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Australian, National University Division of Information Library, danny kingsley edu au, and Digital thesis coordinator. "ANU Library - Publicly Available Digital Theses (ADT)." University Librarian, 2001. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/templates/digtheses.dwt.
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Leppihalme, I. (Ilmari). "Kuultopaperien kartasto:kontekstuaalisia reittejä Anu Kaipaisen kirjalliseen strategiaan." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2019. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526224701.
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Abstract The objective of this doctoral thesis is to examine Anu Kaipainen’s literary strategy and to find out what kind of questions she thematises using the strategy. The articles focus on two novels from the 1960s, seen as routes leading to her production. Perspective is widened towards her other works. This dissertation seeks methodological and contextual routes to the interpretation of the multiple layers and elements present in her novels. The objective is to create a more holistic ‘map’ of her literary strategy and its functions. Mirroring Kaipainen’s allegory of maps, the articles included in this thesis can also be seen as maps drawn at different stages on tracing paper, placed one on top of the other. This ‘atlas’ made of tracing paper depicts the following issues as thematic condensations and clarifying questions connecting the articles: 1) the positioning of a bourgeois female subject in the upheavals of modern life and 2) the heterology of contexts related to these transitions that represent the increasingly complex nature of social reality and challenges in perceiving it. This thesis contextualises and discusses this dialectic tension between post-modern multiplicity and the positioning of feministic identity politics. 3) the third question synthetises the first two: how and in what direction is this tension taken in Kaipainen’s works? This third theme originates from Kaipainen’s allegory of maps, which is a thematic condensation as such and illustrates her literary strategy. The examination of literary strategy carries reflection towards a research result. The literary strategy of Kaipainen’s works from the 1960s and 1970s — the politics of maps drawn on tracing paper — is found to be the answer to the heterology of contexts and the problems in positioning a female subject. The objective of her cartographic strategy is shown to be her political-pedagogic aim to help a (female) subject to position herself in an increasingly complex, fast-changing and globalising world. Ultimately, the objective of her strategy is to awaken or restore the subject’s social awareness and ability to function. This thesis draws a clearer picture of Kaipainen’s literary strategy and the nature of her earlier works. The result is methodological and refers to the routes found relevant in the study of literary strategy: feminist research orientation, Mikhail Bakhtin’s dialogism, and Urpo Kovala’s model of heterological contextualism. The latter outlines this study as its metatheoretical framework, but the objective is also to develop the model of heterological contextualism towards practical analysis. In addition to the abovementioned theoretical routes, this thesis makes reference to Fredric Jameson’s cognitive mappingTiivistelmä Tutkimustehtävänä on selvittää, millainen on Anu Kaipaisen kirjallinen strategia ja millaisia kysymyksiä hän sen avulla tematisoi. Tutkimusartikkeleissa keskitytään kahteen Kaipaisen 1960-luvun romaaniin, jotka nähdään reiteiksi hänen tuotantoonsa. Työn johdannossa tarkastelu laajennetaan kohti muuta tuotantoa. Tutkimuksessa etsitään eri suunnista metodisia ja kontekstuaalisia reittejä Kaipaisen romaanien moniaineksisuuden tulkintaan. Tavoitteena on luoda aiempaa kokonaisvaltaisempi ”kartta” hänen kirjallisesta strategiastaan ja sen funktioista. Kaipaisen karttavertausta mukaillen tutkimusartikkelit ovat kuin eri vaiheissa piirrettyjä, päällekkäin aseteltuja kuultokuvakarttoja. Hahmottuvasta ”kuultopaperien kartastosta” erottuvat temaattisina tihentyminä ja tarkentavina tutkimuskysymyksinä 1) keskiluokkaisen naissubjektin paikantuminen modernin elämän murroksessa ja 2) tuohon murrokseen liittyvä kontekstien heterologia, joka representoi yhteiskunnallisen todellisuuden monimutkaistumista ja hahmottamisen haasteita. Johdannossa kontekstualisoidaan ja pohditaan tätä jälkimodernin moninaistumisen ja feministisen identiteettipoliittisen paikantumisen dialektista jännitettä. 3) Kolmas tarkentava tutkimuskysymys tuo syntetisoivasti yhteen kahta edellistä: millaisin keinoin ja mihin suuntaan tuota jännitettä työstetään Kaipaisen teoksissa? Kolmas tutkimuskysymys nousee mainitusta Kaipaisen kuultopaperikarttavertauksesta, joka on itsessään temaattinen tihentymä ja kuvaa hänen kirjallisen strategiansa luonnetta. Kirjallisen strategian avaaminen vie reflektiota kohti tutkimustulosta. Kaipaisen 1960- ja 1970-luvun tuotannon kirjallinen strategia — ”kuultopaperikarttojen politiikka” — paljastuu vastaukseksi kontekstien heterologian ja naissubjektin paikantumisen ongelmiin. Hänen kartografisen strategiansa tavoitteeksi osoitetaan poliittis-pedagoginen pyrkimys auttaa (nais)subjektia paikantumaan monimutkaistuvassa, nopeasti muuttuvassa ja globalisoituvassa maailmassa. Viime kädessä tavoitteena on herättää tai palauttaa (nais)yksilön yhteiskunnallinen tietoisuus ja toimintakyky. Tutkimus piirtää entistä täsmällisemmän kuvan Kaipaisen kirjallisesta strategiasta ja erityisesti varhaisemman tuotannon ominaisluonteesta. Tulos on myös menetelmällinen osoittaen reitteihin, jotka on kirjallisen strategian avaamisessa relevanteiksi todettu: feministiseen tutkimusorientaatioon, Mihail Bahtinin dialogismiin sekä Urpo Kovalan heterologiseen kontekstualismin malliin. Viimeksi mainittu kehystää työtä metateoreettisesti, mutta kehittelen heterologisen kontekstualismin mallia myös käytännön analyysin suuntaan. Mainittujen teoreettisten reittien lisäksi tutkimustulokseen pääsemiseksi johdannossa sovelletaan Fredric Jamesonin käsitystä kognitiivisesta kartoittamisesta
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Beuermann, Christine. "Strict liability for the wrongdoing of another in tort." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149683.
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This thesis adopts a novel approach to resolving the present difficulties experienced by the courts in determining whether to impose strict liability for the wrongdoing of another in tort. It looks beyond the traditional classifications of 'vicarious liability' and 'liability for breach of a non-delegable duty of care' and for the first time seeks to explain all instances of strict liability for the wrongdoing of another in tort in terms of the various relationships in which the courts impose such liability. The thesis shows that, despite appearances, there is a unifying feature to the various relationships in which the courts currently impose strict liability for the wrongdoing of another in tort. That feature is authority. Whenever the courts impose strict liability for the wrongdoing of another in tort, the defendant is either vested with authority over the person who wrongfully harmed the plaintiff or has vested or conferred a form of authority upon that person in respect of the plaintiff. This thesis uses this feature of authority to construct a new expositive framework within which strict liability for the wrongdoing of another in tort can be understood. - provided by Candidate.
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Seddon, Nicholas. "Government contracts : federal, state and local." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/145337.
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Lima, Marcos Robalinho. "Benefícios, custos e conflitos no Anu-branco (Guira guira: Cuculidae) uma espécie de reprodução comunitária." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2006. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/2229.
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O anu branco (Guira guira) é uma espécie de reprodução comunitária, onde duas ou mais fêmeas utilizam o mesmo ninho para reprodução. Como os membros do grupo não são necessariamente aparentados, ocorrem, então, disputas de ordem alimentar e sexual entre os membros do grupo. Por exemplo, infanticídio em espécies comunitárias pode indicar tentativas de exercer controle sobre o desvio reprodutivo do grupo. Quando poucos indivíduos de um grupo conseguem se reproduzir com sucesso e outros membros não conseguem, diz-se que há um alto desvio reprodutivo. Enquanto que um baixo desvio reprodutivo ocorre nos grupos onde a reprodução é distribuída de uma maneira igualitária. Com isso, dois aspectos da reprodução comunitária em anu branco foram estudados: (1) foi desenvolvido um modelo qualitativo sobre desvio reprodutivo nesta espécie; e (2) foi investigada a possível ocorrência de outros benefícios associados à vida em grupo, como a presença de sentinela durante o forrageamento social e tamanho e/ou qualidade da área de vida, que poderiam explicar a evolução de reprodução comunitária nesta espécie. O modelo qualitativo demonstra como os indivíduos que obtiveram pouca participação na reprodução poderiam utilizar o infanticídio como uma tática para acelerar o próximo evento reprodutivo. Também é demonstrado, pelo modelo, como que os indivíduos de espécies comunitárias poderiam utilizar as informações disponíveis no grupo e no ambiente para melhorar seu sucesso reprodutivo, com conseqüências favoráveis, em termos de aptidão inclusiva. Estas informações dependem de parâmetros que mudam ao longo do tempo, incluindo o levantamento das possibilidades presentes e futuras de reprodução. O modelo produz predições que podem ser testadas através de observações de campo e analises moleculares para espécies com uma dinâmica social similar. Quanto ao estudo sobre forrageamento social e área de vida, foi demonstrado que os anus-brancos tiveram uma proporção significativamente maior de forrageamento na ausência de sentinela do que na presença de sentinela. O forrageamento na ausência de sentinela não afetou a vigilância das aves forrageando no chão, já que houve uma proporção significativamente maior de ocasiões sem vigília que com vigília. No entanto, quando foi comparada a proporção de forrageamento com sentinela para grupos de até seis indivíduos com grupos maiores, verificou-se uma proporção significativamente maior de forrageamento na presença de sentinela para grupos com mais de seis indivíduos. Também não houve uma relação entre o tamanho do grupo e o tamanho da área de vida. A socialidade do G. guira não parece estar associada a uma melhor detecção de predadores ou ao comportamento de sentinela para a população estudada. __________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
The Guira Cuckoo is a communal breeder, where two or more females can use the same nest. Since group members are not necessarily related, there are reproductive and feeding conflicts among group members. For example, infanticide in species with shared reproduction may indicate attempts to control the degree of skew within groups. Reproductive skew is said to be high when only a few members of the group breed successfully at any time. Reproductive skew is considered low when breeding is more equally distributed among group members. Thus, two aspects of communal breeding in Guira Cuckoos were studied: (1) a qualitative model on reproductive skew was developed; and (2) other group benefits were investigated, such as foraging in the presence of a sentinel or quality/size of group’s home range, could help to explain the occurrence of joint nesting in this species. The model demonstrates how individuals that have done poorly in reproduction could use infanticide for hastening the next breeding attempt. It also demonstrates that communal breeders utilise the best available predictors for enhancing seasonal reproductive success, with favourable consequences for lifetime inclusive fitness. Predictors rely upon parameters that change over time, including the individual’s assessment of present and future possibilities for reproduction. The model produces predictions that may be tested through field observations and molecular analyses for species with similar social dynamics. The study about social foraging and home range shows that, when all group sizes are used, individuals in groups exhibited a significantly higher proportion of foraging in the absence of a sentinel than in the presence of a sentinel. Also, foraging in the absence of a sentinel did not affect the amount of vigilance shown by birds foraging on the ground. When comparing the effect of sentinels on foraging activity for smaller (<6 birds) versus larger (>6 birds) groups it was found that larger groups occurred more often than smaller ones. Additionally, no association was detected between group and home range sizes. Sociality in the Guira Cuckoo does not appear to be associated with better predator detection or optimization of foraging in the presence of a sentinel for the population studied.
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Fandino, Marino Hernan. "Analise da comunicação sonora no anu-branco guira quira (aves: cuculidae), avaliações eco-etologicas e evolutivas." [s.n.], 1986. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/316344.
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Orientador : Jacques Marie Edme VielliardAcompanha anexo I, II e III
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia
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Resumo: Um levantamento do repertório vocal do anu-branco Guira quira em conotação com contextos comportamentais realizado com o intuito de obter uma maior ¿aproximação entendimento de sua estrutura social. Registrou-se o comportamento de vários grupos de anus que residem livremente no Campus da Universidade Estadual de Londrina, no Paraná. Observações também foram feitas de vários anus criados em cativeiro dentro da cidade e numa chácara da região rural suburbana. O viveiro permitiu a complementação e principalmente o detalhamento não só dos registros do comportamento, mas particularmente das gravações do repertório vocal, criando também a especial circunstância de anus livres mas "visitantes" regulares. As gravações foram feitas com um gravador magnetofônico UHER 4000 e microfone acoplado a um refletor parabólico. A análise foi baseada no estudo de sonogramas obtidos a partir das gravações e nas correlações com os contextos comportamentais observados. Os resultados apresentam um repertório de aproximadamente quinze CHAMADOS básicos associados em cinco categorias funcionais e estruturais. A análise e a classificação permaneceram a um nível preliminar devido a várias limitações: o ciclo reprodutivo não foi inteiramente acompanhado e o reconhecimento individual e de sexos permaneceram impossibilitados para o observador, restringindo assim as interpretações dos comportamentos sociais. Discutem-se as fontes ecológicas de seleção das vocalizações, particularmente as características de melhor eficiência de propagação em aves de espaços abertos que, como no anu-branco, implicam numa grande utilização dos parâmetros temporais do som para a codificação das mensagens
Abstract: The vocal repertoire of the Guira Cuckoo Guira guira is described together with its behavioral contexts. The natural groups of Guiras that live at the Campus of the Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Paraná, Brazil, were studied. Important observations and recordings were also obtained from birds raised in captivity in the middle of the town and in the suburban rural area. The latter had special significance because of their effect as lures for the Guira visitors of the neighbourhoods. Recordings were made with a UHER-4000 tape recorder and a microfone on a parabolic reflector. The analyses were made on the basis of the sonagrams obtained and the related behavioral contexts observed. Nevertheless some limitations greatly restricted the interpretations of social behavior, as the observer couldnot follow the whole repro ductive cycle and was unable to recognize the sexes, and in general, the single individuaIs. Ecological sources of selection of vocalizations are discussed. Particularly, it is observed that Guira Cukoos use mainly temporal parameters to code their messages and call from high perches as expected from birds of open habitats. From the biotic point of 'view, the importance of the distance and the possibility for the receiver to localize the sound source have been discussed.
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Ecologia
Mestre em Ciências Biológicas
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Tyagi, Anu [Verfasser], and Utz [Akademischer Betreuer] Fischer. "Role of SWI, SNF in regulating pre-mRNA processing in Drosophila melanogaster / Anu Tyagi. Betreuer: Utz Fischer." Würzburg : Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1025507061/34.
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Schaumlöffel, Anu Lena [Verfasser], and Gerhard [Gutachter] Bringmann. "Quantenchemische Studien der Chiroptischen Eigenschaften ausgedehnter π-Systeme sowie Beiträge zu SpecDis / Anu Lena Schaumlöffel. Gutachter: Gerhard Bringmann." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1102829307/34.
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John, Bincy Anu [Verfasser], Ritva [Akademischer Betreuer] Tikkanen, Walter [Akademischer Betreuer] Volknandt, Herbert [Akademischer Betreuer] Zimmermann, and Micheala [Akademischer Betreuer] Müller-McNicoll. "Function of flotillins in Alzheimer's disease and apoptosis / Bincy Anu John. Gutachter: Ritva Tikkanen ; Walter Volknandt ; Herbert Zimmermann ; Micheala Müller-McNicoll." Frankfurt am Main : Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main, 2014. http://d-nb.info/105206096X/34.
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Meijer, Niels [Verfasser], Guillaume [Akademischer Betreuer] Dupont-Nivet, Hemmo A. [Akademischer Betreuer] Abels, Silke [Gutachter] Voigt, and Anu [Gutachter] Kaakinen. "Asian dust, monsoons and westerlies during the Eocene / Niels Meijer ; Gutachter: Silke Voigt, Anu Kaakinen ; Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Hemmo A. Abels." Potsdam : Universität Potsdam, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1225792622/34.
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Meijer, Niels [Verfasser], Guillaume Akademischer Betreuer] Dupont-Nivet, Hemmo A. [Akademischer Betreuer] Abels, Silke [Gutachter] [Voigt, and Anu [Gutachter] Kaakinen. "Asian dust, monsoons and westerlies during the Eocene / Niels Meijer ; Gutachter: Silke Voigt, Anu Kaakinen ; Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Hemmo A. Abels." Potsdam : Universität Potsdam, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1225792622/34.
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West, Susan, and susan west@anu edu au. "A new paradigm in music education : the Music Education Program at The Australian National University." The Australian National University. Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods, 2007. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20090816.132910.
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This thesis describes a qualitative action research process undertaken in the field over
approximately eight years of the development of an alternative paradigm for music education. This
new paradigm evolved from a simple, practical approach that was not, in the first instance,
designed to be transformational, but which quickly showed itself to have potential for providing a
different model for conceptualising musical engagement.
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It is argued that the standard and widely accepted approach to music education has aspects that
does not encourage on-going music making. This study conceptualises that traditional Western
approach in terms of a virtuosic mountain that prioritises and rewards technical achievement. The
concept of the virtuosic mountain is developed in terms of three Ps: Perfection, Practice and
Performance. The concept was developed by not just reviewing current literature but also by
analysing that literature in light of the developing new paradigm as a means of comparing and
contrasting the approaches.
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Called The Music Education Program, this new paradigm is based on a practical approach to
the sharing of music making beyond institutional boundaries like the school gate. Children do not
perform in the community but seek to engage others in making music with them without
reference to age, disability or skill level. The focus is on the social outcomes that derive from
music making rather than the improvement of skills, which develop as a natural part of community
engagement. In this respect, the approach has roots in community enculturation processes that are
no longer prominent in Western society.
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The new paradigm is presented with a contrasting set of three Is: Intent, Identity and
Involvement, which are designed to illustrate how the community outreach of the Music
Education Program provides a model for consciously reconceptualising our approach to music
education through re-visiting what might be regarded as old practices in a new guise. The three
Is are illustrated through a series of critical incidents that highlight the necessary change in
theoretical underpinnings that the practical application of the Program demands. This includes a
particular focus on the Intent behind our music making, rather than the quality in terms of technomusical
outcomes; stress on the individual and group choices that develop musical Identity; and
demonstration of the ways in which this paradigm may contribute to voluntary, rather than
enforced, Involvement.
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The critical incident data is supplemented by some survey and evaluation data which supports
the view that the social component of musical engagement provides an alternate focus to musical
development than does an achievement paradigm. The range of data collected shows that
classroom teachers can take a significant role in the encouragement of music making in the primary
school without relying solely on the expertise of those with specific musical training; and that
overcoming negative attitudes and experiences can transform not only the teachers relationship
with music but produce a positive effect on her students.
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The model described here has evolved through a longitudinal process that constantly maintains
the centrality of the practical operation of the program. In so doing, it moves away from theoretical
constructs that often do not seem to relate directly to practitioners but, at the same time, it avoids
prescriptive methodology. Theory is elucidated through practice in a way that encourages teachers
to develop their own practices that are consistent with underlying principles. This model is
transformative in nature, having first a transformative effect on the principal researcher and thence
on those teachers engaging in professional development with the Program.
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Since the Music Education Program does not yet have students who have exited the school
system, this study does not attempt to claim success in the long-term in terms of promoting ongoing
engagement through life. Data suggest, however, that it has had an impact in encouraging
teachers to reconnect with music making and enables them to share that music making with their
students, thereby helping to develop more school-based musical engagement that is also affecting
the broader community in the Australian Capital Territory.
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Lama, Anu Kumari [Verfasser], Hubert [Gutachter] Job, and Heiko [Gutachter] Paeth. "Understanding Institutional Adaptation to Climate Change: Social Resilience and Adaptive Governance Capacities of the Nature Based Tourism Institutions in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal / Anu Kumari Lama. Gutachter: Hubert Job ; Heiko Paeth." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1112041044/34.
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Milne, Patricia A., and n/a. "The effect of enhanced electronic access to information on academics' patterns of scholarly communication at the Australian National University." University of Canberra. Information Management & Tourism, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050819.124920.
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This study examined the effect of enhanced electronic access to information
on patterns of scholarly communication. Using a panel typology, the
academics at the Australian National University were surveyed in 1991 and
again in 1994, with the data collected by means of mailed questionnaires.
The research drew on the literature of scholarly communication and
information-seeking behaviour. Principles of systems theory were used to
explain the changes taking place within the academics' environments,
including both the system of scholarly communication and the culture of the
three disciplinary groupings: science, social science and the humanities. Three
research questions directed the study focussing on the effect of enhanced
electronic access to information on the academics' use of the library and on
their patterns of information seeking and dissemination.
Results found that between 1991 and 1994, while some aspects of
communication technologies - such as email - had been almost universally
adopted, overall, few changes had taken place in academics' information
related behaviour. Scientists were more likely to have adopted the new
technologies than social scientists or scholars from the humanities. However,
there was strong evidence that a small group of academics were adopting the
new technologies with enthusiasm suggesting that the overall pattern of use
would change in the future.
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Kilcline, Cody Mary. "The trial of Mrs Proudlock : law, government and society in British Malaya, 1911." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150011.
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Pearson, Michael Patrick Robert. "Grease monkeys : A history of Australia's motor mechanic trade, 1900-1970." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2021. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8xqy1.
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Motor mechanics are iconic members of Australia’s working class. The timeless imagery associated with them, of men in grease-stained overalls – colloquially called ‘grease monkeys’ from the 1930s – hides a complex history.
This thesis explores how class structures affected the organisation of the motor mechanic trade. The first motor mechanics emerged from across the social divisions of class, race and gender. A demand for mechanics’ engineering skills created avenues of social mobility. The diversity of motor mechanics in the early years of automotive repair work also inhibited solidarity and their ability to organise. As a result, the organisational structures that governed the trade were imposed by multiple outside groups. Motorist organisations, employer associations, technical colleges and multiple trade unions all vied to advance their interests and gain control over automotive work. This affected both mechanics’ class positioning and social status.
Issues of skill are crucial here. Mechanics initially relied upon an unstructured, ad hoc education, based around practical learning. This changed in the interwar years, as technical colleges began offering courses in automobile repair. The formalisation of motor mechanics’ education that took place from this period affected more than their skills. Accreditations defined who could qualify as a mechanic. These were responsible for the initial gendering of the trade, as women were excluded from trade colleges. Changing gender norms following the Second World War acted in combination with the introduction of accreditations to set boundaries, both in terms of who could become a mechanic and the skills deemed relevant to the trade. This culminated in a broad deskilling program, enforced at the at the behest of employers which diminished mechanics’ expertise and affected their financial remuneration. This thesis explores the connections between these different aspects of the motor mechanic trade to extend our understanding of Australian class structures.
Engaging with a broad range of sources, this thesis incorporates archival records, interviews, newspapers, and trade journals. It integrates aspects of labour, economic, educational and gender history to provide historical context to our current understanding of mechanics. In turn, it contributes to debates regarding the right to repair, a grassroots movement of American origins that seeks to protect independent repairers, and the future of maintenance work.
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Abubasheer, Ayah. "The politics of mobilising piety : Islam and women in the Gaza Strip." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2021. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8x445.
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Despite extensive social science research on Palestine, the literature on the religious life of Palestinians is still modest, especially with respect to contemporary female piety. On 25 January 2006, the Islamic party Hamas won a decisive majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council. This landslide victory has drawn most media and scholarly attention to the political Islamisation programmes of Hamas. Remarkably, little research has investigated the wider diversity and more complex nature of grassroots religious activism in society. For example, no previous study, so far, has examined the growing female da’wa (piety) movement, which has become a dominant feature in the Gaza Strip.
The study presented here is the first investigation focusing specifically on the female subjects of the piety movement—the da’iyat. These are pious women activists who carry out an extensive array of Islamic da’wa classes among women who seek religious education, guidance, and advice. The main aim of this study is to explore four questions: how female pious conviction is understood and produced, how the formation of the da’iyat’s agency is facilitated and restricted, how pious agentic tensions and da’wa (un)intended consequences exist within the local socio-political power structures, and to what extent dialogical perspectives on the question of women can be achieved between pious women and secular feminists.
The literature review on Muslim women’s agency reveals a polarisation that reduces women’s agency to resistance to or compliance with male domination and Islamic traditions. My research suggests that women’s agency and the subject formation (at the level of the individual and collective) constitute a much more complex process and that the pious/feminist polarity constricts the enhancement of women’s agency, women’s rights, and gender justice. Based on an in-depth remote ethnography (a survey and mobile calls over the internet) in the Gaza Strip, this thesis provides a contextualised analysis of three agentic manifestations of women’s pious agency. In particular, this thesis goes beyond Saba Mahmood’s (2005) model of the pious subject in the Cairene women’s piety movement. It offers a detailed analysis of the multiple and contradictory aspects of the subject’s pious agency in the Gazan women’s piety movement. It also provides an important opportunity to investigate the relevance of Rachel Rinaldo’s (2013) model of pious critical agency among some Indonesian Muslim women and the scholarship of Islamic feminism to Gazan Muslim women. Significantly, the final research question situates women’s pious agency within the broader pious/feminist relationship.
Firstly, in terms of the construction of pious conviction, I argue that the da’iyat’s meanings of piety are reflected in two interconnected terms: religious duty and self-realisation. These pious meanings are shaped by various structures, institutions, and relationships at the micro, meso, and macro levels of social systems. Secondly, I present three distinct, though sometimes overlapping, models of agency for pious women: moral, political, and interpersonal. Thirdly, this research provides a detailed discussion of the data that highlight sites of tension in these three pious modes of agentic expressions. Drawing together key findings from pious and secular feminist narratives, the analysis also offers a deeper insight into the da’wa’s (un)intended consequences on reinforcing hegemonic gender norms. Finally, this project shines a light on the importance of understanding these agentic positions and consequences within the larger context of the relationship between pious women and secular feminists. The case of the Gaza Strip shows a lack of exposure or attention to the possibility of developing pious feminist, or “pious critical agency” to use Rinaldo’s words, and key obstacles to go beyond the pious/secular divide.
Overall, the analysis of the da’iyat’s subjective formation, models of female pious agency, and women’s relationships in the Gaza Strip helps not only expand our understanding and theorising of Islamic female piety, but also demonstrates more possibilities, visions, and challenges for pious/feminist women to collaborate and act upon shared interests.
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Sneddon, David. "A history of faith-based micro, meso and macro dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims in Australia prior to 9/11." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2021. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8wq7v.
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Inter-religious dialogue is an essential means for different faiths and believers to develop friendship and understanding in an increasingly global and multifaith society. Additionally, it could provide for increased levels of social harmony in a seemingly divided yet ever-shrinking globalised world. Islam has a long history with Australia that pre-dates European colonisation; however, research into the nature and impact of interfaith dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims is scarce.
To date, there is an extensive gap in the academic record as no comprehensive historical exploration on inter-religious dialogue prior to 9/11 between Muslims and non-Muslims has been undertaken in Australia. Accordingly, it is envisaged that this will be the most comprehensive research on the topic to date. Uniquely, through the application of the sociological population-level constructs of micro, meso and macro-level analysis this research has looked for evidence of cyclical patterns of inter-religious dialogue over Australia’s long history and contact with Islam. A key question for this research is how, if at all, have different sociological levels of dialogue, as represented in the public and private record, contributed to meaningful social harmony? It is hoped that this historical enquiry will place some light on past paradigm shifts in interfaith relations and assist in the future of interfaith dialogue in a uniquely Australian context.
Using the public record, along with other related academic works, this research has analysed the available evidence to establish the sociological levels of interfaith dialogue that existed in Australia up to 2001. A brief overview of the history of global and local inter-religious dialogue has been provided that includes the approaches taken by the various religions as outlined in the sacred texts, the Torah, Gospels and Qur’an. It also looks to outline the changes that have occurred surrounding religion in Australia over time.
Initial research has demonstrated levels of micro and meso-level dialogue in the pre-colonial period between the Muslim Baijini, Macassans and Australia's Indigenous peoples. Following colonisation, this dialogue largely disappeared and was replaced by a period of mutual monologue, enforced by the dominant Christian hegemony, notwithstanding the contribution by members of the Islamic community to the exploration and construction of modern Australia. Despite the effects of the Immigration Restriction Act (1901), Muslims continued to migrate to Australia and integrate into the community, including those from British India and Albania. Many kept their religious beliefs and thrived in several Australian towns through the 20th Century. As the century progressed, so did the growth of the Australian umma, with migrants arriving from Turkey, Lebanon, Bosnia, Indonesia, the Middle East and North Africa. Through a critical historical analysis of the public and private records, this research has looked to illustrate to true nature of the sociological levels and effectiveness of dialogue from the first contact with Islam, sometime before the 17th Century until the beginning of the 21st Century.
Importantly, the key contribution of this research has also found that the levels of dialogue have been measurable and over time, cyclical in nature, when measured using the sociological constructs of micro, meso and macro. Additionally, this research has uncovered the importance of ecumenical dialogue as a precursor to any meaningful inter-religious dialogue, largely driven by the Catholic Church’s Declaration Nostra Aetate in 1965. Other aspects of the findings include, the need for a critical mass, some form of organisation and favourable political conditions. Finally, shortcomings and suggestions for further avenues of research are discussed.
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Nguyen, Phung Tien. "Developing the evaluative language competence of teacher education students in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) courses in Vietnam." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2020. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8vyx0.
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This study aimed to investigate how tertiary TEFL teacher education students‟ evaluative language competence can be extended through explicit teaching of linguistic descriptions of resources for expressing attitudinal meanings in English. In particular, it sought to determine how tertiary TEFL courses informed by the Appraisal framework (Martin & White, 2005) and text-based pedagogy (Feez & De Silva Joyce, 2012) can be designed and implemented to improve students‟ evaluative language competence. It also aimed to examine how such courses can extend students‟ evaluative language repertoires, and how students can discuss their understanding and use of the language of evaluation using their metaknowledge of Appraisal.
In pursuit of these aims, I implemented over two fifteen-week interventions explicit teaching of evaluative resources, focusing on Attitude and Graduation within Appraisal to the same group of TEFL first-year teacher education students at Quy Nhon University, Vietnam. The explicit teaching of Attitude and Graduation followed the teaching sequences using the teaching-learning model I adapted based on integrating the Scaffolding interaction cycle (Martin & Rose, 2005) into the text-based cycle of teaching and learning (Feez & De Silva Joyce, 2012). I also adopted Appraisal as the coding scheme and the UAM Corpus Tool developed by Michael O‟Donnell (2013) as an electronic linguistics annotation tool for investigating affordances of Attitude and Graduation resources in reading texts and in students‟ writing.
The study found that before the interventions, the students from both intervention and non-intervention groups had similar limited repertoires for evaluation expressions, which were reflected through their repetition of a restricted number of different instantiations for Attitude and frequent use of basic isolated grammatical items for Graduation. After the interventions, however, there was a significant development of the intervention students (IS) compared to the non-intervention students (NS) in Attitude and Graduation deployment. The IS employed not only more numerous different instantiations for Attitude, but also a more diverse range of semantic infusion, grammatical and lexical items for Graduation. More importantly, these IS could provide linguistic descriptions of some Appraisal aspects and employ their metaknowledge of Appraisal to talk about the development of their own deployment of Attitude and Graduation across the writing tests. Of particular interest is the impressive improvement of the low achieving IS to approximate the performance of the high achieving IS and even to overtake the performance of the high achieving NS.
This empirical study has made a professional innovation to teaching pedagogies in that it adapted the teaching-learning model for explicit teaching of evaluation based on combining the Scaffolding interaction cycle (Martin & Rose, 2005) and the text-based cycle of teaching and learning (Feez & De Silva Joyce, 2012). It also has important professional implications in fundamental aspects of TEFL such as shifts in policies, professional development, teaching practices, English textbook design and English test assessment in the context of teaching and learning EFL in Vietnam. In terms of policy shift, it raises a call for review of several aspects of TEFL such as current teaching practices, curriculum, resources and teachers‟ expertise. With regard to professional development, it alerts university English teacher educators and practising teachers of English to be aware of the necessity to equip themselves with knowledge about English language and update with relevant pedagogical approaches in their lifelong professional development. In relation to English textbook design, evaluative language was found to be inadequately attended to in Solutions Intermediate and Solutions Upper-Intermediate (Falla & Davies, 2013a, 2013b), the textbooks of English being used in most tertiary institutions in Vietnam. The compensatory additional resources provided in the intervention can serve to inform curriculum designers and textbook editors of the need to incorporate intentionally selected reading texts and thoughtfully designed activities with the aim to make evaluative language more explicit. Regarding English language teaching, the study indicated the poor repertoires of evaluation expressions of even advanced students of English in Vietnam, and it demonstrated that the restricted repertoires of the students could be developed through implementing the courses I designed with various activities to engage students such as multimodal texts and video recording of student improvised drama and their reflective review of their work on the videos. In terms of assessment of English, the study draws attention to the need for test designers to include evaluative language within assessment criteria and make it an explicit requirement in designated test questions. These implications are expected to bridge the gap between teaching-learning experience in the English classroom, criteria in English assessment tests, and real-life English language demands.
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McInerney, Michelle. "Behavioural interventions in the treatment of drooling for children with cerebral palsy." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2020. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8vywv.
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Anterior drooling is common in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other neurodisabilities (Reid et al., 2010), and has a significant impact on children’s physical and psychosocial health (Chang et al., 2012). Causative factors for drooling in children with CP include oromotor dysfunction (Hockstein et al., 2004) and impairment of swallowing (Erasmus et al., 2009; Senner et al., 2004; Tahmassebi & Curzon, 2003). Behavioural intervention is a conservative non-invasive treatment that is frequently recommended before invasive approaches and routinely practiced by allied health professionals (Meningaud et al., 2006; Van der Burg et al., 2007a; Walshe et al., 2012). Previous experimental research has shown behavioural intervention to have positive effects on drooling in children with CP, but studies are few and the collective evidence is weak (Van der Burg et al., 2007b; Walshe et al., 2012). Given the emphasis on using interventions that are feasible and supported by high quality research evidence (Dollaghan, 2004; Hoffman, 2010; Sackett, 1997); further research on the effectiveness of behavioural intervention for drooling is needed to optimise the outcomes of children with neurodisability, including CP. The purpose of this thesis was to contribute to the evidence about the treatment of drooling in CP through the conduct of three studies.
The first study was a registered systematic review, undertaken to investigate and synthesise the effects of behavioural interventions on Body Functions & Structures (BFS) level and other outcomes for children with CP and neurodisability. A detailed search in eight databases sought studies that (1) included participants 0 -18 years with neurodisability and drooling; (2) provided behavioural interventions targeting drooling or a drooling-related behaviour; and (3) used experimental designs. Two xix reviewers extracted data from full-text papers independently. Results were tabulated for comparison. Eight studies were found that described seven behavioural interventions, including reinforcement and prompting, that mostly targeted BFS level outcomes, but the risk of bias was high in all studies.
In the context of low-level research evidence to support the use of behavioural interventions in practice, a cross-sectional online survey exploring Australian speechlanguage pathologists’ practice decisions was conducted. Descriptive data were analysed using non-parametric statistics. Informal assessments were preferred over the available validated measures. Several behavioural intervention methods were selected as treatments of choice, mainly due to client-related factors. Australian speech-language pathologists perceived drooling in children with CP as a complex practice area, in which there were several reported barriers to evidence-based practice.
The third study used a concurrent multiple baseline single case experimental design to explore the therapeutic effects of a novel intensive behavioural intervention, the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment LOUD (LSVT LOUD®), on drooling severity, swallowing and speech with five participants with CP who drooled (n=5). This study was designed and implemented using guidelines from the Risk of Bias in n-of 1 trials (RoBiNT) Scale (Tate, 2015). Strategies to optimise internal validity included: randomisation of phase onset, using an independent data collector and blinding of all the outcome assessors involved. A systematic visual analysis was supplemented with statistical analysis, where appropriate, to analyse the data. The results were mixed across participants, with each of the participants showing improvement on at least one outcome. Immediately following treatment, small but positive effects on drooling severity occurred for three participants (P1, P3, P4) with P4 having a statistically xx significant reduction in drooling. There were positive effects on swallowing and feeding competency in three participants (P1, P2, P4) including a large effect for P1. Medium effects on sentence intelligibility (P2 and P3) and to a lesser degree, conversational intelligibility, were found. For P1, P2, P4, and P5, small negative and mixed effects were also found across outcomes.
The topic of anterior drooling is substantially under-researched in children with CP. There are significant gaps in research evidence on behavioural intervention effectiveness but also in the integration of evidence-based assessments into routine clinical care. Evidence-based practice in the field could be advanced by research to explore the lived experience of individuals with CP who drool; further examine the covert non-visible causal mechanisms of drooling in children with CP; and by undertaking further experimental behavioural intervention-based research on treatment effectiveness, informed by future perspectives.
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MacLeod, Rena. "Liberating Female Scapegoats: Mimetic Theory, Feminist Theory, and the Biblical Representation of Gendered Violence and Victimhood." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2019. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8vyvw.
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This dissertation is concerned with girls’ and women’s experience of men’s violence as a particular phenomenon apparent within the Bible, and one that is ‘hidden in plain sight’ in the contemporary world. This study is especially concerned with the problem of biblical narratives that depict men’s extreme victimisation of women, for, as feminist scholarship has found, these texts are dangerous and difficult to redeem in light of their capacity to proliferate and normalise men’s enactment of violence against women. The following investigation offers an important response to these issues. It devises and implements an interpretive model that illuminates how biblical narratives of persecuted women may be redeemed for inherent positive value and relevance to the contemporary issue of gendered violence. Specifically, this investigation shows how the biblical witness to women’s victimhood may be perceived as demystifying and subsequently undermining enduring patterns and processes of gendered violence.
The interpretive model put forward in this dissertation is constructed from concepts drawn from René Girard’s mimetic theory, and feminist theory of sexual difference as informed by scholars such as Luce Irigaray, Hélène Cixous, and Julia Kristeva. These two theoretical frameworks are shown to provide analytical tools that 1) combine to enable detailed examination of the biblical representation of gendered violence; and 2) determine how the representation of women’s victimhood exposes and disrupts patterns and processes of violence that are characteristic of androcentric contexts.
This interpretive model is applied to two biblical narratives depicting men’s extreme victimisation of women: Jephthah’s daughter of Judges 11 and the unnamed woman of Judges 19. Analysis establishes that these texts, contrary to other comparable contemporaneous mythology, are salient in their witness to men’s enactment of violence against women. In particular, the two victims within these narratives become perceptible as distinctive, potent female scapegoats with liberatory value as they demystify and disrupt clandestine patterns of gendered victimisation so human experience might work free from them.
This study importantly contributes to biblical scholarship as it brings forward new ways of reading dangerous texts that counteract their capacity to proliferate violence against women. Significantly, this dissertation provisions women and men with an alternate interpretive model that enables them to encounter violent biblical content as redeemable and relevant to women’s experience, and to ameliorating the contemporary global issue of pervasive male-performed violence against girls and women.
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Zhang, Ye. "An intersectional analysis of social and environmental injustice experienced by migrant women workers in China : The case of Guiyu." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2020. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8vyv4.
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The town of Guiyu, located in the Guangdong Province in China, has been highly polluted by the electronic and electric waste (e-waste) recycling industry since 1990s and is now experiencing rigorous environmental governance. Migrant women workers in Guiyu are particularly vulnerable towards the effects of local environmental pollution and degradation in both their working and living spaces. The serious environmental governance carried out by the central and local governments in recent years also has brought them more risks than benefits. In this project, I aim to use feminist theory of intersectionality to analyse the social and environmental injustice experienced by migrant women workers in Guiyu. I shall mainly explore three questions: how power relations within different systems of oppression intersect to produce and maintain the social and environmental injustice they are faced with, how the intersectional power relations facilitate or restrict the formation of their agency, and to what extent intersectional solidary and alliance can be achieved to make profound political changes. The feminist theory of intersectionality has been emphasised by many scholars to analyse the complex environmental injustice phenomena nowadays. Literature review shows that there are mainly three related themes in existing intersectional environmental justice studies: the formation of environmental injustice, the agentic orientation of vulnerable groups, and the political dynamics and possibilities. These three themes correspond well to the theoretical framework of power over, power to, and power with. However, I argue that a more textured and solid way of applying intersectionality to environmental justice studies should be embraced to capture more fully how power works intersectionally. Based on an in-depth critical ethnographic research at Guiyu, I shall supply a contextualised and textured analysis on these three themes, waving together theories from environmental justice, intersectionality, power, agency, coalitional politics, and global e-waste politics. Firstly, in terms of the production of social and environmental injustice, I argue that incorporating the multi-dimensional perspective of intersectionality is particularly important. It allows us to capture the multiple faces of power based on different social categories and have a fuller picture of the complicated ways in which they are intersected. Secondly, I argue that we should embrace a more complicated understanding of the “intersectional agency” as a result of persistent negotiations from the dominated with the intersected, multiple faces of power based on different social categories. The “intersectional agency” against social and environmental injustice among migrant women workers in Guiyu is more complicated and even internally tense instead of being an intact whole. Thirdly, I argue that it is critically important to avoid portraying intersectional solidarity among different activists and movements as an inevitable and automatic outcome of the intersected systems of oppression. The case of Guiyu shows that there are different types of obstacles and challenges to build intersectional politics on the ground. Overall, the analysis of migrant women workers at Guiyu helps not only expand our understanding and theorising of environmental justice, intersectionality, and power, but also open more possibilities, visions, and challenges for us to promote environmental and political changes.
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Benjamins, Jacob. "It is good : Creation, phenomenology, and culture." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8xw0v.
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This dissertation provides a phenomenology of creation’s goodness and clarifies the ongoing relevance of an important theological doctrine. It argues that the appearing of a good creation is not synonymous with a confession of faith nor does it require an overly optimistic disposition. Instead, that which is good about the place in which we find ourselves appears within diverse contexts and circumstances. Particular attention is given to the work of Jean-Yves Lacoste, Claude Romano, Emmanuel Falque, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Louis Chrétien. In order to describe the various phenomenological dynamics of this goodness, the study follows along two-interconnected tracks. First, it argues for a “pre-predicative” or “prelinguistic” goodness that is not reducible to a particular confessional stance. This goodness appears quite broadly and remains open to a diverse range of interpretations. Second, it examines what it means to integrate this general play of goodness into a specifically Christian horizon of place that affirms God’s ongoing relation to creation. Alongside critical contributions to French phenomenology and creation theology, this dissertation develops an overlooked theme in continental philosophy of religion and provides theological and philosophical justification to care for creation.
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Deramore, Denver B. "Development and initial validation of an assessment of visual ability for children with cerebral palsy." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2021. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8y110.
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BACKGROUND Children with cerebral palsy have a primary motor disorder that may be accompanied by disturbances of sensation or perception that impact their ability to use vision. Many other factors may also influence how a child ‘uses their vision’, yet our understanding of how to optimise outcomes rarely includes a focus on visual abilities. For some children with cerebral palsy, visual ability may be a strength. To maximise a child’s ability to use vision we first need a method to quantify visual ability. This thesis describes the conceptualisation, development, and initial validation of a scale to describe ‘how vision is used’ by children with cerebral palsy.
METHODS Using a multi-phase mixed methods instrument project design, the first step was a systematic review to identify and appraise existing measures. This was followed by a study to map items from existing measures to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework using standard linking methodology. After confirming the need for a new measurement tool, the second phase of this research involved an international online survey of key stakeholders; the construction of items and a rating scale; and pre-testing with cognitive interviews. The third phase explored the psychometric properties of the tool in initial field testing.
RESULTS The systematic review confirmed a gap in assessment practices for describing ‘how vision is used’. The mapping exercise led to the conceptualisation of visual ability as a measurable construct at the Activity level of the ICF, and observable visual behaviours were identified to describe how vision is used. Findings from the stakeholder survey contributed to evidence of the relevance and comprehensiveness of content, whilst also defining what is not the focus of the measure: child factors (e.g. eye functions), environmental factors (e.g. type of visual information), or performance and participation in vision-related activities (e.g. play). The primary outcome of this research, the Measure of Early Vision Use (MEVU), is a 14-item parent-report questionnaire describing a child’s ability to use vision. Each item is an observable visual behaviour, scored on a 4-point ordinal scale. Psychometric data from field testing (n=100) supports MEVU as a unidimensional scale with good internal consistency, sufficient construct validity, and feasibility as a parent-completed online assessment.
CONCLUSION MEVU is a new instrument to describe the use of basic visual abilities that has potential to support early intervention planning for children with (or at high risk of) cerebral palsy.
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McGrath, David Patrick. "Matrimony as creative union : A liturgical theology drawn from The Order of Celebrating Matrimony." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8y5x2.
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In 1981 Pope John Paul II exhorted the Church to develop new and better programs of marriage preparation, including the use of the marriage liturgy as an effective educational and spiritual resource, to enable the bride and bridegroom to receive greater benefit from the celebration of this sacrament. Innovative programs of marriage preparation have been developed; however, the Australian statistics since 1981 indicate that many Catholics have turned away both from marriage as institution and marriage as sacrament.
Enabling couples to receive greater benefit from the celebration of the sacrament of matrimony implies the need to assist them to recover a sense of the power and relevance of sacraments in general. A fuller comprehension of the principle of sacramentality can provide a meaningful context for enriching understandings of the sacramental system in general and sacramental marriage in particular.
Elements of Kevin Irwin’s liturgical-sacramental method are employed to develop a contemporary sacramental theology of matrimony derived from The Order of Celebrating Matrimony (2015). In Irwin’s method of liturgical theology, the Church’s liturgy (lex orandi), influences what the faithful believe (lex credendi), and both of these influence the lived reality of a sacrament (lex vivendi). A contemporary theology derived from the rite, and particularly from its teaching that matrimony derives its force and strength from creation, discloses that matrimony, like the Eucharist, can motivate us to be stewards of all creation.
Since dialogue between theology and science has the potential to produce a fruitful synthesis, the theology derived from the rite is assessed in dialogue with key contemporary social scientific research. Findings from social psychology, which seek to identify why marriages succeed or fail, and from the burgeoning field of positive psychology, which seek to identify the qualities that contribute to human flourishing, are presented in dialogue with the theology revealed in The Order of Celebrating Matrimony (2015).
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Farman, Mursal. "Examining Ibn 'Umar's stance during Fitan times and its impact : Re-reading his approaches to peace and conflict." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2022. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/efa322b46499dfc4cd9f5deb4d2639660f7c8521420335dc44e47be0c684c8e0/2038016/Farman_2022_Examining_Ibn_Umars_stance_during_Fitan.pdf.
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Conflict over the Caliphate after the assassination of the third Caliph, ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān (d. 35/656), has remained a matter of serious concern amongst the Muslim academia and intellectual circles. This conflict resulted in schism among Muslims and caused two series of civil wars. These wars seem to have been a conflict of approaches (theological, socio-political and tribal) towards the Caliphate.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar (610 – 73/693), a famous companion of the Prophet, opted for an approach distinct from the prevailing various approaches. Besides his meritorious active role in restoration of peace and harmony, Ibn ʿUmar is a prominent scholar too. His command over the traditional Islamic disciplines (tafsīr, ḥadīth, fiqh, sīrah, tārīkh, etc) is exemplary. His life, traditions, viewpoints, and activities are prominently highlighted in the Islamic literatures.
Despite the mention of Ibn ʿUmar in many sources reporting his peace promoting efforts, however, there is no comprehensive analytical research focusing on his role for the restoration of peace and harmony, its impact upon contemporary people and legacy in post-Ibn ʿUmar period. There seems to be a gap which this study aims to fill through a critical analysis of his views, activities and dealing with fitan through different measures.
This dissertation deals with three aspects of Ibn ʿUmar’s life. First, the positive role that he played during the period of fitan. On the ground of the extensive Islamic literature in Arabic, English and Urdu languages, an attempt has been made to examine the nuances of his approaches to fitan through a chronological study of his life. Second, the impact of Ibn ʿUmar’s role during post-Ibn ʿUmar period. Based on the analysis of the comments on his approaches in fitan and on the comparison of his views with that of Ahl al-Sunnah, an effort has been exerted to measure his influence on later Muslim generations. Third is the leadership model that Ibn ʿUmar offers. On the account of the analysis of his leadership moments specially in fitan times and its comparison with leadership styles, it is aimed to examine his leadership style. Thus, this study argues that with his thoughts and leadership in the times of fitan, Ibn ʿUmar left deep impression on future generations.
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Stephens, Lana Marie. "Theologia Ficiniana : Intellectual exchange and spiritual renewal in late Quattrocento Florence." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8yq19.
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The philosophical contributions of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) to the intellectual legacy of the Italian Renaissance cannot be overstated; Ficino’s name has become synonymous with Florentine Neoplatonism, and his philosophy of love and systematic defence of the immortality of individual souls has made Ficino one of the most recognised and influential thinkers of the fifteenth century. As the translator of the Platonic corpus, and many Neoplatonic authors besides, the Florentine philosopher-priest was well acquainted with, and indeed, had arguably become attracted to antique notions of the origins of the soul. Situating the doctrine of the soul’s pre-mortal existence within Ficino’s thought, particularly in relation to his understanding of spiritual renewal, this thesis aims to provide a re-evaluation of Ficino as a religious thinker and how he understood the relationship between religion and philosophy. The thesis will thereby offer a more nuanced understanding of his contributions to the religious and spiritual life of Quattrocento Florence.
Drawing on Ficino’s Platonic Theology, his commentaries of Plato and Plotinus, and his epistolary correspondence, this thesis adopts a framework which combines social, cultural and intellectual historical methods, setting out to not only establish Ficino’s doctrinal interventions, but to place them within the broader context of Renaissance theological reform. In so doing, the thesis aims to contribute to a scholarly reappraisal of how humanistic, vernacular and rhetorical theologies functioned in Florence, and how we as historians understand these theologies. Focussing in particular on the use of rhetoric, language, literary convention, and socio-intellectual networks in the dissemination of Ficinian theology, this thesis intends to provide new perspectives on intellectual exchange in the later decades of the fifteenth century, particularly in relation to the movement of ideas which advocate for religious and theological reform. With a view to examining the broader implications of the dissemination of these ideas, the thesis also reconsiders Ficino’s relationship to the Tuscan vernacular, and its role in his programme of spiritual renewal.
This thesis moreover seeks to re-contextualise thinkers in Ficino’s circle, by highlighting their critical role in the religious transformations taking place in the second half of the fifteenth century, and significantly, in the formation of a new religious subculture. Analysing a number of Latin and Tuscan works, this thesis reveals the reproduction of Ficinian ideas on the origins of the soul in connection to contemplation, conversion and mystical union, as well as nuanced modes of communication, and thereby links intellectual exchange to Florentine spiritual renewal. The thesis therefore aims to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of the intellectual world on the religious, by demonstrating how the re-emergence and incorporation of new streams of thought, as well as the methods used in that effort, came to bear upon the religious and spiritual life.
Contending that Ficinian theology fundamentally informed an intellectually driven programme of spiritual renewal and theological reform in Florence during the second half of the fifteenth century and early sixteenth century, this thesis therefore re-contextualises Ficino’s place in our understanding of the intellectual and religious history of Renaissance Florence, and brings an entirely new set of methods, ideas, and characters into this understanding.
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Elali, Wajeeh. "EVA and shareholder value creation : an empirical study." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2007. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/91xv0/eva-and-shareholder-value-creation-an-empirical-study.
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In recent years, a variant of residual income often called Economic Value Added (EVA)' or Economic Income (EI) has become a popular concern in academia and business communities. This study investigates the general hypothesis that EVA is more highly associated with shareholder wealth and firm values than are traditional performance measures. Two commonly used value-based performance metrics namely, Total Shareholder Return (TSR) and Tobin's Q are also considered to highlight the valuerelevance of EVA vis-a-vis these measures in predicting shareholder wealth. Using a sample of panel data of around 12,000 firm-year observations taken from the Stem Stewart 1000 EVA/MVA database and the DATASTREAM file over the period 1991-2002, this study finds compelling evidence that shareholder value is a function of EVA. This study also provides evidence consistent with the notion that EVA outperforms other traditional performance measures in explaining shareholder wealth. Valuerelevance tests reveal EVA to be more highly associated with shareholder wealth than TSR and Tobin's Q. The incremental tests also suggest that EVA possesses the largest explanatory power (or information usefulness) over TSR and Tobin's Q. These results conclusively support the claims made by EVA proponents and further support the potential usefulness of the EVA metric for internal and external performance.
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Inoue, Allison. "Educational psychology and dyslexia : an investigation into current thinking and practice." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/educational-psychology-and-dyslexia-an-investigation-into-current-thinking-and-practice(d6972ab8-e34a-4d27-b6f0-1fbfe9e0f188).html.
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Paper 1: This first of three papers identified current areas of educational psychologist (EP) scholarship across key publications read by a sample of 13 EPs working in three different models of service delivery in England on the topic of developmental dyslexia (henceforth, dyslexia). Findings imply that the EPs sampled do not access high quality scientific research literature on dyslexia; most of the literature accessed appears to be non-peer reviewed and there is little information to support the development of EP practice for assessment and intervention, understanding the link between literacy failure and mental health, or how all this contributes to a consultation method of service delivery. Paper 2: The focus of the empirical paper was to describe and analyse how EPs currently conceptualise dyslexia and delineate what they do with regard to assessment and intervention. Furthermore, it explored how EPs' beliefs about dyslexia, and the wider social context, impact on practice. Findings suggest that dyslexia remains an area of significant confusion and contradiction for the EPs interviewed. Most continue to rely on the British Psychological Society's (BPS, 1999) definition but this appears to add to their confusion rather than clarify their thinking which, in turn, seems to reinforce their beliefs or 'world view' about dyslexia. A very narrow range of actual practice in terms of assessment and intervention was described by the participants. Paper 3: The final paper discussed evidence-based practice (EBP), effective dissemination strategies to promote and measure outcomes, and the impact of such research. To conclude, some thought is given to ways in which the current research contributes to EBP and possible media for dissemination.
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Robertson, Andrew John. "The reliance basis of estoppels by conduct." Phd thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144488.
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Balasubramaniam, Ratna Rueban. "Our law : an argument for jurisprudence from the inside-out." Master's thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147398.
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Grossi, Renata. "Law and love : the (in)visibility of romantic love in the legal discourse of modern Australian marriage." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151289.
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This thesis is about how love, perceived as one of humanity's most powerful emotions, is reflected in law - one of society's most important social discourses. The specific context of this inquiry will be marriage. In the popular discourse of western societies, marriage is steeped in the ideology of romantic love, but to what extent is this view replicated in the legal meaning of marriage? This thesis interrogates four legal episodes which have significantly challenged traditional meanings of marriage in modern Australia, and asks to what extent, and in what form, romantic love features in the construction of those meanings. Marriage has conventionally been understood as a heterosexual relationship between one man and one woman, which has as one of its primary functions the procreation of children. Marriage has also been understood as an economic unit. As such sex, gender, sexuality, procreation, family and economics are all central ideas in marriage. This thesis takes four episodes which question whether sex is part of marriage (R v L); what the relationship between domestic and commercial arrangements are (Garcia); and whether sexual identity, gender and sexuality define marriage (Re Kevin and the same-sex marriage debate). This analysis will show that while romantic love is not altogether invisible in that legal discourse, it does not displace the traditional association of marriage with family, sexual access, procreation and economics. Furthermore when love is visible it is not the liberating, anti-traditional, progressive, radical phenomenon romantic love is often claimed to be; instead we see that love, as per the feminist and queer critiques, is mostly understood as being embedded in very traditional discourses of nature, procreation, domesticity and heterosexuality. Thinking about marriage in the context of love is not a typical legal exercise. Emotions are not usually regarded as relevant for the discipline of law; as such this thesis challenges the positivist rhetoric of law which persistently argues that law is and ought to be separate from emotion. This thesis will show that an emotional inquiry adds much both to the law's understanding of the institution of marriage and to our understanding of the law. This in turn better informs the law to fulfil its regulatory and conflict resolution functions; adds much to our understanding of how law thinks, operates and attributes meanings to social and cultural behaviour; and adds much to the effectiveness of law and its relevance to humanity.
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Naik, Anu [Verfasser]. "Synthesis and application of chiral novel bis(isonitrile) ligands in catalysis / vorgelegt von Anu Naik." 2010. http://d-nb.info/1011299461/34.
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Burns, Fiona Ruth. "Equity's domain : risk, monetary transactions and insolvency administration." Phd thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144744.
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Tangri, Daniel. "Relevance in Athenian courts." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146564.
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Newell, Virginia Alice. "Administrative law values, publicisation and outsourcing." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150687.
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The dissertation represents a response to the concept of 'publicisation" popularised by Jody Freeman, which posits the possibility of outsourcing being adequately controlled and overseen through new public and private mechanisms, in which are embedded appropriate public or democratic norms. As there is a nascent administrative law values discourse within the Australian administrative law discipline, I refer to values in my dissertation rather than norms. There are two hurdles to evaluating and utilising the concept of publicisation in the Australian context. The primary hurdle is the need to correctly identify the relevant values. I argue that, in the Australian context, the relevant values to achieve the publicisation of outsourcing are those that underpin the existing administrative law system. I next conduct a critical textual analysis of the 1970 Reform Reports - the Kerr Committee Report, the Bland Committee Reports and the Ellicott Committee Report with the aim of identifying the values that were embedded in the Australian administrative law system at its inception. My aim in conducting this empirical research is to identify administrative law values other than subjectively. The research demonstrates that in terms of administrative law values, the key to the 1970s reforms was the prioritisation of citizen participation in order to promote legality and fairness. The second finding is that while the reports consistently make reference to the need to safeguard executive efficiency, there is a stronger commitment to ensuring that the values of participation, fairness and legality are prioritised. The italicised words represent value-types; The second hurdle to evaluating the concept of publicisation, in a practical rather than theoretical way, is the need to identify an appropriate methodology to use when looking for evidence of publicisation. In the final chapter of this dissertation I conduct two limited values benchmarking exercises designed to illustrate how evidence of publicisation might be identified in the Australian context and I argue that values benchmarking, a form of standards benchmarking, provides a useful methodological framework. One of the values benchmarking exercises pertains to the 2005 amendments to the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cth) and the proposed 2009 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth). The second values benchmarking exercise looks for evidence of publicisation in the federal courts' jurisprudence regarding their jurisdiction to hear judicial review applications where the decision-maker is not a member of the traditional executive (Minister, agency, officer); My conclusion is that publicisation provides a useful way of evaluating new mechanisms by reference to administrative law values. I qualify this support by arguing that new mechanisms should not be recognised as evidencing publicisation if they do not both extend administrative law values and deliver administrative law goals such as executive accountability or administrative justice. I also observe that mechanisms that can be described as evidencing publicisation cannot necessarily be thought of as equivalent to administrative law mechanisms because publicisation does not insist on the administrative law value of citizen participation being embedded and prioritised.
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Dirkis, Michael. "Terms of engagement : a qualitative examination of the basic building blocks of Australia's international tax regime (residency and source) against the tax policy objectives of equity, efficiency, simplicity and the prevention of tax avoidance and an exploration of the avenues for reform." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146467.
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Koens, Kumiko. "The autonomy principle and interdependent aspects of independent undertakings." Master's thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147879.
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Schiltz, Anu [Verfasser]. "Clodronat-haltige Liposomen zur Depletion Opioidpeptid-haltiger Monozyten, Makrophagen in entzündetem Gewebe / vorgelegt von Anu Schiltz." 2006. http://d-nb.info/980875404/34.
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Mantziaris, Christos. "Government by corporation : the public/private distinction in judicial reasoning." Phd thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151779.
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Faunce, Thomas. "Medical loyalty : foundational virtues, principles and human rights in 21st century doctor-patient regulation." Phd thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148010.
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Eadie, Edward Norman. "Legal protection of animals against suffering inflicted by humans : national, regional, and international." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151728.
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Ward, Christopher. "International dispute resolution : the influence of international jurisprudence on domestic law." Phd thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148720.
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Langford, Ian. "The semantics of crime : a linguistic analysis." Phd thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150272.
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Ryan, Trevor Owen. "Demographic transition and transformation of regulation and law in Japan." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150457.
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This dissertation argues that Japan's rapid and dramatic demographic transition is having a transformative effect on regulation and law. It argues that the myriad social and economic challenges associated with demographic transition are a catalyst for collaborative forms of governance - that is, governance that employs indirect and pluralist regulation to supervise and co-opt an otherwise autonomous non-state sector. It contends that Japan's tradition of legal pluralism, which blends formal and contextual elements, is conducive to this collaborative approach to grappling with radical demographic change. However, this tradition has also created an accountability deficit prompting an apparent 'liberal ascendancy' and strengthened commitment to the Rule of Law. In three case studies-retirement pensions, childcare, and adult guardianship - this dissertation demonstrates that the exigencies of demographic change have catalysed compromise between the liberal tradition and the proliferation of indirect, collaborative, and 'responsive' forms of regulation. As evidence, this dissertation charts the growth of 'regulatory' and 'accountability' networks, which span the public and private sectors, and the parallel development of 'hybridisation' of public and private law in Japan.
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MacKenzie, Catherine Patricia. "International law and forest policy : a legal analysis of recent approaches to a global forest treaty." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151287.
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Lu, Andrew Brantley. "Developments in the private international law doctrine of renvoi since 1990." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150626.
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The theory of choice of law has received close attention in Australia since 1990. In 2000, the High Court of Australia chose the law of the place of the tort, without flexible exceptions, as Australia's new choice of law rule for intra-national torts. In 2002, it extended the rule to transnational torts litigated in Australia. Since 2002, problems inherent in the inflexible nature of the Australian choice of law rule have emerged. This prompted Australian courts to concede that, in the interests of justice and fairness, judicial discretion on choice of law may sometimes be appropriate. It is in this context that Australian courts have controversially revived debate on the doctrine of renvoi in the common law. Renvoi arises as an adjunct to choice of law. Australia's response to renvoi has provoked active debate among conflicts scholars internationally, because it applies renvoi to a tort case. Some of the debate has praised the Australian use of renvoi for its creativity, in other respects it has been critical of the High Court's unprincipled expansion of the doctrine contrary, firstly, to the traditional presumption against renvoi's application, and secondly, to the doctrine's contraction in other jurisdictions. The High Court of Australia in Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd accepted that the scope of the renvoi was as a theory of potentially more general application in the conflict of laws. This thesis is driven by a need to examine the doctrine of renvoi as it has arisen in Australia's highest court, in light of the historical writings by Albrecht Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Jean Georges Sauveplanne, and to identify some guiding principles to assist courts and private lawyers in future cases that will inevitably be decided in this area. The first part of this thesis will examine the theory of renvoi and the various forms of renvoi, trace the evolution of the doctrine and the extent to which the renvoi has been applied in selected law areas, and canvass some of the arguments why renvoi should and should not be accepted as constituting a general theory of the conflict of laws. The second part of this thesis will develop and defend a principled basis for the rejection of renvoi as a theory applicable to tort by reference to the leading decision of Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd. With a focus on the practical example of the Neilson application of renvoi to a civil claim in tort, this thesis will demonstrate that although the application of renvoi may produce the 'correct' result, the outcome is one of judicial pragmatism rather than any principled basis for renvoi's application in civil cases. Instead of promoting uniformity and predictability for parties to a dispute, the obligation that a renvoi imposes on private lawyers and the courts to consider and apply the foreign choice of law rules - in addition to foreign rules governing the determination of substantive delictual liability, limitations and assessment of damages - introduces greater complexity and uncertainty in the resolution of transnational cases. When courts are asked to interpret and apply both foreign rules of private international law and the foreign law of tort, renvoi further fails to support the conflict of laws goal of uniformity. The doctrine introduces a further element of the foreign law that may be misinterpreted and misapplied by the forum. The instability of renvoi in the Australian context is heightened by the legal fiction of the presumption of identity that continues to be applied by forum courts whenever there is a gap in the pleading or proof of foreign law, as well as the adoption of a lex loci delicti commissi rule at common law without flexible exceptions: for intra-national tort in John Pfeiffer Ply Ltd v Rogerson, and for international tort in Regie National des Usines Renault SA. v Zhang. This thesis examines each of these issues in the context of the recent decision of the Full Court of the High Court of Australia in Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd. Neilson is the first decision of an ultimate common law court in which renvoi has been applied, as if it were a general theory of the conflict of laws, to decide an international tort claim. It also applies a new function to renvoi, that of an exception to a tort choice of law rule that the same court declared ought to contain no flexible exception. This thesis critically evaluates the decision of the High Court of Australia to adopt a choice of law rule without flexible exceptions, then to elevate the doctrine of renvoi to the status of a flexible exception by stealth. Through characterising the lex loci delicti commissi as all of the laws of the foreign law area, and picking up the choice of law rules of the place of the tort, the High Court was able to remit the substance of the dispute to the lex fori to determine liability and damages. In the context of the Neilson case, this thesis explores the development of the renvoi doctrine and the primarily legislative responses to it across some common law and civil jurisdictions since 1990, when Professor Jean Georges Sauveplanne published his chapter on Renvoi in Volume III of 'Private International Law'. It identifies the principal jurisdictions that have considered the operation of renvoi, and what might lie on the horizon for the renvoi as a general theory of the common law rules of choice of law in Australia, post-Neilson.
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Francis, Angus James. "The role of legislative, executive and judicial mechanisms in ensuring a fair and effective asylum process." Phd thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150641.
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Burianová, Eliška. "Vliv polohy těla na klidový tlak v anu a tlak při současné kontrakci svalů pánevního dna. Pilotní manometrická studie." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-382902.
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This Research thesis is focused on the influence of body position on the function of pelvic floor muscles (PFM). Anatomical structures, kinesiology and neurophysiology of the PFM are described in the theoretical part of this thesis. It also discusses the methodology used for objective evaluation of the PFM. For the practical part of this thesis, 30 healthy subjects (aged 20 - 30 years, 15 male, 15 female) where chosen via a questionnaire. The subjects were examined via the method of anorectal manometry. The goal of the examination was to measure the distribution of a) resting pressure in the anal canal in selected positions, b) pressure during voluntary maximal contraction of PFM and sphincters in selected positions, c) pressure during 20 seconds of voluntary contraction. Selected positions are: lying on the back; lying on the back with legs elevated and held in "three flexion"; kneeling on all fours with palm support; kneeling on all fours with elbow support; squatting, and standing. Results: a) The resting pressure is influenced by the body position. Highest resting pressure was observed in squatting and standing positions, lowest resting pressure was measured on subjects while kneeling on all fours with elbow support. No significant difference was observed between male and female subjects in...
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Wood, Asmi John. "Regulation of the use of force by Islamist non-state actors : using law to regulate such use of force." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111480.
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This thesis is a comparative legal examination, of the use of force by non-State actors under both international law and the shari'a. It aims to identify measures for regulating the use of force and thus to promote harm minimisation. The narrower, more specific topic examined here is to determine the legality, or otherwise, of the contemporary use, or threatened use of force, by non-State Islamist groups. Such Islamist groups often work together formally or informally, sometimes to achieve purportedly strategic ends, for reasons variously termed 'fighting for Islam' or being engaged in djihad/jihad or 'holy war' (one of djihad's less accurate contemporary definitions).
Consequently, how a legal methodology can be used to regulate this behaviour is examined by a comparative analysis of (a) lawful pre-conditions for the use of force and (b) the legitimate means that may be employed during armed conflict. Under international humanitarian law (IHL), 'the means of inflicting harm upon the enemy are not unlimited and similarly the shari'a prohibits certain means of fighting and targeting. As with IHL these shari'a limits, can form the basis for creating shari'a crimes, and for criminalising such acts when perpetrated during armed conflict.
Shari'a legal principles and methodologies applicable to humanitarian and criminal law are identified. There are differences between IHL and shari'a laws of war which are also examined. Islamic law however goes further than harm minimisation during conflict, emphasises that a state of justice is mandated and calls for the elimination of all injustice as a positive obligation, through the use of force if necessary and is achieved through djihad, a strictly defined and circumscribed concept. Herein however, can lie the root of the problem of the gratuitous use of force, particularly when djihad is instrumentally employed absent its regulatory framework.
Shari'a views on fighting, justice, life and the reason for human existence, among other issues are also in many ways fundamentally different from the moral yardsticks underlying the current secular international legal regime, signalling potentially significant differences with respect to the regulation of the legitimate use of armed force. However, while the differences between the Western and Islamic legal traditions may at first appear substantial, the laws that result are not significantly different, arguably because what is considered 'criminal' in both legal traditions is deeply rooted in the Mosaic Law. It is shown therefore, that most differences are not irreconcilable.
The shari'a is a system of law and should be treated on its merits rather than dismissed out of hand merely because of an emotive link with 'terrorism' or with radical Islam. On the other hand, critique of the shari'a (as with any system of law) is clearly legitimate and necessary, but for a useful outcome, such criticisms should be fair and objective both options examined in some detail in this thesis. This thesis concludes that the most egregious international crimes can be criminalised under the shari'a and examines practical means for doing this.