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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Applied Literature"”.
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Applied Literature: Expanding Cultural Understanding For Language Learners
… as they read, write about, and discuss literature written by an author from the local area and which portrays the local culture in which the university is situated. This study seeks to examine how adopting an aesthetic stance can help foreign students, new to the university, evoke a wide …
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Making worlds collide : using Tolkien’s fantasy literature to create a new leadership development framework
… find new ways to generate innovative solutions. Literature reviews reveal that leaders and leadership developers have generally not considered the possibility of using speculative fiction and fantasy literature as a source for imaginative growth and the stimulation of multiple perspectives. This …
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Modal split analysis for the journey to work
… An investigation of some of the theoretical and applied literature in this field indicates, that to obtain suitable and simple planning tools for modal split analysis, an empirical approach to modelling is probably the best alternative. The theoretical approaches are still in an embryonic stage …
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Integrating dual-process and pragmatic theories for the processing of verbal and numerical food quantifiers
… but there is a paucity of evidence in the literature on how they each affect judgement and decision-making processes, and how this could affect current practices in applied communications. Over 14 pre-registered studies, this research drew on two previously independent theoretical …
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The Applied Use of Wearable Technology in Elite Female Ice Hockey
… ice hockey remains a neglected area of applied sport science research. Objective: (1) To investigate the applied use of wearable technology in world-class female ice hockey; (2) build a strong foundation of applied literature using elite female subjects in an under-researched sport; and …
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Currency crises in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
… these countries and therefore fills a gap in the applied literature on the ERM. In contrast to existing work, the thesis uses two proxies of speculative pressure - an index of exchange market pressure and drift-adjusted realignment expectations. Another contribution of the thesis is the use a …
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Effects of incomplete combustion on atmospheric chemistry: Black carbon climate forcing and global carbon monoxide emissions
… using a traditional bottom-up inventory. We applied literature-derived emission factors to a variety of fuel and technology combinations. Combining these with regional fuel use and production data we produced CO emissions estimates that were separable by sector, fuel type, technology, and …
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Clinical Perspectives on the Assessment and Diagnosis of Social and Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Children
… how attachment concepts are used in ASD and ADHD literature, which include a critical analysis of the Coventry Grid Interview, a tool which seeks to delineate symptom profiles of ASD and attachment difficulties. Qualitative interviews showed that suspicions about attachment tend to be raised by …
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The use of defensive intervals in corporate failure prediction and auditors' going concern evaluations
… have been largely ignored in the theoretical and applied literature. In this dissertation, the conceptual superiority of these ratios is explored and empirical investigations are undertaken to determine if these measures actually impart information different from the more traditional liquidity …
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Empirical essays on job search behavior, active labor market policies, and propensity score balancing methods
… importance of these methods in the evaluation literature, and the vast number of recent methodological contributions in this field, Chapter 4 aims to reduce the knowledge gap between the methodological and applied literature by summarizing new findings of the empirical and statistical …