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O'Rourke, Suzanne J. "Psychosocial problems after stroke : their nature, aetiology and prevention." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27149.
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Each year in the UK 80,000 people survive their first stroke, many of whom will suffer psychosocial difficulties, including depression, anxiety and social maladjustment. Such problems are often not identified or treated effectively. It would therefore be useful to establish their nature and frequency, identify patients at particular risk and develop therapeutic interventions. We attempted to address these issues in the context of a randomised controlled trial of a Stroke Family Care Worker (SFCW), an intervention hoped to reduce psychosocial difficulties. We assessed a consecutive series of stroke patients referred to a teaching hospital within one month of stroke regarding their medical history and neurological symptoms. Patients were randomised either to receive care from, or avoid contact with, the SFCW. Six months after onset we assessed, blind to treatment allocation, patients' psychosocial and physical outcomes using standardised measures. These included, the Oxford Handicap Scale, the Barthel Index, the Frenchay Activities Index, the General Health Questionnaire-30 item, the Social Adjustment Scale, the Recovery Locus of Control Scale, the Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, the Mental Adjustment to Stroke Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Patient Satisfaction Scale with additional questions, and a service and equipment use questionnaire. In this study we describe the psychosocial outcome of 417 patients six months after stroke, and examine factors which may be independently related to poor outcomes either in terms of understanding their aetiology or identifying those at risk. We then compared the outcomes of patients treated by our SFCW and those who were not to establish the effectiveness of this intervention in alleviating psychosocial problems.
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Krieg, Charles. "Nature Industries: U.S. Environmental Fictions after Fordism, 1971-2011." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20697.
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This dissertation recontextualizes literary, critical, and popular models of nature in contemporary American fiction, and argues that the transformations in the post-Fordist economy reframe environmental concepts and their uses in a new light. Scholars in the environmental humanities have long recognized that understanding changes in the political economy are a key way to understanding our ideas and representations of the natural world. These ideas serve as metaphysical models that relate individuals to society and to the broader world described by the sciences. However, much environmental criticism only goes so far as to historicize, either arguing that images of nature are wholly determined by structures and institutions of power, or, by privileging certain ideas of nature as absolute, critics lay claim to an imagined oppositional, but no less normative, space outside of society. Nature Industries intervenes in this dilemma by drawing on pragmatist and cultural studies methods to reconstruct the experience of American life in the aftermath of Fordism. Constructing this historical conjuncture enables interpretive practices which foreground the diverse political articulation of environmental figuration.
The title is a play on Horkheimer and Adorno’s 1944 essay on “the culture industry,” which announced that cultural production had been subsumed into monopoly capitalism. Following culture, nature has undergone a similar loss of perceived autonomy. From the affective to the biogenetic, informational to the atmospheric, post-Fordist technologies and economies intervene in the world at scales that previous vocabularies struggle to describe without the help of fiction. Contemporary capitalism not only produces new natures—new combinations of nature and culture, or new “natural-history”—but, given the ecological consequences of industrialism, environmentalists too are forced to intervene in ways that would give pause to previous generations of conservationists. Rather than announcing the “death of Nature,” as the fictionalized Immanuel Kant does in the final moments of Mary McCarthy’s Birds of America (1971), we encounter a proliferation of natures, each with their own political valence, and each mobilizing a different set of social and natural referents in the public sphere.
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Logan, Janette. "Openness and contact after adoption : the changing nature of adoptive kinship." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542706.
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Keane, Elizabeth C. "Amazing grace the nature and significance of reported after-death communication experiences /." View thesis, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36018.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2005.A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Education and Social Sciences, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.
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Miller, James A. L. "The nature and formation of muscle inflammation after eccentric exercise damage and in polymyositis." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403903.
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Turner, M. "The nature of urban renewal after fires in seven English provincial towns, circa 1675-1810." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.353211.
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Kosuda, Agata Ewa. "The nature of Polish-Russian relationships after the year of 1989 the legacy of the past /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
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Ginger, Andrew. "After Rousseau : the problem of art and nature in the Spain of the 1830s and 1840s." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321584.
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Kramer, Heinz Oliver. "Chinese fiction abroad : the exilic nature of works by Chinese writers living abroad after the Tiananmen Massacre." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24793.
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On June 4th 1989, the People’s Liberation Army used tanks to crush the anti-government demonstrations which had been taking place most notably on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Following the massacre, what initially seemed to be a watershed in post-Mao Chinese society, proved, at least on the economical side, only a short-lived return to Communist orthodoxy, before Deng Xiaoping re-launched economic liberalisation in 1992. The arts, too, were initially afflicted, with a return to tighter censorship and an uneasy political climate. Some writers, well known during the late 1970s and 1980s, had been outspoken in their support for the demonstrations of 1989. Some of them had already moved abroad, some still lived in China but felt for their own safety’s sake that they should leave China, too. In late 1989 then, with a new cycle of political repression looming, an immediate return to their homeland seemed unlikely for many writers. Writers went to a number of different countries in different continents, but a large group came together in Europe, meeting in Scandinavia firstly, where one of the first and the only continuous exile magazine, Today, named after an earlier venture in China, was revived. Most of the contributors to this magazine knew each other pre-exile through their works or socially. Many continued to write for this magazine in the following years. This thesis asks to what extent this literature, written by contributors to Today forms an emerging exile literature and how this literature can be characterised. Two limitations are introduced: the thesis looks at only four key writers and at their fictional works only. These four writers are Duoduo, Yo Yo, Xu Xing and Liu Sola. The thesis firstly discusses exile and exile literature in general and then delivers an account of the four key writers’ exile experience. The main body of the thesis is devoted to a literary analysis of the key writers’ fiction. The findings are contextualised with the writers’ experiences and their role in contributing to an exile literature examined.
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Mayer, Colin. "Growing closer to nature : students’ environmental attitudes and perspectives after a field trip to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59915.
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In this study, I measure the impact of a five-day field trip to a marine science research facility on the environmental attitudes and perspectives of British Columbian secondary science students. I used a descriptive case study that employed a mixed methods approach to address my research questions. To collect quantitative data, the participants completed the New Ecological Paradigm survey (Dunlap & Van Liere, 2008) both before and after the trip to Bamfield Marine Research Station. I then utilized semi-structured focus groups to further elicit participants’ interpretations and reflections about the environmental experience. Analysis of the data indicates the experience did have an impact on student attitudes and perspectives about the environment. The results of the pre-and-post New Ecological Paradigm survey showed that the environmental experience had a statistically significant impact (p=.000) on students’ environmental attitudes and perspectives. The semi-structured focus groups yielded three key findings: (1) participants’ pro-environmental beliefs became strengthened as a result of the environmental experience; (2) participants felt much closer and interconnected with nature as a result of the environmental experience; (3) participants developed a preference towards learning through experiential and environmental education methods, and showed evidence of metacognitive awareness and assimilation throughout the environmental experience.
This research provides insights into the impact of environmental and experiential learning pedagogies upon student attitudes about and perspectives on the environment. This research is timely as it provides support for education that addresses environmental issues, such as the potentially irreversible changes to our climate brought on by human actions.Education, Faculty of
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Al-Mahasneh, Qusai M. "In-vitro/in-vivo correlation of the nature of excreted species after chelation therapy with 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonic acid." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2001. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/770150/.
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Treatment of lead poisoning relies primarily on chelation therapy. The sodium salt of (R,S)-2,3-dimercapto-l-propanesulfonic acid (DMPS, DimavalL ®) is a water-soluble analogue of British Anti-Lewisite (BAL). Its oral dosage form is considered effective for the diagnosis and treatment of mercury poisoning (Aposhian et a!., 1995). In adults, therapeutically successful attempts have been reported for the treatment of chronic lead poisoning with DMPS (Anatovskaya, 1962). In children having chronic lead poisoning, the efficacy of DMPS was noted following a 5-day therapy (Chisholm & Thomas, 1985). Despite its current use in chelation therapy for the treatment of lead poisoning, detailed chemical characterization and/or investigation of the resulting complexes has not been fully investigated. DMPS and its complexes with lead are electro active, consequently have been investigated using electro analytical techniques. This present work was designed with the aim of (a) investigating the in-vitro complexing behavior of DMPS with lead at simulated physiological conditions, (b) in-vivo investigation of the chelation therapy of low and highly exposed subjects (workers). Electroanalytical techniques including: Voltammetry at the Dropping Mercury electrode, Differential Pulse Polarography (DPP), Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (ASV), and Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry (CSV), have been employed for investigating the complexing properties ofDMPS. Application of the methods suggested by Deford-Hume and ShumanWoodward for measuring stability constants of metal complexes, showed that the formed Pb:DMPS complex could be a labile coordination complex having a formation constant ofKf= 2.66xI04 • In addition, the results demonstrated that the Pb:DMPS species was much weaker than that formed between Pb2 + and EDTA (Kf = 1.25xI018 ). This may indicate that the mobilized lead from soft tissues and bone after chelation may have involved mechanisms other than complex formation. The in-vitro results demonstrated that electroanalytical techniques proved to be highly sensitive and selective for investigating both lead as well as DMPS levels in biological fluids. However, after chelation optimizing the media to enhance selectivity was necessary. Upon titration of DMPS versus lead or alternatively lead versus DMPS, the results showed that lead did not form a stable coordination complex. However, a compound with enough stability was formed which mobilized lead from body stores as demonstrated by levels of lead in urine measured after a single oral dose of DMPS (100 mg/ 3 capsules). Additionally, after dosing of exposed subjects classified as having low and high lead body burden, in-vivo findings showed that lead was substantially chelated after dosing with 100 mg DMPS/ 3 capsules. However, the lead-DMPS complex was not detected in urine and hence was regarded as a labile coordination complex. The latter finding compared well with in-vitro studies.
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Kaulinge, Penehafo Olivia. "Examining the nature of learning within an afterschool mathematics club : a case study of four learners." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001835.
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This study examined the nature of learning within an afterschool mathematics club established by the South African Numeracy Chair project. The study sought to establish what sort of progress in mathematical learning occurred in a grade 3 afterschool maths club, using assessment instruments associated with the Learning Framework in Number. The study also sought to understand the nature and effects of mentor mediation in the maths club, using Vygotsky’s notion of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) together with the notion and practice of scaffolding. The study made use of a variety of data collection techniques, including one-to-one assessment interviews, task-based interviews and observations. In line with the case study approach adopted, four learners were selected for interviews. The assessment interview results revealed that, in terms of proficiency in early arithmetical learning, all four learners showed progress after spending four months in an afterschool maths club. Even though they were found to have advanced in their Strategies for Early Arithmetic Learning (SEAL), some of them were observed still using their fingers to support their counting. Such strategies were likely to mirror the teaching approaches used in their usual school mathematical lessons. The overall findings in terms of learners’ proficiency and progress give rise to concerns about current number teaching practices in their school, which emphasize the standard written algorithm in the lower primary grades. The study also made use of Vygotsky’s notion of the ZPD to analyse the nature of mentor-peer mediation. Witnessing the learners’ use of trial and error strategies during the task-based interview allowed both mentors to support learners through understanding their thinking, prompting them and encouraging them to reflect on their answers and develop more effective strategies. Learners progressed through the ZPD at different paces and in different ways, with ‘aha’ moments happening at different points for individual learners. Their progression in the ZPD seemed to depend on interaction among all participants, which varied according to what was contributed and what requested by each participant. The findings revealed that although there was evidence of learners achieving success at the tasks in task based interviews there were also there were also some learners who experienced difficulties. Additionally, in order to argue that learning was fully realised within the ZPD would have required follow up task based interviews to assess the extent to which learners were able to complete the tasks independently without the scaffolding of mentors. This was not possible within the scope of this research but would be useful in future research.
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Williams, Jeanette Deborah. "Real bad girls : the origins and nature of offending by girls and young women involved with a county youth offending team and systemic responses to them." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/135244.
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Amidst growing concerns about a rise in girls entering the Youth Justice System and official data highlighting increases in girls violent offending this doctoral thesis focuses on girls in the Youth Justice System. Drawing on case files and in depth interviews with a cohort of girls supervised by a Home Counties Youth Offending Team (YOT), and interviews with YOT practitioners it explores their needs and offending patterns and examines contemporary system responses to them. It aims to contribute to practice knowledge and understanding about girls offending, and to identify approaches and interventions most likely to be effective with them. Findings point to girls having multiple and interrelated needs and troubled backgrounds. Exclusion from school and non attendance, experience of severe family conflict and violence, heavy alcohol use and poverty and disadvantage are all cited as key risk factors for girls’ involvement in offending and other types of behaviour which can lead to social exclusion. Minor assault and the influence of alcohol emerge as key features in girls offending patterns. Assaults commonly arise from disputes with friends or family members, or occur whilst girls are in a mixed peer group where assaults are perpetrated against another young person or a Police Officer. The impact of more formal responses by Police and YOTS are evident and show that the highly regulated and male oriented Youth Justice System hampers the likelihood of successful interventions with girls. This study cites the importance of gender specific responses and interventions which are holistic, informal and flexible to meet the distinct needs and offending patterns of girls in the Youth Justice System. More widely early identification of girls at risk, information sharing across children, health and adult services, and the provision of a range of support and positive opportunities to girls which extend beyond the life of a Court Order are identified as key aspects of strategies aimed at improving future outcomes for girls.
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Schütte, Nils. "Prospective study of the development of the post-traumatic stress disorder concerning police officers six months after situations of potential psychotraumatic nature." Hamburg Kovač, 2009. http://d-nb.info/999016814/04.
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Beaulieu, Jean-François. "The Role and Representation of Nature in a Selection of English-Canadian Dystopian Novels." Thesis, Université Laval, 2006. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2006/23903/23903.pdf.
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Hewana, Diliza Ronald. "An investigation into the nature of grade 4 learners’ evolving mathematics learning dispositions: a case study of 3 learners participating in an after school mathematics club." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013140.
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Through a qualitative case study approach this research investigated the nature of three Grade 4 learners’ mathematical learning dispositions. It further explored how these dispositions evolve within the context of their participation in a weekly after school mathematics club over time. Of particular significance the research drew on the dispositional frameworks of Kilpatrick, Swafford and Findell’s (2001) and Carr & Claxton (2002) and pointed to ways in which these framework can be usefully brought together to provide a richer picture of learning dispositions. Kilpatrick, Swafford and Findell’s (2001) framework of mathematical proficiency involves five interrelated strands of which productive disposition is the fifth strand and largely underresearched (Graven, 2012). This strand is defined as ‘the tendency to see sense in mathematics, to perceive it as both useful and worthwhile, to believe that steady effort in learning mathematics pays off, and to see oneself as an effective learner and doer of mathematics’ (Kilpatrick, Swafford and Findell, 2001, p. 131). Carr & Claxton (2002) similarly argue for the importance of learning dispositions and point to the importance of resilience, playfulness and resourcefulness as three key indicators. The research outlines findings of the three case study learners in terms of data obtained from a questionnaire and interview about students’ learning dispositions. The interview asked learners various questions including for example, complete the sentence ‘Maths is…’, describe an effective learner of mathematics and say what you do if you don’t know an answer. The instrument was first administered orally and learners were asked to write their answers (in May 2012) and a year later it was administered as an interview by the club facilitator (in May 2013). While there is the limitation of comparison due to the different ways in which learners responded in 2012 (written) and 2013 (oral) the shifting nature of responses in certain respects provides some indication of shifts towards increasingly productive dispositions. Additionally the research analysed detailed transcripts of video recordings of several club sessions over a five-month period. Findings suggest ways of extending dispositional frameworks and that learners have restricted dispositions particularly in terms of sense making and resourcefulness across time. The findings also suggest shifts in dispositions over time especially in terms of seeing steady effort as paying off.
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McGilchrist, Mary Megan Riley. "Across a great divide : views of landscape and nature in the American West, before and after the cultural watershed of the 1960s and 1970s : Wallace Stegner and Cormac McCarthy." Thesis, University of Derby, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/208797.
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In this thesis my aim has been to establish a link between the western American writers, Wallace Stegner and Cormac McCarthy. My point of connection has been the treatment of landscape and nature in the works of both authors, and I have argued that their works exemplify perspectives which are related to their authors' historical positions before and after the cultural watershed of the Vietnam era. Although their works are dissimilar in many ways, both writers have similar concerns with regard to the western American landscape, and the social, political, and human ramifications of , the myth of the frontier, and crucially, its effect on the natural world. I argue that Stegner and McCarthy provide a link between the thinking of their respective eras· which reveals changes related to the loss of faith in the culturally accepted archetypes upon which much American thought was based prior to the upheavals ofthe era ofthe Vietnam War, the 1960s and early 1970s. I believe that despite what might appear to be contradictory narratives about the'West and the western landscape, the subtext in both authors is a deep questioning of widely accepted western mythic imagery and its continuing effect on American life and ideology. While western mythology has been examined before, it has IJpt been discussed in relation to these two authors seen as a pairing exemplifying a movement from the more traditional realist narratives written prior to the Vietnam era, and the darker, more pessimistic narratives of the post-Vietnam era, in which a loss of faith in many previously accepted cultural givens became common. It might therefore seem appropriate to describe Stegner and McCarthy as modernist and postmodern, but I believe those terms simplify, obscure, and in a very real sense misname the complex sets of issues and· traditions with which both authors deal from their vantage points on either side ofthe divide which had as its defining moment the Vietnam War. I also discuss the issue of the feminine in western landscape in the works of both authors. Again, Stegner and McCarthy reveal a change in American thinking, not necessarily entirely positive, which has as its fulcrum the 1960s and '70s, and included such culturally momentous events as the civil rights movement, the women's movement, a new, politicized environmentalism, and various other progressive movements. The western American landscape has always had great significance in American thinking, requiring an unlikely uniori between frontier mythology and the reality of a fragile western environment. Both Stegner and McCarthy focus on this landscape and environment; its spiritual, narrative, symbolic, imaginative, and ideological force is central to their work. My goal has been to show how their various treatments ofthese issues relate to the social climates in which they were written, and how despite historical discontinuities, both Stegner and McCarthy reveal a similar unease about the effects of the myth ofthe frontier on American thought and life.
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Arguile, David Ian. "An investigation into the role that knowledge of the nature of mathematics and other factors play in determining motivation for further study of mathematics after std 7 in selected provincial secondary schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001418.
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This study involves an investigation into reasons why pupils continue with mathematics after Std 7. The sample, consisting of Std 8 and Std 10 mathematics pupils at six academic, English-medium high schools in Port Elizabeth, had to complete a short questionnaire during the third term of 1985. It was found that most pupils continue with mathematics because of requirements for certain post-matric courses, to improve their career options and for other reasons classified in this investigation as "extrinsic", i.e. reasons that are not directly related to the nature of mathematics. An attempt is made to determine the extent of the pupils' knowledge of the nature of mathematics. Questions relating to the nature of mathematics are poorly answered by almost all of the pupils, thereby suggesting that this aspect of mathematics is sadly neglected in mathematics courses. The suggestion is made that this lack of knowledge of the nature of mathematics is linked to pupils' decisions to continue with the subject. The conclusion is drawn that unless more attention is given to conveying to pupils something of the nature of mathematics, there will be an increasing proportion of pupils who choose to continue with mathematics for the "wrong" reasons. This, in turn, has possible negative implications for mathematics education in general. Attention is also paid to differences re the above in respect of groupings based on standard, mathematical grade, sex, mathematical achievement and type of schooling. Although no conclusive findings are made other than with regard to specific questions, enough evidence of differences in certain of the groupings is produced to warrant further investigation
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Kularatne, Thamarasi. "Economics of optimal management of tourism resources : a demand and supply analysis." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/104115/1/Telwadana%20Mudiyanselage%20Thamarasi_Kularatne_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis is a study of tourism demand and supply with the objective of revealing the optimal management of resources used in tourism. The first part investigates consumer preferences with respect to nature-based tourism together with a study of the manner in which tourists’ experiences impact on non-market valuations. The second part describes an efficiency evaluation of the hotel industry which focuses on the impact of eco-friendly practices on hotel operations. The analytical techniques used include discrete choice modelling, structural choice modelling and data envelopment analysis. The findings contribute to the important goal of creating a sustainable tourism industry in Sri Lanka and similar destinations.
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Lasley, Carrie E. "Catastrophes and the Role of Social Networks in Recovery: A Case Study of St. Bernard Parish, LA, Residents After Hurricane Katrina." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1504.
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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the experiences of St. Bernard Parish, La., residents as they coped with the impact of the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. An estimated 50,000 St. Bernard Parish residents relocated to a new home one year after Katina in 2006, and many of those residents moved again. This study examines the effects of the decisions of St. Bernard residents to relocate or to return on their social connections. The utility, adaptability and durability of social networks of these residents will be explored to enrich our knowledge about the social effects of recovery and the role that distance plays in the way residents connect to each other six years after Hurricane Katrina. It also examines the applicability of disaster theory as it relates to this case and develops a methodology for examining the impact of geographic dispersal on social networks.
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Lundin, Walter E. "Land Use Planning after a Natural Disaster." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1386.
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Recovery from a natural disaster is difficult, expensive, and can take ten years or more. Many contend that recovery planning can be ordered, knowable, and predictable and that the destruction of buildings and displacement of the population provide an opportunity to build back better. This thesis examines the complexity of recovery through the lens of land use planning. Land use planning serves as the central focus because land provides an individual or family their livelihood and its use underlies the economy. The thesis considers two planning models -- rational comprehensive and incremental. The thesis concludes that incremental planning is more appropriate for recovery planning, but that even during recovery the community needs post recovery goals and objectives to provide context to their day-to-day decisions. A more comprehensive planning process is better suited for developing and articulating post recovery goals and objectives.
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Griffith, Laurie Anne 1973. "A re-connection : modeling built works after natural systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66792.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001.Some pages folded.
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The constructed world is full of built works that consume energy and emit unusable waste. This is fostered by the act of 'masking' the true situation and the lack of embedded feedback, associated with the destructive operations of centralized, unintelligent systems. This inefficient organization encourages the destructive processes of production and consumption to remain unaccountable, broadening the disparity between the built environment and the natural ecosystem. Similarly, there is an increasing social disconnection between people and the natural environment, signified by less time spent outdoors and particular advancements in building technology. In order to counter this trend, this thesis takes the position that it is imperative to become more ecologically and socially interconnected. To accomplish this, it is necessary to draw from the efficiency and interdependency of the natural environment; therefore, built systems must model themselves after natural systems. In response to this need, I have proposed built works as net producers of energy, inherently giving to the livelihood of the whole, and partiCipating in an expressed, dynamic built world eco-system/place. This intention was initially addressed by establishing criteria to re-define the relationships between existing built works and energy production, motivated by the notions of a whole-systems methodology <3.1>, renewable energy production and recycling <3.2>, and social involvement and influence <3.3>. The design intention was then executed by focusing on both energy flows and available renewable energy sources, coupled with a process of un-masking and re-connecting in order to heighten awareness, respect, and delight in the context of the built environment. As the set of criteria was conceived, a 'typical' urban site was chosen on which to integrate and test these intentions. The following design exploration addresses the means employed to transform the existing site into an energy producing system of entities, and an ecologically and SOCially interconnected built place.
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Walker, D. A. "Puritanism and natural theology after the Restoration of 1660." Thesis, University of South Wales, 1989. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/puritanism-and-natural-theology-after-the-restoration-of-1660(1e2f9648-6d42-4569-a743-aa4373f137a9).html.
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Bui, Uy Ngoc. "After the storm : natural disasters and development in Vietnam /." Bergen : Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, 2008. https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/1956/3014/1/47689501.pdf.
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Ayerbe, Garcia-Monzon Luis. "Depression after stroke : natural history, predictors and associations with other health outcomes." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/depression-after-stroke(91020101-6f9f-458f-b690-d917ef1c8210).html.
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Introduction: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide. There is limited evidence on the natural history, predictors, and outcomes of depression in the long term after stroke. Objectives: To describe the natural history of depression within 15 years of stroke; To identify the predictors of depression within 15 years of stroke; To identify the health outcomes of post-stroke depression. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of the natural history, predictors and associated outcomes of post-stroke depression was conducted. Incidence, prevalence, cumulative incidence, time of onset, duration, and recurrence of depression, within 15 years of stroke were estimated in the population based South London Stroke Register (SLSR). Predictors and outcomes of depression up to 15 years after stroke were identified. Results: The systematic review identified 49 studies. The pooled prevalence of depression was 29%. The major predictors of depression included disability and history of depression pre-stroke. The main outcomes of depression were lower quality of life and disability. The SLSR data analyses showed that the prevalence of depression was around 30% and remained stable within 15 years of stroke, with an annual incidence 7 to 21% and cumulative incidence of 55%. Depression started shortly after stroke, had a short duration and high recurrence rate. Variables associated with depression included stroke severity, disability at baseline, depression before stroke, together with disability, social isolation, and cognitive impairment at follow-up. Depression was associated with mortality, disability, cognitive impairment and lower quality of life at follow-up. Conclusion: depression is a frequent chronic and recurrent condition after stroke, with higher risk among patients with previous depression and after severe strokes, and it is associated with negative health outcomes in the long term.
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Mohan, Keerthi Michelle. "The natural history of stroke recurrence after first-ever stroke." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2016. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-natural-history-of-stroke-recurrence-after-firstever-stroke(530e5d24-437f-43a0-9555-eb45f374e278).html.
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Background - The natural history, predictors and outcomes of stroke recurrence after first-ever stroke have been insufficiently investigated. The available evidence shows great variation and does not provide a consensus of key predictors of stroke recurrence or a critical time-period for stroke recurrence occurring after initial stroke. This thesis uses data collected from the population-based South London Stroke Register to estimate the natural history of stroke recurrence after first-ever stroke. Methods - Data were collected over 12 years from all individuals known to have had an initial and first recurrent stroke from the South London Stroke Register. The cumulative risk and predictors of stroke recurrence up to 12 years after first stroke were identified using survival analyses, taking into account the effect of temporal changes in stroke management. The effect of stroke recurrence on risk of death after first stroke was estimated up to 15 years after initial stroke. A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of the risk and cumulative risk of stroke recurrence after first stroke was also conducted. Results - The risk of stroke recurrence was estimated to be up to 25% at 12 years after first stroke. Cardiovascular risk factors were found to be important predictors of stroke recurrence, however differences in risk of recurrence were noted between the aetiological subtypes. Stroke recurrence was demonstrated to increase risk of death at all time-points up to 15 years after first stroke. Conclusions – The risk of stroke recurrence is considerable and is associated with increased risk of death up to 15 years after first stroke. Further research is needed to examine the effect of secondary prevention on risk of recurrence. Recurrence in the first year after stroke may also be associated with the biggest increase in risk of death identifying a potentially important time-period for stroke management to be targeted.
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Mital, D., J. Zajac, F. Botko, M. Hatala, Z. Mitalova, S. Radchenko, Віталій Олександрович Іванов, Виталий Александрович Иванов, and Vitalii Oleksandrovych Ivanov. "Measuring of roundness of WPC materials after turning." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/48030.
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Natural fibers offer several advantages. They are renewable, inexpensive, can be used to isolate a sound and have got a low density. The disadvantages of these materials are: susceptibility to moisture, low fire resistance, and sensitivity to biodegradation. Their disadvantages are possible to eliminate by using of thermosetting and thermoplastic matrixes obtaining the plastics filled by organic fillers. Nowadays is preferred a usage of thermoplastic matrixes (especially in WPC product).
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Al-Sharjabi, Ahmed G. F. "Reconstruction after natural disasters : lessons from the 1982 earthquake in Yemen." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286573.
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Darboe, A. "Natural Killer cell function after vaccination in an African (Gambian) population." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2017. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/3817561/.
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Emerging evidence suggests that NK cells could be important in the early effector response induced by vaccination, supported by vaccine antigen-specific CD4 IL-2 production and antigen-antibody immune complexes. 'Memory-like' NK cells, with heightened responsiveness can be also generated by pre-activation with cytokines. I found that NK cell differentiation is accelerated in Africans in The Gambia compared to age-matched UK residents and that this is linked to reduced functional NK cell responses to cytokines. This effect may also relate to a high burden of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in this population, with all Gambian study subjects infected by 3 years of age. There is also significant variation in lymphoid and myeloid cell populations with increasing age. Additionally, I found that a deletion of the NKG2C gene, a receptor important for recognition of HCMV infected cells, results in delayed NK cell differentiation. Furthermore, the allele frequency of the NKG2C gene deletion is higher in The Gambia compared to other countries studied to date. The frequency of the deletion allele did not change with age. I went on to investigate the impact of this advanced differentiation phenotype on NK cell responses in two vaccination studies: Gambian subjects of all ages made negligible NK cell CD107a, CD25, and IFN-γ responses to influenza or DTPiP vaccine antigens. No enhancement of these responses was observed after vaccination. However, vaccination resulted in intrinsic changes to NK cells with enhancement of NK cell IFN-γ responsiveness to exogenous cytokines. The main source of IFN-γ was derived from a population of CD56dimNKG2C+CD57- NK cells. These less differentiated cells may retain some capacity to control HCMV infection, and at the same time represent a possible target for generation of 'memory-like' NK cells in vivo in vaccine induced NK cell responses.
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Morris, Benjamin Alan. "Culture après le déluge : heritage ecology after disaster." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226856.
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This PhD dissertation examines the relationships between cultural heritage and the environment, focusing specifically on the devastation and rebuilding of New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Departing from conventional approaches to the natural world (such as documentation- and conservation-based approaches), this thesis adopts a developmental-systems based approach to cultural heritage in order to construct a new way of interpreting it, within the specific context of natural disaster. This new approach, termed 'heritage ecology', reinterprets cultural heritage in two ways: first, as a physical assemblage of sites, materials, traditions, beliefs, and practices that are constructed in significant ways by their natural environments; and second, as a metaphorical ecosystem which impacts back on the assessment and construction of that natural environment in turn. In order to construct this approach, the thesis poses three interrelated questions: how is cultural heritage transformed as a result of disaster, how do societies rebuild their heritage after disaster, and how does heritage contribute to the rebuilding process? Examining a rebuilding process in real-time provides a unique window on these processes; events and developments in New Orleans taken from the first four years of recovery (2005-2009) suggest that prior understandings of how societies rebuild themselves after disaster have neglected crucial aspects of cultural heritage that are integral to that process. The examination of data from the case study - data of diverse forms, such as historiography, the culinary arts, music, the built environment, and memorial sites and landscapes - reveals the limitations of traditional approaches to heritage and prompts a reassessment of a range of issues central to heritage research, issues such as materiality, authenticity, and commodification. This study moreover incorporates into heritage research concepts previously unconsidered, such as infrastructure and policy. In the coming century of global climate change and increased environmental hazards, this last theme will become increasingly central to heritage policy and research; the dissertation concludes accordingly, with a reflection on contingency and future disaster.
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Calarota, Sandra Amelia. "Modulation of HIV immune responses in natural infection and after genetic immunization /." Stockholm, 1999. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1999/91-628-3678-1/.
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Johansen, Kari. "Immune responses related to protection against rotavirus after natural infection and vaccination /." Stockholm, 1999. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1999/91-628-3882-2/.
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Worswick, David A. "Serological response to Q fever antigens in natural inspection and after vaccination /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1989. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09S.M/09s.mw9311.pdf.
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Kemp, Harry. "The Survival of Small Businesses in Northeastern Florida After a Natural Disaster." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3250.
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Many small business owners lack strategies needed to prevent permanent business closure in the wake of extreme natural disaster situations. After a natural disaster, small businesses suffer financial losses in millions of dollars related to damage and destruction that disrupt their lives, families, and communities. This multiple case study explored strategies that 5 small business owners in northeastern Florida used to avoid permanent business closure in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The theory of planned behavior and vested interest theory were the conceptual frameworks used in this multiple case study. In-depth interviews with purposively selected small business owners were supplemented with a review of documentation from archival records. Yin's 5-step analysis guided the coding process of participants' responses, and member checking was used to validate the transcribed data. The major themes of the study revealed the owners' strategies relating to flood barriers, maintaining adequate insurance coverage, damage and destruction aftermath, and experience with natural disasters. This study's implications for social change include contributing to social stability and continuing economic growth by benefitting small business owners without a natural disaster plan or a plan that needs updating, new small business owners, and community organizations. This study may benefit small businesses by providing lessons learned on how to survive natural disasters.
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Peters, Susan Heidi. "The impact of small mammals on natural regeneration of white spruce after logging." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0008/MQ59864.pdf.
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Al-Mahmood, Md Arif. "Child health, education and labour after a natural disaster : impact and policy issues." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430859.
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Perry, Linda. "Eating after an stroke : natural history and investigation of an evidence-based intervention." Thesis, St George's, University of London, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271483.
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Salomão, Macedo Salinet Angela. "The natural history of the cerebral blood flow regulation after acute ischaemic stroke." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28578.
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Acute stroke is known to lead to impairment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) regulation, but its natural history and techniques for its comprehensive assessment have not been previously reported. Noninvasive measurements of blood pressure (BP), end-tidal CO2 and CBF velocity (CBFv, using transcranial Doppler ultrasound) during active, passive and motor imagery paradigms were performed in healthy older controls (n=27) and in stroke patients (n=27). Two innovative analytical techniques were firstly used in stroke studies: subcomponent analysis and multivariate dynamic modeling. In controls, significant increase in CBFv during the paradigms with no significant difference in the response amplitude was found. A reproducibility study, not previously reported, was also performed. Following acute stroke, subcomponents analysis revealed a decrease of CBFv response to the passive paradigm and impairment of the myogenic pathways of CBF regulation. Multivariate dynamic modeling removed the influences of BP and PaCO[subscript 2] showing that the reduced CBFv response to neural activation was directly related and better expressed by the contribution of the stimulation component, instead of the CBFv raw change. The contribution of motor imagery in the CBFv increase was lower compared to the other two paradigms. Impairment of cerebrovascular reactivity to CO[subscript 2] was also detected by the model, without the need of performing specific tests for this purpose. The natural history of CBF regulation revealed a deterioration of control mechanisms in both the acute (< 72h) and subacute (2 weeks) phases, reaching the controls’ levels in the chronic phases (1 and 3 months). It has been demonstrated in this thesis that CBF regulation changes significantly over time after stroke (particularly in the first weeks after onset), having potential impact not only immediately post ictus but also during the subsequent rehabilitation phase.
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Wedholm, Johanna. "Policy change after natural hazards : A systematic large-N study using narrative analysis." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412404.
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The main purpose of this thesis is to empirically describe the extent to which and how countries affected by natural hazards refer to these natural hazards as drivers for policy change. In order to realize this, a systematic large-N extensive study with the innovative method of narrative analysis was used to analyze the national progress reports on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2013-2015 by searching for the extent to which and how countries affected by natural hazards refer to these natural hazards as drivers for policy change. With a starting point in theories derived from previous research on policy change and natural hazards, focusing events, and policy windows, two positions on the connection of natural hazards and policy change are described. With one position on natural hazards as a driver for policy change and one position as a non-driver for policy change, they are opposing. The results of this study showed that there is an absence of a general pattern regarding the extent to which and how countries affected by natural hazards refer to these natural hazards as drivers for policy change in the national progress reports on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2013-2015. Hence, partial support could be given to both positions on the connection of natural hazards and policy changes. These results are highlighting new potential research openings for future studies.
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Fairley, Anna-Meagan. "And then comes pestilence : historical geography and epidemiology of infectious diseases after natural disasters." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50870/.
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This thesis examines the dynamic of infectious diseases after natural disasters. Methods from epidemiology and geography intersect in the nexus of this research to form new insights into the risk of infectious disease in the aftermath of natural disaster and catastrophe. In the past decades, natural disasters have increased in frequency and magnitude, and with climate change progressing as it is, this trend is expected to continue. It is thus important to gain a fuller understanding of the dynamic between natural disaster and disease, and challenge the persisting problems in disaster and disease response efforts. Two approaches were taken to determine the risk of disease after disaster. Firstly, by pooling data from previously published literature, a form of meta-analysis was conducted to gain insight into risk patterns as well as to define relevant confounding factors that held significance in determining vulnerabilities of affected populations. For this analysis, a new tool was applied to identify relevant research, and this tool is expected to be useful in future study of the subject. Secondly, a set of empirical studies were conducted to determine the association between types of natural disasters, geographic region, and four distinct disease profiles. Cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and the co-infection with HIV and tuberculosis served as examples for the types of diseases commonly observed after disasters (diarrhoeal diseases, vector-borne diseases, and acute respiratory infections). Logistic regression models were used to find the odds ratios for above average diseases at different tiers of disaster magnitude. It was shown in this research that the relative risk of infectious disease after natural disasters was 3.45, indicating a higher probability of disease after disasters. Specific results show that disasters affecting higher numbers of the population typically lead to increases in new infections. Most interestingly, tuberculosis relapses showed significant increases after natural disasters, especially meteorological and hydrological disasters.
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Lapsley, Tamara Michelle. "Effective Planning of Urban Communities' Vulnerabilities for Mitigation of Homelessness after a Natural Disaster." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7026.
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Urban communities often lack the ability to recover after disaster plans have been implemented because of a lack of coordinated resources among federal, state, and local agencies. As a result, economically marginalized citizens find themselves in risky conditions, particularly concerning finding and securing post-disaster housing. Using social conflict theory as a guide, the purpose of this exploratory case study of an urban area in a southern state was to better understand the specific vulnerabilities of urban communities and develop solutions for challenges related to emergency or temporary shelters to victims. Data were primarily collected through interviews with 10 residents who experienced a series of tornadoes in 2011. These data were inductively coded and then subjected to a thematic analysis. Findings indicate that participants tended to consider themselves as displaced, but not homeless, even though temporary housing needs ranged between 45 days and 18 months. Participants also reported that coordination efforts to distribute funding to displaced residence failed, as did private insurance in most cases. As a result, competition for scarce resources was significant and most people tended to rely upon financial help from friends and family members. The positive social change implications stemming from this study include recommendations to city planners and emergency managers to strengthen relationships with community leaders to assess needs prior to a disaster and establish a 'bottom-up' planning policy rather than wait for a disaster to assess the availability of federal or state funding that may not come in order to proactively protect vulnerable community members from post-disaster housing deficiencies.
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Sun, Biao. "Numerical simulation on dense gas dispersion and fire characteristics after liquefied natural gas release." Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2129.
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This PhD dissertation mainly studies the prediction, simulation and mitigation methods of the two main hazards in LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) industry, LNG vapor dense gas dispersion and LNG fire radiation, respectively. For industrial application purpose, integral model and solid flame model of vapor dispersion and fire radiation, respectively are researched and suggested for using. For complicated scenarios or mitigation measures applied, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) models are studies on the two main accidents.
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Fransson, Forsberg Joel. "Quantifying changes in soil bioporosity in subarctic soils after earthworm invasions." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184226.
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Pores provide important hotspots for chemical and biological processes in soils. Earthworm burrows affect the macropore structure and their actions may create new preferential pathways for water and gas flow within soils. This, in turn, indirectly affect plants, nutrient cycling, hydraulic conductivity, gas exchange, and soil organisms. While the effects of invasive earthworms on soil properties has been well-documented in temperate and boreal ecosystems, we know little how these organism may affect tundra soils. In this study, I assessed how the three-dimensional network of soil-macropores are affected by earthworm species (Aporrectodea sp. and Lumbricus sp). I hypothesized: i) that earthworms increase the frequency of macropores with a likely biological origin (biopores); ii) effects of biopores are dependent on tundra vegetation type (meadow or heath); and iii) the macropore network properties are altered by earthworms. The hypotheses were tested using a common garden experiment with 48 mesocosms. The pore structure of each mesocosm was analyzed using X-ray CT tomography. I found that biopores increased in the tundra from on 0.05 ±0.01 % (mean ± standard deviation) in the control to about 0.59 ± 0.07 % in the earthworm treatments. However, in contrast to my second hypothesis, I found no vegetation dependent effect. Interestingly, I found that earthworms decreased the complexity and directionality of macropores. My findings strongly indicate that burrowing can severely impact the pore properties of previously uninhabited subarctic soils.
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Williams, Richard G. "Floristic recovery of native vegetation after petroleum exploration in the Otway Basin, S.E. South Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SM/09smw7259.pdf.
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Gajender. "The effect of natural and simulated rainfall after anthesis on wheat seed and grain quality." Thesis, University of Reading, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602540.
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The effect of natural and simulated rainfall during seed development and maturation on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seed quality development, particularly changes in subsequent air-dry longevity (stored hermetically at 40°C with 15% moisture content), was investigated in poly-tunnel (2010) and field experiments (2011 and 2012). Avoiding rain during seed development and maturation accelerated the rate and reduced the duration of seed filling and thus reduced final seed weight, while increase in rainfall slowed down the rate and increased the duration of seed filling and increased seed weight in wet and cold weather (2011), but dry and warm weather (2012) had the opposite effect. Maximum germination of seeds dried after harvest was attained at 39-49 days after anthesis (DAA) and maintained throughout until 70 DAA. Seeds not dried attained ability to germinate slightly later with subsequent fluctuations, probably associated with dormancy. Potential longevity increased during this period, reaching a maximum at 53-56 DAA, coinciding with harvest maturity, and then declining in 2012 but not in 2011. Wetting ears reduced longevity at all stages of seed development when seeds were harvested soon after the event, and more so after two wettings, but considerable recovery in subsequent longevity occurred when seeds were harvested after 1 or 7 days re-drying after wetting. Reduction in rainfall significantly reduced crude protein and the incidence of blackpoint in both years. Hagberg Falling Number (HFN) decreased in 2011, but increased in 2012, perhaps due to wetter and cooler conditions in 2012. Rainfall affected seed quality development but the extent of damage varied amongst developmental stages, being greater at later developmental stages although considerable ability for recovery with re-drying was noted. Rainfall had a negative effect on most of grain quality parameters except crude protein concentration.
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Setiawan, Eko. "Location-allocation models for relief distribution and victim evacuation after a sudden-onset natural disaster." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16863.
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Quick response to natural disasters is vital to reduce loss of and negative impact to human life. The response is more crucial in the presence of sudden-onset, difficult-to-predict natural disasters, especially in the early period of those events. On-site actions are part of such response, some of which are determination of temporary shelters and/ or temporary medical facility locations, the evacuation process of victims and relief distribution to victims. These activities of last-mile disaster logistics are important as they are directly associated with sufferers, the main focus of any alleviation of losses caused by any disaster. This research deals with the last-mile site positioning of relief supplies and medical facilities in response to a sudden-onset, difficult-to-predict disaster event, both dynamically and in a more coordinative way during a particular planning time horizon. Four mathematical models which reflect the situation in Padang Pariaman District after the West Sumatera earthquake were built and tested. The models are all concerned with making decisions in a rolling time horizon manner, but differ in coordinating the operations and in utilization of information about future resource availability. Model I is a basic model representing the current practice with relief distribution and victim evacuation performed separately and decisions made only considering the resources available at the time. Model II considers coordination between the two operations and conducts them with the same means of transport. Model III takes into account future information keeping the two operations separate. Model IV combines the features of Models II and III. The four models are approached both directly and by using various heuristics. The research shows that conducting relief distribution and victim evacuation activities by using shared vehicles and/or by taking into account future information on resource availability improves the current practice . This is clearly demonstrated by the experimental results on small problems. For large problems, experiments show that it is not practical to directly solve the models, especially the last three, and that the solution quality is poor when the solution process is limited to a reasonable time. Experiments also show that the heuristics help improve the solution quality and that the performances of the heuristics are different for different models. When each model is solved using its own best heuristic, the conclusions from results of large problems get very close to those from small problems. Finally, deviation of future information on resource availability is considered in the study, but is shown not to affect the performance of model III and model IV in carrying out relief distribution and victim evacuation. This indicates that it is always worthwhile to take into account the future information, even if the information is not perfect, as long as it is reasonably reliable.
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Canessa, Eugenia. "Migration and female labour supply as shock coping strategies after economic crises and natural disasters." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/257451.
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The research project intends to investigate the responses of households to economic uncertainty and natural shocks and the coping strategies developed both in terms of growing migration rates and remittance inflows and of increasing labour supply.
In the first Chapter, we employ household survey data from the Indian State of Kerala to evaluate how transfers of remittances sent from overseas respond to heterogeneous sectoral employment shocks experienced by migrants in the host country during the 2008 crisis.
In the second chapter, migration and remittances have been investigated as coping strategies adopted by households after a dramatic flood that hit Bangladesh in August-September 2014. The combination of high-resolution satellite data to precisely measure our treatment variable and the difference-in-difference estimations allow us to causally identify the impact of the dramatic flooding on internal and international migration.
The same robust estimation technique is then applied to evaluate the effect of the 2014 flood in Bangladesh on female labour force participation rate and on the probability for unemployed women to enter the labour force. In addition, correcting for selection into employment, we estimate how the flood affects the probability for women working in the household farm to engage in independent wage-earning activities, evaluatiing whether the expected rise in female labour force participation - instrumented by the shock intensity they face - would help to increase their bargaining power within the households.
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Klingstedt, Fredrik. "Development of catalysts for exhaust after-treatment of natural gas powered vehicles and biofuel combustion /." Åbo : Åbo akademi university, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40124623b.
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Thiruvengadam, Padmavathy Arvind. "Evaluation of exhaust after-treatment device effectiveness in reducing regulated and unregulated emissions from natural gas fueled heavy duty transit bus." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5744.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 146 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-121).
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Zhang, Jiqing. "Rhabdovirotherapy Reduces the Risk of Metastatic Disease After Cancer Surgery by Enhancing Natural Killer Cell Function." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30908.
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In the present study, we characterized the ability of a novel oncolytic rhabdovirus - Maraba MG1 to boost Natural Killer (NK) cell activity. In tandem, we addressed the ability of this enhanced NK cell functionality to reduce the incidence of post-cancer surgery micrometastases. Due to the potential safety barriers associated with the use of a live virus immediately prior to surgery in cancer patients, we generated a single cycle replication virus (MG1-Gless) and UV-inactivated MG1 to stimulate NK cell function and reduce post-operative metastases. Our in vivo data demonstrate that significant NK cell activation and a similar level of reduction in postoperative tumor metastases was achieved with live MG1, MG1-Gless and UV-inactivated MG1, concluding that viral replication is important, but not necessary for NK cell activation. Mechanistically, we observed that dendritic cells (DCs) are necessary intermediates for MG1-induced NK cell activation. Finally, we characterized and compared a panel of UV-inactivated MG1 (2mins to 2hrs) to better understand the requirements for NK cell activation. Our results suggest that intact viral particle and cellular recognition and association are essential for NK cell mediated anti-tumor responses. These findings provide the preclinical rationale to develop safe and viable virotherapy-based interventional protocols that might reduce the risk of metastatic disease after cancer surgery.