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What is Qualitative in Qualitative Research [PDF]
What is qualitative research? If we look for a precise definition of qualitative research, and specifically for one that addresses its distinctive feature of being "qualitative," the literature is meager. In this article we systematically search, identify and analyze a sample of 89 sources using or attempting to define the term "qualitative." Then ...
Patrik Aspers, Patrik Aspers, Ugo Corte
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This paper reviews the state of the art in model-based systems and qualitative reasoning, and considers where the field will be in 20 years time. It highlights six areas where developments in model-based systems in general, and in qualitative reasoning in particular, have the potential to provide significant computer-based help. The paper also examines
Price C+11 more
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A New Qualitative language for Qualitative Simulation [PDF]
Cyber physical systems are specified in a hybrid form, with discrete and continuous parts. Simulating such systems requires precise data and synchronization of continuous changes and discrete transitions. However, in the first design steps, missing information forbids numerical simulation.
Medimegh, Slim+2 more
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Qualitative differentiation [PDF]
Qualitative derivates and derivatives, as well as qualitative symmetric derivates and derivatives, are studied in the paper. Analogues of several results known for ordinary derivates and derivatives are obtained in the qualitative setting.
Evans, Michael J., Larson, Lee
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Qualitative characterization of healthcare wastes [PDF]
The biological hazard inherent in the clinical wastes should be considered during the management and treatment process as well as the disposal into the environment.
A Graikos+22 more
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Introduction According to the Medical Subject Headings, the vocabulary used by PubMed, procrastination is ‘the deferment of actions or tasks to a later time, or to infinity’.
E. Turato, E. Santos
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Research and verification of internal and external measurement methods of large oil storage tanks capacity based on 3D lasers canning [PDF]
Nowadays, as an important tool for petrochemical enterprises to store and transport various petrochemical products, large oil storage tanks are highly praised by a large number of oil enterprises because of their characteristics of large capacity and ...
Chen Xianlei+9 more
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Qualitative accounts of urban commuter cycling [PDF]
Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to explore the live experiences of urban commuter cycling (UCC). Design/methodology/approach ‐ In semi-structured interviews, participants described day-to-day experiences of UCC in a single English city.
McKenna, J, Whatling, M
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Qualitative Viscous Cosmology [PDF]
The Full (non--truncated) Israel--Stewart theory of bulk viscosity is applied to dissipative FRW spacetimes. Dimensionless variables and dimensionless equations of state are used to write the Einstein--thermodynamic equations as a plane autonomous system
A. A. Coley+16 more
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Can we devise mechanisms that allow voters to express the intensity of their preferences when monetary transfers are forbidden? Can minorities be decisive over those issues they feel very strongly about? As opposed to the usual voting system (one person – one decision – one vote), we propose a voting system where each agent is endowed with a fixed ...
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