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Showing 1 to 20 of 353 for “"theoretical approaches"”.
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Optimised analysis and visualisation of metabolic data using graph theoretical approaches
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, it has become increasingly apparent that while genomics has a major role to play in the understanding of human biology, information from other disciplines is necessary to explain the web of interacting signals that allow our bodies to …
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Artificial intelligence and protein engineering : information theoretical approaches to modeling enzymatic catalysis
… this, the vast majority of enzyme engineering approaches are based on the energetic optimization of static molecular structures. Using computational sampling techniques, especially rare-event sampling methods like Transition Path Sampling, we can now generate large datasets of reactive and …
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Conceptual and theoretical approaches to patient care : associated versus baccalaureate degree prepared nurse
… basic nursing education and conceptual and theoretical approaches to patient care. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine if there is a relationship between entry-level basic preparatory nursing education and nursing leadership, the ability to make nursing diagnosis, and …
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An examination of alternative theoretical approaches to understanding consumer opinions of complex and controversial technologies
<p>This thesis investigates some of the theoretical issues currently considered in the literature concerning the key determinants of opinions held by consumers regarding complex and controversial technologies, specifically related to the theories of risk, group polarization theory and Rogers' …
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Theoretical Approaches to the Characterization of Water, Aqueous Interfaces, and Improved Sampling of Protein Conformational Changes
<p>Methods to advance the understanding of water and other aqueous systems are devel- oped. This work falls into three areas: The creation of better interaction potentials for water, improved methods for sampling configurational space, and the applications of these methods to understand systems of …
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Interaction studies of imidazolium based ionic liquids with organic acids and acetophenone : thermodynamic, spectroscopic, and theoretical approaches
Ionic liquids (ILs) are salts that are primarily composed of cations and anions. They exist as liquids below 100°C or at room temperature, which is why they are sometimes referred to as room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). These salts are receiving a great deal of attention in a wide range of …
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Assessing the effects of fishing on fish communities using South African case studies : empirical and theoretical approaches
Currently heavy fishing is recognized as one of the major threats to the structural and functional organization of marine ecosystems in many coastal nations. The threat is mainly the result of the inherent nature of the various fishing activities: size selectivity, habitat destruction, biomass …
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A Comparison of Predicted Brace Loads in Temporary Retaining Structures and Observed Brace Loads in Two Full Scale Test Sections
… instrumentation program. In this thesis, several theoretical approaches available for estimating the strut loads in braced excavations were examined and used to predict the strut loads at the two construction sites. These theoretical approaches included Coulomb pressures diagrams, Terzaghi …
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Cell-matrix interactions : collagen-GAG scaffold fabrication, characterization, and measurement of cell migratory and contractile behavior via confocal microscopy
… is unknown. In this thesis, experimental and theoretical approaches are employed to systematically examine the independent effect of extracellular features on cell behavior within a series of standardized, well-characterized, collagen-glycosaminoglycan (CG) scaffolds, providing valuable …
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United States post-Cold War drug and trade policy and Mexico
… most notably trade. It suggests three potential theoretical interests, most notably trade. It suggests three potential theoretical approaches - a conspiracy (realist) theory, a cultural (constructivist) theory, and a compartmentalisation (bureaucratic politics) theory.
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Beliefs and Conflict in a Church: Individual Differences and Narrative Assessment
… de-escalate. The connection of these findings to theoretical approaches is noted. In addition, theoretical as well as practical implications are discussed. Several lines for future research are suggested.
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Salman Rushdie's concept of wholeness in the context of the literature of India
… of India. The first part outlines different theoretical approaches to the notion of wholeness such as role theory, C.G. Jung's ideas on identity, Hinduism's views and other sociological, psychological and philosophical approaches. The second part focuses more specifically on India, gives an …
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Gestalt Work For the Actor: A Documentary Video Production
… production, and postproduction, as well as the theoretical approaches used in the documentary.
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Hildegard On Rubble Mountain
… preproduction, production, postproduction, theoretical approaches, style used and a self-evaluation.
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Optical Characterization of Thin Metallic and Semiconducting Films in the Far Infrared
… Its construction is described and an overview of theoretical approaches predicting its optical properties is outlined. From the general model which best agrees with the experimentally determined transmission a simplified model is derived and shown to maintain sufficient accuracy to warrent its …
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What is the agenda of the rural land social movements in post apartheid South Africa?: a case study of the Tenure Security Coordinating Committee (TSCC)
… rural land social movements within existing theoretical approaches. The land social movements organize around land rights and access for landless people and for those whose land rights are weak or threatened. The study analyzed conditions contributing to the emergence of land social movements …
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Investigation of the Responsive and Initiative Dimensions in the Client-Therapist Relationship in Gestalt and Behavior Therapy
… yet, investigators of current therapeutic approaches have not discussed how these dimensions might be integrated into their particular orientation. Therefore, a review of the literature investigating emphasis on the responsive and initiative dimensions in the major theoretical approaches …
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"Traitorous Bodies": Cartesian Dualism in Romance Novels by Susan Johnson and E.L. James
While there have been numerous theoretical approaches to romance novels, a Cartesian analysis is seemingly absent among the current scholarship. Applying René Descartes’s theory of mind/body dualism to the heroines in Susan Johnson’s Seized by Love and E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey reveals not …
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Modeling of sequences of Silicon micro-Resonators for On-Chip Optical Routing and Switching
… circuitry, and usually neglected in purely theoretical approaches, including optical routers based on racetrack resonators and novel SCISSOR and CROW devices.
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