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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"Holistic perspective"”.
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Gen Z and Sustainable Diets: A Holistic Perspective. Understanding Perceptions of and Engagement with the Social, Economic and Environmental Dimensions of a Sustainable Diet
… dietary choices. This thesis aimed to gain a holistic understanding of Gen Z's perceptions of and engagement with sustainable diets. Two studies were conducted online, examining Canadian youth between the ages of 18-25. The first study took an exploratory approach, aiming to understand what a …
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A framework for achieving lifecycle value in product development
… engineering which has evolved to support a holistic perspective of system development and program management. This thesis determines factors enabling consideration and achievement of lifecycle value by examining product development work. The scope of this effort focuses on aerospace programs …
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Holistic Aspects of Children's Ways of Understanding in Making Sense of Genetics
… way of understanding with a global and holistic perspective, that is, it is essential to consider the complexity, variety, and interrelatedness of all aspects as a whole.
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A New Method for the Examination of Policy Systems of Systems
… policy relationships while maintaining a holistic perspective of the entire SoS. The Three-Dimensional Policy Design Structure (3DPDS) is proposed as a method of analysis suitable for examination of a policy SoS. This dissertation focuses on application of the 3DPDS to three specific areas …
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Leveraging Human-environment Systems in Residential Buildings for Aggregate Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
… by proposing innovative energy strategies from a holistic perspective of the aggregate human-environment systems. This holistic perspective features: (1) viewing buildings as mutual influences in the built environment, (2) leveraging both the individual and contextualized social aspects of …
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Ecological Niches, Species Distributions, And Biogeographic Processes In Rodents On Neotropical Sky Islands
… Finally, in the fourth chapter, I developed a perspective of the ecological niche concept that takes into account the responsiveness of phenotypes and the variability of ecological strategies that a species can perform. Integrating these aspects into niche theory leads to a more holistic …
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The Impact of Counselor Level of Spiritual Well-Being on the Morale, Global Symptoms, and Global Impairment of Adolescents Receiving Treatment for Substance Use and/or Other Mental Health Disorders: A Pilot Study
… recent years there has been a movement towards a holistic perspective of human nature in the counseling leading to increased interest in the nature and role of spirituality in counseling and the counseling process. In the present study multiple regression analysis is used to determine whether …
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China's mergers & acquisitions : a comparison with the United States
… the current status of China's M&A from a holistic perspective through comparison with global M&A. By a detailed case study of Cisco and the Bank of America, I settled a benchmark for China's peer companies through analysis covering from corporate strategy selection to M&A deal making …
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Empowering Energy Conservation: Low-Cost Interventions for Commercial and Residential Settings
… evaluation, these chapters collectively offer a holistic perspective on the application of low-cost behavioral nudges in both workplace and residential energy usage. The implications drawn from our findings hold significant relevance for corporations, utilities, households, policymakers, and …
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The Student Governance Review (SGR) 2001 at the University of Cape Town (UCT) - a systems perspective
… for me to approach the problem from a fresh perspective due to this pattern in behaviour and operate within a framework that would allow me to get to the root causes. Systems thinking enabled me do this as it allowed me to get a holistic perspective of the problem.
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READY-MADE MODEL. Digital tools for reality-based virtual landscapes
… and green infrastructure, providing a holistic perspective for digital reconstruction and management. The ultimate goal is to create a Territorial Digital Twin, a three-dimensional repository of knowledge and simulator for resilient futures, bridging gaps in strategic planning and …
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Understanding Teacher Participation in Online Communities: Why Do Teachers Want to Participate in Online Communities of Teachers?
… are intrinsically connected to each other, so a holistic perspective is necessary to understand teacher participation in the communities fully. Moreover, the analysis of data indicated four components affecting teacher participation in the online communities. The components included community …
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The Potential of Legal Empowerment for Disadvantaged Groups – A Case Study of Tamil Women with Physical Disabilities in Post-War Sri Lanka
… barriers and limits. Without such a holistic perspective, legal empowerment may fall short in supporting the disadvantaged individual to make use of the law and bureaucratic procedures when problems occur, particularly in complex religio-cultural, legal and political settings. To …
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Consumption outside the market: an ethnography of consumer resistance among football fans
… It provided the opportunity to develop a holistic perspective on fandom and it further provided scope to utilise an emergent design approach in the development of a conceptual understanding of fandom. What emerged fiom the ethnographic investigation of two separate football fan communities …
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Making it count: Explorations of time limitation and meaning
… or reaching pensionable age through the holistic perspective embraced by counselling psychology. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted on the interviews and diaries of seven women in order to better understand how each individual experienced the themes that appeared to …
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Exploring the provision of learning support for adolescents with special needs within an educational setting
… needs. Furthermore, this design promotes a holistic perspective of learning support, which is essential for developing practices that are genuinely inclusive and effective. It aligns well with Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, highlighting the importance of context and the …
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Principles and techniques for designing flexures for space applications
… be used to better design flexures, provides a holistic perspective on the design process, and reviews best practices for space applications. The design process is separated into four main phases which align with the review phases of space programs: conceptual design, preliminary design, …
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Embracing Trauma in Theodrama: Embodying Christiformity
… This Christian psychopathology provides a holistic perspective of the person by considering the neurobiological, psychosocial, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions of a person and honors the primary authority of Scripture. Second, this study attempts to look beyond the symptoms and …
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The Karen of Andaman Islands: Labor Migration, Indian Citizenship and Development of a Unique Cultural Identity
… of this immigrant community in order to gain a holistic perspective of their motivations and behaviors. Lastly, this case study reveals how anthropology, as literature, has affected the socio-cultural reality of the Karen environment while having the potential to convey the voices of the Karen.
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Validity of innovation processes on outcome and performance
… summarized. The data and analysis can offer a holistic perspective to the innovation processes as well as evidence of correlations between specific innovations and their effectiveness on financial impact.
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