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Showing 1 to 20 of 195 for “"Ecological model"”.
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Towards an Ecological Model of Prehension
This dissertation presents an ecological model of human prehensile behavior utilizing the technique of dimensional analysis to develop pi-numbers that express body scaled relationships between hands and objects of prehension. Hand patterns were classified relative to generic action categories of …
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Hepatitis C: A Perspective Through the Social Ecological Model
<p>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major global public health problem. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects 3.2 million Americans and 500 million people from a global standpoint (CDC, 2012). HCV contributes to significant morbidity and …
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An Ecological Model of Mexican Immigration and Mental Health
… have just begun to be explored within a broader ecological framework (Acevedo Garcia et al., 2012; Coatsworth, Maldonado-Molina, Pantin, & Szzapocznik, 2005). In light of this, scholars have called for ecological models that incorporate mental health related factors (Coatsworth et al., 2005; …
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Distributive Leadership’s Relationship To Teacher Self-Efficacy: An Ecological Model
<p>This ecological study identifies and tests research based constructs of distributive leadership and teacher self-efficacy on the 2012 and 2014 TELL survey using ecological methodology. This includes a confirmatory factor analysis of survey items that best measure distributive leadership and …
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An ecological model of health information acquisition on the Internet
… a theoretical framework based upon Williamson's ecological model (1998), Longo's health information model (2009; 2010), and previous empirical studies, 3) to examine contextual variables associated with college students' health information acquisition, and 4) to encourage discussion about …
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The Dynamics of Animal Distribution: An Evolutionary/ecological Model (Zoogeography, Biogeography)
… are too complex to lend themselves to normative modelling. In this work, a model of environment and community interaction is constructed which lends itself to the latter kind of interpretation. It is posed that spatially-varying rates and magnitudes of availability of moisture at given locations …
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A Calcium-Centered Socio-Ecological Model of Prostate Cancer Disparities: Preliminary Studies and Findings
… aims at developing an integrative mechanistic model of PCa. We argue that given the versatile and ubiquitous role calcium plays in nutrition, physical environment, and in key cellular processes, that mineral cation is central to prostate tumorigenesis and in shaping its populational …
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Journeys in the cultural landscapes of Okhamandal in Gujarat, India: an ecological model for heritage conservation
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A matter of evolutionary life and death: an ecological model of growth and development in Homo erectus
… tolerance of H erectus is framed within a model that shows regions that comprised the core of the species, where tolerance is highest and conditions are optimum for growth and reproduction, and periphery regions which fall towards the extremes of tolerance and have repercussive effects on …
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Examining the psychometric characteristics of an instrument to measure the impact of the climate on health behavior: A pilot study based on the Behavioral Ecological Model
… an instrument designed based on the Behavioral Ecological Model to measure factors that influence the uptake of MAB and (b) examine tentative differences between (based on demographic factors) and relationships among all of the latent constructs examined in the psychometric testing phase of the …
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An Ecological Approach to the Assessment and Promotion of Hearing Protection Behaviour in the Workplace
… The theoretical framework for this study was the Ecological Model for Health Promotion; a planning model that helps identify and target behavioural influences across multiple levels of the social environment. Methods: Semi-structured interviews (Phase 1), cross-sectional survey (Phase 2), and the …
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Health Educators as a Think Tank: Recommendations to Improve Health Care Reform Proposals and Potential Roles for the Profession
… different levels of the determinants of health ecological model and to examine potential new roles for the health education profession in achieving an effective health care system. An interpretive approach was used to gain contextualized, value-laden, specific knowledge from health educators to …
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The Individual as Ecological: Reconstructing Identity in a Deweyan Vein
… develop a conception of the individual using an ecological model as an alternative to the atomistic type more typical of Western philosophy. An ecological model presents the individual as part of a biological and cultural milieu, but, contrary to a number of critiques of the Deweyan individual, …
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Motivating middle school students to be physically active: the role of supportive environments
… theory as a framework, a structural model of hypothesized relationships among perceived social support from physical education teachers, psychological need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and physical activity was tested. The findings supported the mediating role of psychological …
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Risk and Resilience: Exploring the Ecological Factors that Impact the Recovery of Sexual Assault Survivors at Two Centres in the Western Cape
… explore how factors on Campbell et al.'s (2009) ecological model contribute to mental ill-health, resilience, and recovery in female sexual assault survivors. The ecological model explains the link between sexual assault and mental health amongst survivors. It uses factors on seven interrelated …
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Ex-military Personnel in the Criminal Justice System: An exploration of the violence committed across the military life course and the role of alcohol within this violence.
… offender post transition. In light of this, a model to effectively engage with this population was proposed, namely The Military Informed Nested Ecological Model (MINEM). Developed from the Nested Ecological model proposed by Dutton (2006), the MINEM represents an analytical tool to engage with …
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On some classes of birth and death processes in continuum
… two-component systems are introduced: the ecological model and Glauber-Potts type model. For all of the above-mentioned processes, the existence of the associated dynamics is proven. The Vlasov-type scaling is applied to the two-component models and the corresponding Vlasov equations are …
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Investigating the role of childhood maltreatment and witnessing intimate partner violence on childhood behaviour and mental health
… and mediating factors are considered in the ecological model (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). Part I of the thesis provides a systematic examination of the literature. Chapter 1 considered the strengths and weaknesses of existing meta-analytical reviews on the association between childhood sexual …
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Active living in municipal parks and recreation : a case study
… It is also about active living; from an ecological perspective, a multi-disciplinary approach to incorporate physical activity into more 111 people's daily lives. In particular, this thesis examines one case --'. the Donutville Case - . with the intent of providing an explanation of how …
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Child Protection: an ecological perspective to assessment and treatment
… a complex interplay of factors that must be ecologically considered in managing, assessing and treating children and young people. Research indicates that those children and young people displaying sexually harmful behaviour are more likely to have been subject to adverse childhood …
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