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Fenn, James Ellis. "The Purposes and Evaluation Methods for State Residential General Contractor Licensing." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd708.pdf.

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Langroudi, Jahanbakhsh. "Evaluation of the English for specific purposes (ESP) programme in Iran." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285063.

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A, l.-Zefeiti Ali Salim. "A stakeholder evaluation of an English for Academic Purposes (EAP)writing programme." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520651.

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Nnadi, E. O. "An evaluation of modified pervious pavements for water harvesting for irrigation purposes." Thesis, Coventry University, 2009. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/f62c282d-4db2-21f3-4c30-7a77fe4d3def/1.

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The pervious pavement system has been identified as an effective source control device capable of removing urban stormwater pollution by trapping pollutants within the system and biodegradation. Recent studies have further demonstrated that the pervious pavement system could be used as a source of renewable energy capable of reducing household energy bill by about 80%. In view of ever increasing demand for water and the continued reduction in available fresh water resources in the world, stormwater has been recognized as a potential valuable source of water which could be harnessed. The overal

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Degg, Martin Robert. "Earthquake hazard in the Middle East : an evaluation for insurance and reinsurance purposes." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1988. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11122/.

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This study provides an analysis of earthquake hazard in the Middle East for insurance and reinsurance purposes. The analysis incorporates important lessons learned from the 1985 Mexican earthquake. It has the following components: a) An in-depth examination of the Mexican earthquake. This has highlighted the strong influence of superficial geology in controlling exposure to earthquake hazard, and of building type and height in controlling vulnerability to damage; b) An analysis of the escalating earthquake risk in the Middle East. It is concluded that this is attributable to rapid rates of pop

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Krioneritis, Nickolaos G. "Evaluation and improvement of Mini-Ranger network in Monterey Bay for oceanographic purposes." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25904.

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Barringer, Tina M. "Teacher Growth in the Evaluation Process." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73010.

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Teacher evaluation has a history of challenges, from disagreement over its fundamental purpose to questions of its significance to teachers. Studies (Barnett & McCormick, 2004; Frase & Streshly, 1994; Machell, 1995; Milanowski, 2005; Milanowski & Heneman, 2001; Ovando & Harris, 1993; Stiggins & Duke, 1988) have consistently identified poor feedback, a lack of credibility, and an absence of trust as key issues that impact the effectiveness of an evaluator in the process. The purpose of teacher evaluation may be seen on a continuum from accountability, summarizing the progress of a teacher for t

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Pateraki, Sophia. "An evaluation of the use of the National Food Survey (NFS) for epidemiological purposes." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393690.

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Du, Hank C. T. "An evaluation of the contribution of pharmacy sales data for purposes of public health." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/58915/.

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The contribution of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines sales data from pharmacies for public health (PH) has previously attracted interest in the UK. In this study, data for several OTC medicines were utilised to explore their contribution to (a) understand the impact of medicine reclassification or increased regulation on supply and (b) the surveillance of infectious diseases in the community in Wales. Following the reclassification of ophthalmic chloramphenicol (June 2005) an increase in primary care supply (OTC + prescription) of 54% (47,026 units) in eye drops and 29% (15,657 units) in eye o

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Nguyen, Nga Ngoc. "An evaluation study of an English for academic purposes program in a Vietnamese university." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2021. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2464.

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English for academic purposes (EAP) pathway programs have boomed in Vietnam following a dramatic increase in English-medium instruction (EMI) university programs. These EAP programs are the pathway, and also the prerequisite, for students who fail to gain direct entry into the EMI programs. However, questions have arisen as to how well such EAP programs prepare students for future EMI study. This study evaluated an EAP program offered by one Vietnamese public university. It was one of the first EAP programs established in the country and had been adapted from an overseas curriculum package. Ho

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Sanders, Jennifer A. "An evaluation of photo CD's resolving power in scanning various-speed films for archival purposes /." Online version of thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11988.

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Ramadan, Sayel S. "The allocation of central overhead costs for the purposes of performance evaluation : a study of UK divisionalised companies." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329500.

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Egelius, Eric, and Anna Methander. "Evaluation of the Variance in the Premium Provision Estimate : Handling Inhomogeneous and Decreasing Risk in Premium Provision Purposes." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184554.

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The costs related to events of losses within non-life insurance are stochastic and a prerequisite of running a successful insurance business is to predict risks and future costs. From both a business- and regulatory perspective, it is of high interest to have a genuine understanding of the precision and the sensitivity of the estimated costs and future risks. This thesis aims to provide an alternative procedure of how to estimate the costs related to the future and, above all, the variance, in the case of dealing with inhomogeneous and decreasing risk. The procedure is based on a separate mode

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Yao, Haoran. "The Design and Evaluation of a Seamless Approach to Migrate the State of QUIC Connections for Load Balancing Purposes." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-292094.

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QUIC is an emerging connection-oriented transport layer protocol that aims to support low-latency and highly secure communication between users and cloud services. Cloud load balancers distribute incoming QUIC connections towards a pool of backend servers where applications run. The sheer size of today’s clouds requires to deploy large pools of load balancing instances across multi-core servers. Today, once a connection is handled by a load balancing instance, the handling of the connection cannot be delegated to another instance which is possibly running on an underutilized server or core. Re

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Marais, Pierre. "A critical evaluation of the enterprise concept and the effect thereof on input tax and its apportionment for VAT purposes." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86495.

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Thesis (MAcc)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In South Africa, value-added tax (‘VAT’) is classified as an indirect tax which is levied on goods or services supplied in the Republic of South Africa. In South Africa, VAT is a destination-based invoice type tax system which means that the consumption of goods and services are taxed. To register as a vendor for VAT purposes, the business conducted must fall within the ambit of an ‘enterprise’ as defined in section 1(1) of the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991) (the VAT Act). Where a registered vendor makes taxab

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Van, Wyk Lindie. "An evaluation of the Country-by-Country Reporting (CbC Template) for transfer pricing documentation purposes from a South African perspective." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21752.

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In February 2013, the OECD published a report on its findings concerning base erosion and profit shifting ("BEPS").1 That report, in particular Action Plan 13, dealt with the re-examination of transfer pricing documentation wherein the shifting of profits to lower tax rate jurisdictions is addressed. The OECD proposed a Country-by-Country ("CbC") methodology whereby certain information is required to be disclosed within a Country-by-Country Reporting Template ("the CbC Template"). The main purpose of the CbC Template is to assist tax administrations to identify risks related to base erosion an

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Barth, Edwin F. III. "Evaluation of Bioaerosol Components, Generation Factors, and Airborne Transport Associated with Lime Treatment of Lead-Contaminated Sediment for Beneficial Use Purposes." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155653589.

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HAMZA, HADY ahmed ibrahim. "PROS AND CONS OF NANOMATERIALS: STUDY OF HALLOYSITE-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES FOR BIOMEDICAL OR CATALYTIC PURPOSES AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AQUATIC TOXICITY OF CEO2 NANOPARTICLES." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/839459.

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My Ph.D. dealt mainly with the study of halloysite nanotubes (HNT), and their interaction with molecules and nanoparticles as potential for potential applications either in biomedicine or in catalysis. A minor part of my Ph.D work was dedicated to the preparation and characterization of Ceria nanoparticles stabilized with polymers of different charge, to investigate, in collaboration with the group of prof Della Torre and Binelli, their effect on various animal and bacterial models relative to their possible toxic effects especially in the aquatic environment. I started the first part of my t

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Alsulami, Iftikar Saeed, and Danyah Abdulaziz Aleisa. "BUILDING BRIDGES FROM CURRENT ENGLISH CONTENT TO AN IMAGINED ENGLISH FUTURE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/380.

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Learning English as a second language is a key factor to promote globalization, because the language has spread widely. Furthermore, learning English vocabulary for the fast-paced global business environment is highly dependent on the imagined future of a business major; he or she must imagine in what context the business career will take place: what sphere of activity will be involved, in which scenarios of language usage, and what lexical items will be needed. Vocabulary learning has long been characterized by the use of decontextualized vocabulary academic word lists. As an alternative, thi

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Yildiz, Evren. "Evaluation Of Performance And Optimum Valve Settings For Pressure Management Using Forecasted Daily Demand Curves By Artificial Neural Networks." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613600/index.pdf.

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For the appropriate operation and correct short term planning, daily demand curve (DDC) of municipal water distribution networks should be forecasted beforehand. For that purpose, artificial neural networks (ANN) is used as a new method. The proposed approach employs already recorded DDCs extracted from the database of ASKI (Ankara Water Authority) SCADA center and related independent parameters such as temperature and relative humidity obtained from DMI (State Meteorological Institute). In this study, a computer model was developed in order to forecast hourly DDCs using Matlab and related mod

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Ekici, Nese. "A Needs Assessment Study On English Language Needs Of The Tour Guidance Students Of Faculty Of Applied Sciences At Baskent University:a Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/101348-1/index.pdf.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the English language needs of Tour Guidance students of Faculty of Applied Sciences at BaSkent University by referring to the perceptions of students, English instructors and curriculum coordinators and to see whether there was a relationship between students&amp<br>#8217<br>attitude towards English language and their self ratings of learning and target needs. The data collection instruments used for the study were the attitude scale and student needs assessment questionnaire administered to forty-five students, ESP Identification Form administered to

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Loree, S. "Is Citation Analysis Worth It: A Comparison of the Usefulness of Local Citation Analysis, Interlibrary Loan Records and Usage Statistics for Collection Development Purposes in a Special Library." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/369.

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This study evaluates local citation analysis in comparison to interlibrary loan records and usage statistics as indicators for collection evaluation and development purposes in a special library setting as evidenced through a case study at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Main Library in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. More specifically, it examines how data gathered from these three tools compare as predictors for future trends in use of journals and as tools for developing parameters and guidelines for anticipatory collection development decisions in a scientific research libra

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Rosell, Aguilar Fernando. "Evaluating the use of mobile technologies for language learning purposes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/163675.

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[ES] Esta tesis se centra en tres tecnologías móviles: podcasting, aplicaciones móviles y Twitter, y evalúa su potencial para el aprendizaje de idiomas basándose en una serie de estudios con distintos tipos de participantes, incluyendo estudiantes de enseñanza formal, de contextos informales de aprendizaje, y profesores. El objetivo general de los diferentes estudios de investigación es evaluar las tres tecnologías a través de procesos para a) identificar el potencial de esas tecnologías, b) investigar cómo las utilizan los aprendices y los profesores, y c) analizar si la forma de utilizarlas

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Jones, Jennifer Marie. "Evaluating Intentionality| A Psychometric Rubric for Statements of Purpose." Thesis, Grand Canyon University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3587568.

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<p> Nearly one-half of doctoral students will never finish their program of study. This statistic is alarming. There is a need for an additional method to assess applicants, aside from prior academic success, in order to best identify those that will not only perform well in courses, but also have the psychosocial skills to persist to degree attainment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an intentionality rubric which was found to have evidence of initial construct validity. Intentionality is a multivariate construct comprised of five domains: motivation, beliefs, goal-setting, goal-see

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Morgan, Steven Craig. "Effects of context on the leniency, accuracy, and utility of self-appraisals of performance : social comparison information and purpose of appraisal /." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102009-063250/.

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Kishor, Nand. "Cognitive strategies in judgment : the effect of purpose, cue dimensionality, and cognitive complexity on student evaluation of instructors." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27363.

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This investigation focused on describing cognition in performance judgment of teaching in higher education. The influence of appraisal purpose and cue dimensionality was observed on subjective importance and utilization of information. Information integration strategies were examined in relation to purpose and cognitive complexity. Exploratory analysis focused on the measurement of good instructor schema profiles, and on the effect of cognitive complexity on halo in performance ratings. Seventy subjects were assigned randomly to two purpose conditions in the experiment: summative and formativ

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Guignard, James Samuel. "The purpose of schooling : a rhetorical analysis of Hall, Rice, and Dewey /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2005. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3209123.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2005.<br>"August 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-212). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2005]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Cavill, Caroline Anne. "Fitness for purpose evaluation of stables in current use in the UK." Thesis, University of Salford, 2014. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38855/.

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The UK has an estimated 988,000 horses, many of which are stabled as a standard management practice. Stables are a building, buildings, or a portion of a building that are used for the housing and feeding horses, cattle and other domestic livestock. For the purpose of this thesis, cattle and other domestic livestock will be excluded. Today, horses in the UK are stabled in a variety of accommodation, including purpose built historic and modern stables, and stables integrated into buildings converted from an alternative use. This raises concerns considering the physical and psychological wellbei

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Gardner, Tyler R. "Evaluation of in-season wheat nutrient uptake changes and nitrogen management for grain and dual purpose winter wheat." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35263.

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Master of Science<br>Department of Agronomy<br>Dorivar A. Ruiz Diaz Suarez<br>An effective nutrient management plan is essential for optimum wheat (Triticum aestivum) yields. The objectives of the first study were to: i.) evaluate changes in concentration of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn), within separate plant parts, throughout the growing season, ii.) evaluate the uptake pattern and redistribution of each of these nutrients within the plant throughout the season, and iii.) evaluate the impact of micronutrient and S fertiliz

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Caruso, Margret. "For the children?: an inquiry into the purpose and evaluation of Head Start." Thesis, Boston University, 1994. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27615.

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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>2031-01-02

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Hammontree, Sarah. "Evaluating the Habitat Requirements of the Golden Orb Mussel (Quadrula Aurea) for Conservation Purposes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271827/.

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Many freshwater mussels are imperiled, due to a number of interrelated factors such as habitat alteration, degradation of water quality, and impoundments. The Golden Orb mussel (Quadrula aurea, I. Lea, 1859) is endemic to the state of Texas and is currently a candidate for the endangered species list, as the number of known populations has been declining in recent years. Little is currently known about Q. aurea aside from basic distribution data. This study is focused on evaluating a combination of macro-habitat and micro-habitat variables to determine their influence on the distribution and d

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Stotler, Mark W. "The use of statewide program review results in relation to program review purpose, approach and governance structure as perceived by academic officers." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2174.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 115 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-95).

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Boden, Rosemary Frances. "Evaluation of methodologies for dual-purpose cattle production systems research in South East Mexico." Thesis, University of London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266204.

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Trueman, Carole. "Fit for purpose? : an evaluation of education for sustainable development pedagogy in higher education." Thesis, Ulster University, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763935.

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It is believed that damage occurring to the earth's environment and the quality of life for future generations will be irreparable (Lozano et al., 2013). Sustainable development as a concept has been used as a means of integrating strategies to reduce this degradation. Education has been deemed to be key to promoting this sustainable future, and thus the term education for sustainable development (ESD) was coined. Research proposes that higher education institutions in particular could be significant contributors to ESD (Karatzoglou, 2013). Literature surrounding ESD has increased within recen

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Grönborg, Felix, and Otto Ortega. "Evaluation of Methods for Image Analysis with the Purpose of Imitating Subjective Quality Assessment." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-174849.

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Detta examensarbete gjordes i samarbete med Husfoto AB där syftet var att undersöka potentialen i att använda maskininlärniningsalgoritmer för att utföra automatiska klassificeringar mellan godkända och icke-godkända bilder enligt en subjektivt framställd kvalitetsstandard. Både metoder som använder maskininlärning, samt mer traditionella bildanalysmetoder användes, testades och jämfördes inom kvalitetsmåtten precision, känslighet, träffsäkerhet och balanserad träffsäkerhet. Maskininlärningsmetoder som användes var en linjär och en icke-linjär variant av Support Vector Machine (SVM), samt XGbo

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Finfando, Filip. "Indoor scene verification : Evaluation of indoor scene representations for the purpose of location verification." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-288856.

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When human’s visual system is looking at two pictures taken in some indoor location, it is fairly easy to tell whether they were taken in exactly the same place, even when the location has never been visited in reality. It is possible due to being able to pay attention to the multiple factors such as spatial properties (windows shape, room shape), common patterns (floor, walls) or presence of specific objects (furniture, lighting). Changes in camera pose, illumination, furniture location or digital alteration of the image (e.g. watermarks) has little influence on this ability. Traditional appr

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Issitt, Stephen. "Evaluating the impact of a Presessional English for Academic Purposes Programme : a corpus based study." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7080/.

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This thesis investigates the impact of an intensive programme of English for academic purposes upon the second language writing development of postgraduate students at the University of Birmingham. The study uses a 300,000 word corpus (EAPCORP) of essays from the beginning and end of the programme covering two separate years, in order to identify and measure written linguistic feature development. A multidimensional investigative approach underpins both of the two main analytical tools applied to the EAPCORP, with the basic premise that it is possible to identify register differences between d

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Martínez, Plumed Fernando. "Incremental and developmental perspectives for general-purpose learning systems." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/67269.

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[EN] The stupefying success of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for specific problems, from recommender systems to self-driving cars, has not yet been matched with a similar progress in general AI systems, coping with a variety of problems. This dissertation deals with the long-standing problem of creating more general AI systems, through the analysis of their development and the evaluation of their cognitive abilities. Firstly, this thesis contributes with a general-purpose learning system that meets several desirable characteristics in terms of expressiveness, comprehensibility and versatility.

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Waples, Christopher J. "Priming and performance rating accuracy: notification of rating purpose and exposure to comparative evaluation strategies." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15810.

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Master of Science<br>Department of Psychological Sciences<br>Patrick A. Knight<br>Despite the functional importance of performance appraisals in organizational settings, rating inaccuracies persist and have been a widely researched topic for decades. Contemporary efforts to explore the problem have turned to components of accuracy to foster a more detailed understanding of the influence of situational factors and individual biases. In particular, a great deal of research has examined the role of rating purpose (e.g., administrative, developmental) on subsequent accuracy, consistently reveali

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Maiter, Mohammed. "Significance of mining in Africa and evaluating African countries for investment purposes from a tax perspective." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46188.

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Africa is well endowed with various mineral resources which are extracted from the soil and ultimately processed into products that are used in the everyday life of individuals across the globe. There is however a perception that Africa is an uncertain destination for business investment, has poor governance, a prevalence of corruption, questionable or no legislature and unclear income tax and royalty regimes. This study therefore provides insight into investment in Africa from a tax perspective with a particular interest in Angola, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia. Aspects of each of the ab

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Anele, Uchenna Young [Verfasser]. "Evaluation of dual purpose cowpea varieties for dry season feeding of ruminant animals / Uchenna Young Anele." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1016001525/34.

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Lee, Yongwon. "Development of design evaluation methods of a multi-purpose semi-submersible in hydrodynamic and structural aspects." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505772.

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The demand for floating offshore platforms has been increased dramatically in the last decade as the sectors for oil/gas exploration and production are moving into remote areas and deeper waters. Semi-submersible platforms are floating offshore systems which are designed to have very low vertical motion responses in seaways. Over the last several years their popularity has rebounded due to the demand from industry. The MultiPurpose Semi-Submersible concept could be considered as one of the preferred floating offshore units in the near future because of considerably acceptable its motion perfor

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Peach, Donald F. "Use of PIXE in the evaluation of hair arsenic concentrations for the purpose of environmental monitoring." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422184.

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Appelgren, Filip, and Måns Ekelund. "Performance Evaluation of a Signal Processing Algorithm with General-Purpose Computing on a Graphics Processing Unit." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-253816.

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Graphics Processing Units (GPU) are increasingly being used for general-purpose programming, instead of their traditional graphical tasks. This is because of their raw computational power, which in some cases give them an advantage over the traditionally used Central Processing Unit (CPU). This thesis therefore sets out to identify the performance of a GPU in a correlation algorithm, and what parameters have the greatest effect on GPU performance. The method used for determining performance was quantitative, utilizing a clock library in C++ to measure performance of the algorithm as problem si

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Yeung, John Yen-Tsi. "An evaluation of an existing program using The Purpose-driven church in a church plant training class." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Nilsson, Kristian. "Development and Evaluation of OpenLabs and the VISIR Open Electronics and Radio Signal Laboratory for Education Purpose." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00592.

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Part I and II of this thesis constitute a theoretical and practical approach on how to open up a laboratory for remote access and enabling students to have access to the equipment 24/7. Part I covers a more general solution for enabling remote access to equipment; the suggested solution can be applied to all types of instruments that can be controlled from a PC based system. Part III and IV of this thesis present an encouragement to collaborate within in the field of remote engineering to utilize the recourses more efficiently. The idea is that universities around the world can share their exp

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Howell, Glade Bradly. "Teacher evaluation: An examination of the congruence of purpose and practice in the L.D.S. Church Educational System." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187425.

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This study examines the congruence of teacher evaluation practices in the L.D.S. Church Educational System with the institutionally stated purposes for which teacher evaluation is to be conducted. Specifically, this is a qualitative study that utilizes the "grounded theory" approach (Glaser; Strauss, 1967) in the analysis of 10 in-depth interviews of Released-time Seminary teachers of the L.D.S. Church Educational System. Interviews transcriptions of teacher perceptions regarding teacher evaluation practices provided the basis for data analysis and interpretation. The use of The Ethnograph IV

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Toner, Earl. "A study of research criteria and teacher evaluation methods for the purpose of establishing a model for teacher : evaluation in the province of New Brunswick." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/29166.

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Karlsson, Anders. "Cooling methods for electrical machines : Simulation based evaluation of cooling fins found on low voltage general purpose machines." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-217171.

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The main goal of this thesis project is to identify interesting concepts related to cooling of electrical motors and generators which could be evaluated using suitable computer simulation tools. As the project proceeded it was decided to focus on investigating how the air from a fan flows along the finned frame of a general purpose low voltage electrical machine, how the heat is transferred between the frame and the cooling air and what the temperature distribution looks like. It was also investigated if it is possible to make improvements in the effectiveness of the cooling without adding add

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Pulido-Albores, Angel Rosendo. "Evaluation of the impact of a technology transfer programme on dual purpose cattle production systems in Veracruz, Mexico." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251628.

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