Dissertations / Theses: 'Relationship components'

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Van, Wyk Barend Johannes. "The relationship between Research Data Management and Virtual Research Environments." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64292.

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The aim of the study was to compile a conceptual model of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) that indicates the relationship between Research Data Management (RDM) and VREs. The outcome of this study was that VREs are ideal platforms for the management of research data. In the first part of the study, a literature review was conducted by focusing on four themes: VREs and other concepts related to VREs; VRE components and tools; RDM; and the relationship between VREs and RDM. The first theme included a discussion of definitions of concepts, approaches to VREs, their development, aims, characteristics, similarities and differences of concepts, an overview of the e-Research approaches followed in this study, as well as an overview of concepts used in this study. The second theme consisted of an overview of developments of VREs in four countries (United Kingdom, USA, The Netherlands, and Germany), an indication of the differences and similarities of these programmes, and a discussion on the concept of research lifecycles, as well as VRE components. These components were then matched with possible tools, as well as to research lifecycle stages, which led to the development of a first conceptual VRE framework. The third theme included an overview of the definitions of the concepts ‘data’ and ‘research data’, as well as RDM and related concepts, an investigation of international developments with regards to RDM, an overview of the differences and similarities of approaches followed internationally, and a discussion of RDM developments in South Africa. This was followed by a discussion of the concept ‘research data lifecycles’, their various stages, corresponding processes and the roles various stakeholders can play in each stage. The fourth theme consisted of a discussion of the relationship between research lifecycles and research data lifecycles, a discussion on the role of RDM as a component within a VRE, the management of research data by means of a VRE, as well as the presentation of a possible conceptual model for the management of research data by means of a VRE. This literature review was conducted as a background and basis for this study. In the second part of the study, the research methodology was outlined. The chosen methodology entailed a non-empirical part consisting of a literature study, and an empirical part consisting of two case studies from a South African University. The two case studies were specifically chosen because each used different methods in conducting research. The one case study used natural science oriented data and laboratory/experimental methods, and the other, human orientated data and survey instruments. The proposed conceptual model derived from the literature study was assessed through these case studies and feedback received was used to modify and/or enhance the conceptual model. The contribution of this study lies primarily in the presentation of a conceptual VRE model with distinct component layers and generic components, which can be used as technological and collaborative frameworks for the successful management of research data.
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
National Research Foundation
Information Science
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Willbanks, Kristi D. "Relationship of Team Training Components to Perceptions of Team Performance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4376/.

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The purpose of this research study was to identify the specific components of team training that contribute most to a team's ability to perform effectively. The analysis conducted involved examining the relationship between the Training Support System Survey (Hall, 1998) along with the Training Strategies and Training Content sub-scales, and the overall measure of team performance from Beyerlein's (1996) Perceptions of Team Performance survey. Results were mostly inconclusive, due to limitations of the research. However, a few interesting findings were found related to team training for different types of teams. In addition, this research is helpful in moving toward a better understanding of the relationship between team training and team performance and pointing toward the need for additional research in this area.

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Nasseri, Mahnaz. "The relationship between surface heat transfer and stress generation in components." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 1993. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20111/.

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The heat transfer coefficients in even relatively simple components varies significantly at different points on the surface. Although this has been known for some time the amount of work which has been done is limited to the relationship between these variable thermal conditions and the generation of stress and strain during the quench. The object of the work was to investigate the relationship between the variables using standard quenchants. The variation in the surface heat transfer coefficients has been determined at points along the horizontal and vertical axes of a stainless steel plate and upper and lower surface of a plate held vertically and horizontally in water. Photographic studies of the appearance of the quenchant in contact with the surface of the plate have been carried out in conjunction with the horizontal and vertical quenches which are mentioned above. The data obtained have been used in the determination of the variation in stress and strain generated in the plate during the quench by involving a 2-D finite element analysis using the PAFEC package.

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Cheng, Tze-shan. "Trend forecasting of tropical cyclone behaviour using Eigenvector analysis of the relationship with 500 hPa pattern /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1988. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12354636.

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Jackson, Owen David. "Cyanobacteria in symbiosis and their relationship with components of plant cell walls." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555914.

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The cyanobacteria are a unique and important phylum of bacteria. They are photosynthetic, thought to be responsible for up to half of all atmospheric carbon dioxide fixation, and are capable of fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, thus contributing to the nitrogen cycle. Many species readily form symbiotic relationships with a variety of other organisms, from marine animals, through mosses and lichens, to large land plants. The precursor to the modern chloroplast is thought to have been a cyanobacterium. They have played, and continue to play, a huge part in the formation of the environment of the Earth. Using a wide array of monoclonal antibodies to a variety of plant cell wall components, along with a specific reagent (~-glucosyl Yariv reagent), this study has shown that free- living cyanobacteria have components expressed on the outer surfaces of cells with characteristics very much like those of arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs). AGPs are a class of plant cell wall glycoproteins with a large number of proposed actions in plant growth, development and signalling (including symbiotic signalling). Bioinformatic analysis of the model symbiotic cyanobacterial proteome of Nostoc punctiforme 29133 has suggested that it contains several proteins which share critical characteristics with known plant AGPs. Wider bioinformatic analysis hints at the presence of AGP-like proteins in a wide variety of ; other cyanobacterial species. The study concludes that free-living cyanobacteria produce AGPs and proposes a role for these in extracellular signalling. The study also uses an array of plant cell wall-specific monoclonal antibodies to investigate the potential interactions between Nostoc, a symbiotic cyanobacterial genus, and two of their symbionts, the angiosperm Gunnera and the liverwort B/asia. The presence of AGP- specific epitopes, along with pectins and hemicelluloses at the symbiotic surface is demonstrated. Other than AGPs, analysis suggests that symbiotic cyanobacteria lack the genetic capability to produce these components, and hence it is hvpotheslsed that the plant produces these at the symbiotic surface. Potential roles for these are discussed, including roles in symbiotic signalling and helping the cyanobiont evade plant immune responses.

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Harrison, Yola. "Jealousy: Its Emotional Components and its Relationship to Situational Versus General Needs." UNF Digital Commons, 1988. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/674.

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Male and female emotional reactions to jealousy arousing situations were investigated. These reactions were studied with relation to subjects ' general and relationship needs. Subjects ' expressed emotions, their general needs, and their relationship needs were measured. The results indicated that: 1) Females express stronger emotions in a jealousy situation, however, the range of expressed emotions for both males and females is similar. 2) Although relationship needs correlated more strongly, than did the general needs, with the expressed emotions, R* values were not high enough to permit understanding or prediction of these emotions through relationship needs.

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Benoit, Julie. "Temporal relationship between ERG components and lateral geniculate unit activity in the rabbit." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59297.

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The purpose of our study was to examine if there is an ERG component (a-wave, b-wave, or OPs) that could be used as an estimate of the intraretinal time of visual processing. To investigate that matter, we proceeded to simultaneous recordings of the ERG and of single cell unit activity at the geniculate level in paralyzed and anesthetized rabbits. Our results show that 86.4% of the geniculate cells (n = 162) responded to the flash before the peak of the b-wave. One of the oscillatory potentials, the OP2, was preceding the geniculate activity in 77.8% of the cases. Furthermore, the shifts in latency of the geniculate cells induced by varying the intensity of the flash were better correlated to the peak time of OP2 than to the peak time of the b-wave. The mean correlation coefficient between the peak time of OP2 and the latency of the LGN unit response is 0.91 $ pm$ 0.13, against 0.70 $ pm$ 0.29 for the b-wave, and 0.63 $ pm$ 0.27 for the a-wave. Our results suggest that OP2 better reflects the primary visual processes at the retinal level and provides a better estimate of the intraretinal time taken for visual processing.

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洪琬姿 and Patricia Juliana Hung. "Studies on alkaline phosphatase and its relationship to phosphorylation of matrix vesicle components." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31234902.

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Hung, Patricia Juliana. "Studies on alkaline phosphatase and its relationship to phosphorylation of matrix vesicle components /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17310738.

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Berry, Roger W. (Roger William). "An Investigation of the Relationship Between World-Class Quality System Components and Performance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277953/.

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Within the past two decades U.S. companies have experienced increased competition from foreign companies. In an effort to combat this competition many U.S. companies focused on quality as a solution to the problem. Researchers agree this emphasis on quality systems has changed the way many managers conduct business. Yet, no studies have identified which components of world-class quality systems, if any, contribute most to changes in performance. The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate three research questions pertaining to world-class quality systems: (1) What are the components of world-class quality systems? (2) Does a relationship exist between world-class quality system components and improved organizational performance? (3) Which world-class quality system components contribute most to changes in performance? The theoretical foundation for investigating these relationships is developed from Galbraith's (1977) information processing model of organization design. An extensive literature review resulted in the identification of seven components common to world-class quality systems: management involvement, customer involvement, employee involvement, supplier involvement, product/service design, process management, and continuous improvement. The literature suggests implementation of these components leads to changes in performance in such areas as productivity, throughput time, and quality output. A cross-sectional field study was used to gather data to answer the research questions. In this study, each component of world-class quality systems is measured as an independent variable. Change in productivity, throughput time, and quality output are measured as dependent variables. Factor analyses, correlation analyses, and hierarchical regression analyses are used to test the relationships. The target population was ISO 9000 certified companies located in the United States. The results indicated that management's involvement and employees' involvement are positively correlated with change in performance. The results also show that a positive relationship exits between the use of world-class quality system components and change in performance.

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鄭子山 and Tze-shan Cheng. "Trend forecasting of tropical cyclone behaviour using Eigenvector analysis of the relationship with 500 hPa pattern." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31208125.

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Maricich, Patricia Sheehan. "BTSA program directors' perceptions on the relationship between components of mentor assessment and effectiveness." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3614472.

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California's Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment program (BTSA) is a high stakes induction program; a new teacher's completion of a BTSA induction program leads to the California clear credential. The cornerstone of the BTSA induction program is the mentor, also known as a support provider. Mentors provide a variety of services to new teachers including individualized formative assessment of practice and ongoing reflection on teaching skills. Effective mentors are critical to the success of new teachers and foundational to the induction program. Although BTSA programs are mandated by state induction standards to assess the quality of services provided by their support providers, the standards do not define quality. BTSA programs are free to create their own assessment criteria and assessment methods.

This qualitative, descriptive study (a) examined the perceptions of BTSA program directors on the relationship between established forms of mentor criteria, methods of formative assessment, and formative feedback provided to mentors and (b) identified those components of mentor assessment that are perceived by BTSA program directors to be valuable in assessing mentor effectiveness.

The study found that BTSA directors placed import on assessing mentors for personal dispositions, such as attitude and responsibility, as well as the quality of their work with their novice teachers. Directors perceived that formative feedback from either the BTSA director or peers was important in increasing mentor effectiveness. The directors' perceptions of valued components of mentor assessment were shaped not only by the requirements regarding mentor assessment contained within Induction Standard 3 (California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2008), but by local culture, district goals, and existing models of educator assessments within each organization.

BTSA directors, who led programs in high performing schools, valued assessing a mentor's ability to build relationships with novices for the purpose of advancing the novices' teaching practice and were more likely to endorse mentor self-assessment and reflection as major components of assessment. Conversely, BTSA directors who operated programs in under-performing schools valued mentor assessment components that evaluated the mentor's ability to effect and advance the teaching practice of the novice. The latter programs perhaps provided mentors with more specific, explicit feedback.

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Gras, Megan K. "Determining the relationship between destination brand image and its components with intention to visit." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-3/grasm/megangras.pdf.

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Barron, Evelyn. "Evaluation of perceived importance of components of healthy ageing and their relationship with mortality." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3501.

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Healthy ageing (HA) research is hampered by a lack of consensus over how HA should be defined and measured. Little is known about which components of HA are important to different population groups. In addition, how components of HA relate to mortality outcomes is poorly understood. These gaps were addressed through four studies. A systematic literature review identified elements, metrics and operationalisations of HA definitions reported in 60 papers. The outcomes of the literature review were used to design the second study in which a series of card sorting tasks (CSTs) were used to investigate how groups with different academic backgrounds and older people categorised these elements. Ten components of HA created during the CSTs were used as the basis for the third study in which surveys were used to rate and rank the importance of these ten components. The overwhelming result of the surveys was that all aspects of HA were considered important and that academics and older people ranked the components of HA in broadly similar ways. This survey was expanded to investigate age group, ethnic group and gender differences in perceptions of relative importance of the ten components of HA. Again, the main finding was one of similarity between population groups who identified independence, mood and physical function as the top three components of HA. Finally, survival analysis was performed on longitudinal cohort data from the Hertfordshire Ageing Study and Whitehall II cohorts to examine relationships between the components of HA and mortality. Brain function, health problems and physical function, and overall HA score, were associated with mortality. These findings highlight that while a multidimensional definition of HA is important to the populations most frequently involved in HA research, future work on the measurement of HA should focus on those components of HA which can impact healthy life span.

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Hilson, Gabrielle De Backer. "The inter-relationship between surface condition and near surface residual stresses in engineering components." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/7abb1970-46af-4b2b-839b-b78fb098f381.

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Supergen, Sustainable Power Generation and Supply, is an initiative lead and run by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council with the aim of improving the sustainability off the UK's power generation and supply along with improving emission targets. Part of the initiative has involved a research into conventional power plant lifetime extension in order to maintain reliability and availability of power. Integral to lifetime evaluation and extension is structural integrity assessment, which knowledge of residual stresses plays a major role. This thesis discusses research undertaken to improve and understand residual stress measurements for power plant components. This was done using non-destructive/non-invasive techniques, as these techniques can reduce the otherwise costly need for machine down-time and the stripping-down of components. In the present work, emphasis has been placed on the role of oxides and the associated residual stresses.

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Buchanan, Aaron. "Investigating the Relationship Between Ethics Program Components, Individual Attributes, and Perceptions of Ethical Climate." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright161790100998243.

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Wesolowski, Kelly L. "Relationship Components and Nature of Postdivorce Parenting Responsibilities Among Individuals Going Through a Divorce." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1385386537.

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Gerber, Edré. "The components required to build a therapeutic relationship with children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome / cEdré Gerber." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9658.

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The aim of this study was to explore and describe the components required to build a therapeutic relationship with children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. Through this study therapists and other professionals working with these children could be guided to form functioning and healthy therapeutic relationships with children diagnosed with AS. An inductive, qualitative method was used to gain insight into the components required to build a therapeutic relationship with children diagnosed with AS by exploring the opinions and experiences of a selection of therapists from different therapeutic contexts that work with children diagnosed with AS. Six participants working with children diagnosed with AS at schools for children with learning difficulties, Autism and AS or therapists who form part of the referral teams of these schools in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan took part in the study. Participants consisted of Occupational therapists, Speech therapists, Counselling Psychologists and Clinical Psychologists. The researcher used semi-structured interviews to explore and describe the opinions of the participants on the components required to build a therapeutic relationship with children diagnosed with AS. The results of this study indicated that building a therapeutic relationship with a child diagnosed with AS requires multiple components and a holistic outlook. Preparation in the form of research and being knowledgeable on the AS diagnosis, as well as obtaining thorough background information on the specific child was found to be fundamental. An awareness on the part of therapists and other professionals regarding child-related aspects such as co-morbid disorders; sensory considerations; therapeutic environment; coping with change; obsessions and dependence on the therapist was found to be of value. Other fundamental components that seem to be a requirement for building a therapeutic relationship with children diagnosed with AS were the therapist characteristics: body language and attitude. Therapeutic considerations, such as the importance of setting boundaries and remaining consistent, as well as the teaching aspect involved in building a therapeutic relationship became evident. Furthermore, the education of parents, siblings and other family members, as well as the importance of having fun while building a therapeutic relationship were recognized as important components. Teamwork was another crucial component identified which included parental and
Thesis (MA (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

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Hall, Nikki. "How Relationship Quality Influences Male Condom Use in College Women." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5627.

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Young adult women in their first and second year of college are a group more commonly impacted by health-related concerns associated with condom use. Due to lack of consistent condom use and the increase in sexual partners, STIs remain an epidemic. Various types of studies have been conducted to investigate condom use among women college students. One factor that may influence condom use is the partner relationship. The literature on safe sex practices shows a gap regarding relationship quality and its potential influence on condom use. Guided by the Fletcher et al. model and Sternberg's triangular theory of love, the goal of this study was to explore whether the likelihood of using condoms is influenced by relationship quality components. Using a sample of 85 women college students, relationship quality was examined using the Perceived Relationship Quality Components Inventory. Using a binary logistic regression model, no statistically significant associations among relationship satisfaction, commitment, intimacy, trust, passion, love, overall relationship quality and condom use were found. The findings in this study confirm the existing knowledge, that is, condom use trends and behaviors among young college women remain unpredictable. Limitations to the study include a small sample size, age of majority in Nebraska, and failure to screen for important demographics. For the future, longitudinal studies would offer insight into how condom use behaviors vary depending on fluctuations in relationship quality. This study has implications for positive social change: It suggests an emphasis on a relationship-focused approach to condom use behaviors when working with freshman and sophomore college women.

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Richardson, Shana Strickland. "A Developmental Approach to Sibling Relationships: Disaggregating the Components of Sibling Relationship Quality over Time for Siblings of Individuals with Intellectual Disability." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_theses/55.

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Siblings can serve as significant companions and caregivers for individuals with ID throughout the lifespan. Yet, the developmental course of sibling relationships for siblings of individuals with ID has not been well addressed in the current literature. Thus, the current study examined change over time in four dimensions of relationship quality (power, intimacy, conflict, and rivalry) as well as how the constellation variables of sex, birth order, and age differences affected the development of relationship quality. Sibling relationships were found to have a stable power structure, with the nondisabled sibling reporting higher levels of power in the relationship. Developmental trajectories indicated that these relationships grew in positive regard while levels of conflict decreased over time. Yet, behaviors characterizing intimate relationships did not show similar increases. Constellation variables were found to have effects on specific relationship dimensions, including conflict and intimate behaviors.

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McLean, Heather Lisa. "The relationship between the vocational components of assertive community treatment programs and clients' productivity levels." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0005/MQ42666.pdf.

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Mulligan, Thomas H. Lugg Elizabeth T. "The relationship between components of remedial intersession classes in year round schools and student outcomes." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1225103421&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1176474930&clientId=43838.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2005.
Title from title page screen, viewed on April 13, 2007. Dissertation Committee: Elizabeth Lugg (chair), Dianne Gardner, Joseph Pacha, John Rugutt. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-156) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Zhang, Xian. "The relationship between adenovirus early region 1A protein and regulatory components of the 26S proteasome." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246500.

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Littlejohn, Eugia Monique. "The relationship between the components of black feminism and psychological health in African American women /." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1248795345.

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Littlejohn, Eugia Monique. "The relationship between the components of black feminism and psychological health in African American women." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1248795345.

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Richardson, Shana S. "A developmental approach to sibling relationships disaggregating the components of sibling relationship quality over time for siblings of individuals with intellectual disability /." unrestricted, 2009. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04172009-221954/.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009.
Title from file title page. Frank Floyd, committee chair; Diana Robins, Chris Henrich, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Aug. 13, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75).

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Kankotan, Zeynep Zelal. "The Role Of Attachment Dimensions, Relationship Status, And Gender In The Components Of Subjective Well-being." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609299/index.pdf.

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The present study investigated the role of attachment dimensions, relationship status, and gender in subjective well-being. The participants were 389 (288 females, 101 males) volunteered students from the Faculty of Education at Middle East Technical University. Three questionnaires, namely Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory (ECRI) Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) were administered to the students. Three separate stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the predictive power of the avoidance dimension of attachment, anxiety dimension of attachment, gender (coded as dummy variable), and relationship status (coded as dummy variable) on three components of subjective well-being identified as positive affect, negative affect, and satisfaction with life. Findings revealed that avoidance dimension of attachment, gender, and anxiety dimension of attachment predicted the life satisfaction of university student as measured by Satisfaction with Life Scale. Results also yielded that avoidance dimension of attachment predicted positive affect scores of the students whereas anxiety dimension of attachment predicted negative affect scores of the students as measured by Positive Affect and Negative Affect subscales of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS).

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Polleichtner, Johann Georg. "Studies of structure-function relationship of components of multidrug efflux pumps and type I secretion systems." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=98175001X.

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Hornbeck, Cassie L. "The development of the therapeutic alliance with child clients the key components of a successful relationship /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Phromjuang, Kornwika. "The relationship between personal demographic components, health status, discharge status, and mortality among Asian Pacific Islanders elders." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=case1207269544.

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Phromjuang, Kornwika. "The Relationship between Personal Demographic Components, Health Status, Discharge Status, and Mortality among Asian Pacific Islander Elders." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1207269544.

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Bloom, Leo Dominic. "On the relationship between layup time, material properties and mould geometry in the manufacture of composite components." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683735.

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The work in this thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the hand layup process. To date, this method of manufacture has no viable competition in terms of the complexity and quality of the parts which can be made. Despite its widespread use, the existing knowledge is dominated by rule of thumb approaches and the literature lacks detailed studies specifically aimed at understanding and delivering improvements to the existing process. The fact that laminators can express a preference for working with certain prepregs prompted an investigation into the properties which contribute to 'drapability' and influence laminator perceptions. However , since there are no standard tests for evaluating prepreg formability, a characterisation scheme for measuring the relevant properties, namely shear behaviour , tack and flexural rigidity, has been devised. These properties are then correlated with the layup performance of the prepregs, as measured by observing and timing professional laminators laying up over a series of representative geometries. Layup time is proposed as an objective measure of difficulty, which also correlates well with laminators' subjective ratings. A relationship between material properties, mould geometry and layup time is then derived, suggesting that it is possible to predict layup time from a knowledge of mould geometry and material properties. Techniques to further characterise prepreg behaviour are then considered. Digita1 Image Correlation is explored as a way of investigating the deformation mechanisms and out of plane behaviour of spread tow prepregs. A high resolution pressure sensor is also used to measure the forces applied during layup, to understand how these might vary with the amount of shear deformation introduced into the prepreg and with the choice of material system. This is another example of how the human factors involved in hand layup are addressed in a novel way. With an understanding of the factors which contribute to difficulty, it is proposed t hat important productivity increases can be delivered without significant changes to the existing process. For example, by simply choosing a different material, layup times can be halved, and similar reductions in labour content can be achieved by varying the mould geometry.

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Yao, Ming. "A security architecture for protecting dynamic components of mobile agents." Queensland University of Technology, 2004. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15913/.

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New techniques,languages and paradigms have facilitated the creation of distributed applications in several areas. Perhaps the most promising paradigm is the one that incorporates the mobile agent concept. A mobile agent in a large scale network can be viewed as a software program that travels through a heterogeneous network, crossing various security domains and executing autonomously in its destination. Mobile agent technology extends the traditional network communication model by including mobile processes, which can autonomously migrate to new remote servers. This basic idea results in numerous benefits including flexible, dynamic customisation of the behavior of clients and servers and robust interaction over unreliable networks. In spite of its advantages, widespread adoption of the mobile agent paradigm is being delayed due to various security concerns. Currently available mechanisms for reducing the security risks of this technology do not e±ciently cover all the existing threats. Due to the characteristics of the mobile agent paradigm and the threats to which it is exposed, security mechanisms must be designed to protect both agent hosting servers and agents. Protection to agent-hosting servers' security is a reasonably well researched issue, and many viable mechanisms have been developed to address it. Protecting agents is technically more challenging and solutions to do so are far less developed. The primary added complication is that, as an agent traverses multiple servers that are trusted to different degrees, the agent's owner has no control over the behaviors of the agent-hosting servers. Consequently the hosting servers can subvert the computation of the passing agent. Since it is infeasible to enforce the remote servers to enact the security policy that may prevent the server from corrupting agent's data, cryptographic mechanisms defined by the agent's owner may be one of the feasible solutions to protect agent's data.Hence the focus of this thesis is the development and deployment of cryptographic mechanisms for securing mobile agents in an open environment. Firstly, requirements for securing mobile agents' data are presented. For a sound mobile agent application, the data in an agent that is collected from each visiting server must be provided integrity. In some applications where servers intend to keep anonymous and will reveal their identities only under certain cir- cumstances, privacy is also necessitated. Aimed at these properties, four new schemes are designed to achieve different security levels: two schemes direct at preserving integrity for the agent's data, the other two focus on attaining data privacy. There are four new security techniques designed to support these new schemes. The first one is joint keys to discourage two servers from colluding to forge a victim server's signature. The second one is recoverable key commitment to enable detection of any illegal operation of hosting servers on an agent's data. The third one is conditionally anonymous digital signature schemes, utilising anonymous public-key certificates, to allow any server to digitally sign a document without leaking its identity. The fourth one is servers' pseudonyms that are analogues of identities, to enable servers to be recognised as legitimate servers while their identities remain unknown to anyone. Pseudonyms can be deanonymised with the assistance of authorities. Apart from these new techniques, other mechanisms such as hash chaining relationship and mandatory verification process are adopted in the new schemes. To enable the inter-operability of these mechanisms, a security architecture is therefore developed to integrate compatible techniques to provide a generic solution for securing an agent's data. The architecture can be used independently of the particular mobile agent application under consideration. It can be used for guiding and supporting developers in the analysis of security issues during the design and implementation of services and applications based on mobile agents technology.

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Celen, Demirtas Selda. "The Role Of Gender, Relationship Status, Romantic Relationship Satisfacton, And Commitment To Career Choices In The Components Of Subjective Well-being Among Senior University Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612206/index.pdf.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of gender, relationship status, romantic relationship satisfaction, and career commitment in three components of subjective well-being, namely life satisfaction, negative affect, and positive affect among senior university students. The sample of the study was composed of 400 (172 females, 228 males) fourth grade students from five faculties of Middle East Technical University. The participants were administered four instruments, namely Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS), and Commitment to Career Choices Scale (CCCS). Three separate simultaneous multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the predictive power of the independent variables that are relationship status, romantic relationship satisfaction, the dimensions of career commitment that are vocational exploration and commitment and tendency to foreclose on the independent variables that are positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction. The results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that gender, relationship satisfaction, and vocational exploration and commitment significantly predicted life satisfaction of the students. In addition, results yielded that romantic relationship satisfaction, vocational exploration and commitment, and tendency to foreclose significantly predicted negative affect of the students. Finally, vocational exploration and commitment and relationship status were significant predictors of positive affect of students.

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Ho, Sio Man. "An examination of the relationship between future cash flow and historical earnings, components of earnings and cash flow." Thesis, University of Macau, 2006. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636227.

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Olzmann, Amy E. "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Components and their Relationship with Caregiver Burden in Primary Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1493678269237335.

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Birkbeck, David. "Investigating the relationship between LMX, safety climate and the components of safety performance in a high accident environment." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/investigating-the-relationship-between-lmx-safety-climate-and-the-components-of-safety-performance-in-a-high-accident-environment(e0dacaa6-21b4-4171-b388-9e542146ac4f).html.

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This thesis presents two distinct, but linked, studies. Study 1 contrasted interactive [group] brainstorming against its nominal [individual] counterpart. Previous research has pointed to the productivity advantages of nominal brainstorming in terms of idea production rate [ideation], leading theorists to predict 'the end of interactive brainstorming'. Yet interactive brainstorming has remained the most popular means of ideation within organizations. Central to this research is the thesis that previous studies (a) failed to follow the instructions of the concept originator, Osborn (1953) and (b) used samples and conditions that were not representative of the organizations using brainstorming. Using a total of 10 groups sourced from a UK construction company, participants were asked to brainstorm ideas to improve organizational safety performance. Data produced indicated an equal average number of ideas generated, 30 for interactive, 30.2 for nominal, and an equal number of themes generated, 6.6 for interactive, 6.6 for nominal. Along with ideas and themes, post session group cohesion and process satisfaction levels were measured. Results indicated significantly higher levels of cohesion (t (73.75)=2.35, P<.05) and satisfaction (t (71.07)=4.74, P<.001) for the interactive condition over its nominal counterpart. Implications for research in this area are discussed.Study 2 consisted of two strands of research. The utility of interactive brainstorming, demonstrated in Study 1, highlighted its potential as a means of improving participation in safety. This formed the first area of research. The second area of research concerned the design and analysis of a working model in which Leader Member Exchange (LMX) and safety climate were identified as antecedents, compliance and participation as components and self report near miss/accident involvement as outcomes of safety performance. This model, and the potential utility of brainstorming as a means of improving participation, was tested using a longitudinal methodology. Study participants, sourced from the Refuse Collections division of a UK Local Authority, were asked to complete a questionnaire. LMX was measured using Graen and Uhl-Bien's (1995) LMX-7 scale, safety climate using Glendon and Litherland's (2001) questionnaire whilst measures of compliance and participant were sourced from Neal and Griffin (2006). This produced 101 respondents. Following this, brainstorming sessions were conducted with employees to produce safety improvement ideas. Questionnaires were redistributed seven months later and produced 104 respondents. Results indicated no improvement in participation over the period allocated, however, the measures of antecedents, components and outcomes of safety performance produced a number of significant findings. LMX was found to exhibit a direct relationship with accident involvement, however, analysis revealed the fluctuating mediating roles of compliance and participation in this relationship. Safety climate was found to moderate the relationship between LMX, compliance and participation. Although high levels of safety climate corresponded to higher levels of compliance and participation, LMX was seen to improve compliance and participation only in low climate environments, with this relationship reverse in positive safety climates. This finding is contrary to similar research in this area and the implications for future theory are discussed.

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Ern, Gregory S. "An examination of the relationship between the presence of critical components of classroom positive behavior support and student behavior." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001590.

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Gujam, Fadia J. A. "An investigation of the relationship between the components of tumour microenvironment, signal transduction pathways and outcome in breast cancer." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7876/.

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Breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in women, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. Well-established risk factors of breast cancer are mostly related to women’s reproductive history, such as early menarche, late first pregnancy and late menopause. Survival rates have improved due to a combination of factors, including better health education, early detection with large-scale use of screening mammogram, improved surgical techniques, as well as widespread use of adjuvant therapy. At initial presentation, clinicopathological features of breast cancer such as age, nodal status, tumour size, tumour grade, and hormonal receptor status are considered to be the standard prognostic and predictive markers of patient survival, and are used to guide appropriate treatment strategies. Lymphovascular invasion (LBVI), including lymphatic (LVI) and blood (BVI) vessel invasion, has been reported to be prognostic and merit accurate evaluation, particularly in patients with node negative tumours who might benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. There is a lack of standard assessment and agreement on distinguishing LVI from BVI despite the major challenges in the field. A systematic review of the literatures, examining methods of detection and the prognostic significance of LBVI, LVI and BVI, was carried out. The majority of studies used haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and classical histochemistry to identify LVI and BVI. Only few recent studies used immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining of the endothelium lining lymphatic and blood vessels, and were able to show clear differences between LVI and BVI. The prognostic significance of LBVI and LVI was well-documented and strongly associated with aggressive features of breast tumours, while the prognostic value and the optimal detection method of BVI were unclear. Assessment and prognostic value of LBVI on H&E sections (LBVIH&E) was examined and compared to that of LVI and BVI detected using IHC with D2-40 for LVI (LVID2–40) and Factor VIII for BVI (BVIFVIII) in patients with breast cancer including node negative and triple negative patients (n=360). LBVIH&E, LVID2–40 and BVIFVIII were present in 102 (28%), 127 (35%) and 59 (16%) patients respectively. In node negative patients (206), LBVIH&E, LVID2–40 and BVIFVIII were present in 41 (20%), 53 (26%) and 21 (10%) respectively. In triple negative patients (102), LBVIH&E, LVID2–40 and BVIFVIII were present in 35 (29%), 36 (35%) and 14 (14%) respectively. LBVIH&E, LVID2–40 and BVIFVIII were all significantly associated with tumour recurrence in all cohorts. On multivariate survival analysis, only LVID2–40 and BVIFVIII were independent predictors of cancer specific survival (CSS) in the whole cohort (P=0.022 and P<0.001 respectively), node negative (P=0.008 and P=0.001 respectively) and triple negative patients (P=0.014 and P<0.001 respectively). Assessment of LVI and BVI by IHC, using D2-40 and Factor VIII, improves prediction of outcome in patients with node negative and triple negative breast cancer and was superior to the conventional detection method. Breast cancer is recognised as a complex molecular disease and histologically identical tumours may have highly variable outcomes, including different responses to therapy. Therefore, there is a compelling need for new prognostic and predictive markers helpful of selecting patients at risk and patients with aggressive diseases who might benefit from adjuvant and targeted therapy. It is increasingly recognised that the development and progression of human breast cancer is not only determined by genetically abnormal cells, but also dependent on complex interactions between malignant cells and the surrounding microenvironment. This has led to reconsider the features of tumour microenvironment as potential predictive and prognostic markers. Among these markers, tumour stroma percentage (TSP) and tumour budding, as well as local tumour inflammatory infiltrate have received recent attention. In particular, the local environment of cytokines, proteases, angiogenic and growth factors secreted by inflammatory cells and stromal fibroblasts has identified crucial roles in facilitating tumour growth, and metastasis of cancer cells through lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion. This might help understand the underlying process promoting tumour invasion into these vessels. An increase in the proportion of tumour stroma and an increase in the dissociation of tumour cells have been associated with poorer survival in a number of solid tumours, including breast cancer. However, the interrelationship between these variables and other features of the tumour microenvironment in different subgroups of breast cancer are not clear. Also, whether their prognostic values are independent of other components of the tumour microenvironment have yet to be identified. Therefore, the relationship between TSP, clinicopathological characteristics and outcome in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer, in particular node negative and triple negative disease was examined in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer (n=361). The TSP was assessed on the haematoxylin and eosin-stained tissue sections. With a cut-off value of 50% TSP, patients with ≤50% stroma were classified as the low-TSP group and those with >50% stroma were classified as the high-TSP group. A total of 109 (30%) patients had high TSP. Patients with high TSP were old age (P=0.035), had involved lymph node (P=0.049), Her-2 positive tumours (P=0.029), low-grade peri-tumoural inflammatory infiltrate (P=0.034), low CD68+ macrophage infiltrate (P<0.001), low CD4+ (P=0.023) and low CD8+ T-lymphocytes infiltrate (P=0.017), tumour recurrence (P=0.015) and shorter CSS (P<0.001). In node negative patients (n=207), high TSP was associated with low CD68+ macrophage infiltrate (P=0.001), low CD4+ (P=0.040) and low CD8+ T-lymphocytes infiltrate (P=0.016) and shorter CSS (P=0.005). In triple negative patients (n=103), high TSP was associated with increased tumour size (P=0.017) high tumour grade (P=0.014), low CD8+ T-lymphocytes infiltrate (P=0.048) and shorter CSS (P=0.041). The 15-year cancer specific survival rate was 79% vs 21% in the low-TSP group vs high-TSP group. On multivariate survival analysis, a high TSP was associated with reduced CSS in the whole cohort (P=0.007), node negative patients (P=0.005) and those who received systemic adjuvant therapy (P=0.016), independent of other pathological characteristics including local host inflammatory responses. Therefore, a high TSP in invasive ductal breast cancer was associated with recurrence and poorer long-term survival. The inverse relation with the tumour inflammatory infiltrate highlights the importance of the amount of tumour stroma on immunological response in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer. Implementing this simple and reproducible parameter in routine pathological examination may help optimise risk stratification in patients with breast cancer. Similarly, the relationship between tumour budding, clinicopathological characteristics and outcome was examined in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer (n=474), using routine pathological sections. Tumour budding was associated with several adverse pathological characteristics, including positive lymph node (P=0.009), presence of LVI (P<0.001), and high TSP (P=0.001) and low-grade general peri-tumural inflammatory infiltrative (P=0.002). In node negative patients, a high tumour budding was associated with presence of LVI (P<0.001) and low-grade general peri-tumural inflammatory infiltrative (P=0.038). On multivariate survival analysis, tumour budding was associated with reduced CSS (P=0.001), independent of nodal status, tumour necrosis, CD8+ and CD138+ inflammatory cells infiltrate, LVI, BVI and TSP.
Furthermore, tumour budding was independently associated with reduced CSS in node negative patients (P=0.004) and in those who have low TSP (P=0.003) and high-grade peri-tumoural inflammatory infiltrative (P=0.012). A high tumour budding was significantly associated with shorter CSS in luminal B and triple negative breast cancer subtypes (all P<0.001). Therefore, tumour budding was a significant predictor of poor survival in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer, independent of adverse pathological characteristics and components of tumour microenvironment. These results suggest that tumour budding may promote disease progression through a direct effect on local and distant invasion into lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels. Therefore, detection of tumour buds at the stroma invasive front might therefore represent a morphologic link between tumour progression, lymphatic invasion, spread of tumour cells to regional lymph nodes, and the establishment of metastatic dissemination. Given the potential importance of the tumour microenvironment, the characterisation of intracellular signalling pathways is important in the tumour microenvironment and is of considerable interest. One plausible signalling molecule that links tumour stroma, inflammatory cell infiltrate and tumour budding is the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT). The present results suggest that STATs may affect disease outcome through direct impact on tumour cells, and the surrounding microenvironment. The above observations of the present thesis point to the importance of the tumour microenvironment in promoting tumour budding, LVI and BVI. The observations from STATs work may suggest that an important driving mechanism for the above associations is the presence of tumour necrosis, probably secondary to hypoxia. Further work is needed to examine the interaction of other molecular pathways involved in the tumour microenvironment, such as HIF and NFkB in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer.

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Kasper, Laura B. "The process of immediacy in brief psychotherapy components, events and relationship to in-session client change within a single case /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2712.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.
Thesis research directed by: Counseling and Personnel Services. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Prinsloo, Judith Cecilia. "The relationship between body composition components, risk for disordered eating and irregular menstrual patterns among long-distance athletes / J. Prinsloo." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2327.

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Björklund, Clas. "Components of Psychopathic Personality and Different Types of Crime : The Relationship among Meanness, Disinhibition and Violent- and Non-violent Crime." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-86950.

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Meanness and Disinhibition are two components of psychopathic personality, conceptualized by the Triarchic Psychopathic Model (Tri-PM). Psychopathic personality traits are related to criminal behavior. There is however, little research on how meanness and disinhibition relate to violent crime and non-violent crime. Data were drawn from a sample of college students and prison inmates (N = 1,787 mean age = 26.8 years). Meanness, disinhibition, violent crime and non-violent crime was measured using the Externalizing Spectrum Inventory ([ESI] Krueger et al., 2007). The results indicated that meanness and disinhibition explained 61% of the variance in violent crime and 77% of the variance in non-violent crime. Disinhibition had a stronger relation to both violent crime and non-violent crime. There was also a small, but significant interaction effect of meanness and disinhibition on violent crime and non-violent crime. The results support the theoretical outlines of the Tri-PM. Implications from these findings are that the ESI and the Tri-PM can be used risk assessment tools and in work related to crime prevention. Future research should in addition to meanness and disinhibition also include boldness from the Tri-PM and more severe violent types of crime in order to examine how these traits relate to intentions of violent- and non-violent crime.
Meanness och disinhibition ar tva komponenter av psykopatisk personlighet, konceptualiserad utifran The Triarchic Psychopahtic Model (The Tri-PM). Psykopatisk personlighet ar relaterat till brottsliga beteenden. Det finns dock lite forskning pa hur meanness och disinhibition relaterar till våldsbrott och ickevåldsbrott. Data drogs fran ett urval av universitetsstudenter och intagna i fangelse (N = 1 787 medelalder = 26,8 ar). Meanness, disinhibition, våldsbrott och ickevåldsbrott mattes med The Externalizing Spectrum Inventory ([ESI] Krueger et al., 2007). Variablerna analyserades med linjara multipla regressionsanalyser. Resultatet indikerade att meanness och disinhibition forklarade 61% av variansen av våldsbrott och 77% av variansen av icke-våldsbrott. Disinhibition hade en starkare relation till bade våldsbrott och icke-våldsbrott. Det fanns aven en liten, men signifikant interaktionseffekt for våldsbrott och ickevåldsbrott. Resultatet stodjer den teoretiska utgangspunkten fran Tri-PM. Implikationer fran dessa fynd ar att ESI och Tri-PM kan anvandas som riskbedomningsverktyg och brottsforebyggande syfte. Framtida forskning bor tillsammans med meanness och disinhibition aven inkludera boldness fran Tri-PM och mer grova typer av valdsamma brott for att undersoka hur dessa drag relaterar till olika avsikter for brott.

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Wheatley, Vicki. "The Relationship Between Components of the Ohio Local School District Report Card and the Outcome of a School Tax Levy." Ashland University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1352899962.

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Duvenhage, Ninette. "Relationship between sport participation and the physical, motor performance and anthropometric components of a selected group of grade 10 adolescents / Ninette Duvenhage." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8687.

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Sport participation is positively associated with an increase in various physical, motor performance and anthropometric components, however, these benefits are influenced by the gender, race and the type of sport children participate in. Despite this, no researchers have investigated this association and the possible role of gender, race and the nature of sport participation on the possible benefits that can be derived among South African adolescents. It is against this background that the objectives of the study were firstly, to determine the relationship between sport participation and the physical, motor performance and anthropometric components, of a group of grade 10 adolescent learners in the Tlokwe District, North West Province, South Africa. Secondly, it was to determine the significant differences in the physical, motor performance and anthropometric components between a group of grade 10 learners of different genders and races who participated in different types of sport in the Tlokwe District, North West Province, South Africa. Two hundred and one (156 sport participants and 48 non-sport participants) were purposefully selected to complete a questionnaire among other things to obtain their sport and training habits as well as their maturity status. Futhermore, a total of 28 direct anthropometric measurements were taken as well as tests executed for the determination of flexibility, explosive leg and upper body power, strength, speed and acceleration, agility and the cardiovascular endurance. Of the 156 sport participants, 146 learners’ data were separately analysed to investigate the significant differences with regard to the measured variables in boys (n = 72) and girls (n = 71), black (n = 105) and white children (n = 41) as well in children who only participated in individual (n = 17), team (n = 82) or both types of sport (n = 47). The independent t-test results revealed that the sport participants obtained lower values for most of the absolute body and relative body size as well as body composition measurements that showed significant results. Furthermore, the non-sport participants did not perform better in any of the physical and motor performance tests than the sport participants when the significant results were analysed. Lastly, the forward stepwise logistic regression analysis results indicated that body mass, stature, sitting height, sum of six skinfolds, fat percentage, hip circumference, muscle mass and percentage, Vertical Jump Test (VJT) height, VJT Tendo peak power, Horizontal Jump Test distance, 40m speed; right passive shoulder external and internal rotation as well as passive and active straight-leg-raise and the modified Thomas quadriceps (MTQT) flexibility were identified as adequate and accurate predictors to classify the adolescent learners in sport participant and non-sport participant groups. However, only body mass, sitting height, muscle percentage and muscle mass and the right MTQT flexibility were identified as significant predictors between the two groups of children. Furthermore, the forward stepwise logistic regression analysis revealed that the logistic model of identified physical, motor performance and anthropometric variables was not useful in predicting the different groups. With regard to the significant results, the study revealed that the boys obtained higher values for most of the absolute and relative body size, body composition and somatotype related variables as well as for all of the tests that were related to lower body explosive power, muscle strength, speed, agility and cardiovascular endurance related variables compared to the girls. The differences with regard to the racial groups showed that black children displayed significantly lower values for most of the absolute and relative body size, body composition as somatotype measurements as well as for all of the upper and lower body explosive power, muscle strength, speed, agility and the cardiovascular endurance related variables which obtained significant differences when compared to the values of white children. Only the flexibility related tests obtained significant differences with regard to the children who participated in different types of sports. Therefore, although a relationship exists between sport participation and the physical, motor performance and anthropometric benefits that can be derived, factors such as race and gender have a direct influence on this relationship and need to be considered when this population of children is investigated.
Thesis (MSc (Sport Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013

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Jones-Garcia, Tracy J. "Relationship Quality Associations Family Values for Online Graduate Students with Intimate Partners." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3566.

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Previous research found that relationship quality (RQ) for intimate couples may be adversely effected in times of stress, potentially decreasing marital satisfaction up to 36% during a four-year period for high stress couples. Previous research indicated family values (FV) may mediate RQ in stressful times; however, no research has examined this relationship for online/blended program graduate students. Students in these programs experience unique stress, change, and at times, physical distance from an intimate partner. Coombs's theory on values consensus postulated that the more alike family values are in a relationship, the better the RQ will be. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine differences between graduate students in online/blended programs and their partners in RQ and FV. Forty-five participants were surveyed using convenience sampling through a university participant pool. The majority of the online/blended program graduate participants were Caucasian and female. Variables were measured using the Family Assessment Device (FAD), the Perceived Relationship Quality Components Scale (PRQC), and demographic information. Mean scores for FAD were elevated indicating dysfunction in FV. A hierarchical multiple linear regression tested the hypothesis that family values are associated with RQ for study participants. The PRQC and FAD were significantly and negatively associated (R = -.80, Î± = .05) indicating as FAD increases PRQC decreases. Online/blended program students may need supports to maintain FV to mediate decreases in RQ during graduate study. Identifying FV impacts RQ can assist in the development of more targeted intervention, design, planning, and implementation of online and hybrid student assistance programs.

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Gao, Fei. "A Comprehensive Investigation of Ambient Mercury in the Ohio River Valley: Source-Receptor Relationship and Meteorological Impact." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1194624797.

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Nkopo, Mandisi S. "The relationship between selected body composition components and self-efficacy among 12-14 year old rural adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/4536.

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Body composition changes drastically in both males and females during the adolescent years. The changes may have a negative effect on their physical health as well as psychological well-being, with respect to attributes such as self-efficacy. Being either overweight or obese during adolescence has social, economic and psychological consequences, which include low self-efficacy. However, very few international studies and not a single South African study could be found which measured the relationship of anthropometric body composition components, general self-efficacy levels and actual measured body size among adolescents, particularly among rural adolescents. Consequently, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between anthropometric body composition components and self efficacy, by conducting a comparison of self-efficacy levels among normal, overweight and obese 12 to 14-year-old rural adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The sample consisted of boys (n=49) and girls (n=43) between the ages of 12 and 14 years. The body composition components were body weight, stature, body mass index, sum of 3 skinfolds, percentage body fat and hip-to-waist ratio. The sample was also classified into normal, overweight and obese groups, according to body mass index. A self-administered Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C) which was developed by Muris (2001) was used to measure general self-efficacy. Data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, the Pearson correlation matrix and Cohen's effect size for significance (Cohen, 1992) and a Mann-Whitney U Test was used to determine statistical differences. Significance was set at p<0.05. Only 17 percent of the participants in the research sample were found to be overweight or obese. Only emotional self-efficacy showed significant (p=0.02) differences between the participants who were classified as having normal weights and the group which comprised the overweight and the obese groups. Overweight and obese boys and girls still had very high levels of self-efficacy, although their body mass index scores were high. Boys scored higher in social self-efficacy and girls in academic self-efficacy. Only girls presented significantly high correlations between body mass index and emotional self-efficacy (r=0.33, p=0.02), total self-efficacy and hip-to-waist ratio (r=0.44, p=0.00), social self-efficacy and hip-towaist ratio (r=0.39, p=0.01) and emotional self-efficacy and hip-to-waist ratio (r=0.33, p=0.02), while boys presented them only with respect to body weight (r=0.31, p=0.02) and stature (r=0.39, p=0.00). The results suggest that a positive relationship exists between body composition, in terms of hip-to-waist ratio, weight and stature, and self-efficacy among South African rural adolescents. However, girls presented significantly strong and positive correlations between hip-to-waist ratio and self-efficacy, whereas boys presented significant, strong and positive correlations between body weight, stature and self-efficacy. Only emotional self-efficacy showed significant differences between normal weight and overweight or obese South African rural adolescents. It seems likely that cultural beliefs may exert an influence on the psychosocial perceptions of adolescents in relation to body size, consequently affecting self efficacy levels.

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Blume, Martin [Verfasser]. "3D Flow Simulation for the Investigation of Cavitation and Its Relationship To Erosion, Turbulence and Primary Breakup in Hydraulic Components by Single-Fluid Multi-Phase Methods / Martin Blume." Düren : Shaker, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1238497381/34.

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Brown, Deborah Reinhart. "A study of components of effective teaching from the perspectives of faculty and students within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the relationship between these perspectives." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1185843243.

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Gibson, David S. "Behavioral relationships between software components /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487948158627364.

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