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Competency-Based Inservice Education for Secondary School Personnel Serving Special Needs Students in Vocational Education: A Formative Field Test Evaluation
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The development of a questionnaire to test dietitians' practices and knowledge with regard to dietary supplements and fortified foods
… 1) questionnaire planning and development and 2) test evaluation. The study sample comprised 48 nurses, 105 dietetic interns and 367 registered dietitians. An expert academic group comprising 9 dieticians with research and teaching experience rated the academic relevance and importance of …
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Interest item diagnostics through IRT: an application of GPCM and tree-based IRT models to contemporary measures of interests
Item Response Theory (IRT) is a contemporary test evaluation technique that is frequently used in the fields of achievement and aptitude testing. However, IRT research within the field of vocational interest test evaluation is nascent at best. This dissertation advances the use of IRT in vocational …
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Fault simulation for structural testing of analogue integrated circuits
… to fault simulation for accurate analogue IC test evaluation. The traditional figure of fault coverage is replaced by the average probability of fault detection. This is later refined by considering the probability of fault occurrence to generate a more realistic, weighted test metric. Two …
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Identification of math anxiety subtypes
… from the existing literature. These factors are test, evaluation, trait, and state anxiety, as well as gender and level of math ability. Differences in these factors were hypothesized to distinguish subtypes of highly math anxious individuals from one another. In order to determine whether …
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Helping English Language Learners Develop Writing Proficiency Using the Thesis Evidence Model in the High School Social Studies Classroom
… responded to a writing prompt used a pre-test evaluation. Students were then guided through a lesson sequence teaching writing strategies based in the Thesis-Evidence model. Upon completing these writing based lessons, students were evaluated again with another writing prompt, which served …
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A test generation system for behaviorally modeled digital circuits
… dissertation presents an approach to generating tests from a VHDL behavioral model. The tests can be used to thoroughly exercise the VHDL model and detect the faults in the equivalent gate level circuit of the model. The VHDL model is developed with the help of the Modeler's Assistant and …
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Return on investment in the public sector
… public sector. ROI methodology is applied for test evaluation with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego. The test demonstrates that ROI can be applied successfully to assess the relative efficiency of value-added work and to improve the process of choosing between …
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An Investigation into the Solutions for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Hairdressing Industry.
… 3D-motion analysis based on a pre- and post-test evaluation of awkward movements. A scientific approach to 3D-motion analysis has been achieved specifically by the study of the awkward working postures of the upper extremity during hair-blow-waving and hair-straightening activities. The …
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Breaking the multi colored box: a study of CAPTCHA
… focusing on Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA), a challenge/response technique where an image is displayed with text that is heavily distorted. It also examines the feasibility of breaking CAPTCHA programmatically, alternatives to CAPTCHA based …
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Cryptosporidium and Giardia in calves in Belgium
… one Cryptosporidium positive calf. The Bayesian test evaluation indicated that some are both sensitive and specific diagnostic techniques for use in epidemiological studies, whereas others are less sensitive. The molecular identification revealed that the majority of the Cryptosporidium positive …
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Assessment of the Arkansas Horse 4-H Program: Perspectives from Multiple Stakeholders
… Studies included the following: a pre- and post-test evaluation of the 2016 summer horse camp, purposive interviews with county agents (n = 6), volunteer leaders (n = 4), and parents (n = 4) of horse 4-H clubs, and a statewide survey provided to Extension staff (n =26) and volunteer leaders (n = …
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AN EVALUATION OF LACTATE AND RESPIRATORY RESPONSES TO INCREMENTAL AND CONSTANT LOAD WORK BOUTS.
… of males with different levels of fitness were tested. Group 1 (n = 5) consisted of recreational athletes (͞X VO₂ max = 49.3 ml/kg•min⁻¹) who ran less than 20 miles per week, while Group 2 (n = 6) were highly trained runners (͞X VO₂ max = 65.5 ml/kg•min⁻¹) who all ran at least 40 miles per week. …
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Detecting Giardia: Clinical and Molecular Identification
… Giardia duodenalis (syn. G. lamblia, G. intestinalis) can cause diarrhea in humans, cats, dogs and other animals. Giardia duodenalis consists of eight assemblages (A-H) that are morphologically identical but genetically distinct. Assemblages C-H are generally species-specific, while A and B …
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Using multi-criteria decision analysis to assess private sector agents' preferences and priorities in stocking malaria rapid diagnostic test kits in Uganda
… and to prevent drug resistance. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are an important tool in resource-constrained settings, as they do not rely on costly lab equipment and specially trained personnel. In Uganda's private sector clinics and drug shops, which is where the majority of patients first seek …
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Frequency-tunable second-harmonic submillimeter-wave gyrotron oscillators
… in frequency during a 110-hour uninterrupted CW test. Evaluation of the gyrotron microwave output beam using a pyroelectric camera indicated a Gaussian-like mode content of 91%. Measurements were also carried out in microsecond pulse operation at a higher beam current (610 mA), yielding a minimum …
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Perspectives on the professional development of testing professionals in China — a mixed methods study of the roles of Chinese testing professionals in facilitating backwash effect
… my desires to understand the critical role of testing professionals in China in facilitating quality education through positive backwash. This role is critical in contemporary China, not only due to its traditionally high-stakes exam and test-driven education system, but also its recent …
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Ability Estimation Under Different Item Parameterization and Scoring Models
… The recovery rate was lower when the test items had categories with unequal threshold distances, were close at one end of the ability/difficulty continuum, and were administered to a sample of examinees whose population ability distribution was skewed to the same end of the ability …
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Atitudes lingüísticas de alunos de escolas públicas de Juiz de Fora MG
A linguistic attitudes test (LAMBERT et. al, 1960) was proposed to the students of the 8th. grade of five public schools in Juiz de Fora MG. It aims at investigating the students rating in three Brazilian dialects in the rural-urban continuum. A private school was also included because it could be …