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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"valid method"”.
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Head above water weighing: A valid method to measure body fat storage?
1 PDF file (vii, 34 pages)
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Soup Beans
… speculation to access that truth. It is a valid method to use speculation to access an emotional truth that would not otherwise be available to the reader and writer while still producing creative nonfiction. </p>
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A Survey to Determine the Effectiveness of Portable Classrooms in Today’s Educational Picture
… and needs of the school district, are a valid method of handling today's overcrowded conditions, (2) to show how supplementary classrooms were used by the University Place School District, (3) to provide a reference source for others who plan to use relocatable structures.
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Interview and Questionnaire Techniques to Assess Free-Set Goals: Relationships With Depression
… interviews and questionnaires as alternative methods to collect free-set goals and examined whether the goals of depressed and non-depressed students differed. College students first wrote their goals on a questionnaire and then were interviewed so that they could elaborate on those goals. …
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Infrared imaging: a proposed validation technique for computational fluid dynamics codes used in STOVL applications
The need for a validation technique for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes in STOVL applications has led to research efforts to apply infrared thermal imaging techniques to visualize gaseous flow fields. Specifically, a heated, free-jet test facility was constructed. The gaseous flow field of …
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Sparklines as effective graphics
This research explores a method of graphical display called a sparkline. Sparklines are a valid method to convey statistical information, supported by an easy familiarity among users and a desire, expressed by information design expert Edward Tufte, for greater density in data display. The subject …
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The NIT: Proposed Federal Schemes Versus Existing State Tax-Credit Plans
… be, the negative income tax appears to be one valid method of attack in the war on poverty. | This paper will not attempt to delve into the basic reasons why such a guaranteed-income or income-maintenance program may be necessary. To try to determine why the people who need assistance are in …
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Effect of Passive Clean Air Injection Into the Wake Region of a Moving Ground Vehicle
… manipulating the flow utilizing a fully passive method, pressure drag can be reduced, increasing the overall performance of the vehicle. To ensure high velocity fluid injection, a venturi shaped roof was implemented with an inlet size of 352mm x 12.7mm, and 2 outlets of size 88.011mm x 25.4mm …
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The construction of an ellipsometer to measure the refractive index and thickness of thin films.
… the mathematical approach and to present a valid method for the evaluation of results. The first Chapter is a general introduction to methods for measuring the thickness and/or refractive index of thin films and surfaces. Chapter 2 develops the fundamental equation of ellipsometry from the …
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Jump Strategy Changes in Collegiate Women Soccer Players
… jump strategy was impacted using an ecologically valid method to induce fatigue (sport practice). Significant increases in performance from pre-to-post practice were seen across all three days at the group level. Jump data was collected over five different time points throughout the season to …
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An experimental study of the effects of pictures on the literal comprehension of second grade readers
… in reading, the pictures do not seem to be a valid method of increasing literal reading comprehension.
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Event Centrality After Trauma: Stability, Trauma Type, And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… event centrality be considered a reliable and valid symptom of PTSD, instead of a predictor of PTSD?</p> <p>These questions were addressed using a sample of 298 newly-arrived Iraqi refugees across three waves of measurement. Results from Study 1 indicate event centrality, as measured by the …
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Validation of Urinary Biomarkers of Hydration Status in College Athletes
… cognitive performance. As such, development of valid and reliable tools to assess hydration status in collegiate athletes is needed. The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of urine color (UC) as a measure of hydration status in collegiate athletes. A secondary purpose was to …
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Force response of locust skeletal muscle
… contraction being well established, no broadly valid method of modelling skeletal muscle exists. Studies that compare the merits of existing models are extremely scarce and researchers make various assumptions in order to simplify the complex, nonlinear behaviour of the muscle. Locusts provide …
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Assessment of knee extensor mechanism function and the manipulation of that function
… faced by the clinician is how to reliably and validly assess patella position.Papers presented within this thesis have established a reliable and valid method ofachieving this. Repositioning of the patella through external means such as taping orinternal means through facilitation of muscle …
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Field Testing the Effects of Low Reynolds Number on the Power Performance of the Cal Poly Wind Power Research Center Small Wind Turbine
… processing techniques were developed to ensure a valid method to analyze and characterize wind power measurements taken in a highly variable environment. The test results demonstrated a significant drop in the wind turbine’s power performance as Reynolds number decreased. From <em>Re</em> = 2.76E5 …
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The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on a Novel Measure of Behavioral Economic Demand for Exercise
… leisure and exercise time, demonstrating initial validation of the LT-EPT. In study two, we examine the effect of episodic future thinking (EFT; vivid, personalized prospection of future events) in adults not meeting physical activity guidelines (n = 127) on demand for exercise and delay …
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MEDLINE Metric: A method to assess medical students' MEDLINE search effectiveness
… MEDLINE database. There has been no published validated method available to use for assessing medical students' MEDLINE information retrieval skills.This research proposes and evaluates a method, designed as the MEDLINE Metric, for assessing medical students' search skills. MEDLINE Metric …
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Validation of Smartphone-Derived Digital Phenotypes for Cognitive Assessment in Older Adults
… explored the feasibility, acceptability, and validity of a digital phenotyping protocol as a novel method for characterizing cognition and function among a heterogeneous group of older adults. Validation analyses were based on a recently proposed conceptual model explaining activity level and …
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Batch foaming of hot melt extruded excipient/disintegrant/API pharmaceutical formulations and the study of the effects of the resulting cellular structures on API dissolution
… which embeds it in the polymer matrix, is a valid method to increase the release rate of the resulting oral dosage extrudate.
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