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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"physical environments"”.
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Perceived Depth in Virtual and Physical Environments
… drive depth underconstancy observed in virtual environments by comparing judgments of virtual and physical objects. The results showed that depth judgments of physical stimuli were accurate and exhibited depth constancy, but judgments of virtual stimuli failed to achieve depth constancy. This …
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Organizational culture and physical environments : a study of corporate headoffices
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.
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Efficient data collection strategies for rapid learning in physical environments
… to learn rapidly about unknown systems or environments. However, obtaining empirical data is often costly and involves setting up time consuming experiments or deploying specialized sensors. We are interested in deriving scalable algorithms and system architectures that facilitate efficient …
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The Traditional Wilderness Conception, Postmodern Cultural Constructionism and the Importance of Physical Environments
… This is done by examining the role of physical environments and interactivity in concept construction. By viewing the wilderness concept as being the product of both interactions with physical environments and culture, some of the conflict is resolved. In this way the wilderness concept …
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The Traditional Wilderness Conception, Postmodern Cultural Constructionism and the Importance of Physical Environments
… This is done by examining the role of physical environments and interactivity in concept construction. By viewing the wilderness concept as being the product of both interactions with physical environments and culture, some of the conflict is resolved. In this way the wilderness concept …
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How the Outside Gets in: Linking Social and Physical Environments with Physiology and Body Size in Wild Baboons
<p>Environmental factors are a crucial determinant of an animals fitness. The effects of environment on fitness are often mediated by behavioral mechanisms as well as mechanisms that are ‘under the skin,’ such as growth and physiology. In my dissertation work, I study how two environmental factors …
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What is Going on in Adult Day Services (ADS) in Taiwan?: An Examination of Social and Physical Environments in Two Centers
… the lifetime of elders' experiences. Many ADS environments in the United States are socially constructed as places for incompetent elders, and ADS clients may be labeled as child-like dependents. Most ADS research has been performed in Western society; little is known about ADS centers in Asian …
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Prekindergarten teachers’ perspectives on decision-making regarding initial set up of classroom environments, modifications during the academic school year, and barriers associated with creating optimal physical environments
… in various settings make decisions about physical classroom environments. This qualitative study composed of 22 participants who all participated in a one-hour interview revealing how they make initial decisions regarding classroom environments at the start of the school year, how they go …
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Meeting the Energy Crisis: A Case Study of Wyoming Energy Resource Producers
… Wyoming which is detrimental to the social and physical environments.
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Impact of customer service touch points on improving customer retention. The case study of KCB bank, Dar es Salaam
… feelings of security with KCB. On whether physical environments and facilities are conducive to deliver the required services to its customers, the study concludes that, KCB physical environments and facilities are conducive in the delivering of services to its customers; customers are …
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Change and permanence of urban open spaces : analysis of change and permanence of open space patterns in expanding urban environments
… is an investigation of the process of change in physical environments. Specific focus is fixed on the patterns of change of urban open spaces. The intend of the study is to produce some design guidelines for changing urban environments with provided continuity of patterns. In its sequence the …
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Enhancing the efficiency and security of NB-IoT: from battery depletion to energy optimization
… support massive deployments even in challenging environments. However, the same features that make NB-IoT attractive present significant challenges, particularly in the context of energy-efficient transmissions and battery depletion attacks within the heterogeneous nature of IoT deployments. The …
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The role of in-between spaces within outdoor school environments in children’s expression of agency
… of in-between spaces within outdoor school environments. It explores these spaces from children’s perspectives to identify their influence on children’s expression of agency. Although there are extensive environment–behaviour studies of the physical environments of schools, little …
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ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑΣ Μ-ARY ΣΥΜΒΑΤΩΝ PSK ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΜΟΡΦΩΣΗΣ ΜΙΚΡΟΚΥΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΔΟΡΥΦΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΖΕΥΞΕΩΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑ ΠΑΡΕ...
… M-ARY DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OPERATING IN ENVIRONMENTS CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF GAUSSIAN NOISE, INTERFERENCE AND/OR FADING HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY ANALYSED. HOWEVER IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF NOISE ORIGINATING IN VARIOUS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS OF TEN EXHIBIT …
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C.elegans locomotion: an integrated approach
… worm to locomote through a variety of different physical environments can shed light on the mechanism of neural and neuromuscular control of this behaviour. This work therefore begins with the presentation of several stand-alone studies, both theoretical and experimental, aimed at answering a …
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Remedies for building reliable cyber-physical systems
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are systems that are tight integration of computer programs as controllers or cyber parts, and physical environments. The interaction is carried out by obtaining information about the physical environment through reading sensors and responding to the current knowledge …
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Architecture + hypermedia: a didactic approach to exploring architecture as both content and method in a hypermedia environment; prototype project, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM on exploring sacred Tibetan architecture
… navigation through it is as intuitive as through physical environments. In return, dynamic and interactive hypermedia environments can be applied to enhance our knowledge, experience and understanding of architecture. In my prototype, architecture is used as both content, organizational metaphor, …
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Evaluation of a professional development curriculum in movement education and adapted physical activity for invisible disabilities : a critical cross-case analysis
Movement education and adapted physical activity are content areas not addressed in pre-service education or in-service training for Ontario practitioners working with individuals with disabilities in physical environments. Consequently, physical activity is often overlooked by service providers in …
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IVAAIU urban instrument : hyper-complex civic monument for Seoul
… and enables this gathered data to be linked to physical environments through digital interactive interfaces. In this system, when users input data, interfaces respond to it by generating physical components interactively; therefore, individuals can create urban environments with own intentions. …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Historical Redlining and Place-Based Reproductive Health Inequities: A Qualitative GIS Approach
… outcomes through their social, service, and physical environments, and have been consistently linked to birth outcomes. Despite increased attention to neighborhood influences on reproductive health, there is limited attention to the historical macrostructural determinants of neighborhood …
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