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Planning for the Future: A Life Management Strategy for Increasing Control and Life Satisfaction in Adulthood

by Kimberly M. Prenda, Margie E. Lachman
"... The study examined the social, personality, and cognitive correlates of self-reported future planning and the relationship of future planning to perceived control and life satisfaction. Using 2 probability samples of adults ages 25-74 (n 1 = 2,971, n 2 = 300) findings suggest, for Study 1, that educ ..."
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and how those different strategies influence outcomes. Planning, as a life management strategy, is one way people control and structure their lives. Often

The Adaptiveness of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation as Strategies of Life Management: Evidence From a Preference Study on Proverbs

by Ra M. Freund, Paul B. Baltes
"... Proverbs were used to examine whether laypeople’s conceptions of or preferences for life-management strategies are consistent with the model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC model). The SOC model posits that there are three fundamental processes of life management: selection, optimi ..."
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Proverbs were used to examine whether laypeople’s conceptions of or preferences for life-management strategies are consistent with the model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC model). The SOC model posits that there are three fundamental processes of life management: selection

REFLECTIONS ON AN UNCOMMON JOURNEY: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF LIFE MANAGEMENT OF SIX MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WITH DIVERSE DISABILITIES

by Kate Scorgie, Lorraine Wilgosh
"... This qualitative follow-up study examined life management strategies of parents of children with disabilities, who were originally interviewed in the mid-1990s. The purpose was to determine whether the life management strategies reported in the original study were consistent across almost a decade o ..."
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This qualitative follow-up study examined life management strategies of parents of children with disabilities, who were originally interviewed in the mid-1990s. The purpose was to determine whether the life management strategies reported in the original study were consistent across almost a decade

Self-help books on avoiding time shortage

by Jörgen Larsson, Christer Sanne - Time & Society , 2005
"... ABSTRACT. Self-help books are tokens of our reflexive individual-ized society. The widespread experience of too high a pace in daily life and too little time for recovery and for social relations have resulted in books focusing on avoiding time shortage. In our analysis of the advice in such books w ..."
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we found time-management categories such as streamlining activities and buying services. Other identified categories focus on life-management strategies such as setting limits to time-consuming aspirations. Questioning personal aspirations in areas such as work and consumption appears

U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Resources External Research Program Award Number: 06HQGR0174 Service Lifetimes of Mineral End Uses

by Daniel B. Mueller, Jing Cao, Elif Kongar, Matthew Altonji, Paul-harvey Weiner, T. E. Graedel , 2007
"... document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government. Reliable information for the lifetime distribution (LTD) of products is essential for determining current and future waste flows, fo ..."
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, for designing end-of-life management strategies, and therefore for improving resource efficiency of materials and energy. There is, however, a lack of both, methodology to determine the probability density functions for life expectancies of products, and solid quantitative data based on case studies

Overview of Steam Generator Tube-Inspection Technology

by L. Obrutsky, J. Renaud, R. Lakhan
"... Degradation of steam generator (SG) tubing due to both mechanical and corrosion modes has resulted in extensive repairs and replacement of SGs around the world. The variety of degradation modes challenges the integrity of SG tubing and, therefore, the stations’ reliability. Inspection and monitoring ..."
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to assure the safety of the public and the environment, better SG life management strategies and often self-imposed regulations. It led to the development of advanced probe technologies, more reliable and versatile instruments and robotics, better training and qualification of personnel and better data

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by J. Nickerson B, P. Spekkens C, C. Maruska C
"... Steam generators are a critical component of a nuclear power reactor, and can contribute significantly to station unavailability, as has been amply demonstrated in PWRs. Canadian Deuterium Uranium (CANDU®) steam generators are not immune to steam generator degradation, and the variety of CANDU steam ..."
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in cleaning technology are integrated into a life management strategy. Longer-range work focuses on development of intelligent on-line monitoring for the feedwater system and steam generator. New steam generator designs have reduced risk of corrosion and fouling, are more easily inspected and cleaned

Efficient Query Reformulation in Peer Data Management Systems

by Igor Tatarinov , Alon Halevy - In ACM SIGMOD , 2004
"... ABSTRACT Peer data management systems (PDMS) offer a flexible architecture for decentralized data sharing. In a PDMS, every peer is associated with a schema that represents the peer's domain of interest, and semantic relationships between peers are provided locally between pairs (or small sets ..."
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ABSTRACT Peer data management systems (PDMS) offer a flexible architecture for decentralized data sharing. In a PDMS, every peer is associated with a schema that represents the peer's domain of interest, and semantic relationships between peers are provided locally between pairs (or small

Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.

by Manuel Castells , Anthony Giddens , Alain Touraine , Anthony Smith , Benjamin Barber , Peter Hall , Roger-Pol Droit , Sophie Watson , Frank Webster , Krishan Kumar , David Lyon , Craig Calhoun , Jeffrey Henderson , Ramon Ramos , Jose E Rodrigues-Ibanez , Jose F Tezanos , Mary Kaldor , Stephen Jones , Christopher Freeman - The British Journal of Sociology , 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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instrumental tool of management of new forms of life, including the building of on-line communities of support and collective learning. I see, however, a much stronger connection between networks and relationships of experience through the cultural transformations induced by communication networks

Knowledge Management Strategy Planning: Methodology for a Life-Insurance Company

by Adeline Du Toit, Carina De Villiers
"... The strategic management of knowledge assets for competitive advantage in enterprises is important. This paper presents a systematic approach that can be followed to formulate a knowledge management (KM) strategy. The management of knowledge should not be done in an ad hoc or isolated manner. It sho ..."
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The strategic management of knowledge assets for competitive advantage in enterprises is important. This paper presents a systematic approach that can be followed to formulate a knowledge management (KM) strategy. The management of knowledge should not be done in an ad hoc or isolated manner
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