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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"demographic factor"”.
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Essays on prescription drug benefits in Medicare managed care
… and benefits affect selection. Changes in demographic factors (a measure of risk based on beneficiaries' characteristics) and risk scores (a measure based on beneficiaries' inpatient diagnoses) in the fee-for-service sector are regressed on changes in premiums and benefits in the HMO …
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A comparison of role expectations of bilingual education principals in selected Indiana schools
… principal in the change agent function.4. The demographic factor of national origin produced a significant difference. Respondents of Hispanic origin expected more from the principal in areas of direct responsibility to bilingual education.ConclusionsThe findings supported much of the previous …
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Examining the adoption of digital transformation initiatives in higher education institutions: A mixed-methods investigation of employee perceptions and decision-making processes
… • Research Question 1 (RQ1): Does one or more demographic factor predict an employee’s level of decision-making in higher education as it relates to digital transformation? • Research Question 2 (RQ1): What is the relationship between perceived organizational support and the decision-making …
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Efficiency of the built environment: Interdependencies in transportation, development form and public health
… A survey of neighborhood residents provided demographic, health, and transportation behavior information. The built environment within the neighborhoods was analyzed using field visits and published GIS data. Data analysis included multi-level modeling to account for the within-neighborhood …
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A Mutli-institutional Investigation into Cheating on Tests in College Online Courses
… versus four-year colleges. The only significant demographic factor appeared to be age group, with students in the younger age group admitting to cheating more often. A larger percentage (18.4 percent) admitted to cheating on tests in traditional courses than in online courses (15.5 percent). …
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Human response to railway vibration in residential environments : exposure-response relationships and modifying factors
… reactions, i^esuiisinvestigations made on factors coming into play when consideringThis thesis aims to contribute to the knowledge of human response to vibration inresidential environments and identify factors of primary importance whenconsidering exposure-response relationships from …
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How Group Leaders Rate the Frequency of Practice and Level of Importance of the Asgw Principles for Diversity-Competent Group Workers
… significant difference was found between Gender demographic factor and the composites in the rated Level of Importance for Awareness of Intervention Strategies. Another significant difference was found between the Multi-ethnic group and Awareness of Self at the frequency of practice. Finally a …
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Empirical study and business model analysis of successful freemium strategies in digital products
… a freemium product to determine critical success factors. Empirical study is conducted on 79,033 total users and 4,217 premium subscribers of Last.fm, a Musica as a service (MaaS) product which employs the freemium pricing model, to predict the probability of a user being a subscriber. …
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Fish Consumption Based PFAS Risk Assessment for Recreational Anglers in Chicago, IL & Benton Harbor, MI
… estimate community-specific fish consumption by demographic, and estimate their risk for adverse health effects from fish consumption based PFAS exposure. Methods: This risk assessment used the EPA risk assessment method for exposure through consuming a contaminated food item, which included an …
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The Assessment of Clinical Reasoning in Preceptors Across the Athletic Training Profession
… reasoning (CR) is defined as a complex multi-factorial metacognitive process for diagnosis formulation. Clinical reasoning begins as a student and develops over a career. Students are typically taught an analytical approach defined as hypothetico-deductive reasoning (HDR). Expert clinicians …
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The relationship between the macroeconomic and demographic factors and the demand for and lapsation of life insurance in Malaysia and the United States
… relationship between specific macroeconomic and demographic factors and the demand for and lapsation of life insurance in the context of Malaysia and the United States (US). A dynamic, general-to-specific (Gets) approach is adopted in order to analyse the data. The general model (GUM) is …
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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SUICIDE IDEATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, MEDICAL COMORBIDITIES, MEDICATIONS, AND AXIS-I MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG OLDER ADULTS WHO PRESENT TO PRIMARY CARE
… study, associations between suicide ideation and demographic factors, medical comorbidities, medications, and Axis-I mental disorders among 745 patients age 65 years and older recruited from primary care practices in the Northeastern United States were assessed. Cross-sectional associations …
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THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AS REFLECTED IN THE PERCEPTIONS OF MEMBERS OF BOTH GROUPS IN SELECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ARIZONA
… A second objective was to determine whether the demographic factor of school district locale (urban or rural) contributes to school boards' and superintendents' perceptions. In Arizona, the rights, responsibilities and discretionary powers to act are all given to local school boards. There is no …
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Relation between sleeping time and obesity along the shift work of adult workers
… So, this study intended to find several factors affecting obesity for adult workers and if there is any correlation between sleeping time and obesity. This study took 2,088 objects with regular jobs (656 persons with shift works and 1,432 persons with normal works) in the order of …
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Development and validation of an inventory for Western Cape primary science teachers' conceptions of formative assessment
… of formative assessment, c) to identify the demographic factor(s) that influence the conception of formative assessment of primary school science teachers, and d) to identify the preferred formative assessment practices of such primary school science teachers. Data were collected using a …