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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Tool development"”.
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Usability Problem Diagnosis tool: Development and Evaluation
… usability problems. This research involves the development and evaluation of the Usability Problem Diagnosis tool, which supports problem diagnosis through analysis and storage in a common database shared between the evaluation and the development team. This tool uses the User Action Framework …
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Strategic Planning Tool Development using Portfolio Decision Analysis
… portfolio decision analysis strategic planning tool was developed for the Facilities Management Office at the University of Arkansas. The tool provides information to support budget allocation decisions based on their Strategic Planning Project List, project attributes (e.g, seat utilization, …
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Balch internet research and analysis tool development case study
… design and best practices in software design and development. I then document the development and deployment of an Open Source and publicly licensed Internet survey system that allows researchers to easily create, deploy, and analyze the results of Internet surveys. The resultant Internet survey …
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A Usability Problem Inspection Tool: Development and Formative Evaluation
… problems. This research involves the development and formative evaluation of the Usability Problem Inspection tool — a cost-effective, structured, flexible usability inspection tool that uses the User Action Framework as an underlying knowledge base. This tool offers focused …
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Real Estate Valuation in Buenos Aires, an Interactive Tool Development
… Buenos Aires, aiming to develop a user-centric tool to assist buyers and investors in making informed decisions. Traditional regression models, while useful, often fail to capture the complex, nonlinear relationships inherent in real estate data. Consequently, we employed advanced machine …
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Inferring system properties from thermodynamic fluctuations : a tool development approach
… are far from equilibrium which require novel tools for unraveling their complex behavior. This thesis focuses on developing a toolbox in order to understand properties of living systems from thermodynamic fluctuations. In the first chapter, I discuss a fluorescence imaging platform which …
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Genetic tool development and metabolic engineering in model and non-model yeasts
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-04-06 without embargo terms
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Tool Development for Studying and Manipulating Peptide-MHC Interactions in a Globally-Representative Manner
… patient populations. In this work, we develop tools to study and manipulate peptide-MHC interactions in a more globally-representative manner. First, we study highly polymorphic class II MHC alleles, utilizing data from high-throughput yeast display screens to train algorithms for antigen …
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Behavioural ecology of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) and conservation tool development in a semi-wild sanctuary
… are becoming an increasingly necessary tool to stem the decline of threatened species globally. The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is a nationally threatened species in Australia. While bilby translocations are expected to contribute to the species’ persistence, the scarcity of …
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Spatiotemporal Control of Actin Cytoskeletal Machinery in Cells: Multivalency Mediated Protein Clustering at the Plasma Membrane and Optogenetic Tool Development
… cellular signaling pathways. While contemporary tools in biology have limited control in space and time, recent developments in optogenetics have demonstrated that light can be used as a general tool to investigate protein function in vivo. Many optogenetic tools, however, indirectly regulate …
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Algorithm and Design Tool Development of Sizing a Stand-Alone Pv/Wt/Electrolyzer/Hydrogen/Fuelcell Power Generation System for Electricity Supply Under Weatherrelated Uncertainty Considerations and Thermo-Fluid Effects
Today, reducing the greenhouse gas emissions and decentralizing the electrical power plantshas become a worldwide target, which, in turns, helps in avoiding causing any damage to the environment and increasing and easing the accessibility to the network, respectively, especially at remote areas. …
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Creating an Online Tool for Assessing the Readiness of Teacher Training Colleges in Developing Countries to Implement the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers: A Design and Development Study
… to improve teaching and learning. Using the tool development type of design and development research, this study translates the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (UNESCO ICT-CFT) into an online survey that is capable of detecting if computer labs of teacher training colleges in …
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Assessing the implementation efficacy of an ecosystem approach to Fisheries management in the South African sardine fishery
… with diverse groups of stakeholders. Various tools within the field of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis provide a formal approach which takes explicit account of multiple criteria, while effectively dealing with risk and uncertainty. A knowledge-based tool was developed in this thesis to …
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Innovative computer aided diagramming
Computer aided diagramming (CAD) tools today are based on the approach of a fixed symbol into which text is fitted. This approach leads to shortfalls in human interfacing and tool development. The inverse view of entering the text and then drawing the symbol around it provides the basis for an …
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Operations improvements through non=value-added step reduction
… improvements, paperwork reduction, planning tool development and safety stock level calculation. From a leadership perspective, this thesis explores the challenges of cross-cultural and second-language change management.
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Management of self-cutting in psychiatric inpatient wards: attitudes of nursing staff and service users
… as a specific form of self-harm. A questionnaire tool was then developed which sought to measure the attitudes of mental health nursing staff and service-users towards the management of self-cutting events in mental health wards. <br/>Methods: Systematic reviews: Three databases were searched …
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Web-tools for streamlining ballroom dance competition management
This thesis presents the design and development of the initial offerings in a potential suite of computer aids for ballroom dance competitions. The suite of tools is known by the name CompinaBox; while the initial module which handles on-line registration for competitions is named SlidingDoors. The …
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Constructing validated clinical tools to enable the development of a new evidence base for personalised nutrition practice in obesity management
… 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 selected stakeholder participants, who …
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