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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Ashton"”.
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Estimation of Cable Forces at the Ashton Bridge through Ambient Vibration Testing
The Ashton Bridge is a concrete tied arch bridge which was part of a project conducted under the auspices of the Western Cape Government. AECOM SA were the consulting engineers. The construction of bridge was started by Basil Read and completed by Haw & Inglis after the former went into business …
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Small-model tests of the "Lucy Ashton" and correlation with full size resistance
Thesis (M.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1953.
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Validation of the deck behaviour due to post-tension loading of Ashton arch bridge
The new Ashton Bridge is a concrete tied-arch structure with a cable-supported deck, which spans 110 metres below the arching ribs. The tie-beam members, connecting the arch ribs, each have six longitudinal tendons that have primarily straight profiles. The author set out to validate the structural …
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Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton
… of power within the canning industry in Ashton. The project had three main aims: 1) to document the physical situation at the two canning factories in Ashton, in order to profile the basic composition of the workforce, aspects of the labour process and working and employment conditions; …
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Differential Item Functioning on the International Personality Item Pool's Neuroticism Scale
… the past decade (Goldberg, Johnson, Eber, Hogan, Ashton, Cloninger, & Gough, 2006) research on the psychometric properties of the items and scales have become increasingly important. This research study examines the IPIP scale constructed to measure the Five Factor Model (FFM) domain of …
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Teachers' Participation in 4MAT Fundamentals Training and Teachers' Perception of Teacher Efficacy
… times each to determine if factors found by Ashton (1984) to be associated with a high level of teacher efficacy were present. Perceptions of internal teacher efficacy increased significantly from pre- to post workshop administrations. After the teachers had been in the classroom for one …
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Hummingbird oil she breast: Testimony and Resistance in Vincentian Redemption Songs
… Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner (1831), Shake Keanes The Angel Horn (2005) and H. Nigel Thomass Spirits in the Dark (1993) witness to the communities and individuals who have resisted colonialism in St. Vincent. Frantz Fanon and Stuart Hall shape the analysis of how …
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Leisure involvement and the subjective well-being of young adults with mental retardation
… was Dr. D. Kleiber with coordinator C. Ashton-Schaffer and graduate research assistants C. Hood, S. Wu, and the author.
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Examining Illinois 4-H member youth fair participation
… time and energy (Arnold, Meinhold, Skubinna, & Ashton, 2007). The purpose of this study is to identify 4-H Member’s motivation as well as factors that hinder their participation in the 4-H Fair. This study was promoted to Illinois 4-H Members ages 12-18, although there are a few members that are …
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An 15N study of the effects of nitrate, ammonium, and nitrate + ammonium nutrition on nitrogen assimilation in Zea Mays L.
… hydroponic growth technique and a standard Long Ashton nutrient solution. The effects of nitrogen source on plant growth, organic nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen contents, and the rates of incorporation into nitrogenous compounds were studied. The observed differences were explained with …
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Philip Guston’s Absurd and the Sisyphean Affirmation in the Battle for Existentialism
… Existentialism has an illustrious rollcall. Dore Ashton and Harold Rosenberg, amongst others have added their powers of exegesis to contemporary work by Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning. Amongst this canon of America’s great twentieth century Abstract-Expressionists Philip …
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Astrologinių įsitikinimų sąsajos su asmenybės bruožais ir pasitikėjimu kitais žmonėmis, mokslininkais bei demokratinėmis institucijomis /
… and the HEXACO personality traits instrument (Ashton & Lee, 2009). Trust in others was measured by 6 statements originally developed by Yamagishi T. and Yamagishi M. (1994), translated and adapted by V. Pakalniškienė. Trust in democratic institutions was measured by 3 statements, based on the …
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The Dark Triad and HEXACO Model of Personality in Relational Aggression
… the six factor HEXACO model of personality (Ashton et al., 2004) may offer some advantages in studying RA. Moreover, the manipulative and often covert nature of RA among emerging adults has theoretical overlap with the “Dark Triad” of personality (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and …
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Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study
… new entrant~ outstrips the creation of new jobs (Ashton, 2005; Chichelo et aI., 2003). Since most of the new entrants are people making the transition from school and other education institutions into the labour market, it is not surprising that the problem of unemployment is more severe among the …
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The potential of Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow (Salix L.) as a biomass crop in Orkney.
… six clones which are recommended in Orkney are Ashton Stott, Tora, Sven, Tordis, Discover and Beagle. These clones produced an average biomass production of 6-8 ODT ha-1 a-1 in these Orkney trials. The greatest influence on SRC growth in Orkney appears to be the hyper-oceanic climate and the …
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Consequentiality, justification and auditors' decision processes: A theoretical framework and two experiments
… effects on auditors' decision processes (e.g., Ashton 1990; Gibbins and Newton 1993; Solomon and Shields, in press). In this dissertation, I develop a framework for predicting when justification demands are likely to be of significant influence. Additionally, I decompose the cognitive task of …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Efficacy and Use of Data to Inform Instruction in Two Turnaround Middle Schools
… influence student learning and achievement (Ashton & Webb, 1986; Bandura, 1993; 1994; Bruce et al, 2010; Gibson & Dembow, 1984; Hoy & Woolfolk, 1993). Teacher use of data to inform instruction is critical in school turnaround conditions. It is essential that teachers are provided a means to …
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A qualitative study investigating the sources of teacher efficacy beliefs
… how resilient they are in difficult situations (Ashton and Webb, 1986), as well as influencing student achievement and teaching performance (Armor et al., 1976; Caprara et al, 2006; Klassen and Tze, 2014). Bandura (1997) has suggested that self-efficacy beliefs are formed from four sources: …
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Responses to adversity in childhood: The effect of sex on attachment style and personality disorder traits
… the HEXACO model of personality (Objective 3; Ashton & Lee, 2009). Consistent with previous research (Book, Visser, & Volk, 2015; Book et al., 2016), I found that psychopathic traits were negatively related to Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Antisocial …
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An Exploratory Study of Project Lead the Way Secondary Engineering Educators' Self-Efficacy
… (Anderson, Green & Loewen, 1988; Ross, 1992; Ashton & Webb, 1986; Woolfolk & Hoy, 1990; and Muijs & Reynolds, 2001) and that prior teaching and teacher preparation experiences influence teacher self-efficacy (Preito & Altmaier, 1994). Since the late 1990s, a significant number of teachers have …
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