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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Subjective Evaluations"”.
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Performance measures and subjective evaluations for two color displays
… study investigated the task performance and subjective preference for two color displays with differing image generation technologies, the standard cathode ray tube shadow mask (CRT) display and the newer liquid crystal/cathode ray tube (LC/CRT) display. Six subjects performed three different …
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Responses to terrorism scenarios: Event features, individual characteristics, and subjective evaluations
… for the effects of event features as well as subjective evaluations on responses to terrorism events. The second purpose of this dissertation was to compare reactions to past and future terrorism scenarios.</p><p>A series of actual and hypothetical written scenarios were presented to …
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A Critical Analysis of Objective Measures and Subjective Evaluations on Aselect Group of School Counselor Candidates
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Women's of healthy and reproductive age reaction to affective images: researches on subjective evaluations, central and autonomic nervous system /
… cycle phase is a significant factor for the subjective rating of affective images. Unpleasant images are more arousing than pleasant for women in the luteal phase. The correlation analysis confirms that women sensitivity to pleasant and unpleasant stimuli in luteal phase could be influenced …
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Examining the relationship between performance measures and user evaluations in a transfer of training paradigm
User evaluations which generate detailed information can identify problematic aspects of software interfaces. In a preliminary study (Coleman, Wixon, and Williges, 1984), a methodology was developed for the systematic collection of detailed subjective evaluations of software interfaces. This …
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Problems with award-fee contracts in the Department of Defense
… there are times when only an incentive based on subjective criteria will achieve the desired objectives. However, subjective evaluations may raise concerns that some award fees are paid but not earned. Lack of DoD acquisition workforce training and experience in utilizing award fee type …
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Objective Predictor metric of Annoyance for Hydraulic Engine Mount Cavitation
… to quantify how much of the noise is too much. Subjective evaluations alone are not enough due to variability from engineer to engineer. An objective way needed to be developed in order to evaluate the cavitation noise. To address this issue, an objective predictor metric of annoyance was …
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Klient a jeho cesta terapeutickým kontinuem služeb - rozšířená kazuistika
… path through the therapeutic continuum. Client's subjective evaluation of their actual path through services gives us option to look at the issue of matching, from another angle. Matching or matching needs with the appropriate type of care for an individual client is a current issue, not only in …
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Amartya Sen's capability approach to equality : is it capable of accommodating human diversity?
… (Rawls) or by relying solely on the accuracy of subjective evaluations of our conditions (utilitarianism), Sen proposed that we should instead focus on what people could succeed at doing and being with the commodities at their disposal. To this end, he recommended a framework which evaluated …
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Contextualising user interfaces for complex systems
… performance advantages in both objective and subjective evaluations. In addition, the experiments show that contextualization is affected by factors such as the personality of the user. The interaction of the various components of the model of contextualization is discussed and proposals for …
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Expressive Modulation of Neutral Visual Speech
… expressive styles into their component parts. Subjective evaluations show that viewers can reliably identify the expressive style generated using our approach, and that they have difficulty in identifying transformed animated expressive speech from the equivalent ground-truth.
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An approach to considering uncertainty in developing long-term, least-cost wood procurement policies
… right hand side). To implement this approach, subjective evaluations were made, regarding the amount of uncertainty associated with the values in question. This approach was applied to a wood procurement problem which had been previously solved as deterministic. The previous problem was a case …
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Essays on the Economics of High School-to-College Transition Programs and Teacher Effectiveness
… power of value-added performance data and subjective evaluations (made by mentors or hiring committees) on teachers' future performance as measured by students' achievement gains.
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The Effects of Epidural Deracoxib on the Ground Reaction Forces in an Acute Stifle Synovitis Model
… vehicle for deracoxib was used). Force plate and subjective evaluations were performed at Time 0, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 hours post treatment. A repeated measures ANOVA with Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons was used to determine treatment effects. Results: Overall, peak vertical force (PVF) …
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Disgust Sensitivity, Sexual Trauma History, and Female Sexual Functioning
… of sexual trauma was associated with negative subjective evaluations about sex, but not with the physiological components of sexual functioning. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.</p>
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Application of dynamic graphics techniques to the appraisal of domestic activity spaces.
… is presented. On the basis of comparison between subjective evaluations of a real activity space situation and a computer appraisal, the model is validated. The system provides the architect/designer with a novel and flexible design and appraisal technique, which increases the speed and more …
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The nature and significance of bride wealth among the South African Bantu
… observations are vitiated by prejudice and such subjective evaluations as: "The individual woman is less than a human being, she is merely a channel through which the children are delivered to the purchaser. It is truly not woman purchase, it is a wholesale transaction in child-life.", and the …
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An ethnographic study of the well-being of elderly people in a matrilineal society in Malawi, Africa
… societal change. Well-being was defined as the subjective evaluations of personal life experiences in terms of health and functional status and access to resources (George & Bearon, 1980). A theoretical framework that combined symbolic interaction, social exchange and modernization theories was …
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A Study of Computer Modeling Techniques to Predict the Response of Floor Systems Due to Walking
… The peak accelerations are also compared to subjective evaluations as to the acceptability of the system. Next, multiple systems were analyzed using five different modeling techniques, including the Design Guide Method, an alteration of the Design Guide Method, the Rayleigh Method, the …
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Obsessive Compulsive Self-Syntonicity of Symptoms Scale: Development, Reliability and Validity
… correlated with symptom severity, symptom type, subjective evaluations of treatment experiences, willingness to participate in treatment, avoidance, work and social adjustment, and stage of change. Regression analyses indicated the OCSSSS significantly predicts stage of change, controlling for …
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