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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Multilevel framework"”.
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Understanding therapeutic traditions in a multilevel framework - new methodological approaches
… by investigating variance components in a multilevel framework. Many aspects concerning the analysis of variance components, i.e., quantifying overall practice variation, understanding the importance of different levels, monitoring and distinguishing appropriate from inappropriate practice …
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Inferring differences between networks using Bayesian exponential random graph models
… In the first half of the thesis, we propose a multilevel framework for populations of networks based on exponential random graph models. By pooling information across the individual networks, this framework provides a principled approach to characterise the relational structure for an entire …
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The case for humble and narcissistic leadership: creative self-efficacy and idea generation in entrepreneurial settings
… work behavior in entrepreneurial settings. This multilevel framework answers the repeated calls for theorizing and examining the joint effects of multiple leader traits. It offers novel insights to understand the interaction effects of leader humility and narcissism in the entrepreneurial …
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Cognitive, Clinical, and Biomarker Correlates of Insight in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: preliminary results of a cross-sectional study
… interindividual variability in OCD, supporting a multilevel framework linking cognition, psychopathology, and biological plasticity toward personalized phenotyping.
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An exploration of a holistic approach to counselling psychology integrating mind, body and spirit
… are explored, including a recommendation for a multilevel framework considering the family and community-societal levels, and a holistic approach to trauma treatment which integrates the mind, body and spirit.
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Multilevel modeling of item position Effects
… hierarchical generalized linear model, a type of multilevel model, for estimating item position effects. Previous approaches to estimating and modeling position effects are described within a multilevel framework, and an extension of these approaches is demonstrated, one which incorporates item …
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Plane -Wave Time -Domain Algorithms for Efficient Analysis of Three-Dimensional Transient Wave Phenomena
… these PWTD algorithms within a two-level or a multilevel framework. The last part of the thesis demonstrates the efficacy of using the resulting two-level and multilevel schemes both in integral equation-based transient scattering analysis from impenetrable obstacles and in imposing exact …
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An Institutional Analysis of Differences: The Design of Masters' Programs in Public Affairs
… differences, this study introduces a conceptual framework that brings together the Selznick tradition of old institutionalism with recent studies in new institutionalism. The framework includes multiple institutional logics, organizational positions, and organizational belief systems, all of …
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What Determines Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Research
… of international political economy, we use a multilevel framework which includes country level, industry level, and firm level to demonstrate a reciprocal relationship between the Chinese government’s political benefits and CMNEs’ economic benefits. The Chinese government plays the role of an …
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Agricultural cooperatives: promoting or hindering fairer and more sustainable food systems? The case of Spain and the UK
… Spain and the UK (in the context of the EU/CAP framework), examining how the sector has evolved in both countries since its beginnings and analysing trends and factors shaping their current development. Using case study methodology, data from document analysis and 41 interviews with AC members, …
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A multilevel study of effects of socioeconomic status, income inequality, and the built environment on adult obesity in China
… across different built environment contexts. A multilevel framework approach is used to study these aims and the proposed hypotheses. This dissertation has found that, at the individual-level, income and wealth are positively associated with body weight outcomes, whereas more education and a …
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Exploring how school intra-organizational mechanisms mediate the effects of external interventions on improving teaching and learning
… paper is to investigate the potential of using multilevel item response theory to estimate the depth of teacher interactions under the ego-centric framework, defined as the propensity of endorsing collaborative relations with regard to mathematics instruction. Using empirical data from a larger …
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Structural Sexism and Health in the United States
… with contemporary theories of gender as a multilevel social system, I conceptualize and measure structural sexism as systematic gender inequality in power and resources at the macro-level (U.S. state), meso-level (marital dyad), and micro-level (individual). Through a series of quantitative …
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Asylum Seekers and Primary Care in Malta: A Critical Exploration of Healthcare Encounters
… intersectionality theories within a candidacy framework. The analysis produced three main themes, namely: “Seeking Refuge and Beyond – The Migratory Process”; “Seeking Mutual Understanding – Communicating within the Healthcare Encounter” and “Seeking Resolution”. The first theme provides the …