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Bellwood, O. "Systematics, biogeography and functional morphology of the box crabs (Family Calappidae) /." Connect to this title online, 2002. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/1182/.
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Talbot, Philip A. "The accounting history of the English brewing industry 1700-1939 : an exploration of Foucauldian disciplinarity." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2006. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1182/.
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The English brewing trade continues to be of social and economic significance having played an important cultural role well into the 21st century. It was, albeit it in 18th century London, initially at the forefront of the British Industrial Revolution. This required unprecedented levels of capital investment to finance the porter breweries that proved highly profitable and created long lasting brewing family dynasties such as Whitbread. This pattern was replicated in provincial 19th century England supported by an effective transport infrastructure, which led to the formation of national companies such as Bass Ratcliffe and Gretton at Burton upon Trent Staffordshire. Although the brewing sector has been covered in several trade and individual brewing company narrative histories the role of brewery management and particularly the role of accounting in the management process has remained a `mystery' (Gourvish and Wilson 1994: 397). The brewery accounting agenda has also been absent from the accounting history debates without any substantive academic work having been devoted to this important industry. The thesis has been constructed within a disciplinary framework, which has been derived from the work of the French philosopher and historian of thought Michel Foucault (1977), and developed further by the leading Foucauldian accounting historians Hoskin (1993), Hoskin and Macve (1986) and Loft (1986). Modern discipline is perceived as a duality of knowledge and power, which is exercised through disciplinary processes whereby performance and behaviour is conditioned by strategies of power. This becomes an omnipresent web of power relations which are the micro-physics of power within which Foucauldian accounting historians include the accounting discipline. This disciplinary approach is used here to explore accounting as an historical process in the English brewing industry from 1700 until 1939 as a management tool in the decision making process. Arguably this disciplinary approach will provide a body of historical accounting knowledge where none currently exists and also examine the robustness of the Foucauldian paradigm within this particular industrial context. It will be shown that this approach unsuccessfully explains accountings role within the English brewing industry between 1700 and 1939.
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Twamley, Katherine. "A suitable match : love and marriage amongst middle class Gujaratis in India and the UK." Thesis, City University London, 2010. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1182/.
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The thesis is an ethnographic study exploring understandings of love and intimacy amongst young middle class Indians of Gujarati origin living in the UK and India. It is based primarily upon repeat in-depth interviews, and participant observation. A two site comparative study was used to enable an understanding of how social and economic contexts shape cultural constructions of intimate relationships and sexuality. I explore these issues through the narratives of men and women who are either single, in the process of courtship/pre-marital relationships, or are recently married. The study is informed by recent work in the 'political economy of love' and Giddens' thesis on the 'Transformation of Intimacy‘. I examine to what extent young Gujaratis aspire to or are moving towards a more individualized, companionate and 'western' model of relationships, and whether such a 'transformation' impacts on the gender relations between husband and wife. I argue that while global ideologies of romantic love are pervasive, they are interpreted by informants within local understandings of appropriate marriage and relationships. As such, informants in Baroda, India are negotiating new forms of courtship which fit in with the ideals of love, but also with more traditional aspects of arranged marriage as a system of status maintenance. They want to be in love with their future spouse, but only within socially acceptable models of endogamous marriage. In contrast in the UK love marriage is idealised over arranged marriage. Informants distanced themselves from any sense of 'arrangement' in their relationships, which seemed to call into question for them the veractiy of their love. The social context of the UK both supports and facilitates love marriage amongst young people, while the converse is true in India. Largely men and women in both contexts appeared to have similar aspirations for their relationships, though women were likely to be more in favour of egalitarian values. What this meant was interpreted differently in India and the UK. In neither setting, however, was gender equality fully realised in the lives of the informants due to both structural and normative constraints.
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Caporale, Guglielmo Maria. "Essays in business cycle measurement." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1990. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1182/.
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This dissertation is concerned with the issue of economic fluctuations; the following related topics are analysed: co-integration and the NAIRU hypothesis: the theoretical implications of different classes of models, some implying that the NAIRU is a structural parameter that can only be influenced by supply-side measures, others that the attainable level of unemployment is a function also of demand variables, are first discussed; co-integration techniques (the Engle-Granger and the Johansen procedure) are then used to test the NAIRU hypothesis; the more powerful maximum likelihood method developed by Johansen shows that the unemployment rate is co-integrated with both supply and demand variables only as well as a combination of the two; supply versus demand shocks as the driving force of business cycles: using two measures of productivity growth (the Solow residual and the dual residual from the cost function), competing theories of the cycle are tested in a number of OECD countries; the issue of market structure and its relevance to explain economic fluctuations is also addressed; the empirical evidence refutes the "stronger" real business cycle (RBC) hypothesis that denies the role of demand shocks; aggregate versus sectoral shocks: their relative importance in the UK economy is evaluated by estimating a vector autoregression (VAR) of the output growth rates of 19 industrial sectors and doing a factor analysis on the innovations; the one-factor model performs quite well when applied to the British data implying that there is an aggregate shock that can account for a high percentage of the fluctuations of output over the cycle; the "seasonal cycle" in the UK economy: the quantitative importance of seasonal fluctuations and the existence of a "seasonal cycle" whose main features are very similar to those of the conventional business cycle are documented by running regressions with seasonal dummies and band spectrum regressions; a one-sector, neo-classical model of capital accumulation in which seasonal preferences are explicitly incorporated (the coefficient of risk aversion depending on the season s) is then set up; the model is not rejected by the data, confirming that seasonality is a feature to be explained within the economic model.
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Hallett, Rachel Justine. "Music use and exercise : a mixed methods study of activity, autonomy and adherence." Thesis, Keele University, 2015. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/1182/.
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Regular exercise improves both physical and mental health but many people struggle to adhere to exercise programmes. Music is widely used by exercisers, and may aid adherence, but no evidence has yet substantiated this. This thesis consists of four studies exploring exercise music’s potential to assist adherence. In Study 1 (N = 282), online survey responses indicated that women were more likely to use exercise music and to synchronise movement to the beat than men, that running performance was superior among non-music users, and that music preference and personality are related. In Study 2, ten of the participants from Study 1 were interviewed, and interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed four main themes: Taking control, relating to managing the environment and internal challenges; It’s all about me, concerning individualisation and sense of self; Exercise music literacy, involving the capacity to source and access desired exercise music; and Embodiment, connected with the interaction of body, music and hardware. Study 3 (N = 60) was a correlational study, exploring relationships between individual differences, gym media use and exercise frequency. Retrospective exercise data was collected from the gym’s Fitlinxx computerised workout system, with participants supplying additional data for unrecorded exercise. Results indicated that men regularly listening to their own music exercised more frequently than those using other media. Study 4 (N = 99) was a longitudinal intervention study, comparing music and nonmusic pre-exercise interventions condition; the results indicated that listening to music prior to exercising to ‘get in the mood’ was associated with greater exercise frequency. The thesis demonstrates a music-adherence relationship: use of music both during and before exercise was found to relate to frequency of exercise. This may relate to indications that certain kinds of music evoke an ‘exercise mood.’ Combined, these studies support the use of music to help facilitate exercise adherence, and extend knowledge of the who, why and how of music use in exercise.
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Xiong, Min. "Short-term generation scheduling in a hydrothermal power system." Thesis, Durham University, 1990. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1182/.
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AlAqeel, Abdullah Abdulatif. "Factors influencing the sustainable development of organizations." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2012. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/1182/.
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Today’s organizations face various challenges that put them at unknown cross-roads full of opportunities as well as hazards. The field of sustainable development has generated a large and growing body of academic literature. However, there is a scarcity of those academic studies relating to the sustainable development of organizations (SDO). It is this gap in knowledge that this research has sought to address and fill by setting out to answer the question as to what factors have been found by scholars of relevant literature to influence SDO. A developed model of systematic review (SR) methodology has been applied in this research. This model comprises phases, criteria, terms and procedures, as well as unpacking the different contexts related to the findings of each reviewed study. 71 relevant studies have been included in the systematic review processes. The search included any academic literature relating to the subject, written in English and published between 1990 and 2011. The factors resulting from the systematic review of relevant studies have been categorized into themes. These factors have then been discussed and identified, and the schools of thought, cultural and business contexts have been taken into consideration. 73 factors influencing SDO are identified in this research. Overall conclusions of the categorization and understanding of different factors of different themes are shown, discussed and illustrated in the last chapter. Some factors appeared in the reviewed studies more frequently than others, and have thus been classified as ‘very important factors’. They include leadership; employees' motivation, reward and satisfaction; satisfying (and excellent services for) customers; innovation; clear mission and vision; employees' involvement and participation, and HR development and activities. Other factors appeared less frequently, but are still considered important factors, while many factors appeared only once or twice in the reviewed studies and have therefore been classified as less important. The implications of the influence of the identified important factors, as well as their relationships and contexts, are discussed showing that for an organization to strive toward SDO, an integrated continuous implementation of at least all the very important factors is required. The theoretical contribution this research has made to the existing body of knowledge is that it is the first academic research to systematically search for and review the factors found by scholars of relevant studies to influence SDO which have not been identified before, providing a new and further understanding of the above mentioned factors. The term SDO (defined as the continuous and long-term development and success of organizations) is also being used and raised for the first time in respect of organizations in a general, rather than environmental context. The methodological contribution is the developed SR model mentioned above. The practical contribution is to provide leaders of different organizations with new and further understanding of the implications and relationships of the factors that influence SDO. Finally, further possible directions for future research (such as relationships between schools and factors or cultural specific studies) and research limitations (i.e. the above mentioned inclusion terms) have been indicated.
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Dagnino, Francesco <1980>. "Il trattamento delle società straniere e pseudostraniere nel Diritto Comunitario e nel Diritto Interno." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2008. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/1182/.
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Anglada, Cantarell José María. "Estudio rugosimétrico de la superficie de la cerámica feldespática utilizada en la elaboración de restauraciones ceramo-metálicas." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/1182.
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1) HIPÓTESIS DE TRABAJO:Plantea que los diferentes acabados de la superficie de la cerámica dental de fase leucita confieren superficies distintas que pueden evaluarse mediante rugosimetría o perfilometría.
2) OBJETIVOS:
- Evaluar la fiabilidad del método de recogida y procesado de datos, así como el método experimental utilizado.
- Evaluar el perfil rugosimétrico de las cerámicas feldespáticas usadas en restauraciones ceramo-metálicas con los siguientes acabados: Bizcocho, Sobreglaseado o glaseado extrínseco, Autoglaseado o glaseado intrínseca y Pulido.
3) MATERIAL Y MÉTODO:
Se emplearon dos cerámicas feldespáticas de fase leucita de gran difusión en el mercado nacional, en concreto cerámicas de cuerpo o dentina Ivoclar Ips classic ® y Vita VMK-68 ®. Con ellas se elaboraron 160 discos, ochenta de cada clase.
Para elaborar estos discos se utilizó una placa Williams de Ivoclar ®; en ella se condensó cada uno de los discos mediante vibración, con ayuda del mango de una espátula de LeCron, hasta conseguir que no apareciera humedad en superficie. Luego se situaron los discos condensados en una almohadilla de fibra sintética y se cocieron en un horno P-90 de lvoclar ® calibrado previamente. Así se obtuvieron un total de 160 discos de cerámica, 80 de cada clase estudiada.
Cada grupo de ochenta discos fue subdividido en cuatro grupos de veinte discos, el primer grupo de cada cerámica fue estudiado en fase de bizcocho, obtuvimos dos grupos identificados como IB y VB numerados del uno al veinte. El segundo grupo fue sometido a un pulida con gomas Shofu ® de grano de grosor decreciente mediante una pulidora de laboratorio a 1000 r.p.m. durante un minuto con cada goma, posteriormente fue pulido con pasta diamantada Yeti ® durante medio minuto, los grupos fueron identificados como IP y VP, con veinte discos en cada uno. El tercer grupo fue sometido a un glaseado intrínseco, para ella volvieron a cocerse a presión atmosférica, se identificaron con las iniciales IA y VA, con 20 discos cada uno. Finalmente el cuarto grupo fue glaseado por método extrínseco, con Vita Chrom L en el caso de Vita VMK-68 ®, y Universal Glassur en el caso de Ips-classic ®, sometiéndose a una nueva cocción a presión atmosférica. Estos grupos se identificaron como IG y VG con 20 discos cada uno de ellos.
Todos los discos fueron sometidos a análisis de superficie mediante el rugosímetro o perfilómetro Perthometer M4P ®, cada disco fue sometido a tres registros, uno según el eje mayor del disco y otros siguiendo las diagonales mayores, siempre evitando 1.5 mm. de la periferia del mismo por ser una zona fácilmente erosionable durante la elaboración y cocción del disco. Se seleccionó un recorrido del palpador de 4.8 mm. a causa de las dimensiones del disco.
Los valores que nos aporta este instrumento son: RA, que consiste en la desviación respecto a la media del registro en micrómetros; RZ, que es la media de la altitud pico-sima del registro en micrómetros; RMAX, que nos da la profundidad máxima del registro; RPM, que es la altura media de los picos del registro; y finalmente PC, que es el recuento de picos por centímetro. Ésta última puede ser limitada: en nuestro caso sólo se consideraron los picos de más de 1.3 milimicras. De cada registro se obtuvo el gráfico del perfil.
Para el procesado de datos y su posterior análisis estadístico se utilizó un ordenador con un microprocesador Intel 386 a 25 MHz y el paquete estadístico Mystat ®.
2) RESULTADOS
La cerámica en fase de bizcocho presenta picos superiores a 15 milimicras; ello supone que el gráfico sale fuera de los límites del papel del registro, la cerámica pulida presenta abundantes picos aunque de amplitud menor; lo mismo sucede con el acabado mediante glaseado intrínseco. Finalmente el glaseado habitual presenta un trazado suave sin observarse irregularidades. El análisis estadístico mediante las pruebas de Wilcoxon y Friedman, comprueban que todos los acabados mejoran la superficie original, los mejores valores son los de las cerámicas con superficie glaseada de modo extrínseco.
3) CONCLUSIONES
1. - El método de elaboración de los discos de cerámica mediante el empleo de la placa Williams, permite elaborar discos de medidas y características homogéneas y comparables.
2.- La rugosimetría o perfilometría se revela como un método eficaz para el estudio y análisis de la superficie de las restauraciones en odontología.
3.- De los diversos acabados estudiados, la superficie de la cerámica en fase de bizcocho es la más rugosa, y por tanto la menos adecuada para su uso en restauraciones odontológicas.
4.- La cerámica glaseada por el método extrínseco o habitual ofrece, en el presente estudio, la superficie más lisa con perfil más regular.
5. - Con el método empleado por nosotros, el glaseado extrínseco o habitual de la cerámica Ips-classic ®, presenta una superficie más suave y regular que la cerámica Vita VMK-68 ® con el mismo tipo de acabado.
6.- Ambas cerámicas pulidas y autoglaseadas nos muestran unas superficies de perfil muy similar y comparable, siendo además similar entre ambas cerámicas objeto de nuestro estudio.
We have studied the feldspathic dental ceramic surface under the following finishing techniques: biscuit, rubber polished, autoglazed and overglazed. For this purpose we have the following ceramics Vita VMK-68 and Ivoclar Ips-classic. With those materials we have made 80 ceramic discs, 160 in total.
The surface analyzer was the Perthometer M4P, each disc was analyzed three times, and the variables recorded were RA, RZ, RPM, RMAX and PC, measured in pm. The profile was also recorded.
The mean of the RA of the overglazed Ips-classic was 0'43 milimicras with an standard deviation of 0'0l milimicras. The overglazed surfaces could be clinically tolerable.
The best results were obtained with the overglazed surfaces in both ceramics, especially in the case of Ivoclar Ips-classic. In the other hand all of the techniques used were capable to bring us a smoother surface than biscuit surface. With our results we can say that the overglazed surfaces are the best in dental ceramics restorations.
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Gabriel, Casillas Olvera. "Essays in monetary policy conduction and its effectiveness: monetary policy rules, probability forecasting, central bank accountability, and the sacrifice ratio." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1182.
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Monetary policy has been given either too many positive attributes or, in contrast, only economy-disturbing features. Central banks must take into account a wide variety of factors to achieve a proper characterization of modern economies for the optimal implementation of monetary policy. Such is the case of central bank accountability and monetary policy effectiveness. The objective of this dissertation is to examine these two concerns relevant to the current macroeconomic debate. The analyses are carried out using an innovative set of tools to extract presumably important information from historical data of selected macroeconomic indicators.
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay explores the causality between the elements of the "celebrated" Taylor rule, using a Structural Vector Autoregression approach on US data. Directed acyclical graph techniques and Bayesian search models are used to identify the contemporaneous causal structure in the construction of impulse-response functions. Further analysis is performed by evaluating the implications of performing standard innovation-accounting procedures, derived from a Structural Vector Autoregression on interest rates, inflation, and unemployment. This is examined whenever a causal structure is imposed vs. when it is observed. We find that the interest rate causes inflation and unemployment. This suggests that the Fed has not followed a Taylor rule in any of the two periods under study. This result differs significantly to the case when the causal structure is imposed.
The second essay presents an incentive-compatible approach based on proper scoring rules to evaluate density forecasts in order to reduce the central banks' accountability problem. Our results indicate that the surveyed forecasters have done a "better" job than the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
The third essay analyzes the causal structure of the factors that are presumed to influence the effectiveness of monetary policy, represented by the sacrifice ratio. Directed acyclical graph methods are used to identify the causal flow between such determinants and the sacrifice ratio. We find evidence that, while wage rigidities and central bank independence are the two major determinants of the sacrifice ratio, the degree of openness has no direct effect on the sacrifice ratio.
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Hong, Sung Min. "Shape Modeling of Plant Leaves with Unstructured Meshes." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1182.
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The plant leaf is one of the most challenging natural objects to be realistically depicted by computer graphics due to its complex morphological and optical characteristics. Although many studies have been done on plant modeling, previous research on leaf modeling required for close-up realistic plant images is very rare. In this thesis, a novel method for modeling of the leaf shape based on the leaf venation is presented. As the first step of the method, the leaf domain is defined by the enclosure of the leaf boundary. Second, the leaf venation is interactively modeled as a hierarchical skeleton based on the actual leaf image. Third, the leaf domain is triangulated with the skeleton as constraints. The skeleton is articulated with nodes on the skeleton. Fourth, the skeleton is interactively transformed to a specific shape. A user can manipulate the skeleton using two methods which are complementary to each other: one controls individual joints on the skeleton while the other controls the skeleton through an intermediate spline curve. Finally, the leaf blade shape is deformed to conform to the skeleton by interpolation. An interactive modeler was developed to help a user to model a leaf shape interactively and several leaves were modeled by the interactive modeler. The ray-traced rendering images demonstrate that the proposed method is effective in the leaf shape modeling.
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Orten, Heather Rhea. "An Item Analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist with Preschool Children with Autism." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1182.
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The diagnosis of autism is a comprehensive process that requires trained professionals and is often a time consuming process. Behavior rating scales are common components used by practitioners in evaluations to assess various social, emotional, or behavioral problems. With the rise of awareness, the steady increase of autism diagnoses, and the importance of early identification to increase the effectiveness of intervention, there is a need for screeners to identify the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders. The purpose of the present study was to determine if there was a group of items on the Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5 that reliably distinguished between children with autism and referred, but non-spectrum children. A behavior rating scale was completed by parents and/or guardians of 156 preschool children with autism and without autism. Analyses of the data revealed a grouping of items that were significantly correlated with the diagnosis of autism. Based on predetermined cutoff scores, sensitivity, and specificity; the group of items may be useful in the recommendation of further assessment of autism.
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Makgwane, Peter Ramashadi. "Immobilization of catalyst in a wall-coated micro-structured reactor for gas/liquid oxidation of p-cymene." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1182.
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The selective, liquid phase oxidation of p-cymene is an important synthetic route for the production of p-cresol via the tertiary cymene hydroperoxide (TCHP). The industrial-scale oxidation process is characterised by slow oxidation rates due to limitations in the mass transfer of oxidant (gaseous oxygen) into the liquid phase. However, like all other autoxidation reactions, the oxidation reaction is exothermic, following the typical free radical autoxidation reaction mechanism, which implies that careful temperature control is critical in order to prevent the further reaction of the initially formed hydroperoxide species. In the presence of metal catalysts, the limiting oxidation rate is the transfer of oxygen from the gas to liquid boundary interface. As a result, low product yields and poor productivity space-time yield are typically experienced. At high substrate conversions, by-products resulting from the decomposition of the formed hydroperoxides predominate. For this reason, the conversion of substrate is restricted to preserve the TCHP selectivity. The slow rates in industrial-scale p-cymene oxidations results in long oxidation times, typically 8-12 h. Substrate conversions are typically between 15-20 percent, and the TCHP selectivity ranges between 65-70 percent. The work described in this thesis concerns the oxidation of p-cymene in a microstructured falling film reactor (FFMSR). These reactor systems facilitate chemical reactors to have high mass and heat transfer rates because of high surface area-to-volume ratios. Due to their small internal volumes, these reactors are inherently safe to operate. These properties were exploited to improve the p-cymene oxidation rate and, consequently, the space-time yield. In order to evaluate the suitability of vanadium phosphate oxide (VPO) catalysts for use as supported catalyst in the FFMSR, different catalysts prepared from VOHPO4∙0.5H2O and VO(H2PO4)2 precursors was first evaluated for the oxidation of p-cymene in a well-stirred batch reactor. The results of the two activated catalysts, (VO)2P2O7 and VO(PO3)2 when used as powders in their pure form, showed a significant improvement in p-cymene oxidation rates with conversions up to 40 percent in 3-4 h reaction time with a TCHP selectivity of 75-80 percent. The (VO)2P2O7 catalyst showed better oxidation rates and selectivity when compared to the VO(PO3)2 catalyst obtained from the VO(H2PO4)2 precursor. The (VO)2P2O7 catalyst was supported on a stainless steel plate and the coated plate used to study the long-term stability and catalytic perfornance of the catalyst during p-cymene oxidations in a batch reactor. Comparable oxidation rates and TCHP selectivity were obtained with the stainless steel coated VPO catalyst when compared to the “free powder” (VO)2P2O7 catalyst. The results also showed that the stainless steel coated catalyst displays a slow, yet significant deactivation over extended reaction periods (250 h onstream). Characterization of the exposed (VO)2P2O7 catalyst to p-cymene oxidation conditions by powder XRD, SEM and TGA-MS showed that (VO)2P2O7 phase undergoes structural transformation back to VOHPO4∙0.5H2O phase over time. The (VO)2P2O7/-Al2O3 catalyst was used to coat the micro-channel reaction plates of the FFMSR. Both uncoated and coated micro-channel reaction plates were evaluated in the FFMSR for the oxidation of p-cymene. The FFMSR showed effective improvement of oxidation rates in terms of productivity space-time-yield at comparable batch p-cymene conversions. A Typical 10 percent conversion in catalysed batch oxidations at 1-2 h reaction time was achieved in few seconds (19 s) reaction time in FFMSR. The comparison of uncoated (i.e. uncatalysed) and coated (i.e. catalysed) FFMSR oxidations showed slight differences in oxidation rates. No clear explanation could be established with the present results for the observed same behaviour. However, the insufficient contact time between the gas and liquid reactants with the wall-coated solid catalyst is one of the possible causes for the observed behaviour of the coated and uncoated micro-channel plates. A simple developed kinetic model was used to confirm the obtained batch oxidation results using cumene as probe compound due to its similarity to p-cumene oxidation and extensive studied kinetics. With the estimated K values and available rate constants from literature, it was possible to predict the conversions in a batch reactor at the same typical micro-structured reactor residence time (i.e. of 19 s). The predicted conversions in the batch reactor were less than 0.1 percent even at harsh conditions such as 170 oC when compared to about 10 percent achieved in the micro-structured reactor at the same reaction temperature, reactants concentration and reaction time of 19 s. This difference in the reactor systems performance indicates the unique advantages offered by micro-structured reactors (e.g. improved mass transfer, temperature management and high surface-to-volume ratios) to perform typical gas/liquid mass transfer limited reactions such as cumene and p-cymene autoxidations.
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Ross, Helen M. "A woman's world at a time of war : an analysis of selected women's diaries during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1182.
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Ng, Puiman. "Torsion theories and Auslander-Reiten sequences." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1182.
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Chapter 0 gives a gentle background to the thesis. It begins with some general notions and concepts from homological algebra. For example, not only are the notions of universal property and of duality central to the flavour of the subject, they are also suggestive in understanding mathematics at another depth. In category theory, objects and morphisms are the two main elements in a category, and notions such as kernels and cokernels are defined in terms of objects together with morphisms. In accordance with it, the morphisms are given a very subtle signifcance within a category. The chapter then introduces the notion of a triangulated category, where due to the lack of uniqueness of certain morphisms described in the axioms, is allowed to be far from an abelian category. A few examples of triangulated categories are given, the homotopy category, the derived category and certain stable cat- egories. The chapter ends with a little description of an Auslander-Reiten quiver de ned on a Krull-Schmidt category, as well as the notions of Serre functor and of Auslander-Reiten triangles in subcategories. The introduction chapter selects lemmas and theorems not only to be referenced in later chapters, but also those which can induce good intuition on the reader, for example, in their capacity of being analogues to each other, in the interplay between them and in their different suggestiveness in approximating or generalizing concepts in different ways and directions. Chapter 1 studies torsion pairs in abelian categories and torsion theories with torsion theory triangles in triangulated categories. It then gives a necessary and su cient condition for the existence of certain adjoint functors in triangulated categories. Intuitively, they are all different expressions of subcategories approximating their ambient categories. The chapter goes on to introduce two special cases of torsion theories, namely t-structures and split torsion theories, and finishes with a characterization of a split torsion theory and a classiffcation of split torsion theories in a chosen derived category. There is a very close and subtle relationship between the existence of torsion theory triangles and the existence of Auslander-Reiten triangles. Chapter 2 studies the existence of Auslander-Reiten sequences in subcategories of mod( ), where is a nite-dimensional k-algebra over the eld k, based on the theory of the existence of Auslander-Reiten triangles in subcategories developed by J rgensen. The existence theorems strengthen the results by Auslander and Smal and by Kleiner. Chapter 3 sees that quotients of certain triangulated categories are triangulated and are in addition derived categories, appealing to a theorem which is a slight variation of the results by Rickard and Keller. In this chapter, the Auslander-Reiten triangles play a predominant role in re ecting the tri angulation structure of a triangulated category, and the Auslander-Reiten triangles can be read o from the Auslander-Reiten quiver. The cluster category D of Dynkin type A1 was introduced by J rgensen. One of its several de nitions, which is completely analogous to the de nition of the cluster category of type An, motivates us to say that D is a cluster category of type A1. In the result by Holm and J rgensen, the cluster tilting subcategories of D were shown to be in bijection with certain maximal sets of non-crossing arcs connecting non-neighbouring integers. Chapter 4 generalizes the result by giving a bijection between torsion theories in D and certain configurations of arcs connecting non-neighbouring integers. Finally, a few examples, characterizing all t-structures and co-t-structures in D, are given.
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Vita-More, Natasha. "Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1182.
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The thesis’ study of life expansion proposes a framework for artistic, design-based approaches concerned with prolonging human life and sustaining personal identity. To delineate the topic: life expansion means increasing the length of time a person is alive and diversifying the matter in which a person exists. For human life, the length of time is bounded by a single century and its matter is tied to biology. Life expansion is located in the domain of human enhancement, distinctly linked to technological interfaces with biology. The thesis identifies human-computer interaction and the potential of emerging and speculative technologies as seeding the promulgation of human enhancement that approach life expansion. In doing so, the thesis constructs an inquiry into historical and current attempts to append human physiology and intervene with its mortality. By encountering emerging and speculative technologies for prolonging life and sustaining personal identity as possible media for artistic, design-based approaches to human enhancement, a new axis is sought that identifies the transhuman and posthuman as conceptual paradigms for life expansion. The thesis asks: What are the required conditions that enable artistic, design-based approaches to human enhancement that explicitly pursue extending human life? This question centers on the potential of the study’s proposed enhancement technologies in their relationship to life, death, and the human condition. Notably, the thesis investigates artistic approaches, as distinct from those of the natural sciences, and the borders that need to be mediated between them. The study navigates between the domains of life extension, art and design, technology, and philosophy in forming the framework for a theory of life expansion. The critical approach seeks to uncover invisible borders between these interconnecting forces by bringing to light issues of sustaining life and personal identity, ethical concerns, including morphological freedom and extinction risk. Such issues relate to the thesis’ interest in life expansion and the use emerging and speculative technologies. 4 The study takes on a triad approach in its investigation: qualitative interviews with experts of the emerging and speculative technologies; field studies encountering research centers of such technologies; and an artistic, autopoietic process that explores the heuristics of life expansion. This investigation forms an integrative view of the human use of technology and its melioristic aim. The outcome of the research is a theoretical framework for further research in artistic approaches to life expansion.
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Makwana, R. "Pharmacological analysis of cannabinoid receptor activity in isolated nerve-smooth muscle and epithelial preparations." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/1182.
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This study was directed at characterising the cannabinoid receptor activity modulating the electrical field stimulation (EFS) evoked contractions of the rat isolated ileum myenteric plexus longitudinal muscle (MPLM) preparation, and the capsaicin, nicotine and veratridine evoked secretory responses of the rat isolated colonic submucosal plexus-mucosal (SPM) preparation. EFS of the MPLM preparation with single pulses at a repetition frequency of 0.05 Hz elicited a transient twitch contraction immediately in response to each electrical pulse. In contrast, stimulation of the MPLM preparation with 2 second trains of pulses every minute at a frequency of 30 Hz elicited a rapid transient rebound contraction on termination of each train of EFS. The non-selective cannabinoid receptor agonists AEA, CP 55,940, D9-THC and WIN 55,212-2 inhibited both EFS-evoked twitch and rebound contractions of the rat ileum MPLM elicited by 0.05 Hz and 30 Hz EFS respectively. The inhibition of the twitch contractions was competitively antagonised by the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist / inverse agonist SR 141716 with pKB values of 8.60. In contrast, SR 141716 only antagonised the ability of AEA, D9-THC and WIN 55,212-2 but not CP 55,940 to inhibit the rebound contractions with pA2 values of 6.60. These observations extended to the inhibitory effect of WIN 55,212-2 on the twitch and rebound contractions of the guinea-pig ileum MPLM. The CB2 antagonist / inverse agonist SR 144528 did not alter the effects of the agonists. Additionally, the inhibitory effect of AEA was refractory to the vanilloid TRPV1 receptor antagonist capsazepine. WIN 55,212-3 a stereoisomer of WIN 55,212-2 was without effect on the rat MPLM. SR 141716 alone concentration-dependently increased the twitch contractions but inhibited the rebound contractions. Both types of the EFS-evoked contractions were abolished by the Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin or the muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor antagonist atropine but not the nicotinic ACh receptor antagonist hexamethonium. None of the cannabinoids altered the contractions to exogenously applied ACh. These data suggested that the cannabinoid agonists inhibited the twitch contractions through a stereospecific presynaptic CB1 receptor-mediated reduction in the release of ACh. Additionally, the inhibition of the rebound contractions occurred because of an inhibition of ACh release by a novel stereospecific presynaptic non-CB1 -non CB2 -non -TRPV1 site. The ability of SR 141716 to inhibit the rebound contractions and antagonise AEA, D9-THC and WIN 55,212-2 may be though partial agonism at the non-CB1-non CB2-non-TRPV1 site. The ability of SR 141716 to potentiate the twitch contractions by increasing the release of ACh suggested that the CB1 receptor was constitutively active or was subjected to a tonic activation by endocannabinoid agonists. A comparison between the maximal enhancement of the twitch contractions of the rat and the guinea-pig ileum MPLM caused by three CB1 receptor antagonists/inverse agonists AM 251, SR 141716 and O-2050 showed that each cannabinoid had a different maximum. This suggested inverse agonism. These data were supported with studies showing the lack of effect of three fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitors AA-5HT, PMSF, URB–597 and VDM-11, an inhibitor of the AEA uptake transporter on EFS-evoked contractions. These studies showed that all three FAAH inhibitors increased the potency of exogenously applied AEA but not WIN 55,212-2, and that VDM-11 had no effect on the potency of exogenously applied AEA. This data suggested that a functional endocannabinoid tone and the uptake transporter were not present in the MPLM, but FAAH was present. These data provide supporting evidence that SR 141716 behaved as an inverse agonist in the MPLM to augment twitch contractions. The interaction between CP 55,940 or WIN 55,212-2 with SR 141716 was investigated using the rat colonic SPM sheet. Both CP 55,940 and WIN 55,212-2 attenuated the secretory responses to capsaicin and nicotine in a SR 141716 sensitive manner. SR 140333, a neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist, abolished the capsaicin and nicotine. This suggested that CP 55,940 and WIN 55,212-2 inhibited the capsaicin and nicotine response through a CB1 receptor-mediated inhibition of the release of substance P or neurokinin A. The sensitivity of the veratridine response to TTX and a-chymotrypsin and the failure of the cannabinoids to attenuate the response suggested the absence of the CB1 receptor on the neurones releasing the undetermined neuropeptide. Together, these data suggest that both the CB1 receptor and non-CB1-non-CB2 -non-TRPV1 receptor can mediate the inhibitory effects of cannabinoid agonists in the rat ileum MPLM depending on the frequency of EFS. These data also show that SR 141716 is an inverse agonist in the MPLM. In the SPM preparation, the CB1 receptor appears to be involved in the modulation of some forms of peptidergic transmission.
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Dale, Anthony James Eric. "A Framework for Linking Projects and Project Management Methods." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1182.
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Software development processes such as the Waterfall process and Extreme Programming are Project Management Methods (PMMs) which are well known and widely used. However, conventional Project Management (PM) lacks the process concepts expressed in PMMs, and the connection between PMMs and PM is not much explored in the literature. Our research problem is to make this connection. We present data models for PM and PMM, in a framework that can articulate the PM-to-PMM relationship, illustrating with simple examples. Tools and visualizations created in terms of our framework can make use of the familiarity, history and context of project management tools, and the prescriptiveness and reactivity of PMMs, and we believe these may assist the management of complicated projects, such as IT projects. Project Mentor, a prototype Java/XML implementation of the framework semantics, can create and then revise a PMM-aware project, conforming to a specified PMM. The PM-to-PMM connection is persistent in project data, and we describe a visualization of the footsteps of a PMM in project data that does not rely on the state of a PMM process. The visualization can also be used by Project Mentor, to indicate the state of a PMM. We test for possible applications of our framework with a case study and survey of some existing project data, and conclude with a description of further work.
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Sonett, Alexandra. "A Promise is a Promise: The Ethical Implications for CEO’s Acting Socially Responsible within a Corporation." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1182.
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The prevalence of corporate social responsibility has been continually increasing over recent years. The debate of whether a business should act in a manner that furthers societal needs or if they should simply focus their efforts on maximizing shareholder value is of popular interest since it affects the fundamental structures of how a business will operate. One of the major influencing theories in favor of social responsibility is the stakeholder theory. The opposing viewpoint is the shareholder theory, which highlights that the sole responsibility for a corporation is to act in a way that maximizes profits. This thesis will outline the stakeholder and shareholder theories to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the debate and then offer a critical and philosophical analysis of shareholder theory to ultimately argue why the moral significance of a promise better promotes maximizing shareholder value.
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Theuri, Mwangi Williams. "An investigation of the effects of a ritual counseling process on the enhancement of the self-estem of a selected group of male maasai adolescents in Kenya." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1997. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1182.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ritual counseling process on the enhancement of self-esteem. The subjects consisted of a select group of Maasai adolescent males. The range of their chronological ages was 16 -18 years.
The forty male Maasai adolescents were selected randomly. A pre- posttest research design was used. The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale was administered before the ritual counseling process was begun. These results were used as the baseline data.
The study found that all the t-tests produced statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-ritualized test scores. The conclusion, drawn from these findings, seems to warrant that; the ritual counseling process contributed to the reduction of the subjects' negative feelings of self-worth, and contributed to the positive change in the subjects' feelings of self-worth.
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Keenan, Linda Marie. "African American Race and Culture and Patients' Perceptions of Diabetes Health Education." ScholarWorks, 2011. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1182.
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African Americans diagnosed with diabetes are less likely to self-manage diabetes-specific modifiable risk factors. As a result, utilization of healthcare services occurs at a greater rate than other racial groups, and thereby incurs higher than expected healthcare costs. This ethnographic study explored the elements of diabetes educational material African Americans in a large city in the southern part of the United States found most useful to facilitate self-management of their disease. Bandura's self-efficacy theory provided the theoretical framework. Research questions addressed the preferred educational content, layout of material, and methods for educational delivery and caregiver support. A purposive sample of 30 African Americans with diabetes who had engaged in diabetes education classes participated in this study. Data were collected through in-depth personal interviews, which were inductively coded and then categorized around emergent themes. A key finding of this study is that participants preferred group learning formats, but perceived educational material to be confusing and difficult to understand. They also expressed some preferences for the use of color, pictures, and presentation of graphical information that may provide the basis for a revision of educational materials. Interestingly, participants indicated a tendency to seek out church members rather than family for support. The positive social change implications of this study include recommendations to healthcare professionals to adopt educational curricula that reflect cultural nuances and needs of target populations in order to support better health outcomes for at-risk populations and cost efficiency improvements.
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Van, der Merwe Nico. "Die effek van 'n motoriese ontwikkelingsprogram op die grootspiervaardighede en selfbeeld van 4 tot 6-jarige direk geaffekteerde MIV/VIGS-leerders / N. van der Merwe." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1182.
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Literature shows that HIV/AIDS greatly affects the self-esteem of HIV/AIDS directly affected
learners (these affected learners are either directly infected, or one or both
parents are or had been infected). Studies also show that appropriate motor activities
can have a positive influence on a child's self-esteem. The purpose of this study was
to determine the effect of an appropriate motor development programme on the large
muscle skills and the self-esteem of 4 to 6 year old HIV/AIDS directly-affected
learners. Eight gross motor and perceptual motor skills, as well as self-esteem was
evaluated among 28 directly-affected HIV/AIDS (HIV/AIDS-infected as well as -
affected) learners in a pre-primary school for terminally sick children in Promosa, a
township of Potchefstroom, South Africa. Evaluation took place before and after the
implementation of a 12-week long appropriate large muscle development programme.
A co-variance analysis (ANCOVA) was done on post-test scores to correct possible
differences between pre-test scores in order to achieve a statistical more significant
comparison between the experimental and control groups. The motor scores as well
as the self-esteem scores of the experimental group showed statistically significant (p≤0.05) improvements after the programme, in contrast with the scores of the control
group which showed no significant improvements after completion of the large muscle
development programme. These improvements entailed certain fundamental
locomotor and balance skills, and self-perceived competence with reference to certain
movement skills, as well as peer acceptance. The results imply that by improving the
gross motor and perceptual motor skills of HIV/AIDS directly-affected learners by
means of an appropriate motor development programme, the self-esteem and related
aspects of these learners may be enhanced.Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
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Yassin, Amal M. "Creep microstructure relationships in Sn-Sb and Sn-Sb-Cu alloys." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1182.
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Santos, Oscar. "The Perceived Effect on Teaching and Learning through the development of a Professional Learning Community for staff teaching English Language Learners." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1182.
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Thesis advisor: Irwin BlumerThis study was conducted within a small urban high school that exclusively serves English Language Learners in the northeastern United States. The purpose of the study was to determine teachers' perceptions of learning from each other, student learning and school wide collaboration as a result of the implementation of a Professional Learning Community as a means of improving instruction. The body of related literature provided the theoretical rationale for the data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Major sections of the literature review included: the definition and elements that make up a Professional Learning Community, a review of the theoretical and recent research concerning best practices to support English Language Learners and a review of the research regarding teacher collaboration. Data were gathered from six participants through pre and post interviews, journal entries throughout the year of the study, field notes from announced and announced visits and teacher made documents collected throughout the year of the study. Key findings included participants' perceptions that: they learned both practical and adaptive skills from their colleagues, that peer observation aided teachers in improving their practice, that student learning and student motivation increased, that participants felt that they made stronger relationships with students and that collaboration increased as a result of the implementation of the Professional Learning Community. Current research asserts that schools that implement purposeful and well planned Professional Learning Communities that provide time, space and training may foster teacher ownership that can be used as a powerful vehicle for improving teaching and learning and school wide collaboration. The study findings affirmed this
Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Administration
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Swindler, Erin. ""I Have Told You about the Cane and Garden": White Women, Cultivation, and Southern Society in Central Louisiana, 1852-1874." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1182.
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This thesis examines cultivation in the lives of Sarah and Columbia Bennett between the years 1852 and 1874. The Bennett women's letters convey an intimate sense of the agro-economic preoccupations (and gardening pleasures) of these slave-owning white women, and the centrality of cultivation in mid-nineteenth-century rural Louisiana within a landscape of country stores, plantations, and people. As the lives of the Bennett women illustrate, white women's gardening knowledge and practice formed a cornerstone of central Louisiana society. The Bennett women's gardening knowledge and skill were primary components in the creation of a self-sustaining plantation household. By cultivating produce and other foodstuffs for consumption, the Bennett women made possible the family's participation in the lucrative market for cotton and other cash crops, a market that also tied their household to plantation economies elsewhere in the transatlantic world.
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Seixas, Nádia Andreia da Silva. "Satisfação profissional do enfermeiro do serviço de urgência." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/1182.
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Monografia apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em EnfermagemA Satisfação Profissional vai condicionar o indivíduo na sua forma de estar biopsicossocialmente. Este conceito tem influência em todas as vertentes e vai direccioná-lo para o trabalho motivado ou não. A Satisfação Profissional tem sido alvo de diversificados estudos, principalmente fora de Portugal, que concluem que existem factores que levam à insatisfação, factores esses que se relacionam com a forma de atingir os objectivos e factores que levam à satisfação com sendo os das relações que se estabelecem entre os Enfermeiros. O investigador sentiu necessidade de indagar sobre a satisfação que aferem os Enfermeiros que trabalham num serviço hospitalar, devido aos escassos estudos efectuados e devido a uma expectativa pessoal. A investigação tem como objectivos: identificar o grau de satisfação dos enfermeiros que trabalham no serviço de urgência; o factor que mais satisfaz os enfermeiros do serviço de urgência; o que menos satisfaz os enfermeiros do serviço de urgência; a influência do tempo de exercício profissional e da categoria profissional sobre o grau de satisfação. O método desta investigação classifica-se de Quantitativo, o estudo é de tipo Exploratório-Descritivo de conhecimento de nível I e Transversal, realizando-se em meio Natural. A colheita de dados foi efectuada através do questionário, no Serviço de Urgência do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, EPE, sendo a amostra constituída por quarenta e dois Enfermeiros. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que, de forma geral, os Enfermeiros se encontram Satisfeitos, principalmente no que diz respeito às relações interpessoais, sendo a componente de perspectivas de promoção, a organização e funcionamento do departamento e a remuneração, os aspectos que levam a maior Insatisfação por parte dos Enfermeiros.
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Couto, Joana Silva Moreira do. "Ictioses : o estado da questão." Master's thesis, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/1182.
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As ictioses são um grupo, clinica e etiologicamente heterogéneo, de dermatoses, classificado como desordens de queratinização ou cornificação. São consequência de defeitos metabólicos que resultam numa anormal diferenciação da epiderme, conferindo à superfície cutânea um aspeto descamativo peculiar, evocativo de escamas de peixe, de onde deriva a designação da doença (do grego ichthys i.e. peixe).
O objetivo desta dissertação é fazer um ponto da situação sobre os conhecimentos e avanços atuais associados às ictioses, incidindo numa perspetiva histórica até à atualidade e abordando, sucessivamente: Classificação, Etiopatogenia, Apresentação Clínica, Diagnóstico, Estratégias Terapêuticas e Perspetivas Futuras.
As ictioses têm vindo a ser classificadas de diferentes formas, ao longo do tempo, com base nos conhecimentos alcançados acerca da sua etiopatogenia, manifestações clínicas, dados genéticos e moleculares e novas caracterizações histopatológicas. Atualmente, um dos princípios utilizados para classificar as ictioses é baseado no facto da doença ser resultante de determinação genética, de caráter hereditário – Ictioses Hereditárias – ou ser consequência de patologias sistémicas, de índole adquirida – Ictioses Adquiridas.
Relativamente às ictioses hereditárias, estas subdividem-se em dois grandes grupos, as Ictioses Não Sindromáticas (a alteração genética evidencia-se em exclusivo na pele), e as Ictioses Sindromáticas, (a dermatose ocorre em associação com anomalias noutros sistemas orgânicos).
As ictioses não sindromáticas, por sua vez, dividem-se noutros três grandes grupos principais, as Ictioses Comuns, as Ictioses Congénitas Autossómicas Recessivas e as Ictioses Queratinopáticas.
No que diz respeito à etiopatogenia, durante as duas últimas décadas, têm vindo a ser descobertas as causas genéticas de grande parte dos 36 tipos de ictioses hereditárias. Quanto às respetivas bases moleculares, apenas algumas se encontram por identificar.
As alterações cutâneas associadas a este tipo de dermatoses caracterizam-se, clinicamente, por hiperqueratose, descamação cutânea difusa ou ambas. A apresentação clínica é variável, não só na gravidade (desde xerodermia até formas com elevado risco de morte neonatal), mas também na idade de manifestação e nos sintomas associados.
O estabelecimento de um diagnóstico específico pode afigurar-se difícil, dada a complexa heterogeneidade clinicopatológica das ictioses e a diversidade dos mecanismos causais. O clínico deve basear-se nos seguintes fatores: história médica e familiar detalhadas; características da apresentação clínica; biópsias de pele, com análises histológicas e ultraestruturais; e, em alguns casos, se disponíveis, análises bioquímicas. A confirmação do diagnóstico deve ser efetuada por um estudo de genética molecular (nem sempre acessível), com análise de mutações, que serve de suporte para aconselhamento genético do doente e da sua família e possibilita a realização de um diagnóstico pré-natal (em famílias de risco). O tratamento é sintomático uma vez que a doença subsiste, até ao momento, sem cura. Consiste na aplicação contínua de emolientes tópicos, uso de óleos de lavagem para o banho, aplicação de cremes ou pomadas com agentes queratolíticos, remoção mecânica das escamas e utilização de terapia retinóide, um importante avanço na terapêutica destas doenças.
Relativamente a perspetivas futuras, considera-se que um melhor entendimento acerca da patofisiologia das diferentes ictioses contribuirá para o desenvolvimento de estratégias terapêuticas específicas e inovadoras, já que não se afiguram, ainda, perspetivas de descoberta de uma cura.Ichthyoses are a clinically and etiologically heterogeneous group of skin conditions, classified as disorders of keratinization or cornification. They are the consequence of metabolic defects that result in an abnormal epidermal differentiation, giving the skin a peculiar scaly aspect, reminiscent of fish scales, from which derives the name of the disease (from the Greek ichthys i.e. fish). The purpose of this dissertation is to make a progress report on current knowledge and advances associated with ichthyoses, focusing on a historical perspective to the present day and addressing successively: Classification, Etiology and Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Therapeutic Strategies and Future Prospects. Ichthyoses have been classified in diverse ways, over time, based on the current knowledge about its etiologic, pathogenic, clinical, histologic, genetic and molecular features. Currently, classification of ichthyoses is based on whether they are the result of a hereditary genetic defect - Hereditary Ichthyoses – or they are the consequence of systemic diseases - Acquired Ichthyoses. Hereditary ichthyoses are subdivided into two major groups, Nonsyndromic Forms (the phenotypic expression of the disorder is only seen in the skin) and Syndromic Forms (a skin condition occurs in association with anomalies in other organs). Nonsyndromic Forms are divided into three major groups: Common Ichthyoses, Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyoses and Keratinopathic Ichthyoses. The genetic causes for most of the 36 types of inherited ichthyoses have been discovered over the last two decades. As for their molecular bases, only a few remain to be identified. Cutaneous alterations associated with ichthyoses are clinically characterized as hyperkeratosis and/or diffuse scaling. Clinical presentation varies not only in severity (ranges from xerosis to life-threatening forms) but also in the age of onset and associated symptoms. Reaching a specific diagnosis may prove difficult given the complex heterogeneity of ichthyoses. The diagnosis should be based on the following data: family and medical history, clinical presentation features, skin biopsies with histological, ultrastructural, and in some cases, biochemical analyses (if available). It should be confirmed by mutation analysis (not always available) to allow for genetic counseling of the patients and their families. It also permits DNA-based prenatal diagnosis in families at risk. Treatment is essencially symptomatic for a cure has not yet been found. It consists on the mechanical removal of the scales, continuous application of topical emollients, bath oils and creams or ointments with keratolytic agents, and retinoid therapy, a significant improvement as the therapeutic field of ichthyoses is concerned. For future perspectives, it is considered that a better understanding of the pathophysiology of the different ichthyoses will contribute to the development of innovative and specific therapeutic strategies, as there are still no perspectives of finding a cure.
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Amoretti, Navarro Mario. "La Importancia del título preliminar del código penal de 1991." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/1182.
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La presente Tesis para optar el grado de Magíster en Derecho está referida al estudio del Título Preliminar del Código Penal de 1991 y cada uno de sus principios y garantías, que estatuye límites concretos al poder de sanción del Estado, como respuesta legislativa incardinada en el programa de Derecho penal material establecido en la Ley Fundamental. La misma que consagra una legislación penal en el marco de un Estado social y democrático de Derecho, consiguiendo la creación de un Derecho penal de hombres y para hombres, a través del establecimiento de principios y garantías, evitando, por el contrario, que el Leviatán al momento de realizar la labor de criminalización instrumentalice y aplaste al ser humano.
La “Filosofía de la Ilustración” surgida durante el Siglo de las Luces, sin desconocer sus precedentes históricos, y, en particular, el “Derecho penal liberal” conllevaron al reconocimiento jurídico de la persona humana como fin supremo de la sociedad y del Estado y, en ese sentido, a la fijación de límites a la potestad de sanción. En gran parte, gracias al pensamiento de juristas como BECCARIA, BENTHAM y LEIBNIZ, el Derecho penal dejó de ser un instrumento basado únicamente en el castigo y la marginación al delincuente, visto como portador del “congénito” mal del delito y, en lugar de ello, se fue reestructurando asimismo como un instrumento legítimo de protección al individuo, a la sociedad y a las estructuras esenciales para su supervivencia. Lo que se traduce en la consagración de los denominados principios limitadores del ius puniendi.Tesis
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Piątkowski, Michał. "Analysis of the losd-bearing capacity of truss girders with geometric imperfections : PhD thesis summary." Rozprawa doktorska, [s.n.], 2019. http://dlibra.tu.koszalin.pl/Content/1182.
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Rech, Eduardo. "O impacto dos finais de preço na memória do consumidor e o efeito moderador do envolvimento." Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10923/1182.
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Previous issue date: 2010This paper addresses issues related to the price recall, with the primary aim of investigating the impact of the price endings in consumer’s price recall and also the moderating role of the variable involvement with the product. For this feasibility study was conducted an experiment with one hundred and sixty-six undergraduate students from the course of business administration of a private university in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, by manipulating the variable price endings through three scenarios, with the aim of testing hypotheses. The search results reject hypotheses so as to question the impact of the price endings in consumer’s price recall. However, we found evidence supporting the fact that prices with 0 endings are more easily recalled compared to other endings. As for the moderating role of involvement, is not occurring influences of involvement with the product in price recall considering different endings. Moreover, it is confirmed the fact that price endings do not impact the price recall of individuals with higher level of involvement.
O presente trabalho aborda questões relacionadas à memória de preço, tendo como principal objetivo verificar o impacto dos finais de preço na memória de preço do consumidor, investigando, também, o papel moderador da variável envolvimento com o produto. Para viabilização deste estudo foi realizado um experimento junto à cento e sessenta e seis alunos de graduação do curso de administração de uma universidade particular do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, manipulando a variável final de preço através de três cenários, com o intuito de testar as hipóteses. Os resultados da pesquisa rejeitam algumas hipóteses de modo a questionar o impacto dos finais de preço na memória de preço do consumidor. No entanto, foram encontradas evidências que suportam o fato de que os preços com final redondo são mais facilmente lembrados em comparação com os outros finais. Quanto ao papel moderador do envolvimento percebe-se que não ocorrem influências do envolvimento com o produto na memória de preço considerando os diferentes finais. Além disso, confirmase o fato dos finais de preço não impactarem na lembrança de preço dos indivíduos com maior nível de envolvimento.
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Reifler, Ellen Sarah. "Investigation of Intrinsic and Tunable Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides for Optical Applications." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2018. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/1182.
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Since the scotch-tape isolation of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been studied with increasing enthusiasm. Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides are of particular interest as atomically thin semiconductors. These materials are naturally transparent in their few-layer form, have direct band gaps in their monolayer form, exhibit extraordinary absorption, and demonstrate unique physics, making them promising for efficient and novel optical devices. Due to the two-dimensional nature of the materials, their properties are highly susceptible to the environment above and below the 2D films. It is critical to understand the influences of this environment on the properties of 2D materials and on the performance parameters of devices made with the materials. For transparent optical devices requiring electrical contacts and gates, the effect of transparent conducting oxides on the optical properties of 2D semiconductors is of particular importance. The ability to tune the optical properties of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides could allow for improved control of the emission or absorption wavelength of optical devices made with the materials. Continuously tuning the optical properties of these materials would be advantageous for variable wavelength devices such as photodetectors or light emitters. This thesis systematically investigates the intrinsic structural and optical properties of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenide films, the effect of substrate-based optical interference on the optical emission properties of the materials, and demonstrates methods to controllably tune the luminescence emission of the materials for future optical applications. This thesis advances the study of these materials toward integration in future efficient and novel optical devices. The specific transition metal dichalcogenides investigated here are molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2), tungsten disulfide (WS2), and tungsten diselenide (WSe2). The thickness-dependence of the intrinsic in-plane crystal structure of these materials is elucidated with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy; thickness-dependent optical properties are studied using Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies. This thesis investigates the optical interference effects from substrates with transparent conducting oxide layers on the optical properties of few-layer MoS2 films. An understanding of these effects is critical for integrating MoS2 into efficient optical devices. We predict contributions of optical interference effects to the luminescence emission of few-layer MoS2 films. The predictions are experimentally verified. We also demonstrate the use of optical interference effects to tune the wavelength and intensity of the luminescence emission of few-layer MoS2. This thesis explores the use of electric fields applied perpendicular to the films to continuously and reversibly tune the band gap of few-layer MoS2 for future variable wavelength devices. To facilitate integration into devices, we demonstrate electric fieldinduced band gap tuning by applying electric fields with a pair of transparent or semitransparent conducting layers, and without the need for direct electrical contact to the MoS2 films. The observed band gap tuning is attributed to the Stark Effect. We discuss challenges to maximizing the effect of electric field-induced band gap tuning. We demonstrate that optical interference effects do not prevent observation of band gap tuning via applied electric fields. We successfully combine two luminescence emission tuning methods: optical interference effects and electric field effects.
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Amushembe, Hilde. "Flow charts and indices for evaluating true efficiency and effectiveness of harmonic filters in power systems." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1182.
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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology: Electrical Engineering
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at the Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyTraditionally, efficiency is defined for sinusoidal networks and not for non-sinusoidal networks. For this reason, the efficiency formula and indices for efficiency calculations are reviewed. The concepts for determining powers, efficiency and power direction of flow in a non-sinusoidal network are explained. A new index „True Efficiency‟ is introduced to represent efficiency in non-sinusoidal circuits. Harmonic filters are installed in networks with harmonic distortion levels above the set standards for harmonic mitigation. However, there are no specific indices for evaluating the effectiveness of filter(s), hence the introduction of the index „Filter Effectiveness‟. Two software tools are utilised to develop flow charts and indices for evaluating true efficiency and effectiveness of harmonic filters in a power system under distorted waveform conditions. In this way, the effect that distortions have on efficiency can be determined and the effectiveness of the mitigation measure in place can be evaluated. The methodologies are developed using a step-by-step approach for two software packages. Three case studies were conducted on a large network. This network has multiple harmonic sources and capacitor banks. The first case study considered a network with two harmonic sources and three capacitor banks of which two are at the point of common coupling (PCC) and one is at a load bus; the second case study considered Case 1 with two capacitor banks at the PCC used as components for the 2nd - order filter and the third case considered Case 2 with a Notch filter added at one of the load buses. The network was simulated using DIgSILENT and SuperHarm software packages. DIgSILENT can calculate powers while SuperHarm gives current and voltages and power is hand calculated. The two packages were used together to test their compatibility and verify the network modelling. For the different investigations conducted, the software-based methodologies developed to calculate true efficiency in a network with multiple harmonic sources and capacitor banks have been shown to be effective. The indices developed for evaluating the effectiveness of harmonic filters proved to be effective too. The two software packages used proved to be compatible as the results obtained are similar. The methodologies can easily be adapted for investigations of other large networks as demonstrated in this study. The true efficiency methodologies are thus recommended for application in this field as it will help determine efficiency for networks with non-linear loads and help mitigate the distortions.
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Alameda, Tania. "Empowerment, social support, and self-esteem of parents involved in an elementary school program." FIU Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1182.
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Parent involvement (PI) in schooling has consistently been correlated with improved academic achievement in children. However, despite the apparent benefits of parent involvement, many schools serving low-income communities report consistent difficulty in facilitating the involvement of parents in their children's schooling.
The purpose of this exploratory pilot study was to examine key variables associated with a PI program at a school that served a low-income community. The program was selected because it sustained the involvement of parents for a prolonged period of time. It was also selected because the program was facilitated by social workers.
Derived from the literature, four lines of inquiry were examined: (a) the relationship between PI and parent strengths and development; (b) the relationship between PI and children's academic achievement; (c) facilitators for PI; and (d) barriers to PI. These lines of inquiry yielded the study's four primary research questions. The study employed a cross-sectional research design to address them.
Thirty-three parents, representing 16 school-involved (SI) parents and 17 nonschool involved (NSI) parents, served as study participants. All 33 parents resided in a high poverty community.
Quantitative methods were selected to examine differences between study participants and PI. Measures of parental empowerment, social support, self-esteem, and direct and indirect measures of their children's academic achievement were utilized. Qualitative methods were developed to identify and describe SI and NSI parents' perceptions of facilitators for and barriers to PI.
This study's findings suggest that PI may yield important benefits for SI parents. These benefits include parents' perceptions of their empowerment, social support, and self-esteem. This study's findings also suggest a relationship between PI and reduced rates of children's school suspensions. This study did not, however, support relationships between PI and children's standardized test scores. This study concludes that despite the apparent benefits of PI for SI parents, PI may nonetheless be a proxy for several unspecified interventions that effect parents, children, schools and communities alike. More precise specifications and robust measures of PI are needed.
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Helland, Madeline. "Field Guide." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1182.
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Field Guide is a mixed-media artist book detailing the exploration of a fictitious culture through cartography, narrative, and illustration. It is presented through the lens of an amateur archaeologist, navigating a chain of islands to search for ruins and artifacts. In part, the project is focused on the fantasy of an imagined world. The island chain is a place entirely of my own creation. By creating the viewpoint of an outside explorer, it was possible to navigate through this world. Although I, as the artist, can know everything about this fictitious world, adopting the perspective of someone distanced by time and place allowed for discrepancies, misinterpretation, and the sense of mystery that typically colors interpretations of foreign, ancient cultures. This character is forced to fill in the context for what she is viewing based upon her conjectures, which may or may not reveal the full truth. Overall, perspective on cultures is often shaped by the observations of a few individuals. In the same way, viewers are forced to consider this culture through the lens of one character, without being entirely certain if they are consuming objective truths.
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Łaszyca, Edward. "Ocena zasobów i zagrożeń meteorologicznych w rejonie Bydgoszczy w latach 1971-2010." Rozprawa doktorska, Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy w Bydgoszczy, 2018. http://dlibra.utp.edu.pl/Content/1182.
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Celem pracy była klimatologiczna ocena wybranych warunków meteorologicznych Bydgoszczy i okolic, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem ich zmienności czasowej oraz trendów zmian wraz z upływem lat 1971 do 2010 rokuThe aim of the work was climatological evaluation of selelcted meteorological conditions of Bydgoszcz and the surrounding area, with particular emphasis on their temporal variability and change trends with the passage of years from 1971 to 2010
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Correia, Pedro Luís Lopes Pais. "Arte e tecnologia : estratégias de subversão e transgressão." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/1182.
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Mestrado em Criação Artística ContemporâneaEste projecto orienta-se em torno de um corpo de trabalho simbólico que explora as relações entre arte e tecnologia. Ao incorporar o digital, resultado da crescente e progressiva artificialização da vida, a arte (des)configura-se e reconfigura-se. Nesta abordagem a tecnologia surge, para além da sua esfera instrumental, como foco e factor destabilizador. O mundo em transformação, o esforço despendido na adaptação aos novos media e uma deriva pessoal, servem de matéria para o desafio subversivo. Percepcionando primeiro as capacidades da tecnologia para de seguida transgredir: contrariando o seu determinismo, instigando o desvio, ou questionando o seu carácter quimérico, abrem-se novas frentes de produção poética e vinca-se uma dobra que acolhe e despoleta a sua apropriação crítica. Procura-se ainda desconstruir o fetichismo dos aparelhos, sem subestimar as suas infinitas potencialidades, retratando a nossa passagem feérica de nativos pré-digitais a seres virtuais. A substância deste trabalho é, assim, a reflexão sobre a tecnologia enquanto elemento condicionador da arte e da vida quotidiana, que aqui se deixam trespassar. ABSTRACT: This project focuses on a corpus of symbolic work that explores the relationship between art and technology. By incorporating digital media, a consequence of the increasingly and evergrowing artificiality of life, artwork shapes and reshapes itself. In this approach, technology emerges, beyond its instrumental character, both as the core of the projects and as a disturbing factor. The world in transformation, the efforts spent in adapting to the new technological media and a personal roam are the materials for the subversive challenge. By firstly realizing the potentialities of technology and then transgressing it: by opposing its determinism, by instigating the deviance or re-questioning its illusive character, new fields of action emerge for symbolic production and a fold for its critical appropriation is made. There is also an attempt of deconstructing the fetishism of the technical equipments without underestimating their endless potentialities, giving an account of our enchanted journey from pre-digital natives to virtual beings. Therefore, the substance of this work is a reflection upon technology as a conditioning factor of art and everyday life that (here) interpenetrate each other.
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Leisey, Monica Rene'. "The Multiple Meanings of Domestic Violence: A Constructivist Inquiry." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1182.
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Spurred by the work of the Battered Women's Movement, domestic violence has been responded to since it emerged as a problem in the 1970s. At first the response was providing places for victims to stay and recover from the violence while also providing opportunities for consciousness raising and empowerment work. As domestic violence became a more recognized problem, policies were created and enacted to end the problem. Through the 1980s and 1990s, changes in federal policies in regards to domestic violence were incorporated. The criminal justice system began incorporating such policies as mandatory arrest and no-drop prosecution policies as well as using batterer intervention programs (BIPs) to provide services to those accused of domestic violence charges.In Virginia, domestic violence advocates, batterer intervention program service providers and members of the criminal justice system worked together to create coordinated community responses with the stated goals of safety for domestic violence victims and accountability for perpetrators of domestic violence. The coordination, however, seemed to be fraught with difficulties, as domestic violence advocates, BIP providers, and the criminal justice system continued to struggle with the implementation of the standards. It seemed that although all three groups were able to agree upon the goals of accountability and safety, there were underlying issues of difference that were not being considered.The participants of this inquiry had congruent understandings of the term domestic violence; however their understandings of the social problem domestic violence were quite different. Because the way a social problem is understood influences policy as it is created, implemented, and experienced, it is important to strive for clarity concerning the social problem to which the policy is responding.This inquiry is an exploration of the multiple understandings of the social problem domestic violence as understood by those who participated in the inquiry. The tentative findings, or lessons learned, are not to be understood as generalizable findings, but as the unique, co-created understandings of the multiple meanings of the social problem domestic violence as understood by the participants and the inquirer.
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Chow, Sheung Ching. "The characterization of hyperosomotic stress-induced signaling cascades and the downstream effectors in primary gill cell culture of Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1182.
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Palomares, Rodriguez Maria Teresa. "The Oaxaca Barrio in Teotihuacan: Mortuary Customs and Ethnicity in Mesoamerica's Greatest Metropolis." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1182.
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This research examines the mortuary customs of the Oaxaca Barrio, one of the foreign settlements in the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The Oaxaca Barrio is associated with the Zapotec homeland in the state of Oaxaca, southern Mexico (roughly 290 miles); but many questions remain unanswered about its origins and development. The mortuary customs of the Oaxaca Barrio show how Zapotec migrants adapted to living in Teotihuacan over a considerable period of time, maintaining aspects of their homeland identity, but also generating a new cultural repertoire by which members of the enclave redefined themselves. The presence of Zapotec people in Teotihuacan has at least three distinct moments or contexts: its origins in a time of Zapotec expansion (200 B.C), the formal settlement of the Oaxaca Barrio (A.D 100), and much later in time, when the barrio shows a hybridization process with singular characteristics (A.D 300). I address in this research two important questions: Why did Zapotec migrants keep their mortuary traditions? How did migrant identity change over time? To answer these questions I present in five chapters general characteristics of the Oaxaca Barrio, theoretical concepts, and archaeological evidence that support the analysis and discussion developed about this foreign group, and finally its mortuary customs and the relationship with its ethnicity. The Zapotec migration to Teotihuacan is important because social, political, economic and ideological aspects are involved, and this topic is not only useful to archaeological studies (in one of the most important cities in Mesoamerica), also it is helpful to anthropological research about modern migrations, and studies of identity and ethnicity in the contemporary world. In Chapter I, I present a general view of the Oaxaca Barrio in Teotihuacan, the chronology and a brief review of the situation in the Zapotec area and Teotihuacan at the moment of the Oaxaca Barrio's foundation, and a general idea of the mortuary customs in each place; also in this chapter I mention the objectives of this investigation and its limits. Chapter II mentions the main theoretical concepts related with this investigation: ethnicity and hybridization, I also approach the main ideas and hypotheses about the political and social structure in the Oaxaca Barrio. Later in Chapter III, I describe the most important archaeological evidence found in each compound excavated until now in the Oaxaca Barrio, and Chapter IV shows the archaeological record of mortuary customs identified in this foreign settlement; in this section I describe four important and basic elements in the mortuary system: type of burial, offerings and practice of funerary rites, and urns. And finally in Chapter V, I present the discussion of each element, making a comparison with funerary practices and characteristics in the Zapotec area, mainly Monte Alban, and Teotihuacan culture; also in this last chapter I mention how could be the syncretism-hybridization process of this foreign settlement, mainly identified through its funerary customs.
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Altuwaijri, Anas. "A COMPARISON BETWEEN SAUDI AND AMERICAN SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1182.
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Saudi educators are increasingly concerned over whether principal preparation programs in Saudi Arabia are accomplishing their goal of developing qualified leaders who are prepared to take on the tasks of school principals. Thus, Saudi researchers recommend that the school principal preparation programs undergo evaluation. This study examines American school principal preparation program components to determine their applicability to Saudi programs. Data analysis focused on Title 23 Illinois Administrative Code 30 and the Saudi School Principal Preparation Program Guidelines with a specific focus on their general program requirements, internship requirements, coursework requirements, and staffing requirements. This research uncovers several similarities and differences between the Saudi and Illinois principal preparation programs. Both programs establish regulations and instructor qualifications as well as requirements for a program coordinator, accreditation, and completion of a supervised internship. The differences between the two include the areas of program structure, course requirements, and educational standards. The study’s findings encourage future research in two areas to improve principal preparation programs in Saudi Arabia: principal performance before and after program participation and study replication using Gulf Region, Middle East, European, or Asian countries as comparable.
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Montierth, Jacob Ross. "Elliptical Rolling Link Toggle Mechanisms for Passive Force Closures with Self-Adjustment." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1182.
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This thesis presents elliptical rolling contact joints as an alternative to circular rolling contact and conventional revolute joints where high quality force transmission "low friction and backlash" with variable output are desired. Parameters specific to the joint and its position are developed in terms of relative link angles and elliptical surface geometry. These parameters are used to generate the basic forward kinematics for elliptical rolling link toggle mechanisms with oscillatory motion and high mechanical advantage. As large compressive loads are characteristic of such mechanisms, stress conditions are identified and principles for joint stability with variable, precision outputs are discussed. Finally, application is made to self-adjusting passive force closures with a case study of the MUSCLE Brake (Multi-toggle Self-adjusting Connecting-Linked Electromechanical) disc brake caliper. Elliptical rolling contact joints are shown to offer several benefits over circular rolling contact, including: reduced Hertz contact stresses and flexure bending stresses, variable output velocity, maximum use of contact interface by distributing small rotations across surfaces of small curvature, reduced forces on stabilizing members, increased mechanical advantage due to eccentricity, and no-slip pure rolling provided exclusively by connecting links (or flexures) without the need for gear teeth or friction.
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Karmue, Quanuquanei Alfred. "Witness: An Artist’s Journey Into The Past." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1182.
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This thesis as a social documentary, using images to provoke awareness of the emotions of children, their lives during the 15-year old Civil War that was in Liberia, West Africa. This thesis will visually explore different timelines, the past, the present and the future of children depicted. In depicting the past, the images capturing specific moment of what a child had to witness during the war. In depicting the present images showcase the aftermath of the war for children who have survived, and finally, for the future, images showcasing how the lives of some of the children have changed because of sacrifices made by people who observed the war and its consequences. Inspiration was gathered from several groups of artists that covered events such as the Great Depression, Vietnam, the Holocaust, etc. These artists include: Henry Mayhew, Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks among many.
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Stoller, Timothy Todd. "Dying and rising with Christ: visualizing Christian existence in Martin Luther's 1519 devotional writings." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1182.
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Early in his career, Martin Luther twice published (1516 and 1518) prefaces for the anonymous German work, Eyn deutsch Theologia. In these prefaces, as well as in a number of letters, he repeatedly praised the work. His positive appraisal stemmed from his belief that the work replicated not only the foundational teachings of St. Paul, but was consonant with the Pauline interpretations of St. Augustine and Johannes Tauler. Young Luther found in these authors a consistent metaphor for Christian existence: dying and rising with Christ. This narrative enabled Christians to experience death and resurrection as a future hope, as well as a present existential reality within their lives. Young Luther believed that the varied narratives inherent in late medieval spirituality had placed Christ at the periphery of Christian spirituality rather than at its core. Consequently, he repeatedly sought to correct this misplacement and return Christ to the center of Christian life and piety.
This dissertation examines this Pauline metaphor, the contemplative spirituality the young Luther built upon it, and the sixteenth-century reception of this spirituality. Chapter one introduces the project and offers a short survey of the literature on Luther's spirituality. Chapter two reviews contemplation in Scripture, then considers St. Paul's presentation of his metaphor. It also discusses how the contemplative writings of St. Augustine, Tauler, and the Frankfurter (the anonymous author of Eyn deutsch Theologia), made use of this Pauline metaphor. Chapters three and four consider Luther's creative employment of the Pauline narrative in five of his devotional works from 1519: Ein Sermon von der Betrachtung des heiligen Leidens Christi, Ein Sermon von der Bereitung zum Sterben, Ein Sermon von dem heiligen hochwürdigen Sakrament der Taufe, Ein Sermon vom Sakrament des Leichnams Christi und von den Brüderschaften, and Tessaradecas Consolatoria pro laborantibus et oneratis. In each case, Luther built upon existing devotional genres, yet altered their contents and/or form by importing the Pauline metaphor. Chapter five inquires into the sixteenth-century reception of these five devotional works. Paying particular attention to interpretative clues left in correspondence, commentaries, marginal notes and illustrations by a number of publishers and translators, it demonstrates that these persons not only perceived of these writings as contemplative devotional exercises, but chose to market them explicitly as such.
It would seem that Luther's "theology of the cross" expressed itself in a corresponding spirituality of "death and resurrection." Although this spirituality entailed a specific contemplative progression, it was adaptable to the life circumstances of any Christian. This universality contributed to the popularity of Luther's early spiritual writings. Young Luther's narrative imagery along with the publishers' additional illustrations helped to revise spiritual practices and reshape Christian piety throughout the sixteenth century.
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Toone, Logan Thomas. "The Development and Implementation of a Hierarchical Model to Measure the Effects of Instructional Coaching on Student Achievement." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1182.
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A school district in Utah implemented an instructional coaching program intended to increase student achievement in reading and mathematics. Program administrators wished to determine the degree to which certain elements of instructional coaching (time, activities, context, and content) affected student achievement. Student achievement data were collected using state reading and math assessments; coaching data were collected using coaching time logs; other data were obtained from the district.
Data were analyzed to determine which predictors could appropriately be included in a hierarchical linear model (HLM) predicting student achievement. A threelevel fully unconditional model was applied to determine the relative effect of grouped factors at the student, class, and school levels. Approximately 90% of the total variance in student achievement (both explained and unexplained by the model) was observed at the student level. Unconditional growth models were constructed to determine whether student-level factors varied significantly across classes and whether class-level factors varied significantly across schools. Each identified factor was included (as random or fixed) in one of eight explanatory HLMs to measure the effect of specific coaching factors on predicted student achievement. Noncoaching factors were included in the models to reduce extraneous variance and strengthen the models’ ability to describe the effect of coaching factors. Inclusion of factors reduced unexplained student-level variance by approximately 45% in the language arts models and 54% in the math models.
There was no evidence that coaching time had a direct effect on student achievement. Some of the coaching activities, contexts, and contents did affect predicted achievement significantly. This report outlines those observed effects in detail. The most notable finding was that students in classrooms where coaches spend more time conferencing with teachers about student achievement data had higher predicted scores. Due to the nature of the dependent variable (achievement) and inherent methodological challenges associated with measuring the effect of class-level interventions, effect sizes observed in this study were relatively small.
The resulting recommendations for practice were that coaches focus less on the quantity of time they spend with teachers and more on selecting activities, context, and content that are likely to yield the greatest results.
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Beaven, Stephen W. "Rebound: The Resurrection of a Hometown Team." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1182.
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On Dec. 13, 1977, the University of Evansville men's basketball team, its coaches and other university employees were killed in a plane crash at Dress Regional Airport on the city's north side. Months later, a brash outsider named Dick Walters began rebuilding the basketball program. Four years later, he led the Purple Aces to the school's first Division 1 NCAA tournament. This thesis explores the relationship between the town and the team in the years after the crash.
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Norman, Garrett Tyler. "Pismo Beach Public Art Program." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2014. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1182.
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Public art plays a significant role in communities around the world. It embodies a close relationship between the artist, the space in which it’s being exhibited, and the public. The development of this project examined various literary sources that demonstrated the importance of public art and how cities, artists, and community members may benefit from the incorporation of public art. This project included the framework for development of a Public Art Program for the City of Pismo Beach, California, which outlined the critical steps of a planning process and implementation of the program.
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Harmse, Jocelyn Lavern. "Public hearings on the choice of termination of pregnancy : a case of Limpopo Provincial Legislature." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1182.
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Thesis (MPA.) -- University of Limpopo, 2014The aim of the study was to determine whether Members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature misrepresented members of the public in the policy and decision making process. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act, No. 213 of 2008, when passed in Parliament, might have had good intensions, but has instead led to unintended consequences. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used in this study. Questionnaires were used to collect the primary data from MPLs, staff of the Limpopo Legislature and members of the public in districts of the Province while the secondary data was collected from online databases and through literature reviews. A random sampling method was used to collect primary data for this research by using various data collection methods such as questionnaires, face to face and telephone interviews. The collected data was captured in Ms Excel 2007, and then analysed and presented using graphs and tables. Results of this study indicate that the majority of people in Limpopo were not in favour of the bill in question. This was evident in the video recording that was taken at the public hearing held in the Vhembe District where the emotions and expressions including the language used by members of the public was witnessed. The Committee Report that was tabled in the House by the Chairperson of the Committee stated that all districts in the Province were not in favour of the bill. It also became evident that indeed MPLs did not debate the report in the House and also did not consider inputs of the masses made during public hearings before a provincial mandate was given to Permanent delegates at the National Council of Province (NCOP) to vote in favour of the bill. It can thus be concluded that MPLs can take a decision on a bill even if the masses are against it. This clearly indicates that the voices of the people are indeed heard since public hearings are conducted, but all is merely done to comply with the Constitutional mandate.
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Kitsos, Anthony. "Examining Vermont Agricultural Producers’ Willingness To Pay For Extension One-On-One Business Planning Services And Future Programming Considerations." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2020. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1182.
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Extension agricultural business programs have provided enhanced individualized services to Vermont’s agricultural producers by using a variety of external funding sources combined with base departmental funds. These farm business programs are uniquely positioned to deliver one-on-one outreach education and information that not only has a direct benefit to private farm business owners but indirectly serves the public good by enhancing farm business viability. Meanwhile, there is an ongoing cultural shift among Extension professionals and farm owners who acknowledge that Extension programs cannot be sustained at low or no cost to participants. Funding for Extension programming has been declining for several years. Traditional funding sources, such as university base funding and state legislature appropriations, have been significantly reduced, and as a result, faculty positions in Extension nationwide have been reduced or eliminated altogether. New ways to support Extension programming must be developed in order to continue to deliver high quality business outreach education to Vermont agricultural producers. This research addresses this need in the following two ways. First, Farm Viability (now Agricultural Business) program participants were surveyed to gauge their understanding of declining funding from traditional sources to determine whether or not a fee-based structure for future programming is acceptable them. Next, a reflective essay proposes solutions for supplementing funding for Extension programming with a fee-for-service model for advanced and extended one-on-one programming. Survey results showed that those respondents likely to engage in programming beyond the initial 2-year period were willing to pay for extended services at a rate higher than the original application fee. Of those who were willing to pay for future services, 80% of respondents said that they would use a plan that included 1-3 visits at a cost of $250 - $499. The reflective essay defines program areas in need of funding enhancement, such as using facilitated management teams, succession planning and grant application assistance. The essay discusses programming opportunities that exist to serve at least some past program participants with additional one-on-one services, thereby sharing the increasing financial burden experienced by Extension educators in the presence of shrinking internal capacity to fund this type of outreach education. This research also raises awareness in areas of program costs, dwindling funding sources, and how participants can help share the financial burden. Important points for farmers weighing the merits of paying for program participation and future programing opportunities are discussed. These results can guide the efforts of program administrators seeking to improve the cost-effectiveness of Extension outreach education in Vermont agriculture.
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Redwood, Alec J. "Cytokine gene expression patterns and immune responses to systemic Candida albicans infection in inbred mice." Thesis, Curtin University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1182.
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Aims of the research:To characterise the tissue histology and tissue distribution patterns of C. albicans during systemic murine candidiasis.To develop a reliable, reproducible and sensitive SQ-RT-PCR for the quantitation of in vivo cytokine gene transcription.To use this technique to determine the in vivo pattern of tissue specific cytokine gene expression during systemic candidiasis.To determine if cytokine gene expression patterns vary between resistant BALB/c and sensitive CBA/CaH mice during primary systemic candidiasis.To determine if differences in tissue distribution of C. albicans in infected mice is matched by differences in tissue responses to infection.To determine if cytokine mRNA expression patterns during secondary systemic candidiasis, are different to those during primary systemic candidiasis.To determine if cytokine gene expression patterns vary between resistant BALB/c and sensitive CBA/CaH mice during secondary systemic candidiasis.
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GRECO, MARCO. "La negoziazione bilaterale business to consumer: un modello di Recommender System per il commercio elettronico." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/1182.
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La logica dominante nella letteratura dei sistemi di raccomandazione presuppone che il venditore desideri raccomandare al proprio cliente il bene con la massima probabilità di venire acquistato. In questo lavoro si promuove un radicale cambio di prospettiva, suggerendo che egli sia più che altro interessato alla massimizzazione del proprio profitto atteso. Inoltre viene proposto un algoritmo di raccomandazione orientato a proporre bundle di prodotti, caratterizzati dalla presenza di sinergie tra loro, le quali permettono di effettuare sconti aumentando l’utilità per il compratore ed il profitto del venditore, trasformando quindi un classico negoziato distributivo in uno integrativo. Per risolvere il problema di ottimizzazione NP-hard risultante è stato necessario implementare alcuni algoritmi meta euristici. I risultati mostrano che un algoritmo di raccomandazione basato sulla massimizzazione del profitto consegue risultati migliori in termini di profitto realmente conseguito rispetto a quello ottenuto con un metodo tradizionale di tipo “collaborative filtering”, senza tuttavia diminuire l’utilità percepita dal compratore. Inoltre è stato osservato che in molti casi effettuare raccomandazioni di bundle permette di ottenere profitto, utilità e accuratezza maggiori rispetto alle raccomandazioni sequenziali di singoli beni.The recommender systems’ literature is based on the assumption that the seller wants to recommend the product that maximizes the probability of being purchased by the customer. This thesis suggests a dramatic change in perspective, experimenting the efficiency and efficacy of a recommender system aimed to maximize the seller’s expected profit. Moreover, bundle recommendations are generated considering the synergies among products, in order to increase the seller’s profit and the customer’s perceived utility, converting a win-lose negotiation in a win-win one. The implementation of several metaeuristics has been necessary in order to solve the resulting NP-hard optimization problem. Results highlight that a profit-based recommender system allows the seller to increase his own profit, without reducing the customer’s perceived utility, if compared to a traditional collaborative filtering recommender system. Moreover, the study points out that in many cases bundle recommendations are more profitable and accurate than sequential recommendations of single products.