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Pradhan, Archana. "Economic benefits of the National Cooperative Soil Survey program." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10580.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2009.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 137 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-128).
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Beattie, Amy J. "Program evaluation of Randolph School District's Title 1 Program parent survey /." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008beattiea.pdf.

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Sheinfeld, Lindsay. "Assessing the Contraception and Abortion Content of Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery Programs in Canada: A Survey of Program Directors." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32761.

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Objective: This study was done to assess the contraception and abortion content of nurse practitioner (NP) and midwifery programs in Canada. Methods: In June 2014, we mailed out surveys to program directors for each of the 32 accredited NP programs in Canada and seven accredited midwifery programs. The mailing included a copy of the questionnaire, a cover letter explaining the purpose of the study, a pre addressed envelope for return of the survey and a pre addressed response card to determine if the respondent wanted a copy of the results. We analyzed the responses using descriptive statistics and content and thematic analysis Results: We received sixteen NP surveys and two midwifery surveys making the response rate 70% and 40% respectively. More than half of the NP programs reported that they did not offer information about options counseling, first-trimester abortion procedures, and/or post-abortion care in their didactic curriculum. Our study found that if the mifepristone/misoprostol regimen was introduced in Canada 50% of NP programs and 100% of midwifery programs would teach it didactically. Conclusion: Abortion education in Canadian NP and midwifery programs is severely limited. It is important to incorporate comprehensive information on contraception and abortion in both didactic and clinical curricula. Medication abortion receives the lowest rates of inclusion in both NP and midwifery programs, but there is overall support for the inclusion of mifepristone into existing didactic curriculum. In programs that cater to rural and remote communities there is a definite need to incorporate medication abortion training, particularly given the anticipated approval of mifepristone for use in early pregnancy termination.
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Hutchings, Linda Lorraine 1949. "A NUTRITION EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION OF TITLE III-C NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN PIMA COUNTY (ELDERLY, MEAL ACCEPTANCE, ETHNICITY, SUPPLEMENTS, ARIZONA)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276892.

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Bondesson, Tobias. "Software Engineering Education Improvement : An Assessment of a Software Engineering Programme." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för programvarusystem, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5891.

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An assessment of a software engineering program has been carried out by reviewing state-of-the-art literature pertaining to software engineering education. Six surveys have been adopted and the result implies that the balance of the curriculum should be revised, and that software engineering education ought to expand the technical oriented knowledge areas somewhat. Relevant curriculum data have been derived hereby, which also confirms other studies in the area. This data, along with a benchmark of the software engineering program to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), is very constructive to universities as it assists educators, trainers, and software engineering practitioners in evaluating, designing, and recommending existing and proposed curricula.
This is the final revision of the thesis. Author may be contacted on +464458038. See also paper at the 18th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), Ottawa, Canada.
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Mohamed, Rasha. "Das Programm "Gesunde Dörfer" in Syrien : eine empirische Analyse." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2011. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5554/.

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Der Begriff Gesundheit wurde von der WHO definiert als „nicht nur die Abwesenheit von Krankheit, sondern, positiv als Naturrecht formuliert, vollständiges körperliches, seelisches und soziales Wohlbefinden“. Deswegen hat die WHO mit dem Gesundheitsministerium in Syrien das Programm „Gesunde Dörfer“ seit 1996 gestaltet. Es zielt darauf, den wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und gesundheitlichen Zustand der Landbevölkerung zu verbessern, insbesondere soll es den großen Unterschied zwischen Stadt und Land vermindern. Das Projekt stellt sich die Aufgabe, den Einfluss des Programms auf Wirtschafts- und Gesundheitsparameter im Vergleich mit anderen Kontrolledörfern zu analysieren. Hierzu werden Umfragedaten in Syrien ausgewertet. Die Auswertung der Befragung in der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigte, dass das Programm seine Ziele bezüglich der Verbesserung der Gesundheits- und Lebensqualität erreicht Erfolgreich war das Programm „Gesunde Dörfer“ auch, mit Ausnahme der nördlichen und östlichen Region, in der Verringerung der Anzahl arbeitender Kinder, in der Förderung der Frauen eine Beschäftigung aufzunehmen bzw. ein Studium zu absolvieren sowie in der Reduzierung der Analphabetenrate.
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO definition). Therefore WHO and the Ministry of Health in Syria implemented the "Healthy Villages" program in 1996. It aims at improving the population's economic, social and health condition in the country. It should decrease the big difference in health care between urban and rural populations. The project objective is to statistically analyze the influence of the program on economic and health parameters in comparison with other villages not related to the program. For this purpose, survey data is collected and appraised in Syria. The evaluation of the survey in the present work showed that the program achieved successfully its objectives regarding the improvement of the health and quality of life in the "Healthy villages" program. In addition to the reduction of the number of working children, encouraging women to work and continue studying, as well as to reduce the illiteracy rate. However these results are not applied to northern and Eastern region.
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Lally, Eileen Marie. "A Survey Of Gifted Program Administration In Rural Alaska." Scholarly Commons, 1986. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3271.

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Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe the administration of gifted education programs in rural Alaskan school districts for grades K-6. A secondary purpose was to extrapolate from the survey data successful programs and procedures currently adopted in rural Alaskan schools for gifted and talented education. Procedures. A survey instrument was developed and mailed to a sample of 47 rural Alaskan school superintendents. Findings. In 94% of the schools sampled, gifted education programs existed, and served approximately 7% of the school population. Intellectual ability and specific academic ability were the definitions most utilized. All the districts used multiple identification criteria, with individual IQ tests, achievement test scores, general aptitude tests, and teacher nomination as the most utilized methods. Math, language arts, and computers were the most highly implemented curricular options with 74% of the districts providing programs in those areas. Half of the districts provided for curricula in the fine and performing arts. Although Native children comprised over 50% of the districts population, they were only 19.5% of the gifted program. One-fifth of the program provided special definitions of giftedness that were culturally relevant, 40% provided special identification methods for Native children. Special programs incorporating the Native culture were provided by 26% of the districts. The community was active in gifted programs primarily through the use of mentors. Planning, assessment, evaluation, and support were engaged in by about one-fifth of the communities. Successful programs, as reported by the respondents, appear to be those which combine both the traditional, academically oriented curricula and the more non-traditional offerings related to leadership, arts, and Native cultural and linguistic areas. Community mentors, interested teachers, and use of outside resources such as the fine arts and computer camps offered within the state are the means to accomplish such a diversity of programs in small schools. Recommendations. The commitment to gifted education as evidenced by the survey should continue. Gifted programs should be expanded to include those elements of a successful program as indicated by the survey respondents--academically oriented curricula as well as inclusion of leadership, the arts, and Native cultural and linguistic areas.
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An, Li. "University programs in software engineering : a survey." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ64074.pdf.

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Evers, Janet M. "Recreational sports programs for special populations at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-020044/.

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Lee, Yan-tsang Samuel. "A study of the relationship between the perception of entry to treatment by young drug abusers attending the government methadone treatment program and program attendance /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2013390X.

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Mwela, Chipo Misondzi. "Knowledge, attitude and practices of district health personnel about nutrition surveillance programme in Zambia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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This study was aimed at identifying factors that are associated with the implementation of the nutrition surveillance programme in Zambia. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of district level health personnel about nutrition surveillance.
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Delsnyder, Janice. "Conflict Manager's Program in Regina public schools, a staff survey." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0002/MQ45319.pdf.

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Raines, Thomas K. "Doctor of ministry program evaluation using a student satisfaction survey." Dallas, TX : Dallas Theological Seminary, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.001-1238.

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Hulvey, Melinda DeAnn. "Banning Correctional Facility: Residential substance abuse treatment program process survey." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1617.

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The purpose of this study is to examine more closely those program components which facilitate dissonance, disharmony, and ambiguity among the keygroups of a residential substance abuse treatment program.
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Røsdal, Andreas. "A Survey of Industrial Involvement in Open Source." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9448.

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This thesis presents the results of an explorative survey of industrial involvement in open source. The survey is performed in collaboration with participants from the European ITEA project, COSI (Co-development using inner & Open source in Software Intensive products). The survey was performed to explore aspects of industrial involvement in open source, as industrial management of open source project, industrial use of open source components, related development, and communication processes, and industrial relationships to the open source community. The survey is based on a survey of open source literature, structured interviews of IT industry personnel, and a questionnaire. Three Norwegian companies participated in the interviews, which were used to explore interesting issues, and to provide input to the questionnaire. The questionnaire collected answers from industrial partners in the European COSI project. Our research has an explorative research goal, and five research questions. Each research question shed light on an interesting topic, and their answers will be presented accordingly. These answers are in form of both of qualitative and quantitative answers, but primarily descriptive information. It has been found that companies participate in open source related development with the roles open source owner, open source participant, inner source participant, and user of open source components. These roles will be explained further, together with the answers to the five research questions. We start with a presentation of the motivations behind use of open source components, and the selection processes used to find, and evaluate these components. Then, experiences from companies which have started their own open source projects will be discussed. Next, we describe the use of software development methodologies from open source, within companies. Furthermore, we present results related to the impact open source, have on company internal development processes. Finally, industrial participation in open source projects by companies will be analyzed. The answers to the research questions form part of the contribution of this thesis. Some of these results are used to create guidelines for open source management, and open source component selection. We have also proposed twelve hypotheses, based on our findings. These hypotheses will work as a basis for future studies, together with other results, and our research design. Future studies may include distribution of the questionnaire to a bigger sample, focus on fewer issues, and use of other research methods to shed light on these issues.

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Terry, Allan Keith 1952. "National survey of hospital drug-use evaluation programs." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291364.

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A self-administered, mail questionnaire was used to assess the current state of hospital drug-use evaluation (DUE) programs within short-term, general U.S. hospitals. During February-March 1992, two mailings were sent to pharmacy directors at 491 randomly selected institutions. A net response rate of 66.6% (327/491) was achieved. The level of pharmacist participation in DUE program activities was found to be very high and to have a significant, positive correlation with the rated effectiveness of current DUE programs and the rated importance of pharmacist participation in DUE program activities. Pharmacists were members on 97.9% of responders' DUE (sub)committees, while 65.5% of pharmacist members held voting privileges. Pharmacists devoted an average of 11.27 hours per week to DUE-related tasks. Wide variation was demonstrated in rationale used to select DUE study drugs, interventions employed, use of DUE study results, and methods selected to evaluate DUE program effectiveness.
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Jordan-Trestik, Jill M. "Survey of Oregon's public school hearing conservation programs." PDXScholar, 1985. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3431.

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A survey instrument was designed to yield information regarding hearing conservation activities. This instrument was then distributed to those individuals identified as the coordinators for the various district programs.
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Grama, Sorin. "A survey of thin-film solar photovoltaic industry & technologies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42359.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2007.
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A new type of solar cell technology using so-called thin-film solar photovoltaic material has the potential to make a great impact on our lives. Because it uses very little or no silicon at all, thin- film (TF) solar technology promises to reduce the cost of solar modules to a level where solar power could compete effectively with power generated from fossil fuel alternatives, thus accelerating our society's transition to distributed, renewable forms of energy sources. Furthermore, because thin-film solar PV materials can be applied to surfaces as varied as glass, plastic and flexible metal foils, this emerging technology could open up new range of applications that otherwise would not be possible using traditional solar cells. The scope of this thesis is to analyze the technical merits of the different thin-film solar technologies, their market and applications, and the dynamics of a growing, new industry. We will compare the different thin-film solar technologies against each other and against the dominant poly-silicon technology. Next, we will take a look at the make up of the thin-film industry and study the different technology strategies employed by players in this industry. We'll highlight a few manufacturers of each type of technology and present a snapshot of the industry in terms of current production and forecasted manufacturing capacity. We'll conclude with a technology outlook and recommend possible technology strategies for firms contemplating entering this industry.
by Sorin Grama.
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Hauge, Øyvind. "Open Source Software in Software Intensive Industry - A Survey." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9653.

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The use of Open Source Software (OSS) has increased in both the industry and the public sector. The software intensive industry integrates OSS into their products, participates in the development of OSS products, and develops its own OSS products. The understanding of how and why the industry is approaching OSS is so far limited. To help fill this gap, this thesis intends to explore how and why the software intensive industry approaches OSS. This is done by performing an extensive literature study and by executing a web-based survey. This survey is distributed to a near representative sample of companies from the Norwegian software intensive industry and to a convenience sample of participants in the ITEA 2 research program. The research presented here shows that OSS components are widely used in the software intensive industry. Close to 50% of the Norwegian software intensive industry uses OSS in its development. The industry is mainly motivated to use OSS by practical reasons. OSS components provide functionality of high quality and the industry is satisfied with its use of these components. When using OSS, the industry benefits from the availability of source code, and easy access to components and information about these components. Companies participate in OSS projects because they use the software and because of the learning effect of this participation. The participation is however limited. However, some companies provide commercial services related to the OSS projects they participate in. Releasing a product as OSS attracts more users and customers to a product. These community members may contribute with implemented code, feedback, and requirements. There are, however some side-effects related to releasing an OSS product and companies should be aware of these consequences. The main contributions of this thesis are new understanding of how and why companies approach OSS, a reusable research design, and experiences performing survey research.

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Badirwang, Keeletlhoko Faith. "The Effects of Program Attributes on Behavior Change for Healthy Weight for Healthy Kids Program in Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34721.

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Since the federal budget for EFNEP is over $66 million, it is crucial to know the effectiveness of program attributes that may bolster its effectiveness. The aim of this study was to determine how effectiveness of Youth EFNEP programs in Virginia is affected by participant, instructional and curriculum attributes for youth enrolled in Healthy Weight for Healthy Kids (HWHK). An ordered probit model was employed to study how these attributes affect dependent variables: Whole Grain, Fruits, Colored Vegetables, MyPlate, and Breathe Hard behavioral scores. The model assessed the probability of a participant having an improved score or improved behavior. Participant Attributes Results: In general, the chosen variables for participant characteristics consistently reduced the probability of participants having an improved behavior score. Instructional Attributes Results: African Americans Program Assistantsâ were consistently associated with negative marginal effects on positive behavioral scores with the exception of the positive Breathe Hard behavioral score. Other PA attributes were not consistently associated with any behavioral models but were heterogeneous in terms of their marginal effects on the positive behavioral scores. Curriculum Attributes results: The curriculum attributes had more positive marginal effects than negative marginal effects across all the five behavioral scores. Attributes that were consistently associated with having a positive marginal effect on behavioral scores were program duration, smart foods lesson, and lesson duration. Other HWHK lessons were not consistent in increasing or reducing the probability of an improved behavior.
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Gibson, John A. "The Deaf Literacy Program at Red River Community College, a survey." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23316.pdf.

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Arneill-Py, Ann. "Measurement invariance of the Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program Consumer Survey /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2004. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Brown, Jenny Hunt. "Study abroad program evaluation what can be learned from student satisfaction surveys? /." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1263410162/.

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Zhang, Jingxian S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "MITeams : quick organizational mapping by combining email and survey data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119091.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2018.
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Organizational maps can help teams and organizations improve how they manage their human and social capital. Yet, keeping track of the relationships in an organization is a complex, labor-intensive, and time-consuming task. Here I present MITeams: an automated visualization tool for quick organizational mapping. MITeams uses email metadata to map the pattern of communications within an team and combines this information with demographic and psychological variables collected from externally validated surveys included in MITeams. These capacities allow MITeams to create maps of teams and organizations, combining communication and psychological variables, in a matter of hours. I present several use cases of MITeams with the user experience of a research team. User study is conducted with another research team to validate MITeams's the ability in mapping the communication pattern and assisting members learn team knowledge. Our results show that MITeams can be used to quickly map organizations, and help their members get a deeper understanding about team communication network and dynamics in a short time.
by Jingxian Zhang.
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Gorman, C. Allen, John P. Meriac, and Joshua L. Ray. "A Survey of Rater Training Programs in U.S. Organizations." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/426.

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Curry, Thomas Edward 1977. "Public awareness of carbon capture and storage : a survey of attitudes toward climate change mitigation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17908.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2004.
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The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program in the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at MIT conducted a survey of public attitudes on energy use and environmental concerns. Over 1,200 people, representing a general population sample of the United States, responded. The survey asked a representative sample of the American public seventeen questions about the environment, global warming, and climate change-mitigation technologies. The analysis in this thesis uses the survey responses to draw conclusions about the level of public understanding and awareness of global climate change and carbon dioxide capture and storage and to suggest implications for public outreach. The survey results show that carbon dioxide capture and storage and carbon sequestration are largely unknown to the general public, and there is significant confusion over which environmental issue the technology is intended to address. The environment is not a top priority for the U.S. public, and global warming is not the top environmental concern, even for those concerned about the environment. The public's willingness to pay to solve global warming increases when an individual is concerned about the environment or believes that immediate action is necessary to address global warming. An experiment within the survey shows that a large portion of the public supports investment in renewable energy technologies but that support decreases when cost information for all climate mitigation technologies is provided.
by Thomas Edward Curry.
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Harris, Emily Diane Eakes Donald Joseph Robinson Carolyn Walton. "A national overview of plant selection/introduction programs and a state survey of growers and retailers to determe the potential for an Alabama plant selection/introduction program." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1473.

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Narayanan, Christopher Ram. "Landowner survey of a cost-share brush management program in two Texas watersheds." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1295.

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With the expanding population of Texas and the resulting increase in demand for water, the scarcity of water is becoming an increasingly urgent issue and research is being conducted to find ways to improve water yield, the amount of water that is used for aquifer recharge and riparian areas (lakes, streams, etc). Rangelands provide a major catchment for both surface reservoirs and aquifers. The Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone and the Twin Buttes Drainage Area were selected to determine the tradeoffs between brush management for increased water yield and wildlife habitat improvement. In April 2002, a mail survey of 300 randomly selected landowners was conducted in each of the two watersheds to gain information regarding their demographics, land cover, and willingness to enter into a cost-share brush removal program. A total of 131 usable questionnaires (43.7%) were returned by Edwards Aquifer area participants, and 141 usable questionnaires (47.0%) were returned by Twin Buttes area participants. Respondents were asked questions including attitudes towards brush amounts and management strategies, and certain constraints that may be included in a cost-share brush removal program. Most respondents indicated interest in enrolling at least part of their land in such a program. Reasoning behind interest varied in each study area. However, interest in various contractual agreements was neutral at best. Policy implications entail considering wildlife habitat mitigation, landowners' preferences, and potential for increasing water yield and determining if all can be managed, or if trade-offs must be considered.
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Tiraboschi, Lisa A. "A survey of characteristics and attitudes of offices currently and previously participating in the APEX program." Thesis, Boston University, 1992. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/37821.

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Thesis (M.Sc.)--Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, 1992 (Dental Public Health).
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Changes in the external environment and the dental needs of the public have placed greater demands on dental schools to graduate dentists better prepared to enter dental practice. New disease patterns, an aging population, and technological advancements, as well as, rising tuition and a decline in the applicant pool, are factors which are forcing dental educators to re-evaluate the curriculum and create new methods in which dentistry can be taught. One such method, experiential learning, has been a major component in professional education for many years. Law schools and medical schools have utilized the court system and hospitals respectively to train students to function in a professional environment. Only on a limited basis have dental schools embraced off-campus facilities to assist them in their training. In 1989, Boston University’s Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry responded to this need for change by restructuring its pre-doctoral curriculum. The restructured curriculum introduced new approaches to science, technology, and healthcare management. One very important addition to the pre-doctoral curriculum is the Applied Professional Experience Program (APEX.) The APEX Program, the first of its kind in dental education, allows students to alternate between the classroom and clinical studies, and dental clerkships in Boston area dental practices. The APEX Program enables dental students to function as dental interns while receiving paid professional work experience. It is hoped that the APEX experience will produce a more well-rounded graduate, who has had the opportunity to function in a professional dental environment throughout his or her education. Experiential learning, the educational concept for APEX, develops a strong link between dental education and the actual delivery of health care services. APEX benefits all who are involved with the program: the student, the school, the dentist, and the dental community. Since its beginning the program has been continuously monitored through an on-going evaluation process to ensure that the program’s goals and objectives are being met. On average, 50 dental offices have been required to meet the needs of the program. As dental offices have withdrawn from the program, new offices have been recruited to replace them. To date, a total of 14 dental offices have withdrawn from the program. As part of the on-going program evaluation process, this project will describe and compare the similarities and differences of the dental offices which are currently participating in the APEX Program with those dental offices which have withdrawn from the program. It will also be comparing the similarities and differences of the attitudes of the dentists regarding APEX, student involvement, and perceived benefits for the dentist, the dentist’s staff, and the APEX intern.
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Sneed, Zachery. "Postsecondary disability support services : a survey of achievement of national program standards /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1216756321&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Higgins, Susan E., and Teresa Welsh. "The Tenure Process in LIS: A Survey of LIS/IS Program Directors." Association of Library and Information Science Education, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/139430.

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This survey addressed the experience of receiving tenure through the personal narratives of Directors of Library and Information Science Schools in the USA. Fifty-five respondents were asked to rank the emphasis of the variables operating in tenure based on their experience. Participants agreed that the granting of autonomy via tenure was an opportunity to exercise academic freedom. With tenure came the responsibility to contribute as a citizen of both the institutional and disciplinary communities of the profession. The most prominent factor in determining tenure and promotion decisions for LIS faculty is demonstration of research productivity through peer reviewed publications: articles, books and conference proceedings. Teaching and service are also important components of academic life. It was found that collaboration underpinned collegiality and created an environment conducive to research. In turn, the stability and collegiality of a tenured position made the institution work as a teaching and learning environment.
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Keppler, Mary Lee. "Promoting Botanical Education through Children's Gardens and Program Assessment." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1271982907.

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Rasnake, Crystal Michelle. "Food Safety Knowledge and Practices of Older Adult Participants of the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35652.

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The purpose of this study was to determine food safety knowledge and practices of older adult participants in the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP) in Virginia. One hundred and sixty-five FSNEP participants were assigned to two possible intervention groups, group one received the food safety lesson from the Healthy Futures Series currently used in FSNEP, while group two received the food safety lesson plus an additional food safety video. FSNEP participants completed food safety knowledge and practices questionnaires at baseline and at the end of FSNEP program. Observations of some FSNEP participants were also made. Results of this study indicate the FSNEP program was effective in making positive changes in participants' food safety knowledge and practices. However, FSNEP participants have inadequate food safety practices in the areas of proper storage of leftovers and raw ground meat, maintenance of refrigerator temperatures and use of meat thermometers. These areas should be emphasized in future food safety lessons used in FSNEP. In addition, participants who received only the current food safety lesson used in FSNEP had higher gains in food safety knowledge and practices, than participants who received both the current lesson food safety lesson and the instructional food safety video. Also, no strong relationships between demographic variables and FSNEP participants' food safety knowledge and practices were found.
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Engene, Knut Steinar. "Towards improving an organization's ability to procure software intensive systems : A survey." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9239.

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This report presents a three-step investigation conducted to identify problems and challenges experienced by small and medium sized organizations procuring software intensive systems. Archival research is carried out to see if the available procurement guidelines are applicable for small and medium sized organizations. Data has been collected through questionnaires and interviews with the organizations’ employees responsible for software procurements. The quantitative data has been analyzed using statistical methods, in an attempt to identify the main weaknesses in the current procurement procedures. In addition, the qualitative data are analyzed to complement the findings made from the quantitative data. Results indicate that the organizations who participated in the survey seldom follow a predefined procedure when they execute software procurements. However, organizations that do have a defined, formalized procurement procedure are significantly more satisfied with their procurements. In addition, risk management is seldom integrated in software procurements despite the fact that the organizations to some extent consider software procurement as a risky activity. Recommendations derived from the survey results are offered to increase the organization’s ability to procure and use software intensive systems.

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Gerea, Marina Marinela. "Selection of Open Source Components - A Qualitative Survey in Norwegian IT Industry." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9565.

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Empirical research is performed to verify theories, develop new theories, or extend the existing ones, and improve practice. This study is mainly used to gain understanding about the selection of OSS components with the ultimate goal to improve the software development practice in industry, particularly to improve the practice of selection of OSS components. This study does can not be used directly to improve the practice of selection and evaluation of OSS components, because further and larger studies needs to be performed in the future to support our results. It is anyway a good step toward the final goal. We have used the role: integrator of open source, because this is the most appropriate for the research we have performed. More and more companies integrate open source components in their products because the benefits are large. Therefore, improving the practice about the selection of OSS components may help software companies to decrease the time spent. If the time spent is too large, this can offset the advantages of integrating OSS components. The results of the interview are presented, 16 descriptive findings are formulated based on this. The literature study was very useful to gain understanding about the state-off-the-art but also to define the research questions.

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WURZELBACHER, STEVEN JOSEPH. "CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1139333722.

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Guenther, Johanna T. (Johanna Trammell). "A Descriptive Survey of Libraries Supporting Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs Accredited by the National League for Nursing and Nursing Doctoral Programs." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332456/.

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The purpose of this study is to provide base line data which does not currently exist for libraries supporting nursing education in baccalaureate, masters and doctoral nursing programs. The survey covers physical environment, clientele, resources, budget, and personnel in these libraries. A survey instrument was developed by the researcher and sent to 537 nursing programs in senior colleges and universities listed in Baccalaureate Education in Nursing 1989-90, and Graduate Education in Nursing 1989-90. Two hundred and fifty two or 47 percent of the institutions responded.
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Brandão, José Ricardo de Mello. "Análise do Programa de Qualidade Integral em Saúde - QUALIS - a partir de inquérito domiciliar." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5137/tde-12022008-163051/.

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Utilizou-se de um inquérito domiciliar de saúde, realizado em dois distritos administrativos de São Paulo (compreendendo uma população de 190 mil habitantes) em 2001, para se analisar o possível impacto do \"Programa de Saúde da Família\" (PSF) - QUALIS na morbidade referida e estilo de vida dos maiores de 14 anos. Utilizando-se de análise uni e multivariada, com diversas variáveis sócio-econômicas, mostrou-se que há diferenças na morbidade crônica entre as populações cobertas ou não pelo PSF. Esse fato deve-se, possivelmente, a um maior acesso à Atenção Primária por parte das populações cobertas por essa nova estratégia. Praticamente não houve diferenças em relação a estilo de vida.
A health survey, held in 2001 in two administrative districts of the city of Sao Paulo (inhabited by 190,000 people) was used to measure the impact of the \"Family Health Program\" - QUALIS in referred morbidity and lifestyle for those 15 and older. Through univariate and multivariate analysis, using several socioeconomic measures, we came to the conclusion that there are differences in chronicle morbidity between the populations attended or not by the program. It is so, possibly, due to a larger access to Primary Health System with this new strategy. There is basically no difference concerning lifestyle.
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Nip, Lai-ming. "Purchase selection of a major computer system in Hong Kong : considerations and marketing implications /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1988. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12361537.

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Hutzler, Rachel. "Implementation of the Nurse Family Partnership Program in Pima County Rural Communities." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311198.

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The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program is a home visitation program that targets low income parents expecting their first child. With the nurse delivering services, the program is designed to facilitate positive changes that improve health outcomes for the woman and her baby. Despite successful program implementation in mostly urban communities across the United States, obstacles exist to implement Nurse Family Partnership in rural communities. The purpose of this practice inquiry was to collaborate with Pima County Health Department and Nurse Family Partnership to evaluate the feasibility of implementing the Nurse Family Partnership program in Pima County rural communities. As part of this practice inquiry collaboration, the first aim completed a community assessment of Arivaca to identify rural community strengths and potential barriers to implementation and thus serve as an implementation prototype for Pima County Health Department. Descriptive statistics were utilized from the Arizona Department of Health Services Arizona Vital Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and Arizona Department of Health Services needs assessment data sets to assess population characteristics and the Nurse Family Partnership eligible population in Arivaca. Additionally, a windshield survey was conducted to assess community referral capacity and/or program champions, existing public/community health programs or services linkages, and issues due to rurality such as transportation challenges and driving time/distances. The second practice inquiry aim developed an implementation plan, including an evaluation component, alongside Pima County Health Department that expands Nurse Family Partnership into additional rural communities in Pima County. The Nurse Family Partnership implementation plan template was utilized to identify community need and population characteristics, Pima County Health Department mission and culture, organization capacity, nursing practice and support, community linkages, sustainability, and financing and fiscal policy support. Descriptive statistics were utilized from the Arizona Department of Health Services Arizona Vital Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and Arizona Department of Health Services needs assessment data sets to describe a community profile to complete the Nurse Family Partnership implementation plan template. This practice inquiry demonstrated that completion of a windshield survey and review of descriptive data sets in the proposed service areas helps to identify community referral capacity and/or program champions, existing public/community health programs or services linkages, and issues due to rurality. This process can be used as a prototype for Pima County Health Department prior to implementation in the entire proposed service area.
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Hudson, Teresa Michelle. "Assessing and evaluating the Forest Stewardship Program : promoting and conducting sound wildlife management /." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01102009-063302/.

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Voříšek, Jan. "Vybrané výběrové statistické metody v programu SAS." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-17190.

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In the present work we study methodology of different kinds of sample surveys and their design in SAS software. Creating of SAS Enterprise Guide Add-In was the fundamental creative part of this work. This Add-In enables to compute important statistics of sample surveys, without need of being familiar with SAS code. Add-In was created in MSFT Visual Studio 2003 in C # language using a tamplate for Add-Ins provided by SAS. This work contains a general description of the creation of an Add-In as well as the description of the created Add-In for handling the sample surveys and its usage.
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Ganes, Anders, and Snorre Nævdal. "Software Contracting and Agile Development in the Norwegian ICT Industry : A Qualitative Survey." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9727.

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This thesis takes a closer look at how various contract models affect the ability to use agile software development, and the work being done to help improve contracts so they better facilitate agile principles. Agile development methods are becoming increasingly popular, while most contractual standards are meant for plan-based development methods. There are done little research regarding the subject, but it is a growing concern in the industry. Work is also currently done on Norwegian contractual frameworks that aim to update two commonly used contracts. The research done consist of several interviews with industry practitioners representing Norwegian consultancy companies experienced in agile development methods. It also includes interviews of contract experts in addition to a search and study of the literature on the subject. These interviews have been analyzed and compared to literature on the subject. The results of the research revealed a number of challenges with today's contract models. Several discoveries showed difficulties with bureaucracy and customer involvement. Using traditional contracts could also easily require more upfront work than what is sensible when using agile methods. It is possible to bypass these challenges by either adapting the development method, or putting the contract aside.

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Earthy, Anne Elizabeth. "Survey of gerontological curricula in Canadian generic baccalaureate nursing programs." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30546.

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The current status of gerontological nursing curricula in Canadian generic baccalaureate nursing programs has not been studied. As the Canadian society changes the health care system is struggling to provide adequate health care to the growing population over the age of 65. Nurses must be prepared to assist the elderly in the community and in institutions to cope with increasing disabilities. Therefore, the study of gerontological nursing should be a requirement in a nurses' basic education to prepare them to work with older clients in all settings. This study used a survey methodology to determine the present status of gerontological content in baccalaureate nursing education curricula. Questionnaires were sent to each of the 22 deans/directors of the Canadian generic baccalaureate nursing programs and to 31 provincial reputational "experts" in the field of gerontology. A return rate of 90% and 93% was obtained respectively. The study asked five questions: 1) What nursing model or concepts are used by the generic baccalaureate schools of nursing? 2) What gerontological content is included in these programs? 3) What gerontological content is integrated in courses or taught in required or elective specific gerontology courses? 4) What gerontological clinical experiences are required? and 5) Are faculty academically prepared to teach gerontological content? Answers to these questions were compared with similar questions asked of reputational "experts". A quarter of the schools did not use nursing concepts or models while many schools chose a nursing model which was not consistent with their philosophy of health. Ninety percent of the schools taught gerontology content in integrated courses; half of the schools also offered a specific gerontology course of which 40% were elective courses. Even though all 49 listed gerontology topics and 28 patient problems and care techniques were taught by the majority of the schools there is little evidence the schools are producing gerontology prepared nurses. The gerontology clinical hours accounted for only 7.4% of the total clinical experiences. The "experts" recommended gerontology receive 21% of the clinical hours and that it be dispersed in a variety of community and clinical settings. Few (5%) faculty members were prepared with a post graduate degree in gerontology to act as positive role models for the students. Few (2%) students chose a gerontology practicum in their last year. The findings and recommendations are meant to assist educators with the task of expanding the gerontological curricula in generic baccalaureate nursing programs. The nine recommendations address ways to assist schools to reevaluate their curriculum and improve nursing care to the elderly in Canadian society.
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Mahé, Vincent R. (Vincent Robert). "A survey of front end modularity as an automotive architecture and its ability to deliver value." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43178.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008.
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The partitioning of a system can and will dictate the creative space for a designer or engineer. This thesis will analyze how using a new automotive architecture known as a Front End Module (FEM) can affect a limited specific subset of stakeholders. Through the use of interviews of subject matter experts, literature research and the use of System Design Management tools, an in depth analysis will be done on the FEM and how it affects the craftsmanship, damageability and assembly attributes. It will be shown how the craftsmanship attribute can be improved through the strategic use of FEM's to allow for a feed-forward system where build data are incorporated into upcoming FEM builds. Even with this advantage, the FEM architecture will not negatively impact the damageability attribute or assembly attribute if the proper design cues and strategies are followed. The FEM will also be intensely analyzed using the tools from the MIT SDM program where it will be evaluated as an architecture itself through the specific and targeted intent and beneficiary breakdown. The analysis will also include an Object/Process Mapping analysis where it will be proposed that the true customer of the automotive front end is not the individual that purchased the vehicle but rather the visual society as a whole. Finally, a managerial approach will be taken for the analysis of the inherent and inevitable supplier relationship that is required with using this FEM architecture. Interviews were conducted with two suppliers of OEM's and their common road blocks will be analyzed such as lack of holistic thinking or failure to understand the role of the system integrator. Proposed next steps will be laid out to address these barriers in order to open the communication channels between the supply base and the Original Equipment Manufacturers.
by Vincent R. Mahé.
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Larsson, Karl. "Digitization in ArcGIS, QGIS and MapInfo. A systematic survey and recommendation of program." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-150114.

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Idag är det mycket vanligt att använda och förlita sig på GIS-programvaror inom byggsektorn. Det finns flera alternativ att välja mellan som QGIS, ArcGIS, MapInfo, GRASS GIS, Surfer och Maptitude men om man inte redan är välbekant med området eller programmen är det svårt att veta hur dom skiljer sig åt och vad man kan förvänta sig. Därmed är syftet med arbetet att utföra en systematisk undersökning av GIS-programvaror utifrån en generell digitaliseringsarbetsgång för att kunna identifiera fördelar och nackdelar samt lämna en slutgiltig rekommendation. För att besvara syftet har följande frågeställningar tagits fram: • Vilket program är lämpligast för georeferering? • Vilket program är lämpligast för att rita kartor digitalt, dvs. att skapa vektorskikt och ”rita av” information från grundkartan? • Vilket program är lämpligast för att skapa en karta och diverse tillhörande detaljer? • Vilket program rekommenderas utav de tre möjliga med tanke på bedömningsmallen, tidsinsats för arbetet och kostnad? För att besvara frågeställningarna har tre programvaror valts ut (QGIS, ArcGIS och MapInfo) som jämförs utifrån en digitaliseringsarbetsgång och utvärderas efter samma utvärderingsmall som tagits fram efter hur ett idealt GIS-program tänks prestera inom arbetsgången. För att hjälpa slutgiltig rekommendationen har även tidsinsatsen för hela arbetsgången mätts och kostnaden för dom olika programmen har tagits fram. Inom georeferering fick QGIS och ArcGIS mest poäng men eftersom QGIS har flera alternativ inom transformation- och omsamplingsmetoder bedöms det vara ett bättre alternativ än ArcGIS. Inom rita kartan digitalt presterade QGIS och ArcGIS bäst enligt utvärderingsmallen men eftersom QGIS har bättre funktioner för att sätta ID-nummer och attributdata anses det vara bättre alternativ. Inom att skapa en karta presterade ArcGIS och MapInfo bäst men eftersom ArcGIS har bättre möjligheter för att anpassa elementen i kartan bedöms det som ett bättre alternativ än MapInfo. Den slutgiltiga rekommendationen gick till QGIS eftersom det prestare bäst genom hela utvärderingsmallen, hade kortast tidsinsats för att genomföra arbetsgången och har lägst kostnad.
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Van, Steenwyk Trina Jane. "A satisfaction survey of foster care adolescents participating in the independent living program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1082.

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Dong, Xiaodan. "Passenger satisfaction of interpretive programs evaluation of the National Park Service and Amtrak partnership /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4518.

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Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 22, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Lai, Yuk-ching. "Systematic training for effective parenting (STEP) : its applicability for the Chinese parents of primary school age children in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13745244.

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Youngers, James. "Instructional methods in landscape design : a survey of academic horticulture programs /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1402172501&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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