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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Evaluation Index"”.
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Assessing the relationship between recurring and nonrecurring traffic congestion
… of congestion were quantified. A congestion evaluation index was developed to address the two types of congestion which can also be used as an performance-measure in monitoring a Congestion Management System (CMS). A few ideas were suggested for quantifying indirect benefits of CMS and …
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The Asymptotic Equating Methodology and Other Test Equating Evaluation Procedures
… sample sizes are infinite. Previous equating evaluation methods are reviewed and critiqued. The advantages of the asymptotic equating methodology and the conditional equating analyses methodology include (1) the ability to evaluate the asymptotic performance of equating methods directly …
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THE VARIANCE BETWEEN ELIGIBILITY AND FUNDING FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS SEEKING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA
… Company 5, or Company 6. Malocclusion severity evaluation had an inter-examiner reliability ≥90%, using the Salzmann Evaluation Index, with a score of ≥25 determining treatment need. These scores along with intra and extra oral photographs, a cephalogram and panorex, and an intra oral scan were …
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Integrating Fiscal-Spatial Analysis in Data-Driven Land-Use Evaluation
This thesis introduces the Land Use Fitness Index (LUFI), a new index to evaluate land-use plans by integrating spatial characteristics with fiscal outcomes. Airdrie, Alberta is used as a case study to demonstrate how LUFI can diagnose the fiscal stability of rapidly growing suburban …
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Assessment of coastal aquifer contamination using geochemical and health risk assessment in Maputaland formations, South Africa
… processes were identified. The water quality index (WQI) varied from 18.9 to 157.1 with an average value of 45.55. Majority of the samples are classified as good, 22 % as poor, 2 % as very poor and 7% under unsuitable category, which are spatially distributed towards the southern and western …
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Equilibria in epidemiology and in finance
In this thesis we focus our attention on two applications of mathematical modeling to epidemiology and finance. In particular, we want to model two real situations: the spread of anorexia and bulimia among society and a financial network. The choice to model these two phenomena is that we want to …
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Identification of Ecosystem Stressors in Developing an Enhancement Plan for the Leading Creek Watershed, Meigs County, Ohio
… toxicity and </i>in situ</i> clam toxicity. Evaluation of habitat impairment included habitat assessments, in-stream riparian surveys and land use analysis. Through the analysis of laboratory and field data, agriculture and Abandoned Mined Land (AML) were identified as the two main stressors …
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Causal Product Knowledge Management
… knowledge representation, 3) causal knowledge evaluation and index, 4) causal knowledge integration, 5) and causal design knowledge management system.</p> <p>This research aims to extend design, technological and computational methods in knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, …
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Conservation of endemic species in China
… threats that are hardly detected by traditional evaluation index such as forest cover emerge. How does a prevalent human disturbance - livestock grazing impact the conservation of giant pandas? What are the socio-economic drivers and solutions to this issue? 4) To better monitor the population …