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David, Shannon L. "Development and Validation of the Patient-AT Trust Instrument". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1375825756.
Huynh, Chau. "Development and Validation of a Case-finding Questionnaire to Identify Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma". Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42683.
Wepener, Clare. "The development and validation of a questionnaire on Root Cause Analysis". Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33082.
Eshelman, Alec J. "Initial Validation of the Work and Human Needs Inventory". OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1263.
Moghazy, Ezzat. "Development and validation of an outcome measure for orthopaedic trauma inpatients". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2662.
Introduction In clinical physiotherapy, there is a growing importance for the accuracy and reliability of assessment and outcome measures. The purpose of this study is to develop a valid outcome measure for orthopaedic trauma inpatients. Item generation was done by conducting a systematic review of published functional outcome measures and patients' interview. Item reduction was conducted by using a panel of physiotherapists and patients. Objectives The overall study objectives were: 1) To determine if a functional outcome measurement scale for trauma inpatients exists and has been published; 2) To generate functional items for the construction of a new outcome measurement tool for trauma inpatients; 3) To construct a new outcome measurement tool for trauma inpatients and assess elements of validity and reliability (face and content validity, response to change, internal consistency and floor and ceiling effects) of the new developed outcome measure. Methodology Convenience sampling was applied to collect data from 35 trauma inpatients in trauma wards at Rashid Hospital in Dubai, UAE. 88% of the trauma inpatients were male (total sample n= 100), mean age =34.75, and the standard deviation = 14.46. 21 functional activity items were generated from the collated results of the patient interviews. Internal consistency reliability, responsiveness and floor and ceiling effect were assessed. Data analysis was conducted using Statistica Version 7. Results The final number of functional activity items included in the newly developed Functional Scale outcome measure was 29 activity items relevant for trauma inpatients. A Cronbach's alpha ranged between 0.76 and 0.97. The lowest alpha result was for the 'ADL' activities at follow-up (0.76). The highest alpha result was for 'out of bed' activity at admission and discharge (0.97). The response to change of the Functional Scale for trauma inpatients over time results illustrates that there was a significant difference in the mean scores over three administrations of 'Bed', 'Out of bed' and 'ADL' activity items of Functional Scale for trauma inpatients (p=O.OOOO). In general, there was no significant floor and ceiling effects at admission or discharge for 'bed', 'out of bed' and 'ADL' activities, except there was a floor effect noted at discharge for 'bed' activities and 'ADL' activities, and a ceiling effect noted at admission for 'out of bed activities' only. Discussion and Conclusion The newly developed Functional Scale outcome measurement for trauma inpatients has been shown to be internally consistent and appears to be valid with respect to response to change in this sample of trauma inpatients. The results of this study thus suggest that the Functional Scale for trauma inpatients may be an appropriate tool when the goal is the assessment of change in disability functions in trauma inpatients, although further psychometric testing may be required.
Small, Nicola. "Patient empowerment in long-term conditions : development and validation of a new measure". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/patient-empowerment-in-longterm-conditions-development-and-validation-of-a-new-measure(b85db41b-5898-4c51-a180-78439eb94ea7).html.
Steyn, Petrus Schonken. "Development and validation of a scale to measure patient satisfaction with antenatal care". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95694.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is no standardised instrument available in South Africa to measure patient satisfaction with antenatal care. The measurement of patient satisfaction is especially important after the implementation of a free antenatal care service in the South African health system. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an appropriate scale to measure patient satisfaction. Several methods to measure patient satisfaction are described in the literature. A questionnaire was developed for the Tygerberg Hospital patients. This questionnaire was tested in 200 antenatal patients through a structured interview. The importance of cross-cultural research is emphasised in the validation of the measuring instrument. Factor analysis was used to validate the instrument. This showed that a single factor accounted for most of the total variance. All the items had to do with the process of antenatal care. The findings of this survey showed the following: • One cannot use overseas measuring instruments without adjusting for cross-cultural differences. • The patient satisfaction score is negatively skewed with a high mean. • Social desirability response sets may play an important role in these questionnaires. • There is a statistically significant difference in patient satisfaction with antenatal care between the different antenatal clinics, even after controlling for socio-demographic differences. • That the satisfaction score is a reflection of the service rendered to the patient and not of the socio-demographic differences. This research identified the difficulties of developing a standardised instrument to measure patient satisfaction with antenatal care and opens the way for future research into patient satisfaction with medical services.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar is geen gestandaardiseerde meetinstrument om pasiente se tevredenheid met voorgeboortesorg in Suid Afrika te bepaal nie. Die noodsaaklikheid van die bepaling van tevredenheid met voorgeboortesorg het nou belangriker geword nadat 'n stelsel van gratis voorgeboortesorg in Suid-Afrika gei"mplementeer is. Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om 'n skaal te ontwikkel om pasiente se tevredenheid met voorgeboortesorg te bepaal en om die geldigheid van hierdie meetinstrument plaaslik te toets. In die literatuur is daar verskeie metodes om pasiente se tevredenheid te bepaal. 'n Vraelys is ontwikkel vir Tygerberg Hospitaal se voorgeboorte pasiente. Hierdie vraelys is getoets by 200 pasiente in die voorgeboorte klinieke in Tygerberg Hospitaal deur middel van 'n gestruktureerde onderhoud. In die geldigheidsbepaling van die meetinstrument 1s die belangrikheid van kruiskulturele navorsing beklemtoon. Faktoranalise is gebruik vir die bepaling van geldigheid. Met faktoranalise is aangetoon dat een onderliggende faktor, naamlik die voorgeboortesorgsisteem, pasiente se tevredenheid verklaar. Die bevindings in hierdie ondersoek het die volgende getoon: • Dat aile meetinstrumente nie summier transkultureel toegepas kan word nie . • Dat die tevredenheidsmeting van voorgeboortesorg 'n negatiewe skewe verspreiding het, met 'n hoe gemiddelde telling. • Sosiaal-aanvaarbare antwoorde speel waarskynlik 'n groat rol in hierdie vraelyste. • Dat daar 'n statistiese betekenisvolle verskil is in die tevredenheidsgraad van pasiente met voorgeboortesorg tussen sommige klinieke; selfs nadat gekontroleer is vir sosiodemografiese verskille tussen pasiente. • Dat die tevredenheidsmeting 'n weerspieeling is van die diens gelewer aan die pasient, en nie net 'n weerspieeling is van die pasient se sosio-demografiese verskille nie. Hierdie navorsmg identifiseer die probleme met die opstel van 'n gestandaardiseerde meetinstrument vir die bepaling van pasente se tevredenheid met voorgeboortesorg en baan die weg vir verdere navorsing oor pasiente se tevredenheid met mediese dienste.
Buckingham, J. K. ""Time for health" : the development, validation and comparison of instruments to value improvements in health". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1994. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=122011.
Patel, Charmi. "At work ... but are we really working : development, extension and validation of presenteeism within Indian call centre context". Thesis, Aston University, 2012. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/24384/.
Walew, Daniel. "Application of Lean Methods in Product Development Testing : A Case Study from the Manufacturing Industry". Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-124631.
King, Tracey Marie. "Consumer decisions in a complex world measurement concerns, scale development, and validation in a healthcare context /". Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19833.
Committee Chair: Malhotra, Naresh; Committee Member: Feldman, Jack; Committee Member: Jayaraman, Sundaresan; Committee Member: Ulgado, Francis; Committee Member: Wong, Nancy.
Granda, Juca María Fernanda. "Testing-Based Conceptual Schema Validation in a Model-Driven Environment". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/89091.
A pesar del escepticismo y dificultades en su adopción, el Desarrollo Orientado por Modelos (MDD, por sus siglas en inglés) está siendo usado y mejorado para proveer muchos beneficios inherentes a la industria. Uno de sus mayores beneficios es la capacidad de manejar la complejidad del desarrollo de software elevando el nivel de abstracción. Los modelos se expresan utilizando conceptos que no están relacionados con una tecnología de implementación específica (por ejemplo, Lenguaje de Modelado Unificado -UML, Lenguaje de Restricción de Objetos -OCL, Lenguaje de Acción para el Foundational UML - ALF), lo que significa que los modelos pueden ser más fáciles de especificar, mantener y documentar. Debido a que en una Ingeniería dirigida por modelos (MDE), los artefactos primarios son los modelos conceptuales, los esfuerzos se centran en su creación, prueba y evolución a diferentes niveles de abstracción a través de transformaciones, porque si un esquema conceptual tiene defectos, éstos se pasan a las siguientes etapas, incluida la codificación. Por lo tanto, uno de los retos para los investigadores y desarrolladores in MDD es poder identificar los defectos temprano, a nivel de esquemas conceptuales, ya que esto ayudaría a reducir los costos de desarrollo y mejorar la calidad del software. Durante la última década, pocos trabajos de investigación se han realizado en esta área. Algunas de las causas de esta realidad son la alta complejidad teórica de probar esquemas conceptuales y la falta de soporte de software adecuado. Por lo tanto, este área de investigación admite nuevos métodos y técnicas, enfrentando retos como la generación de casos de prueba utilizando información externa a los esquemas conceptuales (es decir, los requisitos), la medición de una posible automatización, selección y priorización de casos de prueba, la necesidad de una herramienta de soporte eficiente que utilice una semántica estándar, la retroalimentación oportuna para apoyar el proceso de aseguramiento de la calidad del software y facilitar la toma de decisiones basadas en el análisis y la interpretación de los resultados. El objetivo de esta tesis es mitigar algunos de los problemas que afectan la validación de los esquemas conceptuales, proporcionando un nuevo marco de validación basado en pruebas que fue construido usando un desarrollo dirigido por modelos. El uso de MDD permite un aumento en la abstracción, automatización y reutilización que nos permite aliviar la complejidad de nuestro marco de validación. Además, al aprovechar las técnicas MDD (como el metamodelado, las transformaciones de modelos y los modelos en tiempo de ejecución), nuestro marco soporta cuatro fases del proceso de prueba: diseño de pruebas, generación de casos de prueba, ejecución de casos de prueba y la evaluación de los resultados. Con el fin de proporcionar soporte de software para nuestra propuesta, hemos desarrollado CoSTest, un entorno de pruebas basado en el lenguaje ALF. Para asegurar que CoSTest ofrece la funcionalidad necesaria, primero identificamos un conjunto de requisitos funcionales. Luego, después de identificar estos requisitos, definimos la arquitectura y el ambiente de pruebas de nuestro marco de validación y, finalmente, implementamos la arquitectura en el contexto de Eclipse. CoSTest ha sido desarrollado para probar varias propiedades sobre el modelo ejecutable como la corrección sintáctica (es decir, todos los elementos del modelo se ajustan a la sintaxis del lenguaje en el que se describe), consistencia entre la parte estructural y el comportamiento (sus restricciones de integridad) y completitud (es decir, todos los cambios posibles en el estado del sistema se pueden realizar a través de la ejecución de las operaciones definidas en el modelo ejecutable). Para los modelos defectuosos, el informe de CoSTest devuelve una retroalimentación significativa que ayuda a localizar y reparar los defectos detec
A pesar de l'escepticisme i les dificultats en la seua adopció, el Desenvolupament Orientat per Models (MDD, segons les sigles en anglès) està sent usat i millorat per tal de proveir molts beneficis potencials inherents a l' indústria. Un dels majors beneficis és la capacitat de manejar la complexitat del desenvolupament del programari elevant el nivell d'abstracció. Els models s'expressen mitjançant conceptes que no estan relacionats amb una tecnologia d'implementació específica (per exemple, el Llenguatge de Modelat Unificat - UML, Llenguatge de Restricció d'Objectes -OCL, Llenguatge d'Acció per al Foundational UML - ALF), el que significa que els models poder ser més fàcils d'especificar, mantindre i documentar. A causa de que en una Enginyeria dirigida per models (MDE), els artefactes primaris són els models conceptuals, els esforços es centren en la seua creació, prova i evolució a diferents nivells d'abstracció mitjançant transformacions, perquè si un esquema conceptual té defectes, aquestos es passen a les següents etapes, inclosa la codificació. Per tant, un del reptes per als investigadors i desenvolupadors en MDD és poder identificar els defectes des del principi, a nivell de esquemes conceptuals, perquè açò ajudaria a reduir els costos de desenvolupament i millora de la qualitat del programari. Durant l'última dècada, pocs treballs d'investigació s'han fet en aquesta àrea. Algunes de les causes d'aquesta realitat són l'alta complexitat teòrica de provar esquemes conceptuals i la falta de suport de programari adequat. Per tant, aquesta àrea d'investigació admet nous mètodes i tècniques, enfrontant reptes com la generació de casos de prova mitjançant informació externa als esquemes conceptuals (es a dir, requisits), la medició de una possible automatització, selecció i priorització de casos de prova, la necessitat de una ferramenta de suport rentable que utilitze una semàntica estàndard, la retroalimentació oportuna per suportar el procés d'assegurament de la qualitat del programari i la facilitat per a prendre decisions basades en l'anàlisi i la interpretació dels resultats. En aquesta tesi intentem mitigar alguns dels problemes que afecten a la validació dels esquemes conceptuals, proporcionant un nou marc de validació basat en proves que va ser construït mitjançant un desenvolupament dirigit per models. L'ús de MDD permet un augment en l'abstracció, automatització i reutilització que ens permet alleujar la complexitat del nostre marc de validació. A més a més, al aprofitar les tècniques MDD (com el metamodelat, les transformacions de models i els models en temps d'execució), el nostre marc suporta quatre fases del procés de prova: disseny, generació i execució de casos de prova, així com l'avaluació de resultats del procés de prova. Amb la finalitat de proporcionar suport de programari per a la nostra proposta, hem desenvolupat un entorn de proves basat en el llenguatge ALF que s'anomena CoSTest. Per tal d'assegurar que CoSTest ofereix la funcionalitat necessària, identifiquem un conjunt de requisits funcionals abans de desenvolupar la ferramenta. Després d'identificar aquestos requisits, definim l'arquitectura i l'ambient de proves del nostre marc de validació, i finalment, implementem l'arquitectura en el context Eclipse. CoSTest ha sigut desenvolupat per provar diverses propietats sobre el model executable com la correcció sintàctica (és a dir, tots els elements del model s'ajusten a la sintaxi del llenguatge en el que es descriu), consistència antre la part estructural i el comportament (les seues restriccions d'integritat) i completitud (és a dir, tots els canvis possibles en l'estat del sistema es poden realitzar mitjançant l'execució de les operacions definides en el model executable). Per als models defectuosos, l'informe de CoSTest retorna una retroalimentació significativa que ajuda a localitzar i reparar els defectes dete
Granda Juca, MF. (2017). Testing-Based Conceptual Schema Validation in a Model-Driven Environment [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/89091
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Brown, Annemarie Kathleen. "The development and validation of a self-efficacy tool for people over 60 with venous leg ulceration". Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/13899.
Sato, Noriko. "Development and validation of quality indicators for improving and evaluating geriatric pharmacotherapy in primary care in Japan". Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29149.
Hsiung, Nai-Huan. "Translation, validation and comparison of three behavioural pain assessment tools for patients who cannot communicate verbally". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31010.
Gandy, Megan E. "Assessing LGBTQ youth cultural competency in direct-care behavioral health workers: Development and validation of a measure". VCU Scholars Compass, 2015. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3741.
Sasaki, Noriko. "Development and Validation of an Acute Heart Failure-Specific Mortality Predictive Model Based on Administrative Data". 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/188706.
Vuong, Kylie. "Transforming melanoma prevention: The development, validation and efficacy of model-generated risk predictions in Australian primary care". Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17876.
Ogaji, Daprim. "Development and validation of the patient evaluation scale (PES) for assessing the quality of primary health care in Nigeria". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/development-and-validation-of-the-patient-evaluation-scale-pes-for-assessing-the-quality-of-primary-health-care-in-nigeria(9513e68e-38ba-4069-b995-791a2e5986c8).html.
Rudelle, Astié Anne. "Approche culturelle des compétences politiques en contexte organisationnel français". Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 8, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA080090.
The aim of this thesis was to conceptualize a model of political skill adapted to the French organizational context. Based on an intercultural reflection between the modes of French and American organizational functioning, the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) developed by Ferris, Treadway, Kolodinsky, Hochwarter, Kacmar, Douglas, & Frink (2005) has been extended to positional and ideological levels from Doise’s psychosocial theory (1982), to the formal dimension of organizations (Mintzberg, 1983) and to the strategic analysis of Crozier and Friedberg (1977). Four studies have led to the development of a four-factor structure (access to formal knowledge, interpersonal influence, intuition of strategic relationships, propensity for learning) and gave evidence of the initial validity of the scale of measurement: the French Political Skill Inventory (FPSI). We have shown that the factor structure of the FPSI is not maintained in the American organizational context. The dispositional and personal ability antecedents of political skill from Ferris, Treadway, Perrewé, Brouer, Douglas & Lux (2007) revealed a good fit to our model. Following the finding that men reported significantly higher FPSI scores than women, we showed that the gender differences observed are due to variations in gender identity and not in biological sex. In particular, androgynous profiles reported significantly higher FPSI scores than female and undifferentiated profiles
Martínez, i. Puentes Montse. "A dynamic knowledge-based decision support system to handle solids separation problems in activated sludge systems: development and validation". Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7792.
Els Sistemes de Suport a la Presa de Decisions basats en el coneixement (KBDSS) són un grup d'eines informàtiques caracteritzades per la seva capacitat de representar coneixement heurístic i tractar grans quantitats de dades. L'objectiu de la present tesi és el desenvolupament i validació d'un KBDSS específicament dissenyat per donar suport als caps de planta en el control dels problemes de separació de sòlids d'orígen microbiològic en els sistemes de fangs activats. Per aconseguir aquest objectiu principal, el KBDSS ha de presentar les següents característiques: (1) la implementació del sistema ha de ser viable i realista per garantir el seu correcte funcionament; (2) el raonament del sistema ha de ser dinàmic i evolutiu per adaptar-se a les necessitats del domini al qual es vol aplicar i (3) el raonament del sistema ha de ser intel·ligent.
En primer lloc, a fi de garantir la viabilitat del sistema, s'ha realitzat un estudi a petita escala (Catalunya) que ha permès determinar tant les variables més utilitzades per a la diagnosi i monitorització dels problemes i els mètodes de control més viables, com la detecció de les principals limitacions que el sistema hauria de resoldre.
Els resultats d'anteriors aplicacions han demostrat que la principal limitació en el desenvolupament de KBDSSs és l'estructura de la base de coneixement (KB), on es representa tot el coneixement adquirit sobre el domini, juntament amb els processos de raonament a seguir. En el nostre cas, tenint en compte la dinàmica del domini, aquestes limitacions es podrien veure incrementades si aquest disseny no fos òptim. En aquest sentit, s'ha proposat el Domino Model com a eina per dissenyar conceptualment el sistema.
Finalment, segons el darrer objectiu referent al seguiment d'un raonament intel·ligent, l'ús d'un Sistema Expert (basat en coneixement expert) i l'ús d'un Sistema de Raonament Basat en Casos (basat en l'experiència) han estat integrats com els principals sistemes intel·ligents encarregats de dur a terme el raonament del KBDSS. Als capítols 5 i 6 respectivament, es presenten el desenvolupament del Sistema Expert dinàmic (ES) i del Sistema de Raonament Basat en Casos temporal, anomenat Sistema de Raonament Basat en Episodis (EBRS). A continuació, al capítol 7, es presenten detalls de la implementació del sistema global (KBDSS) en l'entorn G2. Seguidament, al capítol 8, es mostren els resultats obtinguts durant els 11 mesos de validació del sistema, on aspectes com la precisió, capacitat i utilitat del sistema han estat validats tant experimentalment (prèviament a la implementació) com a partir de la seva implementació real a l'EDAR de Girona. Finalment, al capítol 9 s'enumeren les principals conclusions derivades de la present tesi.
The activated sludge system is the most widely used technology for biological wastewater treatment in the world. Its successful performance relies on the correct operation of both the bioreactor and the secondary settler. When settleability deteriorates, the inefficient separation of biomass can affect the quality of the activated sludge effluent, implying on most occasions an impact on the receiving ecosystem. These kind of undesired situations, known as activated sludge solids separation problems, are one of the main causes of inefficiency in activated sludge systems. They include: filamentous bulking, non-filamentous bulking, biological foaming, dispersed growth, pin-point floc and rising sludge. The origin of solids separation problems is (except from rising sludge) an imbalance between the different microbiological communities responsible for the biomass settleability: the floc-forming bacteria and the filamentous bacteria. Due to this microbiological origin, their identification and control is a tough task for plant operators.
Knowledge-Based Decision Support Systems (KBDSS) are a group of tools from the Artificial Intelligence domain characterized by their capability to represent heuristic knowledge and to work with large amounts of data. The main objective of the present thesis is to develop and validate a KBDSS specially designed to support plant operators to handle solids separation problems of microbiological origin occurring in activated sludge systems. In order to achieve this objective, the developed KBDSS must accomplish with the following characteristics: (1) the implementation of the system must be viable and realistic in order to ensure its proper operation; (2) the reasoning process followed by the system must be dynamic and evolutive in order to match the necessities of the domain and (3) the reasoning must be also intelligent,.
First of all, in order to guarantee the feasibility of the system, a thorough study, at a local scale (Catalonia) has contributed to the determination of the most common parameters generally used to diagnose, monitor and control these problems as well as to the detection of the existing limitations that the suggested KBDSS should overcome.
The results obtained from past applications of KBDSS has demonstrated that the main bottleneck in developing KBDSS is the structure of the knowledge base (KB), where all the knowledge acquired from the domain is represented, together with the necessary reasoning processes. In our approach, the additional complexity and the corresponding necessities imposed by the dynamic nature of the domain exacerbate the limitations in developing a feasible system. In this case, a previous conceptualisation phase was considered in which a conceptual design of the system was set up. The Domino Model was suggested as a tool to conceptually design the system.
Finally, in order to efficiently fulfill its main tasks, the last main objective or characteristic that the KBDSS must accomplish is the use of intelligent reasoning. In our approach, an Expert system (based on expert knowledge) and a Case-Based Reasoning System (based on experiential knowledge) have been and integrated as the main intelligent tools to carry out the goals of the KBDSS. In chapter 5 the development of the dynamic ES is presented. In chapter 6, a new temporal approach for classical CBRS is depicted, the Episode-Based Reasoning System (EBRS). Next, in chapter 7 some details of the KBDSS implementation in the G2 environment are presented. After that, in chapter 8 the results obtained during the 11 months of validation are depicted, including the results regarding the accuracy, adequacy, usefulness and usability of the system, which have been validated both experimentally (before the implementation) and as a result of the system's implementation in the Girona WWTP. Finally, in chapter 9, the main conclusions derived from the present thesis are enumerated.
Mohammed, Mohammed Adem. "Medication-Related Burden Quality of Life (MRB-QoL) tool: development and validation of an instrument designed to facilitate evaluation of humanistic outcomes in pharmaceutical care services". Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17776.
Shetty, Keerthan y Venkata Sai Nikhil Epuri. "Virtual vehicle capabilities towards verification, validation and calibration of vehicle motion control functions". Thesis, KTH, Fordonsdynamik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-293412.
Passagerarsäkerhet och komfort är viktiga aspekter i utvecklingen av ett fordon. Världen är på väg mot att utveckla säkraste möjliga fordon på vägen. Användning av fordonetse rörelsekontrollfunktioner är ett av sätten att förbättra fordonets stabilitet. Dessa rörelsekontrollfunktioner måste utvecklas på ett energioptimerat sätt. Genom att komplettera en del av utvecklingsprocessen med virtuella modeller kan både utvecklingstid och kostnad minimeras. Därför kan ett hållbart sätt att utveckla funktionerna för kontrollfunktioner uppnås. För att verifiera, validera och kalibrera fordonets rörelsekontrollfunktioner krävs en detaljerad modell av ett virtuellt fordon. Därför har en forskningsfråga om hur bra den virtuella modellen måste vara för ändamålet behandlats. Denna rapport föreslår ett ramverk för att bestämma funktionerna hos virtuella fordon.I denna rapport har en jämförelsestudie genomförts genom att excitera den verkliga bilen och den virtuella modellen av en Volvo XC90 med fokus på att täcka de sex frihetsgraderna (gir, nick, roll, längs, lateral, vertikal). Ett semi-automatiserat ramverk som har förmågan att automatisera testningen i en virtuell plattform har skapats. Från testresultaten bestämdes de virtuella fordonsfunktionerna. Vidare har i den andra delen av rapporten ett exempel på användningsfall beaktats genom att man tar två kalibreringsuppsättningar av ESC-system (Electronic Stability Control) för att verifiera det tidigare etablerade ramverket.Analysen innefattar olika nivåer av modell- och styrenhetskomplexitet såsom Model-in-loop, Software-in-loop och Hardware-in-loop och på två olika vägytor, låg friktion och hög friktion. Enligt observationerna är de virtuella modellerna väl korrelerade för verifiering och validering. För kalibreringen måste dock modellerna finjusteras på den virtuella plattformen. Dessutom kunde korrelationen på lågfriktionsvägytan förbättras genom att simulera testerna med hjälp av en avancerad däckmodell. Sammantaget hjälper den här studien att välja rätt komplexitet hos olika delsystem i ett fordon för verifiering, validering och kalibrering av fordonets rörelsekontrollfunktioner.
Luquiens, Amandine. "Qualité de vie dans le trouble d'usage d'alcool : une mesure de l'effet thérapeutique du point de vue des patients". Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCB118/document.
Context : The evolution of practices in alcohol use disorder field, following the model of patient-centered care, lets revisit the concept of remission for a better consideration of the patient's point of view, participating predominantly in the definition of therapeutic objectives and in their assessment. Yet few of these subjective criteria of the evaluation of patient outcomes have actually included the patient in their development. Until recently, quality of life instruments the most used among patients with alcohol use disorder were generic ones, and their development and particularly generation of items did not involve patients, but rather experts and were based on existing literature. Methods : we conducted a systematic literature review identifying randomized clinical trials testing an intervention in alcohol-dependent patients, and measuring its effectiveness on quality of life. We have listed the dimensions explored in the existing instruments. It has been shown that these instruments did not optimally explore the impact of alcohol dependence on quality of life in this population. On this, we have developed a scale specific for patients with alcohol use disorder, following the recommendations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the development of "Patient-Reported Outcomes", namely involving patients extensively. We used the method of focus groups conducted in parallel in France and Great Britain with 38 patients with alcohol use disorder. These groups allowed the generation of a pool of items, secondarily tested by individual cognitive interviews with 31 patients, resulting in the final scale "Alcohol Quality of Life Scale" (AQoLS). We then validated the AQoLS scale on a sample of 285 French patients with alcoho use disorder, recruited from randomly selected centers in France. Results: The scale has 34 items developed, distributed in seven dimensions: social relationships, activities, living conditions, looking after self, negative emotions, sleep and loss of control. The validation study confirmed six of the seven dimensions, with a slightly different distribution of the items. The "looking after self" dimension disappeared in favor of a new dimension of self-esteem. Control and self-esteem dimensions are innovative in a health-related quality of life instrument in adults. The scale showed good psychometric properties, with good internal consistency (Cronbach = 0.96), and a moderate correlation with sub-scores of the SF-36 and EQ-5D. A qualitative complementary work could illustrate the links between the different affected areas, including the proximity in patients’ perception between self-esteem, loss of control and cognitive impairment. Conclusion : The move towards a model of patient-centered care allows considering a different approach of remission and to build and validate a measure of health-related quality of life close to the concerns of patients with a alcohol use disorder, AQoLS scale. Two innovative dimensions were attached to this concept: loss of control from the patient's perspective, and self-esteem
Ellis, David Kristopher. "Development of a command validation algorithm". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0017/MQ27013.pdf.
Perea, Saavedra Héctor. "Magnetic vascular engineering development and validation". Aachen Shaker, 2008. http://d-nb.info/990501124/04.
Teshome, Mehari Beyene. "Patent Management: Scale development and validation". Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3425797.
Sommario Considerare i brevetti come un aspetto strategico-organizzativo che mira a portare un vantaggio economico e competitivo, in aggiunta al suo valore legale, sta diventando una pratica sempre più consolidata tra professionisti e accademici. In tal senso, la gestione dei brevetti ha un'importanza fondamentale per le imprese, tanto che le aziende di successo sono altrettanto note per la struttura organizzativa ed i loro efficaci processi di gestione dei brevetti. Tuttavia, vi è una richiesta di strumenti di misura olistici, validi e pratici per gestire i brevetti e valutare portafogli brevetti delle aziende. Per colmare questa lacuna, tale lavoro di tesi sviluppa e convalida delle scale di misura con riferimento al processo di gestione brevettuale a livello aziendale. A questo scopo, è stata adottata un’ampiamente conosciuta procedura di sviluppo e validazione di scale di misura strutturata in quattro fasi (i.e. specificare il dominio del costrutto, generare gli item, purificare le scale e finalizzare le scale). Le prime due fasi si concentrano sulla definizione dell’ambito di indagine e sullo sviluppo di scale di misura in questo ambito. A tal fine, è stata effettuata una revisione approfondita della letteratura supportata da un'analisi qualitativa attraverso delle interviste con esperti. Queste analisi hanno permesso di concettualizzare il background teorico dei costrutti oggetto di indagine, il che ha portato a sviluppare un framework di gestione dei brevetti composto da processi core e dimensioni di supporto, al cui interno sono state definite le rispettive attività e gli aspetti organizzativi. Quindi, è stato generato l’insieme di item di misura per ciascuna attività e aspetto organizzativo. Nella terza e quarta fase, sono state effettuate un'analisi fattoriale esplorativa e un'analisi fattoriale confermativa per purificare e validare, rispettivamente, gli item di misura utilizzando due campioni di dati primari raccolti attraverso un sondaggio online inviato alle aziende situate in Paesi dell'Europa meridionale e settentrionale (analisi esplorativa) e paesi dell'Europa centrale (analisi confermativa). I risultati di tali analisi hanno portato ad alcune modifiche al framework iniziale e agli item di misura. Più in particolare, lo studio dimostra che la gestione dei brevetti è composta da cinque processi fondamentali (i.e. generazione di brevetti, freedom to operate, gestione del portafoglio brevetti, sfruttamento e enforcement dei brevetti e intelligence sui brevetti) e due dimensioni di supporto (strategia dei brevetti e organizzazione per la brevettazione). Per ciascun processo principale e dimensione di supporto, sono stati definiti attività e fattori organizzativi (i cosiddetti “fattori”), con i relativi item di misura, dopo aver rimosso alcuni item in base a precisi criteri stabiliti in precedenza. Al fine di supportare ulteriormente la solidità delle scale di misurazione, sono state valutate l'affidabilità e la validità delle scale di misura con appositi test statistici. Questo studio ha implicazioni sia teoriche che pratiche. Dal punto di vista accademico, lo studio estende la ricerca esistente offrendo una concettualizzazione completa e aggiornata delle attività di gestione dei brevetti a livello aziendale, arricchendo in tal modo la letteratura sulla gestione dei brevetti. Inoltre, offre ai ricercatori una base per testare le ipotesi sulle relazioni tra i processi e le dimensioni della gestione dei brevetti e le caratteristiche di output delle imprese (e.g. prestazioni) utilizzando dati reali raccolti dalle aziende. Inoltre, le scale sviluppate in questo studio per ciascun processo core e dimensione di supporto possono anche essere utilizzate separatamente per soddisfare esigenze di ricerca specifiche ed esaminare un aspetto particolare della gestione dei brevetti. Per i manager, lo studio offre un quadro completo sulla gestione brevettuale che può essere utilizzato come strumento di valutazione per analizzare la gestione dei brevetti. Inoltre, la misura dell'attuale livello di gestione dei brevetti può essere utilizzata come base per manager e imprenditori per adottare un atteggiamento proattivo nella gestione brevettuale.
Cole, Gregory. "Modular MRI Guided Device Development System: Development, Validation and Applications". Digital WPI, 2013. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/91.
Malm, Mikaela. "Drug Analysis : Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation". Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Analytisk kemi, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8547.
Sharp, Sara J. "Standardized Professional Development Content Validation for Educators". Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3646183.
Educators in a low socioeconomic urban school district have been concerned with the quality of professional development (PD) training provided by the district. This issue affects students, parents, and teachers. Guided by the educational philosophy of inquiry and community, which hold that empowering teachers with validated PD could improve teacher pedagogy and perhaps academic outcomes, this project study examined (a) what benefits a standardized professional development content validation program for the 21st century can provide and, (b) what standardized professional development content validation for the 21st century looks like. A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design was used on a purposive sample of 8 teachers, who participated in semistructured, open-ended interviews. A quantitative questionnaire collected perceptions of teachers at the school. Interview data were analyzed via an inductive analysis approach, and survey data were analyzed via descriptive statistics. The findings of this sequential mixed methods research revealed that the content of PD activities often lacked structured validation for teachers to master important skills in their content area, new skills were undiscovered, and their pedagogy was underdeveloped. The outcome was a 3-day workshop designed to provide PD content validation for educators in 1 district in Washington State. Positive social change implications include teachers who can engage students in an informed, confident, professional manner, and increased teacher satisfaction at the research site as well as in other rural schools. Implementing this workshop will provide useful knowledge for policymakers, educators, and other researchers who are looking for a clearer definition of PD content for the 21st century.
Schmueli-Goetz, Yael. "The child attachment interview : development and validation". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252171.
Malek-Ahmadi, Michael. "Development and validation of the Alzheimer's Questionnaire". Thesis, University of Westminster, 2017. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q3q53/development-and-validation-of-the-alzheimer-s-questionnaire.
Nanjundeswaran, (Guntupalli) Chaya D., Barbara H. Jacobson, Jackie Gartner-Schmidt y Abbott Katherine Verdolini. "Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI): Development and Validation". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1762.
Sharp, Sara J. "Standardized Professional Development Content Validation for Educators". ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1173.
Härkönen, J. (Janne). "Improving product development process through verification and validation". Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2009. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514291661.
Tiffin, Paul Alexander. "Development and validation of the family perceptions scale". Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445632.
Meuter, Cédric. "Development and validation of distributed reactive control systems". Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210552.
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Li, Shaohua. "Development and validation of a microcontroller emissions model". Diss., Rolla, Mo. : Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008. http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Li_09007dcc804e2d0e.pdf.
Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed May 5, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-22).
Ahn, Randall Lee. "Development and validation of the Washington resilience scale /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9075.
Robertson, Joline C. "Virtual team citizenship behaviors| Scale development and validation". Thesis, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3563452.
Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are the extra-role, voluntary behaviors performed by organization members for the benefit of the organization. These behaviors have been widely studied and several dimensions have been defined. However, the majority of the work on OCBs focuses on traditional organizations where all employees are collocated and can interact on a regular basis. With the changing workplace, employees can now work remotely or across different locations and still be expected to work together. Those employees who are not collocated may not feel the need to benefit the organization, but may feel connected to the team and therefore participate in virtual team citizenship behaviors (VTCBs).
This paper reviews the current OCB literature by defining OCBs, reviewing the empirical literature, and providing a critique of the current literature. Next, a framework for studying VTCBs is developed based on virtual team literature. I define and discuss the differences between VTCBs and OCBs. Next, I develop propositions for assessing construct validity using multiple validation approaches, including convergent, and divergent, and nomological validity. I then propose and conduct three interlocking studies to generate items for the scale (Study 1), to assess the dimensionality and psychometric properties of the scale and establish convergent and divergent validity (Study 2), and to test the proposed nomological model (Study 3). The results of each study and the implications of the studies are discussed.
Teo, Adeline P. Y. "Validation of an Evacuation Model Currently Under Development". University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8295.
CASTRO, LUIZA NOLASCO VIEIRA DE. "SUITABILITY: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRE". PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2012. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=29003@1.
A análise do perfil do investidor (API) ou Suitability é uma política de autorregulamentação implementada pela ANBIMA que tem como objetivo adequar à alocação de recursos de forma que estejam compatíveis ao perfil dos investidores. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa é desenvolver um questionário capaz de classificar os investidores das instituições financeiras considerando diversas características pessoais, principalmente a tolerância ao risco, tornando possível alinhar os interesses dos gerentes comerciais e de seus clientes. O instrumento foi elaborado seguindo as diretrizes estabelecidas pelo Código ANBIMA de Regulação e Melhores Práticas e adicionando uma escala elaborada por Grable e Joo (2010) com questões fundamentais capazes de medir a tolerância ao risco financeiro. A falta de um modelo padrão faz com que os profissionais financeiros desenvolvam e usem métodos simplificados geralmente limitados à simples conversações com os clientes sobre o nível de bem estar diante de diferentes cenários (GRABLE e LYTTON, 2001). Sendo assim, a contribuição deste trabalho foi à análise de possíveis falhas no processo atual e a busca por evidências de que a política de API poderia obter resultados mais significativos uma vez instituído um questionário padrão.
The present study has the objective of development and validation of a standard questionnaire applied to the Brazilian financial market which has the main objective to identify and classify clients. This instrument is part of the Now Your Client Policy that was implemented by Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association (ANBIMA), and could help institutions to advisory better their clients. The present article has the objective to develop and to verify the validity of a research instrument for the classification of investors according to their personal preferences and risk tolerance. In addition performing a suitability test allows the financial institutions to assess the investment objectives of the client, the client s financial ability to bear any related investment risks consistent with his investment objectives. The instrument was elaborated following the ANBIMA s regulations in addition to Financial Risk-Tolerance Scale developed by Grable and Joo in 2001. The lack of a standard model leads financial professionals to develop and use simplified methods, usually limited to simple conversations with clients about their level of well being in a variety of scenarios (GRABLE; LYTTON, 2001). Another contribution from this study is to show evidences that without a standard questionnaire is impossible to obtain accurate results among the different financial institutions.
Christodoulides, George. "E-tail brand equity : scale development and validation". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633078.
Engwall, Allison Christine. "Development, Validation and Reliability of the Chrononutrition Profile". Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/29276.
JOSE, MATHEW STEPHEN y Vijay Francis. "Development, Validation and Implementation of Universal Testing Machine". Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Industriell produktutveckling, produktion och design, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50725.
Adams, Jason E. "Development and Validation of the Corporate Distrust Scale". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1208359053.
Luberto, Christina M. "Development and Validation of the Relaxation Sensitivity Index". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336682717.
Oizumi, Joelle J. (Joelle Julienne). "Magical Contagion and AIDS Scale: Development and Validation". Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500468/.
Dysart, Marc James. "Development and validation of a posture prediction algorithm". Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10312009-020410/.
Schmidt, Andrew Alexander. "Development and validation of the toxic leadership scale". College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8176.
Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.