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Showing 1 to 20 of 368 for “"Diagnostic tool"”.
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Acoustic-based machine learning diagnostic tool for voice disorders
The research presented in this thesis addresses the application of deep neural networks and digital signal processing algorithms in the pathological voice detection. In this thesis, the novel methods are presented, including deep acoustic recurrent model that combines frame-based cepstral and …
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The team profile: a diagnostic tool for determining team development needs.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1973. M.S.
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Opportunities to support procurement decisions and balance processes - a novel diagnostic tool
A beszerzés egyidőben az ellátási lánc értékes része, illetve "az értéklánc első lépése" (Cankaya & Sezen, 2019, 100. o.). Ez a pozicionálás igazolja e kutatási terület jelentőségét, valamint a hozzá és a különböző témaköreihez kapcsolódó tanulmányok és kutatások számosságát. A kutatási terület …
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Development of a real time trimodal spectroscopy diagnostic tool for Barrett's esophagus
… thesis project will be to develop a real-time tool that uses spectroscopy to improve upon the methods of detecting dysplasia in BE. This will involve analyzing spectra acquired from patients with BE using models and extracting quantitative information on different aspects of tissue morphology …
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Deep learning for Alzheimer’s disease: towards the development of an assistive diagnostic tool
… to translate a research project into a clinical tool partly due to the lack of a rigorous validation framework. In this dissertation, I presented a range of machine learning models that were trained to classify Alzheimer’s disease - a condition with an insidious onset - using routinely collected …
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The use and application of Stafford Beer's 'Viable System Model' as a diagnostic tool
This research project is about one of the many tools available to the manager to evaluate an organisation, Stafford Beer's Viable System Model. The model as derived in his book 'The Heart of Enterprise', is reviewed in depth as part of the research. The model is then used to diagnose two …
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D-Tree : examining the efficiency of a community case management mobile medical diagnostic tool
… Case Management (eCCM) decision support tool for use by Health Surveillance Assistant's (HSAs) in Malawi for the care and treatment of acutely ill children under the age of five. This tool guides the HSAs through a clinical protocol to the correct diagnosis and subsequently treat, as such …
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An Investigation into the Use and Limitations of Electrical Impedance Mammography as a Clinical Diagnostic Tool
Breast cancer continues to be a leading cause of premature death in women in the western world. This is despite a concerted effort to reduce mortality through the detection of cancers through organised x-ray screening programmes. These efforts are limited in their extent by the specific …
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Emergency benchmarking in office buildings as a diagnostic tool for investment appraisal in a large portfolio
… of creating an 'Energy Efficiency & Investment Tool' property company called Telereal Trillium. Telereal Trillium own and manage large estates of commercial buildings. The MS Access-based tool is designed to identify the least eficie,nt building in the estate of the Department for Work and …
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Development and validation of a diagnostic tool for occupational asthma based on serial lung function measurements
Serial peak expiratory flow measurements (PEF) are recommended as an initial investigation in the confirmation of occupational asthma. Plotting measurements in Oasys gives reproducible results and can be used by non-experts. I report a new analysis, the area between curves (ABC) score, which gives …
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Validation of angle-resolved polarized light scattering spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for pre-cancer detection
… spectroscopy has emerged as a valuable diagnostic tool for cancer diagnoses in the past ten years. The interaction of light with cellular structures brings out information about morphological changes accompanying malignancy at early stages. The virtue of this technique is to extract key …
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The broader social network of community planning: a diagnostic tool for communities to assess their planning capacity
… provided the framework from which to develop a tool determining the ability of a community to implement planning efforts, regardless of which planning approach it is utilizing. Between 2007 and 2009, the diagnostic tool was administered through a case study. The case study employed a snowball …
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The clinical responsiveness of motion palpation as a post-manipulation diagnostic tool in patients with chronic ankle instability syndrome
Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Masters Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2011.
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Ultrasound as a non-invasive diagnostic tool in paediatric neurosurgery : relationship between the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and intracranial pressure (ICP)
… planes and those obtained from either eye. The diagnostic accuracy of ONSD measurement for detecting ICP at different thresholds of 20, 15, 10 and 5 mmHg was analysed. This analysis included evaluation of age-related thresholds for defining different ONSD cut-off values in children. Dynamic …
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Creating a World in the Sand: A Pilot Study of Normative Data for Employing the Sand Tray as a Diagnostic Tool With Children
… were seen implicating the use of sand tray as a diagnostic tool to be promising. Differences were also seen between boys and girls suggesting that gender differences do exist.
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In vivo and in vitro applications of biospectroscopy : potential use as a diagnostic tool which can provide insights into cell cycle dependent proliferation
Biospectroscopy and its applications characterise in vitro and in vivo cells with abnormal proliferation capacities. Proliferation of endometrial tissues in regions other than the uterus lining is known as endometriosis. It affects around 10% of women in the UK and worldwide. This study tests …
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Evaluation of a fuzzy-expert system for fault diagnosis in power systems
… has been carried out to design and evaluate a diagnostic tool which assists power system operators during a heavy period of alarm activity in condition monitoring. The aim of employing this diagnostic tool is to monitor and raise uncertain alarm information for the system operators, which …
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A Bayesian Approach to the Characterization of Electroencephalographic Recordings in Premature Infants
… EEG) recordings provide an important diagnostic tool for determining cerebral health. However, interpreting these EEG recordings is challenging and requires the skills of a trained electroencephalographer. Because these EEG specialists are rare, an automated interpretation of newborn …
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