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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Defining Dyslexia Within and Across Disciplines: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Trumbo, Ann Marie 19 May 2022 (has links) (PDF)
Purpose: In the present study, we conducted a systematic review to investigate the core features of the definition of dyslexia across different disciplines according to their associated professional organizations and published research in order to evaluate the presence and type of inconsistencies within and across disciplines in how dyslexia is defined. Method: Definition statements of dyslexia from professional organizations in medicine, education, speech-language pathology, psychology, and the International Dyslexia Association were collected via scope of practice guidelines or via the organization's official website. Using a database with a wide disciplinary reach, we collected 764 of the most cited articles from 2000-2020 with subjects that were children formally identified with dyslexia. We created a coding scheme to examine specific core features of each article and professional organization's definition of dyslexia. We completed data analysis regarding the core features of definitions per organization and journal article discipline. Results: We report descriptive results for dyslexia definition statements from professional organizations and the collected articles. Chi-square tests of independence were conducted between each of the identified core features and professional discipline. We find statistically significant consistencies and inconsistencies in how the definition of dyslexia is reported across disciplines journals. Core features of dyslexia that are reported differently across disciplines include: neurobiological, genetic, normal intelligence, reading disorder, unrelated to environmental influences, word reading deficits, and visual processing deficits. Core features of dyslexia that are equally included as a characteristic of dyslexia are phonological deficits and that dyslexia is a learning disability. Core features that are equally not included as a characteristic of dyslexia included a spelling deficit, need for an IQ discrepancy, that dyslexia is a language-based disorder, or motor processing deficit. Conclusion: Although this study confirms the presence of some inconsistencies in the core features of how dyslexia is defined across different disciplines, other encouraging consistencies were found. Namely, across all disciplines researchers appear to acknowledge that dyslexia is a phonological deficit that doesn't require the presence of an IQ discrepancy. Future work should further analyze the specific diagnostic criteria used to classify children with dyslexia and whether such criteria vary across disciplines.
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Landbird Response to Fine-Scale Habitat Characteristics Within Riparian Forests of the Central California Coast

Melcer, Ronald E., Jr. 01 March 2012 (has links) (PDF)
Riparian corridors in California are known to be an important but reduced and degraded resource for landbirds. In spite of previous research, the habitat characteristics that correlate with high landbird abundance remain poorly understood. In particular, the scale at which predictive models are useful (fine scale, watershed, sub-region or region) is ill defined. Herein, point count-based abundance indices for 8 riparian associated/obligate species with uniform and high detection probabilities are correlated with biotic and abiotic habitat variables: a sums of squares procedure is used to select the top 5 predictive variables for each species, best fit linear models are selected in an information theoretic framework, and the relative importance of individual variables assessed. These analyses identified site and vegetation characteristics that could serve as targets for restoration and conservation efforts within this coastal central California region. The specific characteristics vary somewhat across the 8 species I surveyed. In addition, the characteristics that I have found important as predictors are distinct from analyses that others have conducted. Therefore, just as we should probably accept regional variation in the composition of riparian avifaunas, we should also probably expect regional variation in the relationship between habitat variables and avian abundance. It appears that important habitat characteristics vary at the fine, watershed, sub-region and regional scales thus reducing the generality of all of the currently available models.
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The Locational Criteria of High Technology Companies

Tosh, David 04 1900 (has links)
<p> The paper outlines the various criteria that companies might use in the process of searching for a site. Criteria are examined in terms of how they relate to the varied characteristics of a company. No single criteria was found to be universal to all companies in terms of the emphasis placed on them. Communities, when attracting a company, should match up the positive aspects of the community with companies that have characteristics matching these points. From findings made in this paper, recommendations concerning some of the policies or programs that a community might develop is put forward. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Arts (BA)
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Academic and Non-Academic Variables that Contribute to Persistence and Academic Success in a Graduate Level Distance Learning Program for Educators in the Geosciences

Gillham, Douglas Matthew 09 December 2011 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to develop a better understanding of factors that contribute to persistence in distance learning, and to provide program administrators with research-based recommendations on ways to improve retention rates and academic performance in an online graduate program for educators in the geosciences. This study used both quantitative and qualitative analysis to answer 5 research questions. The quantitative component of the study assessed whether student characteristics which could be identified and quantified through a premission screening correlated to persistence and academic success in the program. Data were collected through a voluntary survey administered during the program orientation. The qualitative component of the study consisted of interviews which were conducted to gain more concrete insights into the perceptions and practices of 2 student groups. The first group of interviewees was granted provisional admission with an undergraduate GPA under 2.75. Each went on to graduate with a cumulative GPA above 3.40. The students in the second group were put on academic probation for earning a course grade below a C early in the program and then went on to graduate. The results showed that there was not a statistically significant difference in the cumulative undergraduate GPA of those who persisted in the program versus those who withdrew or who were dismissed from the program. However, there was a significant difference in the undergraduate grades earned specifically in science courses. An unanticipated finding was that students who had not met with departmental faculty or program alumni were more than twice as likely to leave the program not in good academic standing. It appears that personal interaction is necessary for students to understand what is necessary be successful in the program. As such, administrators should consider incorporating more pre-program advising. It is evident that even students with a history of undergraduate academic success had misconceptions regarding the time commitment necessary to be academically successful. In addition, being a nontraditional student with a need to balance work, personal obligations, and extenuating circumstances was often a more important factor in performance and persistence than the online format of the program.
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Derivation of metrics for effective evaluation of vulnerability assessment technology

Ammala, Darwin Edward 08 May 2004 (has links)
Vulnerability in software receives constant attention in the media and in research. Yearly rates of disclosure of vulnerabilities in software have doubled. The discipline of Information Assurance lacks metrics that are useful in understanding vulnerability. In the problem of vulnerability assessment tool selection, users must make product choices based on results found in non-peer reviewed publications or subjective opinion. Users of vulnerability assessment tools must sift through volumes of data about their systems and are shown broad indications of the severity of the problems ? often a high-medium-low ranking, which varies between tools. A need exists for metrics and a selection model for tool quality assessment. This study addresses these needs by analysis of the discipline of vulnerability assessment and remediation from first principles, and presents an organized approach and a bestit metrics based model for selecting vulnerability assessment tools.
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¿Structural analysis of the under-representation of women on boards of public corporations

Hodigere, Renuka January 2013 (has links)
No description available.
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A family of dominance filters for multiple criteria decision making: Choosing the right filter for a decision situation /

Iyer, Naresh Sundaram January 2001 (has links)
No description available.
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Criteria for Treatment of Children Under General Anesthesia by Pediatric Dentists and Parents

Gosnell, Elizabeth Sutton 02 September 2011 (has links)
No description available.
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Phasor Measurement Units Applications Prioritization Based on Wide-Area Disturbance Events

Zora, Leydi Tatiana 31 January 2015 (has links)
Synchrophasor Measurement Units (PMUs) are devices that can not only measure but also time stamp voltage, current, frequency, among others. PMUs take these synchronized measurements as fast as 60 times per second; compared with the traditional 2-4 second SCADA measurements, PMUs bring a much clear and real-time picture of what is happening in the power system. PMUs have been increasingly deployed across transmission power grids worldwide. In the USA this is primarily done by utilities through projects sponsored mainly by SIGS and Smart Grid grants. There are different applications that synchrophasors can provide, including off-line and real-time applications. However, due to budget constraints, technology development and characteristics specific to each system, not all applications are equally suitable and essential for all electric power systems. This thesis provides a method for PMU applications prioritization based on the analysis and results of wide area disturbance events. / Master of Science
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"We Don’t Have the Key to the Executive Washroom”: Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Promotion in Academia

Guth, Jessica, Wright, Fran 05 1900 (has links)
Yes / This chapter reports on a pilot study looking at the progression of academic women at one UK University. The chapter focuses on the promotions process and criteria as one important issue emerging from that research. Earlier research has shown that women are less likely to break into institutional networks which allow them to access information not only on formal and objective promotion criteria but also on hidden criteria and the way the ‘academic game’ is played. One result of this is that some academic women may have an inaccurate view of promotion criteria and processes. At the university studied by the authors, the Human Resources department has sought to make the promotion process more transparent and, officially at least, it no longer depends purely upon research achievements. However, these changes will not necessarily result in easier progression for women academics. The authors’ study confirms that there is still a mismatch between what women think the criteria for promotion are, what the formal criteria are and how those criteria actually operate. Reliance on incomplete or inaccurate information about promotion criteria, coupled other factors, such as women’s reluctance to promote themselves actively and traditional barriers to promotion such as caring responsibilities, puts women at a disadvantage when they attempt to progress into more senior positions within universities. Reform of promotions procedures needs to look beyond re-writing the substantive criteria for promotion and look to improving understanding of what is involved.

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