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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Communication functions"”.
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Inside stories: making sense of the daily lives of communication practitioners
The discipline of corporate communication is relatively embryonic, and has developed into its current form largely through the amalgamation of salient theories from the public relations and management disciplines. Existing academic research focuses broadly on the role of communication …
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The use of cellular technologies by students at the University of Zululand
… the overall convergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's). The study briefly sketches its scope and extent in South Africa and the African continent. It examines the various communication functions of cellular technology and investigates the uses to which these functions …
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Contextual Framework of Communications Functions Supporting Complex System Governance
… a systems theory-based contextual framework of communication functions supporting complex system governance using an inductive research design. Communication, as one aspect of Management Cybernetics (communication and control for effective system organization) constructed of channels of …
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Networks For Girls: An Examination of the Girls Circle Process
… adolescent girls, specifically focusing on how communication functions to influence self-esteem, perceived body image, social support and relationship building. Additionally this research examined the extent to which girls are satisfied with their participation in the Girls Circle process. A …
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Multipass communication systems for tiled processor architectures
Multipass communication systems utilize multiple sets of parallel baseband receiver functions to balance communication data rates and available computation capabilities. This is achieved by spatially pipelining baseband functions across parallel resources to perform multiple processing passes on …
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The development of low level communication interfaces for generic work cell control
… work cells. Many ideas exist about what functions a cell controller should perform and how it should interact with its environment. The functions utilized by the cell controller many vary depending on the type of machinery but similar tasks are usually performed. The complexity of the …
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"""Daddy's Girl"" and ""Big Man on Campus:"" Turning Points in the Development of Parent-Adolescent Relationships"
… The focus of this study is how parent-adolescent communication functions to optimize adolescent individuation from their parents. The Retrospective Interview Technique (RIT) was used with 31 adolescents to explore the types of turning points they reported experiencing and the developmental …
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Beyond Words: A Post-Process Business Writing Pedagogy
… business writing pedagogy, examine 105 business communication syllabi from U.S. colleges, and perform a close textual analysis of the five textbooks most commonly used in these courses. I then perform a communication audit of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network as an exemplar of how …
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Communication, Relevance, and Power in Montaigne's 'Essais'
… explores Michel de Montaigne’s interest in how communication functions through intention and inference. Throughout his Essais, Montaigne suggests that communication, whether verbal or extralinguistic, is fundamentally an interaction between minds. To account for this portrayal of human …
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Assessing the applicability of integrated communications : towards a system approach.
This thesis tackles the problem of how communication functions can be integrated and made more effective in organisations. The research surfaces the main issues affecting the quality of integrated communications and -develops a new Integrated Communications Model (ICM) for assessing the …
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Assessing the applicability of integrated communications : towards a systemic approach
This thesis tackles the problem of how communication functions can be integrated and made more effective in organisations. The research surfaces the main issues affecting the quality of integrated communications and develops a new Integrated Communications Model (ICM) for assessing the …
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Enhancing Trust in Reconfigurable Hardware Systems
… together to realize control, computation and communication functions. Although these systems are complex, they are ubiquitous in the Internet of Things (IoT) era of autonomous vehicles/drones, smart homes, smart grids, etc. where everything is connected. These systems are vulnerable to …
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What is the self-reported person-centred care competency and observed implementation of final year audiology students during their clinical encounters?
… The student displayed a majority of the PCC communication functions listed in the Observational Checklists. No client participants were enrolled in the study due to transport limitations after the clinical encounter. Additional client participants were not recruited due to lack of student …
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Intrusion Detection and Recovery of a Cyber-Power System
The advent of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in power systems has revolutionized the monitoring, operation, and control mechanisms through advanced control and communication functions. However, this integration significantly elevates the vulnerability of modern power systems to …
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Understanding political and citizen participation on digital platforms for civic mobilization. Analysis of cyber-activism in Spain through Change.org
… in Spain from the Jacobson’s (1960) model of the functions of language in order to evaluate the communicative purpose of cyber-activism. Addressing it as an expression of political and civic participation that could complement classical paradigms of civic involvement. In this sense, this study …