The crisis in Japan has refueled the rigorous global debate about the viability of nuclear power as the nation remains in a "state of maximum alert" while experts scramble to contain leaking radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.
When we came to office in 1997, the maximum the most expert and experienced nurse in clinical practice could earn was £25,655.
It uses the most likely, minimum, and maximum values of expert estimates to generate a distribution that more closely resembles realistic probability distribution.
The sample size ranged from one to 2579 respondents, while the maximum panel size of experts was 140 [ 62].
The Delphi process consists of a survey conducted in two or more rounds; the answers (or statements) collected in the first survey are modified in the second, the third, etc., to reach the maximum consensus among the experts.
Automated methods can save time and resources, but will not incorporate the maximum information available from expert curators, leading to incomplete or even false designations.
The experts gave the maximum importance to 5 variables: number of native potato varieties cultivated (D1), use of own seed (D1), form in which cultivation knowledge was acquired by the keeper (D2), exchange of own seed (D3), and number of other potato keepers known (D3).
They were 15 experts with a maximum of 135 points to allocate.
Quality measures included: sample description (1 point for each detail provided: profession, age, gender of respondents and response rate); sampling method (description of site/setting – 1 point, sampling procedure described - 1 point); and survey validity (1 point if survey pre-tested and 1 point if the survey was reviewed by content experts), for a maximum score of eight points.
Most diet experts recommend a maximum of a 10-day program for the safest and best results.
