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Evaluating formal specifications : a cognitive approach
(University of Hertfordshire, 1998)This thesis explores a new approach for supporting software engineering claims with empirical evidence and investigates whether the human potential for error when reasoning about formal specifications can be reduced. The ... -
Evaluating health visitors’ existing knowledge of Down syndrome and the effect of a training workshop
(2019-03-01)Children with Down syndrome are at an increased risk of health and development issues in early childhood, therefore monitoring their development and identifying health conditions as early as possible is critical. Health ... -
Evaluating Hospital food Service : Nutritional Standards and Staff Views
(2012)Paper 626-Provision of high quality hospital food that meets patient’s nutritional needs requires attention to detail across hospital food services. There is limited evidence on the nutritional adequacy of hospital food ... -
Evaluating inoculation methods to infect sugar beet with Fusarium oxysporum f. Betae and F. Secorum
(2020-05)Minnesota and North Dakota combined contain 55% of the sugar beet production area in the United States, contributing to 49% of the nation's sugar beet production in 2018. Fusarium diseases caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. ... -
Evaluating parsing schemes with entropy indicators
(University of Hertfordshire, 1997)This paper introduces an objective metric for assessing the effectiveness of a parsing scheme. Information theoretic indicators can be used to show whether a given scheme captures some of the structure of natural language ... -
Evaluating Parsing Schemes with Entropy Indicators.
(The Association for Mathematics of Language, 1997)This paper introduces an objective metric for evaluating a parsing scheme. It is based on Shannon's original work with letter sequences, which can be extended to part-of-speech tag sequences. It is shown that this regular ... -
Evaluating people's perceptions of trust in a robot in a repeated interactions study
(2020-11-06)Trust has been established to be a key factor in fostering human-robot interactions. However, trust can change overtime according to different factors, including a breach of trust due to a robot’s error. In this exploratory ... -
Evaluating Quality of Decision-Making Processes in Medicines' Development, Regulatory Review, and Health Technology Assessment : A Systematic Review of the Literature.
(2017-04-10)Introduction: Although pharmaceutical companies, regulatory authorities, and health technology assessment (HTA) agencies have been increasingly using decision-making frameworks, it is not certain whether these enable better ... -
Evaluating Responses of Sugar Beet Cultivars to Fusarium Species in Greenhouse and Field Conditions
(2018-05-30)Fusarium yellows of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is becoming an important disease in Minnesota and North Dakota in the United States. One of the best ways to manage Fusarium yellows is to develop and use resistant cultivars. ... -
Evaluating Security and Usability of Profile Based Challenge Questions Authentication in Online Examinations
(2014-03-04)Student authentication in online learning environments is an increasingly challenging issue due to the inherent absence of physical interaction with online users and potential security threats to online examinations. This ... -
Evaluating technology for elders : towards a measure of attitudes
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)Technology is ubiquitous in modern day society and has the potential to enhance one's quality of life. Numerous innovative assistive technologies are designed to aid elderly people in every day activities and enable them ... -
Evaluating the benefits of web-based learning with academic staff
(2004)The provision of Managed Learning Environments (MLEs) to organize web based learning have sprung up in universities and other Higher Education institutions across a number of countries in recent years. Some MLEs use ... -
Evaluating the capability of regional-scale air quality models to capture the vertical distribution of pollutants
(2013)This study is conducted in the framework of the Air Quality Modelling Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) and aims at the operational evaluation of an ensemble of 12 regional-scale chemical transport models used ... -
Evaluating the digital divide : the Silver Surfer's perspective
(2010)The aim of this paper is to explore and ascertain using an information systems perspective evaluation framework, the factors encouraging the adoption and usage of online products and services, namely, in this case, broadband, ... -
Evaluating The Effectiveness of Live Peer Assessment as a Vehicle for The Development of Higher Order Practice in Computer Science Education
(2017-07-20)This thesis concerns a longitudinal study of the practice of Live Peer Assessment on two University courses in Computer Science. By Live Peer Assessment I mean a practice of whole-class collective marking using electronic ... -
Evaluating the environmental impact of a major transport infrastructure project: the Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link
(1994-01-01)Environmental assessment is now an internationally accepted methodology for evaluating the effects of proposed major transport infrastructure projects on the environment. Within the UK, both the Channel Tunnel and the ... -
Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of home‐based urinalysis for albumin‐creatinine ratio with smartphone technology: A quality improvement project
(2023-02-14)Background: Despite albumin‐creatinine ratio (urine) testing being recommended for detection of chronic kidney disease among adults with diabetes, testing rates are suboptimal. Aim: We implemented and evaluated a quality ...