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Barriers to Health: Understanding the Barriers Faced by Community Intervention Projects
… resources – such as time – also served as barriers to communication. This paper is a response to calls to focus on communication ecology and the perspective of both the organization and the client. This paper has, thus, added to the scholarship by providing a look at the lived experiences …
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Barriers to Cochlear Implantation
The file named "BALACHANDRA-PRIMARY-2022-1.pdf" is the primary dissertation file. One (1) supplemental file -- i.e., a Microsoft Word document (DOCX) -- is also available and may be viewed individually.
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Barriers to Leaving Poverty
… to tease out the root causes of the individual’s barriers to continuous positive employment. Rubicon Programs’ bold approach to addressing the issue of poverty through its collaborative and inclusive redesign approach to research and the development of programs demonstrates its commitment to …
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Sonic Crystal Noise Barriers
… have enabled study of the performance of SC barriers. Strategies for improving the band gaps by employing the intrinsic acoustic properties of the scatterer are considered. The use of the tube cavity (Helmholtz type) resonances in Split Ring Resonator (SRR) or the breathing mode resonances …
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Barriers to adult learning
… students away from courses. A short list of barriers to adult learning includes - among others, finance, lack of time, ageing, emotional barriers and lack of motivation.Ageing is a natural process, bringing some physical , mental, psychological and other kinds of changes that influence …
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Barriers to Lesbian Health Care
… a sample of sixteen lesbian women regarding the barriers to lesbian health-care. From this information several interpretive findings regarding lesbian health-care are made. Data were gathered via indepth interviews with each individual lesbian. The data suggest that most lesbian women do not …
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Characterization of biological hydrogel barriers
Biological hydrogel barriers include mucus, bacterial biofilms, fungal biofilms, and others. Biofilms are polysaccharide hydrogels. Biofilms are commonly found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are susceptible to these types of chronic infections because their …
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Navigating Barriers in Taiwanese Museums
People with disabilities have often been framed as a burden to society and tend to have more difficulties to participate in society than people without disabilities. To this day they fight for equal rights. Reported cases of disabilities make up around 5% of Taiwan’s population. The amount of …
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Perceived barriers to technology integration
… mixed-methods study explores the potential barriers to change related to the integration of technology among elementary teachers. Data were collected through the use of a survey, interviews, and focus groups. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) developed by Hall and Hord (2001) was used …
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Breaking barriers in secret sharing
In this thesis, we study secret sharing schemes for general (non-threshold) access functions. In a secret sharing scheme for n parties associated to a monotone function [mathematical formula], a dealer distributes shares of a secret among n parties. Any subset of parties [mathematical formula] can …
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Nō hea koe: Barriers to identity
This thesis explores barriers to identity in the context of non-identifying Māori in Aotearoa. It presents a vulnerable exploration of the barriers that shape and complicate cultural identity. A search for existing knowledge revealed significant gaps in discussions around non-identifying Indigenous …
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Maintained weight loss: facilitators and barriers
The Foresight Report, 2007 suggests that by 2050, 60% of males and 50% of females will be clinically obese. The consequences of such a rise are a serious concern for the government, healthcare systems and the individuals. Obesity can threaten the individual’s mental and physical health and quality …
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Recovery oriented services : strategies and barriers
… supportive team, and the role of STR workers. Barriers to providing a recovery oriented service focused on the attitudes of others and the position of the team in the wider service. Participants highlighted the issues regarding the role of generic workers. Some difficulties with the …
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Innovatives liposomes for overcoming biological barriers
In this thesis work were prepared and characterized liposomes and liposomes modified with a coating of chitosan called chitosomes. Through these structures were conveyed drugs of natural origin with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties: quercetin,phycocyanin and curcumin. The liposomes …
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Overcoming barriers in data warehouse replatforming
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Relaxing Topological Barriers in Geometry Processing
… optimization problems are full of topological barriers that hinder optimization, leading to nonconvexity, initialization-dependence, and local minima. This thesis explores convex relaxation as a powerful guide and tool for reframing such problems. We bring the tools of semidefinite relaxation …
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Redeveloping greyfields : definitions, opportunities and barriers
The study of greyfields for this thesis was motivated by the increasing problems of traffic and air pollution associated with sprawling development patterns. Typically located in inner ring suburban areas, greyfields, or failed retail malls, represent sites that can be redeveloped profitably into …
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