Cognitive mediators of the effect of peer victimization on loneliness [PDF]
, 2010 The impact of stress on psychological adjustment may be mediated by cognitive interpretations (i.e., appraisals) of events for individuals. Defining characteristics of loneliness suggest that appraisals of blame, threat, and perceived control may be ...
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Sparse experimental design : an effective an efficient way discovering better genetic algorithm structures [PDF]
, 2001 The focus of this paper is the demonstration that sparse experimental design is a useful strategy for developing Genetic Algorithms. It is increasingly apparent from a number of reports and papers within a variety of different problem domains that the ...
Pongcharoen, P. +4 more
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Measuring the efficiency of universities: a comparison of multilevel modelling and data envelopment analysis [PDF]
, 2003 Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and multilevel modelling (MLM) are applied to a data set of 54578 graduates from UK universities in 1993 in order to assess the teaching performance of universities. A methodology developed by Thanassoulis & Portela (2002)
Johnes, J
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Measuring teaching efficiency in higher education: an application of data envelopment analysis to graduates from UK universities 1993 [PDF]
, 2003 Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is applied to 2568 graduates from UK universities in 1993 in order to assess teaching efficiency. Following a methodology developed by Thanassoulis & Portela (2002), each individual s efficiency is decomposed into two ...
Johnes, J
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Radiation Pattern Control Of Microstrip Antenna In Elevation And Azimuth Planes Using EBG And Pin Diode [PDF]
, 2019 An important issue in wireless communication systems, which is related to the antenna gain degradation in case of changing the main direction of the antenna radiation pattern, this variation is not approval in many communications systems.
Zakaria, Z. +11 more
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The impact of competition on quality and prices in the English care homes market [PDF]
, 2013 This study assesses the impact of competition on quality and price in the English care/nursing homes market. Considering the key institutional features, we use a theoretical model to assess the conditions under which further competition could increase or
Allan, Stephen, Forder, Julien
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Human auditory cortical processing of changes in interaural correlation [PDF]
, 2005 Sensitivity to the similarity of the acoustic waveforms at the two ears, and specifically to changes in similarity, is crucial to auditory scene analysis and extraction of objects from background.
Simon, J.Z. +7 more
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Sustainability in the theology curriculum [PDF]
, 2010 This is the author's PDF version of a book chapter available in Sustainability education: Perspectives and practice across higher education. Edited by Paula Jones, David Selby, and Stephen Sterling. London: Earthscan, 2010.
Smith, Simon M. +4 more
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Competition in the Care Homes Market [PDF]
, 2011 Most long-term care in the UK is now delivered in markets, including both the private purchase of care and also publicly-funded care, commissioned on behalf of service recipients by public authorities.
Allan, Stephen, Forder, Julien E.
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Sunk cost accounting and entrapment in corporate acquisitions and financial markets : an experimental analysis [PDF]
, 2008 Sunk cost accounting refers to the empirical finding that individuals tend to let their decisions be influenced by costs made at an earlier time in such a way that they are more risk seeking than they would be had they not incurred these costs.
Kelly, Benjamin
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