Dissertations / Theses: 'Concern for the individual'

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Delaney, David. "Individuals' privacy concern about commercial actors online." Thesis, Delaney, David (2015) Individuals' privacy concern about commercial actors online. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2015. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/29395/.

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This dissertation investigates individuals' privacy concerns about commercial actors online, where commercial actors are private organisations that profit through the collection and on-sale of, and/or targeted advertising using, the information individuals disclose online. My purpose is to demonstrate the affect that low privacy concerns for commercial actors can have on individuals’ privacy online, and to establish how and why these low privacy concerns are common among most individuals. I argue that individuals’ online privacy is inadequately protected from commercial actors’ information gathering practices, and that this will remain the case as long individuals do not harbour concerns for commercial actors. My argument is separated into three chapters. In the first chapter I illustrate the inadequate protections individuals have against commercial actors, who employ technologies to implicitly collect individuals’ personal information. In Chapter Two I establish the impact that individuals heightened privacy concerns can have on commercial actors. Cases of this are rare however, as I argue that commercial actors’ use privacy controls and strategic deployment of privacy related changes to successfully lower individuals’ privacy concerns. In Chapter Three I seek to understand why commercial actors’ privacy concern reducing techniques are effective by inspecting a particular online demographic – young adults. I conduct a long answer survey of 25 young adults to complement the scholarly research in the field. I argue that young adults do not harbour privacy concerns for commercial actors as they perceive more immediate privacy threats elsewhere online, specifically those that exist within their online network. I ultimately conclude that individuals’ privacy has inadequate protections against commercial actors, but that any attempt to improve these protections will have to clearly communicate to individuals both the commercial actors’ practices and why their actions justify concern.

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Wright, Jessica Ann. "Implications of a Universal Healthcare System in the United States: Why Individual Health Is Now of National Concern." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49385.

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In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. This paper explores the implications of these new healthcare policies in the United States, given that a universal healthcare system has already being put in place. More specifically, it explores the question "Does the new 'universal healthcare' system bring with it obligations for citizens participating within the system to be more conscientious about their health and lifestyle choices? And if so, on what grounds?". I argue that individuals have strong social and moral obligations within a universal healthcare system to take the minimal provisions required for staying healthy (eating healthy, exercising, getting vaccinations, smoking cessation, and attending routine "check-ups" in order to not burden others with easily avoidable healthcare costs. These new obligations are grounded in the duty of fair play stemming from the fact that health insurance is a cooperative scheme. Furthermore this paper will show that when a universal healthcare scheme is in place, the healthcare resources become a 'common good' which is susceptible to a collective action problem known as 'the tragedy of the commons', and thus also give recommendations for its solution. The solutions that I endorse, although designed to address the free-rider problem recognized David Winkler, shows that Winkler's solution goes too far by indiscriminately punishing every unhealthy individual within a universal healthcare system.
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Russell, Kathleen Sheridan. "Psychosocial concerns and individual anxieties for fathers with testicular cancer." Thesis, University of East London, 2015. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4592/.

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the major areas of psychosocial concerns, individual anxieties and coping responses for fathers with testicular cancer. While numerous studies have been carried out with mothers with cancer, research from the perspective of fathers with cancer is sparse. This study attempts to identify and explore their specific concerns and priorities. The study was approved by the Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH) Committee for Clinical Research (CCR) and the Local Research Ethics Committee (LREC). Men were recruited from the RMH Testicular Clinic. All of the men had two or three school age children and were from a range of ethnic backgrounds, professions and education levels. The Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) of interviewing was used and the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method was employed to analyze the data. Psychodynamic concepts were utilized as the theoretical framework to develop interpretations for each participant. Theories of masculinity were also incorporated. A set of themes emerged which was supported by the current literature. The psychosocial concerns included: lack of adequate medical information, concerns for children and wife and work concerns. The individual anxieties included: concerns around self concepts and masculinity, physical changes and self-image, challenges to faith and finding meaning, fear of recurrence, fear of death and annihilation. The participants employed specific coping responses including: intellectualization, minimizing, maintaining stoic façade and idealization which helped them to cope with the impact of their disease AND allowed them to maintain their sense of masculinity. This phenomenon was labeled “The Masculine Way of Handling Illness”. Additionally, the men split their cancer into the “good one to get”. The findings suggest that men need more reliable information, preferably on a reputable UK site, about talking to their children, the physical effects of treatment and the options of having a prosthesis.

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VELIATH, S. J. Cyril. "RAMANUJA'S CONCEPT OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AND HUMAN FREEDOM." 名古屋大学印度哲学研究室 (Department of Indian Philosophy, University of Nagoya), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/19171.

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Serasinghe, Roshan Niranjala. "Individual mediating effects and the concept of terminal measures data." Diss., Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16201.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Statistics
Gary Gadbury
Researches in the fields in science and statistics often go beyond the two-variable cause-and-effect relationship, and also try to understand what connects the causal relationship and what changes the magnitude or direction of the causal relationship between two variables, predictor(T) and outcome (Y). A mediator (Z) is a third variable that links a cause and an effect, whereby T causes the Z and Z causes Y. In general, a given variable may be said to function as a mediator to the extent that it accounts for the relation between the predictor and the outcome (Baron and Kenny, 1986). The initial question regards the appropriate characterization of a mediation effect. Most studies, when comparing one or more treatments focus on an average mediating effect. This average mediating effect can be misleading when the mediating effects vary from subject to subject in the population. The primary focus of this research is to investigate individual mediating effects in a population, and to define a variance of these individual mediating effects. A concept called subject-mediator (treatment) interaction is presented and its role in evaluating a mediator’s behavior on a population of units is studied. This is done using a framework sometimes called a counterfactual model. Some common experimental designs that provide different knowledge about this interaction term are studied. The subgroup analysis is the most common analytic approach for examining heterogeneity of mediating effects. In mediation analysis, situations can arise where Z and Y cannot both be measured on an individual unit. We refer to such data as terminal measures data. We show a design where a mediating effect cannot be estimated in terminal measures data and another one where it can be, with an assumption. The assumption is linked to the idea of pseudo-replication. These ideas are discussed and a simulation study illustrates the issues involved when analyzing terminal measures data. We know of no methods that are currently available that specifically address terminal measures data.

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Burke, Brian J. "Individual influences on honor concept violators at the U.S. Naval Academy." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA396117.

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Thesis (M.S. in Leadership and Human Resource Development) Naval Postgraduate School, June 2001.
Thesis advisors, Erik Jansen, Charles Cochran. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-72). Also Available online.

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Kronk, Denise H. "The concept of collective versus individual punishment in the Old Testament." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Biga, Chris F. "Explaining environmentally significant individual behaivors [sic] : identity theory, multiple identities, and shared meanings." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2006/C%5FBiga%5F042606.pdf.

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Binkley, Susan Carpenter. "The individual at the crossroads of classical and modern thought : the emergence of a new concept of the individual during the French Revolution /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488187763846875.

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Nasu, Masako [Verfasser]. "From Individual to Collective : Virginia Woolf’s Developing Concept of Consciousness / Masako Nasu." Bern : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1127484214/34.

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Ottenbreit, Alison LeaAnne. "Individual differences in rejecting traditional gender roles influence perceptions of sexist environments and self-concept." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/279.

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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2003.
Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Townend, Geraldine. "Academic Self-Concept in Twice-Exceptional Students: An Exploratory Investigation." Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365355.

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Academic self-concept relates to students’ perceptions of their academic accomplishments, academic competence and their expectations of academic success or failure. Academic self-concept has been identified as being critical for academic success in school as it underpins educational aspirations, academic interest, course selection, and achievement over time. Twice-exceptional students are gifted with a coexisting disability. Twice-exceptional students present as a dual paradox for education systems, both in terms of being gifted and having a disability, and in terms of the lamentable lack of nurturing of a potential resource both for the individual and also at a national level. The paradox of two, or one, or neither of the exceptionalities being visible in a child in school is due primarily to outward behaviours, lack of community knowledge, and challenges with identification (Vail, 1989). Despite over twenty years of empirical research on twice-exceptional students, the influences on academic self-concept remain virtually unexplored. Australian professional teaching standards call for educators to design and implement learning experiences that value diversity. The teaching standards include identifying individual learning needs and adopting strategies for teaching students with disabilities, for those who are gifted, and for those who are twice-exceptional. Few studies have investigated the ways in which psychosocial, school, and academic experiences influence twice-exceptional students.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Brooker, Barry N., and n/a. "Stakeholders' Meanings of Effective School Leadership: A Case Study in a New Zealand Primary School." Griffith University. School of Cognition, Language and Special Education, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20061023.151530.

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Guided by the theoretical underpinnings of symbolic interactionism, this study set out to describe and analyse how stakeholders in a New Zealand Primary School understand effective school leadership, and how their meanings of leadership are influenced by the context in which they work. Review of the school leadership literature indicated that there was widespread agreement on the importance of leadership for school effectiveness but limited empirical data on how, or why, this was the case. To gain an understanding of stakeholders' meanings of effective leadership the study adopted a qualitative, case study design. Purposive, criterion-based selection was used to select a school considered to have highly effective leadership practices and to identify a cross-section of stakeholders within that school. The participants were the principal, Board of Trustees chairperson, assistant principal, teacher, general staff member, and student. Data were gathered from concept maps, semi-structured interviews and selected school documents such as the school's Education Review Office report and staff job descriptions. Data were analysed using grounded theory methods of analysis, specifically the use of constant comparison through open and axial coding. The findings of the study are presented and examined in terms of three theoretical propositions that encapsulate the stakeholders' meanings of effective school leadership. The first proposition examines three core values - concern for the individual, a commitment to learning, and an expectation of high performance - that permeated the school and influenced stakeholders' meanings and leadership practices. The second proposition examines the provision of direction, which involved articulation of a strong vision, use of symbols and ceremonies, modelling valued practices and beliefs, and raising the aspirations of staff and students. The third proposition examines leading and managing processes, which included the development of a team structure, leading and managing staff appointments and non-performance, managing communications, meetings and time, and providing opportunities for decision-making and leadership. Although considered in separate chapters, the three theoretical propositions are inter-related. The findings from this study highlight the importance of a set of core, common values for school leadership, confirm the role that leaders play in providing direction through a variety of symbolic activities, re-emphasise the need for studies of leadership to consider the context specific and people-based aspects of leadership, and confirm the place of teams in achieving a school's goals and reinforcing its values. The findings of the study also identify a need for team learning and development, and for a greater focus on values and beliefs in development programmes for principals. In addition, from both a theoretical and practical perspective, the findings establish a need for further research into the conception and practice of distributed leadership, and indicate that principals continue to play a central leadership role in self-managing, primary schools. The study's findings, thus, add to an at present limited base of empirical data on school leadership, and provide an insight into the perspectives of those involved in the leadership processes. Although the study's findings are based on a single school, in a particular context, the research design and methodology, including use of theoretical propositions, means the findings and conclusions generated from the study are pertinent to leadership theory, leadership research and leadership policy and practice in various contexts. The findings of this study are therefore likely to be of use to researchers of educational leadership, school principals, other school leaders, educational policy makers, and those designing and implementing professional learning programmes for principals and other school leaders.

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Brooker, Barry N. "Stakeholders' Meanings of Effective School Leadership: A Case Study in a New Zealand Primary School." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366450.

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Guided by the theoretical underpinnings of symbolic interactionism, this study set out to describe and analyse how stakeholders in a New Zealand Primary School understand effective school leadership, and how their meanings of leadership are influenced by the context in which they work. Review of the school leadership literature indicated that there was widespread agreement on the importance of leadership for school effectiveness but limited empirical data on how, or why, this was the case. To gain an understanding of stakeholders' meanings of effective leadership the study adopted a qualitative, case study design. Purposive, criterion-based selection was used to select a school considered to have highly effective leadership practices and to identify a cross-section of stakeholders within that school. The participants were the principal, Board of Trustees chairperson, assistant principal, teacher, general staff member, and student. Data were gathered from concept maps, semi-structured interviews and selected school documents such as the school's Education Review Office report and staff job descriptions. Data were analysed using grounded theory methods of analysis, specifically the use of constant comparison through open and axial coding. The findings of the study are presented and examined in terms of three theoretical propositions that encapsulate the stakeholders' meanings of effective school leadership. The first proposition examines three core values - concern for the individual, a commitment to learning, and an expectation of high performance - that permeated the school and influenced stakeholders' meanings and leadership practices. The second proposition examines the provision of direction, which involved articulation of a strong vision, use of symbols and ceremonies, modelling valued practices and beliefs, and raising the aspirations of staff and students. The third proposition examines leading and managing processes, which included the development of a team structure, leading and managing staff appointments and non-performance, managing communications, meetings and time, and providing opportunities for decision-making and leadership. Although considered in separate chapters, the three theoretical propositions are inter-related. The findings from this study highlight the importance of a set of core, common values for school leadership, confirm the role that leaders play in providing direction through a variety of symbolic activities, re-emphasise the need for studies of leadership to consider the context specific and people-based aspects of leadership, and confirm the place of teams in achieving a school's goals and reinforcing its values. The findings of the study also identify a need for team learning and development, and for a greater focus on values and beliefs in development programmes for principals. In addition, from both a theoretical and practical perspective, the findings establish a need for further research into the conception and practice of distributed leadership, and indicate that principals continue to play a central leadership role in self-managing, primary schools. The study's findings, thus, add to an at present limited base of empirical data on school leadership, and provide an insight into the perspectives of those involved in the leadership processes. Although the study's findings are based on a single school, in a particular context, the research design and methodology, including use of theoretical propositions, means the findings and conclusions generated from the study are pertinent to leadership theory, leadership research and leadership policy and practice in various contexts. The findings of this study are therefore likely to be of use to researchers of educational leadership, school principals, other school leaders, educational policy makers, and those designing and implementing professional learning programmes for principals and other school leaders.
Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Doctor of Education (EdD)
School of Cognition, Language and Special Education
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Valenzuela, Charles Richard 1945. "Correlates of the father-child relationship with the adult self-concept." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277810.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if (1) there was a difference between a sample of homeless and a sample of non-homeless men in self-concept, (2) there was a difference in perceptions of the father-child relationship between these two populations, (3) there were father-child relationship characteristics common to persons who indicated a high self-concept, and (4) there were father-child relationship characteristics common to persons who indicated a low self-concept. The data were based upon information supported by 62 subjects who completed the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and the Family Life Questionnaire. Findings indicated that there was a significant difference in self-concept and in perceptions of the father-child relationship between the sample of homeless men and the sample of non-homeless men. It was also found that there were father-child relationship characteristics common to persons who indicated a high self-concept and father-child relationship characteristics common to persons who indicated a low self-concept.

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Nojang, Emmanuel Nzengung. "The Context and Concept of Individual and Household Preparedness: The Case of Fako Division in Cameroon." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10365/25483.

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Almost every day, we see and hear about disasters impacting individuals and households in communities worldwide. Impacts experienced include loss of life and injury, loss of property, and more. Disasters are often devastating for those who experience them. It is for this reason that preparedness is advocated by national and international organizations such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United Nations. And, it is for this reason that researchers have often attempted to assess how prepared people are. Yet, what is this thing they call preparedness? What does it look like? What is involved in becoming a wholly prepared person? One might have assumed that organizations like FEMA and researchers would have addressed these fundamental questions prior to recommending that people become prepared or measuring how prepared people are, but that is not the case. The absence of an understanding of what preparedness is and entails is a critical theoretical gap with significant practical implications. This research explored the basic issue of what preparedness means and entails to people in Fako Division, Cameroon?a place threated by many hazards and which has experienced many disasters. From the analysis of the 33 interviews conducted in this study, the researcher found that preparedness is a dynamic state of readiness that is dependent on context, a social process, and a process of completing activities to save lives and minimize the effects of disasters. In addition, the researcher found that Cameroonians view a wholly prepared person as a) one who would have knowledge about hazards and what to do about them, b) one who would engage others, including their families and neighbors, in discussions about activities related to hazards and what to do about them, and c) one who would engage in activities to minimize loss from hazards, sustain themselves in the face of hazards, and flee from hazards. The findings from the interview data synch to a large extent with what is implied, but not clearly stated, in the existing research literature. The researcher address this synchrony and posit a definition of preparedness and identify the theoretical components of preparedness.

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Bonfine, Natalie. "Stigma, self-concept and stigma resistance among individuals with mental illness." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618919.

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Theory suggests and research provides evidence that stigma can have a negative impact on the self-concept for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Labeling theory and modified labeling theory suggest that individuals who are labeled with a socially undesirable status (e.g. mental illness) may develop negative cognitions, self-perceptions and emotions as a result of the associated stigma. However, some evidence suggests that the harmful effects of stigma on self-concept may not have as strong or an enduring of an impact as labeling theories might predict. In this dissertation, I utilize longitudinal survey data of 221 individuals with mental illness to consider the role of empowerment and defensive responses that individuals use to resist the potentially negative effects of stigma. Specifically, I examine defensive strategies, such as secrecy and social withdrawal, and empowerment-oriented responses to stigma, including community activism and righteous anger, as factors that may moderate the effect of stigma on self-concept. I found limited support of the negative effect that perceived stigma has on self-concept. While I did find some evidence that stigma is negatively associated with both self-esteem and mastery, these associations were only of modest strength. There was no finding suggesting that the stigma response items moderate the relationship between stigma and self-concept, but mediating relationships are present. Further research is needed in order to better understand how stigma resistance strategies influence the varying effects of the stigma of mental illness on self-concept.

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Coleman, Jodi Lynn. "The development of understanding of the concept of variable in grade seven beginning algebra students: the role of student interaction." Thesis, Kingston, Ont. : [s.n.], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1086.

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Rice-Mills, Faith A. Blackwell Frieda Hilda. "The existential search for national, individual and spiritual identity in selected works of Miguel de Unamuno." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5171.

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Sung-Hun, Lee. "Concept of God's Hesed as an explanatory feature in the shift to praise in the individual lament psalms." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1999. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668963.

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Katzenbach, Michael. "Individual Approaches in Rich Learning Situations Material-based Learning with Pinboards." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-80328.

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Active Approaches provide chances for individual, comprehension-oriented learning and can facilitate the acquirement of general mathematical competencies. Using the example of pinboards, which were developed for different areas of the secondary level, workshop participants experience, discuss and further develop learning tasks, which can be used for free activities, for material based concept formation, for coping with heterogeneity, for intelligent exercises, as tool for the presentation of students’ work and as basis for games. The material also allows some continuous movements and can thus prepare an insightful usage of dynamic geometry programs. Central Part of the workshop is a work-sharing group work with learning tasks for grades 5 to 8. The workshop will close with a discussion of general aspects of material-based learning.

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Lim, Seongyeon. "Essays in financial economics mental accounting and selling decisions of individual investors; analysts' reputational concerns and underreaction to public news /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1058811557.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Document formatted into pages; contains 106 p. Includes bibliographical references. Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2005 July 29.

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Rennie, Robyn Lynette. "A Comparison Study of Individual and Group Play Therapy In Treating Kindergarten Children with Adjustment Problems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2504/.

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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of individual child-centered play therapy in the elementary school in: 1) enhancing the self-concept of kindergarten children who are experiencing adjustment difficulties; 2) decreasing the overall behavioral problems of kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties 3) decreasing externalizing behavior problems such as aggression and delinquency of kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties; 4) decreasing the internalizing behavior problems such as withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression of kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties; 5) increasing parental perception of change in the problematic behaviors of kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties; and 6) enhancing self-control in kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties. A secondary objective was to compare the participants involved in individual child-centered play therapy with participants in a previous study who were involved in child-centered group play therapy on the above named dimensions. The experimental group, consisting of 14 kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties, received 10-12, 30-minute individual play therapy sessions in a 12 week period in their elementary school. The comparison group, utilized from the 1999 McGuire study, consisted of 15 children with adjustment problems and received 12-14, 45-minute group play therapy sessions in 14 weeks in their elementary school. The control group, consisting of 13 children experiencing adjustment problems, received no play therapy intervention over a 12 week period. An Analysis of Covariance revealed significant findings in 1 of the 6 hypotheses and one subscale hypothesis examining the effectiveness of individual play therapy versus the wait list control group. Specifically, children with adjustment problems in the experimental group exhibited a significant reduction in total behavior problems and a significant reduction in externalizing behavior problems as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist-Parent Form (CBCL). Additionally, an Analysis of Covariance revealed significant findings in 1 of the 6 hypotheses examining the comparison of the effectiveness of individual play therapy versus the group play therapy comparison group from McGuire (1999). Individual play therapy was significantly more effective than group play therapy in helping children maintain an acceptable level of classroom behaviors as perceived by teachers on the Early Childhood Behavior Scale (ECBS).

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Lombardo, Sandro Enrico Fiore [Verfasser]. "Competing for Fun? : An interdisciplinary approach to the concept, measurement, and relevance of individual competitiveness / Sandro Enrico Fiore Lombardo." Wuppertal : Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1195642911/34.

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Freagon, Ann L. "The effects of group counseling and individual counseling on the at-risk 118.15 student's self-concept and academic learning." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998freagona.pdf.

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Vázquez, Martínez Silvina. "Identidad y Reconocimiento. Un estudio sobre los espacios públicos internos de la política." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461410.

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El trabajo de investigación doctoral que aquí presentamos explora la problemática de la identidad personal y comunitaria a través de la categoría del reconocimiento. Nuestro objetivo principal consiste en repensar estos conceptos de forma tal que quede resguardada la pluralidad de significados que cada uno de ellos alberga, al tiempo que se intenta poner en valor tanto la hondura política del sí mismo como su estructura relacional. Ambos conceptos, identidad y reconocimiento, comportan algún tipo de lazo con la alteridad, con la noción de un otro que transforma la propia percepción del sí mismo (o self). Pero también cobijan un fondo de perplejidad y extrañeza relativo al mundo interno del ciudadano. Nuestra principal hipótesis es que esta interioridad del self es, en parte, un fenómeno de raigambre pública y política. Y esto requiere implementar una matriz teórica abierta a trascender las estructuras lógico-verbales del pensamiento con las que se suele abordar la problemática del reconocimiento identitario; empezando por el propio lenguaje de «lo objetivo» y «lo subjetivo», de la división a ultranza entro «lo público» y «lo privado», entre el «adentro» y el «afuera». Con el fin de acometer este examen conceptual, hemos desplegado una investigación exhaustiva de los conceptos de identidad y reconocimiento mediante la lectura de tres tipos distintos de fuentes téoricas: dialógicas, retóricas y psicoanalíticas. Mientras que la perspectiva dialógica (o dialéctica) absorbe los debates identitarios de las ciencias sociales tanto como permanece ceñida al sentido de la vista y al principio de identidad aristotélico; las fuentes retóricas permiten abordar el fenómeno de la identidad poniendo el acento en los aspectos contigentes de la imaginación (inventio), el juicio y la palabra. Una primera hipótesis de lectura nos llevó a conjeturar sobre la retórica cívica como una forma alternativa a la del discurso dialéctico. Una forma en la que late otro modo de pensar, de comunicar y de traspasar trozos de experiencia, más acorde con la fragilidad y contingencia humana. Así mismo, las lecturas psiconalíticas nos brindaron la oportunidad de incluir en la reflexión los sustratos no-conscientes de la identidad y las maneras en que éstos intervienen sobre el loable propósito del reconocimiento comunitario. De tener en cuenta estos aportes, conceptos como los de memoria, olvido (léthe) y voluntad ―todos ellos cruciales en los procesos de identificación y reconocimiento político― se ven notablemente afectados por comparación a la narrativa moderna del sujeto-soberano, de voluntad omnipotente y razón cartográfica. Nuestra investigación nos llevará a concluir que el ámbito donde se juega lo primordial de la identidad y del reconocimiento político no puede ser comprendido desde contornos definibles y coordenadas precisas. Se trataría más bien de espacios (tanto mentales y afectivos como vinculares) en donde los axiomas de no-contradicción y el principio de identidad aristotélico no rigen, lo que representa un inmenso desafío para consciencia lógico-temporal del individuo.
The doctoral investigation presented here explores the issue of personal and community identity through the category of recognition. Our main objective consists of rethinking these concepts in a way that guards the plurality of significance that each one shelters, at the same time seeking to evaluate as much the political depth of the self as its relational structure. Both concepts - identity and recognition - contain some kind of link with otherness, with the notion of other that transforms the individual’s perception of self. But these concepts also shelter a base of perplexity and strangeness relative to the internal world of the citizen. Our main hypothesis is that this interiority of self is, partly, a public and political phenomenon. This hypothesis requires implementing a theoretical matrix open to transcending the logical-verbal structures of thought with which the issue of identity recognition is usually addressed, starting with the lexicon of “objective” and “subjective”, the extreme division of “what is public” and “what is private”, between the “inside” and “outside”.

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Bekman, Nicole M. "The Relationship Between Individual Differences in Cognitive, Social and Personality Development and the Increase in Complexity of Children’s Alcohol Expectancies." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/135.

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The current study aimed to simultaneously examine cognitive, social and personality development in a cross-sectional sample of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade children to explore the interplay among these processes and how they relate to changes in children's understanding of alcohol. To replicate previous work, this study comprehensively examined relative increases in types of expectancies as a function of development. Results demonstrated that children in higher grades held more positive, negative and sedating expectancies of alcohol and positive alcohol expectancies increased more than negative alcohol expectancies. Improved performance on cognitive measures were associated with positive alcohol expectancy endorsement, indicating that children's ability to incorporate positive beliefs about alcohol, which are conflicting with information typically taught to children in this age range, may be related to their ability to form and articulate concepts with age. Among male participants, sensation seeking increased with age and was strongly associated with positive ideas about alcohol use, such as wanting to experiment with alcohol or planning to drink as an adult. Social influences on alcohol expectancies included exposure to drinking. When children's parents drank more, they had higher positive, negative and sedating alcohol expectancies, indicating that they had a greater understanding of all potential consequences of drinking, while children whose friends drank had higher positive but not other types of expectancies. Additionally, children who turned to adults for advice held increasing levels of negative and sedating alcohol expectancies across age, while children who sought support from their peers showed higher levels of positive and arousing expectancies across age groups. The interplay between cognitive development and risk factors such as social awareness of alcohol, source of social influence, and sensation seeking personality begins to demonstrate key relationships to alcohol expectancies in late childhood. These social and personality risk factors are likely to play an even greater role in early adolescence as children move to middle school and experience puberty. This study provides a basis for future elaboration of the roles these constructs play in an individual's ability to understand the multifaceted expectations that are held in our society about the effects of alcohol on human behavior.

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Harun, Haliza. "Individual versus collaborative verbalisation for understanding tense / aspect marking in L2 English : exploring concept-based instruction for L1 Malay learners." Thesis, University of Essex, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605177.

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Within the Sociocultural theory-mind, Vygotsky, proposed the concept of mediation that views human activity as being mediated. Accordingly, the fundamental notion underlying the concept of mediation posited by Vygotsky is crucial in understanding the Vygotskian pedagogical approach known as Concept Based Instruction (CBI). This pedagogical approach centres on three principles namely, concepts are seen as the minimal pedagogical unit, concepts have to be materialized and fmal1y concepts must be verbalized as the act of (self) explanation and a psychological tool for gaining regulation(Negueruela 2008; Lapkin et al 2008). The purpose of this study was to gain better understanding of the role and value of verbalization, manifested by individual and dyadic collaborative verbalization activity, in enhancing learners' understanding of Simple past, Present Perfect and Past Continuous. 32 first-year undergraduate Malay learners of second language (L2) English took part in this study. Data collected included Pre/Post Metalinguistic (MLK) and Cloze tests and microgenetic analysis of High and Low achievers' protocols who gained the most/least benefit from the CBI session. Results showed 1) verbalization helped both groups of learners to improve in their understanding of the target concept; 2) Specific semiotic mechanisms (e.g. , types of Languaging Units and discourse markers) were used as cognitive tools to establish meanings and connections of the information presented 3) there exists a positive relationship between the quantity and the quality of verbalization and learners' L2 performance; 4) Paraphrase, Analysis and Integration-type LDs were key components in learners' fruitful verbalization. However, CBI seems to offer more benefit in the learning of the metalinguistic aspect of language rather than use of language, due to its strong emphasis on explicit knowledge. This investigation emphasises the crucial role of verbalization as a cognitive tool to achieve self-regulation, as advocated by Vygotsky's theory of mediation

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D'Orazio, Anthony Emidio. "SCALING OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR TO GROUP DYNAMICS: THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO POLYP AND CLONE BEHAVIOR IN ANTHOPLEURA ELEGANTISSIMA." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337634557.

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Carlsson, Johanna. "A study of generations, choice of occupation and the possible influences it can have on an individual’s ecological behaviour in everyday life." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1705.

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Environmental consciousness among the Swedish population has considerably increased over the last decade. However, to be concerned with environmental questions does not automatically lead to greater ecological awareness and behaviour in everyday life. It is, according to previous research findings, important to consider aspects of socialisation and the structural aspect of social life in order to understand the different individual expressions of ecological behaviour. De-emphasised importance of individual social backgrounds regarding an individual’s choices towards a more environmentally friendly lifestyle is therefore, according to several previous research findings, surprising. However, considering the major increased environmental consciousness among the Swedish population that has been shown, the objective of my master thesis was to analyse whether environment has become an area that engages all kinds of individuals, despite social backgrounds. Within the study, the two social factors that have been considered in most depth were generation and occupation. In order to get a deeper understanding of how people in Sweden view the individual responsibilities within the work towards a healthier environment, a literature study as well as an interview study was conducted. In the interview study, which was performed in Umeå, Sweden, interviews with scientists and day nurses born in the fifties and seventies were made. When considering the possible influences that generation and choice of occupation have on the individual’s choices towards a more environmentally friendly lifestyle, the result of my interview study did not indicate a direct relation between generation and occupation in one instance and rate of ecological behaviour in another. Instead individual differences among the scientists and day nurses from both considered generations were visible.

Miljömedvetenheten hos den svenska befolkningen har vuxit betydligt under det senaste årtiondet. Men att vara miljömedveten leder inte automatiskt till ett ekologiskt beteende i individers vardag. Enligt tidigare forskning är det viktigt att undersöka strukturella aspekter av socialisering, samt aspekter av det sociala livet för att närmare förstå olika individuella uttryck av ekologiskt beteende. Att den individuella sociala bakgrunden har mindre betydelse för en individs val av en mer miljövänlig livsstil ter sig därför överraskande enligt ett flertal tidigare forskningsresultat. Men, med tanke på den allt mer växande miljömedvetenheten hos den svenska befolkningen var syftet med min examensuppsats att undersöka om miljö har blivit ett område som engagerar alla individer bortsett från sociala bakgrunder. De två sociala faktorerna som undersöktes mer ingående i studien var generationstillhörighet och yrke. För att få en närmare förståelse av hur människor i Sverige ser på individens ansvar inom miljöarbetet utfördes en intervjustudie samt en litteraturstudie. I intervjustudien som utfördes i Umeå, Sverige, intervjuades forskare och förskollärare som var födda på femtiotalet och sjuttiotalet. Min intervjustudie visade inte en direkt relation mellan generationstillhörighet och yrke å ena sidan och grad av ekologiskt beteende å andra sidan. Istället, var individuella skillnader hos forskarna och förskollärarna födda på femtiotalet och sjuttiotalet synliga.

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Souza, Vera Lucia de. "A qualificação do conceito assédio moral no Brasil : implicações nas práticas de gerenciamento do capital humano." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2008. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/3340.

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What has changed regarding personnel management in Brazil since the nomination of the concept of moral harassment ? The search of an answer to this question induced the development of this doctorate thesis, which the subject is moral harassment and its purpose being the qualification of this concept in the country and its objective the investigation of its impact in managerial practices in Brazilian organizations. The work supported on the hypothesis that this nomination, transforming individual complaint in organizational phenomenon has provoked changes in the perception of Brazilian society. Consequently, the study focused on the analysis of the sources of its qualification, in the logic of transformation from individual complaint into organizational phenomenon, in the dynamic practices qualified as moral harassment, in the presuppositions of manipulation, in instruments of contemporary corporate justice and in fundaments for evaluating workers. The results were obtained from the analysis of empirical material, collected from written and electronic communications sources, for the periods between 1983 and 2006. The analysis has proved that the most relevant impact of creating this legal notion, in the Brazilian organizational scope, was the escalation of public denunciation from the year 2000 onwards, seeking indemnification for the damage caused by these managerial practices.
O que mudou na gestão de pessoas no Brasil a partir da nomeação do conceito assédio moral? A busca de resposta a essa indagação instigou o desenvolvimento desta tese cujo tema é o assédio moral, sendo seu objeto a qualificação do conceito no país e seu objetivo a investigação de seus impactos nas práticas de gestão nas organizações brasileiras. O trabalho apoiou-se na hipótese de que essa nomeação, ao transformar a queixa individual em fenômeno organizacional, produziu mudanças na percepção da sociedade brasileira. Para tanto, o foco do estudo residiu na análise das raízes da sua qualificação, na lógica da transformação de uma queixa individual em fenômeno organizacional, na dinâmica das práticas qualificadas como assédio moral, nos pressupostos da manipulação, nos instrumentos contemporâneos de justiça organizacional e nos fundamentos para a classificação do trabalhador. Os resultados foram obtidos a partir da análise do material empírico, coletado junto à mídia de grande circulação, impressa e eletrônica, relativo ao período de 1983 a 2006. A análise comprovou que o impacto mais relevante da criação dessa figura jurídica no Brasil, no âmbito gerencial, foi a intensificação da denúncia pública, a partir de 2000, em busca da reparação do dano decorrente das referidas práticas gerenciais.

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Razon, Abigail R. "An automated learner-based reading ability estimation strategy using concept indexing with integrated Part-of-Speech n-gram features." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7260/.

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This study is about the development of a retrainable reading ability estimation system based on concepts from the Text Readability Indexing (TRI) domain. This system aims to promote self-directed language learning and to serve as an educational reinforcement tool for English language learners. Student essays were used to calibrate the system which provided realistic approximations of their actual reading levels. In this thesis, we compared the performance of two vector semantics-based algorithms, namely, Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) and Concept Indexing (CI) for content analysis. Since these algorithms rely on the bag-of-words approach and inherently lack grammatical analysis, we augmented them using Part-of-Speech (POS) n-gram features to approximate the syntactic complexity of text documents. Results show that directly combining the content-and grammar-based feature sets yielded lower classification accuracies than utilising each feature set alone. Using a sparsification strategy, we were able to optimise the combination process and, with the integration of POS bi-grams, we achieved our overall highest mean exact agreement accuracies (MEAA) of 0.924 and 0.952 for LSI and CI, respectively. We have also conducted error analyses on our results where we examined overestimation and underestimation error types to uncover the probable causes for the systems' misclassifications.

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Mahlomaholo, Geoffrey Mahlomaholo. "Signification of African cultural identity, individual African identity and performance in Mathematics among some standard nine African pupils in Mangaung high schools." University of the Western Cape, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8431.

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This study investigates how two groups of African pupils, namely the low and high performers in standard 9 mathematics classes in some high schools in Mangaung, construct meaning of their African cultural, individual African identity and performance in mathematics respectively. The observation underpinning this investigation is that social structural factors have not gained much attention in research as bases for explaining differentiated performance in mathematics, hence this study. To arrive at the findings mentioned below, the study used three quantitative instruments namely Mboya's Self-Description Inventory II (MSDI-II), Rotter's I-E scale and Tuekman's Mathematics Attitude Scale (MAS). Four hundred pupils who constituted the sample that responded to these questionnaires were controlled as to confounding variables like, gender, social class, exposure to mathematics and future aspirations relating to this subject. MSDI-II and Rotter's I-E Scale accessed data relating to signification of African individual identity while MAS and one of MSDI-Il's subscale, Maths Ability were 'triangulated' to access data relating to signification of performance in Mathematics. To triangulate findings on these two variables as well as to allow the sampled pupils' voices to be heard, discourse analysis was conducted on the open interviews with the two groups of low and high performing pupils in their respective schools. This qualitative approach also enabled the study to access information relating to signification of African Cultural Identity. No quantitative instrument was found suitable for this purpose. Although the study is careful not to make strong causal inferences between meaning construction (signification) and performance, the results show that (i) low performers are not sure about whether they are Africans or not since according to them African cultural identity implies an obsolete and primitive way of doing things. They are unable to identify with this. High performers see African Cultural Identity as involving lived experiences which challenge them to transform their despised status as Africans (ii) Low performers are not as positive as high performers about Africanness (individual identity) and (iii) they are also not positively inclined towards mathematics and their own ability to perform well therein, while high performers are very positive as they see doing well in mathematics as an act of struggle that would enable them to improve their social standing and that of other Africans. On the basis of the above the study is able to conclude that low performers construct meaning of the mentioned factors in agreement with the dominant discourses that see Africanness as being primitive, incompetent and unable to adequately comprehend the intricacies of modem day subjects like mathematics. High performers on the other hand tend to contest this negative definitions about what it means to be an African (identity, culture and performance in mathematics). They are thus positioned within counter-hegemonic ideology and discourses in as far as their meaning construction is concerned. Grounded on the above findings and conclusions, the study recommends that efforts should not be spared to enable the low performers (and/or pupils at risk of failing) to adopt positive meaning making strategies of high performers. These strategies may be accompanied by enhanced positive feelings about self and what one is capable of, which may in tum also impact positively on performance in mathematics, in particular. The research further argues that this goal may be achieved through curriculum enrichment, guidance, counselling and teaching, couched in the framework of African Renaissance. Therefore further research needs to be conducted that will elaborate clearly (i) what the implications of African Renaissance are on education, teaching, learning and mathematics curriculum in particular, (ii) what are the most effective means of transferring high performers' strategies of meaning construction to the low performers in the context of African Renaissance and (iii) how to strengthen and further sustain the positive meaning making strategies among high performers. Recommendations relating to curriculum enrichment in the context of Curriculum 2005 and Outcomes Based Counselling are also made as well as suggestions for future relevant research based on the concepts generated in this research.

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SCHNEIDER, RALF O. "FLEXIBLE TRANSPORTATION - A STEP BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116268334.

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Chausson, Nicolas. "Penser la "métropole nocturne" : entre tensions, risques et opportunités : une première approche des nuits de la métropole lyonnaise à travers le concept de qualité de vie." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAH004/document.

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Temps de l’obscurité et du repos social, la nuit urbaine a longtemps été considérée comme une discontinuité dans le rythme global de la société. Cependant, les temps changent. Entraînées par le mouvement de la société contemporaine, les nuits de nos villes s’animent et deviennent un nouvel espace-temps de la vie quotidienne.Aujourd’hui, qu’on le veuille ou non, une ville qui se veut internationale, attractive et dynamique, est représentée comme vivant intensément la nuit. Cette dernière autorise effectivement le fonctionnement en continu de l’économie mondialisée. Elle répond également au désir de vivre intensément éprouvé par les individus contemporains pour qui le « tout, tout le temps, tout de suite » devient une norme de la vie hypermoderne.Si la nuit cristallise de nombreux enjeux de la société contemporaine, elle est de plus en plus tiraillée entre deux forces antagonistes. D’un côté, la nuit doit être animée pour répondre aux exigences économiques et à l’envie de divertissement des habitants. Mais de l’autre, elle doit rester une temporalité apaisée pour assurer le nécessaire repos de la société.Entre temps global et temps local, animation et apaisement, divertissement et repos, les nuits de nos villes apparaissent comme un nouveau champ de tension où les notions de conflits et de régulation sont souvent présentées comme des données centrales des politiques publiques locales. Mais en étant régulièrement analysée au prisme des conflits et de la régulation de ses activités, la nuit reste finalement peu considérée comme une dimension singulière de nos villes. Pourtant, en se référant à d’autres territoires, mais aussi à des activités, des économies, des populations ou encore, des pratiques reconfigurées, la nuit illustre finalement la recomposition temporaire de tout un système urbain.Entre enjeu d’animation et enjeu d’apaisement de la ville, cette thèse de doctorat se propose de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de la nuit urbaine. En nous appuyant sur le cas des nuits de la métropole lyonnaise en France, nous analyserons notre objet de recherche du point de vue de sa symbolique, de ses représentations, de son organisation spatiale et temporelle ou encore de ses activités. Afin de dépasser la notion de conflit, nous proposons également d’aborder la nuit sous un angle renouvelé. Pour opérer ce changement, nous avons choisi d’aborder la nuit à travers le concept de qualité de vie qui suppose de mettre en regard les potentialités d’un cadre de vie donné - celui de la nuit urbaine - avec les aspirations de celles et ceux qui le fréquentent de manière constante ou temporaire.Entre animation et apaisement de la ville, nos investigations nous conduiront à formuler des pistes de réflexion afin d’imaginer des nuits urbaines plus accueillantes, inclusives et soucieuses de la qualité de vie des individus. Nous proposerons notamment de mieux intégrer la dimension nocturne des territoires dans la pratique de l’urbanisme et de l’aménagement urbain ou encore de repenser les aménités de la ville à travers l’élaboration d’une politique publique de la nuit. Pour ce faire, il nous semble indispensable de placer les individus au centre de la démarche pour faire de la nuit le sujet d’un vaste projet urbain pensé par et pour la qualité de vie
Time of darkness and social rest, the urban night has for a long time been considered as a pause in the overall pace of society. However, times are changing. Driven by the movement of contemporary society, the nights of our cities have come alive and become a new space-time of everyday life.Today, whether we like it or not, a city that wants to be international, attractive and dynamic, is represented with an intensely lively nightlife. The latter effectively allows the continuous operation of the globalized economy. It also fulfills the desire of an intense life shared by contemporary individuals for whom "everything, all the time, immediately" becomes a standard of hypermodern life.If the night crystallizes many stakes of the contemporary society, it is more and more torn between two antagonistic forces. On the one hand, nights must be lively to meet the economic requirements and the people’s desire of entertainment. But on the other hand, it must remain a quiet time to ensure the necessary rest of society.Among global and local time, vibrancy and calm, entertainment and rest, the nights of our cities appear as a new field of tensions where the concepts of conflict and regulation are often presented as central in local public policies. But because the night is often analyzed through conflicts and nighttime activity regulation, it remains little considered as a singular time within our cities. Still, since referring to other territories, but also activities, economies, populations, or altered practices, in the end nights exemplifies a time-framed reorganization of an entire urban system.Facing the issues of vibrant and calm city nights, this PhD thesis aims to understand better how the urban night works. Based on the example of the Lyon metropolis nights in France, we will analyze the subject with emphasis on symbolism, representations, space and time organization, and activities. To investigate beyond the notion of conflict, we also propose to study nights from a renewed angle. To make this change, we have chosen to address the night through the concept of quality of life, leading us to compare the offer of a given living environment - that of the urban night - with the aspirations of those who are constantly or temporarily involved in it.Among vibrancy and calm of the city, our investigations will lead us to propose lines of thought in order to design urban nights that are more welcoming, inclusive and concerned about the quality of life of individuals. Among other things, we will propose a better integration of territories night aspect in town planning and urban area development, and to redesign the city appeals through the development of a night-oriented public policy. To do this, placing people at the heart of the process seems essential to make nights a subject within a vast urban project designed by and for the quality of life

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Smith, Thomas P. "Multiple voices and the single individual : Kierkegaard's concept of irony as a tool for reading The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, Mrs. Dalloway, and Ulysses." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001861.

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Siddiqui, Ataullah. "Muslims' concern in dialogue :." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433528.

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Lucas, Tesha Knight Sharon M. "Exploring the lived experiences of individuals with tattoos." [Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1865.

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Thesis (M.A.)--East Carolina University, 2009.
Presented to the faculty of the Department of Health Education and Promotion. Advisor: Sharon Knight. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 5, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

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Moeller, Julia Verfasser], Ernst A. [Gutachter] [Hany, Helmut M. [Gutachter] Niegemann, and Jacquelynne [Gutachter] Eccles. "Passion as concept of the psychology of motivation Conceptualization, assessment, inter-individual variability and long-term stability / Julia Moeller ; Gutachter: Ernst A. Hany, Helmut Niegemann, Jacquelynne S. Eccles." Erfurt : Universität Erfurt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1215978103/34.

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Dela, Cruz Cristina Maria B. "Existential Concerns of Individuals Living with Chronic Mental Illness in Guam." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1372443327.

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Varitimidou, Kaliopi, and Josephine Söderberg. "Going concern : En revisors dilemma." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-6427.

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Allen, Stephen Richard. "Concern processing in autonomous agents." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369169.

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Striefel, Kelsey Leigh. "Opioids: A Reason for Concern." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27894.

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The opioid epidemic has drawn increasing attention as opioid prescribing rates and opioid related deaths continue to rise. Opioid prescribing by health care providers has quadrupled over the past 18 years and is directly proportionate to opioid-related overdoses. Primary care providers initiate chronic opioid pain management and frequently fail due to the multifaceted nature of chronic pain. A rural North Dakota health care system implemented strategies to improve chronic opioid pain management. Strategies were based on the 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. Interventions were directed at improving opioid prescribing practices for chronic non-cancer pain management of primary care providers and reducing risks of long term opioid use. Providing clinicians with education and a quick-reference sheet on current evidence-based recommendations and accepted best practices developed their knowledge to complete remaining interventions. Chart audits identified patients on chronic opioid therapy, patients with a signed pain contract, and those with daily opioid doses meeting or exceeding recommended upper daily morphine milligram equivalence. Provider notification of identified patients allowed for further recommended interventions. Chart flagging allowed providers to easily identify patients currently on a pain contract, patients eligible for a pain contract, and patients receiving the upper daily morphine milligram equivalence limits. Evaluation was performed four months after initiation of the project. Results showed the education provided increased clinicians? knowledge and comfort in the evidence-based guidelines for managing chronic pain with opioids. Recommended monitoring strategies were improved after providers received education. Evaluation found the prescription drug monitoring program review and documentation had improved from 0 to 18. Annual urine drug screens increased from 9 to 15. Eighty-five percent of pain contract eligible patients were enrolled in a pain contract. Evaluation of patients prescribed daily morphine milligram equivalence ? 50 and ? 90 that had appropriate recommended interventions were 57% and 50% respectively. Forty-five pain management patients were identified at the time of evaluation and flagged in the electronic health record. Overall, each intervention implemented showed improvement upon comparison of pre-implementation and post-implementation data.

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Cain, Maria (Maria Jennifer) 1970 Carleton University Dissertation Canadian Studies. "Environmentalism: From concern to action." Ottawa.:, 1996.

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Олефіренко, Олег Михайлович, Олег Михайлович Олефиренко, and Oleh Mykhailovych Olefirenko. "Маркетинг промислової продукції одиничного виробництва як новий вид маркетингу в інформаційній економіці сталого розвитку." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17435.

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Однією з актуальних концепцій маркетингу для вітчизняної промисловості сьогодення є концепція індивідуального маркетингу. Особливо це стосується підприємств малого і середнього бізнесу у галузі машинобудування та промислових послуг. Сутність концепції індивідуального маркетингу за Ф. Котлером полягає у тому, що пропозиція, послуги і комунікація формуються з урахуванням потреб окремих клієнтів. Такий вид маркетингу спрямований на досягнення запланованої рентабельності та стабільного зростання за рахунок отримання більшої, у порівнянні з конкурентами, частки витрат кожного клієнта, високого ступеня лояльності споживача та принципового признання цінності клієнта на протязі всього його життя. При цитуванні документа, використовуйте посилання http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17435

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Rook, Caroline. "Exploring the concept of individual workplace well-being : what does it mean to have workplace well-being and what is the role of identity-related resources in achieving it?" Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14070.

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When exploring workplace phenomena such as well-being, it is important to recognise the context in which the experience takes place. For example, many contemporary jobs require people to interact with others or to work in groups. Therefore, the social dimension of the workplace well-being experience calls for recognition in research. Keeping the social context of work in mind, the PhD programme had two research aims in order to develop current understanding further on what well-being encompasses and what the best ways are to enhance it. The first aim was to explore relevant components of individual workplace well-being. The second aim was to explore the relevance of two antecedents of individual workplace well-being: Authenticity and social identification were conceptualized through an identity lens as identity-related resources, incorporating the personal self (authenticity) and the social self (shared social identity). Well-being experience accounts of managers, consultants, and staff from different work contexts were explored in two studies through questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups and then analysed with thematic qualitative content analysis. The findings suggest that well-being descriptions from people who work are aligned with existing well-being concepts. Furthermore, the social aspect of well-being was indeed highlighted through the frequent use of indicators such as feeling connected with others, high interaction, and collaboration. In addition, depending on whose well-being was explored, different workplace well-being components were referred to in descriptions of the experience. The findings further suggest that the identity-related resources can act as positive, negative, or irrelevant resources for well-being depending on the work context (i.e. job role and work characteristics). This research indicates that the social aspect of the well-being is a prevalent part of the experience and is not just important in itself but is also for successfully working together with others. Furthermore, any action to improve well-being needs to be tailored to the characteristics of the work context and the workers themselves.

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Dearing, M. F. "A psychological analysis of the perception of air pollution in Athens : Personal concern or social concern?" Thesis, University of Surrey, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383000.

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Johansson, Lukas, and Jennie Karlsson. "REVISORERS GRANSKNING AV GOING CONCERN UNDER KRIS : En studie om going concern under coronapandemin och finanskrisen." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20062.

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Bakgrund: Going concern är en av grundprinciperna inom redovisning, vilket innebär att företagen ska fortsätta sin verksamhet under en överskådlig framtid. Under kriser kan osäkerheter uppstå för företag, vilket gör att revisorernas granskning av ett företags förmåga till fortlevnad blir extra intressant att studera. I tidigare forskning har studier gjorts om hur coronapandemin generellt påverkat revisorernas granskning, medan den här studien undersöker hur revisorernas granskning av going concern har förändrats under coronapandemin och finanskrisen. Det finns ingen tidigare forskning angående skillnader och likheter mellan coronapandemin och finanskrisen med avseende till revisorns granskning av going concern, vilket är anledningen till att det undersöks. Problemformuleringar: Hur och varför har revisorernas granskning av förmågan till fortsatt drift (going concern) förändrats under coronapandemin och finanskrisen? Vilka skillnader eller likheter finns det mellan coronapandemin och finanskrisen angående revisorernas granskning av förmågan till fortsatt drift (going concern)? Syfte: Syftet med studien är att få en förståelse över hur revisorerna granskar förmågan till fortsatt drift (going concern) under coronapandemin och finanskrisen och varför revisorernas granskning förändras under dessa kriser. I studien kommer det institutionella trycket hjälpa till att skapa en förståelse för varför revisorernas granskning förändras under kriser. Studien kommer även undersöka utifrån revisorernas perspektiv om det finns några skillnader eller likheter i väsentliga osäkerheter i företagen, ändamålsenliga revisionsbevis samt djupgående granskning mellan finanskrisen och coronapandemin. Resultat och slutsats: Studiens slutsatser är att revisorernas granskning av going concern har förändrats under coronapandemin och finanskrisen. Nya lagar och regler har tillkommit som revisorer i sin granskning behöver förhålla sig till, vilket studien indikerar att dessa förändringar kan förklaras av ett förändrat institutionellt tryck. Coronapandemin och finanskrisen har bidragit till mer djupgående granskning och revisorerna måste säkerställa att de inhämtade revisionsbevisen har en hög kvalitet. Studien har även identifierat att det finns skillnader och likheter angående revisorernas granskning av going concern mellan coronapandemin och finanskrisen, vilket härrör från väsentliga osäkerheter, ändamålsenliga revisionsbevis och djupgående granskning.
Background: Going concern is one of the basic principles in accounting, which means that companies must continue their operations in the foreseeable future. In previous research studies have been done on how the corona pandemic generally has affected the auditors review, while this study examines what the auditors' review of going concern has shown during the corona pandemic. There are already studies on the financial crisis linked to going concern, but there is no previous research regarding differences and similarities between the corona pandemic and the financial crisis. Research questions: How and why have the auditors' review of the ability to continue operating (going concern) changed during the corona pandemic and the financial crisis?What are the differences and similarities between the financial crisis and the corona pandemic regarding the auditors review of going concern? Purpose of study: The purpose of the study is to gain an understanding of how the auditors examine the ability to continue operations (going concern) during the corona pandemic and the financial crisis and why the auditors examine changes during these crises. In the study, the institutional pressure will help to create an understanding of why auditors examine change during crises. The study will also examine from the auditors' perspective whether there are any differences or similarities in significant uncertainties, appropriate audit evidence and an in-depth review between the financial crisis and the corona pandemic. Results and conclusion: The study's conclusions are that the auditors' review of the going concern has changed during the corona pandemic and the financial crisis, which contributes to the review not looking the same during a crisis. The corona pandemic and the financial crisis has led to the introduction of new laws and regulations, which auditors must follow and can be explained by institutional pressure. This has contributed to a more in-depth audit and also to the fact that the auditors must ensure that the audited evidence obtained is of a high quality. The study has identified that there are differences and similarities regarding the auditors' review of the going concern between the corona pandemic and the financial crisis, which stems from significant uncertainties, appropriate audit evidence and in-depth review.

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Rheborg, Andersson Paulina, and Amanda Palm. "Hur tydligt utformas going concern-varningar?" Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för ekonomivetenskap och juridik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-20896.

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Tidigare har man identifierat två steg i processen att utfärda going concern-varningar. Det första steget innebär att revisorn blir övertygad om att bolaget förtjänar en varning och det andra steget innebär att revisorn beslutar sig för att faktiskt utfärda varningen (LaSalle et al., 1996; Ruiz-Barbadillo et al., 2004). Arnedo et al. (2008) anser att det är nödvändigt att lägga till ett tredje steg, nämligen med vilken tydlighet varningen formuleras. De menar att det finns en uppsjö av forskning som behandlar de två traditionella stegen, men att det i princip saknas empirisk forskning om hur revisorer formulerar varningarna. Vi har i vår studie kartlagt och analyserat going concern-varningarnas träffsäkerhet och tydlighet utifrån ett antal revisors- och klientfaktorer, i en population av svenska bolag som gick i konkurs under år 2010. Dessa faktorer är revisorns kön, kompetens, byråtillhörighet, tiden mellan revisionsberättelsens avlämnande och konkursbeslutet, klientens storlek och finansiell stress. Vårt resultat visar att revisorernas träffsäkerhet bland konkursbolagen är 22,7 procent, och att samtliga faktorer påverkar träffsäkerheten, utom byråtillhörigheten. Vidare finner vi att revisorerna formulerar tydliga going concern-varningar i 60,1 procent av fallen (i 26,3 procent av fallen formulerar revisorerna mellantydliga varningar och i 13,6 procent av fallen otydliga varningar). De revisorsfaktorer som påverkar varningarnas tydlighet är byråtillhörighet samt tiden mellan revisionsberättelse och konkursbeslut. De båda klientfaktorerna storlek och finansiell stress påverkar, utöver varningarnas träffsäkerhet, även tydligheten. Vår studie visar att revisorerna i vart tionde fall har valt att använda sig av två alternativa formuleringar. Av de undersökta faktorerna är det endast de två klientfaktorerna storlek och finansiell stress som påverkar förekomsten av kompletterande formuleringar i varningar. Ungefär hälften av kompletteringarna förstärker det som redan sagts, medan hälften förmildrar det som sagts. Ingen av faktorerna i studien påverkar hur kompletteringarna sammansätts.

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Abdel, Zaher Angie M. "Executive Characteristics and Going Concern Opinions." FIU Digital Commons, 2009. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/93.

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Auditors have come under increased scrutiny over the past several years about the growing number of client failures without a warning in the form of a going-concern modified (GCM) audit opinion. Statement on Auditing Standards No. 59 requires auditors to evaluate whether substantial doubt exists on an audit client’s ability to continue as a going concern (AICPA 1988). My dissertation consists of three essays. For the three essays, I empirically investigate issues related to GCM audit opinions and executive characteristics. Specifically, I examine the impact of executive tenure and gender on the issuance of GCM audit opinions. In addition, my dissertation addresses two other unique issues. Given that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act represents an important watershed event in the history and regulation of the accounting profession, I provide evidence about auditors’ propensities to issue GCM audit opinions in the post-SOX period. Further, I also expand extant research in this area by using multiple outcomes and thus go beyond the traditional use of bankruptcy alone as a tool to evaluate auditors’ GCM opinion. The results indicate that, after controlling for other financial characteristics, GCM audit opinions are significantly more likely for firms that have CFOs with short tenure and/or for firms with a female CFO or CEO. However, when examining the association between executive characteristics and two types of reporting errors, the results vary with the type of reporting error. Overall, the results provide evidence that executive characteristics are associated with auditors' reporting decisions.

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