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Showing 1 to 20 of 125 for “"detrimental impact"”.
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A study of the detrimental impact of rape mythologies and victim stereotypes in the application of character evidence in jury trials in England and Wales
This study aims to analyse the presence of rape mythologies and victim stereotypes brought about by the presentation of certain evidence in rape trials and to utilise the psychological research behind cognition and perception to help explain why it is important that the law re-examine how it …
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Bridging the Gap : The United Nations, Global Governance and the Crisis in Peacekeeping.
… concept of Global Governance has had a dramatic impact on the discourse of United Nations Peacekeeping and has increased the gap between the official rhetoric of the organisation and what occurs on the ground in peacekeeping operations. It will investigate the connection between the development …
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Toxigenic phytoplankton and concomitant toxicity in the mussel Choromytilus meridionalis off the west coast of South Africa in the autumn of 2007
… in the summer and autumn months, and have a detrimental impact on human activities along the coast. Some harmful algal blooms are dominated by phytoplankton which produce toxins that can cause shellfish poisoning syndromes. The relationship between the abundance and toxicity of toxigenic …
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Rich and Poor Divide: How Portrayals of the Poor and Poverty in News Media Perpetuate Stigma and Inequality
… some form of stigmatizing language that has a detrimental impact on how people living in poverty are perceived. Negative stereotypes were pervasive, especially in the more conservative leaning news organizations. Ways of changing this language, and methods for reducing stigma are investigated.
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Analysis of the Physiochemical Interactions of Recycled Materials in Concrete
… of the asphalt. It is hypothesized that the detrimental impact on the ITZ is attributable to organic compounds leached from the asphalt in the high pH pore solution. This study proves the presence of organic compounds in the pore solution and demonstrates that there is an apparent retardation …
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Anxiety and Its’ Effect on Sport Performance
… anxiety is present in athletes and can have an impact on their performance. It has been suggested that the type of sport an athlete participates in may play a part of their cognitive anxiety levels. It has also been suggested that anxiety relieving techniques should be advised and implemented …
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Players' Preference For Losses Disguised As Wins In Keno: A Concurrent Choice Procedure
… (NCPG, 2014). This compulsion can have a detrimental impact on the pathological gambler’s life. One factor that has been considered to lead to this compulsive gambling is the loss disguised as a win (LDW). These LDWs have been shown to increase slot machine playing in numerous studies. …
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Exploration of small enrollment speaker verification on handheld devices
… This work first independently analyzes the impact of a number of key factors, such as speech features, basic modeling techniques, as well as highly variable environmental/microphone conditions on speaker verification accuracy. We then present and evaluate methods for improving speaker …
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Preparing for success : social worker experiences in remote and rural communities in British Columbia
… Columbia, which had a direct and significant detrimental impact on employee retention, wellness, and client service delivery. Inquiry recommendations support the need to view remote and rural community work as unique and the need for specialized training and systemic support that focuses on …
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Impact of structural adjustment policies on health in developing countries
The impact on health of the structural adjustment policies has emerged as a controversial debate in international health. Some economists and public health researchers and some government and non-government commentators allege that the structural adjustment programs have had a detrimental health …
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Exploring Architectural Implications on Social Sustainability: The case of extended family dwellings in contemporary Bahraini households
… a gradual end to oil dependency, causing a detrimental impact on living standards, particularly housing, for a majority of the Gulf region residents. The constantly shifting and transforming social and political climate created significant pressures on the welfare mechanism, which then …
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Changepoint detection for acoustic sensing signals
… improve computational speed with negligible detrimental impact on accuracy. This approximated procedure is applied to multivariate acoustic sensing data.
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Ballistic resistance of multi-layered steel shields
… multi-layered steel shields against projectile impact at the sub-ordnance velocity is evaluated using finite element simulations. Eight types of projectiles of different weight and nose shapes are considered, while the multi-layered shields studied are the double-layered shield with the plates …
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Mothering Out of Bounds: Inequality and Resistance in Fat Motherhood
… This dissertation seeks to uncover the long term impacts of weight stigma at different intersections in order to expand sociological understandings of fatness, health, gender, and inequality in motherhood. It highlights parallel mechanisms of surveillance (for example, between fat and poor …
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Cultural stressors, internalizing symptoms, and parent-child alienation among Mexican-origin adolescents
… of ethnic discrimination on anxiety and the detrimental impact of cultural misfit on depressive symptoms. There were no significant within-person level interactions of parent-child alienation and cultural stressors on adolescent internalizing symptoms. The findings suggest that interventions …
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Which Green Policy?: an analysis of the relationship between state environmental policy and state economic growth
… actively pursue policies intended to positively impact state economic growth. A policy area surrounded by controversy regarding its affect upon economic performance is that of environmental regulation. Prior research indicates that policymakers believe state environmental regulations influence …
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Economic Implications of Extreme Heat Effects on Rice Yield and Milling Quality in Arkansas
… on paddy yield and have not accounted for the detrimental impact of extreme heat on milling quality outcomes which ultimately determine edible (marketable) rice yield and value. Using rice yield and milling quality data on six popular rice cultivars from Arkansas, USA, combined with on-site, …
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Development & Testing of Novel Atmospheric Chemistry Technologies
… atmospheric chemistry and climate and have a detrimental impact on human health. Advancements in measurement technologies allow for better monitoring of atmospheric composition and dynamics, creating better predictive models and understanding of atmospheric chemistry and physics. Gas and …
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Anti-Insect Defensive Behaviors of Equines after West Nile Virus Infection
… virus (WNV), vectored by mosquitoes, has had a detrimental impact on domestic horse health with over 23,000 equine cases in the United States since 1999. Previous research has focused on how this disease progresses and affects equids days to weeks post infection. The purpose of this study was to …
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Exploration of Well-Being Through Art Media Preference and Emotion Regulation Strategies
… correlation with art media preference, indicated detrimental impact on wellbeing.</p>
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