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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"background influences"”.
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Escape Artist
This thesis reviews the background, influences, and evolution of the body of work entitled Folia, which forms the basis for the candidate's thesis exhibition. It traces the development of the candidate's artistic inclinations from drawing to photography. Directorial and Pictorialist photography are …
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Genetic approaches to studying coronary heart disease in SR-BI/apoE double knockout mice
… for this study also demonstrate that genetic background influences both average lifespan and lifespan variability of dKO mice. The second study investigates alterations in lipoprotein metabolism on CHD and demonstrates that hepatic lipase deficiency, despite raising plasma cholesterol levels, …
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Direct and indirect influences of school learning on Hispanic-American eighth grade students' academic achievement
… achievement, while controlling for important background variables (family background, student's English proficiency, and gender). Few researchers have examined both direct and indirect effects of school learning variables and background influences simultaneously. Path analytic techniques were …
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Understanding Multiculturalism in Saudi Education: A Case Study of Two Schools in Mecca
… from three different perspectives: the cultural background influences students' learning, the family's background influences students’ learning, and the school’s culture influences students’ learning. Third, participants' perspectives regarding multiculturalism and multicultural education were …
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The Genetic Basis of Susceptibility to Therapy-related Leukemia in Mice
… drugs and has a poor prognosis. Genetic background influences the risk of acquiring t-AML, yet little is known about susceptibility factors. To identify candidate risk factors, cohorts of twenty inbred mouse strains were treated with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), a potent alkylating agent …
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The role of educational status in the matching of workers to jobs in emerging high-tech firms
… associated with having a prestigious educational background. In particular, I consider the role of educational status in the matching of technical workers to jobs in high-tech entrepreneurial firms. Distinctively among studies of the role of educational prestige in the firmworker matching process, …
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The Influence of Social Class Background on Childhood Sport Involvement
… a theoretical explanation of how social class background influences degree and kind of sport participation. Two theoretical constructs of social class: life chances-economic opportunity set; and life-styles-social psychological opportunity set were operationalized within the context of sport …
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The Structural Distribution of Epistasis in a Pair of Essential Metabolic Enzymes
… do not act as independent entities, the genetic background influences the effect of a mutation in unexpected ways. This context-dependence of mutational effects is epistasis. Extensive progress has been made in our ability to identify epistasis between proteins. However, how the epistasis between …
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Accounting career decision-making choices of rural high school learners in Amathole East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… The purpose of this study was to understand what influences or motivates the career choices of rural high school learners when choosing a career in accounting. The study is grounded upon the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). A quantitative approach was adopted using paper-based …
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The determinants of ethnic minority party formation and success in Europe
… argue that an ethnic minority group’s historical background influences its political engagement strategies through sociopsychological processes. I propose that native groups (those that inhabited the territory of the modern-day state in which they reside prior to that state’s establishment) and …
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The role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in shaping alternative migratory tactics and metabolic phenotypes in brown trout
… I assessed how food restriction and population background influences the expression of migratory tactics in offspring from two populations that naturally differ in anadromy (i.e. sea-migration). Food restriction affected traits related to size and condition, and resulted in a higher frequency of …
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Should companies pursue corporate social responsibility?
… governance and also gives an overview of the background influences of CSR. Chapter two examines the criticisms of corporate social responsibility and counters them. Chapter three presents the business case for corporate social responsibility; it seeks to show that socially responsible …