In many database marketing applications the goal is to predict the customer behavior based on their previous actions. A usual approach is to develop models which maximize accuracy on the training and test sets and then apply these models on the unseen data. We show that in order to maximize business payoffs, accuracy optimization is insufficient by itself, and explore different strategies to ta...

PURPOSE The National Health Service (NHS) Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme was launched in 2001 as an innovative public-private partnership to address the historical under-investment in local primary care facilities in England. The organisations from the public and private sector that comprise a local LIFT partnership each have their own distinctive norms of behaviour and accept...

Previous theories and empirical formulas for the lift of flat planing surfaces are reviewed, and the resemblance of the planing surface to the airfoil noted. A simple expression, which converges to the correct limits for exactly known cases, is assumed for the ratio of planing to airfoil lift, and the planing lift is then estimated by using airfoil experimental data. The resulting calculated va...

This paper describes methodology to calculate required motor power rating for elevator and lift application. Switched reluctance motor an excellent candidate for traction applications contributes more in low speed-high torque application. Quality of lift is analyzed by its smoothness, without any jurg. Torque production in motor during acceleration and deceleration decides Smoothness of lift. I...

background: today oro-dental health is one of the health problems in our country and throughout the world. one of the useful educational methods is using appropriate educational posters. this research studies the effects of educational posters and charts on knowledge and attitude of addressee about oral health. methods: this study was a quasi experiment research. ten units of apartments in diff...

the steger and warming flux vector splitting implicit scheme is used to numerically solve two dimensional reynolds averaged navier–stokes (rans) equations governing the vortex induced vibration of a flexible riser laterally supported by a spring and a damper. the k–ε model is used as turbulence model to simulate the turbulent flow in the wake of the riser. to update the new position of the rise...

in this study, effects of solid concentration, temperature, and initial fe2+ concentration on bioleaching of sulfide mineral (chalcopyrite) obtained from sarcheshmeh copper mine in the region of kerman located in the south of iran were investigated. a mesophilic iron oxidizing bacterium, acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has been isolated from a typical chalcopyrite copper concentrate of the menti...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Speech bulbs and palatal lift prostheses are used to improve oral-nasal balance in speakers with hypernasality resulting from velopharyngeal dysfunction. Fabricating such speech prostheses is often a protracted process, and the nasopharyngeal impression can be uncomfortable for the client. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop and test a modular palatal lift pr...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is a major factor in determining success in aesthetic surgery. To the authors' knowledge, a long-term study measuring patient satisfaction with face-lift surgery has not been published. The authors' study was designed to measure patient satisfaction with the overall experience of a face lift and to assess the patient's level of satisfaction 10 to 15 years after s...