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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"laypeople"”.
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Examining the role of race in plea decision-making for defense attorneys and laypeople
… advice. The racial biases of legal actors and laypeople may influence the advice they give to their clients or friends who are facing plea decisions. The current thesis examined the effects that racial biases have on plea decision making and recommendations. Study 1 explored the extent to which …
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The Influence of Facial Parameters on Orthognathic Patient, Layperson and Clinician Perceived Attractiveness
… images shown in random order to 89 observers (74 laypeople; 15 clinicians), who ranked the images from most to least attractive.<br/>Part 2 (chapters 4-8): Assessing the influence of lower facial parameters on perceived attractiveness.<br/>Idealized facial images were created. Specific parameters …
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The Effect of Videogame Play on Robotic Surgery Skill Acquisition
… medical students, expert robotic surgeons, and "laypeople." The purpose of this study is to examine the hypothesis that video gamers acquire perceptual and psychomotor skills through video game play, similar to those used by robotic surgeons. Subjects completed a demographic questionnaire and …
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Influence of Bracket System on Smile Esthetics
… per system) were shown to 160 participants (100 laypeople and 60 orthodontists), who rated each smile from 1 (least esthetic) to 10 (most esthetic). RESULTS: Statistical analysis showed participants rated the Pitts™ system higher than MBT™ and Damon™ (P < .001). Female cases received higher …
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Scaling Up Fact-Checking Using the Wisdom of Crowds
… problems: using politically balanced groups of laypeople to identify misinformation at scale. Examining 207 news articles flagged for fact-checking by Facebook algorithms, we compare accuracy ratings of three professional fact-checkers who researched each article to those of 1128 Americans from …
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Use of the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate-II (Pacslac-II) by People Who Are Not Health Professionals
… the two groups were compared. As expected, both laypeople and nurses were able to effectively differentiate painful from non-painful situations. Both groups were also able to discriminate between gradations of pain (i.e., baseline, mild, moderate, severe). Moreover, tool internal consistency was …
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Imagining a right to health: HIV/AIDS, subjectivities and notions of entitlement
… framework of reference by which Kenyan PLWHAs or laypeople more generally imagine and articulate their grievances and entitlements. Further, how the PLWHAs at the heart of this research incorporate human rights norms and how they attempt to reconcile the tensions and contradictions in these …
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O*NET or NOT? Adequacy of the O*NET system's rater and format choices
… teaching assistants and Secretaries) and 87 laypeople raters who have never worked in these occupations, rated 21 item-pairs (Importance and Level type questions) picked randomly from the 52 items on the original O*NET Ability questionnaire. Participants rated each of the 21 item-pairs three …
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Improving Biblical Interpretation at Cornerstone Church in Waterloo, Wisconsin
… in which Scripture is handled by preachers and laypeople. Therefore, I developed a curriculum that I used to train adult members of CCWW in order to spark their interest in reading, studying, understanding, and improving their ability to interpret and teach Scripture accurately. In view of such …
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Lay Theories and Attitudes About Psychopathy
… have the psychopathic label. And yet, jurors, or laypeople more broadly, do not have a thorough conception of psychopathy. Thus the goals of this research were to examine laypeople's understanding and attitudes about psychopathy, and to test if an educational experimental manipulation can improve …
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Wrongful Convictions in the American Criminal Justice System: The Impact of Deceptive Psychological Tactics Used by Law Enforcement, Memory-reliant Evidence, and Socially Conditioned Associations
… ( such as jurors, witnesses, or the average laypeople), one thing is clear: preventative measures can be taken in order to minimize these errors, potentially leading to less incarcerations of innocent individuals. This paper uses historical context, research, direct testimonials from experts, …
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Assessing and improving knowledge of medical decision-making capacity
… is recommended, it is not clear whether laypeople have sufficient knowledge to advocate for maximizing the autonomy of the person they assist. This study developed and evaluated a brief, computer-based intervention to increase knowledge about decision-making capacity, using a Solomon …
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De villkorligt frigivna : relationen mellan munkar och lekfolk i ett nutida Thailand
… northern and north-eastern Thailand, focuses on laypeople's demands on contemporary Thai Theravada sangha. In the aftermath of the economic breakdown in 1997, an intense discussion concerning the moral status of the sangha took place. The religious interests and demands clearly differ between …
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Empowering Spiritually Mature Laypersons in Ministry at the Korean Church of Dallas, Carrollton, Texas
… spiritually mature laypersons to shepherd other laypeople. Chapter 3 interacts with the theoretical and practical aspects of this project. This chapter discusses three churches, two Presbyterian churches and a Baptist church. These three churches have been researched to find the most suitable …
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Equipping the Congregation of Grace Fellowship Assembly of God in Farmersville, Texas, to Practice Expository Listening
This project was designed to train laypeople in expository listening through a combination of preaching, practice, and evaluation. Chapter 1 serves as an introductionto Grace Fellowship Assembly of God and the community in which the church is located. The demographics of the region and church are …
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Learners' and Patients' Experiences of Disgust in Academic Medicine
… gaze towards these bodies as they develop from laypeople into professionals. I argue that while medical humanities curricula implemented into gross anatomy help students manage challenging personal feelings elicited by the corpse, taboos and silences during the clinical years prevent students …
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Zkušenosti běžné veřejnosti s poskytováním laické první pomoci
… and teachers. The findings indicate that laypeople most frequently encounter minor injuries, while truly life-threatening conditions are rare. For this reason, first aid training intentionally focuses on less frequent but time-critical situations such as unconsciousness, CPR, and severe …
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Praying the Passion: Laypeople's Participation in Medieval Liturgy and Devotion
It is often assumed that medieval laypeople did not understand or follow the Latin church services they routinely attended. This thesis re-examines the role of the laity in medieval devotions and argues that careful attention to manuscripts reveals multi-layered levels of understanding and …
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The Dividual Self: Ethno-Psychology, Idioms of Distress and Explanatory Models of Mental Illness in Karachi, Pakistan
… of mental health practitioners, patients and laypeople (N=30) in Karachi, Pakistan. We used a phenomenological approach to conduct 30 in-depth interviews followed by thematic analysis. The ethno-psychology revealed a sense of self that is ‘dividual’; composed of many parts (physical, mental, …
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