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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"measuring instruments"”.
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Designing wave-measuring instruments
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1994.
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Uncertainty analysis of acoustic flow measuring instruments for characterization of high energetic river flow
… The uncertainty analysis applies to acoustic instruments deployed from a stationary platform, a moving vessel, or alternatively, suspended in the water column via a cabling system in energetic river flows, which are typical configurations required by this industry. A methodology to conduct …
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Tratamento da informação: uma proposta metodológica para o ensino de tabelas e gráficos.
… as well as the difficulties in handling the measuring instruments - ruler, compass and protractor. After the intervention found that the subjects have evolved regarding the relationship of reading and interpreting the data presented in tables and graphs and handling of measuring instruments.
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Political participation and involvement: a study in concept construction and measurement
… the concept meant. It was decided to test the measuring instruments used in the major works in the participation field in order to come up with more precise working definitions for Political Participation and Involvement. The measuring instruments were compiled and tested on a sample of adults …
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An examination of some experimental methods of comparing intensities of spectrum lines
… and photo-resistive cells as the measuring instruments. The performance of each of these detectors was assessed by using them, in turn, to determine the intensity ratios of the components of a particular mercury triplet.
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On the Challenges of Measurement in the Human Sciences
… say, widely used depression questionnaires valid measuring instruments? Can we trust self-reported happiness scales to deliver quantitative measurements as it is sometimes claimed? These and related questions are till today hotly disputed. There are two main frameworks under which human …
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The Application of Gage R&R Analysis in s Six Sigma Case of Improving and Optimizing an Automotive Die Casting Product’s Measurement System
… measurement systems with accurate and automated measuring instruments are sought by automotive companies and suppliers. However, the problematic measuring instruments with unreliable accuracy and stability lead to erroneous measurements and wrong quality decisions that cause manufacturers huge …
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The career anchors, job involvement and job satisfaction of professional people
… assessment of the psychometric properties of the measuring instruments for a South African sample, and comparisons among the 14 professional groups sampled on each of the dependent variables.
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Converging Elements in the Development of Late Seventeenth-Century Disciplinary Astronomy: Instrumentation, Education, and the Hevelius-Hooke Controversy
… factors including the deployment of new instruments, the mathematical and astronomical education of practitioners, the gradual assimilation of new ideas, and the rise of scientific societies and networks. More specifically, I argue that the 1670's controversy between Johannes Hevelius and …
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Die aard en impak van psigologiese geweld op sekondêreskool-onderwysers : riglyne vir ondersteuning
… and the impact thereof on their health. Two measuring instruments were used in this study to collect the quantitative data, namely the Revised Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ-R) and the Symptoms Checklist. Both these measuring instruments were distributed amongst 727 secondary school …
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A psychometric investigation of the personality traits of a group of migraine sufferers
… differences and differences in the nature of the measuring instruments. The results are also interpreted in terms of recent re-evaluations of concepts in psychosomatic medicine and migraine research. Two alternative approaches are suggested for future research. It is suggested that researchers …
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Resilience in bereaved Zulu families
… as well as for a refinement or adaptation of the measuring instruments that were herein used.
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The role of personality factors in the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being
… With Life Scale and Affectometer 2, were used as measuring instruments in this study. The literature shows that both personality and emotional intelligence predict psychological well-being (Premuzic, Bennet & Furnham, 2007; Van der Berg & Pitauriu, 2005; DeNeve & Cooper, 1998; Vitterso, 2001 ). …
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Calibration of EDMI and recommendations for a base line network in Virginia
… instrumental errors exist in electronic distance measuring instruments (EDMI): 1) scale error, 2) constant offset error, and 3) cyclic error. The potential magnitude of these errors requires that each EDMI should be calibrated for all three errors. The calibration constants of EDMI may be …
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Locus of control and the preference for directive or nondirective therapeutic techniques in a military personnel population
… 500 enlisted personnel and 600 officers. Two measuring instruments were used: Rotter's (1966) Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and Clum's (1981) Psychotherapy Preference Questionnaire. Several hypotheses were tested. Significant results were obtained in the hypotheses addressing the …
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A critical evaluation of the use of the Orleans Geometry Prognosis Test in the Lodi Union High School
… use in conjunction with two other standardized measuring instruments would yield better prediction results. The additional prediction tests were two subtests of the Differential Aptitude Test battery, the test of Numerical Ability and the test of Abstract Reasoning. The criterion of success used …
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Thermal detection in the long wave infrared and very long wave infrared regions
Thermal detection has made extensive progress in the last 40 years, however, the speed and detectivity remain insufficient for certain applications. The advancement of microphotonic resonators has brought interest of their use as detection devices due to their small size and high quality factors. …
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Three-dimensional measuring methods: a review of the technology and the development of a method for measuring the human body
… used to describe the body are dependent upon the measuring instruments used. Traditionally, the body has been measured with a tape measure, calipers and, an anthropometer. These instruments, however, provide only two-dimensional measurements. Two-dimensional measurements specify a magnitude of the …
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Wechselstromuntersuchung an Rohmilch mit dem Ziel der Zellzahlbestimmung
… conductivity, for what simple conductivity measuring instruments are suitable.
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