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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Environmental preference"”.
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Responses to representations of the built environment: the influence of emotion, attention and perspective-taking.
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate how environmental preference for the built environment, either in-situ or based on visual representations (e.g. visualisations of final architectural design), may be affected by three distinct variables. One of them is emotion, operationalised as the …
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The Relationship between Learning Style Preference and Academic Achievement of Freshmen Associate Degree Nursing Students
… the relationship between five learning style preferences fi-om Dunn's Learning Style Model and academic achievement of freshmen associate degree nursing students. Sixty seven female freshmen nursing students enrolled in a Midwest, private, associate degree nursing program participated in the …
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Development of a control system for gas concentration and temperature in an animal preference chamber
An enhancement of the environmental control capabilities was planned and executed for an Environmental Preference Chamber (EPC) used for animal behavior testing. A fuzzy logic controller (FLC) was designed and built to control distinct ammonia concentration levels independently in each of the EPC’s …
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Testing the Adventure Model for outdoor adventure recreation participation
… 1989). This research attempted to explain the preferences and behaviors of adventure recreation participants. Due to the methodological shortcomings with the testing of their model, several modifications and additions were made. This study proposed that the level of enduring involvement of …
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A Comparative Study of the Learning Styles of Southeast Asian and American Caucasian College Students on Two Seventh-day Adventist Campuses
… to investigate the differences in learning-style preferences between a group of Asian students at Southeast Asia Union College in Singapore and Caucasian students at Andrews University in Michigan.</p> <p>Method. This study employed the Productivity Environmental Preference Scale to measure the …
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An environmental-psychological study of sustainable housing: a transactional approach.
… is to utilise the transactional approach from environmental psychology for the study of sustainable housing. The interdisciplinary field of environmental psychology has recognised for some time the importance of considering human behaviour not only in terms of personal psychological processes, …
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Comparison of Learning Styles and Preferred Instructional Methods of the Native American Nursing Student
… in this study.<br /> The Productivity Environmental Preference Survey (PEPS) was the tool used to assess learning styles. Also, a questionnaire was developed by the researcher to identify these students' most and least preferred instructional methods as well as the factors that are most …
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Prediction of aesthetic response: a comparison of different philosophical paradigms' predictive utilities of aesthetic response towards natural landscape scenes
… response--ratings of scenic quality and preference ratings--was sought. Second, the relative efficiency of and interrelationships between predictor variables stemming from different philosophical paradigms of landscape aesthetics was of interest. Examination of such a variety of …
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A study of the pattern of learning style characteristics for adult dependent decision-makers
… Career Decision Making (ACDM), (b) Productivity Environmental Preference Survey (PEPS), and, (c) Kolb's Learning-Style Inventory (LSI). Each subject was identified as belonging to one of five decision-making style groups: (a) Rational, N=25; (b) Intuitive, N=30; (c) Dependent, N=31; (d) …
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The Valles Caldera: Recreationists' Perspectives on Access and Management
… public access, religious and cultural sites, environmental preference, crowding, livestock grazing. Preference for recreational activities and the amount of money recreationists are willing to spend to recreate are also discussed. More specifically, this thesis has revealed that all surveyed …
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Physiological and Behavioral Aspects of Thermoregulation in Diarrheic Piglets
… hours. The first experiment examined the thermal-environmental preference of diarrheic piglets exposed to a thermocline apparatus for 60 minutes. Diarrheic piglets on average preferred a lower ambient temperature than did control piglets. Furthermore, preference for a lower temperature in the …
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An investigation of laying hen interactions with ammoniated environments by means of preference testing
… many different housing systems, with potential environmental challenges to efficient production performance and, in extreme cases, animal survival. Thus, controlling the environment in commercial livestock and poultry facilities is important for improving animal welfare and optimal production, …
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Systematic evaluation of laying hen exposure to atmospheric ammonia
… short-term high-concentration exposure, and preference/aversion behavior testing. The two exposure studies used a combination of measures, including pathology, immunology, and production. The preference testing was conducted in an environmental preference chamber that allowed the hens to move …