According to Nielsen ( 2008 ) a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characterised by three significant features: ( 1 ) it has been prepared for one or more functions ; ( 2 ) it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling those functions ; and ( 3 ) its lexicographic structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfill the functions of the dictionary.

* 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician ( d. 2008 )

On April 28, 2008 Mike " Skuzzy " Nielsen announced plans to create Vor 2. 0.

Nielsen ( 2008 ) suggests relevant aspects for lexicographers to consider when making dictionaries as they all affect the users ' impression and actual use of specific dictionaries.

* Nielsen, Sandro ( 2008 ) " The effect of lexicographical information costs on dictionary making and use ", in Lexikos ( AFRILEX-reeks / series 18 ), pp. 170 – 189.

Nielsen had two brothers ; his older brother, Erik Nielsen ( 1924 – 2008 ), was Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1986.

The eighteenth volume debuted at the top of the Nielsen BookScan sales list, while the nineteenth volume was the second bestselling graphic novel in March 2008.

In 2008, Woods appeared in David Zucker's right-wing comedy An American Carol, along with active Republican actors Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Farley, and Leslie Nielsen.

In an October 2008 interview, Rick Nielsen revealed that several Cheap Trick releases were in store for the future, including a new album produced by Julian Raymond and Howard Willing, and the re-recorded version of In Color.

While claimed figures are around the 3 million ( approx 5. 72 readers per copy ) mark, Nielsen data from 2008 had the ODN at 1, 762, 000 ( 530, 000 circulation ), Apple Daily at 1, 633, 000 ( 347, 000 circulation, The Sun at 537, 000 readers ( 180, 000 circulation ) all including online readers too.

Though Passions was historically top-rated in key demographics, the series was plagued since its inception by low overall Nielsen ratings and the final episode aired on August 7, 2008.

Erik Hersholt Nielsen PC DFC QC ( February 24, 1924 – September 4, 2008 ) was a Canadian politician, and longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon.

* Erik Nielsen ( 1924 – 2008 ), former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, brother of Leslie

* Inga Nielsen ( 1946 – 2008 ), Danish singer ( soprano )

* February 24-Erik Nielsen, politician ( d. 2008 )

* The Coddled " Terrorists " of South Florida by Tristram Korten and Kirk Nielsen, Salon Magazine, January 14, 2008

In October 2008, an interpretive center opened on Nielsen Avenue with exhibits on the history of the Charleston area and wildlife and plants found within the park.

By December 2008, the album had sold over 114, 000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan.

His research and publications identifies him as a modern lexicographer with the introduction of lexicographic concepts such as lexicographic information costs ( Nielsen 2008 ), the distinction between a maximizing dictionary and a minimizing dictionary, the typology of multi-field, single-field and sub-field dictionaries, and the concept of function-related cross-references.

* Sandro Nielsen ( 2008 ): The Effect of Lexicographical Information Costs on Dictionary Making and Use.

Kilcullen " exited " Nielsen in February 2008 " to pursue his passion as an entrepreneur.

In October 2008, Dr. Nielsen announced that her cancer had returned in the form of a brain tumour.

On 16 June 2008 the club announced the appointment of former player and head coach of Horsens Kent Nielsen.

Several perspectives or branches of such academic dictionary research have been distinguished: ' dictionary criticism ' ( or evaluating the quality of one or more dictionaries, e. g. by means of reviews ( see Nielsen 2009 )), ' dictionary history ' ( or tracing the traditions of a type of dictionary or of lexicography in a particular country or language ), ' dictionary typology ' ( or classifying the various genres of reference works, such as dictionary versus encyclopedia, monolingual versus bilingual dictionary, general versus technical or pedagogical dictionary ), ' dictionary structure ' ( or formatting the various ways in which the information is presented in a dictionary ), ' dictionary use ' ( or observing the reference acts and skills of dictionary users ), and ' dictionary IT ' ( or applying computer aids to the process of dictionary compilation ).

Nickelodeon's and Nick at Nite's respective ratings periods encompasses only the hours they each operate under the total day rankings, though Nickelodeon only is rated for the daytime ratings ; this is due to a ruling by Nielsen in July 2004, that networks have program for 51 % or more of a daypart to qualify for ratings for a particular daypart.

According to the first 2007 Nielsen radio ratings survey on 21 February 2007, Bob Rogers's Morning show became the fourth most heard radio programme for that particular timeslot in Sydney, beating John Laws on 2UE.

Nielsen has contributed to lexicography as a theoretical and practical lexicographer with particular reference to bilingual specialised dictionaries ( technical dictionaries ).

Certainly Carl Nielsen must have had his particular clarinet sound in mind while composing this Concerto .”

According to the 50th Anniversary issue of Billboard, prior to the official implementation of Nielsen SoundScan tracking in November 1991, many radio stations and retail stores removed songs from their manual reports after the associated record labels stopped promoting a particular single.

The work at the Centre focuses on all aspects of lexicography, in particular LSP lexicography ( e. g. Nielsen 1994 ; and Bergenholtz / Tarp 1995 ), learner's lexicography ( e. g. Tarp 2008 ), language policy in dictionaries ( e. g. Bergenholtz 2006 ), and dictionary reviewing ( e. g. Nielsen 2009 ).

Gibson had a particular affinity for Scandinavian music, particularly Jean Sibelius, whose work he recorded several times, and Carl Nielsen.

In mathematics, the fixed-point index is a concept in topological fixed-point theory, and in particular Nielsen theory.

In June 2009, Nielsen released the report, " How Teens Use Media " which discussed the latest data on media usage by generation.

In addition to set meters, individual viewer reporting devices, such as people meters, have allowed the company to separate household viewing information into various demographic groups, but so far Nielsen has refused to change its distribution of data of ethnic groups into subgroups, which could give more targeted information to networks and advertisers.

Nielsen also provides viewership data calculated as the average viewership for only the commercial time within the program.

Additionally, Nielsen provides different " streams " of this data in order to take into consideration delayed viewing ( DVR ) data, at any interval up to seven days.

For example the SPOTLIGHT system developed at A. C. Nielsen automatically generated readable English text based on the analysis of large amounts of retail sales data.

As per Nielsen market research data, two out of three Indians use HUL products.

The Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan ( both at retail and digitally ) and streaming activity provided by online music sources.

Unlike other awards, such as the Grammy Award, which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received, the Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on United States year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, number of downloads and total airplay.

However, the trade paper Variety reported that according to the Nielsen Company's ratings data, the final episode of Quatermass and the Pit had lost out to the quiz show Keep it in the Family on ITV, being viewed in 2, 560, 000 households as opposed to 2, 996, 000 for the commercial channel's programme, and failing to feature in the week's top ten shows.

Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200s positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data, contributed by approximately 14, 000 music sellers.

As of June 21, 2010, Evan Williams was the second largest-selling Kentucky bourbon and had the fastest-growing market share among the top-volume American whiskey brands ( with a 12. 4 % sales growth rate ), according a press release issued by the producer citing A. C. Nielsen Scantrack 2010 data.

The coherent information was introduced by Benjamin Schumacher and Michael A. Nielsen in a 1996 paper Quantum data processing and error correction, which appeared in Physical Review A.

Lou Dobbs Tonight was off by 15 percent between January 26 and February 22, 2009, according to Nielsen Media Research data.

These were Nielsen Media Research, which was responsible for TV ratings, and AC Nielsen, which was responsible for consumer shopping trends and box-office data.

VNU combined the Nielsen properties with other research and data collection units including BASES, Claritas, HCI and Spectra.

Through " NM Incite ," Nielsen combines its Buzzmetrics listening platform technology with McKinsey's management consultants, to offer a broad range of social consulting influenced by social media data and analytics.

Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Nielsen since March 1, 1991.