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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Traditional roles"”.
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Investigation of non-traditional roles of the neural gut-brain axis
… information from the brain to the GI tract. Traditional research has focused on nutrient-induced changes in sensory neural signaling and the subsequent motor response altering muscular and secretory functions. These nerves, though, may also play novel, non-traditional roles in the function of …
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The client-architect relationship : corporate real estate needs challenge traditional roles
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994.
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The Traditional Roles of Caring for Elders: Views from First Nations Elders Regarding Health, Violence, and Elder Abuse
… intergenerational relationships, Elder roles, and violence towards Elders. Injuries, both intentional and unintentional, are a leading cause of death for First Nations Peoples. Information regarding Elder abuse in First Nations communities is lacking, though family violence has been …
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Attitudes Towards Women Among Inner-City Seventh Graders
… of the students still depicted women in traditional roles, e.g., secretarial, teacher, homemaker, and others. It should be noted that women were portrayed in non-traditional roles, also. The closeness in percentage of these numbers suggests that the potential exists for elimination of …
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Putting the Family First: Chinese Wives’ Stories of Migration to Britain
… of the family as a whole. Their internalised traditional roles led to their achievement of self-realisation through the success of their husbands/family. These women’s ‘self-sacrifice’, in turn, bound them more tightly to their traditional roles in the family and to their subordinate status.
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A study of concurrent design methodology in the development of a medical diagnostic instrument
… process used by the MIT student team. The traditional roles of industry and academia in developing new products are being redefined by projects like the BD-NPP.
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"I'm Rich Bitch:" Black Class Performance and the New Nouveau Riche
… This research examines the disruption of traditional roles of race and class in reality television. Interdisciplinary in content and methodology, this study uses <em>Real Housewives of Atlanta </em>to identify the ways in which various representations of blackness challenge hegemonic …
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People, culture and architecture: a library for Washington D.C.
… How, in our time, can the library fill these traditional roles? Acknowledging the advent of the information age, what could the design response be? I approached this library as a collection of spatial experiences. Architectural situations are used to relate people to each other, the library …
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Gender Depiction in Preschool Books: A Comparison Between Early Care and Education Classrooms in the United States and Norway
… weaker, often appearing in home settings and in traditional work roles.</p> <p>This study was conducted in Denver, Colorado and Oslo, Norway to compare the preschool literature between the two countries, since Norway has consistently ranked as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. …
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Unspoken Incantation: Kawaii Culture as Empowerment
… and, specifically, patriarchally constructed traditional roles and expectations of women. I posit that the embodiment of kawaii aesthetic, including fashion and feminine signifiers in my research creation, serve as an empowerment tool. Through an exploration of cultural context and personal …
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Women of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Historical legacies impacting contemporary involvement
… where the pressures for women to return to more traditional roles has resulted in considerably fewer opportunities for female involvement in the sphere beyond the home. This research aims to explain the reasons we see such different levels of female involvement in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, …
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The new partner on the block : an unfamiliar role for arts and cultural organizations in community economic development
… York City that have chosen to go beyond their traditional roles and business-as-usual practices to engage in community economic development in their neighborhoods. The cases include the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a performance arts center; the Heart of Brooklyn, a consortium of cultural …
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Ontario's curriculum for individuals with disabilities : a textual analysis
… structural conditions of power and language of traditional roles and responsibilities. The findings and discussions presented in this project contain significant implications for anyone involved with students with disabilities in any education system.
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"For Country and For Home": Elite Richmond Women and Changing Southern Womanhood during the First World War
… First World War on elite white Richmond women's roles as southern women? This thesis argues that, while white southern women's roles had been changing since the Civil War, it was not until World War I that southern women's traditional roles were challenged by ideas of national patriotism and …
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INTEGRATING WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES: TWO WAYS FORWARD
… but they have been released and assigned traditional roles after the end of conflicts. Despite the record of women’s valuable service, doubt about women’s integration in the armed forces continues, and the participation of women in various countries’ armed forces differs both in numbers …
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Student teachers need a shot in the arm: a study of librarian/teacher collaboration through teacher preparation programs
… preparation program, and attitudes towards the roles of the school library media specialist. The population for this survey was pre-service teachers that had been contacted through their field experience or education departments or through face to face contact. Pre-service teachers were invited …
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African Women: An Examination of Collective Organizing Among Grassroots Women in Post Apartheid South Africa
… helps meet practical needs based on their traditional roles as women, it has not contributed to meeting strategic needs – to their empowerment as citizens or as heads of households.
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Redefining the Gothic: How the Works of Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams & Flannery O'Connor Retained Gothic Roots and Shaped the Southern Gothic
… the pervasion of American normalcy and gender roles. While each of these authors clearly inserts some autobiographical information into his or her characters, the real commonalities between the fictional characters can be found in their inability to fit into a traditional society; the …
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Sources of occupational stress for teachers, with specific reference to the inclusive education module in the Western Cape
… has risen to prominence, which changed the traditional roles of teachers, from using a “talk and chalk” method, to being more pupil-centred. Within the South African context, learners traditionally seen as having special needs are accommodated within the inclusive education environment …
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