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An approach to the value of information : effectiveness and productivity of information use in research work. [PDF]
The economics and value of information have been analysed in this study. Efforts have been made to deepen our understanding of the value of information in information work.
Repo, Aatto Juhani
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On measures of “useful” information
The quantitative-qualitative measure of information as given by Belis and Guiaşu is additive, the additivity being a modification of the additivity of Shannon's measure with due place for utilities of the scheme in this property. A characterization of Belis and Guiaşu's measure depending upon the additivity postulate has been provided.
Bhu Dev Sharma +2 more
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The use of non-formal information in reverse engineering and software reuse [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Within the field of software maintenance, both reverse engineering and software reuse have been suggested as ways of salvaging some of the investment made ...
Brown, Alan J
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Learning to use information: Informed learning in the undergraduate classroom [PDF]
“Informed learning” is a pedagogy that focuses on learning subject content through engaging with academic or professional information practices.
Rebmann, Kristen +4 more
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Classification using information [PDF]
Smith and Wiehagen [9] introduced a model of classification that is similar to the Gold model of learning [2]. In this model the learner is limited in both computing power and access to information. samples. In particular the learner is limited to Turing computability and initial segments of the function to be classified.
William I. Gasarch +2 more
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Cognitive biases can influence human information behaviour and decisions made in information behaviour and use. This study aims to identify the biases involved in some aspects of information behaviour and the role they play in information behaviour and ...
Sara Behimehr, Hamid R. Jamali
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Objectives: The study explores how the Internet and social media promote active citizenship and political participation among young people. Methodology: Literature review and analysis of an inventory of good practices in the area of youth sociocultural ...
Alexandra Theben +4 more
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Comorbidity indices in observational studies on cardiovascular risk
Objective To analyse comorbidity measures in relation to cardiovascular disease risk, using data from Swedish healthcare registries. The aim was to evaluate the performance of different indices in predicting incidences of four outcomes: coronary heart ...
Björn Zethelius +2 more
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The Incomati River Basin is shared by Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland. In August 2002, the groundbreaking "Tripartite Interim Agreement on Water Sharing of the Maputo and Incomati Rivers" (the IncoMaputo agreement) was signed.
Jill H. Slinger +2 more
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Objectives The aim of the present study was to compare Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curves (AUROCs) of age-and-sex alone, and in addition respectively, the Nordic Multimorbidity Index (NMI), Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and ...
Björn Zethelius +2 more
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