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Assessing Requirements Process Strengths and Weaknesses: A first step to prioritising requirements process implementation
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Assessing Supermarket Food Shopper Reaction to Horsemeat Scandal in the UK
(2014)Consumer reaction to food scares has been given considerable research attention but insights into specific shopper segments’ reactions to food scares, especially those that do not pose direct health risk to the public is ... -
Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems
(2019-02-01)Objective: A recent, global, increase in the use of opioids including the prescribing, highly potent, fentanyl has been recorded. Due its current popularity and the potential lethal consequences of its intake, we aimed ... -
Assessing the applicability of terrestrial laser scanning for mapping englacial conduits.
(2018-02-01)The morphology of englacial drainage networks and their temporal evolution are poorly characterised, particularly within cold ice masses. At present, direct observations of englacial channels are restricted in both spatial ... -
Assessing the content of advice from practitioners claiming paranormal ability
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)This thesis focuses on both the development of methods for testing practitioners claiming paranormal abilities (i. e. astrologers, psychics and mediums) and the exploration of how they use various linguistic strategies ... -
Assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of local authorities in Saudi Arabia : a case study of Jeddah Municipality
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)The aim of the thesis is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the major services that are provided by Jeddah Municipality (JM) by using criteria which are derived from the Saudi environment. The Delphi technique ... -
Assessing the environmental impact of different crop protection strategies
(2004)In 1993, a project was established to develop more sustainable arable farming systems. Fields were divided into two plots to compare the environmental and economic performance of conventional and integrated farming systems ... -
Assessing the Extent and Characteristics of Non-medical Use of a Range of Prescribed Drugs: Epidemiological and Pharmacovigilance Approaches
(2022-07-14)Introduction: In the last ten years, the growing use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs for recreational purposes has been observed. The use of ‘psychoactive pharmaceuticals’ and ‘pharming’ are new widespread ... -
Assessing the fidelity of the independently getting up off the floor (IGO) technique as part of the ReTrain pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for stroke survivors
(2021-11-12)Purpose Hemiparesis and physical deconditioning following stroke lead to an increase in falls, which many individuals cannot get up from. Teaching stroke survivors to independently get off the floor (IGO) might mitigate ... -
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 measures on COPD management and patients: A simulation-based decision support tool for COPD services in the UK
(2022-10-07)Objectives To develop a computer-based decision support tool (DST) for key decision makers to safely explore the impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care of service changes driven by restrictions to ... -
Assessing the impact of future climate changes on the UK sugar beet production
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Assessing the impact on the student experience of embedding information resources in the Guided Learner Journey at the University of Hertfordshire
(2018-06-04)Helen Singer and Jane Bilson explain how the University of Hertfordshire followed ‘Guided Learner Journey’ principles by embedding resources in their VLE using the Talis Aspire reading list system and their assessment of ... -
Assessing the influence of the solar orbit on terrestrial biodiversity
(2013-04-25)The terrestrial fossil record shows a significant variation in the extinction and origination rates of species during the past half-billion years. Numerous studies have claimed an association between this variation and the ... -
Assessing the integration of pharmacist independent prescribers in child and adolescent mental health services
(2021-04-01)Introduction: Owing to high demand and staff recruitment challenges, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in England have struggled to meet expectations set by the NHS and Royal College of Psychiatrists ... -
Assessing the Irish General Election of 2011 : a Roundtable
(2011)On February 25, 2011, Irish voters went to the polls to elect the members of the 31st assembly of Dáil Éireann, who would in turn form a new government. Given the devastation of the Irish economy and the controversial bank ... -
Assessing the performance of different behavior selection architectures in a large and complex virtual environment
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2005)We compare the performance of autonomous agents with three different behavior selection architectures (Static-Threshold, Winner-Takes-All and Voting- Based) in terms of survival in a large and complex dynamic virtual ... -
Assessing the Performance of Sub-Millimetre Compact Object Detection Algorithms
(University of Hertfordshire, 2010-03-08)Sub-millimetre astronomy is about to be transformed by the deployment of new detectors that can map larger images than previously possible. A particular issue in sub-millimetre astronomy is the automated detection of ... -
Assessing the potential for effective cross-cultural working between “new” Russian managers and western expatriates
(2003)This article addresses the issue of relationship building between young Russian managers, and their expatriate counterparts from western countries. The paper constructs an argument as follows; Firstly, with reference to ...