C. Passenger Oriented Measure Of Reliability The approach in this study is to directly deduce service reliability from observed passenger trajectories. The two proposed reliability indicators of this paper target passenger-oriented predictability (day to day variation) and punctuality (deviation from the schedule). The former considers day-to-day variations in travel experience‚ whilst the latter refers to the discrepancy from scheduled travel times. The measures are calculated at origin-destination
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In order to examine economic growth or analyze the wealth of a country‚ it is necessary to have a way to measure the size of an economy such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Economists usually measure the size of an economy by the amount of stuff it produces. This makes sense in a lot of ways‚ mainly because an economy’s output in a given period of time is equal to the economy’s income‚ and the economy’s level of income is one of the main determinants of its standard of living and societal welfare
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alcohol for fixation and preservation. Three leaves from a treated plant were selected for uniformity of appearance and status of growth. From each of these leaves‚ two epidermal strips were token and on each strip two areas of about 0.25 m2 were selected for determining three stomatal counts in each upper and lower epidermis. For each determination three strips were taken from three different leaves of about the same age‚ ten stomata were chosen at random from each strip‚ and their widths were determined
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U.S. Federal Poverty Threshold: An Imprecise Measure The advancement of civilization has brought about enormous change in the way humans live‚ and the leading nations have found astute ways to adapt to these changes. The United States of America‚ established as the undisputable leader of the modern world‚ has served as the innovator of many important guidelines that aid in structuring the governance of society. One of the major problems every nation faces in its moral‚ political‚ and legal discussions
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12 Questions to Measure Employee Engagement Do your opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? Have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow? Comments 11 | Recommend 676 ive years ago‚ The Gallup Organization began creating a feedback system for employers that would identify and measure elements of worker engagement most tied to the bottom line--things such as sales growth‚ productivity and customer loyalty. After hundreds
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An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall‚ Graduate School of Public Health‚ 130 DeSoto Street‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15261‚ USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006‚ 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Standardized Tests Really Measure Intelligence? Some may beg to differ when people say the SAT or ACT are not fair to everyone. Not everyone may test well‚ so these tests are not an accurate assessment of someone’s intelligence. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ the SAT first stood for the Scholastic Aptitude Test‚ then the Scholastic Assessment Test; now it does not stand for anything. The SAT is a college entrance exam for high school students‚ and it measures strictly mathematical and
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the events are controversial; it has been argued that the Duke enjoys watching others fall‚ and also uses others to do his ’dirty work’ for him. He has also been called a moral coward‚ and this essay will examine his different personas in order to find out how Shakespeare conveys the complexity of the Duke through his language choices. Firstly‚ the character of the Duke can be divided into three different personas; the public duke‚ the politician; the Friar Lodowick‚ and the private Duke. The private
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The conclusion was that preventive practices were overall the determining factor in circumventing a lot of health concerns becoming problematic and in some cases fatal. Another area of concern for this modern way of concern from the physician ’s perspective was making sure that they are able to serve and meet their patients ’ needs. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ‚ 1996) at one point there was a "growing scope of and complexity of medical information‚ physicians
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By:Cheryl Cheng House burglary has been on the increase these two last years.This is especially so during festive seasons early in the year 2013‚the two festivals of Deepavali and Christmas were celebrated in the last three months of the previous year followed by Chinese New Year.Many houses were left unoccupied for a week.Most of us traveeled back to our hometowns to celebrate with our families.The thieves took advantage of yhi.There was a spate of house burglaries.
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