Diversity Index Lab Introduction: The measure of the biodiversity of organisms in a given area is known as the diversity index. The diversity index values will vary between 0‚ which would indicate no diversity‚ and 1‚ which is very diverse. Any values above 0.5 usually indicate a relatively diverse population. For example‚ a healthy forest or woodland should have a diversity index of 0.7. An area that is not very diverse‚ like a cornfield‚ might have a diversity index of 0.02 or less. In this
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Master Patient Index i Master Patient Index Master Patient Index 1 Master Patient Index (MPI) and the Primary Key are important parts of a health care organizations database. They help in the retrieval and organization of data in an organizations data base. The Master Patient Index (MPI) is an electronic medical database that holds information on every patient registered at a health care organization (TechTarget‚ 2011). The information that is contained in the patient record is things
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QUESTION The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) is a comparative assessment of a country’s integrity performance along with related academic research on corruption. Provide a description of this index and its ranking. Identify the five countries with the lowest and five with highest CPI scores according to this index. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Ethics is accepted principles of right or wrong that govern the conduct of a person‚ the members of a profession and the actions of an organization. There are five
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BEF/0126/T.2011 | 0718027959 | angellovale@ymail.com | MSECHU‚ JERRY F. | BEF/0111/T.2011 | 0713298717 | Jerrymsechu@yahoo.com | KIPESHA‚ MANSWETUS | BEF/0141/T.2011 | 0762561701 | mboggo12@gmail.com | Question 3: Discuss The Foster Greer- Thorbecke Index as a method of measuring poverty. Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 POVERTY 2 1.2 CATEGORIES OF POVERTY 3 1.2.1 The absolute poverty standard 3 1.2.2 Measuring Absolute Poverty 4 1.3 Relative poverty standard: 4 1.3.1 Persistent
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Walkability Index Walkability is mainly function as a measurement tool for proximity and connectivity between endpoints. The term denotes walking specifically; the features of walkable neighborhoods also support other forms of transportation‚ like cycling and transit. It measures the nuances of proximity and connectivity as they relate to travel and health outcomes that can notify land use and transportation planning‚ policy‚ and investment decisions. They have developed a tool‚ called the Walkability
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BUILDING A CSR INDEX In our CSR index‚ companies would be judged in 6 key assessment areas. Not only should the company have formulated goals or CSR targets but also achieved them within the stipulated period of time for a maximum score. The 6 key assessment areas are as follows: ASSESSMENT AREAS 1. ENVIRONMENT: This assessment area includes the physical surroundings in which the company operates including waste disposal techniques‚ energy saving initiatives‚ or climate change. POINTS OF
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Reviewing Beneish’s manipulation index‚ we note a high probability of manipulation for both fiscal Year 5 and Year 6. The major factors of this are the rapid growth in sales and the level of accruals in earnings. The Company experienced negative cash flows from operations for both years as a result in significant decreases in A/R and inventories. Reviewing the financial ratios‚ we also noted the relationship between inventories and COGS‚ which is not included in Beneish’s index. The high growth rate of
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to the problem. 2) It is possible for a field to be omitted. This is only true for those fields which are not used for indexing (see below). Both field lists must contain at least one field. The problem section must use at least one field as an index. 3) Each case has a value known as the result. This
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components there are at the end. * length[A]: the size of the array * heap-size[A]: the number of items stored into the array A * Note: heap-size[A] <= length[A] * The root of the tree is at A[1]‚ i.e.‚ the indexing typically begins at index 1 (not 0). A[0] can be reserved for the variable heap-size[A]. Heap is implemented as an array‚ but its operations can be grasped more easily by looking at the binary tree representation. The mapping between the array representation and binary tree
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Topic maps are a new ISO standard for describing knowledge structures and associating them with information resources. As such they constitute an enabling technology for knowledge management. Dubbed "the GPS of the information universe"‚ topic maps are also destined to provide powerful new ways of navigating large and interconnected corpora. While it is possible to represent immensely complex structures using topic maps‚ the basic concepts of the model Topics‚ Associations‚ and Occurrences
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