Since Nigeria attained independence in 1960‚ considerable efforts have been directed towards industrial development. The initial efforts were government-led through the vehicle of large industry‚ but lately‚ emphasis has shifted to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) following the lessons learnt from the success of SMEs in the economic growth of Asian countries (Ojo‚ 2003). Thus‚ the recent industrial development drive in Nigeria has focused on sustainable development through small business development
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Business Statistics II ECO 362 Regression Analysis: Model Building General Linear Model Determining When to Add or Delete Variables Variable Selection Procedures Residual Analysis Multiple Regression Approach to Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design Chapter 16 Regression Analysis: Model Building School of Business and Economics SUNY Plattsburgh Dr. Kameliia Petrova Slide 1 Dr. Kameliia Petrova Linear models: models in which all parameters (β 0‚ β 1‚ . . .
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org/AJBM ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper A new corporate credit scoring system using semi-supervised discriminant analysis Shian-Chang Huang Department of Business Administration‚ National Changhua University of Education‚ No.2‚ Shi-Da Rd.‚ Changhua‚ Taiwan. E-mail: shhuang@cc.ncue.edu.tw. Tel: 886-4-7232105-7420. Accepted 18 July‚ 2011 Corporate credit scoring is important for investors and banks in risk management. However‚ the high dimensional data available
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SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION OF YOGURT Yogurt is a sour milk product. Its sour taste is attributed to the presence of lactic acid yielded by bacteria through fermentation. Bacteria that are commonly used in yoghurt production are Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. These bacteria have the ability to break down sugars in the milk producing lactate or lactic acid as by-product. Below is a step-by-step procedure in the production of yogurt. Find out from the procedure why
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Evaluation of Epworth Sleepiness Scale as a screening method for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the results of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score and the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) measured by overnight polysomnography in patients diagnosed to have Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in King Hussein Medical Center (KHMC)‚ to evaluate the Epworth Sleepiness Scale as a screening method for OSAS. Method: Retrospective study of patients diagnosed to have
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Pricing Strategies of Small Scale Industries With Reference to Mid Western Development Region of Nepal 1. General Introduction 1.1 Pricing Strategies In general terms price is a component of an exchange or transaction that takes place between two parties and refers to what must be given up by one party (i.e.‚ buyer) in order to obtain something offered by another party (i.e.‚ seller). Yet this view of price provides a somewhat limited explanation of what price means to participants in the transaction
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The Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS) was used to collect information about the participant’s thoughts about the loss. The fifteen items of this questionnaire measure grief-related rumination where five different aspects of rumination were addressed with each subscale consisting
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school. The students who were rated the most-bullied performed substantially worse academically than their peers. Projecting the findings on grade-point average across all three years of middle school‚ a one-point increase on the four-point bullying scale was associated with a 1.5-point decrease in GPA for one academic subject (math) - a very large drop. This article by Stuart Wolpert shows that students who get bullied have hard time to focus on their studies. They feel like they are in danger all
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Fuzzy Logic Technique for Smart Grid Fault Detection Dr. S G Srivani1 (IEEE Member)‚ Abhishek Kumar2‚ Abhinav U Patil3‚ Praveen G4 Abstract—this paper introduces the general aspects of smart grid‚ which is the combination of many latest technologies for effective energy distribution and usage. Fault occurrence in power grid is one event which is completely unexpected. Out of many Computational Intelligence methods to deal with such an event Fuzzy Logic techniques
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question on how we can make clinical decision based on whether the patient has dementia or very early stages of dementia that is undiagnosed. I was introduced to Global Deterioration Scale(GDS)‚ at my workplace 3 years ago.I utilize this screening tool for tracking the disease process. The Global Deterioration Scale " is useful as a quick‚ standardized assessment of individuals with dementia which helps determinea clinical stage or level of dementia (Genesis Rehabilitation‚ 2004).In our clinical
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