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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Time Factors"”.
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Prosecuting Sexual Assault in Chicago
… assault, and case. What characteristics or factors that have yet to be explored in the research though is how system and time factors, like the elected prosecutor, and the length of time between when a criminal SA case was referred for prosecution and when it reached disposition, contribute …
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Calibration of Option Pricing in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
… of the price of a financial instrument over time. Determining volatility is a fundamental issue in the valuation of financial instruments. This gives rise to an inverse problem known as the calibration problem for option pricing. This problem is shown to be ill-posed. We propose a …
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Analysis of affective instability on ecological momentary assessments data: successive difference, variance decomposition, and mean comparison via multilevel modeling
… such frequent and extreme fluctuations over time. Two specific operationalizations of such temporal instability are proposed: Mean squared successive differences (MSSD) and probability of acute change (PAC). Additionally, resiudalizing scores by controlling time effects, such as long-term …
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A Grounded Understanding of Challenges and Responses of Social Work Supervisors with Managerial and Clinical Roles
… are related to supervisor, organisation and time factors. There is possible strain and strengths of having dual roles, with faith and spirituality being utilised in supervisory practice and organisational management. A PEACE process-in-context supervision model emerged from the findings, and …
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Factors Affecting the Implementation of Instructional Technology in the Second Language Classroom
… to 98 instructors, examining the following factors: time, factors concerning software and availability, teacher training, and the attitudes of administrators. Results showed that the three most significant factors that impede the use of instructional technology among BYU instructors are a …
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No Child Left Behind: Is it About Time? Elementary Scheduling Practices in the Commonwealth of Virginia Since the Authorization of NCLB
Time, the one educational resource educators desire most, is so often in short supply in America 's schools. The ability of the school administrator to schedule teachers' and students' time so that both groups can maximize opportunities for teaching and learning each day has become an essential …
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Random vibrations of bladed-disk assembly under cyclostationary excitation
… and its statistics are periodic in time. Factors like the turbulent nature of the flow around the blades, the variability in their geometry, and their nonuniform deterioration contribute to the uncertainty in the excitation. In periodic structures, like the bladed-disk assembly, …
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Orthodox Jewish women’s lived experience of pregnancy following a previous miscarriage
… and spiritually for differing periods of time. Factors such as strength of relationships, medical support, meaning making, and physical wellbeing contribute to recovery time. Many women choose to attempt a subsequent pregnancy as part of their healing. Purpose: This study aims to explore …
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An Examination of Toccata Line Movements in Prokofiev's Piano Music
… preconceptions and biases of the composer's time collectively in favor of or opposed to his musical aesthetic and voice. Chapter 2 deals with small and large-scale form as well as motivic and thematic development. Chapter 3 presents the rhythmic processes at work within each of the six …
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Development of a Short Form for the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory
… were chosen according to availability and time factors and came from middle socioeconomic backgrounds.</p> <p>All subjects were tested with the CELl. After selection of items for the short form, each child's score on the short form was compared with his score on the CELI with the use of two …
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Lesbian Couple Dynamics and Heterosexist Stressors: Building a Foundation for Culturally Competent Relationship Interventions
… The second aim was to examine the role of factors more specific to lesbian couples and related to heterosexist stressors as these factors may provide content areas for creating more culturally sensitive and affirming relationship programs. The heterosexist stressors analyzed included sexual …
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Factores predictores del retraso prehospitalario en el íctus
El ictus es en una de las principales causas de morbilidad a nivel mundial, siendo el tiempo el factor que mayor influencia va a ejercer en su pronóstico. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar el tiempo empleado por el paciente en acudir al hospital tras el inicio de los síntomas del …
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The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury and Homelessness
… gaps in knowledge such as correlates and risk factors of TBI among individuals experiencing homelessness. This three-manuscript dissertation attempts to address these gaps in knowledge.</p> <p>The first manuscript examined the temporal relationship between TBI and homelessness. This …
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A Study on the Relationships of Professional Development, Teacher Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction while Controlling for Years of Teaching Experience and Grade Level Taught
… 2010). This one variable has, over the course of time, stood up as the most important on a child’s education.</p> <p>There are four research questions that are investigated through this study:</p> <p>1) To what extent is there a relationship between teacher’s satisfaction with their professional …
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Patterns of mortality in children presenting to a tertiary paediatric emergency unit in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross sectional study
Background Pneumonia, diarrhoea and perinatal factors are the foremost killers of South African children as in other low- and middle-income countries. Poverty, poor access to care and pre-hospital care are reported major pre-hospital factors and lack of triage, poor skills, delays, poor adherence …
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Working patterns and food behaviour within the context of family life.
… of convenience products and fragmented meal times. In addition lack of time, irregular working hours and busy lifestyle have been identified as barriers to adopting a healthier diet Lappalainen et al (1998); suggesting those elements of work and time may also determine the relative …
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A theoretical exploration of hospital clinical pharmacists' perceptions, experiences and behavioural determinants in relation to provision of optimal and suboptimal pharmaceutical care.
… care, citing as contributory elements time factors, lack of policy and procedure, conflicting priorities (including uncertainty over efficiency versus thoroughness), poor underpinning knowledge of medicines by doctors, and inadequate skills in completing and documenting activities. In …
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The reconstruction of fires involving highly flammable hydrocarbon liquids
… fuels as they spread and diffuse. They are sometimes assumed to vaporize completely and instantly upon exposure and to diffuse uniformly through any compartment. The available models address large scale spills in ambient conditions of sun and wind, which do not apply to typical building fires. …
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