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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"ecological theory"”.
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Distributional Modeling Of Rare Fishes And Mussels: From Ecological Theory To Biodiversity Conservation
… models (SDMs) have become an integral tool in ecological research and conservation planning. SDMs are reliant upon occurrence datasets for the taxa of concern and museum-based information has become a popular source for such data. In the first stage of my research, I developed a centralized …
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Rural Surgeons' Conformity to the Specialty Code
… seeks to understand this deviation in light of ecological theory. The hypothesis is that the low density of specialists and associated lack of structural constraints on competitors, suppliers, financers, and consumers of surgical services leads surgeons in nonmetropolitan practice, more than …
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Ecology of Terrorism: Cross-National Comparison of Terrorist Attacks
… using diverse forms of violence. This study uses ecological theory to contextualize terrorist violence as a product of terrorist group traits in relation to the environmental context. It is hypothesized that terrorist violence is associated with group traits in relation to the varying political, …
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Social Support at Community Centers: Its Meaning in the Lives of Senior Citizens
… frameworks of phenomenology, activity theory, and ecological theory, four in-in-depth interviews were conducted and then coded for themes. The central themes highlighted family connection, connection with others, resiliency, helping others, type of activity, restoring self, community …
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Environmental controls on the abundance, diversity, growth, and activity of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in temperate forest soils
… measurements and framed my research using ecological theory largely developed in plant systems. All of my field work was done at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, a Forest Service Station and Long Term Ecological Research Site near Otto, NC. Watershed-level land use manipulations have been …
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An exploration of women's current hormone discontinuation experiences, influences, decisions, and alternatives
… an adaptation of Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory was used guide this exploratory study. The study findings supported the usefulness of the adaptation of Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory as a model through which to view the vasomotor experiences of menopausal women who have …
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Region as a Cultural Context in Family Therapy
… and other contextual factors. This grounded theory research project explores how practitioners working with families acknowledge, access, and use region as a cultural context in their service delivery, specifically in the New River Valley region of Southwest Virginia. Ecological theory, …
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Factors Affecting Distribution and Abundance of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Autumnal Wetlands in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA
… interest in temporary lentic systems, a strong theory linking the biota to its environment has not emerged. Data were collected from ten autumnal wetlands at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, U.S.A., in an effort to elucidate the environmental variables (EV's) that affected both between- and …
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K-12 Economically Disadvantaged Students, Poverty, and Education: Ecological Narratives of Successful Raised-In-Poverty, Texas Educators
… students. This study utilized a structural ecological theory and three theories of social relationships (Social Identity, Standpoint, and Cultural Capital). This phenomenological and qualitative study used a cross-sectional, descriptive, online case study design rooted in narrative …
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Population and community responses to anthropogenic environmental changes
… dramatically altering the planet. I use classic ecological theory, original conceptual models, and a novel analytical tool (Rank Occupancy-Abundance Profiles; ROAPs) to explore the effects anthropogenic changes have on plant communities and bird populations. Chapter one investigates the influence …
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Factors associated with coparental relationships: fathers' perspectives
… In this study, guided by General Systems Theory and Ecological Theory, data from 225 divorced fathers was used to explore a set of selected variables which were predicted to affect the quality of their coparental relationships with former spouses. A standard multiple regression analysis …
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Desiring Devastated Landscapes: Love After Ecological Collapse
… that cultivating affinity and attachment with/in ecological destruction requires thinking through how so-called “negative” affects like fear, disgust, revulsion, melancholy, shame, and despair can be an important part of ecological theory and activism. Furthermore, I contend there are other …
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Fifty Years on the Fringe: Murray Bookchin and the American Revolutionary Tradition, 1921-1971
… that fused classical Anarchism with Neo-Marxist theory and British ecological theory. By the 1970s, Social Ecology had evolved into a standalone school of thought that became a guiding influence for the American Environmental Movement and bioregionalism.
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Fifty Years on the Fringe: Murray Bookchin and the American Revolutionary Tradition, 1921-1971
… that fused classical Anarchism with Neo-Marxist theory and British ecological theory. By the 1970s, Social Ecology had evolved into a standalone school of thought that became a guiding influence for the American Environmental Movement and bioregionalism.
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What happened to my son: Parent perspectives of African American male students and their out-of-school suspensions during middle school
… the parent responses through the critical race theory and the ecological theory lens and methodological frameworks. Exploring the findings of the parents provided depth and scope into a phenomenon that has been researched for over 30 years. It also served to broaden the understanding of societal …
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Evaluating Foundational Components of Research Consultations in an Academic Library Research Center
… This evaluation was situated within the Human Ecological Theory Framework, to help understand how different environments can impact the recognition and value placed upon the foundational components of the service. An exploratory sequential mixed methods approach was used to determine what the …
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Mental health policy outcomes: an examination of older adults' mental health service use, 2002-2012
… remain high. Guided by the Socio-Ecological Theory of public health policy, we aimed to examine individual- and community-level factors that have fostered the most successful implementations of national mental health policies in recent years. This dissertation conducted a …
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Merchant mothers and fishermen fathers : parental investment and subsistence work among the boat-dwelling Shodagor of rural Bangladesh
… research questions. First, what are the socioecological conditions that lead Shodagor families to employ particular strategies in order to balance subsistence work and childcare? Second, why do Shodagor men and women pursue particular occupational strategies that are cross-culturally unusual …
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The Relationship Between Middle School Students' Perceptions of Physical Activity, Student Engagement, and Academic Achievement
… achievement. Propositions from Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory were used to examine the different factors influencing the relationship between middle school students' perceptions of physical activity and student engagement as they relate to academic achievement.</p> <p>This study is …
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How Parents of Exceptional Children Describe Their Relationships with Educational Professionals
… professionals? Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological theory and Crockett's (2002) star model for Special Education Planning provided the framework for this qualitative inquiry. Methods included a content analysis of four decades of journal abstracts depicting the past voices of parents of …
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