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Adaptability

Design strategy that allows for multiple future uses in a space as needs evolve and change. Adaptable design is considered a sustainable building strategy because it reduces the need for major renovations or tearing down a structure to meet future needs.
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adaptability

The capacity of building spaces and elements for being altered or being added to for specific needs, as, for example, to accommodate the needs of persons with and without disabilities.
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Cultural adaptability refers to an individual's willingness, readiness, or even excitement, in interacting with people from different cultural background and adapting to a new environment.
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Hall (2002) also noted the importance of engaging in self-reflection for identity growth and increased career adaptability with flexibility and openness to new learning experiences.
Self-Focused Attention and Career Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Career Adaptability
Career decision-making self-efficacy and career adaptability. Career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) is defined as an individual's confidence in his/her ability to successfully complete tasks related to career planning and career decisions (Taylor & Betz, 1983).
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Once a GxE interaction was detected, we used the QR (KOENKER & BASSET, 1978) to characterize the adaptability of 40 black bean cultivars as suggested by BARROSO et al.
Analysis of the adaptability of black bean cultivars by means of quantile regression/ Analise da adaptabilidade de cultivares de feijao preto por meio de regressao quantilica
Smulders et al., "Improved gait adjustments after gait adaptability training are associated with reduced attentional demands in persons with stroke," Experimental Brain Research, vol.
Dual-Task Walking in Challenging Environments in People with Stroke: Cognitive-Motor Interference and Task Prioritization
Without comorbidity of current depression, family adaptability to some degree exempted individuals with anger proneness from developing somatic complaints.
Linking anger trait with somatization in low-grade college students: Moderating roles of family cohesion and adaptability
Accordingly, this study developed Greenmaster3ho, a new breed of tall fescue whose adaptability to the climate environment has been improved and which is not infected with endophytes.
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ENDOPHYTE-FREE TALL FESCUE VARIETY, GREENMASTER3ho
Through the test of the psychological adaptability of athletes, according to the feedback information, it is an important part of the research on the psychological adaptability of the athletes.
Research on the design of computer measurement and evaluation system of sports competitive psychology
In this context of different conditions, research about team potency (Gully, Incalcaterra, Joshi, & Beaubien, 2002; Jong, Ruyter, & Wetzels, 2005, 2006), interpersonal climate (Ahearne, Mackenzie, Podsakoff, Mathieu, & Lam, 2010; Gil, Rico, Alcover, & Barrasa, 2005; Jong, Ruyter, & Lemmink, 2004), self-efficacy (Cavazotte, Moreno, & Bernardo, 2013; Chen, Casper, & Cortina, 2001; Jong et al., 2006; Wang & Netemeyer, 2002), and adaptability (Griffin & Heskesh, 2005; Predmore & Bonnice, 1994; Pulakos, Arad, Donovan, & Plamondon, 2000; Verbeke, Belschak, Bakker, & Dietz, 2008) have advanced the understanding of team resourcefulness by proposing theoretical and practical implications.
Team potency and its impact on performance via self-efficacy and adaptability
The new gold standard is based on flexibility and adaptability.
The next gold standard: today's clinic spaces must answer providers' needs for care delivery today and offer the ability to turn that model upside down tomorrow
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