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Stay in Touch
The following paper is written support for the STAY IN TOUCH exhibition on display at Special Projects Gallery at York University from April 3rd to April 7th 2017. In this body of work, I use processes of weaving, knitting, crochet, embroidery and photography to touch the past and to feel …
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Stay interviews: an exploratory study of stay interviews as a retention tool
… their jobs, employers have started to administer stay interviews within organizations, with the end goal being to retain organizational members. Stay interviews have become a proactive solution to the retention problem and have been seen as an alternative to the exit interview. This study proposes …
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Stay Brave My Hercules
<p>“Stay Brave My Hercules” is a collection of nine original short stories separated into two sections: “Stay Brave My Hercules” and “Matsuri”.</p> <p>In the first section, “Stay Brave My Hercules”, I explore the themes of hypermasculinity, loneliness, and insecurity, in particular the points in …
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Random walks conditioned to stay positive
We consider a one-dimensional random walk S<sub>n</sub> with i.i.d. increments, zero mean and finite variance. Consider t<sub>x</sub> := inf{n ≥ 1 : x + S<sub>n</sub> ≤ 0} — the first passage times. For x ≥ 0 we study the asymptotic expansion for the tail distribution P(t<sub>x</sub> > n) under the …
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Advocating for Shorter Lengths of Stay: Thyroidectomies
<p>Background: The objective of this project is to assess the safety and feasibility of advocating for outpatient thyroidectomies when requested as inpatient. In short, we addressed the question of how to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs by encouraging physicians to perform thyroidectomies …
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Keeping teachers : the factors influencing intent to stay
… support, pay satisfaction, and intent to stay. While there were relationships in the model studied, once perceived supervisor support is added to the model all other relationships are no longer statistically significant. As a teacher feels supported, there is a relationship with their …
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Stay-at-home Fathers in Contemporary Urban China
This research investigates stay-at-home fathers (SAHFs) as an emerging gendered identity in contemporary urban China. Being a SAHF constitutes an unconventional gender role in China, which has been marginalised by longstanding prejudice against men who are not the main wage-earners in the family …
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Stayers: Why teachers stay in London Primary Schools
… reasons that primary school teachers give for staying in challenging inner city London schools. These 'stayers' are unusual in the London teaching workforce where staff turnover is high. The first chapter explores the literature about possible reasons why teachers stay in the profession. It …
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School Refusal: from short stay school to mainstream
… mainstream school following a period at a Short Stay School (PRU) for key stage 3 and 4 pupils with mental health and medical needs. In addition to the young people, participants include their mothers, the learning mentor from the Short Stay School and a mentor from the receiving mainstream …
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Stay, switch or back : Evaluating the IT sourcing cycle.
IT outsourcing has been a rich source for discussion since the landmark deal between Kodak and IBM in July 1989, being seen by many as the agreement that started outsourcing being perceived by companies as a serious strategic choice. With agreements generally signed for between 5 and 10 years, the …
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I profili processuali dell'automatic stay nel diritto fallimentare statunitense
La locuzione automatic stay è oramai entrata a far parte del comune lessico dello studioso di diritto fallimentare italiano, a ragione delle più recenti riforme che, nell’ambito delle cd. procedure negoziali di composizione della crisi, hanno introdotto meccanismi volti a produrre in via …
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Psychological and neural mechanisms of stay/leave decision making
… psychological and neural mechanisms of stay/leave decision making in both a nonsocial and social context were investigated and compared. In Study 1A and 1B participants played a social or nonsocial version of a novel economic game in which participants were dependent on a social partner …
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Evaluation of Essential Oils (Stay Strong) for Dairy Calves
<p>Stay Strong (SS, Ralco Inc., Marshall, MN) is a blend of essential oils (EO) and prebiotic fiber technologies designed to promote immunity and stimulate appetite, helping to diminish health challenges and stresses experienced by newborn calves. Current feeding inclusion rates are unknown to …
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Causes and consequences of prolonged dormancy: Why stay belowground?
<p>Prolonged dormancy is a stage in which mature plants fail to resprout during the growing season and instead remain alive belowground. Though it is relatively common, the causes and consequences of this intriguing stage have remained elusive. In this dissertation, I investigate the causes and …
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Causes and consequences of prolonged dormancy: Why stay belowground?
<p>Prolonged dormancy is a stage in which mature plants fail to resprout during the growing season and instead remain alive belowground. Though it is relatively common, the causes and consequences of this intriguing stage have remained elusive. In this dissertation, I investigate the causes and …
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Special educators' preparation and intent to stay in teaching
… associated with an increased commitment to stay in teaching, as expressed during their first and second year of teaching. No link was identified for the third-year general education teachers. For first, second, and third year special education teachers, however, no association was identified …
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Actuarial resources in high demand, what makes them stay?
… the conditions that are conducive for them to stay within their respective organisations. Limited research in which the total rewards elements that may contribute most to the retention of actuarial resources, could be found. Greater insight in this area will hopefully enable organisations to …
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Developing Ostomy Educational Tools To Decrease Hospital Length Of Stay
… Educational Tools To Decrease Hospital Length Of Stay” is aimed at reducing length of stay (LOS) for patients undergoing elective ostomy surgery from the current twelve days (Kirkland-Kyhn, 2017), to less than five days. Methods included use of a Pre-Ostomy Survey, which was distributed and …
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