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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"inaction"”.
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SOCIAL NORMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: INVESTIGATING CLIMATE INACTION
… and investigate possible reasons for climate inaction in three different contexts: international climate policy, academic research in sustainability science, and climate ethics. In Chapter 1, I argue that the widespread conceptualization of climate change as an international tragedy of the …
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The Classes of Old English Inaction Verbs: Linking, Alternations and Constructions
… focuses on a group of verbs that can be called inaction verbs (roughly corresponding to Present-Day English end, try, fail, forbid, hinder and refrain) and aims at determining the class membership of these verbs. This is done on the basis of the meaning components and the grammatical behaviour …
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Being active and impulsive: the role of goals for action and inaction in self-control
Although self-control often requires behavioral inaction (i.e., not eating a piece of cake), the process of inhibiting impulsive behavior is commonly characterized as extremely cognitively active (i.e., actively exerting self-control). Two experiments examined whether motivation for action or …
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Farm-level bureaucrats in action (and inaction) : the distribution of veterinary services in Laos and Cambodia
In this study, I analyze several dimensions of the institutional environment that govern contractual exchange between veterinary service providers and farmers in Laos and Cambodia. I hypothesize that the negotiation, implementation, and enforcement of informal service contracts entail economic and …
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Action and inaction in consumer and social contexts: the effects of prior and ongoing activity levels on intentions and decisions
… (e.g., standing, sitting) that invoke general inaction goals. As a result, prior active behaviors enhance the likelihood of initiating an action by an immediate deadline more than do prior inactive behaviors. However, this effect is absent when the deadline is distant because general action and …
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Moving from values inaction to values-in-action : an exploration of how values can be managed intentionally by national sports organizations
… and in so doing highlight the gap between values inaction and values-in-action. Data were collected from nine NSOs through multiple-case studies analysis of interview transcripts, websites, and constitutional statements. Results indicated that while the NSOs operated from a Management by …
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The value of action: An examination of when and how actions are evaluated more positively than inactions
… actions and restful states characterizing inactions. Action and inaction are integral components of daily life, affecting our decision-making, goal pursuit, self-regulation, well-being, and health. Understanding how people conceptualize and evaluate action and inaction is thus important. …
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Violence & Volition: Choice, Acceptance, and Identity in Selected Works by Flannery O'Connor, Kurt Vonnegut, and Cormac McCarthy
… around violence even further, suggesting that inaction is sometimes the best plan. Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men highlights how a combination of action and inaction, depending on the situation, can help or hurt someone when violence surrounds them.</p>
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Tales of (Dis)connection: Moving Through an Interconnected Europe in the Short Story, 1880–1930
… that indifference, isolation, ignorance and inaction spread across Europe due to the advent of steam and motor-powered transportation technologies. As they revolutionized migration, tourism and the commute, the railway, the steam-ship, the motor-car, the omni-bus and the electric tram also …
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Off-Limits: The U.S. Army’s Campaign Against Housing Discrimination
… relations. Commanders often justified inaction by citing their limited authority and the necessity of sustaining community support, viewing the issue of housing discrimination as a delicate balance between moral responsibility and operational stability.
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Improving U.S. Nuclear Capability
… to U.S. allies and its deployed forces. The inaction of the United States to revitalize its nuclear capability will leave the U.S. dangerously vulnerable when the new threats materialize. The United States has the capability to meet these threats, but it cannot afford to wait to prepare …
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Essays In Mortgage Markets And Public Investment Cycles
… and are important sources of refinancing inaction. The third chapter shows that a winner-take-all electoral system is better than a proportional system for economic growth-enhancing public investment since it reduces the likelihood and size of coalition governments. Chapter 1 investigates …
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Escalation and resolution of border disputes and interstate conflicts in Africa the Malawi--Tanzania Case
… that the protracted dispute is the result of inaction and poor leadership, rather than 'colonial legacy.' Using game theory, this thesis demonstrates that partial sum games produce the best path for resolving this border dispute through communication and cooperation. Furthermore, the thesis …
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Agents of fundamental policy change?: political strategies of the environmental, sustainable agriculture, and family farm groups in the 1990 farm bill
… status quo (old policies as well as governmental inaction) is structurally protected.
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An evaluation of UCT employment equity policy : the role of UCT in promoting employment equity (1995-2002)
… to establish UCT’s course of action as well as inaction in achieving Employment Equity and the promotion of Affirmative Action. Comparative study analysis is used as a tool to capture information and data around the progress made in achieving Employment Equity and the promotion of Affirmative …
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The relationship of disease severity, health beliefs, and medication adherence among HIV patients
… controlled. Finally, perceived susceptibility-inaction was positively related to medication adherence and difficulty in following doctors' instructions was negatively related to adherence.;Implications. Patients' medication taking behaviors can be improved by targeting issues specific to the …
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Bringing in the Garbage: Opening a Critical Space for Vehicle Disposal Practices
… with waste production and resulting actions/inaction in the form of policies of management. In doing this I use waste as a lens to examine the interrelationships among environmental degradation and economic and political structures. Further, I examine these phenomena in relation to a physical …
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The synthesis of WAY-derivatives to find linker location and a new linker to attach a fluorescence tag for homo- or hetero-dimer of 5-HT receptor ligands
Serotonin action or inaction is known to correlate with depression, obesity and drug addiction. The serotonin receptor has been studied as a possible target for cocaine addiction therapy. Previously, 5-HT 2A receptor antagonist, M100907 and 5-HT 2C receptor agonist, WAY 163909 have been studied as …
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An Analysis of Coal Ash Pollution in the State of Georgia
… This paper also examines the role of government inaction in facilitating such outcomes, particularly in relation to Georgia Power. This paper argues that coal ash pollution and its subsequent damage to the environment is caused by weak enforcement of government regulations that allow energy …
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Regret as Autobiographical Memory
… regret and to survey data showing that long term inaction regrets tend to concern experiences from early adulthood. Studies 1 and 2 examined the temporal distribution of experienced regrets within the context of the “reminiscence bump” phenomenon from autobiographical memory research. Participants …
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