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Showing 1 to 20 of 584 for “"dysfunctional"”.
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Neural Circuitry Deficits Associated With Dysfunctional Myelin
… enabling direct study on the impact of dysfunctional myelin on neural processing.</p> <p>Undoubtedly, slowed conduction velocity along myelinated axons increases temporal dispersion and, consequently, degrades information transfer between neural circuits. Herein, this dissertation work …
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Dysfunctional Attitudes, Life Stress and Coping Processes
… correlation analysis was used to study how dysfunctional attitudes, a negative cognitive factor, were related to individuals' daily hassles and coping processes. An increase in dysfunctional attitudes was found to correspond to an increase in the frequency and severity of hassles. Also, the …
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Dysfunctional marital beliefs and marital satisfaction : a multicultural analysis
… complete inventories measuring marital distress, dysfunctional beliefs about marital relationships, and socioeconomic status (SES). It was hypothesized there would be a negative relationship between the dysfunctional beliefs that married individuals held and their level of marital satisfaction; …
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Pathways of NHEJ at Dysfunctional Telomeres and Their Resolution
… are activated that can promote the fusion of dysfunctional telomeres resulting in chromosomal instability. The work presented here aims to understand how telomeres are protected from these pathogenic repair pathways. The first part of this thesis is focused on the DNA damage response factor …
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Pressure on Auditors and Dysfunctional Behaviour as Institutional Work
… commit various behaviours from professional to dysfunctional to manipulative. Auditors in bigger firms commit less dysfunctional behaviour as a response to higher pressure than those in smaller audit firms. This suggests that bigger firms are likely to have more resources and capacities to deal …
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Examining the Role of Dysfunctional Beliefs in Individuals with Schizotypy
In accord with the cognitive model of poor functioning in schizophrenia, defeatist performance beliefs, or overgeneralized negative beliefs about one’s ability to perform tasks, have been linked to poor functional outcomes, cognitive impairment, and negative symptoms in schizophrenia and are a …
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Long-term patency of nitinol stent placement in dysfunctional hemodialysis
… the long-term patency of stents placement on dysfunctional hemodialysis shunt after failed balloon angioplasty and analysis the factors affecting the patency of nitinol stent. Materials and methods: Eighty-three patients with dysfunctional dialysis shunts underwent bail-out stenting to restore …
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Waiting Too Long to Exhale: Dysfunctional Love in African-American Film
… in African-American film, is portrayed as dysfunctional and problematic. The artifact serving as evidence of my argument and the source of my analysis is Waiting to Exhale. Due to the cross-disciplinary nature of this thesis, which intersects the disciplines of Communication, Film, and …
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Orientation Programs and Realistic Job Previews: Tactics to Reduce Dysfunctional Turnover
Two approaches were utilized to reduce turnover in a printing company. First, the orientation program was revised to incorporate tactics from the organizational socialization literature, which indicates that the more socialized employee will report greater levels of satisfaction and commitment, …
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An analysis of insider dysfunctional behavours in an accounting information system environment
… deviant insider behaviours using the concept of dysfunctional behaviour, based on two-dimensional behaviour taxonomy. Partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) revealed that TPB‘s predictor variables: attitude (ATT), subjective norm (SN) and perceived behavioural control (PBC), …
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Psychometric integrity of a measure of dysfunctional separation-individuation in young adolescents
… to validate the psychometric integrity of the Dysfunctional Separation-Individuation Scale in a population of young adolescents. A one factor structure of the 19-item scale was obtained. The scale correlated highly in the expected directions with other measures of separation-individuation, as …
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Cardiopulmonary Predicators of Dysfunctional Ventilator Weaning Response after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
… remain intubated 12 hours after surgery due to dysfunctional ventilator weaning response (DVWR). DVWR associated with increased morbidity and mortality (30% to 43%) following CABG surgery. Finding significant antecedence to predict DVWR could help to identify and prevent the complications from …
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Causes of dysfunctional behaviour within self-directed work teams : a case study
… research was to determine what causes certain dysfunctional behaviours in self-directed work teams, and the effect this has on the workplace and performance. A qualitative study was done whereby a single group of subjects was obtained. This group consisted of 40 subjects (N=40). Three different …
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Creating a Measure of Dysfunctional Office and Organizational Politics: The DOOP Scale
… to create and validate a perceptual measure of Dysfunctional Office and Organizational Politics (DOOPs). Statements for the measure were derived from office and organizational politics definitions implied or stated in the non-professional literature. Subsequently, two scales were created, one 21 …
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