BACKGROUND The positive effects of early developmental intervention (EDI) on early child development have been reported in numerous controlled trials in a variety of countries. An important aspect to determining the efficacy of EDI is the degree to which dosage is linked to outcomes. However, few studies of EDI have conducted such analyses. This observational cohort study examined the associati...

Based on energy balance theory, using Theil–Sen median trend analysis and the Mann–Kendall test, this research studied applicability of complementary theory evapotranspiration (ET) over Ningxia in Upper Reaches Yellow River with MOD16 ET product measured data meteorological stations, based which drought index (EDI) was proposed for first time. Moreover, usability EDI also verified its influenci...

The purpose of this paper is to build a better understanding of the operation of a Letter of Credit (L/C) in the transportation of goods. Related and of growing importance are some recent developments in the areas of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the explosion of globally internetworked computers on the Internet. The commercial viability of Internet is explored along with security and o...

The use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technologies can prove to be a strong, strategic initiative for many businesses. However, to leverage these potential benefits, organizations must be able to transform ineffective operating procedures and explore alternative implementations of EDI. The project reported here illustrates how a major Fortune 500 corporation was able to meet the challeng...

EDI (electronic data interchange) messages are notoriously lean and di cult to interpret without additional information. While sympathizing with the many criticisms that have been made of the design of EDI protocols, we argue in this paper that there is something basically correct in the noted leanness of EDI messages. We present a framework that describes how interpretation of EDI messages wor...

Only about 5% of the companies which could profit from EDI actually use it. Th e main reason is that especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) try to avoid the considerable setupand operating costs of traditional EDI solutions. We demonstrate how new emerging network technologies such as XML and Java can open communications networks and shape the way businesses can interact with one ...

OBJECTIVE This study examines potential overlaps between psychiatric comorbidity (Axis I and II) and scores on the subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) in women with eating disorders (EDs). METHOD In a sample of 248 women (72 with anorexia nervosa, 140 with bulimia nervosa, and 36 with eating disorders not otherwise specified), we determined psychiatric comorbidity using the Struc...

While several visualization systems have recently been developed, many application programmers still prefer writing their own code. Why? Because these systems are ill-suited for applications based on empirical data, such as biomedical imaging, robotics, seismic data analysis, and wood classification. Current visualization systems focus on displaying data. But emprical data analysis also needs h...