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Showing 1 to 20 of 410 for “"Social environment"”.
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Robert Burns and his social environment
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Rievaulx Abbey and its social environment, 1132-1300
… examines Rievaulx abbey's relationship with its social environment from the foundation in 1132 to 1300. In particular it analyses social networks around this institution and the types of relationships with individuals, families and tenurial groups developed over the course of the first two …
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The role of the social environment in adolescent adiposity and physical activity
… pertinent in shaping these. Given adolescents’ social reorienting towards friends and away from parents, the social environment, and in particular, the school, and digital social environment are key focusses of this thesis. This thesis is organised into two linked parts. In the first part of …
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Talking in circles : representing place and situation in an online social environment
… the space they inhabit and make sense of it in socially significant ways, such as people watching to observe others' interests and interaction styles. A third key to sociable communication is emphasis on identity and embodiment, giving participants a strong sense of themselves and others through …
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The experiences of Western Australian Muslims within the current political and social environment
… context of the current Australian political and social climate, with a key focus on how political and social factors, and the vast introduction of Australian antiterrorism legislation, may impact them. Also explored in this inquiry, was how mainstream media and their regular portrayal of …
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Epidemic cholera in KwaZulu-Natal : the role of the natural and social environment
… of their biological, socio economic, and environmental nature over time and space. The nature of the study was such that it called for a multi faceted design to involve not just understanding the societal aspect of the disease but its demographic, ecological and spatial characteristics as …
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The role of social environment in shaping vocal communication systems in wild songbirds
… means of navigating continuously changing social and ecological environments. Among passerine birds, vocal signals are critical to survival and play an important role in mate attraction, territory defense, and predator avoidance. In my dissertation, I study acoustic communication in a wild …
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The Social Environment, Genetics, and Obesity: Evaluation of Diathesis-Stress and Differential Susceptibility Frameworks
… how newly-available genetic information can aid social scientists in conducting studies concerned with social outcomes. A key goal of this study is to evaluate two prominent theoretical frameworks in the area of gene-by-environment (GxE) interaction: diathesis-stress and differential …
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Komi reindeer herding: mobility and land use in a changing natural and social environment
… well as ecological methods to (i) identify how social and political change and environmental variability influence the reindeers’ and herders’ movements alike and (ii) examine how nomadic movements occur in relation to nonecological and ecological factors. It was found that there were …
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The Relationship Between Couple Type and the Social Environment: a New Approach to Measuring Marital Satisfaction
… as determined by Fitzpatrick's typology and the social environment that a couple finds itself a part of and the relationship of this "fit" to couples' marital satisfaction. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were selected as the sample type most representative of …
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SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT MODULATES THE FUNCTION AND NEUROENDOCRINE REGULATION OF ELECTROCOMMUNICATION SIGNALS ACROSS SPECIES OF APTERONOTID FISHES
Because communication is inherently social, signals and social behavior should coevolve. Physiological regulation of signal production and perception should also be linked to social evolution. South American weakly electric knifefishes are an excellent system for investigating neuroendocrine …
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A Study of Family Psycho-Social Environment and Its Relationship to Academic Achievement in Gifted Adolescents
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The social environment and the evolution of morphology in the burying beetle, <em>Nicrophorus vespilloides</em>
Social interactions within species are ubiquitous in nature, and cause animals to exist in a social environment. In this thesis, I investigate how the social environment can influence morphological evolution, using a combination of observation and experiments on burying beetles *Nicrophorus …
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Time Commitment, Self-Efficacy, Social Environment and the Physical Activity Participation of Selected Hypertensive African Americans
… investigate time commitment, self-efficacy and social environment as it relates to physical activity in a selected sample of hypertensive African Americans. In addition, this study focused on identifying additional research areas in regards to hypertensive African Americans. This study utilized …
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The relationship between the social environment of an urban school district and its support of innovation and change
This study examined the social work environment and the innovation or change potential of administrators in a large midwestern school district. It examined three dimensions of the social work environment: (a) relationships, (b) personal growth, and (c) system maintenance and change. It also …
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Sex-specific aging in two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae: Effects of diet, social environment and predator-induced stress
… and biotic factors including food regime, social environment and predator-induced stress affect the fitness traits (i.e., survival and reproduction) of the organism. Additionally, I attempted to explore how these factors influenced the fitness of both sexes. Meanwhile, I tested two …
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Local Variation in the Chemical Defence of European Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer): Effects of Host Tree Chemistry and Social Environment
… variation can be adaptive or non-adaptive (i.e., environmental noise). Identifying the sources for this variation helps to understand ecosystem interactions and, to make more accurate predictions of species distributions and local abundances. The European pine sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) is an …
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Intrabrood Dominance Hierarchies in Juvenile Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers: The Role of Early Social Environment On Post-Fledging Survival and Natal Dispersal
… These hierarchies act as a mechanism for social selection by partitioning resources among group-living animals. The following chapters describe my dissertation research which investigates the factors contributing to competitive asymmetries among broodmates as well as the short- and …
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