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Showing 1 to 20 of 251 for “"field test"”.
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Field test program of the concrete crosstie and fastening system
… concrete crossties and fastening systems, field experimentation was performed at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). This paper focuses on the transfer of vertical and lateral loads through the …
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A field test of computer assisted instruction on fetal alcohol syndrome
… substance abuse and its treatment, pre- and post-test scores which included permissiveness, non-stereotype, treatment intervention, treatment optimism, and non-moralism, and information about the usefulness of the educational information, evaluation of the CAI, and the participants plans to …
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The derivation and validation of a novel field test for youth soccer
… which were used to inform the derivation of a field based testing protocol.
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The Reliability and Validity of the 30-15 Intermittent Field Test with a Ball
… and validity of the 30-15 Intermittent Field Test (30-15IFT) with and without a ball and to determine differences across these two methods in female soccer players. Twenty-four collegiate female soccer players participated in this study (19.46 ± 1.22 years; 167.01 ± 7.23 cm; 60.95 ± 7.84 …
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A Systematic Field Test of Growth and Diffusion Models of Chemical Zoning in Garnet
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T07:10:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7804046.pdf: 4597121 bytes, checksum: 18c7bae8b9cfd45d4e4ce09d000a781b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977
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A Field Test of Three Approaches to Teacher Supervision in Secondary Schools in Guyana
This study received the blessing of the Ministry of Education in Guyana where teacher education is a priority and where teacher supervision and evaluation procedures need to be more effective. Two of the main assumptions of the study were that the pre-service training of teachers is inadequate
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Field Test of a Calcite Dissolution Rate Law: Fort’s Funnel Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park
… karst development. Little work has gone into the field testing of the rate law under natural conditions.</p> <p>This work compared measured dissolution rates measured by a crystal weight loss experiment in Buffalo Creek within Fort’s Funnel Cave, which lies within a pristine, forested catchment of …
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Integrated genetic evaluation of breeding field test traits, competition traits and test status in Icelandic horses
… on breeding values calculated from the breeding field test records. It has been speculated that assessed horses are not a random sample of the population, a situation that would lead to bias in estimated breeding values and retards genetic improvement. The main aim of this thesis was to study …
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Effects of external contingencies on an actively caring behavior: a field test of intrinsic motivation theory
Reward programs and incentive plans are popular methods of increasing desired behaviors in applied settings. Yet, opponents of "carrot and stick" interventions claim these programs are perceived as controlling and as a result are counterproductive to people's intrinsic motivation to emit a desired …
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Design and Field-test of Solar-passive Thermal Refugia for Overwintering Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) in Central Texas
… thermal refuge was designed, produced, and tested in triplicate trials for each of two insulation treatments. The refuge design envisaged a floorless, floating greenhouse with translucent roof and walls. Each unit was made buoyant by a 4? PVC pipe frame attached exteriorly to allow for …
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Field Test of a Bridge Deck with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars as the Top Mat of Reinforcement
… this research project was to perform live load tests on a bridge deck with GFRP reinforcement in the field under service conditions. The strains and deflections in the span reinforced with GFRP in the top mat were recorded under a series of truck crossings, and these were compared to the span …
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Validity and reliability of field test to assess physical fitness related to health in adults. The adult-fit project
… and accurately measured through laboratory tests. However, due to their high cost, the necessity of sophisticated instruments, qualified technicians, and time constraints, their use is limited in population-based studies. Field-based physical fitness tests provide a reasonable alternative …
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Competency-Based Inservice Education for Secondary School Personnel Serving Special Needs Students in Vocational Education: A Formative Field Test Evaluation
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:54:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7709144.pdf: 15110938 bytes, checksum: bd9ccdeb30dd7402930c6bd2fe78bf73 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Controlling a field test electron beam-generated plasma system for the decomposition of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in air streams
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1994.
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The Development, Pilot, and Field Test of the Core HIV/AIDS Knowledge Assessment for Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Counseling-Related Degree Programs
… review for content validation as well as a pilot-test; Phase 3 involved field testing the CHAKA. The field-test involved 343 undergraduate and graduate students at Southern Illinois University. Item response theory (IRT) was used to analyze the data. Before the data were analyzed, they were …
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Validity and reliability of a unique aerobic field test for estimating VO 2 max among basketball players and the differences by gender, ages and relative age effect
… performance most proficiently. Therefore, tests are needed to help coaches to monitor their players and ensure that they have the physiological capacity required for the game. The aim of fitness tests is to assess the condition of athletes in terms of each fitness component, in order to …
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Potential Coal Slurry Toxicity to Laboratory and Field Test Organisms in the Clinch River Watershed and the Ecotoxicological Recovery of Two Remediated Acid Mine Drainage Streams in the Powell River Watershed, Virginia
… evaluated for acute and chronic toxicity using field and laboratory tests. The results of the study suggested that the primary effluent from the coal preparation facility had acute and chronic toxicity; however, the settling pond system utilized at this plant mitigated the impacts of the plant …
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Learning to Field Test in Policing: Using an analysis of completed randomised controlled trials involving the police to develop a grounded theory on the factors contributing to high levels of treatment integrity in Police Field Experiments.
… advocated for randomised controlled trials in testing practice and developing knowledge to support EBP. RCTs are controversial with some scholars who argue that policing is not comparable to medicine and that RCTs are unable to reflect the complexity of the police role and context. Even those …
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