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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"Quantitative techniques"”.
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Some applications of quantitative techniques in the Asset Management Industry
… the reader with some practical applications of quantitative techniques in the area of portfolio management. The theme of the thesis is on the use of basic quantitative applications, with an emphasis on issues pertaining to optimisation, benchmarking and risk management. Most of the contributions …
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A MULTILEVEL EXPLORATION OF SCIENCE DYNAMICS WITH COMPUTATIONAL AND QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES.
… di indagare tali questioni utilizzando tecniche quantitative – impiegando modelli di linguaggio di recente sviluppo – per misurare gli argomenti di ricerca a partire dal contenuto testuale delle pubblicazioni scientifiche. La tesi è composta da una Parte I, che introduce teoria e metodi, e una …
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Development of quantitative techniques for the study of discharge events during plasma electrolytic oxidation processes
… and titanium. Two methodologies for the quantitative study of electrical breakdown (discharge) events observed during plasma electrolytic oxidation processes were developed and are described in this work. One method presented involves direct measurement of electrical breakdowns during …
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Applications of Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques of Management in Administrative/Academic Decision-Making in Institutions of Higher Education in Virginia
… in the state of Virginia apply qualitative and quantitative techniques of management in planning, directing, reporting, and controlling activities for enhancing their administrative and academic decision-making capability. The study was directed to the top and operative organizational levels in …
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Women With Hypertension: An Ethnographic Inquiry
… analyzed with appropriate qualitative and quantitative techniques.
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Towards automating cine DENSE MRI image analysis : segmentation, tissue tracking and strain computation
… in clinical practice, and a plethora of quantitative techniques have also arisen on the research front. Myocardial tagging is an established quantitative cardiac MRI method that involves magnetically tagging the heart with a set of saturated bands, and monitoring the deformation of these …
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Algorithmic Approach to Warehouse Consolidation and Optimization
… holding costs. The algorithms use various quantitative techniques including statistical inference and integer programming, and apply them to material handling and facilities layout issues. The proposed methodology is independent of the warehouse management system in use. It was implemented …
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Recovery of Nitrogen-15-Labeled Liquid Anhydrous Ammonia Applied to Soil
… LAA required to carry out such research. Quantitative techniques for LAA application on a laboratory scale have also been difficult.
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A comparison of the preferred visual characteristics of selected resort hotels and casinos along the Las Vegas Strip
… in the photos. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used in analyzing the data.
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Differential use of space: An analysis of the Aubrey Clovis site.
… distributions are analyzed with qualitative and quantitative techniques, including maps produced in a geographic information system (GIS) and tests of artifact associations using correlation statistics. Theoretical and methodological protocols are promoted to improve spatial analysis in …
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Organização do Conhecimento na Ciência da Informação: uma análise métrica nos periódicos brasileiros (1972-2012)
Investigation qualitative and quantitative analysis detecting the domain of Knowledge Organization front of the whole area of information science from surveys conducted in Referential Database Journal Articles in Information Science. The objective of the research is to analyze the occurrence …
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Spatial Dimensions of Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced Population in the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka from 1980 to 2012
… mixed method approach combined qualitative and quantitative techniques. Data collection extensively relied upon secondary sources from the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations. The findings emphasized the importance of security in migratory movements, especially repatriation, of IDPs for …
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Investigating the fine grained structure of networks
… the utility of this representation with quantitative techniques for computing graph similarity and graph clustering. I show that similarity judged using this representation is significantly different from judgements using full graph structural measures. I find that graphs from the same …
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Quantitative biomarkers for tissue characterization
This research proposes and examines noninvasive, quantitative techniques to characterize tissue. The primary metrics investigated include estimation of longitudinal speed of sound and shearwave elastography. Additional metrics investigated include bioimpedance and functional tests specifically for …
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Where Are the Women?: An Investigation into Why Women are Not Attaining Top Leadership Roles in the Financial Services Industry
… technique of semi-structured interviews, and quantitative techniques to measure the findings from the qualitative research, this paper endeavors to show which factors impact female leaders’ ability to reach the senior levels of management from their own perspective, and illustrate how these …
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Surfactants and enhanced oil recovery
… magnetic resonance spectrometry and other quantitative techniques were used. Aspects of their behaviour (as single components and as blends with co-surfactants and co-solvents) which have been considered in terms of: (i) phase behaviour with brine and hydrocarbons (ii) adsorption onto …
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Improved Techniques for Statistical Analysis of the Envelope of Backscattered Ultrasound Using the Homodyned K Distribution
… resolution up to hundreds of micrometers. Quantitative ultrasound techniques based on ultrasonic backscatter can provide estimates describing tissue microstructure. Improving quantitative ultrasound techniques will result in improved diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound. Quantitative …
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A root cause analysis of stock-outs in the pharmaceutical industry
… methods approach that combines qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze the root causes of product stock-outs at PharCo. The analysis revealed that, instead of manufacturing quality defects, regulatory issues were the primary cause for stock-outs at PharCo. Regulatory challenges …
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Systems approach to the design of locomotive fatigue management technologies
… and c) are typically developed without quantitative techniques to assess performance and optimize components as part of an overall system, rather than at the individual level. Based on an estimation theory framework, a new systems approach is here proposed to design locomotive cab …
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Leisure patterns, constraints and socio-demographic characteristics of Korean immigrants in Western Australia
… participation were rigorously analysed using quantitative techniques, based on data that were collected from Korean immigrants in Western Australia. The study showed that Korean immigrants participated in more passive leisure activities such as home-based ones. Participation in more active or …
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