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Accounts of the homeless
… aspect of this research is an examination of the accounts given by numerous homeless individuals currently residing in Las Vegas. These accounts are divided into several categories that emerged from the data which reflect some of the experiences and perspectives of those who live without the …
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Farm accounts: methods and principles
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Accounts of Computation in Physical Systems
… they are attributed. A number of philosophical accounts of computation have been pursued, especially recently (Piccinini 2015, Shagrir 2018, Schweizer 2019, Coelho Mollo 2020) aiming to make sense of computation, to rescue such attributions from an explanatory abyss. Both recent and earlier …
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Saga-Accounts of Norse Far-Travellers
… examines the medieval Icelandic sagas’ many accounts of travel taken by Scandinavian characters to lands in the distant north, south, east and west. These Norse far-travellers have various motivations for their journeys, and particular motivations and motifs are associated with each cardinal …
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Personal accounts for religious prejudice in Christians
… of Study 1 was to describe the domain of such accounts, by asking participants, specifically Mechanical Turk workers and college students, to provide personal accounts explaining their own level of self-reported religious prejudice. Analyzed through thematic analyses, these accounts revealed …
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Predicting Accounting Misstatements within Industries and Accounts
… predictors of misstatements across industries, accounts, and time.</p>
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The narrative accounts of recovering drug users
This study aims to provide pertinent information regarding the widespread use of methamphetamine occurring in South Africa. This study explores how individuals who were addicted to crystal methamphetamine (CM) create meaning of their experiences of addiction and recovery. Since most studies …
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The narrative accounts of recovering drug users
This study aims to provide pertinent information regarding the widespread use of methamphetamine occurring in South Africa. This study explores how individuals who were addicted to crystal methamphetamine (CM) create meaning of their experiences of addiction and recovery.
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Constructing leather: professional and consumer accounts and experiences
… and concerns are oriented to and incorporated in accounts of individual actions and values.
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Women's accounts of pregnancy: Psychological and feminist issues
… by analysing women's contradictory and changing accounts of their feelings and concerns. The research also contributes to the understandings of the identities and preoccupations of pregnant women. The design of the study is longitudinal and biographic. The women kept personal documents in the …
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The economics of factoring and securitizing accounts receivable
In Chapter I, the firm's accounts receivable sales decision is modeled both in the case where it is constrained to sell the entire receivable (factoring) and in the case where it has the flexibility to sell a portion of the receivable (receivables securitization.) It is found that because of a …
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Relationships among various ontologies and accounts of modality
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1983.
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Inside Interracial Marriages: Accounts of Black-White Couples
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the chronic daily concerns that eight self-identified Black-White interracial couples described as stressful and to identify the coping strategies that they utilized to reduce feelings of distress. Another goal of this study was to discover …
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Women's accounts of abuse in their intimate relationships
The majority of research on wife abuse and dating violence neglects women's personal experiences and focuses on the extent and nature of physical abuse. Feminist researchers, however, stress the significance of both recognizing women's voices and acknowledging all forms of abuse against women. The …
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Shadowing practices: Ethnographic accounts of private eyes as entrepreneurs
… and field notes, various culturally-situated accounts of private investigator practices are offered. The findings of this research project suggest that private investigators use various rhetorical and practical strategies to successfully and simultaneously complete investigative and …
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Competent or Not? Young people's accounts of sexual readiness
Young people’s sexual health is a significant public health concern and associated with risks of unintended outcomes. Yet their voices are largely missing in the design of sexual health services, policy and education programmes. This study explored young people’s subjective understandings of their …
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A phenomenological exploration of midwives accounts of midwifery expertise
… there are very few studies of practitioner's accounts of expertise in the context of midwifery intrapartum care. Despite this, it is not uncommon for midwives to pronounce themselves the experts in, or guardians of normal childbirth. However, the statement appears to rule out expertise in …
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The Management of Justice through Accounts: Constructing Acceptable Justifications
… or loss. These explanations are called "social accounts". While research indicates that social accounts are effective at mitigating negative reactions to adverse decisions, and improving perceptions of justice, the underlying causes remain largely unknown. This study used the Elaboration …
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