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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Physical movement"”.
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Women as Fish: Physical Movement and Social Mobility in Contemporary Vietnam
… dissertation analyzes the relationship between movement and social class. It shows how female migration both sustains and transforms social hierarchies and binaries in unexpected ways via the embodiment of ethnicity, class, gender, age, and rurality, and practices of beauty, migration, education …
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Effects of physical movement in rhythm instruction in early instrumentalist development
… of this study was to investigate if including physical movement in instruction improves instrumental music student's rhythmic abilities. Within the rhythmic instruction, the research study specifically focused on student's rhythmic ability and note reading improvements. Participants in this …
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MOVEMENT BREAKS: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHYSICAL MOVEMENT ON KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS’ RECALL OF ADDITION FACTS
… classroom investigated the question: “Does physical movement prior to a cognitive skills task improve academic achievement with addition facts?” Fifteen kindergarten students, who are ethnically similar, yet diverse in socioeconomic status and academic ability, experienced addition fluency …
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The impact of physical movement disability amongst homeless adults in the Wynberg Haven Night Shelter
… of this study was to explore the impact of physical movement disability amongst adult homeless persons in the Wynberg Haven Night Shelter and secondly to make recommendations with regard to their needs that have been identified by the study. A cross sectional exploratory descriptive study …
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An Assessment of the Unique Contextual Factors of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Living in Rural Communities
… (U.S.) economy. DMT2 is a burden financially, physically, and mentally to the individual. In 2022, DMT2 had an estimated cost of $412.9 billion dollars (Parker, 2023). More than 29 million individuals in the U.S. have DMT2 and over 86 million individuals have pre-diabetes (Towne, 2017). In …
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Developing Pre-Reading Skills Through Movement
This thesis investigated whether integrating physical movement into letter knowledge instruction could enhance the pre-reading skills of kindergarten students identified as at risk of literacy challenges. The four-week Active Alphabet intervention embedded core pre-reading tasks within gross motor …
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Designing for health and well-being: Implementing Human Centered Design principles into an existing workplace precinct through adaptive re-use practices
… mental well-being decline as a result of lack of movement and stimulus to nature. Through understanding the historical significance of design strategies which played a part in shaping this behavior, this paper will critically analyze existing research to identify comprehensive interventions that …
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The effects of behavior interventions on first grade students diagnosed with ADHD combined type
… intervention, which allowed students a break and physical movement to be the most effective intervention to increase students' appropriate behavior. The study demonstrated results for the use of a sensory behavior intervention or self-monitoring intervention to be ineffective.</p>
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Power, money, and sex(uality): the Black Masculine Paradigm
… that inform black masculinity and explores the physical and psychological defensive strategies employed by black men in Richard Wright's Black Boy, Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promisedland, Nathan McCall's Make Me Wanna Holler, and James Earl Hardy's B-Boy Blues. Specifically, this project …
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Designing for health and well-being: Implementing Human Centered Design principles into an existing workplace precinct through adaptive re-use practices
… mental well-being decline as a result of lack of movement and stimulus to nature. Through understanding the historical significance of design strategies which played a part in shaping this behavior, this paper will critically analyze existing research to identify comprehensive interventions that …
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Drawing the User Experience of Young Children
… a system allowing for collective music making by physical movement. The second study, involving 31 participants, investigated children’s interaction with a tangible user interface detecting colours and emitting sound according to them. Both studies comprised a drawing activity to be run right …
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De Errabundos Y Nomadas: La Desarticulacion Del Motivo Del Viaje en La Literatura Latinoamericana Contemporanea
… of these wanderings is irrelevant because the physical movement itself becomes a vital response to death, defeat and hopelessness. Although home is unattainable and in other cases, unimaginable, the poetic that arises from these chaotic and disorienting displacements is one of reaffirmation of …
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HandSkates : an apparatus for physically intelligent exercise
Physical Intelligence refers to the ability of the human organism to smartly and precisely coordinate its internal components and interactions in its environment to solve physically complex tasks. While Physical Intelligence is a key part of physical movement, many pieces of physical fitness …
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Re-presenting the Waterfront: revealing the intersection of human and natural processes
… meeting ground, intersecting human and natural physical processes. It progresses from assumptions through collaborated ideas of others in a literature review through case studies of various waterfront situations and finally to the design project of the Jones Point waterfront in Alexandria, …
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Errant Family Ties: Migratory Identities in Latina and Hispanic Caribbean Cultural Production
… sense of nationhood reduced to the islands. The physical movement to the United States or to other Caribbean islands offers alternative romances and alliances constructed through homosexuality, through the contact with individuals from the same country of origin, or of other ethnicities, races, …
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Using pedometers to explore the physical activities that children want to do, and teachers want to implement: a mixed method case study
PhD Title: Using pedometers to explore the physical activities in primary school that children want to do, and schools want to implement: a mixed method case study. Background: It is globally acknowledged that physical activity has numerous benefits for children’s overall health and well-being …
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A persuasive television remote control for the promotion of health and well-being
… and uses wearable accelerometers to detect physical movement. The primary user interface consists of a handheld computing device that serves as a wireless remote control for a television and home theatre system, as well as an interface for planning and reviewing daily activity.
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A framework For decision automation in operations
… by 2020. Automation involves two challenges, physical movement and decision-making. Decision making often increase variability, defects and consumes time. The goal of this paper is to offer a structured framework to design a machine-learning based solution to automate decisions. It will …
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“Mexico, Public Policy and Obesity in a Global Context”
… help build a strong policy strategy: 1) increase physical movement in society; 2) promote health campaigns to educate individuals about the risks and consequences that junk food may inflict; 3) encourage the drinking of water instead of soft drinks; 4) regulate food sold in and around schools; 5) …
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