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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"paradigm shifts"”.
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Sexuality research: Untested gender assumptions amid paradigm shifts
… trends in sexuality research? (2) Is there a paradigm shift? and (3) Is gender differentiation present? Research between 1973 and 1991 displayed a consistent division between the positivist "nature" paradigm and the interactionist "nurture" paradigm. The proportion of studies which attempt to …
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Dead reckoning : where we stand on privacy and security controls for the Internet of Things
… TRENDnet and D-Link. I define three necessary paradigm shifts needed to improve IoT privacy and security controls. I also recommend a specific research endeavor to develop domain-, risk-, and harms-centric privacy and security standards. The realization of these paradigm shifts, and the …
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Hybridizing old downtown Suwon City: how new urban fabric may save the past
In response to paradigm shifts of environmental, social and economic methods at the local and global scales, new approaches are required for creating alternative urban models which emphasize sustainability and landscape productivity. The Old Downtown of Suwon City, South Korea, which is encompassed …
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The Design and Implementation of the Tako Language and Compiler
… some of the object-oriented programming paradigm shifts involved in translating that application from Java to Tako. It introduces a proof rule for procedure calls that uses value semantics and accounts for both repeated arguments and subtyping.
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Crossing the Border Through Service-Learning: The Power of Cross-Cultural Relationships
… Education programs as a means of nurturing paradigm shifts in student attitudes toward members of other cultures as well as paradigm shifts in the Latinos' attitudes toward their new culture, suggesting possible deeper societal transformation as the academy and the community become agents of …
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The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography
… breaks in the literature and considerers where paradigm shifts and epistemic ruptures can be discerned.
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Towards the Anthropocene : colossal naturality in disordered territories
… critique a whole number of recent influential paradigm shifts and theoretical frameworks in architecture, which, in essence, address the relationship between the "man-made"and the "natural" The main hypothesis of this thesis is based on the assumption that principles of dirt and contamination …
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Emerging trends in the satellite industry
… trends in the satellite industry may result in paradigm shifts that would dramatically decrease satellite costs and increase innovation. This may ultimately result in a structural change in the satellite industry.
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Client-Clinician Texting: An Expansion of the Clinical Holding Environment
… preference for using texting, cultural paradigm shifts in communication and interpersonal expectations will require incorporation of texting technology to meet client demands. This two-part dissertation provides a critical review of the literature that chronicles the rapid diffusion of …
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The Evolution of Conservative Foreign Policy: From Neoconservatism to American First Nationalism
… shape and restructure foreign policy paradigms within a comparative framework. Drawing upon various primary and secondary sources, this thesis argues that the failures of the Iraq war, ascribed to Neoconservatism, resulted in a legitimacy crisis, producing a period of ideological …
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The Many Scales of Quantum Fields and Gravity
… phenomenon led to one of the most profound paradigm shifts in Physics and to the most accurate agreement between theory and experiment in Science. All thanks to the powerful tool of the Renormalisation Group. However, in the presence of gravity this becomes rather challenging as scales …
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The corporate culture in a Japanese bank : study of the changing organizational world
… changing. and that change forces companies into paradigm shifts. If a company cannot cope with change, it faces the distinct possibility of being be weeded out of the industry. Today, Japanese companies are facing dramatic environmental change. For example, the introduction of new global …
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Coffee shop, environmental behavior, and design (How does social behavior and interaction influence coffee shop design?)
… third place concept in dispute. In response to paradigm shifts of environmental, social and technological culture of coffee shops, new needs merge for creating alternative seating solutions that emphasize flexibility and space versatility. The design outcome, CaFLEX, is versatile furniture that …
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Gendered drought effects within family settings, Masvingo Zimbabwe " 2000 to 2016"
… to drought. The findings showed that there were paradigm shifts in terms of gender relations with regard to drought in many villages, townships and cities today. Furthermore, cultural patterns embedded in patriarchal relationships are accommodating forms of relationships which are not favourable …
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A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Elementary Teachers' Value of and Responses to Their Professional Development
… and instructional development and design paradigm shifts throughout the history of educational research as the basis for conceptual understanding, this phenomenological, case study examines and explains the perceptions and beliefs of seven elementary teachers of grades two through six. …
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A Retrospective View of the Phillips Curve and Its Empirical Validity since the 1950s
… survived various significant changes (Kuhnian paradigm shifts) in macroeconomic theory and generated endless controversies. This dissertation revisits several important, representative papers throughout the curve's four historical, formative periods: Phillips' foundational paper in 1958, the …
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Same song, new dance: analyzing market structure and competition in the digital music aggregation industry
… of the past century have fueled dynamic paradigm shifts across a broad spectrum of mass media industries. This study examines an innovative new market segment in the music recording industry: digital music aggregation. Digital music aggregators are music distributors that directly connect …
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Applying Industry 4.0 in the Automotive Sector
… have the potential to create significant paradigm shifts within the Automotive Industry, from design, manufacturing, vehicle use, customer services, business models and beyond. This dissertation will focus primarily on the impact of OEMs moving towards the Circular Economy, the adoption of …
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