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Sundström, Rasmus. "Upplevelsen av att dela hem och arbete med samma person." Thesis, Mälardalen University, Department of Social Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-402.

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Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur multipla roller upplevs och hanteras av personer som delar en professionell och en privat domän. Tidigare forskning har visat att multipla roller ofta upplevs som stressande och är en grund till konflikter i såväl den privata som den professionella domänen. Åtta personer i fyra intervjupar intervjuades individuellt med hjälp av en semistrukturerad intervjuguide. Studiens resultat visar att samtliga deltagare har positiva upplevelser kring de delade domänerna då de anses ge en ökad förståelse för den andra parten och leda till en utvecklad relation. Vidare forskning föreslås koncentreras kring negativa upplevelser av fenomenet då denna undersökning inte undersökt detta.

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McLaughlin, K. "Work and family life : experiences of mothers and fathers." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273084.

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Kühn, Thomas. "A Family of Role-Based Languages." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-228027.

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Role-based modeling has been proposed in 1977 by Charles W. Bachman, as a means to model complex and dynamic domains, because roles are able to capture both context-dependent and collaborative behavior of objects. Consequently, they were introduced in various fields of research ranging from data modeling via conceptual modeling through to programming languages. More importantly, because current software systems are characterized by increased complexity and context-dependence, there is a strong demand for new concepts beyond object-oriented design. Although mainstream modeling languages, i.e., Entity-Relationship Model, Unified Modeling Language, are good at capturing a system's structure, they lack ways to model the system's behavior, as it dynamically emerges through collaborating objects. In turn, roles are a natural concept capturing the behavior of participants in a collaboration. Moreover, roles permit the specification of interactions independent from the interacting objects. Similarly, more recent approaches use roles to capture context-dependent properties of objects. The notion of roles can help to tame the increased complexity and context-dependence. Despite all that, these years of research had almost no influence on current software development practice. To make things worse, until now there is no common understanding of roles in the research community and no approach fully incorporates both the context-dependent and the relational nature of roles. In this thesis, I will devise a formal model for a family of role-based modeling languages to capture the various notions of roles. Together with a software product line of Role Modeling Editors, this, in turn, enables the generation of a role-based language family for Role-based Software Infrastructures (RoSI).

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Broers, Catharina Maria, and n/a. "Career and Family: The Role of Social Support." Griffith University. School of Psychology, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070110.095525.

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Balancing a successful career with a family life can be challenging and impact on a person's satisfaction in their work and family roles, affecting not only the person but their partner and children as well. This study examined the influence of social support from family and work associates on the role satisfaction of female and male managers, and their children's adjustment. Participants were 96 male and 100 female managers and their families. The first aim of this study was to examine the relative importance of work and family support for satisfaction in the roles of paid worker, spouse and parent. Findings showed that social support had a domain-specific effect, with work support associated with job satisfaction, and family support associated with marital and parenting satisfaction. The second aim of the study was to evaluate gender differences in perceived social support, and the association of support with role satisfaction. Although there were considerable differences in the managers' work and family arrangements, female managers and male managers reported receiving similar levels of work and family support, and the strength of the relationship between social support and role satisfaction was similar for both genders. The final aim of the study was to examine the role of social support in the larger family system, as research has mainly focussed on the influence of social support on the support recipient. This study extended research on the relationship between social support and role satisfaction, by showing that family support was not only associated to managers' role satisfaction, but also to managers' interactions with their children, and their children's adjustment. Work support on the other hand, was related to job satisfaction, but not to parent-child interactions and child adjustment. The findings from this study could inform clinicians' treatment of families with children experiencing problems by addressing the relationship of family support with child adjustment. Findings could also inform governments' work and family agendas, which generally focus on providing assistance to employers with the development of workplace policies to improve work-family balance. Governments should also promote the role of family support, and provide information for families on how to arrange household and childcare tasks and provide support to each other to facilitate work-family balance. Furthermore, the current study showed that work support is positively related to employee's job satisfaction, which is important for employees as well as employers. Employers can promote supportive relationships among employees through establishing networking opportunities for their employees, such as breakfast meetings, workshops and seminars, and business planning days. This study showed that some people can have it all - a satisfying and successful career, a happy marriage, and fulfilling parenthood - and social support appears to play a significant role in achieving this.

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Broers, Catharina Maria. "Career and Family: The Role of Social Support." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366785.

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Balancing a successful career with a family life can be challenging and impact on a person's satisfaction in their work and family roles, affecting not only the person but their partner and children as well. This study examined the influence of social support from family and work associates on the role satisfaction of female and male managers, and their children's adjustment. Participants were 96 male and 100 female managers and their families. The first aim of this study was to examine the relative importance of work and family support for satisfaction in the roles of paid worker, spouse and parent. Findings showed that social support had a domain-specific effect, with work support associated with job satisfaction, and family support associated with marital and parenting satisfaction. The second aim of the study was to evaluate gender differences in perceived social support, and the association of support with role satisfaction. Although there were considerable differences in the managers' work and family arrangements, female managers and male managers reported receiving similar levels of work and family support, and the strength of the relationship between social support and role satisfaction was similar for both genders. The final aim of the study was to examine the role of social support in the larger family system, as research has mainly focussed on the influence of social support on the support recipient. This study extended research on the relationship between social support and role satisfaction, by showing that family support was not only associated to managers' role satisfaction, but also to managers' interactions with their children, and their children's adjustment. Work support on the other hand, was related to job satisfaction, but not to parent-child interactions and child adjustment. The findings from this study could inform clinicians' treatment of families with children experiencing problems by addressing the relationship of family support with child adjustment. Findings could also inform governments' work and family agendas, which generally focus on providing assistance to employers with the development of workplace policies to improve work-family balance. Governments should also promote the role of family support, and provide information for families on how to arrange household and childcare tasks and provide support to each other to facilitate work-family balance. Furthermore, the current study showed that work support is positively related to employee's job satisfaction, which is important for employees as well as employers. Employers can promote supportive relationships among employees through establishing networking opportunities for their employees, such as breakfast meetings, workshops and seminars, and business planning days. This study showed that some people can have it all - a satisfying and successful career, a happy marriage, and fulfilling parenthood - and social support appears to play a significant role in achieving this.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Psychology
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Warrier, Shrikala Balakrishna. "Family roles and sociability networks in a Gujarati community in London with special reference to changes in women's roles." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242605.

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Chusid, Hanna S. "The meaning of career change in relation to family roles." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27660.

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An intensive case study design was utilized, integrating data from the application of Q-technique and subject interviews, to examine the meaning of career change from a family perspective. Ten subjects, identified through an informal network of referrals, were selected as diverse examples of career changers (6 men, 4 women). Subjects Q-sorted 46 items drawn from Holland's (1966) typology of personalities for 19 to 23 Salient Role Figures identified from three domains of dramatic enactment: Family, Self, and Vocation. Q-sort results for each subject were developed into a correlation matrix, then submitted to a principal components analysis. Results were analyzed to identify shifts or maintenance of themes and role enactments as indications of lived-out dramas. The empirical findings and suggested themes were presented to each subject to stimulate subject elaboration. Quantitative and qualitative data were synthesized to develop portraits pointing to the meaning of career change for each subject. Results support previous research that suggests individuals displace role enactments from family-of-origin onto the vocational arena. This study also provides support for the thesis that the phenomenon of role displacement from the family to vocational arenas occurs across differing vocational contexts. Additionally, while the meaning of career change as reflected in patterns of dramatic enactment appears idiosyncratic, the shifts in role displacement from family-of-origin to vocational arena appear to virtually define the subject's sense of the meaning of the career change itself. Thus, when viewed in the context of the individual's life as it is lived out, there appears to be regularity in the meaning of career change.
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Kühn, Thomas, Max Leuthäuser, Sebastian Götz, Christoph Seidl, and Uwe Aßmann. "A Metamodel Family for Role-Based Modeling and Programming Languages." Springer, 2014. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A75371.

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Role-based modeling has been proposed almost 40 years ago as a means to model complex and dynamic domains, because roles are able to capture both context-dependent and collaborative behavior of objects. Unfortunately, while several researchers have introduced the notion of roles to modeling and programming languages, only few have captured both the relational and the context-dependent nature of roles. In this work, we classify various proposals since 2000 and show the discontinuity and fragmentation of the whole research field. To overcome discontinuity, we propose a family of metamodels for role-based modeling languages. Each family member corresponds to a design decision captured in a feature model. In this way, it becomes feasible to generate a metamodel for each role-based approach. This allows for the combination and improvement of the different role-based modeling and programming languages and paves the way to reconcile the research field.

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Fitzgerald, Sharon. "Managing Professional Roles in Home-Based Family Therapy: A Study of Marriage and Family Therapist Practices." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1573222232465118.

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Andersson, Emil. "Family in crisis : A narrative analysis of gender roles and family hierarchy in the movie Turist." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-103939.

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This study conducts a narrative analysis of the film Turist, in order to explore how its portrayal of a contemporary Scandinavian family could provide insight into how gender roles are constructed. Drawing on classical feminist theory, film theory and giving special focus to explore how masculinity and the father’s role is portrayed in relation to femininity this essay uses a theoretical angle that is less explored than others. In the methodology, this study examines both the film’s characters and the many technical aspects that a film is constructed from. When relevant to the analysis in its entirety the study will consider parameters such as dialogue, editing, camera movement, framing of scenes and music. The results of the research show that the film is self-aware when constructing stereotypical gender roles that aligns itself with classical feminist theories. In the end the film implies that the family is comfortable to return to the traditional family hierarchy, because this is something they believe is expected from them.

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Heath-Engel, Hannah. "Novel roles for Bcl2 family proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96894.

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The Bcl2 family proteins are central regulators of apoptosis; the primary form of physiological cell death. Furthermore, inappropriate activation or silencing of Bcl2 family members has been associated with cancer development and treatment resistance. These proteins therefore represent attractive therapeutic targets, and, in consequence, an increased understanding of the roles played by Bcl2 proteins will be important for the development and implementation of targeted therapies. Although best characterized with respect to their role at the mitochondria, it is now evident that Bcl2 proteins also function at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The focus of this thesis is on the role of Bcl2 proteins at the ER, specifically with respect to cell death initiated by the ER localized proteins Bik and p20Bap31. Bik and p20Bap31 were previously shown to initiate similar proapoptotic pathways, characterized by an early release of ER calcium stores, and inhibitable by Bcl2. The results of the current study are two-fold: first, using ER-targeted Bak and Bcl2 (Bakb5 and Bcl2b5) in a Bak/Bax deficient background, I have shown that Bik can disrupt an interaction between Bak and Bcl2 at the ER. Furthermore, Bik could overcome the protective effect of Bcl2b5 with respect to Bakb5. This finding provides the first direct evidence for regulation of cell death via binary interactions between Bcl2 family members at the ER. The second part of this study was designed to determine the roles of Bax/Bak and ER-restricted Bcl2 in the p20Bap31-initiated pathway. Using E1A/DNp53 transformed wild-type and Bax/Bak double knockout baby mouse kidney epithelial cells, I have shown that ectopic expression of p20Bap31, but not of Bik, can initiate a paraptosis-like form of non-apoptotic, Bax/Bak independent, cell death. Of particular importance, cell death could be delayed by Bcl2b5, in the absence of Bax/Bak; pointing to a novel, Bax/Bak independent, prosurvival role for Bcl2 at the ER. In summary, this study demonstrates the ability of Bcl2 family members to regulate cell death through binary interactions at the ER, and of Bcl2 to inhibit cell death in a Bax/Bak independent manner. Furthermore, a novel non-apoptotic cell death pathway initiated by p20Bap31 expression is identified.
La famille de protéines Bcl2 a une importance fondamentale dans le contrôle de l'apoptose; la forme principale de mort cellulaire physiologique. De plus, le développement de cancers et la résistance aux thérapies sont associés à l'activation ou la suppression de membres de la famille Bcl2. Cette famille de protéines représente une cible thérapeutique intéressante et par conséquent, une connaissance approfondie des rôles des protéines Bcl2 sera important pour amener et exécuter des thérapies ciblées. Tandis que le rôle de ces protéines à la mitochondrie est bien caractérisé, une fonction des protéines Bcl2 au niveau du réticulum endoplasmique (RE) est maintenant évidente. Cette thèse porte sur le rôle des protéines Bcl2 au niveau du RE, particulièrement concernant l'apoptose initiée par Bik et p20Bap31, deux protéines qui sont localisés au RE. Les voies de signalisation proapoptotique qui sont initiées par Bik et p20Bap31 sont caractérisées par une libération précoce d'une réserve de calcium du RE et sont inhibées par Bcl2. Les résultats de l'étude présente portent sur deux domaines: premièrement, en empruntant des formes de Bak et Bcl2 qui sont ciblées au RE (Bakb5 et Bcl2b5) sur un fond déficient en Bak et Bax, je démontre que Bik est capable de perturber l'interaction entre Bak et Bcl2 au RE. En outre, Bik peut surmonter l'effet protectrice contre l'apoptose de Bcl2b5 par rapport à Bakb5. Ce sont les premières évidences qu'une interaction binaire entre des membres de la famille Bcl2 au RE peut contrôler la mort cellulaire. La deuxième partie de cette étude était conçu pour déterminer le rôle de Bax/Bak et Bcl2 localisé uniquement au RE, dans la voie de signalisation initiée par p20Bap31. En utilisant des cellules provenant de l'épithélium rénale de souris nouveau-nés transformées par E1A/DNp53, soit de souche sauvage ou avec double knockout des gènes Bax et Bak, je démontre que l'expression ectopique de p20Bap31, mais non pas de Bik, peut initier une forme de mort cellulaire non-apoptotique indépendante de Bax/Bak qui ressemble la paraptose. Un résultat d'importance primordiale est qu'un délai de mort cellulaire attribué à Bcl2b5 s'avère dans l'absence de Bax et Bak, ce qui suggère un rôle pro-survie inattendu de Bcl2 au RE indépendant de Bax/Bak. Cette étude démontre une capacité de contrôler la mort cellulaire des membres de la famille Bcl2 par des interactions binaires au RE et une fonction inhibitrice de Bcl2 sur la mort cellulaire indépendante de Bax/Bak. De plus, une nouvelle voie de signalisation de mort cellulaire non-apoptotique initiée par p20Bap31 est identifiée.

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Mohd, Noor Noraini. "Work and family roles in relation to women's well-being." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357545.

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Jiang, Lili, and 蒋莉莉. "Roles of ASPP family and FBI-1 in ovarian cancer." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45458893.

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Connelly, Katherine. "Investigations into the roles of bacterial TorD family chaperone proteins." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2014. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/37e3c291-ef45-494b-b9d9-536f13e7c962.

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The twin-arginine translocase (Tat) is a highly specialised protein transport system, present in prokaryotes and plant chloroplasts. This translocase functions to transport proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane in a fully folded state. Substrates of the Tat system are targeted to the system by N-terminal signal peptides, which bear the consensus motif (S/T)RRxFLK. These proteins often require redox centres for function that must be incorporated prior to transport, with many utilising the molybdenum cofactor Mo-bis-MGD for enzymatic activity during anaerobic respiration. Cofactor loading and protein maturation of these substrates is often coordinated by a ‘Tat proofreading’ process, involving the binding of cytoplasmic chaperone proteins to the substrate signal peptide to prevent premature translocation before maturation is complete. A large group of these proteins form the TorD family of chaperone proteins, of which two examples are DmsD and TorD. DmsD is known to aid maturation of three Tat substrates in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium; YnfE - the catalytic subunit of selenate reductase, YnfF, and DmsA - the catalytic subunit of dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) reductase. TorD assists in the assembly of the catalytic subunit of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) reductase, TorA. Work presented in this thesis has demonstrated that the interaction between S. Typhimurium DmsD and YnfE requires a hydrophobic stretch of residues on the N-terminal signal peptide of YnfE, the sequence of which is highly conserved amongst signal peptide sequences of all three DmsD target proteins. Genetic and biochemical analysis also revealed residues of importance on the DmsD protein, with a proposed binding mechanism being discussed involving a hydrophobic cleft on the protein surface. The possibility that DmsD is involved in activities other than signal peptide binding was also touched upon. TorA/TorD binding interactions of Escherichia coli were also investigated, and again highlighted the prospect of dual functionality of these chaperone proteins, with TorD amino acid residues being implicated in TorA signal peptide interactions and TMAO reductase activity. High resolution microscopy was employed to enable imaging of TorD within the cellular environment, and super resolution microscopy was utilized to elucidate the interplay between Tat substrates and the Tat translocase. Finally, broad metabolic phenotype screening technology was used to gain an understanding of the broader function of dmsD and other genes in bacterial cell metabolism.

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Couzy, Margaux. "Conflicting Roles: Balancing Family and Professional Life - A Challenge for Working Women." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-19019.

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Purpose: This study aims to explore how women’s roles at work and home interact with each other and focuses specifically on role conflicts which may arise. Research questions: Primary question: When and why do role conflicts occur in women’s lives? Secondary questions: (1) What is a role? (2) How do roles affect women’s lives? (3) How do women cope/deal with role conflict? Methodology: Qualitative research and interpretive approach Findings: Theoretical and empirical findings state that role conflicts occur when traditional values, lack of time and unbalanced involvement interfere with how women fulfil their different roles. Moreover, this study analyses the ways that women might have to deal with such conflict by comparing

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Brightbill, Beverlyn. "Alcohol consumption and college students relating students' alcohol use to family roles, positions and family alcohol use /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1988. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Kennett, Jennifer S. "Perceived parental roles in stepfamilies, implications for family cohesion and functioning." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61572.pdf.

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Bean, Mathew. "Understanding fathers' roles : an evidence-based practice guide for family therapists." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/314.

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Ginn, Carla S., and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Health Sciences. "Urban First Nations grandmothers : health promotion roles in family and community." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences, c2009, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/2512.

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The purpose of this participatory action research study was to gain an awareness of the meanings of health for urban First Nations grandmothers, and how they promote it in their families and communities. Active participation of 7 urban First Nations grandmothers in the research process involved 4 group and 1 individual interview. Meanings of health included maintaining balance in all areas of life; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Control imposed through the residential schools resulted in secrets kept, yet the survival and resiliency of the grandmothers were identified as part of being healthy. Personal health was linked with the health of their families and communities, and an awareness of living in two cultures vital in the intergenerational transmission of knowledge. Relationships with grandchildren were catalysts for change, and the grandmothers described working to “turn it around” throughout their challenges in health and life, as one strategy for health promotion.
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Elias, Janice Graham. "Time allocation of teaching couples to work, family and personal roles /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487671640054757.

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Cantwell, Mark J. "The Tumor necrosis factor family : roles in disease pathology and therapy /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9824693.

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Warren, Sonja C. "A construction of family roles by working men who experience depression." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07252005-095433.

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Elliyoon, Arezou, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Management. "Work-family interface in Iranian women : the roles of religiosity and gender-role ideology / Arezou Elliyoon." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Management, 2010, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/2603.

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This research assessed the effect of religious orientation on experiences of Iranian women in balancing their work and family roles. Based on the proposed relationships among main variables of this study which are religiosity, gender-role ideology, work-family conflict and work-family facilitation, it was also hypothesized that gender-role ideology would mediate the relationships between religiosity and work-family conflict/facilitation. The participants of this study were 221 Iranian female employees working in the Wood and Glue Industry. The results supported some of the developed hypotheses. For instance, they showed that women with stronger religious beliefs felt the extra time spent on work responsibilities would have been better devoted to family roles. Further, the women who indicated that the role of religion is highly significant in their lives experienced less conflict between the behaviors performed at home and those performed at work. The results did not support the hypothesized mediating role of gender-role ideology.
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Shih, Jian-Bin. "Cultural, social and individual correlates of happiness in Taiwan." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325503.

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Hairston, Edward Eugene. "A profile of positive role models for young African-American males." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-162452/.

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Gosling, Sally Catherine. "Sex and gender roles in gentle and noble families, c.1575-1660, with a particular focus on marriage formation." n.p, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Bespinar, Lutfiye Zeynep. "Family Background, Family Processes, Women&#039." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605504/index.pdf.

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This study aimed to demonstrate the effects of the contextual factors (socio-economic conditions and level of urbanization) on family processes and outcomes related to women. The family processes of interest were spousal relations relative power, feelings of mastery, and self evaluation of women in familial roles. Another aim was to investigate the effect of participation in the activities of family support and women education programs on women'
s attitudes in relation to family roles. I studies with an accidental sample of 145 women in various districts of Kadikö
y, istanbul. There were three groups of women (1) women living in poor districts of Kadikö
y and in touch with "
Family Guiding/ Solidarity Center"
of Kadikö
y Munucipality, (2) women living in the same districts but not in touch with (FG/SC), (3) women living in central-whealthy neighborhoods of Kadikö
y. There were three main predictions
(1) education was predicted to determine economic status, which would influence mastery. Mastery in turn, would affect spousal relationsand decision making processes in family. Finally, spousal relations would predict self-evaluation (2) urbanization was predicted to influence modern attitudes toward spousal roles positively and traditional attitudes negatively, (3) women who were in touch with FG/SC were predicted to have more favorable attitudes toward modern spousal roles, but less favorable toward traditional spousal roles. The model of the first prediction revealed that
economic status determined mastery, which influences warmth and equality. Warmth and equality in turn influences individual'
s self evaluation. As expected in the second prediction, urbanization was negatively related to traditional attitudes. Comparison of the three groups revealed that, women living in pheripheral districts showed more favorable attitudes towards traditional gender stereotypic duties of women, and maledominance than women living in central districts. Women living in pheripheral districts and intouch with FG/SC, showed more favorable attitudes toward women'
s participation inlabor market than women living in the same area but not in touch with FG/SC, and women living in the central districts.

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Holly, Lesley Margaret. "The changing roles of parents in a middle class community." Thesis, n.p, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Eckart, Emeline. "A Quantitative Study of the Variables that Influence Work-Family Conflict of Female Counselors." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2067.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between female counselors’ work-family conflict and their demographic (i.e., ethnicity, age, educational level, and annual household income), occupational (i.e., ethnicity, age, educational level, and annual household income), and family (i.e., marital/partner status; number of children at home under the age of 18; age of youngest child; care of elderly, ill, or disabled family members; source of support; and support) characteristics. Super’s (1990) Life-Space Life-Span theory provided a framework to understand female counselors’ engagement in multiple roles in work and family and the conflict that can result in two directions: work interfering with family (WIF), and family interfering with work (FIW) (Frone, Russell, & Cooper, 1992). Female counselors were contacted through electronic email communication in which they received a link to access the online survey that totaled 51 questions. Female counselors from the state of Louisiana and Alabama participated in the survey for a sample size of 266. Pearson’s correlation indicated significant relationships for WIF and the following variables: (a) annual household income, (b) hours per week spent in employment, (c) counseling license, (d) workplace flexibility, (e) autonomy, (f) marital/partner status, and (g) source of support. For FIW, significant relationships were found for the following variables: (a) autonomy; (b) number of children at home under the age of 18; (c) age of the youngest child; (d) care of elderly, ill, or disabled family members; (e) hours per week spent in home chores and errands; and (f) support. Autonomy and hours per week spent in employment significantly predicted female counselors’ WIF scores. Autonomy; age of the youngest child; care of elderly, ill, or disabled family members; and support predicted female counselors’ FIW scores.

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Behzad, Hayedeh. "Diverse roles of the Bcl-2 family proteins in hemopoietic cell regulation." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30719.

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In this thesis, the roles of Bcl-2 family proteins in hemopoietic cell regulation were investigated. We first examined the effects of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) dependent survival signalling pathways in cytokine dependent hemopoietic cells. Following cytokine withdrawal or PI3K inhibition, there was a loss of FOXO3A phosphorylation, resulting in increased expression of FasL and Fas at the cell surface. However, the Fas mediated signalling did not appear to be involved in apoptosis of cytokine dependent hemopoietic cells. These results support the belief that mitochondrial mediated signals through regulation of Bcl-2 family proteins may play the major role in hemopoietic cell apoptosis. Amongst the pro-survival Bcl-2 family members, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL are assumed to have a redundant function. To explore the differential ability of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL in protecting cells against apoptosis, we over-expressed these proteins in cytokine dependent hemopoietic cell line FDCP-1. Based on our results, Bcl-2 appears to be a more potent pro-survival protein than Bcl-xL against apoptosis induced by cytokine withdrawal. In addition to their localization at the mitochondria, Bcl-2 family members also localize at ER. To examine the physiological relevance of the membrane targeting of Bcl-xL, we used Rat-1 fibroblast cell lines over-expressing Bcl-xL mutants that were targeted to ER, mitochondrial outer membrane, or wild type Bcl-xL and showed that the ER targeted Bcl-xL was as effective or even more effective than the mitochondrial targeted or wild type Bcl-xL against certain cytotoxic stimuli. A number of studies have shown involvement of Bcl-2 family proteins in processes other than apoptosis. We explored a role of Mcl-1 in cell cycle regulation, DNA damage checkpoint response, and cellular differentiation and found an interaction between Mcl-1 and the cell cycle regulatory protein Cdk-1 in nuclear compartment. In addition, Mcl-1 was found to associate with the DNA damage checkpoint regulator, Chk-1, and the hallmark of DNA damage checkpoint response, phospho-histone H2AX. Mcl-1 level also increased in HL-60 cells upon induction of cellular differentiation by PMA. However, over-expression of Mcl-1 in these cells did not appear to enhance cellular differentiation. We, therefore, concluded that Mcl-1 might not play a prominent role in cellular differentiation.
Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, Department of
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Le, Linh. "The roles of the microRNA 29 family in cartilage homeostasis and osteoarthritis." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2015. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/54111/.

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MicroRNAs are short endogenous non-coding RNA molecules, typically 19-25 nucleotides in length, which negatively regulate gene expression. In osteoarthritis (OA), several genes necessary for cartilage homeostasis are aberrantly expressed, with a number of miRNAs implicated in this process. However, our knowledge of the earliest stages of OA, prior to the onset of irreversible changes, remains limited. The purpose of this study was to identify miRNAs involved across the time-course of OA using both a murine model and human cartilage, and to define their function. Expression profile of miRNAs (Exiqon) and mRNAs (Illumina) on total RNA purified from whole knee joints taken from mice which underwent destabilisation of the medial meniscus (DMM) surgery at day 1, 3 and 7 post-surgery showed: the miRNA expression in whole mouse joints post DMM surgery increased over 7 days; at day 1 and 3, the expression of only 4 miRNAs altered significantly; at day 7, 19 miRNAs were upregulated and 15 downregulated. Among the modulated miRNAs, the miR-29b was the most interesting and was chosen to further investigate since integrating analysis of the miRNA and mRNA expression array data showed the inverse correlation between miR-29b and its potential targets. In end-stage human OA cartilage and in murine injury model, the miR-29 family was found to increase expression. Moreover, the miR-29 family was found to be the negative regulator in both human and murine chondrogenesis, and was also found to involve in murine limb development. Expression of the miR-29 family was found to suppress by SOX9 at least in part through directly binding to the promoter of the primary miR-29a/b1. Also, TGFβ1/3 decreased expression of the miR-29 family whilst Wnt3a did not have any effect. Lipopolysaccharide suppressed the miR-29 family expression in part through NFκB signalling pathway while the IL-1 strongly induced its expression partly through P38 MAKP signalling. Using luciferase reporter assay, the miR-29 family was showed to suppress the TGFβ, NFκB, and WNT/β-catenin signalling pathways. Gene expression profiles of gain- and-loss-of-function revealed regulation of a large number of previously recognised extracellular matrix-associated genes as well as an additional subset of protease and Wnt signalling pathway-related genes. Among these genes, ADAMTS6, ADAMTS10, ADAMTS14, ADAMTS17, ADAMTS19, FZD3, DVL3, FRAT2, CK2A2 were experimentally validated as direct targets of the miR-29 family.

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Ichikawa, Takafumi. "Roles of vinexin family proteins in sensing the stiffness of extracellular matrix." Kyoto University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/225957.

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Kyoto University (京都大学)
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新制・課程博士
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甲第20587号
農博第2239号
新制||農||1052(附属図書館)
学位論文||H29||N5076(農学部図書室)
京都大学大学院農学研究科応用生命科学専攻
(主査)教授植田和光, 教授矢﨑一史, 教授宮川恒
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O'Reilly, Kevin Patrick. "HSP60 family of chaperonins : their roles in protein synthesis and stress protection /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9735275.

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Leavitt, Lisa Michelle. "Facing the Caree/Family Dichotomy: Traditional College Women's Perspectives." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2005. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/593.

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This qualitative study explored the experience of 32 traditional college freshmen women as they sought to choose a career with the idea of balancing career and family in the future. A traditional woman was defined as a woman whose central value system and cultural mores emphasize homemaking and childrearing as their primary role. Guided interviews were conducted to obtain in-depth descriptions of participants' experience. The interviews were transcribed and interpreted using a synthesis of qualitative methods based on Kvale's method. The six themes were as follows: 1. The concept of balancing careers and family life is not being discussed or addressed. 2. Participants saw their mothers' influence as the most significant in helping them come to their present decision about career and motherhood. 3. Education and a career are viewed as separate entities. 4. Participants reported experiencing both guilt and ambivalence over wanting both a career and a family. 5. Participants saw career and motherhood as mutually exclusive. 6. Participants thought of their ideas as being mainstream whether they wanted to work or stay at home while raising a family. The findings suggested that much more needs to be done in terms of encouraging discussion and providing forums for further exploration, to help resolve some of the ambivalence and confusion traditional women experience in trying to balance family and career.

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Chapman, Jamie J. "The Influence of Roles, Emotional Labor and Timescape on Work-Family Spillover Among Registered Nurses." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447594232.

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Aiello, Erin. "How do Perceived Gender Roles Influence the Number of Attempted Medical Interventions of Infertile Couples?" UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/25.

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Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples and the literature discusses the emotional effects infertility has on an individual. One option for infertility is to attempt medical interventions and the literature in the field does not explain why some people attempt more interventions than others. Using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), Cycle 6, this quantitative study aims to understand the relationship between traditional gender roles and values and the attempted number of medical interventions by individuals within a relationship experiencing infertility. The results from this study indicate that both males and females that are in relationship experiencing infertility are more likely to attempt medical interventions when they highly value the meaning of family, rather than their views on traditional gender roles and values for men and women.

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Zhang, Xian. "Family ownership and business performance of unlisted Chinese family firms : the mediating roles of hybrid governance mechanisms and guanxi networks." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683095.

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Kim, Hak Yoon. "The Working Mom’s Tug of War: Trajectories of Work-Family Conflict and the Buffering Roles of Job and Family Satisfaction." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1562651076556247.

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Hoyle, Carolyn. "Responding to domestic violence : the roles of police, prosecutors and victims." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cc7acb32-23c1-4286-911f-3b536d015bae.

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This thesis aimed to understand the factors which shape the police and CPS response to domestic violence in the light of recent policy changes which recommended arrest in such cases. The decisions made by victims, police and prosecutors were charted in over one thousand three hundred reported cases of domestic violence in the Thames Valley during a seven month period in 1993. A random sample of 387 of these incidents were examined in detail. The study sought to understand the needs, desires and expectations of victims and how their choices impacted on the decisions made by police and prosecutors. Having evaluated feminist theories, the thesis argues that police and prosecutors do not randomly exercise their discretion nor can their response be explained by reference to cultural or individual prejudices. Rather, their decisions are best understood in terms of a set of informal 'working rules' developed by police and prosecutors for dealing with these complex and difficult cases. It is shown that whilst evidence of an offence was highly correlated with decisions regarding arrest and prosecution, evidence did not determine police action nor did its absence preclude such action. Rather, evidence facilitated police action where the working rules pointed towards an arrest. One of the strongest working rules related to the willingness of the victim to support a prosecution or not. The majority of victims did not want their partners or ex-partners to be prosecuted even when they had requested that the police arrest the perpetrators. Police and prosecutors believe the criminal justice system to be an extremely clumsy tool in dealing with domestic disputes. They therefore did not pursue independent evidence when victims withdrew their statements and they consequently discontinued these cases or did not initiate prosecution in the first place. Previous research has started from the premise that withdrawal of complaints by victims and the discontinuance of cases represents some kind of failure on the part of the agencies involved and that this would be remedied if the police arrested and prosecuted wherever possible. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that the criminal justice system as it presently operates is capable of responding effectively to the needs of victims of domestic violence. This thesis throws some doubt on the validity of these assumptions.

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Quach, Emma D. "Multiple Roles in Later Life| Role Enhancement and Conflict and Their Effects on Psychological Well-Being." Thesis, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10239615.

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Holding both work and family roles can be a central experience for men and women, young or old. Yet, to date, the bulk of knowledge on holding roles in both domains is specific to young adults, a critical gap as conditions warrant longer work life. This inquiry thus focused on older working men and women (over 50 years of age) with at least one family role (spouse, parent of adult children, caregiver to an aging parent, or grandparent). With survey data from the Health and Retirement Study in 2010 and 2012, latent profile analysis, path analyses, and regressions were conducted to investigate multiple roles in later adulthood: 1) The extent older workers experience role enhancement and conflict between work and family roles because of role stressors and rewards, and patterns of role enhancement and conflict experiences, 2) The extent role enhancement and conflict (a) mediate between role rewards/stressors and psychological well-being (aging self-perceptions, life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms), and (b) interact with each other when exerting their psychological impacts, 3) Gender differences in role enhancement and conflict experiences and in their psychological consequences. Holding multiple roles in later life was characterized predominantly by work and family roles mutually enhancing each other, rather than conflicting with each other, a pattern driven primarily by low role stressors and secondarily by high role rewards. Role enhancement and conflict mediated the effects of role stressors/rewards on psychological well-being, especially on self-perceptions on aging. Interactive effects were also found: Psychological well-being was fostered by work conflicting with and enhancing the family but compromised by a similar circumstance in the family. Finally, gender differences emerged. Women benefitted more than men from multiple sources of role enhancement and from their work role (even when it enhanced and conflicted with the family). Men’s psychological well-being was neutral to multiple sources of role enhancement, enhanced by multiple sources of role conflict, and compromised by later-life family (when it enhanced and conflicted with work). In conclusion, although men and women experienced multiple roles in unique ways, they overwhelmingly benefitted from socially recognized activities from work and family roles.

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Omukunyi, Bernard. "Investigating the family-like roles displayed by caregivers and experienced by children within three selected children's homes in Cape Town, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4169.

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Dawes (2011) claims that there are more than 5.2 million children who were in both institutional and foster care in South Africa by 2011, which was increasing by 6.2% every year due to the HIV epidemic and high levels of poverty affecting the community. In the light of the large number of children in foster care, this study investigates the family-like roles displayed by caregivers and experienced by children within three selected Children's homes in Cape Town, South Africa. In this study, the term "family-like roles" was used interchangeably with "family values" displayed or instilled by caregivers within the children's home. Relatively a number of studies in child care have advocated for the benefit of family-like roles in children’s homes. The study established the importance of family-like roles, and it is evident that children's homes with a large group of children often prevent the creation of a nurturing environment with the characteristics of a family. The study employed interviews and observations to collect data, which were analysed according to the research questions by making codes and themes. The study involved the caregivers, children and managers of the three selected children's homes from Khayelitsha Township, Sothern and Northern suburbs of Cape Town. Furthermore, data were examined from both structural functionalism and eco cultural perspective, which helped to understand that caregivers display or instill the family values in a formal rather than in an informal way. This is because of the structure and functioning of the institutions of care, which makes the caregivers not to act naturally when taking care or displaying the family-like roles for vulnerable children to experience. Despite the negative declarations made in various scholars' studies about children’s homes, this study confirms the opinion of the caregivers that if the children living in the children's homes are shown respect, love, care, trust and kind treatment, they are able to extend these values to other people around them. Yet, this is not realised should the houses-units/cluster or cottages be overcrowded. In addition, the family-like roles displayed by caregivers in these particular children's homes may lead the children to develop a certain kind of phobia. This is a situation where the vulnerable children may develop a total fear and anxiety of certain social conditions in the communities

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Wilson, Katharine Frieda. "Home Behavioral Economics: Family and Work Decisions in the United States and Norway." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/308770.

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Stay at home fathers are a growing group in American society. However, most research has focused on the quality of care provided by stay at home fathers, rather than the decision making which determines which parent stays home. We sought to investigate this by attempting to put a price tag on maternal care versus paternal care while examining the potential effects of nationality and social support on that price tag. We collected data from 240 participants in the United States and 250 from Norway via online survey. Participants were asked how much a mother needs to earn to allow her husband to stay at home to provide childcare and how much a father needs to earn to allow his wife to stay at home and provide childcare, in addition to items to assess gender roles attitudes. No effect of social support was found, but Norwegians were slightly more likely than Americans to place a heavier earning burden on the husband. There were few differences in gender role attitudes by nationality. The impact of public policy and social desirability on the results are discussed.
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Carr, Eliann R. "Parental leadership roles & conflict management| Developing family resiliency through parent-child reconciliation." Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1543107.

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Separate theories of leadership roles and parenting styles have been richly developed and explored, but the relationship between the two is an area in need of further research. The various skills garnered through leadership experience can be instrumental for parents in managing and resolving family conflict, thereby increasing family resiliency. The willingness to address conflict directly versus the avoidance of conflict has been summarized into specific patterns that all groups, including families, progress through; however, the degree to which parents initiate reconciliatory actions needs further detailed analysis. Additionally, insight on the importance of parents modeling positive coping strategies will be derived through proper conflict management as a learned adaptive behavior for children. The intent of this grounded theory qualitative study was to explore potential overlap between leadership roles and parenting styles, and how the use of constructive conflict management strategies develops family resiliency. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, this overlap between leadership, parenting, and conflict management was analyzed. Each participant provided a response to open-ended questions regarding their leadership experience, role as a leader in their family, and their perception of family conflict. Next they described how they would respond to hypothetical scenarios incorporating various degrees and approaches to conflict. All the responses were coded and analyzed for themes that resulted in a new theory on family resiliency based on parents' use of minor levels of conflict to teach children the life skills necessary to cope with greater confrontational situations, such as crises or potentially traumatic events.

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Matthijsse, Mathilde. "Melting snow : the changing roles of Iqaluit women in family, work and society." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/279/.

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My thesis is a detailed anthropological study of the experiences of women as a result of their changing gender roles in Inuit families, in the labour market and in Inuit society more broadly. Although McElroy reported as early as 1975 that ‘a higher percentage of the total population of women than of men are employed [in Frobisher Bay and Pangnirtung]’ (McElroy 1975:679) the effects of this have never been systematically researched. This thesis is the first to use theoretical constructs from Bourdieu’s toolkit, including the capitals (social, cultural, symbolic), the habitus and the cultural arbitrary as well as theories of empowerment, to analyse how women have constructed and negotiated meaning in their new roles as financial provider for their families. It draws on data collected during ten months of fieldwork in Iqaluit, Canada, using a mix of qualitative methods including in-depth interviews, group discussions and participant observation. My findings show that different ideologies, values, ways of life and habitus shape and are shaped by life experiences of women in contemporary Iqaluit. These differences find their basis in women’s upbringing, ranging from traditional, to transitional, to contemporary; women’s experiences with education; and their interactions with incoming institutions with different cultural origins. Social negotiations characterise the process in which women create roles and identities for themselves, combining these different influences. Women’s access to financial and cultural capital in some cases impacts on and is a consequence of women’s empowerment, and their ability to challenge the cultural arbitrary. However, whilst empowerment is generally seen as a positive development, it can upset the balance between partners or other family members, who may struggle to appropriate economic, cultural and social change to the same extent. For that reason, it is important that the people of Nunavut, both men and women, work together to create for themselves a place in their family, community and society in which they can provide a meaningful contribution.

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Ryan, Sarra Louise. "The clinical and biological roles of MYC gene family amplification in childhood medulloblastoma." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512113.

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To make a comprehensive assessment of the incidence, nature and significance of MYC gene family amplification in medulloblastoma, we first developed a quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay to identify MYCC, MYCN and MYCL amplification in a large patient cohort (n=292), which included 178 children entered into the SIOP/UKCCSG PNET3 clinical trial. MYCC, MYCN and MYCL copy number elevation was identified in 6% (17/292), 6% (18/292), and 1% (3/292) of medulloblastomas, respectively. No evidence of co-incident copy number elevation of more than one MYC family member was identified in any sample. The transcript expression of genes frequently harboured within the MYCC and MYCN amplicons was assessed and a correlation was identified between gene copy number and transcript expression of four genes (TRIB2, DDX1, NESE2 and AK093424) neighbouring the MYCC and MYCN loci, suggesting that these genes may represent amplification targets and play a role in medulloblastoma. In cases where RNA was available (n=60), a correlation was identified between MYCC copy number elevation (n=8) and elevated expression of its transcript; however the relationship between MYCN copy number and transcript expression was less clear. MYCL expression was assessed in a smaller number (n=18) of medulloblastoma primary tumours and was found to be significantly overexpressed in cases with MYCL amplification (n=2). All three MYC family members were more highly expressed in medulloblastomas with a deregulated Shh- or Wnt- signalling pathway, suggesting that these pathways also play a role in the regulation of MYC family member expression in medulloblastoma. Comprehensive assessment of the clinico-histopathological significance of MYCC and MYCN amplification (HCN ≥5.00) identified an association with the large cell anaplastic (LCA) medulloblastoma and all tumours with an elevated copy number of MYCC (n=17) and MYCN (n=18) were derived from patients greater than three years of age. Log-rank tests identified MYCC or MYCN amplifications as a marker of poor prognosis and Cox proportional hazards models revealed that MYCC and MYCN amplification had similar hazard ratios (hazard ratio (HR); 299) to establish markers fo disease risk (Metastatic (M) stage ≥2 (HR; 3.33) and the LCA subtype (HR; 3.63)). Multivariate analyses identified MYCC or MYCN amplification as independent markers of poor prognosis and together with LCA histology and M stage ≥2, formed a combined high risk group of patients with a significantly poorer prognosis (29.4% (75/255); p<0.0001).

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Moore, Rachel Louise. "Experimental analyses of the roles of the fibroblast growth factor family in skeletogenesis." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369206.

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Lackman, Kaylee Janae. "Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti| Family Structure and Gender Roles in the 1950s." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10837196.

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It is uncommon for composers to write their own libretto for an opera. In writing his own libretto for Trouble in Tahiti, Leonard Bernstein took on the opera genre in a non-conventional way: with a text about a failing marriage. He used the unhappy marriage of his parents as source material for the libretto. The music of the opera highlights the tension of the marriage, including several duets in which the couple remembers a time of healthiness in their relationship. Bernstein uses the allegory of the unhappy couple to both illustrate the social expectation of a suburban family in post-war America and as a means to address gender roles by showing how each of the characters struggle to comply with the gendered social expectations of their parental and spousal duties.

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Hildenbrand, Mary Elizabeth. "Gender roles and future possible selves related to career and work/family balance /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1407689601&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Southard, Ashley L. "Understanding bulimia a qualitative exploration of the roles of race, culture, and family /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8348.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.
Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Family Studies. 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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Rossi, Jari. "Roles of GDNF family receptor GFRa[alpha]2 in the peripheral nervous system." Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2003. http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/eri/biote/vk/rossi/.

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