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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"scoping study"”.
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Moderator displacers for reducing coolant void reactivity in CANDU reactors: a neutronics scoping study.
When the coolant is voided in a CANDU lattice, the net reactivity change is positive, due primarily to the fact that the coolant and moderator are separated and the coolant volume is much smaller than the moderator volume. The modest loss in moderation occurring when coolant is lost does not offset …
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A Scoping Study to Develop a Computational Fluid Dynamics Based Model to Predict Radiological Materials Packaging Temperatures within a Generic Staging Building
The objective of this work is to perform computational fluid dynamics simulations of a ventilated radiological-material-package staging building to determine the effect of including or excluding a variety of physical effects and computational methods on both the predicted package temperatures and …
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The psychosocial impact of online problem gambling
… multi-method design including a literature-based scoping study, in-depth interviews (n=40), and a comprehensive online survey (n=975) in order to triangulate the data to examine the psychosocial impact and potential addictiveness of internet gambling.
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Pluriversal Fashions: Towards an Anti-Racist Fashion Design Pedagogy
… comprises a two-stage investigation: Part 1, a scoping study of undergraduate fashion design education in the UK and a case study analysing how racialised and gendered differences are currently represented in undergraduate fashion design students’ sketchbook research; Part 2, four case studies …
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Online gaming and addiction: a psychosocial investigation using mixed methods
… for data collection and analysis, an online scoping study, interview study and two questionnaire studies were conducted. The thesis provides a detailed conceptualisation of the psychological processes involved in MMORPG playing. The thesis was directed by previous research into video games, …
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A study of risk management practices in the Nigerian construction industry
… site. In turn, the population for the study was determined using stratified random method of sampling. The units of analysis in this case study are contractual interfaces and organisational structure, of which there can be hundreds in a typical case. After an initial scoping study – the …
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Trends and health economic aspects of service delivery of glaucoma
… undertake the proposed guidelines and a costing study to more accurately ascertain these costs was recommended. Following this study, statistical analysis of 473,252 VFs was undertaken to investigate trends in initial identification and progression rates whilst also narrowing their parameters …
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Landscape Ecology of Chronic Wasting Disease in Virginia, USA
… state of Virginia. In chapter 2, I conducted a scoping study that collected and synthesized decades of CWD research and identified trends with respect to statistical and mathematical modeling methods used, connectivity within the CWD research community, and the geographic areas from which …
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Household Food Insecurity Among Older People in Canada: the Exploration of a Public Health Issue Rendered Invisible
… among older people in Canada. I undertook a scoping study, and characterized this collection of literature by methodological, empirical, and conceptual contributions. Population estimates varied greatly between studies, with an overall emphasis on individual risk and experience, alongside …
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EXPLORING PATIENT SAFETY ISSUES IN MASSAGE THERAPY AND UNDERSTANDING PATIENT SAFETY INCIDENTS (ADVERSE EVENTS)
… is not standardized. The objectives of this study are: 1) To explore MT regulators’ views on patient safety in the practice of MT; 2) To explore taxonomies for describing patient safety incidents (PSIs) or AEs in the published literature and compare to international frameworks and 3) To …
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Innovation of Tourism Mobility Systems in Historic City Centres: The Case of Austria
… in tourist-historic cities in Europe. This study employs the multi-level perspective (MLP) as an analytical tool. This approach enables a holistic analysis of innovation processes within tourism mobility by incorporating both internal and external factors that may influence system change. A …
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Climate change and disease at the human-wildlife interface
… diseases (Chapter 2). This retrospective scoping of the last five years of empirical research identified if, and to what extent, there are biases in the diseases, species, or geographic areas studied within this scientific field. My study revealed both geographic and topical biases within …
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A feminist anthropology of barriers to implementing the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOP)
This study aims to assess barriers within communities and at the community healthcare level that impede delivery of reproductive healthcare rights- in particular it focuses on the South African Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOP), which came into effect in 1996. In their scoping study of …
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Non-Neutron Transmutation of Spent Fuel
This thesis is a scoping study to assess the feasibility of utilizing non-neutron transmutation to target Long-Lived Fission Products (LLFPs), which account for 99% of the long-term radiotoxicity of spent nuclear fuel. With half-lives ranging from 100,000 to 10,000,000 years, LLFPs pose a …
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Cost-Effective retrofit packages for low-middle income residential buildings in Nigeria
… qualitative research methods. A pilot survey and scoping study was conducted between 2017 and 2018, respectively. During which statistical data were obtained from various organisations in Nigeria, as well as semi-structured interviews with various stakeholders. The main survey of this research …
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The role of information in postgraduates' decision-making cycle.
… whilst at university. The aim of this study is to explore the role of information within the individual decision making cycle of international non-EU postgraduate students when selecting a business qualification and studying at university and evolve a decision making cycle model. The …
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Reuse of steel and aluminium without melting
… on materially efficient reuse without melting. A scoping study of current reuse found three opportunities, an examination of which forms the basis of this thesis: reusing components at end of product life; extending the lifespan of products; and reusing manufacturing scrap. The opportunity to …
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Development of optimized core design and analysis methods for high power density BWRs
… low fuel and cladding temperatures. The present study investigates both increases in the heat transfer area between the fuel and coolant and changes in operating parameters to achieve higher power levels while meeting the appropriate thermal as well as materials and neutronic constraints. A …
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Exploring the factors at play to make wastewater biorefineries a reality
… the wastewater biorefinery concept: A scoping study of polyglutamic acid production from a Bacillus-rich mixed culture using municipal waste water” (Verster, et al., 2014) and Water Research Commission (WRC) K5/2380 project titled “Towards Wastewater Biorefineries: integrated bioreactor …