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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"long term change"”.
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Understanding drivers of long-term change in semi-natural habitats.
… loss and degradation can help predict future change and plan potential ameliorative actions, such as restoration. Long-term change studies have proved exceptionally valuable for understanding these drivers, though few studies examine more than two snapshots in time. As a result the current …
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Long-term change in the invertebrates of Zandvlei Estuary, with focus on the invasive reef worm Ficopomatus enigmaticus
… Cape Town, and been subjected to many physical changes, including the construction of a rubble weir, canalisation of the Estuary mouth, construction of a marina and hardening of the banks with concrete. These changes have facilitated the expansion of an invasive reef-building polychaete, …
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Seasonal and long-term change in the abundance, accumulation and distribution of beach litter within Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
… expanded polystyrene) dominated at both sites in terms of numbers (Milnerton: 97.8 %; Koeberg: 98.7%) and mass (Milnerton: 45.2%; Koeberg: 58.9%). The accumulation rates were generally an order of magnitude greater at Milnerton than Koeberg. Plastics were dominated by single-use items (eg: …
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Using Archived Aerial Photography to Measure Long-term Change in the Surface Elevation of Larsen A Tributary Glaciers from 1957 to 2020
… et al., 2014). Historically, (pre-1990s) changes in the surface elevation of glaciers have been observed but not accurately measured due to lack of pre-satellite altimetry data and reliable Ground Control Points (GCPs). This study presents the results of existing methodology for building …
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The effects of student outcome assessment on long term change in Virginia's community colleges: an examination of the applicability of Newcombe and Conrad's theory of mandated academic change
Three-fourths of educational change in recent years has been mandated by external groups such as legislative bodies, executive agencies, and accrediting organizations. Much of this mandated change affected the academic realm of the colleges and universities. Newcombe and Conrad's development of …
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Winds of Change? Reading, Writing, and *Assessment: A Longitudinal Study of Two Rural Fourth Grade Teachers
The study indicates that for long term change to occur, teachers need the support and the time to not only understand the theories behind what they are being asked to do, but also to change: (a) long held beliefs about literacy instruction and assessment, (b) expectations of teacher and student …
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Soil fertility management and economics of soybean in Ghana
… precipitation shocks and also experienced long-term changes in temperature and rainfall; (2) participation in on-farm research and access to production and market information lead to a higher willingness to pay (WTP) for improved soybean varieties; (3) significant differences exist in the …
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The Beijing Olympics political impact and implications for soft power politics
… debate focused on the optimistic possibility for change, scholars were more skeptical about the outcome. In the debate, the 1988 Seoul Games were used as an example of the power of the Olympics to change a nation. Aside from Korea and China being located within the same region, there are few …
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Parenting programmes and self-efficacy: An investigation into the effectiveness of a programme in terms of change for parents and their children
… programme, delivered at school, could facilitate long-term change for parents and their children. This research also aimed to establish whether levels of parental self-efficacy (PSE) were altered by the programme and the mechanisms that could have facilitated this change. Participants (N=18) …
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Scenografijos ypatumai ir meninės raiškos kryptys Šiaulių dramos teatre /
… one of the oldest drama Theater of Lithuania. A long – term change in the theatrical depends dramaturgy, performances ing directors, actors generation, theatrical and artistic trends, etc. Resulting in the need to monitor, analyze, evaluate Šiauliai Drama Theater scenery, its cultural …
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Using action research to address the underachievement of middle school students
… will be realized, it does have the potential for long-term change. This form of examining a school’s values and beliefs has implications for changing a school’s culture and thus leading to more long lasting reform.
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Children's engagement and affect in collaborative learning and direct instruction
… that contribute to momentary fluctuation and long term change in children’s behavioral engagement and affect during a six-week intervention, between classrooms employing either Direct Instruction or Collaborative Group work. A total of 96 four-minute video clips from 24 fifth-grade classrooms …
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SAR for superficial soil moisture retrieval at the field scale over an agricultural area
… scale for soil moisture estimation purposes. A long term Change Detection method is applied to copolarized Sentinel-1 data, with a focus on taking into account the component of the total backscattering coefficient due to the presence of subsurface scatterers, recently proposed in literature. By …
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On recommendations in heterogeneous social media networks
… on board, and preference drifting to realize the long-term change of users' tastes. We present experimental results illustrating the effectiveness and efficiency of our approaches.
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Epileptogenesis Causes Long-Term Plasticity Changes in Calbindin D-28k in the Rat Pilocarpine Model of Acquired Epilepsy
… many of these injury-induced plasticity changes associated with the development of epilepsy. Recent evidence has suggested that long term elevations in neuronal resting calcium levels play a role in initiating and maintaining epileptogenesis (the development of epilepsy). Collaborations …
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Dementia friendly flying: investigating the accessibility of air travel for people living with Dementia
… peer support and evaluation to facilitate long-term change. The findings from both studies are presented within a series of recommendations for how the air travel experience can be improved for people living with dementia and those who travel with them in the future. A detailed framework …
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Predictors of Institutionalization in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
… studies have included the factors that measured long-term change. Moreover, studies with Asian population are scarce. In this study, we first evaluated baseline factors that may predict institutionalization of the patient with Alzheimer’s disease, and then we evaluated predictors that measured …
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High Resolution Stratigraphy of Ordovician Carbonates, Kentucky: Evidence for a Greenhouse to Glacial Transition
… (each 30 to 100 m thick), which record a long term change from humid conditions in TST's into more arid conditions during HST's. Peritidal cycles formed under low-amplitude eustatic fluctuations. The late Middle to Late Ordovician carbonates and clastics comprise a 2nd-order supersequence …
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Improving the spatio-temporal characterisation of South Africa's dynamic coastal zone using hyper-temporal satellite imagery
… overexploitation, pollution and climate change. Their effective management is constrained by uncoordinated governance, mismatches in administrative and ecological boundaries, and a lack of consistent, standardised and relevant data which are updated regularly. This research aims to …
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A SINGLE GUSTATORY RECEPTOR CAN SWITCH THE INCENTIVE SALIENCE OF A SPECIFIC REWARD
… function. Reward influences both immediate and long-term animal behavior. Although much work has been done on understanding the nature and circuit mechanisms of reward, how reward perception evolves to drive species-specific long-term behavioral changes remains unknown. Previously, we found that …
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