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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Human well being"”.
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Green stormwater infrastructure, preference, and human well-being
… we know little about how GSI impacts human health and well-being. We know that urban nature, such as trees and parks, provides many human health benefits and is highly preferred. GSI, however, varies in shapes, sizes, and designs to support its unique stormwater functions. Its …
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AI-Driven Wearable Sensing Systems for Human Well-being
… systems that can continuously assess and enhance human well-being. Traditional devices remain largely passive, limited by heterogeneous data, energy constraints, and opaque AI models. This thesis, titled AI-Driven Wearable Sensing Systems for Human Well-being, advances a new generation of wearable …
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Restoring forest landscapes for nature conservation and human well-being: Advanced spatial decision support tools
… aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well-being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. FLR goes well beyond planting trees: it is about re-designing the landscape mosaic in a way that both nature and people are benefited. To this purpose, different actions should be taken …
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Three essays on the effects of climate change on human well-being: Implications for financial and psychological health
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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An assessment of methods in "Assessing the impact of the size and scope of government on human well-being".
… Impact of the Size and Scope of Government on Human Well-Being, which tests the impact of four measures of government intervention on citizen life satisfaction (Flavin et al, 2014). Despite my suggested method changes, my results do not differ substantially from those in Size of Government on …
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Essays on Sustainable Development and Human Capital
… is often taken to mean development that improves human well being subject to natural constraints over time, but in practice quantifying sustainability outcomes is often difficult. In this dissertation I seek to better elucidate the relationship between sustainable development and its natural …
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The Alchemy of Acceptance: How Accepting Emotions Enhances the Ability to Flexibly Work with Them
Positive psychology’s study of human well-being has not fully examined the adaptive ways we encounter and interact with negative emotions. Research shows that acceptance, an emotion regulation technique involving non-judgmentally and non-reactively encountering negative emotion, benefits …
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Migration strategies and circannual patterns of habitat use of snowfinches (Montifringilla nivalis nivalis) in a patchy alpine landscape
… linked with ecosystem functioning, and thus with human well-being. Changes are occurring at a worrying rate, in response to overexploitation, pollution, species invasions, habitat fragmentation and alteration and climate change. Species responses are not always linear or instantaneous, nor they …
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Modular Human-in-the-loop Design Framework Based on Human Factors
Human-in-the-loop design framework introduced in this dissertation utilizes Digital Human Modeling (DHM) to incorporate Human Factors Engineering (HFE) design principles early in design process. It embodies scientific methods (e.g., mathematics) and artistic approaches (e.g., visualization) to …
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Reconnecting man with nature : post industrial landscape development
… apparent and non-apparent relationships that humans have within nature, resulting in the connection between humans and nature to become estranged, leaving humankind searching for identity and purpose. This study investigates the connection between humans and nature through adapting the …
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Neoliberalism and the "Obesity Epidemic"
… a political and economic theory that proposes "human well-being can best be advanced by liberating... freedoms...within an institutional framework [of]...strong private property rights [and] free markets.... [I]f markets do not exist (...such as in... health care) then they must be created, by …
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Engaging in effectiveness: the role of challenge in well-being and welfare
… animals in our care but also think about our own well-being. Concurrently, theories of human well-being and behavior are beginning to play a greater role in animal welfare science. Thus, though the overlap is still limited, the fields of animal welfare and human well-being are converging. To …
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People, Place, and Pokémon: How Location-Based Games Enhance Well-Being
… are a critical component of overall human flourishing and well-being. Over time, the structure of physical spaces and how we engage with each other has changed. This paper explores how social ties impact well-being and how advances in technology have shifted people’s conception of …
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Teaching Forests as Living Museums: Case Study Research in Innovative Practices that Further National, Community, and Environmental Sustainability
… physical entities with numerous attributes for human well-being, including ecological services (e.g., flood control, carbon storage relevant to climate change), provision of timber and non-timber forest harvests, health, and social benefits, and are places of spiritual value. In response to …
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The impact of environmental change on the Tualatin River cleanup — a case study of policy responses to climate change
… to assess effects on ecosystem services and human well-being. This research explores the how an assessment of these factors can improve watershed management through a case study of twenty years of flow management decisions. The study considers whether use of a comprehensive ecological …
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Pushing the Boundaries of Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration: Evaluating a Conservation Initiative in Terms of Social-Ecological Resilience
… on Earth despite their critical importance to human well-being. This research utilized a single case, embedded case study design to explore the possibility of an approach to aquatic ecosystem restoration informed by social-ecological resilience as a way of applying current understandings of …
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Governmentality and Education: How is knowledge production in Irish secondary education complicit in fostering neo-liberal subjectivities
… social mobility and valued for its fostering of human well-being. This thesis problematises the taken for granted valorisation of education through an examination of secondary education in Ireland. The work takes as its central question how is knowledge production in Irish secondary education …
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Three essays on economic growth and the environment: A comparative analysis of developed and developing countries
… among economic growth, the environment and well-being. It is motivated by the facts that (i) global environmental change and environmental degradation are major policy concerns among world leaders, policymakers and scholars due to their deleterious consequences for human well-being, and (ii) …
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Farm-animal-assisted interventions: a systematic scoping review, realist synthesis, and realist evaluation
… (FAAIs) are a complex intervention in which human/livestock encounters are operationalized to improve human well-being. This intervention has been understudied, therefore this thesis reports three studies contributing novel insights about FAAIs.<br/><br/>Methods: <br/>A systematic scoping …
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Pathway from Art to Human Flourishing: Exploring the Roles of Immersion and Interest in Engaging with Visual Art?
In recent years, the impact of arts and humanities on human well-being has been extensively studied. The present paper focuses on virtual gallery experiences, which have gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the relationship between viewing virtual artworks and well-being …
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