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Interpretive Potential of South Dakota Wetlands
… initiated to determine visitor preferences for interpretive methods and facilities at an existing wildlife-interpretive trail. Seventy-nine percent of the visitors indicated preference for a self-guiding interpretive trail. Maps and pictures used in conjunction with self-guiding signs were …
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Operational images and the interpretive turn
… remain opaque. These images are part of an interpretive turn. This sort of image use is difficult to demystify, confront, and confound. To contemplate effective strategies, it helps to look at the broader context of subversion of the logistical image, reaching back to early instances of …
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A Holistic, Interpretive Concept of Systems Design
… concept of design. The outcome is a holistic, interpretive conception of the design process. Accordingly, it is shown that the design process starts with a primeval distinction of the object to be designed (a project), and then continues with a gradual interpretation of the is-ought to bipolar …
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Conservation, the search for an interpretive method
… This thesis is an endeavor to establish an interpretive strategy for the conservation of the historic fabric, while respecting the notion of modernization and need for growth. lt argues that to conserve the historic fabric, a more holistic attitude is required at the theoretical level, as …
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Patient-Centered Hemodialysis Nursing Care: An Interpretive Description
… of patient-centred care. Methods A qualitative interpretive description design was used, with purposive sampling of hemodialysis nurses from hospital and satellite hemodialysis units in urban and rural areas registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario and currently employed full or …
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The meaning of natural medicine : an interpretive study
Over the past two decades of practicing and teaching natural medicine, I have experienced at first-hand the effects and influence of osteopathy, acupuncture, homoeopathy, naturopathy and herbal medicine on my patients, on my family, and on my friends. I have also witnessed the movement of a number …
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Workplace violence against registered nurses: an interpretive description
… experience visible and more fully understood. Interpretive description was the research methodology adopted for this study. Using theoretical sampling, ten Registered Nurses from the lower mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia participated in semi structured, audiotaped interviews. In …
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Ren Leadership: An Interpretive Biography of Bai Fangli
The purpose of this qualitative interpretive biographical study was to enhance our understanding of leadership by exploring the life of Bai Fangli through the lens of Confucian virtues. This study followed Denzin's (1989a) qualitative design of interpretive biography by exploring Bai's epiphanies …
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Ren Leadership: An Interpretive Biography of Bai Fangli
The purpose of this qualitative interpretive biographical study was to enhance our understanding of leadership by exploring the life of Bai Fangli through the lens of Confucian virtues. This study followed Denzin's (1989a) qualitative design of interpretive biography by exploring Bai's epiphanies …
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Stroke in young women: an interpretive phenomenological analysis.
A comprehensive picture of the psychosocial consequences of stroke in young adults, that is grounded in the experience and perspective of stroke survivors, is currently lacking in the literature. The aim of this research was to explore the experience and psychosocial consequences of stroke amongst …
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Hope for the fatherless?: A grounded interpretive approach
… and resilience?” Phenomenology and the Grounded Interpretive research method were employed to explore in depth the lived experience of three participants. My interviews show that cultural, family, and educational background and the individual's interpretations of his or her situation …
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Occupation and Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Critical Interpretive Synthesis
… research presents an interdisciplinary critical interpretive synthesis examining the constructs of occupation and resilience and how they are related. The construct of resilience, which is concerned with how people respond to adversity, has the potential to guide the development of more socially …
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Harvesting Encounter: An Interpretive Research Center at Pack Forest
… from timber. Harvesting Encounter proposes an interpretive research center at the University of Washington's Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest, where a recreational landscape merges with a working forest. Through the investigation of a dynamic landscape, the project exposes the …
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"An interpretive study of Chaucer's ""Legen of Good Women"""
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Needs assessment in continuing professional education: An interpretive study
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Development of computer software support for interpretive structural modelling
Interpretive Structural Modelling is a computer-driven method for dealing with complexity, by allowing individuals or groups to interpret the inter-relationships between different aspects or elements of a problem. In doing this interpretation, the elements are structured, and from this structuring, …
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