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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Decision aid"”.
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A computer decision aid for reclaiming eastern abandoned surface mines
A computer model was developed to provide a decision aid for the reclamation of eastern abandoned surface mined lands. Edaphic, topographic, climatological, and economic factors provide the inputs to the model. By utilizing the present costs and benefits from representative reclamation practices, …
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An Examination of Decision Aid Reliance in a Dynamic Environment
Computerized decision aids are powerful tools to assist with decision-making. Decision models are designed to incorporate and analyze available data in order to present a recommended solution to a problem. Business decision makers, including accountants, have much to gain from integrating decision …
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Methodological aspects of a decision aid for transportation choices under uncertainty
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1982.
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Evaluation of tactical decision aid programs for prediction of field performance of IR sensors
… infrared module of the Navy/ Air Force Tactical Decision Aid (TDA), WinEOTDA. Differences in the modeling of underlying physical principles, input parameters, and treatments are analyzed. A comparison of the predicted detection ranges is made using a data set collected in the Gulf of Oman as the …
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Overcoming Literacy Barriers in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Randomized Trial of a Web-based Decision Aid
… whether a literacy-sensitive, web-based decision aid (DA) could increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in both low and high literacy patients. Methods: Patients at a community-based health center who were overdue for CRC screening were randomized to view either the web-based CRC …
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Locus of control and going-concern judgements : the mediating effect of nondiagnostic information and decision aid availability
… examining the influence of information type and decision aid availability (and their interaction with each other and with locus of control) on this task. In examining the influence of locus of control on going concern assessment, the study makes a significant original contribution to the extant …
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The Effects of Goal Framing on Auditors' Use of a Decision Aid in Environments of Varied Risk
… own expectations. The auditor may utilize a decision aid to help in generating potential explanations for a variance; it has, however, the capacity to provide many more explanations than are possible using other means. Under the circumstances of budgetary constraints and limited cognitive …
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Development of a Theory-Informed Patient Decision Aid to Facilitate Consent to Genetic Testing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
… concerns around issues of paternity, guardians’ decisional anxiety, low health literacy, limited understanding of genetic testing, and receiving conflicting information from different healthcare providers. These challenges are exacerbated by the urgency guardians face in the NICU; guardians’ …
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Informed Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Considering Chemotherapy: Development and Evaluation of a Clinical Decision Aid for Patients
… treatment evaluated, an Internet-based patient decision aid was developed in order to present the benefits and risks of each therapy option: (1) Best supportive care (2) gemcitabine (3) FOLFIRINOX. The objective of the decision aid was to guide patients through the decision-making process based …
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Quantification of Fungicide Resistance in Cercospora sojina Populations and Development of a Fungicide Application Decision Aid for Soybean in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.
… soybean foliar fungicide application decision aid for the Mid-Atlantic U.S. using a threshold decision rule. A pyrosequencing assay targeting the G143A mutation was designed, and a Virginia survey of C. sojina populations indicated that the G143A mutation conferring QoI resistance is …
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Choosing the Right Model of Care Together: Informing an Equitable, Patient-Oriented Decision Aid for In-Person vs Virtual Care of Pediatric Chronic Pain
… pain and their families may not be involved in decisions about treatment delivery. Decision aids can supplement shared decision-making, a collaborative decision-making approach between patients and health professionals, and promote patient involvement. To inform the development of a decision aid …
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Development of a Framework to Describe the Association Between Hypothetical and Real-World Decisions: A Systematic Concept Review and Cognitive Interviews with Decision Aid Developers
… the factors that affect whether hypothetical decisions will correlate to real-world ones. This thesis involves a systematic concept review to identify the factors important to the hypothetical-real-world decision relationship and a case study of the relevance of these factors to the decision …
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Shared Decision-Making to Improve Uptake of and Adherence with Oral Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid
… and to explore the acceptability of a shared decision-making intervention to support anticoagulation decisions in AF care. The research was conducted in three phases. First, a retrospective cohort study utilized administrative health data to identify the predictors of nonpersistence to OAC …
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Are cognitive and social factors sufficient to explain the acceptance of decision aiding processes within organisations?
… limited existing research into the acceptance of decision aids by considering this in an organisational, rather than personal, context. This led to the thesis having a theory-building bias as it was not clear at the outset what a decision aid in an organisation consists of, what the main …
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Supporting Transfer Time Predictions in Medical Dispatch using Visualizations of Historical Data
Decision making in emergency medical dispatch is difficult due to the high time pressure and uncertainty faced by dispatchers. This is especially true in large-scale medical transport systems, such as Ornge in Ontario, because of the large geographical area serviced and the limited air and land …
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Multicriteria multistakeholder decision analysis : applications to transportation planning
… a transportation system. Thus, it is vital for decision-makers to have deep understanding of the alternatives available before they chose to invest. In this thesis, we examine the current state of the practice for transportation investment decisions. We draw upon the literature and this existing …
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Auditor Mental Representations and Hypothesis Testing of the Control Environment
… searching for risks. I examine how a checklist decision aid contained in the current institutional context may inhibit auditors’ utilization of a diagnostic testing strategy, and examine how a schematic decision aid is able to enhance diagnostic testing. The results indicate that auditors …
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Effects of an Interview Guide on the Accuracy of Ratings for Applicants with Disabilities
… was addressed with research to identify if a decision aid can increase the decision making accuracy of interviewers. A survey designed to allow participants to rate applicants with five disabilities for three jobs (with three essential functions listed for each job) was used to assess rating …
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