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INVESTIGATION OF THE TEST CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO SCREENING TOOLS IN COMPARISON TO A GOLD STANDARD ASSESSMENT TO DETECT DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY: A PILOT STUDY
(2011-09-06)
There is minimal information available regarding test characteristics of the Rourke and the NDDS, two tools commonly used to screen for developmental delay. The objectives are to (a) generate preliminary descriptive data ...
The Influence of Social Media on E-Commerce Sties
(2013-12-16)
This thesis addresses the influence that social media sites have on the behavior of online customers (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.). The thesis combines information from three different approaches that study how social ...
MODELLING AND BENCHMARK DEVELOPMENT FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY USE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON NOVA SCOTIA DAIRY FARMS
(2015-04-02)
The analysis of energy use on dairy farms faces a number of challenges, based partly on
benchmark parameter currently used as a means to quantify energy consumption. This
research addresses this issue, using energy audit ...
A Children's Library: Designing Spaces for Play and Imagination
(2013-12-10)
Children’s understanding of space is a fusion of reality and fantasy, in which the physical environment, play, and imagination assume important roles. The boundary between the imaginative realm of the child and the physical ...
Of Factory Girls and Servings Maids: The Literary Labours of Working-Class Women in Victorian Britain
(2009-12-17)
My dissertation examines the political and formal aspects of poetry written by working-class women in England and Scotland between 1830 and 1880. I analyse a poetic corpus that I have gathered from existing publications ...
Design and simulation of a control continuum for tetherless underwater vehicles
(2011-09-06)
There exists a need for a new class of underwater vehicle that can perform both close control tasks, as well as long-range exploration, without manual reconfiguration. A tetherless underwater vehicle (TUV) with acoustic ...
Video Data Exploration for Film Production and User Study Analysis
(2012-04-16)
This work provides visualizations for digital video management in two different problem domains that have significant commonalities: digital film production (“Bin Explorer”) and user study interview analysis (“Interview ...
SILENT NETWORKING USING FUZZY LOGIC FOR POWER SAVING IN NETWORKED DEVICES
(2012-04-05)
A lot of work has been done in developing energy efficient network and user devices to reduce the power consumption of nodes and devices in networks. This thesis proposes an innovative approach using fuzzy logic for power ...
MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF SANDWICH PIPES SUBJECT TO HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AND BENDING
(2010-12-20)
The recent substantial increase in world demand for energy and raw material resources has accelerated oil and gas exploration and production. At the same time, the depletion of onshore and shallow water oil resources ...