Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Risk areas"”.
-
Engaging Church Leaders in the Reduction of Teen Birth Rate in High Risk Areas
The general metadata -- e.g., title, author, abstract, subject headings, etc. -- is publicly available, but access to the submitted files is restricted to UT Southwestern campus access and/or authorized UT Southwestern users.
-
A Multidisciplinary Analysis of a Stratospheric Airborne Climate Observatory System for Key Climate Risk Areas
… challenges, this effort employs several risk mitigation strategies to avoid common pitfalls such as wing structural divergence. The vehicle, mission, and operational strategy are designed in tandem, customizing each aspect of the design to best serve the mission requirements while …
-
A Global Approach to Disease Prevention: Predicting High Risk Areas for West Nile Infection in the Us
… for over 60 years creating endemic and epidemic areas throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe, affecting human, bird, and equine populations. Its 1999 appearance in New York shows the ability of the virus to cross barriers and travel great distances, emerging into new territories previously free of …
-
Coastal resilience potential as a coefficient of the coastal erosion risk assessment, and the management of risk areas via nature-based solutions
… natural hazards, such as fire and hydraulic, the risk of coastal erosion is mainly driven by urban spreading and inadequate land management. There are numerous proposals in the scientific literature based on good practices, guidelines and studies on the assessment and management of coastal erosion …
-
Increasing morbidity of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea cases in San Joaquin County, California : locating high risk areas through GIS analysis of cases from 1997-2006
… 2006 was analyzed to geographically locate high risk areas and populations. The largest city in SJC is Stockton, which had the highest incidence rates and highest rates of repeat infections per population, and therefore is the primary focus of this analysis. Rates were determined by dividing the …
-
Development and validation of a dietary assessment tool to determine dietary intake of people living in oesophageal cancer risk areas in the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa
Rural areas in the Eastern Cape (EC) Province of South Africa have a high incidence of oesophageal cancer (OC). Amongst the known risk factors associated with the cancer is fumonisin exposure (a mycotoxin growing on maize), poor dietary habits and nutrient deficiencies. Little is known about the …
-
The Spatial and Molecular Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in Eastern Ontario
… are to identify environmental Lyme disease risk areas in Ontario, to explore spatiotemporal trends in Lyme disease emergence, and to identify neighbourhood-level socioecological risk factors for Lyme disease. In addition, this thesis also aims to assess the risk of other tick-borne illnesses …
-
Smoking Cessation and Breastfeeding Promotion Education for Prenatal Providers in West Virginia
… prenatal health resources, especially in at-risk areas. In an effort to improve resources in at-risk areas of the state, the "Health Education for Prenatal Providers in Appalachia (HEPPA), using the ACOG 5As smoking cessation intervention and breastfeeding promotion, was developed for …
-
Risikoverhalten Jugendlicher im Kreis Heinsberg : eine detaillierte Auswertung der Jugendbefragung 2006
… analysis is to give a detailled overview of the risk-behaviour of young adolescents in the region of Heinsberg. Furthermore it is intended to point out a existing necessity of prevention and if possible, to give concrete proposals for prevention programs.EVALUATION: The analysis is based on the …
-
Aplicación de técnicas de machine learning para la detección y prevención de hurtos a personas en Bucaramanga
… and Machine Learning techniques to identify high-risk areas and predict future crimes. Through descriptive analysis, georeferencing, and clustering models, areas with high crime incidence, particularly thefts against individuals, were identified. An interactive visualizer was developed in Power BI …
-
O crescimento urbano de Rio Claro e suas implicações nos riscos à inundação: cenários de 1970 a 2015
… urban growth of the city of Rio Claro and flood areas through geotechnology and analyze the changes in risk areas in the period from 1970 to 2015. It is known that the intense urbanization that took place in the cities in recent decades resulted in sealed soil, removal of native vegetation, …
-
Epidemiologie und Risikofaktoren von Methicillin-resistenten-Staphylococcus-aureus (MRSA) kolonisierten oder infizierten stationären Patienten des Universitätsklinikum Aachen im Jahre 2003 : eine deskriptive Studie
… trend. During 2003, epidemiological data and risk factors were collected from MRSA-positive patients at the University Hospital Aachen, with the aim of enabling earlier detection and isolation of patients to reduce the number of nosocomial transmissions. Additionally, half of the patient …
-
HUMAN PREDATION RISK AND ELK BEHAVIOR IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES
… behavior across four human predation risk levels in western Montana. We collected 361behavioral observations across this predation risk gradient from October 2008 to March 2009. Vigilance was highest in highest predation risk areas and lowest in lowest risk areas. Vigilance and …
-
HUMAN PREDATION RISK AND ELK BEHAVIOR IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES
… behavior across four human predation risk levels in western Montana. We collected 361behavioral observations across this predation risk gradient from October 2008 to March 2009. Vigilance was highest in highest predation risk areas and lowest in lowest risk areas. Vigilance and …
-
Automatic Segmentation of Pressure Images Acquired in a Clinical Setting
… segmenting a patient's body into high-risk areas can greatly improve the ability of researchers and clinicians to understand how pressure ulcers develop in a hospital environment. This project has developed automated computational methods and algorithms to analyze pressure images …
-
Integrating Spatial and Temporal Methods Into Surveillance for Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli (Stec) O157:H7 in Illinois
… cases from late spring to early fall annually. Areas of decreased risk were found in the southern third of the state and the most urban areas surrounding Chicago. Risk factors associated with these high risk areas included increased number of cattle and cattle density. A decreased risk was …
-
Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19 and other Airborne Diseases in office environments using Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling and Machine Learning
… of ANSYS Fluent. It was shown that the resulting risk models were quick and effective at predicting high risk areas using spatial data or predicting regions of high risk over time. Future research will refine this method by creating higher fidelity ML models and investigating a wider range of …
-
Methodology for the Visual Inspection of Selected Engineered Wood Products and Connector Hardware for Prescriptive Non-Compliance at the Pre-Drywall Stage of Residential Construction
… inspection methodology. Definable high risk areas for each EWP and CH were identified and the associated inspection methods may help the inspector reduce the incidence of undetected problem areas. Knowledge of the high-risk areas may also enhance the inspection. The developed software …
-
Percepção de risco em áreas de inundação na cidade de Santa Rita, Paraíba.
… to the construction of natural disaster risks resulting in major impacts on these systems. This paper studies on a regional scale the municipality of Santa Rita in the state of Paraiba and the problems related to flooding in the urban area, dating from the years 1641, caused by the floods …
Page 1 of 6