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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"RCI"”.
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Automatic Registration of Imagery to Mobile LiDAR Maps
… for coarse registration. Real camera images (RCI) are processed to mitigate resolution differences with the SCIs. The RCI is downsampled to align with the spatial resolution of the SCIs. Robust features are used to register the RCI to the SCIs. SIFT is used for fine registration between RCIs …
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Vibrations of high-speed dental handpieces measured using laser vibrometry
… equipping with no rotary cutting instrument (RCI), with a diamond RCI, or with a tungsten carbide bur. Repeated measurements were taken from six selected points on the handpiece. Further tests were performed to study the influence of increasing loads (50 to 200 g) whilst cutting into extracted …
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Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP): An Examination of the Impact of Response Options Theoretically Deemed as Contextual Relations versus Relational Coherence Indicators
… (Crels) or relational coherence indicators (RCIs)) in the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP). In each of the four studies, participants (total N=124) completed two Pleasant-Unpleasant IRAPs in varying order and Consistent relations ('Pleasant-Positive') were contrasted with …
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Comparing Student Stage of Reflective Judgment between Junior and Senior Academic Standing
… employing the Reasoning about Critical Issues (RCI) questionnaire, a proprietary instrument. Eighty-seven students completed all components of the questionnaire to enable a reflective judgment score to be determined. On average, senior respondents in this study experienced higher RCI scores (M = …
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Toward Global Localization of Unmanned Aircraft Systems using Overhead Image Registration with Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks
… northeast rural controlled imagery (JNE RCI). JNE RCI is tested with handcrafted feature-based methods SURF and SIFT and a non-handcrafted feature-based pre-trained fine-tuned VGG-16 DLCNN on coarse-grained image registration. Both handcrafted and non-handcrafted feature based methods had …
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Utility of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) Neuropsychological Battery Total Score in the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
… calculated along with Reliable Change Indexes (RCI). The AD sample declined an average of -7.2 points per year, compared to a 1.0 point annual increase obtained by the NC sample. By the third annual assessment, the majority of AD subjects (65.2%) exceeded the confidence interval established by …
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China and transparency norm development in global extractives governance
… this research includes a mapping exercise of 48 TEGIs and a case study of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative (RCI), a TEGI established by China in 2016 to improve the responsibility of upstream and downstream companies in the cobalt supply chain. The major findings show that Chinese …
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Characterizing Stream-Aquifer Interactions in the Pedernales Watershed in Central Texas
… (K) of such segments (recession curve index, RCI). Man-Kendall Monotonic trend (MK) tests were used to assess changes in climatologic and hydrologic conditions during the study period. The results of annual trend analysis of precipitation, streamflow, baseflow and RCI showed no significant …
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The Impact of Religious Commitment and Motivation on African American Male Academic Achievement
… instruments, the Religious Commitment Inventory (RCI-10) and a researcher created demographic instrument for data collection. Qualitative data were collected through five researcherconducted focus group discussions with 10 African American students enrolled in a four year university located in the …
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Determining clinically relevant neuropsychological change in an epilepsy sample
… change (SRB) and reliable change index (RCI) methodologies to determine change on retest across cognitive domains. Both the local and North American RCIs and SRB change norms were then applied to an Australian post-operative sample to evaluate cognitive outcomes, as well as to investigate …
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An examination of religiosity, spirituality, and psychological well-being among Pagan women: a mixed method approach
… based on the Religious Commitment Index (RCI; Worthington et al., 2003) and the three subscales of the Spirituality Scale (SS; Delaney, 2005) resulting in three distinct religious-spiritual groups of Pagan women: Disengaged, Engaged, and Divided. Using two one-way analyses of variance, the …
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Rehabilitation of executive functioning following pediatric traumatic brain injury: evaluating a goal management training intervention
… 3 were analyzed using the Reliable Change Index (RCI; Jacobson & Truax, 1991) . The RCI distinguished between three levels of change, each at confidence levels of 68.2%, 95% and 99%. Outcomes were based on neuropsychological test outcomes, changes in everyday behaviour, self-report measures, and …
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Treatment pathways and economic analysis of treatment for severe psoriasis
… were low, indicating high levels of efficacy. RCI' evidence of efficacy is lacking for methotrexate. Two observational studies of patients attending the Psoriasis Specialty Clinic were performed. The first was a crosssectional study that used data in existing disease assessment docwnentation to …
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O radicci no contato italiano-português da região de Caxias do Sul : identidade, atitudes lingüísticas e manuntenção do bilingüismo
… peculiaridades próprias da cultura italiana da RCI.
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The Impact of Attention Deficits on Response to Early Intervention for Language Impairment
… calculated utilizing the Reliable Change Index (RCI; Jacobson&Truax, 1991). Participants' response to intervention during the 1st year, as measured by language/vocabulary outcomes on the CELF-4, CELF-PS:2, EOWPVT, and ROWPVT, was shown to be relatively minimal. Contrary to expectation, attention …
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WE'RE FRIENDS, LET'S TALK: RELIGION, SELF-DISCLOSURE AND MANAGING THE OPENNESS AND CLOSEDNESS DIALECTIC IN FRIENDSHIPS
… In addition, the Religious Life Commitment-10 (RCI-10) questionnaire was included to measure each participant's level of religiosity. Results indicated that selection was the most highly endorsed strategy among participants. However, with regard to friendship type, religious individuals did not …
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Insights into the mechanisms of wound repair and the role of TP508 in tissue regeneration
… mouse models of radiation combined with injury (RCI) and type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, it was shown that injected TP508 had equal or greater efficacy than topical administration in accelerating wound healing. This led to the discovery that TP508 was eliciting effects on survival and acceleration …
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GIS-Based Pavement Maintenance Management Model for Local Roads in the UK
… Service Life, Road Condition Indicator (RCI), Type of Deterioration, Observed Deterioration Rate, Traffic Diversion, Importance of Road/Classification, Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), Possible Conflict or Overlap with Other Road Works, Risk of failure, Safety Concern, Accident Rate …
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Tyre Inflation Pressure control to improve vehicle ride comfort on rough roads
… comfort. The TIPc was able to achieve a 4−7% RCI (Ride Comfort Improvement).
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Prevalence of attention problems and the efficacy of a short-term parent-teacher intervention for possible ADHD in a low SES community in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng
… tests; Study Two used the Reliable Change Index (RCI; Jacobson & Traux, 1991), and within-group analyses, assessing the efficacy of the programme. Study One (N=30) results indicated that ± 73% of child participants were assessed to have possible ADHD; they tended to be older, descriptively, than …
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