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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"Focus Areas"”.
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Investigation of weight management-related focus areas in middle-class overweight/obese Black (Zulu) women to advise healthy weight loss intervention development
… was to investigate weight management-related focus areas in overweight/obese black (Zulu) women residing in an urban area in South Africa. This information is essential to advise the development of healthy weight loss interventions and appropriate messaging to promote weight loss and …
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The Role of Health Promotion in Physical Therapy
… physical therapy practice patterns in four focus areas of Healthy People 2010 (focus area #6, disability and secondary conditions by looking at psychological well-being; focus area #19, nutrition and overweight; focus area #22, physical fitness and activity; focus area #27, tobacco use) and …
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Concentration of Suspended Solids and Nutrients in Overland Flow in Suburban Philadelphia Watersheds
… River Watershed Initiative (DRWI) established focus areas within the region for targeted implementation of stormwater control measures and community outreach about stormwater management. The focus areas consisted of upstream headwaters to four streams flowing into the Delaware River. The …
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Supply Chain Sustainability Opportunities in the Utility Industry
… onto global supply chains. There is a renewed focus on both the effectiveness of supply chains, as well as how to operate them sustainably. Governments, corporations, and policymakers around the world are pushing for more sustainable procurement and there is increasing pressure for companies to …
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Case Study Research Public Health Grants: Exploring Grant Criteria Within Public and Private Foundations in Austin, Texas
… health foundations were created with a set of focus areas in mind to fund non-profit public health initiatives in the same field of expertise (WH1 : FOCUS AREAS). Most of the foundations exist to fund unmet social needs and often give preference to grant applicants who are able to communicate …
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Engaging not for profit leadership : community change in environmental sustainability
… ontology, two research methods, survey and focus group, were employed to create a community narrative. This information was analyzed and then used to inform a set of findings, conclusions, and recommendations that the organization used to establish its future goals, activities and focus …
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Strategic management of innovation and entrepreneurial framework applied to the South African nanotechnology flagship projects
… The flagship projects span a variety of focus areas which include beneficiation of strong materials (platinum group materials), viral therapeutics (HIV, Hepatitis), development of ID nano-structures for nano electronics and fuel cell development. The study found that although projects …
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A Value-Added Study of a Federal Grant Program in Mathematics for Military Dependent Students
… level at a California middle school. This study focused on the value-added support program titled, Students Achieving Through Technology (SATT-21) a three year, 1.4 million dollar federally funded grant designated to CUSD in order to address the achievement gap of military dependent students …
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Politics and curriculum: a foucauldian analysis of art education reform in New South Wales 1976 - 1999
… made possible is examined. The analysis focuses on archival records and policy documents of curriculum instrumentalities, in particular, the 1987 and 1999 senior visual arts matriculation syllabuses. These two syllabus documents were selected as each claims to innovate a new curriculum …
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A general approach to develop and assess models estimating coal energy content
… The literature study identified three common focus areas namely data preparation, model development and model validation. An additional focus area was also added to assess techniques to visually evaluate, assess and compare the various models. This fourth focus area introduces a new and …
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Economic valuation of energy storage coupled with photovoltaics : current technologies and future projections
… many of the electrochemical batteries, the key focus areas include cycle lifetime as well as energy and power costs. Roundtrip efficiency was identified as the weak-point of hydrogen systems; the energy cost of lithium-ion batteries was found to be prohibitively expensive for energy arbitrage …
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Machine learning for detection of cyberattacks on industrial control systems
… survey, this thesis highlights the critical focus areas for managers looking to implement ML tools. The thesis also helps managers to understand research metrics and converts them into business goals that would allow for better decision-making and resource allocation.
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Applying constraint-based theory to a complex aerospace manufacturing process
… using historical manufacturing data to identify focus areas for analysis and a methodology for analyzing a specific manufacturing process. This analysis and the improvement opportunities identified for several processes in the Final Assembly of the new plane are discussed, as well as the efforts …
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Ebola in West Africa : The Unintended consequences of the response to the western African Ebola crisis 2014-2016
… at each point in time of the epidemic are the focus areas of this project. The central goal is tracing the course of decision making and actions of the main actors involved in responding to the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2016. This will be achieved through the method of process tracing: unveiling …
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School learner's perceptions of the factors that influence methamphetamine use in Manenberg
… knowing and understanding their viewpoints, key focus areas were recommended for intervention and prevention programs in an attempt to decrease the high drug rate in South Africa.
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Establishing Inventory Maturity in a Make-To-Order Manufacturing Environment
… operations, the researcher diagnosed three major focus areas for improvement to mature Accelevation's operations. These areas of focus were analytical inventory management policies, comprehensive material demand forecasting, and the achievement of sustainably high inventory accuracy. Actions were …
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Enabling Growth in a Middle-Market Job Shop Environment
… and the interplay amongst them, across four key focus areas at PSI Power & Control, a middle-market job shop that assembles custom electrical distribution and control products for industrial consumers. These areas include data models, inventory & supply chain, production operations, and processes …
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Understanding Influences on Startup Decision Making: Applying Systems Thinking and Lenses to Investigate the Perspectives of Startup Leaders
… research discovers their priorities, execution focus areas, reflections, learnings, and perspectives on the proposed lenses. The analysis captures priorities like speed to market and flexibility, as well as execution focus areas of having a high-performance team and focusing on fundraising and …
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UAV as a Service: Providing On-Demand Access and On-The-Fly Retasking of Multi-Tenant UAVs Using Cloud Services
… define the UAVaaS framework, and to identify key focus areas, protocols, data structures, network topologies, and message patterns. A safety and security analysis is performed to mitigate potential risks that are present in the system and a prototype simulation is implemented as proof of …
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Life-cycle cost modeling and Optimization for capital equipment procurement
… of cost drivers for the autoclave equipment as focus areas for future cost reduction efforts. Additionally, wait time modeling illustrates how multiple capacity autoclaves increase work in progress and queue lengths and how to assign costs based on the impact of batching to production flow. The …
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