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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Social Disruption"”.
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Social Disruption in the Gothic Novels of Horace Walpole, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Jane Austen.
… uses various narrative techniques to produce a social commentary on gender politics and to illustrate the consequences of a destroyed social structure. Through the examination of the construct of the Gothic narrative and its fragmentary style, the novels of Horace Walpole, Elizabeth Inchbald, …
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Housing-Related Migration in the Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania
… in daily living in these areas? Dimensions of social disruption have implications for population mobility, however the nature of mobility, community, and place attachment provide explanations why people may stay in place. This research examines social disruption from in-migration into the …
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On the Cusp: A School District and Two Communities Respond to an Oil Pre-Boom
… early stage of an oil boom, real and perceived disruptions commonly occur in the schools and communities that are affected. The preparations and responses that residents make to the changes may determine the community’s future success, so understanding the impacts in the initial pre-boom growth …
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Parody and the pen: Pippi Longstocking, Harriet M. Welsch, and Flavia de Luce as disrupters of space, language, and the male gaze
… follow, and these texts offer possibilities for social disruption in the name of female child empowerment.</p>
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Opportunity in Haiti : women as agents of resilience in post-disaster reconstruction
… on January 12, 2010, caused severe spatial and social disruption of many communities. Over the past sixteen months, as international and national institutions struggled to respond in an effective and efficient manner, Haitian women, and their organizations, have served a central role in …
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A methodology for the identification of critical locations in infrastructures
… and ubiquitous; they are sensitive to disruptions that can lead to cascading failures with serious consequences. Protecting the critical infrastructures from terrorism, human generated malevolent attack directed toward maximum social disruption, presents an enormous challenge. …
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Cooperazione internazionale e turismo a Zanzibar e in Tunisia. Società locale e domanda esogena nel rinnovamento dell’offerta
… population, degrades the environment, causes social disruption and damages local culture. What can projects promoted by international cooperation do in order to minimize negative effects of tourism expansion? These are the main topics of the thesis that researches on results and impacts of …
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The Effect of Social Stress and Vitamin C on Immunity and Response to Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus in Turkeys
… acid may also have important implications on social stress and may play a role in immunity and response to HE vaccination in turkeys. Trials were conducted to examine the interrelationship among social stress, nutrition (vitamin C), immunity and their influence on response to hemorrhagic …
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The significance of meaning-making, agency and social support: a narrative study of how poor women cope with perinatal loss
… of a neonate) can result in considerable psycho-social disruption for mothers. As women grieve, they try to make meaning of the death of their baby. In contexts of social and economic deprivation, perinatal loss often occurs alongside other difficulties which may affect and limit women's ability …
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The effects of tourism impacts upon Quality of Life of residents in the community
… perception of tourism impacts (economic, social, cultural, and environmental) affects their satisfaction of particular life domains. Lastly, this study investigates that tourism development stages moderate the relationship between residents' perception of tourism impacts and their …
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Community participation in diversification options of the diamond mine, Alexkor Ltd : tourism and mariculture
… to decommission over the next few years. The social disruption caused by the inevitable downscaling of mining is a concern for mining companies and government. It is of greater concern for communities who will suffer the effects of retrenchments and therefore, loss of income, directly. The ABT …
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Stigmatic effects of rape
… three dimensions of stigma: victim devaluation, social disruption and secrecy. The mean total stigma score for the sample was 70.94 which fell just outside the stigmatizing response range stigmatizing range= 72-108). (stigma scale range = 18-108, Eight of the eighteen stigma items elicited …
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Outdoor education : its origins and institutionalisation in schools with particular reference to the West Riding of Yorkshire since 1945
… 1890 to 1944 and relates this to its political, social and educational determinants. It then draws upon this broad, national account to focus attention on the origins and institutionalisation of outdoor education in the West Riding since 1945. Through an account of Bewerley Park, first as a camp …
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The effect of civil unrest on nursing personnel and nursing services in the Cape Peninsula during 1986
… society and has resulted in varying degrees of social disruption. Health services, particularly those located in residential areas, have been affected. As nurses constitute the largest group of health care professionals in South Africa, and often live in the communities in which they work, they …
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Marra and Kriol : the loss and maintenance of knowledge across a language shift boundary
… A detailed timeline embeds the study in its social and cultural context (Chapter 2), populating it with stories of those whose lives intersect various stages in the shift. A survey of the lexicon of Kriol (Chapter 3) demonstrates the extent to which Marra lexical material and associated …
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Marra and Kriol : the loss and maintenance of knowledge across a language shift boundary
… A detailed timeline embeds the study in its social and cultural context (Chapter 2), populating it with stories of those whose lives intersect various stages in the shift. A survey of the lexicon of Kriol (Chapter 3) demonstrates the extent to which Marra lexical material and associated …
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Rural North Dakota's Oil Boom, The Impact On Social Services, And The Implications For The Social Work Profession
… while scholarly attention--especially about the social impacts--has been unfortunately limited. Accordingly, the author (an MSW student) and two professors with the Department of Social Work at the University of North Dakota conducted a focus group with the state's county social service directors …