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Showing 1 to 20 of 5132 for “"Decline"”.
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Design for decline
… and come to terms with the possibility of decline. The architect's habit of designing for obsolescence is evident in the abandoned buildings of former boomtowns. Designed with growth in mind, obsolete architecture is both a symptom of, and contributor to, urban decay. By redefining …
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Decline of the lunar dynamo
… that the lunar dynamo surface dynamo field had declined to <4 [mu]T by 3.19 Ga. A lunar breccia may record evidence for a core dynamo field of at least ~770 nT at its formation age (<3.3 Ga). Samples acquire shock remanent magnetization (SRM) when impact shock waves propagate through rocks in …
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Predicting Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
… more likely to predict an individual’s cognitive decline (i.e., normal to mild cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease) two years prior to conversion. A sample of non-decliners (N=109) compared to those who declined (N=24) in cognitive status (i.e., mild cognitive …
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Vascular Depression: An Early Indicator Of Decline
… disease, depression, frailty and cognitive decline in the aging US population place additional strain and expense on the already over-burdened public health care system. Meanwhile, integrated models of care are associated with preserved functional independence, reduced medical costs, and …
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Butterflies fly away: insect decline in California, USA
… protected areas in Germany, reports of insect decline have become common across the world. While some patterns have emerged, such as a 2% annual rate of decline in temperate terrestrial insects, many questions remain, including the importance of various drivers of decline, how these vary by …
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Decline of play-based learning : Identifying external factors
Kramer, Mindy The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the external factors that impact play-based learning in the five-year old kindergarten urban and suburban classroom. The study also sought to identify how teacher preparation programs are preparing early childhood teacher …
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Wordsworth's Decline: Self-editing and Editing the Self
… of the poet’s career by means of a theory of “decline.” In its most common form, this theory argues that Wordsworth’s best poetry was written during one “Great Decade” (1798-1807)—an isolated epoch of prolificacy and genius. His subsequent works, it is argued, neither surpass nor equal his …
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The battle to stem the tide of decline
… – on the parties’ responses to electoral decline. To so do, a review of the changing social, political, economic and electoral environment wherein the parties exist is considered. However, the combination of these such challenges alone does not sufficiently explain the parties’ strategic …
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Social Exclusion, Resort Decline and the English Seaside
… data analysis to probe the influence of resort decline on social exclusion in England’s seaside resorts. Drawing on a wide range of socio-economic datasets and quantitative methods of data analysis and GIS software, the study investigates the scale, nature and extent of multiple deprivation in …
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Hospital-associated functional status decline in pulmonary patients
… to hospital-associated functional status decline. The purpose of this dissertation was to identify activity factors that contribute to hospital-associated functional status decline in older adults with COPD by promoting functioning during hospitalization. This predictive correlational …
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Calculation of decline curves for gas drive reservoirs
Includes bibliographical references.
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Hypolimnetic oxygen decline and the hypolimnetic bacterial community.
This study reports on bacterial cell size and abundance change during oxygen depletion of Belton and Stillhouse Hollow reservoir. Bacterial cell size and abundance are compared with amount of heterotrophic nanoflagellates, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and time. The Relative Areal Hypolimnetic …
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The decline of the United Party 1970-1977
Bibliography: pages 358-368.
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The Thatcher era: economic decline and electoral hegemony
… success in reversing Britain's relative economic decline. How have its policies sought to break the pattern of decline? Has it adopted a consistent, and distinctive approach? Is the party's unprecedented electoral success a product of its economic policies? What does the future hold? The following …
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The rise and decline of the Icelandic commonwealth
The purpose of this study was to trace the history of the Icelandic commonwealth, from the rise of the independent Icelandic State 930 A.D. to its collapse 1262 A.D. Efforts were made to analyze the different theories on the reasons for the early settlement, as well as the reasons for the …
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Environmental correlates and associations of tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) decline
… due to clearing, lack of recruitment and canopy decline. Canopy decline is of particular concern, being increasingly reported throughout the Tuart distribution. Despite this, previous studies of Tuart have generally been limited to localised canopy decline events. This two-phased study firstly …
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The Decline in Baseball Participation Amongst African American Youth
… } <p>The basis for this thesis was to study the decline in baseball participation amongst African American youth through the lens of social learning theory. This was done in conjunction with interviews with 10 young African American non-baseball players, ages 11-13, who resided in an urban …
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Intraindividual Variability as a Correlate of White Matter Decline
<p>Aging and early-stage Alzheimer disease (AD) have been associated with increased reaction time intraindividual variability (IIV). In previous studies this age-related increase in IIV has been associated with white matter volumes and microstructure. However, the association between IIV and white …
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Dioecious Plants: Evolution And Sex Ratio And Asepen Decline
… how climate variables affect growth and decline. We found many dioecious species display male biased ratios and that life form and dispersal agents are good indicators. Our theoretical models imply that incest and dispersal specialization of unisexual individuals facilitate invasion, but …
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