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Measuring the Differences in Spatial Ability Between a Face-to-face and a Synchronous Distance Education Undergraduate Engineering Graphics Course
Greenhalgh, Scott D. - 2011
Distance education is growing at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Engineering graphics … course with a synchronous distance education engineering graphics course by identifying the impact of the teacher?s physical … engineering graphics course by means of synchronous distance education and face-to-face courses were found in students with a low …
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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The child penalty in Spain
Quinto, Alicia de; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos
(trabajando menos días). ; The role of parenthood in the gender pay gap has been extensively discussed in the literature. Using … men’s remain unaffected. The gender gap is even larger ten years after the birth. Our ... …
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Family Formation and Equilibrium Influences
Beauchamp, Andrew W. - 2009
, which is joint work with Peter Arcidiacono and Marjorie McElroy, examines how gender ratios influence bargaining power in … romantic relationships between men and women. Gender ratios, by influencing the prospects of matching, allow us to estimate …
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Unconventional Conceptions: Family Planning in Lesbian-Headed Families Created by Donor Insemination
Herrmann-Green, Lisa - 2006
This study aimed to systematically describe the decision-making phase of family formation in German lesbians planning to parent via donor insemination, to assess the issues pertinent to each mother role and those involved in donor type choice using a retrospective, structured questionnaire. Data...
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How Germans use their time
Scheffel, Juliane - 2011
Diese Dissertation besteht aus vier Aufsätzen, die zur empirischen Literatur der Allokation der Arbeitszeit beitragen. Der erste Artikel untersucht die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Arbeit und Sozialleben von Paaren und untersucht die Synchronisation der Arbeitszeiten. Ein neuer Analyseansatz wird...
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Changing petroleum engineering education to meet industry demand
Department of Petroleum Engineering
The Department of Petroleum Engineering at Curtin University had its inception in 1998. For the last 10 years,it lectured the Masters in petroleum engineering course to local Australian and international students, graduatingmore than 200 students. The rapid increase in the price of oil during...
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Predictors and purchase intentions of counterfeits of luxury branded products
Phau, Ian - 2010
This paper extends two related studies in counterfeiting by Tom et al. (1998) on consumer attitudes toward, and purchase history of counterfeit goods and Cordell et al. (1996) on investigating the extrinsic cues brand, price and retailer influencing consumption of counterfeits. The three main...
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A conceptual investigation into brand mimicry in the luxury brand industry
Huimin, Teah; Phau, Ian - 2010
Copying, imitation, counterfeiting and knock-offs have been considered to be detrimental to the global economy and to innovation. While Mimicry has been applied to various areas of sciences such as engineering, biomimetics and behavioural sciences or even in areas of Management, it is however...
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Conceptualising the mediating role of inferences of manipulative intent between consumer skepticism and product judgment
Tien, Cheryl; Phau, Ian - 2010
This paper proposes a research framework on the antecedents of consumers' skepticism toward advertising and its related outcome variables; including inferences of manipulative intent, attitudes toward the advertisement and product judgment. The scope of the study will be limited to the industry...
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