Shifting Out of Park

Out of Step Phase Shifting

We present a Phase Shifting robust method for irregular and unknown phase steps. The method is presented as a phase refinement strategy that uses as initial guess a coarsely computed phase corrupted with artifacts produce by an unprecise phase steps calibration. Then the algorithm, iteratively, refines the phase field and estimates the real phase steps by incorporating, effectively, redundant i...

Shifting Medicare patients out of the hospital.

Out of Africa: Lessons from Park Management in South Africa

operations, and policies of park management in South Africa—specifically in regard to wildlife management—and how they contrast with park management in the U.S. Our discussion is especially relevant to protected areas in grassland, savanna, and shrubland biomes because both countries contain those habitat types (Licht et al. 2008). We focus on seven issues that may stimulate thought among U.S. ...

assessment of the park- ang damage index for performance levels of rc moment resisting frames

چکیده هدف اصلی از طراحی لرزه ای تامین ایمنی جانی در هنگام وقوع زلزله و تعمیر پذیر بودن سازه خسارت دیده، پس از وقوع زلزله است. تجربه زلزله های اخیر نشان داده است که ساختمان های طراحی شده با آیین نامه های مبتنی بر نیرو از نظر محدود نمودن خسارت وارده بر سازه دقت لازم را ندارند. این امر سبب پیدایش نسل جدید آیین نامه های مبتنی بر عملکرد شده است. در این آیین نامه ها بر اساس تغییرشکل های غیرارتجاعی ...

The Impact of Fee-Shifting Tort Reform on Out-of-Court Settlements

Among the goals of proponents of tort reform is the goal of encouraging outof-court settlement of claims, rather than burdening the court system. Congressional discussions of tort reform have included a proposal aimed at promoting out-of-court settlement by making the party rejecting an offer not improved upon at trial responsible for the other party’s attorney’s fees as well as litigation cost...