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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Individual studies"”.
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Statistical analyses of exoplanetary systems and individual studies of the atmospheres of two sub-Neptune-sized planets
… their population properties and to characterize individual planets in terms of their mass, temperature, atmosphere, and evolution history. In this thesis, I present research on two exoplanet topics - planet occurrence rates and atmospheres of sub-Neptune-sized planets - through three major …
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The anthropometric nutritional status of children 0-18 years old in the Western Cape Province of South Africa : a systematic review
… of bias. The integration of data from individual studies also increases the precision of the results. Thus, the review will aim to produce valid and reliable evidence for health-care decision-making and policy planning aimed at improving the nutritional status of children in the …
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BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO ALCOHOL IN BINGE DRINKERS
… with a multitude of deleterious effects for the individual. Studies suggest that binge drinkers may be more likely than non-bingers to experience the immediate negative consequences of alcohol consumption. The present series of studies was designed to examine the behavioral response to alcohol in …
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Exercise associated muscle cramping : investigating a novel hypothesis
… Muscle Cramping (EAMC) comprised three individual studies. The aims of this series of investigations were firstly to investigate the nature and prevalence of EAMC in a group of lronman triathletes with a past history of EAMC, secondly to compare the serum electrolyte concentrations in …
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Studying online support communities: Investigating network patterns and characteristics of social support
… the multi-faceted approaches of existing studies for the analysis of online communities make it difficult to combine the findings into a comprehensive understanding. This shows the need for holistic investigations of online communities. This thesis provides such a holistic approach by …
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Short term recovery with cold water immersion following cycling in the heat
… temperature, and may facilitate recovery. Few studies however, have examined the effects of CWI after exercise in the heat on short term recovery. In addition, whether or not performance benefits can arise from this recovery modality is equivocal. This thesis incorporates four individual …
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An empirical study of employee gender and absenteeism
… have been found in both national data and in individual studies; however, it is unclear why gender influences absenteeism rates. Differential effects from gender on the relationship between absenteeism rates and both personal and attitudinal factors of employees were studied. Specific …
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Prospective marketing meta-analysis and a novel web-based media-mix modeling experiment
… field, is the meta-analysis of multiple studies conducted using similar protocols and under similar conditions. To eliminate bias, the inclusion of individual studies in the meta-analysis is agnostic of the findings of the individual experiment. In this thesis, I adapt prospective …
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Increasing eye contact and appropriate verbalizations of young children with autistic characteristics
… to successful school performances as well as an individual's overall social functioning. The need to be competent in social skills increases for children with autism or autistic characteristics. A teaching strategy was modelled and taught to increase appropriate verbal and nonverbal responses of …
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Constructing appropriate models for meta-analyses
Meta-analysis combines individual studies or trials to achieve one overall treatment effect estimate and has come a long way since first appearing within medical literature 30 years ago. Most articles examine how best to combine the individual trials and measure the combined estimate. A lot of …
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An Application of a Revised Morrissett's Curriculum Analysis System to a High School English Program
… <p>2. The information must relate to other studies so that a larger curriculum analysis will result. If the soundest method of national evaluation is to create concrete building blocks locally, these individual studies must mesh to provide something larger and more meaningful. As often …
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Forging the Future: Climate Change Disclosure, Role Expectations, and the Identity of Professional Accountants
… and sustainability reporting. It presents three individual studies, comprising of i) a comprehensive review on CCD literature with a conceptual framework and future agendas (published paper), ii) the multiple stakeholders’ role expectations of accountants in CCA within the academic and …
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The Association between the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine and the Development of Autism: A Meta-Analysis
… of autism. The meta-analysis was limited to studies with an experimental design, unvaccinated control group, and odds ratio or relative risk as the effect measure. Both the fixed effects and random effects models were applied. A total of 29 studies were identified for possible inclusion in …
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Structural and functional aspects of myopia in young adults. An investigation of nearwork-induced transient myopia and accommodation in relation to refractive stability.
… multichromatic stimuli and orthokeratology. Five individual studies have been carried out. Initially an investigation into the temporal and dioptric aspects of nearwork-induced transient myopia was undertaken, suggesting that increased task duration does not increase the level, or slow the …
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Properties and Applications of Organic/Biodegradable Sorbents (Peat) For Remediation of Hazardous Waste Substances
… schemes. In order to achieve this goal, individual studies of hydraulic conductivities, denitrification potentials, heavy metals sorption capacities, and hydrocarbon sorption capacities were conducted using samples from the USC Peat Sample Bank, which consists of highly characterized peat …
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Benchmarking the Performance of Bayesian Optimization across Multiple Experimental Materials Science Domains
… experimentation (HTE) systems. There have been individual studies successfully applying BO in experimental materials optimization, yet very few evaluated the performance of BO as a general optimization algorithm across a broad range of materials science domains. In this work, we benchmark the …
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Surveillance Imaging Following Curative-Intent Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: A Systematic Review
… Cochrane Library) were searched for pertinent studies published between 1990 and 2010. Major search concepts included non-small cell lung carcinoma, surveillance, curative resection, recurrence, second primary lung cancer, computed tomography, and chest x-ray. Baseline data and results from …
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Small-scale heterogeneity in sediments : experimental and modelling investigations
This thesis consists of several studies relating to small-scale heterogeneity in sediments. The principal aim was to further our understanding of processes occurring at microniches. The individual studies consist of: 1) a critical review of previous studies of microniches that used probes with high …
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Self-concept clarity, trauma and psychopathology
… as the “extent to which the contents of an individual's self-concept (e.g., perceived personal attributes) are clearly and confidently defined, internally consistent, and temporally stable” (Campbell et al., 1996, p.141). SCC is becoming an increasingly researched topic in relation to the …
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Development of a voxel-based meta-analytic method for neuroimaging studies
The number of neuroimaging studies has grown exponentially in recent years and their results are not always consistent. Meta-analyses are helpful to summarize this vast literature and also offer insights that are not apparent from the individual studies. While a number of suitable voxel-based …
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