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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"Environmental Characteristics"”.
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College Student Adjustment: Examination Of Personal And Environmental Characteristics
<p>This study used a multi-dimensional model of college adjustment to examine the relationships between multiple layers of personal influences and college adjustment (academic, social, personal/emotional, attachment to the institution, and overall adjustment) among emerging adults in a large urban …
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Impact of waste plastics on asphalt concrete chemical and environmental characteristics
… comparative LCA results demonstrated that the environmental impacts of an AC mix incorporating recycled plastics are highly dependent on the method of incorporation of waste plastics. However, the availability and quality of data are important. Further studies are needed to optimize the LDPE …
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Role of Vegetation and Environmental Characteristics on Slope Stability in Northwest Arkansas
… to pose risks to society because knowledge of environmental factors and their interactions are unclear and possibly misunderstood. This misunderstanding leads to generalizations about slope failure susceptibility mapping, despite knowing that slope failures are likely the result of an …
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Generalised strategy for predicting environmental characteristics of solid mineral wastes : a focus on copper
… are facing increasing pressure to improve environmental performance and contribute to development that is consistent with sustain ability principles. The management of large volumes of solid wastes poses a particular problem, with the potential post-closure impacts and liabilities …
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The relationship between environmental characteristics and collective bargaining agent affiliation of selected community colleges
… as related to (A) selected institutional environmental characteristics, including faculty personality types, (B) different bargaining agents, and (C) location in states with or without collective bargaining legislation. The following hypotheses were generated and tested: 1. There are no …
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A comparison of driving characteristics and environmental characteristics using factor analysis and k-means clustering algorithm
… aims to classify drivers based on driving and environmental behaviors. The research determined significant factors using factor analysis, identified different driver types using k-means clustering, and studied how the same drivers map in each classification domain. The research consists of two …
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A Comparative Assessment of Specified Environmental Characteristics of the College of Physical Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Habitat Selection of Gulf-Strain Striped Bass, <i>Morone saxatilis</i>: Relationships to Dynamic Abiotic Environmental Characteristics Within the Biloxi River, Mississippi
… on spatially and seasonally variable abiotic environmental characteristics (water temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO), salinity, specific conductivity, and pH) in the Biloxi River, MS system. Juvenile hatchery-reared and feral adult Gulf-strain Striped Bass were acoustically-tagged and …
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Intent to aggress in forensic settings
This PhD examines the role of individual and environmental characteristics in the intent to aggress, resulting in the development of a model to understand the intent to aggress in forensic settings
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Vegetation Responses to Seven Silvicultural Treatments in the Southern Appalachians One-Year After Harvesting
… relationships between soil, litter, and other environmental characteristics and vegetation in the herbaceous layer (<1 m in height). Multivariate analysis techniques were used to analyze average differences in species abundance between pre-harvest and post-harvest and to relate post-harvest …
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Improving our understanding of the influences of the environment on physical activity
… develop our understanding of the ways in which environmental characteristics influence physical activity. The first part examines cross-sectional associations between environmental characteristics such as street connectivity, air pollution, and deprivation, and self-reported and objective …
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Factors Influencing Adoption of Mobile Money Services Among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A Case Study of Tourism Sector
… to determine the extent to which technological characteristics influence adoption of mobile money among SMEs in Tanzania Tourism sector, ii) to examine the extent to which organizational characteristics influence adoption of mobile money services among SMEs, and iii) to analyze the impact of …
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An investigation of the environment-strategy-structure relationship of post-industrial (information-age) organizations
… Huber 1984; Handy 1989; Glazer 1991). These environmental changes are expected to typify the environments faced by firms in the 21st century post-industrial (or information-age) society. Consistent with the environment-strategy-structure model, firms are expected to attempt to buffer …
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An investigation of the factors that influence electronic information sharing between state and local agencies
… be determined by electronic information sharing characteristics, agency characteristics, and environmental characteristics. This study employs both quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The first part of the study involves the collection and analysis of survey data from local law …
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Vegetation, diversity and rarity on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
… from visual examination of dominant species and environmental characteristics, with the result of a multivariate classification derived from the analysis of an extensive database (835 plots, 833 species). This rapid system of classification of fynbos showed an 81 similarity with Two-Way Analysis …
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Hedonic Valuation of Forested Riparian Buffers Along Rivers in Northwestern North Carolina
… basis of the hedonic models used to value these environmental characteristics. Homes that border a river sell for at least $28,000 more than otherwise similar homes that do not border a river. Riparian area tree coverage positively impacts river-bordering house prices, but only to a certain …
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The influence of spatiotemporal variation in food web models
… primary producer communities adapt to current environmental conditions both in time and space. Despite this knowledge however, many food web studies continue to use temporally static and spatially homogenous representations of food webs. This thesis proposes that a detailed investigation of …
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Exploring the Health Benefits of Nature for Children in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Settings
… framework to examine how individual-level and environmental factors are associated with children’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and (b) semi-structured focus groups with children to understand how children living in a rural community define nature, experience nature, and perceive the …
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Vegetation Succession and Environmental Relations at the Illisarvik Drained Lake Experiment, Western Arctic Coast, Canada
… resulted in deeper snow packs. Surveys of other environmental characteristics in the basin indicated that volumetric water content and vegetation height were the primary factors controlling active-layer thickness and ground temperatures at Illisarvik. The vegetation height likely acts as a proxy …
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