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Co-Exist
Chinese urban villages which have grown over time have difficulty to operate as a healthy urban environment. As a consequence, residents are often forced to move to the boundary of the city although many prefer its narrow streets and the informality of life. This thesis proposes a modern …
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Teenage Clumsiness: Does it exist?
… associated with the adolescent growth actually exists. Previous research has focused on the development of general motor performance or gross motor coordination. Increases in strength during adolescence may mask the effect of a stage of adolescent awkwardness on general motor performance tasks. …
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Determining Subgroups That Exist Among US Firearm Owners
… and verify unique classes of firearm owners that exist within the United States (US) and to determine the sources that each class deemed credible to discuss safe firearm storage for suicide prevention. Methods: The study is composed of three parts, each with its own unique sample. Part 1 …
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A critical examination of the phenomenon of claustrophobia: do subtypes exist?
… different subtypes of claustrophobia may exist. Some claustrophobics may be more similar to individuals with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia in terms of situations feared, cognitions and symptoms whereas others might be similar to simple phobics with a specific fear of enclosed spaces. The …
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Opportunities that exist for communication experts in the field of communication consulting
This study examined the opportunities that exist for communication experts, particularly graduate students, in the field of consulting. Interviews were conducted with established consultants to determine how consultants describe their job functions, what kinds of consultants are needed in …
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Collaborative audiological and psychological intervention where tinnitus and hearing loss co-exist
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external sound source and is estimated to be experienced by 10-15% of the population. The majority of tinnitus patients present with some form of hearing loss and intervention aimed at reducing the effects of auditory pathology is indicated …
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What Relationships Exist Between Words In The Lexical-Semantic Systems Of Toddlers?
Investigating how infants first establish relationships between words is a necessary step towards understanding the qualitative shift children make to an organised and complex interconnected network of semantic relationships which characterises a mature, adult lexical-semantic system. Since little …
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Security of information systems : what technical solutions exist and what is needed
The objective of this thesis is to review the need for information system security, evaluate the technical solutions commonly used today, make recommendations on where extra research is needed, and to overview the technologies, algorithms, standards, and security policies used in providing computer …
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Does a Child Penalty Exist in the Post-apartheid South African Labour Market?
This study examines whether there exists a motherhood (or child) penalty for female employees in post-apartheid South Africa using three cross sections of data between 2001 and 2007. The Mincerian regression results indicate that a motherhood penalty exists, ceteris paribus. Using unconditional …
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Voter apathy: why does it exist and what can be done to overcome it?
<p>The purpose of this study was to ascertain why the stakeholders in the educational process do not participate in the annual school election and to identify and implement techniques that would motivate these stakeholders to go to the polls.</p> <p>The population of this study consisted of the …
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WHY DO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STATE-MEASURED ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AND NATIONALLY-MEASURED ACHIEVEMENT GAPS EXIST?
This dissertation addresses two research questions: 1. To what degree do states differ in measuring the achievement gap? 2. Are there predictors to suggest why this differential occurs? The first research question requires that the degree of difference, the differential quotient, is determined. For …
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Does the Relative Age Effect Exist in Elite Sport? An Analysis of Olympic Competition
… of this study was to determine if the RAE exists in Olympic competition and to compare the RAE between genders, team vs individual sports, weight class vs non-weight class sports, and medalists vs non-medalists. Data on Olympians competing in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics …
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