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Showing 1 to 20 of 575 for “"Knowledge gap"”.
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Closing the knowledge gap surrounding nitrogen cycling in Minnesota lakes
Nitrogen (N) is an element necessary for life, but in excess quantities in aquatic systems leads to hypoxia, loss of biodiversity and harmful algal blooms. Allochthonous inputs are typically the critical drivers of eutrophication, but it is also important to understand how those inputs interact …
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Bridging the knowledge gap: Operational research to improve access to health care in Ethiopia
Contains fulltext : 183418.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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A Case Study of a Math Teacher of Black Students: Examining Instruction that Addresses the Content Knowledge Gap Through Culturally Relevant Instruction
… for change in policy in addressing the content knowledge gap of mathematics teachers, in elementary school teachers, as well as a focus on culturally responsive pedagogy and practices to address and eliminate opportunity gaps in the educational system at the school district and state levels. The …
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Getting to one from title 10 + title 32 unity of effort in the homeland
This thesis bridges the knowledge gap between Title 10 Active Duty and Title 32 National Guard in order to breakdown cultural barriers and reach unity of effort for response operations in the homeland. Regrettably, a unified response was missing among Title 10 Active Duty and Title 32 National …
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Study of 3D-Printed Polymers for Aerospace Structural Applications
… of additive manufacturing is the large knowledge gap that exists in the performance of additively manufactured polymers. This project sought to help fill that knowledge gap through pristine material testing and environmental degradation testing, as well as developing protocols to help …
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Examining community media sustainability in the digital age : a study of community radio stations in the North-West province of South Africa
… the prevailing digital challenges. Hence, the knowledge gap this study intends to fill. Current studies indicate a good amount of scholarly work on media sustainability focusing on large media organizations, however, there are insufficient literature that discusses methods/approaches by which …
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The macro-charcoal signature in Bwabwata National park, north-east, Namibia: Calibrating surface macro-charcoal with environmental variables
… fire management can benefit greatly from the knowledge of fire history and vegetation change. Palaeo-ecological studies endeavour to fill this knowledge gap by investigating past ecological changes throught the use of paleao-proxies. Charcoal - burned pieces of vegetation - is a proxy for fire …
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Natural Health Products (NHPs) in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Review of the Landscape and Blueprint for Change
… relationship. Conclusion: There is a large knowledge gap on the safety of NHPs in pregnancy, even more so in lactation. The new system for evaluating NHP safety in pregnancy and lactation will require validation. In order to improve the knowledge gap, future studies are proposed on NHPs in …
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Soil carbon dynamics in the upper Mersey estuarine floodplain, northwest England : implications for soil carbon sequestration
… on these processes. This represents a knowledge gap that needs to be filled to understand better soil carbon decomposition in contaminated estuarine floodplains and the implications for carbon sequestration. The current work aims to close this knowledge gap. Field and laboratory …
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A study of the transfer of tacit knowledge by a monitored tutelage programme for quantity surveyors
This thesis is about how tacit knowledge may be transferred. Its aim is to develop a coaching andmentoring programme for Quantity Surveyors. The literature synthesis includes a discussion oftacit and explicit knowledge and a review of knowledge creation, management and transfer. Itincludes theories …
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Logging, Visualization, and Analysis of Network and Power Data of IoT Devices
… been recorded.</p> <p>To help address this knowledge gap, we have collected a year’s worth of network traffic and power data from 16 common IoT devices. From this data, we show that we can identify different smart speakers, like the Echo Dot, from analyzing one minute of power data on a …
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Decolonising legal research: Developing legal theory to articulate Māori and non-Māori legal research paradigms equitably
… are separated by a considerable theoretical knowledge gap. Māori knowledge systems are generally not well known in a non-Māori context. In order to bridge this theoretical knowledge gap jurisprudential studies need to address this gap from Māori and non-Māori perspectives. Doing so enables …
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Major Gifts to The Seed Company : Who Gives Them and Why
… The Seed Company resulting in a significant knowledge gap for healthy major donor programs based upon objective data. This study confirmed the value of several development approaches, particularly the importance of intentionally building a sense of community and relationship around the cause …
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Data-driven assistance for user decision making on mobile devices
… decision making is through suggesting external knowledge to bridge their knowledge gap. To this end, we propose to learn or mine such external knowledge from massive mobile-related data. We investigate three important real-world decision-making problems on mobile devices: mobile shopping …
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Evaluating the influence white-tailed deer have on wetland vegetation types with respect to wetland birds at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Saginaw, Michigan
… negatively impact plant communities. There is a knowledge gap on how deer use of wetland vegetation types may affect bird use of those same wetlands. Our objectives were to 1) evaluate white-tailed deer habitat suitability within a landscape dominated by wetlands, 2) quantify and compare use of …
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Determining Knowledge Gaps in Natural Disaster Preparedness: An Exploratory Analysis of Socioeconomic Variables and Response Quality
<p>This exploratory study examines potential knowledge gaps in natural disaster preparedness across socioeconomic groups in Lee County, Alabama and identifies communication barriers affecting response behavior through the lens of the knowledge gap hypothesis. Survey data from 20 residents were …
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Physician Perceptions of Risk Regarding Mood Disorders and Pharmacological Management During Pregnancy: What Is Current Practice?
… with unmanaged mood disorders. This may be due a knowledge gap regarding the most current teratogen information, and lack of official management guidelines. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the current knowledge base of obstetricians regarding the teratogenic effects of common …
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An Empirical look at Recipient Benefits Associated with a University-Issued Student Leadership Award
… of empirical studies in this area, a significant knowledge gap exists regarding the possible value or positive effects associated with winning a university-issued student leadership award. To begin to fill this knowledge gap, this study examined the San Diego State University (SDSU) Quest for the …
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The Widening Information Gap between High and Low Education Groups: Knowledge Acquisition from Online vs. Print News
… empirically investigate the potentially widening gap in information acquisition across different educational groups, related to traditional print versus online news formats. Newspaper readership is declining and simultaneously the number of online news users is growing. In democratic societies the …
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