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Showing 1 to 20 of 10858 for “"Causes"”.
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Reasons and causes
… whether the wants and corresponding beliefs are causes. I Also suggest at this point that criterion for intentional action is that the agent has the intention of performing the action, rather than that he has an intention in performing it, or an intention with which he performs it. In the second …
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Saxophone performance problems : causes and solutions
… the dissertation is designed for easy reference. Causes of performance problems are systematically arranged under the following categories: mouthpiece, reed, ligature, instrument, and player. A solution follows each performance problem cited, which generally consists of a corrective physical or …
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Differential Outcomes: causes and pedagogical responses
… project. The twin aims of investigating the causes of differential outcomes, and thereafter, seeking pedagogical responses to these findings meant that I carried out the research in two phases. In both phases I used an interpretivist approach, within a participatory action research …
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Causes of domestic terrorism: 1970-2010
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the structural determinants of transnational and domestic terrorism are not necessarily synonymous. A domestic terrorism event population was derived by applying definitional criteria to the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database. Economic, political, …
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Causes and consequences of lacunar stroke
… of small vessel disease (SVD) which also causes cognitive impairment and gait disturbance; together these lead to dementia, falls and disability. Current evidence suggests that SVD is caused by a separate aetiology from large vessel stroke, which may be mediated by blood brain barrier …
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Causes and Consequences of Board Composition
This dissertation examines the causes and consequences of patterns in the composition of American boards of directors. The three papers each focus on one type of corporate director: outsiders, women, and workers. The results from the outside director paper suggest that companies employing more …
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Causes and consequences of external blockholdings
This dissertation seeks to investigate empirically the determinants and implications of large block shareholdings. Specifically, it attempts to answer the following questions : (1) Why do some firms have blocks and others not ? (2) What are the valuation consequences of large block creations ? (3) …
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Primary Causes of Divorce in Teenage Marriages
… to government information. What are the causes of the high level of dissolution among teenage marriages? This study sought to discover the primary causes of divorce in teenage marriages. Procedure. A questionnaire was administered to individuals married as teens and either (1) still …
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Hyperhomocysteinemia: inherited causes and effects of treatment
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_235021652.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Identifying Novel Causes of X-Linked Heterotaxy
Heterotaxy is a congenital disorder characterized by abnormal arrangement of formation of thoracic and abdominal organs due to errors in embryonic left-right patterning, affecting ~1 in 10,000 live births. These patients exhibit considerable phenotypic heterogeneity, with structural heart defects …
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On The Causes and Consequences of Divorce
… following a divorce and discuss the possible causes of divorce from theoretical and empirical perspectives. One of the consequences of divorce for women with dependent children who are not fully employed in labour market, is a major loss of income and decrease in their well-being. For the past …
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Social Inhibition of return: Causes and properties
… be disentangled. The present work examined the causes and properties of this intriguing effect over the course of four empirical chapters. First, Chapter 2 revealed that social IOR possesses a number of properties, characteristic of traditional IOR. Second, Chapter 3 convincingly demonstrated …
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Mutation of SLC7A14 Causes Syndromic Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is the most common sensory deficit worldwide. Various pathogenic variants have been linked to sensorineural hearing loss, and transcriptomic analysis has also implicated novel mutations in hair cell genes. This study investigated Slc7a14, which is upregulated in adult mouse inner hair …
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