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The Ties That Bind
… ceramic work developed for my thesis series, The Ties that Bind, which addresses the impact negative life experiences have on the human psyche. Some discussion focuses on various artists throughout history who have used their work as a vehicle for addressing similar issues, as well as the …
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Improving Seismic-to-well Ties
Seismic-to-well ties are important for seismic interpretation and impedance inversion. Reflectivity can be calculated directly from well logs while its estimation from seismic data requires the determination of the seismic wavelet and the removal of the same. In the presence of anelastic …
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Friendships and family ties in Vergil
… Vergil admirers.</p><p> Friendships and Family Ties seemed to have been treated by no writer under such a title nor to have been discussed at length in any book or article. Here was presented an opportunity to renew my acquaintance with Vergil through a more intimate and thoughtful study of his …
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Strength of weak ties in microfinance
… (1973) theory of the strength of weak ties in microfinance based on an empirical study in India. Specifically, it looks to test if the addition of weak bridging ties to the networks of microfinance clients who own businesses will improve their businesses and help to reduce their …
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The Effects of Strong Ties on Socialization
… of this thesis is to examine how strong ties impact newcomers’ frequency of asking social agents for information, also known as direct inquiry. Previous research has suggested that higher frequencies of direct inquiry positively influence socialization outcomes (e.g., Morrison, 1993b). …
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Extra-Sovereign Institutions; The Ties That Bind
"Governance, globalization, and regionalism are all statements regarding the nature of integration in the current international relations system, but they do not readily explain what brings nation-states together in the first place. At first glance, regional institutions seem to be established on a …
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Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-Island Socioeconomic Ties
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The Characteristics and Functions of Weak Ties
… characteristics (e.g., distinctive qualities, traits, or properties), functions (e.g., outcomes, purposes, or meanings derived from the interaction) and determinants of engagement to gain insight into the weak tie exchange process and develop frameworks that can be used to operationalize …
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The network characteristics, the dimensions of network ties, the characteristics of network ties and their impact on managerial effectiveness
… well as the impact on the relationships between ties of variables such as rank, frequency of interaction and intimacy. Data was collected from 254 middle-level managers in various organizations in the United States. Surveys were distributed to managers in order to identify the ties within their …
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Connective ties in discourse : three ERP-studies on causal, temporal and concessive connective ties and their influence on language processing
Connective ties in discourse: Three ERP studies on causal, temporal and concessive connective ties and their influence on language processing. Questions In four experiments the influence of lexical connectives such as " darum", therefore, " danach", afterwards, and " trotzdem", nevertheless, on the …
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Immigrants and Remittances: The Financial Ties That Bind
I use the nationally representative survey of legal permanent residents (LPRs) entitled "The New Immigrant Survey 2003 (NIS)" to answer the following questions:1) Are low-skilled remitters different than high-skilled remitters?2) What is the overall profile of a remitter?In answering the …
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Positive and neutral mood inductions: ties to creativity
Positive mood may broaden cognition, allowing for an increase in creativity. This study tested whether creativity could be increased when positive mood and creativity were induced through verbal instructions that direct ed participants to revisit memories that depicted positive mood and/or creative …
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World of Water: Betsy Damon’s Ties to Ecofeminism
<p>This thesis establishes a critical examination of the evolution of Betsy Damon’s artistic practice as overtime she engages with ecofeminist thought. As a whole, this work extends contemporary scholarship on ecofeminist engaged art to include Damon’s artistic production while amplifying social …
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The ties that bind: relationship attachment between former spouses
Using survey data from 219 divorced custodial mothers randomly selected from public court records, this research investigated variables which may contribute to increased attachment to a former spouse, postdivorce. A path analysis was conducted to determine the effects of the selected variables on …
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XINGHUN: A "COOPERATIVE MARRIAGE" TIES CHINESE LESBIANS AND GAYS
<p>In modern China, although the normality of homosexuality has been officially admitted, misconception and discrimination against homosexuals are still prevalent in the mainstream of Chinese society. Chinese LGBT people endure two main sources of pressure: one is from the external and another is …
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Family Business Daughters: The Ties that Bind and Divide
The purpose of this study is to explore the relational contradictions experienced by family business daughters, and to investigate how they responded to these tensions. For this project, I interviewed twelve second and third generation family business daughters from eleven different family …
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Ties that bind? : confronting value conflict in community policing
… urged public agencies to build stronger ties with the outside world. These relationships can make organizations more effective and improve their legitimacy, but they also create new challenges for practice that research has not yet fully explored. In this study, based on a comparative …
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Family ties and care for aged parents at home
… perceive and carry out their responsibilities to their older relatives. Forty-three persons representing up to three generations per family were interviewed. They articulated the meaning of their responsibility to care for the parent, how they learned to be responsible to family members, …
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Psychological and Inflammatory Ties to Diet in Breast Cancer Survivors
<p>Breast cancer is among the most prevalent forms of cancer and is a primary cause of death among women (Wang et al., 2020). Cancer patients experience higher levels of anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and inflammation compared to non-cancer patients, which can predict a diminished quality …
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Experimental Study of Reinforced Concrete Ties under Load and Corrosion
… of experimental tests on reinforced concrete ties subjected to: cyclic loading, cyclic loading and simultaneous corrosion, static loading and corrosion, are described and discussed. An electrochemical corrosion process is used for the accelerated corrosion tests; the geometry of specimens and …
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