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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"contextual differences"”.
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Contextual differences in offense classifications: examining gender, race, and age differences
… arrest rates may be increasing because gendered contextual differences are obscured in broad offense categories, meaning that girls and boys may engage in very different behaviors that lead to similar charges. This study explores the relationships between gender, race, and age and the contextual …
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Functional Unexpectedness: Reframing the role of predictability in language comprehension
… then were tested on their contextual understanding of each story. Using a novel contextual alignment metric and neurophysiological markers of individual differences, the findings of this thesis provided evidence for specific processing conditions which supported greater …
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Exploring Military Service as an Alternative Sanction: Evidence From Inmates' Perspectives
… finds that there are numerous demographic and contextual differences in the way that people experience the punitiveness of prison. In this paper, I expand that research by using data from over 900 inmates to examine whether they view military service as more punitive than incarceration. </p> …
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Localizing public dispute resolution in Japan : lessons from experiments with deliberative policy-making
… transfers by referring to a variety of contextual differences between the "importing" and "exporting" countries. This dissertation investigates the relationship between the context and the introduction of consensus building processes from two perspectives: the adaptation of consensus …
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State policy and food insecurity in Kenya's arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) regions
… and emphasize the need to incorporate contextual differences as well as harmonizing the different policies to effectively address the chronic and persistent food crises in the ASALs.
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Ibn Khaldun and the Modern Social Sciences: A Comparative Theoretical Inquiry into Society, the State, and Revolution
… is necessary, I believe, to emphasize the vast contextual differences among the authors while simultaneously highlighting their many theoretical similarities. By doing so, I demonstrate both the surprisingly contemporary relevance and lasting theoretical value of Ibn Khaldun's conceptualization …
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On the use of email in further education
… issues presented. Methodological limitations, contextual differences and focus on recipient behaviour have limited toe tools that have been presented to users to enhance use. A mode was proposed to overcome these limitations and provide a basis upon which email use can be enhanced and the …
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Identity Negotiation of Young Arab Muslim Women Attending College in the United States and France
… in college experience across sample; there are contextual differences in college experience between French and American samples. Based on these findings, this study supports a moderate secularism that takes religion into account as a minority identity with specific rights and protection. It …
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Middle School Principals’ Understandings and Practices of Instructional Leadership
… learning initiatives, (e) believe there are contextual differences that impact not just their leadership generally, but their instructional leadership, and (f) have a sophisticated theoretical understanding of instructional leadership and leadership for learning; however, they struggle to …
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Factors Affecting Severity Level in Speed-Related Crashes and in Identification of Crashes Involving Exceeding Maximum Safe Travel Speed
… maximum safe travel speed highlights the contextual differences in crash severity determinants. The findings on classifying crashes as exceeding maximum safe travel speed highlight conditions that influence this designation as well as factors that can lead to inconsistencies in that …
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Performed and Perceived Masculinity in Father-Son Relationships from the Perspective of Sons: A Thematic Narrative Analysis
… underlie sons' narratives surrounding father-son contextual differences/similarities offer insight into both the performance and perception of masculinity and father-son relationships, resulted in four main themes: (1) <em>history/family</em>; (2) <em>romantic/interpersonal relationships</em>; (3) …
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Cognitive mechanisms associated with psychological adjustment to military deployments
… Models, with the program of research identifying contextual differences for how soldiers’ recall and think about their experiences whilst deployed compared to after having returned home, post-deployment.
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Novel Oncogenic Drivers in Pediatric Gliomagenesis
… can vary in tumor phenotype as a function of contextual differences. With this in mind, we used genetically engineered mice with a NTRK gene fusion knock-in allele to generate HGG <em>in vivo</em>. Given that tumor is evident by early postnatal life (P5), this is, to our knowledge, the first …
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Coping behaviour of low-income country researchers in global health collaborations with high-income country researchers
… funders and regulators and consider contextual differences across collaborations over a longer time frame.
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South Korean Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Curricular Autonomy
… and must be understood in a way that reflects contextual differences.
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Golden Times: Exploring the sense making derived from the practice experiences of student Occupational Therapists in India
… are different in India”. Conclusion Despite contextual differences, the students in this study described experiences of learning and development consistent with those described in other relatable studies and published evidence regarding experiential and transformational learning. However, the …
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The use of presumptions in determining liability for passive participation in price-fixing cartels: a comparative study
… drawn and transplanted from one to the other as contextual differences are present.
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Enablers of and barriers to digital innovation success: a comparative study of structured versus unstructured technology innovation environments in Kenya
… innovation in the Global South, neglecting contextual differences. Further, current research lacks focus on how structured versus unstructured innovation environments affect digital innovation success in these contexts. This study's investigation and findings centre on the phenomenon of …
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Tell Me Why (and What)! Self-Explanations for Autonomous Social Robot Behavior
… to after execution of the behavior. These contextual differences highlight the importance of considering the socio-interactive context for deciding when to give what kind of explanation. The gained insights were transferred to an interaction setting (C): a dialogue-based, socio-interactive …
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Improving quality of life through smart public transport: The interplay of technological and non-technological approaches in London and Tehran
… of both cities to analyse similarities and differences related to their public transport systems. Through this comparative analysis, recommendations are developed to enhance Tehran’s capacity for implementing smart technologies in its public transport. <br/>The findings demonstrate that …
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