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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Context Variables"”.
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Mining Functional and Structural Relationships of Context Variables in Smart-Buildings
… made manually. Furthermore, consider that a context-aware Building Management System (BMS) is an IoT application, which measures direct-context from the building’s sensors to characterize environmental conditions, user locations, and state. Additionally, a BMS combines sensor information to …
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The phenomenology of coping with a diagnosis of early stage breast cancer: the influence of intrapersonal and social context variables
Despite substantial research into psychosocial factors associated with adjustment to a diagnosis of breast cancer, contradictory or limited research evidence exists in certain areas. In particular, questions arise concerning the efficacy of coping reactions such as acceptance and denial/avoidance …
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The Impact Of A Professional Development Program On Teachers' Practice And How Context Variables Influenced Such Practice: A Case Study
<p>This case study investigated how context variables influenced the impact of a state-funded longitudinal professional development (PD) program on the participant teachers' practice. Data was collected to compare differences in Science Content Knowledge, Science Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and …
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An Examination of Principal Leadership Practices and School-Level Variables in Connecticut Schools with Achievement Gains Above and Below the State's Average Performance Gain on State Assessments
… performing schools and the various antecedent/context variables of such schools. This study examined schools with annual achievement gains above and below the state’s average gain in student performance and sought to determine if there were significant differences in school antecedent/context …
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Korean kindergarten children's play choice: Activity structure and sex-type
This study investigated the classroom context variables which influence the socialization of sex-typed behavior of Korean kindergarten children. The study focused on the Korean kindergarten children's different activity choices in the classroom and the variables which influence this behavior.
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The Role of Family Context in Moderating Treatment Effectiveness for an Adolescent Family-Based Health Intervention
<p>Family context may serve as an important factor in whether families initiate, implement, and maintain key practices that are necessary for long-lasting changes in health status. Family-based treatments taking a behavioral approach are common interventions for pediatric obesity and improving …
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A case study investigation of strategy implementation in three multi-unit restaurant firms
… restaurant firms. A model comprised of five context variables and five process variables was developed on the basis of a review of the theoretical literature about the restaurant industry, strategy implementation, and organization theory. Qualitative research methods, specifically case study …
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Examining the relationship among context, cognition, and conflict management in the workplace
… to examine the extent to which specific contextual variables of a workplace conflict would influence participant responses in that interaction. During the study, 389 individuals responded to an online questionnaire containing a description of a hypothetical workplace conflict interaction …
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Sources of influence on pedagogical behavior patterns of five elementary physical education specialists
… could be understood by investigating presage and context variables and their potential influence on teacher behaviors. The first purpose of this study was to systematically analyze pedagogical behavior patterns of five elementary school physical education teachers. The second purpose was to …
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Family context and executive functioning in preschool-age children
… of the immediate environment, such as family context, help or hinder the development of executive functions in young children. To address this gap, the current study explored how aspects of family context are associated with executive performance in a sample of preschool-age children. …
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The Effects of Parent's Religious Coping on Children's Functioning after Loss
… patterns emerged revealing that several death context variables had an impact on child adjustment.</p>
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The impact of cultural distance on the management style and performance of Japanese and Taiwanese joint ventures with local partners in China
… the Lin and Germain's (1980) model of linking context variables, conflict resolution strategies and IJV performance. Hypotheses are tested by the primary data collected by an international mail questionnaire from a sample of 165 IJV general managers in China and foreign parent firms in Japan …
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Combining tradespace exploration with system dynamics to explore future space architectures
… Discussion of factors such as design choices, context variables, tuning variables, model execution and construction is also included.
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The Complex Construction of Multilingual Identity: A Comparative Study in Three European Contexts of L3+ Learning
… development via a mixed-methods, comparative context approach at three school sites based in Finland, France & England. Individual and group identity (re)constructions are considered across the system boundaries and the emergent isolated and cross-context variables of impact are identified and …
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The translator's habitus and shifts : a study on modulations in the Persian translations of Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury', 'Go Down Moses' and 'Absalom! Absalom!'
… and Shreve 1992) are reviewed to identify 'context variables'(Williams and Chesterman 2002) enlightening the translator's activity. It is concludedthat within the cultural semiotic nature of the translating activity involvingcommunicative turbulence (Hatim and Mason 1991), the occurrence of …
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A context-aware approach for handling concept drift in classification
… varying environmental conditions (i.e. varying context). Although many adaptive learning approaches have been proposed in the literature to address such changes, these are limited in terms of the extent to which the contextual aspects are explicitly identified and utilised. Instead, existing …
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Sources of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction With Work and Tedium in a Mental Health Setting
… simultaneous study of work roles and personality variables. Hence, the Job Impression Survey (JIS) was designed to have employees identify pleasant/unpleasant events occurring for a one week period, as well as state their degree of satisfaction with six work context variables, agreement with the …
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The Unitary Executive and Power in the Modern American Presidency
… executive on power, with other historical context variables. These include serving under a unified or divided government, and year in a presidency, to see the effects on presidential powers. My research finds that a strong unitary expression, when embodied by an officeholder, is an …
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Analyzing deviant workplace behaviors: a comparative study of new and traditional scales
… even after controlling for demographic and work-context variables. TbDWB, in turn, is negatively related to job satisfaction and positively related to turnover intentions, providing evidence that technology-enabled deviance is both a reflection of strained employment relationships and a potential …
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Support Networks of Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
… income predicted greater stress. Caregiving context variables were not significant. Conclusion: The structure and quality of caregiver social support networks are pivotal in influencing the caregiving experience. These findings suggest that enhancing network capacity and promoting a balance …
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