ADO.NET Entity Framework: Raising the Level of Abstraction in Data Programming Pablo Castro Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond‚ WA‚ 98052‚ USA pablo.castro@microsoft.com Sergey Melnik Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way Redmond‚ WA‚ 98052‚ USA sergey.melnik@microsoft.com Atul Adya Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond‚ WA‚ 98052‚ USA adya@microsoft.com ABSTRACT The ADO.NET Entity Framework provides a persistence layer for .NET applications that allows developers
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Conceptual Framework INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT Feedback Figure 1 Research paradigm The conceptual framework tackles the implementation of the retention policy to all the students under BSA and on how the students deal with the program. The researchers divide the framework into three diagrams; input‚ process and output. Under input are profiles of the student respondents. In the process are the procedures used by the researcher in
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marketing pillars - segmentation‚ targeting‚ positioning and differentiation While there may be theoretically ’ideal ’ market segments‚ in reality every organization engaged in a market will develop different ways of imagining market segments‚ and create product differentiation strategies to exploit these segments. The market segmentation and corresponding product differentiation strategy can give a firm a temporary commercial advantage. Criteria for Segmenting An ideal market segment meets
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the influences that impacted the development of the conceptual framework. There can be a variety of conceptual frameworks. There are also wide concepts of affects in conceptual framework‚ the influences that impacted development of the CF include: the US experience‚ In the United States they have their own conceptual framework; they have not adopted either IFRSs or the IASB Framework. Both the IASB and the US Conceptual Frameworks are considered to have shortcomings. As a result‚ the IASB and
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DotNet Generic Number: Heading: Question: Answer: Comments: Level: SE/SSE/TL 1 .NET Generic What is CLR? The CLR is the execution engine for .NET framework applications. Number: Heading: Question: Answer: 2 .NET Generic What are the services provided by CLR? Code Management‚ Application Memory Isolation‚ Verification of type safety‚ Native code conversion‚ Managing memory for objects‚ Enforcement of CAS (Code Access Security)‚ Exception handling‚ Interop (COM and Win32)‚ Profiling‚ Debugging
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Outline 1. Michael Porter’s framework of generic strategies (overall cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ focus) ➢ Describe each of the strategies ➢ Provide examples of firms that have successfully attained as a means of outperforming competitors in their industry ➢ Address how these strategies help a firm develop a favourable position vis-à-vis the five forces ➢ Pitfalls managers must avoid if to pursue successfully these generic strategies ➢ Conditions under which firms may effectively
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Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) LFA is an analytical‚ presentational and management tool which can help planners to: * analyse the existing situation during project preparation; * establish a logical hierarchy of means by which objectives will be reached; * identify the potential risks to achieving the objectives‚ and to sustainable outcomes; * establish how outputs and outcomes might best be monitored and evaluated; * present a summary of the project in a standard format;
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for Zend Framework 2.0 When it comes to open source software and applications‚ Zend Framework is one of the most preferred platforms for web applications. Zend Framework 2.0 has been released to overcome the common issues of the previous version and provide an advanced framework for the development of web applications. You can expect a lot of new features including cloud computing‚ superior event management‚ and advanced features for event tracking. The Beginners Guide for Zend Framework 2.0 is a
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Differentiation is a strategy that creates product that is unique among firms in the same industry in an important way. A differentiator achieved competitive advantage easily upon the ability in providing distinctive products to its customers that satisfy their needs in a way that is different from its competitors (Hill and Jones‚ 2004‚ p160.).This allows the differentiator to charge on premium price for its products. Unlike cost leaders performing cost reduction‚ differentiators manage to increase
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differentiation 1. The similarity of the turning points and the points of inflexion is both of them can be stationary point‚ but not all the stationary points are turning points or points of inflexion. A turning point is a point which is the point of the sign of the derivative changes. And the turning points are the local maximum and minimum where the derivative of the function changes from positive to negative or from negative to positive. When the shape of the function is smooth‚ the turning
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