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Showing 1 to 20 of 133 for “"social environments"”.
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Mining User Behavior in Social Environments
… the Web 2.0 has brought to a widespread use of social media systems and to an increasing number of active users. This phenomenon implies that each user interacts with too many users and is overwhelmed by a huge amount of content, leading to the well know “social interaction overload” problem. In …
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Exploring methods to enable responsible alcohol consumption in social environments
With the recent rise in alcohol related incidents and deaths in the United States we have seen new technologies and tools to try to reduce the number of these occurrences. Apps such as Uber are only a click away from being able to pick up an intoxicated person at a party and there is research being …
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UNEQUAL EXPERIENCES: HOW SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS SHAPE PEOPLE¿S ATTITUDES TOWARDS INEQUALITY
This dissertation investigates how social environments—particularly personal networks and socializing institutions—shape individuals' attitudes towards inequality. It fills a critical gap in distributive justice research by exploring the effects of the socioeconomic composition of acquaintances, …
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The nature of public action: social environments, psychological traits and mobilization
… it has involved looking outward, toward the social processes and environmental conditions that shape the human experience. This approach has fostered a very popular image of the citizen. In this image, the citizen is a blank slate upon which external factors inscribe beliefs, values, and …
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Neighborhood social environments and the distribution of low-birthweight in Chicago
Mothers in different social groups tend to have very different health outcomes in pregnancy. Ordinarily, social inequalities in rates of low birthweight (LBW) are discussed in terms of risk factors for these conditions, such as race, income, education, or prenatal care use, which largely focus on …
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Inhabiting the virtual city : the design of social environments for electronic communities
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1997.
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Decoding dominant ideals of beauty : Young women’s engagements with media representations, social environments, and media literacy
… and complex concept. A variety of sociocultural environments articulates beauty and physical attractiveness to success and popularity. The influence of media deserves particular attention as it is able to create and circulate dominant ideals of beauty. Research suggests that dominant ideals of …
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How do parents respond to changing ecological and social environments: insights from a coral reef fish with biparental care
… capacity of individuals to respond to changing environments by modifying traits, is critically important in allowing biological innovation in the face of environmental change. My dissertation used the clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) study system to explore plasticity in parenting …
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Multilayer future system-mapping using decentered prototypes: A participatory tool for design of public infrastructure in complex social environments
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Evaluating social environments : a case study of residential satisfaction in elderly shared-housing settings in Cape Town, South Africa
The need for supportive non-conventional housing environments that encourage cohesion, conflict resolution, independence, self-disclosure, organisation, residential influence and physical comfort, amongst elderly residents is becoming critical, yet the evaluation of existing elderly housing …
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Exploring the biographies of high-achieving students: how to social environments and classroom experiences enable them to identify as 'good at maths'?
… study investigated the manner in which students’ social and classroom experiences regulated how easily they could adopt this learner identity. According to previous research, historical and popular discourses portray mathematics as cold, rational, and masculine, and mathematicians as socially …
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To what extent do the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence the organisational culture of The Company in those places and how does this impact on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace
… give a better understanding of how the different social environments in Cape Town and Johannesburg influence organisational culture at The Company and how this impacts on the ways that black African managers navigate borders and negotiate identity in the workplace. The hypothesis of this study is …
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Behavioral and Hormonal Flexibility Across Light Environments in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
… may be dramatically influenced by changing environments, and differences in light intensity environments may have important behavioral consequences. One approach to understanding changes in behavior is by studying behavioral syndromes, suites of correlated behaviors reflecting between …
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"""Everybody Here Used to Be Somebody"": Recapturing Self-Continuity in a Retirement Town"
… in biographically meaningful activities and social environments. A sense of a perduring self thus sustained and renewed, buttresses the residents in their struggle against the individuality-negating rhetoric of old age prevalent in the larger society. Their engagement in volunteer work also …
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The social environment and the evolution of morphology in the burying beetle, <em>Nicrophorus vespilloides</em>
Social interactions within species are ubiquitous in nature, and cause animals to exist in a social environment. In this thesis, I investigate how the social environment can influence morphological evolution, using a combination of observation and experiments on burying beetles *Nicrophorus …
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How do food trucks serve-up community?
… and online, suggest there is active, diverse, social engagement taking place in the flourishing food truck culture. Patrons are flocking to food trucks with sentiments, sensations, and ethical motivations, from wanting to support local businesses and local food providers, to enjoying diverse, …
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Changing communal habitat patterns in the Tzotzil region of the Chaipas highlands in Mexico
… the development of natural resources and the social programs of the Mexican government. These recent changes are altering indigenous culture through changes introduced without serious consideration of the consequences of such national integration. The survival of traditional settlement …
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Queer and Poliical: Exploring Transgender Resistance
… phenomenon was encompassed human experience, social environments, and the complexity of life illustrated by those directly experiencing oppression as transgender individuals. The performance of gender describes the use masculine, feminine and gender neutral qualities to express identity. This …
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“Can’t I be Black and smart?”: Examining the experiences of Black high-achieving college women inside and outside the classroom
… affects students and how they develop psychosocially during their undergraduate experience. Using a series of semi-structured qualitative interviews with undergraduate honors students, this study examines how Black women make meaning around their experiences in their social and academic lives …
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