scholarly journals Indicators Related to Theorizing Measurement (A Capacity Measurement Framework)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (0) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hassanzadeh ◽  
Hamid Reza Mahmoodi
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Measurement ◽  
Measurement Framework

Building Infrastructure Functional Capacity Measurement Framework

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael N. Grussing ◽  
Donald R. Uzarski ◽  
Lance R. Marrano
Keyword(s):  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Capacity Measurement ◽  
Measurement Framework

Experimental Study on the Specific Heat Capacity Measurement of Water-Based Al2O3-Cu Hybrid Nanofluid by using Differential Thermal Analysis Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andaç Batur Çolak ◽  
Oğuzhan Yıldız ◽  
Mustafa Bayrak ◽  
Ali Celen ◽  
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Specific Heat ◽  
Specific Heat Capacity ◽  
Thermophysical Properties ◽  
Volume Concentration ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Heat Capacity Measurement ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Capacity Measurement

Background: Researchers working in the field of nanofluid have done many studies on the thermophysical properties of nanofluids. Among these studies, the number of studies on specific heat are rather limited. In the study of the heat transfer performance of nanofluids, it is necessary to increase the number of specific heat studies, whose subject is one of the important thermophysical properties. Objective: The authors aimed to measure the specific heat values of Al2O3/water, Cu/water nanofluids and Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluids using the DTA method, and compare the results with those frequently used in the literature. In addition, this study focuses on the effect of temperature and volume concentration on specific heat. Method: The two-step method was used in the preparation of nanofluids. The pure water selected as the base fluid was mixed with the Al2O3 and Cu nanoparticles and Arabic Gum as the surfactant, firstly mixed in the magnetic stirrer for half an hour. It was then homogenized for 6 hours in the ultrasonic homogenizer. Results: After the experiments, the specific heat of nanofluids and hybrid nanofluid were compared and the temperature and volume concentration of specific heat were investigated. Then, the experimental results obtained for all three fluids were compared with the two frequently used correlations in the literature. Conclusion: Specific heat capacity increased with increasing temperature, and decreased with increasing volume concentration for three tested nanofluids. Cu/water has the lowest specific heat capacity among all tested fluids. Experimental specific heat capacity measurement results are compared by using the models developed by Pak and Cho and Xuan and Roetzel. According to experimental results, these correlations can predict experimental results within the range of ±1%.

Performance Measurement using Balance Score Card and its Applications: A Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shradha Gawankar ◽  
Sachin S. Kamble ◽  
Rakesh Raut
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Strategic Change ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Balance Score Card ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Score Card ◽  
And Performance

This paper aims to propose the idea of briefly explaining the balance scorecard by highlighting its use, application in depth. A critical enabler in achieving desired performance goals is the ability to measure performance. Despite the importance of accurately measuring organizational performance in most areas of academic research, there have been very few studies that have directly addressed the question of how overall organizational performance is or should be measured. Perhaps more importantly, none of these studies seems to have significantly influenced how overall organizational performance is actually measured in most of the empirical research that uses this construct as a dependent measure. The most popular of the performance measurement framework has been the balanced scorecard abbreviated as BSC. The BSC is widely acknowledged to have moved beyond the original ideology. It has now become a strategic change management and performance management process. The approach used in this paper is the combination of literature review on evolution of balance score card and its applications in various sectors/organizations/ areas. This paper identify that the balanced scorecard is a powerful but simple strategic tool and the simplicity of the scorecard is in its design. By encompassing four primary perspectives, the tool allows an organization to turn its attention to external concerns, such as the financial outcomes and its customers expectations, and internal areas, which include its internal processes to meet external requirements and its integration of learning and growth, to successfully meet its strategic expectations. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the balanced scorecard combined with application and strategy, which are now in a better position to begin to recognize managements expectations and to discover new ways to build value for workplace learning and performance within organization.

Addressing Reliability Estimates When the Population is Small: Can Social Cognition Help?

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott W. Brown ◽  
Mary M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Communication Satisfaction ◽  
Systematic Desensitization ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Hospital Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Reliability Estimates ◽  
Critical Feedback ◽  
Gathering Data

One of the issues facing researchers studying very select populations is how to obtain reliability estimates for their instruments. When the populations and resulting samples of studies are very small and select, gathering data for typical reliability estimates becomes very difficult. As a result, many researchers ignore the concern about reliability of their instrumentation and forge ahead collecting data. In response to this concern, Bandura's model of social cognition and Wolpe's model of systematic desensitization were combined and applied to a group of 90 undergraduates completing a Communication Satisfaction Scale designed to assess the attitudes of intubated patients in a hospital Intensive Care Unit. Stimuli (text, auditory and visual) were provided to sensitize the subjects to the intubation procedure and to enable the subjects to imagine what it is like to be an intubated patient. The subjects responded to 10 items focusing on the communication issues of intubated patients on a scale in Likert format. Internal reliability (Cronbach alpha) was 0.83 for the entire scale. The results are discussed within both a social cognition and a measurement framework. While the resulting reliabilities cannot be directly applied to the intubated sample, the procedure may provide critical feedback to researchers and instrument developers prior to the actual administration of the instrument in research.

scholarly journals 14C AMS at Suerc: Improving QA Data with the 5MV Tandem and 250KV SSAMS

Radiocarbon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Naysmith ◽  
G T Cook ◽  
S P H T Freeman ◽  
E M Scott ◽  
R Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Random Access ◽  
Capacity Measurement ◽  
Tandem Accelerator ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometer ◽  
On Line ◽  
Automated Data Acquisition

In 2003, a National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC) 5MV tandem accelerator mass spectrometer was installed at SUERC, providing the radiocarbon laboratory with 14C measurements to 4–5‰ repeatability. In 2007, a 250kV single-stage accelerator mass spectrometer (SSAMS) was added to provide additional 14C capability and is now the preferred system for 14C analysis. Changes to the technology and to our operations are evident in our copious quality assurance data: typically, we now use the 134-position MC-SNICS source, which is filled to capacity. Measurement of standards shows that spectrometer running without the complication of on-line δ13C evaluation is a good operational compromise. Currently, 3‰ 14C/13C measurements are routinely achieved for samples up to nearly 3 half-lives old by consistent sample preparation and an automated data acquisition algorithm with sample random access for measurement repeats. Background and known-age standard data are presented for the period 2003–2008 for the 5MV system and 2007–2008 for the SSAMS, to demonstrate the improvements in data quality.

scholarly journals Individual differences in working memory capacity are unrelated to the magnitudes of retrocue benefits

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoxiong Ye ◽  
Qianru Xu ◽  
Xinyang Liu ◽  
Piia Astikainen ◽  
Yongjie Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Capacity Measurement ◽  
Object Based ◽  
Feature Dimension ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Internal Attention

AbstractPrevious studies have associated visual working memory (VWM) capacity with the use of internal attention. Retrocues, which direct internal attention to a particular object or feature dimension, can improve VWM performance (i.e., retrocue benefit, RCB). However, so far, no study has investigated the relationship between VWM capacity and the magnitudes of RCBs obtained from object-based and dimension-based retrocues. The present study explored individual differences in the magnitudes of object- and dimension-based RCBs and their relationships with VWM capacity. Participants completed a VWM capacity measurement, an object-based cue task, and a dimension-based cue task. We confirmed that both object- and dimension-based retrocues could improve VWM performance. We also found a significant positive correlation between the magnitudes of object- and dimension-based RCB indexes, suggesting a partly overlapping mechanism between the use of object- and dimension-based retrocues. However, our results provided no evidence for a correlation between VWM capacity and the magnitudes of the object- or dimension-based RCBs. Although inadequate attention control is usually assumed to be associated with VWM capacity, the results suggest that the internal attention mechanism for using retrocues in VWM retention is independent of VWM capacity.

scholarly journals INFORM: INFrared-based ORganizational Measurements of tumor and its microenvironment to predict patient survival

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. eabb8292
Author(s):  
Saumya Tiwari ◽  
Andre Kajdacsy-Balla ◽  
Joshua Whiteley ◽  
Georgina Cheng ◽  
Stephen M. Hewitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colon Cancer ◽  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Patient Survival ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Spatially Varying ◽  
Physical And Chemical

The structure and organization of a tumor and its microenvironment are often associated with cancer outcomes due to spatially varying molecular composition and signaling. A persistent challenge is to use this physical and chemical spatial organization to understand cancer progression. Here, we present a high-definition infrared imaging–based organizational measurement framework (INFORM) that leverages intrinsic chemical contrast of tissue to label unique components of the tumor and its microenvironment. Using objective and automated computational methods, further, we determine organization characteristics important for prediction. We show that the tumor spatial organization assessed with this framework is predictive of overall survival in colon cancer that adds to capability from clinical variables such as stage and grade, approximately doubling the risk of death in high-risk individuals. Our results open an all-digital avenue for measuring and studying the association between tumor spatial organization and disease progression.

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