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The impact of pre-treatment identification of personality style and personality disorder symptoms on psychotherapy outcomes in a training clinic
… the results of a recent study conducted by Ryder, Costa Jr., and Bagby (2007) regarding the validity of the DSM-IV-TR PD symptoms and their relationship to normal personality traits. This study also investigated the clinical utility of providing pre-treatment personality information to …
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Multidimensional Acculturation Among South Asians: Factor Structure of the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA) and Relationship to Eating and Body-Image Disturbance
… unidimensional conceptualizations persist (Ryder, Alden, & Paulhus, 2000). The current study aimed to assess the dimensionality of the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA; Ryder et al., 2000), a commonly used bidimensional acculturation scale, among 276 male and female undergraduate …
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Turbulent Bodies: Disruptive Materiality in American Painting, 1880-1940
… Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917), and John Marin (1870-1953). It situates their practices in the context of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century American culture by thinking of painting as a phenomenal experience shaped by beliefs and attitudes towards the …
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Moral Implications of Darwinian Evolution for Human Reference Based in Christian Ethics: a Critical Analysis and Response to the "Moral Individualism" of James Rachels
… Regan, Lewis Regenstein, Michael Ruse, Richard Ryder, Peter Singer, Gerhard von Rad, Stephen Webb, Lynn White, Jr., and Benjamin Wiker.</p> <p><em>Conclusions.</em> First, James Rachels is essentially correct in his analysis of the impact of Darwinian evolution on Christian Ethics. Second, …
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Investigating North Greenland ice shelves and their response to warming climate
… The ice shelf areas of Petermann Gletsjer, Ryder Gletsjer, Hagen Brae and Nioghalvfjerdbræ were found to have changed by - 27%, -8%, +28%, and +180% respectively. A secondary aim was to understand whether a linear relationship between environmental forcing variables and terminus positions …
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Do Multicultural Experiences and Biculturalism Promote Creativity in International Students?
… the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA; Ryder, Alden, & Paulhus, 2000), the Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS; Sandhu & Asrabadi, 1994), and a modified version of Social Support (Koeske & Koeske, 1989, 1993). Results from the study did not support the majority …
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Causes and Consequences of a Collapsing Food Web in Lake huron
Lake Huron has undergone significant declines in abundance at multiple trophic levels. These declines are demonstrated to be the result of a decrease in the overall primary production, from an estimate of 100 g C m -2 yr-1 in the 1970s. to 32 g C m-2 yr -1 in this study. It is hypothesized that …
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REGULATION OF ALGINATE AND PSL POLYSACCHARIDE EXPRESSOIN IN CLINICAL STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen, which is often the terminal pathogen for patients suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder affecting the patient's ability to clear respiratory infections. The P. aeruginosa strains most often recovered from patients …
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Accommodating the Ethno-cultural Differences of Students: An Analysis of Ontario Community Colleges
This study relies on qualitative research: open-ended, semi-structured interviews were used to gain insight into the experiences of students of ethnically diverse backgrounds from three Greater Toronto Area (GTA) community colleges. Additional data were collected from college websites and meetings …
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Exploring leadership and research in nurse practitioner roles across Australia and Ireland: A mixed-methods study
Introduction The Nurse Practitioner role is recognised as the highest level of clinical nursing. Leadership and research are identified as core attributes for Nurse Practitioners in the regulatory frameworks. There is an expectation that as clinical leaders, Nurse Practitioners have the ability to …
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Oscillator strength measurements in singly-ionized, doubly-ionized and neutral lanthanides and transition elements (sm, nd, pr, gd, cu, and fe) using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
<p>Models for stellar nucleosynthesis, age determinations for stars in the Milky Way's galactic halo, and stellar chemical abundance determinations are dependent upon accurate atomic spectroscopic data to allow the correct interpretation of stellar absorption and emission spectra. It is well known …
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Measuring Accessibility and Explaining Trends in Commute Mode Choice in Washington, D.C. from 1970 - 2000
This study attempts to find a correlation between commuting modes in Washington DC and characteristics of the city and the people that they serve. It investigates why some census tracts have experienced increases in the commuting share of alternative transportation, such as public transit, walking, …
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Politics and the problem of speaking for others in the work of Naomi Mitchison
This thesis focuses on the political influences that shaped the life and writing of Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999). Mitchison was a polymath who published extensively in a wide range of genres, and whose left-wing political interests informed many of her works. I explore the view that in her roles as …
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A part of community or apart from community? Young people's geographies in mixed community developments
During the last 15 years mixed tenure communities have been an explicit planning policy in the UK to create socio-economic balance. Despite particular benefits from such a policy ascribed to young people, there has been no specific examination of young people's experiences of living in such …
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Three-dimensional body scanning : a novel technique for body composition assessment
INTRODUCTION: Accurate body composition assessment is crucial for determining health consequences due to excess body fat (BF). While several techniques exist there are few that are accurate, non-invasive, fast, and comfortable for subjects. The Three Dimensional (3D) body scanner is a new body …
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Writing the sixties: stardust and golden
… unexpected encounter with an elderly Elizabeth Ryder, the mother of his closest friend from the 1960s. The novel is centred on the lives of two young men balloted for conscription in 1968. Although opposed to the Vietnam War and conscription they are not attracted to the idea of going into …
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