119. A Focused Approach to Implementing a Comprehensive Exposure Assessment and Management System: Practical Experiences

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ramm ◽  
P. Logan ◽  
G. Mirkin ◽  
J. Mulhausen ◽  
S. Kruse ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 820-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Stewart ◽  
David Lemanski ◽  
Deborah White ◽  
John Zey ◽  
Robert F. Herrick ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanze Curdt ◽  
Dirk Hoffmeister ◽  
Guido Waldhoff ◽  
Christian Jekel ◽  
Georg Bareth

The implementation of a scientific research data management system is an important task within long-term, interdisciplinary research projects. Besides sustainable storage of data, including accurate descriptions with metadata, easy and secure exchange and provision of data is necessary, as well as backup and visualisation. The design of such a system poses challenges and problems that need to be solved.This paper describes the practical experiences gained by the implementation of a scientific research data management system, established in a large, interdisciplinary research project with focus on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Data.


Author(s):  
Matthew L. Hall ◽  
Stephanie De Anda

Purpose The purposes of this study were (a) to introduce “language access profiles” as a viable alternative construct to “communication mode” for describing experience with language input during early childhood for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children; (b) to describe the development of a new tool for measuring DHH children's language access profiles during infancy and toddlerhood; and (c) to evaluate the novelty, reliability, and validity of this tool. Method We adapted an existing retrospective parent report measure of early language experience (the Language Exposure Assessment Tool) to make it suitable for use with DHH populations. We administered the adapted instrument (DHH Language Exposure Assessment Tool [D-LEAT]) to the caregivers of 105 DHH children aged 12 years and younger. To measure convergent validity, we also administered another novel instrument: the Language Access Profile Tool. To measure test–retest reliability, half of the participants were interviewed again after 1 month. We identified groups of children with similar language access profiles by using hierarchical cluster analysis. Results The D-LEAT revealed DHH children's diverse experiences with access to language during infancy and toddlerhood. Cluster analysis groupings were markedly different from those derived from more traditional grouping rules (e.g., communication modes). Test–retest reliability was good, especially for the same-interviewer condition. Content, convergent, and face validity were strong. Conclusions To optimize DHH children's developmental potential, stakeholders who work at the individual and population levels would benefit from replacing communication mode with language access profiles. The D-LEAT is the first tool that aims to measure this novel construct. Despite limitations that future work aims to address, the present results demonstrate that the D-LEAT represents progress over the status quo.


2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Joseph Aloi ◽  
Jagdeesh Ullal ◽  
Paul Chidester ◽  
Amy Henderson ◽  
Robby Booth ◽  
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