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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"group formation"”.
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Exclusive group formation as a collective action problem
… seldom studied by political scientists, is the formation of clubs. Clubs exist to provide semi-public goods to their members. If only contributing members of a club can access its product (the club good), the club should be free of the free-rider problem. Because club goods are finite and …
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Determinants of International Terrorist Group Formation, 1968-1999
… while ignoring the precursors to terrorist group formation. I examine cases of new terrorist group formations between the years 1968 and 1999 as a function of domestic demographic, geographic, governmental and societal factors. This is done by Poisson regression analysis, which determines …
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Social niche construction: evolutionary explanations for cooperative group formation
Cooperative behaviours can be defined as those that benefit others at an apparent cost to self. How these kinds of behaviours can evolve has been a topic of great interest in evolutionary biology, for at first sight we would not expect one organism to evolve to help another. Explanations for …
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Group formation and communication in mobile wi-fi networks
… campuses. In addition, students often work as a group to perform collaborative tasks on campus. Consequently, there is a demand for group communication applications in mobile devices and a need to provide middleware support for such group communication over mobile wireless networks. This paper …
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Group formation and dispersal in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
… of female cockroaches on the behavior of the group, particularly the group formation within a harborage and the dispersal from a harborage. The effect of females was looked at with respect to female density and reproductive state. Populations aggregated at low female densities. This response …
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TESTING CRIMINOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF HATE GROUPS
… employ simulation modeling to test theories of group formation as they pertain to hate groups: groups whose hate ideology may or may not condone violent criminal behavior. As of 2010, there were 1002 hate groups known to be active in the United States. Previous examinations of hate groups have …
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Enhancing the automation of forming groups for education with semantics
… and teaching rely upon students working in groups. Formation of optimal groups can be a time consuming and complex task, particularly when the list of participants is unknown in advance. This research investigates the implementation of semantics to enhance computer-supported group formation …
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How the Discipline of Koinonia Strengthens the Church to Overcome the Rise of the Self as Promoted by Social Media
… 2 surveys a theological defense of spiritual group formation by reviewing biblical group formation in three unique stages of biblical history. Chapter 3 addresses the formation and threat of social media as a leading force in forming an individualistic pursuit of identity. Chapter 4 covers …
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Trust Management for Complex Agent Groups
… be solved by a single agent. Therefore, agent groups are formed to deal with the problems more effectively. These groups can have various types, structures, and complex behaviours. Meanwhile, the openness characteristic of multi-agent systems frequently introduces uncertainty into the …
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Balancing competing development objectives in the Trifinio region of Central America: economic and social development and environmental protection
… investment priorities. Our indices synthesize information from the complex economic, social and geographic system of this region. In this respect we depart from established practices of estimating indices—for outcomes such as competitiveness—that select factors and create the index by adding them …
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Organizational Fragmentation and the Trajectory of Militant Splinter Groups
… commonly break down and split apart, with new groups emerging from the ranks of existing organizations. From Syria to Iraq to Afghanistan, militant groups have splintered and proliferated in this way, creating fragmented oppositions that significantly complicate the conflict landscape. This …
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Spatial aspects of mobile ad hoc collaboration
… and the principle of ad hoc communication group formation on the basis of proximity is proposed. The principle is demonstrated in a prototype wearable system for synchronous voice messaging.
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UNDERSTANDING ONLINE INNOVATION COMMUNITY: AN INVESTIGATION OF GROUP DIVERSITY IN OPEN COLLABORATION
… how to facilitate value co-creation as well as group efficiency in the open form collaboration. This dissertation seeks to examine open collaboration management and group formation in innovation communities to extend the literature on the effectiveness and efficiency in open innovation …
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Micro-livestock for Livelihoods: Meeting Practical and Strategic Needs of Women in Sunyani District, Ghana
… development techniques, including training and group formation, can be leveraged to aid in new livelihood development for women living in rural areas who lack the resources necessary for agricultural livelihoods: lack arable land, labour, and capital. This study is situated as a case in an …
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Adolescent Transformation In the Short Stories of Carson McCullers
… of adolescent romance, hero-worship, peer group formation and exclusion, and power reversal. The narrator in "Like That" struggles with her Peter-Pan complex as she witnesses her sister go through an adolescent romance. She despises - and fears - the changes that adolescence and adulthood …
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The mystic 'it' and the centre of culture : an ethnographic experience with a women's drumming circle
… the multicultural construction of their ritual group; and a detailed reading of a few academic texts that are representative of the dominant discourse in their respective branches of the study of anthropology. The emphasis of the paper is on points of convergence and difference between academic …
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The effects of white shark presence on the behaviour of Cape fur seals at Geyser Rock, Gansbaai, South Africa
… risk associated with their presence may affect group composition, group size, movement patterns, and habitat use of prey species. The removal of predators, or their reintroduction following long periods of absence, equally can have profound impacts on their prey, triggering ecological cascades …
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The protection of minority rights: a comparative survey with special reference to South Africa's constitutional options
… concepts such as communalism, ethnicity, groups and individualism. This is done through a critical discussion of various theoretical perspectives relating to the subject matter. Comparisons are drawn between the policies of various plural societies aimed at accommodating their ethnic …
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Civil War and the Government of Factions in Hobbes and Foucault
… regulate and inhibit not just factionalism, but group formation as such.</p>
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Indigenous Nationalism on the Wind River Indian Reservation, 1851-1938
… the ways in which scholars address indigenous group formation. Instead of adhering to the rather pervasive, and anthropologically based, band/tribe/nation approach, this work argues that historians should address indigenous peoples as "tribal nations," a phrase that reflects both their unique …
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