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Variants of Volunteerism among Mature Adults within Communities of Northeast Tennessee.
<p>A purposive study conducted among mature adults aged 55 and older in Northeast Tennessee examined variants of volunteerism as well as volunteer needs of agencies and organizations and what percent of volunteers in those agencies fall within the specified age group. Mature volunteers in the …
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A Theoretical Perspective of Factors that Relate to the Functional Independence of Mature Adults
… in later adulthood continually constrains mature adults from doing more for themselves, and society. These circumstances move society to devalue mature adults. Less valued mature adults tend to become even more dependent, that is, increasingly less willing to care for themselves, and less …
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Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution
This study explores the experiences of mature adults returning to study at a higher education institution. The aims of the research focus on the complicated and complex ways in which dispositions of class, embodied in the habitus, shape opportunities, choices and experiences of a group of mature …
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Design and evaluation of a prototype high precision temperature telemetry system
Thermoregulatory models of mature adults have been developed using the well established theory of hypothalmic temperature control about a set point. Experimental investigations have indicated that thermoregulation in newborn infants is different than that of mature adults. Thermoregulatory models …
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The relationship between leisure time physical activity and health-related fitness : a single-blinded study
Mature adults are at risk of an accelerated age-related reduction in physical function. Declines in aerobic power, functional strength, motor abilities, flexibility and health-related quality of life are thought to be primarily due to reduced physical activity levels with increasing age. Leisure …
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Advertising and the elderly: Do magazine ads continue to reinforce ageism?
… the elderly in magazine ads, as well as how mature adults view themselves through media depiction when they see elderly characters in print ads. A convenience sample of one-hundred university students and forty-eight retired teachers from the Nevada Chapter of Retired Teachers answered a …
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ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΠΑΝΩ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΡΙΩΝ ΚΥΝΙΔΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΖΩΟΤΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ. ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΧΙΝΟΚΟΚΚΙΑΣΗΣ ΥΔΑΤΙΔΩΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
… AND THE OTHER EXPERIMENTAL. NO ADULT IMMATURE WORM OF ECHINOCCOCUS SPP WAS FOUND IN THE INTESTINES OF THE 580 FOXES; THE 11 JACKALS AND THE 4 WILD CATS EXAMINED. MATURE ADULTS E. GRANULOSUS WERE FOUND IN 4 OUT OF THE 28 WOLVES EXAMINED (I.E. INCIDENCE 14,2%). THE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH …
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Analysis of long-term changes in populations of the Clanwiliam Cedar (Widdringtonia cedarbergensis) using repeat photography
… there was an 8% increase in the proportion of mature adults and a 13% increase in the proportion of W. cedarbergensis individuals with sparse foliage cover. A generalized linear model was used to determine the effects of environmental factors on W. cedarbergensis mortality in natural …
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Studies of the effects of apholate on the alfalfa weevil, Hypera Postica (Gyllenhal)
… age for treatment seemed to be reproductively mature virgin adults. Egg viability was similar to the check when only the females were treated with apholate. When only males or when both sexes were treated the egg viability was decreased depending on the apholate concentration used. The most …
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SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEW ENGLAND AND NEW FRANCE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: NOTRE DAME DES ANGES---A CASE STUDY
… was similar. Many who came and stayed were mature adults, often artisans, from the urban centers of Europe.</p><p>Those who persisted in New England/Andover and New France/Notre Dame des Agnes were similar in character. They married at about the same age and had about the same number of …
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The didactic utilization of the Bible and Midrash in the plays of Zalman Aaron Lison
… the fact that Barkaals readership was primarily adults, the plays' target audience was Jewish children in the higher classes of primary school. (early teens). I then discovered that Zalman Aaron Uson was a teacher who taught Jewish studies to South African Jewish children in government primary …
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A comparison of tenth grade students' small group discussions to adults' small group discussions in response to literature
… research studies have compared the responses of mature adults to the responses of tenth-grade students to short stories. The case studies presented here were designed to describe the kinds of responses offered by adults and students, and to compare the responses of students to the responses of …
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The contextualisation of Crusader mass graves from Sidon, Lebanon.
… the age range including older adolescents to mature adults); the assemblage represents a mixed group with varying backgrounds, including both probable locals and non-locals in addition to a differentiated group who may represent individuals from the Near East with a different strontium …
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Life history of marine threespine stickleback in Oyster Lagoon, British Columbia
… the following spring. Summer migrators return as mature adults early next spring, whereas most overwinterers do not return to the lagoon to breed until mid-summer. The prolonged breeding season of this population lasts from March/April to September. Reproductive behaviours of both sexes are …
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Gender and Generation in Rural Turkmenistan
… to transform the younger generation into mature adults. Both older men and women develop the skills necessary to assume prominent roles in hosting large celebrations. These events are a public expression of piety and wealth, garnering status for the host/ess from recognised acquisition of …
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Cooperative breeding and delayed dispersal in the Pale chanting goshawk, Melierax canorus
… of survival, and dispersed later as sexually mature adults, since they could not increase their fitness further by becoming helpers at the nest. During the nestling period, co-breeding beta males provided prey at an equal rate to dominant males, that enabled polyandrous trios to undertake more …
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The social environment and the evolution of morphology in the burying beetle, <em>Nicrophorus vespilloides</em>
… carrion to grow and develop. Later, as sexually mature adults, they themselves compete with conspecifics of their own sex for carrion to breed upon. I investigate how these various social interactions influence morphology at these different lifestages. I start by investigating how the social …
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Cutaneous innervation of the hand
… of Dundee. All cadavers were musculoskeletally mature adults with mean age of 82.5±9.4 (range: 53-101) years. Skin was removed from the distal half of the forearm to the metacarpophalangeal joints. Nerves under investigation were identified, dissected, and traced. Sketches, photographs, and …
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Predicting how the juvenile life-stages of anadromous Atlantic salmon Salmo salar influence their migration phenology and marine survival.
… to oceanic feeding grounds, returning as mature adults to their natal river to reproduce. Undertaking lengthy migrations represents an evolutionary trade-off, where the risks associated with migration (such as novel environments and predators) are outweighed by the benefits (access to …
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An Empirically Grounded Curriculum Development Framework for 3D Animation & Modelling Programmes
… motivations and also constraints on young or mature adults as they pursue commercial and creative careers for financial return, personal satisfaction or both. Andragogy focuses the approach to teaching on a student’s readiness to learn in both formal and informal settings with problem-focused …