“…On the other hand, most pharmacological trials failed to show a benefit for ALS patients. …”

“…This is partially due to the lack of level I evidence from international, multicentric, randomized clinical trials including large patient numbers and a long term follow-up. …”

“…Clinical trials of medicinal products on human subjects are a balancing act between the protection of the study participant and the preservation of his dignity on the one hand and the constant striving for medical progress on the other hand. …”

“…<BR /> <BR /> This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. …”

“…Convinced that laughter can bring healing, she takes a light-hearted look at the trials people face during diagnosis and treatment for cancer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Smart distribution networks, demand side response, and community energy systems: Field trial experiences and s ... -- 1. The UK electricity context -- 1.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.5 Difference in Opinions Towards Effectiveness of Virtual Lab During COVID-19 Pandemic Between Genders -- 5.5.1 Overall Interpretation -- 5.6 Findings and Discussions -- 5.7 Performance Assessment -- 5.7.1 Access Time and Number of Trials -- 5.7.2 Quality of Content Delivery -- 5.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Significance of e-Learning in Indian Modern Higher Education System: A Review -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Review of Literature -- 6.2.1 e-Learning -- 6.2.2 Learning Shift Toward Online -- 6.2.3 e-Learning-Related Studies -- 6.2.4 Importance of e-Learning -- 6.2.5 Barriers or Disadvantages of e-Learning -- 6.2.6 e-Learning and Higher Education -- 6.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Homeschooling: A Case Study Based on Delhi, India -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Data Collection and Methodology -- 7.3 Literature Review -- 7.4 Data Analysis and Major Findings -- 7.5 Survey -- 7.5.1 Area -- 7.5.2 Income Distribution -- 7.5.3 Education Qualification -- 7.5.4 Earning Member of Family -- 7.5.5 Awareness About Homeschooling -- 7.5.6 Likeliness to Adopt Homeschooling -- 7.6 Policy Recommendations -- 7.7 Regulation of Homeschooling in the USA -- 7.8 Regulation of Homeschooling in the UK -- 7.9 Roadmap for India -- 7.10 Conclusion -- 7.11 Challenges and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 8 COVID-19: Preference for Online Teaching and Its Impact on Academic Performance -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Reasons for Undertaking Current Study and Methodology Adopted -- 8.2 Sample and Population -- 8.3 Findings of the Study -- 8.3.1 Findings Related to Objective 1 -- 8.3.1.1 Hypothesis Testing -- 8.3.2 Findings Related to Objective 2 -- 8.3.3 Findings Related to Objective 3 -- 8.3.3.1 Major Challenges in Online Mode of Teaching -- 8.3.3.2 Effectiveness of Teaching Methods -- 8.4 Discussion Based on the Study -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 11 End-user scripts and forms -- 11.1 Script frontends -- 11.1.1 SharePoint trial tenant -- 11.2 Creating a request form -- 11.2.1 Gathering data -- 11.2.2 Creating a SharePoint form -- 11.3 Processing requests -- 11.3.1 Permissions -- 11.3.2 Monitoring for new requests -- 11.3.3 Processing the request -- 11.4 Running PowerShell script on end-user devices -- 11.4.1 Custom Git install -- 11.4.2 Running as system versus the user -- 11.4.3 Using Active Setup with PowerShell -- Summary -- 12 Sharing scripts among a team -- 12.1 Sharing a script -- 12.1.1 Creating a gist -- 12.1.2 Editing a gist -- 12.1.3 Sharing a gist -- 12.1.4 Executing a gist -- 12.2 Creating a shared module -- 12.2.1 Uploading the module to a GitHub repository -- 12.2.2 Giving access to the shared module -- 12.2.3 Installing the shared module -- 12.3 Updating a shared module…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….) -- 4.11.5 Healthcare (Medical Devices, Clinical Trials, and E-Health Devices) -- 4.11.6 Energy and Environment -- 4.11.7 Horizontal Legal Issues (Cross-Committee Considerations) -- 4.12 Economic Study on CPS -- 4.12.1 Better Resource Allocation -- 4.12.2 Enhanced Marketability -- 4.12.3 Robustness and Resilience -- 4.12.4 Regulatory Compliance -- 4.12.5 Making Decisions in Real-Time -- 4.13 Case Studies -- 4.13.1 The Daily Lives of Older Persons and Disabled Individuals with CPS -- 4.13.2 CPS in Healthcare -- 4.13.3 CPS for Security and Safety -- 4.14 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 IoT Technology Enables Sophisticated Energy Management in Smart Factory -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 IOT Overview -- 5.2.1 The Evolution of the Internet -- 5.2.2 IoT Sensing -- 5.2.3 IOT Data Protocol and Architecture -- 5.3 IOT Enabling Technology -- 5.3.1 Application Domain -- 5.3.2 Middleware Domain -- 5.3.3 Network Domain -- 5.3.4 Object Domain -- 5.4 IOT in Energy Sector -- 5.4.1 Internet of Things and Energy Generation -- 5.5 Challenges of Applying IOT -- 5.6 Reference Architecture for IoT-Based Smart Factory -- 5.7 Characteristics of Smart Factory -- 5.8 Challenges for IoT-Based Smart Industry -- 5.9 How IoT Will Support Energy Management in Smart Factory -- 5.10 IoT Energy Management Architecture for Industrial Applications -- 5.10.1 IoT-Based Energy Management Technology -- 5.10.2 Energy Harvesting -- 5.11 Case Study: Smart Factory -- 5.11.1 Supply Side -- 5.11.2 Photovoltaic Power Generation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.11.2 Disadvantages of Merrick's Multiple Piece-Rate Plan -- 6.12 Gantt's Task and Bonus Wage Plan -- 6.12.1 Advantages of Gantt's Plan -- 6.12.2 Disadvantages of Gantt's Plan -- 6.13 Halsey's Premium Plan -- 6.13.1 Advantages of Halsey's Premium Plan -- 6.13.2 Disadvantages of Halsey's Premium Plan -- 6.14 Rowan's Plan -- 6.14.1 Advantages of Rowan's Plan -- 6.14.2 Disadvantages of Rowan's Plan -- 6.15 Emerson's Efficiency Plan -- 6.15.1 Advantages of Emerson's Efficiency Plan -- 6.15.2 Disadvantages of Emerson's Efficiency Plan -- 6.16 Advanced-Type Solved Problems -- Chapter Summary -- Key Formulae -- Exercise for Your Practice -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Examination Problems -- Chapter 7: Overheads Analysis -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Overhead Costs -- 7.2.1 Definition of Overhead Costs -- 7.3 Classification of Overheads -- 7.3.1 Functional Classification -- 7.3.2 Element-wise Classification -- 7.3.3 Behaviour-wise Classification -- 7.4 Allocation of Overheads -- 7.5 Apportionment of Overheads -- 7.6 Allocation Versus Apportionment -- 7.7 Bases for Apportionment -- 7.8 Primary Distribution of Overheads -- 7.9 Secondary Distribution of Overheads -- 7.10 Step Method -- 7.11 Reciprocal Method -- 7.11.1 Simultaneous Equations Method -- 7.11.2 Repeated Distribution Method -- 7.11.3 Trial-and-Error Method -- 7.12 Advanced-Type Solved Problems -- Chapter Summary -- Key Formulae -- Exercise for Your Practice -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Examination Problems -- Chapter 8: Overhead Rates -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Absorption of Overheads -- 8.2.1 Under absorption of Overheads and Over absorption of Overheads -- 8.3 Machine Hour Rate -- 8.3.1 The Advantages of MHR -- 8.3.2 Ordinary MHR -- 8.3.3 Composite MHR -- 8.3.4 Disadvantages of MHR -- 8.3.5 Computation of MHR -- 8.4 Miscellaneous Illustrations -- 8.5 Advanced-Type Solved Problems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Visualizing Sametime -- Overview -- Architecture -- Outline -- Visualizing Sametime client -- Implementation -- GUI Design -- Web services -- IM session data aggregation -- Outcome -- Trial program -- Results -- Concerns -- Future improvements -- Lessons learned -- Appendix B. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.4.1 Resource Limitations and Bandwidth -- 6.4.2 Scalability -- 6.4.3 Lack of Standardization -- 6.4.4 Privacy Leakage -- 6.4.5 Interoperability -- 6.4.6 Security and Privacy of Data -- 6.4.7 Managing Storage Capacity -- 6.4.8 Standardization Challenges -- 6.4.9 Social Challenges -- 6.5 Future Research Directions and Perspectives -- 6.6 Implications and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Blockchain in Healthcare: Use Cases -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Features of Blockchains -- 7.2 Challenges Faced in the Healthcare Sector -- 7.3 Use Cases of Blockchains in the Healthcare Sector -- 7.3.1 Blockchains for Maintaining Electronic Health Records -- 7.3.2 Electronic Health Record Applications -- 7.3.3 Blockchains in Clinical Trials -- 7.3.4 Blockchains in Improving Patient-Doctor Interactions -- 7.4 What is Medicalchain? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- 5G Physical Layer -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: 5G Radio Access -- 1.1 Evolution of Mobile Communication -- 1.2 5G New Radio Access Technology -- 1.3 5G NR Global View -- 1.3.1 5G Standardization -- 1.3.2 Spectrum for 5G -- 1.3.3 Use Cases for 5G -- eMBB: -- URLLC: -- mMTC: -- 1.3.4 5G Field Trials -- 1.3.5 5G Commercial Deployments -- 1.4 Preview of the Book -- References -- 2 NR Physical Layer: Overview -- 2.1 Radio Protocol Architecture -- 2.2 NR PHY: Key Technology Components -- 2.2.1 Modulation -- 2.2.2 Waveform -- 2.2.3 Multiple Antennas -- 2.2.4 Channel Coding -- 2.3 Physical Time-Frequency Resources -- 2.4 Physical Channels -- 2.5 Physical Signals -- 2.6 Duplexing Scheme -- 2.7 Frame Structure -- 2.8 PHY Procedures and Measurements -- 2.9 Physical Layer Challenges -- 2.9.1 Propagation Related Challenges -- 2.9.2 Hardware Related Challenges -- References -- 3 Propagation &amp -- Channel Modeling -- 3.1 Propagation Fundamentals -- 3.1.1 Electromagnetic Waves -- 3.1.2 Free-Space Propagation -- 3.1.3 Scattering and Absorption -- 3.2 Propagation Channel Characterization -- 3.2.1 Frequency-Delay Domain -- 3.2.2 Doppler-Time Domain -- 3.2.3 Directional Domain -- 3.3 Experimental Channel Characteristics -- 3.3.1 Measurement Techniques -- 3.3.1.1 Continuous Wave -- 3.3.1.2 Vector Network Analyzer -- 3.3.1.3 Correlation-Based Channel Sounding -- 3.3.1.4 Directional Characteristics -- 3.3.2 Analysis Methods -- 3.3.2.1 Spectral Analysis -- 3.3.2.2 Superresolution Methods -- 3.3.2.3 Measurement Comparability -- 3.3.3 Transmission Loss Measurements -- 3.3.3.1 Indoor Of ce Scenario -- 3.3.3.2 Outdoor-to-Indoor Scenario -- 3.3.3.3 Outdoor Street Scenario -- 3.3.3.4 Outdoor Urban Over Rooftop Scenario -- 3.3.4 Delay Domain Measurements -- 3.3.4.1 Indoor Of ce -- 3.3.4.2 Outdoor-to-Indoor…”

“…The trials show how the yield gap between organic and conventional crops was closed over 3 years. …”

“…The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or potentially low-impact studies."…”

“…., endpoint/margin selection and complex innovative design such as adaptive trial design) in the pharmaceutical development and regulatory approval process.Clarifies controversial statistical issues (e.g., hypothesis testing versus confidence interval approach, missing data/estimands, multiplicity, and Bayesian design and approach) in review/approval of regulatory submissions.Proposes innovative thinking regarding study designs and statistical methods (e.g., n-of-1 trial design, adaptive trial design, and probability monitoring procedure for sample size) for rare disease drug development.Provides insight regarding current regulatory clinical initiatives (e.g., precision/personalized medicine, biomarker-driven target clinical trials, model informed drug development, big data analytics, and real world data/evidence).This book provides key statistical concepts, innovative designs, and analysis methods that are useful in regulatory science. …”

“…Although all of the trials reported that omalizumab improved quality of life, CDEC noted that, at the submitted price, omalizumab was not cost-effective. …”

“…In his preface Churchill wrote: 'Every nation or group of nations has its own tale to tell. Knowledge of the trials and struggles is necessary to all who would comprehend the problems, perils, challenges, and opportunities which confront us today ...It is in the hope that contemplation of the trials and tribulations of our forefathers may not only fortify the English-speaking peoples of today, but also play some small part in uniting the whole world, that I present this account.' …”

“…This is the purpose of this guide, which focuses on species of dense rainforests, capitalizing on the results of past and recent trials in six African countries, and on the This is the purpose of this guide, which focuses on species of dense rainforests, capitalizing on the results of past and recent trials in six African countries, and mobilizing individual skills and knowledge. …”