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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"individual traits"”.
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Evaluating the influence of individual traits, emotions and information on consumer acceptance of entomophagy : a choice modelling experiment
… but the models lack explicit focus on individual traits and emotions in explaining variance in choice behaviour. Secondly, the experimental studies used to probe the role of information priming in fostering the acceptance of entomophagy have compared the effect of only one or two …
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Ecology and evolution simulation and quest design for an educational massive multiplayer online game
… handle complex fitness relationships between the individual traits of a single population and various environmental factors. In my thesis, I discuss the design and implementation of these simulations, the feedback we received from students, the overall effectiveness of my prototypes, and …
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A Social-Cognitive Approach To Marketing Ethics: Institutionalization, Integrity, And Power
… the relationship between environmental and individual traits leading to the practice of ethical behavior within a marketing firm. Drawing upon extant ethical constructs, and using both the General Theory of Marketing Ethics and Social Cognitive Theory as guides, I find strong support for the …
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Who Really Votes? An Examination of Differential Voting Participation
… straight-ticket option interacts with several individual traits to shape differential voting participation. Finally, I examine the impact of elite cues upon participation in proposition elections. Through these analyses, I endeavor to achieve a more accurate understanding of the entire voting …
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Modeling and Analysis of Interaction Networks in Ecological Systems
… stochastic process influenced by both individual traits and the existing network structure. This thesis presents a comparative analysis of these two approaches, highlighting their respective assumptions, estimation strategies, and shortcomings. Results from applying both models to …
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Why it takes all kinds: diversity mechanisms and patterns in ecological communities
This work explores the effect of diversity of individuals on a community. The mechanisms generating diversity are explored, their effects on patterns of diversity are examined, and the impact of diversity on community properties (such as productivity and stability) is investigated. Three …
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SOF TALENT PROFILES: HOW TO LEVERAGE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR QUALITATIVE TALENT MANAGEMENT
… academic, and performance data on each individual. This thesis proposes a “Talent Profile” that aggregates the assessment and training data into a succinct two-page report. This will aid in optimal billet assignment, mentorship, and personal professional development. This research does …
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Foraging in a Complex World: From Individual Flight Performance to Collective Behavior in Bumblebees (Bombus Impatiens)
… successful foraging depends on a combination of individual traits (e.g. physiological and biomechanical performance of individual workers) and collective behavioral strategies for regulating food intake at the colony level. Here, I use foraging behavior in bumblebees as a lens to explore how …
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The relationship between selected variables and arithmetic problem solving among community college students
… difficulty solving word problems. Because of individual characteristics, such as inadequate mathematics background, anxiety, and poor study habits, developmental students face a tremendous task in solving word problems. There is considerable documentation that several variables contribute to …
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Church in Black and White: Racially-Integrated Churches and Whites' Explanations for Racial Inequalities
… Protestants tend to blame racial inequalities on individual traits like motivation or ability as opposed to structural constraints such as oppression or discrimination. Emerson and Smith have also established that churches tend to be racially homogenous organizations. The purpose of this study is …
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Children's Behaviors and Emotions in Small -Group Argumentative Discussion: Explore the Influence of Big Five Personality Factors
The assessment and structure of personality traits and small group learning during classroom discussions are both research fields that have undergone fast development in the past few decades. However, very few studies have investigated the relationship between individual personality characteristics …
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Percussion scoring and orchestration in the wind and percussion ensemble literature of Jared Spears and David Gillingham
… overall ensemble relationships as well as individual functions of the percussion instruments. These categories were also applied to sections of music, focusing specifically on combinations of instruments and the relationship of ensemble choirs in separate and combined roles. Finally, …
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The Effect of Inbreeding on Lifetime Performance of Dairy Cattle
… Inbreeding had little effect on conformation traits. Effects of inbreeding were cumulative, exacting a larger effect on lifetime profit functions than on individual traits, when expressed as a percent of additive standard deviation. This study gives evidence that though not alarming, …
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Message Framing, Source, and Personality in Older Adults' Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions with AI-driven Healthcare Treatment Recommendations
… or a combination of the two), and personality traits on older adults' trust in AI-driven healthcare recommendations and their predicted adherence to treatment plans. Grounded in prospect theory and personality research, a 2x3 experimental design tested how different message presentations …
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Beyond Measures of Speed & Accuracy: Evaluating Visualization Perception, Reasoning & Decision-Making
… external factors. While research has shown that individual traits and situational factors can impact performance with visualizations, they have not been explored in the context of decision-making. By focusing on three essential stages of the decision-making pipeline with visualization—perception, …
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Explaning variation in luxury consumption
… well as in the form of various luxury-specific individual traits, and b) describes and explains a range of different consumption patterns of luxury goods. It is shown how an individual’s self-concept impacts a variety of luxury consumption behaviours via these mediating trait mechanisms. This …
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Evaluation of optimum and near optimum pair selection methods for increasing predicted relative net income in Jersey cattle
… income per day of productive life (RNI/DPL) and individual traits, 921,915 potential offspring were simulated from all possible matings of 20,487 Jersey cows and 45 active AI sires. Predicted milk yield, fat yield, and 13 linear type traits of potential progeny were used to predict RNI/DPL of all …
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The Phenotypic Impact of Transgenic Flower Color Variation in Ipomoea quamoclit.
… questions by directly manipulating floral traits at the genetic level, in order to isolate individual traits and examine fitness associated with traits. Pleiotropy is a potentially confounding effect of this approach and must be addressed before genetic engineering may be used as an …
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Bad Apples, Bad Barrels, and the Structure of Marketing Channel Relationships: Analyses of the Propensity for Opportunism and Opportunistic Behaviors
… analysis to identify contributing factors. The individual-level analysis treats marketing channel managers as a heterogeneous population and investigates the impact of individual traits on their behaviors in business relationships. At the dyadic level, I modify standard microeconomics models to …
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