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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Individual capacity"”.
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An Instrument to Assess Individual Capacity for System Thinking
… a new systems thinking instrument to assess individual capacity for systems thinking using an inductive research design. While technology has been increasing exponentially, the corresponding methods to harness those technological advances, and the problems they have spawned, is lagging. While …
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Capacity Building for International Development Practitioners Through an Off-Campus Graduate Education Program
… had never been an extensive investigation of the capacity building impact on the graduates of the off-campus Master of International Development Administration of Andrews University. Coupled with this, there was a very limited body of research on the importance and effect of education in …
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An Investigation of Current Practices in the Education of Gifted Children in Small High Schools of Central Washington, 1959-1960
… of equal opportunity in its relation to individual capacity; (3) to consider the probability of a need for the greater development of ability; (4) to compare the current opportunities in these schools with standards indicated by recognized studies and to evaluate the areas of improvement.
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Edith Wharton's treatment of marriage.
… to her characters is found to be based upon individual capacity and motive rather than upon a specific objective standard. Her view of life is shown to combine tragedy and irony. Mrs. Wharton's fiction is studied in loosely chronological order with some attention to the development and …
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Beyond organizations: Responsible value creation and participation in common platforms
… reconfigured across institutional levels - from individuals and communities to social enterprises, platforms, and ecosystems. Methodologically, the dissertation adopts a constructivist grounded theory approach combined with qualitative case studies, participatory design scenarios, and narrative …
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The Effectiveness of Large Scale Transformational Change Across a School District
… administered strategic plan, a focus on building individual capacity through a professional learning model, the establishment of collaborative structures to co-create the future, and the fostering of high organizational trust. Participants also identified accountability and communication …
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The relationship between raters' understanding of personality traits and situation dimensions from cues: nothing more than general mental ability?
… domains be acknowledged and assessed in their individual capacity. This measurement issue is important in the field of industrial/organisational psychology (IOP) as the outcomes of assessments are used to make decisions on recruitment, selection, training, and performance management. More …
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Exploring the Intersection of Fat+Wom*n+Leadership: An Action Research Study
… And, do the developments of the group influence individual capacity for leadership, and if so in what ways? Through the use of individual interviews, social media, video recorded reflection and group meetings, collaborators took part in exchanges that allowed each person the ability to …
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"Voices of courage" : what makes people courageous?
… and a strong belief in the power of the individual. It is characterised by a strong sense of justice and a feeling of obligation and responsibility for society. The research aims to contribute to our understanding of courageous activism. (1) The interview questions uncovered rarely …
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Implementing Changes to Practice Based on Alberta Education's Inspiring Education: A Case Study of Speech-Language Pathologists
… pathologists think about their own individual capacity to implement changes to their own practice to reflect this provincial initiative?, and (4) What factors do speech-language pathologists identify as barriers and/or supports that impact practice changes? To gather data for this …
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Machine learning for applications in chemical and biological engineering
… cycles the battery undergoes before 80% capacity fade. Several, difficult to identify factors can contribute to capacity fade. Even in batteries with the same chemistry, operated using the same conditions, there is considerable cycle life variability. Therefore, the challenge was to build …
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A Behavioural Compliance Framework for Effective Cybersecurity Governance and Practice
… by dimensionalising organisational culture, the individual capacity to respond to emerging security threats also evolved, while targeted security programs to enhance the efficiency of organisational security practice is achieved. This research, by exposing the underlying institutional drivers and …
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A Behavioural Compliance Framework for Effective Cybersecurity Governance and Practice
… by dimensionalising organisational culture, the individual capacity to respond to emerging security threats also evolved, while targeted security programs to enhance the efficiency of organisational security practice is achieved. This research, by exposing the underlying institutional drivers and …
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A Neurophysiological Investigation of Listening Effort in Normal Hearing Adults Using fNIRS and Pupillometry
… prior to the sentence onset positively predicted individual speech recognition score, suggesting that the degree to which participants were engaged (or prepared) at the start of the trial predicted their overall speech recognition performance. On the other hand, pupil size right after sentence …
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Your Mess, My Life: The Junction between Land Use Planning and Street Vending in the Accra Mall Enclave
… all these, state officials, when acting in their individual capacity side with the vending profession because the state has not created jobs. Despite this personal understanding, the system, specifically state bureaucracy, generates obstacles, and as a result existing state structures frustrate …
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EFFECTS OF ACUTE NORMOBARIC HYPOXIA DURING EXERCISE AND CONCURRENT MENTAL STRESS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN HEALTHY ATHLETES
BACKGROUND: Exercise and hypoxia are individually recognized as physiological stressors that challenge cardiovascular homeostasis through mechanisms orchestrated by medullary cardiovascular control centers. During physical exertion, the activation of the “exercise pressor reflex” facilitates …