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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"protocol study"”.
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The impact of CAAD on design methodology and visual thinking in architectural education.
… programs as a design tool. On the contrary, this study argues that the continued primacy of traditional tools as the predominant conceptual tools needs more evidence in the contemporary design practices. That is to say, the relative importance of CAAD alongside other media, such as sketching, …
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Exploring the Lived Experiences of Junior U.S. Air Force Military Members: A Phenomenological Journey of Morale
This Dissertation in Practice is a qualitative study of junior military members’ morale and its effect on work satisfaction, work effectiveness, resiliency, and the potential to offset the stress of serving in the United States military. The research question answered in this study was: How do …
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Design guidelines for manufacturability
… were developed using a retrospective case study. - Collection concepts were developed with observational studies. - Storage approaches were developed using advanced composite guidelines. - A link-based retrieval technique was validated with a mechanical design protocol study. - Collection, …
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Tackling the ‘right’ problem: Investigating cognitive strategies used in understanding design problems
… making shifts in design decisions. The first study focused on problem exploration strategies used by engineering and design practitioners through a content analysis of problem statements from web-based design competitions calling for novel solutions. The analysis resulted in an initial set of …
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Exploring the impact of lifestyle and physical fitness on childhood overweight and obesity prevention in schoolchildren: a quasi-experimental study assessing the effectiveness of a multimodal intervention in the province of Cádiz. The PREVIENE-CÁDIZ Study
… This International Doctoral Thesis aims to study the efficacy of a comprehensive intervention encompassing individual, school, and community-based approaches aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and enhancing physical fitness to prevent overweight and obesity among 8 to 9-year-old …
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Energy aware network coding in wireless networks
… star network, we propose a simple network layer protocol, study the mean energy to complete uploads of given packets from the nodes to the BS using a Markov chain model, and show through numerical examples that when reception energy is taken into account, the incorporation of network coding …
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The impact of world Englishes on language assessment: rater attitude, rating behavior, and challenges
… in language proficiency assessments, this study responds to a call by researchers for developing greater social responsibility in the language testing agenda. As inquiries into language attitude and psychology indicate, there is an underlying uncertainty pertaining to the validity of test …
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Developing a Digital Sustainability Framework for Interior Construction Projects: A Stakeholder-Centred Digital Platform for Sustainable Decision-Making and Biophilic Integration
… well-being using a controlled VR evaluation protocol. Study 1 comprised a digital workshop with thirty-two participants using a mixed-methods pre–post evaluation design using pre- and post-session surveys, end-session evaluations, and observational data. Ten key items assessing perceptions of …
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Analysis of reliability and validity of critical power testing in the field
… to the laboratory. The conventional laboratory protocol commonly requires multi-day time-to-exhaustion tests. The thesis below addresses whether CP can a) be determined without multi-day exhaustive trials and b) be determined in the field. Studies compared the findings of conventional laboratory …
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Traditional Chinese medicine tongue inspection : development and evaluation of a standardised inspection tool
… when observing tongue characteristics. This study suggested that IRR could be improved by developing operational definitions for the different tongue characteristics and a standardised protocol for observing the tongue. To this end this thesis documents the development and evaluation of a …