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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"environmental contexts"”.
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Investigating the effect of phytoplankton on bacterial community composition across different environmental contexts
… phytoplankton and bacteria across different environmental contexts. Observational and experimental approaches were combined to determine the effect of phytoplankton on the composition of the bacterial community in three humic lakes in Northern Wisconsin where correlated patterns of community …
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An Environmental User Interface (EUI) Framework to Convey Environmental Contexts In Interactive Systems Design
… since these technologies lack address the environmental factors that influence their independent wayfinding. This research developed and evaluated the efficacy of a framework called an environmental user interface (EUI). In particular, this research explored whether or not the proposed EUI …
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More than the sum of parts: deconstructing tissues in their spatial, temporal, and environmental contexts
The human body is composed of ~37,000,000,000,000 cells, exquisitely organized into tissues delivering emergent functions beyond individual cells’ capabilities (e.g., the brain’s seemingly-effortless computations, the liver’s wide-ranging chemical processing). In my PhD, I studied how healthy …
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Multilevel Analysis of Physical Activity Among US Adults Across US Census Regions: The Role of Environmental Contexts
… purpose of the study is to investigate whether environmental conditions inclusive of natural amenity, built environment, urbanization, crime, and social economic neighborhood are associated with physical activity and whether these associations are modified by geographic region. The study also …
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JOURNEY THROUGH FIELDS OF AGEING Perceptions, experiences and representations in different environmental contexts, in Italy and Spain
Today more than ever, ageing represents not only a demographic challenge, but also a psycho-social one. In fact, conscious of the quantitative substance of phenomenon it is more than important how to add quality to a much longer present life than in the past. Hence, issue should be coped with in …
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Integration of GIS and machine learning techniques to investigate the impact of environmental contexts on travel modes
… to understand the active travels associated with environmental facilitators or barriers in physical activity and transportation research. Residential neighborhoods around individuals’ home locations were a primary focus in previous studies to examine the associations between active travels and …
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“Do you collect data to give to the university or do you do the work to benefit people?”: Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Environmental Contexts
… encompass the idea of tribal authority over environmental data, few sources provide case studies or theoretical background on how Indigenous data sovereignty can be operationalized in an environmental context. Through interviews with 3 Indigenous environmental activists and practitioners and …
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Energy and environmental contexts of cities, transportation systems, and emerging vehicle technologies : how plug-in electric vehicles and urban design influence energy consumption and emissions
This thesis is divided into two parts. The first evaluates the role of the built environment in life-cycle energy consumption, by comparing different neighborhood and city styles. Through a holistic modeling and accounting framework, this work identifies the largest energy-consuming sectors, among …
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Intersection of environment, behavior, and physiological traits on angling vulnerability
… why fish strike lures are unknown, as are how environmental factors influence capture, leaving knowledge gaps surrounding selection effects of capture and harvest. Objectives included how physiological and behavioral traits interacted with environmental contexts to influence angling …
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Influence of environmental context on affect recognition of stylized movements
… of stylized movement trajectories in varied contexts and (2) three user studies that explore the effects of environmental context on a human’s perception of stylized movement. First and foremost, the results from all of the user studies indicate that environmental contexts and stylized …
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Mobile Societies, Mobile Religions: On the Ecological Roots of Two Religions Deemed Monotheistic
… Ahura Mazda and YHWH were affected by similar environmental contexts. The dearth of literature concerning the effects of environments on religions extends to established theoretical and methodological approaches on the topic. The framework for approaching this research is based on Frachetti’s …
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A Discourse Analysis of Crisis Communication from the Canadian Federal Department: Environment and Climate Change Canada
… federal messaging to understand how ECCC frames environmental risk, asserts credibility, and guides public response. These aspects are studied through qualitative analysis of a significant corpus. Findings show that ECCC's messaging evolves to become more urgent and crisis-focused, particularly …
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Racial Socialization in a Black-White Interracial Family in Virginia
… design, race-related messages delivered in environmental contexts (e.g. school, community, and home) and racial socialization messages received by Black-White biracial individuals were examined. The family recruited for this study consisted of four members: a White mother, a Black father, a …
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Climate and habitat reconstruction of hominid sites in northern China with paleosol stable isotopes
… and provide a secure understanding of the environmental contexts of early hominids. This framework can help to understand the adaptative strategies of Pleistocene hominids in northern China and the evolution of adaptability to colder environments.
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Continuity and Change: Curriculum and Instruction in the World History Classroom
… describe the effects of educational policy and environmental contexts on the work of world history teachers. The first study analyzes the world history curriculum, and the second study looks at how curriculum was enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, these studies make visible …
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Designing AI-driven conversational agents to support older adults’ virtual reality learning and lifelong growth
… seamless adaptation to diverse social and environmental contexts. This research contributes to the growing field of age-inclusive technology design and provides practical guidelines for developing AI-supported VR learning systems that foster lifelong growth and engagement.
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Multiple childhood geographies: giving voice to young people's experience of place
… of young people living in contrasting social and environmental contexts. This study investigates the multiple geographies of young people growing up in inner and outer urban areas of an English Midlands town in the late 1990s. An investigation of this kind is especially apposite in that it …
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Learning environments : redefining the discourse on school architecture
… to both, the physical as well as the social environmental contexts. This perspective could invite educators and architects to participate in a collaborative discourse for realizing most effective and sustainable learning environments, one school at a time. In search of learning factors, …
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The Lure of Origins : An Inquiry into Human-Environmental Relations, Focused on the ”Neolithization” of Sweden
… activity theory) on the nature of human/environmental relations, focusing on three kinds of human-environment relationships: human organisms and biological environments, human persons and artifacts, and human beings and other beings in the context of symbolism. The dissertation is written …
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