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Showing 1 to 20 of 876 for “"Quantitative methods"”.
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Quantitative methods for linking transcriptional profiles to physiology
… study of biology is the tacit assumption that a quantitative relationship can be obtained between molecular markers and macro- scale physiological measurements, which can be utilized to construct predictive models of cellular behavior. This thesis explores the evidence for such quantitative …
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Development and application of quantitative methods for ecosystem services
… are a need for more advanced quantification methods and the lack of engagement of key stakeholders who are responsible for making land management decisions. This research seeks to address these two limitations by testing and improving quantification methods of ecosystem services and by …
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Quantitative methods for multiplexed cellular engineering and directed evolution
Multiplexed screening through pooled libraries has gained traction in engineering biological behavior. In particular, it has been effective at controlling cells, designing proteins, determining targets for gene therapy, and developing small molecule drugs. This thesis contributes to cellular …
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Development of quantitative methods for sustainability assessment in process industry
… of strategies and specific principles, quantitative assessment tools are required to identify the marginal improvements in alternative design options, to allow the trade-off among contradictory aspects and to prevent the “risk shift”. In the present work a set of integrated quantitative …
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Analysis of tomographic images: quantitative methods for soil pore structure
… images, applying unsupervised (fully automatic) methods as a means of dealing with very large data in a consistent fashion. Existing methods of image analysis are assessed, refined, extended and applied in novel ways to meet the challenges posed by soil.<br/><br/>Noise resulting from X-ray …
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Quantitative Methods For Select Problems In Facility Location And Facility Logistics
<p>This dissertation presented three logistics problems. The first problem is a parallel machine scheduling problems that considers multiple unique characteristics including release dates, due dates, limited machine availability and job splitting. The objective of is to minimize the total amount of …
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Quantitative methods to regulate angiogenesis: applications to cancer and cardiovascular disease
… comprehensive statistical and computational methods for analyzing cellomic data sets and integrating them into deterministic models. We present a novel method for optimizing the fit of statistical distributions to heterogeneous data sets to preserve important data and exclude outliers. We …
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Bringing policy into space systems conceptual design : qualitative and quantitative methods
… architecting and design process. Qualitative and quantitative analysis methods are brought to bear on the problem using space systems as the application domain, and a process is set down through which policy can become an active consideration instead of a static constraint. Unique contributions of …
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Development of quantitative methods for quality assessment of islets of Langerhans
… diacetate (FDA) and propidium iodide (PI). These methods are operator- dependent and prone to error due to the variability in islet size and shape and are not predictive of transplantation outcome. We developed quantitative assays that allowed reproducible evaluation of meaningful properties that …
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Applications of Quantitative Methods in Environmental Economics: Econometrics, Simulation Modelling and Experiments
In Part I of this thesis we employ novel econometric techniques to explore elicitation anomalies in contingent valuation (CV). According to standard assumptions regarding preferences, changes in the way values are elicited in CV questions should be decision irrelevant. That responses are observed …
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Applying quantitative methods in the assessment of outcomes of pharmacotherapy of psoriasis
… biases. The aim of this thesis was to apply quantitative methods in the assessment of outcomes of topical therapies for psoriasis. In particular, to systematically examine the comparative efficacy, tolerability and cost-effectiveness of topical calcipotriol in the treatment of …
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Quantitative methods for testing pricing strategies at the United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS) faces intense competitive pressure in the shipping business. At the same time, shipping is becoming an increasingly critical segment of revenue and profitability for USPS. USPS' existing retail sales data can be analyzed for opportunities to improve …
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Interpreting conflict mortuary behaviour: applying non-linear and traditional quantitative methods to conflict burials
The research in this dissertation concerns methods and theories involved in the analysis and interpretation of burials related to wars and other conflict situations. Its core is a conflict interment model that I developed to facilitate the identification of material differences in burials that will …
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Quantitative methods for in vitro and in vivo characterization of cell and tissue metabolism
… pH sensor. This thesis presents a silicone-based quantitative oxygen sensor for clinical use in cervical cancer. Oxygen measurements are made using MRI, which is already part of the clinical workflow for this patient population. This sensor is Institutional Review Board approved for a ten-patient …
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Quantitative Methods in the Study of Interest Groups: The Issue Organization and National Policy-Making
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A Grounded Theory Inquiry into the Pedagogical Socialization of Graduate Students Within Graduate Quantitative Methods Courses
<p>Quantitative methods are one of the most highly technical fields of study within social sciences graduate programs. Although classroom pedagogy is an important factor connected to student success within graduate quantitative methods courses little is known on the pedagogical socialization …
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The identification and evaluation of factors influencing the use of quantitative methods in South African business
… identify the factors which influence the use of quantitative methods to test the presence of those factors in South Africa's listed companies, and to survey the opinions regarding those factors among various categories of people. The factors may thus be evaluated as to the influence they have on …
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Development and validation of quantitative methods for the analysis of clinical biomarkers of iron metabolism applying stable isotopes
… analytical methodologies capable of providing quantitative, precise, accurate and validated information on the concentration of those biomarkers, both in control individuals as well as in patients affected by the considered pathologies. In this regard, diseases associated with disorders of the …
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Getting to know QM(s) : exploring the actor-networks of quantitative methods across higher education social science subjects
In the UK, the need for more quantitatively-skilled citizens and employees has been widely publicised. This skills deficit has prompted a wide range of policy initiatives and academic research into quantitative methods (QM(s)) learning-teaching across all levels of education. Although the academic …
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