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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Background data"”.
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Calibration and background data analysis in the scope of the NEWS-G dark matter experiment
… a 140-cm diameter copper sphere, has collected data in the Fall of 2019 at the Laboratoire souterrain de Modane (LSM) as a preparation for its future operation at SNOLAB starting in 2021. A paper from this data is in the final stages of preparation, and this thesis describes my work related to …
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A study of the turnover of business education teachers in the secondary schools of Virginia for the school year 1953-1954
The summary of the data was presented in five major divisions: 1. The summary of the background data. 2. The summary and conclusions of the extent of the turnover. 3. The summary and conclusions on the location on the turnover. 4. The summary and conclusions of the effect of marital status and sex …
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A history of California teacher retirement laws
… class of the Civil War to June 30, 1957. Some background data were developed in the early American history of teacher retirement in order to understand better the early conditions in California.</p><p>The ultimate objective of the study is to show that California laws as they exist today are …
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A study of the association of non-structured school days with daily detainee population counts
The purpose of this study was to obtain background data and investigate the potential influence of the variables of leisure/free time, education, athletics, employment, academic failure, alcohol/drug use, peer relationships, family status, family relationships, economic status, race/ethnicity, and …
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Mathematics and the Visually Impaired Child: An Examination of Standards-based Mathematics Teaching Strategies with Young Visually Impaired Children
… from the instructional unit were based on data from three visually impaired students. Interviews provided background data. Daily lessons were designed to accommodate individual students' needs. Results confirm the importance of individualized instruction and individualized assessments for …
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A robot for wrist rehabilitation
… for wrist rehabilitation. The anthropometric background data, the design's functional requirements, the strategic design selection and the detailed design are presented.
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Patterns of revenues for public elementary and secondary school education derived as a result of state lotteries: a case study of Michigan and New York
… lottery information and provide the necessary background data for this study, the current status and performance of lotteries in the District of Columbia and the 22 states operating lotteries in 1986 are included in this research. An interrupted time-series design was employed to research the …
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The placebo effect: measurement by multiple methods
… of three main parts. The first collected background data and developed models for two constructs (Optimism and Mindfulness) associated with the placebo effect and implicit attitudes, respectively. The second part of the thesis consisted of the development of an explicit measure of …
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An Examination of the Quality Rankings of Three Unfamiliar Wind Band Compositions and Selected Musical Criteria Among Undergraduate Instrumental Music Education Students and Instructors at Five Big Ten Universities
… of relative significance, and provide general background data. A Kendall's coefficient of concordance revealed statistically significant agreement on the rank order of the wind band compositions and the selected musical criteria among the 124 student subjects. Although moderately high levels of …
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Perceptions of Special Education Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities Regarding Key Factors Influencing Their Decisions to Persist in or Leave Their Positions
… a basic qualitative methodology. Demographic and background data were collected through questionnaires, and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to gather personal experiences and perspectives. This research explored factors related to administrator support, working conditions, and …
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A study of lethality and toxic mechanisms of intermittent chlorination to freshwater fish
… and the considerable amount of physiological background data in the literature. Another part of this study was to investigate the histological changes occurring in the bluegill and rainbow trout that resulted from intermittent chlorination. The data obtained were used to construct an …
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Low Back Pain Among College Athletes - A Survey of Basketball Players, Swimmers, Track and Field Athletes and Nonathletic Controls
… as well as nonathletic control group. Summary of Background Data. With conflicting reports, it is not clear whether athletes are at higher risk for low back pain when compared to nonathletic counterparts. Some literature has found that low back pain was less common in former elite athletes when …
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Transitioning Care from Hospital to Home, Increasing Awareness of Take-home Pressure Injury Prevention Kits
… literature were studied to provide background data and support for implementation using the staff huddle. Direct observation and staff interaction was incorporated with Lewin’s change theory to propel the project forward. Implementation began on March 29<sup>th</sup>, and data from …
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A high-frequency gravitational-wave burst search with LIGO's Hanford site
… limit of LIGO's sensitivity. Analyses of LIGO data face the challenge of distinguishing small gravitational-wave signals from noise. This thesis presents a blind analysis of data from LIGO's fifth science run (November 2005-October 2007), searching for high-frequency gravitational-wave bursts …
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The exploration of attributes aligning supply chain strategy & resilience execution
… with a multinational chemicals manufacturer, data was collected from product supply organizations through interviews, surveys and case discussions, in an effort to understand resilience awareness and strategic alignment. The results are primarily used to quantify differences between strategic …
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Alpha Spectroscopy in a Superheated Bubble Chamber and the Design of the PICO-500 Hydraulic Control Cart
… to distinguish alpha and neutron-induced background events. The acoustic data is processed into a quantity called the Acoustic Parameter (AP), which is critical for vetoing background events in dark matter searches. This study used background data from the PICO-40L bubble chamber to …
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Vector fields during cosmic inflation: stability analysis and phenomenological signatures.
… emerged in some studies of the cosmic microwave background data, there have recently been considerable interest in vector field driven models of inflation. In this thesis, I present a complete stability analysis of some of the compelling models where vector fields are assumed to play an important …
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EXAMINING THE ROLE OF THE XAB2 PROTEIN IN HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION
… annealing of homologous segments flanking a DSB. Background data showed that depletion of XAB2 protein by RNA interference reduced both HDR and SSA events. XAB2 protein contains 15 tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) motifs, which likely enable protein-protein interactions. While XAB2 is speculated to …
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Assessing the distribution, composition and potential human health implications of metal-bearing particulate matter in the Saldanha Bay Municipality
… sampling/monitoring sites and the collection of background data. The processing and interpretation of the primary data from PM monitoring and sample collection provides a view in understanding the nature and patterns of PM pollution and the potential sources and health risks associated with these …
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