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Hubbard, Philippa. "The art of advertising : trade cards in eighteenth-century consumer cultures." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2009. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2272/.
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This thesis examines graphic trade cards in eighteenth-century consumer cultures in Britain, France and North America. Trade cards were single-sheet commercial notices promoting the names and locations of individual trades-people alongside the goods and services they supplied. They formed part of a larger category of prints distributing economic information to buyers and sellers. However, the production, role and function of trade cards made them distinct from other forms of commercial advertising. I examine their modes of production and use to suggest the part they played in the professionalisation of retail practices as well as the fashioning of vocational identities for tradesmen. I consider the consumer profile that trade cards targeted and suggest that they appealed to distinct sets of shoppers who read the cards in conjunction with other texts, graphic prints and educative illustrations in books and magazines. Trade cards functioned as multimedia advertisements for an audience interested in cultures of knowledge as well as shopping and new consumer goods. I examine how early engravers used trade card commissions to raise their profile as imaginative artists. I consider the ways in which trade cards supported long-term socioeconomic relationships between buyers and sellers over time and space, and examine their roles as invoices and gifts in systems of credit. I am particularly interested in understanding how trade cards functioned uniquely as promotional notices and mediatory devices for a limited period in the history of consumer culture. The final chapter examines French and American trade cards. In their national contexts, trade cards advertised through a culturally-encoded graphic and textual vocabulary familiar to native consumers. They helped develop and disseminate the emblems and symbols that promoted national identities, agendas and priorities at the end of the eighteenth century. I extend this analysis beyond national geographic boundaries to demonstrate how trade cards also functioned as international business cards, supporting commercial networks in global trade.
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Banas, Patricia Marie. "Class participation of secondary students and daily art history test scores improved when students used write-on response cards." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392108242.
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Ručytė, Rūta. ""Koziris"." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130802_142710-75839.
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Bakalauro darbe „Koziris“ sukurta drabužių kolekcija kortų simbolių motyvais, atspindinti
azartinių žaidimų simboliką, formas ir spalvas. Darbe nagrinėjamas azartinių žaidimų poveikis žmonėms, aiškinamasi, kaip ši tematika reflektuojama įvairiuose meno kūriniuose, o taip pat ir pasaulio aprangos dizainerių kolekcijose. Bakalauro darbą sudaro dvi dalys: teorinis aprašas ir moteriškų drabužių kolekcija.
Pirmame teorinio aprašo skyriuje analizuojama azartinių žaidimų istorija, jų kilmė, rūšys, taip pat apžvengiami garsiausi pasaulio kazino, jų etiketas ir aprangos nuostatai.
Antrajame skyriuje aptariama informacija apie priklausomybę nuo azartinių žaidimų, jos priežastis ir formas bei visuomenės požiūrį į lošiančiuosius.
Trečiajame skyriuje pateikiami įvairių menininkų kūrinių pavyzdžiai, taikomi meninėje ir daiktinėje aplinkoje, taip pat pateikiamos aprangos dizainerių kurtos kolekcijos, susijusios su azartinių žaidimų tematika. Detaliau analizuojamos dizainerių kurtos drabužių kolekcijos, kuriose naudojami tik kortų simboliai.
Ketvirtajame - pagrindžiama kūrybinės darbo dalies koncepcija, pateikiami eskizai, projektai, technologiniai mėginiai, aprašomas drabužių kolekcijos kūrimo procesas – konstravimas, modeliavimas, siuvimas. Taip pat pateikiamos įvykdytų drabužių modelių fotografijos ir numatomo kolekcijos pristatymo planas.
Penktajame skyriuje aptariamos sukurtos kolekcijos realizavimo galimybės, pateikiama kolekcijos sąmata. Ateityje kolekciją planuojama papildyti ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]This bachelor work „trump“ show how can based on games of chance, their symbols, shapes and colors to create a collection. In this work i try to analyzed gambling effects on humans, how this theme is reflected in the various works of art and fashion designers clothes collections. Gambling history, their kinds, and the most famous casinos in the world are analyzed in the first chapter of this work. The second chapter informacion is about gambling addiction and its causes and forms. The third chapter analyzes various artists and examples of works of art, and fashion designers with their collections inspired by the games of chance, 3.3 section presents various collections of clothes based on cards symbols. Presentation of the collection based on play cards symbols given in the fourth chapter. There is also analysis of pecularities of form, texture, symbols and colors in order to interpret it in the clothes collection there is a well-founded idea. Sketches, projects and technological samples are presented. The process of creation of clothes ensemble ( construction, modeling, sewing) is also described. There are photos of accomplished models and the presentation is foreseen. Possibility of realization of created clothes collection is discussed in fifth chapter. It is planned to enrich this collection , present it to society and to take part with it in the fashion events in the future. Information which had been analyzed before to create a collection based on play cards symbols... [to full text]
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Cayuela, Vellido Begoña. "Tradiciones y transmisión iconográfica en el arte altomedieval. La iconografía del sacrificio de Isaac en el arte hispánico (siglos VII al XII)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/129907.
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Esta tesis estudia la iconografía del sacrificio de Isaac en un grupo de obras medievales hispanas, cuya cronología abarca desde el siglo VII al siglo XII. El trabajo se centra en investigar las formas de transmisión de modelos de un determinado repertorio figurativo al que se aplica el método iconográfico como herramienta de análisis, con un enfoque en el que preocupan especialmente las interacciones entre texto e imagen. La historia que se narra en Génesis 22 ha generado un aparato exegético, cuya bibliografía es prácticamente inabordable, que ha servido al cristianismo para asimilar el tema del Antiguo Testamento desde múltiples perspectivas, entre las que destaca la interpretación tipológica de la Pasión de Cristo. Asimismo, la historia bíblica ha sido representada con profusión en el arte cristiano desde sus inicios. Por tanto, se trata de una imagen elaborada a partir de un texto preexistente. El planteamiento inicial supone una serie de modelos y de patrones iconográficos estables cuyas desviaciones se pueden explicar tomando como base una fuente literaria. Esta tesis evalúa y analiza los límites de esta hipótesis. Una investigación de estas características solo es posible si se dispone de un corpus que incluya un sucinto estado de la cuestión para cada obra a estudiar, con el aparato descriptivo, crítico y bibliográfico más actualizado y relevante posible. La sistematización de este catálogo a partir del corpus es una de las aportaciones de esta tesis, ya que puede servir para futuras investigaciones que precisen de los datos recopilados.
La decisión de elaborar un catálogo iconográfico ha situado a esta investigación en unos parámetros tanto teóricos como metodológicos que se han ido estableciendo puntualmente. Se entiende la iconografía como un proceso de análisis que describe verbalmente el contenido de las imágenes mediante un sistema de decodificación que, idealmente, es gradual, y que va de la identificación a la interpretación, pasando por la descripción minuciosa de dichos contenidos para inferir el tema representado. La evaluación de este método analítico se hace a partir de un repaso historiográfico que contextualiza su validez, y continúa con un breve recorrido por las aplicaciones concretas en las representaciones del sacrificio de Isaac en el arte, así como una revisión de las cuestiones más importantes que han suscitado estas aproximaciones iconográficas. Por otra parte, se pone de relieve que el análisis iconográfico conduce, de manera natural, a la ordenación taxonómica con lo que la elaboración de catálogos se presenta como una tarea ineludible. Se considera que el principio heurístico de la catalogación es válido no sólo en un proceso de sistematización tradicional del corpus, sino que se indican sus posibilidades de migración al mundo digital. Por ello, una de las decisiones asociadas con la creación del catálogo ha sido el desarrollo de un programa informático, denominado Iconoteca, para gestionar la información que se iba recopilando durante el proceso de investigación que incluyera el material gráfico asociado a cada una de las obras estudiadas.
El grueso de la tesis lo constituye el catálogo, que ha sido concebido como una herramienta de consulta cuyo manejo pueda hacerse de una manera aleatoria y modular. El resultado de este tipo de aproximaciones taxonómicas constituye una base firme para elaborar y contrastar hipótesis, como por ejemplo, evaluar las relaciones texto-imagen centradas en el tema iconográfico del sacrificio de Isaac. Este enfoque se ha desarrollado en el último capítulo y ha consistido en una revisión y un análisis en profundidad de algunas particularidades iconográficas del tema en el arte medieval hispano que, aunque conocidas, no siempre habían recibido una atención específica, y para las que se propone una interpretación renovada.This thesis studies the iconography of the sacrifice of Isaac in a group of Hispanic medieval works dating from the seventh century to the twelfth century. The research focuses on the modes of transmission of models and visual patterns of a particular figurative repertoire applying the iconographic method as an analytical tool, where a particular concern is the interactions between text and image. The story, arising from Genesis 22, has generated an exegetical apparatus whose bibliography is almost unreachable and has served to Christianity to assimilate the subject of the Old Testament from multiple perspectives, among which the most important is the typological interpretation of the Passion of Christ. Therefore, the premise is that of an image produced from an existing text. The initial approach departs from the assumption of the existence of a stable iconography whose deviations should be explained better if we assume a literary source for every single iconographic motif. This thesis analyses the limits of this hypothesis. A research of this nature is only possible with a corpus that collects as much information as possible for each artwork to study, along with the most current and relevant data in order to provide a descriptive, critical and bibliographical apparatus. The systematization of this catalogue is one of the contributions of this thesis, because it can serve for future research. The decision to develop an iconographic catalogue as a research tool implies a theoretical and methodological contextualization. On the other hand, it emphasizes that iconographic analysis leads, naturally, to the management of taxonomies. Furthermore, the creation of this catalogue is an unavoidable task. The heuristic principle of cataloguing constitutes the premise not only in the process of traditional systematization of a corpus, but also in the migration to the digital world. Therefore, one of the decisions associated with the creation of the catalogue has been the development of computer software, called Iconoteca, in order to manage all the information collected during the research process to include not only the artworks but also the images associated on each item. The bulk of the thesis consists of the corpus of artworks with representations of the sacrifice of Isaac. The text design of the corpus functions as a query tool and the reader can consult the catalogue modularly in a random manner. The result of such taxonomic approach provides a sound basis for developing and testing hypotheses, such as the relationship between text and image in the iconography of the sacrifice of Isaac. The last chapter develops this approach and consists of a review and a thorough analysis of some iconographic peculiarities of the subject in Spanish medieval art. These peculiarities, although known, had not always received specific attention and this thesis proposes a renewed interpretation.
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Dilla, Martí Ramon. "Sant Ramon de Penyafort. Imatge, devoció i santedat." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/418807.
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La present recerca doctoral es dedica a les representacions de Ramon de Penyafort (c.1185-1275) dins del marc de la construcció de la imatge religiosa en època moderna. El punt de partida és l’anàlisi de les primeres figuracions medievals del dominic català, amb l’objectiu d’observar d’una manera àmplia i transversal la gènesi, evolució i variants experimentades en la seva iconografia d’ençà del 1601, quan el personatge assoleix definitivament la santedat.
Els continguts de la tesi s’han organitzat a partir de tres blocs principals, precedits per la introducció i les conclusions pertinents. El primer bloc presenta un recull biogràfic de Ramon de Penyafort com a personatge històric, tot subratllant les principals fites que contribuïren a la seva fama com a jurista i predicador de prestigi, abans d’afrontar detalladament la història del procés de canonització del personatge des de la seva mort l’any 1275, fins a la solemne canonització de 1601, celebrada a la nova Basílica de Sant Pere, sota la cúpula dissenyada per Michelangelo.
El segon bloc de la tesi gira a redós de la difusió del culte a sant Ramon de Penyafort després de 1601 a Catalunya, però també a les penínsules ibèrica i itàlica, completant el marc geogràfic de l’anomenat Mediterrani catòlic. En aquests territoris es constata com durant les primeres dècades del segle XVII el culte a sant Ramon de Penyafort esdevé emergent i genera esplendoroses festes de canonització, però també nous encàrrecs artístics destinats a la veneració del dominic català, entre els quals destaca la desapareguda capella del sant al convent de Santa Caterina de Barcelona.
El tercer bloc temàtic analitza sis qüestions vinculades directament a la imatge raimundiana, que abracen des de la gènesi de les representacions del frare dominic en època medieval, fins a la fixació de la seva iconografia arran de la canonització de 1601. Entre les problemàtiques plantejades, hi ha un especial èmfasi en la creació i difusió de la Transfretació, o viatge miraculós del sant sobre la seva capa entre Mallorca i Barcelona, però també en el seu impacte dins del cicle fundacional de l’Orde de la Mercè de Redempció de captius, així com en els seves conseqüències en època moderna.The thesis analyses the representations of the catalan Dominican Raymond of Penafort (c.1185-1275). Raymond was probably the most famous and respected jurist in canon law of his time. After occupying the Chair of canon law at the University of Bologna, he received the Dominican habit in Barcelona in 1222, and begun a promising career inside the Order of Preachers, that reached the nomination as Great Master in 1239. During those years, Raymond also became a famous writer after his Summa de casibus poenitentiae, a book of cases for confessors. Knowing Raymond's reputation in the juridical sciences, Gregory IX appointed him chaplain and grand penitentiary, and also commissioned him the compilation of the Decretales, the most important collection of canon laws approved officially in 1234, that became a Standard until 1917. After Raymond’s death in the convent of Santa Caterina of Barcelona, his tomb was the scenario of different miraculous healings attributed to the friar’s intercession. This fact attracted many pilgrims and encouraged his brothers to begin a canonization process to ascend Raymond to the glory of the altars. The main objective of the thesis is the study of Raymond’s representations as confluence between art, sanctity and devotion in the modern era. Although the work is chronologically focused in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in first instance are closely studied the medieval representations of the friar, in order to observe in a wide and transverse view the genesis, evolution and variants experienced on the iconography of the friar before and after his canonization, held in Rome in 1601.
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Marcon, Fabrício Garcia, and Fabrício Garcia Marcon. "Cartografias poéticas da cidade imaginada." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2016. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br:8080/handle/prefix/3643.
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A presente pesquisa, vinculada à linha de pesquisa Processos de Criação e Poéticas do Cotidiano, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Visuais da Universidade Federal de Pelotas, versa sobre o processo de criação que tece considerações acerca do desenvolvimento e apresentação de vídeos e fotografias que revelam, singularmente, o deslocamento pelas cidades de Pelotas e região. Os trabalhos evidenciam a percepção e o imaginário dos espaços da cidade, assim como investiga e dá a ver as possibilidades de compartilhamento das criações realizadas. Assim, desenvolve-se o tema da criação de cartografias poéticas realizadas a partir da observação da cidade de Pelotas, através do deslocamento urbano, tomando como fundamentações teóricas movimentos artísticos em que os deslocamentos e as vivências com a cidade representam um mote, como o Dadaísmo, o Surrealismo e a Internacional Situacionista, bem como as produções artísticas que utilizam sistemas de apresentação e circulação da obra, nas redes digitais de comunicação e por meios diversos, tais como as dos artistas Hélio Fervenza, Eduarda Gonçalves, Tiffany Trenda, George Brecht, Ralph Rumney, Paulo Bruscky, Daniel Belasco e Thorsten Knaub.
This study linked to the search line Creation Process and Poetics of Everyday of the Postgraduate Master's Program in Visual Arts at the Universidade Federal de Pelotas, deals with the process of creation that makes considerations about the development and presentation of videos and photos, that uniquely reveal the displacement by the city of Pelotas and region. The works show the perception and the imagination of city spaces, as well as investigates and shows the possibilities of sharing made creations. It Develops the theme of creating poetic cartography made from observation of Pelotas through my shift, taking as foundations theoretical and artistic movements in which the displacements and the experiences with the city is a theme, such as Dadaism, Surrealism and International Situacionist, as well as the artistic productions that use presentation systems and work flow in digital communication networks and by various means, such as the artists Hélio Fervenza, Eduarda Gonçalves, Tiffany Trenda, George Brecht, Ralph Rumney, Paulo Bruscky, Daniel Belasco and Thorsten Knaub.
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Mercader, Saavedra Santiago. "Els monuments de Setmana Santa de la catedral de Barcelona: Art i litúrgia (De l'època moderna als nostres dies)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/132250.
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Aquesta tesi doctoral té com a objecte l’estudi dels monuments de Setmana Santa, és a dir les cases de reserva, on entre el Dijous i el Divendres Sant es guardava el Sant Sacrament per a la comunió dels fidels. Partint de l’exemple específic de la catedral de Barcelona, s’explica la història d’aquestes obres, una de les majors manifestacions de l’art efímer en l’època moderna i contemporània. La tesi no només es planteja com un estudi històrico-artístic, sinó que aporta interpretacions tant sociològiques com teològiques, sobre el sentit i ús d’aquestes peces, sotmeses als canvis i transformacions operades en el sí de la societat dels darrers segles. La ritualització de la missa també té protagonisme en tant que el monument hi jugava un paper cabdal en la litúrgia religiosa dins l’església. La rellevància d’aquestes obres d’art queda palesa amb la participació d’artistes tan notables dins el nostre panorama com: Antoni Viladomat, Josep Sunyer i Raurell, Josep Oriol Mestres, August Font i Carreras i Enric Sagnier, entre d’altres. A més de donar a conèixer copiosa informació inèdita sobre aquest camp de recerca, poc atès al nostre país, la tesi s’enriqueix mercès a la troballa i recuperació d’algunes obres d’art que es donaven per desaparegudes i que, per fortuna, s’han conservat i estudiat. A tal efecte, la tesi també pretén obrir nous camps de recerca i ajudar a conèixer més sobre aquesta matèria.This work is focused on the study of Monuments of Easter in Barcelona’s Cathedral along modern and contemporary ages. We call “monument” as the liturgical and artistic piece that is dedicated to keep the Holy Sacrament from Thursday to Friday inside churches and that later, is given to remember the Sacrifice of Christ to catholic community. The study is based on Barcelona’s cathedral, and it explains all the ephemeral structures (most of them made of woodworks, paintings, sculpture pieces and architectonic designs) that were used to look after the Holy Form for this important calendar days. This thesis is presented not only as an study of historical and artistic meaning, but provides both sociological and theological interpretations around this sort of pieces. Besides, our study explains the prominence of the monument that played a crucial role in the religious liturgy inside Church. The relevance of these works is shown with the participation of important Catalan painters, sculptors and architects such: Antoni Viladomat, Josep Sunyer, Josep Oriol Mestres, August Font, Enric Sagnier, etc. Finally this work unveil new information coming from archives and gets enriched of some additional artistic pieces that were given for missing but that luckily have been saved and studied. To sum up, this research tries to open new fields of study about this subject.
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Senkodu, Chandra Segaran. "The use of a single smart card for transit and non-transit systems : a Singapore case study." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Management, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0145.
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Governments around the world are investing heavily in smart card infrastructure to enhance transport services. Studies show that smart card technology can improve reliability, reduce maintenance costs, provide a longer life span, and allow more applications to be incorporated in a transit card. As a result, policy makers and transport owners are interested in extending the use of smart cards from transit to non-transit systems to capitalise on their investment. However, little is known about the conditions under which customers would adopt transit cards for non-transit transactions. In Singapore, a contactless transit smart card (ez-link card) was launched in April 2002 to replace the magnetic stored-value card, which was commissioned in December 1990. The ez-link card was introduced as an integrated public transport card for use both on buses and Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains. This study was undertaken to evaluate customers' response to the use of the ez-link card for non-transit transactions. As the ez-link card is an information technology (IT) product and the first of its kind in the Singapore public transport system, there is a need to understand and appreciate how customers would respond to the change in its use. Various theories and models such as the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Diffusion (TD), Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) were reviewed for their potential to understand and predict customers' intentions to use the ez-link card for non-transit transactions. After much review, the TPB was adopted for identifying the research model and hypotheses in this study. The TPB was used to develop the research model and hypotheses comprising one dependent variable (intention INT) and three independent variables (attitude - ATT, subjective norm - SN and perceived behavioral control - PBC). The TPB was also used to design the questionnaire comprising 16 items to collect data from customers using the ez-link card at bus interchanges and train stations located around Singapore. A pilot survey was conducted on 21 respondents using the intercept interview technique. The data were collected and analysed. With slight modifications, the questionnaire was then used with 300 respondents in the final survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data collected from 293 respondents (seven were outliers) using the intercept interview technique in the final survey. Regression analysis explained 80% of the variance in the customers' intention to use the ez-link card for non-transit transactions. While the results provided initial support for the TPB, further examination of the data using exploratory factor analysis revealed high correlations between the ATT and SN. This study concluded that a more parsimonious model would only extract two independent variables (Desirability - DES and Perceived Convenience PEC) to predict customers' intention to use the ez-link card for non-transit transactions. DES and PEC were used to develop a new
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Stienecker, Dawn. "The Art Car Spectacle: a Cultural Display and Catalyst for Community." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149669/.
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This auto-ethnographic study focuses on Houston’s art car community and the grassroots movement’s 25 year relationship with the city through an art form that has created a sense of community. Art cars transform ordinary vehicles into personally conceived visions through spectacle, disrupting status quo messages of dominant culture regarding automobiles and norms of ownership and operation. An annual parade is an egalitarian space for display and performance, including art cars created by individuals who drive their personally modified vehicles every day, occasional entries by internationally renowned artists, and entries created by youth groups. A locally proactive public has created a movement has co-opted the cultural spectacle, creating a community of practice. I studied the events of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art’s Art Car Weekend to give me insight into art and its value for people in this community. Sources of data included the creation of a participatory art car, journaling, field observation, and semi-structured interviews. The first part is my academic grounding, informed by critical pedagogy and socially reconstructive art practices. The second part narrates my experiences and understandings of the community along with the voices of others. Dominant themes of exploration include empowerment, community, and art. I examine the purposes for participation by artists, as well in the practices of audiences and organizations that provide support for this art form. My findings have significant implications community-based art education and k-12 classroom educators. Relational and dialogic approaches to making art, teaching, and researching are tied to problem-posing education as a recommendation for art education.
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Clarke, William M. "Rethinking the REAL ID Act and national identification cards as a counterterrorism tool." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FClarke.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Dahl, Erik J. ; Denning, Dorothy E. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: REAL ID, PASS ID, biometrics, driver's license, enhanced driver's license, national identification card, biometric technologies, fingerprints, iris scan, facial recognition, hand geometry, Department of Homeland Security. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-96). Also available in print.
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Furrer, Frank J., and Georg Püschel. "Autonomic Computing: State of the Art - Promises - Impact." Technische Universität Dresden, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29925.
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Software has never been as important as today – and its impact on life, work and society is growing at an impressive rate. We are in the flow of a software-induced transformation of nearly all aspects of our way of life and work. The dependence on software has become almost total. Malfunctions and unavailability may threaten vital areas of our society, life and work at any time.
The two massive challenges of software are one hand the complexity of the software and on the other hand the disruptive environment.
Complexity of the software is a result of the size, the continuously growing functionality, the more complicated technology and the growing networking. The unfortunate consequence is that complexity leads to many problems in design, development, evolution and operation of software-systems, especially of large software-systems.
All software-systems live in an environment. Many of today’s environments can be disruptive and cause severe problems for the systems and their users. Examples of disruptions are attacks, failures of partner systems or networks, faults in communications or malicious activities.
Traditionally, both growing complexity and disruptions from the environment have been tackled by better and better software engineering. The development and operating processes are constantly being improved and more powerful engineering tools are introduced. For defending against disruptions, predictive methods – such as risk analysis or fault trees – are used. All this techniques are based on the ingenuity, experience and skills of the engineers!
However, the growing complexity and the increasing intensity of possible disruptions from the environment make it more and more questionable, if people are really able to successfully cope with this raising challenge in the future. Already, serious research suggests that this is not the case anymore and that we need assistance from the software-systems themselves!
Here enters “autonomic computing” – A promising branch of software science which enables software-systems with self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimization and self-protection capabilities. Autonomic computing systems are able to re-organize, optimize, defend and adapt themselves with no real-time human intervention. Autonomic computing relies on many branches of science – especially computer science, artificial intelligence, control theory, machine learning, multi-agent systems and more.
Autonomic computing is an active research field which currently transfers many of its results into software engineering and many applications. This Hauptseminar offered the opportunity to learn about the fascinating technology “autonomic computing” and to do some personal research guided by a professor and assisted by the seminar peers.:Introduction 5
1 What Knowledge Does a Taxi Need? – Overview of Rule Based, Model Based and
Reinforcement Learning Systems for Autonomic Computing (Anja Reusch) 11
2 Chancen und Risiken von Virtual Assistent Systemen (Felix Hanspach) 23
3 Evolution einer Microservice Architektur zu Autonomic Computing (Ilja Bauer) 37
4 Mögliche Einflüsse von autonomen Informationsdiensten auf ihre Nutzer (Jan Engelmohr) 49
5 The Benefits of Resolving the Trust Issues between Autonomic Computing Systems
and their Users (Marc Kandler) 61
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Hobson, Jane Claire. "Texted love : a social-semiotic examination of greeting cards /." View thesis View thesis View thesis, 2002. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030407.164658/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002.Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication, Design and Media, University of Western Sydney, February, 2002. Bibliography : leaves [306]-324.
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Giuliani, Joseph A. "Real identification act requirements for state-issued drivers' licenses and identification cards a policy analysis." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FGiuliani.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007.Thesis Advisor(s): Bruneau, Thomas. "December 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 18, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56). Also available in print.
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Andric, Tomislava, Konrad Gajecki, and Veronika Korgol. "Environmentally friendly cars- Who are the buyers and what affects them?" Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-4481.
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The last decade’s discussions concerning the climate changes have started different counter measurements in order to save the environment. One of these is to reduce the carbon discharges by pushing the car industry towards an introduction of environmental friendly cars. The increased sales of environmental friendly cars in Sweden made us want to investigate the concept and its users.
The main purpose with this dissertation was to identify the most typical buyer of environmentally friendly cars and study which factors affect them in the purchase of one. This was done by emphasizing on peoples environmental attitude, behavior and demographic factors. Further the marketing mix together with political/economical stimuli stood for the affecting factors towards a purchase of an environmental friendly car.
To answer our research questions we chose to collect our primary data through the research strategy of a self administered questionnaire. The sample consisted of 90 respondents.
The findings of our dissertation showed that elder women born in Sweden, parents of children and with a high social status are the most typical buyers of environmental friendly cars. Safety was the most important factor to base a car purchase on among the respondents. TV was seen as the most affecting information source concerning gained information about the eco friendly cars.
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Newell, Suzanne Payne. "The Impact of Standards-based Report Cards on Reading Development of Primary Grade Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500184/.
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The purpose of this mixed-method study was to explore the instructional changes in first grade classrooms and reading progress of first grade students in relation to implementation of standards-based report cards (SBRC). The goal of this study, conducted in a suburban Texas school district, was to determine whether there was a statistically significant difference in reading progress between students enrolled in first grade classrooms in which traditional report cards were used in comparison to comparable classrooms in which SBRCs were used. Additionally, the instructional practices of teachers were examined to determine the types of changes that took place as the district moved from traditional report cards to SBRCs. A total of 709 students and 15 teachers were involved in the study. The study revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the reading growth of students assessed in SBRC classrooms and those assessed with traditional report cards. There were, however, significant differences in instructional practices employed by teachers in SBRC classrooms. These changes in practice included instructing with a greater degree of focus on specific objectives to be taught, more closely following the district’s scope and sequence, greater communication regarding the grading criteria and methods used for reporting progress, use of the most recent achievement data when determining grades (in comparison to averaging of grades during a reporting period), and a greater awareness of students’ specific abilities.
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Robin, Sjöblom. "Are the invdividuals who buy Triss rational by doing it?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85424.
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This essay analyses the extent to which individuals who bought Triss in Värnamo at Hemköp are rational in their decision to buy Triss. The expected value was found to be lower than the price of the Triss ticket. The results from the experiment suggests the individuals act irrationally as they did not accept to exchange their Triss for another Triss and an additional Mini Triss. The data from the observation suggests that individuals with a winning Triss tend to exchange it for a new Triss when the amount won is relatively small. When the amount won was relatively larger, the more likely the individuals were to claim the money. When a jackpot Triss was sold in the store, there was no significant increase of sales of Triss in the store, hence the individuals in the store did act rational in the sense they did not buy more or less Triss because of the jackpot was sold in the store. The results found in this paper suggest that individuals who buy Triss acts with a bounded rationality since their decision of buying Triss are driven by emotions, poor understanding of probabilities and risk under uncertainties.
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Weatherford, Matthew. "The Effects of a Programmed Teaching Sequence and Response Card Use with Systematic Feedback on the Acquisition of Time Telling Behavior of 3 Students with Intellectual Disability." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc68062/.
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Few studies have proposed or evaluated methods to teach telling time. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of differential reinforcement of student responding in the form of response cards to teach three middle school students with intellectual disability to tell time. Participants worked through six training phases. Results showed that correct responding increased from pre-assessment (range of 5.71-14.29% correct) to post-assessment (range of 85-100% correct). Preliminary evidence shows promise in the application of these procedures to teach telling time to middle school students with intellectual disability.
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Müller-Tamm, Jutta. "Kunst als Gipfel der Wissenschaft : ästhetische und wissenschaftliche Weltaneignung bei Carl Gustav Carus /." Berlin : W. de Gruyter, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35749674g.
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Häse, Anja. "Carl Gustav Carus : zur Konstruktion bürgerlicher Lebenskunst /." Dresden : Thelem, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39073086b.
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Bower, Leslie A. "Automatic identification technology (AIT) : the development of functional capability and card application matrices /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA285528.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1994.Thesis advisor(s): Carl R. Jones, Roger Stemp. "September 1994." Bibliography: p. 177-178. Also available online.
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Wintersberger, Sophie, Muhammad Azmat, and Sebastian Kummer. "Are We Ready to Ride Autonomous Vehicles? A Pilot Study on Austrian Consumers' Perspective." MDPI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics3040020.
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Automotive manufacturers are competing to be the first to introduce customer-ready autonomous vehicles. Some manufacturers are claiming to launch their first self-driving cars as early as 2020. Which all sounds very good and futuristic; however, the question arises, are customers even ready to adopt this new technological advancement? Therefore, this pilot study is aimed at finding out the answer to this question in the Austrian market. This study discovers the standpoint of Austrian consumers concerning the acceptance of self-driving cars for daily usage and gives an overview of the current point of view regarding autonomous vehicles (AVs). The data for this study was collected using an online, user-friendly, Likert scale survey. The collected data were processed and analyzed for empirical significance in SPSS using Spearman's rank correlation and the Mann-Whitney U test supported by descriptive analysis. The results of the study indicate that Austrian consumers are well aware of autonomous vehicles and their technology. However, they have specific concerns about reliability, cybersecurity, and futuristic car-sharing models. Therefore, these concerns about AVs should be addressed by auto manufactures in order to gain consumers' trust and sell them a new form of mobility.
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Bon, Frédérique. "Etat de la question sur Jean-François Cars : graveur et marchand d'estampes, Lyon 1661-Paris 1730." Lyon : F. Bon, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37720236h.
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Lif, Jan. "Can a consequentialist be a real friend? : (Who cares?) /." Göteborg : Kompendiet, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39076225d.
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Scarparolo, Gemma E. "Character cars : How computer technology enhances learning in terms of arts ideas and arts skills and proceses in a year 7 male visual arts education program." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/662.
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'The possibilities that the technology can offer are seemingly endless and remain to be fully explored in [visual] art education." (Callow. 2001. p,43) The aim of this research is to investigate whether the integration of Visual Arts Technology Tools (TECH-TOOLS) into Traditional Visual Arts Programs (TRAD-['ROG) enhance the students' learning in terms of Arts Ideas (AI) and Arts Skills and Processes (ASP) and whether it is a cost effective option for Western Australian primary schools. To determine whether it is worth the inclusion of TECH-TOOLS in terms of enhancing learning. this research will statistically state whether the combination of TECH-TOOLS and Traditional Visual Arts Media (TRAD-MEDIA) enhance the expressive outcomes of Year Seven boys' artwork. The comparative case study method has been chosen as the most suitable method to enable the Researcher to establish the impact that combining TECH-TOOLS with TRAD-MEDIA have upon Year Seven boys' artwork. The Control group only used TRAD-MEDIA and the Experimental group used both TRAD-MEDIA and TECH-TOOLS to create a piece of artwork based on the chosen theme, Character Cars. There were 23 students in the Control group and 24 students in the Experimental group, however not all students attempted or completed the task for reasons which will be explained in Chapter Four. Each group was involved in three sequenced activities based on the chosen theme, with the second activity varying only according to the media used to complete the task. Combinations of quantitative and qualitative methods have been used in this research. To present quantitative data which provides insights into whether Visual Arts (VA) teachers should be combining TECH-TOOLS with TRAD-MEDIA in their Visual Arts Programs (VAP), each piece of artwork was assessed and analysed using descriptive analysis of the data. Each participant completed a written feedback form outlining their attitudes, feelings and thoughts about their artwork and the media that they used. The Researcher and an independent Visual Arts Education (V AE) expert also took anecdotal records during the VA activities with the aim of recording the participants' involvement and enjoyment of the activities. This study is significantly different from the current research in this area u!; it will: provide quantitative data which will demonstrate Whether the combination of TECH-TOOLS and TRAD-MEDlA enhances students' artwork; link the relevant literature and findings of this study to the Western Australian primary school context; provide links to the Western Australian Curriculum Council's Curriculum Framework; and comment on the influence of gender in VAE. All of these factors contribute to the uniqueness of this study.
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DeBeus, Mary. "Electroencephalographic Events During the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278565/.
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Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) was used in this study to describe cognitive processing, particularly brain locations used, during performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). The hypothesis was that significant cognitive functioning is not limited to the frontal lobes. Significant EEG activity was found in non-frontal areas as well as frontal areas.
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Hughes, Leah R. "The Tammy Manifesto and the Politics of Representation." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/520.
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The artistic is always political, even if not overtly so—each work carries with it the histories of the artist, the means of production, the subject matter, and the many art historical precedents that overlap and diverge to constitute the theoretical circumstances surrounding it. Since I began translating my lived experience into artworks, I have become interested in the ways in which my personal politics have affected the choices I have made in material and narrative substance. This is a deconstruction of the politics of representation as a method for better understanding the art historical context in which contemporary materials- and performance-based art work exists and to conceptually develop the work I want to produce in the future.
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Thunberg, Sara. "Who Cares? : A Study of the Social Services’ Responsibility for Crime Victims." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-29614.
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The Swedish Social Services Act (2001:453) states that crime victims should be a priority group for the social services and that they have a responsibility to ensure that victims receive the needed help and support. The aim with this study was to examine how the Swedish municipal social services fulfil their responsibility for the psychosocial wellbeing of crime victims, by examining the collaboration between Victim Support and the social services. Interviews were conducted with crime victims, crime victim coordinators and social workers. The social services have an overall responsibility for the psy-chosocial support to crime victims. However, the study show that in reality the social services, in many cases, do not provide this help and support, as there is a view that it is not their responsibility. Instead, the victims are referred to various support organisations such as Victim Support, without really knowing what kind of support they are offering. Furthermore, the social services in some mu-nicipalities argue that there is no opportunity for them to collaborate with Victim Support due to con-fidentiality, even though it is possible in other municipalities. Through collaboration resources can be saved, and knowledge and awareness of the victims’ needs can be increased. This can eventually lead to that victims’ receive better care, which can result in shorter recovery time for crisis that may have occurred due to the experience of crime.I socialtjänstlagen (2001:453) framgår att brottsoffer ska vara en prioriterad grupp för socialtjänsten och att de har ansvar för att se till att brottsoffer får hjälp och stöd. Syftet med denna studie var att un-dersöka hur socialtjänsten uppfyller sitt ansvar för det psykosociala stödet till brottsoffer, genom att undersöka samverkan mellan socialtjänsten och Brottsofferjouren. Studien genomförs genom intervju-er med brottsoffersamordnare, socialsekreterare och brottsoffer. Det framkommer att socialtjänsten, enligt socialtjänstlagen, har det övergripande ansvaret för det psykosociala stödet till brottsoffer. Re-sultatet från studien visar dock att socialtjänsten i många fall inte ger hjälp och stöd till brottsoffer, då det finns ett synsätt att de inte har ansvar för detta. Istället hänvisas brottsoffren till olika stödorganisa-tioner såsom Brottsofferjouren, utan att socialtjänsten har någon djupare kunskap om vad dessa orga-nisationer erbjuder för stöd. Vidare menar socialtjänsten i vissa kommuner att det inte finns någon möjlighet att samverka med Brottsofferjouren på grund av sekretess, trots att andra kommuner kan göra det. Samverkan kan vara ett bra sätt att spara resurser, samtidigt som kunskapen och medveten-heten kring brottsoffers behov ökar. Detta kan på sikt göra att brottsoffer får ett bättre omhänderta-gande, vilket i sin tur kan resultera i kortare återhämtningstider efter den kris som kan ha uppstått i samband med brottsupplevelsen.
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Vicente, Juarez. "Determina??o da incerteza expandida associada ? an?lise de a??cares redutores pelo m?todo de Lane-Eynon." Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2010. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/1209.
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From the scientific viewpoint, the word ?uncertainty? expresses doubt about an analytic result. The implementation of the concept of uncertainty of measurement is a crucial step that the Brazilian laboratories must take in the process for obtaining the certification of the ability to perform essays in accordance with the Brazilian technical norm ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025. Regardless the technical area of application, the determination of the uncertainty of measurement associated with the result of an analysis is extremely important, especially in the food industry. The expanded uncertainty is related with the degree of reliability of an analytical result, and by means of this information it is possible to evaluate if the result of an analysis is consistent, i.e., if the uncertainty associated to the measurement remains inside an acceptable range. When the percentage of uncertainty exceeds a threshold, it is necessary to find the process variables that more intensely contribute to increasing the uncertainty and, in the sequence, to take corrective actions in order to minimize the impact caused for those variables over the uncertainty of measurement. The aim of this study was to detect the uncertainty of measurement associated with the analysis of total reducing sugars (TRS) by the Lane-Eynon method. The equipments used were analytical and semi analytical balances, burettes with 10mL and 25mL, and the food matrix studied was wild honey. To perform the calculations of the standard uncertainty, u, information about the uncertainty of the laboratory materials used in the analysis ? obtained from the certificate of calibration. The combined uncertainty, uc, was obtained by deriving the influence factors and considering, if necessary, the effective degree of freedom, ?eff, as stated in the Welch-Satterthwaite equation. The expanded uncertainty, U, was obtained by multiplying uc by the appropriate coverage factor, k = 2 (at level of confidence of 95,45%). The results showed that the expanded uncertainty obtained for the analysis of TRS was less than 2,0% when the analytical balance was used. The process variable having the greatest impact was the volume (close to 80,0%), followed by the title (close to 20,0%). The analysis of the expanded uncertainty obtained for the analysis of TRS when the semi analytical balance, and 10mL as well as 25mL burettes were used provided reliable results. However, care must be taken in such a combination of equipments, especially when using the 25mL burettes, since the percentage of uncertainty was great than 3,5%, too close to the limit established by the Codex Alimentarius, 4,0%. It was observed that, in this case, the variable having the greatest impact on the uncertainty was the title, with 79,82% (10mL burettes), and 87,10% (25mL burettes).
Do ponto de vista t?cnico-cient?fico, a palavra ?incerteza? expressa a d?vida em rela??o a um resultado anal?tico. A aplica??o do conceito de incerteza de medi??o ? fundamental para os laborat?rios brasileiros que almejam obter o reconhecimento da capacidade de realiza??o de ensaios em conformidade com a norma ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025. Independentemente da ?rea de atua??o, ? de extrema import?ncia o estudo e o conhecimento da incerteza de medi??o associada a um resultado de an?lise, em particular quando aplicado ? ind?stria de alimentos. A incerteza expandida informa o grau de confiabilidade de um resultado anal?tico e, atrav?s dela, ? poss?vel avaliar, a um n?vel de abrang?ncia estabelecido, se o resultado de uma an?lise transmite credibilidade, ou seja, se o valor da incerteza est? em uma faixa de concentra??o aceit?vel ou n?o. Quando o percentual de incerteza ultrapassa o limite aceit?vel, ? necess?rio conhecer quais as vari?veis do m?todo que mais contribuem para a incerteza e executar as medidas corretivas a fim de minimizar este impacto e, consequentemente, reduzir a incerteza total. O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi determinar a incerteza expandida associada ? an?lise titulom?trica de a??cares redutores totais (ART) pelo m?todo de Lane-Eynon, tendo como matriz uma amostra de mel, utilizando balan?a anal?tica e semi anal?tica e buretas de 10mL e 25mL. Para o c?lculo da incerteza padr?o (u), utilizaram-se os dados obtidos nos certificados de calibra??o de equipamentos e vidrarias empregados na an?lise. A incerteza combinada ( ) foi obtida derivando os fatores de influ?ncia e considerando, quando necess?rio, o grau de liberdade efetivo (?eff), dado pela Equa??o de Welch-Satterthwaite. Obteve-se a incerteza expandida (U) multiplicando-se por 2 (dois) o valor de para um n?vel de confian?a de 95,45%. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a incerteza expandida de ART utilizando balan?a anal?tica n?o foi significativa (<2%) e que a vari?vel que mais influenciou foi o volume de amostra gasto (~80%), seguido do T?tulo (~20%). A an?lise da incerteza expandida de ART obtida com balan?a semi anal?tica e buretas de 10mL e 25mL gerou resultados confi?veis. No entanto, deve haver cautela neste caso, especialmente ao se utilizar bureta de 25mL, visto que o valor percentual de incerteza superou 3,5%. Observa-se que a vari?vel que mais contribui para a incerteza foi o T?tulo com 79,82% (bureta de 10mL) e 87,10% (bureta de 25mL).
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Yabut, Adorado B. "The government purchase card under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994 : a small business perspective." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA341776.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997."December 1997." Thesis advisor(s): Katsuaki L. Terasawa. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-72). Also available online.
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Granquist, Christoffer, and Oscar Grönesjö. "The balancing act of customer involvement for product innovation : - A case study of Electrolux and Volvo Cars." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26160.
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Purpose The overall purpose is to describe how manufacturing companies involve customers in order to develop new innovations that meet customers’ needs, and furthermore illustrate how the customer involvement process can be managed. By investigating companies in similar industries where the degree of technology and pace of innovation is high, we clarify how, when and with who companies can engage activities for customer involvement. Method In this qualitative study, we use a deductive approach, where individual interviews were conducted in two case companies. Theoretical framework In the theoretical framework we introduce the DART-model, in which building blocks of the interaction between companies and customers are treated. Connected to this, we discuss problems regarding transferring customer needs and receiving customer input. Furthermore we highlight conflicting methods of customer involvement, different types of customers to involve and different stages in which the interaction should take place. Empirical study Empirical data were collected through personal interviews with six business managers at the headquarters of Electrolux and Volvo Cars. Conclusion In contrary to the overwhelming literary hype of open innovation where companies are suggested to actively co-create value together with the customers, our findings indicate that companies learn proactively from passive customers in the early stages of the NPD-process to acquire unarticulated needs in order to create customer value. These are conscious decisions to avoid opening up the companies to the customers in terms of transparency and access. This subsequently accompanies the further process for how, when and who to involve, as the process goes from proactive towards stepwise more traditional reactive methods of customer involvement for product innovation
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Andrianarisoa, Prosper. "Contribution à la modélisation du fonctionnement des cardes du type "fibres courtes"." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37602216s.
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Lelièvre, Marie. "Soins de support art-thérapiques en oncologie : d'un état des lieux à l'élaboration et l'évaluation d'un dispositif." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018TOU20109.
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Le traitement du cancer a des conséquences biopsychosociales importantes sur les patients. Près de 80% d’entre eux ressentent douleur, fatigue, et l’impact émotionnel peut se manifester par de l’anxiété. La qualité de vie (QdV) des malades atteints de cancer est devenue la préoccupation première de l’état français. Les soins de support se sont développés depuis 2003 dans cet objectif et pour améliorer le vécu des effets secondaires. Ils offrent différents suivis dont l’art-thérapie. De précédentes études ont montré l’efficacité des thérapies médiatisées auprès de patients hospitalisés. Des améliorations de la QdV, de la fatigue et de l’anxiété y ont été observées. Elles montrent toutes une efficacité de l’art-thérapie, quels que soient sa durée et le type de médiation.Cette étude propose de comparer 2 groupes expérimentaux suivant des art-thérapies différentes, à un groupe contrôle (N=29). L’ouverture et la pensée divergente pour la créativité, QdV, anxiété et image du corps ont été évaluées avec un ensemble de questionnaires soumis aux volontaires, en test et re-test (+3 mois). Les deux art-thérapies sont à médiation plastique et se décomposent en trois temps : relaxation, création et verbalisation. Les séances de l’Art-Thérapie Continue (ATC) n’ont pas d’ordre, de nombre ou de thèmes déterminés à l’avance, tandis que le programme Sens Et Motions (SEM) est structuré en 6 séances autour des sens. Les résultats quantitatifs montrent que le suivi d’une thérapie médiatisée accentue l’amélioration du bien-être physique des malades. L’ATC ramène le niveau d’anxiété de ses participants à un niveau « normal », tandis que SEM diminue la sensation de fatigue et restaure l’image du corps. L’analyse qualitative renforce ces constats et ajoute des axes d’amélioration comme l’estime de soi.Un programme art-thérapique doit être pensé avec une structure et des objectifs, afin de répondre aux besoins spécifiques d’une population et s’associer aux traitements médicaux pour une meilleure adhésion ou acceptation de leurs effetsCancer treatment induces serious biopsychosocial consequences for patients. About 80% of patients feel pain, fatigue, and emotional impact can lead to anxiety. The quality of life (QoL) of people with cancer has become the major concern for the French Governement. Supportive care has developed since 2003 to that end and to lessen the side-effects incidence. It offers different types of monitoring including art-therapy. Prior studies have shown efficacy of therapies that are proposed to hospitalized patients. Improvement of QoL, fatigue and anxiety have been observed. All these studies show efficacy of art-therapy, regardless of duration and types of mediation.This study compares 2 experimental groups involved in different kind of art-therapy, with a control group (N=29). Openness and divergent thinking for creativity, QoL, anxiety and body image are explored with a standard assessment protocol submitted to participants in test and re-test (+3 months). The two art-therapies consist of 3 phases: relaxing, creating and debriefing. The 'Continuous Art-Therapy' (CAT) sessions have no predetermined order, number or theme, while 'Senses and Motives' (SEM) is a structured program of 6 art-therapeutic sessions. The quantitative results show that an art-therapy practice improves the sensation of physical well-being. CAT brings the level of anxiety of its participants down to a healthy level, and opens them to the action, whereas SEM reduces the feeling of fatigue and restores the body image. The qualitative analysis strengthens these findings and adds areas of improvement like self-esteem.An art-therapy program can be conceived with a structure and objectives in order to respond to the patients’ needs: self-esteem and body-image restorations, decreased anxiety. It can associate with medical treatments for a better acceptance or physical well-being
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Lyn, Rodney. "Investigating Hepatitis C Virus Interactions with Host Lipid Pathways that are Critical for Viral Propagation Using Small Molecule Inhibitors and Chemical Biology Methods." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24385.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is remarkably capable of efficiently hijacking host cell pathways including lipid metabolism in the liver in order to create pro-viral environments for pathogenesis. It is becoming increasingly clear that identifying small molecule inhibitors that target host factors exploited by the virus will expand available HCV treatment options. As such, a thorough understanding of host-virus interactions is critical to the development of alternative therapeutic strategies.
Hepatic lipid droplets (LDs) are recruited by HCV to play essential roles in the viral lifecycle. The intracellular location of LDs is modified upon interacting with viral structural core protein. This enables formation of platforms that support viral particle assembly. Because these interactions are non-static, capturing its dynamic processes in order to better understand viral assembly can be achieved with label-free molecular imaging enhanced with live-cell capabilities. Chemical biology approaches that includes CARS microscopy employed in a multi-modal imaging system was used to probe interactions between HCV and host LDs. By successfully tracking LD trajectories, we identified core protein’s ability to alter LD speed and control for LD directionality. Using protein expression model systems that allowed for simultaneous tracking of core protein and LDs, our data revealed that mutations in the core protein region that vary in hydrophobicity and LD binding strengths, are factors that control for differential modulation of LD kinetics. Furthermore, we measured bidirectional LD travels runs and velocities, and observed critical properties by which core protein induces LD migration towards regions of viral particle assembly.
Given that many steps in the HCV lifecycle are directly linked to host lipid metabolism, it is not surprising that disrupting lipid biosynthetic pathways would negatively affect viral replication. From this outlook, we explored small molecule inhibitors that targeted several lipid metabolic pathways to study its antiviral properties. Using fluorescent probes covalently labeled to viral RNA, we captured the visualization of disrupted replication complexes upon antagonizing nuclear hormone receptors that are linked to regulating lipid homeostasis. Correspondingly, biochemistry and molecular imaging techniques were also employed to identify novel antiviral mechanisms of small molecule inhibitors that target additional HCV-dependent lipid metabolic pathways.
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Paiva, Jailton Carlos de. "e-Pontos: Uma solu??o embarcada de automa??o comercial aplicada a clubes de fidelidade baseado em tecnologia RFID e esmart card." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2012. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/15440.
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Previous issue date: 2012-07-27In practically all vertical markets and in every region of the planet, loyalty marketers have adopted the tactic of recognition and reward to identify, maintain and increase the yield of their customers. Several strategies have been adopted by companies, and the most popular among them is the loyalty program, which displays a loyalty club to manage these rewards. But the problem with loyalty programs is that customer identification and transfer of loyalty points are made in a semiautomatic. Aiming at this, this paper presents a master's embedded business automation solution called e-Points. The goal of e-Points is munir clubs allegiances with fully automated tooling technology to identify customers directly at the point of sales, ensuring greater control over the loyalty of associate members. For this, we developed a hardware platform with embedded system and RFID technology to be used in PCs tenant, a smart card to accumulate points with every purchase and a web server, which will provide services of interest to retailers and customers membership to the club
Em praticamente todos os mercados verticais e em cada regi?o do planeta, os comerciantes de fidelidade adotaram a t?tica de reconhecimento e recompensa para identificar, manter e aumentar o rendimento de seus clientes. V?rias estrat?gias t?m sido adotadas pelas empresas, e a mais popular entre elas ? o programa de fidelidade, que exibe um clube de fidelidade para gerenciar essas recompensas. Mas o problema com os programas de fidelidade ? que a identifica??o dos clientes e a transmiss?o dos pontos de fidelidade s?o feitas de forma semiautom?tica. Visando isto, o presente trabalho de mestrado apresenta uma solu??o embarcada de automa??o comercial intitulada e-Pontos. O objetivo do e-Pontos ? munir os clubes de fidelidades com ferramental tecnol?gico totalmente automatizado para identificar os clientes diretamente nos pontos de vendas, garantindo um maior controle dos pontos de fidelidade dos membros associados. Para isso, foi desenvolvida uma plataforma de hardware com sistema embarcado e tecnologia RFID que ser? utilizada nos PCs dos lojistas, um smart card para acumular os pontos a cada compra e um servidor web, o qual disponibilizar? servi?os de interesse para os lojistas e os clientes conveniado ao clube
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Harding, Ian M., and n/a. "The introduction of privacy legislation to Australia as a case study in policy making." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060720.124331.
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The basis of this study was my belief that the introduction of the present privacy
legislation had been done in such a "try and see" manner. To me, the whole process
"begged" for a much closer look to try to understand the rationale behind successive
governments' decisions on this policy initiative.
I begin my look at the process from the 1960s as this is when general public concern for
the security of personal information was high. I then move to the introduction of the
proposed Australia Card and its demise and then to the present. Then, with reference to
the "classic" policy analysis authors, I show that the implementation of federal privacy
laws in Australia was an excellent example of how not to go about convincing the
public the new laws would offer the protection they, the public, sought. I also explore
the reasons behind negative lobbying by certain non-government sector interests to
demonstrate how this sector has influenced government thinking.
As an example of the study of a policy issue this thesis shows the effect a lack of
planning, and a terrible lack of communication, can have on the introduction of any new
legislation. Much of this is due to the fact that the real issue behind the introduction of
privacy legislation was that of increasing taxation revenue and not the protection of
individuals' privacy. The privacy legislation was the "sweetener" the government
believed was needed to satisfy the general public's concerns so that the government
could achieve the desired result for its taxation revenue policy.
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Norrie, James, and not supplied. "Improving results of project portfolio management in the public sector using a balanced strategic scoring model." RMIT University. Property, Construction and Project Management, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20070208.152804.
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This thesis suggests improvements, from a strategic perspective, to the practice of scoring projects in public sector organisations. It is argues that current approaches, notably project portfolio managing (PPM), are inadequate for many such organisations, and in fact prone to problems and failure. In particular, present scoring/prioritization approaches in such contexts, largely tend to focus on financial risk/return logic. It is argued that the end result of such a ranking approach is often a non-strategic portfolio project. To address these problems, the candidate proposed the refinement of the scoring approach for project portfolios via the incorporation of Kaplan & Norton's ideas in their Balanced Scorecard (BSC). BSC introduces, apart from purely financial considerations, other 'softer' perspectives (customer, internal business processes, learning and growth) which in combination place a more inclusive emphasis on the vision and strategy of the organisation. In this thesis, it is proposed that the combined PPM and BSC scoring approach amounts to more strategic project selection. Several case studies are conducted to illustrate the merits of the combined PPM/BSC logic. These include case studies in both private and public sector organisations.
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Atwool, Nicola, and n/a. "Who cares? : the role of attachment assessments in decision-making for children in care." University of Otago. Children's Issues Centre, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20081212.143625.
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In this practice-based research the use of attachment assessments to assist with decision-making about the placement of children in State care is explored. In Aotearoa New Zealand care and protection legislation emphasises the importance of working with families. The central decision-making forum is the Family Group Conference where families, their support people and statutory social workers come together to work out a plan for children considered to be in need of care and protection. This research focused on conflicted situations where agreement could not be reached about where children should live.
The research was structured around one over-arching objective: the examination of a specific aspect of practice, namely the use of attachment assessments in decision-making, with a view to identifying elements of best practice. Within this were three other objectives: an exploration of the impact of attachment assessments on decision-making processes; an exploration of the experience of participants in this process; and an examination of perceived outcomes for children who have an assessment completed. In order to achieve these objectives the historical and cultural context influencing these decision-making processes was explored; the theoretical framework underpinning the use of attachment assessments was critically examined; recent literature on children�s experience in foster care was reviewed; the role of assessment in decision-making was explored; and the use of attachment assessments was evaluated from the perspective of social work practitioners.
The outcomes of this research indicate that attachment assessments are theoretically sound processes, which provide relevant information that facilitates decision-making in conflicted situations and the achievement of positive outcomes for children. It was, however, found that attachment assessments have an indirect influence by providing a pivotal point in the decision-making process rather than a direct impact. A number of variables influencing outcomes for children were identified and explored: availability of suitable placements; management of contact with birth family; provision of support networks including attention to ongoing cultural connectedness; and support through adolescence. Children�s absence from participation in decision-making was highlighted. I conclude with an outline of guidelines for best practice.
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Gerits, Linda. "Who cares ? : personality profiles of nurses taking care of clients with severe behavior problems /." Nijmegen, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40221515w.
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Pollard, Donald Kent. "Purification Rhetoric: A Generic Analysis of Draft Card, Flag, and Cross Burning Cases." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277949/.
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This thesis assesses three United States Supreme Court opinions, engaging in an inductive approach to generic criticism, in an attempt to discover whether or not there are similarities and/or differences in these decisions. This study focuses on draft card, flag, and cross burning cases argued before the Court in order to discover the potential genre's characteristics.
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Knittel, Anton Philipp. "Zwischen Idylle und Tabu : die Autobiographen von Carl Gustav Carus, Wilhelm von Kügelgen und Ludwig Richter /." Dresden : Thelem, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb390730959.
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Denhalter, Darryl Bond. "Holistic Approaches to State School Grading Systems." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8642.
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The United States education system has experienced an evolution of school accountability systems that has led to changes and variation in state school grading systems. This study shows that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, a recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, provides greater autonomy to individual states in evaluating and reporting school accountability than in preceding years and provides opportunities for states to implement a more holistic or well-rounded approach to school grading. ESSA policy and this study encourages states to choose to evaluate schools more holistically by implementing a wider and more balanced range of indicators that are used to formulate publicly reported school grades. Many issues and historical events, both in the nation and in Utah, are shared to show their influence on the evolution of school accountability. The relevant components of ESSA are explored. An historical overview of school accountability, standardized testing, school grading, and public educational reporting in the state of Utah is included. Scholarly perspectives about school accountability and reporting systems are also presented. This descriptive study incorporates archival research through a review of grades K-8 school grading systems. The school report card systems and indicators are collected and compared from two sequential time periods: first, the time period after NCLB and before ESSA plans were approved is referred, and second, the current time period, based off of data from currently implemented state ESSA plans. Data from all 50 states and Washington D.C. are analyzed and contrasted with Utah's data. Special focus is placed on the indicators that are not dictated by the federal government but those which are chosen by the state that promote a more holistic measure of accountability. The results from this study show that while a more holistic approach to school grading across the states has resulted from ESSA implementation, Utah's ESSA plan and school grading system, along with the other 49 states and Washington D.C., do not currently reflect an adequate holistic measure of school accountability. State Legislators and State School Board Members will find this study to be enlightening as they create more holistic school grading systems.
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Dvořák, Jan. "Inerciální navigační jednotka." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-263604.
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This thesis is focused on the design and realisation of inertial navigation unit INS. The unit is capable to measure, store and send data to a PC in real-time for a later offline processing. The first part of the thesis introduces the reader with the basic principles of accelerometers, gyroscopes and MEMS sensors. An introduction to coordinate systems and measuring errors is also included. The second and third part of the thesis deals with the analysis of the solution and the implementation of the INS unit. The fourth part of the document is dedicated to the software for the INS unit. This thesis concludes with explanation how the gathered data are processed.
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McMahon, Neal Patrick. "The impact on the purchase card program of increasing the Micro-Purchase Threshold and Simplified Acquisition Threshold within the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA305975.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1995.Thesis advisor(s): Sandra M. Desbrow, William R. Gates. "December 1995." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Khoory, Haifa. "The feasibility of transferring cells from archived buccal swabs to FTA card for long term and simple storage of forensic samples." University of Western Australia. Centre for Forensic Science, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0088.
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[Truncated abstract] The collection of buccal cells is common practise in the epidemiological and forensic science. Unlike venipuncture collection of blood; it is a safer, non-invasive method for collection of biological material. The methods by which these cells are collected from the inner cheek of an individual and stored are the key elements in preserving DNA. Typically, forensic samples require long term storage. Samples are commonly collected on cotton swabs and stored moist at low to ultra-low temperatures (less than -20oC). Although this is the method of choice in most forensic facilities, there are drawbacks. The samples are inherently contaminated with microflora within the oral cavity and the moisture allows a plethora of microorganisms to grow. As the time frame that has elapsed from collection to storage increases, there is an exponential increase in bacterial cells. Storage of containers containing swabs coated with cells at temperatures below 20oC is also costly due to requirements for large freezers which are running and monitored over 24 hours. In the pass 10 to 15 years, researchers have focussed on alternative ways to store buccal cells. The FTA card system by Whatman is one such development. The FTA card is unique in that it provides a means for the collection of buccal cells for storage at room temperature. DNA profiling from samples stored in this way for 11 years has been successfully achieved. The filter paper matrix of the FTA card binds and subsequently lyses cells. ... (2) The second component of this thesis describes a study which subjected cells on buccal swabs to various conditions of increased temperature over periods of time to establish if DNA could be amplified. The aim was to mimic exposure to the vigours of field conditions, particularly in the extreme local environments that prevail in the United Arab Emirates. a. Initially, buccal cells stored at -20oC over 360 days were used to mimic standard archiving procedures. The cells were subsequently transferred to FTA cards, amplified and profiled by using ABI AmpFLSTR Identifiler PCR Amplification Kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). Complete STR profiles were successfully recovered from the archived swabs. In most cases 100% of alleles were recovered, suggesting that it is feasible to transfer DNA from properly archived buccal swabs to FTA cards. b. The second phase involved the storage of fresh swabs that had been artificially aged by using incubation temperatures ranging from 40oC to 100oC. Partial profiles resulted from artificially aged samples, indicating that the prevailing conditions prior to low temperature storage of the swabs plays an important role in ensuring cellular integrity and thus, DNA quality. Results from this study suggest that it is possible for biological samples stored under correct conditions to be transferred from swabs to FTA card. In combination, the two chapters presented in this study show that it is feasible to transfer achieved forensic biology samples from swabs to the FTA card system. However, it is necessary to ensure that the samples are treated in the correct manner so as to minimise contamination from external sources and to maintain the correct environmental state to maintain intact cells and usable DNA.
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Hrda, Tomáš. "Design rentgenového zařízení." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227965.
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The subject of this diploma thesis is design of X-ray apparatus for medical intention – an angiographic set which consists of a C-Arm and an angiographic table. The elaboration deals particularly with an attractive organic design, that is aimed to have a positive psychological effect, and with an innovation in construction of apparatus in order to be as various-purpose as possible, to conform to the most exacting requirements and procedures, and to advance diagnostic possibilities in the given category. In the thesis diagnostic procedures, which along with technical and ergonomical factors influence the shape and also the total set conception, are considered. This thesis does not contain a separate display system which is not a part of project.
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Rosset, Nicole. "Des Conditions de travail aux conditions du travail le cas des lignes de montage dans l'industrie des cars et bus /." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37600777w.
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Anisimov, Mikhail. "Implementace real-time operačního systému uC/OS-II na platformě ARM Cortex-M4." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-255403.
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This Master's project deals with implementation of uC/OS-II real-time operating system on FITkit 3 platform, its testing and proving its functionality with simple examples. Describes an example of uC/OS-II application for displaying images on a E-ink display and application of ECCA method for increasing fault tolerance of the system.
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Shelton, Bryan. "An evaluation of two performance pay systems on the productivity of employees in a certified public accounting firm." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4930/.
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This study examined the effects of switching from an incentive pay system solely based on productivity to a scorecard-based incentive pay system. Performance of staff and senior accountants was analyzed across three departments for a two-year baseline and a three-year intervention period. Results showed that percent of charge hour goal remained high during the study. Once the scorecard-based incentive system was implemented, performance on the other line items increased or remained at or above goal levels. Incentive payouts were generally higher under the second incentive plan than under the first for top performers. Possible explanations for data trends, weaknesses of the measures within the scorecard, measure/line item alternatives and implications for future research are also discussed.
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Vaško, Jiří. "Řídicí systém tvářecího stroje." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-219692.
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This master thesis deals with the implementation of the control system for the forming machine used in producing of confectionery forms. The introductory part describes the forming machine from the point of important control elements. The second part is associated with the hardware design of the control automat and description of main functional units on the control PCB, as well as on other PCBs. The following text presents the communication protocol between the control automat and PC and after that there is a description of the CPU firmware. The final section brings the characteristics of the PC application for a connection with the automat.
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Siddique, Sharif Rayhan. "Development of policies to ameliorate the environmental impact of cars in Perth City, using the results of a stated preference survey and air pollution modelling." University of Western Australia. Faculty of Business, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0165.
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[Truncated abstract] Air pollution is increasingly perceived to be a serious intangible threat to humanity, with air quality continuing to deteriorate in most urban areas. The main sources of inner city pollution are motor vehicles, which generate emissions from the tail pipe as well as by evaporation. These contain toxic gaseous components which have adverse health effects. The major components are carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO), sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulates (PM10), and volatile organic compounds (VOC). CO and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are major emissions from cars. This study focuses on pollutant concentration in Perth city and has sought to develop measures to improve air quality. To estimate concentrations, the study develops air pollution models for CO and NOx; on the basis of the model estimates, effective policy is devised to improve the air quality by managing travel to the city. Two peaks, due to traffic, are observed in hourly CO and NOx concentrations. Unlike traffic, however, the morning peak does not reach the level of the afternoon peak. The reasons for this divergence are assessed and quantified. Separate causal models of hourly concentrations of CO and NOx explain their fluctuations accurately. They take account of the complex effects of the urban street canyon and winds in the city. The angle of incidence of the wind has significant impact on pollution level; a wind flow from the south-west increases pollution and wind from the north-east decreases it. The models have been shown to be equivalent to engineering and scientific models in estimating emission rate in the context of street canyons. However the study models are much more precise in the Perth context. ... The models are used to calculate the marginal effects for all attributes and elasticity for fuel price. In almost all attributes the non-work group is more responsive than the work group. Finally, the SP model results are integrated into an econometric model for the purpose of prediction. The travel behaviour prediction is used to estimate the policy impact on air quality. The benefit from the air quality improvement is reported in terms of life saved. The estimated relationships between probability of death and air pollution determines the number of lives that could be saved under various policy scenarios. A ratio of benefits to the financial and perceived sacrifices by drivers is calculated to compare the effectiveness of the suggested policies. A car size charge policy was found to be the most cost effective measure to ameliorate the environmental impact of cars in Perth, with a morning peak entry time charge being almost as cost effective. The study demonstrates the need for appropriate modelling of air pollution and travel behaviour. It brings together analytical methods at three levels of causality, vehicle to air pollution, charge to travel response, and air pollution to health.