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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"sensitivity test"”.
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Determination of the antimicrobial properties of Withania somnifera and Xysmalobium undulatum plant tinctures in terms of the disc diffusion assay and the agar dilution sensitivity test
Thesis (Masters in Technology: Homoeopathy), Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2003.
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How to utilize hedging and a fuel surcharge program to stabilize the cost of fuel
… practices of hedging and fuel surcharges, a sensitivity test of a fuel surcharge matrix to find its appropriate usage, and a simulation to provide guidance as to the appropriate strategy for hedging. Lessons learned from the survey flowed into the sensitivity testing and simulation. These …
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The development and application of a state activity allocation model
… The model has been calibrated and subjected to a sensitivity testing procedure for a 141 zone system in Connecticut. The results of the calibration and sensitivity test indicate that the SAAM may be useful in evaluating the impact of alternative transportation and land use policies at the state …
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A Macroscopic Validation of the Evacuation Simulation Prediction Tool on Highway Travel Times
… purpose of this applied research study was to test the sensitivity of the Evacuation Simulation Prediction (ESP) tool in predicting travel time during high volume traffic periods. The discrete event-based simulation tool was designed to aid local evacuation planning contingencies. Research of …
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Priming Effects and Gender-Based Performance Expectations: Expanding the Informational Structure of the Interaction
… partner, completed a standardized contrast sensitivity test. The two phases were ostensibly unrelated from the participants’ point of view. The results provide new insights into the processes by which status cues present within the social environment impinge upon interaction in mixed-sex …
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Optimizing Memory-Resident Decision Support System Workloads for Cache Memories
… provide improvement at no additional cost. A sensitivity test showed that the improvement provided by the proposed optimizations is independent of changes to the cache configuration like cache size, line size, and miss penalty. Finally, the prefetching optimization doubles the performance …
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Próteses odontológicas associadas a Nanopartículas de Prata biogênicas: caracterização e atividade antimicrobiana
… of the Nanoparticle, performance, sensitivity test to bacteria, thermal cycling, and contact test were proven. Modified direct, color evaluation through spectrophotometry testing and roughness testing. Results: The resins that received nanoparticles in the total mass did not show …
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Evaluating the 3D EnKF - VAR Hybrid Data Assimilation in GSI for Surface and Upper Level Analyses
… results for the upper atmosphere. A brief sensitivity test on the vertical localization showed little impact on the upper-level analysis. Lastly, the benefit of assimilating satellite radiance observation and the performance of the enhanced radiance bias correction in GSI was examined.
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Evaluating the impact of financial Inclusion on rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa
… development in the SSA region. Additionally, the sensitivity test results revealed that financial inclusion maintained similar significance suggesting that the heavily indebted status of a country does not impact the relationship. Lastly, the granger causality results showed a uni-directional …
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Untersuchungen zur antibakteriellen Wirkung des Walnussbaumes (Juglans regia) im Vergleich zu Chlorhexidin-digluconat
… Rinde von Juglans regia hergestellt. Im Agarlochtest auf Diagnostic-Sensitivity-Test-Agar wurden verschieden Zubereitungsformen der Extrakte auf die Keime Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis getestet. Für die Hauptversuche wurden Juglans-regia-Extrakte in 60% Ethanol im …
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Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Applied to Flight Training
… simulate spatial disorientation and potentially test pilot’s vestibular system prior to aircraft operation. This experiment investigates the use of GVS as an indicator of motion sensitivity and explores the effects of GVS on flight simulation performance. Bilateral bipolar rectangular pulse …
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Presence of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella spp. in Backyard Poultry and Their Environment
… </em>spp.. Each positive isolate was tested for antimicrobial sensitivity to 6 standard antibiotics: Ampicillin, Bacitracin, Erythromycin, Gentamicin, Penicillin, and Tetracycline, at the standard disk concentration levels. The Kirby-Bauer antimicrobial sensitivity test determined that …
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On the importance of input variables and climate variability to the yield of urban water supply systems
… the applicability and limitations of three sensitivity analysis (SA) techniques, namely the Morris Method, the Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test and Sobol’s method of SA. These techniques produced mostly reliable results which revealed some limitations of the SA framework adopted. The …
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An Analysis of a Nonverbal Training Program's Effect Upon Business Communications Students' Sensitivity to Nonverbal Facial Expressions
… business communications students affects their sensitivity to nonverbal facial cues. A secondary problem was to determine if there was a difference between those groups trained in nonverbal facial communication and their sensitivity to para-language and kinesics (areas that received no formal …
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Optical spectroscopy of HMX reaction regimes
… Improvements were made to the fallhammer sensitivity test to allow for more quantitative measurements, and the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) was used for the first time to purposely initiate deflagration, providing better measurements of the energy present during initiation. Using …
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Platform policy and its effect on diffusion : the case study of Android and iOS
… platform policy on diffusion pattern will be tested with variables used in the modeling. (3) Lastly, sensitivity test will be conducted to see whether platform intermediaries or platform participants can somehow manipulate the speed of diffusion.
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Modeling the climatic sensitivity of the inception of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Understanding the sensitivity of ice sheets to climate forcing is crucial for predicting future behavior of ice sheets. Multiple studies have analyzed the inception of the Quaternary ice sheets using time-dependent global climate models. The results have indicated that although carbon dioxide …
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Continental Magmatism and Dynamic Topography
… of melt generation by inverse modelling. A sensitivity test of this modelling scheme is carried out. Lithospheric thickness and mantle temperature are independently determined from shear wave velocity models. Beneath western North America, a negative correlation between shear wave velocities …
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Display Technology and Ambient Illumination Influences on Visual Fatigue at VDT Workstations
… subjective image quality judgments, and contrast sensitivity shifts. Two cathode ray tube (CRT) and two active-matrix LCD (AMLCD) monitors were used in this study. While many instances of the monitors as a whole caused significant differences in reports of visual fatigue, performance, subjective …
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Numerical simulation of interface delamination - with application to IC packaging
Numerical simulation is employed to gain a deeper understanding on interface delamination in IC packages during reflow soldering. Using the vapor pressure incorporated cell element model, the research concentrates on identifying the possible crack initiation mechanisms, and also the crack …
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