Method Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 participants from a single hospital prior to MTC designation including clinicians, nursing and management staff. A topic guide was designed using the TDF. Interview transcripts were analysed following a framework analysis approach and coded according to TDF domains. Themes were analysed for relevance according to prevalence, expressed imp...

We present work on a tool environment for modelbased testing with the Abstract State Machine Language (AsmL). Our environment supports semi-automatic parameter generation, call sequence generation and conformance testing. We outline the usage of the environment by an example, discuss its underlying technologies, and report on some applications conducted in the Microsoft environment.

This study aims to explore the information on miscellaneous uses on plant resources found in Parroha VDC of Rupandehi district, Nepal. The study was conducted during May 2007. Informations on plant resources were collected interviewing key informants using a semi structured open ended questionnaires. Altogether 33 different species of plants belonging to 19 families were found used for miscella...

We report the results of a pilot study that explores potential uses for BrailleTouch in the instruction of braille literacy for the visually impaired. BrailleTouch is an eyes-free text entry application for smart phones. We conducted individual semi-structured interviews and a focus group with four domain expert participants.

This study was conducted to explore and identify factors associated with the practice of early introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods among infants aged 3-5 months in four Anglophone West African countries. Data sources for the analyses were the latest Demographic and Health Survey datasets of the 4 countries, namely Ghana (GDHS, 2008), Liberia (LDHS, 2007), Nigeria (NDHS, 2013) and Si...

This paper overviews some preliminary results on the control of humanoid robots when balancing on a seesaw. We first model the dynamics of the robot along with the seesaw, and then synthesize simple control strategies for balancing tasks. Preliminary validations of the framework have been conducted both on simulations and real scenarios involving the iCub robot balancing on a semi-cylindrical s...

Objective: To assess the level of awareness on breast cancer among women of reproductive age. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in OPD of Dhaka Medical College Hospital among the 175 respondents by face to face interview using pretested semi structured

In this paper we derive a priori error estimates for linear-quadratic elliptic optimal control problems with finite dimensional control space and state constraints in the whole domain, which can be written as semi-infinite optimization problems. Numerical experiments are conducted to ilustrate our theory.

Vegetative propagation of pear rootstocks using semi hardwood cuttings The objective of this work was to evaluate the technical viability of the vegetative propagation of the pear rootstocks ‘Taiwan Nashi-C’, ‘Taiwan Mamenashi’ (Pyrus calleryana Dcne.) and ‘Seleção IAC-1’ (Pyrus spp.) using semi-hardwood cuttings. The experiment was conducted in a nursery with an intermittent mist system at the...

A new self-powered and sensing semi-active control system based on magnetorheological (MR) damper is presented. The system includes four key parts: a rack and pinion mechanism, a linear permanent magnet DC generator, a current adjustment MR damper, and a control circuit. Numerical simulations for seismic protection of elevated bridges equipped with this system excited by two historical earthqua...