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STUDY PROCEDURE. It provides a proposed study sequence and a list of homework questions from the textbook for that chapter. POWERPOINT SLIDES and LECTURE RECORDING via VOICETHREAD: PowerPoint slides and lecture recording (narrated PowerPoint slides) serve as a summary of each module; they do not replace the textbook. There are multiple sets of PowerPoint slides grouped by topics for each module. Narrated PowerPoint slides are uploaded to the VoiceThread, web-conferencing software. Majority of slides have recording by the instructor; only few that need no further explanations left as they are with no recording. Links to the VoiceThread are provided in each module. Connect™: Connect™ is “a web-based assignment and assessment platform that helps students connect coursework and learning to maximize their performance.” Upon completion of each module, students are required to complete homework assignments on Connect™. Homework problems for each chapter are available on the class website at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/class/m-chen-summer-ii-2018-online-class-1. The due dates are also posted on this website. Students may have unlimited number of attempts, and the highest grade from all attempts will be recorded and posted on Blackboard after the due date. Please note that the homework problems are basically the same as the problems at the end of each chapter. The solutions to the homework assignment will be available on the same website after the homework is due. Furthermore, the same set of problems but with different numbers in each problem will be posted for practice purpose after the homework is due. For each module, students follow the process as suggested below and repeat as many times as needed: •Read suggested pages from the Study Procedure. Virtual Lecture •View and listen PowerPoint slides with narration via VoiceThread. •Go over Chapter Review and Self- test Problems as suggested in Study Procedure. •Go over Critical Thinking and Concept Review. Homework •Work on homework assignment from Connect™. If not successful, repeat step 1 and 2 Review QUIZZES: QUIZZES: There is one quiz for each module. Students should follow the timeline set up on page 11 of the syllabus for each learning unit. Each quiz and homework will close on the night of the posted due date (see Summer II 2018 Quiz and Exam Schedule posted on Blackboard for details). Students have two attempts to each quiz and the highest score of two attempts will be recorded on Blackboard. (However, to help students ...
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STUDY PROCEDURE. Every participant will come to the university once for a test session of about 2 hours (Figure 3). At the start of the session, the procedure will be explained and the sensors (i.e. acoustic, PPG sensor and EMG) will be placed. Before starting the actual measurements, some data will be collected as control measurements and for the purpose of calibration. These include recordings while the participant talks (i.e. reads a book section), swallows with an empty mouth, coughs and does nothing. Afterwards the participant will receive small portions of commonly consumed food products (section 2.6.4), varying in structure, in random order. The participants are requested to consume these foods the way they would normally do. However, they need to take at least 5 bites/sips of the food product or eat from it for at least 2 minutes. Therefore the participants do not need to finish any of the portions, but they can if they want to. The total amount of food products provided to the participants, excluding drinks, will not exceed 500g. Additionally, simple activities will be included at random moments during the measurements; either while eating a food (i.e., talking and drinking water in case of solids and semi-solids), or in between foods (i.e., the same activities as during the control measurements). Finally, at the end of a test session, participants will fill in a questionnaire including questions about the level of comfort experienced when wearing the sensors and whether they were able to eat like they would normally do.
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STUDY PROCEDURE. At the beginning of the experimental days, the investigators will meet with the participating students, who they will be fitted with the activity sensors and will fill in the daily questionnaires. Then the students will go through their usual school activities. At lunch time, they will be served the prearranged food (section 5.1.4.2) and they will be guided to the pre- arranged eating stations where they will answer the eating-related questionnaires and they will eat their meals using Mandometers V4. Approximately 1 hour after the end of the lunch, they will be received in an especially prepared area where they will remain for at least 1.5 hours, wearing the V1 chewing sensor. At a time point, randomised during the last 1/3 of this time period, the students will be directed to visit the snacking station and receive a snack (section
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STUDY PROCEDURE. Classification/Compensation studies shall be conducted on a four year cycle that will include all classifications in the bargaining unit and be conducted by an in-house joint committee. Definitions, procedures, timelines and forms for this procedure are included in this Agreement as Appendix F. Any classification, that includes a requirement to be bilingual shall be placed on the salary schedule at a level that compensates for this requirement. If job descriptions for these positions from comparable districts do not require bilingual skills, the MCOE level placement shall be at least 5% higher than the average.
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STUDY PROCEDURE. I am asking for your permission to gather data from you and your child who is in treatment here. If you agree to participate and to permit your child to participate in this study, your child will have a decision about whether they want to join in this study. If your child decides to participate, he/she will fill out four brief surveys regarding their behaviors and relationships. All four surveys can be completed in approximately twenty minutes. I will also gather some demographic information, such as age, race, gender and diagnostic information from their chart at the program. You will be asked to complete two surveys, which will take approximately ten to fifteen minutes of your time. If you and your child agree to be involved in this study, you and he/she will be asked to fill out the surveys six times, on the first and last days in this program and then three, six, twelve and twenty-four months after treatment ends.
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STUDY PROCEDURE. This study is an international prospective, open-label, multi-center, observational study. The study procedure will be performed under general anesthesia with a paralytic agent to prevent muscle excitation during the NanoKnife procedure. The patients will be sterilely prepared and draped according to the standard of care. The NanoKnife procedure will be performed in accordance with the FDA-cleared Instructions for Use (IFU). This observational study will use paper and electronic versions of the CRF. Participating countries will decide whether the paper version and/or the e-version will be available to the local (country) physicians for documenting their treatment data. When a country decides to use both versions, study sites will be able to choose to use the paper or the electronic version of the CRF at the beginning of the study. In general, all documents of the paper version will be available as e-forms in the online version of the study. Additionally, an online analysis tool will be available for the e-version, which will enable the physicians to compare their collected raw sum data (e. g. diagnosis, staging and grading of disease, age of patients, outcome etc.) online with the pooled raw sum data of other online participating physicians in their country, continent and/or globally. All data will be specially protected and comparison of data will be performed in an anonymous fashion. The online available analysis tool will be activated when a reasonable number of data (data from 500 patients) has been collected. There will be no comparable tool for the paper version. In the e-version, physicians will enter the data directly into a central database on the special screen form of the CRF; the only required equipment being a computer with standard browser and an internet connection. Physicians will log-in with a individual username and password to assure that data entry and connection are protected. During data entry, corrections can be made, but once the data has been verified and submitted by the physician, no changes in the data will be permitted.
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STUDY PROCEDURE. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions took place in the local language, Hausa. Interviews and focus groups were recorded with digital audio recorders and later transcribed into French. During the in-depth interviews, a single interviewer asked questions and took notes, while during the focus group discussions, one interviewer asked questions, while the second interviewer was employed to take notes. Following the interviews and focus groups, the study team met to discuss the key findings in order to include additional lines of query or follow-up questions in subsequent interviews.
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STUDY PROCEDURE. All the experimental meals are served during lunch time. Consecutive meals are separated by approximately one week. The participants are asked to refrain from eating for at least three hours before the meal and their breakfasts are standardised the days of the experimental sessions. No reading materials or use of electronic devices are allowed during the meals, in an effort to minimize the external effects on eating behaviour. For each of the meals, amounts of food enough to create an ad libitum feeling (from 700g to 1.5kg depending on the kind of food), is presented on an external food tray (i.e., not placed on the Mandometer). The subject is then asked to add food on the plate placed on the Mandometer scale and they are also informed that they are allowed to add food freely during the meal. Before the meal is initiated the participants have to fill in the mood and appetite questionnaires. Then the meal initiates and the investigators exit the room. When the meal is concluded the appetite and taste questionnaires are filled in again. The script for a typical experimental meal session can be seen in Figure 16.
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  • Hearing Procedure A. The Personnel Commission may conduct hearings of appeals or may appoint a hearing officer to conduct the hearing and report findings and recommendations to the Commission. If the Personnel Commission orders a hearing, said hearing shall be held in closed session. The employee shall be given written notice of his or her right to have the complaints or charges heard in an open session rather than closed session pursuant to Government Code section 54957. The notice shall be delivered to the employee personally or by mail at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time for holding the closed session. B. Hearings shall be conducted in the manner most conducive to determination of the truth, and neither the Commission nor its hearing officer shall be bound by technical rules of evidence. Decisions made by the Commission shall not be invalidated by any informality in the proceedings. C. The Personnel Commission or its hearing officer shall determine the relevancy, weight, and credibility of testimony and evidence. It shall base its findings on the preponderance of evidence. D. Each side will be permitted an opening statement (Board first) and closing arguments (employee first). The Board shall first present its witnesses and evidence to sustain its charges and the employee will then present his witnesses and evidence in defense. E. Each side will be allowed to examine and cross-examine witnesses. F. Both the Board and the employee will be allowed to be represented by legal counsel or other designated representation. The employee may, at his/her option, be represented by legal counsel and/or union representation, or any other person designated by the employee. If the employee files an appeal, the employee shall be required to attend the Commission Appeal Hearing, even if the employee’s designated representative appears on his/her behalf. If the employee fails to appear, the employee will be deemed to have forfeited his/her rights to further appeal and the Personnel Commission shall allow the Board of Trustee’s disciplinary action to stand. G. The Commission may, and shall, if requested by the Board or the employee, subpoena witnesses and/or require the production of records or other material evidence. H. The Commission may, prior to or during a hearing, grant a continuance for any reason it believes to be important to its reaching a fair and proper decision. I. Whether the hearing is held in a public or Executive Session, the Commission, after it concludes the hearing, may deliberate its decision in Executive Session. No persons other than members of the Commission, its counsel, and the Director of Personnel shall be permitted to participate in the deliberations. If the Personnel Director or any staff was a witness in the proceedings, he shall also be barred from the Commission's final deliberations. J. The Commission shall render its judgment in an open session as soon after the conclusion of the hearing as possible and in no event later than fourteen (14) days. Its decision shall set forth which charges, if any, are sustained and the reasons therefore. K. The Commission may sustain or reject any or all of the charges filed against the employee. It may sustain, reject, or modify the disciplinary action invoked against the employee. It may not provide for discipline more stringent than that invoked by the Board. L. The Commission order of judgment will be filed with the Governing Board and the charged employee and shall set forth its findings and decision. If a dismissal is not sustained, its order shall set forth the effective date the employee is to be reinstated which may be any time on or after the date of disciplinary action.

  • Evaluation Procedure 6.1.1 The established evaluation form is to be prepared by the immediate supervisor under whom the bargaining unit member has served for sixty (60) working days or more. (See evaluation form attached as Appendix B.) The immediate supervisor is to present a draft of an evaluation report to the bargaining unit member in private and discuss the report with the bargaining unit member being evaluated. The evaluation shall be based upon direct observation by the immediate supervisor or verified facts. Evaluation reports reflecting “Needs Improvement” or “Does not meet standards” ratings shall include statements of deficiencies and recommendations for improvements, in writing, by the evaluator. The signature by the bargaining unit member does not indicate the employee’s agreement with the ratings; it indicates that the employee has received a copy. 6.1.1.1 Permanent employees shall be evaluated annually. 6.1.1.2 Probationary employees shall be evaluated at least once during the probationary period, prior to the end of the fourth month. 6.1.2 Evaluation reports reflecting “Needs Improvement” or “Does Not Meet Standards” ratings shall be placed in the bargaining unit member’s personnel file only after written notification by the supervisor that the bargaining unit member has been given an opportunity to prepare a written response to such evaluation. Prior to evaluation reports reflecting any “Needs Improvement” or “Does Not Meet Standards” ratings the evaluator is encouraged to implement a Performance Improvement Plan. (See Performance Improvement Plan form attached as Appendix C.) 6.1.3 A bargaining unit member has the right to attach a response to the employee’s evaluation provided that such written response is submitted to the employee's supervisor within fifteen (15) days of the employee's receipt of the evaluation. Any timely received response shall be attached to, and become a permanent part of, the employee's evaluation. 6.1.4 Evaluatees may, within ten (10) working days, present the employee’s objections to the evaluation decision to the Director Personnel Services. Grounds for the objections shall be based on one or more of the following: (1) the evaluation was not based on fact; (2) the evaluation was based on discriminatory standards; (3) the evaluation was not conducted in conformance with this Article. Within ten (10) working days of receipt of such objection the Director Personnel Services shall hear the objections and render a decision whether to uphold the evaluation or rescind the evaluation. 6.1.5 The bargaining unit member's supervisor may, at any time, prepare a notice of commendation. The completed form is to be signed by the bargaining unit member to indicate receipt and the bargaining unit member shall be given a signed copy. The original notice is to be forwarded to the Personnel Services Office for filing. 6.1.6 Contents of evaluations are not subject to the grievance procedure of this Agreement, Article VII, but procedural violations are subject to the grievance procedure. 6.1.7 The probation period shall be defined as the initial six (6) month employment period. 6.1.8 In the event a permanent bargaining unit member is hired for a new position, and is subsequently released from probation under section 6.1.7, the employee will be returned to the employee’s previous classification. 6.1.9 The District, CSEA and the bargaining unit member may mutually agree to extend the probationary period of a bargaining unit member on an individual basis provided the extension is no longer than four (4) months.

  • Review Procedure If the Plan Administrator denies part or all of the claim, the claimant shall have the opportunity for a full and fair review by the Plan Administrator of the denial, as follows:

  • Mediation Procedure The Chairman shall promptly advise the parties of a scheduled Mediation Hearing date. Unless a party requests an expedited procedure, or unless all parties to the proceeding agree to one or more extensions of time, the Mediation Hearing set forth below shall be completed within forty (40) days of BCBSA's receipt of the Complaint. The selected mediators, unless the parties otherwise agree, shall adhere to the following procedure: i. Each party must be represented by its CEO or other representative who has been delegated full authority to resolve the dispute. However, parties may send additional representatives as they see fit. ii. By no later than five (5) days prior to the date designated for the Mediation Hearing, each party shall supply and serve a list of all persons who will be attending the Mediation Hearing, and indicate who will have the authority to resolve the dispute. iii. Each party will be given one-half hour to present its case, beginning with the complaining party (or parties), followed by the other party or parties. The parties are free to structure their presentations as they see fit, using oral statements or direct examination of witnesses. However, neither cross- examination nor questioning of opposing representatives will be permitted. At the close of each presentation, the selected mediators will be given an opportunity to ask questions of the presenters and witnesses. All parties must be present throughout the Mediation Hearing. The selected mediators may extend the time allowed for each party's presentation at the Mediation Hearing. The selected mediators may meet in executive session, outside the presence of the parties, or may meet with the parties separately, to discuss the controversy. iv. After the close of the presentations, the parties will attempt to negotiate a settlement of the dispute. If the parties desire, the selected mediators, or any one or more of the selected mediators, will sit in on the negotiations. v. After the close of the presentations, the selected mediators may meet privately to agree upon a recommendation for resolution of the dispute which would be submitted to the parties for their consideration and approval. If the parties have previously agreed to be bound by the results of this procedure, this recommendation shall be binding upon the parties. vi. The purpose of the Mediation Hearing is to assist the parties to settle their grievances short of mandatory dispute resolution. As a result, the Mediation Hearing has been designed to be as informal as possible. Rules of evidence shall not apply. There will be no transcript of the proceedings, and no party may make a tape recording of the Mediation Hearing. vii. In order to facilitate a free and open discussion, the Mediation proceeding shall remain confidential. A "Stipulation to Confidentiality" which prohibits future use of settlement offers, all position papers or other statements furnished to the selected mediators, and decisions or recommendations in any Mediation proceeding shall be executed by each party. viii. Upon request of the selected mediators, or one of the parties, BCBSA staff may also submit documentation at any time during the proceedings.

  • Claim Procedure Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder only to the extent such failure has prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. In such instance, the conflicted indemnified parties shall have a right to retain one separate counsel, chosen by the Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the registration if such Holders are indemnified parties, at the expense of the indemnifying party.