This thesis describes a machine learning system for understanding appraisal in design documents. In linguistics, analysis of attitudes expressed in text is known as appraisal, which is the writer's subjective attitude (i.e., the opinion, sentiment or attitude expressed) toward the semantic meaning. Semantic orientation is the aspect of appraisal that expresses the positive or negative stance of...

This paper explores the features of the top 30 appraisal words in students’ essays from the perspective of Appraisal Theory. The distributions of the Appraisal words are not even in the writings. Attitude system comes first followed by Graduation system and Engagement system. With the analysis of the features and distributions of the top 30 appraisal words, it reveals some problems related to u...

The primary goals of the appraisal are to document problems in question design and identify possible revisions. The review criteria are standard and so, the appraisal offers the promise of increased consistency in questionnaire review and revision. We have found that the household appraisal is a quick and inexpensive source of feedback when more extensive cognitive laboratory testing activities...

BACKGROUND The aim of appraisal is to provide an opportunity for individuals to reflect on their work to facilitate learning and development. Appraisal for GPs has been a contractual requirement since 2004 in Scotland, and is seen as an integral part of revalidation. AIM To investigate the outcomes of GP appraisal in terms of whether it has prompted change in medical practice, education and l...

A systematic review (SR) can provide rigorous and complete evidence to support decision makers who consider both the effectiveness cost-effectiveness of health interventions. dramatic increase in published economic (HE) studies, more specifically cost has resulted consequent proliferation reviews with outcomes (SR-CCEO).1Luhnen M. Prediger B. Neugebauer E.A.M. Mathes T. Systematic evaluations: ...

Recent psychological theories of emotion have explicitly focused on modeling the multiplicity of levels of the human emotion system. This increased interest in creating multi-level theories of emotion matches similar efforts in the area of cognitive architectures. In this paper we report our initial work toward integrating a psychological multi-level model of emotions with Brahms, a multi-agent...

Nowadays, manufacturing companies are characterized by complex systems with multiple products being manufactured in assembly lines. In such situations, traditional costing based on deterministic cost models cannot be used. This paper focuses developing a stochastic approach to that considers the variability process cycle time of different workstations line. provides range values for product cos...

BACKGROUND Microcosting is a cost estimation method that requires the collection of detailed data on resources utilized, and the unit costs of those resources in order to identify actual resource use and economic costs. Microcosting findings reflect the true costs to health care systems and to society, and are able to provide transparent and consistent estimates. Many economic evaluations in he...

one of the ways to manage human resources is performance management. with a systematic approach, this sort of management determines strategic goals, identifies indexes, collects, analyzes and reports data and ultimately improves the organization performance. performance management is a process that calls for the interaction of factors such as administrative goals, accountability standards and e...