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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"Dad"”.
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Attempting to be dad and dad: examining the challenges of surrogacy for gay couples in Namibia
This dissertation confirms that the current landscape in Namibia fails to adequately cater for the recognition of gay couple’s rights to create families by means of surrogacy. It concluded this by examining challenges of surrogacy for gay couples in Namibia and found that gay couples experience …
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"Dad" Hoeger and the Good Samaritan Society
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Ambivalent globalizers, vicarious cosmopolitans: South Korean "geese-dad" academics
… focusing on the experiences of “geese-dad” professors who respond to the challenges of globalization in both private and public realms. I explore how these professors engage in the globalization process both through raising their children abroad and through their university roles as …
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'Wow, what's that Dad?' Fresh and Dynamic Perspectives of Young Children's Museum Experiences
This thesis explores the experiences of six young children (four and five years of age) during the flow of unstructured family museum visits. Two of the children visited a museum of art and archaeology, two a museum of natural history and two a museum that is dedicated to children’s literature. …
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There’s a dad for that! : Naming men in work-life balance and entrepreneurial decision-making
This thesis explores work-family balance in relation to entrepreneurial decision-making using men and masculinities literature as the lens of critical analysis. This research critically examines men’s subjective work-life balance experiences by evaluating their attempts to navigate between their …
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The Influence of Dad: An Investigation of Adolescent Females' Perceived Closeness with Fathers and Risky Behaviors
Substance use and sexual behaviors are prominent college campus activities, often co-occurring. An evolutionary perspective illuminates the unique impact of father-daughter relationships on substance use and sexual risk-taking. Female adolescents who experience early physical separation from their …
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The Influence of Dad: An Investigation of Adolescent Females' Perceived Closeness with Fathers and Risky Behaviors
Substance use and sexual behaviors are prominent college campus activities, often co-occurring. An evolutionary perspective illuminates the unique impact of father-daughter relationships on substance use and sexual risk-taking. Female adolescents who experience early physical separation from their …
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(Im)possible baby : how to stimulate discussions about possibilities of two-mum and two-dad children
(lm)possible Baby is a speculative design project which aims to stimulate discussions about the social, cultural and ethical implications of emerging biotechnologies that could enable same-sex couples to have their own, genetically related children. Delivering a baby from same-sex parents is …
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Cuantificación por HPLC-DAD de cafeína y trigonelina en Coffea arabica L y escopoletina en Persea schiedeana Ness.
… a cabo la metodología analítica mediante HPLC-DAD, y posteriormente se verificaron los parámetros de validación, utilizando como guía la ICH, y se comprobó que cada criterio de aceptación fue cumplido, por lo que los métodos son útiles para los propósitos empleados. Para P. schiedeana Ness. …
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Structural studies of Burkholderia pseudomallei invasion protein D (BipD), 2,4'-dihydroxyacetophenone dioxygenase (DAD) and L-threonine dehydrogenase (TDH)
… Dioxygenase (DAD) from Alcaligenes sp. is of interest for quite a different reason. Aromatic hydrocarbons, are especially damaging to the environment because they are not naturally degraded. The expression and purification protocols for DAD have now been refined …
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Design of an IP address Auto-Configuration scheme for Wireless Multi-Hop Networks
… research we proposed changes to the traditional DAD procedure, the Wise-DAD protocol was proposed. We introduced state information maintenance, which is passively collected and synchronized. Passively collecting state information reduced the number of DAD trials thereby reducing latency and …
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Quality of Hospital Discharge Abstract Databases over Time
… of hospital discharge abstract databases (DAD) in regards to patient comorbidities, with a focus on the trend of validity from 2002 to 2013. Method: We compared patient comorbidity coding in DAD, against a reference standard of the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in …
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IP address auto-configuration for wireless ad-hoc networks
… the effect of mobility, network traffic and DAD timeout period on address auto-configuration were conducted. The results of these experiments informed the design of the new protocol, D-DAD, proposed in this work. The proposed IP address auto-configuration mechanism was simulated in Ns2 and …
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The Effect of a Low-Velocity Impact on the Flexural Strength and Dynamic Response of Composite Sandwiches with Damage Arrestment Devices
… the effectiveness of a damage arrestment device (DAD) on the mechanical behavior of composite sandwiches, following a low-velocity impact. A 7.56-lb<sub>f</sub> crosshead dropped from a height of 37.5-inches was considered for the low-velocity impact testing. In this study, the experimental and …
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Effects of Damage Arrestment Devices on the Fatigue Life of Impacted Composite Sandwich Beams
… the effectiveness of a damage arrestment device (DAD) on the structural integrity of composite sandwich beams. The effects of these DADs on the fatigue life of these beams following a low-velocity impact will be considered.</p> <p>Composite sandwich beams were constructed utilizing two layers of …
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An explorative study on the role of Disability Advice Desks in providing information on livelihood opportunities for disabled youth in the Cape Metropole
… to explore the role of Disability Advice Desks (DADs) in providing information on livelihood opportunities for disabled youth in the Cape Metropole. The methodology used in the study was a qualitative explorative case study, which was based on an instrumental approach. The data collection methods …
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Chromatographic and mass spectrometric characterization of a landfill leachate and an industrial wastewater
… chromatography with a diode array detector (LC/DAD), to identify specific organic chemicals in the samples. GC/MS analysis of the leachate confirmed the presence of two benzenesulfonamides and two phthalate esters. Several other components were detected, but not identified. A significant number …
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