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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"In/disciplines"”.
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The Evolution of the Profile Paradigm in the History of Pedology and Quaternary Geology: Concepts and Applications
… proposes a unified profile paradigm through the introduction of the pedo-weathering profile (PWP) concept. The pedo-weathering profile demands a re-examination of the pedological subsolum region; a region that has been studied closely by Quaternary geologists. The PWP subsolum contains a C …
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La entrevista periodística: ¿género o herramienta?
The journalistic interview is one of the seven genera recognized, its significance is fundamental to the practice of journalism, as it allows to establish direct communication between the actors and journalists, to make known to the public various information: facts, opinions, postures. This genre …
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A Study of Non-computing Majors' Growth Mindset, Self-Efficacy and Perceived CS Relevance in CS1
<p>As the demand for programming skills in today’s job market is rapidly increasing for disciplines outside of computing, CS courses have experienced spikes in enrollment for non-majors. Students in disciplines including art, design and biological sciences are now often required to take …
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IEEE 802.15.4 Implementation on an Embedded Device
Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a growing technology that allows radio communication to become interoperable. SDR can lower the cost for a particular hardware radio to communicate with another radio that uses a different standard. In order to show the capability of SDR, this thesis shows how to …
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Measuring scientific productivity in co-citation clusters
This research examines scientific productivity among authors in natural scientific reference groups. A broad literature review surveys models of knowledge production, including measures of scientific products at different levels of abstraction. Data is drawn from authors in ten specialty areas, …
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Disciplinary Differences Between Faculty in Library Use and Perceptions
Current literature provides little in terms of general faculty use or perceptions in relation to the library. In many institutions, liaisons reject the results and recommendations of these studies as not generalizable to their specific situation and instead are reactive, responding to the immediate …
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Paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS) for toxicological drug screens and biomonitoring of chemical warfare agent exposure
… This work further develops the technique in two major areas: negative ionization and drug screening. Negative ionization has always been an obstacle to electrospray-based ion sources because of its vulnerability to corona discharge, but methods are presented here to both quantify and …
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An appreciative enquiry into the life orientation program offered in high schools
… of the Life Orientation program offered in high schools; i.e. its benefits to its participants. The benefits could be students being able to understand, and accept themselves as unique and worthwhile beings, using skills learnt from the program and display attitudes and values that …
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PUBLIC E-HEALTH: THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON THE WORLD OF HEALTH
The interconnectivity determined by the World Wide Web is a motor of change that has affected the very essence of modern society, and this sociological change is ultimately influencing the health sector. In this perspective, it is important to assess how the Internet has affected the health world …
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Development of an ontology of animals in context within the OBO Foundry framework from a SNOMED-CT extension and subset
… needs vary by use and application. The Linnaean taxonomy is an important animal classification scheme but does not portray key animal identifying information like sex, age group, physiologic stage, living environment and role in production systems such as farms. Ontologies are created and …
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A Framework for Integrating Pure Shadow Lines into Architectural Design Process
In light of today's technological developments, the world has become more interested in everything that is quantifiable. In the field of architecture, this phenomenon has affected the design process, in terms of neglect human requirements related to the lived experience. This research is concerned …
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Seeing a Whole Life: Genre and Identity in Occupational Therapy
A significant body of writing and rhetoric research focuses on the literate practices that reflect or construct the professional self, particularly in disciplines that rely heavily on the use of forms to categorize or identify customers, clients, or patients. Many of these studies examine the …
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Emotions in Christian Psychological Care
The role of emotion with regard to human functioning and human well-being has been a topic of much consideration and debate throughout the ages. In both secular and Christian fields of study (e.g. philosophy, theology, biology, psychology, and psychotherapy) people have examined emotional …
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Spirituality in psychotherapy : a hidden dimension : an exploratory study
Many in the caring professions consider spirituality to be a fundamental dimension of human experience and identity. Consequently, some claim that this dimension cannot be ignored in disciplines such as psychotherapy that deals with the human being and with human experience. Moreover, the increase …
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Race in the Scientific Imagination at the Turn of the Twentieth Century in Brazil and Cuba
This dissertation examines the instrumental role played by race in the scientific conceptions of society at the turn of the Twentieth Century in Brazil and Cuba. The examination of scientific rhetoric in the work of Euclides da Cunha and Fernando Ortiz, as well as a large number of photographs, …
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Publication and Citation Analysis of Disciplinary Connections of Library and Information Science Faculty in Accredited Schools
"Multidisciplinarity of LIS faculty is one the prominent trends in LIS education. 37% of faculty members in ALA accredited programs hold advanced degrees in disciplines other than LIS. Little is known about the role these migrants from other fields of study play in LIS research and education. This …
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Bio-inspired Design and Information Visualization
Bio-inspired design in recent years has been used successfully as a methodology in disciplines such as engineering, architecture, product design, and business. While still in an infant stage in terms of adoption in universities, those who have embraced the methodology have experienced promising …
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Senior secondary English in New South Wales: Linguistic and epistemic perspectives
This thesis examines senior secondary English in New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, assessing almost 80,000 students per annum via externally-set examinations, and, at the time of writing, transitioning from an old to new senior English syllabus. Previous research (e.g., Christie …
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A Study of Writing within Discipline-Specific Writing Support Centers: Expanding our Definitions
This dissertation explores discipline-specific writing support spaces in an attempt to better understand disciplinary writing from various perspectives. Neal Lerner suggests that writing center scholarship would benefit from interdisciplinary work; therefore, I investigate spaces that are uniquely …
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Nödvändighetens pris : Konsumtion och knapphet bland barnfamiljer
… the theoretical framework. There are two main questions: The first focuses on the structures that create specific conditions for low-income consumers. The second relates to how the households cope with the fact that they live with scarce financial resources in comparison to other groups of …
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