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Showing 1 to 20 of 296 for “"plausibility"”.
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The effect of self-generated information on the plausibility of unlikely autobiographical events
Plausibility of unlikely events was investigated using a pre-test and post-test of the Life Events Inventory (Garry, et al, 1996). Students (N = 55) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas completed two sessions, including a plausibility scenario phase in which they were asked to describe four …
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Use of plausibility information and structural preference in resolving sentence ambiguity in Korean
… such as syntactic preference and semantic plausibility, were employed in reading comprehension by three groups of Korean speakers with different L1 backgrounds: native speakers of Korean (NSs), heritage speakers of Korean (HSs), and adult second-language (L2) learners of Korean (K2s). HSs …
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The unified plausibility parser : how story-understanding systems can read stories written for humans
… I designed and implemented in Java the Unified Plausibility Parser (UPP), a tool whose goal is to interpret complex and ungrammatical sentences and translate them to a language that Genesis can understand. UPP has access to Genesis's knowledge base, and it uses it to develop expectations about …
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An analysis of patch plausibility and correctness for generate-and-validate patch generation systems
We analyze reported patches for three existing generate-and-validate patch generation systems (GenProg, RSRepair, and AE). The basic principle behind generate-and-validate systems is to accept only plausible patches that produce correct outputs for all inputs in the test suite used to validate the …
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Psychosocial and Behavioral Predictors of Energy Intake Plausibility and Weight Loss in Overweight Perimenopausal Women
… associated with and predictive of energy intake plausibility (under or overreported energy intake), and 2) extend previous research in a sub-sample of this study population of baseline short-term weight loss predictors to evaluate within the full sample whether baseline psychosocial, behavioral …
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Conception and Implementation of a Pharmacogenomic Plausibility Check: Integrating Molecular Data to Optimize Established Drug Therapy Safety Workflows
… interactions enables the use of such data for a plausibility check during the prescribing process, thereby enhancing the safety of drug therapy. By conducting a pre-emptive test of the genotype of relevant enzymes, the result can be incorporated into the patient profile in advance, in a manner …
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An Evaluation of Sensor Technology Reliability and Plausibility of its use in Private Care Homes for Incontinence Management
Some people with experience of dementia, who may lack the cognitive function to respond to incontinence, may need more frequent care from carers, and in some cases this can be described as the carer’s ‘burden’. Although there have been numerous studies that have addressed the management of …
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In the Right (Wrong?) Place at the Right Time: A Plausibility Probe of Ziad Munson's Process of Mobilisation, with Violent and Non-violent Evidence.
This paper is a plausibility probe of Ziad Munson’s theory of activist mobilisation, testing its relevance first to non-violent activist mobilisation and then to mobilisation into terroristic violence. As well, a case study of the Canadian terrorist group “Direct Action” is presented. Using both …
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Evaluating the plausibility of the method of using both the civil registration and census data in estimating adult mortality at district level in South Africa, circa 2011
The challenge in estimating mortality, both at national and sub-national levels, in developing countries such as South Africa is that neither of the death data sources (vital registration and census) are one hundred percent complete, that is, vital registration data is prone to incompleteness and …
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The reanalysis and interpretation of garden-path sentences by native speakers and second language learners
This dissertation examines factors (verb bias and plausibility) that influence reanalysis processes in native and non-native processing of English and Mandarin garden-path sentences (Chapters 2 and 3) and the relationship between the amount of reanalysis and final interpretation of such sentences …
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Characterizing the performance of footballs
… measures like the coefficient of lift. The plausibility for such a parameter was established by creating a mathematical model describing the flight path and simulating results when aerodynamic parameters vary. Additionally, this study establishes the plausibility of creating a low cost …
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Perception and Nonconceptual Apprehension
… The problem arises from the independent plausibility but mutual inconsistency of the following theses: * Some perceptions provide us reasons * Only belief-like states provide us reasons * No perception is belief-like I argue that this problem is deeper than has been acknowledged. Simply …
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Investigation of In-Situ Stresses in Rocks via Acoustic Emission and the Kaiser Effect.
… authors own experimentation to investigate the plausibility of AE and the Kaiser Effect for in‐situ stress determination. The final goal of the design is to investigate the uniaxial compression induced AE and the Kaiser Effect in rock to determine the fundamental process of the Kaiser Effect. …
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The Link Between Fixation Location and Attention During Reading: Its Extent and Nature
… of 5- compared to 3-letters. Higher-level plausibility preview effects were explored in Experiments 4-6, again using a gaze contingent display change technique. In Experiment 4 word n+1 received either an identical preview, a different but plausible one, or an anomalous, or nonword preview. …
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Sacred Norms and Their Effect on Decision-Making: A Case Study of Riverside Elementary School District 96 During the Time Span, 1981-1991
This research study was designed to determine the plausibility of sacred norms of operation of a Board of Education. Specifically, the study focused on the influence of sacred norms on the decision making process. A sacred norm was defined as an activity or behavior which was not subject to change. …
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A formative evaluation of the theory, process, and outcomes of the Earthchild Project
… with programme stakeholders. The logic and plausibility of the resulting theory was assessed and compared to social scientific literature to reveal programme weaknesses and areas of possible improvement.
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Can youth employment programmes work? A programme theory evaluation of the work and skills placement programme
… companies were described and then assessed for plausibility by comparing stakeholders' views to evidence in the YEP literature. The results indicated that while the programme included several best practice features, the current WSP programme may work to improve youth's employability but is not …
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