Search results for " evaluation."

Evaluation: between values and indicators

2017

The article discusses the dilemmas associated with the development of evaluation studies in Poland. These studies are for several years establishing their position and entering into a variety of social areas. Along with their dissemination the approaches and models of evaluation used in these areas differentiate. The practice of evaluation involves difficult choices regarding compliance with the idea of these studies, their usefulness and social functions. On the evaluative field appear significant disparities between different areas of evaluation and alternative models that are not always positive image of this field.

Ex-post evaluation of Territorial Integrated Projects in Italy: an empirical analysis at firm level

2013

This paper focuses on the evaluation of an incentive program for firms implemented in southern Italy during the last decade. In the framework of the policy instruments aimed to reduce territorial disparities, and to support local development, territorial integrated projects (TIP) constituted a new operational mode to implement the Regional Operational Programmes. A TIP is defined as a ?set of inter-sectorial actions, closely consistent and linked among them, which converge towards the common objective of territorial development and justify a unitary implementation approach'. The resources allocated for each TIP may be aimed at three types of interventions such as infrastructures, public act…

Proton Direct Ionization in Sub-Micron Technologies : Test Methodologies and Modelling

2023

Two different low energy proton (LEP) test methods, one with quasi-monoenergetic and the other with very wide proton beam energy spectra, have been studied. The two test methodologies have been applied to devices that were suggested from prior heavy-ion tests to be sensitive to proton direct ionization (PDI). The advantages and disadvantages of the two test methods are discussed. The test method using quasi-monoenergetic beams requires device preparation and high energy resolution beams, but delivers results that can be interpreted directly and can be used in various soft error rate (SER) calculation methods. The other method, using a heavily degraded high energy proton beam, requires littl…

Scheduling under the network of temporo-spatial proximity relationships

2017

We discuss and introduce to the schedulingeld a novel, qualitative optimization model - scheduling under the network of temporo-spatial proximity relationships.We introduce a half perimeter proximity measure as an objective of scheduling.We present and evaluate an incremental Sequence Pair neighborhood evaluation algorithm, applicable to both scheduling and rectangle packing problems in VLSI industry. In this paper, we discuss and introduce to the scheduling field a novel optimization objective - half perimeter proximity measure in scheduling under the network of temporo-spatial proximity relationships. The presented approach enables to qualitatively express various reasons of scheduling ce…

I suoli di una toposequenza collinare e la loro adattabilità alla produzione di uva nell’Azienda Feudo Arancio (Sambuca di Sicilia-Agrigento)

2008

Personnel analysis and its reliability

2014

Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitetään rekrytointi- ja henkilöarviointiyritys MindFit Consulting Oy:n työnhakijoista tekemien henkilöanalyysiraporttien, MindFitin henkilöanalyysien, luotettavuutta. Tarkoitus on tutkia, kuinka yhdenmukaisesti analyysien lukijat ymmärtävät analyysien sisällön. Tutkimuksessa luodaan kyselylomake, jonka avulla eri analyysiraportin lukijat pisteyttävät analyysien sisällön. Lukijoiden antamien pisteiden yhdenmukaisuus mitataan analyysien luotettavuuden (inter-rater reliability) selvittämiseksi. Tutkittavat henkilöanalyysit ovat sanallisia raportteja työnhakijoista. Käytännössä analyysiteksti operationalisoidaan kriteereiksi, jotka voidaan pisteyttää numeerisesti kyselyl…

Lastensuojelun alkuarvioinnin vaikutukset vanhempien näkökulmasta

2015

This study examines parents’ experiences of the assessment and its outcomes in child welfare. The research question is as follows: What factors concerning the assessment process and context contribute to the outcomes of the assessment from the perspective of the parents? The realistic evaluation and program theory research give an evaluation research framework to the study. In the study 177 parents from seven municipalities who are clients of child welfare participated. Their families had experienced the assessment in child welfare. Various analysis methods were used: cross table, t-test, correlation, fac- tor analysis, hierarchical regression analysis, two-way variance analysis and the boo…

Izmaiņas Latvijas piekrastes ainavā 20.-21. gadsimta mijā un mūsdienu izaicinājumi

2013

Dažādi faktori ietekmē piekrastes zonas attīstību gan pasaulē, gan Latvijā, kā rezultātā notiek izmaiņas ainavas struktūrā un tās spējā nodrošināt sabiedrībai nepieciešamos resursus. Promocijas darbā Latvijas piekrastes ainava ir pētīta atšķirīgos mērogos un kontekstos: i) izmaiņas jūras piekrastes ainavas struktūrā un tās ietekmējošie faktori ir vērtēti visas Latvijas piekrastes zonā; ii) potenciālā vēja enerģijas ražošanas jūrā ietekme uz ainavas vizuālo struktūru ir novērtēta unikālajā Baltijas jūras stāvkrastu zonā; iii) pludmales ainavas kā rekreācijas pakalpojuma nodrošinātāja nozīmīgums ir noskaidrots četrās atšķirīgās Latvijas pludmalēs. Darbs ir transdisciplinārs, jo tajā ir izmant…

Religious tourism and subjective well being: an empirical analysis in hajj pilgrimage

2018

Abstract This study entitled “Religious Tourism and Subjective Well-Being (SWB): An Empirical Analysis in Hajj Pilgrimage” investigated the influence of religious tourism on subjective well-being (SWB) in the case of Hajj pilgrims. The primary aim of the study was to investigate the geographic, demographic and socio-economic factors that may have considerable effects on the Hajj pilgrims’ well-being and life satisfaction. The study is conducted through an analytical methodology in which a sheer quantitative method was used involving an extensive questionnaire administered to a pool of 500 pilgrims from three continents, namely Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to pilgrims from the Gulf Co…

Restoration of a XVII Century’s predella reliquary: From Physico-Chemical Characterization to the Conservation Process

2021

We report on the restoration of a XVII century’s predella reliquary, which is a part of a larger setup that includes a wall reliquary and a wooden crucified Christ, both belonging to the church of “Madre Maria SS. Assunta”, in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Italy. The historical/artistic and paleographic research was flanked successfully by the scientific objective characterization of the materials. The scientific approach was relevant in the definition of the steps for the restoration of the artefact. The optical microscopy was used for the identification of the wood species. Electron microscopy and elemental mapping by energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) was successful in the identification of the l…