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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"reliability test"”.
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Peak-load transmission pricing for the IEEE reliability test system
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Investigation of performance degradation and test methods for flat-plate solar collectors
… data collected as part of the NBS Durability/Reliability Test Program is presented. The data is analyzed for consistent patterns of performance degradation resulting from prolonged outdoor exposure at low flow rate and stagnation conditions. The analysis includes examination of the effects of …
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Perceptions of Sexual Activity from Staff and Youth in a State Juvenile Facility
… injuries, or death. Using statistical tools and tests such as frequency distributions, Cronbach’s alpha reliability test, and Chi-Square to test for significance, this study found a significant difference in the perceptions of juveniles and staff.
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Developing A Clinical Support Tool of Suboptimal Caregiver Behaviours During Vaccination: Preliminary Validation of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt Inoculation (OUCHI) Tool
… its preliminary psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and validity). The tool was developed and validated by synergizing extensive research experience in vaccination behaviours, clinician expertise in everyday practice, and archival vaccination data (n = 537). Our findings showed interrater …
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Monetary Vs Non-Monetary Rewards: How Different Rewards Influence Employee Motivation in the Manufacturing Sector in the UK
… and SPSS software using descriptive statistics, reliability test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The results show that while monetary rewards remain important in supporting baseline motivation and perceptions of fairness, non-monetary rewards such as recognition, training, …
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Assessing the consistency of the implementation of the Namibian Horticultural Market Share Promotion Scheme under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
… WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. A reliability test was conducted using the SPSS statistical software in order to measure the credibility of the data (scores). In this regard, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was very instrumental in measuring the degree of data consistency. …
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Statistical Scheduling of Economic Dispatch and Energy Reserves of Hybrid Power Systems with High Renewable Energy Penetration
… of the power operating cost. The IEEE 24-bus reliability test system (IEEE-RTS), which is commonly used for evaluating the price stability of power system and reliability, is used as the test bench for verifying and evaluating system performance of the proposed scheduling approach</p>
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The Effectiveness of the precision fluency shaping program controlling stuttering behaviour in adults
This study was done to test the effectiveness of the Precision Fluency Shaping Program in controlling stuttering behaviour in adults. Two sites were chosen, each using the Precision Fluency Shaping Program to treat stuttering. At each clinic, a Speech Patbologist made a random selection of the …
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ADEQUACY AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF NON-UTILITY GENERATION IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
… the future. Evaluation and quantification of the reliability and economic benefits of NUGs is, therefore, an important research area. This thesis investigates the reliability effects and economic benefits of NUGs in generating capacity and composite generation and transmission system studies. A …
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Techniques for Reliability and Robustness in Integrated Electronic and Photonic Systems
Reliability and robustness are key concerns in the development of novel electronic and photonic materials, devices, and systems. This thesis presents statistical and machine learning techniques for reliability analysis of heterogeneously-integrated systems, extraction of variations from photonic …
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The attributes of successful tourism-related entrepreneurs in Mtubatuba Local Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal
… (Spearman’s Correlation, Mann Whitney U test) and multivariate (Reliability test using Cronbach’s Alpha) data analyses yield information to address research objectives. The results indicate that the entrepreneurial attributes that somewhat differentiate successful entrepreneurs from …
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UTILIZATION OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATION IN GENERATING CAPACITY PLANNING
… in the analytical methods used to calculate reliability indices. The models which were developed are applied to the IEEE Reliability Test System (RTS) and a test system (RBS) developed at the University of Saskatchewan. The potential application of Monte Carlo simulation to calculate an …
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Detecting Transient Changes in Gait Using Fractal Scaling of Gait Variability in Conjunction with Gaussian Continuous Wavelet Transform
… analyses (ACF) to assess gait regularity. Reliability was examined using repeated running efforts and intraclass correlation. Proof of concept was determined by examining differences in each variable between various running speeds. Applicability was established by examining gait before and …
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Modelling and control of articulated robotic arm
… project that is an open and closed loop control test and also durability and reliability test. This prototype of the robot arm showed that the operational was successful with the initial open loop error that range from 11.48% till 15.56% to be reduced down to a maximum eror of 1.64%, the robot …
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Reverse engineering of micro light aircraft systems and design
… project that is an open and closed loop control test and also durability and reliability test. This prototype of the robot arm showed that the operational was successful with the initial open loop error that range from 11.48% till 15.56% to be reduced down to a maximum eror of 1.64%, the robot …
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Perception of managerial staff and workers on labour motivation and timing of operation factors in agriculture productivity in Libya
… workers and staff. The results obtained from the reliability test, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and percentages showed that the biggest problem was the follow-up factor followed by�training factor, in addition to the weakness was evident in other factors. Finally, the findings of this study …
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Critical management practices in reducing construction project on-site waste
… questionnaire survey is 67%. After the validity test of the constructs and the reliability test of the questionnaire, data analysis was carried out through a combination of Kruskal-Wallis analysis and Descriptive Mean Ranks analysis by using SPSS version 22. The findings from this study show that …
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A study of the influence of religiosity, materialism and animosity on consumer ethnocentric behaviour
… analysis involving descriptive analysis, scale reliability test,regression analysis, t- test, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and analysis ofstructural models.The study results revealed that religiosity is a strong predictor of consumer ethnocentrism inboth cultures with moderating …
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Optimal allocation of reactive power to mitigate fault delayed voltage recovery
… method will be demonstrated on the IEEE 24-bus reliability test system.
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Tourists’ perceptions of KwaZulu-Natal brand image and brand loyalty
… bivariate analysis (Spearman’s Correlation test, Mann Whitney U test), and Multivariate analysis (Reliability test using Cronbach’s Alpha). The results show that most tourists were satisfied with their visit to KwaZulu-Natal, attached to the destination, and will likely to return to the …
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