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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"non-urban"”.
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Black Male Representations in Non-Urban Settings in The UK
Inspired by Frantz Fanon’s assertion ‘the Black man has no ontological resistance in the eyes of the White man’ (Fanon,1982:110) this research project analyses the ways in which representation has affected the performativity of Black masculinity in non-urban settings in the UK. Framed by a Practice …
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Perception of Counselor Role by Non-Urban Board of Education Members
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CULTURALLY SENSITIVE HEALTH CARE: AN EXPLORATION OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS IDENTIFIED AS LGBTQ-FRIENDLY AT MIDWESTERN, NON-URBAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTERS
… LGBTQ patients, becoming one cause of many non-heterosexual patients’ experiences of compromised health outcomes, dissatisfaction, discrimination, high rates of stress, and a decrease in healthcare seeking behaviors. Another cause can be because of physicians lacking cultural competencies. …
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Exploring lean-trained employee perceptions of organizational change amid an aging crisis at a non-urban regional healthcare provider : an embedded single-case study.
… change. These pressures are especially severe in non-urban regional areas, where geographic isolation and social inequalities worsen access and quality issues. In such environments, understanding how organizational change happens—especially when guided by lean principles that focus on people, …
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Narrowing income disparities as policy priority for inclusive economic growth: An applied computable general equilibrium (CGE) approach on urban and non-urban industries in Myanmar
… and challenges. The rising inequality between urban and non-urban areas, and within urban areas, has become a growing concern for policy makers, in addition to the existing and pervasive poverty issue. This research considers whether the support of a more skilled premium in labour supply, …
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Connecting Water Quality With Air Quality Through Microbial Aerosols
… terrestrial systems not normally considered. In urban waterfront environments, this transfer could result in emissions of pathogenic bacteria from contaminated waters. Despite the potential importance of this link, sources, near-shore deposition, identity and viability of microbial aerosols are …
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Effects of urban noise on vocalisations of tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
… fitness consequences. Therefore knowledge on how urban habitat features including anthropogenic noise affect avian vocal communication is important in understanding the evolution of animal communications in urban ecosystems. Such knowledge is also important for the management of endangered and …
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Pathways to the Eighth Fire: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in Toronto
… and wellness of contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and their environments. Yet, while much research has examined Indigenous knowledge and traditions in more natural or rural contexts, there has been to date very little examination of the presence and character of Indigenous …
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Building a Foundation for Positive Psychology in Schools
Abstract Teachers in a large, non-urban school system completed one or more positive psychology questionnaires assessing strengths of character; happiness; orientation toward pleasure, engagement, and meaning as three different paths to happiness; explanatory style; orientation toward teaching as a …
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Understanding patterns of outdoor recreation in Canadian parks using volunteered geographic information and big data
… human-environment interactions in Canada's non-urban natural areas is essential for strategically managing ecosystem health and services. Volunteered geographic information (VGI) sources can provide researchers and management groups with valuable insights into human activity in these areas. …
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Attitudes Toward and the Influence of Vegetation on Elementary School Grounds in Virginia
… educational backgrounds and age proved to be non-influencing factors. However, gender did influence school grounds with women being more likely to administer school grounds with fewer trees and tree plantings than men. Levels of tree vegetation and tree plantings proved to be highly …
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The relationship of biological parent or relative involvement and academic success among special education students
… or if the child's home school district was urban or non-urban. Each city of the urban districts examined was also analyzed. Statistical tests were performed to establish correlation between these variables and GPA scores. The subjects were seventy special education students, aged ten through …
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Sowing a sense of place : an in-depth case study of changing youths' sense of places
… I examine the change in youths' sense of urban and non-urban places brought about by involvement in a multi-site agriculture program. The concept of 'Place' is more than the biophysical and built settings in a defined space; it also includes the human meanings and values associated with …
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Universal Design and Nature Trails: Balancing Accessibility, Site Integrity, and the Recreation Experience
… site- and user-friendly design principles for non-urban, accessible nature trails; to design and construct a trail based on those principles; and to evaluate both principles and trail by surveying trail users. The Delphi Method was employed with a national panel to assess current expert opinion …
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The Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric Deposition From Stations Surrounding Lower Chesapeake Bay
… in bulk, wet, and dry deposition samples from urban and non-urban locations surrounding lower Chesapeake Bay. Mean hydrocarbon concentrations in bulk deposition samples were over three times greater at the urban station indicating a localized source. The major hydrocarbons present were …
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Reconfigurable Autonomous Surface Vehicles : perception and trajectory optimization algorithms
… sea environments, yet only limited research on urban waterways, one of the most busy and important water environments. This thesis presents an Urban Autonomy System that is able to meet the critical precision, real-time and other requirements that are unique to ASVs in urban waterways. …
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Fieldwork/fieldwalking: Art, sauntering and science in the "walking country"
… recent and provocative walking art is found in urban areas, in a fabric dominated by the patterns of human settlement. How could new walking art be made in non-urban places? The project set out to investigate how these two, fieldwork and walking, could be combined in artwork. The research …
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Object Of Your Rejection: The Symbolic Annihilation And Recuperation Of Queer Identities In Country Music
… the cultural context of their communities. The urban-centric (“metronormative”) standards of queer identity and visibility presented in the media do not translate to their lived experiences. Moreover, while white, non-urban southerners possess a source of popular-media expression through country …
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Global Localization and Guided Relocalization in Unstructured Environments using Semantic Objects
… this pipeline does not rely on cues from urban fixtures (e.g., lane markings, buildings), nor does it make assumptions that require the vehicle to be navigating on a road network. Instead, localization is achieved in both urban and non-urban environments by robustly associating and …
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