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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Furnishings"”.
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Design of a residence and its furnishings
The objectives of this thesis are as follow: First, to present a historical survey of the development and influence of art and architecture in man’s spiritual and cultural growth. Second, to trace the origin of the house and its evolution as expressed by difference in peoples and surroundings. …
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Solitude: identification of its furnishings from 1830 to 1880
… most likely amount, type, style, and quality of furnishings used at Solitude between 1830 and 1880, when it was the home of Robert and Mary Preston, the last private owners. To help identify and interpret furnishings for this home, several areas were researched: the history of the building …
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Selection and arrangements of furnishings for the Virginia rural home
… rural home maker in selecting and arranging the furnishings of her home to produce the most livable conditions, to provide comfort, convenience and happiness to the family, and to minimize the waste of her physical energy. It is our plan, also, to show the wisest use of old furniture, a selection …
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Vanished comforts: locating roles of domestic furnishings in Scotland 1500-1650
… was apparently maintained in architecture, new furnishings may have effaced distinctions within elite rooms. Scottish and English culture was merged by aristocratic intermarriage.<br/><br/>This new culture is seen in the inventories of Mary, dowager Countess of Home. She maintained houses in …
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The relation between housing features and furnishings and eating patterns in assisted families
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Textiles, CLothing and Related Arts, 1967
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Consumption of furniture and furnishings for the home in the West Midlands using local suppliers 1760-1860
… production, ownership and use of furniture and furnishings is examined, to obtain an understanding of the material culture of the home, its physical reality and cultural meaning. Homes during the period 1760-1860 are the focus for study. During this period homes changed considerably. At the …
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Client and therapist perspectives on the importance of the physical environment of the therapy room: A mixed methods study
… place on accessories, color, room design, furnishings, lighting, temperature and sound. Additionally, this study examined the relationship between client retention and the physical environment of the therapy room. The total sample was comprised of 226 participants, 73 therapists and 153 …
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Exploring Lifestyle Orientation, Attitudes Toward Lifestyle Merchandising, and Attitudes Toward Lifestyle Advertising as Predictors of Behavioral Intention to Purchase Lifestyle Home Furnishing Products
… strategies are being used in the home furnishings industry. However, there is limited research regarding the effectiveness of these strategies. The purpose of this study was to explore consumers' attitudes toward the lifestyle concept. Analyses of several consumer behavior variables and …
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Differences in Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale Scores in Collaborative and Non-Collaborative West Virginia Pre-K Classrooms located in Child Care Facilities
… has 43 items across seven subscales: Space and Furnishings, Personal Care Routines, Language-Reasoning, Activities, Interaction, Program Structure, and Parents and Staff. Thirty-six pre-k collaborative programs participated and 136 non-collaborative programs participated in the study. …
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Archaeological Backgrounds of the Sanctuary: A Search for Egyptian Cultural Influence in the Construction of the Hebrew Tent-Sanctuary
… (the central structure itself), and the furnishings within the courtyard and tabernacle. These data were analyzed to provide data sets that could be used for purposes of comparison. Data were next collected from mobile structures and their courtyard perimeter barriers. This was taken from …
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A workplace design that reduces employee stress and increases employee productivity using environmentally responsible materials
… using environmentally responsible materials and furnishings. The design paradigm was qualitative, and the research method used was a case study. Specifically, this was an action-research project consisting of a design proposal for an advertising firm in Michigan. The design solution includes …
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Integrale Konzeption zur Lösung der «Flächenfalle» im Schweizer Möbelhandel
… space and negative development in Swiss home furnishings over the past 10 years mean reduced sales space profitability. Many Swiss furniture retailers fall into a "floor space trap" where business-crucial sales space is becoming too expensive. Poor market growth and the strong consolidation of …
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The cultural and social milieu of Westmoreland Davis
… There, he built Bagatelle, whose exterior and furnishings epitomized Gilded Age America. He married wealthy, New York socialite Marguerite Inman and, with her, attended the Tuxedo Club’s fashionable Autumn Balls along with Pierre Lorillard, J. Pierpont Morgan and E. H. Harriman. In 1903, Davis …
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Translation techniques in the Solomonic narrative of OG 2 Chronicles as evinced by OG 2 Chr 4-6
… words and phrases. When passages like the temple furnishings in ch. 4 and the prayer of dedication in ch. 6 are juxtaposed and analyzed, discrepancies in semantic, syntactic, and stylistic choices are visibly prominent. The temple furnishings section displays that the translator was unfamiliar …
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Furniture Showroom
… in both harmony and tension with and against its furnishings. Harmony is present through the union of solid forms and the hollows of the rooms and its parts. Through the union of cylindrical, conical, helical and cubic forms, static and dynamic relations activate moments of rest the fluid …
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The Relationship between the Use of Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the Inclusion of Product-Producing Art Activities in Infant Programs.
… (Harms, Cryer, & Clifford, 1990) sub-scales: Furnishings and Displays, t (2) = 7.59, p < .05; Listening and Talking, <em>t</em> (2) = 6.71, p < .05; and Learning Activities, <em>t</em> (2) = 7.29, p < .05. Caregivers' main reason for including PPAA was: positive sensory experience; main reason …
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Fear Decorated
… My works elaborate on the use of urban furnishings of danger to rapidly create, continually reinforce and normalize the acceptance of surveillance. Concentrating on this subject matter, I use signs/elements such as razor wire, security barricades, which are painted in their original …
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Gender and Menstrual Cycle Effects in Human Spatial Cognition
… performance of women is adversely affected when furnishings are removed. Hormone replacement therapy in elderly women and menstrual phase in younger women also affect landmark dependence in navigation. When describing a learned virtual reality environment, women report a higher percentage of …
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Regenerative development potentials on commercial sites
… (De Vries, 2013, p. 124). IKEA, a Swedish home furnishings company, is built on the notion of continuous growth. Could countering large retail organizations, such as IKEA's, adverse ecological outcomes to transform retail space land use and profitability systems require understanding the …
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An Evaluation of in-Service Training in a Day Care Program
… which include (1) Personal Care Routines, (2) Furnishings and Display, (3) Language Reasoning Experiences, (4) Fine and Gross Motor Activities, (5) Creative Activities, (6) Social Development, and (7) Adult Needs. The average scores from the three raters were derived to establish a profile of …
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