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Showing 1 to 20 of 406 for “"Wanting"”.
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Wanting to Do What's Right
… as such. Some, inspired by Kant, argue that wanting to do what is right as such is always morally praiseworthy. Others claim that such a desire amounts to a kind of moral fetishism. This dissertation lays out the groundwork for a new way of thinking about what it is to want to do what is …
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An Examination Of Wanting In Anscombe's Intention
… distinct categories, those of weak and strong wanting. This distinction is quite different from ancient and modern views of desire, which are briefly discussed as a means of comparing Anscombe's view to her predecessors. After she has made this distinction, Anscombe tries to establish what is …
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What it means to want
Wanting is an easy concept to use. Talk to any three year-old and you'll know they've mastered it. Wanting is important, too. We understand one another in no small part through what they want, and wanting is a pillar in theories of mind and ethics. An account of wanting, then, must do dual duties: …
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The Discoveries of a First Year Teacher
… many reasons and factors that contribute to me wanting to become a teacher. But wanting to become a teacher and becoming a teacher are two completely different stories. This is my journey and reflection of becoming a teacher who teaches using culturally responsive practices, works with social …
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Understanding the role of emotion, reward and food preference on the perception of sweet-tasting food using a novel classification task
… recorded, along with ratings of 'liking' and 'wanting' for each food stimulus. Foods were categorised into high-fat, high-carbohydrate, and high-protein groups. These measures were paired with questionnaire-based assessments of food preference, hunger and thirst, reward-related eating measured …
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Interactive technologies on art museum websites
… a tension between the goals of art museums in wanting to engage visitors in co-creation of meaning about art on the one hand and wanting to maintain their traditional authority over that meaning on the other. The report concludes by offering recommendations for how museums can use interactive …
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Discovering Community Assets: Master of Public Health Culminating Experience
… community cohesion. In order to assist schools wanting to begin an asset mapping process, the Department of Health Services sought to develop a toolkit for community asset mapping. The following paper is a summary on a 300-hour fieldwork experience at the Department of Health Services specific …
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Assessing West Virginia NIPF owner characteristics and preferred assistance topics
… to explain the difference between landowners wanting and not wanting a specific assistance topic. Landowner income and tenure were recurrent factors in the logistic analysis. Results of the study can be used to target landowners for specific topics as well as gear workshops or programs that …
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Experienced and Novice Teachers' Perceptions of Their Satisfaction Regarding the Implementation of a Balanced Literacy Program in Grades K--2
… as recommendations for other school districts wanting to implement such a literacy program are provided.
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Examining the association between future pregnancy intentions, contraceptive use and repeat pregnancies among women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… contraceptive use; 16% (n=54) reported not wanting another child but no contraceptive use. The rate of repeat pregnancies was 3 folds higher among women who reported wanting a child in the future (12.59/100 PY) compared to women who did not want 5 a child in the future (4.31/100 PY; aHR, …
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Development of the Postpartum Smoking Questionnaire (PPSQ)
… of family members due to one's own smoking, wanting to be a positive role model for children, and wanting to live longer. Stress management, addiction, and getting a break from the baby were reported as modal beliefs that contributed to postpartum smoking. Pilot testing of the PPSR-Q was …
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Workplace Pressures of PK-8 Teachers in a Midwestern Archdiocese
… levels.</p> <p>Reasons teachers report for wanting to leave their job include salary/benefits, dislike of administration, lack of administrative support, and excessive demands outside of contract hours. Reasons for wanting to stay include that their job offers an increase in pay/salary, …
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Creative drama as a source for literacy development
… project to be used as a resource for teachers wanting to implement creative drama, in the classroom, as an avenue for improving reading abilities of low-progress readers.
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Creative drama as a source for literacy development
… project to be used as a resource for teachers wanting to implement creative drama, in the classroom, as an avenue for improving reading abilities of low-progress readers.
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The Development and Exploration of a Twelve-Factor Model of Motivations for Using Substances
… test cognitive aspects of the motives (i.e., <em>wanting</em>, and <em>liking</em> and <em>satisfaction</em>) for use-related patterns.</p> <p>Factor analysis (<em>n</em> = 367) indicated that the MUSQ was characterized by 12 factors: Reduce Anxiety/Unpleasant Arousal, Conformity, Effects of Other …
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OPTIMIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED POLY(STYRENE-B-(3,4-ISOPRENE-STAT-1,2-ISOPRENE) BLOCK COPOLYMER THIN FILMS
Block copolymer thin films with tunable surface chemistry and nanoscale self-assembled structures are promising candidates as advanced templates for inorganic crystallization. Their periodic order, nanoscale spacing and precise control of surface chemistry in one block allow them to confine the …
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