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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Model community"”.
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Bob Johnson: Coach, Leader, Role Model, Community Servant
… findings also fit into the Leadership Challenge Model (Kouzes & Posner, 1997), which consists of challenging the process, inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act, modeling the way, and encouraging the heart.</p> <p>As there is no published research on Coach Johnson, this study is …
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Preparing a Surpassing Moral Force: The Dynamics of the Brigham University Singers
… can benefit from a deeper understanding of this model community of learners.
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Towards Bacteria Inspired Stochastic Control Strategies for Microrobotic Swarm Intelligence
… Both individual and population scale models have been created to adequately model community dynamics. These dynamics, including directed motion due to chemotaxis and density controlled functionality from quorum sensing, are modeled through an individual scale in a community scale …
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Insights into microbial community structure from pairwise interaction networks
… contributing to the overall function of the community. The structure of these communities is the result of many complex biotic and abiotic factors. In this thesis, my colleagues and I employ a bottom-up approach to investigate the role of interspecies interactions in determining the structure …
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An investigation into a community information database system in the northeast of Thailand: Community empowerment through community learning centres
… from the four provinces of the Inpeng Community Network (ICN). The purpose of the Questionnaire was to ascertain levels of information needs and local knowledge, and to identify ten local experts from ICN for subsequent In-depth Interviews. Data obtained in this way were analysed then …
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Bradford Mills at Marki, Warsaw: A Case Study of British Entrepreneurship in Russian Poland 1883 – 1914
… investment in a modern factory and workers’ community at Marki, near Warsaw, in Russian Poland. Protectionism and increasing foreign competition are discussed, among many complex economic pressures on British industry, as likely catalysts for this enterprise and the general historiography of …
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Characterization of Human Gut Microbiota Dynamics Using Model Communities in Gnotobiotic Mice
… habitat. We developed defined, representative model communities comprised of sequenced human gut bacteria that could be characterized in a highly controlled manner in gnotobiotic mice, plus a suite of scalable molecular tools for assaying community properties. These tools were first used to …
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Reading hidden messages through deciphered manual alphabets on classic artwork
… linguistic accessibility. A 21st century model community for sign language residents and employees will benefit visual learners, particularly visual artists and non-phonetic decipherers, to better uncover, understand and perhaps use ancient hand forms to restore ancient knowledge. …
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Constraint-based modeling of host-microbe and microbe-microbe metabolic interactions in the human gut
… requires predictive, mechanistic computational models. Constraint-based metabolic modeling uses manually curated and validated metabolic reconstructions that constitute a genomically, genetically and biochemically structured knowledge base of a target organism. These reconstructions can be …
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The changing role of urban design in China's urban development
… Design Plans for specific districts and the Model Community Program. Moreover, the research has examined the British design experience and looked in more detail at the recent experience of Glasgow. The research revealed that the main defects were the incomprehensive design concerns in local …
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Trait-based approaches to marine microbial ecology
… and the environment jointly regulate the community ecology of phytoplankton. In Chapter 2, I examined Continuous Plankton Recorder observations of diatom and dinoflagellate abundance in the North Atlantic Ocean and interpreted their community ecology in terms of functional traits, as …
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An Exploratory Analysis: A Mixed-Methods Investigation Of The Construct Validity Of The 2016 Mississippi Statewide Accountability System
… Accountability System (MSAS), which is the model by which all public school in Mississippi are assessed, rated, and ranked, in an attempt to assess whether or not the system is an effective policy tool, especially in relation to the goals associated with its development and implementation. …
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Psychosocial rehabilitation for people with mental illness in the South African context : an evaluation from a service-users perspective
… These included the Fountain House clubhouse model, community-based support groups, supported housing and a self-advocacy body. The aim of psychosocial rehabilitation as an empowerment model is that service-users gain improved functioning, an increase in social functioning and an enhancement …
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Characterisation of bacteriophage dynamics associated with foodborne pathogens
… involving foodborne pathogens. Using models that incorporate phage interactions with both pathogens and commensal bacteria this thesis explores the way in which phages can impact bacterial colonisation and colonisation resistance. To establish the conceptual and translational context …
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Determining Health: Using Dyadic Peer Support to Promote Health in African American Faith Communities
… relationships between its members are trusted community resources that support and promote health. Health disparities are best addressed by understanding and optimizing resources, such as churches, within environments where people live, work, play and pray. Dyadic peer support has been used …
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Modelling the structuring of animal communities in heterogeneous landscapes : the role of individual home range formation, foraging movement, competition and habitat configuration
… Therefore, an allometry- and individual-based model has been developed which was used to simulate mammal and bird communities in heterogeneous landscapes, and to to better understand their response to landscape changes (habitat loss and fragmentation).
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The Importance Of Coaching: A Program Evaluation Of The Americorps College Completion Coaches Program
… completion and graduation have become issues in community colleges. This program evaluation highlights the AmeriCorps College Completion Coach program implemented across community colleges in Ohio during 2012–2017 under the leadership of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC). The …
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Low Health Literacy Interventions and Resources Used At Community Health Centers Using Decision Support from the Care Model
<p>Community health centers (CHCs) serve the largest portion of the medically underserved patients in the United States. Little health literacy research has been conducted in the community health center setting. The Care Model, more specifically the elements of the health care organization, …
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