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Boschi, Frank Carl. "Best practices for building and maintaining university-industry research partnerships a case study of two National Science Foundation engineering research centers /." Diss., Connect to this title online Connect to this title online (alternative address), 2005. http://www.montana.edu/etd/available/boschi%5F0805.html.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2005.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 10, 2006). Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Larry Baker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224).
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Thompson, Jill Catherine. "A qualitative study of public involvement in the National Cancer Research Network." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10372/.
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Contemporary health policy places increasing emphasis on involving the public In healthcare and health research. This thesis Is an empirical Investigation of public Involvement in the National Cancer Research Network (NCRN) In England, and draws upon emergent themes in the literature relating to quality, epistemic, democratic, accountability and empowerment claims for public Involvement In research, as well as Habermas' concepts of system and lifeworld. Research alms were to explore professional and public accounts of motivations and rational isations for public Involvement In research, consider how public (lifeworld) voices may be Integrated into health research (system) spaces and, explore what counts as credible expertise In health research settings. A qualitative approach was adopted and data were collected from selected case studies (a local research panel and national Clinical Studies Groups within the NCRN). The methods included participant and nonparticipant observations, Interviews with group members (professional and public) and documentary analysis. Analysis of data revealed an inherent ambiguity In relation to public involvement In health research. Involvement served multiple purposes for the public, Including the provision of social/support functions and opportunities to reconstruct illness/caring Identities, through the development of research skills and active roles within health research. Case studies revealed Inherent tensions as the Involved public and professionals attempted to demarcate their roles and Importantly the foundations of their credibility within the group. The identification of professional and public members' attempts to prevent the Integration of the public voice casts doubt on possible empowerment claims. Furthermore, the observation that many public members were highly deferential to certified expertise calls Into question their ability to bring a different perspective to research. Ultimately, public involvement In health research may be less the potential to re-couple system and lifeworld but rather a further colonisation of the public lifeworld by professional system knowledge and expertise.
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Olson, Amanda M. "The narrative construction of breast cancer a comparative case study of the Susan G. Komen Foundation and National Breast Cancer Coalitions' campaign strategies, messages, and effects /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1127407313.
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Olson, Amanda M. "The Narrative Construction of Breast Cancer: A Comparative Case Study of the Susan G. Komen Foundation and National Breast Cancer Coalisions' Campaign Strategies, Messages, and Effects." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1127407313.
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Marshall, Christine Louise. "The role of APPRAISAL in the National Research Foundation (NRF) rating system evaluation and instruction in peer reviewer reports." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002638.
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This thesis reports on two aspects of interpersonal meaning in peer reviewer reports for eleven researchers in the Animal and Veterinary Sciences awarded NRF ratings in A1, B1, C1 and Y1 rating categories. These aspects are the evaluation of the researcher applying for a rating, and the instruction to the NRF as to the rating the researcher ought to receive. A full APPRAISAL Analysis (Martin & White 2005) complemented by an investigation of politeness strategies (Myers 1989) is used to analyse the reports and show how the various systems of interpersonal meaning co-function and to what effect. The analysis reveals that there are clear differences between the evaluative and instructive language used in the reports. Those for the A1 rated researchers are characterised by only positive evaluations of the applicant, frequently strengthened in terms of Graduation and contracted in terms of Engagement. Overall there is less Engagement and politeness in these reports rendering them more ‘factual’ than the reports for the other rating categories. The A1 rated researcher is therefore construed as being, incontestably, a leader in his/her field of research, worthy of a top rating. The reports for the B1 and C1 rated researchers are characterised by the increasing presence of negative evaluations. In addition, there are more instances of softened/downscaled Graduation, dialogic expansion and deference politeness, showing that there is more perceived contention about the evaluations made. The reports for the Y1 rated researchers (a category for young researchers) focus on the applicant’s demonstrated potential to become a leader in the field. In addition to a high incidence of negative evaluations, downscaled Graduation, dialogic expansion and deference politeness, the Y1 reports are also characterised by a high incidence of advice and suggestions from the reviewers concerning the applicant’s work and standing. At a broader level, the analysis reveals that the language used in the reports has a profound influence on the outcome of the rating process. The reports are crucial, not only for evaluating the applicant but, also, more subtly, in directing the NRF towards a specific rating category. It offers insights into what is valued in the scientific community, what is considered quality research, and what leads to international recognition. The research also adds uniquely to current thinking about the language of science and, more particularly, highlights the nuanced understanding of evaluative and instructive language in the reports that is possible if one draws on the full APPRAISAL framework, and insights into politeness behaviour.
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Erdey, Nancy Carol. "Armor of patience : the National Cancer Institute and the development of medical research policy in the United States, 1937-1971 /." Diss., Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1995. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=case1058363714.
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Mqondeki, Phumlani. "Assessing the influence of groundwater recharge mechanism on non-perennial river systems, Tankwa Karoo, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7035.
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Masters of ScienceIn South Africa and neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, and Namibia, most river systems are non-perennial due to semi-arid or arid climatic characteristics. In such river systems, the interaction between groundwater and surface water is of significance in terms of developing appropriate methods for determining ecological water requirements among others. However, the interaction is not well understood in terms of the influence on the volume and quality of water on the gaining and losing water bodies. In past research, the importance of non-perennial rivers (NPRS) was neglected because these river systems were considered as systems of low ecological importance and economic value. However, an improved understanding of these systems illustrated that they provide habitat for diverse and unique flora and fauna. Therefore, the main research question that was posed for the study was what is the influence of river-aquifer interactions in non-perennial river systems in the semi-arid environment? The central argument was that unless we assess the interaction between surface water and groundwater in NPRS, we cannot improve on understanding of the role of groundwater on the NPRS. The aim of the study was therefore, to assess surface water-groundwater (river-aquifer) interactions in non-perennial river systems to provide an insight regarding how these water resources interact in semi-arid environments. To achieve the aim, three specific objectives were formulated, namely, to establish the groundwater contribution to the river system, to investigate the role of the river in recharging the underlying aquifer, and to develop a regional hydrogeological conceptual model of recharge mechanisms. To achieve the objectives of the study, samples were collected from boreholes, a dug well, springs, surface water and cumulative rainfall collectors during the summer and winter seasons. The samples were analysed for hydrochemistry and stable isotopic signatures (δ2H and δ18O). The intention was to identify where and when do river-aquifer interactions occur in the study area. Secondary data from records review and field data from hydrometric methods, ERT geophysical surveys and tracer techniques were also used to address the third objective.
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Rankins, Falcon. "An Investigation of How Black STEM Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Approach the National Science Foundation Merit Review Process." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5149.
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This qualitative inquiry explored the ways in which US-born, Black faculty member participants in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) interact with the National Science Foundation (NSF). Eight Black HBCU STEM faculty members with a range of involvement in NSF-related activities were individually interviewed. Topics of discussion with participants included their prior experiences with NSF, their understanding of the merit review process, and their understanding of their personal and institutional relationships with NSF and the STEM community. Two broad findings emerged from the conversations. The first was that issues of communities and social identity were important to the participants’ work as research scientists. Participants prioritized advancing people and communities over advancing the knowledge of ambiguous, disembodied scientific disciplines, and some participants were motivated by interests in social justice. However, participants maintained strong identities as scientists and the discussions provided no evidence that other social factors influenced their application of the scientific method. The second major finding dealt with the role participants perceived their institutions playing in their involvement with NSF. All participants described challenges associated with pursuing research in HBCU environments and, in some cases, the institutional challenges served as the motivation for participants’ projects, with varying consequences. Finally, this study developed and refined a theoretical framework for explaining the underrepresentation of HBCUs in NSF funding streams. In developing this framework, a brief history of the origination of HBCUs, NSF, and the NSF merit review process is presented.
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Reeder, Christina. "Analysis of Students' Knowledge, Perceptions, and Interest in Engineering Post Teacher Participation in a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Professional Development." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955105/.
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This study examined the impact of the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Teachers (RET) in engineering at University of North Texas on students after their teachers' participation in the program. Students were evaluated in terms of self-efficacy, knowledge of engineering, perceptions of engineering, and interest in engineering. A 22-item Likert pre/post survey was used for analysis, and participants included 589 students from six high schools, one middle school, and one magnet school. Paired surveys were analyzed to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in attitudes and knowledge after teachers implemented lessons from their time at the RET. Surveys were also analyzed to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in student response based on gender or student school type. Results showed no statistically significant difference in the self-efficacy of students, however there was a statistically significant difference in knowledge, perceptions, and interest in engineering. In addition, there was a statistically significant difference between genders on an isolated question, and seven out of the 22 Likert questions showed a statistically significant difference between student school types.
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Gibson, Brendan John Joseph, and brendan gibson@health gov au. "From Transfer to Transformation: Rethinking the Relationship between Research and Policy." The Australian National University. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, 2004. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20040528.165124.
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The most common and enduring explanation for the way research is used (or abused or not used) in policy is the two communities theory. According to this theory, the problematic relationship between research and policy is caused by the different cultures inhabited by policy makers and researchers. The most common and enduring types of strategies that are put forward to increase research use in policy involve bridging or linking these two communities. This study challenges this way of thinking about the relationship between research and policy. Four case studies of national public health policy in Australiabreast cancer screening, prostate cancer screening, needle and syringe programs in the community, and needle and syringe programs in prisonsare used to present the context, events, processes, research, and actors involved in policy making. Three theories are deployed to explore the relationship between research and policy in each of the cases individually and across the cases as a whole. These theories bring different determinants and dynamics of the relationship to light and each is at least partially successful in increasing our understanding of the relationship between research and policy. The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) understands the relationship in terms of a power struggle between competing coalitions that use research as a political resource in the policy process. The Policy Making Organisation Framework (PMOF) understands the relationship in terms of institutional and political factors that determine the way data is selected or rejected from the policy process. The Governmentality Framework (GF) understands the relationship in terms of the Foucauldian construct of power/knowledge that is created through discourse, regimes of truth and regimes of practices found in public health policy and research. This study has found that in three of the four case studies, public health policy was strongly influenced by research, the exception being NSP in prisons. In all cases, however, it is not possible to construct a robust and coherent account of the policy process or the policy outcome without considering the multifaceted role of research. When these theories are explored at a more fundamental level they support the argument that when research influences policy it is transformed into knowledge-for-policy by being invested with meaning and power. This process of transformation occurs through social and political action that mobilises ideal structures (such as harm minimisation and the World Health Organisations principles for evaluating screening programs) and material structures (such as medical journals and government advisory bodies) to resolve meta-policy problems (such as how to define complex public health problems in a way that makes them amenable to empirical research and practical action). This study provides good evidence that the notion of research transfer between two communities is a flawed way of understanding the researchpolicy relationship. Rethinking the relationship between research and policy involves building an enhanced theoretical repertoire for understanding this complex social interaction. This step is essential to the success of future efforts to make public health policy that is effective, just and emancipatory. This study makes a contribution to this task.
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Gibson, Elizabeth Carole. "A Measurement System for Science and Engineering Research Center Performance Evaluation." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3285.
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This research provides performance metrics for cooperative research centers that enhance translational research formed by the partnership of government, industry and academia. Centers are part of complex ecosystems that vary greatly in the type of science conducted, organizational structures and expected outcomes. The ability to realize their objectives depends on transparent measurement systems to assist in decision making in research translation.
A generalizable, hierarchical decision model that uses both quantitative and qualitative metrics is developed based upon program goals. Mission-oriented metrics are used to compare the effectiveness of the cooperative research centers through case studies.
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) industry university cooperative research center (IUCRC) program is the domain of organizational effectiveness because of its longevity, clear organizational structure, repeated use and availability of data. Not unlike a franchise business model, the program has been replicated numerous times gaining recognition as one of the most successful federally funded collaborative research center (CRC) programs. Understanding IUCRCs is important because they are a key US policy lever for enhancing translational research. While the program model is somewhat unique, the research project begins to close the gap for comparing CRCs by introducing a generalizable model and method into the literature stream.
Through a literature review, program objectives, goals, and outputs are linked together to construct a four-level hierarchical decision model (HDM). A structured model development process shows how experts validate the content and construct of the model using these linked concepts.
A subjective data collection approach is discussed showing how collection, analysis and quantification of expert pair-wise-comparison data is used to establish weights for each of the decision criteria. Several methods are discussed showing how inconsistency and disagreement are measured and analyzed until acceptable levels are reached.
Six case studies are used to compare results, evaluate the impact of expert disagreement and conduct criterion-related validity. Comparative analysis demonstrates the ability of the model to efficiently ascertain criteria that are relatively more important towards each center's performance score. Applying this information, specific performance improvement recommendations for each center are presented.
Upon review, experts generally agreed with the results. Criterion-related validity discusses how the performance measurement scoring system can be used for comparative analysis among science and engineering focused research centers. Dendrograms highlight where experts disagree and provide a method for further disagreement analysis. Judgment quantification values for different expert clusters are substituted into the model one-at-a-time (OAT) providing a method to analyze how changes in decisions based on these disagreements impact the results of the model's output. This research project contributes to the field by introducing a generalizable model and measurement system that compares performance of NSF supported science and engineering focused research centers.
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Luruli, Ndivhuwo Mord. "Research funding and modes of knowledge production : a comparison between NRF-funded and industry-funded researchers in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86411.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The changing South African policy context since 1994 (new science and innovation policies), and institutional changes at the National Research Foundation (NRF) have had an effect on different funding instruments and related modes of knowledge production. In this study we compare the modes of knowledge production utilized by researchers funded by the NRF and those funded by industry. We also compare the level of scientific productivity of these groups. This study makes two major contributions: first, we provided a reconstruction of the history of research funding in South Africa from 1918 (through the Research Grant Board – RGB), to date (through the NRF established in 1999 as a result of the merger of the Foundation for Research Development (FRD) and the Centre for Science Development (CSD). The second major contribution of this study concerns the relationship between funding sources and modes of knowledge production and dissemination. We found evidence that there is an increase in third stream funding for university research in South Africa. The study shows that respondents who received funding from both the Focus Areas and THRIP, concurrently, produced more average annual research outputs than those who received funding from either the Focus Areas or THRIP only. When we compared respondents who only received the Focus Areas or THRIP grant, we found that those who received the Focus Areas grant published more outputs annually than THRIP-funded researchers, despite the fact that those who received the THRIP grant had larger grant amounts, on average, than their Focus Areas-funded counterparts. We also found that industry/THRIP funding is utilised on problem-solving type of research, i.e. applied research, while public/NRF funding is utilised on basic/fundamental/curiosity-driven research. Overall, the findings show that there is no clear cut conclusion about the influence of funding on the mode of knowledge production. We could not prove that the two factors, that is, funding and mode of knowledge production, are related in a linear fashion. This is a much more complicated situation that requires more investigation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die veranderende Suid-Afrikaanse beleidskonteks sedert 1994 (nuwe wetenskap- en innovasiebeleid), sowel as institusionele veranderinge aan die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS), het 'n uitwerking gehad op verskillende befondsingsinstrumente en verwante vorme van kennisproduksie. In die lig hiervan vergelyk die huidige studie die vorme van kennisproduksie van navorsers wat deur die NNS befonds word met dié van navorsers wat deur die bedryf befonds word. Die twee groepe se onderskeie vlakke van wetenskaplike produktiwiteit word ook vergelyk. Die studie lewer twee belangrike bydraes. In die eerste plek bied dit 'n rekonstruksie van die geskiedenis van die finansiering van navorsing in Suid-Afrika, vanaf 1918 (deur die Navorsingstoekenningsraad), tot en met vandag (deur die NNS wat in 1999 tot stand gekom het met die samesmelting van die destydse Stigting vir Navorsingsontwikkeling – SNO – en die Sentrum vir Wetenskapsontwikkeling – SWO). Die tweede belangrike bydrae van hierdie studie is die ondersoek na die verband tussen befondsingsbronne en verskillende vorme van kennisproduksie en -disseminasie. Die resultate van die ondersoek dui op 'n toename in derdegeldstroom-befondsing wat universiteitsnavorsing in Suid-Afrika betref. Die studie toon verder dat respondente wat befondsing van beide die fokusarea- en THRIP-programme ontvang, se gemiddelde jaarlikse navorsingsuitsette beduidend hoër is as dié van respondente wat slegs binne een van die twee programme befonds word. ʼn Vergelyking van die navorsingsuitsette van respondente wat slegs fokusarea-befondsing ontvang en respondente wat slegs THRIP-befondsing ontvang, toon dat diegene met fokusarea-befondsing se jaarlikse publikasieuitsette gemiddeld hoër is, ondanks die feit dat die THRIP-toekennings groter bedrae behels. Daar is ook gevind dat befondsing deur die bedryf/THRIP gebruik word vir navorsing wat gerig is op probleemoplossing, d.w.s. toegepaste navorsing, terwyl publieke of NNS-befondsing aangewend word vir basiese/ fundamentele/nuuskierigheid-gedrewe navorsing. Die algehele beskouing is dat geen duidelike gevolgtrekking gemaak kan word met betrekking tot die invloed van befondsing op die vorme van kennisproduksie nie. Daar kan nie onomwonde gestel word dat die twee kernfaktore van ondersoek, naamlik befondsing en vorme van kennisproduksie, reglynig met mekaar verband hou nie. Die situasie is meer kompleks en vereis verdere navorsing.
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Groeben, Christer, Rainer Koch, Martin Baunacke, Angelika Borkowetz, Manfred P. Wirth, and Johannes Huber. "In-Hospital Outcomes after Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: Comparing National Trends in the United States and Germany from 2006 to 2014." Karger, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A71678.
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Background: Radical cystectomy (RC) still poses a significant risk for mortality and morbidity. Objectives: We compared in-hospital outcomes after RC in the United States and Germany using population-based data. Methods: We compared data from the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample to the German hospital billing database. Mortality and transfusion during hospital stay and length of stay (LOS) were evaluated. Results: In all, 17,711 (the United States) and 60,447 (Germany) cases were included. The share of robot-assisted RC increased to 20.5% in the United States vs. 2.3% in Germany (p < 0.001). In-hospital mortality was 1.9% (the United States) vs. 4.6% (Germany), transfusion rates were 34.2% (the United States) vs. 58.7% (Germany), and LOS was 10.7 (the United States) vs. 25.1 days (Germany; all p < 0.001). On multivariate analysis, higher patient age and lower annual hospital caseload were associated with increased mortality and longer LOS. Minimalinvasive surgery was associated with less blood transfusion and shorter LOS in the United States vs. hospital caseload and choice of urinary diversion in Germany. Conclusions: Healthcare systems might exert a relevant impact on outcomes of oncologic surgery. Increased in-hospital mortality rates in Germany seem to be partly explained by much longer LOS compared to those in the United States. Annual caseload seems to be influential on in-hospital outcomes raising the question of centralization of RC.
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Sutton, Bridget A. "An Analysis of Illegal Bushmeat Availability in Local Restaurants Located in Voi, Kenya." TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/50.
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The illegal bushmeat harvest has been identified as a reason for declining wildlife populations throughout much of Africa. For many years the trade was thought to exist primarily in Western Africa. The illegal use of bushmeat in Eastern Africa, including Kenya, went undocumented and unstudied. In 2004, the Born Free Foundation published a study which claimed illegal sale of wild game was substantial in butcheries throughout Nairobi, Kenya. In an effort to determine other markets of the commercial trade, the goal of this study was to analyze local restaurants in Voi, Kenya for illegal bushmeat sale. The town of Voi was selected due to recent published reports in the popular press, its proximity to Tsavo National Park, and its access to a major highway. Samples were collected and analyzed using mDNA sequencing analysis of the cytochrome B gene. None of the collected samples were identified as illegal game meat. The restaurants in Voi, Kenya were not a commercial outlet for illegal bushmeat trading in the local economy during the period of this study. The results from this study provide valuable baseline data which can be used in future research to help determine possible vectors of the bushmeat trade.
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Kraska, Beverly Rzeminski. "Cooperative Research Center Directors: Importance and Satisfaction of Factors in the Work Environment Related to Organizational Performance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332179/.
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This study explored the importance attached to and the degree of satisfaction with 53 job aspects in the work environment of cooperative research center directors. A survey instrument was mailed to the 105 individuals identified as directors of research units that are (a) committed to multidisciplinary or engineering research, (b) organized as integral units of a university, and (c) supported and funded by industry and other sources. Responses were categorized into two groups: directors involved in NSF (National Science Foundation) Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC), and directors involved in other types of cooperative research endeavors. A 69% response rate was obtained.
One purpose of this study was to measure: (a) factors that influence job satisfaction; (b) factors likely to influence center performance; and (c) success factors in industry/university cooperative research. This study was also designed to: (a) compare job attitudes between the two groups of directors; (c) determine the relationship between measures of importance and satisfaction for each group; and (d) develop predictive models of centers' performance using collected data;
Directors assign a high degree of importance and a low degree of satisfaction to the majority of the job aspects; and they tend to be somewhat dissatisfied with those factors they consider most important in their work environment. Directors in the NSF I/UCRC group rated factors related to professional activities and industry/university interactions as significantly more important. In developing models to predict the total operating budget and the number of industrial members at a center, combinations of importance and satisfaction ratings were found to be significant factors.
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Dumler, Karen Lynn. "Effects of food levels and temperature on growth and hemocyanin ontogeny in the juvenile Dungeness crab, Cancer magister." Thesis, Thesis (M.S.)--University of Oregon, 1996, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10011.
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Ward, Kevin. "An Examination of Science NCE Scores of Students of Participating and Nonparticipating Teachers in East Tennessee State University Summer Science Institute." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1944.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of East Tennessee State University's summer science institute training through the effect on mean Normal Curve Equivalent science test scores of students in a Northeast Tennessee school system whose teachers participated in the ETSU summer science institute training. Data analysis were compiled using students' science NCE scores to determine if there were significant differences in scores for those students whose teachers participated in the summer science institutes and those who did not participate. Students' NCE scores were compiled from the middle school setting over a 3-year academic period: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007. Paired-samples t tests were used to analyze the effectiveness of teacher participation by comparing preparticipation and postparticipation students' science NCE scores for years 3 years. Independent-samples t tests were used to compare students' gender, socioeconomic status (free- and reduced-price meals), and NCE science scores (using 5th grade only) for 2 consecutive years of the study (2005-2006 through 2006-2007). Two analyses were used to determine teachers' participation and the effect on students' NCE science scores among two subgroups: gender and socioeconomic status. For research questions 4 and 5, a mean net gain and NCE raw scores average was performed.
The findings from this study indicated significant differences in years 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 favoring students of teachers who participated in the summer science institutes However, the results from year 2005-2006 showed no significant differences in students' science NCE scores of teachers who participated or did not participate in summer science institutes. In the consecutive year (2005-2006 through 2006-2007) using 5th grade only comparisons, data analyses showed significant differences in students' science NCE scores when performing NCE raw scores comparisons for gender and socioeconomic status. The comparisons for gender showed male students' science NCE scores were higher than were females' science scores. The NCE raw scores comparisons for socioeconomic status showed those students on the meals program had higher science NCE scores than did those students not on the program. There was no significance in students' science NCE scores when using mean net gain scores comparison for gender and socioeconomic status.
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Morrissey, Natalie Noel. "Identifying Breast Cancer Disparities in the African-American Community Using a Mixed Methods Approach." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849721/.
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Utilizing a mixed methods approach in assessing cities and metropolitan areas with the highest rates of breast cancer disparities in African-American communities, this study presents the Affiliate perspective of the Susan G. Komen non-profit organization in combination with available socioeconomic data and academic literature. Analyzed through an anthropological lens, qualitative and quantitative data illuminate the lived experiences and dynamic circumstances in which breast cancer disparities are disproportionately experienced in 21 of the nation’s populations of African-Americans. Two main recommendations arose from this research: prioritization of granting to activities such as patient navigation, usage of patient narrative messaging, community-based participatory research methods of program development and implementation, mobile mammography delivery, usage of lay health educators, and self-advocacy education to alleviate barriers to healthcare and supplementation of the current educational activities of the Komen Affiliates through program sharing and leverage of current assets with consideration of current Affiliate capacity. These recommendations may help in alleviating breast cancer disparities present in African-American communities with the highest levels of disparities in the nation.
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Molapo, Kerileng Mildred. "Electro chemiluminescence and organic electronics of derivatised poly(aniline sulphonic acid) light-emitting diodes." University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8437.
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>Magister Scientiae - MScElectrochemiluminescence (EeL) is applied for industrial applications that have considerable potential, such as clinical diagnostic, analytical chemistry, and light-emitting devices, due to selectivity, sensitivity for detection and quantification of molecules through generation of fluorescence light when electric current is applied on the materials. In EeL the electrochemical reaction allows for precise control over the time and position of the light emitting reaction. The control over time allows one to synchronise the luminescence and the biochemical reaction under study and control over position not only improves sensitivity of the instrument by increasing the signal to noise ratio, but also allows multiple analytical reactions in the same sample to be analyzed using an electrode array. The EeL generation fluorescent materials are based on inorganic semiconductor materials for light-emitting devices. Further progress in this EeL field mainly depends on discovery of new advanced materials, interfacial films and nanoparticle coatings, advances in microfluidics leading to total increase in EeL properties. There has been extensive use of polymers for enhancement of EeL properties. Electrochemiluminescent conjugated polymers constitute a new class of fluorescent polymers that emit light when excited by the flow of an electric current. These new generation fluorescent materials may now challenge the domination by inorganic semiconductor materials for the commercial market of light-emitting devices such as lightemitting diodes and polymer laser devices (PLDs).
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Van, der Vyver Mathilda. "Designing a marketing strategy for the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology at Stellenboshc University." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/15045.
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Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (C+B) is a research centre that provides bursaries for post-graduate students to study in the field of "Invasion Biology". One of the goals of the centre is to ensure that 50% of the funded students are from previously disadvantaged groups. However, since its inception in 2004 it has consistently been unable to meet this goal. The researcher, who has insight in the centre's marketing activities and has knowledge of marketing, is of the opinion that the reason for this failure is due to the lack of knowledge of the target market and the lack of a targeted marketing strategy. As background this report investigates the theory related to marketing and whether this is applicable to a centre such as the C-I-B. The conclusion that the marketing theory is relevant to the C-I-B, lead to a market research project that informed the development of a marketing strategy suggestion which the researcher believes will address the stated problem. The report concludes with recommendations to other stakeholders who should address the deeper lying problems which surface at secondary school level.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Sentrum van Uitnemendheid vir Indringer Biologie (S-I-S) is 'n sentrum wat beurse voorsien vir nagraadse studente wat studeer in die veld van "Indringer Biologie". Een van die sentrum se doelwitte is om te verseker dat 50% van sy studente deur voorheen benadeelde groepe verteenwoordig word. Sedert sy ontstaan in 2004 kon die sentrum nog nooit hierdie doel bereik nie. Die navorser, wat insae het in die bemarkingsaktiwiteite van die sentrum en kennis dra van bemarkingsbeginsels, is van mening dat hierdie probleem die gevolg is van gebrekkige kennis van die teikenmark en 'n gebrek aan 'n gefokusde bemarkingsstrategie. As agtergrond ondersoek hierdie verslag die teorie ten opsigte van bemarking en of hierdie teorie relevant is vir 'n sentrum soos die S-I-B. Die gevolgtrekking was dat die teorie wel relevant is vir die S-I-B en het gelei tot 'n marknavorsingsprojek wat bygedra het tot die ontwikkeling van 'n bemarkingsstrategie voorstel, wat die navorser glo die probleem sal aanspreek. Die verslag sluit af met voorstelle aan die ander belanghebbendes wat verantwoordelikheid behoort te neem vir die dieperliggende probleme wat op sekondere vlak geidentifiseer is.
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Davids, Yolanda Crisanda. "The alignment of human resources deliverables with the business strategy of the national research foundation." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3889.
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M.Comm.The vision, values and critical success factors incorporated in the balanced scorecard (BSC) have to support the organisational strategic goals. The Learning and Growth Perspective, the foundation of the BSC, assesses organisational capital, information capital and the skills and capabilities of the Research and Innovation Support Advancement (RISA), a division of the National Research Foundation (NRF). This allows the organisation to gain insight into and understanding of what is effective and which learning and growth systems need changing. The RISA’s balanced scorecard (BSC) does not demonstrate how the Learning and Growth Perspective addresses the organisational strategic objectives. In this study, the researcher wished to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) of the Learning and Growth Perspective of RISA so as to achieve its strategic objectives. A cross-sectional, survey-based research approach was adopted. The questions formulated examined the CSFs in five critical areas of the Learning and Growth Perspective namely, information technology, leadership, organisational culture, human resources management and talent management. Two critical success areas, namely talent management and HRM were identified as having an impact on the Learning and Growth Perspective of RISA. In addressing these areas, the organisation will be able to align its organisational capital, information capital and human capital with its overall strategy.
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陳怡勳. "Research of appraisal function of art museum:the case study of National Palace Museum, National Museum of History and Chang Foundation." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96429449345427526600.
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LIN, YEU-CHEN, and 林瑀蓁. "The Research on Organization and Process for Art Subsidy: National Culture and Arts Foundation as an example." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41243340359889401410.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
文教法律研究所
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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre ,concerned widely as National Treasure, experienced a fire damage tragically at 2008 spring,nevertheless, the fire also arouse the wide consideration on the issue of cultural subsidy. First, should a state offer subsidy for Art? Dworkin, professor of Philosophy, stated that the reason for “maintaining plural structure” is the ground of legitimatize for government subsidize art and culture. Second, it is believed that a state not only has the legitimacy to subsidize culture and art, but also has the obligation to offer cultural subsidy according to Taiwan’s constitution law and the trend of universal human rights. However, when a state devotes to culture subsidy, it must follow the Equal Principle, Neutral Principle and Principle of Subsidy to avoid intervening in freedom of art. It is no doubt that a state has the obligation to offer cultural subsidy, but the subsidy policy and measures in each country are extremely different, especially between the US and France. National Culture and Arts Foundation in Taiwan that imitates NEA is instituted beyond central government for culture subsidy. According to the mission of National Culture and Arts Foundation, the foundation could belong to private Juridical Persons or public Juridical Persons. The foundation implements for Public Administration, nevertheless, it is supposed to be a public Juridical Person. Directors of National Culture and Arts Foundation are in decision level, in order to having the legitimacy of democracy; they will be recruited by Premier according to law. Besides, the process of subsidy involved the interest between competitors; therefore, the subsidy decision should be made through a process adjusting for the requirement of due process of law. Furthermore, the resourece of subsidy comes from tax; it is a necessity to set up a monitor program in case the waste of resource. For people, it is a protection beforehand if the decision process fit in with due process of law. For the sake of building a practical protection of right, a state should set a remedy system as coverable as possible for people in case of the offense from all state power . Practically, there is lack of cases that a legal action in administrative court because of unwilling accept the subsidy decision. Till now, National Culture and Arts Foundation have not built up the administrative appeal system, so it needs to review and improve on it.
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Liu, Ping-Feng, and 劉炳逢. "Actuarial Pricing of Cancer Insurance Based on the National Health Insurance Research Database." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79183884627379996866.
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碩士東吳大學
商用數學系
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Previous studies of morbidity rates for cancer in Taiwan were based on either single hospital data orcancer registry annual reports and have only provided partial information for pricing of cancer insurance.With the implementation of the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) in 1995,the comprehensive National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) has accumulated 12 million pieces of administrative and claims data.As of the end of 2002, the coverage rate of the NHIP is approximately 97.11%.The NHIRD is capable of providing highly representative pictures of various crude rates concerning cancer related healthcare in Taiwan.This paper provides crude rates of cancer such as inpatient, inpatient surgery, outpatient,outpatient surgery, radiotherapy/chemotherapy, incidence, and mortality information to supplement the NHIRD.In addition, the premium structure of whole life cancer insurance based on these crude rates are discussed.
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徐維仁. "Research on the satisfaction of executing the school foundation of national senior high schools –A case study of Changhua County." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07305097458730840529.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
商業教育學系
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Abstract In recent years, due to gradual worsening situation of the government fiscal income and expenditure, educational expenditure has suffered austerity. Therefore, to activate school management and administration, and to enhance competitiveness, in 2007, seven senior high schools, which had higher occurrence of self fundraising and had a higher tendency to put the system of Funds for General Affairs into practice, were chosen to try out feasibility of the school fund system in national high schools by Ministry of Education. In 2008, another 37 national high schools adopted the system, and in 2009, another 55 included. By now in 2010, the fund system has been being put into practice in all the senior high schools, 178 in total, in Taiwan. The subjects of the study are aimed at all the administrative staff of the national high schools, which have been implementing the system since 2009, in Changhua County. In addition to discussion of documents, framework of constructing the research, and research hypotheses, questionnaires are used as one of the research tools. The content of the questionnaires includes three sections: background information of the subjects, an inventory measuring of self-awareness of the school fund system, and job satisfaction. 281 valid sample data was analyzed and processed using descriptive statistics performed by statistical package SPSS for Window (Version 12.0), independent t-test, one-way-ANOVA, product-moment correlation, stepwise regression and so on. The finding of the research: 1. The cognition degree on the school fund system of the subjects: the perception of job content ranks first and the perception of motivation ranks last. In the survey of job satisfaction, subjects are most satisfied with their salaries and benefits and least with their working environment. 2. The relation between subjects’ background variables and the cognition degree on the school fund system: highly-educated are more cognitive, and administrative staff is more cognitive than principals and part-time administrative teachers. In the survey of job satisfaction, highly-educated subjects are more satisfied with their jobs. In the survey of working environment satisfaction, senior staff is more III satisfied than junior staff. In the survey of interpersonal relationship, junior staff is more satisfied than senior staff. In the survey of different positions, principals and part-time administrative teachers have a higher sense of satisfaction than administrative staff. 3. The fund system is found in moderate positive relation with job satisfaction. 4. As to the predictions about job satisfaction, the fund system is the most potential.
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Wu, Chien-Tung, and 吳建東. "Risk of Hormone Replacement Therapy on breast cancer: Analysis of National Health Insurance Research Database." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90380744194398806195.
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碩士臺灣大學
職業醫學與工業衛生研究所
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Aim: Proven benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) include relief of vasomotor symptoms and vaginal atrophy and prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Therefore, HRT given as either unopposed estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) or estrogen plus progestin gained widespread popularity in the United States since 1960s. The Women''s Health Initiative (WHI) trial of estrogen plus progestin vs. placebo was stopped early, after a mean 5.6 years of follow-up, because the overall health risks of hormone therapy exceeded its benefits. The Women’s Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone trial comparing conjugated equine estrogens with placebo was stopped early because of an increased stroke incidence and no reduction in risk of coronary heart disease. Preliminary results suggesting possible reduction in breast cancers which are not consistent with the findings of some observational studies warranted more detailed analysis. Because female hormones are reimbursed under the National Health Insurance program in Taiwan, it is possible to access and analyze nationwide data for these drugs. The purposes of this study were to estimate the effect of hormone replacement therapies (HRT) on the risk of incidence of breast cancer in women in Taiwan. Method: We used the 1,000,000 random sampling from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) during 1997-2008 in our study. After excluded male, aged fewer than 20 and above 80, women who had cancer or had breast cancer medication previously, we had totally 305,633 women. In order to avoid the effect of Chinese herbal product, we also excluded 239,910 women who ever used it. At last, we recruited 65,723 who used estrogen alone, progesterone alone, estrogen plus progesterone and women used neither hormone nor Chinese herbal products were recruited into our study. The risk of hormone utilization was estimated by Cox model. Results & Discussion: Among 2,798 women who have used solely estrogen plus progestin during study period, 45 newly breast cancer were diagnosed after taking estrogen plus progestin. Comparing to 76 newly diagnosed breast cancers among 5,156 women who have used unopposed estrogen during the same study period, significant higher estimated hazard rate of estrogen plus progestin users was found in present study. Women used combination of estrogen and progesterone in the last year were under the higher risk (HR: 8.71, 95%CI, 5.50-13.82) than estrogen-only (HR: 2.04, 95%CI, 1.37-3.06). Of all breast cancer women among estrogen plus progestin users, 23 (51%) of them were diagnosed at age between 55 and 79 years. Further analyses found that the significant association between the current use of estrogen plus progestin and the risk of breast cancer incidence among women aged between either 20 to 79 years or 55 to 79 years who were less likely to use oral pills. The data also demonstrated that discontinued exposure to estrogen plus progestin for half a year will significant decrease the risk of breast cancer among both women of reproductive age and 55 to 79 years of age, and the trend for lower risk was observed for women discontinuing exposure for longer period. This observation suggests a role for cumulative exposure of estrogen plus progestin on breast cancer risk. The positive association between ERT use and the increase of breast cancer occurrence was also found. In addition, the trends across categories of usage status appeared to be the longer discontinued ERT use before breast cancer was diagnosed are significant associated with the lower risk of breast cancer, indicating a positive relationship exists between excessive exposure of unopposed estrogen and breast cancer. The results of present study strongly support an added impact of progestin on the breast cancer risk associated with ERT. Various type of HRT were prescribed either following the updated guidelines on the use of HRT or after careful clinical judgment based on well informed about the potential benefit and perceived risks of HRT by well-trained qualified physicians resulting in the clinical performance that women use combined estrogen-progestin had significant higher breast cancer incidence than those use unopposed estrogen. Conclusions: This study provides strong evidence that the addition of a progestin to HRT enhances markedly the risk of breast cancer relative to estrogen use alone in Taiwan. These findings have important implications for the risk–benefit equation for HRT in women using estrogen plus progestin.
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李宗道. "Statistical Analysis of Female Breast Cancer Remission and Reoccurrence on National Health Research Insurance Database." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27237609709006984911.
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Hendricks, Diane. "The implementation of the revised national curriculum statement in the foundation phase, with specific reference to integration and progression." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3458.
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Magister Educationis - MEdThis mini thesis analyses and describes the implementation of the National Curriculum in the Foundation Phase of the primary school. On the 24th of May 1997 South Africa launched a new curriculum, Curriculum 2005 (C2005). The underlying philosophy of C2005 is Outcomes Based Education (OBE). Since the adoption of OBE and the introduction of C2005 many changes have been introduced in our schools with a new curriculum that had to be implemented hastily, which was reviewed and again introduced as the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS).Teachers had little say in any of these changes and this has resulted in frustration and in many cases a lack of ability to cope with the implementation of the new curriculum.I argue that teachers do not have a common understanding of the Assessment Standards and that they still need support with linking the theory of curriculum policy to their practices and with a sound application of Integration and Progression. This research is an enquiry into the process of curriculum implementation in particular in the Foundation Phase which was tasked to be the first to adopt the changes. Change was not sustained and I highlight some of the challenges that teachers still face.A significant part of the research is the participatory action research process which is a deliberate, solution-oriented investigation into the implementation of the RNCS in the Foundation Phase to inform and change my understanding of the actual support teachers need.The study is characterized by a cycle of problem identification, planning, systemic data collection, reflection, analysis and action. With the research I am striving to understand teachers’ practices in order to improve my work as Education Specialist that supports and develops teachers in primary schools.
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LIN, WAN-CHIU, and 林宛萩. "Research on National Health Insurance Information on Medical Quality Control Exposure- A Lung Cancer Treatment as Example." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43432883073709795832.
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You, Jhih-han, and 游智涵. "The Study of Cancer Incidence Rate in Taiwan : Experiences from Analysis of National Health Research Insurance Database." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8j63pj.
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碩士逢甲大學
統計與精算所
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With the change in lifestyles and aging of population, cancer has been one of the most serious and prevalent health problems in Taiwan. The study of cancer incidence statistics could be the reference for cancer preventing and policy setting. The data for this study were collected from the National Health Insurance Research database. We took a general survey of cancer patients having catastrophic illness card due to malignant neoplasm in Taiwan. By using the identity number to collect the data from other related sources, we pruned the wrong data and unrecoverable corrected error. Compared to other researches of cancer incidence, the most important difference of this study is that we tracked the long-term medical records of cancer patients to conclude the probability of restoration from sickness. We study the cancer annual incidence rate, for both genders and through all ages. The main findings of this study are as follows: the colorectal cancer incidence rate is the highest for both male and female in elder people and it increases gradually as age increases. For the middle-aged, incidence rates of oral cancer of males and breast cancer of females both keep increasing throughout the entire period. For children, the major cancer types are leukemia, lymphomas, brain and other unspecified nervous system related cancers.
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Chen, Yu-Yao, and 陳昱堯. "Import Non-relational Databases to National Health Insurance Research Database to Analyze the Infusion after Bladder Cancer Surgery." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3buu62.
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碩士臺北醫學大學
醫學資訊研究所
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According to Taiwan Cancer Registry database, bladder cancer was the 9th most common cancer in males in 2011: 8.7 in 100,000 males had bladder cancer. The standardized cancer incidence rate shows that bladder cancer was a common cancer in males. Moreover, bladder cancer recurrence rates are high. In Cancer Registry Annual Report 2012 conducted by Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, it is shown that bladder cancer ranked 12th in cancer mortality rates and 9th in cancer incidence rates. Bladder cancer recurrence rates are high hence the need for boosting local immunity with postoperative bladder irrigation. Irrigation for treating superficial non-invasive bladder consists of multiple drugs. Treatment includes immunotherapy and chemotherapy. In this study, data is accessed from a NoSQL database: MongoDB. MongoDB operates on BSON, whose data format is binary JSON. ManogoDB, the NoSQL database, is superior in output and input to relational database, which can also scale horizontally. One wishes to calculate data from National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) 2001-2011, which contain millions of samples, with Java, in order to discuss the relationship between drugs and recurrence rates. The focus is on comparing related stratifications and recurrence rates in two types of drugs: chemotherapeutic drugs and immunotherapeutic drugs. This study is inclusive of comparisons between: recurrence rates in two types of drugs, recurrence rates in cross-drug samples stratified by sex and age.
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TSUI, Yu-Wen, and 崔愉雯. "Research on the relationship between Ischemic Heart Disease and Lung Cancer Based on Taiwan National Healthcare Insurance Database." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35020462621903356824.
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碩士亞洲大學
生物資訊與醫學工程學系碩士在職專班
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Ischemic Heart Disease is a common disease in Taiwan, and lung cancer has become “Taiwan National Disease” with it rapidly death rate. Both diseases have the same genetic structure, and no one has done the research on the relationship between those two, therefore this is what this report is going to focus on. First, the report uses 1,307- Ischemic Heart Disease patients’ samples from 2006 to 2010, then cross analysis with the 48,479 lung cancer patients’ sample within the same period of time. Using Independent t Test, Chi-square Test and Cox Model, does the analysis. The research shows Ischemic Heart Disease and Lung Cancer share some genetic structures therefore we can speculate the connection between those two diseases. Then results highlight that males have higher chance to have Ischemic Heart Disease, and so do the older people. Another significant result shows, people who have underlying cause of lung cancer (Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Silicosis) tend to have higher chance to have Ischemic Heart Disease. Furthermore, the report finds that Ischemic Heart Disease patients have lower economic level compare to people who don’t. Lastly, We adjust HR standard to 0.94 (95% Confident Integrate: 0.50 ~1.77), and it demonstrate Ischemic Heart Disease does not cause cancers.
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Deshpande, Vijeta. "MARKOV DECISION PROCESS APPROACH TO STRATEGIZE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER SCREENING POLICY IN DATA-LIMITED SETTINGS." 2019. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/826.
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Early diagnosis is a promising strategy to reduce premature mortalities and for optimal use of resources. But the absence of mathematical models specific to the data settings in LMIC’s impedes the construction of economic analysis necessary for decision-makers in the development of cancer control programs. This thesis presents a new methodology for parameterizing the natural history model of breast cancer based on data availabilities in low and middle income countries, and formulation of a control optimization problem to find the optimal screening schedule for mammography screening, solved using dynamic programming. As harms and benefits are known to increase with the increase in the number of lifetime screens, the trade-off was modeled by formulating the immediate reward as a function of false positives and life-years saved. The method presented in thesis will provide optimal screening schedules for multiple scenarios of Willingness to Pay (numeric value assigned for each life-year lived), including the resulting total number of lifetime screens per person, which can help decision-makers evaluate current resource availabilities or plan future resource needs for implementation.
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Kuo, Yi-Ting, and 郭怡婷. "The effects of Chinese herbal medicine on pancreatic cancer: An integrated study of the National Health Insurance Research Database and a pancreatic cancer cell model." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wkxq83.
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Hsiao, Su-Ming, and 蕭夙茗. "Investigating the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer or Stomach Cancer for Patients with Long-term Tube Placement by Using National Health Insurance Research Database." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/663rg2.
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碩士義守大學
醫務管理學系
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Objective: With the increasing ageing and disability populations, the number of patients with long-term tube placement is rising. However, long-term tube placement may cause inflammation, ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux or aspiration pneumonia. Such problems are suspected to relate with the onset of cancer, or even relate with cancer cells metastasizing to other sites via blood or lymph, but the relevant literature is still limited. This study used the national health insurance research database (NHIRD) of Taiwan to investigate the hazard ratio of head/neck cancer or stomach cancer between patients with and without long-term tube placement. Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort study. Data from 1997 to 2013 were used to analyze and compare the hazard ratio of patients with and without long-term tube placement for head/neck cancer or stomach cancer. Confounding factors such as gender, birth year and main diagnosis were controlled by propensity score matching, and the control group was selected at a ratio of 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4. The samples were further divided into head/neck cancer or stomach cancer for more than two years and more than one year. Statistical analysis including Kaplan–Meier survival curves, log-rank test, correlation test, and Cox proportional hazard model were performed. Results: No data was found for long-term gastrostomy tube placement after screening. No matter how long nasogastric tube had been placed and in what sampling ratio, the results demonstrated a significant difference between patients with and without long-term nasogastric tube placement (p < .05), with a hazard ratio of more than 4 times in terms of the onset of head/neck cancer or stomach cancer. Conclusion: Patients with long-term nasogastric tube placement may have a higher risk of head/neck cancer or stomach cancer than those without tube placement. Tube placement conditions should therefore be carefully evaluated and clearly defined to reduce the chance of long-term nasogastric tube placement.
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Poulton, Robert Coulson Norman Edward. "The role of cost-sharing as a signal of project quality in the federal funding of academic research an application to the national science foundation /." 2008. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-3344/index.html.
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Cormas, Peter C. "The effective research-based characteristics of professional development and how they relate to the National Science Foundation's GK-12 Program." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3762.
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Chao, Te-Hsin, and 趙德馨. "Using BALB/cByJNarl Mice Bearing CT-26 Tumor Cells Combined with National Health Insurance Research Database to Evaluate the Application of Traditional Medicine in Colon Cancer Treatment." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53209878660706245029.
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博士國立中興大學
獸醫學系暨研究所
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Chemotherapy may prolong the lifespan of patients with late stage metastatic colorectal cancer for months, it is palliative but not curative. However, the traditional medicine (TM) in combined with western medicine has the potential to improve outcomes and prolong the ability to receive chemotherapy, although the mechanism of the combination is still unclear. This study aims to evaluate the possible outcome of the combination usage of TM and chemotherapy or radiotherapy in vivo and in vitro. In addition, by utilizing the data base of national health insurance, a clinical and cross-sectional study will be conducted to examination the medication frequency of the post-surgery colon cancer patients who take Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In vitro, it is observed that the treatment of CT-26 tumor cell with high concentration of Ba Zhen Tong causes the death of dose-dependent cell; the death rate is in directional proportion to the concentration of Ba Zhen Tong. Via the experiment of 4’6-diamidino-2-phenylindole ( DAPI ) staining and terminal deoxylnucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-fluorescensin nick end-labbling ( TUNEL ) assay, it is also observed that the Macrophage cell RAW 264.7 with Ba Zhen Tong triggered an apoptotic cell death process. Moreover, Ba Zhen Tong is capable of inducing reactive oxygen species (ROS). In vivo, prescribing rapamycin, resveratrol and Huang-Lian-Jie-Du-Tang , in combination with 5-fluorouracil or radiotherapy , it is observed that the BALB/cByJNarl mice bearing CT-26 tumor cells could regulate diffenent signaling pathway, such as mTOR ,WNT/ β-catenin and COX-2 pathway. Therefore, the combine therapy might increase the chemosensitization or radiosensitizing effect of the tumor cells and synergize tumor-inhibition effect. An analysis of post-surgery colon cancer patient’s medication patterns of using TCM from the database of National Health Insurance Bureau indicates the herbal ingredients were most commonly used for stimulating ghrelin secretion to increase food intake and potential anti-tumor capabilities. However, further research is required to evaluate any beneficial effects which could identify leads for the development of new treatment strategies using traditional medicine.
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Hung, Wei-Chun, and 洪偉君. "Use of the Taiwan''s National Health Insurance Research Databases to Investigate the Outcome of Emergency Department Treatment on the 3 year Survival Rate of Colorectal Cancer Patients and Other Factors." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/q8zxrk.
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碩士義守大學
學士後中醫學系
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Background: The number of emergency department (ED) visits by patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) increased annually between 2000 and 2012 in Taiwan. However, how ED visits impacted the survival of those patients and whether the impact was affected by other factors are not completely understood. Therefore we conducted a nationwide cohort study to identify the predictors. Methods: We surveyed data for CRC patients from 2000 to 2012 using the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000 (LHID2000) retrospectively, and then divided the subjects into an ED group and a non-ED group. Afterwards, we matched (1:1) the two groups on the basis of propensity scores (PS) and selected 1,289 patients for each group. Three-year survival was compared between the two groups by variable with the Cox proportional hazards model and the risk of mortality was represented by adjusted hazard ratio (aHR). The risk of all-cause mortalities was also calculated with the Cox model and illustrated by the Kaplan-Meier survival curves. The factors that interacted with ED visits in their impacts on the patients’ survival were identified based on the Cox model. Results: Mortality rates were higher in the ED group than the non-ED group among females (aHR =1.32 [1.05-1.66] ), those aged below 40 (aHR =7.21 [1.6-32.52] ), those visiting ED in level 1 hospitals (aHR =1.42 [1.14-1.77] ), those residing in north Taiwan (aHR =1.77 [1.38-2.26] ), those with surgery (aHR =2.66 [1.64-4.24] ), those with chemotherapy (aHR =1.79 [1.42-2.26] ), those at 3 to 4 stage (aHR =1.7 [1.32-2.18] ), and those without comorbidity (aHR =1.5 [1.22-1.85] ). Overall, the ED group had a higher risk of death than the non-ED group with the hazard ratio (HR) at 1.33 (1.14-1.54) in univariate analysis and 1.26 (1.09-1.47) in multivariate analysis. Statistically significant interaction was detected between ED visits and the following factors in their impacts on the 3-year survival: age (P=0.0003), geographic region (P=0.0009), surgery (P=0.0007), chemotherapy (P<0.0001), staging (P=0.0031) and comorbidity (P=0.0129). The 3-year cumulative survival of the non-ED group (0.7733) was higher than that of the ED group (0.6887). Conclusions: CRC patients with ED visits has poorer 3-year survival compared to those without ED visits, and the impact of ED visits on survival is closely associated with age, geographic region, surgery, chemotherapy, stage, and comorbidity. Emergency physicians should consider these factors to provide more intensive and specific medical services.
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Nkhumeleni, Cebisa. "The transformation of the higher education institutions in the post-apartheid era : the South African Research Chairs initiative as an indicator." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11836.
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The study investigated whether the South African Research Chairs and the research programmes of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation Programme (DST/NRF programmes), have made an effective contribution towards the acceleration of transformation in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South Africa. The study argues that the implementation of the Higher Education (HE) policies by HEIs and the South African Research Chairs are seriously undermined by legacies of colonialism and apartheid. It is further contended that unless more funds are made available to black students to study full-time, the pillars of democracy of social justice, redress and equality remain meaningless ideological slogans.
Guided by the insights provided by literature review on CDA, the study focuses more on the top-down relations of dominance (policy) that fuels continuing racial discrimination in higher education institutions, which the 2008 Final Report of the Ministerial Higher Education Committee isolated for criticism. The study posits that the thematic structural unifier, which links all the pieces of the multiplicity of the competing ideas and voices and threads through the whole study, is the endless probing and unravelling of the cultural and historical factors that continue to undermine the higher education transformation agenda.
The findings of this study suggest that the policy implementation of the HE transformation agenda continues to be constrained by mismatch between policy objectives and implementation results. The findings also indicate that although the research-driven performance of South African Research Chairs has progressively improved each year and student support and research outputs increased between the 2008/09 and 2009/10 financial years, the direct impact of the SARChI programme can only be determined when performance is measured against the South African Research Chair Holders‟ baseline performance. The data also suggest that despite access to educational services at HEIs improving, the existence of various forms of discriminatory
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practices, are still employed, a major challenge attributed to the “great man” leadership styles adopted by many university‟s vice chancellors and councils. This evaluation study utilises a small-scale purposive sample composed of three experts, with unstructured in-depth face-to-face interviews conducted with the experts.Educational Studies
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Stasko, Carly. "A Pedagogy of Holistic Media Literacy: Reflections on Culture Jamming as Transformative Learning and Healing." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18109.
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This qualitative study uses narrative inquiry (Connelly & Clandinin, 1988, 1990, 2001) and self-study to investigate ways to further understand and facilitate the integration of holistic philosophies of education with media literacy pedagogies. As founder and director of the Youth Media Literacy Project and a self-titled Imagitator (one who agitates imagination), I have spent over 10 years teaching media literacy in various high schools, universities, and community centres across North America. This study will focus on my own personal practical knowledge (Connelly & Clandinin, 1982) as a culture jammer, educator and cancer survivor to illustrate my original vision of a ‘holistic media literacy pedagogy’. This research reflects on the emergence and impact of holistic media literacy in my personal and professional life and also draws from relevant interdisciplinary literature to challenge and synthesize current insights and theories of media literacy, holistic education and culture jamming.