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YUEN, Kelly Grani. "Client importance and audit quality in highly connected jurisdictions." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2016. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/acct_etd/22.
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The study focuses on the audit quality issue in three culturally and commercially highly connected jurisdictions with very different legal systems which affect auditors. Hong Kong practices common law, Taiwan practices civil law, and the People’s Republic of China (Mainland China) practices a socialist legal system. Taiwan adopts a civil law system with heavy influence by common law countries. It is therefore motivating to assess how auditors in each of the three connected jurisdictions with distinctive legal environments handle the audit quality for important clients. Accounting scandals and auditing frauds are perceived to be driven by aggressive companies and misrepresentation of audit reports. However, a locale’s legal system and law enforcements should affect the services auditors provide to their clients, particularly ‘important’ clients. I find that in all three jurisdictions, the more important the client to its auditor, the lower the audit quality as measured by restatement of financial statements. However, I find mixed results when using other measures of audit quality.
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Kerler, William A. III. "The Effects of Auditors' Trust in Client Management on Auditors' Judgments." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28154.
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This dissertation presents the results of three research studies investigating the role trust plays in an auditor's decisions. The first study examines whether auditors develop trust in a client's management after working with the client during prior audit engagements. The results indicate that auditors have higher trust in the client's management after a positive, overall satisfying experience working with the client compared to a negative, overall unsatisfying experience. The first study also investigates whether auditors" trust in a client affects their audit decisions. The results show a negative relationship between auditors" trust and their fraud risk assessment. Specifically, lower levels of trust are associated with higher levels of risk, and vice versa. Together, the results suggest that auditors may indeed develop trust in a client's management and this trust may affect their audit decisions.
The second study examines whether Certified Public Accountants’ (CPAs) level of moral reasoning affects their decision to trust a client's management and the extent to which to trust them. The results show that CPAs with relatively higher levels of moral reasoning have less trust in the client's management than CPAs with relatively lower levels of moral reasoning. The findings indicate that an auditor's decision to trust a client's management is, at least in part, an ethical judgment. Also, because the decision is an ethical one, the findings suggest that trust beyond some threshold would be considered unethical.
The third study extends the results of the first study by simultaneously examining how an auditor's trust and the financial importance of the client affect the auditor's decision to accept the client's preferred method of recognizing revenue. The results indicate that auditors" trust in the client's management is positively related to their commitment to the goal of supporting the client's preferred reporting methods (goal commitment), which in turn is positively related to the auditors" assessments of the acceptability of the client's methods for reporting purposes. The importance of the client did not affect auditors" goal commitment or their acceptability assessments. The findings suggest that auditors with higher levels of trust may be more likely to accept the client's preferred method of financial reporting.
Overall, these results add to our knowledge of audit judgment and decision-making by providing evidence that auditors do indeed develop trust in a client's management; that the decision and extent to trust the client is in part an ethical judgment; and that auditors" trust may affect their audit decisions. This dissertation highlights the important role that an auditor's trust plays in his or her audit decisions.Ph. D.
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Spankie, Heather. "The importance of practitioner and client accounts of context in mental health." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2016. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/81447/.
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With no accepted definition, conceptualisations of ‘context’ can range from considering relationships or material circumstances to the impact of wider socio-political factors and an individual’s place in society. Substantial evidence of the potential harms of contextual difficulties across all of these levels exists, whether difficulties in relationships, the impact of living in poverty or belonging to a group which society stigmatises. This thesis aimed to explore personal accounts of the importance of context, including individual experiences with contextual difficulties and the experiences of professionals hoping to understand and intervene with such difficulties. The example of stigma towards people who inject heroin is the subject of the literature review, aiming to synthesise qualitative research of individuals’ accounts of stigma experiences. This meta-ethnography produced four themes: 1) The impact of stigma: Outcast, escape and concealment; 2) I’m an addict – not a junkie: Inter-group stigma; 3) Multiple identities: Layering stigma or positive alternatives? and 4) Perpetuating stigma: From institutions to internalisation. These findings contribute a richer understanding of the complex, individual experiences of stigma and provide an example of how contextual influences can range from stigma experienced from family to the importance of institutional and societal level stigma. In acknowledgement of the impact of contextual difficulties on mental health, the research paper explored how context is understood and addressed in clinical practice by psychologists. A thematic analysis of interviews with eight clinical psychologists produced four themes: 1: The need to justify working with context; 2: The need to work with context beyond the therapy room; 3: “My context is their context”: Influences on the ability to work with context; and 4: Sources of validation for working with context. The findings revealed a desire to work with context and examples of successes but also the potential for significant barriers. Finally, the critical appraisal discusses implications of the dominance of the medical model as a barrier to both research and practice involving context, suggestions for clinical psychology training and a reflective account of completing the thesis.
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Murray, Christine E. "Empirical investigation of the relative importance of client characteristics and topics in premarital counseling." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004601.
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Posey, Orlando Guy. "Client/Server Systems Performance Evaluation Measures Use and Importance: a Multi-Site Case Study of Traditional Performance Measures Applied to the Client/Server Environment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277882/.
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This study examines the role of traditional computing performance measures when used in a client/server system (C/SS) environment. It also evaluates the effectiveness of traditional computing measures of mainframe systems for use in C/SS. The underlying problem was the lack of knowledge about how performance measures are aligned with key business goals and strategies. This research study has identified and evaluated client/server performance measurements' importance in establishing an effective performance evaluation system. More specifically, this research enables an organization to do the following: (1) compare the relative states of development or importance of performance measures, (2) identify performance measures with the highest priority for future development, (3) contrast the views of different organizations regarding the current or desired states of development or relative importance of these performance measures.
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Lee, Hyejung. "Business group affiliation and audit pricing: Evidence from South Korea." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209833/1/Hyejung_Lee_Thesis.pdf.
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This study examines whether and to what extent risk-associated firms that are affiliated with a business group affect audit pricing decisions. The results indicate that auditors spend more audit hours and charge higher audit fees for group-affiliated firms than for other firms. Furthermore, when a group-affiliated client is economically important to auditors’ total revenue, higher audit fees are mainly explained by the increased audit effort. This suggests that the extent of the risk premium attached to group-affiliated firms may be limited by client firms’ bargaining power, especially in a competitive audit market such as Korea.
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Ananthanarayanan, Umapathy. "The association between auditors' fees and earnings management in New Zealand." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/460.
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This study provides evidence between auditors' fees and earnings management in New Zealand. The fee measures used in this study are audit fees, non-audit fees and total fees paid by a client to the audit firm. For each of the three fee measures, I derive client importance fee measures that reflect a client’s economic importance to the auditor relative to other clients of the auditor at the city office and national levels. This study employs both performance adjusted discretionary accruals and current accruals as proxies for earnings management. Using a sample of 224 firm-years comprising firms listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) in fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the results of multivariate tests indicate an adverse association between non-audit fees and earnings management. In other words, non-audit fees paid by a client relative to fees paid by other clients, at the office and national levels, appear to impair the auditor’s independence because clients generating relatively more non-audit fees report greater discretionary and current accruals. Such evidence is more pronounced for income increasing accrual proxies for earnings management. The results also show that audit fee is not related to earnings management. As the results in this study are consistent across both discretionary and current accruals, the validity of the results is strengthened. This study contributes to the literature by providing insight into how auditors’ fee metrics indicating client importance affect earnings management in a legal and institutional environment of a small economy, and where the audit market is largely saturated with little room for growth. This study raises implications for relevant regulatory bodies in New Zealand pertaining to future developments of auditor independence and financial reporting regulations.
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Rodgers, Emma R. "An exploration of body confidence and recovery in relation to the client with an eating disorder : meaning and importance for therapeutic alliance." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29981/.
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Purpose and Background This mixed methods study explored the importance of therapist body-confidence and gender upon the Eating Disordered client and recovery. Examination of previous literature highlighted a lack of research exploring negative treatment experiences from the perspective of individuals who have an Eating Disorder. With reference to socio-cultural theoretical models, initial findings in the literature indicate that aspects of therapist appearance may be an important factor in treatment experience. The potential sensitivity of exploring therapist appearance is considered as one reason that this topic remains largely unexplored in the literature. Method 143 males and females with self-reported current or historical experience of an Eating Disorder completed an anonymous, online survey which was designed by the authors for the purpose of the study. Questions exploring body-confidence and recovery were analysed using Thematic Analysis incorporating Saliency Analysis. Questions pertaining to therapist gender and body-confidence were analysed using statistical tests. Rationale is provided for the epistemological stance, methodological approach and design of the current study. Results Thematic Analysis revealed three overarching themes about body-confidence and three overarching themes about recovery. The body-confidence themes suggested that individuals who have an ED progress along a continuum of beliefs about body-confidence, initially believing that it is linked to body-size, before acknowledging that their Eating Disorder is unrelated to body-confidence and finally realising that body-confidence is possible regardless of size. The recovery themes indicated that individuals who have an ED go through a cycle where they feel restricted, begin to reconcile self and culture and achieve resilience on the path to recovery. Statistical analysis revealed that participants rated therapist body-confidence as highly important and showed a strong preference for a gender-same therapist. There was also some indication that participants judged the body-confidence of male and female therapists differently, although the effect size of this finding was small. The results are discussed within the context of previous literature and in keeping with the epistemological position of the current study. Conclusions These findings offer further support for the continued investigation of therapist appearance, in particular body-confidence and gender, and how it might impact upon the therapeutic experience of Eating Disordered clients. Further contribution is the addition of the perspective of individuals who have an Eating Disorder to the literature about recovery from an Eating Disorder. There are important implications for services, how they are organised and how therapists are trained to work with this population. Future research should further explore the ways in which aspects of therapist appearance impact upon therapeutic experience for Eating Disorder clients and whether there are mediating factors. Finally, the principle researcher’s critical reflection about theoretical, scientific and ethical aspects of the research process is provided.
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Ekström, Simon, and Tim Ainemo. "Does audit independence have an impact on issued sanctions? : A quantitative study of listed companies in the Swedish setting." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43825.
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This study investigated the relationship between audit independence and audit quality, which is measured by sanctions issued by Nasdaq Stockholm Exchange. Sanctions as a tool to measure audit quality is uncommon, this study is one of the first studies using this approach in Europe. The investigation was based on a sample size of 49 company-years, and a total of 16 unique companies that are or were listed on either Nasdaq Stockholm or Nasdaq First North between the years of 2008-2018. The study used a logistic regression model to investigate the relationship between the dependent and independent variables since the dependent variable was classified as a binary variable. Three different proxy variables were used to measure audit independence, Audit Tenure, Client Importance and Non-Audit Services. The study found indications about a negative relationship with each proxy variable, however the findings were not strong enough to be statistically significant, which led to the conclusion that this study did not find any association between sanctions and the chosen variables.
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Lawlor, David. "Evaluating Tavistock Consultancy: an outcome study that demonstrates the significance of introjective identification in the consultant/client relationship, its link to projective identification and the importance of containment." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487086.
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This thesis examines one particular model oforganisational consultancy. The model is that based on theories developed over the last fifty years and 'known as Tavistock consultancy. Whilst there are many case studies available on the Tavistock model there are no know evaluations using an outcome model of evaluation. The Tavistock model has exercised considerable influence both on organisational consultants and management theorists. This thesis demonstrates the findings of an evaluation model that attempts to show the conditions of the organisation before the consultancy and post the intervention. The thesis seeks to explore and understand the application of the Tavistock model of consultancy in a social services department using qualitative methods and quantitative. It investigates a long-term project with a social services department carried out by the Tavistock Clinic. The study explored the following: 1. The impact ofthe intervention in the organisation: 2. The nature of 'process' in Psychoanalytic - Social Systems Organisational Consultancy. 3. The crucial process issues to evaluate In the consultant _ consultee relationship. 4. The consultant - consultee relationship and how this can lead to an outcome that enhances the capacity of the organisation to recognise a dysfunctional state and attempt to instigate changes. The research reveals both quantitative changes in the teams receiving consultancy and at the same time demonstrates the importance of introjective identification as an under theorised concept within the Tavistock model and its importance in understanding client/consultant dynamics. The research highlights the importance for consultants to both understand the dynamics of boundary crossing, and entry into the organisational system. The research confirms the need to actively work with these dynamics.
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Sardão, Carolina de Pinho Soares. "Turnover intention em auditores." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21006.
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Mestrado em Contabilidade, Fiscalidade e Finanças EmpresariaisA intenção de saída (ou Turnover Intention - TI) é um fenómeno de grande relevância na gestão de recursos humanos, em particular, sentido nas firmas de auditoria que são marcadas pela existência de um elevado nível de rotação do seu staff. Desta forma, a identificação dos fatores indutores do TI torna-se um elemento fulcral no desenvolvimento de políticas ao nível do capital humano dessas empresas. O presente estudo analisa o efeito de cinco fatores (stress, suporte organizacional percecionado, sistema de incentivos, performance no trabalho e importância do cliente auditado) na TI dos colaboradores das firmas de auditoria portuguesas. Neste trabalho utilizámos o método PLS-SEM a uma amostra constituída por 83 individuos, cujos dados foram recolhidos através de um inquérito por questionário. Os resultados mostram que existe um efeito positivo do suporte organizacional na satisfação no trabalho e negativo da performance e satisfação no trabalho na TI. No entanto, os resultados sugerem uma relação negativa entre o stress e a satisfação no trabalho. Verificámos que o mesmo acontece dada a natureza jovem e pouco experiente da amostra, pelo que tarefas que induzem stress não são drivers de intenção de saída, mas sim oportunidades desafiantes e de crescimento para o jovem auditor. Concluímos também que não existem relações significativas entre a importância do cliente e satisfação no trabalho e TI.
Turnover intention (TI) is a phenomenon of great relevance in the management of human resources. Audit firms are marked by the existence of a high level of rotation of their staff. Thus, the identification of the factors that induce TI becomes a central element in the development of policies regarding the human capital of these companies. The present study analyzes the effect of five factors (stress, perceived organizational support, incentive system, job performance and client importance) on TI of employees of Portuguese audit firms. In this dissertation, we used the PLS-SEM method to a sample consisting of 83 individuals, whose data were collected through a questionnaire survey. The results show that there is a positive effect of organizational support on job satisfaction and a negative effect of performance and job satisfaction on TI. However, the results suggest a negative relationship between stress and job satisfaction. We found that the this happens due to the young and inexperienced nature of the sample. Therefore, tasks that induce stress are not drivers of intention to leave but challenging and growth opportunities for the young auditor. We also concluded that there are no significant relationships between client importance on job satisfaction and TI.
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Karytopoulou, Areti. "The importance of religion to psychiatric patients : do religious clients relapse more or less often than non-religious clients?" Thesis, Heythrop College (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409271.
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Särndahl, Anna, and Ida Lundqvist. "Revisorns oberoende : Problematiken kring revisorns personliga engagemang." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-11525.
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Denna uppsats undersöker problematiken kring revisorernas personliga engagemang och mänskliga beteenden. Revisorer och klienter har båda incitament vilka används för att nå en viss önskad situation. Oavsett vad incitamenten används för är syftet att subjektivt tillfredsställa ett visst intresse. Uppsatsen är baserad på tidigare publicerade vetenskapliga artiklar och är en vidare forskning baserad på Tepalagul och Lins studie från år 2015, vilken innefattar en undersökning av fyra hot. Denna studie kommer medföra en fördjupad undersökning kring dessa fyra oberoendehot som anses kan komma att påverka revisorns oberoende ställning. Hoten är: klientens betydelse, erbjudandet av andra tjänster utöver revisionstjänster, mandatperioden och anknytning mellan revisor och klient. Syftet med uppsatsen är att finna klarhet i om dessa hot i praktiken faktiskt kan hota revisorernas oberoende gentemot klienten, samt om dessa hot kan motverkas och i så fall på vilket sätt åtgärder kan framstå. I studien kommer en koppling göras till psykologiska påverkningar av mänskliga beteenden. Här lyfts kognitiv dissonans fram för att förklara etiska dilemman som revisorn ställs inför i sitt yrke. Studiens syfte är även att finna en klarhet i hur kognitiv dissonans kan ge en utökad förklaring kring problematiken angående revisorernas oberoende. Beroende på hur revisorn ställer sig i situationer av olika oberoendehot med medföljande påtryckningar från klienter och omgivning kan revisionskvalitén skifta. Uppsatsen kommer att genomföras utefter den hermeneutiska traditionen och i form av en kvalitativ ansats med besöksintervjuer som datainsamlingsmetod. Utifrån respondenternas åsikter kan vi dra slutsatsen att dessa hot existerar inom revisionsyrket, men att mycket beror på revisorn som person och dennes integritet och motståndskraft. Resultaten bekräftar även att människor normalt sett vet att deras bedömningar bör vara objektiva, men att de omedvetet kan göra felaktiga bedömningar då de blandar ihop vad som är personligt fördelaktig med vad som är rättvist eller moraliskt. För var och ett av dessa hot diskuterar vi erhållna resultat från empirin och tidigare forskning. Detta med avseende på klientens och revisors olika incitament, hot, kognitiva processer, samt revisionskvalité. Studien mynnar ut i idéer kring fortsatt forskning. Vi lyfter här fram vikten av att bland annat utföra en liknande forskning med kvinnliga auktoriserade revisorer som respondenter.This essay examines the problems concerning auditors personal engagement and human be- haviours. Auditors and clients have different incentives, which are used to reach a certain preferred situation. Regardless of what the incentives are used for, the aim is to subjectively satisfy a certain interest. The essay is based on previously published scientific articles and is a further research based on Tepalagul and Lins study from year 2015. This essay includes a survey of four threats concerning auditor’s independence. The study will present a detailed investigation of these four threats that may have an affect on the auditor's independence. The threats are: the clients importance, the offering of non-audit services, auditor tenure and the client affiliation. The purpose of this essay is to find clarity if whether or not these threats in practice may actually threaten the auditor's independence towards the client, and if these threats can be prevented and if so, in what way measures may appear. The study will be making associations to psychological factors influencing human behaviours. The concept cognitive dissonance is used in this study to explain the ethical dilemmas that auditors face in their profession. The study's purpose is also to find a clarity of how cognitive dissonance can give an extended explanation about the problems concerning auditor’s independence. Depending on how the auditor stands in situations of various threats to the independence with accompanying pressures from their clients and the environment, the audit quality may shift. The essay will be performed in line with the hermeneuthic tradition in the form of a qualitative approach with interviews as data collection methods. Based on respondents’ opinions, we can conclude that these threats exist within the audit profession, but much depends on the auditor as a person and his or her integrity and resilience. The results also confirm that humans usually know that their assessments should be objective, but they unknowingly make incorrect judgments when they mix up what is personally beneficial with what is fair or moral. For each and everyone of these threats we discuss the empirically given results and previous research. This with regard to the clients and the auditors different incentives, threats, cognitive processes, and audit quality. The study empties into the ideas about further research. We emphasize the importance of among other things carrying out a similar research with female certified auditors as respondents.
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Viklund, Erika. "Therapy talk and talk about therapy : Client-identified important events in psychotherapy." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Psykologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-111919.
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Capturing and studying the moments in psychotherapy that clients find most important can help us understand more about how psychotherapy works, what the curative ingredients are, and by what processes they are mediated. Qualitative research in this area has, so far, mainly focused on describing, and categorizing clients’ experiences of important factors and events. The methods employed to analyse the data have been rather limited in variation and are usually based on a realist epistemology, according to which data are basically treated as reflections of the clients’ actual experiences. This entails a risk of overlooking and obscuring other aspects of therapy and the therapy process that are equally important to explore, for example the microprocesses of interaction within important events, or how clients’ accounts of their experiences are shaped and limited by the context in which they are produced. The overall aim of this licentiate thesis was to explore client-identified important events in psychotherapy with a focus on studying therapy talk and talk about therapy from a social constructionist point of view, which would allow a closer exploration of the understudied areas mentioned above. In Study I, Conversation Analysis was used to explore the interaction taking place between seven client-therapist dyads in 16 client-identified important events collected from their third sessions. The analysis identified that 12 of the events contained clients’ expressions of disagreement. Three different ways that the therapists handled the disagreement were discerned: The first, and most common, way was to orient to the client’s cues of disagreement by inviting the client to elaborate on his or her point of view and to establish a shared understanding acceptable to both participants. The second way was to orient to the client’s disagreement cues but define the therapist’s own point view as more relevant than the client’s, and the third way was a single case in which the therapist did not in any way orient to the client’s disagreement cues. In Study II, two qualitative methods based on different epistemologies were used to analyse the same set of eight clients’ accounts of 18 important events. The aim was to first identify what types of events clients describe as important, and then explore how their accounts of these events were contextually shaped and organized, and the consequences of this. The first analysis, a content analysis, yielded descriptions of five different types of events, which were similar to the ones found in previous research on important events. The second analysis, a discourse analysis, demonstrated how clients’ accounts were not only influenced by the participants’ ability to accurately remember and report their experience, but also by what was sayable within the context of the research interview. In conclusion, the two studies demonstrate how qualitative methods based on a socialconstructive perspective can contribute to our understanding of clientidentified important events by highlighting and describing participants’ use of language in interaction, and its forms and functions within therapy sessions and in research interviews. The findings point out the need to broaden the range of qualitative methods used in psychotherapy research in general and indicate the potential value of methods like CA and DA to psychotherapy process research and research on important events in particular.
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Ribeiro, Antonio Carlos. "Análise de valor percebido pelo cliente: quais são os atributos que os clientes consideram importantes ao adquirirem um produto de diagnóstico por imagem ?" reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/5662.
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Llerena, Robles José Carlos. "Y la pregunta del millón : ¿quién es el cliente? : acerca de la importancia de la identificación del cliente." IUS ET VERITAS, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/123212.
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Osborne, Seth. "What do psychotherapists say about the importance, if any, of theory in their work with clients?" Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2016. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/what-do-psychotherapists-say-about-the-importance-if-any-of-theory-in-their-work-with-clients(4d3814be-a890-437f-9363-2c5563b99e90).html.
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This thesis describes a narrative analysis which explored what psychotherapists say about the importance, if any, of theory in their work with clients. This research question was chosen due to both being important to the researcher’s development as a psychotherapist, and also because of how it related to fundamental and important questions of what psychotherapy is, and how it is best understood. A review of relevant literature revealed how psychotherapy could be understood as being theory-driven, yet also encompassing arguably less-theorised features, with the philosophy of Wittgenstein recognised for having relevance to this debate. Literature pertaining to the question of when theory may become more important to psychotherapists was also reviewed, with theory-driven modes of activity by psychotherapists found to sometimes be due to their own anxiety. After consideration of various methodological issues, in terms of researching what psychotherapists say, and the difficulty of researching theory through using a method containing theoretical principles itself, narrative analysis was eventually chosen as an appropriate research method. Six UKCP psychotherapists were interviewed, and their narratives analysed individually, before being summarised as more general findings. Discussion of these findings suggested that whilst theory was generally important to psychotherapists, their relationships to theory were also found to be complex and changeable, with a particular contribution to knowledge of the research being the understanding that psychotherapists may construct and renegotiate their relationships to theory through conversations with others. Possible implications arising from this research were then explored, both in terms of what it might mean for psychotherapeutic practice, and also for future research. The research was then critiqued before being concluded.
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Nevoux, Marie. "Réponse démographique des populations longévives aux changements climatiques : importance de la variabilité spatio-temporelle et de l'hétérogénéité individuelle." Phd thesis, Université de La Rochelle, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00245570.
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L'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier l'impact de la variabilité environnementale sur des populations longévives, et d'estimer le rôle de la variabilité spatio-temporelle ainsi que de l'hétérogénéité individuelle dans la réponse de ces populations aux variations de leur environnement. Cette étude s'articule autour de l'analyse démographique de trois populations longévives et migratrices : une population de Cigognes blanches (Ciconia ciconia) et deux populations d'Albatros à sourcils noirs (Thalassarche melanophris). Les fluctuations des conditions climatiques sont utilisées comme des indices de la variabilité environnementale subie par les populations. L'analyse commune de ces populations vivant dans des environnements différents a permis de dégager des patrons généraux capables d'expliquer l'impact de la variabilité environnementale sur ces populations longévives. La réponse des populations aux fluctuations des indices climatiques semble fortement reliée à la stratégie démographique de ces populations. Cela se traduit par une relation négative entre l'impact du climat et la contribution des différents paramètres démographiques au taux de croissance des populations, à travers notamment une canalisation marquée de la survie adulte. Cependant, si cette relation peut faire croire à une réponse simple et unique de tous les individus à un indice climatique donné, une analyse plus fine met en évidence un système plus complexe de réponses diversement contrastées. En effet, les conditions saisonnières liées à la variabilité spatio-temporelle de l'environnement auxquelles sont soumises ces populations migratrices ont des effets distincts sur la démographie de ces populations. Par ailleurs, les individus ne sont pas tous identiques au sein d'une population. Cette étude souligne l'importance de prendre en compte l'hétérogénéité entre les individus (liée à l'âge et à l'expérience de reproduction) dans la réponse des populations aux fluctuations des conditions climatiques, pour en comprendre la dynamique. Enfin, les prédictions de changements climatiques n'annoncent pas de déclin à court terme des populations étudiées. Cependant, l'intérêt de ce type de prédictions est actuellement limité par la difficulté de projeter la réponse d'une population dans des gammes de conditions nouvelles.
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Anttila, Lars, and Martin Ögren. "A design process from a collaborative point of view : Exploring the importance of collaboration between designers and clients." Thesis, Umeå University, Department of Informatics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-23533.
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This essay studies the design process from a collaborative point of view. A literature study has been carried out with focus on design processes and collaborative design, where important concepts and notions are presented. A practical design process was carried out where the project was to create a station identification for Swedish Channel 9. The process was than retrospectively analyzed and broken down into a time-line describing the whole process from amongst other a collaborative point of view. Collaboration between designers and client is found to be very important for the final design. Constraints are considered important to force creativity and the ability to convey abstract thoughts over long distance channels such as e-mail is found to be important in order to overcome the spatial barrier that exists in many design processes today.
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Gordon, Kim. "Is how it is said important? The association between quality of therapist intervention and client in-session processing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ39196.pdf.
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García, Chávez Kristel, Tsuchiya Silvia Goray, Mercado Patricia Pandolfi, and Ocaña Shirley Tejada. "Marketing experiencial : importancia de lograr el contacto y relacionamiento con el cliente. Caso: Saga Falabella." Master's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/273786.
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La presente tesis consiste en el desarrollo de un plan de actividades, de contacto y relacionamiento con el cliente, en los puntos de venta de Saga Falabella en Lima Metropolitana basado en una novedosa tendencia del marketing, el Marketing Experiencial. Saga Falabella es una de las empresas líderes de nuestro país, que obtiene ventas de millones de dólares anuales; sin embargo, se ve enfrentada día a día a una fuerte competencia, con el problema de no contar con una marcada diferenciación que le permita crear relaciones a lo largo del tiempo con sus clientes. Por lo tanto, es objetivo de la presente tesis, la implementación de un plan de actividades basado en una estrategia de marketing experiencial, que permita a Saga Falabella lograr que el cliente obtenga una experiencia de compra única, para que así origine un vínculo emocional con el cliente. Asimismo, consideramos que este trabajo de investigación será un aporte para la disciplina del marketing, debido a que aplicaremos estrategias de relacionamiento y fidelización que recién se están desarrollando en nuestro país.Tesis
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Schielke, Hugo Josef. "Systemic Alliance and Progress in Individual Therapy: The Influence of Indirect Client System Alliance on Process and Progress in Individual Therapy." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1385655060.
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Fu, Llampasi Meylin, and Rivera Aura Xiomara Francesca García. "Percepción de la importancia de la satisfacción laboral en la intención de rotación del personal en contacto con el cliente en el sector aeronáutico en el año 2018." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626353.
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La presente investigación tiene como objetivo describir la percepción de la importancia de la satisfacción laboral en la intención de rotación del personal en contacto con el cliente en el sector aeronáutico, por lo cual, las variables determinantes en esta investigación serán la satisfacción laboral y la intención de rotación. Para ello, fueron encuestados 401 colaboradores del sector aeronáutico, categorizados por las aerolíneas como personal en contacto con el cliente o PEC. Cabe resaltar, que los encuestados trabajan en las áreas de servicio al pasajero y tripulación.
Para realizar nuestro análisis, utilizamos dos encuestas: la primera, propuesta por Warr, Cook y Wall es la escala general de satisfacción conformada por 15 preguntas enfocadas en la satisfacción laboral, y la segunda propuesta por Jacobs y Roodt es un cuestionario de intención de rotación conformada por 14 preguntas, ambas cuentan con una escala de likert 1 a 7.
Los resultados obtenidos en el análisis, nos indica que para el personal PEC, el turno laboral es la variable más relevante al momento de considerar retirarse de la empresa, siendo la menos relevante el reconocimiento en el trabajo. Sin embargo, el personal que trabaja exclusivamente en servicio al pasajero, considera la variable remuneración más relevante en comparación del personal de tripulación.The objective of the research is to determine the perception of the importance of job satisfaction in the rotation intention of the personnel in contact with the client in the aeronautical sector, for which, the determining variables in this investigation will be job satisfaction and the intention of rotation. For this, 401 employees of the aeronautical sector, known as personnel in contact with the client or PEC, were surveyed. It should be noted that the respondents work in the passenger and crew service areas. To perform our analysis, we use two surveys, the first, proposed by Warr, Cook and Wall is the general satisfaction scale consisting of 15 questions focused on job satisfaction, and the second proposed by Jacobs and Roodt is a questionnaire of intention to rotate Consisting of 14 questions, both have a scale of likert 1 to 7. The results obtained in the analysis indicate that for the PEC personnel, the work shift is the most relevant variable at the moment of considering withdrawing from the company, being the least relevant the recognition in the work. However, the personnel that works exclusively in passenger service, considers the remuneration variable more relevant in comparison to the crew personne.
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Yockteng, Valverde Sandra Patricia. "Importancia del proceso de entrega de unidades." Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC. Escuela de Postgrado, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/273898.
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El presente trabajo aplicativo se enmarca dentro del Sector Automotriz y tiene como finalidad dar a conocer la importancia de la Entrega del Producto, este es un sub proceso dentro del Proceso de Ventas de un vehiculo Muchos pueden pensar que el proceso de ventas culmina con el cierre de la venta, pero en realidad es la Entrega del Producto, la que finaliza el proceso de ventas y a partir del cual el cliente inicia la relación con una nueva área para él, el área de Servicio
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Monahan, Ann Corneille. "Day care for people with dementia--the importance of communicating a safe and uncritical environment to clients and facilitating stimulating activity." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/270.
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Exploratory case studies investigated the day care benefit from the multiple perspectives of the person with dementia, caregiver, and day care worker. The routines, daily processes, and factors promoting benefit were reported. The day care client was also queried to explore their ability to contribute useful information about their care environment. The adult day care is primarily a social occasion for its clients, who enjoy the benefits of companionship and interaction. Day cares were differentiated by the environmental features: worker:client ratio, size, suitability of the site for intended purpose, quality of client-worker relationships, and quality of the activities offered. The quality of each of these features is an important component in the day care environment. All components at their highest quality are not necessary for the environment to be beneficial. The most important factors contributing to day care quality were workers who (1) communicated safety to the client through a relaxed, uncritical environment, and (2) facilitated client stimulation through activity and personal interaction, satisfying the clients’ basic needs to be safe and occupied. This evaluation was comprised of: two sets of case studies. Each evaluation was concurrently conducted and consistently designed. Participant observation and survey were the primary methods of data collection. Informed consent was sought from day care clients with dementia, family caregivers, and day care workers.
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Gascoin, Simon. "Etude des paramétrisations hydrologiques d'un modèle de surface continentale : importance des aquifères et des premiers centimètres du sol." Phd thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00399672.
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Les modèles de surface continentale (Land Surface Models, LSM) ont été développés pour calculer les bilans d'eau et d'énergie à la surface des continents dans les modèles de climat, ou modèles de circulation générale. Depuis le simple « bucket » de Manabe (1969), la représentation des processus hydrologiques dans les LSM n'a cessé d'évoluer, si bien que les LSM de dernière génération sont employés comme des modèles hydrologiques à part entière. Le travail effectué au cours de cette thèse vise à évaluer les paramétrisations hydrologiques d'un LSM de ce type, le Catchment LSM (CLSM), qui utilise l'information topographique pour calculer le ruissellement de surface et le flux souterrain, ainsi que la variabilité sous-maille de l'humidité du sol. Pour cela, nous présentons trois applications de CLSM :– une application au bassin de la Somme (France) qui a permis d'améliorer la prise en compte des écoulements souterrains,
– une application à la moraine du Glacier Zongo (Bolivie) pour analyser la relation entre l'albedo et l'humidité du sol nu,
– une application dans le cadre du projet ALMIP (Afrique de l'Ouest) pour l'intercomparaison régionale de LSM.
La diversité de ces contextes jette un éclairage varié sur les forces et les faiblesses de CLSM, et offre la possibilité de mieux appréhender les interactions complexes qui gouvernent les échanges d'eau et d'énergie à la surface des continents. On montre l'importance de considérer l'intégralité du domaine souterrain, depuis les premiers centimètres du sol jusqu'aux aquifères.
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Samain, Adriane. "Importance du réseau trophique du sol dans la stabilité du fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers méditerranéens soumis au changement climatique." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2020. http://theses.univ-amu.fr.lama.univ-amu.fr/200709_SAMAIN_874d384dot728sctlgd405ox_TH.pdf.
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Ce travail de thèse étudie les interactions entre les organismes du sol (microorganismes, détritivores et prédateurs) dans trois types de forêts du sud de la France (pinède, chênaies pubescentes et vertes) et comment le changement climatique attendu en région méditerranéenne (via une sécheresse amplifiée) pourrait affecter ces relations. Nous avons montré que les communautés d’organismes étaient fortement influencées par la nature biochimique de la litière et le type de forêt. La litière de chêne pubescent semble favoriser l’abondance de toutes les communautés du sol tandis que la forêt de chêne vert semble défavorable pour de nombreux groupes d’organismes. Dans un contexte de changement climatique, la sécheresse amplifiée affecte le réseau trophique du sol avec différentes réponses selon le groupe trophique et le type de forêt. Ces résultats suggèrent que dans une même région méditerranéenne, le changement climatique pourrait affecter différemment les organismes sol avec des conséquences sur les fonctions qu’ils conduisent dans le processus de décomposition des litièresThis thesis focuses on trophic interactions between soil biota (microorganisms, detritivorous and predators) in three forests from South of France (pine forest, downy and holm oak forests) and how climate change expected in the Mediterranean region (via amplified drought) could affect these relationships. We reported that the soil organisms’ communities were strongly influenced by the litter identity of and by the forest type. Downy oak litter favored the abundance of all soil communities while holm oak forest was unfavorable for many groups of organisms. In a climate change context, experimentally amplified drought alters the soil food web with distinct responses according to trophic group and forest type. These results suggest that within the same Mediterranean region, climate change could differently modify the soil biota with consequences on their contribution to the litter decomposition process
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Bayati, Mohsen. "Sequential importance sampling and message-passing algorithms : a new class of efficient methods for large-scale networks /." May be available electronically:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Calcagnotto, Alexandre. "A qualidade dos serviços ao cliente : uma perspectiva sob a ótica do paciente em um ambulatório de atendimento secundário em saúde." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2008. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/367.
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Este trabalho teve por finalidade analisar a importância e a qualidade percebida (desempenho) de determinados atributos, em serviços de atendimento secundário em saúde, sob a ótica de seus pacientes, visando gerar subsídios para aprovação e elaboração do planejamento estratégico e de orçamentos (investimentos) de seus serviços. O estudo foi realizado no Ambulatório Central (Amce) da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), que tem sido um ponto de apoio à população caxiense e da região na prestação de serviços nas áreas da saúde, incluindo medicina, enfermagem, psicologia, fisioterapia, nutrição e serviço social. Foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa com a utilização de questionários distribuídos aos pacientes em três fases do serviço do Amce (fase A - recepção e atendimento clínico, fase B realização do exame e fase C resultado do exame e revisão da consulta). As principais variáveis investigadas incluem: a facilidade de acesso ao Amce, recepção e sala de espera, estrutura física e funcional, atendimento pelo profissional da saúde, confiança na própria recuperação, aceitação de atendimento por profissional da saúde junto com alunos, tempo de espera para ser atendido e propensão para indicar o Amce a outras pessoas. Os dados foram analisados por intermédio de uma matriz importância versus desempenho, sendo que todos os construtos permaneceram no quadrante superior direito (quadrante B), para o qual é sugerido que se mantenha o bom serviço. Foram realizadas análises estatísticas adicionais, as quais mostraram que as principais variáveis em estudo apresentaram diferenças significativas entre suas médias. Com análise dos resultados foi possível detectar que há um espaço para a realização de melhorias nos serviços prestados no desempenho dos serviços ambulatoriais.Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-22T18:03:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Alexandre Calcagnotto.pdf: 655666 bytes, checksum: f4d497bb79461c6e26d6afc396ec2fce (MD5)
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The aim of this work was to measure the importance and the quality of some specific topics (performance) offered by a secondary health care Out-patient Clinic as perceived by the patients. It had the purpose of generating data that can help to develop strategic planning to manage the clinical services. This study was carried out at the Central Out-patient Clinic (Amce) of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS). The Amce has been playing an important role in providing health care (medicine, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, nutrition and social service) to the population of Caxias do Sul and neighborhood areas. To implement this study a quantitative research was performed, giving a questionnaire to a sample of patients of Amce (Phase A reception and clinical assistance, phase B - carrying out of complementary exams and phase C exams results and clinical follow up). The key variables of the study included: accessibility to the Amce, reception and waiting room, building conditions, behavior of the healthcare professional, confidence on the self-recovery, acceptance to be treated by a healthcare professional and students together, quickness to handle pacient´s demands, and readiness to indicate Amce services to other people. The data was analyzed by using a matrix method correlating importance versus performance. Additional statistical analyses were carried out, which indicated significant differences between means of the main research variables. With this study it was possible to verify that the importance and performance had relevant results. Therefore, the Acme may have room to improve the rendering of health care services.
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Ruiz, gonzalez Vania. "Influence de la variabilité climatique sur les communautés zooplanctoniques des zones côtières : importance des suivis à long terme." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0375.
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Les systèmes côtiers, parmi les plus importants écologiquement et économiquement, sont fortement menacés par l’influence combinée du réchauffement climatique et des forçages anthropiques directs. Pendant les deux dernières décennies, des changements concomitants dans l’environnement, le climat régional et les conditions hydro-climatiques à grande échelle ont été détectés. Ces changements affectent les compartiments biologiques, du phytoplancton aux consommateurs supérieurs, altérant la structure et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes. Les modifications de biodiversité peuvent s'opérer sur de longues périodes, ou résulter de l’accumulation des changements subtils pouvant entraîner des perturbations à l’échelle de l’écosystème. Un des défis actuels est l'identification d'une part d'outils numériques permettant de mesurer les changements de biodiversité et d'autre part les facteurs et mécanismes à l’origine de ces modifications. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif général de cette thèse est la caractérisation de l’influence de la variabilité climatique sur les communautés zooplanctoniques des zones côtières en liaison avec les facteurs environnementaux. L’application d'analyses multivariés sur des données issues de suivis environnementaux récurrents pour la période 2001-2014, a permis de caractériser les liens entre le forçage climatique à différentes échelles spatiales, la variabilité environnementale et une modification abrupte dans la communauté zooplanctonique du Bassin d’Arcachon au milieu des années 2000. Une approche comparative à l’échelle régionale à cette même échelle temporelle, associant variabilité des indices de biodiversité et analyses multivariées, a permis d’identifier des changements simultanés mais non convergents de la diversité zooplanctonique du Bassin d’Arcachon et de l’Estuaire de la Gironde au milieu des années 2000. L'approche prospective réalisée sur le littoral mexicain (Sud du Golfe de Californie) a amené à caractériser le contexte climatique, l’environnement pélagique et la communauté zooplanctonique pendant une période marquée par un événement ENSO intense. Les éléments de connaissance qui en sont issus permettront d'établir les bases du développement d’un suivi environnemental récurent en milieu littoral, dans cette zone prioritaire en termes de biodiversitéCoastal ecosystems, among the most ecologically and economically important ecosystems are highly threatened by the combined influence of global warming and direct anthropogenic forcing. Over the last two decades, concomitant changes in local environment, regional climate, and large-scale hydro-climatic conditions have been observed worldwide. Such changes strongly affect biological compartments, from phytoplankton to top predators, altering the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Changes in biodiversity may occur over long periods resulting from abrupt changes or accumulation of subtle modifications altering in both cases the functioning of ecosystems. One of the current challenge is to find robust diversity metrics in order to characterise changes in biodiversity in relation with local and global drivers. In this context, the general objective of the thesis was the characterisation of the influence of climatic variability on zooplankton communities in coastal zones at a decadal temporal scale. At the local scale, multivariate analyses performed on data from an environmental monitoring (2001-2014) allowed us to characterise de relationships between climatic drivers, environmental variability et an abrupt modification in zooplankton diversity in Arcachon Bay in the mid-2000’s. A comparative approach at the regional scale at the same temporal scale, associating the variability of biodiversity index and multivariate analysis, allowed to identify synchronous changes in zooplankton communities of Arcachon Bay and the Gironde Estuary in the mid-2000’s. The approach concerning the mexican littoral areas (in the south of the Gulf of California) allowed us to characterise climate, pelagic environment and zooplankton diversity variabilities during an extreme ENSO event. The results allowed us to define the basis of a future long term survey in this area of interest in terms of biodiversity
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Besson, Marc. "Importance of metamorphosis in coral-reef fish larval recruitment facing anthropogenic pressures." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PSLEP024/document.
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Le maintien et le renouvellement des populations de poissons coralliens dépendent en grande partie du recrutement larvaire, c’est-à-dire de l’installation des larves pélagiques dans les habitats récifaux adultes, et de leur survie après s’être métamorphosées en juvéniles. De plus en plus d’études révèlent que les changements de composition de l’eau, causés par le changement climatique et la pollution, peuvent altérer les capacités sensorielles des poissons coralliens, diminuant leurs aptitudes à localiser des habitats propices (maximisant leur croissance et diminuant leur mortalité) lors de l’installation. Cependant, les mécanismes internes à l’origine de ces phénomènes sont méconnus. Lors de cette thèse, j’ai examiné le recrutement larvaire du poisson chirurgien bagnard Acanthurus triostegus et mis en évidence que les changements écologiques, morphologiques, physiologiques et comportementaux qui s’y déroulent correspondent à une métamorphose contrôlée par les hormones thyroïdiennes (HT). J’ai ensuite analysé comment des stress d’origine anthropique, tels que l’élévation des températures de surface et la pollution par un pesticide d’origine agricole, peuvent perturber sa métamorphose. Lors de cette étape clé de leur cycle de vie, ces perturbations diminuent les taux d’HT, altérant la maturation de leurs organes sensoriels, leurs capacités sensorielles, et augmentant leur mortalité. Cette thèse est donc une analyse holistique de l’impact des perturbations anthropiques sur les processus moléculaires, et les changements histologiques, anatomiques et comportementaux du recrutement larvaire des poissons coralliens. Elle souligne l’importance du système thyroïdien, et invite à une meilleure compréhension des processus endocriniens du recrutement larvaire, dans l’optique d’une amélioration de la conservation des récifs coralliensThe persistence and sustainability of coral-reef fish populations depends on the continued larval recruitment, i.e. successful settlement by pelagic larvae into adult reef habitats and post-settlement survival through metamorphosis to a juvenile stage. There is growing evidence that changes to water conditions due to global change and waterborne pollution can impair coral-reef fish sensory abilities to locate settlement habitats that maximize growth while minimizing mortality risk. However, the inner mechanisms of such impairments remain unknown. In this thesis, I have examined the recruitment phase of the convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus, and determined that the ecological, morphological, physiological and behavioral changes occurring at recruitment correspond to a metamorphosis mediated by thyroid hormones (TH). Then, I investigated whether this metamorphosis is prone to endocrine disruption under anthropogenic disturbances such as elevated sea water temperature and agricultural pesticide pollution. I demonstrated that such pressures can reduce TH levels at a critical developmental stage in coral-reef fishes, impairing their metamorphic processes such as intestine remodeling, sensory organ maturation, and sensory abilities acquisition, further increasing their mortality rates. Overall, this thesis is a holistic analysis that addresses molecular, histological, anatomical, and behavioral assays of multiple stressors affecting coral-reef fish recruitment. It indicates the importance of a proper endocrine function during coral-reef fish recruitment, highlighting the need for a better understanding of these processes for coral-reef conservation
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Monteny, Bruno A. "Contribution à l'étude des interactions végétation-atmosphère en milieu tropical humide : importance du rôle du système forestier dans le recyclage des eaux de pluie." Paris 11, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA112266.
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La zone forestière de la région tropicale humide de l'Afrique de l'Ouest participe activement au maintien d'un équilibre climatique dont le moteur est la Circulation Atmosphérique Générale. Toutefois, en raison de la pression démographique, l'évolution actuelle de cette région forestière nécessite de promouvoir un développement agricole conforme à la vocation hydro climatique. Le travail présenté contribue à mieux évaluer l'Impact de la modification physionomique du couvert forestier dans cette zone. Il constitue une participation à ce vaste programme. Dans le présent travail, te premier objectif, à caractère agronomique, est d'étudier le comportement d'un couvert forestier aménagé d’Hévéa brasiliensis (produit récolté: caoutchouc) introduit récemment dans la zone forestière en Côte d'Ivoire dans le cadre d'une politique de mise en valeur régionale. L'étude passe par l'analyse des échanges énergétiques au niveau de l'interface forêt-atmosphère à l'aide de la méthode du bilan d'énergie (rapport de Bowen) associée au bilan hydrique. La quantification des différents processus, en fonction des conditions édapho-climatiques, a permis de modéliser les mécanismes du fonctionnement du couvert forestier d’Hévéa et de déterminer les facteurs climatiques limitant son rendement: distribution des pluies et rayonnement solaire. Le second objectif, à caractère climatique, est de déterminer le bilan hydrologique régional à l'aide d'un modèle réaliste permettant l'évaluation des transferts, en particulier celui de la vapeur d'eau. Les résultats de la modélisation réalisée à l'aide des données obtenues sur un bassin versant de la région sud-ouest de la zone forestière montrent que: la forêt, de par sa structure verticale aérienne et souterraine, injecte l'équivalent de 55 à 70% des précipitations annuelles dans l'atmosphère, ce qui permet aux paramètres physiques de la masse d'air (humidité et température) en provenance de l'océan de ne pas trop changer; toute modification de la surface forestière perturbe non seulement les échanges de chaleur e-t de vapeur d'eau au cours de l'année mais affecte également la répartition des eaux de pluies, en particulier le ruissellement et l'écoulement en profondeur. L'introduction à grande échelle, de couverts annuels dans la zone forestière modifierait les équilibres énergétique et hydrique dont l'impact se répercuterait sur les régions situées en aval de l'avancée de l'Equateur Météorologique, répondant partiellement à la question de la désertisation des régions sahéliennesThe tropical rain forest contributes largely to a climatic equilibrium which is maintained by the general atmospheric circulation. However, due to the population pressure, the current evolution of this forest zone requires that an agricultural development should be stimulated in accordance with the characteristics of this zone, which urged us to contribute to this comprehensive program. The first objective consists in studying the behavior of a forest zone covered with Hevea /Brasiliensis (producing rubber) which has been introduced recently in the forest zone of the Ivory Coast as part of a policy of regional development. This study has been made by analyzing the energy balance-Bowen ratio method associated with the water balance. The evaluation of the different processes according to the soil-climatic conditions allowed to modelize the characteristics of the dynamics of the forest zone covered with Hevea and therefore its yield. The second objective consists in characterizing the regional energy balance using an adequate model for evaluation transfers and particularly the water vapor transfer. Due to the large forest areas, any modification in the properties of the forest area alters the heat and water vapor exchanges, thus affecting some physical parameters of the air mass. The study is made on drainage basin situated in the south-western part of the forest zone. Due to its aerial and underground vertical structure, the forest recycles about 55 to 70 % of the annual rainfalls into the atmosphere, thus preserving the physical characteristics of the humid air mass from the ocean. The large-scale introduction of annual crops would alter the regional energy equilibrium whose impact would be observed on the region situated north of the forest zone
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Kusunoki, Yasamin Yoko. "Contraceptive behavior among youth in the United States the importance of relationship chracteristics /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1414127671&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Rhoades, Erica L. "Quantifying bank erosion on the South River and its importance in assessing mercury contamination." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 82 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1597631421&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Fidalgo, Carina Sofia Cristóvão. "O valor do e-WOM para a gestão em turismo: um estudo exploratório sobre as unidades hoteleiras em Aveiro." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/18448.
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Mestrado em Gestão e Planeamento em TurismoAtualmente, garantir que os serviços são entregues com elevada qualidade é de crucial importância para as organizações, como forma de diferenciação e de vantagem competitiva. Fruto da evolução das novas tecnologias e aplicações relacionadas com a web 2.0., os consumidores turísticos utilizam cada vez mais formas online com o intuito de planearem as suas viagens e fazerem escolhas de alojamento. Paralelamente, o número de páginas que disponibilizam opiniões e comentários online sobre hotéis, tem vindo a aumentar exponencialmente, exercendo cada vez mais influência na decisão final de reserva. A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo principal explorar formas de analisar e sumariar grandes volumes de informação disponível online gerada por clientes, que possam apoiar as escolhas e decisões de clientes e prestadores de serviços. O estudo desenvolve uma análise de importância-desempenho (Importance Performance Analysis) de forma a posicionar informação relativa aos comentários online de consumidores sobre as unidades hoteleiras da cidade de Aveiro, nomeadamente os atributos a que os clientes atribuem maior importância. O estudo centra-se na análise dos comentários disponibilizados até uma determinada data, na página de reservas online booking.com, acerca destes alojamentos, recorrendo a uma contagem e análise de palavras associadas a opiniões positivas e negativas. Foram utilizados mais de 5600 comentários, que depois de filtrados, possibilitaram o posicionamento de diversos atributos na matriz de importância desempenho. Os resultados sugerem que não existe uma relação direta entre as características hoteleiras e o número de comentários online. Mostram também que é possível extrair informação, de forma consistente, acerca dos atributos mais valorizados pelos clientes a partir dos comentários online, bem como explorar formas de sumarização e visualização do posicionamento destes atributos para o universo de hotéis em análise, que se revelam úteis para informar as decisões dos clientes e da gestão.
Nowadays, the delivery of services with high quality standards is of key importance to organizations as a means of achieving differentiation and competitive advantage. The evolutions observed in new technologies and in applications related to Web 2.0, are leading tourist consumers to an increasing usage of online communication, notably to plan their trips and make accommodation choices. At the same time, the number of pages that provide online reviews and comments about hotels has been increasing exponentially, and exerting an increasing influence on the final booking decisions. This study aims to explore ways to analyse and summarize large volumes of online information generated by customers with the purpose of supporting the choices and decisions of customers and service providers. The study develops an importance - performance analysis with the purpose of positioning the information extracted from online consumer reviews for hotel units of the city of Aveiro, notably for the attributes that customers perceive as more important. The study addresses all comments available at a certain date at the booking.com booking page concerning the targeted accommodations, and relies on counting and analysis of words associated with positive and negative opinions. More than 5,600 comments were used, after the necessary data cleaning, for positioning the identified relevant attributes in the Importance-Performance Matrix. The results suggest that there is no direct relationship between the hotel characteristics and the number of online reviews. The analysis has also shown that it is possible to extract information, in a consistent manner, from online customer reviews, as well as to explore forms of summarization and visualization of the positioning of the service attributes for the selected hotels, that are useful for informing the customer and managerial decisions.
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Lopez-Cruzan, MariaLuisa (Marisa). "Role of caspase-2 in oxidative stress induced apoptosis : possible importance in aging : a dissertation /." San Antonio : UTHSC, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1397904881&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=70986&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Tavares, Joana Flor R. "Assessing the importance of biological uncertainties to the control of species introductions via ballast water /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 90 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654487631&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Andriole, Katherine L. "A mediation model to predict career choice the importance of sex-typing and self-efficacy /." Click here for download, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1777751881&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Triglav, Katherine. "The under-ice dynamics of High Arctic lakes : the importance of physicochemical interactions with phytoplankton and bacterial communities in Stuckberry Valley, Ellesmere Island." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/70382.
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Même les écosystèmes les plus nord du monde ont été affectés par le réchauffement climatique et les lacs de l'Extrême-Arctique ne font pas exception. L'île d'Ellesmere est à la limite nord du Canada et des changements de régime vers des taxons associés à des saisons de croissance plus longues ont déjà été documentés dans les lacs de cette région. La côte nord de l'île d'Ellesmere est dans une région pour laquelle on prévoit le plus grand réchauffement annuel au cours des 80 prochaines années. Il est donc impératif de comprendre le fonctionnement des lacs côtiers sensibles avant que d'autres changements ne se produisent. J'ai étudié une série de quatre lacs de la vallée de Stuckberry (82º54 N, 66º58 W) pour donner un aperçu de leur dynamique phytoplanctonique sous la glace. Mes objectifs étaient 1) identifier et quantifier les communautés photosynthétiques dans les lacs de la vallée de Stuckberry, 2) déterminer les variables physico-chimiques qui ont exercé le contrôle le plus fort sur la variation de la communauté au sein des lacs et entre les lacs, et 3) élargir la compréhension des écosystèmes d'eau douce sous la glace de l'Extrême-Arctique et leur fonction. Les intensités lumineuses et l'oxygène dissous exerçaient un contrôle primordial sur la distribution et l'abondance des organismes photosynthétiques et la conductivité spécifique et l'azote jouaient aussi des rôles importants. Ces variables distinguaient clairement deux lacs oxiques profonds des deux lacs anoxiques peu profonds. Les différences des types de communautés photosynthétiques entre les lacs et les profondeurs étaient liées aux concentrations d'oxygène dissous : la lignée des algues rouges dominait dans les eaux oxiques, tandis que les bactéries sulfureuses pourpres dominaient dans les eaux anoxiques. Les pigments indiquaient aussi que les dinoflagellés, les cryptophytes et les haptophytes étaient abondants partout dans les quatre lacs, alors que les chrysophytes et les chlorophytes étaient présentes en plus faibles concentrations. Ma thèse représente l'une des très rares études de communautés photosynthétiques sous la glace de l'Extrême-Arctique, et elle fait progresser considérablement notre compréhension des processus écologiques dans cette région hautement sensible.Even the world’s most northern ecosystems have been affected by climate warming and High Arctic lakes are no exception. Ellesmere Island is at the northernmost limit of Canada, and regime shifts have already been documented in its lakes towards taxa associated with longer growing seasons. It has been projected that the northern coast of Ellesmere Island is within a region that will experience the greatest annual warming in the Arctic over the next 80 years, and so understanding the functioning of its sensitive coastal lakes is critical before further changes occur. I studied a series of four lakes in Stuckberry Valley (82º54 N, 66º58 W) to give insight into their under-ice phytoplankton dynamics. My objectives were 1) identify and quantify the photosynthetic communities found in the Stuckberry Valley lakes, 2) determine the physicochemical variables that exerted the strongest control over within- and between-lake community variation, and 3) expand the understanding of under-ice High Arctic freshwater ecosystems and their function. Light intensities and DO concentrations exerted primary control over the distribution and abundance of photosynthetic organisms, in addition to important roles played by specific conductivity and nitrogen. These variables clearly distinguished two deep, oxic lakes from two shallow, anoxic lakes. Differences in photosynthetic community types between lakes and depths was strongly linked to DO concentrations: the red pigment algal line dominated in oxic waters, while purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) were found in anoxic zones. Pigments indicated that dinoflagellates, cryptophytes, and haptophytes were abundant throughout all four lakes, with lower concentrations of chrysophyte and chlorophyte pigments. My thesis represents one of the very few studies of High Arctic under-ice photosynthetic communities, and it significantly advances our understanding of ecological processes in this highly sensitive region.
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Hu, Gang. "Investigation of the importance and structural basis of allosteric regulation of yeast NAD⁺-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase : a dissertation /." San Antonio : UTHSC, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1251894411&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=70986&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Taylor, Brad W. "The functional importance of a migratory detritivorous fish on carbon flow and nitrogen cycling in a neotropical stream." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1221671421&sid=9&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Kirschel, Alex Nelson Giorgio. "How ecology shapes bird song in tropical rainforests the importance of song in generating biodiversity and structuring communities /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1683529661&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Chang, Yongen. "Important role of tetraspanin CD81 in integrin-dependent retinal phagocytosis /." Access full-text from WCMC :, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1467888711&sid=14&Fmt=2&clientId=8424&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Vasudevan, Venkatesh. "Shock tube measurements of elementary oxidation and decomposition reactions important in combustion using OH, CH and NCN laser absorption /." May be available electronically:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Первухина, Е. Р., and Y. R. Pervukhina. "Исследование представлений о психологе-консультанте в разных возрастных группах : магистерская диссертация." Master's thesis, б. и, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10995/86604.
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In conclusion, the results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses put forward.В работе в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам.
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Vandame, Rémy. "Importance de l'hybridation de l'hôte dans la tolérance à un parasite : cas de l'acarien parasite Varroa jacobsoni chez les races d'abeille Apis mellifera européenne et africanisée, en climat tropical humide du Mexique." Lyon 1, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996LYO10306.
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Ouedraogo, Patouin Albert. "Le déterminisme du polymorphisme imaginal chez callosobruchus maculatus (fab), coléoptère bruchidae : son importance sur la biologie des populations de ce bruchidae." Tours, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991TOUR4005.
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Deux types d'adultes sont observés chez callosobruchus maculatus : des adultes de forme non voilière, incapables de voler et sexuellement actifs dès leur émergence des graines et des adultes de forme voilière, capable de voler et qui présentent au début de la vie imaginale une quiescence reproductrice. Ces deux formes diffèrent aussi bien par des caractéristiques morphologiques que physiologiques et comportementales. Ce polymorphisme imaginale est induit pendant le développement larvaire sous l'action combinée de deux facteurs, la teneur en eau des graines et la température. Lorsque le développement larvaire a lieu dans des graines à teneur en eau élévée, en présence de conditions chaudes, il y a émergence d'un fort taux d'adultes de forme voilière. Lorsque celui-ci a lieu dans des graines à teneur en eau faible, quelle que soit la température, seuls les adultes de forme non voilière émergent. En condition de températures basses, quelle que soit la teneur en eau des graines, il n'y a que des adultes de forme non voilière qui émergent. Ces facteurs environnementaux jouent un rôle certain dans la régulation du cycle biologique de cet insecte tropical.
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Erausquin, Jennifer Toller. "HIV knowledge and behaviors among women in the Dominican Republic and Haiti a multilevel study of the importance of individual, relationship, and community characteristics /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1666143561&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Estrada, Hector. "Importance of the subsurface limestome and pockets of soil as sources of water for tree species in Yucatan, Mexico." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=84&did=1914305761&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=7&retrieveGroup=0&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270233485&clientId=48051.
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Main, Kelly Diane. "Place attachment and MacArthur Park a case study of the importance of public space in an immigrant neighborhood and the implications for local planning practice /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1514961371&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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