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Coyer, Fiona Maree. „The Development of Family-Focused Intensive Care Nursing Through Action Research“. Queensland University of Technology, 2004. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15932/.
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to facilitate an improved understanding by intensive care nurses about their care of family members of critically ill patients. The study aimed to challenge intensive care nurses to reconceptulaise family nursing within the context of the intensive care unit (ICU). Background to the study: Critical illness is not an event that occurs in isolation for the patient and staff. It affects the patient's family in a unique way. A plethora of literature exists identifying the needs of family members in the ICU. However, there are considerably fewer studies which have examined interventions to meet family members' needs and no identified research that discreetly examined the concept of family-focused nursing in the intensive care environment. Design of the study: This study utilised a collaborative action research methodology. It was developed in four phases through the cyclical, dynamic steps of action research. Setting: This study was undertaken in the general intensive care facility of a metropolitan tertiary referral hospital. Phase One: Phase One of the study was the establishment of a collaborative action research group (CARG) with interested registered nurses working in a general intensive care unit. The CARG explored the first two research questions of this study: 1) What are intensive care nurses' perceptions of family-focused nursing? and 2) Is familyfocused nursing appropriate in the intensive care environment? Data were collected through audio taping meetings, flip chart notes and the researcher's reflective diary. Data analysis was undertaken utilising open coding. For the first research question, open coding of the data revealed two categories relating to perceptions of family focused intensive care nursing: partnership in care and maintaining a balance. For the second research question, CARG members agreed unanimously that family focused nursing was appropriate in the intensive care environment. The CARG determined future direction of the action research phases, commencing with a family needs analysis in Phase Two. Phase Two: Phase Two of the study was the utilization of a descriptive survey to determine family member needs in the ICU to determine focuses for interventions during Phase Three. Both family members and staff in the ICU were surveyed utilising the Critical Care Family Needs Index (CCFNI) (Molter & Leske, 1983). Data were analysed by the CCFNI subcategories of assurance, proximity, information, comfort and support, comparing means, rank ordering of means and t-test for statistically significant differences in means between the family members and staff participants. Results indicated that statistically significant differences in means scores between family members and staff participants were in the CCFNI categories of assurance, proximity, information and support. On the basis of these results, a platform for Phase Three of this study arose. The areas for intervention for Phase Three were identified by the CARG as: the provision of staff education seminars to raise staff awareness of family needs and the development of a structured family assessment tool to identify family needs in the ICU. Phase Three: Phase Three of the study addressed research question three: "How can intensive care nurses provide care that is focused toward the family of the critically ill patient?" Phase Three examined practice interventions in two areas. Phase Three Part A was the implementation of nursing staff education seminars. Forty-two nursing staff participated in the family needs education seminars. Data were collected by detailed researcher field notes and completion of a descriptive survey, the CCFNI, post seminar attendance. Thirty-five participants completed the CCFNI. This CCFNI data from nursing participants in the education seminars was compared to family members CCFNI data from Phase Two. Open coding of data from the education seminars revealed codes of family needs, visiting, family presence, encouragement, simple things and boundaries under the theme of "establishing the context" and attitudes, confidence, empathy and culture under the theme of "building a partnership". CCFNI results highlighted statistically significant differences in means scores between family members and staff participants were in the subcategories of proximity and support. Results demonstrated that through understanding family members needs that intensive care nurses can provide care that is focused toward the family of the critically ill patient. This is a building process to be achieved over time. Phase Three Part B was the content validity development of a family assessment tool for the Computer Information System (CIS) in the ICU. A family assessment tool (See Figure 6.1) was developed through the literature and in consultation with the CARG. A series of focus groups were organised. All nursing staff in the general ICU were invited to participate. Twenty-nine registered nurses (43.9%, n=66) participated in the family assessment tool focus groups. The five domains of the family assessment tool, family roles, family spokesperson, family perception and coping, family issues and family health needs, were each discussed to determine readability, clarity and applicability. The focus groups agreed on content validity of the family assessment tool. (See Figure 6.2). Phase Four: Finally, Phase Four of the study has addressed research question four: "Is action research an appropriate methodology to transform intensive care nursing practice?" Somekh's (1995) framework was utilised to guide this critical evaluation. It is suggested that action research is an appropriate methodology to transform intensive care nursing practice as it enables the development of professional, it is sensitive to the specific nature of intensive care nursing, it acknowledges of attributes of the researcher in the process. It is also an appropriate methodological choice as it provides opportunity for a critical evaluation and a platform for the ongoing nature of the action research journey. Conclusions: Overall the findings achieved the objectives of the study in that organisational, cultural and clinical practice changes were identified to facilitate family-focused intensive care nursing. Collaboration occurred with intensive care nurses to effect change. The action research process involved in the change process was articulated throughout the four phases of the study. An improved understanding by intensive care nurses about their family nursing practice was demonstrated in Phase Three and the efficacy of action research methodology for clinical practice change was demonstrated in Phase Four.
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van, Duijn Diandra. „The Importance of Gender Equality in Climate Action : An investigation into how UN member states view the relation between gender equality and climate action“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432709.
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Scientists warn that the current rate of climate change will raise average global temperature by 4°C compared to 1990, although warming of +2°C will already have dire effects throughout the world. Therefore, the UN acknowledges SDG 13 (Climate Action) as one of the most important goals for the coming decade in order to fight climate change. Another focus of the UN is SDG 5 (Gender Equality), which is also an overarching goal but still lagging behind. Working on one of the goals can have a positive effect on other goals. Therefore a synergy can be created when investigating how climate change affects gender equality and how gender equality affects climate action. The link between gender equality and climate action was already established by the UN at the Beijing Platform of Action in 1995. However, there has been little research into how government representatives understand how the goals are interconnected. These representatives are important in the drafting of new policy and keeping the UN accountable for incorporating gender into its policies. Hence, this thesis investigates how the relationship between gender equality and climate action is viewed by government representatives, as well as in national climate documents. A content analysis was performed on National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and climate change Gender Action Plans (ccGAPs). The results illustrate that the location and expertise of the interviewees impacted their opinions greatly. The interviewees based at permanent missions at the UN headquarter in New York were of the opinion that their government thought the link existed but acknowledged more should be done to convince other countries as the link was not taken for a fact. The interviewees working with the UNFCCC negotiations, however, said all member states agreed on the importance of including gender equality in climate action. Another finding is that only one-third of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) contained gender perspectives. Of these, one-third mentioned women as victims of climate change and two-thirds saw women as actors of change in climate action. Establishing a firm agreement on the link between gender equality and climate action within UN bodies is important to expanding the impact of climate policies on both gender quality and climate action.
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Buchanan, Lauren-Ashley. „The dilemmatic nature of luring communication: an action-implicative discourse analysis of online predator and P-J member interaction“. Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3054.
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The occurrence of child sex abuse in the United States has long been considered a problem of paramount importance (e.g. Durkin, 2002; Howitt, 2008; Jenkins, 1998). Historically, the primary assumption was that the sexual solicitation of children occurred face-to-face. However, with the advent of communication technologies, people began to realize the internet's role in child solicitation. In an effort to combat this mode of child luring, a concerned citizen created P-J, an organization that seeks to identify and incriminate online predators (OPs). Members of this organization (PJMs) wait in online spaces for OPs to approach them. Then PJMs communicate as if they are minors to gather incriminating evidence against the OPs. PJMs and OPs have incompatible goals for their interactions. OPs' aim to foster a sexual relationship with a minor without being punished for it. PJMs' aim to gather enough evidence against OPs to convict them and prevent the future luring of children. To accomplish these goals, PJMs and OPs communicate with each other and face unique dilemmas in doing so.
The current dissertation employs Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis (AIDA; Tracy, 1995), a theory-method package that helps identify strategies used by interactants to address their institutionally based communicative dilemmas, to answer the research questions: 1) How do PJMs communicatively address their dilemma of encouraging online predators to pursue sexual contact without entrapping or making OPs suspicious, and 2) How do OPs communicatively address their dilemma of seducing their targets without getting caught or scaring off the presumed minor? By doing so, the project expands extant knowledge of grooming and computer-mediated self-presentation. It also extends the use of AIDA to contexts beyond organizations and formal institutions.
Through the sampling and constant comparison procedure of 40 PJM-OP instant messenger transcripts provided by the organization's website, the researcher identified four overarching categories of strategies that PJMs used to manage their dilemma: Target Presentation, OP Safety, Sexual/Relational Contribution Management, and Bust Facilitation. The researcher also identified five overarching categories of strategies for OPs: Identity Establishment, Relationship Management, Safety Precautions, Sexual Communication Engagement, and Meet Facilitation. Within these categories are many strategies PJMs and OPs utilized in an effort to address their dilemmas of attaining their goals while avoiding risks.
By identifying the aforementioned strategies, the researcher satisfied her primary goal of recognizing and understanding how PJMs and OPs attempt to reach their respective goals while avoiding risks. In addition to fulfilling this primary goal, the results of this project entail implications for several different lines of research. Specifically, the results of this dissertation extend research on traditional and online grooming, self-presentation online, and AIDA. The results also provide practical implications concerning what adolescents should be wary of when communicating with unknown others online. Additionally, the study has the capacity to help PJMs become more aware of OPs' strategies as well as their own. This awareness could help PJMs more efficiently train new PJMs and gain a deeper understanding of their interactions.
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Rivera, Ricardo Enrique. „Studies into the mechanistic basis for local anesthetic action on transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 in vitro“. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44221.
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Transient receptor potential subfamily V, member 1 (TRPV1) channels are important integrators of noxious stimuli with pronounced expression in nociceptive neurons. Local anesthetics have been shown to modulate these nonselective cation channels in vivo and in vitro. However, little is known about the specific interactions between local anesthetic molecules and TRPV1 channels. This thesis therefore was dedicated to examining the mechanistic basis by which local anesthetic compounds act on TRPV1 channels from a perspective of neuronal manipulation for nociceptive blockade.
The experimental approach involved a series of in vitro laboratory studies where wild-type TRPV1, TRPV4, and mutant TRPV1 channels were expressed in Xenopus leavis oocytes and cation currents recorded using the two-electrode voltage clamp technique. QX-314 and lidocaine activated TRPV1 channels at millimolar concentrations, but not TRPV4 channels. The TRPV1 antagonist, capsazepine, blocked QX-314- and lidocaine-evoked inward currents through a vanilloid-dependent pathway. At sub-activating concentrations (< 1 mM), QX-314 potently inhibited capsaicin-evoked TRPV1 currents. This thesis’ main results establish that the quaternary lidocaine derivative, QX-314, exerts biphasic effects on TRPV1 channels, inhibiting capsaicin-evoked TRPV1 currents at lower (micromolar) concentrations and activating TRPV1 channels at higher (millimolar) concentrations.
Further pharmacological characterization of amino-amide inhibition showed that QX-314 and lidocaine inhibit vanilloid- and proton-evoked currents in TRPV1 channels. Studies defining the molecular determinants of blockade revealed that lidocaine inhibits TRPV1 channels with nanomolar affinity, while the neutral derivative, benzocaine, does not, indicating that a titratable amine mediates the high-affinity block. Consistent with this hypothesis, extracellular tetraethylammonium (TEA) and tetramethylammonium (TMA) application produced potent, voltage-dependent pore block.
The overall conclusion is that local anesthetics, previously reported to be able to enter cells through the activated TRPV1 pore, also act as multi-agonist permeant pore blockers. These findings provide an elementary structural model for the molecular interactions between established nerve blocking compounds and the TRPV1 nociceptor. At a fundamental level, this work introduces a novel use for these compounds as molecular probes for the study of TRP channels, whereas at a clinical level, the present results represent a step forward in the development of long-lasting, nociceptive-specific agents for the treatment of pain.
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Andersson, Alexandra. „Youth Policy of the European Union : Implementation of the EU Youth Strategy for the action to reduce early school leavers within two member states“. Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Statsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-30971.
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This is a case study with purpose to examine the implementation of the European Union Youth Strategy and the action of reducing early school leavers, which was put in force with the youth field of the European Union in 2010. The strategy contains of eight action fields, onwards only the field within education & training will be examined further in line with the strategy’s main objective to provide equal opportunities for young people in education. The theory of Normalization Process Theory focuses on policy implementation and how it becomes fully embedded within the intended society. Throughout the examination will be of how the implementation is supposed to work and how it actually is put into action within the two member states selected for this study, Sweden and Cyprus. The question to examine is to what degree has ‘the EU Youth Strategy’, and the fact of it being implemented within the member states, influenced the reduction of early school leavers. Through the method of comparative case study approach, materials were gattered throughout a variety of forms such as legislations, policies, evaluations, reports and many more. The analysis consists of the implementations of the action into the states, through what institutions and national legislations, as well as analysing the received grant from the European Union and what it has produced within the states. In conclusion, presenting the results of Sweden and Cyprus, both succeeding to reduce early school leavers, nevertheless, through different actions and interpretations of the strategy.
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Phillipo, Jean. „Obstacles to the Implementation of the Financial Action Task Force’s Recommendations in the Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)“. University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5086.
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Magister Legum - LLMMoney laundering is a global problem that has adverse effects on both the developed and developing countries. If unchecked, it accelerates crime and criminal activities, affects the economy, undermines the integrity of financial markets, undermines the legitimate private sector, causes loss of revenue, poses security threats to privatisation efforts and brings about reputational risks as well as social costs.1 Given the transnational and cross-border nature of money laundering, the fight against it is global. This is why in 1989 the G72 countries decided to set up the FATF3 as a global standard-setting body for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and combating of terrorist financing (CFT). The FATF has since developed standards for countries across the globe to adopt so as to facilitate this global fight. The standards are in the form of recommendations, and so far there are Forty Recommendations on money laundering (hereafter referred so as the Recommendations), Eight Special Recommendations on CFT, and a Ninth Special Recommendation on cash-couriers. In order to enhance its work and the adoption of its Recommendations, the FATF has also facilitated the establishment of FATF- styled regional bodies (hereinafter referred to as FSRBs) across the world. One such group is ESAAMLG, which was established in 1999. Its mandate is to coordinate and guide its member countries in the implementation of the Recommendations and guidelines. Currently, it has 15 member countries.8 Over the first ten years of its existence, among other things, ESAAMLG has through its members, achieved the following in its mandate: all members except Uganda have enacted AML legislation and some have set up structures that are essential for the implementation of the Recommendations Despite the above-mentioned achievements, the overall implementation of the Recommendations has been generally slow and low. Most of the member countries have not yet enforced their enacted AML legislation as evidenced by low rate of money laundering prosecutions in the region. Some have not yet established financial intelligence Units (FIUs) nor ratified or domesticated important AML related international legal instruments, let alone train personnel adequately. The international instruments comprise the 2000 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (Palermo Convention) and the1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Vienna Convention). There are also inordinate delays in the passing of AML legislation as well as the amendment of other domestic legislation, which is necessary in order to harmonise such laws with the AML standards. This gives rise to unevenness, disconnectedness and time variability in the implementation of the Recommendations among the member countries. The main question this paper seeks to answer is this: Are there obstacles to the implementation of the Recommendations in Eastern and Southern Africa?
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Holliday, Christopher Scott. „Understanding Member Engagement through Participation and Commitment in a Community-Based Health Coalition, 1994-2008: A Mixed-Methodological Study“. unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07182008-165543/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.Title from file title page. James Emshoff, committee chair; Bethann Cottrell, Marci Culley, John Peterson, Sarah Cook, committee members. Electronic text (202 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 19, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-165).
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Sow, Idrissa. „La protection de l’ordre juridique sous-régional par les Cours de justice : contribution à l’étude de la fonction judiciaire dans les organisations ouest-africaines d’intégration“. Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR40029.
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Aux lendemains des indépendances, les Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest ont constitués entre eux des organisations d’intégration économique dans le but de favoriser leur développement économique et social.Ces organisations conçues pour la plupart à partir du modèle Européen dispose d’une personnalité juridique autonome et d’un corps de règles propres ayant vocation à s’insérer de façon uniforme dans l’ordre juridique interne des différents Etats membres. Le fonctionnement harmonieux de ce système suppose l’existence d’un organe indépendant chargé, entre autres, de veiller à l’équilibre général du dispositif et d’assurer une interprétation uniforme des normes communautaires.Dans le cadre de l’UEMOA comme de La CEDEAO, cette fonction de protection est exercée par des organes juridictionnels intégrés dont la mission principale consiste à veiller au respect du droit dans l’interprétation et dans l’application des Traités constitutifs.L’objectif visé, à travers cette contribution, est de faire observer que le dispositif de protection mis en place fonctionne, d’une part, par les mécanismes de coopération institués entre les cours de justice et les autres composantes du système communautaire et d’autre part par le contrôle juridictionnel exercé sur les organes communautaires et les Etats membresAfter being freed from colonization, the West African States have set up commonly economic integration organizations to promote their economic and social development.The creation of the majority of those organizations is based on the European example and they have an independent legal personality and a body with specific rules in charge of integrating uniformly the internal legal environment of the different Member States.The harmonious functioning of the system requires, among others, the existence of an independent structure designed to take control of the general balance organization and achieve a uniform interpretation of the Community norms. Within the framework of the WAEMU as well as in the ECOWAS, this protective function is delegated to integrated judicial bodies whose main mission consists in making sure that a submission to the law related to the interpretation and compliance with Treaties is effective.The goal of such a contribution is to point out that the settled protection device is functioning, on the one hand, by the cooperation mechanisms introduced by justice courts and the other components of the Community system and, on the other hand, by the judicial control over the community structures and the Member States
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Middlebro, Allen. „Choices and actions of members and former members of the French Communist Party, 1939-1941“. Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543640.
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Julian, Dianna L. „Turnover at Lockheed Martin a study in how to retain team members /“. [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/DJulian2006.pdf.
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Xefteri, Stamatina. „Les directives européennes, instrument juridique des autorités administratives nationales“. Thesis, Paris 2, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA020022.
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Les directives européennes ont toujours été considérées comme un instrument juridique à la disposition des particuliers face à un État membre défaillant. L’invocabilité et l’application des directives sont analysées sous l’unique prisme des droits des justiciables. Contrairement à cette perspective, la présente étude vise à démontrer que la directive devient un moyen juridique d’intervention dans l’ordre juridique interne, dans la mesure où les autorités nationales l’invoquent et l’appliquent dans leurs rapports avec les administrés et les autres autorités nationales ou européennes. L’apparition du droit dérivé a bouleversé la hiérarchie des normes, ainsi que les obligations pesant sur les autorités administratives. Grâce à la primauté du droit de l’Union européenne et à l’impératif d’efficacité dans tous les États membres, la directive est devenue un paramètre de légalité des normes nationales: elle revendique sa place parmi les paramètres traditionnels de légalité, mais parfois elle se trouve en conflit avec eux ou elle se substitue à toute règle nationale contraire. Toutefois, la directive est, entre les mains de l’administration, non seulement une source de droit supranationale à appliquer de manière passive, mais également une norme utilisée pour servir ses propres causes, ainsi que les buts poursuivis par l’Union européenne. En effet, l’évolution de la jurisprudence européenne et administrative a abouti non seulement à un renforcement des obligations de l’administration, mais aussi à l’amplification des formes d’invocabilité au profit de l’administration et à la reconnaissance d’une autonomie du pouvoir réglementaire à l’égard du pouvoir législatif dans le respect des directives. Ces éléments révèlent le rôle particulièrement dynamique de toutes les autorités administratives agissant dans le champ d’application des directives, dans leur transposition, et exécution dans les ordres juridiques nationauxEuropean Union directives have always been considered as a legal instrument relied upon by individuals vis-à-vis a defaulting Member State. The right to rely on directives as well as their application are examined under the sole lens of the rights of the litigants. Contrary to this perspective, the present study aims to demonstrate that directives become a legal means of intervention in the domestic legal order, insofar as national authorities rely on and apply them in their relations with citizens and other national or European authorities. The emergence of secondary legislation has disrupted the hierarchy of norms, as well as reshaped the obligations imposed on the administrative authorities. On the basis of the primacy of European Union law and the imperative of efficiency in all Member States, the legality of national rules requires compliance with directives. Thus, directives claim their place among the conventional parameters of legality, but they also come in conflict with the latter at times or even replace any national rule to the contrary effect. However, the directive as an instrument is not only a source of supranational law in the hands of the administration to be applied passively, but also a European standard used to serve its own purposes, as well as the objectives pursued by the European Union. In fact, the evolution of European and administrative case-law has not only led to a strengthening of the obligations of the administration, but has also amplified the forms of relying on a directive to the benefit of the administration and recognized the autonomy of the administrative authorities over the legislature as far as the implementation of directives is concerned. These elements reveal the particularly dynamic role of all the administrative authorities acting within the scope of the directives, in their transposition and implementation in the national legal orders
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Albertse, Lizelle. „Gang members' experiences of victimization and perpetration of rape in prison“. Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7518_1241763499.
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People outside of prison tend to imagine sex in prison as violent gang attacks on defenceless individuals, but in actual fact, sex in prison is more complicated than the isolated gang rapes that take place. For the purpose of this study, the researcher followed the qualitative research approach from a constructivist perspective to understand how participants portrayed or constructed their experiences of victimization and/or perceprion of rape.
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Taute, Wiehahn. „The experiences of affirmative action of a private hospital's staff members / Wiehahn Taute“. Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/296.
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Wolfaardt (1995) states that organizations in South Africa are experiencing immense pressure
to implement affirmative action due to political, socio-economic and social factors. Many of
these organizations however, are still persisting with the status quo. Affirmative action has
been incorporated into the philosophies and values of organizations, yet little progress has
been made to this effect.
The Anncron Clinic is one of more than 80 private hospitals and clinics of Afrox Healthcare
Ltd, which aims to make employees in the hospital more representative of the community
within which it is functioning. Affirmative action and equal job opportunity programs are
implemented at the Anncron Clinic, but the outcome of the implementation of these programs
is perceived to have a negative effect on productivity and mutual personnel relationships. The
aim of this study was to determine the experiences of affirmative action of a private hospital's
staff members.
The researcher made use of an exploratory research design which aided him through the
various stages of the research. This research helped the researcher in determining and
understanding the experiences of affirmative action of the Anncron Clinic's staff members. A
sample was drawn by selecting a group of six individuals from the services department.
The total number of respondents was 15, which make up 8,6% of the Anncron Clinic's 174
employees. Various themes have been identified which influence employees of the &on
Clinic's experience of affirmative action. These themes include pressure, suspicion,
motivation, frustration, the behaviour of doctors, and management. Recommendations are
presented regarding the acceptance of affirmative action in the Anncron Clinic.Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Katz, Joel. „A study of affirmative action policies practised by members of the East Cape Master Builders and Allied Industries Association“. Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011326.
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The research problem addressed in this study, was to determine what affirmative action policies are being practiced by members of the East Cape Master Builders and Allied Industries Association. To achieve this objective, a literature study was conducted to cite and evaluate relevant literature, in the process of presenting the most theoretical and methodological rationale for the research. The empirical results obtained, indicate that most companies have implemented affirmative action policies. In conclusion, various recommendations have been made with regard to the findings ascertained in the empirical study.
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Delecourt, Benoist. „Les contrats civils appliqués aux actions“. Phd thesis, Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00577724.
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Les contrats civils appliqués aux actions ont pour finalité le transfert, souvent provisoire, des différents droits politiques et financiers inhérents à ces titres : les droits politiques convoités sont le droit de vote et la qualité d'actionnaire afin de devenir administrateur, si les statuts l'imposent ; les droits financiers permettent quant à eux de transmettre l'entreprise et d'utiliser les actions comme garantie. Pour opérer ces transferts, les praticiens utilisent des contrats classiques, souvent issus du Code civil, mais aussi des contrats d'inspiration civiliste qui emploient des techniques civilistes, leur empruntent une partie de leurs régimes juridiques et poursuivent les mêmes finalités. Toutefois, ces contrats ne donnent pas entière satisfaction : les uns ont un régime juridique souple mais n'offrent pas une sécurité juridique suffisante ; les autres sont au contraire fiables mais affligés d'un régime juridique contraignant. Le législateur, en instituant la fiducie, pouvait remédier à ces inconvénients. Mais si la fiducie offre une grande sécurité juridique, c'est toujours au détriment de la liberté contractuelle. Une nouvelle réforme de la fiducie est donc indispensable.
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Nuhu, Assuman. „Factors influencing implementation of soccer injury prevention strategies in Rwanda“. Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4867_1271621548.
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Background: Three epidemiological studies conducted in Rwanda have highlighted that many people at different levels in the community of soccer do not implement accepted control measures for reducing the risk of injuries. However, little is known about what soccer community members themselves know about injury prevention. Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify perceptions of factors influencing the implementation of soccer injury prevention strategies in Rwanda.
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Bartley, Tracey Mac. „Teaching new members how to become ministers at Acton Baptist Church“. Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.049-0483.
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Bartley, Tracey M. „Teaching new members how to become ministers at Acton Baptist Church“. Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p049-0483.
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Abels, Charlene E. „Perceptions of service delivery by the Philippi Trust to the HIV/AIDS support groups in the Helderberg Region“. Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5070_1260356689.
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This descriptive study investigated the utilisation of and perceptions about service delivery by Philippi Trust in the HIV/AIDS support groups in the Helderberg region. A questionnaire and individual interviews were applied to gather the data from the HIV/AIDS support group members and their facilitators. The quantitative data analysis was done, using the Statistical Packaging for Social science (SPSS) aiming to determine the descriptive statistics of the database and variables. The qualitative analysis was conducted using thematic analysis. Anonymity was assured but complete confidentiality was not possible as the investigator had knowledge of the HIV status of the study population, however no names appeared in the research report.
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Milanezi, Maicon José de Faria. „“Elegemos um meme?!” : política e experiência estética nos memes de ação popular das Eleições 2018 /“. Bauru, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/190835.
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Orientador: Laan Mendes de BarrosResumo: Esta pesquisa busca analisar os memes políticos a partir da ótica da inserção das pessoas militantes em comportamentos coletivos e compartilhados de apoio ou oposição a candidaturas, tendo em vista o segundo turno das Eleições Presidenciais de 2018. Para tanto, constrói-se uma exploração teórica que leva em conta as transformações da sociedade em vias de midiatização, onde os processos de interação tecidos em redes são híbridos e as lógicas sociais, altamente baseadas no midiático, pois passam a levar em conta dinâmicas desse campo social sobretudo quando se observa as instituições e mobilizações políticas. O trabalho se baseia no pensamento político de Jacques Rancière (1996, 2009, 2012, 2016), para quem a política é a contestação da ordem policial que estabelece hierarquicamente lugares definidos a serem ocupados pelos indivíduos e uma partilha do sensível consensual, não se restringindo à estrutura jurídico-política de gestão dos interesses coletivos. São apresentados, então, partindo de Dawkins (2018 [1976]) e Shifman (2014), os desdobramentos investigativos que enquadram os memes como elementos dotados de sentidos que encontram nos sites de redes sociais um ambiente fecundo para se multiplicarem e serem capazes de conformar ação política. Com base, especificamente, nos memes de ação popular, caracterizados por ações coletivas performáticas com teor comportamental apropriados por essas militâncias para pautar discussões, visa-se compreender se eles instituem o que Braga (... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: This research seeks to analyze the political memes from the perspective of the insertion of the militants into collective and shared behaviors of support or opposition to candidacies, in consideration of the second round of the 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election. For this, a theoretical exploration is constructed to take into account the transformations of the society in the process of mediatization, where the processes of interaction that woven into networks are hybrids and the social logics are highly based on the media since they adopt dynamics of this social field which is noted especially when observing the political institutions and mobilizations. This work is based on the political thinking of Jacques Rancière (1996, 2009, 2012, 2016), for whom politics is the contestation of the police order that establishes hierarchically defined places to be occupied by people and a consensual distribution of the sensible, not restricting itself to the juridical-political structure of management of the collective interests. Then, are presented, starting from Dawkins (2018 [1976]) and Shifman (2014), the investigative unfoldings that frame the memes as meaningful elements that find in social networking sites a fruitful environment to multiply and be able to conform political action. Based specifically on the memes grassroots action, characterized by collective performatic actions with behavioral content appropriated by these militants to guide discussions, it is sought to understan... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Gross, Clare M. „Understanding the Attitudes and Beliefs of Faculty Members in Regards to Learning Communities at Cleveland State University“. Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1259944870.
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Isaacs, Roshan. „Comparison of physical activity practices and dietary habits of health club members and community controls in Khayelitsha, Cape Town“. Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4386_1256889698.
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Chronic diseases pose public health concerns globally with an increasing trend in developing countries. The development of interventions to minimize or prevent the burden associated with chronic diseases has therefore become a necessity. In 2002 the School of Public Health of the University of the Western Cape developed a health club intervention in Khayelitsha. This intervention focused on promoting healthy lifestyles, particularly improved diet and physical activity. The objectives of this study was to determine whether members were more physically active than non-members and to determine whether members made healthier dietary choices than non-members.
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Zagarese, Vivian. „Leadership During Action Team Formation: The Influence of Shared Leadership Among Team Members During the Perioperative Process“. Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100875.
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There are many leadership theories that dominate the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, however there is a lack of understanding as to which leadership processes may be most appropriate for action teams in high stress environments. Previous research has articulated leadership behaviors, but has largely ignored the temporal processes of leadership, and how it changes throughout the operating team’s tenure. The proposed study investigates two types of leadership, namely shared and autocratic leadership, that take place during critical steps of the perioperative process and relates these leadership behaviors to team dynamics and psychological processes. Specifically, this study builds upon other studies by testing how leadership behaviors are related to levels of psychological safety and the optimization of teamwork and communication among team members. We were also interested in understanding if the surgeon’s perception of past performance of their team has an impact on the amount of trust the leader has in his/her team and if this in turn, has an impact on the type of leadership utilized during the team’s tenure. As an exemplar environment, we explored these dynamics in the operating theater, which is a high stakes environment requiring both technical and non-technical skills, such as leadership, communication, and teamwork. Results show that the correlation between the surgeon’s perceived past performance of the team and the trust the surgeon has in his/her team and the relationship between team’s trust and teamwork and communication were significant at the alpha =.1 level. All other relationships were non-significant.M.S.
In the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, many leadership theories have been developed, however, there is a lack of understanding as to which type of leadership is best for teams who work in high-stress environments, such as the operating room. This study looks at two types of leadership: shared leadership and autocratic leadership. Shared leadership is when all team members emerge and have a leadership role, whereas autocratic leadership is when one person makes all the decisions without consulting other team members. Previous research has articulated leadership behaviors, but has largely ignored the temporal processes of leadership, and how it changes over time throughout the surgical procedure. This study builds upon other studies by testing how leadership behaviors are related to levels of psychological safety and the optimization of teamwork and communication among team members. We were also interested in understanding if the surgeon’s perception of past performance of their team has an impact on the amount of trust the leader has in his/her team and if this in turn, has an impact on the type of leadership utilized during the team’s tenure. As an exemplar environment, we explored these dynamics in the operating theater, which is a high stakes environment requiring both technical and non-technical skills, such as leadership, communication, and teamwork. Results show that the relationship between the surgeon’s perceived past performance of the team and the trust the surgeon has in his/her team is significant and the relationship between the trust the surgical team members have in each other and the amount that they communicate with each other is also significant.
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Attanasio, Kyle J. „The implications of elections on actions of senators and members of parliament in Canada“. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34977.
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Elections are traditionally characterized as mechanisms capable of aligning the interests of
representatives with those of voters. The absence of elections for the Canadian Senate has drawn
criticism precisely because there is no mechanism to ensure the accountability of senators to the
electorate. That said, the constant requirement incumbent on MPs to respond to one’s
constituents has positive and negative implications, as does senators’ freedom from the
constraints of re-election. In this paper, I show how MPs and senators operate under different
conventions of party discipline and have a propensity to advance different types of private
members’ bills. In the Commons, the drive for re-election and the demands of party discipline
motivate MPs to advance locally or regionally focused policy. In contrast, the absence of
elections and greater independence from party allows senators to view policy through a more
pan-Canadian lens than MPs. Thus, my data casts the absence of elections in a more optimistic
light, showing that freedom from the constraints of re-election actually allows senators to serve
as valuable complements to MPs. The necessities of modem democracy dictates that the people
must have a hand in choosing who represents them, yet shifting to an elected Senate may not
accord with the collective needs of the country.
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Kajura, Naaman N. „The perceived and experienced barriers and reported consequences of Hiv positive status disclosure by people living with Hiv to their partners and family members in Djibouti“. Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1536_1299479970.
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This was a descriptive qualitative study. Eight people living with HIV, four of which had disclosed their status, were individually interviewed. Two focus group discussions (each comprising 6 participants) were also conducted with health workers. The study was based at an urban TB hospital which is currently providing a range of HIV-related services including HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing, case management and treatment.
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Joorst, Jerome Paul. „The nature of the representative council of Learner (RCL) members' participation on the school governing bodies of two primary schools in the Western Cape“. Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4757_1256304733.
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This study is based on an investigation into the way RCL members participate in the deliberation of their School Governing Bodies. The study was conducted in two primary schools in the Western Cape town of Vredenburg. The research participants were members of the Representative Council of Learners from these schools. Focus group discussions as well as in depth interviews were used to explore the RCL members' views on the nature of their participation during SGB deliberations. the main fining of this study is that, due to external as well as in-school factors, a huge gap exists between normative RCL policy exp[ectations and the actual manifestation policy in the real world of the RCL members' schools. the findings of the study reveal a lack of participative capacities among these RCL members, which, in combination with a non participative culture at their homes, the community and the school, leads to learners being excluded from democratic processes.
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Schonegg, Stephanie. „Rho GTPase family members in establishment of polarity in C. elegans embryos“. Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2006. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1139490285625-55732.
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Cell polarity is required for asymmetric division, a mechanism to generate cell diversity by distributing fate determinants unequally to daughter cells. The establishment of polarity requires the evolutionarily conserved partitioning-defective (PAR) proteins as well as the actin cytoskeleton. In Caenorhabditis elegans one-cell embryos, the PAR proteins are segregated into an anterior (PAR-3, PAR-6) and a posterior (PAR-1, PAR-2) corticaldomain. The formation of PAR polarity correlates with anterior-posterior differences in the contractile activity of the cortex, known as "contractile polarity". It is thought that regulation of contractile polarity controls the establishment of PAR polarity, but detailed evidence to support this idea is lacking. To investigate how modulation of the actomyosin cytoskeleton affects polarity establishment, the acto-myosin cytoskeleton was perturbed by RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) of two Rho GTPases, CDC-42 and RHO-1. To examine how Rho GTPases are implemented in actin remodeling, it is important to analyze how their activity is controlled and how different activities affect polarity formation. The role of two putative Rho GTPase regulators, the Rho GTPase exchange factor (GEF) ECT-2 and the Rho GTPase activating protein (GAP) K09H11.3 were analyzed with respect to polarity formation. The formation of polarity was analyzed by using GFP-labeled proteins, and several different tracking methods were used to investigate the establishment of contractile and PAR polarity in more detail.This study demonstrates that both RHO-1 and CDC-42 are involved in polarity establishment in C. elegans embryos. But importantly, both act by different mechanisms. RHO-1 organizes the acto-myosin cytoskeleton into a contractile network, and therefore is essential for the formation of contractile polarity. The organization of the acto-myosin cytoskeleton is critical to ensure proper PAR protein distribution. Furthermore, a balance of RHO-1 activity by the GEF ECT-2 and the GAP K09H11.3 appears to be important for cortical contractility, for PAR protein domain size and for mutual exclusion of the PAR proteins. Although CDC-42 was shown to be a universal regulator of the actin cytoskeleton, CDC-42 acts downstream of contractile polarity. CDC-42 is required for linking PAR-6 to the cortex. In the absence of RHO-1 and ECT-2, PAR-6 and CDC-42 are not localized to the anterior cortex. This suggests that RHO-1, by organizing the actomyosin cytoskeleton into a contractile network, regulates the segregation of CDC-42 to the anterior cortex, and concomitantly PAR-6 localization. This study shows that the distribution of PAR is related to cortical activity and supports the model that the actin cytoskeleton plays an important role in polarity establishment.
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Verrett, Shannon L. „Gender Perceptions of Administrative Team Members Regarding Secondary Principals' Leadership Actions and Behaviors in Managing Change“. ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1542.
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This cross-sectional survey study investigated middle and high school administrative team members’ leadership classifications and perceptions of secondary principals’ leadership actions and behaviors in the context of change and to what extent these perceptions are gender specific. In addition to gender, the study also examined the impact of race/ethnicity, age, campus level, length of employment in the district, length of time working with the principal, and closeness to the principals on leadership actions and behaviors. The results of the study are intended to highlight the importance and value of feminine-inspired leadership approaches and administrative team members’ perspectives of leadership in managing and leading the change process.
The study targeted the leadership actions and behaviors of 39 middle school and 28 high school principals assigned to traditional secondary schools in the southwestern United States. Administrative team members’ perceptions of secondary school principals’ approaches to leadership served as the basis for the study, which investigated whether administrative team members perceived principals’ leadership actions or behaviors in a change context to be gender specific. Male and female administrative team members (n=210) were surveyed using the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ), Form XII – fourth revision (Ohio State University, 1962). Based on survey results, secondary principals were classified as dynamic, considerate, passive, and structured leaders as rated by administrative team members using the LBDQ.
The results of the study revealed that gender and school level of administrative team members did not influence the classification of secondary principals as dynamic, considerate, passive, or structured leaders. The ratings of those principals perceived as dynamic were statistically significantly higher than those of principals as passive and structured leaders. Out of 62 secondary principals, administrative team members classified principals as follows: dynamic leaders 63% (n=39), considerate leaders 5% (n=3), passive leaders 16% (n=10) and structured leaders 16% (n=10). Additionally, dynamic leaders received a statistically significant higher rating of closeness to principal when compared to passive and structured leaders. The findings of the study, which illuminate the perspectives of administrative team members with regard to secondary school principals, have implications for informing research on school leadership as well as educational leadership practices.
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Appel-Silbaugh, Cara D. „Acting out integrity and honor student honor council cultural influence on members' development /“. College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7158.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.Thesis research directed by: Counseling and Personnel Services. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Guiraud, David. „Système de contrôle du mouvement du membre inférieur à base de réseaux de neurones artificiels : restauration de la marche chez le paraplégique“. Châtenay-Malabry, Ecole centrale de Paris, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993ECAP0318.
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Une lésion totale ou partielle de la moelle épinière a un niveau t4 et t11 provoque une paralysie plus ou moins importante des membres inférieurs. Dans le cas du paraplégique complet, plusieurs solutions sont envisageables pour restaurer la fonction de marche. La stimulation électrique fonctionnelle semble être l'une des plus prometteuses. Pour obtenir un bon mouvement avec un système biomécanique aussi complexe que le nôtre, il faut des méthodes de contrôle aptes à gérer: la spécificité des paramètres d'un patient à l'autre, la forte non-linéarité du système et l'évolution dans le temps des caractéristiques de l'activateur musculaire (sous l'effet de la fatigue par exemple). Les méthodes classiques d'asservissement ne donnent pas de solution réellement satisfaisante. Les réseaux de neurones offrent, quant à eux, la possibilité de résoudre un certain nombre de ces problèmes et ce travail de thèse propose une évaluation de leurs capacités d'adaptation et d'apprentissage sur cette application particulière. Apres une analyse détaillée de chaque élément intervenant dans le mouvement du membre inferieur, nous proposons l'élaboration d'un réseau de neurones et d'une méthode d'apprentissage associée originale, tenant compte des contraintes exhibées par l'analyse précédente. Les résultats obtenus sur un outil de simulation - la machine a marcher - sont encourageants et valident, sur un cas réel, le principe développe. En effet, le réseau apprend à piloter la machine sans connaitre a priori la dynamique du système. On obtient un contrôle aussi bon qu'avec une méthode classique telle que le PID. De plus, l'intégration de connaissances liées à la structure de la trajectoire permet au réseau de fonctionner en mode dégradé où certains capteurs sont déconnectés. Ces caractéristiques en font un outil performant pour le contrôle du mouvement du membre inferieur, dont la dynamique est méconnue, avec un nombre restreint de capteurs, si l'on envisage une utilisation quotidienne du système par un patient
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Schonegg, Stephanie. „Rho GTPase family members in establishment of polarity in C. elegans embryos“. Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2005. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A24640.
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Cell polarity is required for asymmetric division, a mechanism to generate cell diversity by distributing fate determinants unequally to daughter cells. The establishment of polarity requires the evolutionarily conserved partitioning-defective (PAR) proteins as well as the actin cytoskeleton. In Caenorhabditis elegans one-cell embryos, the PAR proteins are segregated into an anterior (PAR-3, PAR-6) and a posterior (PAR-1, PAR-2) corticaldomain. The formation of PAR polarity correlates with anterior-posterior differences in the contractile activity of the cortex, known as "contractile polarity". It is thought that regulation of contractile polarity controls the establishment of PAR polarity, but detailed evidence to support this idea is lacking. To investigate how modulation of the actomyosin cytoskeleton affects polarity establishment, the acto-myosin cytoskeleton was perturbed by RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) of two Rho GTPases, CDC-42 and RHO-1. To examine how Rho GTPases are implemented in actin remodeling, it is important to analyze how their activity is controlled and how different activities affect polarity formation. The role of two putative Rho GTPase regulators, the Rho GTPase exchange factor (GEF) ECT-2 and the Rho GTPase activating protein (GAP) K09H11.3 were analyzed with respect to polarity formation. The formation of polarity was analyzed by using GFP-labeled proteins, and several different tracking methods were used to investigate the establishment of contractile and PAR polarity in more detail.This study demonstrates that both RHO-1 and CDC-42 are involved in polarity establishment in C. elegans embryos. But importantly, both act by different mechanisms. RHO-1 organizes the acto-myosin cytoskeleton into a contractile network, and therefore is essential for the formation of contractile polarity. The organization of the acto-myosin cytoskeleton is critical to ensure proper PAR protein distribution. Furthermore, a balance of RHO-1 activity by the GEF ECT-2 and the GAP K09H11.3 appears to be important for cortical contractility, for PAR protein domain size and for mutual exclusion of the PAR proteins. Although CDC-42 was shown to be a universal regulator of the actin cytoskeleton, CDC-42 acts downstream of contractile polarity. CDC-42 is required for linking PAR-6 to the cortex. In the absence of RHO-1 and ECT-2, PAR-6 and CDC-42 are not localized to the anterior cortex. This suggests that RHO-1, by organizing the actomyosin cytoskeleton into a contractile network, regulates the segregation of CDC-42 to the anterior cortex, and concomitantly PAR-6 localization. This study shows that the distribution of PAR is related to cortical activity and supports the model that the actin cytoskeleton plays an important role in polarity establishment.
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Cook, Jeffrey L. „Equipping selected members of Bayou Plaquemine Baptist Church to develop a missions action strategy for the small church, Plaquemine, Louisiana“. Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Björkman, Hans. „Learning from members : tools for strategic positioning and service innovation in trade unions“. Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Programmet Människa och Organisation (PMO), 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-530.
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The formal governance structure is more complex in trade unions than in many other organizations. Trade union researchers have drawn attention to the tensions between union administrative and representative systems and the fact that control in unions is bi-directional from leaders to members (through formal control systems), and from members to leaders (through democratic structures). This study has shown that the utilization of market orientation methods has the capacity to strengthen the administrative system without interfering with or being hindered by the representative system. The findings related to market orientation methods presented in this thesis are not of such a character that they can be deemed to be specific for trade unions. Therefore, as a general rule, market orientation methods need no trade union-specific adaptation to be utilized. The setting for this study is Sif, a major industrial white-collar trade union in Sweden. The change process of Sif described in the thesis suggests an increased degree of market orientation. The study has focused on two specific tools/techniques; The Sif Barometer - an annual membership satisfaction survey, and The Design Dialogue Methodology – an internally developed group interview method. These methods have contributed to an enhanced level of market orientation. Propositions for better contributions to strategic positioning and service innovation are presented in terms of design principles. An identified problem is that the potential for double-loop learning has been limited in the organization. Some propositions for enhancing double-loop learning are set out: Knowledge enhances learning: the utilization of market information requires knowledge among managers and employees about the instruments used to ensure accurate interpretations and utilization of the results acquired. Knowledge thus has a role in breaking down the barriers preventing accurate utilization of market information. Task alignment is a viable strategy for the creation of learning micro-climates: Learning through the change of work behaviors is the core element of a task alignment strategy. Task alignment is a strategy targeting learning capabilities in the organization that is not only an approach for solving problems in the long term, but also an immediate response to tangible business problems. Action research may contribute to double-loop learning: The action research method has inherent change properties connected to its "learning by change" approach. Actors should consider the discrepancies between espoused theories and theories-in-use: Various political behaviors hampering double-loop learning have been traced. A broad level of participation and involvement of managers and employees during the development or adaptation of the market orientation instrument can enable open and trustful discussions for enhancing double-loop learning.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2005
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Liu, Tingting. „MATTERING PERCEPTIONS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION“. OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1882.
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Mattering involves feeling as though oneself belongs in a community and tends to influence one’s college experience. The issue of mattering has been explored in social psychology and education literature. Such research has sought to understand the transitions and necessary role changes of college students. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of studies on perceived mattering within one specific college student population—student veterans and active service members (SV/ASM). Higher learning institutions have expressed concerns about the academic progress of the SV/ASM population upon transitioning into college. However, no previous studies have examined the relationship between SV/ASM’s sense of mattering and their academic success. As such, the purpose of this study was twofold. First, it attempted to develop a mattering scale in order to examine SV/ASM mattering. Second, it explored the predictive ability of perceived mattering variables to SV/ASM’s academic success, as measured by their cumulative grade point average (GPA). The Mattering Scales for Adult Students in Higher Education (MHE) was used in this quantitative study with demographic questions. A sample of 129 SV/ASM enrolled at a research-based university in the midwestern region of the United States was used in this survey. An exploratory factor analysis was applied to operationalize the construct of mattering from MHE in order to investigate the SV/ASM’s feelings of mattering regarding the higher education environment. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were utilized to examine the effects of the mattering variables from MHE on the SV/ASM’s GPA. This study found that four mattering dimensions in the higher education environment could be employed to measure SV/ASM’s sense of mattering: peers, faculty, advising, and administration. The findings revealed that the SV/ASM generally have a neutral sense of mattering to their non-military peers and the university’s administration, while expressing a positive sense of mattering to their faculty members and advisors. The findings also indicated that peers and administration may impact SV/ASM’s academic success. Therefore, higher learning institutions should strive to provide tailored administration and positive peer interactions for SV/ASM in order to promote their overall academic success in higher education.
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Lee, Myong Jae. „Effects of attitude and destination image on association members' meeting participation intentions : development of meeting participation model“. Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/69.
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Baril, Mathieu. „Conception d'un préhenseur sous-actionné pour les prothèses de membre supérieur et analyse de stabilité“. Thesis, Université Laval, 2012. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2012/28932/28932.pdf.
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Lovell, Jacqueline Marie Grace. „So what's changed? : participatory action research through which diverse members co-evaluate their community organisation to creatively document their experiences and outcomes“. Thesis, University of Leeds, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/18274/.
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So many people do not tell their own stories, paint their own pictures, dance or sing to their own tunes, that it is hard, but not impossible I hope, to separate the authentic from the empty rhetoric. Authenticity of both process and experience was something actively sought within this research drawing as it did on a critical community psychology approach. In what I hoped would be a participatory action research process, an evaluation of a community organisation, led by people with lived experience of mental distress (myself included) was undertaken. Research questions focused on: the outcomes that mattered most to diverse member’s; and the fit of the participatory process with members of the newly formed So What’s Changed? Evaluation Team (SWC?ET). Whilst Participatory Video Production was the initial choice, collectively becoming stuck led to the co-development of a Body-mapping Evaluation Tool (B-mET). This supported co-researchers in documenting their past, present and hoped for future in relation to both them-selves and the organisation. A transactional analysis developmental theory Cycles of Power (Levin-Landheer, 1982) was used as a framework to map the PAR cycles that took place within this evaluation process. In addition, multi-modal thematic data analysis led to the creation of collective communication collages that privilege the visual and the voices of the co-researchers. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was tentatively suggested as a framework for the outcomes that mattered most to members. What the participatory process offered was a shared, safe space in which to explore the ways in which members wanted to represent their experience. PVP initially proved useful and fitted as a tool to use within the group process. However, it did not fit when used individually. The body-mapping fitted with most though not all members. The knowledge gained, despite the challenges, supported members in the development of inter-personal relationships, awareness of self and others, knowledge and use of power and the subsequent activist and advocacy actions taken by SWC?ET members and for some within the wider community. Further research is planned to explore the use of creative methods, including digitisation of the B-mET tool, in evaluative work as a critical community psychologist in both an academic and an activist role.
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Hultén, Adam. „Family Ownership and Payout Policy : A Study of Ownership and Dividend Policies in Swedish Firms“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414594.
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Ownership structure is referenced as one of the key determinants of policy decisions and corporate governance of companies however suggested implications of different structures part in previous research. This study investigates the relationship between different ownership structures and dividend policy decisions taken by a firm and sets out to identify how family ownership in specific differs from other ownership structures. The study follows a framework based on a number of postulated hypothesis based on previous findings of similar investigations and applies it to a Swedish setting. A model is constructed consisting of variables describing ownership, financial and market conditions in Swedish firms from the period 2010-2019. Some, yet sparse, evidence is found indicating differences in dividend policy can be derived from differences in ownership, yet results clarify dividend policy decisions are based on a complex set of conditions not easily captured in a single model.
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Guay, François. „Analyse cinémato-statique d'un doigt sous-actionné à 3 DDL pour une prothèse de membre supérieur“. Thesis, Université Laval, 2012. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2012/28618/28618.pdf.
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Guay, Martin F. „Analyse cinémato-statique d'un doigt sous-actionné à 3 DDL pour une prothèse de membre supérieur“. Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/23224.
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La main humaine possède une architecture qui lui permet d'être largement étalée, de se replier sur elle-même ou de se refermer sur un objet en adoptant la forme de celui-ci. La combinaison de tous ces éléments crée un mécanisme de 28 degrés de liberté si nous considérons l'action du poignet. La perte d'un tel instrument est dramatique car la reproduction artificielle d'un mécanisme aussi complexe pose plusieurs problèmes. Le nombre de pièces mécaniques qui doivent être conçues et assemblées dans un volume très restreint, le poids d'un tel assemblage qui est d'autant plus important car le mécanisme est littéralement porté à bout de bras toute la journée et la source d'énergie suffisante pour l'opération de ce mécanisme pendant une période suffisante sont que quelques uns de ces problèmes. Plusieurs solutions à la perte de la main ont été proposées par les chercheurs oeuvrant dans le domaine de la prothèse . Ces solutions vont de la plus simple prothèse à crochet à une main robotisée mettant à profit les dernières avancées technologiques. Cependant, toutes ces solutions ont une chose en commun : elles ne remplacent pas parfaitement la main humaine. Les mécanismes sous-actionnés s'avèrent une alternative intéressante. Un mécanisme sous-actionné possède au moins un actionneur qui agit sur plus d'une liaison mécanique. Ce type de mécanisme est parfait pour prendre la forme d'un objet autour duquel il se referme. La théorie du sous-actionnement nous permet de comprendre le fonctionnement de ce mécanisme. Un doigt sous-actionné a été développé sur le principe du tendon et poulies et afin d'optimiser sa conception et de s'assurer d'obtenir une séquence de fermeture désirée un modèle mathématique du mécanisme a été élaboré. L'effet de la gravité est rajouté au modèle qui tient compte de l'orientation spatiale de la main.
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Forman, Todd. „Designing and presenting a ministry action plan based on the ministry needs assessment of selected members of the First Baptist Church of Versailles, Missouri“. Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Tornero, Stephen A. „Motivating young adolescents in an inclusion classroom using digital and visual culture experiences: An action research“. Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429210198.
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Bihina, Gisèle. „Analyse du comportement au feu des planchers mixtes acier-béton constitutés de poutres cellulaires“. Phd thesis, Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand II, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00673404.
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En situation d'incendie, la dégradation des propriétés mécaniques des matériaux constitutifs d'une structure peut sensiblement en modifier le comportement global. Ainsi, lors d'essais au feu ou de sinistres réels, des flèches significatives sont observées sans ruine globale du plancher. Ceci traduit l'activation d'un mécanisme basé sur une borne supérieure de plasticité en grands déplacements et appelé effet membrane. Ainsi, malgré la perte des propriétés du béton, de l'acier d'armatures et de l'acier de construction des poutres connectées à une dalle en béton armé ou mixte acier-béton, la capacité portante de cette dalle se définit comme une fonction croissante de sa flèche. En pratique, le comportement complexe des planchers mixtes acier-béton peut être appréhendé par des modèles dits simplifiés ou avancés, suivant le niveau de précision souhaité. La méthode analytique FRACOF permet par exemple d'étudier un plancher global à température élevée, en se basant sur les modèles de comportement simplifiés des matériaux, acier et béton, définis dans les Eurocodes. Par cette méthode, la capacité portante d'une dalle peut alors être déterminée en tenant compte des profilés métalliques connectés à la dalle, et de l'activation d'un effet membrane en grands déplacements. Cette méthode analytique a été validée par une comparaison à des modèles éléments finis, ainsi qu'à des résultats d'essais au feu en grandeur nature. Elle est applicable à des profilés en acier laminé à chaud avec des portées pouvant atteindre 20 m. Or le franchissement de ces portées nécessite des sections de poutre à forte inertie, afin de limiter les flèches du plancher en service. Pour limiter la quantité d'acier que requerraient de telles poutres, le recours à des poutres cellulaires est une solution pratique et esthétique. Un modèle élément finis de poutres cellulaires en acier seul et mixtes est proposé dans le cadre de la thèse de doctorat. Le comportement thermo-mécanique des poutres cellulaires en acier seul est modélisé sous le code Cast3M. Les poutres mixtes sont modélisées en combinant un calcul de transfert thermique sous Cast3M et une analyse mécanique sous ANSYS. Les poutres en acier et la dalle en béton ou mixte sont représentées par des éléments de type coque. Les connecteurs sont représentés par des éléments de type poutre. Ce modèle tridimensionnel tient par ailleurs compte des non-linéarités matérielle et géométrique. Il est confronté à des résultats d'essais à températures normale et élevée. La validation du modèle est suivie d'une comparaison à une méthode analytique existante pour en vérifier la précision et le degré de conservatisme. Les poutres cellulaires sont ensuite étudiées en tant que partie intégrante de planchers mixtes acier-béton sous incendie. Un essai en grandeur nature sous feu réel met en évidence l'activation d'un effet membrane en présence de poutres cellulaires non-protégées, sans ruine du plancher. Les résultats de l'essai sont utilisés pour calibrer un modèle élément fini tridimensionnel. La calibration est effectuée en s'appuyant sur la distribution des températures dans les différents composants du plancher, la durée de résistance au feu, la forme des déformées et les modes de ruine. Ensuite, le modèle, qui peut reproduire le comportement thermo-mécanique d'un plancher mixte, est utilisé pour évaluer une proposition d'extension de la méthode FRACOF à des planchers mixtes comportant des poutres cellulaires.
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VALENTIM, DANIELA FRIDA DRELICH. „AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO (UERJ) IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LAW SCHOOL FACULTY MEMBERS“. PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2005. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=7712@1.
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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICOTrata o presente estudo da adoção de ações afirmativas no ensino superior público no Brasil, especificamente, na Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo geral da pesquisa foi analisar a experiência das ações afirmativas, modalidade cotas, implementadas no ano de 2003, pela UERJ, sua gênese, características, implantação e primeiros resultados. Pretendeu ainda, conhecer essa experiência mais especificamente, num espaço considerado de especial prestígio acadêmico na universidade: a Faculdade de Direito, tendo como recorte a posição de seus professores acerca daquela experiência já implementada em suas salas de aula. Optamos por uma abordagem do tipo qualitativa. Foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a temática das ações afirmativas, um levantamento dos documentos e estatísticas oficiais da universidade e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os professores da referida Faculdade. A experiência de 2003 demonstrou a viabilidade política e acadêmica de um acesso mais democrático aos cursos considerados de maior status social, entretanto, a questão da permanência dos alunos cotistas num quadro de insuficiência de recursos da universidade tem gerado tensões e desafios que cabem à comunidade interna da UERJ e também a externa enfrentar.
The current study focuses on the adoption of affirmative action policies by the public sector higher education system in Brazil, more specifically by the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). The overall purpose of the research was to analyse the UERJ experience of introducing affirmative action in 2003 by means of a quota system, taking into consideration its genesis, characteristics, implementation and initial results. The study aimed in particular at investigating the experience within the boundaries of a highly prestigious academic space in this University - the Law School - focusing on the stance adopted by the faculty with regard tothe experience already being implemented in their classrooms. We have opted for a qualitative approach in our research. To this end, a review of the literature on the topic of affirmative action, a survey of University official documents and statistical data as well as semi-structured interviews with Law School faculty members were carried out. The 2003 experience proved the political and academic viability of a more democratic access to courses of higher social status. However, the issue of the permanence of quota students in a context where University resources are insufficient has generated tensions and challenges that both the UERJ and the wider communities will inevitably have to meet.
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Moffet, Suzanne. „Le vécu des femmes membres du personnel de secrétariat au fil des âges“. Master's thesis, Université Laval, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/29228.
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Olofsson, Simon. „$GME To The Moon : Mapping Memetic Discourse as Discursive Strategyin Reddit Trading Community r/WallStreetBets during the GameStop Short Squeeze Saga“. Thesis, Stockholms universitet, JMK, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-196319.
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As social media has emerged to become a key site for contemporary communications and cultural production, the internet meme has penetrated every level of social networking online. Albeit being a global phenomenon with pervasive discursive power in a number of fields ranging from humour to international politics and cyber warfare, comparatively little research has been made into how internet memes work on the discursive level of identity formation and their influence on the formation of internet-based social movements. Using Reddit stock market anarchists r/WallStreetBets as case study, this thesis will use Critical Discourse Analysis to analyze how internet memes work on the level of socio-political formations and how their function can be understood in relation to entropic social environments online. This thesis investigates how internet memes are used as a tool for creation of motifs for action, identity markers, connective action, and social narrativization within an ambivalent social movement online. Introducing the novel term ”memetic discourse” as a way to understand memes as transferable units of memetically programmed content, this study shows the potential of memes to act as effective yet unstable modes of communication within networked environments.
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Franzén, Åsa. „Regulatory Effects of TGF-β Superfamily Members on Normal and Neoplastic Thyroid Epithelial Cells“. Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Genetics and Pathology, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-1624.
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Thyroid growth and function is partly regulated by growth factors binding to receptors on the cell surface. In the present thesis, the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily members have been studied for their role in regulation of growth and differentiation of both normal and neoplastic thyroid epithelial cells.
TGF-β1 is a negative regulator of thyrocyte growth and function. However, the importance of other TGF-β superfamily members has not been fully investigated. TGF-β1, activin A, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-7 and their receptors were found to be expressed in porcine thyrocytes. In addition to TGF-β1, activin A was also found to be a negative regulator of thyroid growth and function, and both stimulated phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Smad proteins. Furthermore, TGF-β1 and epidermal growth factor (EGF) demonstrated a synergistic negative effect on thyrocyte differentiation. Simultaneous addition of the two factors resulted in a loss of the transepithelial resistance and expression of the epithelial marker E-cadherin. This was followed by a transient expression of N-cadherin.
Despite the extremely malignant character of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) tumor cells, established cell lines are still responsive to TGF-β1. A majority of the cell lines were also found to be growth inhibited by BMP-7. BMP-7 induced cell cycle arrest of the ATC cell line HTh 74 in a dose- and cell density-dependent manner. This was associated with upregulation of p21CIP1 and p27KIP1, decreased cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity and hypophosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb). TGF-β1, and to some extent also BMP-7, induced the expression of N-cadherin and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9. Stimulation of HTh 74 cells with TGF-β1 increased the migration through a reconstituted basement membrane indicating an increased invasive phenotype of the cells.
Taken together, these data show that TGF-β superfamily members not only affect growth and function of normal thyroid follicle cells but may also, in combination with EGF, play a role in cell dedifferentiation. This study additionally suggests that the TGF-β superfamily members may be important for the invasive properties of ATC cells.
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Huo, Weiguang. „Stratégies de commandes assistives pour les exosquelettes des membres inférieurs“. Thesis, Paris Est, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PESC1041/document.
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Les problèmes neurologiques dus aux AVC et aux lésions de la moelle épinière ainsi que la faiblesse des muscles squelettiques peuvent considérablement affecter les capacités motrices des personnes infirmes ou âgées. Les solutions traditionnellement utilisées pour l’assistance et le traitement de ces personnes dépendantes, sont relativement coûteuses; en termes de prise charge, elles impliquent, pour les aidants et les services de santé, des efforts humains et des moyens financiers importants. Dans ce cadre, la robotique apparaît comme une solution bien adaptée et prometteuse pour développer des systèmes d’assistance permettant d’améliorer l’autonomie des personnes dépendantes. Les exosquelettes des membres inférieurs sont des robots portables, destinés à être utilisés en tant que dispositifs d’aide à la mobilité pour augmenter les capacités motrices des sujets porteurs, ou comme auxiliaires de rééducation neuromusculaire. Ce domaine de recherche a fait l’objet, ces dernières années, d’un intérêt grandissant au sein de la communauté robotique. Du fait qu’un exosquelette est caractérisé par une interaction physique et cognitive directe avec son porteur, sa fonction principale est de fournir une assistance adaptée aux capacités sensorimotrices du sujet porteur. Il est, par conséquent, nécessaire de développer des stratégies de commande basées sur l’intention de mouvement du porteur. Du point de vue de l’exosquelette, les contacts physiques avec le sujet porteur ou l’environnement sont considérés comme des perturbations affectant la bonne réalisation des mouvements désirés du porteur. Ces perturbations doivent être également être prises en compte lors de la conception des stratégies de commande.Dans cette thèse, nous proposons trois stratégies de commandes assistives pour les exosquelettes des membres inférieurs. Deux modes d’assistance sont étudiés ici: le mode passif où le sujet dispose de capacités motrices très limitées et ne développe quasiment aucun effort, et le mode actif-aidé où le sujet possède certaines capacités motrices mais qui sont insuffisantes pour réaliser de manière autonome un mouvement désiré. Dans la première stratégie de commande, le sujet est supposé être en mode passif. Une commande robuste par modes glissants, basée sur un observateur non-linéaire de perturbations (Nonlinear Disturbance Observer (NDO)), est développée pour garantir un suivi précis des mouvements désirés de l’articulation du genou. Dans la deuxième stratégie de commande, nous proposons une structure de commande en impédance active non-linéaire où le sujet est supposé être en mode actif-aidé. Cette stratégie de commande assistive est utilisée pour assister le porteur dans la réalisation d’activités physiques mono-tâche. L’évaluation des performances de la structure proposée sont étudiées dans le cadre de deux activités: la flexion/extension du genou et le transfert assis-debout. Enfin, la troisième stratégie de commande proposée est une commande contextualisée pour assister le porteur dans ses activités de marche. Nous proposons une approche permettant de détecter le mode de marche dès le début d’un nouveau pas, en utilisant les caractéristiques cinématiques du porteur, à savoir la position et la vitesse des pieds lors de la marche. L’approche de détection du mode de marche rend possible la sélection des modèles cinématique et cinétique appropriés pour chaque mode. Différentes stratégies d’assistance sont développées: compensation partielle de la gravité, assistance basée impédance de type ressort/amortisseur virtuel et assistance de type impédance nulle. Ces stratégies sont combinées différemment selon le mode de marche estimé. Pour évaluer les performances des stratégies de commande proposées, deux prototypes d’exosquelettes des membres inférieurs ont été développés: l’exosquelette de l’articulation du genou EICOSI, et l’exosquelette des membres inférieurs E-ROWANeurological problems caused by stroke and spinal cord injury as well as the weakness of skeletal muscles may considerably affect the motor ability of the elderly and infirm. Traditional solutions of assistance and treatment for these dependent people are relatively costly; they generally need significant human efforts and financial resources from caregivers and national healthcare centers. In this context, robotics appears as a convenient and promising solution to develop assistive systems for improving the autonomy of dependent people. Lower limb exoskeletons are wearable robots that can be used as assistive devices for augmenting the wearer’s motor ability and/or improving the effectiveness of neuromuscular rehabilitation. Recently, they have attracted increasing interest in the robotics community. As lower limb exoskeletons exhibit close cognitive and physical interactions with the wearer, a fundamental function is to provide appropriate power assistance by taking into account the wearer’s sensor-motor ability. Consequently, it is of great importance to develop human intention based control strategies. Meanwhile, from the exoskeleton’s viewpoint, the physical contacts with the wearer and the environment are both considered disturbances affecting the accomplishment of the wearer’s desired movements. These disturbances should also be taken into account during the design of control strategies.In this thesis, we develop three assistive control strategies for lower limb exoskeletons. In the meantime, two modes of assistance are studied: the passive mode in which the wearer has very limited motor ability as well as the active-assisted mode in which the wearer has certain motor ability but that is insufficient to perform autonomously a desired physical movement. In the first control strategy, the wearer is assumed to be in passive mode. A robust sliding mode control approach is developed based on the use of a nonlinear disturbance observer, in order to guarantee accurate tracking performance of desired knee joint movements. In the second control strategy, we propose a human intention based nonlinear active impedance control structure, in which the wearer is in an active-assisted mode. This assistive strategy is used to assist the wearer in single-task physical activities, for instance, the knee joint flexion/ extension movement. We investigate the performance of the proposed control structure based on two case studies: knee-joint flexion/extension movements and sit-to-stand movements. Finally, the third control strategy is developed to assist the wearer during walking activities. We propose a new approach that is able to detect the gait mode at the early beginning of a new step using the kinematic features namely velocity and position of the wearer’s feet during walking. The proposed gait mode detection approach makes it possible to select appropriate kinematic and kinetic models for each gait mode. Different assistive strategies are developed: partial gravity compensation, virtual-spring/damper based impedance assistance and zero impedance assistance. These strategies are combined differently according to the estimated wearer’s gait mode. To evaluate the proposed control strategies, two lower limb exoskeleton prototypes are developed: a knee joint lower limb exoskeleton, called EICOSI, and a full lower limb exoskeleton, called E-ROWA
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Jackson, Louise. „Discover Knowledge, Attitudes, Actions About Ministering to the Mentally Ill inthe Cleveland District“. Ashland Theological Seminary / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=atssem1588278720539611.
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Clinton, John E. (John Eric). „An Investigation of the Self-perceptions Certified Fine Arts Teachers Have Toward Their Roles as Artist and Instructional Staff Member in Selected Public High Schools of Oklahoma“. Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277787/.
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