistan lies in its potential to either take the forefront in development in South Asia, or be the epicenter of the next large-scale multinational conflict.
Tran, Quang Kha. "Importance sampling for stochastic programming." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43385.
Full textPearson, Ann Marie. "The importance of multicultural education." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1603.
Full textKelly, Ryan W. "A story of questionable importance." The Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1328894648.
Full textSung, Iyue. "Importance sampling kernel density estimation /." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486398528559777.
Full textBerent, Matthew Kurt. "Attitude importance and information processing /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148786179681774.
Full textNorton, William A. "Subsidiary importance and knowledge seeking." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59742.
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Shafiq, Ahsan. "Sustainability : Importance of Tech-pack." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12926.
Full textSendyl, Surya. "The Importance of Heidegger’s Question." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1411.
Full textStrobl, Carolin, Anne-Laure Boulesteix, Achim Zeileis, and Torsten Hothorn. "Bias in Random Forest Variable Importance Measures: Illustrations, Sources and a Solution." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2006. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1274/1/document.pdf.
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Senyurt, Yasemin Emine. "Importance Of Art In Authenticating Dasein." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12607002/index.pdf.
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Huang, Ing-wei, and 英維 黄. "Importance of SMEs Development in Thailand." Graduate School of International Development. Nagoya University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6287.
Full textSvensson, Jens. "On Importance Sampling and Dependence Modeling." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Matematik (Inst.), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11272.
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Ahammad, Shamim. "Importance of Training in Hotel industry." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-19839.
Full textBordoloi, Udeepta Dutta. "Importance-driven algorithms for scientific visualization." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1118952958.
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Aung, Hnin Thanda. "The importance of epigenetics in mammals /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19398.pdf.
Full textNunez, Sara. "Importance of enzyme dynamics in catalysis." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534144.
Full textDy, Sov Ann. "Importance of SME development in Cambodia." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.595304.
Full textMeillier, Jill M. "The importance of elementary sexuality education." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002meillierj.pdf.
Full textVaughan, James L. "Baseball's importance during the Great Depression /." View abstract, 2002. http://wilson.ccsu.edu/theses/etd-2002-16/ThesisTitlePage.html.
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Nason, Martha. "Variable importance in tree-based models /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9552.
Full textLarson, Kelli. "Understanding the importance of character education." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009larsonk.pdf.
Full textJeske, Diane. "The persistence and importance of persons." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12898.
Full textStankis, Susan. "The Importance of a Sacramental Marriage." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2015. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/168.
Full textEzcurra, Huáscar, José María de la Jara, Nicolás de la Flor, and Pablo Mori. "The importance of legal skills nowadays." THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/109697.
Full textEn los últimos años, se ha incrementado notablemente el interés de abogados y estudiantes de Derecho por las destrezas legales.En esta mesa, los ponentes reflexionan sobre sus límites, regulación y aplicación, y dan una visión del futuro del ejercicio del Derecho.
Sak, Halis, Wolfgang Hörmann, and Josef Leydold. "Better Confidence Intervals for Importance Sampling." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2010. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3017/1/techreport%2D106.pdf.
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Pesántez, Valdivieso Eduardo Javier. "The invisible importance of home gardens." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2017. http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/14146.
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Os quintais estão presentes na sociedade humana desde a sua origem e estão distribuídos mundialmente. Estes espaços de terra estão localizados perto das casas, e o trabalho feminino neles é fundamental. Uma característica principal deles é que mantêm altos índices de agrobiodiversidade, fornecendo constante e ampla variedade de produtos, como alimentos, remédios, madeira ou forragem, principalmente para o autoconsumo das famílias e também para a geração de renda adicional. Além disso, a diversidade dos quintais contribui para a conservação de espécies ameaçadas e variedades tradicionais, preservando práticas agrícolas tradicionais, confirmando sua importância sócio-ecológica. Apesar de serem de grande importância, os quintais nem sempre recebem a devida atenção e, para serem valorizados, é necessário entender sua contribuição para os agricultores familiares e para o meio ambiente. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a importância ambiental, econômica e sócio-cultural de quintais rurais, sendo realizada em duas partes: a primeira consistiu em visitar quatro quintais na Zona da Mata para estimar sua agrobiodiversidade através da identificação das espécies e famílias e, consequentemente, calcular os índices de biodiversidade alfa (Índice de Riqueza) e biodiversidade beta (índice de Whittaker, coeficiente de Jaccard (CJ) e coeficiente de Sorensen (CS)). Finalmente, foi realizado escaneamento de uma das propriedades com equipamento laser scanner terrestre, que permitiu medir (média de três leituras) as alturas de árvores e arbustos selecionados ao acaso e, assim, observar a distribuição e a estrutura vertical do quintal. A segunda parte consistiu na análise de dados secundários contendo os valores da produção gerada em 30 propriedades na Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais, utilizando a metodologia denominada "Caderneta Agroecológica", na qual as mulheres compilam os dados da produção dos quintais, seu destino (autoconsumo, venda, doação e troca) e sua transformação em valores monetários, de acordo com os preços nos mercados locais de cada produto. Os resultados demonstraram que os quintais visitados variaram em tamanho, de 1990 metros quadrados para 8830 metros quadrados, com uma idade entre cinco e 20 anos. Através do trabalho participativo foi conhecido que os quintais são espaços onde as decisões são tomadas e as atividades são lideradas pelas mulheres, mas com a cooperação dos outros membros das famílias. Em nenhum dos quintais foram utilizados agrotóxicos ou fertilizantes químicos, limitando o uso de calcário como um corretivo do pH do solo em apenas uma propriedade. O solo foi adubado com esterco animal, resíduos de colheitas e resíduos orgânicos caseiros, e o controle de ervas foi feito com capina e roçado, contribuindo com a cobertura do solo. Encontraram-se 246 espécies de plantas distribuídas em 81 famílias, e seis espécies animais distribuídos em igual número de famílias. A maioria das espécies de plantas é utilizada como alimento (147 espécies), seguido de remédio (69), espécies ornamentais (56), forragem (quatro espécies) e outros usos (13 espécies). As espécies animais são utilizadas como alimento (quatro espécies) e companhia (duas espécies). A biodiversidade alfa mostrou uma elevada diversidade em cada quintal; no entanto, biodiversidade beta indicou que não há semelhança entre as quatro propriedades. O laser scanner permitiu calcular a altura das plantas selecionadas, observando coeficiente de variação máximo nas leituras de 6,24% que a maioria dos indivíduos mais altos está no pomar, e os indivíduos de médio e baixo porte estão localizados ao redor da casa. Finalmente, a Caderneta Agroecológica permitiu registrar a produção dos quintais e seu destino, assim como seu valor monetário estimado. A produção dos quintais foi diversificada (com 140 produtos registrados pelas mulheres), permanente ao longo dos 12 meses do ano, mas variável em cada mês. Monetariamente, representou uma porcentagem média equivalente a 29% do salário mínimo no Brasil.
Home gardens exist throughout the world and have been present since the beginning of human society. They are located near houses and are fundamentally dependent on female labor. One of their main characteristics is that they maintain high rates of agro-biodiversity and provide a constant and wide variety of products for the consumption of the families and for the generation of additional income: these products include food, medicine, wood, and forage. From a socio- ecological perspective the diversity of home gardens contributes to the conservation of endangered species, traditional varieties, and traditional farming practices. Despite being of great importance, these home gardens or yards do not always receive proper attention; and in order to value them accurately, it will be necessary to understand the contribution they make both to family farmers and to the environment. The aim of this study, divided into two parts, was to understand the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural importance of rural home gardens. The first part consisted in the analysis of secondary information containing production values generated on 30 farms located in the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. The methodology used is called “Agro-ecological Booklet,” in which women collect the production data from the yards, their destination (consumption, sale, donation, and exchange) and their conversion into monetary values based on the prices of the local markets for each product. The second part consisted in actually visiting four home gardens in the Zona da Mata to estimate their agro- biodiversity through the identification and the uses of the species and families; and consequently to calculate the indexes of alfa-biodiversity (Index of Richness) and beta- biodiversity (Whittaker Index, Coefficient of Jaccard (CJ) and Coefficient of Sorensen (CS)). Finally, a scanning of one of the properties was performed using terrestrial laser scanner equipment that measured (average of three measurements) the height of random trees and shrubs in order to observe both the distribution and the vertical structure of the home garden. The results showed that the Agro-ecological Booklet methodology was able to record the production of the home gardens and their location, as well as an estimate of their monetary value. The production of home gardens was diverse (140 products were recorded by the women), permanent throughout the year but variable every month. Monetarily, they represented an average percentage equivalent to 29% of the minimum wage in Brazil. The visited home gardens varied in area from 1,990 square meters to 8,830 square meters, with an age range between five and twenty years. With the participatory work it was known that the home gardens are spaces where the activities and decisions are led and made by women, albeit with the co- operation of the other members of the family. Neither pesticides nor chemical fertilizers were used in any of the home gardens, thus limiting the use of agricultural lime as a soil amendment to just one single property. The soil was fertilized with animal manure, crop residues, and organic garbage from the houses; and the control of spontaneous weeds was done by mowing and weeding, contributing with the coverage of the soil. It was found that 246 plant species were distributed in 81 families, and six animal species were distributed in an equal number of families. Most plant species are used for food (147 species), followed by medicinal (69 species), ornamental (56 species), fodder (four species), and others (13 species). The animal species are used for food (four species) and companionship (two species). Alfa-biodiversity showed a high diversity in each home garden; however, beta-biodiversity indicated that there is no similarity between the four properties. Finally, the laser scanner allowed calculating the height of the selected plants, obtaining a maximum coefficient of variation of 6,24%, with the observation that the majority of the highest individuals are in the orchard while the individuals of medium and smaller height are located around the house.
Evinger, Kathryn Lynn. "Understanding the importance of phonemic awareness." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1628.
Full textFröberg, Malvina. "Optimal Importance Sampling for Diffusion Processes." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Tillämpad matematik och statistik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-395650.
Full textTang, Xiaojin. "Importance sampling for efficient parametric simulation." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12860.
Full textMonte Carlo simulation, while flexible and widely applicable, has a relatively slow rate of convergence and significant effort has been devoted to improving its efficiency. In this thesis, we focus on the efficient simulation technique of Importance Sampling (IS) in simulation settings where the objective is to improve computational efficiency when solving several instances of an estimation problem and not a single instance only. In the setting of parametric estimation where instances of the estimation problem differ in some model or decision parameters, we consider using the optimal sampling measure at a nominal parameter as the sampling measure at neighboring parameters and analyze the variance of the resulting importance sampling estimator. We show that the resulting estimator can be very effective in estimations in the vicinity of the nominal parameter. We describe an approach to implement this scheme using an approach called the DataBase Monte Carlo (DBMC). Generalizations of DBMC to Importance Sampling and combining Importance Sampling with Stratification are introduced. Next we consider the application of Importance Sampling to a problem in computational finance, namely, portfolio risk evaluation. We use a linear approximation to the portfolio loss, as a function of the underlying risk factors, to obtain a good importance sampling density. We derive the optimal direction for shifting the means of the underlying risk factor. We apply this approach to estimate the probability of large portfolio losses in both one-level and nested simulation settings. In the one-level simulation, it is assumed that the approximation to the loss function is available. In the context of nested simulation, we consider an initial learning phase to "learn" the approximation function using "a regression-like" approach. In cases where the linear approximation is inadequate, we propose an approach that combines Importance Sampling with Stratificiation by subdividing the sampling space into strata and then applying Importance Sampling in each subdivision.
McGarry, Theresa, and M. Michieka. "Relative Importance in Task-Induced Involvement." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6164.
Full textWallace, Rick, and Patricia M. Vanhook. "The Importance of Evidence-Based Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7417.
Full textFarahani, Gohar Omidvar. "Existence and Importance of Online Interaction." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27169.
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Bordoloi, Udeepta. "Importance-driven algorithms for scientific visualization." The Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1118952958.
Full textHenry, Nicole Eiler. "The Importance of Drama as Inquiry." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392106870.
Full textStrobl, Carolin, Anne-Laure Boulesteix, Thomas Kneib, Thomas Augustin, and Achim Zeileis. "Conditional Variable Importance for Random Forests." BioMed Central Ltd, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-9-307.
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