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A Comparison Of Frequentist And Bayesian Approaches To The Estimation Of Long-Stay Per-Diems, Jeff Hatcher, Jason M. Sutherland

Dartmouth Scholarship

Within many diagnosis related group (DRG) systems, there is recognition that a single cost weight per DRG is not suitable, and that cost weights should take into account extremely lengthy hospital stays. Long lengths of stay are considered to be due to factors largely beyond the control of the hospital, and a single weight per DRG would potentially place hospitals under financial risk.

Within Canada's acute-care, inpatient grouping methodology - Case Mix Groups (CMG+) - long-stay episodes represent approximately 4.5% of all discharges. Within a CMG (analogous to DRG), the cost weight assigned to long-stay cases consists of the typical …

From China To Cuba: Guerilla Warfare As A Mechanism For Mobilizing Resources, Jorge Barrera

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Guerilla Warfare is a weapon of the weak; it is decisive only where the actor in power fails to commit adequate resources to the conflict. The Chinese and Cuban revolutions are examples of guerilla warfare success, albeit under different conditions and employment techniques; while Mao Tse-tung utilized decentralized guerilla warfare to indoctrinate and mobilize the masses of peasants for revolutionary struggle against a stronger enemy; Fidel Castro employed a more centralized approach to create the conditions necessary for popular support of the revolution. However, in both cases guerilla warfare was simply part of a pragmatic grand strategy to build nationalism …

Ddasaccident620, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On 5th Nov 2009 at 08:45 am deminer [Victim No.1] was working in his clearance lane: he was removing excavated soil from the target spot that suddenly his excavation tool touched a mine and caused it to go off. As a result of the accident, the deminer got severe injuries to his face, eyes and left hand (lost his one eye).

The Parthenon, November 5, 2009, Marshall University

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, November 5, 2009

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

The Montclarion, November 05, 2009, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 5, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Two-Scale Convergence And Applications In Homogenization, Part Ii, Aida Timofte

Analysis Seminar

The two-scale convergence is a very efficient homogenization method for partial differential equations with periodically oscillating coefficients. We introduce the notions of weak/strong two-scale convergence, periodic unfolding/folding operators, and discuss some related results. We also point out their applications in the homogenization of evolutionary variational inequalities and in the homogenization of a ferroelectric material model.

The Cowl - V. 74 - N. 8 - Nov 5, 2009

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 74 - Number 8 - November 5, 2009. 36 pages.

Nebraska Agribusiness Club: The 43rd Annual Honors Banquet, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

Our first Public Service to Agriculture Award this evening will be presented posthumously to Dr. Charles H. Adams who compiled an enviable record advising and teaching more than 10,000 students during 37 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was a member of what is now the Department of Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, November 5, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series: Angelo Favis, Guitar; Paul Borg, Harpsichord; November 5, 2009, Angelo Favis, Paul Borg

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
November 5, 2009
Thursday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University School of Nursing Leader Receives National Award

The Eastern Echo, November 5, 2009, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Resolution No. 09/F/102, Fhsu Student Government Association

SGA - Legislation

A resolution supporting an increase in Tiger Wellness Center fees.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 86, November 5, 2009

Central Florida Future

Campus projects on schedule; Uncover Thursdays; Culture Club; Plus: The temperature is rising at Café 118 degrees; Column: Best week ever; Arena shop closes because of mandate; Student went to funeral, put on academic probation; WUCF encourages student involvement.

Vista: November 5, 2009, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Chapel Hour, Monica Piotrowski

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Beguiled By Bananas: A Retrospective Study Of The Usage And Breadth Of Patron Vs. Librarian Acquired Ebook Collections, Jason S. Price, John D. Mcdonald

Library Staff Publications and Research

Library acquisitions lore contains a cautionary tale of a patron in a demand-driven environment who spent a huge chunk of the library budget on ebooks about bananas. This story and others like it have been used to perpetuate the argument that demand-driven acquisition will result in collections that don't appeal to a broad audience or are otherwise unbalanced. We apply post-acquisition usage data from multiple libraries to test the hypothesis that patron-acquired versus librarian-acquired collections have different usage profiles. In addition, we analyze their subject profiles to evaluate collection breadth and balance. Our results will help libraries to anticipate the …

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Comparing Experts And Novices In Solving Electrical Circuit Problems With The Help Of Eye-Tracking, David Rosengrant, Colin Thomson, Taha Mzoughi

Faculty Articles

In order to help introductory physics students understand and learn to solve problems with circuits, we must first understand how they differ from experts. This preliminary study focuses on problem-solving dealing with electrical circuits. We investigate difficulties novices have with circuits and compare their work with those of experts. We incorporate the use of an eye-tracker to investigate any possible differences or similarities on how experts and novices solve electrical circuit problems. Our results show similarities in gaze patterns among all subjects on the components of the circuit. We further found that experts would look back at the circuit while …

Displacement, Timothy Zick

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

Quaker Campus, November 5, 2009 (Vol. 96, Issue 9), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, November 5, 2009, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Willie Lee Moody Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

The Scarlet - Volume Xc, No. 8 (November 5, 2009), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet Archive (Student Newspaper) (1939-2011) (In Progress)

The November 5, 2009 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

The cover story for this issue is "Scarlet alumnus promotes urban education: Lee Gurel, class of '48, donates to Clark and dishes about The Scarlet". Other headlines and coverage include printing quotas for students, reflecting on a year of Obama in office, Mastodon and Dethklok play at the House of Blues, "Clark Holds Annual Haunted House", the annual Drag Ball at Clark, and more.

Every issue of The Scarlet from the 2011-2012 academic year to …

26th Annual Reception Bibliography, 2008-2009, Leonard H. Axe Library

Bibliographies

Since 1984, Leonard H. Axe Library at Pittsburg State University has honored book authors and other creators for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to their fields.

Ksu Opera: The Stoned Guest And The Medium, Russell Young, Eileen Moremen, Michael Alexander, Gwen Halstead Brooker, Judy Cole, Valerie Pool

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents: The Medium and The Stoned Guest.

Globalization, Migration And The U.S. Labor Market For Physicians: The Impact Of Immigration On Local Wages, Finnie B. Cook

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The healthcare labor market has experienced some significant changes in the last half century, including the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the emergence of managed care in the 1980s, and the worldwide mobility of labor encouraged by globalization. Currently, more than 25% of physicians working in the U.S. are foreign-born. The existing body of literature related to the impact of immigration on local wages has to date found conflicting results. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of immigration of foreign physicians on local physician wages. This study employs physician survey data from the AMA …

Task Oriented Simulation And Control Of A Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm, Fabian Farelo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The main objective of my research is to improve the control structure for the new Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm (WMRA) to include new algorithms for optimized task execution; that is, making the WMRA a modular task oriented mobile manipulator. The main criterion to be optimized is the fashion in which the wheelchair approaches a final target as well as the starting and final orientation of the wheelchair. This is a novel approach in non-holonomic wheeled manipulators that will help in autonomously executing complex activities of daily living (ADL) tasks.

The WMRA is a 9 degree of freedom system, which provides …