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Showing 1 to 20 of 6601 for “"Demands"”.
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The Perceived Demands of CrossFit
<p>Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle tissue causing myoglobin, creatine kinase, and other intracellular proteins and electrolytes to leak into circulation, disrupting cell homeostasis. Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) occurs after extremely rigorous physical training that could include high …
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Kinematic Demands of Nucleus Arthroplasty Technology
<p>Recent advancements in biomaterial technologies have fostered growth in alternative surgical procedures to fusion surgery for treatment of early stages of degenerative disc disease. One application of immediate interest is that of nucleus arthroplasty (NA). Novel materials are being developed to …
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Demands And Offers In Ultimatum Games
Pecorino and Van Boening (2010) introduce the embedded ultimatum game. The authors embed an ultimatum game into a stylized legal bargaining framework and cross analyze the offer and dispute behavior in this game with the same behavior in a baseline simple ultimatum game. The current study seeks to …
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Justice and the demands of realism
The dissertation examines how concerns about the demands of realism should be addressed in political theories of justice. It asks whether the demands of realism should affect the construction of principles of justice and, if so, how principles should respond to those demands. To address the …
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The Vocabulary Demands of Popular English Songs
… corpus-driven study investigated the vocabulary demands of popular English songs. A comprehensive corpus of popular English song lyrics was created for this study. Songs for the corpus were selected according to their impact and influence on culture. A song’s impact on culture was determined by …
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Interrole Conflict, Time Demands, and Individual Differences
… (2) personality measures; (3) measures of time demands; and (4) demographic measures. Factor analyses were performed on the interrole conflict items. Four scales emerged that describe specific directions and sources of conflict. An increase in nonwork hours was related to a decrease in interrole …
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The Workload Demands of Mixed Martial Arts
… blood sampling to determine the workload demands of MMA sparring bouts on the participants.
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Aligning netbook microprocessor reliability to market demands
In 2008 Intel released a low-power and low-cost microprocessor that opened up a new market for smaller mobile computers, commonly known as netbooks. During the subsequent two years, netbooks have grown to be a substantial component of the mobile computer industry, capturing a major share of mobile …
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Dynamic ship assignment problem with uncertain demands
Product tanker shipping companies in the spot market face severe volatility in demand and in price. We explore shipping companies' two problems: evaluating supply and demand of the market and assigning cargoes in order to maximize profitability. By approximating the market as a queueing system, we …
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Product architecture definition based upon customer demands
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.
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Ergonomics evaluation of task demands among kitchen staff
1 PDF file (x, 108 pages)
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Essays on multinationals, trade, and international labor demands
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1996.
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THE WORK OF SENIOR NURSE MANAGERS: DEMANDS AND CONFLICTS
… a range of complex and multi-dimensional demands and conflicts within their work and that choices were made to handle these. One consistent feature of the demands and conflicts was the tension that existed between professional nursing and management, derived from the Senior Nurse Managers' …
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Ductility demands of filtered earthquakes on reinforced concrete frames
The Mexico City 1985 and the Loma Prieta 1989 earthquakes demonstrated the destructive nature of seismic waves filtered through soft soils. Key characteristics of filtered ground motions are generally amplified acceleration, increased predominant period, and lengthened duration of strong shaking. …
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Community college presidents: perceptions of leadership demands and competencies
… community college presidents' perceptions of the demands and competencies of leadership at the community college presidential level. The study focused on the experiences of four sitting community college presidents to understand their perceptions of leadership at the presidential level. The study …
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Creativity and Innovation Through the Job Demands-Resources Model
… & Amabile, 2010). This study used the job-demands resources model (Bakker & Demerouti, 2016) to examine the roles that burnout and work engagement play as mediators across antecedents to creativity and innovation. A sample of 817 employees with 277 subordinate-supervisor matched pairs was …
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Accounting for hypnotic phenomena via motivation and experimenter demands.
When completing time judgement (intentional binding) and word-based attention tasks (Stroop) following specific hypnotic suggestions, individuals of higher hypnotic suggestibility have been found to perform in a manner not achievable without suggestions. Cold Control Theory (CCT) in contrast …
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Brain Dynamics When Alertness Fluctuates but Attentional Demands Persist
… when alertness levels decline but attentional demands persist. We focused on sustained auditory and visual attention using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). First, we examined how sustained auditory attention impacts brain functional reorganisation during sleep onset. We compared …
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