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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Stryker"”.
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Formalizing and Modularizing Identity Theory
… these methods to identity theory, most notably Stryker's (Stryker 1968, 1980, 1981, Stryker & Serpe 1982). This approach is taken with an eye toward capitalizing upon eight desirable characteristics of sound theory (Cohen 1989, Markovsky 1996, Barnum 1997). That is, I hope to contribute to …
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Religion and social support for parents.
… Collins' particular cultural capital and Stryker's identity theory.
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DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1902-1967
… of the Photo-Secessionist movement, Roy Stryker of the Farm Security Administration, and Beaumont Newhall, Edward Steichen, and John Szarkowski of the Department of Photography at MoMA, this paper explores the history of documentary photography and its curatorial evolution in museums from …
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An Expert Based Multi Attribute Group Decision Making (MAGDM) Model for Portfolio Evaluation: Application on Ground Force Units
… Mechanized Infantry, Airborne Infantry, and Stryker brigades are evaluated under a set of possible future military missions. The purpose of the study is to provide a model for decision makers, engaged in a force development process.</p> <p>This study combined MAGDM and simulation by using …
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Effects of Students' Identity Salience on Their Attitudes Toward and Experience in Face-to-face Peer Collaborative Learning Activities
… self-esteem and behavioral tendencies (Stryker, 1968). An individual has three identity aspects that are related to different behavioral tendencies: individual, relational, and collective aspects. The identity aspect that an individual acts out across a variety of situations is their …
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Design Transfer as a Lever for Accelerated Medical Device Innovation: A Case-Based Mapping Approach
… planned and unplanned) in four case studies from Stryker Corporation. Key patterns emerged across case types: insufficient early-stage validation, misaligned cross-functional communication, and inadequate integration with suppliers were recurrent drivers of inefficiency. Compara- tive analysis …
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Longitudinal Study of LDS Men Reconciling Conflicting Religious and Sexual Identities
… also compared to two strains of identity theory (Stryker and Burke, 2000) to identify applicability of said theory to this phenomenon. Participants all report a conflict between sexual and religious identities. Relatively minor shifts in how they conceptualize and make meaning of their experiences …
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An Environmental Impact Assessment of 3D Printed Medical Devices
… companies that manufacture physical products. Stryker has set corporate-wide carbon neutral and 100% renewable energy goals requiring an adjustment of current processes and incorporating sustainability practices to processes in development. To that end, this thesis assesses the environmental …
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Relational Identity Negotiation: Redefining the Supervisor-Subordinate Relationship
… relationships (see Stets & Burke, 2003; Stryker & Statham, 1985)--thereby empowering subordinates to persuasively shape their relational context by acting rather than being acted upon (Grant & Hofmann, 2011; Wrzesniewski & Dutton, 2001).</p>
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Creating Optimized Value Creation Conditions: An Additive Manufacturing Model
Stryker's additive manufacturing (AM) business unit has pioneered cost competitive Metal AM capabilities at scale. Recently the company has been exploring the possibility of expanding AM capabilities into other materials, processes, and business segments. The opportunities for growth have revealed …
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Developing a Data-Driven Strategy for In-Process Quality Assurance for Additive Manufacturing
… and solid density) in medical implants at Stryker. By way of a series of predictive models, two main results are achieved for each quality test. First, input variable importance is quantified, enabling a deeper understanding of the significance of each leveraged data set in predicting …
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Development of X-ray Fan Beam Coded Aperture Diffraction Imaging for Improving Breast Cancer Diagnostics
<p>X-ray imaging technology has been used for a multitude of medical applications over the years. The typically measured X-ray transmission data, which records shape and density information by measuring the differences in X-ray attenuation throughout a material, have been used in the imaging …
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Identity invisibility and social forces
… (Burke & Stets, 2009) and ‘identity salience’ (Stryker, 2008; 2002). The study, in engaging with these issues of identity, makes critical reference to recent policy documents, research reports and peer reviewed research, making an original contribution to knowledge through the subsequent …
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Father Involvement and Identity: A Theoretical Examination
… with their own children. Building on the work of Stryker (1980, 1987) it was hypothesized that commitment would impact fathers' care giver identity, and that care giver identity would predict father involvement. Following Burke and Reitzes (1992) it was hypothesized that commitment would directly …
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Multifilter spectrophotometry of the environment of the quasar 3C281
… and with fiducial star spectra from Gunn and Stryker (1983) to determine the physical characteristics of the best-fitting spectral template. For twelve of the 184 objects in the 3.7'x6' field, spectroscopic redshifts have been published (Ellingson, Green, and Yee 1991), and an attempt is made …
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Work-based Learning Routes in Social Work Education: An Exploration of Student Experiences
… to human behaviour, in particular the work of Stryker on identity theory, where the importance attached to identity and role in ‘identity change processes’ (2008:21) is central to understanding the meanings attributed by work-based learners to their journeys into and through higher education. …
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Factors and Characteristics of Alumni Role Identity: Implications for Practice in Higher Education Fundraising and Alumni Relations
… role identity.” Based in role identity theory (Stryker 1968, 1980; Callero, 1985), McDearmon’s research demonstrated that alumni role identity was associated positively with alumni participation in giving. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors and characteristics that influence …
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Intrapersonal and interpersonal meaning-making: The process of identity reconstruction after the loss of a spouse
… Utilizing elements from both identity theory (Stryker, 1980) and the meaning reconstruction model of grief (Neimeyer, 2001a, 2001b), this projected explored the role of (a) aspects of grief, (b) sense-making and benefit-finding, (c) communication, and (d) identity fractures and role conflicts …
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Exploring knowledge of Canadian values and social axioms in international and landed immigrant students' adaptation to Canada
This thesis was an exploration of the relationship between the host cultural knowledge of newcomers and their behavioural and psychological adaptation to the host culture. Utilizing a theoretical and applied approach to this research, 160 international and landed immigrant students at the …
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Adobe Walls and Black-Tinted Windshields: The Press and Community Identity in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Results indicate that the three local newspapers do, with several notable exceptions, embrace the criticized traditional news gathering practices, that local residents express dissatisfaction with their local newspapers on several counts, that reader dissatisfaction is linked to the institutional …
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