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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Standardised data"”.
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Examining the individual and collaborative use of standardised data by primary teachers in Northern Ireland and exploring teachers’ knowledge, confidence and attitudes in relation to the use of standardised data to improve pedagogy
… increased emphasis on teachers’ application of standardised data to support educational improvement reflects the wider movement towards evidence-based policy and practice, both in education and other fields. At the heart of these data-related reform measures lies the assumption that standardised …
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Freshwater fish in the Waikato region : an evaluation of novel standardised data and drivers of fish distribution and abundance : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Ecology at Massey University Manawatū, New Zealand
… in New Zealand have used small or inconsistent datasets which limit analyses to presence/absence type assessments and can make even those analyses inaccurate. Using a novel dataset that was collected using a consistent set of sampling protocols collected by Waikato Regional Council (WRC) staff …
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A Semantic Complex Event Processing Framework for Internet of Things Applications. Towards Detecting Complex Events in Stream Processing
… (IoT) has led to an overwhelming volume of data generated by interconnected devices. Effectively extracting valuable insights from this data in real-time is crucial for informed decision-making and optimizing IoT applications. This research explores the integration of traditional complex …
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The availability and perceived knowledge of use of airway management devices in emergency centres at referral hospitals in Namibia
… centres of referral hospitals in Namibia. Data regarding the availability of airway devices were collected on a standardised data sheet by means of a site inspection. A questionnaire was also distributed to emergency centre doctors to assess their perceived knowledge of use of airway …
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Investigating the role of routine drug analyses in survivors of sexual offences admitted to the clinical forensic unit at Victoria Hospital
… by the attending medical practitioner using a standardised data collection sheet. Results: Majority of the participants reported to the clinic within 24 hours after the alleged offence (64.7%). Several participants reported consuming alcohol (64.7%), medicinal drugs (23.5%), or recreational …
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The Role of Forensic Science in Identifying Missing Migrants in Europe
… civil society and policing. Findings from the data demonstrate that migrants are less likely to be identified than other groups of the dead or missing for a number of reasons relating to the scientific methods being used and the political and social climate. There is also some ambiguity about …
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Digital Chemical Engineering Across Scales and Domains: Case studies in electrochemistry, automated labs, and reticular materials
… that connects modelling, automation, and data integration across scales and domains to accelerate research and enable chemical innovation. Representative case studies in electrochemistry, laboratory automation, and reticular materials were selected for their relevance to key challenges in …
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The long and winding road to reflexology: A post-structural narrative inquiry
… as a spectre in healthcare. Recommendations: A standardised data collection tool could be developed to replace the use of many varied questionnaires within the research on reflexology and the numerous reflexology associations could try again, to converge and adopt one collective organisation. …
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Habitat and population structure of the Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico
… cover from 2016 to 2019, providing detailed data on shape and size variation in response to fluctuations in annual precipitation. A citizen science project was also designed for long-term monitoring of aguadas using standardised data entry forms and information uploaded through a mobile app …
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The profile of breast cancer among patients attending a Breast Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
… at diagnosis. There is a gap in terms of recent data on the profile of breast cancer patients in SA. The purpose of the study was to obtain recent data with regards to the sociodemographic, clinical and risk factor profile of breast cancer in patients who presented at a Breast Clinic linked to a …
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Biomolecular condensation of intrinsically disordered regions in P. falciparum and H. sapiens transcription factors
… During the course of this work, we established a standardised data acquisition, analysis and visualisation pipeline for fluorescence microscopy images. Bioinformatic analysis uncovered unique sequence characteristics of the P. falciparum RPB1 C-terminal domain (PfRPB1-CTD) that suggest a …
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Constructing validated clinical tools to enable the development of a new evidence base for personalised nutrition practice in obesity management
… on evaluating, constructing and integrating standardised clinical data-collection tools for obesity management in personalised nutrition practice. A mixed methods research design including surveys and interviews was used. A collaborative Delphi survey method was undertaken with purposefully …
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Genomics & Gastroenteritis - A Journey in Applied Epidemiology
… for peer-review and publication. I completed a data analysis project which examined the genomic diversity of Salmonella Typhimurium in Victoria between 2018-2020, to inform the implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a tool for routine surveillance. As an outcome of this work, I was …
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Genomics & Gastroenteritis - A Journey in Applied Epidemiology
… for peer-review and publication. I completed a data analysis project which examined the genomic diversity of Salmonella Typhimurium in Victoria between 2018-2020, to inform the implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a tool for routine surveillance. As an outcome of this work, I was …
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Evaluation of the utility of specific CXR features for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in young children using multiple readers
… reported the resultant CXR images using a standardised data collection tick sheet, on which the specific anatomical sites and signs of pathology consistent with pulmonary TB were recorded. The first 200 original data collection tick sheets were sampled and recorded in a pre-compiled data …
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The effect of stimulus threat on experimentally induced secondary hyperalgesia
… laboratories to maximise the identification of data reporting the experimental manipulation of experimentally induced secondary hyperalgesia in humans. Studies were only included if they were published and in-press or accepted records for which the title, abstract, and full-text versions were …
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The effectiveness of Ayurvedic oil based nasal instillation (Nasya) medicines in the treatment of facial paralysis (Ardita)
… searches were undertaken across all relevant databases. Thirdly, reference lists of identified thesis and articles were searched for additional studies. Universities and website operators related to Ayurvedic research in India were contacted, including the National Institute of Ayurveda for …
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The Cape Town Violence and Injury Observatory (VIO) Validity and utility of data sources for a prevention-oriented VIO in urban Cape Town, South Africa
… quantified by the addition of violence-related data from health services to violence data reported to the police. This thesis describes the conceptualisation, development and implementation of a violence and injury observatory for the routine collection of violence-related data for the City of …