Description CDX.NA.IG 125 Investment grade CDSs CDX.NA.IG.HVOL 30 High Volatility investment grade CDSs CDX.NA.HY 100 High Yield CDSs CDX.NA.HY.BB 37 Index of high yield CDSs with a BB rating CDX.NA.HY.B 46 Index of high yield CDSs with a B rating CDX.NA.XO 35 CDSs that are at the crossover point between investment grade and junk CDX.EM 14 Emerging market CDSs CDX.EM Diversified 40 Emerging market CDSs See also iTraxx Asset backed securities index similar to a CDS index, but with asset backed ... more details
Clinical decision support system CDSS or CDS is an interactive decision support system DSS Computer Software ... dss.html . ref This implies that a CDSS is simply a DSS that is focused on using knowledge management ... data. Purpose Goal The main purpose of modern CDSS is to assist clinicians at the point of care .... ref This means that a clinician would interact with a CDSS to help determine diagnosis medical diagnosis , analysis, etc. of patient data. Previous theories of CDSS were to use the CDSS to literally make decisions for the clinician. The clinician would input the information and wait for the CDSS ... CDSS to assist forces the clinician to interact with the CDSS utilizing both the clinician s knowledge and the CDSS to make a better analysis of the patients data than either human or CDSS could make on their own. Typically the CDSS would make suggestions of outputs or a set of outputs for the clinician ... CDSS suggestions. ref name Open Clinical DSS br There are two main types of CDSS ref name Berner Knowledge Based NonKnowledge Based An example of how a CDSS might be used by a clinician comes from the subset of CDSS, DDSS Diagnosis Decision Support Systems . A DDSS would take the patients data ... of a CDSS is based on the timing of its use. The doctor uses these systems at point of care to help ... diagnoses, or post diagnoses. Pre diagnoses CDSS systems are used to help the physician prepare the diagnoses. CDSS used during diagnoses help review and filter the physician s preliminary diagnostic choices to improve their final results. And post diagnoses CDSS systems are used to mine data to derive ... events. ref name Berner Features of a Knowledge Based CDSS Most CDSS consist of three parts, the knowledge ... Knowledge Based CDSSCDSS that do not use a knowledge base use a form of artificial intelligence ... on simplified evolutionary processes using directed selection to achieve optimal CDSS results ... systematic review by Garg et al. of 100 studies concluded that CDSs improved practitioner performance ... more details
The California Department of Social Services CDSS is a California state agency for many of the programs defined as part of the social safety net in the United States , and is within the auspices of the California Health and Human Services Agency . Federal and State funds for adoption s, foster care, aid to the disabled, family crisis counseling, subsistence payments to poor families with children, child welfare services and many other efforts are distributed through this department. The department is headed by the Director, John Wagner. Its mission is to serve, aid and protect the needy and vulnerable children and adults in ways that strengthen and preserve families, encourage personal responsibility, and foster independence. CDSS has more than 4,000 employees in 54 offices throughout the state and is responsible for Ensuring efficient, accurate and equitable delivery of payments and benefits Providing services that foster self sufficiency and dignity Providing social services to the elderly, blind, disabled and other children and adults Licensing and regulating foster homes, group homes, residential care facilities, day care facilities, child care facilities and preschools Evaluating eligibility of applicants for disability related benefits for certain federal and state programs, including Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability and Medi Cal. Organization The Department of Social Services is divided into 10 divisions. There are programs, branches and agencies which fall under the divisions Administration Legal Children and Family Services Community Care Licensing Disability Determination Service Adult Programs Welfare to Work Human Rights and Community Services State Hearings Information Systems References About us Division details, http www.cdss.ca.gov cdssweb PG190.htm California Department of Social Services, http www.cdss.ca.gov cdssweb Default.htm External links http www.dss.cahwnet.gov Official website Category State agencies of California Social ... more details
Blythe Sally Jess Masters born 22 March 1969 is an economist and current head of global commodities at JPMorgan Chase J.P. Morgan Chase , and led the development of so called Credit default swaps Credit Default Swaps CDSs widely used by financial institutions. Biography Education Born in Oxford , Masters was raised in the south east of England ref http www.debretts.com people biographies browse m 25234 Blythe 20Sally 20Jess MASTERS.aspx ref Masters won a scholarship to The King s School, Canterbury The King s School in Canterbury . ref name guardian1 cite news author David Teather url http www.guardian.co.uk business 2008 sep 20 wallstreet.banking title The woman who built financial weapon of mass destruction & 124 Business publisher The Guardian date 2008 09 20 accessdate 2010 05 19 location London ref She went on to read economics at Trinity College, Cambridge , graduating in 1991 and joining the bank J.P. Morgan & Co. directly from university, having completed several internships there while still a dancer. ref name hbswany1 cite web url http www.hbswany.org article.html?aid 129 title HBS Women s Association of New York publisher Hbswany.org date accessdate 2010 05 19 ref Professional career In 1997, she headed a small team of economists at the bank which developed the concept of the CDS as a means of insuring loans. The deregulation of such financial derivatives three years later under the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 Commodity Futures Modernization Act created a huge market for CDSs, which also became a key feature of the global Financial crisis of 2007 2010 Credit Crunch that began in 2007. This has led to Masters being described by the UK newspaper The Guardian newspaper The Guardian as the woman who invented financial weapons of mass destruction . ref name guardian1 She has rejected this as simplistic, telling the newspaper I do believe CDSs credit default swaps have been miscast, much as poor workmen tend to blame their tools. However, in Apr ... more details
refimprove date June 2010 Orphan date November 2007 Bob Dalsemer has been calling square dance square and contra dance contra dances for more than 35 years ref http www.berea.edu peh dance mff staff.asp Staff Biography Berea College. Retrieved January 2011 ref . He has called dances in more than 30 states, Canada, the Czech Republic, Britain, Belgium, Denmark and Russia, and wrote the book West Virginia Square Dances CDSS, 1982 and Folk Dance Fun for Schools and Families John C. Campbell Folk School, 1995 . He has also compiled the following cassette book compilations Smoke On the Water Square Dance Classics and When The Work s All Done A Square Dance Party For Beginners and Old Hands . From 1990 to 1996 Bob Dalsemer served as President of the Country Dance and Song Society . He currently serves as the Music and Dance Director at the John C. Campbell Folk School . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dalsemer, Bob ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dalsemer, Bob Category Square dance Category Living people Dance bio stub ... more details
Studies Course, which is run by the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies CDSS . On 14 March ... May 2008 Present Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies CDSS Joint Services Staff College is also ... Studies CDSS formerly known as the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies, and the Joint .... The CDSS is intended for senior Service and civilian officers of mainly Colonel equiv rank. The main ... Australian Defence College http www.defence.gov.au adc cdss home.htm Centre for Defence & Strategic ... more details
regulated genes in terms of genomic localization, functional annotation and metabolism Colorize CDSs ... or sub collection of CDSs Gene Ontology GO , KEGG and more Fisher test Collect and visualize all ... more details
jobcorps.gov cdss OA.aspx title How Job Corps Works Outreach and Admissions date January 27, 2009 ... lasts for the first 30 days on center. ref cite web url http jobcorps.gov cdss CPP.aspx title How Job ... a repeat of CPP with an actual job search. ref cite web url http jobcorps.gov cdss CDP.aspx title ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 lowercase iTraxx Bloomberg code ITRX is the brand name for the family of credit default swap index products covering regions of Europe, Australia, Japan and non Japan Asia. They form a large sector of the overall credit derivative market. The indices are constructed on a set of rules with the overriding criterion being that of liquidity of the underlying Credit default swap Credit Default Swaps CDS . The iTraxx suite of indices are owned, managed, compiled and published by International Index Company IIC , who also license market makers. Credit Default Swap indices allow an investor to transfer credit risk in a more efficient manner than using groups of single CDSs. They are standardised contracts and reference a fixed number of obligors with shared characteristics. Investors can be long or short the index which is equivalent to being protection sellers or buyers. The most widely traded of the indices is the iTraxx Europe index composed of the most liquid 125 CDS referencing European investment grade credits, subject to certain sector rules as determined by the IIC and also as determined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC . There is also significant volume, in nominal values, of trading in the HiVol and Crossover indices. HiVol is a subset of the main index consisting of what are seen as the most risky 30 constituents at the time the index is constructed. Crossover is constructed in a similar way but is composed of 50 sub investment grade credits. The constituents of the indices are changed every six months, a process known as rolling the index. The roll dates are March 20 and September 20 each year. For example, Series 13 was launched on March 20, 2010, with a maturity of June 20, 2015 for the 5 year contract. Other maturities for Europe and HiVol are 3 year, 7 year and the 10 year, whilst the Crossover only trades at maturities of 5 and 10 years. These indices are tradable instruments in their own right, with pre determ ... more details
Oriental Brewery or OB is a South Korean brewery established by the Doosan Group in 1952. It was purchased by InBev in 1998. In 2009, it was sold by Anheuser Busch InBev as the parent company sought to reduce its debt. It was sold to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.. Anheuser Busch InBev has retained the right to purchase OB five years from its sale, at predetermined financial terms. Today OB produces several of Korea s most popular beverages including the OB, Cass and Cafri lager brands. All OB beers are brewed from rice, rather than the malted barley familiar to Western beer drinkers. Brands OB Lager The 4th top selling beer in Korea. OB Lager is a pale, 4.4 A.B.V. pale lager available in cans and bottles, and served on draft beer draft in Korea. Originally brewed in 1948 the name was changed from OB Lager simply to OB in 2003 the recipe was altered to include rice. The name changed to OB Blue in June 2006 with another slight recipe tweak. Cass Lager A pale golden pale lager with an 4.5 ABV Rank as 2nd top selling beer in South Korea . Originally brewed by the Cass Brewery, the brand had been taken over by Jinro Coors Brewing Company Coors , one of the country s leading brewers. After having around 70 of the Korean lager market in the 1980 s, by 1994 Cass had fallen behind Hite as Korea s top selling lager. Oriental Brewery bought the Cass brand from Jinro Coors in 1999 and built it up again, with OB declaring a 51 market share in 2000. In 2007, the higher alcohol Cass Red was introduced. Non alcoholic look alikes of Cass can be found with brand names such as Cars and Cdss . Some norae bang karaoke parlour establishments have been known to try and pass off these imitations as the real thing, as Korean law prohibits noraebangs marked as such from selling alcoholic drinks within its premises as opposed to noraejujeom establishments which are allowed to sell alcohol . Cass Light Cass Light is a low carb pale lager with 4.0 ABV. Cass X2 Cass X2 is 2.9 ABV ... more details
He Fell into a Dark Hole is a science fiction short story by Jerry Pournelle . The story is set in Pournelle s CoDominium future alternative history. It was originally published in Analog magazine in March 1973. The story was reprinted in Warrior There will be War, Volume V , edited by Pournelle and John F. Carr. The story tells of a CoDominium CD spaceship sent on a search and rescue mission. However, the mission becomes complicated due to a natural phenomenon. Background The short story is set in the late 21st century. In Pournelle s fictional milieu, this is the era of the CoDominium. The CD is an alliance between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , who jointly control Earth and an interstellar empire. To keep their rule over the world, the CoDominium routinely suppresses all scientific research and development. Scientists are censored, spied upon, and can even be deported off Earth. Interstellar travel is possible thanks to the Alderson Drive . The Drive allows ships to jump to star system thanks to a fifth force . Stars generate this force, and a pathway for instantaneous travel can be created between stars. However, unlike most science fiction jump drives, these jumps are limited so a ship can only jump from an Alderson Point, a certain location in space. Ships can only travel from and to these points. Plot The story begins with Captain Bartholomew Ramsey, Capitan of the CDSS Daniel Webster , on Ceres dwarf planet Ceres . There he is met secretly by Vice Admiral Sergi Lermontov. Five years earlier Ramsey s son and wife Barbara Jean disappeared in space on a passenger liner using a new Alderson point. Several ships were sent to investigate, but they too vanished. Recently, Grand Senator Grant, Barbara Jean s father, had disappeared. He was on a frigate, captained by his nephew, that used the point from which ships never returned. Lermontov needs to find Grant, whose political support could prevent severe cuts in the navy s ... more details
and bankruptcy. ref name Deutsche Bank Report Most CDSs are in the 10 20 million range with maturities ... PDF publisher International Swaps and Derivatives Association ISDA i ref Most CDSs are documented ... to be the best indicators of the likelihood of sellers of CDSs having to perform under these contracts ... analysis . CDSs are derivatives whose cost is determined using financial models and by arbitrage ... known risks involved. CDSs have no such requirement. Most significantly, unlike insurance companies, sellers of CDSs are not required to maintain any capital reserves to guarantee payment of claims. Risk ... of 2000 , which was also responsible for the Enron loophole , ref name IMF254 specifically stated that CDSs ... States 15.5 trillion US dollar CDS market at the end of 2008 Q2. Green tints show Prime asset CDSs, reddish tints show sub prime asset CDSs. Numbers followed by Y indicate years until maturity. File Credit default swaps vs total nominals plus debt.png thumb Proportion of CDSs nominals lower left ... more details
DXplain is a Clinical decision support system CDSS available through the World Wide Web that assists clinic ians by generating stratified diagnoses based on user input of patient signs and symptoms, laboratory results, and other clinical findings ref Barnett GO, Cimino JJ, Hupp JA, Hoffer EP. DXplain. An evolving diagnostic decision support system. JAMA. 1987 Jul 3 258 1 67 74. ref . Evidentiality Evidential support for each differential diagnosis is presented, along with recommended follow up that may be conducted by the clinician to arrive at a more definitive diagnosis . The system also serves as a clinician reference with a searchable database of diseases and clinical manifestations. History Designed by the Laboratory of Computer Science at the Massachusetts General Hospital , work on DXplain began in 1984 with a first version being released in 1986 ref name MGH2007 http lcs.mgh.harvard.edu projects dxplain.html MGH Laboratory of Computer Science projects dxplain, Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital. 2007. ref . DXplain contains a database with crude probabilities for over 4,900 clinical manifestations that are associated with over 2,200 unique diseases, yielding a total of over 230,000 unique finding disease interconnections ref name MGH2007 . Educational tool Use of DXplain as a tool for medical consultation has been common to some institutions since it fills a gap, particularly for medical student s in clinical rotations, that is not adequately covered by textbook literature ref London S. DXplain a Web based diagnostic decision support system for medical students. Med Ref Serv Q. 1998 Summer 17 2 17 28. ref . The system s large knowledge base combined with its ability to formulate diagnostic hypotheses have made it a popular education tool for US based medical schools by 2005, DXplain was supporting more than 33,189 total users ref http groups.csail.mit.edu medg courses 6872 2004 DXp 20HST 20Lec 2005.pdf Computer Science and Artificial ... more details
adoptions include California Department of Social Services CDSS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ... agencies The California Department of Social Services CDSS operates a Consent Program for adoptees age ... more details
Beja , with a total area of 569.44 km and population of 7702 inhabitants 2006 . ref I.S.S. I.P CDSS ... are considered illiterate. ref name CDSS Beja 2008, p.4 I.S.S. I.P CDSS Beja, ed, 2008, p.4 ref .... ref name CDSS Beja 2008, p.4 Parishes Image CV municipality.png thumb 235px Castro Verde ... are employed in tertiary services. ref I.S.S. I.P CDSS Beja, ed, 2008, p.3 ref This distribution ... I.S.S. I.P CDSS Beja title Indicadores Socias Castro Verde publisher Sector de Recursos Humanos ... more details
For the British playwright and director, see Richard Vincent playwright Infobox Military Person name The Lord Vincent of Coleshill born birth date and age 1931 08 23 df y died image caption Field Marshal The Lord Vincent of Coleshill br Crown Copyright nickname placeofbirth placeofdeath allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom branch Image Flag of the British Army.svg 23px British Army serviceyears 1951 1992 rank Field Marshal unit commands 12 Light Air Defence Regiment br 19 Airportable Brigade battles awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire br Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath br Distinguished Service Order relations laterwork Field Marshal Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill , Order of the British Empire GBE , Order of the Bath KCB , Distinguished Service Order DSO born 23 August 1931 , was Chief of the Defence Staff United Kingdom Chief of the Defence Staff CDS of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom British Armed Forces . After stepping down in 1992, he became Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Chair of the Military Committee of NATO from 1993 to 1996. He was one of the select band of CDSs not to have been the professional head of their service, having instead been Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 1987 to 1991, when he was appointed to the top job in the British Military . Military career Educated at Aldenham School in Hertfordshire Richard Vincent joined the Royal Artillery in 1951, initially as a National Service Officer. ref name heath Heathcote, p. 284 ref He served with the British Army of the Rhine from 1951 to 1955. ref name heath He was seconded to the Royal Radar Establishment Radar Research Establishment in Malvern, Worcestershire Malvern from 1960 to 1961. ref name heath He attended the British Army Army Joint Services Command and Staff College Staff College in Camberley in 1965, following which he served with the Commonwealth Briga ... more details
logic module and or Arden syntax to facilitate fully integrated CDSS Clinical Decision Support Systems CDSS . Patient safety features The CPOE system allows real time patient identification, drug ... more details
thrift and investment through credit by developing CDSs to work as informal bank of the poor . Improving ... Development Societies CDSs rural & urban. mobilised a sum of Rs. 1,105 crores as thrift and disbursed ... more details
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