W e argue that: (1) whether articles contain numeric data should be irrelevant to the evaluation process; (2) the desirability of numeric real, numeric synthetic, or nonnumeric data depends on the research objective; (3) assumptions can and should sometimes substitute for additional data; and (4) equal scrutiny should be given to data collection procedures, regardless of whether the researcher ...

The MicroBooNE detector, to be located on axis in the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), consists of two main components: a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC), and a light collection system. Thirty 8inch diameter Hamamatsu R5912-02mod cryogenic photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) will detect the scintillation light generated in the...

In this chapter, a useful list of well-established morphological and functional protocols is provided, to facilitate the design of experiments in the field of the characterisation of haemocytes of marine invertebrates, which have been emerging in the last decade as model organisms in ecotoxicology, comparative immunology, phylogenesis and evolution. This treatment offers a brief collection of m...

In this paper, we give a brief introduction of the HTRDP Chinese Information Retrieval Evaluation, which is sponsored by HTRDP (High Technology Research and Development Program of China, namely 863 Program). The web data collection, query design, evaluation metrics, and the evaluation procedures will presents in detail. Like TREC, NTCIR and CLEF, its purpose is to provide the infrastructure nec...

This report describes the results of an evaluation of random-digit-dialed sampling and telephone data collection procedures for the collection of health interview data from households. The study design included the following components: a comparison of data obtained by personal interview using area probability sampling with that obtained by telephone interview using random-digit-dialed sampling...

The project goal is to collect and deliver a corpus of speech data that supports DARPA SL~ system development. As of February 1991, SRI has set up a hardware and software environment for the collection of spoken interactions with a simulated Air Travel Information System (ATIS), established a data collection procedure, collected and dis~buted prototype data, and evaluated the prototype data wit...

In this paper we present a simulation based approach to predict the expected probability distribution that describes the size of a software project in a given period in the future. Since the simulation strongly depends on historical information, we propose the collection of such data from version control systems, which are well-known and widely used in the industry. We discuss the information c...

This study aims to examine the legal protection provided customers of life insurance policyholders in Bumi Putera, focusing on product transparency, fair and fast claim procedures, as well appeal lawsuit procedures. The method used field research with a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews related parties Putera. data collection techniques were document studies interviews. collected...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. with survival dramatically depending on stage at diagnosis. We had earlier reported that nanocytology of buccal cells can accurately risk-stratify smokers for the presence of early and late-stage lung cancer. To translate the technique into clinical practice, standardization of operating procedures is necessary to consistently yield ...

The two basic methods for establishing a laboratory diagnosis of dengue infection are detection of the virus (e.g. culture) or detection of anti-dengue antibodies (serology). Until recently, detection of the virus implied solely the recovery of the virus by culture; however, current procedures can detect dengue virus RNA and specific dengue virus antigens. Consequently, these procedures are lik...