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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Family Groups"”.
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Isolation and Characterization of Polymorphic Loci from the Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber): New Tools for Wildlife Management
… parentage analyses of the nine suggested family groups. Four family groups were supported (groups I, II, III and VI) by there results. However, an analysis of the remaining five suggested groups, with a total of eight offspring/dam and eight offspring/sire suggested relationships, yielded …
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Local Government Budgeting Practices in a Traditional Setting
… by the control logic imposed by strong family groups, promoting the intervention of familial control over the formal bureaucratic mechanism, thus causing budgeting practices to also serve the whim of family groups. Interestingly, contrary to previous studies on accounting in traditional …
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Services provided to relatives of patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital : an assessment of family satisfaction
This study explores family satisfaction with services provided to them on their relatives' admission to Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Town. The rationale for doing this research arose from the researcher's encounters with families of psychiatric patients and the perceived lack of …
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The Relationship Between Family Composition and Social Behavior for Students with Mild Disabilities in Schools
… in children's problem behavior across various family structures, particularly noting more challenging behaviors in children from single parent families. Utilizing a pre-existing data set of Behavioral Objective Sequence (BOS) scores, this study investigated teacher ratings of social behavioral …
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Promoting parent-child secure attachment bonds in adoptive families through community-based family music groups: a heuristic grounded theory study
… theory study was to discover how community-based family music groups could foster bonding development in adoptive families. The subjects were 11 adoptive families with a total of 41 family members. Every adoptive family included at least one parent and at least one adopted child under three and …
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Social and environmental causes and reproductive consequences of ornamented plumage in the Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)
… variation, finding Red-backed Fairywrens form family groups during the non-breeding season, that these family groups interact in larger social communities, and that the rate of interactions among these groups is influenced by climate, especially rainfall. In my second chapter, I test whether …
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Microsatellite-based genetic profiling for the management of wild and captive flamingo populations.
… interest whether they are small captive groups or wild populations numbering in the thousands. Genetic pedigrees are invaluable for maintaining maximum genetic diversity in captive, as well as wild, populations. However, presently there is a general lack of genetic data for flamingo …
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Chatting about science : a qualitative study on increasing the number and depth of science-based conversations among aquarium visitor groups
… to spark science-based conversations among family groups with elementary school-aged children (n=6) and social groups of college-aged young adults (n=7). Interviews, observations, and document analyses allowed the researcher to assess the impact of VIP Discussion Guides use on the group’s …
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Growing towards the light : A critical study on the way old age is portrayed in the novels of Anne Tyler and Margaret Forster
… two writers depict their older characters in a family setting. I will be comparing present day society's view of the elderly with the representation of old age in the novels of Tyler and Forster. I will show that both these writers portray their older characters as being a pivotal influence on …
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ΟΙ ΝΑΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΣΤΗ ΒΙΤΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΜΗΝΑ ΣΤΟ ΜΟΝΟΔΕΝΔΡΙ. ΠΡΟΣΕΓΓΙΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΩΝ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΛΙΝΟΤΟΠΙ
… PROFESSION MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN LITTLE FAMILY GROUPS. THE STUDY OF THEIR WORK REVEALS THAT PAINTING WAS CONSIDERED BY PAINTERS OF PEASANT ORIGIN NOT AS AN ART BUT AS A MERE PROFESSION. IT ALSO OFFERS A SUPERVISION TO THE EVOLUTION OF FRESCO PAINTING IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF GREECE. FROM …
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Playful behaviour in relation to family group activity in polecats (Mustelidae)
Five family groups of polecat/ferrets and one group of albino ferrets have been studied over a period of 5 years. Consistent individual differences were found to exist regarding the number of play attacks and play initiations delivered and performance in agility tests. The animals which showed the …
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Psychometric Evaluation of an instrument for Assessing Policy Outcomes for Families with Children Who Have Severe Developmental Disabilities: The Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale
… the psychometric properties of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale (BCFQLS) in a sample of families with children who have severe developmental disabilities. The study sought to determine whether or not the scale could be used to measure the quality of life of such families and to …
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Effect of Matriarchs on Group Interactions, Kinship Fitness, and Differences In Chemosensory Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… multiple levels of social organization with the family as the functional social unit. Families consist of related females and the oldest female is the matriarch. Related family groups that frequently fuse are termed kinship groups, led by the grand matriarch. I examined matriarch communication …
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Family Arrest and Separation During the Holocaust in Italy
… in Italy, a methodology was devised to identify family groups from individuals' lists and to determine if and when families were separated. Then individuals' and families' experiences were compared, focusing on spatio-temporal patterns, the frequency and type of family separations, and the effect …
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Basques in Stockton : a study of assimilation
… some 219 individuals organized into eighty-seven family groups. They are the first and second generation families and their unmarried children living at home. Most of the material for this paper was gathered from them by personal interview. Very little was obtained from other sources, primarily …
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Effects of fall orphaning on white-tailed deer fawns
… of other deer and associated with a variety of family groups, orphans, and adult bucks. Shifts in centers of activity and association patterns with other deer indicate that orphaning causes a conflict between the need to remain in familiar territory and a desire to associate with other deer.
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Designing for Dream Spaces: Exploring digitally enhanced space for children’s engagement with museum objects
… to foster the engagement of children within family groups with museum objects on display, i.e. where physical contact is prohibited. The main focus is on the influence of digital enhancement on visitors’ engagement with artefacts and not on the digital elements themselves. This study has …
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Chemical Signaling and Resource Use by African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… and impact. Elephants travel in matriarchal family groups, as single males or bachelor groups often looking for receptive females, and in mixed associations. Waterholes serve to meet the physical needs of elephants and as areas for information exchange, especially for males in search of …
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Survival, family breakups, and dispersal of yearling and subadult black bears in western Virginia
Reported survival rates, dates of family breakup, and dispersal patterns for yearling and subadult bears in hunted black bear (Ursus americanus) populations in North America are scarce. We estimated survival rates of yearling and subadult black bears from a hunted population in western Virginia …
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