Dissertations / Theses: 'Survey questionnaire'

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Ramirez, Eusebio, and Jesper Elenius. "Indications and Frequency of Orthognathic Surgery in Sweden – a Questionnaire Survey." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Tandläkarutbildning, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-97848.

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Orthognathic surgery is today a standard procedure for improving the intermaxillary relationship by moving either one or both jaws surgically. However, statistics for frequency and indication for orthognathic surgery in Sweden are today non-existent. The purpose of the study is to examine indications, frequency and surgical techniques for orthognathic surgery performed in Swedish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) clinics. A questionnaire survey was performed on all Swedish OMFS clinics for the year 2011 to identify gender and age of the patients, surgical techniques, indications, frequency of operations and whether patients underwent one- or two-jaw surgery. A total of 47 out of 50 clinics responded to the survey. According to it, 894 patients were treated with orthognathic surgery. Slightly more women underwent orthognathic surgery than men and 91% of the patients were 26 years or younger. The most common indication was functional and the most common main jaw discrepancy aimed to correct was of sagittal nature. The survey shows great discrepancies between the counties concerning one- vs. two-jaw surgery. The results regarding frequency, age and gender distribution in orthognathic surgery was somewhat expected. However, the spread in frequency regarding one- vs. two-jaw surgery between the counties is concerning. The main indication for performing orthognathic surgery in Sweden is by far functional but there is reason to suggest that aesthetic indication is not negligible.

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Moran, Patricia. "The development of a questionnaire to measure psychosocial vulnerability to depression." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302136.

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Bower, David W. "Technical communication in industrial R & D groups : a questionnaire survey." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/15156.

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Vate-U-Lan, Poonsri, and poonsri vate@gmail com. "Internet-Based Survey Design for University Web Sites: A Case Study of a Thai University." RMIT University. Education, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080530.152800.

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In recent years with the increasingly world-wide introduction of the Internet, the use of online questionnaires has increased dramatically. However in Thailand, there has been only very limited systematic research on web-based design in Thailand, including for Thai undergraduates who are the biggest group of Thai internet users. The particular characteristics of the Thai language (e.g. no capital letters, no break between words, Thai script etc.) present some interesting challenges for online Thai surveys. This experimental study investigated web-based survey design principles based on an English language background trial at a Thai university with individual interviews and focus groups with the use of think aloud and other research techniques. The findings of two types of web usability tests revealed that the scrolling web-based format was the most suitable for conducting surveys and that such surveys are most likely to attract higher response rates when endorsed by a trusted organization, when instructions are short, simple and specific, when closed and dichotomous questions provide sufficient answer options and when matrix and semantic differential questions are limited. Research also indicates that the font, Ms Sans Serif of size

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Karas, Filip. "Marketingový průzkum v systému IMS." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-218203.

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This master's thesis describes suggestion of an application designed for marketing research utilizing development environment of Ericsson company using services IMS and SIP. The essay examines the options offered by programming languages Java, PHP, of the database system MySQL, language XML and SIP messages. A creation of a server - client pair of applications used for marketing research was the main focus of this paper was. These applications can be used for distribution of questionnaires and their subsequent collection by the server, which allows for an output of statistics based on the acquired data. It is not necessary to work with all the applications, it is possible to filter based on one or more categories and only have the selected questionnaires sent. The questionnaire results will be shown in a form of straightforward table in the server’s console window. The XML language has been selected for the storing the questionnaires. All technologies and methods used are described within the essay. An integral part of the module is also the creation of a database of questions, which has been created in the PHP programming language. MySQL has been used as a database server. The application output is an XML file, which can be used as an input for an IMS server. The results of this thesis are demonstrated using screenshots taken during the application testing.

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Isackson, Andréa, and Matilda Magnusson. "Oral Care Assistance at Private and Municipal Swedish Geriatric homes - A Questionnaire survey." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Tandläkarutbildning, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-97857.

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Oral health among elderly people is commonly debated, and correlations between oral and general health are shown. The increase of life expectancy in our population causes changes in the need of oral health care. The requirements of performing the oral hygiene increase and cause higher demands on the staff working at the geriatric homes. Both private and communal geriatric homes were included in this study. Two different questionnaires were distributed, one to nursing staff and one to staff managers. A geographical distribution to four big city’s; Umeå, Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö were selected. The hypothesis is that the knowledge of the daily needs of oral care for elderly people among geriatric nursing staff and the manager, are insufficient and more education are needed. Results do not differ when comparing private and municipal management. Nursing assistants indicated that their basic education included none or minor theoretical knowledge (61 %) and practical training in oral care (67 %). Part of the staff (30%) felt that they needed more education to help the residents with the daily oral care. Half of the staff members answered that they had not received any in-service education in oral health. The results did not differ comparing private and municipal geriatric homes. Conclusions of this study are that it is common that caretakers in geriatric homes are in need of assistance when performing daily oral care. The staffs appear to be well aware of the fact that maintaining a good oral health is of big importance. More education about oral health are both wanted and needed.

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Allen, Daniel Stephen. "The Impact of Shortening a Long Survey on Response Rate and Response Quality." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5968.

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Many factors influence the response rate of a survey or questionnaire. The BYU alumni questionnaire was initially a lengthy survey with over 200 questions. After a short version of the questionnaire was created and administered, response rates appear to have increased substantially. Male respondents appear particularly more inclined to respond to the shortened version compared to the long version. The questionnaire is examined through various statistical analyses and compared between the short and long versions. Results are presented in the context of existing research on response rates and response quality.

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Traynor, Marie. "Validation study of a vegetable and fruit food frequency questionnaire used to survey trends." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=80888.

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Introduction. In their work towards chronic disease prevention, public health practitioners need valid tools to survey trends in dietary intake. Currently the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System includes an optional six-item vegetable and fruit intake food frequency questionnaire (FFQ module. Our objectives are (1) to evaluate the potential for the frequency or occasions of consumption from the FFQ to stand as a reasonable proxy for quantified servings collected through a reference method and, (2) to compare each method's assessment of the proportion of the sample averaging five or more occasions or servings of vegetables and fruit per day. Methods. Dietitians administered the reference method, three 24-hour recalls, to each of 174 adult respondents who had completed the FFQ as part of the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System. Recalls were conducted over the phone using an adaptation of the Multiple Pass Method. Tools were mailed to respondents to aid with portion estimation. Results. The average of total vegetable and fruit intake for the group was 4.8 servings/day from the recalls and not significantly different from the 4.6 occasions/day from the FFQ. Thirty five percent of respondents were classified as consuming five or more servings/day by the recall method and 37% were classified as consuming vegetables and fruit five or more occasions/day by the FFQ. Discussion. Results indicate this brief questionnaire can be used as a proxy for quantified intake. The classification of those consuming five or more servings/day by each method appeared close. Conclusion. Given the limited funding available for nutrition promotion, surveying trends using this type of food frequency questionnaire can contribute to decisions regarding the distribution of funds for program planning.

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Dion, Emmanuel. "La théorie de l'information appliquée à l'enquête par questionnaire." Clermont-Ferrand 1, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995CLF10157.

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Les mesures définies par la théorie de l’information (et, en particulier l’entropie, l’équivoque, l’ambiguïté, la capacité, la redondance et la transinformation) permettent de proposer une nouvelle grille de lecture critique des questionnaires d’enquête. Ces mesures permettent en particulier de s’intéresser au problème de la quantité d’information qu’il est possible de recueillir auprès de chaque personne sondée et de proposer des règles générales de construction du questionnaire qui conduisent à l’optimisation de cette quantité d’information
Informations measurement as defined by information theory (particularly entropy, equivocation, ambiguity, capacity, redundancy and transmitted information) proposes a new series of tools for the evaluation of survey questionnaires. These tools make it possible to measure the amount of information one can get from each surveyed person, and established general questionnaire design rules that lead to the optimization of this amount of information

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Bakuri, Sarmad. "The Reporting of Supplement Use by Dental Patients on Their Medical History Questionnaire." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3338.

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The Reporting of Supplement Use by Dental Patients on Their Medical History Questionnaire Objectives: The goals of the study were three fold. Estimate the prevalence of supplement use by dental patients. Determine if the design of a medical history form influences the prevalence of supplement use reported. Determine whether or not patients are aware of supplement side effects and interactions with medications. Methods: Patients were randomly allocated to either a standard medical history form or the same form with additional questions about supplement use. After completing the initial forms, a survey containing questions about supplements was filled out by both groups. For investigating differences between groups, logistic regression and analysis of variance were used depending on the type of outcome variable. Results: Two hundred and nine patients participated in the study. The mean number of supplements reported by patients was influenced by the type of health history questionnaire given to the patient. Specifically asking about supplements versus not asking at all resulted in nearly double the number of supplements reported by the patient (mean of 1.53 when asked, 0.76 when not asked, p< 0.0001). Patient age and income were related to number of supplements used per patient. The two oldest age categories (50–65 and >65) reported a mean number of supplements used of 2.82 and 2.72, respectively versus the youngest age group (<30 years old) which reported a mean of 1.05 (p<0.05). The highest income level (>$75,000 per year) reported the lowest number of supplements per patient of 0.56 versus the other income levels (p<0.02), which reported mean supplemental use ranging from 2.28 to 2.71. Additionally, the majority of the subjects (69 %) were not aware of the side effects and interactions of supplements with medications. Conclusion: Patients tend not to report supplement use on the medical history questionnaire unless they are directly asked and the majority of patients are not aware of interactions with medications. Patient income and age have an effect on the frequency of supplement use.

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Lee, Young-king John. "Questionnaire survey on the maternal wish to know the fetal sex from obstetric ultrasound examination." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31971167.

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李揚敬 and Young-king John Lee. "Questionnaire survey on the maternal wish to know the fetal sex from obstetric ultrasound examination." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31971167.

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Svedberg, Petra, Bodil Ivarsson, Ulrica G. Nilsson, Åsa Roxberg, Amir Baigi, David Brunt, Margareta Brännström, et al. "Psychometric evaluation of a Swedish version of Krantz Health Opinion Survey." Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, HV, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-22376.

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psy- chometric properties of a Swedish version of The Krantz Health Opinion Survey (KHOS). A conven- ience sample of 79 persons (47 men and 32 women) was recruited from The Heart and Lung Patients’ National Association at ten local meeting places in different areas in Sweden. The questionnaire was examined for face and content validity, internal con-sistency and test-retest reliability. The findings showed that the Swedish version of KHOS is accept- able in terms of face and content validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability over time among 79 individuals >65 years of age and with a cardiac disease. In conclusion, wider evaluations of the psy- chometric use of KHOS for other populations and settings are recommended.
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Nolte, Hugo, and Carl Andersson. "Internet of Speaking Things : A survey about opinions on smart speakers." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-21447.

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Smart speakers are a category of smart devices with a built-in voice assistant and a variety of specialized sensors. Introducing these devices into our homes has proven to be a potential privacy threat to the unaware user because of its “microphone always on” nature. The smart speaker provides convenience at the cost of personal information being shared with the company who built the product. In this paper we introduce our readers to smart speaking devices, their management of personal information and its privacy implications. Firstly, with our literature review, we dig deeper into the current understanding of smart speakers, data management, general opinions and awareness. Secondly, we conclude a survey by means of a questionnaire where we discover the opinions of residents in Blekinge county, southern Sweden, towards smart speakers management of personal data in order to evaluate the general position of said residents towards these devices with the hopes to bring added value and understanding to the current research and to give additional information that can be useful by smart speakers manufacturers in terms of the user experience. We find that there is low demand for the product in Blekinge, that sensitive information is unlikely to be shared knowingly by the user and that an IT background doesn’t have a large impact on the opinion or interest of the user.

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Marton, Krisztina. "Effects of questionnaire and fieldwork characteristics on call outcome rates and data quality in a monthly CATI survey." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1086123369.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 148 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-148). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Öhrvall, Malin. "Matavfallssortering för restauranger : En studie av restaurangers möjligheter och inställning till matavfallssortering." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-83148.

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The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes and potential for sorting of food waste at restaurants in the central part of Umeå. The information was gathered through a questionnaire survey and by exploring different sorting methods. The questionnaire was sent to 55 restaurants and 24 of them responded. A majority of the respondents wanted to sort out food waste. 72.8 % believe they have a good or moderate potential to sort out food waste in the future and none of the respondents answered that they believed that they had no means of sorting out food waste. Overall, the restaurants are considered to have good attitudes about sorting food waste. However, this may be because the respondents have a better attitude than those who chose not to respond. The sorting methods were evaluated by reviewing reports written by government agencies and industry associations. Mill systems connected to a tank had the most pros and least cons of the sorting methods, but were expensive to install and required a lot of space. Sorting in individual containers was less expensive and required less space but was considered worse from a working environment standpoint. It seems that a combination of individual containers and a mill system connected to a tank suit most restaurants.

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Johansson, Amanda, and Emelie Smith. "Innovation in Service Organizations : The development of a suitable innovation measurement system." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255992.

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Innovation in services has arisen to be a hot topic of today and being innovative serve as a key in staying competitive in most business settings, the service sector is no exception.Although important, service innovation is difficult to measure and the service perspective has been noticeably absent in traditional approaches where innovation measurement has tended to focus mainly on products and production related systems. These measurement indicators fail to capture the diversity and intricacy of innovation processes emerging in service firms, where innovation rarely requires R&D. Until now, a coherent instrument or tool for measuring innovation in a service company has not existed resulting in that research studies on service innovation lag behind those of product innovation. The need for an innovation measurement instrument is obvious as it would not only assist companies in understanding their current innovation practices or capabilities, but would also help clarify what the organization need to focus on to maximize its success. With basis in aforementioned, this study sets out to extend the knowledge regarding factors affecting innovation within the service sector. As a result, a developed and tested questionnaire, suitable for measuring innovation within a service firm is provided and a managerial and theoretical contribution has been made.

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Ondrejčík, Matúš. "Oceňování goodwill stavebního podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409898.

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The diploma thesis is focused on the comparison of goodwill values of two construction companies. The theoretical part describes the basic knowledge and principles they are required to terminated the value of goodwill. Furthermore, terms such as marketing planning and questionnaire creation are explained. In the practical part, selected methods are used to terminate the value of goodwill. Subsequently, five questions are set and the questions are tested. Based on the analysis results is proposed marketing strategy at the end of the thesis.

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Miller, Laura. "Smoking cessation programme; an assessment of patient satisfaction and survey of prescribed medication (Pilot questionnaire study)." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-65277.

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Li, Vera. "Ethical behaviours in e-commerce based construction procurement process." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16315/.

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Electronic commerce is increasingly applied in commercial fields, no exception to construction procurement process. But coming with it, also creates many problems, many of them remain as hot issues for both researchers and stakeholders in industries and have not been solved, though enormous efforts have been offered from different parties involved, among which, ethics in e-commerce enabled construction procurement process stays on top of all. This thesis investigates ethical issues related to the e-commerce application in the construction industry. Research methods used in this study include a thorough literature review, a questionnaire survey, interviews and a case study. These studies were conducted in August 2004. The samples studied in my thesis included a group of 30 experienced construction professionals who were attending a MBA distance learning programme offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Beijing. Through these studies, various construction ethical issues such as computer ethics and corruption in the e-commerce enabled construction procurement process are thoroughly discussed and patterns of ethical behaviors were identified. Specifically, through the questionnaire and interviews, it was identified that the majority of the respondents (70%) agreed that ethical atmosphere is almost nonexistent in the China construction industry. The majority (78%) also agreed that there was only a little ethical awareness. However, the majority of respondents (51%) believed that there is a positive relationship between ethical behavior and long-term profitability of the company. On the other hand, the respondents' views were divided when judging the relationship between ethical behaviour and short-term profitability as 40% believed the relationship between ethical behaviour and short-term profitability of the company was uncritical, while 43% believed there was a strong relationship between them. The majority of respondents (63%) also confirmed that ethics was never discussed with companies. When asked on the difficulties encountered in developing a strong ethical awareness in the company, respondents cited various reasons including the lack of support from senior management; prevailing trend in the industry, negative impact on long-term and short-term profitability. The majority of respondents (90%) also chose "keep silent" when asked if they spotted unethical behaviors. Finally, the majority of respondents (90%) believed that unethical behaviors increase the cost of procurement by at least 10%. The interviews and case study reinforced the findings and revealed reasons for the ethical behaviors in China construction industry. Based on these findings, this study has proposed several remedial measures in order to prevent unethical behaviors. In addition, scope for further research is also identified.

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Villar, Betzabeth Slater. "Desenvolvimento e validação de um questionário semi-quantitativo de freqüência alimentar para adolescentes." Universidade de São Paulo, 2001. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6133/tde-21072016-103625/.

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Objetivo. O principal objetivo deste estudo foi desenvolver um questionário de freqüência alimentar- QF AA para calcular o consumo de energia, carboidrato, proteína, lipídio total, lipídio insaturado, fibra, colesterol, retinol, vitamina C, cálcio e ferro de adolescentes freqüentadores de uma escola pública localizada na região oeste da cidade de São Paulo. A validade relativa do QF AA foi testada por meio da comparação entre os valores estimados pelo método de referência (média de 3 dias de R24h) e os calculados pelo QFAA. Metodologia. Depois de identificados os principais alimentos fontes dos nutrientes analisados, o QF AA foi testado em prova piloto. A versão final foi constituída por 76 itens alimentares, agrupados segundo o perfil de cada alimento. O estudo de validade foi realizado durante um período de 6 meses (junho a novembro de 1999) junto a 79 alunos voluntários de ambos os sexos, os quais responderam 4 R24h com intervalo de 45 dias e 1 QFAA ao final do estudo. Os dados foram calculados pelo Virtual Nutri e analisados utilizando-se coeficiente de correlação de Pearson, ajustados pela caloria e corrigidos pela variância intrapessoal. Resultados. Observou-se uma alta variabilidade no consumo da dieta dos adolescentes, mostrando razões de variância extremamente altas para o colesterol, retinol e vitamina C. Os coeficientes de correlação de Pearson, depois do ajuste e da correção pela variância, variaram entre - O,1O a 0,72 para os indivíduos de sexo feminino e de O,16 a 0,91 para os de sexo masculino. A média do coeficiente de correlação para todo o grupo foi de 0,52. Conclusões. Nossos resultados indicam que o QFAA mostrou aceitável desempenho para classificar os indivíduos segundo seu consumo habitual para a maioria dos nutrientes, com exceção do retinol e do ferro.
Purpose. The main purpose of this study was to develop a Food-Frequency Questionnaire - FFQ to calculate the consumption of energy, carbohydrate, protein, total lipid, unsaturated lipid, flber, cholesterol, retinol, vitamin C, calcium and iron by adolescents attending a public school located in the western region of the city of São Paulo. The relative validity of the FFQ was tested in a comparison between values estimated by the reference method (average, three days of R24h) and those calculated by the FFQ. Methodology. After identifying the major food sources of the nutrients analyzed, the FFQ was tested in a pilot test. The final version was comprised by seventy-six food items, grouped according to each of their proflles. The validity study was performed over a six-month period (]une through November, 1999) on seventy-nine volunteer students of both sexes, which responded four R24h with a 45-day interval and one FFQ at the end of the study. Data was computed by the Virtual Nutri and analyzed by using Pearson\'s correlation coefflcient, energy - adjustment and corrected for within-subject variance. Results. High variability was observed in adolescent diet consumption, showing extremely high variance ratios for cholesterol, retinol and vitamin C. Pearson\'s correlation coefficients, after adjustment and correction for variance, range between - O.1O to O.72 for females and from O.16 to O.91 for males. The average correlation coefficient for the entire group was 0.52. Conclusions. Our results indicate that the FFQ has shown an acceptable performance to classify individuais according to their habitual consumption for the majority of nutrients, with the exception of retinol and iron.

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Wang, Youna. "The epidemiology survey of uncontrolled allergic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis control test questionnaire-driven stepwise pharmacotherapy in Wuhan." Thesis, Montpellier, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MONTT054/document.

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Introduction: Le traitement de la rhinite allergique (RA) est maintenant bien établi et la plupart des patients atteints par cette maladie y répondent. Néanmoins, il existe un pourcentage de patients qui ne sont pas contrôlés, malgré un traitement maximal, amenant au concept de SCUAD (Severe Chronic Upper Airway Disease), acronyme anglais pour "atteinte sévère et chronique des voies aériennes supérieures". En Chine, les données concernant la RA non contrôlée et le SCUAD sont insuffisantes. Le test de contrôle de la rhinite allergique (Allergic Rhinitis Control Test, ARCT) est un outil validé pour évaluer le contrôle de la RA et identifier la RA sévère. Néanmoins, l'ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma, acronyme anglais pour Rhinite Allergique et son Impact sur l'Asthme) n'offre pas de définition claire du contrôle de la RA et, du fait de l'absence de critères uniformes, le choix de la pharmacothérapie varie dans différentes régions et populations. Objectif: La première étude a eu pour objectif d'évaluer la prévalence et les caractéristiques des patients avec RA non contrôlée et SCUAD à Wuhan. A partir de cette étude préliminaire, une autre étude a été mise en oeuvre, pour évaluer le rôle de l'ARCT en tant qu'outil pour guider une pharmacothérapie par paliers, dans le but d'atteindre le contrôle de la RA. Méthode : Dans la première étude, tous les patients consultant pour une RA ont été évalues en prospectif par EVA et ARCT, et mis sous traitement selon le guide ARIA. Au bout de 15 jours (J15), une interview téléphonique a permis de ré-évaluer la RA au moyen d'une échelle numérique et de l'ARCT. La RA non contrôlée était définie par un score ARCT<20. Les patients souffrant de SCUAD étaient définis par un score ≥5 à J15. Dans la 2ème étude prospective, un traitement pharmacologique standard a été proposé aux patients souffrant de RA. Les paliers allaient du palier 1 (antihistaminique H1 à la demande) jusqu'au palier 5 (corticoïde oral). La RA était traitée et évaluée tous les 15 jours par ARCT. Si le score ARCT était ≥20, maintenu pendant 15 jours, le patient terminait l'étude. Si l'ARCT était <20, le patient recevait le prochain palier de traitement, selon une démarché prédéfinie, progressive, jusqu'au palier 5. Résultats: Au total, 252 patients ont été inclus dans la 1ère étude. La RA modérée/sévère était présente en 82,9% des patients, avec un impact sur le sommeil, travail, activités sociales et physique. Les patients avec RA non contrôlée à J15 étaient ceux avec un poids plus important (P=0,042), antécédents d'infections ORL ou de prise d'antibiotiques pour infections respiratoires dans les derniers 12 mois (62,3 vs. 45,6%, P=0,018), de tabagisme (P=0,024) et de dysosmie (P=0,005). Les patients avec SCUAD avaient plus fréquemment des antécédents d'infections ORL ou de prise d'antibiotiques pour infections respiratoires (P=0,014) et de dysosmie (P=0,003) et moins fréquemment de dermatite atopique (P=0,017). 255 patients ont été inclus dans la 2ème étude. Seulement 3,2% sont restés non contrôlés à la fin de l'étude. Les patients avec une RA modérée à sévère selon ARIA, RA persistante, impact modéré à sévère sur la qualité de vie, antécédents d'asthme, rhinorrhée et toux avaient toujours besoin d'un traitement associé, ainsi qu'un traitement prolongé pour atteindre le contrôle. Après ajustement sur chacune des variables, le seul facteur de risque restant significatif était la présence d'un asthme (il était moins probable que ces patients soient contrôlés par les premiers paliers de traitement). Conclusion: Les patients ayant une RA non-contrôlée ou atteints de SCUAD sont nombreux. L'EVA et l'ARCT sont des outils simples qui peuvent être utilisés dans l'évaluation globale de la sévérité et du contrôle de la RA. L'ARCT offre un critère objectif pour guider le traitement par paliers
Background : The treatment of Allergic rhinitis (AR) is now well established and most patients respond well to the treatment. However, there are still some patients with uncontrolled AR despite optimal maximum treatment, leading to the concept of severe chronic upper airway disease (SCUAD). In China, there are insufficient epidemiological data regarding uncontrolled AR and SCUAD. Allergic Rhinitis Control Test (ARCT) has been validated for assessing AR control and to identify severe AR. However, Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) still has no clear definition of AR control, and due to the absence of uniformed criteria, pharmacotherapy adjustment regimens varies in different areas and populations. ObjectiveThe first study aimed to assess the prevalence and the characteristics of patients with uncontrolled AR and SCUAD in Wuhan. On the basis of the preliminary study, a further study is designed to assess ARCT as a questionnaire driven stepwise pharmacological treatment to achieve AR control. Methods : In the first epidemiology study, all patients consulting for AR were prospectively assessed using VAS and ARCT and put on standardized treatment based on ARIA guidelines. After 15 days, they were reevaluated by a telephone interview using a numerical scale and ARCT. A score of ARCT <0 defined uncontrolled AR and a score ≥5 at day-15 defined SCUAD patients.In the second study, a standard pharmacotherapy regimen from step1 (oral second generation H1 antihistamine as needed) to step 5 (oral corticosteroid) was applied prospectively in a Chinese AR population. The AR patients were initiated with ARIA appropriate step treatment and assessed with ARCT every 15 days. If ARCT score was equal or above 20 and maintained for 15 days, the patient would finish the study; if ARCT score was strictly less than 20, the patient would receive higher step treatment according to a predefined open design up to step 5. Results: A total of 252 patients were included in the first study. Moderate/severe AR was diagnosed in 82.9% of the patients and they had an impact on sleep, work life, social activities and physical activities. Patients with uncontrolled ARat day-15 more frequently presented a higher weight (P=0.042), past history of ENT infection or antibiotics intake for respiratory infection in the last 12 months (P=0.018), smoking (P=0.024) and smell disturbance (P=0.005). Patients with SCUAD more frequently presented a past history of ENT infection or antibiotics intake for respiratory infection (P=0.014) and smell disturbance (P=0.003), while less commonly had atopic dermatitis (P=0.017). 255 patients were enrolled in the second study. Only 3.2% patients remained uncontrolled at the endpoint of the study. Patients with ARIA moderate/severe or persistent symptoms, moderate/severe impaired quality of life, asthma history, rhinorrhea and cough symptoms always needed up to step 4 and prolonged treatments to achieve disease control. After adjustment on each of the variables, the only factor that remained significant was asthma (less likely to be in a group controlled by the first steps’ therapies) .Conclusion: Uncontrolled AR and SCUAD patients are numerous. VAS and ARCT are simple and quantitative methods and self-completion questionnaire that can be used for a global evaluation of the severity and control of AR. ARCT offers an objective criterion for the stepwise pharmacotherapy of AR. Risk factor analysis did not reveal strong clinical characteristics that would help the physician to control AR better

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Zenger, Markus, and Winfried Häuser. "Validation of the Patient-Doctor-Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9) in a Representative Cross- Sectional German Population Survey." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-142630.

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The patient-doctor relationship (PDR) as perceived by the patient is an important concept in primary care and psychotherapy. The PDR Questionnaire (PDRQ-9) provides a brief measure of the therapeutic aspects of the PDR in primary care. We assessed the internal and external validity of the German version of the PDRQ-9 in a representative crosssectional German population survey that included 2,275 persons aged$14 years who reported consulting with a primary care physician (PCP). The acceptance of the German version of this questionnaire was good. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the PRDQ-9 was unidimensional. The internal reliability (Cronbach’s a) of the total score was .95. The corrected item-total correlations were$.94. The mean satisfaction index of persons with a probable depressive disorder was lower than that of persons without a probable depressive disorder, indicating good discriminative concurrent criterion validity. The correlation coefficient between satisfaction with PDR and satisfaction with pain therapy was r = .51 in 489 persons who reported chronic pain, indicating good convergent validity. Despite the limitation of low variance in the PDRQ- 9 total scores, the results indicate that the German version of the PDRQ-9 is a brief questionnaire with good psychometric properties to assess German patients’ perceived therapeutic alliance with PCPs in public health research.

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Hanna, Lisa. "The challenge of cross-cultural comparability in survey research : a case study of the Rose Angina questionnaire." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23967.

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The Rose Angina Questionnaire (RAQ) is an important measure of coronary heart disease prevalence. It has been shown to perform inconsistently across some ethnic groups in Britain. For multi-ethnic survey research, an angina screening instrument with greater cross-cultural validity is required. Objectives: To assess the need for, and feasibility of, modifying the RAQ to produce a cross-culturally valid angina screening tool for use in Punjabi, Cantonese and English speakers. Participants expressed a range of health beliefs and behaviours. Perceptions and significance of pain and chest pain varied. However, whilst there were some themes that varied between groups, no dominant themes in the cultural construction of health, pain or cardiovascular knowledge emerged that may significantly influence RAQ response between language groups. Individual differences such as general anxiety about health, or awareness of cardiac symptoms, were more likely to affect perception of, and response to, RAQ items. Problems were encountered with the Punjabi and Cantonese translations of the RAQ, where inappropriate translocations may have produced distorted data on angina prevalence. For example, the translation for “chest” was interpreted by some Pakistani and fewer Chinese woman to mean “breasts”. “Waling uphill” was translated in Chinese as “walking the hill”, without stipulation of the direction, so that some Cantonese speakers interpreted the question as pertaining to walking downhill. In addition, many Chinese interpreted RAQ items to be referring to breathlessness rather than chest pain due to ambiguous wording. Standardised administration of questionnaire items by an interviewer may also be difficult to establish. The process of lay assessment of questionnaire appropriateness using bilingual project workers also raised methodological challenges- the assessment task was difficult for participants to understand and for bilingual project workers to implement. There is evidence that existing Punjabi and Cantonese versions of the Rose Angina Questionnaire should be modified further before being used in multi-ethnic surveys. Current versions are unlikely to be yielding data that is equivalent or comparable across groups. Other language versions may also require investigation to ensure comparability.

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Dvornáková, Táňa. "Výběrová zjišťování on-line." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10989.

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Thesis deals with modern ways of surveys using advancing information technology and internet which makes surveys using web applications more effective. After a short review of public opinion history the summary of principal czech and forign survey organizations engaged in determination of survey rules are presented. Thesis follows with description of classic and modern data collecting methods. Main attention is devoted to on-line survey method. The description of method, possibilities of realization, positives and negatives and use of on-line questionnaire survey are presented. Final part of thesis si focused on on-line survey applying. The quality of this method is considered by sociological survey.

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Solčanský, Marek. "Marketingový průzkum." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222116.

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This master´s thesis deals with the marketing survey for industry of solar energy, there is the main goal to speak potential customers and determine their needs, opinion and existing barriers to investment in the sector. The work contains a complete evaluation questionnaire action and proposals for improving existing companies within this sector. The result of the questionnaire are the opinions of respondents to reveal additional problems of solar energy.

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Rivière, Fabien. "Contribution à la surveillance et à la mesure de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0354/document.

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La surveillance de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires, et la question de leur mesure, sont primordiales dans un contexte où les sociétés modernes favorisent l’augmentation de l’incidence de nombreuses maladies associées à un mode de vie sédentaire. Objectif : L’objectif de cette thèse était d’approfondir les connaissances sur la surveillance et la mesure de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires. Méthodes : Quatre études ont été réalisées. Deux travaux analysent et discutent le système français de surveillance de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires des adultes et des jeunes. Une étude teste les propriétés psychométriques du questionnaire mondial sur la pratique d’activités physiques (GPAQ). Enfin, une revue de la littérature analyse le contenu des questionnaires disponibles pour mesurer les comportements sédentaires. Résultats : Les deux études portant sur la surveillance observent un manque d’homogénéité et de constance dans le choix des outils de mesure qui limite le suivi de l’évolution des pratiques. L’étude sur le GPAQ révèle des résultats, en termes de reproductibilité et de validité, similaires aux valeurs habituellement observées. Enfin, la revue de littérature a mis en évidence que les questionnaires mesurant les comportements sédentaires présentent des différences en termes de population cible, période de rappel, nombre d’item, et caractéristiques des comportements sédentaires mesurés. Conclusion : Des recommandations ont été formulées afin d’améliorer la mesure et la surveillance de l’activité physique et des comportements sédentaires en France
Physical activity and sedentary behaviors are major health determinants and are being surveyed worldwide. Objective: The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the surveillance and measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviors. Method: This thesis includes four studies. The first study analyzes and discusses the present situation of French national surveillance studies. The second study presents the results from the first French report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. The third study discusses the validity and reliability properties of the French version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). The fourth study examines the content of questionnaires measuring sedentary behaviors. Results: Studies 1 and 2 reported measurement issues impairing the overall data quality, inter-study comparisons and survey of changes over time. The study of GPAQ reported limited but acceptable reliability and validity for the measurement of physical activity and sedentary time in France. Finally, the systematic review on sedentary behaviors questionnaires reported large differences in the population targeted (ex: adults, youth, elderly), recall frame (ex: previous day, last 7 days, last month), the number of item (from 1 to more than 100), and the sedentary behaviors characteristics measured (from only sitting time to up to 27 sedentary behaviors). Conclusion: The work realized during this thesis allows the formulation of recommendations to improve the surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviors in France

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Quinn, Megan, Gabrielle Caldara, Kathleen Collins, Heather Owens, Ifeoma Ozodiegwu, Elaine Loudermilk, and Jill D. Stinson. "Methods for Understanding Childhood Trauma: Modifying the Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire for Cultural Competency." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6778.

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Sandberg, Erik. "Logistics Collaboration in Supply Chains : A Survey of Swedish Manufacturing Companies." Licentiate thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Logistics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-498.

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The purpose of this thesis is to describe logistics collaboration in supply chains. During the past two decades, a new trend towards integration and collaboration in supply chains has been recognised among researchers as well as among business practitioners. This philosophy is called supply chain management and has received enormous attention in logistics research. Collaboration based on supply chain management is expected to reduce total cost and improve service towards the supply chain’s end customers at the same time.

The argumentation in existing literature is however seldom underpinned by more rigorous empirical material and becomes therefore conceptual and superficial. Furthermore, it is incongruous about what actually is done when companies collaborate and what more specific effects are achieved. Therefore more research, especially survey based, is needed in order to verify existing literature. In this thesis the perspective of a focal company is taken in order to concretise the ideas from supply chain management and investigate what it means for an individual company.

Based on supply chain management literature, a questionnaire was constructed which focused on the content of the collaboration and its driving forces, barriers and effects. Furthermore, differences between triadic collaborations, i.e. collaborations where both the supplier and customer of the focal company are involved, and dyadic collaborations (collaboration with either a supplier or a customer) were investigated.

The questionnaire was mailed to 482 Swedish manufacturing companies which had a turnover of more than SEK 100 Million per annum and with more than 100 employees. This population was considered as a typical target group for the supply chain management literature. 177 usable answers were received which gives a response rate of 37.8%.

The results from this study are summarised in five propositions. It is proposed that the content of logistics collaboration in the Swedish manufacturing companies’ supply chains is rather operative in its character and does not reach the strategic level that is advocated by the literature. In particular, the degree of process approach in the collaborations is low. This area has a great potential for improvements.

The results also indicate that the intensity of the collaboration, i.e. frequency of information sharing, degree of joint operative planning of involved supply chain activities, and process approach, are positively related to the effects experienced of the collaboration. The relation between joint strategic planning and the operative collaboration issues is however weak and does not seem to influence the effects experienced as a consequence of the collaboration.

Furthermore, engagement from top management is recognised as an important driver for successful collaboration. Top management involvement means an increased internal focus on the collaboration and facilitates more intensive collaboration.

Finally, differences in attitude and behaviour are recognised depending on whom the collaboration partner is. The study shows that the traditional way of managing supply chain relations still dominates, where the focal company “demand what he wants” upstream much more than in the case for downstream relations. Such differences according to SCM literature should not exist and can be considered as a serious threat for SCM based collaboration.

The ISBN is incorrect in the printed version but corrected in the electronic version. ISRN/Report code: LiU-Tek-Lic 2005:35.

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Henriksson, Björn, and Felix Frenzel. "Campusbokhandeln : Investigation of a new Establishement." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-3605.

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In the majority of cases students are short of money and have problems to finance their low standard subsistence. An additional financial burden for students is purchasing the costly literature for their courses and studies. Universities often support their students by providing a library but a library can never cover all the books that are demanded. Students often do not need or use their purchased books longer than they have to; with the closure of a course or a semester books become useless for the owner. To get back some money after having used a book it is common to resell the book in various ways. Regularly students’ organisations or universities established some sort of platform for example a bill-board in their facilities or on the internet. But the existence of these platforms made trading the used literature not easier because there are no rules and no regulations. The store Campusbokhandeln took this problem and started a business to make it easier for students to sell and buy used books with fair regulations so every participator profits. Campusbokhandeln has a main store at Örebro University and one at Karlstad University. The purpose of the study is to find out whether Campusbokhandeln is able to expand their actions to another university in Sweden and if yes to which university. The results of the research show that the demand for a platform like Campusbokhandeln if very high and that the owners can take the chance to expand. After a SWOT-analysis we were able to point out chances and give suggestions about the future of the business.

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Shinde, Jaysinha Shamrao. "MEASURING CPA SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT THE BUSINESS OWNER LEVEL: INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/148.

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From an accounting standpoint, the concept of social responsibility has gained a lot of momentum with both academicians and practitioners. Many of the top public accounting firms' offer social responsibility reporting services. Also, many CPA firms, most of which tend to be private partnerships and sole proprietorships, are engaged in social responsibility initiatives. CPA Social Responsibility at the level of a business owner is a concept that is largely unexplored in the academic literature. The overwhelming majority of academic papers have looked at social responsibility from the standpoint of a corporation, that is, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The lack of adequate development of social responsibility at the level of a business owner has led to a gap in the research in terms of methodology and of the causal relationships that social responsibility may have on variety of outcomes. This study conducts a thorough literature review on the concept of social responsibility, and then in conjunction with a qualitative analysis consisting of interviews with CPAs (who own their business - that is, sole proprietors and partners), this paper defines social responsibility. Using the definitions generated by the literature review and the expert panel, this paper uses the grounding of Nicomachean Ethics to derive the definitions and elucidate the underlying dimensions of CPA Social Responsibility. Further, the study uses power analysis, factor analysis, scree plots, multidimensional scaling, perceptual maps, and a sequential process to develop and validate an instrument to measure the concept of CPA Social Responsibility at the level of a business owner.

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Christensen, Maribeth. "An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Framework for the Mailed Questionnaire Process and the Development of a Theory on Immediacy and Salience as Significant Variables of Response Rates." DigitalCommons@USU, 1996. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4689.

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The mailed questionnaire research process developed historically as part of the survey research movement, with guidelines and models drawn from an array of scientific research methods and disciplines. Although the mailed questionnaire has become one of the most popular research instruments for obtaining data beyond the reach of the observer, the response bias generated from the generally low return rate of the mailed questionnaire survey has remained a problem. For over three decades researchers have generated a plethora of research on the effectiveness of the various aspects of the mailed questionnaire process and the resultant impact of various constructs on survey return . But despite these efforts, researchers have not succeeded collectively in producing a clear, compelling, or consistent set of principles that, if followed, will produce high response rates in mailed questionnaire research . With the certainty that more knowledge and constructs will be generated in all areas of the mailed questionnaire process, scholars have issued a call for a viable theory to direct future research efforts on response rates . Therefore, the purpose of this study was to address that need . The dissertation research reported in this paper accomplished five major objectives. It (a) developed an interdisciplinary theoretical framework for the mailed questionnaire process; (b) identified 13 determinants of response costs in the mailed questionnaire process; (c) proposed immediacy and salience as the most significant determinant variables of response rates, from a synthesis of the research literature with the theoretical framework; (d) proposed a theory and theoretical model that explain and illustrate the interaction of immediacy and salience in determining response rate levels; and (e) recommended a method for testing the proposed theory and for utilizing the proposed theory to achieve high response rates in future mailed questionnaire studies.

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Karth, Stephen T. "A Comparison of a Traditional Ranking-Task and a Drag-and-Drop Ranking Task." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1304030775.

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Ugurbas, Suat Hayri. "Evaluation Of An Electronic Medical Record System: Zonguldak Karaelmas University Hospital Survey." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608125/index.pdf.

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The present study investigated the electronic medical record system (EMR) of Zonguldak Karaelmas University Hospital which is used for six years now. The advantages and disadvantages of an EMR system in comparison with paper medical records were evaluated based on the user&
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s point of view. The main source of information used in this analysis is gathered from a questionnaire. Hundred and twenty six users of EMR selected voluntarily and randomly from the hospital staffs are included in this survey. The hospital staffs including physicians, nurses, clinicians, administrative clerks and technicians were included in this survey. Implementation for certain medical tasks and efficiency of using these tasks in EMR are evaluated. The advantages and disadvantages of the system were surveyed from the user'
s point of view. In spite of the fact that health care professionals understand the benefits of electronic medical records, barriers to the use of EMR are also important for the current impediments in EMR introduction. While the successful applications of EMR systems are evident in western word, the implementation of EMR to a hospital information system is a new topic in Turkey. There are mainly attempts to convert the paper-based medical record systems to the fully automated electronic record systems. Our study is a pioneering attempt to analyze the users&
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Strömberg, Karin, and Gita Westerlund. "Level of self-esteem, social network and experience of school education among girls - a questionnaire survey in Kitwe, Zambia." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Teacher Education, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3323.

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Health should be seen as a resource in daily life so people can feel satisfaction and social support network has been shown to have a significant impact on health. Another important determinant on health is education. There is a strong interrelationship between health and education. The centre of work in health education and promotion is the development of self-esteem. The aim of the study was to investigate the level of self-esteem, social network and experience of school education among girl’s 13-16 years, in Kitwe Zambia, in order to increase knowledge about how to learn to strengthen self-esteem and empowerment in girls. This investigation is a cross-sectional survey and we have chosen to use a quantitative method such as questionnaires. Our study received the approval of the University of Kristianstad Ethics Committee. The result shows that the girls think that the school is important for their future and that they enjoy going to school. But 34% of the girls felt that the school did not treat everybody the same and 50% of the girls were not involved at all in any student club. The results in our study showed that there were no statistical connections between level of self-esteem, social network and experience of school education. Our conclusion is that it did not matter what level of self-esteem the girls had, they had a good social network and a positive attitude towards school. A high level of self-esteem increases the young girls believes in themselves and that they can feel capable of taking a bigger part in the society. We hope that this study will underline the importance of women’s education, empowerment and self-esteem for their development. We believe that this may not change the world, but it is one good step in the development of a country.

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Moore, Jeffery Logan. "A questionnaire survey of the teaching of computer studies, pupils attitudes toward computers and perceptions of the learning environment." Thesis, University of Hull, 1988. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3111.

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Habáňová, Barbora. "Analýza spokojenosti zaměstnanců ve vybrané kosmetické společnosti." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-75174.

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Human resources have become the most important means of competition in today's market environment. It is one of the vital goals of the competing companies to attract and retain work force of high quality. The way to this goal leads through ensuring the employees' satisfaction. Within many companies' management the word satisfaction is confused with motivation and in some professional papers motivation is believed to be the synonym of stimulation. Therefore in the first part of this thesis I explore the theoretical relations between satisfaction, motivation and stimulation. In next parts I introduce the company where the satisfaction survey takes place and include the thorough analysis of the subject group. Based on the acquired theoretical knowledge I then evaluate the used methodology -- electronic questioning and the content of the survey questionnaire. In the last chapter I present the results of the survey conducted in two subsequent time periods. I analyze the results and evaluate the adopted action steps plus giving my own recommendations and suggestions for actions in the upcoming year.

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Motáčková, Hana. "Prověření a vyhodnocení spokojenosti zaměstnanců Nemocnice Pelhřimov." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113231.

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This thesis deals with the analysis and the evaluation of Hospital Pelhřimov, p. o. employees satisfaciton. The aim of this study is to evaluate employees satisfaction, to find out what motivates hospital staff most and to propose recommendation that could lead to increased satisfaction. The survey was conducted by collecting data through a questionnaire. The verification of the first statistical hypothesis -- "Are Hospital Pelhřimov, p. o. employees satisfied at work", was focused on the factors that affect employees most at work. The second survey dealt with the hypothetical question -- "Is group of workers in hospital -- non medicals motivated enough?". After the evaluation of the questionnaires there are submitted several proposals and recommendation that could lead to increased employees satisfaction. In this thesis there is further described the structure of the hospital, the method of remuneration, care for employees, employees benefits, working hours, working conditions and working aids.

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Södergren, Susanne. "”Metcha suki ya nen” : A sociolinguistic attitude survey concerning the Kansai dialect." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Japanska, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-14408.

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西日本にある関西弁はたくさん色々な形で標準語と異なる。関西弁は１９７０年代の後に、全国で人気を得た。この社会言語学の研究の目的は現在の関西弁に対する感情を調査することである。これは関西弁の話し手ではなくて日本語の母語話者に配ったアンケートで調査された。質的また量的な分析である。結果は一般的に関西弁に好意的であったが、人気がある理由もいろいろあり、それらをさぐるために歴史的なそして文化的な見方を通して議論する。

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Brower, Cheyna Katherine. "Too Long and Too Boring: The Effects of Survey Length and Interest on Careless Responding." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1524614764948287.

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Walker, Timothy Dean. "Estimating the Reliability of Scores from a Social Network Survey Questionnaire in Light of Actor, Alter, and Dyad Clustering Effects." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6880.

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Survey instruments utilized to quantify relationships, or aspects of relationships, may introduce multiple sources of nonindependence"”clustered variance"”into scores, including from actor, alter and dyadic sources. Estimating the magnitude of actor, alter and dyad nonindependence and their impact on the reliability of scores is an important step towards assuring quality data. Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis and the social relations model offer methods for quantifying the influence and estimating the reliability of multiple sources of clustered variance. The use of these methods is illustrated in the analysis of data gathered via a survey designed to quantify relational embeddedness in social network analyses.

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Mattsson, Amanda. "Concussions amongst youth ice hockey players : A retrospective survey in Västerbotten and Västernorrland amongst teenagers 13-15 years of age." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Avdelningen för idrottsmedicin, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-177103.

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Sports-related concussions are one of the most complex injuries in the sports medicine field since head traumas are hard to recognize, discover and manage. Adolescent brains are under development and therefore more sensitive to concussions. Even though it is well established that concussions are a frequently occuring injury amongst youths, research on concussions on the youth ice hockey level in Sweden have not been previously investigated. Therefore, the primary aim of the present study was to investigate the cumulative prevalence of concussions amongst ice hockey players 13-15 years of age. A total of 188 players were invited to participate. The response rate was 40% whereas 61 players (girls n=6, boys n= 55) met the inclusion criteria. More than one-third (41%) reported at least one concussion, the majority of them hockey related. The study did not only investigate the prevalence of concussions, the understanding on concussions have also been examined, which revealed that half of the participants recognized Hjärntrappan. Although the study could not detect any significant relationship regarding potential risk factors and reported concussions, the investigation have illuminated a complex injury. In conclusion, the prevalence of concussions in the cohort was relatively high since more than one-third (41%) reported at least one concussion. Further, half of the participants recognized Hjärntrappan. The result emphasizes more education regarding head traumas for players, coaches and parents in youth ice hockey in order to prevent disastrous consequences such as premature career ending, future cognitive dysfunction and mental illness.

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Pokorná, Alena. "Analýza spokojenosti účastníků vybrané sportovní akce." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264377.

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The diploma thesis deals with satisfaction measurement of participants of sport event. This sports event is international junior curling cup in Prague. The aim of thesis is to analyze participants satisfaction with this tournament. Based on these results some critical factors will be identified and also recommendations for organizers of the tournament will be listed to improve the quality of the tournament for next years. In a first part of the thesis there are described customer satisfaction theory and techniques for its measurements. According to suitability for this case the questionnaire survey will be applied. After short introduction to the tournament and some curling rules and specifics analysis of the survey results will be described. More evaluation methods will be used. Based on results from this analysis recommendations for tournament improvement will be given.

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Verster, Ryno Stockenström. "A survey of aldicarb poisoning in dogs and cats in Gauteng and evaluation of the efficacy of hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin as a treatment in aldicarb poisoning." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25890.

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Worldwide, pesticides are applied to protect crops against insects, fungi and other parasites. Without these chemicals it would not be possible to produce sufficient food to satisfy the demand of an ever-increasing world population. Unfortunately, many cases of accidental and intentional poisoning of humans and animals occur and the objectives of this study were to obtain statistics of aldicarb poisoning in companion animals in Gauteng Province and to evaluate hydroxypropyl-b-cyclodextrin as a potential treatment. Cyclodextrins are ring-shaped oligosaccharides with a hydrophilic exterior and a hydrophobic interior. The interior cavity is capable of complexing fat-soluble molecules small enough to fit inside. Aldicarb is moderately lipid-soluble, non-ionized and of low molecular weight and thus fits all criteria for complexation with cyclodextrin. Questionnaires were posted to all private practitioners in Gauteng. The survey was designed to determine the percentage of aldicarb cases seen, clinical signs observed, treatment regimen, proposals for preventative actions and more effective treatments. Other questions included duration of treatment, survival rate, cost to client, post-mortem findings and reasons for poisonings. Thirty-four percent of respondants indicated the total number of all clinical cases presented at their practices during 2003. The percentage of suspected aldicarb cases as a proportion of all cases ranged from 0.05 - 2.6 % for dogs and 0.09 - 3.33 % for cats. Only 26.5 % of practitioners sometimes submitted samples for laboratory confirmation of aldicarb poisoning. Salivation and tremors were the most common clinical signs observed by private practitioners and the majority of suspected poisoning cases were treated with atropine, intravenous fluid and electrolyte therapy and the oral administration of activated charcoal. Thirty-three respondents thought that there was an increase in the number of aldicarb cases, but 35 felt there was no increase during 2003. Fifteen respondents were reluctant to venture an opinion. Most veterinarians indicated that criminal intent was the main reason why animals were poisoned and 95 % of respondents reported that it occurred throughout the year, but an increased incidence was observed during holiday periods.Survival times in the majority of rats dosed with aldicarb and receiving intravenous cyclodextrin were longer, compared to the control rats only dosed with aldicarb per os. Rats receiving cyclodextrin immediately before aldicarb, survived longer when compared to rats, which received aldicarb prior to cyclodextrin.
Dissertation (MSc (Paraclinical Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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Besterman, Keith Richard. "STEM Educators' Preparedness for English Language Learners in the United States." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/88032.

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In the United States STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education is increasingly being promoted as a key component of preparing students for the reality of an increasingly technology infused society and workforce. As the population of students classified as English Language Learners (ELLs) continues to grow across the United States the need for STEM educators to be prepared to effectively educate these students is of increasing concern. The task of preparing this group of learners to succeed in a STEM-infused society is a joint effort between specialized linguistic courses in the K-12 education system as well as the STEM educators outside of these specialized courses. As such, focus on creating policy and preparation models for STEM teachers to acquire the necessary skills to effectively serve the ELL population needs to be rooted in targeted analysis of the connections between STEM educators and ELLs. This dissertation is comprised of two exploratory research studies that examine STEM teachers' preparedness to educate ELLs using secondary analysis of the 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 School and Staffing Survey Teacher Questionnaire (SASS TQ) datasets. The first study focuses on national and regional analysis of how STEM teachers' degrees, state-level certification areas, and professional development participation reflect potential indicators of preparedness to educate ELLs. Concurrently, this study examines ELL participation in STEM courses nationally and regionally through the percentage of STEM teachers who had ELLs in their overall service loads of students as well as the average number of ELLs in those service loads. Quantitative analysis showed drastic differences between regions as well as differences in ELL participation and teacher credentialing between the STEM disciplines. The second study utilizes both the 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 SASS TQ datasets to make comparisons in STEM educators credentialing and ELL participation in STEM courses over the four year time span between the datasets. National analysis of ELL participation in STEM courses showed that in all of the STEM disciplines the percentage of teachers who had ELLs in their total service loads of students increased. The growth of ELL participation differed across disciplines and across regions, however, nationally by 2012 over half of all STEM educators reported having ELLs in their service loads of students. Despite the growing participation of ELLs in STEM courses, the rates of STEM teachers' participation in ELL specific professional development activities largely stagnated over the four year span. The findings of these studies provide valuable information to frame discussions of STEM teachers'preparedness to meet the needs of a growing population of ELLs.
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Moravcová, Jana. "eGovernment ČR z pohledu občana." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-191959.

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This master thesis focuses on an evaluation of eGovernment of the Czech Republic from a citizen's perspective. The main goals of this thesis are to give an overview of services provided by the government to citizens in electronic way, to evaluate Czech eGovernment in comparison to foreign countries and to explore the relationship between Czech citizens and eGovernment. The goals will be accomplished by the research of literature resources concerning Czech eGovernment and by analysis of international studies which evaluate eGovernment from a global, world-wide, point of view. The relationship between citizens and eGovernment of the Czech Republic will be explored via a questionnaire survey, within which citizens' satisfaction with particular services, broadness and frequency of usage of eGovernment services will be examined, along with the citizens' opinion on innovations, which could be introduced in Czech eGovernment. The theoretical part of this thesis is comprised of an overview of Czech eGovernment services, followed by an evaluation of Czech eGoverment in relation to a number of foreign eGovernments. The questionnaire survey, together with the Czech eGovernment evaluation, and with the suggestions of innovations to be introduced in Czech Republic, forms the practical part of this thesis.

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HUANG, Shih-Jhe, and 黃士哲. "A Study of Product Images Through Questionnaire Survey." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99455439351648622087.

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大葉大學
設計研究所
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The researcher selected 10 daily life products as stimuli for this study, and use questionnaire as the tool for product images survey. The researcher acquired 100 subjects’response as data for analysis. After statistical treatments with SPSS 12 software, there were several noticeable results have been produced: First: the shapes of 10 products were generally accepted positively though there were some higher or lower difference in the grading, this means that a product which already selling successfully on the market, at least acceptable shape should be one of a most basic requirements, however the rice cooking oven and the copier machine were a little lower in their grades. Visual image from materials also influence strongly in judging for strength and weakness for a product, this results have been found in a grass and steel made desk.Product images judged by male and female subjects also been found there were quite significant difference between them, male subjects responded more strong diversity with positive and negative feeling and female subjects were more moderate in their opinions.

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Chen, Chun-Yuan, and 陳群元. "Modeling and Simulating Questionnaire Survey in Social Networks." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/c52sq8.

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國立臺北科技大學
電機工程系研究所
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With the progression of internet, many people start using social networks as a communication bridge with their friends. From Wretch to Facebook, social networks are becoming a part of our lives. In March 24, 2011, Facebook launched a new feature called “Ask Question”, that allows users to create questionnaires for their Facebook friends to answer. Unlike traditional email-based and web-based questionnaire surveys, the results of social network–based questionnaire surveys seem more dependent on the influences of friends. This thesis develops a simulation model to simulate various situations encountered during use of Facebook Questions, such as friend influences, questionnaire dependencies, and connectivity of social networks. The experimental results show that there is almost no difference in results between social network–based questionnaire surveys and traditional email-based and web-based questionnaire surveys under certain reasonable assumptions.

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Tsung, Chu Yu, and 朱昱宗. "An Automatic Questionnaire Survey Model Based on Internet Message." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46721265742994201974.

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ZHAO, TING-TING, and 趙亭婷. "A Questionnaire Survey of the Ethnic Identities of Taiwanese People." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58qbt6.

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南華大學
國際事務與企業學系亞太研究碩士班
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Ethnic identity is a sensitive topic in Taiwan. For recent 20 years, various survey institutions are getting a similar trend on their results-the proportion of Taiwan population denying being Chinese is on the rise. However, a big part of the ethnic in Taiwan population is in fact Chinese descendent. Most of current Taiwan residents are descendants of their Chinese ancestors that had immigrated to Taiwan from China, mainly from southern China region. Those early immigrant brought along their language, dialect, food, culture, religion, etc. "China" & "Chinese" have all along been a concept in the history and culture in this part of the world. They do not just stand alone as a modern sovereignty. So why are there more and more people denying being Chinese in the past two decades? 　　This thesis will prove that most Taiwan people can identify themselves as Chinese. The increase in population in denial is on one hand the education by design that reflect now on the younger generation, while for senior generations it's a way to distinguish themselves from people of PRC-the communist run government). The author believes with proper clarification and guidance, people in Taiwan, except for some with specific background, can be comfortable with their ethnic identity as Chinese. This thesis will prove this argument with a questionnaire survey.

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