Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Short-term impacts"”.
-
Exploring the short-term impacts of international service learning on adolescent participants in Cambodia
… two decades; yet limited research explores the short-term impacts of ISL programs on adolescent participants, nor informs ISL curricular development. This study investigated the short-term impacts of the Cambodia Service Project (CSP) on adolescent participants. Twelve female and six male …
-
Demonstrating Short-term Impacts of Grazing Cover Crops on Soil Health in South Dakota
… However, the detailed information about the impacts of ICL system on soil health is still lacking in the Northern Great Plains region. Therefore, the present study was conducted under a corn (<em>Zea mays</em> L.)- soybean (<em>Glycine max</em> L.)-rye (<em>Secale cereale</em> L.) rotation …
-
Geochemical Impacts From Permanganate Oxidation Based on Field Scale Assessments.
… (MnO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>) ISCO sites to determine whether there are long term impacts on groundwater quality due to the introduction of the oxidant into the subsurface. A second objective is to determine if manganese concentration can be predicted by trends in specific pre and postoxidation …
-
Economic impacts of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine on the Commonwealth of Virginia
This thesis estimates the economic impacts of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine on the Commonwealth of Virginia. Two types of economic impacts were measured. First, the short term impacts were assessed, using the input-output model for the Commonwealth of Virginia. …
-
Governance and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
… quality, and political stability. Interaction terms demonstrate that democratisation is essential to unlocking the benefits of the governance indicators on human development. The effects of the resource dependence on the interaction between governance and human development are less obvious than …
-
Disclosure of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Diagnosis: Parent Reported Impacts of Disclosure to Siblings
… semi-structured interview about their perceived impacts of their telling their child(ren) without ASD about the affected child’s diagnosis. Data were analyzed via Thematic Analysis and five themes were derived: (1) Incorporation into support networks; (2) Making sense of difficult situations; (3) …
-
Gun Control Policy Preference in Context: A Contextually Sensitive Model of Gun Control Policy Preferences
… the issue of gun control and for both long and short-term contextual factors that might sway individual opinions at the point of stimulus (e.g., the survey question). While the analysis does find conditioning effects, the effects do not conform to the theoretical expectations, and they are …
-
The Short Term Responses of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to the Removal of Riparian Rhododendron in Southern Appalachian Streams
… adelgid. This paper addresses the management impacts of Rhododendron maximum removal in the riparian and upslope areas previously occupied by hemlock. This study measured the consequences macroinvertebrates faced due to riparian Rhododendron removal from 300 m reaches of two low order streams. …
-
The effects of hypolimnetic oxygenation on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of a shallow drinking water reservoir
… biological response variables to ascertain the short-term impacts of hypolimnetic oxygenation on reservoir water quality. We found that the SSS system was successful in increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations in the reservoir hypolimnion without weakening stratification, warming the …
-
Enhancing Coastal Community Resilience in North Carolina: Monitoring Erosion and Nature-based Solution Efficacy on a Fetch-limited Barrier Island
… barriers against powerful waves and storm impacts. However, coastal storms can subject barrier islands to elevated water levels and forceful waves, overwhelming their resistance to ongoing erosion. Sugarloaf Island in Morehead City, North Carolina has undergone noticeable and rapidly …
-
Corruption and Policy Capacity
… literature. I find robust evidence of unintended short-term impacts of anti-corruption initiatives, which are a direct consequence of increased oversight of the bureaucracy. These outcomes are not likely to be a result of reducing corruption itself, rather a response to higher requirements of …
-
A small push goes a long way: An evaluation of the cumulative effects of a cash transfer on South African youth
… (including the CSG) focused on children, and the short-term impacts on education, health, and consumption. However, fewer evaluations of the impact of extended receipt have taken place, particularly using older beneficiaries who experience lifelong receipt. This thesis analyses the long-term …
-
Aquatic community response to Zequanox®: a mesocosm experiment
… However, little is known about the non-target impacts of applying Zequanox® in an open-water setting, given that toxicants can behave differently in natural versus laboratory environments and because single-species tests are unable to characterize indirect effects such as pesticide-mediated …
-
ADAPTING TO THE IMPACTS POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
… severe climate-related events, adapting to the impacts posed by climate change has been a pivotal research topic influencing transport operation, infrastructure, planning and policymaking in recent decades. As most studies on climate change still focus on its short-term impacts, there is …
-
RISK AND COMMITMENT: CRITICAL DIMENSIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER INSURGENCIES
… governance, and inconsequential in the long term. While these previous results seem disappointing, existing frameworks offer only a limited perspective on why development assistance has not been more impactful in Afghanistan. My research analyzes development assistance in contexts that are …
-
Stakeholders' perspectives of leveraging tourism and business legacy outcomes from mega sports events.
… mega sport events stakeholders to look beyond short-term impacts towards achieving long-term legacy outcomes. This indicates that mega sport events have become a part of a broader process that must be invested in throughout the planning process, before, during and after the event. Within …
-
Breast Cancer: Dietary Links to Gland and Tumor Development and Effects of Genistein and a-Lactalbumin on Primary Tumors in vitro
… they modulate hormone secretion, and have short-term impacts on reproductive organs and long-term impacts on the development of tumors in those tissues. Many types of food and nutrients in those foods have been shown to contribute by being a causative factor in tumor cell development. …
-
Graphic communication design practice for sustainable social advocacy in Pakistan: Co-developing contextually responsive communication design (GCD) methodologies in culturally diverse contexts
… as an interaction prototype, are evaluated for short-term impacts in terms of engagement, with custom- designed communication tools for a low-literacy target audience. As for resources, this research draws on contextual interviews, collaborative design projects, contextual observations and …
-
A direct finance in housing market
… cost of a mortgage. Chapter 1 examines the short-term impacts of the limit on the number of mortgage loans per household on housing market in a case that households can utilize a direct finance. Tighter mortgage regulations are likely to decrease house prices or calm the speculation in …
-
IMPACTS OF A BRIEF SELF-COMPASSION INTERVENTION FOR WOMEN WITH OBESITY AND INTERNALIZED WEIGHT BIAS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
… a woman’s body, culminated with the widespread impacts of weight stigma, may increase the need for protective factors in this population (Moradi & Huang, 2008; Tylka & Hill, 2004). While there is growing empirical support for the benefits of psychological approaches for reducing IWB and …
Page 1 of 2