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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Re-engagement"”.
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A task analysis of the withdrawer re-engagement event in emotionally focused couples therapy
… what therapist interventions, behaviors, and responses and client emotional processes are involved in successful withdrawer re-engagement in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT). EFT is an empirically validated approach to treating couples. Withdrawer re-engagement is seen as a key …
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Violent peace in Liberia. A Study of the Roles and Ambitions of Ex-combatants
… years of brutal civil conflict, demobilized and “reintegrated” large numbers of ex-combatants, but there are still concerns about ex-combatants’ re-engagement in violence. Yet, adequate knowledge and empirical evidence about this are still sketchy. Qualitative fieldwork among ex-combatants …
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Violent peace in Liberia. A Study of the Roles and Ambitions of Ex-combatants
… years of brutal civil conflict, demobilized and “reintegrated” large numbers of ex-combatants, but there are still concerns about ex-combatants’ re-engagement in violence. Yet, adequate knowledge and empirical evidence about this are still sketchy. Qualitative fieldwork among ex-combatants …
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The Paradox of the Raising Participation Age: the experiences of ‘disengaged’ youth on an employability course in a further education college
… participating in post-16 education and training are able to attain higher qualifications and skilled employment. Adopting a case study approach within a large further education (FE) college, qualitative research was conducted over two academic years (2013–2015) with tutors and students enrolled on …
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Youth transitions : re-entry into second chance education
… and school systems to make education more responsive to the needs and interests of young people, recent findings testify to a persistent number of early school leavers who were not fully engaged in learning or work. Though numerically small, they are considered to be a socially …
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Spectacular political experiments: the constitution, mediation and performance of large-scale public participation execises
Foremost in contemporary debates about democratic renewal and the re-engagement of citizens in the polity are concerns about publicness and the modes of politics that may be suited to this task. In this thesis case studies of three large-scale public participation exercises are presented: a local …
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What is Orientation in Reality? A Philosophical Exploration of Technology, Placement, Enchantment and Wonder
… the possibility of authentic orientation in reality. Martin Heidegger’s understanding of “being-in-the-world,” the “there” of Dasein, and the epochal revealing of reality as resources in modern technological society is the philosophical backdrop for the thesis. This philosophical foundation …
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What is Orientation in Reality? A Philosophical Exploration of Technology, Placement, Enchantment and Wonder
… the possibility of authentic orientation in reality. Martin Heidegger’s understanding of “being-in-the-world,” the “there” of Dasein, and the epochal revealing of reality as resources in modern technological society is the philosophical backdrop for the thesis. This philosophical foundation …
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Art of Play in Zones of Conflict - The Case of Israel Palestine
… political rhetoric, is the stifling of critical engagement. This practice- based research project investigates play as a tactic used by artists from within the region to counter this impact by re-igniting participants’ critical engagement. Framed as ‘critical play’ (Flanagan, 2009) the artistic …
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Contemporary U.S. Counter-terrorism Strategy toward Somalia
… in Somalia has been a United States designated foreign terrorist organisation since 2008. The objective of this dissertation is to determine the nature of contemporary counterterrorism strategy undertaken by the United States toward Somalia and to understand how it has been determined and …
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British science fiction and the Cold War, 1945-1969
… Fiction between 1945 and 1969 and considers its response to the Cold War. It investigates the generic progression of British SF in the post-war years, assessing the legacy of the pre-war style of scientific romance in selected works from the late 1940s, before exploring its re-engagement with the …
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Mechanisms of Sensitization to Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths world-wide for men and women, due in part to late detection of disease and inherent resistance to treatment. This body of work focuses on resistance to treatment, specifically chemotherapy and understanding ways to sensitize non-small cell …
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Telehealth-Based Support for Stroke in Australia: Exploring the Role of StrokeLine
In stroke care, transitions of care through the healthcare system are disconnected, often leaving survivors and families feeling abandoned. Telehealth-based services such as helplines specific to chronic health conditions have a valuable role in supporting people to self-manage their ongoing care. …
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Four- and 7-month-old infants' sensitivities to contingency during face-to-face social interactions
… to contingency during social interactions are less well delineated. The present research consisted of three experimental and two control studies. Studies 1 and 2 confirmed that 7- and 4-month-olds could perceive and learn a contingent relationship during social adult-infant interactions. …
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What does it mean to young people to be part of a care farm? An evaluation of a care farm intervention for young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
This PhD thesis presents the findings of an evaluation to understand the impact of a care farm aiming to improve the mental and social health of disadvantaged young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESDs) from low-socioeconomic backgrounds who are at risk of becoming NEET …
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Monitoring non compliant diabetic A1C levels
… patients within the out-patient clinic that are not in compliance with their A1C laboratory values. Contacting these patients to schedule follow up and re-engagement in their health care plan, may improve their overall health care outcomes and decrease their risk of more frequent or prolonged …
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Urban mediator : future infrastructure network for the village in the city
… expansion of city development due to the land reform policy in the 70s in China, it leads to an inevitable urban phenomenon - village in the city. These villages become the remanents to the city which will be demolished and reconstructued in the future. Adding social value to the villages …
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Music analysis: Erasure and beyond
… – an Indian ethnomusicologist and analyst in Ireland – allows her to consider tonality through the lens of decolonisation debates and literature, by first focusing on a case-study from her home culture India. In chapter two, the thesis explores the scholarly literature on (Western) popular …
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