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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Laird"”.
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Representaciones mentales de docentes sobre el universo : los modelos cosmológicos que lo explican y aplicación de una estrategia metodológica para promover su evolución
… las teorías de los modelos mentales de Johnson-Laird y de los campos conceptuales de Gérard Vergnaud, cuyo objetivo fue promover la evolución de esas representaciones mentales acercando a los representadores a un mayor nivel de conocimiento sobre las teorías y modelos cosmológicos recientes, …
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The Effectiveness of Teledentistry Versus In-Person Examination on Dental Caries Evaluation
… accuracy were performed based on the DerSimonian-Laird random effect, and the summary diagnostic odds ratio reported. Results: A total of 12 studies met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed and meta-analyzed. The range of diagnostic parameter were sensitivity (45.6-88.3%), specificity …
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Relationship of the Turtle, Forest, and Park rivers to the history of glacial Lake Agassiz
… was written under the direction of Wilson M. Laird and approved by John R. Reid and Alan M. Cvancara as members of the examining committee, of which Dr. Laird was Chainnan.</p> <p>During the summer of 1964 a study of the Turtle, Forest, and Park river valleys was undertaken to find evidence of …
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"Emblems of Adversity": W.B. Yeats's Poetics of Violence and Contemporary Northern Irish Poetry
… North of Ireland such as Seamus Heaney and Nick Laird represent the dual legacy of W. B. Yeats’s poetics in a society where violence has been the norm. Yeats’s legacy influences both Heaney’s poetry that attempts to mitigate violence with art, and Laird’s poetry that attempts to expose violence …
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La comprensión de problemas de campo eléctrico en estudiantes universitarios: aspectos de la instrucción en la organización de representaciones
… y Novak, conjuntamente con la TMM de Johnson-Laird y la TCC de Vergnaud y se recurrió a los aportes de los fundamentos epistemológicos de la ciencia y sus implicaciones didácticas. Los resultados alcanzados en esta investigación pretenden ser un aporte en la toma de decisiones de futuras …
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Evaluation of Asset Pricing Models in the South African Equities Market
… pricing models of Van Rensburg (2002) and Laird-Smith et al. (2016). This research empirically investigates the performance of eight-different multi-factor asset pricing models in describing average portfolio returns in the South African Johannesburg Stock Exchange. We find that the Carhart …
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The estimation of missing values in hydrological records using the EM algorithm and regression methods
… based on the EM algorithm, proposed by Dempster, Laird and Rubin (1977). The emphasis here is to estimate the missing values directly without first making a detailed selection of control stations. All "relevant" stations are included. This method has not previously been applied in the context of …
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A Paleontological Study of Pedimeant Gravels of Southwestern North Dakota Which Exhibit Evidence of PermaFrost Activity
… it is suggested that the two sites of Tuthill, Laird, and Frye (1964) are not correlative and that one of them, the Marple Ranch site, correlates with the two sites of this study. Although age determinations based upon Pleistocene mollusks are generally considered unreliable, the pediment …
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Tipos de representações mentais utilizadas por estudantes de física geral na área de mecânica clássica e possíveis modelos mentais nessa área
… estudo na Teoria dos Modelos Mentais de Johnson-Laird. Estudantes de nível universitário foram observados durante dois semestres com o objetivo de determinar o tipo de representação mental que eles teriam utilizado durante o curso, quando resolviam os problemas e as questões propostas nas tarefas …
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Variation in mental models of text as a function of genre
… formed from another genre (Brewer, 1980; Johnson-Laird, 1983). Readers of survey texts and route texts were faster and more accurate in verifying spatial information that was presented in the same form as the initial text (Perrig & Kintsch, 1985). The results suggest that the characteristics of …
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The Relationships Among Student Characteristic Variables, Student Engagement Variables, and the Academic Performance of African-American Male Students at Two-Year Colleges
… success is considered extensive (Nelson Laird, Bridges, Morelon-Quainoo, Williams, & Holmes, 2007). The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among (1) student characteristics and academic performance, (2) student characteristics and student engagement, and (3) student …
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Evaluación de los antifibrinolíticos tópicos en cirugía cardíaca: revisión sistemática, metaanálisis y análisis secuencial de ensayos
… un modelo de efectos aleatorios de derSimmonian-Laird y análisis de sensibilidad y secuencial de pruebas. Resultados: El metaanálisis incluyó 26 estudios con 2,624 pacientes, en su mayoría adultos, sometidos a bypass de arteria coronaria (CABG) y cirugías valvulares. El LAAF redujo la pérdida de …
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Mollusks from Wisconsinan (Pleistocene) ice-contact sediments of the Missouri Coteau in central North Dakota
… D. Holland, Jr. and was approved by Wilson M. Laird and George C. Wheeler as members of the examining committee, of which Dr. Holland was Chairman.</p> <p>Geologic and paleontologic evidence indicates that numerous mesotropic, temperate, water bodies were present while drift-covered bloacks of …
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A Selected Study: Forest River Exposure, Inkser, North Dakota
… in Ardnt (1977), Hansen and Kume (1970), and Laird (1969) suggested that the sand unit is part of the Elk Valley Delta. The injected mass is interpreted as an upward injected till dike as previously suggested by Dreimanis (1992). </p>
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The business and technology of the Sheffield Armaments industry 1900-1930
… in-depth case studies of John Brown, Cammell-Laird, Thomas Firth and Hadfields to examine the business and technology of the industry. It builds on the work of Tweedale and Trebilcock on Sheffield and armaments, and advances the argument that during the period of study from 1900 to 1930, the …
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Ergonomia de saúde mental dos teletrabalhadores no contexto da COVID-19: revisão sistemática e meta-análise
… utilizando a técnica de DerSimonian & Laird para estimar a medida sumária e respectivos intervalos de confiança de 95%. Para avaliação da qualidade da evidência foi utilizado o sistema GRADE. Resultados: Foi encontrado um total de 176 estudos, dos quais 7 compuseram a revisão …
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The role of probability in indicative and deontic conditionals
… and the mental models approach of Johnson-Laird and Bytne (1991) is favoured here. This theory can account for the findings presented whereas alternative theories made predictions that were not supported by the data presented in this thesis. Finally there is a discussion of future research …
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Artificial intelligence, education and music : the use of artificial intelligence to encourage and facilitate music composition by novices
… a characterisation of creativity due to Johnson-Laird (1988). Programs have been implemented to illustrate the feasibility of key parts of the new approach.
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The micropaleontology and stratigraphy of the subsurface "Heath" formation (Mississippian-Pennsylvanian) of western North Dakota
… of F. D. Holland, Jr., and approved by Wilson M. Laird and Walter L. Moore as members of the examining committee, of which Dr. Holland was chairman.</p> <p>The “Heath” Formation, between the underlying Otter and the overlying Amsden(?) Formations in the subsurface of southwestern North Dakota, is …
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X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis Of The Bakken And Three Forks Formations Of The Williston Basin, North Dakota And Well Logging Applications
… Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) Wilson B. Laird Core and Sample Library at the University of North Dakota. Core sections were exposed to x-ray at 15 keV and 45 keV excitation voltages to provide elemental spectra; count rate values were obtained and elemental ratios were then calculated to …
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