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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"monitoring and assessment"”.
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Monitoring and assessment of aqueous/perfluorocarbon fermentation systems
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1989.
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Monitoring and Assessment of Military Installation Land Condition under Training Disturbance using Remote Sensing
… conducted in more than 11.3 million hectares of land (> 5,500 training sites) in the United States (U.S.). These training activities directly and indirectly degrade the land. Land degradation can impede continuous military training. In order to sustain long term training missions and Army combat …
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Monitoring and assessment of macroinvertebrate communities in support of river management in northern Vietnam
… aimed to develop a water quality biological monitoring and assessment based on macro-invertebrates to analyse the status of watercourses and to select sustainable restoration measures in order to support river. The research was carried in the Du river basin in northern Vietnam. Spatial and …
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The Role of Dispositions in Teacher Candidate Education
The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) (formerly NCATE) have stated that teacher preparation programs must enact formal processes for monitoring and assessing the essential knowledge, skills, and …
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The Role of Dispositions in Teacher Candidate Education
The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) (formerly NCATE) have stated that teacher preparation programs must enact formal processes for monitoring and assessing the essential knowledge, skills, and …
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Exploring the effectiveness of a rural income-generating project in Umhlathuze municipality
… to examine the effectiveness of the project, and 14 participants were chosen as a sample to represent the members of the income-generating project’s population. The sample was chosen using non-probability sampling techniques. The study conducted original interviews with the selected …
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Modeling Spatial Distribution and Habitat Associations for Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Missouri River
Monitoring and assessment of the endangered pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus population is essential to the recovery of the species. Movement and distribution of pallid sturgeon is generally documented using radio telemetry methods. However, because of the time and cost involved in tracking …
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Rates of shark depredation of line-caught fish on the Protea Banks, KwaZulu-Natal
… that shark depredation is a concern locally and may distort fishing mortality estimates. Methods involved quantitative data collection by an onboard observer from November 2013 to January 2014. Catch composition data were collected to enable comparisons with the commercial and recreational …
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Distribution, Abundance, and Trophic Ecology of Anguilliform Leptocephali in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
… larval stages, which provides a means of monitoring the population dynamics of these otherwise cryptic and hard to study species. The goals of this study were to: 1) describe the distribution and abundance of anguilliform eel leptocephali across the northern Gulf of Mexico, and 2) examine …
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Age, Growth, Mortality, and the Effects of Trawling on Mortality of the Longspine Porgy, <i>Stenotomus caprinus</i>
… Mexico (GOM). Biological data of length, weight, and abundance have been collected since 1972 on the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) surveys with a variety of GOM species, including Longspine Porgy, using trawl nets during groundfish surveys. In 2010-2011 five Longspine …
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Exploring spatial heterogeneity of CPUE year trend and nonstationarity in fisheries stock assessment, an example based on Atlantic Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis)
… modeling is needed to evaluate the stock status and fisheries management plans to provide robust model and management strategies. Atlantic Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), one important commercial and recreational fish species along the west coast of Atlantic Ocean that was found to be declining in …
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Princess Vlei : what diatoms can tell us about spatial and temporal heterogeneity in an urban wetland
Globally, wetlands are being degraded and destroyed largely as a result of anthropogenic activity. Monitoring and assessment are required to maintain functional ecosystems and the valuable services they provide. Surface sediment cores were taken from 4 points around an urban wetland (Princess Vlei) …
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A CREDIBILITY, RELEVANCE AND LEGITIMACY FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF POTENTIAL END-USERS
… that account for the incorporation of ecological and social issues into decision-making is increasing. A feasible solution to successfully accomplish fast and reliable environmental information is to make use of advanced technologies, such as sampling genetic material shed by organisms into the …
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The application of TQM within small and medium sized construction related organisations
… to probe the application of TQM within Small and Medium Sized UK Construction-Related Organisations, a study was conducted on 63 SMEs; 20 (31.7%) of these reported implementation of TQM on their management system. For this purpose, a monitoring and assessment tool was developed, incorporating …
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Policies And Procedures Perceived By School Leaders To Reduce Truancy In A Public Charter School
… study examined the causes of student truancy and the policies and procedures established by one public charter school to reduce truancy. Eight participants were asked to discuss the policies and procedures of their school, CSS, and how they as school leaders contributed to the success of the …
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The needs of miners: political ethics, mercury abatement, and intervention in artisanal gold mining communities
… to reduce mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM). ASM is the second largest source of anthropogenic global mercury pollution, accounting for roughly 1000tonnes of atmospheric emissions and releases to the environment per annum. The artisanal mining economy …
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Upland grassland agri-environment impacts on invertebrate biodiversity
… abundance linked to agricultural intensification and land-use change have been documented. There has been a widespread lack of environmental monitoring and assessment of agri-environment schemes, with a lack of evidence supporting clear benefits of agri-environment schemes for invertebrate …
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Effects of Stream Order and Data Resolution on Sinuosity Using GIS
This research focuses on estimation and analysis of stream sinuosity using GIS. Fifty-five streams including 13 streams of order 0, 17 streams of order 1, 15 streams of order 2 and 10 streams of order 3 in Virginia were considered. Several GIS datasets from various sources, including the Virginia …
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Ecological patterns, community classification, and a comparison of approaches for predicting biological and habitat reference conditions in New Hampshire streams
… role in many challenges facing both conservation and natural resources management. This dissertation sought to establish minimally-impacted reference conditions for stream biota and habitat in New Hampshire and explore alternative statistical methodologies to predict reference conditions for …
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