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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Evaluation studies"”.
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Toughened bismaleimides, their carbon fiber composites and interphase evaluation studies
… potential technique for fiber-matrix interphase evaluation.
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An analysis of treatment programs for men who abuse their female partners.
… emerged as a response to reduce woman abuse. Evaluation studies which have attempted to determine the effectiveness of such programs have been unable to make any sound conclusions due, in large part, to a number of methodological problems. In addition to such problems, programs for men, …
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Loosely coupled LiDAR-Visual/Thermal-Inertial Odometry and Mapping
… as globally registered pointclouds. A set of evaluation studies is presented showing the outperformance of our approach against the LiDAR only odometry and mapping method in a tunnel environment and the field-verification in an autonomous mission in an underground mine.
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The investigation of online manuals and the role guidelines abstraction has on the usefulness of interface design guidelines in the evaluation of user system interfaces
… part of automated USI design tools. This thesis studies the role levels of abstraction has on the detection of USI guidelines violations in user interface evaluation. Studies of online guidance systems, such as help manuals, have yielded mixed results in comparing performance when using online …
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A fracture-based approach to understanding debonding in FRP bonded structural members
… of a global failure criterion. Modeling and evaluation studies confirm the potential of fracture mechanics approach for analysis and design of FRP-RC and FRP-steel systems against debonding failures.
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Mobile applications in adolescent psychotherapy - How can they be successfully transferred into practice?
… health apps in app stores and the number of evaluation studies of mental health apps increased sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, mental health apps are still rarely used by psychotherapists. So, up to now, the transfer of mental health apps into psychotherapists’ working routines …
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The role of employability skills training programs in the workforce of Malaysia
… However, there has been a lack of assessment and evaluation studies regarding local employability skills training programs. Existing local studies are focused more on the identification of the skills that allow a person to be employable. Due to the lack of assessment and evaluation studies, …
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Markets for Energy Efficiency - Exploring the new horizons of tradable certificate schemes
… [TWC] schemes). Carrying out different case studies, a set of complementary evaluation methods is applied in conducting ex-ante and ex-post evaluation studies. To analyse the attributes and complexities of TWC schemes, the thesis focuses on several aspects, including (i) the modelling of …
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Investigating biases in census questions on mortality using Agincourt heath and demographic surveillance system data
… the direction of bias in the data, direct evaluation studies are required to determine the nature and extent of biases with more accuracy. Equally important is an understanding of the characteristics of the respondents who produce better responses in censuses. This can be used to inform …
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Process and outcome evaluation of a school-based HIV/AIDS prevention intervention in Cape Town high schools
This thesis presents an evaluation of a theory-based HIV prevention intervention designed for grade 8 high school students. The intervention was delivered by teachers over a 6-month period. The objectives of the research were (i) to conduct a systematic review of evaluation studies of international …
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Process evaluation of a school-based HIV/AIDS intervention in South Africa
This thesis presents an evaluation of a theory-based HIV prevention intervention designed for grade 8 high school students. The intervention was delivered by teachers over a 6-month period. The objectives of the research were (i) to conduct a systematic review of evaluation studies of international …
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Using shared displays to support group design; A study of the use of informal user interface designs when learning to program
… tools interrupt the creative process. Various studies have supported the designer's position, consistently showing that traditional tools produce more and better design ideas. This thesis describes the development and evaluation of a design-friendly computer tool that focuses specifically on …
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Towards Effective Long Conversation Generation: Dynamic Topic Tracking and Recommendation for Open-Domain Dialogue Systems
… conversation lengths. Using the un- referenced evaluation metric UniEval, we demonstrate that EvolvConv maintains conversa- tion coherence while achieving a controlled topic shift rate of 5-8% at any point throughout the conversation. Comparative analysis shows that EvolvConv generates 4.77% …
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Essays on the Economic Value of Environmental Cleanup
… the previous noxious and hazardous site evaluation studies by a meta analysis. We find that the property value is the most sensitive to water base contamination, published case studies result in systematically greater environmental value than those in unpublished reports, and real estate …
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User-centered evaluations of multi-modal building interfaces
… This dissertation, titled "User-centered Evaluation of Multi-modal Building Interfaces," delves into the realm of HBI by focusing on the user's experience and perception of multimodal building control interfaces, particularly the various visual modalities of Connected Thermostats (CTs). …
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A Novel Passive Islanding Detection Method Based on Phase-Locked Loop
… technical literature for the performance evaluation of IDMs, a review and comparison of the existing passive IDMs, and an analysis of the phase-locked loop (PLL) behaviour under grid-connected and islanded conditions using its quasi-static model. Based on the results of these studies, a …
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Disponibilidade e acessibilidade: avaliação da satisfação da demanda em três bibliotecas universitárias
… Satisfaction Level was applied on availability evaluation. It is composed of four independent measures related to users’ satisfaction probabilities: acquisition, circulation, library and user performances In order to evaluate accessibility the model Satisfaction Level was tested. Three measures …
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Chitosan-Cellulose Nanocrystal Polyelectrolyte Complex Particles: Preparation, Characterization, and In Vitro Drug Release Properties
… release in simulated intestinal fluid. Further evaluation studies should focus on the expected mucoadhesive and permeability-enhancing properties of chitosan–cellulose nanocrystal PEC particles.
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Towards a Framework for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Collaborative Learning Health Systems
… records. Records focused on CLHS monitoring and evaluation studies, frameworks, and tools were included. Thematic analysis, informed by a performance measurement lens, was conducted to synthesize and organize the results. Among the 1,122 records screened, there were 45 records included in the …
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Where trees grow, assets grow: applying spatial matching to evaluate agroforestry’s household welfare impacts in Kenya
… local agro-ecological conditions. Agroforestry evaluation often requires detailed data that can only be collected by household survey, and is therefore also not always amenable to quasi-experimental methods using only secondary data analysis. This thesis demonstrates a method for using spatial …
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