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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Structural Interventions"”.
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Quality Control Recommendations for Structural Interventions on Historic Properties
… recommendations for controlling quality in structural interventions on historic properties. Recognizing that establishing quality in the early stages of an intervention can set the standard of quality for an entire project, these recommendations are for the first phase of an intervention, …
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Hydromorphological evolution of a restored river; a case study in the Upper River Eden catchment
… has undergone a shift in approach from structural interventions controlling unwanted erosion to river naturalisation and the “re-meandering” of channels back to an historic planform. This is driven by acknowledgement of rivers as dynamic systems that, through restoring erosional and …
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Structural analysis and assessment of Guastavino vaulting
… on their analysis and assessment. Structural analyses of two specific geometries - domes and barrel vaults - are carried out with equilibrium and elastic methods to determine how well each assesses the safety of Guastavino shells. Results show that stresses are relatively low in …
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Sexual behaviours among a cohort of street-involved youth in Vancouver
… (STIs); however, the role that environmental and structural factors play in driving disease transmission risk among this population has not been thoroughly examined. Methods: The At Risk Youth Study (ARYS) is a prospective cohort of homeless and street-involved youth between the ages of 14 and 26. …
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The way we see it: an analysis of economically disadvantaged young people's experiences and perceptions of social and economic health in their semi-rural community
… regional inequalities to be addressed through structural interventions and investment in long term community-based education that is integrated with local economic development initiatives. Furthermore, this research calls attention to how research agendas and procedures can actually reinforce …
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Adolescent girls and young womens' perspectives of how their lives were impacted by participating in a combination HIV-prevention intervention in South Africa: a qualitative study
… efforts, including biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions. Given the urgent need to identify strategies that effectively reduce HIV risk among AGYW, it is crucial to understand how best to maximize the impact of combination HIV prevention interventions. This qualitative study …
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TUNING AND TESTING DEVELOPING NEURAL NETWORKS
… This dissertation investigates how different interventions — global, local, and spatiotemporally localized — alter neural network dynamics, primarily using calcium as a unifying readout. Specifically, by manipulating the structural, oxidative, and electrophysiological pathways, this work …
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Designing for a new "ZIP code destiny"
… how these mirrors might combine with other structural interventions (like policy change) to fuel designs for a new ZIP code destiny.
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Sustainability of the Enrich Project: A Multi-Case Study
<p>This study was multiple case study of four of the RCHs that were part of the original intervention group in the ENRICH project. The time frame is the seven year period from the initiation of the ENRICH project's baseline data collection in June 2004 through March of 2011. This includes the three …
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ART adherence trajectories and correlates of treatment outcomes among adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
… trajectories, and the impact of psychosocial and structural provisions on long-term HIV treatment outcomes among ALHIV in South Africa. Methods: This PhD is an analysis of a three-wave longitudinal cohort study of 1046 ALHIV and 473 HIV-negative peers aged 10-19 years at baseline, in the Eastern …
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Network-Level Structural Condition Data for Sustainable Pavement Asset Management
… of pavements, they do not directly capture the structural capacity that influences long-term performance. As a result, agencies risk selecting treatments that are either insufficient for addressing underlying structural deficiencies or unnecessarily conservative, leading to inefficient …