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Showing 1 to 20 of 301 for “"quantitative method"”.
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A New Quantitative Method for the Taxonomic Identification of Tetrapods
… a new, multivariate, statistically validated method to identify tetrapods based on quantification of the shapes of microstructural features in cortical bone of the postcranial skeleton. The ultimate goal is to reduce the reliance on rare, near-complete fossil skeletons. The method is validated …
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An alternative quantitative method and molecular genetics of amylose in Australian wheats
… optimisation of gel concentration, staining method, elecfrophoretic conditions and starch solubilisation conditions. Laser densitometry was used to quantify the amylose component.
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Value network modeling : a quantitative method for comparing benefit across exploration architectures
… benefit delivered to stakeholders. A numerical methodology for prioritizing paths through this network model is presented, with a view to discovering the most important organizational outputs. I show how value network models can be linked to architecture models to provide decision support to the …
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classCleaner: A Quantitative Method for Validating Peptide Identification in LC-MS/MS Workflows
… peptides from each protein using the available quantitative data. The algorithm is based on the idea that distances between peptides belonging to the same protein are stochastically smaller than those between peptides in different proteins. The method first determines a threshold based on the …
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A voxel-level approach to brain age prediction: A quantitative method to assess regional brain aging
… age prediction research using machine learning methods. Voxel-level predictions can provide localized brain age estimates that can provide granular insights into the regional aging processes. This is essential to understand the differences in aging trajectories in healthy versus diseased …
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Segmentation of the temporal lobe into five components: a novel quantitative method examined in schizophrenic patients and normal controls
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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A NEW QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF REGIONAL RATES OF CEREBRAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS FROM L-[1 −11C]LEUCINE PET IMAGES
… to do it they develop, apply, and refine imaging methods that can be used to quantitatively measure these changes in vivo in all structures of the nervous system in animals and in man. <br/>The role of the Bioengineering group of Padova University in this collaboration is to provide ideas to …
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Analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soil via passive sampling : measuring partition and diffusion coefficients
… sampling has been used as a qualitative and semi-quantitative method in detecting volatile organic compound (VOCs) concentrations in soil vapors or water. Passive sampling for soil vapor takes an absorptive material and places it underground for a period of time to allow the VOCs to diffuse into …
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Quantitative Studies of Intracellular Trafficking of Two Classes of Resident Golgi Apparatus Proteins
… studies also included the development of a quantitative method for analysis of data collected using fluorescent microscopy. The second part of this dissertation presents results pertaining to the quantification of a unique Golgi resident protein that cycles in the late endosome bypass …
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A method for tradespace exploration of systems of systems
… systems engineering considerations and methods beyond those of traditional systems engineering, particularly for SoS concept design. Qualitative and heuristic-based guidance is available in the literature, but there is a need for a method that will allow decision makers to quantitatively …
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Open collaborative system design : a strategic framework with application to synthetic biology
… constraints. Finally, the thesis proposes a quantitative method, based on multidisciplinary modeling and pareto analysis, to design open standards within the context of one of the three strategies. The research is carried out through a pragmatic blend of case studies and quantitative …
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Factors contributing to Malnutrition in Solwezi Urban of North Western Province
… and trying to bring about development.A survey method was used both qualitative and quantitative method. Questionnaires were used to collect data or information from the respondents.The observation of the respondents were analysed in the report with recommendations on how best to improve the …
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The Impact of Organisational Politics on Employee performance in UK Based Organisations
… favourable outcomes of workplace politics. The methodology implemented to carry out the research comprised of the abductive approach and the worldview maintained by the researcher was pragmatism. Using the mixed methods to data collection, both quantitative and qualitative methods were followed …
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Application of Agile Project Management in Kuwait Oil and Gas Capital Projects
… This study applies explanatory sequential mixed-methods. The quantitative method surveys agile best practices and Oil and Gas projects' delay of 106 project management professionals. The quantitative method was followed by qualitative in-depth interviews with eight consultants who worked with …
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An analysis of the capital budgeting sophistication of primary forest products firms in the Eastern United States
… investment decision-making techniques, financing methods and equipment needs of 1,818 sawmills and pallet manufacturers in the Eastern United States were studied. Information was gathered using a mail survey and 581 usable responses were received. It was found that discounted cash flow techniques …
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A Design Space Exploration Process for Large Scale, Multi-Objective Computer Simulations
… are associated with the development of a new method for exploring the relationships between inputs and outputs for large scale computer simulations. Primarily, the proposed design space exploration procedure uses a hierarchical partitioning method to help mitigate the curse of dimensionality …
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Health risk effect of indoor air quality index at adaptive reused museum in Malaysia
… in Malaysia. In this study, the mixed-mode method was used to fulfil the objectives of the study by using a qualitative method and quantitative method. For qualitative method, there is only one data collection technique involve in this study which is a walkthrough inspection (observation …
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Model based capability assessment
… structures, and proposes a CMMI like generalized quantitative method by which to assess the readiness of a government acquisition office for model-based acquisition.
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Determinants of home based care services provision for the people living with HIV/AIDS: A case study of Hope ('Tumaini') Home Based Care Programme in Tanzania
… influence the provision of HBC services and a quantitative method of data collection and analysis was used. A sample of 8 civil society organisations out of 23 carrying out HBC activities under 'Hope' HBC program were selected, representing organizations from rural and peri urban areas.
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Beyond Rocking the Vote: An Analysis of Rhetoric Designed to Motivate Young Voters
… of young nonvoters. This thesis applies a mixed method approach, utilizing both rhetorical criticism and quantitative method. The results of both analyses are integrated into a discussion which critiques current strategies of addressing the youth voter turnout problem and offers suggestions for …
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