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Inductive Theoretical Integration: Approaching A General Theory Of Crime
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2007-08-23)The purpose of this study is to discuss and use theoretical integration in an attempt to better explain criminal behavior. Data for this study was obtained through a random power sample of undergraduate college students ... -
Inequalities in (trans)national surrogacy: A call for examining complex lived realities with an empirical lens
(SAGE, 2022-06-04)Income disparity has become a mainstay of the international critique and public discourse on commercial surrogacy. Using existing empirical data, including our two respective field studies in India and the United States, ... -
Inequity by inequity: Community driven investigation of wheelchair user discomfort by infrastructure failures
(ACM, 2022-11-10)Wheelchair users face a variety of disability-related inequities in the built environment. The primary challenge is that current legislation for relieving disability inequities focuses on design guidelines and less so in ... -
Inference Of Node And Edge Replacement Graph Grammars
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)In this dissertation we study the inference of node and edge replacement graph grammars. The approach is based on previous research in frequent isomorphic subgraphs discovery. We extend the search for frequent subgraphs ... -
Inferring Answer Quality, Answerer Expertise, And Ranking In Question Answer Social Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-07-14)Search has become ubiquitous mainly because of its usage simplicity. Search has made great strides in making information gathering relatively easy and without a learning curve. Question answering services/communities (termed ... -
Inferring Big Five Personality Factors using Text Analysis Its Assessment and Impact on Prosocial Behavior and IS Security Compliance
(2020-06-01)Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general and text mining in particular have resulted in a number of services and applications that infer and provide personality measures from text. The validity of these services, ... -
INFERRING IN-SCREEN ANIMATIONS AND INTER-SCREEN TRANSITION FROM USER INTERFACE SCREENSHOTS
(2017-05-12)In practice, many companies have adopted the concept of creating interactive prototypes for explaining workflows and animations. Designing and developing a user interface is a time-consuming process, and the user experience ... -
INFILTRATION STUDY USING TDR TECHNIQUES
(2016-08-14)The study of water flow or infiltration in an unsaturated soil is a highly non-linear and complex problem, simultaneous verification of field and laboratory results is a convenient and practical approach to test the results. ... -
The Influence Of A Marketing Plan On The Professional Practice Of Small Landscape Architecture Firms
(Landscape Architecture, 2013-03-20)This thesis examines the marketing practices of small landscape architecture firms to determine whether a marketing plan enables small firms to focus their practice and thereby gain business opportunities in North Texas. ... -
The Influence Of A Strong Versus Weak Sense Of Self In Same-sex Dyadic Interactions
(Psychology, 2008-08-08)The goal of this study was to examine the influence of the participants' sense of self on the behaviors they displayed and the perceptions they reported in initial unstructured interactions. Participants were 82 male and ... -
The Influence Of Ageism On Personnel Decision Making
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)Ageism is a topic in today's world of great consequence, especially due to the multimillion dollar costs of age-related discrimination charges and the potential to ineffectively utilize organizational talent. Additionally, ... -
Influence Of Codified Knowledge On Software Design Task Performance: A Comparison Of Pairs With Individuals
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)The need to improve the success rates of software development projects has prompted the software engineering community to come-up with various initiatives. These initiatives include: new software development processes such ... -
The Influence Of Contingent Self-esteem And Self-esteem Variability On Reactions To Ostracism
(Psychology, 2010-03-03)This study examined whether contingent self-esteem and self-esteem variability uniquely influenced reactions to social exclusion. Despite the extensive research done on ostracism and its effects on self-esteem, previous ... -
The Influence Of Different Distributions Of Minority Representation On The Developmental Performance Ratings Of White Male Managers
(Psychology, 2010-03-03)The purpose of this study was to examine whether varying distributions of direct report minority representation influenced the developmental performance ratings of White male managers. The archival data used for analysis ... -
The Influence Of Domestic Violence On The Reproductive Health Of Women: A Study From India
(Social Work, 2014-07-14)The holistic understanding of concepts such as domestic violence, women's oppression, gender inequality and antenatal health seeking behavior continues to remain somewhat vague and intangible. The pressing need for effective ... -
The Influence Of Dynamic Visualization On Undergraduate Calculus Learning
The urgent need in the United States to produce an additional one million graduates in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and previous research into why students choose to abandon their quest to ... -
Influence Of Hypoxia, Hypercapnia And Inspiratory Efforts On Sympathoexcitation During Apnea
(Biomedical Engineering, 2008-09-17)Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is characterized by frequent periods of apnea resulting in hypoxia, hypercapnia and fluctuations of intrathoracic pressure (inspiratory efforts). Hypoxia, hypercapnia and inspiratory efforts ... -
The Influence Of Knowledge Aquired At Study On Younger And Older Adults' Source Memory
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)The current experiments were intended to investigate the tendency of younger and older adults to use knowledge acquired during encoding to guide source memory judgments at test. Participants studied a list of words with ... -
Influence Of Peer Victimization And Social Support On Cortisol Production
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)The current dissertation sought to examine whether there was an association between peer victimization, neuroendocrine functioning, and physical health outcomes. Adolescents and their parent (N = 107) participated in a ... -
Influence Of Polymer Surface Chemistry On The Recruitment Of Stem Cells In Mice
(Biomedical Engineering, 2008-08-08)The most troublesome biological response to the implantation of bloodcontacting biomaterials is inflammation, which thereby-sets in motion a cascade of adverse host responses. If devices for therapy and drug delivery could ...