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Raei, Mohammed. "Development and Validation of the Adaptive Leadership with Authority Scale." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch153684122004308.
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Curtis, Steven. "The Development of the Stress-Response Scale for Adolescents." DigitalCommons@USU, 1989. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5990.
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Adolescence is an important period in the life cycle for which to study stress, due to the many involved developmental changes that require adaptation. This adaptation can be very stressful and result in pathology. Stress is defined as a "process" involving a continual transaction between stressors in the environment, mediating variables, and stress responses.
The Stress-Response Scale for Adolescents (SRSA) was developed to measure self-perceived stress responses of those between the ages of 14 to 20. The SRSA's development involved three studies. Study 1 involved item selection, scale construction, item reduction, and estimations of internal consistency and validity. Truthfulness items were developed to determine the honesty of responses.
Study 2 tested the ability of the SRSA, through roe-enactment methodology, to distinguish those in a high-stress condition versus those in a low-stress condition. Study 3, again with the use of role-enactment methodology, tested the potential of the SRSA to detect changes in stress-response levels when individuals were taken from a low-stress to a high-stress condition and vice versa.
The final SRSA includes 32 stress-response and six truthfulness items. Initially, factor analysis of the SRSA revealed a high loading of gender on the primary factor. Separate forms were created for males and females. Repeat factor analyses of items in the two forms revealed four factors each for males and females but were of questionable utility due to high intercorrelations. All sections of the SRSA should be used for most purposes. Internal consistency estimates of the SRSA are .96 (2 < .05) for females and .94 (2 < .05) for males. Validity estimates are all in the expected direction and range from .25 to .79 for both males and females. The truthfulness items have a coefficient alpha of .82 for females and .77 for males, with validity estimates ranging from .34 for females to .14 (25 < .05) for males. Studies 2 and 3 revealed that the SRSA does have the potential of differentiating between those in different stress conditions and also of detecting stress-response changes.
It was concluded that the SRSA, although in preliminary form, has the potential of assessing the stress response in adolescents as long as the discussed weaknesses, such as small sample size and nonrandomization, are taken into account.
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Turner, Erlanger A. "Attitudes toward child mental health services: adaptation and development of an attitude scale." Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4215.
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Research shows that a considerable number of children and adolescents suffer
needlessly from psychological problems and only about 50% of those receive the
necessary services. Considering the impact of untreated child psychological problems on
problems in adulthood, it is important to examine the influence of attitudes on seeking
mental health service for children. Currently, no known measure exists to measure
attitudes toward mental health services for children. Building on previous research, the
goal of the present study was to develop a measure of individuals' attitudes toward
mental health services for children. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the factor
structure was assessed using a sample of university students (N = 250). In addition,
several hypotheses were tested examining the influence of previous experience with
mental health services on attitudes towards psychological services and mental health
stigma. Finally, differences in child characteristics on intended help-seeking were
examined. The measure developed consists of 26-items scored from 0 (strongly
disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Overall, results indicated that the 3-factor structure of the
measure developed was valid and reliable. Also, consistent with previous research on mental health services results supported the hypotheses of the current study. Future
research will examine whether the 3-factor structure is replicated using a sample of
parents.
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Edgar, Perez. "Developing a Resilient Network Ambidexterity Scale." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch152615319318394.
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Sherron, Charles T. "Psychometric Development of the Adaptive Leadership Competency Profile." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2697/.
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This study documented the psychometric development of the Adaptive Leadership Competency Profile (ALCP). The ALCP was derived from a qualitative database from the National Science Foundation project (NSF 9422368) and the academic body of literature. Test items were operationalized, and subject matter experts validated 11 macro-leadership competencies and 65 items. Rasch rating scale measurement models were applied to answer the following questions: (a) How well do the respective items of the ALCP fit the Rasch rating scale measurement model for the 11 scales of the ACLP? (b) How well do the person's abilities fit the Rasch rating scale measurement model, using the 11 scales of the ALCP? (c) What are the item separation and reliability coefficients for the 11 ALCP scales? (d) What are the person separation and reliability coefficients for the 11 ALCP scales? This study also sought to discern whether the ALCP could predict leader effectiveness as measured by the likelihood ratio index and frequency of correct predictions indices. The WINSTEPS and LIMDEP programs were used to obtain Rasch calibrations and probit estimates, respectively. The ALCP profiles the frequency and intensity of leadership behavior. Composite measures were calculated and used to predict leadership effectiveness. Results from this study validated 10 competencies and 55 items.
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Tully, Carrie. "Development and Preliminary Validation of the Youth Therapist Observational Cultural Competence Scale." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3682.
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The increasing diversity of the United States creates a pressing public health need to investigate methods to increase the engagement, retention, and efficacy of mental health services for racial/ethnic minority (REM) youth. Evidence from the adult psychotherapy treatment literature suggests that enhancing therapist cultural competence leads to increases in client satisfaction, alliance, and retention (Constantine, 2002; Sodowsky, Kuo-Jackson, Richardson, & Corey, 1998; Worthington, Soth-McNett, & Moreno, 2007). However, this relationship has not been adequately explored in youth mental health services, due in part, to a lack of valid and reliable measurement. This research project included measure development and initial validation of the Youth Therapist Observational Cultural Competence Scale (YTOCCS) with the aim of creating an observer-rated measure of youth therapist cultural competence. The measure was developed from a review of the theoretical and empirical literature and integrated the surveyed opinions of practicing child therapists, caregivers of REM children involved in the mental health system, and experts in therapist cultural competence. The study used an extreme group design based on child-therapist alliance selecting 32 recordings of 8 unique child-therapist dyads. Three coders were trained using a standardized manual and independently double coded early treatment sessions from an effectiveness trial for individual child cognitive-behavioral therapy conducted in community clinics. The measure demonstrated good reliability as measured by intraclass correlation coefficient, adequate internal consistency, and evidence supported initial validity through demonstrated significant between-group differences. Future studies are warranted to refine the measure and to explore the factor structure of the measure.
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Mutimba, Egídio Artur Alfredo. "Using micro-finance services to support climate change adaptation among small-scale farmers : identifying opportunities and challenges in southern Mozambique." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20934.
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Microfinance organisations represent a potential opportunity to promote adaptation of smallholder farmers. Without access to credit, this group of farmers has few opportunities to invest in adequate technologies and practices required to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, this study explores how Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) can be capacitated in order to assist smallholder farmers to respond to climate change. The core objective of the study is to identify opportunities and needs to foster smallholders' adaptation through MFIs. The study is informed by a survey involving 13 MFIs operating in Southern Mozambique. This paper finds that although MFIs are aware that climate risks affect their services in regards to a wider rural economy, these organisations do not have explicit policies to deal with climate risks. It also finds that majority of MFIs' managers recognise the potential for mainstreaming climate variability and change into services they provide to smallholders. However, for MFIs to achieve this they will require training of agents in climate related knowledge and adaptation, better access to climate related information, assistance in aspects of planning taking into consideration climate related risks and clear understanding of the benefits of investing in adaptation.
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Chang, Chia-Chuan. "Development and Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Professional Practice Environment Scale in Taiwan." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/702.
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Thesis advisor: Dorothy A. JonesIn Taiwan, the ability to measure the changing of health care reform and the improvement in nursing practice environment is hindered by the lack of a valid, reliable, and culture-sensitive instrument for measuring nursing practice environment. The purposes of this two-phase study were to translate and psychometrically validate the Chinese versions of the PPE Scale (CPPE). Phase I focused on translating and adapting the 38-item PPE into CPPE and evaluating the semantic and content equivalency. Semantic equivalence of the CPPE was secured using Translation Validity Indices as judged by American and bilingual experts. The content equivalence of the CPPE was supported by the satisfactory Content validity Indices. To increase the cultural sensitivity and comprehensiveness of the CPPE, 27 items were added at the suggestion of Taiwanese experts following content validation. A 66-item CPPE including 38 PPE items, 1 adapted item and 27 new items was produced for psychometric evaluation. Phase II focused on establishing the psychometric properties of the CPPE. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to test the 66-item CPPE on 977 Taiwanese nurses working in acute care settings. PCA with Varimax rotation on the 38 PPE items produced an eight-component solution for the 36-item CPPE after deleting two items. Cronbach's alpha was .90 for the total 36-item CPPE and .68 - .87 for the eight subscales. PCA with Varimax rotation on 66 items of the CPPE produced an eleven-component solution for the 58-item CPPE after deleting 8 items. Cronbach's alpha was .95 for the total 58-item CPPE and .71 - .87 for the eleven subscales. Both the 36-item CPPE and the 58-item CPPE demonstrated satisfactory test-retest reliability and concurrent validity. The psychometric structures of the 36-item CPPE and the 58-item CPPE were different from the original PPE. Both the 36-item CPPE and the 58-item CPPE were reliable and valid, but the 58-item CPPE is culturally sensitive to the Taiwanese nurses. The 58-item CPPE is useful for measuring Taiwanese nursing practice environment
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing
Discipline: Nursing
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Fischer, Sophia, Katja Soyez, and Sebastian Gurtner. "Adapting Scott and Bruce’s General Decision-Making Style Inventory to Patient Decision Making in Provider Choice." Sage, 2015. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35524.
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Objective. Research testing the concept of decision-making styles in specific contexts such as health care–related choices is missing. Therefore, we examine the contextuality of Scott and Bruce’s (1995) General Decision-Making Style Inventory with respect to patient choice situations.
Methods. Scott and Bruce’s scale was adapted for use as a patient decision-making style inventory. In total, 388 German patients who underwent elective joint surgery responded to a questionnaire about their provider choice. Confirmatory factor analyses within 2 independent samples assessed factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the scale.
Results. The final 4-dimensional, 13-item patient decision-making style inventory showed satisfactory psychometric properties. Data analyses supported reliability and construct validity. Besides the intuitive, dependent, and avoidant style, a new subdimension, called ‘‘comparative’’ decision-making style, emerged that originated from the rational dimension of the general model.
Conclusions. This research provides evidence for the contextuality of decision-making style to specific choice situations. Using a limited set of indicators, this report proposes the patient decision-making style inventory as valid and feasible tool to assess patients’ decision propensities.
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Chen, Jianzhong. "Fundamental studies for development of real-time model-based feedback control with model adaptation for small scale resistance spot welding." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1109646314.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xix, 151 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-151). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Viscarra, Hansson Braulio Johan, and Johannes Malmqvist. "International Development Cooperation and Climate Change Adaptation in Kuyoj Qhocha, Bolivia - A Case Study of Resilience and Vulnerability Among Small-Scale Farmers." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22156.
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I Bolivia bedrivs ett jordbruksprogram vid namn PROAGRO (Programa de Desarrollo Agropecuario Sostenible), genom ett trilateralt samarbete mellan Bolivia, Tyskland och Sverige. Syftet med programmet är att öka resiliensen bland småskaliga jordbrukare mot klimatrisker, förbättra deras förvaltning av vattenresurser och lokala avrinningsområden samt skapa ökad hållbar avkastning från deras jordbruksproduktion. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur PROAGROs personal, småskaliga jordbrukare och andra aktörer, upplever att klimatförändringarna påverkar lantbrukarnas levebröd. Vidare syftar uppsatsen att undersöka om lantbrukarnas resiliens mot klimatrisker ökar till följd av de insatser som genomförs av PROAGRO. Undersökningen har avgränsats och fokuserar på ett specifikt avrinningsområde vid namn Kuyoj Qhocha. Undersökningen baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med lantbrukare, personal från svenska och tyska biståndsorgan samt med lokala myndighetspersoner. Den insamlade empirin jämförs i uppsatsen med tidigare forskning och teorier relaterade till resiliens, klimatförändringar och anpassning. Resultaten av studien visar att lantbrukarna i Kuyoj Qhocha upplever variationer i klimatet, som förändrade regn- och värmecykler, vilka påverkar dem både positivt: exempelvis genom uppkomsten av nya odlingsmöjligheter och negativt: exempelvis på grund av förstörda odlingar tillföljd av torka. Deras resiliens ökar successivt, främst på grund av användandet av vattenskörds tekniker men också på grund av andra integrerade lösningar som diversifieringen av grödor och inkomster, pedagogiska verkstäder, och genom att hjälpa lantbrukarna att ansöka om ekonomiskt bistånd hos regeringen för förverkligandet av jordbruksutvecklande projekt.In the small basin Kuyoj Qhocha, in Bolivia, an agriculture program named PROAGRO (Programa de Desarrollo Agropecuario Sostenible, Sustainable Agricultural Development Program) is being conducted. The program is carried out by a trilateral cooperation between Bolivia, Germany and Sweden and its main objectives are to increase resilience to climate risks among small-scale farmers, improve their management of water resources and local watersheds and generate increased and sustainable returns from their agricultural production. This essay aims to respond on how Kuyoj Qhocha‟s small-scale farmers and other actors involved in PROAGRO perceive that climate change is affecting the farmers‟ livelihood. It also aims to investigate if the farmers and the other actors recognize that the farmers‟ resilience to climate risks is increasing as a result of the efforts made through PROAGRO. The investigation has been made through qualitative interviews with farmers, personnel from international cooperation agencies and with officials at the local municipality. The investigation is compared with earlier research concerning climate change adaptation and social resilience. The study shows that farmers of the region are experiencing variations in climate, such as altered rain and heat cycles, affecting them both negatively: for example through destroyed plantations due to droughts, and positively: for example by the possibility to cultivate new crops. Their resilience against climate risks is gradually increasing mainly because of the usage of water harvest technologies but also through several integrated solutions such as the exploit of beneficial opportunities through the diversification of crops and income, by educational workshops and by assisting the farmers to apply for economic support from the government.
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Somanje, Albert Novas. "Climate change adaptation measures in agriculture : a case of conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Kalomo District of Zambia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15725.
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In most of the developing countries, small scale farmers (SSFs) are usually the primary agricultural producers of staple crop. Furthermore, they highly depend on rainfall for their rain-fed agricultural production. SSFs have limited capacity to adapt to extreme climate variability, thus rendering them to be among the most vulnerable to climate change. Some recent studies show that agricultural production and productivity is being negatively impacted by climate change and variability in most parts of Southern Africa. This is likely to continue for decades into the future, unless corrective or adaptation measures are implemented to reduce the impact on agriculture. Conservation Agriculture (CA) is one of the climate change and weather variability adaptation measures being promoted for SSFs in Kalomo District of Zambia. CA is not only being promoted to improve production and productivity for food security for the majority rural population, but also as an adaptation measure for sustainable agricultural production. The present study analysed the CA practices being promoted in Kalomo district of southern Zambia and the associated challenges in the management and implementation, as well as, how best these challenges can be addressed. Semi-structured interviews and literature review were used as methodologies of data collection for the study. The findings of the study indicate that among the three principles of CA, minimum tillage is mostly practiced compared to crop rotation and retention of crop residue. Within minimum tillage, ripping was found to be practiced on a larger scale compared to making basins. The major challenges include planning and human resource development, financial resource and policy constraints and cultural barriers to adoption of CA.
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Elkin, Colin P. "Development of Adaptive Computational Algorithms for Manned and Unmanned Flight Safety." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1544640516618623.
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Amawatana, Chonchinee. "Environmental performance indicators for the lower Mekong subregion development." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16684/.
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The application of environmental performance indicators (EPIs) has received increasing attention by both governments and international organisations as a tool for assessing complex environmental scenarios in national and local decision making processes. However, at the regional scale there is a gap in the application of EPIs, as this has not been well understood and defined due to a limited theoretical foundation and often insufficient data from all participant countries. The regional scale is important because it can incorporate natural ecosystems which often transcend national boundaries. A case study is developed for the Lower Mekong Subregion (LMS), where four riparian Southeast Asian countries (Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, and Viet Nam) share the Lower Mekong River. The research proposes a conceptual framework to identify approaches for developing criteria for acceptable and appropriate EPIs which can be used to support and implement decision making processes by relevant organisations at the regional level. This research evaluates the application of environmental performance indicators using methodologies that assess cross-national quantitative and qualitative data and existing decision support systems. In addition, global and national indicators are examined for application and relation to the regional context. The research finds that the application of EPIs varies according to spatial scale, and is diverse among the four countries. Data availability is also identified as a major problem encountered during the development and selection of EPIs. The study finds that the governance of the existing regional body is ineffective due to differing agendas pursued by each participating country. This is because the current regional body is structured only to facilitate information exchange and cooperation in a limited manner, focusing so far only on water management issues. LMS regional goals need to be set in order to guide the stakeholders in identifying an appropriate set of EPIs. Most importantly, the research is intended to be a catalyst for encouraging the participants to integrate methods and other species of EPIs proposed in this research in their environmental assessment policies.
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Robertson, Joanne. "Adapting the Mellow Parenting Scale to assess videoed meals in children aged 1-2 years : is is practical, valid and reliable, and does it discriminate between children with and without weight faltering? and research portfolio." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565892.
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Romero, Gallardo José Abel, and Sánchez Manuel J. Fernández. "Roominess Adaption System - Development of kitchen units for disabled people." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Technology and Society, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-3387.
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This report covers a Bachelor degree project, where a new concept of kitchen for disabled people has been developed. In addition, this report describes the design process employed in the project as well as the details of the design work.
In order to develop a successful product, technical data like requirement specifications, materials currently used by the company and the manufacture of such products were considered throughout the progress of the project. In addition, we carried out a market research and visited the fair “Leva & Fungera” in order to analyse the current situation of this market field and what disabled people would think about kitchen modules that completely adapts to their requirements. This research gave us an understanding of the user´s needs and provided us with valuable help for an ergonomics evaluation study. Different creative methods were used to come further with new ideas, as well as different and more economic solutions than the existing ones. Finally, CAD models were made with Pro Engineer Wildfire 4 and evaluated with Jack 5.1 in order to visualise and evaluate the final concepts. The ultimate result is presented in detail in a video made in 3D Studio Max.
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Höffl, Marc. "A new programming model for enterprise software : Allowing for rapid adaption and supporting maintainability at scale." Thesis, KTH, Elkraftteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-215103.
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Companies are under constant pressure to adapt and improve their processes to staycompetitive. Since most of their processes are handled by software, it also needs toconstantly change. Those improvements and changes add up over time and increase thecomplexity of the system, which in turn prevents the company from further adaption.In order to change and improve existing business processes and their implementation withinsoftware, several stakeholders have to go through a long process. Current IT methodologies arenot suitable for such a dynamic environment. The analysis of this change process shows thatfour software characteristics are important to speed it up. They are: transparency, adaptability,testability and reparability. Transparency refers to the users capability to understand what thesystem is doing, where and why. Adaptability is a mainly technical characteristic that indicatesthe capability of the system to evolve or change. Testability allows automated testing andvalidation for correctness without requiring manual checks. The last characteristic is reparability,which describes the possibility to bring the system back into a consistent and correct state, evenif erroneous software was deployed.An architecture and software development patterns are evaluated to build an overall programmingmodel that provides the software characteristics. The overall architecture is basedon microservices, which facilitates decoupling and maintainability for the software as well asorganizations. Command Query Responsibility Segregation decouples read from write operationsand makes data changes explicit. With Event Sourcing, the system stores not only the currentstate, but all historic events. It provides a built-in audit trail and is able to reproduce differentscenarios for troubleshooting and testing.A demo process is defined and implemented within multiple prototypes. The design of theprototype is based on the programming model. It is built in Javascript and implements Microservices,CQRS and Event Sourcing. The prototypes show and validate how the programmingmodel provides the software characteristics. Software built with the programming model allowscompanies to iterate faster at scale. Since the programming model is suited for complex processes,the main limitation is that the validation is based on a demo process that is simpler and thebenefits are hard to quantify.ör att fortsatt vara konkurrenskraftiga är företag under konstant press att anpassa ochförbättra sina processer. Eftersom de flesta processer hanteras av programvara, behöveräven de ständigt förändras. Övertiden leder dessa förbättringar och förändringar till ökadsystemkomplexitet, vilket i sin tur hindrar företaget från ytterligare anpassningar. För attförändra och förbättra befintliga affärsprocesser och dess programvara, måste idag typiskt fleraaktörer vara en del av en lång och tidskrävande process. Nuvarande metoder är inte lämpade fören sådan dynamisk miljö. Detta arbete har fokuserat på fyra programvaruegenskaper som ärviktiga för att underlätta förändringsprocesser. Dessa fyra egenskaper är: öppenhet, anpassningsförmåga,testbarhet och reparerbarhet. Öppenhet, hänvisar till förmågan att förstå varför, var ochvad systemet gör. Anpassningsbarhet är huvudsakligen en teknisk egenskap som fokuserar påsystemets förmåga att utvecklas och förändras. Testbarhet strävar efter automatisk testning ochvalidering av korrekthet som kräver ingen eller lite manuell kontroll. Den sista egenskapen ärreparerbarhet, som beskriver möjligheten att återhämta systemet till ett konsekvent och korrekttillstånd, även om felaktig programvara har använts. En programmeringsmodell som rustarprogramvara med de ovan beskrivna programegenskaperna är utvecklad i detta examensarbete.Programmeringsmodellens arkitektur är baserad på diverse micro-tjänster, vilka ger brafrånkopplings- och underhållsförmåga för en programvara, samt användarorganisationerna.Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) frånkopplar läsoperationer från skrivoperationeroch gör ändringar i data explicita. Med Event Sourcing lagrar systemet inte endastdet nuvarande tillståndet, utan alla historiska händelser. Modellen förser användarna medett inbyggt revisionsspår och kan reproducera olika scenarion för felsökning och testning. Endemoprocess är definierad och implementerad i tre olika prototyper. Designen av prototypernaär baserad på den föreslagna programmeringsmodellen. Vilken är byggd i Javascript och implementerarmicro-tjänster, CQRS och Event Sourcing. Prototyperna visar och validerar hurprogrammeringsmodellen ger programvaran rätt egenskaper. Programvara byggd med dennaprogrammeringsmodell tillåter företag att iterera snabbare. De huvudsakliga begränsningarna iarbetet är att valideringen är baserad på en enklare demoprocess och att dess fördelar är svåraatt kvantifiera.
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Snyder, Erin R. "The female-to-male rape myths scale : initial scale development." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1409503.
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Numerous studies have looked at attitudes about sexual assault, or rape myths, but most of these studies have looked at sexual assault when victims are female and perpetrators are male. However, female-to-male rape does occur, and male victims experience negative consequences from the event. The aim of the present investigation was to develop a scale to measure acceptance of female-to-male rape myths. The investigation involved two separate phases that build on a pilot study in which a preliminary scale was developed. The first phase of the investigation identified male rape myths that are pertinent to female-to-male rape. The second phase developed the items of the scale from the rape myths identified in Phase 1 and evaluated the factor structure, reliability and validity of the scale. The Female-to-Male Rape Myths Scale (FMRM) consists of 30 items and was found to be a reliable and valid measure of female-to-male rape myth acceptance in Midwestern college students. The construct was found to be unifactorial with good internal consistency at .94. Scores on the FMRM correlated with scores on the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996), the Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (Herek, 1988), and the Male Rape Myths Scale (Kerr Melanson, 1999). Implications for future research and practical uses of the scale are discussed.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Lynch, Kevin. "Micro-scale to meso-scale controls on aeolian foredune development." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444514.
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Ljungberg, Daniel, and Viktor Lundh. "Resilience Engineering within ATM - Development, adaption, and application of the Resilience Analysis Grid (RAG)." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-104023.
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Resilience Engineering has evolved during the recent century and could be a good complement to the prevailing ideas concerning safety within the air traffic industry. The concept of Resilience Engineering stresses the fact that in order to keep up the high standard of safety, there must be greater attention directed to the importance of being proactive, and to implement measures before dangerous situations arises. The purpose of our work was to develop the Resilience Analysis Grid (RAG) to help LFV, the leading Air Navigation Service Provider in Sweden, to identify their ability to deal with disturbances and unexpected events. By testing our RAG on seven active air traffic controllers and operational managers, we were able to produce a final set of assertions, with a total number of 22 items, which LFV (or other similar organisations) can use as a foundation for future RAG studies. As a first attempt we also rated the answers which gave us an opportunity to produce a star diagram, showing the relationship between the areas covered by the RAG. During the interviews we discovered that resilience is already today in many aspects a big part of the everyday work and that the RAG method can therefore be applicable in the industry with some modification. However, there are certain areas within LFV that we believe there is room for improvements. We believe that the RAG could serve as a helpful tool in identifying these areas as well as assisting LFV in their striving to remain one of the safest organisations in the world.
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Rødum, Kristian. "Development of Small Scale LNG plants." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-7815.
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Krawietz, Sabine Anna. "Concentration construct refinement and scale development /." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000068.
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Altareb, Belkeis Y. "Attitudes towards Muslims : initial scale development." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1063195.
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This investigation examined attitudes towards Middle-Eastern Muslims held by non-Muslim undergraduate students and was conducted in three phases. Phase one explored these attitudes through focus groups and found that although participants had little information about Muslims, they had definite attitudes. Focus group participants reported that Muslim men and women possessed particular characteristics and that much of their information was learned through movies and/or media sources. During phase two of the study, all measures utilized in the present study were examined for reliability of at least .70. In addition, the ATMS was developed from a review of the literature and of focus groups. All measures were shown to be reliable except the cognitive complexity measure. During phase three, factor analyses were conducted to address the validity of the ATMS. A final five-factor, 25-item scale resulted. The five factors were interpreted as Positive Feelings about Muslims, Muslims as Separate or Other, Lack of Personal Choice/Freedom, Fear of Muslims, and Dissimilarity with Muslims. Correlation analyses supported initial evidence of construct validity. A discussion of the results and its implications are provided.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Squires, Larry. "The value of large-scale development." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013365.
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Komiya, Noboru. "Development of the emotional openness scale /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9953873.
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Sullivan, Connor Patrick. "Development of the Posttraumatic Anger Scale." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78047.
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Anger is a pervasive problem after individuals experience traumatic stress that heightens the risk for violence, health problems, poor relationships, and poor treatment outcomes. Previous research has demonstrated a moderate relationship between anger and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet this research also highlights that anger has not been rigorously measured in the context of PTSD. Thus, this study concerns the development of a complimentary measure to assess anger in the context of PTSD. Participants were 435 undergraduate students. The participants were given a battery including the proposed scale and measures of trauma exposure, PTSD, anger, depression, anxiety, and social desirability to assess. Exploratory factor analyses revealed that a hierarchical, four-factor model was the best model. The Posttraumatic Anger Scale appeared psychometrically sound, with excellent internal consistency, good evidence of validity, and good model fit. This scale may provide implications for clinical work, specifically for the assessment and tracking of anger symptoms connected to PTSD. Additionally, this scale may assist with research by predicting treatment outcomes, aggression, and PTSD.Master of Science
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Tao, Chen-Wei. "Development of restaurant service sabotage scale." Diss., Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36211.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Hospitality Management and Dietetics
Junehee Kwon
Service sabotage refers to employees' deliberate actions that negatively affect service, functional quality, employee-customer rapport, and company performance. Almost all frontline employees in the hospitality industry have witnessed service sabotage behaviors, and 85% admitted to engaging in such misbehaviors. Despite the prevalence and profound impact of service sabotage, it has been a challenge for researchers to measure the construct and understand specific and contextualized restaurant service sabotage behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this dissertation was to develop a reliable and valid scale to measure restaurant service sabotage. A mixed methods research design was applied. A qualitative study was conducted to explore prevalent restaurant service sabotage behaviors and to generate an item pool for the initial scale, followed by two quantitative studies with two different groups of non-managerial frontline employees in full-service restaurants to refine and validate the scale. Guided by critical incident technique, 243 critical incidents were derived from the in-depth interviews (n = 26). Of those, 28 explicit types of restaurant service sabotage behaviors were identified and further categorized into three behavioral groups: targeting customers, colleagues, and restaurants. In conjunction with scale items extracted from related measures, an initial instrument consisting of 39 items was developed and administered to an online restaurant employee panel by hiring a professional research firm. A total of 419 usable responses were collected and analyzed using principal axis factoring with a promax rotation. Results revealed a 13-item scale with three dominant factors. To validate the scale, 463 usable responses were gathered for data analyses. Results of the confirmatory factor analyses indicated a good model fit of the three-factor model, Chi-square/df=3.15, GFI=.96, CFI=.97, NFI=.95, and RMSEA=.07 while reducing the scale items from 13 to 10 and supporting the scale's dimensionality. Tests for validating construct validity were all fully supported. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were all greater than .70, showing internal consistency of the scale. This psychometrically valid and conceptually sound scale may be applied in future restaurant service sabotage research and may stimulate additional studies to advance the theory and explore the criterion network. Implications, limitations, and direction for future research are discussed.
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Koochel, Emily. "Financial transparency: a scale development study." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36200.
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Master of ScienceSchool of Family Studies and Human Services
Melinda S. Markham
Interpersonal aspects of a relationship (i.e., equality, trust, disclosure, etc.) as they relate to finances have important implications for marital satisfaction; however, emphasis on financial transparency, “the open and honest disclosure of one’s finances,” has yet to be researched. To increase our capacity to study the role of finances in the marital relationship, the purpose of this study was to develop the Financial Transparency Scale (FTS) to assess financial transparency between married partners. A sample of 183 married individuals in their first 5 years of their first marriage completed an online survey, consisting of the FTS and four related scales. Principal components analysis (PCA) was conducted to determine the FTS is comprised of three components: financial partnership, financial secrecy, and financial trust and disclosure of the individual partner. The first component, financial partnership (eigenvalue = 10.909), consisted of 18 items and accounted for 41.96% of the variance and had a high internal reliability of (α = .95). Component 2, financial secrecy (eigenvalue = 2.845), consisted of three items and accounted for 10.94% of variance with an internal reliability of (α = .93). Component 3, financial trust and disclosure of the individual partner (eigenvalue = 1.76), consisted of five items and accounted for 6.77% of total variance with an internal reliability (α = .83). The FTS was positively correlated with four related scales: the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Shared Goals and Values Scale, the Frequency of Financial Management Scale, and the Communication Patterns Questionnaire – Short Form, each of which are key behaviors of financial and marital satisfaction. The FTS will benefit financial practitioners as they can use the scale to determine the level of financial transparency between married individuals, drawing attention to areas of concern such as financial secrecy between partners. For researchers, this scale provides a measurement for a sophisticated perspective on the interpersonal factors that mediate financial transparency between married individuals.
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Azman, Rosiana L. "The development of scale of educational attitudes." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/6883.
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The purpose of this dissertation was to develop the Scale of Educational Attitudes (SEA). Theoretically, students' attitudes towards education can be separated into four categories: Academically Disinterested, Occupation-Driven, Pure Scholar, and Profession-Driven Scholar. The SEA can determine which attitude a student has towards school based on his/her responses to the Learning Orientation & Motivation and Future Goals Achievement subscales of the SEA. This instrument was developed in four phases. In the first phase, the items of the SEA were written based on the literature. In the second phase, a factor analysis was conducted to eliminate weak items and to identify underlying constructs of the scale. The third phase consisted of another factor analysis as well as the validation of the scale with other established scales. The final phase tested the temporal stability of the SEA using test-retest data. The resulting scale contains eighteen items that measure learning orientation and motivation as well as fifteen items that measure future goals achievement.viii, 87 leaves
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Johnston, Cindy M. "Development of the Adolescent Internalized Shame Scale." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0025/MQ50700.pdf.
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Dapko, Jennifer. "Perceived Firm Transparency: Scale and Model Development." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4025.
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In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are consumers willing to sit back and allow firms to make `closed door' decisions that benefit the company (and its executives) at the expense of consumers and society. This dissertation begins to answer the call for a greater understanding of transparency from both practitioner and academic perspectives. In particular, this dissertation focuses on systematically developing a succinct definition of perceived firm transparency, developing a valid measure of transparency, and empirically testing antecedents and consequences of transparency.
Two studies were conducted to develop the transparency scale following a thorough review of the transparency literature across six fields. Study 1 was dedicated to scale development and validation for the transparency construct. Study 2 was dedicated to further validating the transparency scale and testing its psychometric properties and validity.
The complete proposed model was tested in Study 3 utilizing scenarios in a between-subjects design with a student sample. Study 4 further tested the proposed model in a slightly more ecologically valid setting with a more diverse sample. Studies 3 and 4 showed that transparency has significant direct impact on reducing skepticism, and increasing trust, attitude toward the firm, and purchase intention; and these impacts are of substantial magnitude. Studies 3 and 4 also tested a few antecedents of perceived firm transparency including perceived firm reciprocity, perceived consumer effort, and negative information. Reciprocity and consumer effort both had a significant impact on perceptions of firm transparency in Studies 3 and 4, and negative information impacted perceptions of transparency in Study 3 only.
At its core, transparency means that a firm is perceived to be open and forthright with stakeholders. This dissertation shows that stakeholders reward firms for being transparent; and those rewards come in the form of decreased skepticism and increased favorable attitudes toward the firm, trust, and purchase intention. Managers can focus on increasing perceptions of transparency by providing stakeholders with opportunities for mutual conversations, by making easy for stakeholders to learn about the company and its offerings, and by sharing more balanced information about itself that reflects both the positives and the negatives.
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Mellum, Karen M. W. "Medical tasks self-efficacy : initial scale development." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1177987.
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This investigation examined the self-efficacy beliefs of medical professionals towards medically-related tasks. Although several instruments existed that measured different aspects of career self-efficacy, none of them was relevant nor appropriate to people who have already chosen their occupational field of choice. The typical scales utilized in assessing career self efficacy are generalized across occupations and not relevant to someone who was already employed in a profession. The purpose of the present study was to develop a new scale, Medical Tasks Self-Efficacy (MTSE), to measure the self-efficacy beliefs of a specific employed population toward their occupational tasks. The analysis of the MTSE was conducted using respondents (N=307) of medical professionals, specifically physicians and nurses. The reliability and validity of the scale was analyzed through four phases of scale development.Phase one consisted of item development which included the generation of an item pool from special occupational books and interviews with medical professionals (N=8). Additional experts (N=3) in scale construction were also consulted during this phase. Thirty-two items were developed originally and then, through consultation, reduced to 27 items. Phase two involved a pilot study with respondents from various medical settings in the midwest (N=34). The pilot study helped to provide preliminary reliability information and to modify the necessary demographic information. One more item was dropped from the scale during this phase and thus the revised MT SE consisted of 26 items.Phase three consisted of a major investigation (N=209) to test the initial factor structure of the MTSE and to examine the internal consistency. Using a principal components extraction, the MTSE yielded a two factor solution which seemed to best fit the data both in terms of statistical configuration and theoretical soundness. Factor One constituted tasks involving “medical content competencies" and held an alpha coefficient of .93. Factor Two constituted tasks involving "interpersonal process competencies" and held an alpha coefficient of .87.The fourth and final phase (N=64) was conducted to test the convergent and discriminant validity of the scale and to examine the test-retest reliability. Convergent and discriminant validity were tested using the Task Specific Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale (TSOSS) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The MTSE was hypothesized to demonstrate convergent validity with the TSOSS. Both factors of the MTSE were significantly correlated with the overall TSOSS, and additionally correlated with the four factors of the TSOSS, with one exception. Only Factor Two ("interpersonal process competencies") of the MTSE did not correlate significantly with factor four of the TSOSS. The BDI was used to test discriminant validity. The BDI did not correlate significantly with either of the factors of the MT SE. Thus, the MTSE demonstrated both convergent and discriminant validity with the instruments utilized in this study. The two-week test-retest correlation was .80, additionally demonstrating a stable reliability estimate in the MT SE. Limitations and implications for future research of the MT SE were provided.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Fox, Jesse. "The Development of the Counselor Intuition Scale." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5738.
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Intuition is an important aspect of counseling, several revered counselors have either attested to the powers of their intuition or have had such powers attributed to them by their contemporaries. Moreover, many counselors believe that their intuition is more influential in their work with clients than are evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, the academy criticizes intuition for its susceptibility to cognitive errors and its poor performance when compared to statistical methods. In addition, the exact nature of intuition's role in counseling is largely unknown. Therefore, its contribution to client outcomes is equally a mystery, making it difficult for counselors to justify their reliance on its powers. Until this study, counselor intuition has been regarded as a, more or less, phantom construct in need of evidence to even suggest that it does in fact exist. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop the Counselor Intuition Scale (CIS). The construction of the CIS began by adapting the methodology of instruments already in existence and whose purpose was to measure interpersonal and emotional sensitivity. The construction of the CIS began by creating a series of 39 video segments (lasting approximately two minutes each) depicting a client discussing a presenting problem. The video segments were then reviewed by two rounds of counseling experts (N = 45) whose intuitive responses to the clients featured in the CIS were used to create the criterion responses of the instrument. The expert responses were analyzed using Q-Methodology, the results of which suggested that the counseling experts approached the clients from a unidimensional perspective, which the researcher named “counselor intuition.” The expert ratings were also analyzed using generalizability theory to assess the consistency of expert responses, the results of which suggested that interrater reliability was excellent, ranging from .88 to .85. Lastly, the experts identified 263 criterion responses that can be used for the future development of the instrument. The implications of the study's findings, as well as the recommendations for future research are discussed.Ph.D.
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Dean's Office, Education
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Ash, John L. Jr, and Dale R. Spaulding. "Economic development of small-scale information systems." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/30672.
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Approved for public release, distribution is unlimitedIn virtually any organization, (military or civilian, large or small), there are a number of unsolved small-scale information system problems. They will remain unsolved until we (system analysts and designers) develop a methodology that allows generation of timely and cost-effective automated solutions. The requisite resources exist; they have yet to be combined in the right order for success. It is the primary goal of this research to purpose, justify and demonstrate (through a detailed case study) a simple-to-employ methodology for quick and cost-effective development of small-scale information systems (SSIS) without professional analysts, designers or programmers. Keywords: End-user software development; Software development methodologies; Computer applications development without professionals.
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Kilpatrick, Marcus Wayne. "Exercise motivation and self-determination : scale development /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Dudley, Kenneth Curtis. "Empirical development of a scale of patience." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2940.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2003.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 284 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-138).
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Choi, Seong-In. "Measurement of attitudes toward counseling scale development /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2008. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/751.
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Shlien, Rania K. "The Multidimensional Interpersonal Dependency Inventory: Scale Development." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40627.
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Current inventories of interpersonal trait dependency are problematic because they are based on theories that fail to recognize the positive aspects of dependency. The main goal of this thesis was to develop a new inventory that takes into account theoretical advances using Robert Bornsteinâ s definitions and identified components of interpersonal dependency. The study was broken into the following three stages: 1. Item and inventory creation, 2. Expert feedback and interrater reliability and 3. Data collection and analysis. Three-hundred fifteen undergraduates completed a questionnaire packet, consisting of a demographics section, a copy of the new inventory, and seven other inventories that measure dysfunction and well-being. Although the original hypotheses in this work were not supported, exploratory factor analysis yielded four factors. These four factors and their relevance to the measurement of interpersonal dependency are discussed and suggestions are made for future studies.Master of Science
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Badenhorst, Johan Barend. "Development of an abbreviated job evaluation scale." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16399.
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Bibliography: pages 95-99.The aim of this study was to determine the value of individual job evaluation factors as predictors of the total value of jobs to develop an abbreviated job evaluation scale in a large assurer in South Africa. This would enable the streamlining of the' organization's existing internally developed job evaluation system. A total of thirteen jobs, evaluated by three raters at two committee meetings were analyzed using Kendall's coefficient of concordance (W} and Pearson's product-moment coefficient of correlation (r) to determine interrater reliability. A total sample of 282 jobs at middle management was drawn from the organization's bank of 1200 job evaluation records and 188 jobs were analyzed. Firstly the intensity of the correlation between the individual factor scores and total job scores was measured and, using the Pearson product-moment coefficient .of correlation (r) it was found to be significant. Secondly, factor analysis determined three underlying factors in the system, Effort, Skill and Responsibility, which were used to form the basis for building a prediction model. Thirdly, stepwise regression, performed to determine at which point the addition of extra individual factor scores would not produce a significant difference to the coefficient of determination (R2 ), isolated Competence, Decision level and Interaction as optimum combination. Using multiple linear regression and the aspects, identified above, total job scores were predicted using the balance of the sample of 94 jobs.
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Melam, Madhu Chandra. "Development of Rating Scale in Lean Construction." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1312293650.
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Climer, Amy E. "The Development of the Creative Synergy Scale." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1464731255.
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Grealish, Annmarie. "The development of the Youth Empowerment Scale." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-development-of-the-youth-empowerment-scale(89eacd8b-691f-4f28-aca8-068c5882595f).html.
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This study developed and validated the Youth Empowerment Scale (YES) for young people with psychosis. This PhD thesis consisted of four phases. Phase 1 conceptualised empowerment from the perspective of young people with psychosis. Phase 1 qualitative findings informed the development of the measurement of empowerment; the Youth empowerment Scale (YES). Phase 2 developed and validated the YES in a non-clinical population. Phase 3 explored the relationship between psychological processes (self-efficacy, control, coping, thinking style, and social support), empowerment, mental health wellbeing and recovery. The YES was then validated again in phase 4 on a clinical population, young people within Child and Adolescents Mental Health Services (CAMHS). This study confirmed that the YES is a valid and reliable measure of empowerment which can be used in future work identifying and supporting empowerment for young people with psychosis.
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Yeh, Chi-Yu, and 葉紀妤. "The development of Goal Adjustment Scale: A study of the relationships among goal adjustment, emotional coping, perceived of cancer influence and emotional adaption in cancer patients." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jhq667.
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Being ill with cancer comes with severe effects. It impacts patients’ goals of life in addition to their physical health. The research shows that individuals are able to disengage from unattainable goals and reengage in new goals can be beneficial to psychological well-being(C. Wrosch, et al., 2003). Enhancing patient’s emotional adjustment and quality of life will affect their prognosis and recurrence probability(Gotay, et al., 2007). Therefore, this study will discuss the reliability and validity of the Goal Adjustment Scale (including disengagement and reengagement subscale), and the relationships among goal adjustment, coping, perception of cancer influence and emotional adaption. This study also adds in the concept of significant areas of life and goal adjustment to develop the goal adjustment process. It will develop clinical intervention and emotional theory in cancer patients. The present study is a survey research, using purposive sampling. Ninety-seven cancer patients were referred by physicians, or recruited in an outpatient cancer center of a southern Taiwan medical hospital. Patients were invited to complete the questionnaires in the waiting area, with informed consent. According to the analysis results, the goal reengagement subscale has good reliability and validity, and disengagement subscale has fair reliability and validity. When individuals more able to disengage from unattainable goals, reengage new goals, increase goal engagement, avoid decreasing goal engagement, the better emotional adaption. The individuals will aware positive effect and use the better emotion regulation strategies, if individuals more able to reengage new goals, increase goal engagement, better goal engagement change. Individuals reduce more goal engagement, the more aware of the negative impact, as well as using poor emotion regulation strategies. However, the relationship among goal disengagement, cancer effects, and emotion regulating strategies do not meet the hypothesis. If cancer patients more engage and emphasis the goals after diagnosis, the better adjustment. Through these results, there are different effects on emotional adjustment by different goal adaptation strategies. The clinical workers can help cancer patients re-exploring and engaging new goals to enhance adaptation and quality of life of patients.
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Gadebusch, Jason A. "On The Development Of Self-adapting (rans/les) Turbulence Models For Fluid Simulation At Any Mesh Resolution." 2007. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/49.
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Solving the Navier-Stokes equations using direct numerical simulation (DNS) is computationally impractical, especially at high Reynolds numbers. Recent technological advances in supercomputing have paved the way for Large Eddy Simulations (LES) to circumvent this problem by resolving large scale turbulence motions and modeling only the small (subgrid) scales. However, LES modeling still requires advanced knowledge of the turbulence and LES models are currently very simplistic. Because of this, there has been considerable interest in hybrid turbulence models, which can perform either Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) modeling or Large Eddy Simulation (LES). The self-adapting model presented is fundamentally different from prior LES models and these current hybrid models in that it achieves a completely natural evolution from RANS to LES to (with enough mesh resolution) DNS. A modified k/e model and a Reynolds stress transport model is implemented in this manner and is compared to DNS data of isotropic decaying turbulence. The results indicate that this modeling approach is practical and efficient. In addition, this approach is extensible and not restricted to a particular (RANS) transport equation.
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Dabby, Nava Samara. "Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Orissa, India: Coupling Entrepreneurial Agricultural Mechanization with Village-Based Biodiesel Production." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5482.
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India’s strong agrarian economy, global location and climatic zoning make it highly vulnerable to the potential effects of climate change. Recent evidence of shortening cropping seasons has raised interest among academics and policy makers in tools for adaptation. Timely sowing and appropriate mechanization have been identified as attractive adaptation tools. Mechanization using locally produced biodiesel in place of conventional fossil fuel provides a relatively low-cost and sustainable opportunity to mitigate carbon emissions. An enterprise model in which farmers invest in machinery for custom hire coupled with community-produced biodiesel offers one approach to integrated adaptation and mitigation mechanisms for climate change.
This research analyses agricultural practices and small farm mechanization in the state of Orissa, India, drawing on a village case study. Primary data is from twelve key informant interviews with farmers, academics and NGO representatives in India. Secondary data analysis includes Indian and Orissan government documents and reports from international organizations regarding agricultural mechanization, sustainability, resiliency and climate change.
The results of this study indicate that joint mitigation and adaptation mechanisms implemented at the community level can address impacts of climate change while also offering opportunities for livelihood benefits, poverty alleviation and income generation. This research contributes to growing literature on adaptation and mitigation tools for climate change and adds an integral focus on small-scale opportunities within the broader scope of sustainable agriculture and biofuel development in India.
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Lin, Chi-Yu, and 林紀宇. "The development of Emotional Processing Rating Scale: A study of the relationships among emotional processing capabilities, perceived cancer influence, and emotional adaptation in cancer patients." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2r4jt8.
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Suffering from cancer is a significant stressor. Cancer patients’ life domains and emotions would be affected by the illness. It’s important to explore the relationships among patients’ emotional processing and their adaptation for further intervention and adaptation assessments. According to the research, when facing cancer diagnosis, patients not only have negative adaptations, but also positive ones. This study have two purposes, first, using emotional processing rating scale as a tool, assessing cancer patients’ emotional processing capability, trying to establish the reliability and validity of this scale ; second, explore the relationship between emotional processing capabilities of positive and negative adaptation processes. According to emotional processing theory, there are four processes (emotional awareness, emotional regulation, emotional reflection, and emotional transformation).Individual with higher emotional processing capabilities would have better emotional adaption outcome. This study is based on emotional processing theory, further discussing cancer adaptation theory and posttraumatic growth related theory, trying to explore the relationship between emotional processing capabilities and positive/negative adaptation process. This study was using purposive sampling. Researcher invited 123 cancer patients to this study. Researcher interviewed the patients for 15 minutes, tried to collect the emotional processing of cancer diagnosis. After the interview, emotional processing capability was rated by using emotional processing rating scale. Patients then filled out the Percieved Cancer Influence scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, and Positive/Negative Emotion Scale. Correlation analysis was conducted to establish the reliability and validity.The relationship among emotional capabilities and adaption processing was explored by using structural equation modeling. The results suggested that the scale was reliable and valid. There was significant correlation between emotional processing capabilities and adaptation processing. Emotional regulation capability was correlated with both positive and negative adaptation processes: It can improve positive emotional adaptation and change the cognition of negative influences; emotional reflection, transformation capabilities were correlated with positive adaption process. The result showed that emotional processing rating scale is an appropriate tool to assessing cancer patients’ emotional processing capabilities. By using this scale, we can predict patients’ adaptation processes and conduct a suitable clinical psychological plan in the future.
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Vaidyanathan, Geeta. "Energizing Sustainable Livelihoods. A Study of Village Level Biodiesel Development in Orissa, India." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4857.
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The present worldwide scenario is one of land-based livelihoods that are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While being committed to environmental goals, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change released in 2008, reaffirms that maintaining a high growth rate is essential to raising the standard of living of the people. Curbing emissions while maintaining high growth rates and achieving the Millennium Development Goals without increase in fossil fuel consumption, both appear to be paradoxes.
Community-based micro energy initiatives have the potential to support productive development without fossil fuel consumption. This study examines small scale, village level biodiesel production for local use, based on unutilized and under-utilized, existing oil seeds in remote rural locations in Orissa, India. The village level biodiesel model is a response to large agro-industrial models that promote plantation of energy crops like jatropha, and to centralized production of biofuels as an alternative to petrodiesel. Village level biodiesel adds value to the large quantity of locally unutilized forest seeds and underutilized short duration oilseed crops like niger that are exported as birdfeed, to fuel livelihoods and boost the local economy. The development of a village level biodiesel model in a participatory manner within an agroecosystem boundary, and its ability to catalyze livelihoods that are sustainable, have been analyzed. Participant observation techniques have been used to develop narrative case studies for three village communities. Methodology for the study is based on Participatory Action Research approaches (Kemmis et al., 2000), where the research process has contributed to community action. The Sustainable Livelihood approach forms an important foundation of this research. A conceptual framework adapted from the original Sustainable Livelihood Framework (Scoones, 1998), to include Complex Systems Thinking (Holling, et al., 1995, Kay, et al., 1999) was used to analyze case studies in two communities of Orissa, India. Informed by results in the first two case communities, the same framework was used to develop a livelihood strategy based on Village Level Biodiesel (VLB), in a third cluster of villages also in Orissa. Three additional inclusions are proposed as a result of the research, to address some gaps in the original framework. These are the concepts of (1) Entitlements (Leach, et al., 1997) to understand power structures, (2) Adaptation Continuum (McGray 2007) to include issues of climate impacts and (3) Rural Livelihood System (Hogger, 2004) as a complex whole relating the inner reality of the farmer to the outer reality of a swiftly globalizing world. Resilience of livelihoods was identified as a key outcome parameter. Three main considerations for assessing sustainability and resilience of livelihoods, as defined by this research are (1) potential for livelihood diversity and intensity, (2) connectedness of the institutions involved in the decision making process, and (3) adaptation – that is resilience of livelihoods in terms of their capacity to resist drivers of vulnerability and confront impacts of climate change.
The VLB in Orissa approaches livelihood diversity and intensity through a three-pronged approach consisting of biodiesel fuelled livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and local value addition. Careful attention is given to the specifics of the context in designing the VLB, thus enhancing the adaptive capacity of the technology. In the context of India, with the devolution of power to the local level, the Gram Sabha, or the village governing council, has political powers and the ability to negotiate with the State because of the authority vested in it by the 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India, and can additionally regulate the market at the local level. Leveraging the powers of this entity may provide the VLB with the needed impetus to replicate and move beyond pilot implementations. Obstacles in the implementation and strategies to overcome these have been identified. The challenge to future research and action is to span regional, national and global levels to influence policy makers to take cognizance of and promote the VLB as a viable development alternative to agro-industrial models designed to generate transport fuel.
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Yu, I.-Wen, and 尤怡雯. "A Research on the Development and Application of Computerized Adaptive Remedial Instruction Based on Two-tier Test and Cognitive Conflict Strategy – Taking “Reduced, enlarged and Scale” Unit as an Example." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16627743180534442144.
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The purposes of the research are to develop the misconception remedial instruction media based on cognitive conflict strategy and evaluate the teaching effect of applying the foregoing media in remedial instruction. The contents of research focus on the “Reduced, enlarged and Scale” unit in 6th grade mathematics. By using the “Two-tier BNAT diagnostic test and adaptive learning system” as the tool, the effects on students’ learning and delay learning after undergoing computerized adaptive remedial instruction and traditional remedial instruction are discussed. The teaching media using in computerized adaptive remedial instruction (experiment group) are edited to clarify the misconception that students often made in this unit based on cognitive conflict strategy. Moreover, the differences of learning effect and delay learning effect between different gender students in the experiment group, and students’ comments on the computerized adaptive remedial instruction are also discussed. Non-equivalent group quasi-experimentation design is adopted in the research. The subjects are 6th grade students chosen from an elementary school in Taichung city. There are five classes chose. Two of the classes are the experiment group in which students receive computerized adaptive remedial instruction and the remaining three classes were the control group in which students receive traditional remedial instruction. After the experiment is completed, there are 64 effective samples in the experiment group and 90 in the control group. The results are summarized as follows: 1. In terms of remedial instruction effect, after the teaching was completed, the post-test scores of students in the experiment group (computerized adaptive remedial instruction) are significantly higher than students in the control group (traditional remedial instruction). It shows computerized adaptive remedial instruction effectively promotes the remedial effectiveness. 2. The pre-test scores of students in the experiment group and the control group are used as the competency to divide students into high competency and low competency classes. It is found that the difference in the remedial instruction effectiveness in the high competency class is not significant whereas the difference is significant in the low competency class. It shows that, for students in the low competency class, the effectiveness of computerized adaptive remedial instruction is higher than traditional remedial instruction. 3. The differences in the delayed effectiveness are not significant for students in the experiment group (computerized adaptive remedial instruction) and students in the control group (traditional remedial instruction). 4. The progress rate of misconception and the accomplishment rate of mathematic concepts are higher for students in the experiment group (computerized adaptive remedial instruction) than students in the control group (traditional remedial instruction). But there were no significant differences between groups. 5. In terms of different gender students in the experiment group after receiving computerized adaptive remedial instruction, the learning effectiveness and delayed effectiveness are not significantly different. It shows that the computerized adaptive remedial instruction model developed in the research would not be affected by student’s gender. 6. In the analysis of students’ comments on the computerized adaptive remedial instruction, it shows most students recognize to a large extent the computerized two-stage diagnostic test. Moreover, the questionnaire has high reliability. Keywords: “reduced, enlarged and scale”, misconception, cognitive conflict, computerized adaptive remedial instruction
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Po, Yi Han, and 柏憶涵. "A Computerized Adaptive Testing of the Developmental Motor Scales for Preschool Children: Development and Validation." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jqegm6.
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Lu, Bao Yi, and 呂寶毅. "A study of privatization and the employee’s career development,social adaption." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49563675926835269151.
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碩士國立政治大學
行政管理碩士學程
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Under the influence of the experiences of successful privatization of Public Corporations in Britain, the waves of privatization have swept the world, and it has become a mainstream policy-making philosophy. While other countries followed suit, the results were mostly promising. Due to that most local Public Corporations were having operational difficulties and serious debt problems in spite of every possible means being taken, our government has joined in the line of privatization. Up to present, 37 Public Corporations have been privatized, while many others are under process. During these processes of privatization, the understandings toward the related Employee’s Career Development and Social Adaptation were relatively insufficient, let alone researches aiming at the employees of these privatized public corporations as research objective. Therefore the changes in the reactions, career developments and social adaptations of these employees before and after the privatization process were in need of further understanding. The purpose of this research will be the thoughts and concerns of the related employees. Due to the fact that it’s been 5 years since Taipei City Bus Office reorganized to Metropolitan Transport Corporation, through which no protest ever occurred, this research will try to gain more understanding of the perceptions, reactions, emotions, influences on career development and social adaptation of the related Taipei City Bus Office employees, through methods of visiting and interviewing. The findings are as followed: 1. Privatization is the best strategy: The reason why the Taipei City Bus Office underwent privatization is because lack of efficiency, over-staffing, and huge amount of debts problems. Reorganizing it to Metropolitan Transport Corporation had resulted in many positive results. 2. The Union’s mediation achieved great results: The staff of the Union had played an important role on smoothing out the privatization process as there was no protest during the privatization process. 3. Appropriate settlements for the employees were obviously insufficient: During the privatization process of the Taipei City Bus Office, appropriate settlements for the employees according to the individual needs of different types of employees were obviously insufficient, for example, labor workers, employees protected by the law, and managers in charge of the privatization have different types of job settlements needs. 4. Personal welfare was the main concern: The privatization process of the Taipei City Bus Office involved major changes of job arrangements, personal rights and interests of the related employees; and the personal welfare was the main concern of the employees. 5. Transferring to other Public Corporations was the first consideration: After the privatization process, because the benefits of working for the Public Corporations were superior than the private companies, transferring to other Public Corporations was the first consideration of most employees. 6. As the situations worsened, disappointments ensued: After the privatization process, public corporation reorganized to private company. The original welfare while as the public corporation employees no longer exist, the burden of livelihood and psychological pressure of the remaining employees grew. 7. Most employees adapted well: The related employees were inactive right after the privatization, but once settled in the new organization, positive attitudes were taken, and they adapted well. Base on the findings of this research, the suggestions for the related government organizations and public corporation employees are as followed: 1. Better understandings of the privatization policies should be created: The propagations of the privatization policies by the government were insufficient, the related employees were unknowledgeable of the related policies; the government should create better understandings through policy propagation methods. 2. More training for the transferred new job should be provided: During the privatization process of the Taipei City Bus Office, only a few of the employees received limited training. More training courses should be provided. 3. The welfare of education subsidy should remain: What the employees feared most is that their rights and interests being deprived, and the one causing most concern is that the education subsidy for their children being taken away. Therefore the welfare of education subsidy should remain. 4. More job openings should be created for settling the employees: Appropriate settlements for the employees were obviously insufficient, the government should coordinate more job openings from other public organizations, and the ratio of different level of job openings should be coordinated accordingly, so that the employees of the privatized corporation could transfer to the same level of job as the original one. 5. Actions should not start before everything’s prepared: Most employees were not ready for the Taipei City Bus Office privatization process. The government should make the related employees well prepared before the privatization process, and all related measures should be ready. 6. Keeping positive attitudes while facing the incident: This research shows that most employees did not accept the privatization process well. The public organization employees should get rid of the negative emotions, keep positive attitudes, and seize the available opportunities. 7. One more job related skill can be helpful: This research shows that the main reason of panicking by the employees is because they are afraid of not being skillful enough to handle the demand of the society, and that they may lose their job. The public corporation employees should learn more job related skills or expertise.