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Showing 1 to 20 of 201 for “"negative influence"”.
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The negative influence of adiposity extends to intraindividual variability in cognitive control among preadolescent children
… and VO2FF. Results: Whole-body adiposity was negatively related to congruent trial mean accuracy and reaction time and to CVRT in both the congruent and incongruent trials. Differences in cognitive function across weight status were selectively evident for measures of IIV such that children …
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Knowledge Deficits in Manufacturing and Their Effects on New Employees
… learning experiences of new employees and the influence that knowledge deficits have on their performance and on safety within an organization that is experiencing a massive loss of knowledge due to downsizing, attrition, and turnover. There were three research questions: (1) How does knowledge …
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The Influence of Placement in a Co-Taught Inclusive Classroom on the Academic Achievement of General Education Students on the 2014 New York State ELA and Mathematics Assessments in Grades 6-8 in a Suburban New York School District
<p>This study examined the influence of placement in a co-taught inclusive classroom on the academic achievement of general education students in Grades 6-8 in a suburban New York school district on the 2014 New York State ELA and Mathematics Assessments. Propensity score matching was utilized to …
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Reading habits and interests of parents and their influence on the reading habits and interests of their children in Umlazi Township
… literature on Black family life and its possible influence on reading, pointed to various factors which could have a negative influence on Black pupils' reading, for example, poor home conditions, lack of parent models, oral culture and difficulties with regard to the language of available reading …
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The influence of informal power structures on corporate strategy of a selected mining organisation in Northern Cape Province, South Africa
… of the organisation had both positive and negative influence on the employee's desire to accept or reject corporate strategy. The study established that the positive influence enabled smooth flow of information, flexibility, fulfilment of social needs and sharing of ideas. However, the …
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Adolescent Health, Future Outcomes, and Mechanisms Linking Health and Education
… that poor adolescent health has a significantly negative influence on adulthood outcomes. Among the health problems, mental illnesses have significantly persistent effects. Though specific diagnoses can predict general health measure, they are to some extent independent. We further explore the …
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A Constructivist Approach to Promoting Spiritual Competencies in Counselor Trainees
… has been documented as both a positive and negative influence in the counseling process. Despite this evidence, counselor education programs are not consistently training their students to competently address the role of spirituality in counseling. This study examined the effect of a 2.5 …
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Essays in share repurchases of the UK
… it is seen that macroeconomic circumstances influence the decision of undertaking repurchases, and once the decision has been taken firm-specific factors strongly determine the size of the repurchase. Further, upon announcing a repurchase non-financial firms witness unexpected short-term …
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The Analysis of Selective Information Processing and Neuropsychological Functioning in Individuals At-Risk for Eating Disorders: The Use of a Pictorial Adaptation to the Stroop Paradigm, Using Print Media Advertisements
… mores of thinness, and are more vulnerable to negative influence from laboratory exposure to stimuli representing “thin ideal” stereotypes. The present study examined a possible common link between the characterological and neuropsychological features of women with bulimic symptoms and their …
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Acculturation and food consumption of South Asian diaspora in the UK: moderating influence of Religious identity and the neighbourhood
… acculturation, however, a few shed lights on the influences on the process itself. This study aims to investigate the factors that may accelerate the acculturation process or otherwise and the relationship between the degree of acculturation and food consumption. This study applies to the …
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Linear Structural Equation Models for Intention and Achievement in Mathematics: A Study of Sims Student Data
… sex-typing mathematics as a male domain had a negative influence on likely consequences, self-concept, educational aspiration, and intention for female students. The negative and highly significant correlations of favoring calculators with self-concept, likely consequences, affect, and …
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Bayesian Expectation-Maximization-Maximization: a latent-mixture-modeling-based Bayesian algorithm for the three-parameter logistic model
… in the EMM algorithm, but also alleviates the negative effect caused by different priors in the traditional Bayesian EM. The simulation studies and real data examples indicate that: (1) The Bayesian EMM can produce more accurate and stable item estimates. (2) Standard errors (SE) yielded by the …
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Factors affecting the food security status and participation in food security intervention programmes in Maphumulo
… extension support were found to have a positive influence on the food security status of the household while household size and access to credit had a negative influence. In the second instance, 6 variables of the 14 were found to be significant. Household size, household income and household …
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Impact Of Hydration On Collegiate Athletic Performance, Fatigue, And Recovery
… change in urine specific gravity resulted in a negative influence on the rate of force development (r = -0.768), mechanical intensity (r = -0.885), physiological intensity (r = 0.363), and average heart rate (r = 0.396). An increased change in percent body weight resulted in a negative influence …
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The impact of U.S. quick service on the health and patronage of Chinese urban consumers.
… status as well as consumers' length of patronage negative influence on their health status. The results of this study will help U.S. quick service restaurants in educating consumers on nutrition and improving the menus.
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Experiences of Conformity in Postgraduate Medical Education
… of pressure to conform in PGME, (2) factors that influence pressure to conform, and (3) trainees’ perception of how conformity influences their educational experience. 166 residents participated (21.3% of all residents). Individual characteristics (age, sex, PGY level, educational background) and …
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Decreasing Math Anxiety Through a Quadratics Unit
… to as math anxiety and has been shown to have a negative influence on student performance. Research reveals that math anxiety is something that can be unlearned and informs about the potential causes and treatments of math anxiety in the mathematics classroom. A majority of math anxiety …
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Short and long-term effects of birth weight and neonatal medical complications on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes
… regulatory difficulties), it was a stronger negative influence on psychosocial functioning in late childhood. Importantly, the adverse effect of low birth weight on several of the age 10 outcomes was indirect through children's health status at birth. Specifically, the associations between …
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The copyright state of play : film archives in reference to the accessibility and reuse of archival footage for documentary filmmakers /
… working in film archives indicated the negative influence media corporations often have on both documentary filmmakers and film archives.
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Determinants of Economic Growth-The Case of Zimbabwe
… gross fixed capital formation has a positive influence on economic growth while human capital development has a negative influence. ECM found that in the short run there is a positive relationship between lags of economic growth, government expenditure, inflation and human capital with …
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