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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"PFT"”.

  1. Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia

    Hor, Peay SanUniversiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia2018

    … passengers, also known as passenger flow time (PFT). This mainly depends on the number of passengers alighting and boarding and the speed they do it. In Malaysia, there has yet to be an extensive study conducted on the alighting and boarding process in urban rail services. Thus, the aim of this …

    uthm Repository record

  2. The fundamental role of spectral scattering in the ocean colour Phytoplankton Functional Type signal

    Robertson Lain, ElisabethDepartment of Oceanography2018

    … understanding of Phytoplankton Functional Type (PFT) optical signals, in order that satellite radiometry may be used to detect ecologically relevant phytoplankton assemblage changes. This understanding can best be achieved with biophysically and biogeochemically consistent phytoplankton Inherent …

    cape-town Repository record

  3. Emphysema Quantification using Low Dose Chest CT : Efficacy of Follow up Examinations in Asymptomatic Smokers

    장, 은호2011

    Pulmonary function test (PFT), plain chest radiography and computed tomography(CT) of chest are commonly used for the diagnosis of emphysema. It is important to diagnose emphysema. However, it is more important to evaluate the degree of extent and progression of emphysema, because they are related …

    ajou Repository record

  4. Civilian victimisation in the Tajik civil war: how the popular front won the war and ruined the nation

    Mitchell, JenniferKing's College London2014

    … and its victor, the Popular Front of Tajikistan (PFT). Its central findings from the case study are: 1) The PFT victimised civilians primarily via targeted violence, displacement and criminality; 2) PFT victimisation of civilians was a rationalist strategy given that the normative, strategic and …

    kings Repository record

  5. Minimal Presentations of Sofic Shifts and Properties of Periodic-Finite-Type Shifts

    Manada, Akiko2009

    … type (SFT’s) and periodic-finite-type shifts (PFT’s), and examine their properties. We first consider Shannon covers of sofic shifts. A Shannon cover of a sofic shift is a deterministic presentation with the smallest number of vertices among all deterministic presentations of the shift. Indeed, …

    queens Repository record

  6. Linking Plant and Soil Microbial Diversity via Plant Functional Trait Ecology

    Agarwal, PrashastiVirginia Tech2025

    … Chapter 2, I quantified plant functional traits (PFTs) for 29 agriculturally relevant species and assessed their relationships with soil microbial community structure. While plant functional traits such as biomass, root diameter, and root tissue nutrients explained variation in bacterial …

    vt Repository record

  7. The effects of visual representations on teacher training of phonological awareness principles

    Powell, Rachel KennedyCommunication Sciences and Disorders2022

    … into three groups: Phonic Faces Training (PFT), with visual strategies; Traditional Training (TT), with no visual strategies; and a No Training (NT) control group. The PFT and TT groups participated in one half-day training in phonological awareness principles. All groups were posttested …

    lsu-thes Repository record

  8. Neurological Consequences of Viral Encephalitis: Behavioral Deficits, Neuronal Restructuring, and Therapeutic Interventions

    VanderGiessen, MorgenVirginia Tech2025

    … the therapeutic potential of Pifithrin-μ (PFT-μ), an inhibitor of the autophagy-associated chaperone HSP70. PFT-μ treatment resulted in a significant reduction in viral replication for VEEV and related alphaviruses. In mice, PFT-μ treatment reduced weight loss, neurological symptoms, and …

    vt Repository record

  9. Development and Evaluation of a Permeation Plug Release Vessel (PPRV) for the Release of Perfluoromethylcyclohexane (PMCH) in Underground Mine Tracer Gas Studies

    Jong, Edmund ChimeVirginia Tech2014

    … to SF6 as a tracer are perfluorocarbon tracers (PFT). Many PFTs exist as volatile liquids at room temperature and pressure. This characteristic prevents a PFT from being released using the same technique as SF6. This paper introduces a passive release method for PMCH. Details about the …

    vt Repository record

  10. What to plant and where to plant it; Modeling the biophysical effects of North America temperate forests on climate using the Community Earth System Model

    Ahlswede, Benjamin JamesVirginia Tech2015

    … warmer temperatures than BDT. The effect of tree PFT was larger than the effect of afforestation in the south and in the mid-Atlantic. Increasing LAI, a proxy for increased management intensity, caused a cooling effect in both tree types, but NET responded more strongly and albedo decreased while …

    vt Repository record

  11. Microbial responses to plant functional types and historical resources additions in the shortgrass steppe

    Bontti, Eliana E., author, Burke, Ingrid, advisorColorado State University. Libraries2009

    … may be affected by plant functional types (PFT) through influence on the levels of inorganic nitrogen (N) and labile carbon in the rhizosphere. This is particularly important in the shortgrass steppe (SGS), where plants with the C3 or C4 photosynthetic pathway differ in phenology, which …

    colostate Repository record

  12. Evaluating Digital Health Technologies to Advance Parkinson's Disease Care

    Dominey, Thea2019

    … of a computerised paced finger tapping task (PFT) that was found to correlate with a measure of verbal fluency, suggesting there may be potential to implement the PFT as part of a wider finger tapping battery to be used as a screening tool for PD executive dysfunction. 2. The iterative, …

    plymouth Repository record

  13. Investigating mechanisms maintaining plant species diversity in fire prone Mediterranean-type vegetation using spatially-explicit simulation models

    Esther, AlexandraUniversität Potsdam

    … for the definition of plant functional types (PFTs). The PFT dynamics are simulated annual by iterating life history processes. In the first part of my thesis I investigate the importance of trade-offs for the maintenance of high diversity in multi-species systems with 288 virtual PFTs. …

    potsdam-diss Repository record

  14. Development of machine learning algorithms for screening of pulmonary disease

    Infante, Christian (Christian F.)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017

    … gold standard pulmonary function testing (PFT) lab. The performance of our Mobile Kit platform was previously analyzed and presented in a prior Master's thesis. Building on our group's prior work, in this thesis we present three main contributions: 1) we have created a classifier for a new …

    mit Repository record

  15. Growth, physical fitness, and maximal mechanical aerobic and anaerobic power output on a bicycle ergometer of schoolchildren aged 8-9 years living in underprivileged environments in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Anjos, Luiz Antonio dosUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2011

    … was evaluated by performance field tests (PFT) which included hand grip strength (HGS), vertical jump (VJ), shuttle run, 50-m run, sit and reach, and the number of sit-ups in 1 minute. Maximal mechanical power output on a bicycle ergometer was measured for aerobic (McMaster test) and …

    uiuc Repository record

  16. The effect of community police integrity, trust and performance on community happiness in the United Arab Emirates

    Aljunaibi, TareqUniversiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia2020

    … results showed that the policy feedback theory (PFT), legitimacy theory and the conceptual model presented in this study offer explanatory elements for community happiness and policing and provided the explanation for the effect of integrity and trust in the police on community happiness. Future …

    uthm Repository record

  17. Characterization and application of simultaneously spatio-temporally focused ultrafast laser pulses

    Greco, Michael J.Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library2016

    … of the pulse intensity such as pulse front tilt (PFT), an eect where the pulse energy is delayed across the focal spot at the focal plane by longer durations than the pulse itself. Though these pulses have found utility in microscopy and micromachining, in-situ methods for characterizing them …

    colo-mines Repository record

  18. Design and reliability-based optimization of the piezoelectric flex transducer

    Luo, Liheng, Ye, JianqiaoLancaster University2018

    … method will be demonstrated by optimizing the PFT device. As the optimal design is subject to a low stress safety factor, which may be unreliable with the uncertainties of the real-world, the reliability and sensitivity of the optimal design are analyzed. A Monte Carlo simulation is employed to …

    lancaster Repository record

  19. Development of a test protocol for industry to predict and optimise flow behaviour of blended powders utilising particle to bulk scale models

    Santana Perdomo, Jose CarmeloUniversity of Greenwich2015

    … A recently developed powder flow tester (PFT) by The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich is now available for industry to measure quickly and accurately the flow behaviour of single and blended particulate materials. This new powder flow tester helps …

    greenwich Repository record

  20. The role of diatoms in the global carbon cycle

    Chollet, Sophie FrancoiseUniversity of East Anglia2011

    … is divided into five Plankton Functional Types (PFTs), each playing a specific role in carbon and nutrient cycling and in the trophic chain. The growth parameters for each PFT are now being derived in order to represent their dependence on environmental conditions, including climate change. Here …

    east-anglia Repository record

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