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Whitefield, Despina, and Despina Whitefield@vu edu au. "Personal and interpersonal skills development in an accounting degree : a case study of accounting education." Swinburne University of Technology, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20050502.170936.
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This thesis examines the perceptions of lecturers, graduates and employers of personal and interpersonal skills development in an accounting degree at Victoria University. The development of personal and interpersonal skills in students in higher education has been the focus of discussion amongst accounting educators, accounting practitioners and the accounting profession for many years. There is a general consensus on what skills are necessarily sought to ensure success within the accountancy profession but very few previous studies on how those personal and interpersonal skills are being developed.
This research study presents a research framework which emphasises the complex interrelationships between an accounting curriculum, accounting lecturers, accounting graduates and employers of graduate accountants and their perceptions of how personal and interpersonal skills are developed. A case study approach, combining archival, qualitative and quantitative methods, is used to investigate how a Bachelor of Business Accounting degree in one Australian university facilitates personal and interpersonal skills development.
The case study results indicate that the curriculum, as the vector for skills development, has both explicit and implicit references to skills outcomes. Graduates� perceptions of many of the personal and interpersonal skills considered in this study are closely related to the curriculum findings. However, there appears to be a lack of convergence between lecturers� perceptions, the curriculum and graduates� perceptions. Employers generally agree that graduates display most of the personal and interpersonal skills, albeit at a low level, in the workplace.
There are curriculum implications arising from the results of this research for accounting academics who design and develop accounting programs where the value of graduates� personal and interpersonal skills are acknowledged. As a first step, academics need to improve accounting curricula by explicitly integrating personal and interpersonal skills in their subjects. Communicating to students the explicit nature of personal and interpersonal skills development and making them aware is the next step.
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Vetter, Gayna. "Rungs on a ladder to empowerment : transforming end-user computing training in Port Vila, Vanuatu : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Development Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1030.
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Rodríguez, Jessie Génesis Jaime. "Buts industriels de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études et leur comparaison avec l’École des Hautes Études Mexicain." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25587.
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Buts industriels de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études et leur comparaison avec l’École des Hautes Études Mexicain.
Ce travail est une comparaison entre deux écoles qui ont été créées avec les mêmes besoins pour améliorer le niveau d’instruction dans les établissements d’enseignement supérieur, car le secteur industriel créait de nouveaux besoins commerciaux et technologiques. Bien qu'ils aient été créés selon le même concept et dans le même but, leur développement était totalement différent en raison des contextes politiques et sociaux différents de leurs pays d’origine, l’un en France et l’autre au Mexique. Tous le deux ont été des pionniers dans la rupture des systèmes éducatifs en proposant de nouvelles politiques publiques susceptibles de changer le secteur de l’éducation; Abstract:
Industrial purposes of the École Practique des Hautes Études and its comparison with the Mexican School of Higher Education.
This work is a comparison between two schools that were created with the same needs to improve the educational level at institutions of higher education because the industry was generating new business and technological needs. Although they were created following the same concept and for the same purpose, their development was totally different due to the different political and social contexts of their countries of origin, one in France and the other in Mexico. Both were pioneers in breaking educational schemes by proposing new public policies that would change the education sector.
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Bunker, Beverley. "An investigation into expectations of the Chief Information Officer's role and knowledge, skills and experience that support it a dyadic IT-business perspective in NZ local government : submitted to the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Information Management /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1136.
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Murray, Richard. "A comparison of interactive televised courses, and traditional face-to-face courses at California State University, San Bernardino." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2352.
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This study compares a face-to-face format of teaching with closed circuit interactive television courses offered to off campus students at California State University, San Bernardino. The study provides comparisons of student satisfaction and student performance between the two mediums.
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Gehl, Robert D. "Applying computer mapping technology to the Victoria Police Department." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ49176.pdf.
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Christos, Stephen. "Investigation of the potential to implement offshore wind energy technology in Victoria, Australia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255674.
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In order to consolidate a sustainable renewable energy infrastructure, the Australian state of Victoria requires an advancement and development of any feasible renewable energy alternatives. There is a large onshore wind energy market in Victoria but the state currently has no offshore wind technology under consideration or proposal. Australia, and Victoria, has a vast coast line with desirable wind resources for offshore wind implementation. In order to definitively investigate the potential for such technology, a simulation was designed to test the amount of power that could be produced in Victoria by using real life wind speed data sets. The simulation output was analyzed in conjunction with an analysis of the social, political, environmental and economic considerations that could increase or decrease the potential for this technology. 11 simulation scenarios were tested and analyzed, two of which produced a positive net present value by the conclusion of its commissioned operational life. It was found that there is the potential for development of this technology within certain locations in Victoria but it would face several barriers to implementation. The most prominent barriers are competition with a thriving coal and fossil energy industry and competition with more economically desirable alternative renewable technologies such as onshore wind energy.
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Breznitz, Shiri Marom. "University technology transfer : changes and impacts." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612063.
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Marchenko, T. "Tianjin University of science and technology." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/65671.
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I have been studying Economics of Enterprise for 4 years. It fascinates me from year to year more and more. And now I am the student of two universities: Sumy State University and Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST) (Tianjin, China). I have never been to China before so I have known nothing about this country. My first impression was good both about the country and about people with their traditions and customs.
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Hoye, Katherine. "University Intellectual Property Policies And University-Industry Technology Transfer In Canada." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2855.
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This research investigates the relationship between those incentives for faculty support of university-industry technology transfer that are governed by university intellectual property policies and technology transfer outcomes at Canadian universities. Empirical research, chiefly conducted in the United States, has explored the link between the incentives that are governed by IP policies and various outcomes and found that financial incentives are correlated with a variety of outcomes. This research extends the literature by exploring the same underlying relationship, in Canada, where IP policies also determine ownership and control of the development of the IP; some universities retain control over the development and other universities let the ownership and control vest with the inventors.
The research question was pursued by conducting three studies, each of which provided a different perspective. The first study seeks to explain cross-institutional patterns in the numbers of patents held by Canadian universities using variables that represent the financial incentives and control offered to faculty inventors by the universities' policies. The second study investigated the impact of a policy change at the University of Toronto, using interrupted time series analysis techniques. The third study investigated the experiences of faculty inventors at the University of Waterloo through indepth interviews and thematic analysis of the resulting qualitative data.
The first, cross-sectional study failed to generate statistically significant results. In the second, longitudinal study, the change from a "university-owns" to an "inventor-owns" policy appeared to have significantly and substantially increased the number of invention disclosures submitted to the University of Toronto by its faculty members. The third, qualitative study suggests that faculty members interpret the incentives governed by intellectual property policies and that this interpretation is shaped by group norms, academic leadership, university culture and the inventors' experiences with technology transfer support organizations. Therefore, Studies 2 and 3 indicate that university intellectual property policies are effective levers with which to stimulate university-industry technology transfer and thus deserve further study. The importance of university factors in Study 3 implies that intellectual property policies must fit with their organizational contexts in order to be productive.
This research also has important policy implications. Many governments have been attempting to emulate the American Bayh-Dole Act by introducing or changing national regulations affecting university IP policies. This research suggests that these national regulations may actually depress researcher support for technology transfer and thus the amount of activity at those institutions that would benefit from an alternate policy. In effect, standardization of university IP policies through national regulations may deprive university administrators of an effective lever for encouraging technology transfer on their campuses. This inference will be the focus of further research which will broaden the work documented in this dissertation by exploring the relationship between university IP policies, university-industry technology transfer, and university factors, including culture, across a wider range of universities.
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Alemzadeh, Seyed Mohammad. "Analysing the impact of technology characteristics on university technology transfer mechanisms." Thesis, Kingston University, 2016. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/40867/.
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This thesis addresses the commercialization decisions of academic scientists. Although there is a great deal of research on environmental, university and individual determinants of the formal technology transfer mechanisms, this thesis addresses a gap in the literature by studying how technology characteristics affect the selection of university technology transfer mechanisms. For this purpose the insights from main theoretical sources were combined: a) the economics of technological change and b) the diffusion of innovations theory and a conceptual framework that considers eight characteristics of technology was developed. The technology characteristics derived from the two theoretical sources are: pervasiveness, tacitness, complexity, system dependence, relative advantage, compatibility, trialability and observability. These characteristics were then related to the choice of four technology transfer mechanisms by academic scientists. The study covers UK university scientists who have been involved in commercialization between 2005 and 2015. In the first stage, qualitative data were collected through 14 semi-structured interviews. The qualitative data analysis confirmed the predictive power of most factors in the conceptual framework and six new variables were also as potential predictors: patentability, inimitability, effectiveness of patents for the technology, capital intensity, independence, and technology dynamism. In the second phase, a questionnaire was developed and the quantitative data from 331 academic inventors were used to verify the result of the qualitative study. The quantitative data analysis suggests that the technologies that lead to the formation of a new company (either through formal or informal spin-offs) are complex and academics perceive higher profitability resulting from the commercialization of the technology. More novel or more system dependent technologies lead to the formation of formal university spin-offs and the technologies that are less novel or less system dependent are more likely to be transferred to a new company via informal spin-offs or to an existing company via licensing or consulting activity. In addition, when technologies are more capital intensive or patents are more effective for protection of them from imitation, they are more likely to be transferred formally via licensing or formal university spin-offs. The data analysis also confirms that higher dynamism associated with a technology leads to the creation of informal spin-offs and less patentability of a technology significantly predicts the engagement of academics in consulting activity. The thesis concludes with implication for theory and practices.
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Warthen, Seth Tyler. "Attempting to Recreate the Late Ordovician Glaciation with the University of Victoria Earth System Climate Model." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1465828293.
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Posey, Jamison H. "Technology and trust : technology as impression management in trust development within outsourced information systems development projects /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2007. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1609005771&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1245341846&clientId=22256.
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Zhang, Haifei. "University Technology Transfer and Research Portfolio Management." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11038.
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University technology transfer is of critical importance to the U.S. innovation economy. Understanding the drivers of technology transfer efficiency will shed light on University research portfolio management. In this dissertation, survey data from The Association of University Technology Managers is analyzed in various aspects to offer a overall understanding of the technology transfer industry, which include University research fund composition, technology transfer office staffing, licenses executed to start-ups, small companies, and large companies, license income composition, legal fee expenditures, new patents applications, provisional patents, utility patents, and non USA patents, invention disclosures, U.S. patents issued, start-ups initiated, and annual averages of U.S. University technology transfer offices. Then, a two-stage technology transfer model based on Data Envelopment Analysis is proposed to address the limitation of the single-stage model. The two-stage model provides the capacity to evaluate the efficiencies of university research and technology transfer office separately and also as a whole, offering better insights for university technology transfer management. Year to year productivity changes are also measured using Malmquist Index. It is found the productivity growth has stemmed primarily from a growth in commercialization by all universities rather than a catching up by the inefficient universities. Finally, technology transfer efficiency and academic reputation is studied for the first time. Counter intuitively, they are not correlated. To further understand University research portfolio management, Modern Portfolio Theory is applied for the first time in this field. University disciplines are categorized into three major disciplines: engineering, physical and mathematical sciences, and biological and life sciences. The risk and return of technology transfer are defined and research portfolio risk-return curve are solved. Then correlation between portfolio balance and technology transfer efficiency are studied. It is found that a balanced portfolio is correlated to technology transfer efficiency, which means Universities can structure its research portfolio to increase technology transfer efficiency.Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Ostrom-Blonigen, Jean. "Funding the Technology of a Research University." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27007.
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Using the central information technology unit (CITU) on the North Dakota State University (NDSU) campus, this project triangulated two independent studies in an effort to converge data findings. The studies were conducted in an effort to determine whether CITU?s budget constraints were known to its stakeholders and how the extended use of the theory of Communication Privacy Management (CPM) into this organizational communication setting might be possible. The studies, which were both conducted by a CITU employee (participant/observer) included: 1) an online email survey involving 244 non-student employee participants and 2) interviews with 21 non-student employees. In Study #1, the participant/observer and two independent coders found, with the exception of CITU?s leadership, that NDSU?s non-student employees did not appear to consider CITU?s budget constraints in their IT needs/requests of CITU. From these results, the participant/observer and two independent coders identified a communication opportunity for CITU to create a message linking CITU?s inability to meet the campus? IT needs/requests directly to its budget constraints. In Study #2, the participant/observer and two independent coders again found, with the exception of CITU?s leadership, that NDSU?s non-student employees did not appear to consider CITU?s budget constraints in their IT needs/requests of CITU. Additionally, the participant/observer and two independent coders found the presence of all six CPM propositions and four facets of communication identified in both the CPM and organizational communication literature. Even in an open-records state, such as North Dakota, CPM may be useful in describing the communication challenges surrounding both private and traditionally private information within newly formed organizations like CITU or within existing organizations that function more as a set of unrelated individuals. Central IT units or other organizations that are experiencing relationship dissatisfaction with their stakeholders due to budget constraints must work to invite their stakeholders to be co-owners in their budget difficulties, so that they understand why their IT need/requests are not being met. In order to accomplish this task, CITU?s message must be simple and consistent and must be accompanied by a firm set of negotiated rules. When messages are consistent and understood, satisfied co-ownership exists.
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Yen, Ling Ling. "Students' perceptions of college technology programs and acquired technology skills." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11082007-112226.
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Potts, Gareth Richard. "Towards the embedded university?" Thesis, University of Reading, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297675.
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Waugh, John Charles. "Diploma privilege : legal education at the University of Melbourne 1857-1946 /." Connect to thesis, 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/5710.
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Burns, Michael Owen. "Cross-sectional analysis of university technology commercialization initiatives." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/857.
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Clark, W. Andrew, Andrew J. Czuchry, and James A. Hales. "University Managed Technology Business Incubators: Asset or Liability?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2525.
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University managed technology-based business incubators (UMTIs) have become increasingly popular. Some universities are forming private corporations and are encouraging professors/researchers to commercialize intellectual property (IP) based upon research conducted in their laboratories. The UMTI provides the infrastructure, access to high-tech laboratories, libraries, students and faculty, and a coalition of like-minded entrepreneurs. Universities face uncertainties when establishing UMTIs and need to minimize risk while maximizing benefits. This paper discusses results of a benchmarking study of eleven technology incubators and their risk mitigation policies. Experience with technology transfer and use of the UMTI as a living laboratory for students is presented.
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Rudolph, Godfrey. "Instructional technology for the teaching of novice programmers at a university of technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1401.
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Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Information Technologyin the Department of Information Technology in the Faculty of Informatics and Design Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyLearning computer programming can be fun, challenging and improve problem solving which is a useful ability in general. A teaching-learning environment with a strong emphasis on problem solving promotes social behaviour and discloses the personal benefits that individuals working in almost any Information Technology position can get from programming knowledge. This research project is looking at the challenges experienced by novice programmers and the negative effect it has on the student and the university. This study will address the knowledge and skills needs of programming students and the challenges for students and educators to evolve from traditional to technology-supported teaching and learning. Computer programming is a cognitively challenging subject and good instructional strategies are important in providing the student with optimal learner support. Novice programmers often struggle to understand how a computer executes a program, which impacts negatively on the delivery of the subject and throughput rates. The majority of first year Information Technology students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology are novice programmers and lack strong logic and reasoning as well as other Information Technology skills that can facilitate their interpretation and application of key concepts in programming. These challenges and negative impact on the academic development of programming students have therefore forced the researcher to investigate innovative teaching strategies and/or instructional technologies that can facilitate novice programmers in learning the basic programming concepts. The purpose of this on-going study is to enhance the traditional method of teaching and the understanding of the problems experienced by novice programmers. This study attempts to respond to the question of what the tentative design principles of instructional technology are that can be used to facilitate novice programmers’ understanding of programming concepts. A mix methodology was considered but at the end a qualitative approach was employed. Multiple sources of data gathering, which include participant observations, video recording, a questionnaire, and document analysis, were used as research instruments. The findings, relative to providing a basis for finding a mechanism to help our first year students to cope with the abstract concepts of programming, reflected the literature review. Other key findings included: Students have little or no prior computer or programming experience Student population is diverse in terms of computer skills and programming knowledge Visualization will help reduce the difficulties in writing programs The overall outcomes of this study suggest that: Good programming examples that include games should be used Students must be given the opportunity to be more active in their learning. Computerized assistants should be provided for novice programmers A visualization tool similar to Scratch should be considered A basic background in Mathematics is recommended
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Funda, Vusumzi Neville. "Impact of information technology on knowledge management at a selected university of technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3006.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019Information and communication technology (ICT) is an enormous financial investment and its typical intended result is a subsequent positive effect on knowledge management and individual work performance which thus benefit the organisation through strategic competitive advantage. ICT plays a significant role in implementing and supporting knowledge management (KM). However, there are barriers hampering KM due to ineffective use of ICT such as poor knowledge coordination and transfer and unreliability of systems. The main aim of this research was to determine how ICT impacts on KM within higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa. Based on the primary research objective, the secondary research objectives were to explore the benefits of ICT in HEIs, find out what the barriers to implementing ICT in HEIs are and explore the key functions of knowledge management at HEIs. The outcome of this study was the proposing of general guidelines for ICT use in order to positively propel knowledge management for competitive advantage of HEIs. The methodology utilised in this study is a case study with a mixed qualitative and quantitative method. Data was collected through questionnaires, site observations and interviews from staff members (n=111) at a selected University in the Western Cape, South Africa. The questionnaire was used for quantitative data, and analysed and interpreted using SPSS software, whereas site observations and interviews were used for qualitative data and analysed through content analysis. The findings indicate that ICT users have varied levels of competencies when it comes to ICT use. It highlights the challenge for the university management to improve the ICT skills of staff members so that they may expand their ability to comfortably manoeuvre through the ICT system and maximise its benefits, and ultimately, to be more productive for the university. The findings further reveal that there is a need to establish general guidelines for ICT use in order to positively propel KM for competitive advantage of HEIs. Based on the research findings, this study recommends that the university take a comparative approach and examine the gaps in ICT use within the institution. Moreover, it will also be interesting to find out the experiences and views of stakeholders in ICT use at other HEIs such as students, management and teaching staff. This will generate valuable information that can shed more light on the opportunities and challenges of ICT use in KM in HEIs.
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Kim, Sung-min. "Essays on knowledge, technology and economic growth." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1246558704/.
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Hauksson, Árni G. (Árni Gudmundur) 1968. "The commercialization of university research discoveries : are university technology transfer offices stimulating the process?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10063.
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Haddad, Khaled. "Design flood estimation for ungauged catchments in Victoria ordinary & generalised least squares methods compared /." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/30369.
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Thesis (M.Eng. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2008.A thesis submitted towards the degree of Master of Engineering (Honours) in the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.
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Daglish, Jonathan. "A Prefeasibility Analysis of a PV Mini Grid with Ice Plant on Buvu Island in Lake Victoria." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264252.
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Improving energy access through the provision of sustainable electrification is fundamental to reducing poverty and facilitating development in many areas of rural Sub Saharan Africa. The region currently suffers from severe energy inequality, with 81% of people relying on traditional forms of biomass for direct energy provision. A major reason for this is that centralised grid infrastructure in many countries remains under maintained and grid extension to remote rural areas poses as too much of a financial burden to governments. Solar PV mini grids are gaining increasing attention from policy makers, researchers, and developers in the region as they pose as a means of leapfrogging the necessity for centralised fossil-fuel based infrastructures. Despite this, a high number of mini grid projects in SSA remain in their pilot stage. A major reasoning for this is the difficulty associated with accurately predicting the future electricity demand of currently un-electrified communities, and following on from that, it is also difficult to incentivize local economies once electricity is made available. The aim of this work was to assess the feasibility of Buvu Island on Ugandan Lake Victoria housing a PV mini grid and ice plant so as to provide power to its three un-electrified communities, and flaked ice to the local fishing industry. Structured interviews were first held with developers in the region so as to assess current weaknesses in mini grid design methodologies and following from that the literature was used to develop a suitable methodology. Data gathered in the field was used to predict the electricity demand of the island, and the HOMER optimization tool was used to size an appropriate system. The modelled system includes an AC-coupled PV array, a lead acid battery bank, a back-up generator, and a converter. Within Uganda, it is the role of the grid operator to provide capital investment for the distribution network. Accordingly, within this study, such a system has been proposed and costed, however this does not impact upon mini grid feasibility. A full financial analysis was used to as to assess the feasibility of the mini grid and ice plant project over a twenty year lifetime. A reference scenario returned promising results, with an IRR of 23.5%, DSCR of 529%, and NPV of $114,651 assuming that daily electricity demand is 695 kWh / day, and 2.5 tonnes of flaked ice are sold per day. The business model is highly dependent on the sale of ice and if average sales drop below under 1.6 tonnes per day over the project lifetime the system becomes unviable. To overcome the problems associated with unpredictability of demand and encouraged new uses of electricity, the mini grid in this work is scaled to match current demand on the island – thus mitigating such risks. Additionally, a sensitivity study is included so as to fully characterise the range of mini grid operative models that may need be considered, and indeed the likely financial outcomes.Att förbättra energitillgången genom tillhandahållande av hållbar elektrifiering är grundläggande för att minska fattigdomen och underlätta utvecklingen i många områden i Afrika söder om Sahara. Regionen lider för närvarande av allvarlig energifattigdom, då hela 81% av befolkningen förlitar sig på traditionella former av biomassa för energiförsörjning. En viktig orsak till detta är att den centraliserade nätinfrastrukturen i många länder förblir dåligt underhållen och att nätutvidgning till avlägsna landsbygdsområden utgör en för stor kostnad. PV-mini-nät får ökad uppmärksamhet från beslutsfattare, forskare och utvecklare i regionen då de utgör ett sätt att minska beroendet av centraliserad, fossilbränslebaserad infrastruktur. Trots detta kvarstår ett stort antal mini-nätprojekt i Afrika fortfarande i uppstartsfasen. En anledning till detta är svårigheten i att förutsäga det framtida elbehovet för de för närvarande oelektrifierade samhällena. Syftet med detta arbete var att bedöma lönsamheten av ett PV mini-nät lokaliserat på Buvu Island i Victoriasjön, Uganda. Strukturerade intervjuer hölls först med utvecklare i regionen för att utvärdera de nuvarande svagheterna i designmetoderna för mini-nät. Därefter användes litteratur för att utveckla en lämplig metodik. Data som samlats in genom fältarbete användes för att förutsäga öns efterfrågan på el, och optimeringsverktyget HOMER användes för att anpassa ett lämpligt system. Det modellerade systemet inkluderar en AC-kopplad solpanel, en batteribank, en reservgenerator och en omvandlare. I Uganda är det nätoperatörens ansvar att tillhandahålla kapitalinvesteringar för distributionsnätet. Följaktligen, inom denna studie, har sådana system föreslagits och kostnadsförts. Detta påverkar dock inte lönsamheten av mini-nät på ön. En fullständig ekonomisk analys användes för att bedöma lönsamheten under en tjugoårsperiod. Ett referensscenario gav lovande resultat, med IRR på 23,5%, DSCR på 529% och NPV på $ 114 651 förutsatt att den dagliga efterfrågan på el är 695 kWh, och 2,5 ton is säljs per dag. Affärsmodellen är mycket beroende av försäljningen av is och om den genomsnittliga försäljningen sjunker under 1,6 ton per dag under projektets livslängd förlorar systemet sin lönsamhet. För att komma över problemen förknippade med oförutsägbarhet av efterfrågan och uppmuntra till ny användning av elektricitet, anpassas mini-nätet i detta arbete för att matcha den nuvarande efterfrågan på ön. Dessutom inkluderas en känslighetsanalys för att fullständigt karakterisera utbudet av de olika modeller av mini-nät som kan behöva övervägas.
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Patton, Michael Dean. "Seedlet Technology for anomaly detection." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2002. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-08022002-142101.
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Calder, Edward Spencer. "Best practices for university-industry collaboration." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38662.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-45).
This thesis reports findings from a study of best practices for university-industry collaboration. The study involved over 70 interviews at 17 large technology companies with company managers and individuals having responsibility for the portfolio of industry sponsored projects at universities. A primary finding concerns the role of boundary agents in a company, i.e. individuals that facilitate knowledge transfer across organizational boundaries. Boundary agents are shown to have a strong positive influence on the value of a project and practices are thus described that foster boundary agent activity. For the cases studied, it is also found that longer term collaborations produce results that have more impact on the company and that geographic separation between university researchers and the company has little affect on project outcomes. Three different types of alignment have been found to affect project results and practices relevant to achieving each type are presented. External alignment, the mutual understanding between university researchers and the company of a project's goals and methods, is achieved primarily through regular meetings and selection of a university researcher with an appropriate background.
(cont.) Internal exploitative alignment, in which the impact of the university project is enhanced by complementing research and development within the company, is accomplished through activities, such as technical review panels, that explicitly link a project with these internal R&D activities. Internal exploratory alignment, the degree to which a project can produce valuable results not in the original research plan, is achieved by actions such as testing the project outcomes on company equipment; these can take place after the main phase of the project is completed.
by Edward Spencer Calder.
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Cui, Xiaofeng. "Human microvasculature fabrication using thermal inkjet printing technology." Connect to this title online, 2008. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1239894674/.
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Owen, Sean Michael. "The relationship between school-based technology facilitators, technology usage, and teacher technology skill levels in K-12 schools in the C·R·E·A·T·E for Mississippi project / by Sean Michael Owen." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2006. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/ETD-browse/browse.
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Nitch, Matthew Paul. "The architecture of enabling technology in the critical care setting the role of architecture in addressing the health care - technology paradox /." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1175184999/.
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Mancera, Valetts Laura. "Technology-based process for suporting university students with ADHD." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667596.
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In this thesis, the Adaptative Hypermedia Systems (AHS) are used to generate e-Learning processes that consider the characteristics of university students who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Overall, it was proposed a solution that ranges from symptoms detection to academic intervention. Specifically, it was developed a student model based on personal, demographic, academic, behavioral conduct, background and cognitive performance information to create personal student profiles, which indicate if an e-Learning student could have ADHD symptoms. Afther that, considering preferences and strengths of university students suffering from ADHD, three didactic strategies were integrated in the academic environment with the aim of obtaining a better e-Learning experience and academic performance, these strategies are: a serious game, a reusable learning object based on gamification and the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).En esta tesis, los Sistemas Hipermedia Adaptativos (SHA) son usados para generar procesos de formación e-Learning que consideran las características de los estudiantes universitarios que sufren del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDAH). De manera general, se desarrolló un proceso que va desde la detección de síntomas hasta al apoyo académico. Específicamente, se desarrolló un modelo del estudiante que considera información personal, demográfica, académica, comportamental, histórica y cognitiva para identificar si un estudiante e-Learning puede tener síntomas del TDAH. Después de ello, considerando las preferencias y fortalezas de los estudiantes con TDAH, se integraron dos estrategias didácticas en el proceso académico, una basada en videojuegos y otra en gamificación. Adicionalmente, se desarrolló una tercera estrategia basada en la implementación del Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) considerando su filosofía de contribuir a disminuir las barreras que no permiten procesos de formación de calidad para todos.
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Vu, Jo. "Quantitative requirements in undergraduate business courses: the case study of Victoria University of Technology." Thesis, 2004. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15350/.
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Business educators and employers recognize the importance of quantitative methods to business professionals, and subjects in quantitative methods are among the most frequentiy required in the business undergraduate curriculum. However, both business employers and graduates have expressed some dissatisfaction with business education and comment that school ttaining fails to prepare graduates
adequately for the particular needs of business organisations. Because of recent changes in technology in the business environment, business educators need to understand what employers consider important, what quantitative methods are required in industry, and how education in quantitative methods can best be prepared in order to meet the needs of business in the 21st century.
This research study attempts to answer these questions by investigating the content of quantitative programs offered at the Victoria University of Technology, the effectiveness of associated teaching methods in undergraduate business comses and the viewpoints of final-year students, graduates, educators and business employers about the courses.
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Krishnan, Siva. "Student experiences of problem-based learning in engineering: learning cultures of PBL teams." Thesis, 2009. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15196/.
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This study investigates the experiences of first year engineering students to a newly implemented engineering problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at Victoria
University; its effects on their approaches to learning and their learning outcomes.
This qualitative study, which uses ethnographic approaches for data collection and analysis, focuses on the learning cultures that emerge in multicultural PBL teams by
interpreting the responses of students to the new emphasis on autonomous learning.
In the first year of the curriculum change in this PBL setting, this research captures and theorises student approaches to learning as a team and their learning outcomes by analysing the ways in which these students approach and direct their learning as individuals and as a team.
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McGuckin, Trevor. "Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics : JIPAM Web Site Dynamic Database System." Thesis, 2001. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/29498/.
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The research project was framed around the need to convert a static page web site
into a database driven web site using Microsoft technologies Active Server Pages
and SQL server 7.
The methodology used for the software development was the object oriented use case
approach of Jacobson.
Although a single software application was originally thought to be the best design
strategy, the solution which emerged as being the preferred framework resulted in
two software applications being developed.
Thus, the JIPAM Web Site Dynamic Database System is comprised of an application
developed in ASP to allow online access to the journal and a second application to
maintain the contents of the database which was developed in C++.
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Williams, Vivienne J. "Why do students choose to study traditional Chinese medicine at Victoria University? : an analysis of the course in TCM and its students." Thesis, 2002. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33027/.
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Krishnan, Siva. "Student experiences of problem-based learning in engineering learning cultures of PBL teams /." 2009. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/15196/1/Siva_Thesis.pdf.
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This study investigates the experiences of first year engineering students to a newly implemented engineering problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at Victoria University; its effects on their approaches to learning and their learning outcomes. This qualitative study, which uses ethnographic approaches for data collection and analysis, focuses on the learning cultures that emerge in multicultural PBL teams by interpreting the responses of students to the new emphasis on autonomous learning. In the first year of the curriculum change in this PBL setting, this research captures and theorises student approaches to learning as a team and their learning outcomes by analysing the ways in which these students approach and direct their learning as individuals and as a team.
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Vu, Minh Duc. "The economic impact of international tourism on Vietnam's economy." Thesis, 1995. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15398/.
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The general objective of this study is to measure and analyse the impact of tourism development on Vietnam's economy. The study will concentrate on the activities of the
tourist industry in 1994 in Vietnam as a whole. The measurement will be done by using the latest input-output tables for Vietnam, which were developed for the year 1989. However, during the five-year period it has been assumed that the input-output structures have been unchanged significantly, therefore, the results of the analysis are expected to be applicable to the current situation. Moreover, if they do change, or if the direction of the changes is known, the economic outcomes of the analysis can be interpreted to indicate current conditions.
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Cologon, Raymond Joseph. "An investigation of comparative indices of background of tertiary entrants against academic performance." Thesis, 1997. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15424/.
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This thesis describes a study of new level one undergraduate entrants to higher education courses at Victoria University of Technology in 1993 and 1994. Approaches to the study of student achievement and
selection are reviewed and alternatives are investigated. An
integrated model for evaluation of success, drawing upon varied approaches adopted in previous international studies, is described and its application documented.
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Richardson, Heather. "Postgraduate course satisfaction and good teaching : do daily hassles and demographics make a difference?" Thesis, 1999. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33003/.
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Ruys, Eva M. A. "Attitudes of comparative groups of business students (including hospitality and tourism) towards people with disabilities." Thesis, 1991. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15676/.
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This study talks about the barriers people with disabilities face today and outlines recent developments aimed at breaking down these barriers. The research was undertaken to determine the attitudes of hospitality and tourism students of the Victoria University of Technology, Footscray Campus, towards people with didsabilities. The research was undertaken before graduation to determine whether these attitudes are any different from other business students of the University. As future managers and
industry leaders in tourism and hospitality, their attitudes are important.
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Satchakova, Lioubov. "The role of self-efficacy factors, individual characteristics and WIL participation on accounting near-graduate students’ employment outcomes." Thesis, 2018. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/37823/.
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The issue of graduate employment has long been a focus in research, particularly in accounting education. Increasingly, higher education institutions promote this aspect to help them attract and retain high-quality students and maintain their competitive advantage in the market place. Given its importance, the present research analyses the association between the three self-efficacy factors of the general self-efficacy scale (GSES): initiative, effort and persistence on accounting near-graduate employment outcomes. Currently, no studies in accounting education have analysed this association in this context, so this research constitutes a contribution to the literature. Furthermore, there is limited research on the association of overall general self-efficacy (GSE) with accounting student employment outcomes.
In addition to the three-factor GSES structure, the present study also includes students’ individual characteristics (i.e., gender, age, residency, study mode and language), and WIL participation as potential factors impacting near-graduate accounting students’ employment outcomes. Furthermore, the study also examines the potential association between the three factors of the GSES with students’ participation in WIL programs during their degree course.
The three-factor self-efficacy construct, based on a trait-like method, was adopted instead of the overall GSES structure, as the former approach enables a deeper analysis of the GSE concept via the employment of separate independent variables. Consequently, the importance of the individual factors and their impact on employment and WIL participation is clearly and distinctively revealed.
The study sample consisted of 337 near-graduate accounting students from Victoria University and Swinburne University of Technology, both based in Melbourne, Australia. The research employed logistic regression, as well as Lasso and R-glmulti statistical techniques, to examine the main research questions. In addition, Mann-Whitney U tests and Pearson chi-square tests were conducted to examine the association between accounting students’ individual characteristics (gender, age, residency, study mode and language) and the three factors of GSES (initiative, effort and persistence).
The study results indicate that two out of the three GSES factors (specifically, initiative and persistence) showed a significant relationship with the employment outcomes of near-graduate accounting students. The study results also confirmed prior research findings, which found that individual characteristics (i.e., language, study mode, residency and age) were significantly associated with employment outcomes. Furthermore, the results showed no significant association between the three self-efficacy factors and students’ WIL participation.
The results of this study provide some important implications for accounting higher education with regard to improving the employment outcomes of accounting near-graduates. These include: (i) developing closer links with industry to improve student familiarity with workplace requirements; (ii) incorporating WIL programs into the accounting curriculum, such as in a professional degree program; (iii) tailoring parts of the curriculum, where possible, in order to improve student self-efficacy; (iv) promoting WIL and providingwider opportunities to access the program; and (v) examining the need for higher education reform to improve international student access to WIL participation during degree courses.
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Seymour, Jenny. "The process and diversity of mentoring at Victoria University." Thesis, 2004. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15686/.
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This project analysed the development of a selection of international and national mentoring programmes in higher education institutions and specifically at Victoria
University. Based on the analysis of successful international and national mentoring programmes, the performance of past Victoria University mentoring programmes and research on current mentoring programmes at the University, this thesis has developed
core principles of a standardised mentoring programme.
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Krezel, Joanna. "Towards understanding effects of social influence on student choice of university: case study of Victoria University." Thesis, 2020. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42292/.
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Increased competition among education providers has made the process of student choice regarding higher education institutions (institutions) more complicated for potential students. At the same time, institutions are striving to attract new students through new and innovative ways. This research contributes to an increased understanding of the social influence factors that impact on student choice processes and explores their effect on the selection of institutions.
This study predominantly focused on factors influencing the final choice of institutions. However, in order to consider a broader range of social pressures on student choice, the study also examined the stages of development of a predisposition to engage in post-secondary education and the information search.
This study adopted a qualitative methodology and employed the phenomenological perspective as a theoretical basis to investigate students’ choice processes. A series of research questions guided the in- depth face to face interviews, conducted with 13 first-year undergraduate students, which had the main objective of interpreting and exploring the participants’ lived experiences contributing to their choice of institution.
The findings of the study highlight the importance of perceived elements of sincerity and credibility during prospective student encounters with influencing agents. These crucial elements affecting student choices provide further insight in identifying the prerequisite conditions for these perceptions to form. The research makes contributions to the broader body of knowledge concerned with student choice through the adoption of a phenomenological perspective and a strong focus on the role of social influence in this context. The research offers practical implications for higher education marketers as it informs the development of more targeted marketing communication and recruitment campaigns through increased knowledge of the student choice processes and the social influence determinants that underpin these processes.
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Luo, Lixin. "Meaningful learning : a case study of Chinese international students at the University of Victoria." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/684.
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This case study explores Chinese international students' perceptions of meaningfill learning. Ten Chinese international students, who have post-secondary educational experience in both China and Canada, and five student services staff participated in this study. Data triangulation and method triangulation were used in this study. The study identifies four major themes found in student perceptions of meaningful learning: Practical Learning, Learning Under Pressure, Comfortable Learning, and Active Learning. This study indicates a positive relationship between out-of-school experiences and meaningful learning for international students. It reveals that students are aware of the important influence of the learning environment in their motivation and learning. This study challenges the stereotype of Chinese learners and highlights their preference for active learning over passive learning. The implication of this study emphasizes combined efforts of students and educators in co-constructing meaningful learning. The paper ends with the researcher's self-reflections on how this study affects her meaningful learning.
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Anyah, Richard. "Modeling the variability of the climate system over Lake Victoria Basin." 2005. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07202005-123806/unrestricted/etd.pdf.
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Hillman, Robert P. "Transition from secondary school to university." 1999. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/421.
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Transition between secondary school and university can be a time of stress and anxiety. It is a time when decisions about courses and careers can have extraordinarily significant implications. It is, therefore, a time when information about courses, universities and university life must be effectively presented and thoughtfully comprehended. This study explores secondary student insights into university before and during the crucial decision making process as well as the consequences of those insights and decisions. (For complete abstract open document)
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Wheller, Rochelle. "Patient compliance to exercise prescription at the Victoria University osteopathic medicine clinic." Thesis, 2005. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/903/.
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Patient rehabilitation advice (PRA) is commonly used amongst a variety of health care practitioners to aid and enhance the recovery of their patients. Research has demonstrated a positive relationship between the level of adherence to PRA recovery from a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, and has shown non-compliance to home-based exercise programs reduces the probability of successful outcome for therapeutic intervention. No previous research has focused on compliance to prescription and methods of prescription used in the osteopathic medicine setting.
As exercise has shown to augment treatment efficacy and speed of recovery, it is important that osteopaths are informed of the current likely adherence rate to PRA and all factors that may cause non-compliance to their exercise prescription. The overall compliance rate to PRA at VUOMC is comparable with previous studies, with the use of diagrams being the least utilised but most effective method of prescription in the VUOMC setting. This study provides a basis for understanding exercise prescription implications that are important both to osteopaths and osteopathic patients in enhancing treatment results in terms of speed and efficacy, as well as potentially reducing treatment costs to both patients and third party payers.
This minor thesis was written by a post-graduate student as part of the requirements of the Master of Health Science (Osteopathy) program.
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Wheller, Rochelle. "Patient compliance to exercise prescription at the Victoria University osteopathic medicine clinic." 2005. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/903/1/Wheller_et.al_2005.pdf.
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Patient rehabilitation advice (PRA) is commonly used amongst a variety of health care practitioners to aid and enhance the recovery of their patients. Research has demonstrated a positive relationship between the level of adherence to PRA recovery from a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, and has shown non-compliance to home-based exercise programs reduces the probability of successful outcome for therapeutic intervention. No previous research has focused on compliance to prescription and methods of prescription used in the osteopathic medicine setting. As exercise has shown to augment treatment efficacy and speed of recovery, it is important that osteopaths are informed of the current likely adherence rate to PRA and all factors that may cause non-compliance to their exercise prescription. The overall compliance rate to PRA at VUOMC is comparable with previous studies, with the use of diagrams being the least utilised but most effective method of prescription in the VUOMC setting. This study provides a basis for understanding exercise prescription implications that are important both to osteopaths and osteopathic patients in enhancing treatment results in terms of speed and efficacy, as well as potentially reducing treatment costs to both patients and third party payers. This minor thesis was written by a post-graduate student as part of the requirements of the Master of Health Science (Osteopathy) program.
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Woollett, Emily. "A sociodemographic study of the patients attending the Victoria University student osteopathic clinic." Thesis, 2003. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/935/.
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There has been much research into equality on the grounds of socio-economic status (SES), as well as into the socio-demographics of people who attend complimentary healthcare practitioners. The purpose of this study is to examine the socio-economic status and demographic profiles of the patients attending the Victoria University Student Osteopathic Medicine Clinic. Data was collected from the files held at the Victoria University Student Clinic, specifically the patient's age, sex, occupation and postcode. Postcodes are given an index of socio-economic status, which was compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics according to census data. The study found that more females than males attend the clinic, that patients are generally of a higher level of SES and are frequently students or office workers.
This minor thesis was written by a post-graduate student as part of the requirements of the Master of Health Science (Osteopathy) program.