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Showing 1 to 20 of 636 for “"natural environment"”.
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Regenerative Leisure Experiences in the Natural Environment
… Experiences (RNBE) in relation to pro-environmental beliefs and conservation mindsets in participants, which, in turn, supports reconciliation behaviours towards the natural world and planet, benefiting individuals, communities, and the environment on both local and global levels. The …
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Sensory representations optimized for the natural environment
… of the statistical regularities of our visual environment. In this thesis, I systematically explore how different aspects of natural stimulus statistics can impact and determine perceptual behavior and sensory representation in both biological and artificial systems. In Chapter 1, I provide a …
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Color characteristics of the natural environment: a case study
Color is an element of the natural environment that contributes to the identity of places. Different regions exhibit different colors according to their unique physiographic characteristics, such as vegetation, topography, climate, and soils. When designing places, it is important to consider the …
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Domesticity, Manhood, and the Natural Environment in Antebellum American Literature
Discussions of masculinity, the natural environment, or domestic culture are relatively common in antebellum literary scholarship, but this dissertation explores the less commonly discussed connections among these three areas of study. Likewise, ecofeminist scholars have done groundbreaking work …
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Modeling and Evaluating Human Sound Localization in the Natural Environment
Humans locate sounds in their environment to avoid danger and identify objects of interest. In a ten-minute bike ride, a person might take note of a car approaching from behind, a tree where a bird is singing, and pedestrians walking from around a blind corner. Research on human sound localization …
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Umbanda's relationship with the natural environment & religious intolerance
… and umbandistas relate and interact with the natural environment in its various forms. One of the main themes of this section is the importance of the orixás for the religion’s relationship with nature. This chapter also explores: plant taxonomy in Umbanda, Umbanda’s National Sanctuary in the …
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Where Canadian social work educators situate the natural environment – an exploration
… of inclusion social work educators give to the natural environment in Canadian social work university courses and curricula. Social work education and environmental intersections are explored through the reports submitted by 121 Canadian university social work educators who constitute this …
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Designing change--transforming cultural attitudes towards the natural environment through design
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997.
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Co-variation of blood pressure and mood in the natural environment
… blood pressure readings. Perceptions of the environment as hostile and demanding did discriminate between high versus low systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure readings. A cluster of negative moods discriminated between high and low systolic blood pressure readings. A cluster …
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Nature as Nurture: Rural Older Women's Perspectives on The Natural Environment
The natural environment is a dynamic context for human development, but current lifestyles and activities are threatening the quality and supply of natural resources, and changing the conditions of the atmosphere. Older adults in the United States have been called upon to contribute their energy to …
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Novel Methods For The Analysis Of Organometallic compounds For The Natural Environment
… biogeochemical cycling of numerous metals in the environment has been shown to include inorganic and organometallic forms of the metal. Metals are ubiquitous in the environment and are often used by man in tonnage quantities. Organometallic compounds have found a multiplicity of uses in both …
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Effect of contextual variables on mealtime problem behavior in the natural environment
A growing body of research suggests that contingency-based interventions are effective for decreasing mealtime problem behavior and increasing the amount and variety of food accepted. To date, two published studies have examined the effects of specific contextual variables (food type and texture or …
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Children’s perceptions of the natural environment: creating child and environmentally friendly cities
… creation of a CFC is the consideration of the natural environment (NE). Premised upon a child participatory perspective, this study explored the manner in which adolescents perceive and attach meaning to the NE, as there is limited research concerning this. The primary aim of the study was to …
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Examination of the impact of the natural environment on levee sustainability, An
… of a levee by examining the character of the environment surrounding the levee. Utilizing geographic information systems (GIS), approximately 225 kilometers (~140 miles) of levees within the Lower Mississippi River Valley are divided into small segments and a series of environmental factors …
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Assessing the Efficacy of Training Parents via Telehealth to Administer Natural Environment Training
… used to effectively teach parents to administer Natural Environment Procedures with to their children within their home.</p>
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Improving Procedural Fidelity and Treatment Outcome in Natural Environment Training Using Peer Feedback
… effect of peer feedback immediately following a natural environment training (NET) session and peer feedback immediately preceding the next opportunity. For all three of the participants, procedural fidelity scores increased following peer feedback. For both of the two participants who completed …
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The meaning of natural environment occupations: Exploring the experiences of Sierra Club members
… support for the healthful benefits of the natural environment. This literature spans the breadth of many disciplines. Yet, very little occupational therapy literature focuses on the natural environment. This is somewhat surprising given occupational therapy’s focus on space and place.</p> …
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Ibuyambo: reconnecting rural Xhosa people with the natural environment in the contemporary time
… a rich connection between the people and the natural environment. Access to the natural environment provided a sense of wellbeing, a link to ancestral spirits, a location for religious rituals and a wealth of culturally inspired uses within the landscape. This connection underlies certain …
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High fidelity website research : using a browser extension to provide a natural environment
… to measure behavioral change and provide a natural environment almost identical to the actual sites. I detail the implementation of the extension and its use in a web-based media experiment with a sample size of 13,000. Preliminary results and learnings are discussed. Results suggest that …
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Designing at the edge : exploring the interface between the built and natural environment
… to be much more responsive to their natural context, deriving ordering and building systems from the immediate environment. Increasingly however, architectural forms have arisen from more abstract concepts of order. The past few decades have witnessed rationalist expression of …
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