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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Screening procedures"”.
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Robust Feature Screening Procedures for Mixed Type of Data
… Fan and Lv (2008) proposed a variable screening procedure via correlation learning to reduce dimensionality in sparse ultra-high dimensional models. Since then many authors further developed the procedure and applied to various statistical models. However, they all focused on single …
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Process development for co-digestion of toxic effluents : development of screening procedures
Submitted in partial fulfilment of academic requirements for the degree of Masters of Technology: Chemical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2009.
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Evaluating the Aural/Oral Skills of Children Identified by the Slingerland Pre-Reading Screening Procedures
… before a child has experienced failure. This screening device was designed to "show modality weaknesses that call for specific instruction to prevent early failare" (Slingerland, 1977). All of the subtests from the Pre-Reading Screening Procedures are cross-modality tasks because the testing …
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Invertebrate glycoprotein-induced inflammation in rats
… states becomes available, more meaningful screening procedures for anti-inflammatory drugs will certainly be devised. Two preliminary studies have been published.
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A method for developing a criterion for combat performance of naval aviators
Current Naval aviator selection and screening procedures are based on the individual's statistical probability of completing flight training and do not determine the capability of the student to adapt to an operational environment, The resultant failure of some student aviators to complete the …
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An Analysis of Junior High School Performances of Students Admitted Early and Late in the Ellensburg Public Schools
… development and school progress of students. Screening procedures were related to these results. Junior high school performances of students originally admitted to kindergarten or the first grade after reaching normal minimum-age requirements were compared with those of students admitted prior …
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Untersuchungen auf Sekundärstoffproduktion und physiologische Charakterisierung von marinen heterotrophen Bakterien aus dem deutschen Wattenmeer
… To avoid the problems of culture dependent screening procedures, a PCR-based approach was applied, in which bacteria were screened for polyketide synthase-, FADH2-halogenase- and non-ribosomal peptide synthetase genes. Additionally agar diffusion assays were applied to investigate the …
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Papanicolaou (Pap) Test and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test Adherence: Sexual Violence Victims and Fear of Retraumatization
… to participating in preventive cervical cancer screening, the public health community must better understand the factors that affect their decision for getting Pap and HPV tests. Public health must understand the sexual violence victims, a subgroup of women who faced the onset of trauma and …
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Su regimuoju erdvės suvokimu susijusio smegenų aktyvumo dinamikos tyrimas EEG mikrobūsenų metodu /
… in EEG studies and could be used in developing screening procedures for visuospatial impairment.
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Factors predictive of colorectal cancer screening among Muslim men and women from central/middle eastern counters living in North Texas
… attitude, belief, and self-efficacy as well as screening practices of this ethnic group were identified as the foundation for this study. This study measured subjective issues that have direct impact on adherence to the American Cancer Society guidelines in regard to colorectal cancer screening. …
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Dynamic Characterization of Wide Bandgap Devices for Power Electronic System Integration
… of device behavior and facilitate maintenance or screening procedures. Lastly, multi-objective design optimization and lifetime performance evaluation of system-level WBG device integration are applied to demonstrate how dynamic stress insights can be leveraged to optimize overall system …
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Osteometrische Typisierung der Scapula mit Hilfe von EDV-gestützten Verfahren
… descriptive statistics, as well as mathematical screening procedures (discrimination analysis, neural network, cluster analysis). The various methods of analysis have a specific focus point and their own target result respectively. In order to gain a whole overview of the morphological …
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The consistency of the use of the polygraph exam during the selection process among law enforcement agencies
… throughout the United States as part of the screening process to find suitable applicants for employment as police officers. The polygraph exam can be a valuable tool for law enforcement agencies to use in screening applicants, but research has shown that there are questions with regard to …
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Prevalence of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections: a retrospective review of screening data from Desmond Tutu HIV Centre clinical trial cohorts from 2012 to 2017, Cape Town
… reviewed secondary data collected as part of the screening procedures of 6 clinical trials between 2012 and 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. These trials recruited populations of different sexual orientation and gender, mostly key populations at risk of HIV and STI acquisition. Routine screening …
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Variable screening and graphical modeling for ultra-high dimensional longitudinal data
… in the statistical research. And independence screening is a powerful tool to select important variable when there are massive variables. Some commonly used independence screening procedures are based on single replicate data and are not applicable to longitudinal data. This motivates us to …
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The Impact of Breast Cancer Screening on Sleep, Affect, and Immune Functioning
… have been clearly established, the advantages of screening must also be weighed against a potential corresponding negative psychological impact of screening procedures. The purpose of the present study was to further investigate the impact of breast cancer screening on previously unstudied or …
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Performance on the Dementia Rating Scale-2 and deep brain stimulation screening : a retrospective review
… Africa, research on the neuropsychological prescreening criteria would be beneficial when considering DBS candidacy suitability. International and national screening procedures often use the Dementia Rating Scale-2 (DRS-2) global cognitive functioning score as one of the determinants for …
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Development and Characterization of Pre-Clinical Epilepsy Models to Evaluate Potential Anti-Seizure Targets.
… models that are used in anti-epileptic drug screening, and a lack of novel translatable therapeutic targets hamper progress in drug development. In the following projects, we have attempted to address these obstacles. First, we have developed a model for seizure kindling using inhaled …
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Modelling the gastric epithelium for testing of new chemical entities
… surface would prove useful for biopharmaceutical screening of new chemical entities and dosage forms. A successful model should exhibit tight junction formation, maintenance of differentiation and polarity. Conditions for primary culture of guinea-pig gastric mucous epithelial cell monolayers on …
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