We adopted a backward model selection process, which involves starting with all candidate covariates, testing the deletion of each covariate using the Akaike Information Criterion AICC) [ 11], deleting them if the model was improved by doing so, and repeating this process until no further improvement was possible.
This performance can be greatly improved by doing a C++ implementation and parallelising some of the algorithms (e.g. background subtraction).
Students' analytical skills improve by doing practice problems (Hake, 1998).
Now, Mixter said, "I am a white hat, the definition meaning that I am trying to contribute to improving security by doing what I do, and completely acting within the law and hacking ethics".
"In essence, central banks can improve matters by doing more, even if we have to act alone.
They moved in on Friday evening, vowing to improve themselves by doing all the city things they'd previously put off, starting the next morning.
They also tweaked the consumer-facing service to improve profitability by doing things like adding a $5 fee for prepaid online returns and charging more for packaging.
Improve yourself by doing some of the following steps.
The ability to compete in the market for these products will depend on its chemical quality which can be improved significantly by doing appropriate research by qualified personnel.
Inclusion of QOF registers or modelled estimates for local area obesity prevalence does not materially change the coefficients; there is no evidence that the model is improved by so doing.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn said in a news conference on Thursday that the current financial turmoil posed the greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, but that "it is a new kind of crisis" and that the I.M.F. could play a role in improving the economy by doing more to monitor the vulnerabilities of its member countries.
