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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Increasing knowledge"”.
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Fashion and sustainability: increasing knowledge about slow fashion through an educational module
… of environmental values, shopping values, and knowledge of slow fashion. The methodology took place in three phases: a focus group, pre-educational survey and educational module to measure pre- and post-education differences, and post-educational survey, resulting in 163 usable responses for …
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Increasing knowledge of stress reduction strategies for school bus drivers : a quality improvement DNP project
… Specifically, participants demonstrated enhanced knowledge of mindfulness and resilience techniques, indicating improved coping abilities in the face of workplace stressors. Additionally, there was an increased awareness of available stress reduction programs, highlighting a greater understanding …
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Effectiveness of an Intergenerational Service-Learning Program on Increasing Knowledge on Aging, Creating Attitude Change Regarding Older Adults, and Reducing Ageism
… undergraduates to determine if it would increase knowledge about aging, improve attitudes about older adults, and reduce ageism more than a predominately didactic course with limited service activity. An important goal of effective intergenerational service-learning is to generate interest in …
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The Effectiveness of Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Programs: A Focused-Analysis of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation Programs
… Foundation produces a more effective result in increasing student knowledge about the harmful effects of tobacco use than another program. Of particular interest is whether there is a difference in effectiveness based on the environment or settings in which these programs are presented. …
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The Anglo-American press and the sensationalization of the Arctic 1855-1910
… their proprietors were much more influential in increasing knowledge about and interest in the far north than traditionally acknowledged. Focuses particularly on role of James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of New York Herald.
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The physiology and pharmacology of some cellulose derivatives
Increasing knowledge in physics and chemistry has stimulated research on high polymers, or to use another term, on macromolecules and on their applications in various fields. The definition of macromolecules given in 1922 by Staudinger and Fritschi states that a macromolecule is a compound with …
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An Evaluation of the Dangerous Choices I program for female high school students
… the impact of the Dangerous Choices I program on increasing knowledge about teen dating violence for secondary school students. The sample size for this study comprised of seventy-one ninth grade female students from two different school districts who participated in the program during spring …
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Knowledge trading : computational support for individual and collaborative sense-making activities
… ways. This investigation looks at how a human's increasing knowledge about a problem space is influential in the subsequent accumulation of new data. The findings are converted into computational equivalents that can support individual and collaborative sense-making processes.
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Esclerose tuberosa: buscando a melhoria de vida para o indivíduo e sua família
… syndrome sclerosis, to the increase of knowledge on this syndrome, how is the process of learning, with the aim of a possible psicopedagogica intervention and therefore a better life for the person who has the syndrome and his family. It was used as methodology a database review of the …
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Chinese Eyes on the Prize: Strategic Partnerships and Changing Priorities
<p>The overall theme of this paper is increasing knowledge of the evolution of Chinese priorities and strategy since the Korean War, and how the evolution of China's relationships reveals changes in priorities. Why were these partnerships entered into on the part of China? What was China's …
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The Impact of a Ballot Education Program on Arkansas Voters
… to describe program participants, to determine knowledge transfer of county agents, to describe knowledge acquisition of program participants, and to measure whether people who attended Cooperative Extension Service presentations made informed choices on Election Day. Researchers found that …
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Prototype Digital Forensics Repository
… resource available to them is experience and knowledge of fellow investigators. But there is seldom an explicit mechanism for disseminating this knowledge. Hence the same problems and mistakes continue to resurface and the same solutions are re-invented. In this Thesis we design and create a …
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Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, and Consultation as Health Promotion Approaches
… tools for health information dissemination, increasing knowledge and awareness of food and health issues, and promoting positive health-behavior change.
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Aggregate potential of Irish south coast offshore palaeovalleys
… such as hydrocarbons and commercial fisheries. Increasing knowledge of the seabed and the processes that cause large scale variation to the morphology and sedimentology is crucial in determining marine aggregate resource potential on the south coast. Qualitative data was processed using a …
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An Analysis of the Utilization of SSI Incentives by Transition Professionals Working With Students With Visual Disabilities
… for the blind transition coordinators' reported knowledge levels of selected SSI information, cash, medical and work incentive items and their reported level of use of these items with their high school students in transition planning. Thirty-one of the 38 identified professionals responsible for …
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Examining the Effect of Education Type on Common Misconceptions of Traumatic Brain Injury
… on average, factsheets may be more effective for increasing knowledge about TBI than personal stories or a control group. Personal stories may be more useful, on average, for decreasing misattributions, as compared to a control group.</p>
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State methods for a cyber incident
… As a result of the survey, the author recommends increasing knowledge and information flow between state and federal agencies regarding national cyber incidents; the establishment of regional cybersecurity hubs throughout the nation; and the creation of a national cyber incident teleconferencing …
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An investigation of teacher knowledge of and engagement with educational evidence
This thesis investigates the knowledge of, and engagement with, evidence amongst teachers of GCSE chemistry in England. It has a particular focus on examining measurements of teacher knowledge and engagement with evidence and also looks at predictors for performance on measurements of teacher …
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Sancho Panza: Su conducta y sus motivos
… Indeed, it exposes that as a consequence of his increasing knowledge and experience, Sancho's behavior evolves over the two parts of the novel and his motivations do so as well.</p>
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Assurance of Indoor Environmental Quality through Building Diagnostics at Schematic Design
With increasing knowledge about the indoor climate in recent years, preventive methods to avoid health problems caused by deficient building performance may become preferable to reactive methods. Benefits from preventive actions have been suggested for late building design phases, construction, and …
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