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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"environmental setting"”.
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The relationship between environmental setting and curiosity in children.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1966. M.C.P.
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Son of Big Mac (a study of the dynamic relationships between adolescent activity and environmental setting),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1972. M.Arch.A.S.
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New approaches in modeling coastal lagoons affected by human activity to predict the evolution of their social and environmental setting
Las lagunas costeras son ecosistemas que ofrecen gran cantidad de servicios, al ser cruciales para la biodiversidad y la economía local. Sin embargo, son altamente vulnerables debido a su complejidad ecológica y a la presión humana a la que se ven sometidas, agravada por el cambio climático. Este …
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Public School Teachers' Perceptions of Administrative Support and its Mediating Effect on Their Job Satisfaction and Intent to Stay in Teaching
… SASS-4A). The first sample was the combined environmental setting. The second, third, and fourth sub-samples were urban, urban fringe, and rural samples, respectively, as identified by the respondent. Based on the path analysis, perceived administrative support, teaching experience, perceived …
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Behavioral Differences Between Urban and Rural American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
… by installing baited perches in urban and rural settings in Kittitas County, Washington. In order to observe differences in urban and rural crow behavior to approach or avoidance-oriented stimuli, perches included custom cameras and audio equipment that alternated between periods of playing crow …
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In-home Gait Health Monitoring using Machine Learning and Ambient Sensing
… for gait assessments is performed in clinical settings. These measurements are often elevated and do not accurately reflect gait patterns in daily life. There is a need for gait monitoring in the daily environmental setting. Internet-of-Things technology creates an opportunity to bridge this …
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Forest Mortality in Lake Tahoe Basin from 1985-2010: Influences of Forest Type, Stand Density, Topography and Climate
… and endogenous factors such as stand density and environmental setting have also been implicated (Allen et al. 2010). This study utilizes remote sensing imagery from the 1985-2010 Landsat Thematic Mapper archive to explore relationships among forest types, climate, stand density, and environmental …
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Automated image-based 3D reconstruction system for precise plant modeling
… from video inputs that are taken in a casual setting. The input data can be easily collected using an ordinary hand-held camera or phone camera in a daily environmental setting, by slowly walking around the plant. And the resulting dense point cloud is comparable to the original image when …
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Green exercise: Combined influence of environment and exercise to promote wellbeing
… wellbeing. However, we need to identify optimal settings for promoting exercise-associated wellbeing outcomes, and for promoting exercise adherence. The literature suggests environmental settings may be important. The aim of this thesis was to rigorously test influences of environmental settings …
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The archaeology of coastal shell middens in Ireland
… terms of site function, settlement context, and environmental setting. The study of these sites in Ireland has largely focused on the pre-farming (Mesolithic) period as part of a consideration of coastal foraging economies. Current evidence points to a long tradition of utilising coastal …
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Effects of Surface Condition and Environmental Exposure on the Bond between CFRP and Steel
… components can degrade due to the surrounding environmental conditions, and are susceptible to corrosion damage when exposed to aggressive environments and deicing salts. The conventional methods for repairing steel structures can be labor-intensive and time-consuming, and add considerable …
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The evolution of accounting in Saudi Arabia: a study of its relevance to the social and economic environment
… need to study the evolution of accounting in its environmental setting in developing countries is increasingly recognised in the literature. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the evolution and status of accounting systems in developing countries, with particular reference to the Saudi …
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The impending retirements of community college presidents: A higher education leadership crisis
… of SMCC was assigned). SMCC provided the environmental setting for the researcher to observe, record, and interact with the system being examined. SMCC was used as a vehicle to better understand how or why the phenomenon, a shortage of qualified presidential candidates, may have occurred …
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Neogene to quaternary foraminifera from the western margin of southern Africa
… a warmer, oligotrophic, subtropical, deeper environmental setting in contrast to the shallower depositional environment, cooler conditions and a eutrophic bottom water setting indicated by Pleistocene foraminifera in the phosphatic units. The palaeoenvironment on the Namibian shelf was …
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Essays in Environmental and Supply Chain Topics in Finance
… impacts of regulatory enforcement in an environmental setting. The first chapter (joint with Victor Orestes and Thiago Christiano Silva) shows that firms experience large increases in sales and purchases after receiving cheaper liquidity. We focus on factoring, defined as the …
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Design, analysis and optimization of novel photo electrochemical hydrogen production systems
… renewable sources, it could be the ultimate and environmentally benign solution for the future energy requirements. This thesis presents the candidate’s research on the photochemical hydrogen production cycle, motivations and objectives, literature survey, thermodynamic modeling, exergoeconomic …
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Addressing methodological challenges in sensory science for a deeper understanding of consumer testing context
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Effects of Design Features on Visitors' Behavior in a Museum Setting
… Features on Visitors' Behavior in a Museum Setting Ting-Jui Chang, M.A. in Interaction Design The study aims to define possible interplay between display design and visitors' behavior in a museum setting. It asks, "What environmental features related to design have impacts on visitors' …