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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Pilot Evaluation"”.
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The Impact of Patient-Centered Narrative Interviewing on the Perceptions of Primary Care Clinicians: a Pilot Evaluation
<p>In this project, psychiatric nurses were trained in patient-centered narrative interviewing approaches and placed in a variety of healthcare sites and conditions to function as consultants. Primary care clinicians (PCCs) in those sites selected patients that each clinician felt was frustrating …
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The development and testing of a novel intervention (Mii-vitaliSe) to support people with Multiple Sclerosis to be active - a pilot evaluation.
… with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) to be active - a pilot evaluation. Background: There are many benefits of physical activity for people with MS, but also barriers to participation. Active home gaming might help to maintain enthusiasm to exercise over the longer term. Pilot research in the USA …
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The Effects of Consistent Observation and Feedback on Teacher Practice and Motivation to Refine Instruction
<p>This evaluation of a pilot program investigates the effects consistent observation and feedback had on teacher practice and motivation to refine instruction. An observation-feedback loop was initiated at a high school in a large Midwestern urban school district where teachers received bi-weekly …
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Evaluation of a Culturally Specific Parent Empowerment Intervention for Parents of African American Children
… patterns of self-care. The present research is a pilot evaluation of a culturally specific parent empowerment intervention for parents of African-American children - The Black Lemonade Project (BL). This sample is comprised of parents and primary caregivers of school aged children in the Cleveland …
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Oh Baby! Evaluating the Impact of Blossom's Natural Childbirth Prep Course on Women's Childbirth Experience
… maternal health outcomes. This project was a pilot evaluation of a childbirth education course offered by Blossom Birth Services, a community-based non-profit organization providing resources for new and expectant families in the San Francisco Bay Area. A 41-item survey questionnaire was …
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Empower Educators-DBT: A Program for Teacher Well-Being
… dissertation outlines the development and pilot evaluation of the Empower Educators-DBT (EE-DBT) program, a novel 12-session intervention designed to reduce teacher stress and enhance self-efficacy, social-emotional competence, and critical consciousness. Grounded in Dialectical Behavior …
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Liquid crystal thermography in neuropathic assessment of the diabetic foot.
… with diabetes mellitus. Routine neuropathic evaluation includes assessment of sensory loss in the plantar skin of the foot using both the Semmes Weinstein monofilament and the biothesiometer. Progressive degeneration of sensory nerve pathways is thought to affect thermoreceptors and …
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End-user modification and correction of home activity recognition
… screen. Observations are reported from a pilot evaluation of Distinguish on naturalistic data gathered continuously from an instrumented home over a period of a month. Without any knowledge of the target home or its occupant's behaviors and no training data other than common sense …
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Causes and effects of delays in road construction projects in South Africa
… review on the subject under study and through a pilot evaluation by experts. The structured questionnaire was sent to clients, consultants, contractors, and other external stakeholders involved in SANRAL projects. A total of 64 responses to the questionnaire was received. The data received was …
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Evaluating localized electrochlorination systems as a low-cost means of producing potable water
… hospitals from remote areas were investigated. A pilot evaluation in 26 Healthcare facilities (HCF) from Burkina Faso focusing on usability, cost-effectiveness, and sodium hypochlorite concentration compared outcomes with a control group. At a later stage, in 68 HCFs from Chad, impacts on Water, …
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Resolving the evolution of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma using spatial and temporal sampling
… the WGS of the primary may be advantageous. The pilot evaluation (n=20) of a personalised panel was weakly prognostic for disease free survival (p= 0.042) and could detect minimal-residual disease down to 0.01%. Moreover, this method gave an average lead time of nearly one year. Discussion …