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Potter, John Richard. "Leader role perception : a methodology for investigating episodic leadership." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1985. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2211/.
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Radonjic, Vojislav. "A methodology for investigating evaluation models for functional programs." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7635.
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The central aspect of implementing a functional programming language is the design of an evaluation model: an abstract view of how the underlying machine executes functional programs. To make informed decisions in designing an evaluation model, the implementation designer needs to have a good understanding of mechanisms constituting the available evaluation models and their relationship to functional programming and computer architecture. This thesis provides one way of arriving at that understanding through analyzing the execution behavior of a set of functional programs on implementations based on two contrasting evaluation models: an environment one and a reduction one. The essential difference between the environment and reduction evaluation models, is that the former centralizes the dynamic context$\sp1$ while the latter distributes it. The consequences of choosing either to centralize or distribute the dynamic context are studied using data on execution behavior of functional programs. In the experimental part of the thesis, environment and reduction evaluators are built and instrumented to generate execution profiles, which contain measures of computational resource usage. It is demonstrated how the execution profiles can be used to compute costs incurred by the two evaluators. ftn $\sp1$In general, the dynamic context of a computation is that part of the overall context which changes during a computation and, therefore, reflects the progress of the computation.
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Woods, Charlotte Emma. "Investigating emotion in the higher education workplace using Q methodology." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:18103.
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Teasdale, Anthony Charles. "Investigating therapist preferences for client characteristics using a paired comparison methodology." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/188.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Downing, C. A. "Investigating catalytic activity at oxide surfaces using a QM/MM methodology." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1467051/.
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A set of complementary studies has been undertaken to investigate the interaction of CO2 with metal oxide surfaces. Beginning with the simple and well-studied magnesium oxide surface, work progressed to include a manganese dopant near the MgO active site before shifting to manganese oxide. All work made use of the Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) methodology implemented within the ChemShell code, which combines information from an electronic structure calculation on atoms in the vicinity of the adsorption site with relaxation effects from a large component of the surrounding catalyst system. Initial findings showed that CO2 interacts favourably with the MgO (100) terrace, and that the presence of trapped electrons at surface oxygen vacancies opens up the possibility for catalytic chemical processes to occur. Particular attention was paid to the CO2 radical anion species formed when the adsorbate binds to a vacancy containing a single electron, and the addition of hydrogen to the surface-adsorbate complex allowed for a number of catalytic cycles to be identi- fied. Manganese doping was used to investigate the effect of a transition metal on the interaction between the adsorbate and the vacancy, before moving on to the transition metal oxide where more complex effects such as lattice distortion and antiferromagnetic ordering were included in the model. Finally, work was performed on the related system Li-doped MgO in order to investigate an open question regarding the activation barrier for methyl radical formation as part of the oxidative coupling of methane reaction.
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Burke, Nicola. "Investigating emotions and mood induction procedure methodology in individuals with eating difficulties." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/investigating-emotions-and-mood-induction-procedure-methodology-in-individuals-with-eating-difficulties(4ff3044c-a62e-4560-b5b5-223c6f0f636a).html.
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This thesis has been prepared in paper-based format and includes three papers consisting of 1) a literature review 2) an empirical study and 3) a personal and critical reflection on the research process. The literature review in Paper One systematically investigated research utilising mood induction procedures (MIPs) in body image research. The paper aimed to evaluate 1) the methodological strengths and weaknesses of MIPs 2) report key study findings and 3) provide recommendations for future research using MIPs in body image research. Fifteen papers were reviewed and evaluated using a bespoke quality assessment tool. The majority of papers within the review included several limitations related to study design and MIP methodology. Key study findings suggested an effect of negative emotions (e.g., sadness) on body size estimation/body satisfaction. Due to identified methodological limitations, the validity of individual study findings and the literature area was questioned. Recommendations to improve the quality of future studies using MIPs in body image research are provided. The empirical study in Paper Two aimed to investigate the theoretical concept of 'emotion coupling' between sadness and disgust in people with high eating concerns (HEC), and whether this may be linked to changes in body size estimation. A sadness mood induction procedure (MIP) was utilised to explore the proposed emotion coupling effect in those with HEC (n=26) and low eating concerns (LEC) (n=23), respectively. Results failed to find evidence of an emotion coupling effect between sadness and disgust in the HEC group, or differences in body size estimation, when compared to the LEC group. The HEC group displayed significantly different emotion regulation styles compared to the LEC group, indicating more unhelpful strategies in the former group. Methodological limitations and future research avenues are discussed. Paper Three provides a personal and critical reflective account of the research process as a whole. It critically evaluates the strengths and limitations of the literature review and the empirical study. The paper discusses theoretical and methodological limitations and implications for both Papers One and Two. In addition, implications for clinical practice and future research avenues are considered. Paper 3 also provides personal reflections on decision-making processes and challenges encountered within the research.
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Bredekamp, Albertus Johannes. "Measurement methodology investigating home entertainment consoles and comparison against energy star and harmonic standards." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1148.
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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology: Electrical Engineering
in the Faculty of Engineering
at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012People are spending more time being entertained at home now than ever before. It is currently common to find a home entertainment console containing an LCD or Plasma television, DVD player and surround sound amplifier in many homes. The number of home entertainment devices is increasing, yet our understanding of the effect that they have on power quality is incomplete. This study determines the power consumption of home entertainment equipment as well as the effect that such devices have on harmonic distortion levels. A methodology is developed for the measurement of the power consumption of home entertainment equipment including television sets, DVD players and home theatre. The results are compared to the Energy Star standard to determine if the power consumption of these devices is within the limits imposed. The methodology presented consists of three parts, performing measurements, generating results and comparison to energy and harmonic standards. The developed methodology includes steps for mathematically combining the measured voltage and current waveforms of individual devices. The goal is to determine total current and voltage waveforms for a combination of devices. The methodology also describes how to analyze the resultant synthesized waveforms so as to determine the power consumption at each harmonic. The levels of current harmonics for individual devices and groups of devices are determined and then compared to the EN6100-3-2 standard to ascertain if they are within the limits imposed. The power consumption and current harmonics of each combination as well as individual devices were analysed. Using the developed methodology, four case studies were conducted, grouping different home entertainment devices together. It was found that the power consumption of LCD television sets are below the limits imposed by the Energy Star standard while for Plasma based televisions it was above these limits. Current harmonic levels for CRT based televisions were found to be above the limits imposed by the EN6100-3-2 standard while those for LCD and Plasma based televisions the levels were below the limits. The research concludes that the current harmonics of new LCD and Plasma based televisions does not pose any concern for power quality.
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Nicholas, John B. "Investigating Engineering Educators' Views on the Use of Educational Technology: A Q Methodology Study." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1308681264.
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Simpson, Stuart A. "The artist in the field : investigating tourist performativity and ethnographic methodology through art practice." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2008. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/294/.
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This research centres on an artistic exploration of ethnographic methodologies whilst investigating tourist performativity and the presentation of self within tourist documentation. Central to this presentation is the performance of the documented smile. The materiality of this research comes from documentary evidence (video, sound, photography, interviews, fieldnotes and diaries) recorded during a fieldtrip around popular tourist destinations in Europe. Data gathering methods, such as participant observation, reflexive writing and informal interviews with tourists, were employed not just to capture the tourist experience of others, but also to explore the multiplicity and variability of the researcher self within the field. The representation of the researcher within the research findings has become one of the issues that this project has sought to address. Two practical outputs, a primary case study entitled Smile: Formaggio con Queso (a randomly configuring computer networked installation) and a secondary case study (an interactive kiosk), interface a database constructed from the field data. Both case studies support research into how ethnographic methods might be used to inform the production processes of an art project, and, additionally, how digital art practice might contribute to the presentation of post-paradigm ethnography. The practical issues of data collecting and the implications of using the self as part of the data source are highlighted. This will be of interest to artists working in field environments where the self and 'other' is synonymous. Furthermore, the primary case study challenges conventional representational ethnographic modes in order to facilitate new kinds of qualitative and ethnographic insights. A reflexive autoethnographic approach to writing the thesis has been utilised to validate my personal narrative as a line of inquiry.
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Martin, Andrew V. "Investigating the archaeological potential of rockshelters : an example from Crawford and Perry Counties, Indiana." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1164836.
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Problems with the identification and interpretation of rockshelter and cave sites were recognized in the archaeological literature from Indiana. Often, when these sites are identified in archaeological research and survey reports, realistic views of the potential cultural significance they may actually have is lacking. Based on data obtained from recent rockshelter surveys in southern Indiana, a method for evaluating the archaeological potential of rockshelter sites is presented. This methodology systematically accounts for geomorphological and geological factors as well as environmental considerations. Geographic information system (GIS) software is used to assist in the analysis and visualization of the variables associated with these rockshelters. While stressing the importance of these sites as potentially providing conditions for the preservation of cultural material, this method can also be used as a model for further studies on this topic.Department of Anthropology
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Correia, Jorge Manuel Salgado de Castro. "Investigating musical performance as embodied socio-emotional meaning construction : finding an effective methodology for interpretation." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275014.
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Ceasar, Reginald Raymon. "Investigating an integrated teaching methodology as a means to prepare students for university studies in mathematics." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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A key issue for the success of students entering a first year mathematics course at tertiary level is whether or not they have an integrated understanding and view of the mathematical concepts acquired at school. Various integrated applications from first year mathematics suggest that a compartmentalised view of mathematics would be detrimental to any student's chances of passing mathematics at this level. This study tried to assess whether learners do have an integrated understanding of mathematics at grade 12 level.
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Joulain, Amelia Tahirih. "Corpus linguistics for history : the methodology of investigating place-name discourses in digitised nineteenth-century newspapers." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2017. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/88671/.
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The increasing availability of historical sources in a digital form has led to calls for new forms of reading in history. This thesis responds to these calls by exploring the potential of approaches from the field of corpus linguistics to be useful to historical research. Specifically, two sets of methodological issues are considered that arise when corpus linguistic methods are used on digitised historical sources. The first set of issues surrounds optical character recognition (OCR), computerised text transcription based on image reproduction of the original printed source. This process is error-prone, which leads to potentially unreliable word-counts. I find that OCR errors are very varied, and more different from their corrections than natural spelling variation from a standard form. As a result of OCR errors, the test OCR corpus examined has a slightly inflated overall token count (as compared to a hand-corrected gold standard), and a vastly inflated type count. Not all spurious types are infrequent: around 7% of types occurring at least 10 times in my test OCR corpus are spurious. I also find evidence that real-word errors occur. Assessing the impact of OCR errors on two common collocation statistics, Mutual Information (MI) and Log-Likelihood (LL), I find that both are affected by OCR errors. This analysis also provides evidence that OCR errors are not homogenously distributed throughout the corpus. Nevertheless, for small collocation spans, MI rankings are broadly reliable in OCR data, especially when used in combination with an LL threshold. Large spans are best avoided, as both statistics become increasingly less reliable in OCR data, when used with larger spans. Both statistics attract non-negligible rates of false positives. Using a frequency floor will eliminate many OCR errors, but does not reduce the rates of MI and LL false positives. Assessing the potential of two post-OCR correction methods, I find that VARD, a program designed to standardise natural spelling variation, proves unpromising for dealing with OCR errors. By contrast, Overproof, a commercial system designed for OCR errors, is effective, and its application leads to substantial improvements in the reliability of MI and LL, particularly for large spans. The second set of issues relate to the effectiveness of approaches to analysing the discourses surrounding place-names in digitised nineteenth-century newspapers. I single out three approaches to identifying place-names mentioned in large amounts of text without the need for a geo-parser system. The first involves relying on USAS, a semantic tagger, which has a 'Z2' tag for geographic names. This approach cannot identify multi-word place-names, but is scalable. A difficulty is that frequency counts of place-names do not account for their possible polysemy; I suggest a procedure involving reading a random sample of concordance lines for each place-name, in order to obtain an estimate of the actual number of mentions of that place-name in reference to a specific place. This method is best used to identify the most frequent place-names. A second, related, approach is to automatically compare a list of words tagged 'Z2' with a gazetteer, a reference list of place-names. This method, however, suffers from the same difficulties as the previous one, and is best used when accurate frequency counts are not required. A third approach involves starting from a principled, text-external, list of place-names, such as a population table, then attempting to locate each place in the set of texts. The scalability of this method depends on the length of the list of place-names, but it can accommodate any quantity of text. Its advantage over the two other methods is that it helps to contextualise the findings and can help identify place-names which are not mentioned in the texts. Finally, I consider two approaches to investigating the discourses surrounding place-names in large quantities of text. Both are scalable operationalisations of proximity-based collocation. The first approach starts with the whole corpus, searching for the place-name of interest and generating a list of statistical collocates of the place-name; these collocates can then be further categorised and analysed via concordance analysis. The second approach starts with small samples of concordance lines for the place-name of interest, and involves analysing these concordance lines to develop a framework for description of the phraseologies within which place-names are mentioned. Both methods are useful and scalable; the findings they yield are, to some extent, overlapping, but also complementary. This suggests that both methods may be fruitfully used together, albeit neither is ideally-suited for comparing results across corpora. Both approaches are well-suited for exploratory research.
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Conradsson, Emil, and Vidar Johansson. "A MODEL-INDEPENDENT METHODOLOGY FOR A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS SYSTEM : A STUDY INVESTIGATING INTERPRETABLE MACHINE LEARNING METHODS." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160372.
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Today, companies like Volvo GTO experience a vast increase in data and the ability toprocess it. This makes it possible to utilize machine learning models to construct a rootcause analysis system in order to predict, explain and prevent defects. However, thereexists a trade-off between model performance and explanation capability, both of whichare essential to such system.This thesis aims to, with the use of machine learning models, inspect the relationshipbetween sensor data from the painting process and the texture defectorange peel. Theaim is also to evaluate the consistency of different explanation methods.After the data was preprocessed, and new features were engineered, e.g. adjustments,three machine learning models were trained and tested. In order to explain a linearmodel, one can use its coefficients. In the case of a tree-based model, MDI is a commonglobal explanation method. SHAP is a state-of-the-art model-independent method thatcan explain a model globally and locally. These three methods were compared in orderto evaluate the consistency of their explanations. If SHAP would be consistent with theothers on a global level, it can be argued that SHAP can be used locally in an root causeanalysis.The study showed that the coefficients and MDI were consistent with SHAP as theoverall correlation between them were high and because they tended to weight thefeatures in a similar way. From this conclusion, a root cause analysis algorithm wasdeveloped with SHAP as a local explanation method. Finally, it cannot be concludedthat there is a relationship between the sensor data andorange peel, as the adjustments ofthe process were the most impactful features.Idag upplever företag som Volvo GTO en stor ökning av data och en förbättrad förmågaatt bearbeta den. Detta gör det möjligt att, med hjälp av maskininlärningsmodeller,skapa ett rotorsaksanalyssystem för att förutspå, förklara och förebygga defekter. Detfinns dock en balans mellan modellprestanda och förklaringskapacitet, där båda ärväsentliga för ett sådant system.Detta examensarbete har som mål att, med hjälp av maskininlärningsmodeller, under-söka förhållandet mellan sensordata från målningsprocessen och strukturdefektenorangepeel. Målet är även att utvärdera hur konsekventa olika förklaringsmetoder är.Efter att datat förarbetats och nya variabler skapats, t.ex. förändringar som gjorts, trä-nades och testades tre maskinlärningsmodeller. En linjär modell kan tolkas genomdess koefficienter. En vanlig metod för att globalt förklara trädbaserade modeller ärMDI. SHAP är en modern modelloberoende metod som kan förklara modeller bådeglobalt och lokalt. Dessa tre förklaringsmetoder jämfördes sedan för att utvärdera hurkonsekventa de var i sina förklaringar. Om SHAP skulle vara konsekvent med de andrapå en global nivå, kan det argumenteras för att SHAP kan användas lokalt i en rotorsak-analys.Studien visade att koefficienterna och MDI var konsekventa med SHAP då den över-gripande korrelationen mellan dem var hög samt att metoderna tenderade att viktavariablerna på ett liknande sätt. Genom denna slutsats utvecklades en rotorsakanalysal-goritm med SHAP som lokal förklaringsmetod. Slutligen går det inte att dra någonslutsats om att det finns ett samband mellan sensordatat ochorange peel, eftersom förän-dringarna i processen var de mest betydande variablerna.
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Clayton, Richard J. "Investigating the development and delivery of integrated product-service systems." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2011. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9697.
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Driven by the highly cyclical nature of their increasingly commoditised product offerings, many capital goods manufacturers are seeing the benefits of delivering services integrated with their core product offerings. Whilst existing research is almost unanimous in advocating the value of a servitization strategy, understanding how these product-service systems (PSSs) can be developed and delivered remains a significant challenge. The closely related PSS field, which has its heritage in the environmental and social science disciplines, is more mature in this area and a number of models have been proposed. The research reported within this thesis contributes to knowledge by investigating whether the approaches to PSS development, reported within the PSS literature, reflects the PSS development practice of servitized manufacturers. More specifically, soft systems methodology was used to explore the delivery of PSSs within the UK railway industry in order to gain an understanding of the implications for developing new PSSs. With this understanding, the existing approaches to PSS development were evaluated with respect to one servitized manufacturer through an in-depth single case study. The findings highlighted a number of significant differences between the practice of the servitized manufacturer and the literature. A survey was used to investigate whether the differences were generalisable to a larger sample of servitized manufacturers. The findings point towards the simplification of the reported phases within PSS development and the inclusion of a number of previously unreported processes and activities. Based on these results a new model of PSS development is proposed to better reflect the practice of servitized manufacturers. The model, consisting of four phases and seventeen processes, was operationalised in the form of a workbook and tested through application. Applying the workbook resulted in the successful creation of a number of new PSS concepts.
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Mohamed, Zaki Ali Mona. "Investigating data quality in question and answer reports." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/investigating-data-quality-in-question-and-answer-reports(169f4905-c73b-40e3-9203-f3cec05fa45f).html.
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Data Quality (DQ) has been a long-standing concern for a number of stakeholders in a variety of domains. It has become a critically important factor for the effectiveness of organisations and individuals. Previous work on DQ methodologies have mainly focused on either the analysis of structured data or the business-process level rather than analysing the data itself. Question and Answer Reports (QAR) are gaining momentum as a way to collect responses that can be used by data analysts, for instance, in business, education or healthcare. Various stakeholders benefit from QAR such as data brokers and data providers, and in order to effectively analyse and identify the common DQ problems in these reports, the various stakeholders' perspectives should be taken into account which adds another complexity for the analysis. This thesis investigates DQ in QAR through an in-depth DQ analysis and provide solutions that can highlight potential sources and causes of problems that result in "low-quality" collected data. The thesis proposes a DQ methodology that is appropriate for the context of QAR. The methodology consists of three modules: question analysis, medium analysis and answer analysis. In addition, a Question Design Support (QuDeS) framework is introduced to operationalise the proposed methodology through the automatic identification of DQ problems. The framework includes three components: question domain-independent profiling, question domain-dependent profiling and answers profiling. The proposed framework has been instantiated to address one example of DQ issues, namely Multi-Focal Question (MFQ). We introduce MFQ as a question with multiple requirements; it asks for multiple answers. QuDeS-MFQ (the implemented instance of QuDeS framework) has implemented two components of QuDeS for MFQ identification, these are question domain-independent profiling and question domain-dependent profiling. The proposed methodology and the framework are designed, implemented and evaluated in the context of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) case study. The experiments show that we can identify MFQs with 90% accuracy. This thesis also demonstrates the challenges including the lack of domain resources for domain knowledge representation, such as domain ontology, the complexity and variability of the structure of QAR, as well as the variability and ambiguity of terminology and language expressions and understanding stakeholders or users need.
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Hamilton, Scott A. "Investigating Saxitoxin Resistance in Softshell Clams (Mya arenaria): Patterns of Inheritance and Improvements on Methodology for Tracking and Identification." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2009. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/HamiltonSA2009.pdf.
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Jayawardhena, Chanaka. "Investigating consumer behaviour and competitiveness in Internet service businesses : development of the mystery-shopping methodology in Internet banking services." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4200.
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McFarland, John Allan. "Prayer and church growth investigating prayer as a church growth methodology at First Church of God, New Philadelphia, Ohio /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Liao, Michael W., and Michael W. Liao. "Investigating the Effect of Nanoscale Changes on the Chemistry and Energetics of Nanocrystals with a Novel Photoemission Spectroscopy Methodology." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625558.
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This dissertation explores the effect of nanometer-scale changes in structure on the energetics of photocatalytic and photovoltaic materials. Of particular interest are semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), which have interesting chemical properties that lead to novel structures and applications. Chief among these properties are quantum confinement and the high surface area-to-volume ratio, which allow for chemical tuning of the energetics and structure of NCs. This tunable energetic landscape has led to increasing application of NCs in various areas of research, including solar energy conversion, light-emitting diode technologies, and photocatalysis. However, spectroscopic methods to determine the energetics of NCs have not been well developed, due to chemical complexities of relevant NCs such as polydispersity, capping ligand effects, core-shell structures, and other chemical modifications. In this work, we demonstrate and expand the utility of photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) to probe the energetics of NCs by considering the physical processes that lead to background and secondary photoemission to enhance photoemission from the sample of interest. A new methodology for the interpretation of UP spectra was devised in order to emphasize the minute changes to the UP spectra line shape that arise from nanoscopic changes to the NCs. We applied various established subtractions that correct for photon source satellites, secondary photoelectrons, and substrate photoemission. We then investigated the effect of ligand surface coverage on the surface chemistry and density of states at the top of valence band (VB). We systematically removed ligands by increasing numbers of purification steps for two diameters of NCs and found that doing so increased photoemission density at the top of the VB, which is due to undercoordinated surface atoms. Deeper VB structure was also altered, possibly due to reorganization of the atoms in the NC. Using the new UPS interpretation methodology, we examined the evolution of the valence band energy (EVB) of CdSe NCs as it was modified from spherical NC to rod to Au-NP tipped nanorod (NR). We also employed potential-modulated attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy (PM-ATR) to probe the conduction band energy (ECB) of the series. The EVB decreased with each modification, which is predicted with a band-bending model. This trend was also observed in the ECB, as revealed by spectroelectrochemistry, along with the appearance of new metal-semiconductor states in the band gap. UPS was finally used to investigate the even more complex Pt-NP tipped CdSe@CdS core@shell NR heterostructure. The addition of the CdS shell decreases the EVB relative to CdSe, as expected from common cation II-VI compounds. The Pt-NC increases the EVB, which, like the Au-CdSe NR, is predicted by employing a band-bending model. XPS revealed that PtSx-like chemical states were formed near the CdS-Pt interface. These experiments, along with the improved UP spectra interpretation methodology, demonstrate the wealth of information regarding surface chemistry and energetics that can be obtained with PES which can be applied to not only NCs, but also to metal oxide or molecular thin films.
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Kritzer, Matthew Carroll. "GIS and archaeology : investigating source data and site patterning." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/935936.
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Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), locational analysis was performed for prehistoric sites recorded during a 1985 surface survey conducted in Henry County, Indiana. Two sensitivity models were developed to identify areas more likely to contain substantial archaeological resources. Both models were based on environmental data derived largely from soil survey information. An intuitive model was created and "blindly" applied to the study area. This model did not interpret the distribution of sites very well. During development of an alternative model, the 1985 survey data was more thoroughly investigated. Site locations were found to be correlated with Soil Conservation Service drainage categories. In upland areas, sites with ten or more artifacts clustered around pockets of very poorly drained Millgrove loam soils. In lowland areas, sites with ten or more artifacts exhibited a preference for well drained soils. Before and during analysis, the integrity of source data was investigated. A United States Geological Survey 7.5-minute digital elevation model was found to be unsuitable for analysis within the study area. Mapping errors were discovered within the 1985 survey data. Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, which can increase the spatial integrity of survey data, was demonstrated and used to register and adjust source data. A mapping-grade GPS base station was established at Ball State University.Department of Anthropology
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Pelenur, Marcos. "Retrofitting the domestic built environment : investigating household perspectives towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/245221.
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Retrofitting the UK domestic built environment presents an excellent opportunity to improve its energy performance. However, retrofitting homes is a complex challenge conflated by multiple factors. Due to this complexity, a shortfall exists between the full potential and realised adoption of energy efficiency measures in the UK, a phenomenon termed the ‘Energy Efficiency Gap’. While a number of technical or economic factors may help explain this gap, difficult to quantify factors, such as social motivations, barriers, and viewpoints towards energy are also significant and often under-emphasised in public policy. As such, in order to improve the understanding of the Energy Efficiency Gap and the uptake of future retrofit initiatives, this research adopted a socio-technical approach that considered social and technical retrofit factors together. Specifically, this research collected data from interviews, questionnaires, and a Q Study in the cities of Manchester and Cardiff, alongside a questionnaire that measured energy efficiency technology and behaviour preferences. An original contribution to knowledge was using the data to empirically identify motivations and barriers to adopting energy efficient technologies, as well as identifying household viewpoints towards energy use and linking them to retrofit technology and energy efficiency behaviour preferences. As a result of this research, specific policy recommendations are presented to help promote energy efficiency retrofits in the UK. This research was carried out as part of the Engineering & Physical Science Research Council and Sustainable Urban Environment research programme, “Re-Engineering the City 2020-2050 Urban Foresight and Transition Management (RETROFIT 2050)”.
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Båth, Johan, and Jakob Köhler. "Innovation Management in Business-to-Business Software as a Service Startups: : Investigating the Lean Startup Methodology and its Shortcomings around Selecting Ideas." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-212071.
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Managing innovations is a well studied success factor for companies and organizations. This research focuses on the recently established Lean Startup Methodology (LSM) and the obstacles of implementing it in early- and later-stage business-to-business (B2B) Software as as Service (SaaS) startups. The scarcity of academic research around this framework, in contrast to its popularity, motivated the researchers’ aim to provide a better understanding on how it could be adapted to better fit the needs of these companies.Following an interpretivist paradigm, this qualitative research uses a literature review and semi-structured interviews for its purposes. Interviews were conducted with six individuals at four different early- and late-stage startups. The focus was on understanding the realities of working with innovation management and the different approaches at early and later stage startups. Startups face an abundance of ideas regarding what to do next, a hypothesis confirmed with this study. It is the researchers’ belief that the LSM does not provide sufficient tools for organizations to make an idea selection decision without committing too many resources initially. Lastly, the importance of product ownership for an effective innovation management process was validated.In conclusion, we present the need for an updated Lean Startup Methodology with a dedicated selection step to validate an idea early in the process. This contributes to the theory of innovation management and its practical implementation. The identified gap in academic research around frameworks tailored towards these types of organizations provides a good starting point for future research.
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Båth, Båth, and Jakob Köhler. "Innovation Management in Business-to-Business Software as a Service Startups: Investigating the Lean Startup Methodology and its Shortcomings around Selecting Ideas." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223889.
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Caviness, Dimitra-Alys Anne. "Investigating ancient religion and geography : an analysis of pre-Christian Ireland using mythology and a geographic information system." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1204486.
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Grimes, V. H. "Oxygen isotope analysis of biogenic phosphate in mammalian bone and teeth : investigating sample pretreatment methodology and intra-species biological variation on oxygen isotope-based palaeoclimate reconstructions during the British Middle to Late Pleistocene." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.644723.
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Cochran, Geraldine L. "A Q-Methodology Approach to Investigating the Relationship Between Level of Reflection and Typologies Among Prospective Teachers in the Physics Learning Assistant Program at Florida International University." FIU Digital Commons, 2013. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1000.
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The purpose of this mixed methods study was to understand physics Learning Assistants’ (LAs) views on reflective teaching, expertise in teaching, and LA program teaching experience and to determine if views predicted level of reflection evident in writing. Interviews were conducted in Phase One, Q methodology was used in Phase Two, and level of reflection in participants’ writing was assessed using a rubric based on Hatton and Smith’s (1995) “Criteria for the Recognition of Evidence for Different Types of Reflective Writing” in Phase Three.
Interview analysis revealed varying perspectives on content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and experience in relation to expertise in teaching. Participants revealed that they engaged in reflection on their teaching, believed reflection helps teachers improve, and found peer reflection beneficial. Participants believed teaching experience in the LA program provided preparation for teaching, but that more preparation was needed to teach.
Three typologies emerged in Phase Two. Type One LAs found participation in the LA program rewarding and believed expertise in teaching does not require expertise in content or pedagogy, but it develops over time from reflection. Type Two LAs valued reflection, but not writing reflections, felt the LA program teaching experience helped them decide on non-teaching careers and helped them confront gaps in their physics knowledge. Type Three LAs valued reflection, believed expertise in content and pedagogy are necessary for expert teaching, and felt LA program teaching experience increased their likelihood of becoming teachers, but did not prepare them for teaching.
Writing assignments submitted in Phase Three were categorized as 19% descriptive writing, 60% descriptive reflections, and 21% dialogic reflections. No assignments were categorized as critical reflection. Using ordinal logistic regression, typologies that emerged in Phase Two were not found to be predictors for the level of reflection evident in the writing assignments.
In conclusion, viewpoints of physics LAs were revealed, typologies among them were discovered, and their writing gave evidence of their ability to reflect on teaching. These findings may benefit faculty and staff in the LA program by helping them better understand the views of physics LAs and how to assess their various forms of reflection.
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Kurup, Rajasekhar Thanukkothu Sankar Pillai. "Investigating science teachers' perceptions of the nature of science in the context of curriculum reform in South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1175.
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An adequate understanding of the nature of science (NOS) has become increasingly important for science teachers in South Africa as comprehensive curricular reforms over the past decade include promoting informed understandings of the ontological and epistemological bases of scientific knowledge and the methods of science. The main objective of this study was to explore the NOS understandings held by a sample of science teachers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data were generated via questionnaires (n=136), semi-structured interviews (n=31), and classroom observations (n=8). The teacher interviews, which were informed by the questionnaire data, enabled further interrogation of the teachers’ philosophical positions. Their classroom practices were examined within the framework of these philosophical positions and the requirements of the new curriculum. The effect of implicit and explicit instruction in NOS on these teachers’ beliefs and classroom activities was also considered. A mixed-method approach informed by positivist and interpretivist perspectives was used for the collection and analysis of the data. The data suggests that explicit instruction in NOS resulted in more informed conceptions of science and the scientific enterprise, and that these conceptions were reflected, to a degree, in their classroom behaviours. However, it was noted that the teachers in this study often held philosophically eclectic views of the nature of scientific knowledge and how scientists develop ideas. Similarly, the South African National Curriculum Statement portrays science in contrasting ways, i.e. often within a modern/realist framework, but in other instances within postmodern/relativistic understandings (particularly in terms of indigenous knowledge systems). As such, an approach which aims at providing a firm foundation for understanding NOS ideas within a modern/realist perspective before emphasising the postmodern/relativist aspects of the scientific enterprise is suggested for teacher training and curriculum development.
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Jackelman, Susan Iona. "Investigating the dual influences of theory and practice on the design and implementation of a learning programme." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003473.
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It is widely recognized that educational research and theory should be motivated by the desire to continually improve the practice of teaching. However, bridging the divide between theoretical research outcomes and the practical constraints of classroom-based teaching has proved somewhat challenging. The involvement of teachers as the 'bridge-builders' between theory and practice could provide an effective mechanism for achieving this integration. The purpose of this study is thus to investigate whether the involvement of teachers in developing and implementing a theory-based teaching module would improve teaching practice in the classroom. A teaching module was collaboratively developed by a group of teachers for Grade 9 linear functions using: the principles of mathematical proficiency postulated by Kilpatrick, Swafford and Findell, (2001); the teaching phases formulated by van Hiele (1986); and the cognitive classification of classroom activities developed by Stein and Smith (1998). This module was then taught to six Grade 9 classes by four teachers in one school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa over a period of 5 weeks. The effectiveness of the module, and its application in the classroom, was assessed in terms of: (i) the extent to which theory could be used to inform the design and development of teaching materials; (ii) the efficacy of this teaching material in promoting teaching for mathematical proficiency; and (iii) the effects of extraneous influences on the usefulness of the module in teaching for mathematical proficiency. While the theoretical framework provided a sound basis for developing the teaching module, it was found that collaboratively transforming this theory into a teaching module for practical use in the classroom is certainly possible, but it requires considerable time and effort that practising teachers do not have. Developing the depth of understanding required for mathematical proficiency also takes time - a commodity often in short supply as teachers grapple with the demands of the curriculum. Teaching for mathematical proficiency is a layered process. It starts with thinking about an idea (like a graph) that is developed out of a related concept that then has a set of characteristic algorithms and actions which are learnt and performed in sequence. Building understanding in this way ends with a student being able to visualize and conceive the graph as a structure that can be described as if it were an object (encapsulating all the previous concepts belonging to similar graphs in one idea). This development of understanding is important for mathematical proficiency but is not necessarily easy. When teaching with the module, it was necessary to create an extra opportunity for students to use procedural knowledge and repetition in order to provide enough examples to help them see the link: between linear number patterns and linear graphs. Extraneous influences on teaching for mathematical proficiency were grouped into two categories - endogenous and exogenous influences. Endogenous influences were teacher related and included the attitudes, decisions and disposition of the teacher. Exogenous influences were more contextual (and in effect out of the control of the teacher) and included teaching time available, curriculum, external assessments etc. Both of these influences were seen to affect teaching for mathematical proficiency, either promoting or inhibiting it. This research affirmed the central role that teachers play in teaching for mathematical proficiency. It is considered critical that research actively involve teachers in the evolution of mathematical theory. The development of an enabling environment (including institutional support, time, capacity, resources, skills and tools) for teachers will further enhance their capacity to teach for mathematical proficiency.
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Haley, Ella. "Methodology to deconstruct environmental inquiries using the Hall Commission as a case study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ59138.pdf.
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Rouillard, Gregory W. "An improved unsupervised modeling methodology for detecting fraud in vendor payment transactions." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FRouillard.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003.Thesis advisor(s): Samuel E. Buttrey, Lyn R. Whitaker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148). Also available online.
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Águas, Joana Margarida. "Prática de ensino supervisionada em educação pré-escolar: o papel da familia na aprendizagem das crianças." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15187.
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O presente relatório pretende dar a conhecer como decorreu toda a minha Prática de Ensino Supervisionada (PES), realizada ao longo do ano letivo de 2011/12, no Jardim Infantil Nª Sª da Piedade (JINSP), na valência de Creche e de Jardim-de-Infância. Ao longo deste documento, para além de serem relatados alguns dos aspetos que considerei mais importantes na minha prática, serão abordados temas como a Metodologia de Trabalho de Projeto, a importância da investigação-ação e a construção da minha profissionalidade, tendo por base a reflexão suportada em referenciais teóricos. Será ainda dado, ao longo de todo o relatório, um maior relevo à temática do papel da família na aprendizagem das crianças, nomeadamente à importância da interação desta com o contexto institucional; ABSTRACT:This report intends to explain and demonstrate how my Supervised Teaching Practice was carried out, during the school year 2011/12, at the “Nossa Senhora da Piedade” in the Pre-school and in the Creche. Throughout this document, besides reports on some of the aspects I considered more relevant, other subjects such as Project Working Methodology, the importance of Investigating-Action and the growth and development of my professionalism will be addressed, based on the reflection I made upon scientific bibliography. The matter of the interactions with family, its importance within childrens' school life and its role in their learning process will be emphasized on through the following report.
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Barth, Timothy. "INFLUENCE MAP METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING SYSTEMIC SAFETY ISSUES." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3271.
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"Raising the bar" in safety performance is a critical challenge for many organizations. Contributing factor taxonomies organize information on why accidents occur. Therefore, they are essential elements of accident investigations and safety reporting systems. Organizations must balance efforts to identify causes of specific accidents with efforts to evaluate systemic safety issues in order to become more proactive about improving safety. This research successfully addressed two problems: (1) limited methods and metrics exist to support the design of effective taxonomies, and (2) influence relationships between contributing factors are not explicitly modeled within a taxonomy. The primary result of the taxonomic relationship modeling efforts was an innovative "dual role" contributing factor taxonomy with significant improvements in comprehensiveness and diagnosticity over existing taxonomies. The influence map methodology was the result of a unique graphical and analytical combination of the dual role taxonomy and influence relationship models. Influence maps were developed for several safety incidents at Kennedy Space Center. An independent assessment was conducted by a team of experts using the new dual role taxonomy and influence chain methodology to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of contributing factors identified during the formal incident investigations. One hundred and sixteen contributing factors were identified using the influence map methodology. Only 16% of these contributing factors were accurately identified with traditional tools, and over half of the 116 contributing factors were completely unaddressed by the findings and recommendations of the formal incident reports. The new methodology is being applied to improve spaceport operations and enhance designs of future NASA launch systems.Ph.D.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Engineering and Computer Science
Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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Bernatavičienė, Jolita. "Methodology of visual knowledge discovery and its investigation." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080723_095906-47060.
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The research area of the thesis is the process of knowledge discovery from multidimensional data and the ways of improving the perception of the data investigated. Data perception is rather a complex problem, especially when the data refer to complicated object described by many parameters. In order to obtain exhaustive information on the analysed data, their all-round analysis is indispensable the stages of which are defined by the process of knowledge discovery. The object of dissertation research is the process of visual knowledge discovery. The following subjects are directly associated with this subject: formation of a primary set of multidimensional data; algorithms for clusterization, visualization, and classification; evaluation of the results obtained by data mining methods; mapping of a new multidimensional data; decision making and generalization of the knowledge obtained referring to the analysis results. The key target of the thesis is to develop and explore the methodology of knowledge discovery by visual methods that would allow us to increase the efficiency of data analysis. The research results of the work revealed new opportunities of medical (physiological) data analysis.
The dissertation is written in Lithuanian. It consists of 5 chapters, and the list of references. There are 116 pages of the text, 44 figures, 12 tables and
156 bibliographical sources.
The main results of this dissertation were published in 9 scientific papers:
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Butler, Mark. "Using eye-tracking, head-mounted camera technology and verbal protocol analysis as a methodology to better understand Volume Crime Scene Investigator practice." Thesis, Teesside University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10149/579936.
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Literature Review: Expertise, decision making and situation awareness literature have allowed a better understanding of practitioner performance in Engineering, Healthcare and Sport. Discourse is thin in the domain of Crime Scene Examination, although Hierarchical Tasks Analysis, Distributed Cognition, Team Working and Perception have all received attention in recent years. The use of camera technology to uncover performance has also found footing in diverse professions, notably Firefighting and Social Work. Crime Scene Investigator practice is proposed as being a fertile area of study, to make apparent aspects of the work that are tacit, as well as to ascertain if performance metrics in the sector connect with the tacit knowledge expressed in the role. Methodology: This study explored the differences in searching strategies between expert and novice Crime Scene Examiners (n=12) in a simulated environment, before discussing a longitudinal ethnographic examination of how Volume Crime Scene Investigators (n=4) make sense of their practice. Eye-tracker and head-mounted camera technology was used to capture performance from an own point of view perceptive. Nvivo 9 was utilised to collate and code video data, field notes and interview transcriptions. Results & Discussion: Results from verbal protocol analysis and eye-tracker recordings indicate that expert examiners target fewer objects within the crime scene space however spend longer on the objects being viewed. Field study results report that Volume Crime Scene Investigators engage in sharing tacit knowledge, this impacted on their strategies or perception of obtaining forensic evidence. In addition the analysis of coded data from video and verbal protocol reports found that specific physical aspects of examination practice such as fingerprint powdering were aligned to decision making or analysis processes. For example, commenting on the morphology of the surface being examined. Furthermore examiners engaged in and highlighted aspects of their role they felt were important but were not captured in any metrics. Conclusion: It is proposed this new understanding will be of use to those in developing crime scene investigation practitioners as well as presenting related literature on how expertise in the domain can be recognised, elicited and developed in others. This work also sheds light on the value of sector standards for this field along with what is needed to make them more user- friendly for the developing practitioner.
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Krassnitzky, Olaf. "Mapping disasters, the application of a disaster-sociological theoretical superstructure and methodology in a prima facie case for investigating the role of hepatitis B vaccines in the contamination of the Canadian blood supply with human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ52326.pdf.
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Krassnitzky, Olaf Carleton University Dissertation Sociology and Anthropology. "Mapping disasters; the application of a disaster-sociological 'Theoretical superstructure' and methodology in a Prima Facie case for investigating the role of hepatitis B vaccines in the contamination of the Canadian blood supply with human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)." Ottawa, 2000.
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Siddiqi, Arif A. "Design methodology and investigation of GHz range CMOS RF mixers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0015/MQ57738.pdf.
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Chen, Peng. "Perceptions of Public Libraries: An Empirical Investigation Using Q Methodology." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1228170664.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2008.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 22, 2010). Advisor: Steven Brown. Keywords: public library; Q methodology; patron perception of library. Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-88).
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Siddiqi, Arif A. (Afir Akram) Carleton University Dissertation Engineering Electronics. "Design methodology and investigation of GHz range CMOS RF mixers." Ottawa, 2000.
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Yeandel, Julian D. "Investigations into the feasibility of an on-line test methodology." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1998. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/22093.
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This thesis aims to understand how information coding and the protocol that it supports can affect the characteristics of electronic circuits. More specifically, it investigates an on-line test methodology called IFIS (If it Fails It Stops) and its impact on the design, implementation and subsequent characteristics of circuits intended for application specific lC (ASIC) technology. The first study investigates the influences of information coding and protocol on the characteristics of IFIS systems. The second study investigates methods of circuit design applicable to IFIS cells and identifies the technique possessing the characteristics most suitable for on-line testing. The third study investigates the characteristics of a 'real-life' commercial UART re-engineered using the techniques resulting from the previous two studies. The final study investigates the effects of the halting properties endowed by the protocol on failure diagnosis within IFIS systems. The outcome of this work is an identification and characterisation of the factors that influence behaviour, implementation costs and the ability to test and diagnose IFIS designs.
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Nyberg, Dan. "An investigation of qualitative research methodology for perceptual audio evaluation." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Medier ljudteknik och upplevelseproduktion och teater, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17438.
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This thesis investigates whether a qualitative research method, using phenomenological interviews and analysis, can be successfully applied to perceptual audio research, a field heretofore that has mainly used quantitative methods. The method is investigated by studying the types of information elicited by the method and the information’s usefulness and relevance to the conducted study. The qualitative method is applied in three different conditions: a non-experimental condition, an experimental condition, and an experimental condition using mixed-methods. The thesis also identifies implications associated with using a qualitative method in a quantitative field of research, implications that researchers should acknowledge and consider. All scientific criteria in which the quantitative research is judged cannot directly be applied to a qualitative method. A qualitative method has to be judged on its own framework, departure points, and scientific criteria. The information elicited from the qualitative method contains information that supports known knowledge and adds new knowledge. It supplements the accessibility to the subjects’ perceptions and used methods when conducting a perceptual evaluation task. In conclusion, a qualitative research method that consists of phenomenological interviews and analyses can be successfully applied in all the tested conditions.Godkänd; 2012; 20121119 (dannyb); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämne: Ljudteknik Examinator: Biträdande professor Jan Berg, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: PhD, Senior Lecturer Natanya Ford, Bucks New University, United Kingdom Tid: Fredag den 18 januari 2013 kl 13.00 Plats: L165, Musikhögskolan Piteå, Luleå tekniska universitet
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Ulug, Ercim. "An empirical investigation into the design methodology of iconic buildings." Thesis, Glasgow School of Art, 2012. http://radar.gsa.ac.uk/4932/.
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Dominguez, Morgane. "Optimisation de la performance de l’épidémiologie d’intervention en santé animale." Thesis, Paris Est, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PESC1194/document.
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L’épidémiologie d’intervention a pour objectif la détection précoce des situations d’alerte sanitaire afin d’apporter une aide à la décision pour le déclenchement d’une réponse visant à en limiter l’impact. Dans le domaine de la santé animale, l’épidémiologie d’intervention se développe sous l’influence d’enjeux sanitaires, économiques et de santé publique. La structuration des activités est nécessaire au développement performant de cette discipline.Dans ce contexte, un modèle pour la structuration opérationnelle de l’épidémiologie d’intervention a été développé selon les principes d’une méthode d’optimisation de la performance reconnue : l’approche processus. L’établissement de ce modèle a reposé sur l’identification des chaînes d’activités (processus) d’une épidémiologie d’intervention performante, adaptée à la santé animale, tout en capitalisant les acquis et les avancées de cette discipline dans le domaine de la santé publique. Ces chaînes d’activités ont été identifiées grâce à l’analyse qualitative rétrospective d’expériences en épidémiologie d’intervention dans différents domaines (santé publique, santé publique vétérinaire, santé animale), en réponse à des contextes variés.Ces analyses rétrospectives ont permis d’identifier des chaînes d’activités vectrices de performance en épidémiologie d’intervention. Ces activités ont été intégrées au modèle proposé pour la structuration opérationnelle de cette discipline.L’objectif serait désormais d’assurer la mise en œuvre des chaînes d’activités identifiées via un système intégré global, à même de détecter et de documenter toute maladie animale, ou menace liée aux animaux, et d’informer la prise de mesures adéquates pour son controleEmerging disease surveillance and investigation aim at the early detection of any health threat in order to perform a comprehensive analysis of the disease situation to help target an appropriate response. Its expansion in the field of animal health is led by major health, economic, and public health drivers. In support of this ongoing development, a standard structure for improved emerging animal disease surveillance and investigation capacities was established. This structure was based on a Business Process Management (BPM) approach.The primary goal of this work was to identify chains of activities (processes) that can support the most successful implementation of emerging animal disease surveillance and investigation, while buidling on the achievements made in the public health area. These chains of activities were identified through a qualitative retrospective analysis of various experiences of emerging disease surveillance and investigation, in the domains of public health, veterinary public health and animal heath, in distinct contexts ranging from a routine investigation to a major sanitary crisis.These analysis resulted in the identification of standard chains of activities that can support a successful implementation of emerging disease surveillance and investigation. These chains of activities were integrated in a standard structure for enhanced emerging animal disease surveillance and investigation capacities.The goal should now be to set up an integrated global system that would routinely implement these chains of activities and allow for the detection and description of any animal disease or threat to help inform prevention and control strategies
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Kesal, Fusun. "An Investigation On Constructivist Classroom Characteristics In Elt Methodology Ii Course." Phd thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/541417/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent constructivist classroom
characteristics existed in ELT Methodology II courses in ELT departments. Secondly, the
aim was to explore the extent to which constructivist learning activities and evaluation
strategies were perceived to be useful by the students and the instructors. Thirdly, the
study also attempted to find out the extent to which the students and the instructors in
ELT departments had constructivist conceptions of learning and teaching. Finally, it was
aimed to find out whether students&rsquoperception of constructivist classroom characteristics differed according to certain variables such as university, sex, type of high school the students graduated from, expected average score in the course and perceived competency in English. Subjects of the study involved 410 students taking ELT Methodology II course (Ö
zel Ö
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ntemleri II) during 2001-2002 academic year in ELT departments of four universities (Middle East Technical University, Gazi University, Ç
ukurova University and Dicle University) and 15 instructors teaching this course at these universities. Data were collected between May &ndash
July 2002 through administration of a questionnaire (Constructivist Classroom Characteristics Questionnaire) to the students, interviews with the students and the instructors and observation of students&rsquo
microteaching practices in ELT Methodology II classes. Data analysis was carried out through both quantitative (frequencies, means, standard deviations, one-way ANOVA) and qualitative analysis techniques. The results of the study indicated that majority of the students and the instructors perceived the classroom characteristics to be constructivist although there were a few differences in their perceptions. Observations of microteaching also showed that classroom characteristics were constructivist with respect to the variety of the learning activities used by the students, feedback procedures in the classroom and negotiation and cooperation among the students. Secondly, both the students and the instructors perceived constructivist learning activities and evaluation strategies to be more useful compared to the traditional ones. Thirdly, majority of the students and the instructors held either cognitivist or constructivist conceptions of learning. On the other hand, the students were behaviorist in their conceptions of teaching while the instructors were constructivist. Finally, the results indicated that perception of constructivist classroom characteristics differed according to universities, expected average score and perceived competency in English whereas it did not differ according to student sex and the type of high schools the students graduated from. The results revealed that the learning activities, evaluation strategies, students&rsquo
learning experiences and instructors&rsquo
roles in the classroom should be reconsidered and improved in order to make ELT Methodology II classes more constructivist in nature.
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Curtin, William J. "An investigation of a two parameter elastic-plastic fracture mechanics methodology." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17782.
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Pöppler, Ann-Christin. "Advanced NMR Methodology for the Investigation of Organometallic Compounds in Solution." Doctoral thesis, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0001-BC26-5.
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Lynch, Sheila Catherine. "Some investigations into the extension and refinement of the MEKAS methodology." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243231.
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Bowen, Robert. "Illuminating primary design and technology : an investigation into planning and teaching methodology." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 1999. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9551/.
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Gilmour, Nicola Ann. "An investigation of the coherence of instrumental accumulation, using a sculptural methodology." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2919.
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This thesis questions the coherence of modes of fabrication that introduce materials to a living context, in forms that resist the processes of biological change. In doing so this project explores the ideologies embedded in fabrication that have led to this current position. The implications of an accumulation of materials being recognized as an autonomous object, and treated as if they are detached from their environment are also expanded. The sculptural methodology used to undertake this investigation has used the feature of materiality and it’s behaviours, of both human fabrication and the living environment, as a means to explore processes outside the limitations of specialist human categories of knowledge. The vocabularies of dematerialization, expansion and relational exchange in the critique of sculpture, have provided a starting point to articulate what is implied or “mapped out but not socially recognized”1 by the structure of specialist categories. The practice-based work that has driven this project, documents an extension of sculptural fabrication, which incorporates the literal processes of growth and erosion, illustrating a radical inclusivity of all living phenomena. Engaging with fabrication through this plural and complex methodology allows for a new valuing that recognizes accumulation as a result of employing reductive specialist categories and as inherently problematic for complex living systems. This identifies coherent fabrication as that which merges its engagement with processes of biological change and utility for humans.