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Easton, Christopher M. "Residents associations : strategies and success /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09enve13.pdf.
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Townsend, Hugh Gerald. "Developing an associational strategy process with four Los Angeles associations." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.049-0469.
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Korid, Yacine. "French by association : the role of associations in a Parisian banlieue." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/48946/.
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There are over a million associations in France dealing with a large variety of issues such as leisure, sports, health, social solidarity or education. Legally defined by the 1901 law, associations are complex structures that require financing and management. They can also be described as promoting ‘cultural expression' and ‘social integration'. Associations are particularly present in the French ‘banlieues' (suburbs) around town and city centers as these areas are often seen as epitomising social fragmentation. Based on ethnographic fieldwork amongst two associations in the Quartiers Nord area of Asnières, a town on the edges of Paris known for its diverse associative life, I explore the positioning, mechanisms and strategies adopted by associations in order to reduce the effects of socio-economic inequalities along territorial lines. My fieldwork mainly consisted of teaching French to newly-arrived migrant children and teenagers as well as helping others with their homework. This allowed me to gain access to a large variety of perspectives, from that of associative leaders and members of the local administration to the views of families living in the Quartiers Nord. To make sense of these multiple angles of approach, I rely strongly on Gerd Baumann's (1996) distinction between dominant and demotic discourses as it underlines the dynamic and contextual nature of interactions between residents and the local and national frameworks in which they evolve. I aim to uncover the processes through which some associations have become intermediate spaces (or interstices) of mediation between local or national administrations and the residents of given neighborhoods labeled as ‘difficult', in other words between center and periphery. By doing so, I add to the debate on the integration of banlieue inhabitants to discourses of French Republicanism.
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Lefevre, Jean-Christophe. "Les associations du support à la firme : applications au secteur de l'hôtellerie-restauration." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM1131.
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Le secteur associatif a pris une place considérable dans nos sociétés contemporaines. C’est un objet d’étude de la sociologie. L’accroissement de la sphère collective, sociale et publique fait aussi de l’association, une organisation utile pour la Société Civile et la firme. Sous différentes dénominations, elle s’est imposée pour réguler des professions, des métiers, des activités commerciales, des produits, des marchés voire des firmes. Dans le secteur des Cafés Hôtels et Restaurants, le potentiel stratégique d’associations de support à la firme telles que la Société des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, les coopératives publicitaires des réseaux de franchise, les Disciples d’Escoffier, le Comité Français de Modernisation de l’Hôtellerie ou encore la Fédération des Franchisés ACCOR est analysé. Quatre groupes de théories (théories sociologiques, théories de la nature de l’association, théories des Institutions et théories des Organisations) permettent de mettre en évidence sa raison d’être et son utilité pour la firme. A des spécificités propres à ce mode d’organisation correspond une approche managériale autonome qui emprunte au management des affaires publiques et privéesThe voluntary sector has taken an important place in our contemporary societies. It is a topic of study for sociology. The increase of the collective, social and public sphere also makes of the association, a useful organization for the Civil Society and the Firm.Under various names, she was imperative to regulate occupations, jobs, businesses, commercial activities, products, markets and even firms. In the sector of Coffees, Hotels and Restaurants, the strategic potential of associations of support to the firm such as the Company of France’s Best Workers, the advertising cooperatives of the franchise networks, the Escoffier’s Followers, the Hospitality Modernization French Committee or the ACCOR Franchisees Federation is analyzed. Four groups of theories (sociological theories, theories of the nature of the association, Institutions theories and Organizations theories) allows to highlight its purpose and its utility to the firm. At the appropriate specificities of this type of organization corresponds an independent management approach which borrows from the management of the public and private affairs
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Drobesch, Werner. "Vereine und Verbände in Kärnten (1848-1938) : vom Gemeinnützig-Geselligen zur Ideologisierung der Massen /." Klagenfurt : Verl. des Kärntner Landesarchivs, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36682857j.
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Margaria, Claire. "Du bénévole au jeune cadre : la place des activités associatives dans les candidatures des jeunes diplômés." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCB120/document.
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Partant de la multiplicité des conseils dispensés aux jeunes diplômés quant à la valorisation de leurs activités associatives, cette recherche interroge la place donnée à ce sujet dans le processus de recrutement et notamment les facteurs qui favorisent une prise en compte croissante des compétences qui y sont acquises. Elle s'appuie sur une enquête miroir quantitative (questionnaire en ligne) puis qualitative de 75 entretiens, auprès de jeunes diplômés de niveau Bac +5 et de recruteurs, managers, RH ou intermédiaires du recrutement. La recherche interroge l'image que les recruteurs ont de ces activités, notamment sur le potentiel de compensation des manques ressentis au travail qu'ils leur prêtent. Elle met l'accent sur les transformations à la fois des entreprises et du travail des cadres qui poussent certains recruteurs à considérer ces activités comme porteuses de compétence. Elle envisage également le candidat jeune diplômé comme un véritable acteur du recrutement, réflexif, stratège et capable de convaincre un recruteur de sa compétenceConsidering how much advice is given to young graduates regarding how they should leverage their associational activities, our research focuses on how these activities are mobilised during the recruitment procedure. It elaborates on the factors that foster the taking into account of the skills that are developed through these activities. It draws on a quantitative (CAWI) and qualitative survey (75 interviews) targeting both "Bac +5" graduates and recruiters (HR professionals, recruitment agencies and managers). The research investigate the recruiters' perception these activities, including the compensation mechanisms they see between them and the work situation. It emphasizes on the transformations of both companies and the executives' positions, that lead some recruiters to consider these activities as skill-providing. It views the young graduate as a genuine actor of the recruitment procedure: a reflexive strategist who is able to convince the recruiter of his or her skill set
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André, Jean. "Les associations intermédiaires." Montpellier 1, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999MON10008.
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Les associations intermédiaires, qui sont au nombre de mille deux cents, fonctionnent depuis dix ans. Les pouvoirs publics, par retouches successives, leur ont fixé comme objectif principal : l'insertion par l'économique des personnes en difficultés grâce à des mises à disposition d'heures de travail auprès de personnes physiques ou morales. Les avantages dont jouissent ces associations, dus à leur structure juridique d'associations de la loi de 1901 et aux exonérations de charges sociales, sont importants. Indispensables dans les circonstances économiques actuelles, ces structures sont pourtant contestées au point que les pouvoirs publics limitent leur influence au profit des entreprises de travail temporaire d'insertion. La présente étude démontre que les résultats bénéfiques obtenus par leur activité sont bien plus importants que les nuisances incriminées. Elle propose des réformes nécessaires à l'amélioration de leur fonctionnement.
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Michelet, Bertrand. "L'Analyse des associations." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37616432r.
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Rathouis, Maïga Hélène Marjolet Michel. "Associations ANOPHELE-RHODAR." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2007. http://castore.univ-nantes.fr/castore/GetOAIRef?idDoc=25606.
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Han, Hyo-Jung Anna. "MALLEABILITY OF ATTITUDES OR MALLEABILITY OF THE IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST?" The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1249076558.
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Herring, Ronald Edward. "Leading Rehoboth Baptist Association to develop and implement a church and denomination ministry team." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Pujol, Laurent. "La crise au sein des associations." Le Mans, 1995. http://cyberdoc.univ-lemans.fr/theses/1995/1995LEMA2002_1.pdf.
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Les associations, comme toutes les organisations, peuvent être en situation de crise dans leur fonctionnement. Le but de notre recherche est de comprendre ce qu'est la crise dans ce type de structure et les raisons qui sont a son origine. Nous chercherons également à définir un outil de prevention et de gestion de la crise. Dans les associations, la connaissance de la crise et l'action sur la crise ne procèdent pas d'une quelconque téléonomie ou finalité, mais d'une constellation de causes au sein de laquelle la causalité de fonctionnement est dominante. Ce n'est donc pas en se réferant aux statuts, à la vocation que l'on peut connaître la crise dans l'association et agir sur elle. Il existe un ensemble de causes parmi lesquelles les causes de fonctionnement sont préponderantes. Par causes de fonctionnement, on entend celles que l'on trouve dans l'arborescence causale et qui font donc référence au bloc de fonctionnement (ces concepts sont définis dans les parties trois et deux). Elles ne comprennent pas les causes de type sociologique, politique ou juridiqueThe associations, as all the organizations, can be in crisis situation. The aim of my research is to understand what a crisis, in this type of structure, is, and the reasons of its existence. Moreover, I will define a "tool" in order to prevent and manage a crisis. Understanding crisis in the associations, and have a good management of it, is possible not refering to the vocation of the structure. It is necessary to know the enterity of causes; among them, the functioning causes are the most important
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Thelen, Jasmine. "Développement et financement des associations." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TOU10065.
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Le poids des associations en France est considérable et sa vigueur ne se dément pas au fil des années. Pourtant, les associations ne sont pas égales face au financement. Alors que certaines bénéficient d’une certaine sécurité financière, notamment due au versement régulier de subventions, d’autres, au contraire, vivent dans l’incertitude. Incertitude aujourd’hui accentuée par le contexte économique morose. L’objectif de cette étude sera d’envisager les solutions qui existent pour ces associations qui s’inscrivent dans une optique de développement et qui pourtant, peuvent être en mal de financements. La première solution consisterait pour les associations à recourir à des financements plus modernes, à savoir le mécénat, le parrainage et le fonds de dotation. En effet, les financements dits « traditionnels », à savoir notamment les subventions et les donations, présentent des limites préjudiciables au développement des associations. La seconde solution résiderait dans la possibilité pour les associations de développer leur objet en envisageant l’exercice d’une activité économique lucrative, génératrice de nouvelles ressources. L’exercice peut être direct, sans artifice ou de manière sectorisée, ou indirect, l’activité étant externalisée au sein d’une personne morale distincte de l’association. A travers l’analyse de ces différentes options, cette étude envisage de permettre aux associations d’appréhender au mieux les différentes perspectives de développement qui s’offrent à ellesLe résumé en anglais n'a pas été communiqué par l'auteur
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Keita, Mamadou. "L'activité commerciale des associations." Bordeaux 4, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998BOR40013.
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La question de l'activite commerciale des associations presente deux aspects. Le statut associatif est-il legalement compatible avec l'exercice d'une telle activite, et si oui une association peut-elle devenir une personne morale commercante? En depit de sa qualite de groupement + sans but lucratif ;, une association a la possibilite d'avoir une activite commerciale habituelle et de faire des actes de commerce a titre principal. Il lui suffit de prevoir cette activite dans ses statuts et de ne pas partager les benefices mais les affecter a la realisation de sa finalite statutaire. Consacree d'abord par la jurisprudence, cette solution a ete confirmee par plusieurs textes. Des lors que son activite est commerciale, une association doit pouvoir etre titulaire d'une clientele protegee contre tout detournement abusif de la part de ses concurrents. Mais elle doit aussi se soumettre a l'application de certaines regles du droit commerciale liees au caractere commerciale de l'activite : competence commerciale, droit de la concurrence, etc. S'agissant en revanche de la qualite de commercant, il existe plusieurs incompatibilites empechant une association de profiter pleinement des avantages de cette qualite : bail commercial, fonds de commerce, etc. D'une part, le statut associatif, fonde essentiellement sur la loi du ler juillet 1901, presente de nombreuses lacunes le rendant inadapte a la qualite de groupement commercial : absence de capital social, de representant legal, de controle externe. On peut aussi noter une inadaptation du critere du commercant fonde exclusivement sur la nature commerciale de l'objet social. Il en resulte que l'exercice d'une activite commerciale n'est pas suffisant pour attribuer la qualite de commercant a une association, l'objet social de celle-ci etant par hypothese non commercial. Par ailleurs, une association ne peut pas s'immatriculer au registre du commerce et des societes qui conditionne la reconnaissance de la qualite de commercant notamment au regard de l'attribution de certains avantages. Une association qui se conduit en commercant perd sa personnalite juridique et doit etre traitee comme une societe commerciale creee de fait. Une association ne peut profiter des avantages de la qualite de commercant que par le biais de la constitution d'une filiale sous forme commerciale : societe commerciale, gieThe matter of commercial activity of associations rainses two aspects. Is the associative status legally compatible with the practice of such an activity? And if it is, can an association became a commercial legal entity? In spite of its + non-pritit-making ;, an association can have a regular commercial activity and can contract major commercial deeds. The association just needs to plan this activity in its statutes, then the profits should not be shared but assigned to the achievement of its statory fonction. First dedicaded to case law, this solution has been confirmed by several texts. An association with a commercial activiy needs to posses its own customers-protected against any kind of improper misappropriation of funds from its rivals. However, an association has to comply with the application of some commercial law rules linked to the commercial nature of the activity: commercial competence, competition law, etc. On the one hand, regarding the commercial position, there are several drawbacks that can prevent an association from fully taking advantage of this position : commercial lease, business. On the over hand, the association status - mainly based on the july 1st, 1901 law - sts out many gaps, thus rendering it unfit to commercial groupings : lack of authorized capital, of legal representative, of external checking. We can also notice a failure to the tradesman's criteria exclusively based on the commercial nature of the social object. Hence, the practice of a commercial activity is not sufficient to allot a commercial quality to an association - the social object of an association being by assumption non-profit making. Besides, an association cannot be recorded to the trade register which guarantees the trade recognition. An association which behaves likes a trademan looses its judicial capacity and has to be dealt with like a commercial business. An association can only take advantage of the trading quality through the bulding up of a commercial looking subsidiary company commercial society, economic interest group
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Michelet, Bertrand. "L' analyse des associations." Paris 7, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA077196.
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L'analyse des associations est une forme d'analyse statistique s'appliquant à des domaines ouverts, ou les méthodes classiques, telle l'analyse factorielle, seraient inapplicables. Elle se fonde sur la construction d'un réseau d'association dont les conditions de stabilité sont étudiées. Ce réseau permet de fournir une description anacroscopique du domaine, mais peut avoir d'autres applications, notamment dans des systèmes à apprentissage statistique. L'analyse statistique à laquelle nous sommes habitués par l'exemple des statistiques économiques ou des sondages politiques présente la double particularité de porter sur des domaines clos et d'étudier les rapports entre objets fixés a priori. Les contraintes de l'analyse statistique de domaines scientifiques, dont deux représentants typiques sont l'analyse des co-citations et l'analyse des mots associés, conduisent au contraire à étudier des domaines dont les limites sont imprécises et dont les éléments notables doivent être reconstitués par l'analyse elle-même. Une telle défaillance des hypothèses implicites de la statistique rend inapplicables les méthodes usuelles, lesquelles conduiraient à des résultats dépendant non pas uniquement du domaine étudié, mais également de la manière dont il aura été construit. Dans notre cas particulier, il devient nécessaire d'utiliser de nouvelles méthodes statistiques, fondées sur la notion d'Analyse des associations. Cette thèse est constituée de trois parties. La première détaille les principes méthodologiques des différentes étapes d'une analyse des associations, en se guidant sur le cas d'une analyse des mots associés. La deuxième partie présente en illustration une étude "scientométrique" récente du domaine de la compréhension de la réaction chimique. La troisième partie présente les idées directrices d'une recherche en cours sur une méthode de structuration simplificatrice d'un réseau d'association quelconque, produisant un "réseau de boîtes noires". Outre leur utilisation actuelle dans le domaine de la scientométrie et de la sociologie des sciences, l'analyse des associations et les principes méthodologiques en découlant peuvent trouver une application immédiate dans l'aide à l'interrogation et la structuration a posteriori de bases de données, mais également dans toute discipline nécessitant l'utilisation de statistiques provenant de domaines non bornés. Des applications à l'étude portent notamment en linguistique sur les notions de synonymes, de polysémie et de contextes ; ou encore en intelligence artificielle sur la construction par "apprentissage" de règles d'inférences à partir de données statistiques portant sur une base d'exemples.
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Marchal, Emmanuelle. "La professionnalisation des associations." Paris 5, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA05H027.
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Les efforts consentis par les associations pour réaliser leur unité au-delà de leur diversité et s'ériger en secteur, se sont concrétises au début des années quatre-vingt. D’abord prises en considération pour leur rôle dans la cite, elles vont être reconnues comme des gestionnaires de services et d'emplois dont les résultats sur le marché du travail vont être évalues. Ceux-ci constituent l'aboutissement de longs processus qui recouvrent la prise en charge d'activités bénévoles par des salaries et engagent des associations à se transformer en entreprises. Ces mutations ne vont pas de soi. Elles sont opérées grâce à la spécificité des formes et conditions de travail et a la capacité des associations à prendre appui sur des ressources locales et personnelles qu'elles vont s'attacher à valoriser. Pour ce faire, elles doivent s'ouvrir à l'extérieur et trouver des financements prives et ou publics auprès d'interlocuteurs ayant chacun leurs exigences propres, rationaliser leur mode de fonctionnement et se stabiliser, étendre le cadre de leurs activités a un public anonyme. Mais dans la mesure où l'association professionnalisée ne renonce pas à ses objectifs initiaux, elle n'est jamais une entreprise ordinaireThe nonprofit organizations (NPO), in spite of their diversity, have tried to find a unity and become a "sector". This has been realized in the early eighties. At the beginning they were only considered for their civil and social role. Now, they are valued for their economic activities and for their ability to create job opportunities. A long time is required for the transformation of unpaid activities into salaried jobs, and of a NPO into a firm. Those changes are not obvious, but the NPO follow specific patterns of employment and of working time which help for their evolution. They have also an ability to use hidden, local and human resources that they know how to use in a flexible way. In order to realize this change, they have to find external resources (private and or public foundings), to rationalize their way of working, to lead permanent activities, and to extend their field to an anonymous audience. . . But professionalized NPO cannot be a regular firm as it doesn't renounce to its initial aims
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Durand, Hélène. "La gouvernance des associations." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013TOU10049.
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La loi du 1er juillet 1901 sur le contrat d’association est venue poser un principe de liberté, laissant ainsi tout loisir aux rédacteurs de statuts d’organiser à leur gré le fonctionnement du groupement. L’on constate en pratique que les statuts sont fréquemment mal rédigés ou incomplets, mettant à mal la sécurité juridique de l’association elle-même et des tiers contractant avec elle. C’est pourquoi le milieu associatif cherche à élaborer des principes de gouvernance lui permettant de pallier les insuffisances de la loi de 1901. L’élaboration des principes de bonne gouvernance des associations n’a pas à se faire ab initio. Il est possible de s’inspirer du modèle développé pour les sociétés, le mouvement dit du gouvernement d’entreprise. Les recherches entreprises ne s’intègrent alors pas dans un processus de création, mais plutôt dans un processus de transposition. Cela nécessite d’identifier les spécificités du groupement associatif, afin de permettre une réelle adaptation à ses besoins. La transposition des règles du gouvernement d’entreprise aux associations ne peut s’envisager qu’en deux étapes. Il est d’abord nécessaire de tenter de transposer la méthode même d’élaboration des règles de gouvernement d’entreprise, en entamant notamment une réflexion sur la place des normes de « soft law ». Ce n’est qu’ensuite que l’on peut chercher à transposer le contenu même de ces règles. Il convient alors de poser un cadre juridique permettant à la fois d’améliorer le fonctionnement interne du groupement et d’équilibrer ses relations avec ses parties prenantesLe résumé en anglais n'a pas été communiqué par l'auteur
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Delostal, Anne. "Associations d'antiseptiques : action synergique." Paris 5, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA05P111.
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Huyler, Mark. "Redefining civic responsibility : the role of homeowner associations and neighborhood identity /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5675.
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Bergez, Cazalou Nathalie. "Rôle des associations dans la prévention du sida dans le Pays Basque et les Landes." Bordeaux 2, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998BOR2M102.
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Viala, Françoise Chantal. "Associations et protection de l'environnement." Bordeaux 4, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004BOR40009.
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Lancée par la charte de la nature en 1972, activée par les atteintes multiples portées à l'environnement, la création continue d'associations constitue un phénomène porteur d'une dynamique. L'agrément délivré par les autorités publiques fixe la reconnaissance de l'utilité de cette légitimité qui émerge, tout en sélectionnant les associations considérées comme les plus représentatives et qui se voient attribuer des prérogatives renforcées par la loi de 1995. Cette institutionnalisation s'accompagne d'une professionnalisation des associations, nécessitant alors l'adaptation de leur mode d'organisation , tandis que, s'affranchissant du modèle fédératif, des groupements informels, de type collectif, bénéficiant de l'encadrement d'ONG internationales, ouvrent la sphère associative par l'agrégation des divers intérêts. Le recours à l'organisation en réseau fait ainsi évoluer la morphologie du secteur associatif de l'environnement animé par l'objectif constant de concilier unité et diversité. Dés lors que la protestation, comme préalable, se révèle insuffisante, les associations optent de façon croissante pour la voie contentieuse afin de tenter de prévenir, faire cesser ou réparer les atteintes à l'environnement. Pour contenir ce contentieux, les pouvoirs publics réagissent en instaurant des procédures d'implication en amont des projets ou décisions ou renouvellent la tentative de limiter le droit d'agir en justice des associations. La protection de l'environnement évolue ainsi dans un cadre juridique instable, entre avancées et reculs, amenant le juge à saisir les perspectives nouvelles d'intervention offertes par le droit interne ou communautaire pour traiter la spécificité d'un intérêt parmi d'autres.
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Shetti, Vishwanand Venkatesh. "Developing visual associations through filmmaking." Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/86070.
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Associations are embedded in many aspects of filmmaking. It is this artist's goal
to analyze visual associations in the process and product of an original narrative video
piece called Discretion. Character relationships and plot structure are examples of nonconcrete
visuals developed in preproduction. Family trees and plot diagrams provide a
structural map for the film and are helpful tools to communicate with the cast and crew.
Art direction and wardrobe are examples of concrete visuals developed during
production. For example, wardrobe with certain colors may be assigned to each
character in the film. Editing and compositing allow further development in the
postproduction phase. Juxtaposing scenes and imagery results in a more complex web
of connections for the viewer to discover. In effect, this thesis is meant to explore the
filmmaking process with a special emphasis given to visual associations. In this
discussion, the video will be referred to as a film to relate concepts to other films and to
the filmmaking process. However, it is important to note that interchanging these words
is a common practice that is not acceptable in many industry settings.
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Zaykin, Dmitri V. "STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GENETIC ASSOCIATIONS." NCSU, 1999. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-19990914-043001.
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Zaykin, Dmitri V. Statistical Analysis of Genetic Associations.Advisor: Bruce S. Weir.There is an increasing need for a statistical treatment of geneticdata prompted by recent advances in molecular genetics and moleculartechnology. Study of associations between genes is one of the mostimportant aspects in applications of population genetics theory andstatistical methodology to genetic data. Developments of these methodsare important for conservation biology, experimental populationgenetics, forensic science, and for mapping human disease genes. Overthe next several years, genotypic data will be collected to attemptlocating positions of multiple genes affecting disease phenotype.Adequate statistical methodology is required to analyze thesedata. Special attention should be paid to multiple testing issuesresulting from searching through many genetic markers and high risk offalse associations. In this research we develop theory and methodsneeded to treat some of these problems. We introduce exact conditionaltests for analyzing associations within and between genes in samplesof multilocus genotypes and efficient algorithms to perform them.These tests are formulated for the general case of multiple alleles atarbitrary numbers of loci and lead to multiple testing adjustmentsbased on the closing testing principle, thus providing strongprotection of the family-wise error rate. We discuss an applicationof the closing method to the testing for Hardy-Weinberg equilibriumand computationally efficient shortcuts arising from methods forcombining p-values that allow to deal with large numbers of loci. Wealso discuss efficient Bayesian tests for heterozygote excess anddeficiency, as a special case of testing for Hardy-Weinbergequilibrium, and the frequentist properties of a p-value type ofquantity resulting from them. We further develop new methods forvalidation of experiments and for combining and adjusting independentand correlated p-values and apply them to simulated as well as toactual gene expression data sets. These methods prove to be especiallyuseful in situations with large numbers of statistical tests, such asin whole-genome screens for associations of genetic markers withdisease phenotypes and in analyzing gene expression data obtained fromDNA microarrays.
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Grosse, Ingrid. "Political parties and welfare associations." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Sociology, Umeå University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1466.
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Schmidtke, Kelly Ann Katz Jeffrey S. "Differential outcomes facilitate relational associations." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Psychology/Thesis/Schmidtke_Kelly_16.pdf.
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Simha, Ramanuja N. "Mining Associations Using Directed Hypergraphs." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3345.
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This thesis proposes a novel directed hypergraph based model for any database. We introduce the notion of association rules for multi-valued attributes, which is an adaptation of the definition of quantitative association rules known in the literature. The association rules for multi-valued attributes are integrated in building the directed hypergraph model. This model allows to capture attribute-level associations and their strength. Basing on this model, we provide association-based similarity notions between any two attributes and present a method for finding clusters of similar attributes. We then propose algorithms to identify a subset of attributes known as a leading indicator that influences the values of almost all other attributes. Finally, we present an association-based classifier that can be used to predict values of attributes. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed model, notions, algorithms, and classifier through experiments on a financial time-series data set (S&P 500).
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Ridley, Ian. "Superinsulated houses for housing associations." Thesis, University of Westminster, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296122.
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Carter, Alexander Miles Carter. "Breadths & Limits of Associations." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1525179254628416.
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Azarian, Hélène. "Sociétés coopératives, associations et GIE." Paris 5, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA05D009.
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L'objet de cette these est de degager les points communs pouvant exister entre les societes cooperatives, les associations et les groupements d'interet economique. Les rapprochements operes entre ces differentes entites juridiques portent, dans une premiere partie, sur les elements constitutifs et la personnalite morale de celles-ci, dans une seconde partie, sur leur fonctionnement interne et, dans une troisieme partie, sur le statut des membres les composant. L'etude ainsi menee revele l'existence de nombreux points d'accord. Si certains concernent aussi bien les societes cooperatives, les associations que les groupements d'interet economique, d'autres, en revanche, interessent deux de ces trois entites.
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Barker, Gavin A. C. "Bacterial associations with salmonid eggs." Thesis, Aston University, 1989. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12523/.
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Rainbow trout eggs Salmo gairdneri, Richardson, were incubated under a range of different environmental conditions. Recovery of bacteria from egg surfaces revealed that increased water temperature, slow water flow rates and high egg density all significantly increased egg surface bacterial populations. Live eggs were mainly colonized by Cytophaga sp., pseudomonas fluorescens and Aeromonas hydrophila. In contrast, dead eggs supported considerable numbers of fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. Analysis of potential nutrient sources for bacteria colonizing live egg surfaces revealed that small amounts of amino acids, phosphate and potassium may be lost by incubating eggs. Subsequently these nutrients were shown to be capable of supporting limited bacterial growth and reproduction. Dead eggs `leaked' increased amounts of the above nutrients which in turn supported higher bacterial numbers. In addition, biochemical analysis of eggs revealed amino acids and fatty acids that might be utilized by bacteria colonizing dead egg surfaces. Assessment of adhesion properties of bacteria frequently recovered from egg surfaces revealed high cell surface hydrophobicity as an important factor in successful egg colonization. Analysis of egg mortalities from groups of rainbow trout and brown trout (S.trutta L.) eggs maintained under two different incubation systems revealed that potentially a close correlation existed between egg surface bacterial numbers and mortalities in the egg during incubation. Innoculation of newly-fertilized eggs with bacteria demonstrated that groups of eggs supporting high numbers of P.fluorescens suffered significantly higher mortalities during the early part of their incubation. Exposure of incubating eggs to oxolinic acid, chlortetracycline and chloramphenicol demonstrated that numbers of bacteria on egg surfaces could be significantly reduced. However, as no corresponding increase in egg hatching success was revealed, the treatment of incubating eggs with antibiotics or antimicrobial compounds can not be recommended. In commercial hatcheries bacteria are only likely to be responsible for egg deaths during incubation when environmental conditions are unfavourable. High water temperatures, slow water flow rates and high egg density all lead to increased bacterial number of egg surfaces, reduced water circulation and low levels of dissolved oxygen. Under such circumstances sufficient amounts of dissolved oxygen may not be available to support developing embryos.
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Calnan, James E. Taylor. "Blessed be the tie that binds, voluntary associations and community in Picton, Ontario, 1870-1914." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ51036.pdf.
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Cottin-Marx, Simon. "Professionnaliser pour «marchandiser» (et inversement) : quand l’État accompagne les associations employeuses." Thesis, Paris Est, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PESC0046/document.
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Dans ce travail de thèse, nous étudions les relations entre associations et pouvoirs publics au prisme du dispositif local d’accompagnement (DLA).Dans la première partie de la thèse, nous nous intéressons à la genèse et à la forme du DLA. Nous observons que le DLA est une politique publique de l’emploi, dont la mise en œuvre est déléguée à des structures porteuses, et que son action vise à aider les associations employeuses à pérenniser leurs emplois et consolider leur modèle économique. L’étude de la genèse de cette politique publique montre l’intérêt grandissant de l’État pour le versant économique des associations et la charge en emplois dont elles sont porteuses. Dans la seconde partie, nous nous intéressons à ceux qui la mettent en œuvre, aux agents de cette politique publique. Si nous observons que le dispositif est structuré et cadré, le métier des chargé-e-s de mission DLA est néanmoins « ouvert » ; ils disposent d’importantes marges dans la réalisation de leur travail. Cependant, malgré cette souplesse, ils partagent le souci de l’emploi, et le travail pour l’emploi se fait. Cette analyse nous amène à avancer que le dispositif étudié relève d’une forme de gouvernement par l’accompagnement. Enfin, dans la troisième partie, nous qualifions l’impact du dispositif sur ses bénéficiaires de « professionnalisation contemporaine ». Les « entreprises associatives » sont poussées à structurer l’organisation du travail, à diversifier leurs ressources, mais aussi à se mobiliser pour leurs emplois. Le DLA participe aussi à implanter des dispositifs de gestion dans les associations employeuses : ceux-ci sont aussi bien appropriés de manière stratégique par les dirigeants associatifs que par les pouvoirs publics. Enfin, l’étude des relations entre associations et pouvoirs publics montre que ces derniers sont morcelés, producteurs d’un environnement incertain et concurrentiel pour les associations.La dynamique observée nous offre des enseignements qui dépasse les effets du DLA ; en effet le dispositif ne fait qu’accélérer un processus en cours. Au final, les transformations observées à l’œuvre dans le monde associatif employeur semblent être le résultat des mutations de l’environnement des associations, lui-même grandement déterminé par les pouvoirs publicsIn this thesis, we study the relationship between not-for-profit organisations and public authorities through the lense of the local support measure (DLA, dispositif local d’accompagnement).In the first part of the thesis, we focus on the genesis and shape of the DLA. We observe that the DLA is a policy of public employment, implementation of which is delegated to supporting structures, and that its action is intended to help employing organizations to maintain the jobs they provide and consolidate their economic model. Study of the origin of this public policy shows the state's growing interest in non-govornmental organisations from an economic point of view, specifically their importance in the job market. In the second part, we focus on the people who implement the DLA, the agents of this public policy. Although we observe that the policy has structure, the job description of professionals who implement the DLA remains "open"; they have large margins in the realization of their work. Despite this flexibility, they share the concern for employment and job creation. This analysis leads us to suggest that the subject device to a form of government by the accompaniment. Finally, in the third part, we describe the impact of the DLA on its ‘modern professional’ beneficiaries. The ‘associative enterprises’ are pushed to structure their work organization and diversify their resources, but also to mobilize for their jobs. The DLA is also involved in implementing management systems in the job-providing organisations: these are both strategically appropriated by non-for-profit directors by the authorities. Finally, the study of relationships between associations and public authorities shows that they are fragmented, producing an uncertain and competitive environment for these organisations.The dynamics observed provide lessons that exceed the effects of DLA; indeed, the policy simply accelerates an ongoing process. The changes observed at work in the employing organisations appear to be the result of changes in the environment of such organisations, which is, in turn, largely determined by the government
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Grange, Annie Agulhon Maurice. "L'apprentissage de l'association, 1850-1914 : naissance du secteur volontaire non lucratif dans l'arrondissement de Villefranche-sur-Saône /." Paris : Mutualité française, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355953700.
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Texte remanié de: Th. doct.--Hist.--Lyon 2, 1991. Titre de soutenance : Le phénomène associatif, 1850-1914, Associations et groupements divers sans but lucratif dans l'arrondissement de Villefranche-sur-Saône.Bibliogr. p. 135-139.
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Marival, Celine. "Interactions entre associations et pouvoirs publics : logiques, tensions, diversite. Le cas des associations d'action sociale et medico-sociale." Thesis, Aix-Marseille 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011AIX24002.
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Dans un contexte de profondes transformations de l’action publique, cette thèse étudie les relations entre associations et pouvoirs publics, en consolidant une approche en termes d’interactions. Alors que les relations entre ces deux acteurs sont souvent envisagées de manière unilatérale, dans le sens d’une influence croissante de l’intervention publique sur les fonctionnements et projets associatifs, elle analyse également l’influence des associations sur les pouvoirs publics, moins explorée par la littérature. Sont étudiées pour cela les associations qui fournissent des services sociaux et médico-sociaux de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon, en combinant matériaux qualitatif et quantitatif. La perspective théorique mobilisée est socio-économique et s’appuie sur la critique du courant économique standard pour lequel les associations ne sont perçues qu’à travers leur rôle économique de prestataires de services. Cette thèse adopte ainsi une perspective plus complexe, en considérant également le rôle politique des associations. Aussi, son approche est contextualisée, historiquement et institutionnellement, comme suggéré par la démarche institutionnaliste. Sont ainsi étudiées les évolutions dans la régulation de l’État-providence depuis 1945 pour aboutir à la caractérisation du modèle actuel oscillant entre encadrement renforcé et mise en concurrence des associations. Enfin, l’exploration des dimensions organisationnelles et stratégiques des associations permet de mettre en évidence leur diversité dans le processus interactif, au-delà de la rationalisationIn a context of profound changes in public policy, this thesis investigates the relationship between associations and public authorities by consolidating an approach in terms of interactions. Relations between these two entities are often considered unilaterally, pointing solely the increasing influence of public intervention on the functioning and projects of non-profit organizations, whereas this thesis looks also at the impact of associations on government, which is less explored in the literature. Associations providing social and “médico-social” services in the Languedoc-Roussillon Region are studied by a combination from qualitative and quantitative data. The theoretical perspective mobilized is a socio-economic one. It is built on the criticism of economic standard current according to which associations are perceived only through their economic role of service providers. By considering the political role of associations as well, this thesis adopts a more complex approach. Moreover, this approach is historically and institutionally contextualized, as suggested by the Institutionalist theory. The analysis of the changes in the regulation of the welfare state since 1945, leads to the characterization of the current model that oscillates between an enhanced supervision and a competitive tendering of the associations. Finally, the exploration of organizational and strategic features of the associations highlights, beyond rationalization, their diversity in the studied interactive process
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Matet, Véronique. "Les associations administratives dans le secteur culturel : de quelques aspects de l'intervention publique." Toulouse 1, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987TOU10012.
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L'expansion du service public culturel conduit à l'attribution de larges domaines d'action à des établissements publics ou à des associations, dont l'autonomie par rapport à lui est relative. Ainsi la forme des associations, jouant un rôle de premier plan dans le secteur culturel, dépend de l'interdépendance des modes de gestion publics et privés de la fonction culturelle, pluraliste dans ses intentions, décentralisée et contractuelle dans sa mise en œuvre. Il en découle, l'initiative publique ou concertée de leur création, leur composition mixte, leur participation totale ou partielle à la mission de développement culturel, leur financement exclusivement ou partiellement public. De leur spécificité face à l'association traditionnelle résulte l'appellation d'association administrative. Même si elles sont des personnes morales de droit privé, la mission de service public dominant leur activité, atténue leur caractère corporatif au profit d'une dimension fondative nouvelle proche de celle de l'établissement public. Les réduire à des démembrements du service public, utiles aux personnes publiques gênées par l'application des principes de la gestion publique, nie leur fonction originale d'ouverture à la participation conjointe des personnes publiques et privées à la mission de développement culturel, dans un cadre juridique mixte : unilatéral et contractuel. Par l'habilitation se négocie les termes de la collaboration entre associations administratives et collectivité publiques, ces dernières arrêtant les objectifs communs et procédant à un contrôle évaluatif par confrontation des résultats obtenus et des fins adoptéesThe increasing state involvement in cultural activities has led to large areas of action coming under the responsibility of public institutions or associations whose independence with respect to the public sector may be limited. As a result, the structure of leading cultural administrative bodies is determined by the interdependence between the different public and private administration styles, a structure pluralistic in its conception decentralised and contractual in its operation. Thus they are conceived through public or combined initiatives, their structure is mixed, they contribute wholly or partially to the development of cultural activities, they are financed partially or totally by public funds. Their specific nature when compared with traditional associations has led to them being called "administrative associations". Even if constituted by legally private corporate bodies, their predominant public service role attenuates their corporate character giving them a new element of dependency similar to that of a public institution. Reducing them to offshoots of the public service, useful to outlets for public servants bridled by the restrictions associated with public service administration methods, negates their original role of facilitation joint participation between civil servants and private individuals in cultural development within a mixed legal framework at the same time unilateral and contractual. Attribution of individual roles are negociated between the "administrative associations" and public podies, the latter laying down the joint objectives and evaluating the results in terms of the methods adopted
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Jarno, Clément-Louis-Marie. "Droit romain." Grenoble : SICD2, 2009. http://penelope.upmf-grenoble.fr/numerisation/384212101_200281_1873_4.pdf.
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Brown, Calvin Don. "Leading a Baptist association to develop a ministry plan that will assist local churches in meeting the ministry needs of their community." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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Aitken, James. "Supply chain integration within the context of a supplier association : case studies of four supplier associations." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1998. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9990.
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The last three decades have seen a continuous interest from academics and
practitioners in the development of theory and best practice methods in the
field of supply chain management. Most of the evidence gathered within
this management research area has been biased towards the role of the
assembler/buyer in leading and integrating the supply chain. The role of
the supplier has been of a passive recipient of the buyer's development
plans and actions. Another additional bias in researching supply chain
exchanges has been the single end approach of the investigations. Access
difficulties have limited researchers to interviewing only one end of the
buyer-supplier exchange. The purpose of this study was to overcome the
aforementioned research biases and therefore, contribute to the
understanding of the supply chain integration process from both a buyer's
and supplier's perspective in the same exchange.
The forum which was selected to conduct this research was that of the
supplier association. The supplier association being defined as a group of
a company's most important suppliers brought together on a regular basis
for the purpose of co-ordination and development. Development through
the deployment of best practice techniques in an open and co-operative
environment. Against this open environment access was gained to both
ends of the same exchange. Within this context a grounded, theorygenerating
approach was applied to the data collected in four supplier
association case studies. Through constant comparison and coding of data
from multiple buyer-supplier exchanges within the same context several
findings were made.
The fmdings of the research are expressed as a series of propositions,
tentative theoretical frameworks and a series of enabler/inhibitor factors to
integration. The propositions relate supply chain improvements to the
roles performed by the participants of the exchange in the context of a
supplier association and the assembler's competitive environment. The
tentative models depict the six stages in the organisational development of
a supplier association, the trajectory of best practice knowledge within a
supply chain exchange and the strategies employed by suppliers to
manage their buyer's improvement intentions. Finally the enablers and
inhibitors grounded from the case studies provide a guide to the relational
factors which can influence the integration of a companies supply chain.
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Aitken, James M. "Supply chain integration within the context of a supplier association : case studies of four supplier associations." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1998. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9990.
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The last three decades have seen a continuous interest from academics and practitioners in the development of theory and best practice methods in the field of supply chain management. Most of the evidence gathered within this management research area has been biased towards the role of the assembler/buyer in leading and integrating the supply chain. The role of the supplier has been of a passive recipient of the buyer's development plans and actions. Another additional bias in researching supply chain exchanges has been the single end approach of the investigations. Access difficulties have limited researchers to interviewing only one end of the buyer-supplier exchange. The purpose of this study was to overcome the aforementioned research biases and therefore, contribute to the understanding of the supply chain integration process from both a buyer's and supplier's perspective in the same exchange. The forum which was selected to conduct this research was that of the supplier association. The supplier association being defined as a group of a company's most important suppliers brought together on a regular basis for the purpose of co-ordination and development. Development through the deployment of best practice techniques in an open and co-operative environment. Against this open environment access was gained to both ends of the same exchange. Within this context a grounded, theorygenerating approach was applied to the data collected in four supplier association case studies. Through constant comparison and coding of data from multiple buyer-supplier exchanges within the same context several findings were made. The fmdings of the research are expressed as a series of propositions, tentative theoretical frameworks and a series of enabler/inhibitor factors to integration. The propositions relate supply chain improvements to the roles performed by the participants of the exchange in the context of a supplier association and the assembler's competitive environment. The tentative models depict the six stages in the organisational development of a supplier association, the trajectory of best practice knowledge within a supply chain exchange and the strategies employed by suppliers to manage their buyer's improvement intentions. Finally the enablers and inhibitors grounded from the case studies provide a guide to the relational factors which can influence the integration of a companies supply chain.
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Mettoux, Anne-Paule. "Associations et changement social : le cas d'Eau et Rivières de Bretagne, association de défense de l'environnement." Paris 10, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA100084.
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Depuis plus d'un siècle, la liberté d'association est légitiméé en France. Présentes dans tous les domaines de la vie économique et sociale, les associations reflètent la démocratie qui inspire leur création. En effet, c'est au cours des siècles précédents que le mouvement associatif s'est construit parallèlement à la mise en place d'un régime démocratique. Idéalisées ou controversées, les associations ne laissent pas indifférentes. Avec l'avènement de la société de consommation, l'urbanisation, la réduction du temps de travail. . . , elles ont connu un véritable essor, dans tous les secteurs d'activité. Sensibles aux événements conjoncturels et structurels, elles contribuent au changement social en participant à la prise de conscience des problèmes et en inscrivant les préoccupations de la société civile dans leur propre évolution. .For more than a century, the right of association has been legitimated in France. It concerns all sectors of economic and social life. Associations reflect democraty that inspired their creation. During the previous centuries, indeed, the association movement was built at the same time as the settlement of democratic system. Wether idealised or critised, an association leaves no one indifferent. With the advent of consumerism, urbanisation and working time reduction, associations have been blooming in all sectors of activity. As they are sensitive to conjuctural and structural changes, they do contribute to social changes through integration of civil society concerns within their own evolution.
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Irvin, Clinton R. "Not Guilty by Association: The Effects of Associations with Tolerant Groups on Personal Expressions of Prejudice." Ohio : Ohio University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1210094084.
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Matherly, Carter. "Influence of Distributed Reporting of Terror Violence on Implicit Associations of Individuals." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5374.
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Following the 9/11 terror attacks, many Americans experienced some form of habit or mood-altering stress though, most had received their impressions of the violence via distributed media reporting rather than firsthand exposure. Researchers have found that the propagating effects of media broadcasting can exasperate the effects of terror. However, little is known of how reports of terror violence affect group dynamics in geographically distant nations. The purpose of this study, following terror management theory, was to understand if terrorist violence influences cognitive and implicit racial evaluations in a culturally similar, but geographically distant, population. The study's design was a quantitative natural experiment. Time of completing the assessment, either before or after the 2015 Paris Bataclan terror attack, comprised the 2-level independent variable; the dependent variables were the Race Implicit Association Test (IAT) and a cognitive evaluation of racial anxiety. Age and religiosity served as covariates. The target population included White citizen residents of the United States over the age of 18; 263 participants were derived from archival data. Comparisons of raw IAT scores showed an 8% increase in negative implicit racial evaluations following the attack; however, the MANCOVA failed to achieve multivariate significance (p > .05). Despite the lack of statistical significance, important details on implicit racial attitudes were uncovered. Results of this study have the potential to foster positive social change by informing individuals on how their implicit associations might be affected following exposure to reports of terrorist violence. Additionally, these findings may guide national security and intelligence professional's development of post-attack response measures and task forces.
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Mayaux, François. "Noyau stratégique des associations : quel partage des pouvoirs entre dirigeants bénévoles et dirigeants salariés?" Lyon 3, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996LYO33021.
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Cette thèse vise à repérer au sein des associations employeurs françaises les différents modes de partage des pouvoirs entre dirigeants bénévoles et dirigeants salariés. Après une introduction pésentant principalement le domaine de recherche et la psoture épistémologique retenue, la thèse est structurée en trois parties. La première partie consacrée à l'analyse critique de la littérature se comose de trois chapitres. Les deux premiers visent à mieux connaître et analyser les deux parties prenantes potentielles du noyau stratégique d'une association : bénévoles d'une part (chapitre 1) salariés d'autre part (chapitre 2). Le chapitre 3 consiste à caratérisér la nature des relations entre ces deux parties prenantes. La deuxième partie, en un seul chapitre, confronte le substrat obtenu grâce à la littérature à la situation de 5 associations françaises et à la perception de 50 de leurs responsables. Il s'agit en fait de s'interroger sur la capacité des modèles et outils d'analyse présentés dans les chapitres précédents à décrire, comprendre et éclairer les pratiques. Cette investigation empirique permet également de proposer une typologie des conseils d'administrations en précisant son mode d'utilisation et en montrant sa pertinence (chapitre 5). Le chapitre 6 met tout d'abord en évidence huit configurations majeures du noyau stratégique des associations constituant le coeur d'une modélisation générale. Une étude quantitative réalisée auprès de 144 directeurs d'associations sert ensuite à améliorer la connaissance de cette catégorie d'acteurs et à la faire réagir aux huit configurations décrites précedemment. Un cadre cinceptuel (objectif et titre de la troisième partie) ordonnant et synthétisant les principaux apports de cette thèse est alors proposé.
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Barr, Philip. "Corporate Governance of International Professional Associations." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/06609382001/$FILE/06609382001.pdf.
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Kvarv, Gøran Sveia. "Ontology Learning - Suggesting Associations from Text." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-8776.
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In many applications, large-scale ontologies have to be constructed and maintained. A manual construction of an ontology is a time consuming and resource demanding process, often involving some domain experts. It would therefore be beneficial to support this process with tools that automates the construction of an ontology. This master thesis has examined the use of association rules for suggesting associations between words in text. In ontology learning, concepts are often extracted from domain specific text. Applying the association rules algorithm on the same text, the associations found can be used to discover candidate relations between concepts in an ontology. This algorithm has been implemented and integrated in GATE, a framework for natural language processing. Alongside the association rules algorithm, several information extraction and natural language processing techniques have been implemented, in which this algorithm is built upon. This has resulted in a framework for ontology learning. A qualitative evaluation of the associations found by the system has shown that the associations found by the association rules algorithm has promising results for detecting relations between concepts in an ontology. It has also been found that this algorithm is dependent on an accurate extraction of keywords. Further, a subjective evaluation of GATE has shown that it is suited as a framework for ontology learning.
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Miller, Iain. "Finding associations in motion capture data." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729427.
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Kefallonitis, E. G. "Brand associations as a design driver." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2004. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3754.
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This thesis presents an exploratory study over the constructive parameters of an 'emerging' brand through consumer associations. Streams of research for brand study, academic and business practice, were brought together to provide a robust basis. A number of challenges apparent in the communication processes between brand, offering (product or service) and the consumer were recognised. The aim of this research was to investigate the possibility of extending and adapting existing techniques in brand management and consumer perception to provide a theoretical framework supporting consumer associations as a design driver for the development of an'emerging' brand's experience. A sustainable holistic brand experience requires including the voice of the consumer. This has not been deployed accurately previously although there is a shift to this direction by organisations. As consumers do not always say what they actually mean, the use of visual and verbal means for understanding their associative parameters is desirable. The method of picture-aided recognition, with passenger interviews in Greece and U. K. was used. Equally important is the implementation of these findings and preferred characteristics to company communications and the offering provided through a selective semiotic analysis and use of the variables in the design process. A case study methodology, incorporating interviews, observational methods along with enabling and projective techniques were used to triangulate findings and provide an in- depth understanding. This research provides a framework linking the offering, the brand and the consumer along with presenting practical applications. This is a support system on how an organisation could organise the basis of constructing an 'emerging' brand from its 'driver' brand to initiate its sustainable value. Such a system is targeted to the brand management departments of organisations and the design departments or external agencies responsible for the visual manifestation of the brand's appearance to the outside world.
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Tether, Philip. "Conservative associations : variations by electoral environment." Thesis, University of Hull, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333876.
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Hansen, C. P. B. "Inter-specific associations in African ungulates." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603663.
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The tendency for African ungulates to form multi-species aggregations is well known and six hypotheses to explain these associations have been made: Inter-specific competition; Intra-specific competition; Autecological factors; Predators; Food facilitation and Random factors. Certain testable predictions follows from these hypotheses. The nature of the relationships in five African ungulates, was investigated over two years in the Katavi National Park, Tanzania. Data relevant to behaviour, group compositions and environmental factors were collected for all species encountered. Only data concerning zebra, topi, waterbuck, buffalo and elephant were considered for the subsequent analysis. The following calculations and tests were carried out in order to test the various hypotheses: 1) Habitat overlap, 2) Vigilance and herd size in the presence or absence of predators, 3) Coincidence of habitat visits, 4) Vigilance and herd size in the presence or absence of another species, 5) Effect of grazing by one species on that of another on the same day and over the following ten days and 6) Comparison between distances to nearest non-conspecific and nearest conspecific. The results showed a clear change in the nature of the relationships according to season. In extreme cases, such as the topi - zebra interaction, it changes from being a positive arrangement against predation, to competition for food. Predator detection or avoidance was not found between any of the three smaller species and either of the two larger species. Zebra, topi and buffalo were all found to be in competition for food. Food facilitation was an important factor in describing the relationship between zebra and other species. Due to only a few observations being possible on elephant, the interpretation of most of the associations involving elephant are provisional. In most of these associations, autecological factors were considered to be involved.
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Tompkins, Daniel Michael. "Evolutionary ecology of bird-parasite associations." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a5f5ea19-b799-490b-b738-99ff52df25c1.
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This thesis investigates the ecological determinants of chewing louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera) host-specificity on four species of Malaysian swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae). Influences of host coloniality on louse ecology were also demonstrated, illustrating the dependence which these permanent ectoparasites have on their hosts. Louse collections were made to look for incidences of host-specific lice occurring on the "wrong" host ("straggling"). Straggling was observed, implying that lice disperse among host species. Thus, opportunity for louse dispersal (or lack thereof) does not govern the host-specificity of chewing lice on swiftlets. Experimental transfers of lice between hosts were conducted. Louse survival was reduced on foreign host species. This implies adaptation to specific host characters, suggesting that specialisation governs chewing louse host-specificity on swiftlets. There was no evidence for reciprocal adaptation of swiftlets to their normal louse species. Lice had no impact on the fitness of either swiftlets or the related common swift. Furthermore, neither swiftlet nor swift lice were transmitting pathogenic endoparasites. This implies that chewing lice and Malaysian swiftlets have not "coevolved". Survival of transferred lice was determined by the relatedness of donor and recipient hosts. Closer related swiftlet species are more similar in body size and feather dimensions. When the feather dimensions of the microhabitat distributions of the same louse species on different hosts were compared the results suggested that lice keep the dimensions of barb and barbule diameter, at which they occur, "constant" through microhabitat shifts. This suggests that feather dimensions are the host characters which determine the survival (and host-specificity) of chewing lice on birds. The ability of chewing lice to survive on hosts with similar feather morphology implies that "host-switching", between distantly related hosts with similar morphological characters (due to parallel or convergent host evolution), may have been an important factor in the evolution of bird-louse associations.