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Jarosz, Maxwell A. (Maxwell Albert). "Toxic urbanism : hearth, heimatlosigkeit, home." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108934.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Page 123 blank.
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In an increasingly toxic world where the average person's body contains 29/35 of the toxins listed on the restricted and hazardous substance list, toxicity is unavoidable. This thesis asks how toxins can re-imagined to become active agents in design. Through the negotiation between hard and soft boundaries this work speculates on an architecture of gradients, densities, and velocities to produce temporal spaces of occupation. The year is 2024. Humanity has settled in a condition of toxic urbanism, contained by the toxic wastelands of the periphery. The Anthropocene has wreaked havoc and produced a world of toxins. Early estimates of the exponential destruction caused by our toxic landscapes of production were misled by constantly shifting metrics of toxicity provided by different agencies, bureaus, and offices. Our remediation efforts were too slow, too costly, and failed to produce any agency in the age of toxicity.We continued to produce superfund sites across the country. Landscapes of toxic air, contaminated soil and polluted water became our second nature. As we shifted from one machine age to the next, the continued autonomy provided to production landscapes allowed increasingly more toxic means of production to be developed, this methodology assured there would be no post-toxic future. Within the confines of toxic urbanism, people suited up in protective suits every day. They wore protection more for peace of mind than protection of body. As we destroyed the land, the interior was perfected, continuous halls stocked with machinery created a perfectly sterile environment that defined people's lives, the sprawling mechanized interiors of the no-stop city had finally been realized. We had come a long way. Ever since humanity created the cave fire, toxins had been part of our environment. The hearth, originally acted as both an object of environment and an object of culture. As we followed the flames into modernism we found ourselves in a state of homelessness explicated by the dichotomy between our technological culture and its toxic means of production. Heidegger, described the sensation as Heimatlosigkeit, the signification of our existential orientation in the era of Gestell. Humanity has however always been a risk adverse society, and as they began to reject the sterile environments of safety for toxic environments of experience agency was produced in the design of toxins. In an increasingly toxic world, this thesis explores how toxins can become active participants and drivers for the production of temporal spaces defined by the hard and soft boundaries they operate within. Architectural interests in materiality and dimension are replaced in favor of velocities, gradients, and densities that define zones of occupiability.
by Maxwell A. Jarosz.
M. Arch.
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Parkinson, Elizabeth. "The Glamorgan hearth tax assessment of 1670 /." Cardiff : South Wales record society, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36681642q.
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Swartling, Maria. "A Study of the Heat Flow in the Blast Furnace Hearth Lining." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Tillämpad processmetallurgi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-13163.
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The aim of the present thesis was to study the heat flows in the blast furnace hearth lining by experimental measurements and numerical modeling. Thermocouple data from an operating furnace have been used throughout the work, to verify results and to develop methodologies to use the results in further studies. The hearth lining were divided into two zones based on the thermocouple readings: a region with regular temperature variations due to the tapping of the furnace, and another region with slow temperature variations. In an experimental study, the temperatures of the outer surfaces of the wall and bottom were measured and compared with lining temperature measured by thermocouples. Expressions to describe the outer surface temperature profiles were derived and used as input in a two-dimensional steady state heat transfer model. The aim of the study was to predict the lining temperature profiles in the region subjected to slow temperature variations. The methodology to calculate a steady state lining temperature profile was used as input to a three-dimensional model. The aim of the three-dimensional model was primarily to study the region with dynamic lining temperature variations caused by regular tappings. The study revealed that the replacement of original lining with tap clay has an effect when simulating the quasi-stationary temperature variations in the lining. The study initiated a more detailed study of the taphole region and the size and shape of the tap clay layer profile. It was concluded, that in order to make a more accurate heat transfer model of the blast furnace hearth, the presence of a skull build-up below the taphole, erosion above the taphole and the bath level variations must to be taken into consideration.QC 20100706
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Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. "THE HUMAN HEARTH AND THE DAWN OF MORALITY." WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622575.
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Stunned by the implications of Colage's analysis of the cultural activation of the brain's Visual Word Form Area and the potential role of cultural neural reuse in the evolution of biology and culture, the authors build on his work in proposing a context for the first rudimentary hominin moral systems. They cross-reference six domains: neuroscience on sleep, creativity, plasticity, and the Left Hemisphere Interpreter; palaeobiology; cognitive science; philosophy; traditional archaeology; and cognitive archaeology's theories on sleep changes in Homo erectus and consequences for later humans. The authors hypothesize that the human genome, when analyzed with findings from neuroscience and cognitive science, will confirm the evolutionary timing of an internal running monologue and other neural components that constitute moral decision making. The authors rely on practical modern philosophers to identify continuities with earlier primates, and one major discontinuitysome bright white moral line that may have been crossed more than once during the long and successful tenure of Homo erectus on Earth.
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Tripp, David William. "The thermal regime during electron beam hearth remelting." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26748.
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Electron beam hearth remelting is extensively used in refining of superalloys, titanium alloys and the recycling of these materials. The removal of impurities and exhogenous particles during the hearth melting operation depends primarily on the time at temperature relationship developed within a pool of molten metal. In the past hearth melters have acted largely on empirical evidence to specify such parameters as melt rates, power levels and skull sizes. This work describes a mathematical model which could be used to predict certain parameters (such as pool volume or alloy element evaporation rates) when given skull geometry, power input and melt rate.
A three dimensional steady state heat transfer model of both the skull and water cooled copper mould during electron beam hearth remelting has been developed. The model has been used to investigate the effects of surface temperature, liquid motion, power input, skull geometry, presence of the hearth mould and melt rate on parameters such as pool volume during skull melting.
In general the choice of any combination of operating parameters depends on a balance between the refining capacity of the process (i.e. liquid volume) and the loss of alloy elements by evaporation. In the case of melting pure materials (e.g. CP titanium) the balance is between refining capacity and efficient energy use.
It was found that forced convection is significantly more effective in increasing the volume of the liquid pool than any other single parameter. Increasing the power input to the skull, increasing the skull width and removing the water cooled copper mould from around the skull also increase the pool volume. The evaporation rates of alloy elements within the skull were most effected by changes in the power distribution and the degree of liquid motion.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Fox, Gwyn. "Hearts in the hearth: seventeenth-century women's sonnets of love and friendship in Spain and Portugal." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/2132.
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This study contributes to the growing body of knowledge about the realities of women's lives in the seventeenth-century Iberian peninsula, through a socio-historical interpretation of the poetic production of five women. One is Portuguese, Violante del Cielo, and four are Spaniards: Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza, Leonor de la Cueva y Silva, Marcia Belisarda and Catalina Clara Ramírez de Guzmán. All are from the educated upper or noble classes and their lives span some one hundred and forty years, from 1566 to 1693. The thesis focuses particularly on their sonnets of love and friendship, both secular and religious. The sonnet was specifically chosen as the vehicle to study the ideas and concerns of literate, seventeenth-century women. As a difficult form of poetry requiring wit, artistry and education, sonnets enable a display of intellectual capabilities and offer opportunities for veiled criticism of contemporary systems of control. These women do not overtly rail against a system that offers them much in terms of social advancement and privilege. However, they do re-write our understanding of the Baroque by presenting their interests, pleasures and discontents from a feminine viewpoint. This detailed, contextual study of women's works, set against the philosophical, religious and moral treatises that governed their age, enables a wider interpretation of women's thought and intentions in the Iberian peninsula than may hitherto have been acknowledged, particularly in terms of relationships of affection within the family. Collectively, their individual works display a determination to demonstrate women's intelligence and moral strength. Furthermore, it becomes clear that women living within a system that utilised biological determinism as proof that they were incapable of reason, strive in their works to show that they are both capable of reason and determined to demonstrate it as undeniable fact.
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Swartling, Maria. "An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Heat Flow in the Blast Furnace Hearth." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Division of Applied Process Metallurgy, Royal Institute of Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-9922.
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Carsten, Janet. "The heat of the hearth : the process of kinship in a Malay fishing community /." Oxford : Clarendon press, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36699082f.
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Bean, Ian James Materials Science & Engineering Faculty of Science UNSW. "Blast furnace hearth drainage improvement of the residual - flowout correlation." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Materials Science & Engineering, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41490.
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Experimental cold modelling of hearth drainage was performed at Bluescope Steel Research Laboratories to understand the impact of variable drainage rate on slag removal. These drainage studies were designed to simulate real operational aspects such as: continuous casting, variable tapping rate and inflow liquid distribution. During the analysis of these drainage experiments it was demonstrated that the residual-flowout correlation in use since the 1970??s may possibly be incomplete or inaccurate. The removal of slag from the blast furnace hearth is the greater concern of the two liquids produced in the iron making process. In the 1970??s operational difficulties arose when large volumes of residual slag remained in the furnace after casting. This prompted research related to the flow of viscous liquids through uniformly packed beds providing fundamental insight on the most effective means of removal of slag from the blast furnace hearth. The core subject of this study, the residual-flowout correlation developed by Fukutake and Okabe that is used to predict cast duration and liquid accumulation in the blast furnace hearth is discussed in detail. The residual-flowout correlation is examined for four different sets of conditions based on constant or increasing slag drainage, with and without liquid dripping. The outcome of this study will improve our understanding of the residual-flowout relationship and develop it further, so that drainage conditions whether for constant or increasing drainage rates, with or without dripping, will hold using the one general Fl equation.
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Husbands, C. R. "The hearth tax and the structure of the English economy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372295.
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Shuster, Riley Evan. "Modeling of aluminum evaporation during electron beam cold hearth melting of titanium alloy ingots." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44553.
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Electron beam cold heart melting (EBCHM) is a consolidation and refining process capable of consolidating titanium scrap and sponge material into high quality titanium alloy ingots. Unlike other consolidation processes for titanium, EBCHM is efficient in removing both high and low density inclusions. During the final stage of casting in EBCHM, operators must balance the potential to form large shrinkage voids, caused by turning off the electron beam heating, against the tendency to evaporate alloying additions, which occurs if the top surface remains molten. To this end, a comprehensive understanding of the evaporation and fluid flow conditions occurring during the final stage of EBCHM is required in order to optimize ingot production. This research focused on developing a coupled thermal, fluid flow and composition model, capable of predicting the temperature, fluid flow and composition fields within an EBCHM cast, Ti-6Al-4V ingot. The physical phenomena of thermal and compositional buoyancy, mushy zone flow attenuation and aluminum evaporation were incorporated in the model formulation. Industrial scale experiments were carried out at the production facilities of a leading industrial producer of titanium to provide data and measurements used for model verification. The model has been used to study the effects of variation of electron beam power input and hot top time duration on the evaporative losses and position of solidification voids. Model predictions for liquid pool profile, last liquid to solidify and composition fields are in good agreement with the industrially measured results. Sensitivity analysis was performed by varying electron beam power and hot top duration independently and observing the effect on the composition fields and last liquid to solidify. For the cases examined, there was a strong correlation between electron beam power and alloying element losses, while hot top duration variation results indicated a stronger dependence on last liquid to solidify than on alloying element losses. Therefore a classic optimization problem arises between balancing hot top duration with alloying element losses.
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Mack, Corey Stephen. "Creating the Idea of Home: The Shaw Community and Recreation Center." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23287.
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Home is something which is not easily defined. It cannot simply be described as a place, or a building, but as an idea of a place. The place is different for everyone. For some it is where they grew up, for others it is where they currently live. The idea of that place is similar for everyone.When thinking of that place, everyone is reminded of the people they met, the things they learned, and the memories which made it their home. This thesis aims to define home, and how the idea of home can be created into Architecture. The Architecture is not meant to be reminiscent of a home, in the sense of a dwelling, but have the aspects which create the idea of home. These aspects include the concepts of community, education, and memory. Using these concepts, the Shaw Community and Recreation center was developed, which embodies the idea of home.
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Pollack, Brian R. "Establishing isokinetic flow for a plasma torch exhaust gas diagnostic for a plasma hearth furnace." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38392.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1996, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-60).
by Brian R. Pollack.
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Ikebuchi, Shelly Dee. "At the hearth of the nation : the Woman’s Missionary Society and Victoria’s Chinese Rescue Home 1886-1923." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43361.
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The Chinese Rescue Home was an important feature of Victoria's (British Columbia, Canada) moral and racial landscape. It was envisioned by Methodist missionaries and later the Women's Methodist Missionary Society (WMS) to be a sanctuary for Chinese and Japanese women who were thought to be prostitutes or slave girls or who were believed to be at risk of falling into these roles. Despite its significance to British Columbian and Canadian history, there has yet to be a sustained and systematic study of the Home. Using a range of archival sources including WMS reports, newspapers, and legal cases, this dissertation offers an in-depth and empirical case study of the Chinese Rescue Home. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and drawing from theoretical and methodological developments in sociology, history, and geography, I use the concept of domesticity to examine the complex, contradictory, and contentious relationships between gender, race, and religion. While white women derived their own inclusion in the nation by policing the boundaries of race and reimagining the places of Chinese and Japanese women, they did so by including these women as part of the 'Christian family.' Therefore, this dissertation contributes to the Canadian literatures on Chinese and Japanese immigration by foregrounding the ways in which racial power operated through both inclusion and exclusion. Domesticity, here, was central to the shaping of not only the types of relationships that were permitted, but also the spaces in which they took place.
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Green, Adrian Gareth. "Houses and households in County Durham and Newcastle c.1570-1730." Thesis, Durham University, 2000. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1600/.
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The north east of England witnessed dramatic economic and social change during this period. This study utilises documentary and archaeological sources to investigate the ways in which houses were built and lived in between the late sixteenth and early eighteenth century. Chapter One, `Introduction', addresses the issues associated with architectural change in this period and explains the evidence employed to analyse the social and economic context of housing and relationship of architectural to social change. Chapter Two, `Regionality', defines a region centred on County Durham including Newcastle as the regional capital. Chapter Three: Households in the Hearth Tax 1660-1680, analyses the social stratigraphy of housing mid-way through the study period. Chapter Four: House Survival, establishes the proportion of surviving , houses and questions previous assumptions involved in the analysis of housing change from standing buildings. Chapter Five: Rebuilding Houses, demonstrates the chronology of rebuilding by separate social groups and the ways in which the internal arrangement and external appearance of houses altered between c. 1570 and 1730. Chapter Six: Housing through the Life Cycle, outlines the typical changes in housing through the life cycle, focusing particularly on the relationship between marriage and rebuilding. Chapter Seven: Houses in the eighteenth century Property Market, shows the significance of the commercial exchange of houses from newspaper property advertisements. Chapter Eight: Durham and Newcastle Houses, analyses architectural change and the social topography and turnover in occupancy of housing in the urban centres of the north-east region. Chapter Nine: The Building Process, investigates the mechanisms for architectural change and evaluates the relationship between regional variation and social identity in houses. Chapter Ten: Conclusions, appraises the role of material culture in social process in houses in one corner of early modem England.
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Roche, Marion. "A community-based positive deviance/hearth intervention to improve infant and young child nutrition in the Ecuadorian Andes." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104543.
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Most growth faltering in developing countries occurs in the first two years of life; therefore, there is a need to identify interventions for vulnerable communities which improve child growth during this critical period. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based Positive Deviance (PD)/hearth infant and young child feeding intervention to improve growth and nutrition in infants and young children in the Ecuadorian highlands. The first study was with experiences of mothers in rural communities in the Ecuadorian Andes who had previously (2008) participated in a PD/hearth intervention (n=168). Infant and young child feeding practices and predictors of stunting in the Ecuadorian highlands communities were assessed to guide the development of the 2009 intervention. In this cold environment with limited health infrastructure, it was necessary to develop a procedure for adjusting anthropometric measures for clothing weight of infants and young children (n=293). This study used a quasi-experimental non-randomized study design to compare growth and diet of infants and young children in six intervention communities (n=80) to those in nine non-intervention communities (n=184). Intervention mothers and their children participated in a 12-day PD/hearth nutrition intervention. Demographic, nutritional, and anthropometric data were collected at baseline and at six months follow-up. The results were as follows. 1) Mothers credited the 2008 intervention with increasing self-esteem and social support, yet greater importance was placed on social changes than on growth. 2) Stunting was found in 56.2% of the study population at baseline. Older age, respiratory infections, and being male were predictors of lower height-for-age z-score (HAZ), whereas early initiation of breastfeeding, higher socioeconomic status, consumption of iron-rich foods, and higher dietary protein density were protective. 3) Modeling showed that without adjusting for clothing weight 24% of children were misclassified for weight-for-age z-score (WAZ), and 13% for weight-for-height z-score (WHZ). 4) Six months after the 2009 intervention, participants were 1.6 to 5.7 times more likely than comparison children to consume the foods promoted in the intervention. Intervention children consumed more iron, zinc, vitamin A, protein, and energy (p < 0.05). Compared to non-intervention children, intervention children had greater improvement in WAZ (β=0.16; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.32), but not HAZ (β= 0.00; 95% CI: -0.21, 0.17). The intervention was beneficial in eliminating the risk of severe underweight (OR=0.00; 95% CI: 0.00, 0.08). In rural Ecuador, mothers improved their children's diet and weight with peer support, indigenous knowledge, and local foods. Supporting mothers' groups through community PD/hearth nutrition interventions is an effective way to reduce the global burden of underweight in infants and young children.La majorité des problèmes de croissance dans les pays en développement ont lieu au cours des deux premières années de la vie, c'est pourquoi il existe un besoin d'identifier les interventions améliorant la croissance infantile et qui ciblent les communautés vulnérables durant cette période critique. L'objectif principal de cette recherche était d'évaluer l'efficacité d'une intervention communautaire de Deviance Positive (DP)/ foyer du nourrison et du jeune enfant afin d'améliorer la croissance et la nutrition des nourrissons et des enfants en bas-âge dans les hautes terres équatoriennes. La premiere etude a été Afin avec des mères des communautés rurales des Andes équatoriales qui en 2008 avaient participé à l'intervention DP/foyer avec leurs enfants de 2-5 ans (n=168). Les pratiques d'alimentation du nourrisson et du jeune enfant et les prédicteurs du retard de croissance des communautés des hautes terres équatoriennes ont été évaluées pour guider le développement de la nouvelle intervention de 2009. Il a été nécessaire de développer une procédure pour ajuster les mesures anthropométriques pour le poids des nourrissons et des jeunes enfants (n=293) étant donné les températures faibles et les infrastructures limitées. Une étude avec conception non randomisée quasi-expérimentale a été utilisée pour comparer la croissance et la nutrition des nourrissons et des jeunes enfants au sein de 6 communautés d'intervention (n=80) à ceux des 9 communautés sans intervention (n=184). Dans le groupe d'intervention, les mères et leurs enfants agés de moins de 2 ans ont participé à l'intervention communautaire participative DP/Foyer de 12 jours. Les données démographiques, nutritionnelles et anthropométriques ont été récoltées au début et après 6 mois de suivi. Les résultats étaient les suivants: 1) selon les mères, leur estime de soi et le soutien social se sont améliorés grâce à l'intervention de 2008, mais elles ont donné plus d'importance aux changements sociaux qu'une amélioration de la croissance. 2). Au début de l'étude 56.2% de la populatin avaient un retard de croissance. Un âge plus élevé, des infections respiratoires et le sexe masculin étaient des prédicteurs d'un score Z du rapport 'Taille pour Age' plus faible alors que le début précoce de l'allaitement maternel, un statut socio-économique plus élevé, la consommation d'aliments riches en fer et une densité élevée en protéines étaient des éléments protecteurs. 3) Le modèle a montré que jusqu'à 24% des enfants avaient été classés en score Z du rapport 'Poids pour l'Age' et 13% pour le score Z du rapport 'Poids pour Taille' lorsque le poids des vêtements avait été ajusté. 4) Six mois après l'intervention de 2009, les mères avaient 1.6 à 5.7 fois plus de chances de nourrir leurs enfants avec des aliments promus par l'intervention que les mères du groupe de comparaison (p < 0.05). Au cours du suivi, les enfants du groupe d'intervention consommaient plus de fer, de zinc, de vitamine A, de protéines et d'énergie, lorsque les covariantes ont été controlées (p < 0.05). Les enfants du groupe d'intervention avaient une plus grande amélioration du score Z du rapport 'Poids pour Age ' (aβ=0.16; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.32), mais pas du score Z du rapport 'Taille pour Age' (aβ= 0.00; 95% CI: -0.21, 0.17). L'intervention a été bénéfique en éliminant le risque d'insuffisance pondérale sévère (aOR=0.00; 95% CI: 0.00, 0.08). Les mères de l'Equateur rural ont amélioré le régime alimentaire et le poids de leurs enfants grâce au soutien par les pairs, aux connaissances autochtones et à leurs aliments locaux, mais ne pouvaient pas améliorer la croissance linéaire. Le soutien des groupes de mères à travers des interventions communautaires de Deviance Positive/Foyer est un moyen efficace pour réduire la charge globale de l'insuffisance pondérale des nourrissons et des jeunes enfants.
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Carlson, Kurt B. "Development of a mathematical model to determine the temperature distribution in the metal layer and hearth of an electrical resistance smelter /." Online version of thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10219.
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Galanidou, Parthena. "'Home is where the hearth is' : the spatial organisation of the Upper Palaeolithic rockshelter occupations at Klithi and Kastritsa in northwest Greece." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627572.
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Ruggles, Angela Joy. "Is home where the hearth is? : evidence for an early non-domestic structure on the Dundas Islands of north coastal British Columbia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32318.
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Northwest Coast cultures are commonly designated as "complex hunter-gatherers" (Matson and Coupland 1995:2; Ames and Maschner 1999:13). This means that although food procurement was from foraging, societies had socially hierarchical characteristics generally associated with late-stage sedentary agricultural societies. Tracing the development of social complexity in Northwest Coast prehistory has been a major endeavour in archaeological research but it has often been a progressive theoretical framework, inferring from material culture that the more 'complex' larger societies analogous with the ethnographic cultures on the NW Coast developed out of simpler, small-scale societies through the accumulation of traits like ceremony and feasting. In this thesis, I argue that the earliest periods of village life on the NW Coast did not lack these traits but were characterized by another type of ceremonial and ritual organization, one where communities shared control over feasts with somewhat equal access, at least as represented by the structures where these activities took place.
I use data from the Dundas Island region on the north Coast of British Columbia to show that the recently-discovered early village at site T512-1, which dates to 2025 cal BC (1Σ = 2045 BC-1945 BC) includes a non-domestic structure (HP 1) not found in later Tsimshian style villages. To test this hypothesis, I compare T512-1 to another recently discovered village, T512-3, to the range of villages in the Tsimshian area and the suite of early houses known from the NW Coast. I have examined data on several scales of analysis from the village layout, the building architecture, building contents, and finally through a study of the central hearths and their contents in both structures. I believe that these data show that 1) HP 1 is non-domestic when compared to HP 20, the specific analogy of other Tsimshian houses, and general analogies of domestic behaviour, and 2) that the essence of this difference appears to be specific ceremonial and ritual behaviours that, in later times, are associated with the large houses of village chiefs.Arts, Faculty of
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Kruhm, Kathryn Elizabeth. "Four Houses: A Language of Transition from Earth to Sky." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36004.
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The thesis of this project is to develop a language of architecture for the design of a rural house.
Parameters for this language are specified through program, ideas about living in a country home, and the importance of integrating the building with its site. The parameters are reaffirmed through the materials and elements of architecture.
In order to develop a cohesive language, four houses have been designed for four different sites. Each house implements the specified parameters in a manner appropriate to the setting of the surrounding landscape. The houses themselves become a transition between the inside and the outside and between the natural and the man-made. Thus this thesis is: Four Houses - A Language of Transition from Earth to Sky.
Our experience-space is necessarily in conflict with the space of nature. The space that nature offers us rises above the ground and is oriented entirely towards the earth's surface. The contrast between the mass of the earth below and the space of the air above, which meet at the surface of the earth, is the primary datum of this (experience) space.
Dom H. Van Der Laan, "Architectonic Space" (E.J. Brill, 1983), p. 5Master of Architecture
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Unwin, Margaret Joan. "The Hallamshire cutlery trades in the late 17th century : a study of the Hearth Tax returns and the records of the Cutlers' Company." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2003. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3426/.
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This thesis records the research into aspects of the late-17th century Sheffield cutlery trades. The key research resources are the 1672 Ladyday Hearth Tax returns for the parishes of Sheffield, Ecclesfield and Handsworth in the Scarsdale Hundred and the records of apprentices and freedoms of the Cutlers' Company in Hall=shire. These documents, which provide correlating evidence for the numbers and distribution of cutlers and other cutlery craftsmen, have been combined with data from probate inventories, parish records, leases and rentals. This particular Hearth Tax return is important because it had separate listings of the smithy hearths, because of local opposition to the tax. Although work has been done into the size of the late-17th century Sheffield cutlery industry, it has not previously been possible to show the occupations of the taxpayers. By correlating these two contemporary sets of records, the cutlery craftsmen have been identified and located, revealing that numbers of craftsmen did not own a smithy hearth and that some craft groups generally had multiple hearths. These factors, men with multiple smithy hearths and men without one, all indicate a manufacturing organisation more complex than the simple system of a master involved in all processes, assisted by his journeyman and apprentice. This research has refined earlier descriptions by locating the craftsmen more accurately and linking their distribution with geographical features, such as the available waterpower, or with the social influence of an existing community dominated by core families. The research presents data, which shows that by 1672, the trades were fragmenting, and many men were probably specialising in one or more manufacturing process. The reconstruction of the communities, based on the Hearth Tax returns, has shown that expansion during the 18th century was often based on the characteristics developed in the previous century and that 19th and 20th century work practices had their roots in the 17th century.
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Barrera, Cardiel Gerardo. "Hot model simulation of the bottom blown steelmaking process." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63927.
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Cleto, Eva Lúcia Abrantes. "Saúde pública e inspeção sanitária: estudo da prevalência de infeção por Giardia SPP. em gatos no concelho de Manteigas." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/14000.
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O presente relatório descreve as principais atividades desenvolvidas no decorrer do estágio realizado em saúde pública e inspeção sanitária na Câmara Municipal de Manteigas. A área da sanidade animal mostrou-se a mais relevante em termos casuísticos.
O protozoário do género Giardia spp., foi alvo de revisão bibliográfica neste trabalho, por constituir um problema de saúde pública devido ao seu potencial zoonótico.
No decorrer do estágio, foi desenvolvido um estudo de prevalência de infeção por Giardia spp. em gatos domésticos e errantes, constituindo o concelho de Manteigas a área geográfica alvo de pesquisa. Foram recolhidas 34 amostras fecais para pesquisa de quistos de Giardia pelo método de flutuação fecal, seguido de um teste imunocromatográfico para deteção de antigénios de Giardia para confirmação diagnóstica. Verificou-se uma prevalência de 11,8% de resultados positivos para Giardia spp. Em felinos do concelho, correspondentes a 4 animais positivos dos 34 testados; ABSTRACT:
Internship report on public health and sanitary inspection and study the prevalence of Giardia spp. Infection in cats in the municipality of Manteigas
This report describes the main activities performed during the internship in public health and sanitary inspection at Manteigas City Hall. The field of animal health proved to be the most relevant terms on case.
The protozoan of the genus Giardia spp., was the target of a literature review in this work, since it’s a problem of public health because of the zoonotic potential.
During the internship the study on the prevalence of Giardia spp. infection was developed in both domestic and stray cats, the geographical target area of research was the civil parish of Manteigas.
Were collected 34 fecal samples, for the detection of Giardia cysts by fecal flotation method, followed by an immunoassay for detection of Giardia antigen to confirm the diagnosis.
There was 11, 8% prevalence of this parasite in cats in the civil parish, referring to 4 of the 34 animals tested positive.
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SWINFORD, KATHERINE M. "THE SEMI-FIXED NATURE OF GREEK DOMESTIC RELIGION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155647034.
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Калантаєвська, Ганна Павлівна, Анна Павловна Калантаевская, Hanna Pavlivna Kalantaievska, and А. Літвінчук. "Проблема вибору у повісті Івана Франка «Для домашнього огнища»." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/49341.
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У статті розглядається проблема деградації героїні повісті І. Франка, яка опинилась перед трагічним вибором. Звертається увага на те, як реагує суспільство на моральне падіння жінки і як воно само причетне до її злочину.In this article is considered a problem of degradation of main heroine of Franco’s novella. Attention is paid to how society responds to the moral decline of women and how it is involved to her crime.
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Halenar, Jennifer Ann. "Heart health promotion program design." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0002/MQ59810.pdf.
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Brulin, Jérôme. "Modélisation thermomécanique d'un creuset de haut fourneau." Thesis, Orléans, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ORLE2047/document.
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Le creuset est une structure majoritairement composée de matériaux réfractaires destinés à supporter de fortes sollicitations thermomécaniques, dues au contact direct de ses parois internes avec la fonte à 1500°C. L’objectif de cette thèse est de développer un modèle thermomécanique de creuset capable de localiser les zones sensibles de la structure et d’estimer les contraintes. Des blocs de carbone, des structures maçonnées (briques avec mortier) et un pisé carboné sont les principaux constituants du creuset. Afin d’identifier leur comportement, des essais de caractérisation ont été développés pour des températures atteignant les 1500°C. Un modèle de type Cam-Clay modifié est proposé pour modéliser le comportement compactant du pisé. L’influence de la température et des fortes pressions est prise en compte. Une bonne corrélation est obtenue entre les résultats expérimentaux et numériques. Les structures maçonnées, en contact direct avec la fonte, sont fortement sollicitées, ce qui peut conduire à l’ouverture des joints de mortier. La modélisation proposée pour ces structures est basée sur une approche micro-macro où les briques et le mortier sont remplacés par un matériau homogène équivalent, et ce pour différents états d’ouverture de joints. La non-linéarité du comportement est reproduite grâce à un critère d’ouverture en contrainte, qui permet le passage d’un état à un autre. Les propriétés homogénéisées sont obtenues par homogénéisation périodique en s’appuyant sur une approche énergétique. La modélisation d’un essai de la littérature permet la validation du modèle. La modélisation finale du creuset est confrontée aux résultats de l’instrumentation d’un creuset. Une bonne concordance entre ces résultats est obtenueThe blast furnace hearth is mainly composed of refractory materials to support strong thermo-mechanical loads. Indeed, there is a direct contact between its internal walls and the molten pig iron at 1500°C. The objective of this thesis is to develop a thermo-mechanical model able to locate the sensitive areas and to estimate the stress fields. Carbon blocks, masonries (bricks and mortars) and a carbon ramming mix are the main constituents of the hearth. In order to identify their behaviours, characterization tests have been developed for temperatures up to 1500°C. A modified Cam-Clay model is proposed in order to reproduce the hardening behaviour of the ramming mix. The influences of temperature and pressure are taken into account. Experimental and numerical results are in good agreement. Masonries, submitted to high temperature gradients are highly stressed, which can lead to the opening of the mortar joints. The proposed masonry modelling is based on a micro-macro approach where bricks and mortars are replaced by an equivalent homogenous material for different joint states. The non-linearity of the behaviour is reproduced thanks to a stress criterion, allowing the transition from one state to another. Homogenized properties are obtained by periodic homogenization with an energetic approach. The modeling of a shear test available in the literature allows the validation of this model. The final modelling of a hearth is compared with in-situ instrumentation results. A good agreement is reached between these results
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MacVicar, Nancy Frances. "Exploring the role and turnover among heart health coordinators in the Ontario Heart Health Program: A qualitative study." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26312.
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The Ontario Heart Health Program has completed Phase I of a province-wide cardiovascular disease prevention program that employs community-based coalitions. Full-time heart health coordinates support the coalitions, but many coordinators left during Phase I, reducing coalition membership and compromising functioning. This thesis employed focused ethnography to explore the role, and turnover among heart health coordinators. A selective document review and thirteen telephone interviews with coordinators, chronic disease managers and coalition members from five different health units, found coordinators were challenged by: (1) an atypical job, (2) a lack of knowledge/experience (3) overwork, (4) a lack of support and recognition, and (5) coalition responsibilities. Coordinators required an understanding of the organizational structures, mandates, and funding requirements of the health unit, and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care so they could mediate conflict, build relationships and advocate for heart health coalitions. Implications for education, practice, research and policy are discussed.
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Daffu-O'Reilly, Amrit Kaur. "Promoting healthy hearts among British South Asians : the effects of message framing and cultural sensitivity on health behaviour." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582121.
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It is well documented that British South Asians (BSAs; people of South Asian origin residing in the UK) experience an elevated risk of developing coronary heart disease. The disease rate is approximately 50% higher than the national average. Many causal factors for this unfavourable risk profile have been put forward indicating that it is likely to be explained by a complex interplay of both genetic and lifestyle factors. Components of the BSA diet coupled with an inactive lifestyle have been identified as modifiable risk factors which could play a significant role in the prevention of this disease. Despite the identification of modifiable risk factors, health promotion interventions with measurable behavioural outcomes designed for this population are sparse. The testing of prevention strategies amongst this population is of vital importance. This thesis aimed to address the current gap in the literature by designing and testing a novel health promotion intervention specifically for the younger BSA population by means of a randomised controlled trial. The intervention was informed and underpinned by two prominent theories in the field of health research - prospect theory and the theory of planned behaviour. A novel variable, cultural sensitivity, was also manipulated. The intervention aimed to target change in two behaviours - the reduction of overall fat and an increase in physical activity. The intervention was informed and designed using the findings of a .systernatic review of the message framing literature (Chapter 2), a qualitative study which aimed to identify the barriers and facilitators to healthy living for BSAs (Chapter 3) and by the design and piloting of theory-driven behaviour change DVDs (Chapter 4). The findings of the research showed that the effects of message framing and cultural sensitivity are different for a) the type of behaviour being promoted (dietary vs. physical activity) and b) BSA males and females. It appears that BSA males and females respond differently to health promotion information relating to physical activity, yet no gender differences were apparent for dietary behaviours. These findings suggest that BSA males and females may require tailored approaches for health behaviour change interventions and there was evidence to suggest that there may be some utility in manipulating health information, both in terms of framing and cultural sensitivity, for the BSA audience. The findings did not provide any support for the mediating role of social cognitive variables on health behaviour change.
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Skånér, Ylva. "Diagnosing heart failure in primary health care /." Stockholm, 2004. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2004/91-7349-784-3/.
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Štollová, Martina. "Obytný soubor Brno - Červený kopec." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225814.
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Master's thesis deals with the Red Hill, a place situated inside the urban area of Brno, close to the historic center, close to the newly established and still growing campus of Masaryk University. Red hill with its gardening colony remains blank space on the map of Brno, the goal here was to create a functional urban structure that would place the space in the city map. Not to make an urban mash on the peripherals, but build a real city organism into the hearth of the city Brno.
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Hollander, Zsuzsanna. "Novel approaches to biomarker discovery for heart health." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44200.
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Zdravkovic, Uljana. "Diet, lifestyle and heart health parameters in adolescents." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63169.pdf.
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Mbuzi, Vainess Banda. "Understanding Indigenous people’s experiences of acute health care with a focus on heart health." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2020. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/40626310ee5a3fd6023840c44f246c2c91a0e6cda381bd74a9f0e71e00725fec/16415877/Mbuzi_2020_Indigenous_People%27s_Experiences_Focus_On_Heart_Health.pdf.
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Overview
The program of research presented in this thesis was designed to increase understanding of the central issues related to Indigenous peoples’ hospitalisation experiences. Emphasis was given to Indigenous peoples’ cardiovascular health care. This area was chosen because cardiovascular disease has been described as one of the major contributors to the health disparity between Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in Australia. This was of interest to me because the main study setting is a cardiothoracic hospital. This hospital is the largest referral centre for cardiac conditions in Queensland, surrounding states, and neighbouring countries, including Papua New Guinea.
This program of research comprised four studies. The first study, a metasynthesis, was undertaken to gather a worldwide perspective of Indigenous peoples’ experiences of acute care. In the second study, a narrative inquiry was undertaken. It focused on Indigenous Australians’ experiences of acute cardiac care. The third study was a systematic review. It adopted a broader perspective to investigate the effectiveness of Australian Indigenous cardiovascular health programs. The final study, an autoethnography, utilised reflective inquiry to examine issues related to researching with Indigenous people.
Background
There are many explanations given to explicate sources of health disparities for Indigenous people. Most of the factors have their roots in past colonialism and its policies. Past practices by former Australian governments devalued the Indigenous culture, tortured individuals both physically and psychologically, and effectively marginalised the Indigenous population. Indigenous people still experience elements of tacit and overt discriminatory practices within the healthcare system. A range of cultural and Indigenous-specific factors also impact Indigenous health in a negative way. As a result, Australian Indigenous people encounter noteworthy health inequalities when compared to non-Indigenous Australians. In recognition and response to this disparity in health status, the Australian government launched a “Close the Gap” campaign in 2008. The campaign attempts to narrow the health differences and life expectancy, while also considering other factors that impact Indigenous health such as education and employment opportunities.
Coming to hospital is a challenge for most Indigenous Australians. In Australia, Indigenous people are often geographically isolated in scattered settlements, and living in relatively small communities, leading to fragmented services and support for health and social programs. They are isolated both geographically and culturally when they come to hospital. In most cases, they have to relocate in order to access the services they need. This experience can be overwhelming due to the different culture of hospital practices and world views of healthcare professionals, who are mainly from westernised backgrounds. In most healthcare settings, Indigenous peoples’ culture and views of health have not been integrated into mainstream health. In a way, Indigenous people are forced to leave their way of life at home and adapt to western culture when hospitalised. This can cause discomfort for Indigenous people in many ways. As a result, some avoid accessing health services even when such services are needed and are available to them.
A few aspects of Indigenous culture may be presented in hospital settings but usually at tokenistic or symbolic levels. This includes items such as flags at the front of the hospital and Indigenous paintings on display. Health professionals’ attitudes, as well as the hospital policies that guide their practice, do not usually accommodate Indigenous values into practice. Bedside manners and ward practices have remained the same for many years – fashioned and practiced in the ways of the dominant culture.
In Australia, cardiovascular disease is known to constitute one of the major single causes of ill health and death for Indigenous peoples. As a result, it contributes significantly to life expectancy differentials between this population and other Australians. Indigenous Australians suffer major gaps in health status even when compared with other Indigenous peoples in other first-class nations. This includes Indigenous peoples from Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. Health practitioners, therefore, need to be aware and proactively act on the underlying causes of poor health outcomes among Indigenous people.
Methods
Four studies were conducted over the period of this program of research using qualitative and quantitative research methods. The first study was a metasynthesis of qualitative research studies. Its aim was to investigate current evidence of Indigenous peoples’ hospital experiences in order to summarise current knowledge. Systematic procedures were employed to retrieve studies from the period between 2000 to 2016. The review process was conducted following Joanna Briggs Institute (2014) guidelines for conducting systematic review and synthesis of qualitative data.
The second study utilised narrative inquiry, a qualitative methodology in which face to face interviews were used to enable participants to recount their experiences of hospitalisation. Narrative inquiry was selected specifically because it involves storytelling, which is culturally familiar to Indigenous people. The aim was to explore Indigenous peoples’ experiences of hospitalisation of acute cardiac care. To accomplish this, data were collected using a purposeful sample of Indigenous cardiac participants: all Indigenous patient participants had been hospitalised for acute cardiac care.
The third study was a systematic review. Its aim was to investigate the effectiveness of cardiovascular health care programs designed for Indigenous Australians. Analysis of the strategies that were used to achieve successful outcomes was conducted. Studies that used experimental designs and reported interventions or programs explicitly aimed at improving Indigenous cardiovascular health were considered for inclusion. The search period was between 2008 to 2017.
The fourth study was an autoethnography. This study involved use of personal diary-based data and reflective inquiry to present a researcher perspective of the experience of conducting research with Indigenous people. The aim was to share the experience to inform others of aspects for consideration when conducting research with Indigenous participants. The purpose was to offer a true picture of conducting research from my perspective. The study enabled examination of the interplay of my personal, social, professional life and how these impact on my clinical and research practice.
Findings
The metasynthesis revealed that overall, Indigenous peoples, worldwide, have remained in a disadvantaged position when it comes to their health and wellbeing. Several factors were identified that contribute to widespread inequality in Indigenous healthcare. It was increasingly clear that current healthcare systems are not effectively working well in addressing Indigenous peoples’ health needs.
The findings of the narrative inquiry indicated that three themes characterised Indigenous peoples’ experiences of hospitalisation which were as follows: the impact of the past, reality of the present, and anticipating the future in Australia. Hospitalisation remains a challenge for Indigenous peoples. This is due to a sense of dislocation and lack of cultural and spiritual aspects to care, as well as the persisting poor relational interactions encountered.
Quantitative research studies that implemented interventions targeted for management of cardiac conditions among Indigenous population within Australia were included in the systematic review. The results revealed that there were limited published studies targeted specifically towards Indigenous Australians’ cardiac health improvement. However, positive outcomes were reported in terms of achieving clinical targets. Physical aspects such as blood pressure reduction, exercise attendance, and enhancing cardiac health knowledge in biomedical interventions for the Indigenous communities were the main focus.
The autoethnography revealed that with adequate preparation and involvement of Indigenous people the research process can be made easier. Again, because of past experiences which have led Indigenous people to be over researched with little feedback to them; researching this population group is challenging. Most researchers in the past have conducted research that has not effectively benefited the community. In some cases, research outcomes have misrepresented participants through use of methodologies that are not appropriate for Indigenous peoples. It is not unusual for Indigenous peoples to view the word “research” as a “dirty” word that brings uncomfortable feelings. In some instances, Indigenous participants have not seen its benefits of the research or understood the outcomes.
Conclusions
In summary, the program of research appraised current evidence. Further, it presented new knowledge that can inform and support practitioners in their quest to progress Indigenous peoples’ healthiness and welfare. Highlighting issues from Indigenous peoples ’perspectives can facilitate development of a better understanding of issues that impact their experiences with healthcare institutions. Such revelations can help in the identification of limitations faced by health professionals or constraints they encounter in the delivery of healthcare among Indigenous people. This could assist in revealing issues that are barriers to being effective in designing and implementing effective strategies to improve Indigenous health and wellbeing. Further research is warranted to follow up on the issues identified in this research.
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Garin, Boronat Olatz 1979. "Measuring health related quality of life in heart failure." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/123573.
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L’objectiu global d’aquesta tesis doctoral va ser identificar les fortaleses i limitacions de les mesures de Qualitat de Vida Relacionada amb la Salut desenvolupades específicament per pacients amb insuficiència cardíaca. Una revisió sistemàtica va trobar 7 qüestionaris de Qualitat de Vida Relacionada amb la Salut específics per insuficiència cardíaca: Chronic Heart Failure Assessment Tool (CHAT), Cardiac Health Profile congestive heart failure (CHPchf), Kansas City Cardiomyopathy questionnaire (KCCQ), Left Ventricular Disease Questionnaire (LVDQ), Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire (MLHFQ), i Quality of Life in Severe Heart Failure Questionnaire (QLSHFQ). L’evidència publicada fins 2006 senyalava el MLHFQ com el qüestionari més estès i recomanable. La versió espanyola del MLHFQ va mostrar característiques similars a l’original, així com també l’avaluació conjunta de versions de 20 països. A més, l’avaluació del model de mesura va confirmar la unidimensionalitat de la puntuació total del MLHFQ, i les seves dimensions física, emocional i social. L’actualització al 2011 de la revisió sistemàtica juntament amb l’avaluació estandarditzada per experts, varen destacar les propietats mètriques del KCCQ per sobre de les del MLHFQ.
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Belliveau, Alison Patricia. "Do the Circulation: Teaching Second Graders About Heart Health." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/578967.
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Arizona ranks 25th in overall prevalence of overweight or obese children (30.6%).
Obesity, especially in children, has been steadily on the rise and is contributing to earlier onset of
cardiovascular diseases that can be life-threatening. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic
due to lifestyle choices such as decreased activity, parental influences, and dietary choices. There
is evidence that overweight and obese children, not just adults, are at risk of developing
cardiovascular complications, such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes.
In this thesis I have described the cardiovascular system, obesity of adults and children,
cardiovascular diseases related to obesity and how this can be changed by lifestyle modification
as well as medications and surgical interventions. I then presented basic cardiovascular and
healthy diet information to second graders in the hope to educate young, impressionable children
about the importance of taking care of their bodies, especially while they are young. I have
summarized the observations of this experience, as well as thoughts to the effectiveness of a
PowerPoint to relay cardiovascular health information to children.
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Mackie, Eileen Elizabeth. "Exercise and haemostasis in health and ischaemic heart disease." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433574.
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McElhone, Sinead. "Adolescent body fatness and health status : The Young Hearts Project." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272328.
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Pratt, Rebekah Janet. "Broken hearts and the heart broken : living with, and dying from, heart failure in Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8273.
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Heart failure is a common and serious chronic condition, which can be as ‘malignant’ as most forms of cancer (Stewart, MacIntyre, Hole, Capewell, & McMurray, 2001). Recent estimates are that around 40,000 men and 45,000 women are living with heart failure in Scotland (Stewart, MacIntyre, Capewell, & McMurray, 2003). Heart failure is significantly influenced by socioeconomic factors, with people on lower incomes being more likely to develop, and die faster from, heart failure (McAlister et al, 2004). There is a growing body of research on the experience of living with heart failure, however, none provides serious consideration of the role of socioeconomic factors in impacting the experience of heart failure, and some qualitative research may actually obscure such factors. There were two main aims in this thesis. One was to explore how qualitative research methods can better consider the relationship between experience and broader context, such as the influence of socio-economic factors on health. The other aim was to examine the experiences of people as they live with and die from heart failure in ways that situate their accounts in the broader context of their lives. An initial research study, on which I was the main researcher, focused on the experiences of 30 people living with advanced heart failure. These people, their carers and key health professionals were interviewed, where possible, three times over a six months period. This thesis re-examines that study, focusing on 20 of those participants, for which a total of 122 interviews were conducted. I used a dialogical approach to see whether the socioeconomic context of heart failure for these respondents, could be captured through exploring experiences, performance, relationships, discourses and institutional practices, the social processes that mediate the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and chronic diseases were explored. This offers important learning in relation to the experience of living with heart failure, along with the experience of providing care. The findings highlight the need to broaden our view of chronic illness beyond biomedical approaches, and grow our methodological approaches along with that, in order to develop knowledge and practice that has relevance for people who live with and die from heart failure.
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Batross, Deana J. "Correlation of Health Related Quality of Life and Health Literacy Levels in Patients with Heart Failure." Otterbein University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1461096576.
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Nagpal, Seema. "Factors Influencing Outcomes of Heart Failure: A Population Health Approach." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20242.
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Background: Symptomatic heart failure is a chronic and disabling condition that affects over 350 000 Canadians and is characterized by inevitable progression. Historically, research on the ways to increase survival has focused on biomedical factors. However, the continued poor prognosis of heart failure has prompted the search for other ways to improve the lives of these patients. Research in other chronic conditions demonstrates that social circumstances, described collectively as individual social interactions (e.g. social support, social participation) and community social factors (e.g. social capital, social norms), can influence health outcomes. Purpose: The purpose of this research was to describe and assess the impact of selected social circumstances potentially related to heart failure outcomes. Methods: Two literature reviews and one empirical study were performed. Conceptual models were proposed to describe the hypothesized pathways between selected social circumstances and heart failure outcomes. The first review was a systematic review of quantitative studies evaluating the relationship between social support and both rehospitalization and death. The review included a critical analysis of the methods employed by previous studies. The second review integrated the qualitative and quantitative literature describing the relationship between individual social interactions (including support, roles and participation) and the quality of life of patients or experience of living with heart failure. A narrative summary was provided and an integration of findings from both qualitative and quantitative study designs was performed. In the empirical study, patients‘ demographic and clinical information was examined simultaneously with selected community factors in a multilevel analysis. Outcomes of interest included rehospitalization or death of heart failure patients. Results: The systematic review shows that previous quantitative research has linked social support to reduced rehospitalization, but there is little evidence to link it with prolonged survival. The critique of the methods describes an inadequate conceptualization and inconsistent measurement of social support. A conceptual model showing how social support can influence rehospitalization is proposed. The integrative review presents qualitative research that identified the following social interactions as important components of the heart failure experience: social support, social participation and role fulfillment. However, no quantitative relationship between social support and quality of life was found. The potential reasons for the discrepant findings between the qualitative and quantitative studies include: the focus on social support as the only component of social interactions assessed in the quantitative literature; and the inconsistent measurement of social support. A conceptual model is presented to describe the multiple components of social interactions and the theoretical basis for their effects. The multilevel analysis demonstrates that individual factors exerted the strongest effect on heart failure outcomes in most models. Community characteristics had little influence on rehospitalization or death. Study design and analysis issues are proposed to explain these findings. Conclusion: The literature reviews and the empirical study provide a contribution to the population health literature, offering a broad approach to assessing the determinants of disease progression in heart failure patients. This thesis research advances the discussion about which social circumstances may influence heart failure outcomes and their pathways. The use of the proposed conceptual models in future research will help clarify the role of social circumstances in the prognosis of heart failure.
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Ronda, Gabriëlle Maria. "The Dutch heart health community intervention 'Hartslag Limburg' an evaluation /." [Maastricht : Maastricht : Universiteit Maastricht] ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 2003. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=6009.
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Claesson, Maria. "Women's hearts : ischaemic heart disease and stress management in women." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-725.
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Brown, Sally Rachael. "Men's health beliefs and behaviour in relation to heart attacks." Thesis, University of Hull, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342972.
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Lawlor, Mary Ann C. "Predictors of Health Service Use in Persons with Heart Failure." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1619702345236178.
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D'ORONZO, COSIMO. "Strutture di combostione e contesti archeologici : Indagine archeobotanica e definizione del protocollo d'intervento." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1418.
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Il lavora affronta l'analisi delle strutture di combustione provenienti da diversi contesti archeologici attraverso un approccio multidisciplinare. Le metodologie adottate associano all'approccio contestuale i risultati derivati dall'analisi archeobotanica dei residui di combustione e delle alterazioni termiche. Lo studio tipologico delle strutture di combustione è integrato dai risultati della riproduzione sperimentale delle strutture in modo da selezionare le metodologie di analisi e di intervento nei cantieri archeologici. L'analisi dei resti vegetali (analisi antracologica, carpologica, tafonomica) ha permesso inoltre di ricostruire le strategie ed aree di approvvigionamento del combustibile, il paleoambiente, la paleodieta ed alcuni aspetti dell'agricoltura delle comunità del passato. Tale approccio è stato applicato alla lettura ed interpretazione delle attività connesse con l'uso del fuoco e gestione degli spazi in alcuni contesti archeologici indagati dall'Università del Salento: santuario di Apollo a Hierapolis (Turchia), abitato dell'età del Ferro e fase arcaica di San Vito dei Normanni, abitato dell'età del Ferro di Castelluccio.This work analyzes the hearth structures from different archaeological contexts through a multisciplinary approach. The contextual analysis is linked to archaeobotanical analysis of fuel and thermal alteration. The experimental replica of hearth structures shed new light about new methodology of studies and definition of proceedings protocol. This approach is applied to three archaeological sites excavated by the University of Salento: Apollo sanctuary at Hierapolis (Turkey), San Vito dei Normanni (Brindisi, South Italy), Castelluccio (Brindisi, South Italy). The archaeobotanical analysis (anthracological, carpological, taphonomical analysis) allowed to reconstruct fuel management, palaeoenvironment, paleodiet and agricolture practice of ancient comunities.
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Basu, Rashmita. "Healthy lifestyle, disease prevention and health care utilization." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2009/r_basu_112309.pdf.
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Venkatapuram, Sridhar. "Health and justice : the capability to be healthy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2009. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/224951.
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This is an inter-disciplinary argument for a moral entitlement to a capability to be healthy. Motivated by the goal to make a human right to health intelligible and justifiable, the thesis extends the capability approach, advocated by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, to the theory and practice of the human health sciences. Moral claims related to human health are considered at the level of ethical theory, or a level of abstraction where principles of social justice that determine the purpose, form, and scope of basic social institutions are proposed, evaluated, and justified. The argument includes 1) a conception of health as capability, 2) a theory of causation and distribution of health capability as well as 3) an argument for the moral entitlement to a sufficient and equitable capability to be healthy grounded in the respect for human dignity. Moreover, the entitlement to the capability to be healthy is defended against alternative ethical approaches that focus on welfare or resources in evaluating and satisfying health claims. In specific, it is argued that human health is best understood as a capability to be healthy - a meta-capability to achieve a cluster of basic and inter-related capabilities and functionings. Such a cluster of capabilities and functionings is in line with Martha Nussbaum's central human capabilities. A theory of causation and distribution of health capability is put forward that integrates the 'classic' biomedical factors of disease (genetic endowment, exposure to hazardous materials, behaviour), social determinants of disease, and Drèze and Sen's econometric analysis of the causation and distribution of acute and endemic malnutrition. Furthermore, the argument critiques Norman Daniels's revised Rawlsian theory of health justice, and advocates for the capability approach to recognize group capabilities in light of 'population health' phenomena. Lastly, the thesis also argues that a coherent, capability conception of health as a species-wide conception will tend to make any theory of justice recognizing health claims a cosmopolitan theory of justice.
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Woltz, Patricia. "Health-related Quality of Life and Mortality in Incident Heart Failure from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)." Thesis, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621931.
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Heart failure (HF) is a debilitating clinical syndrome and the end stage of many heart diseases. Despite recent advances in treatment, it is a growing problem with a steadily increasing number of deaths annually. Costs of care have been rising and are projected to continue to do so over the next 20 years. Studies report that health related quality of life (HRQL) in HF adds prognostic information beyond that of traditional demographic and clinical risk factors, however findings vary. This research was conducted on data from The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), a large, population based cohort study of community dwelling older adults recruited in 2 annual waves (1989–1990; 1992–1993) and followed through 2009. The data were aligned into a data set that began at participant intake and continued with a maximum 20 year follow up (median 13.56) to examine changes in HRQL in participants newly diagnosed with HF. Changes in self-reported health, life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, physical functioning, and perceived social support were evaluated from the annual study visit immediately before to immediately after new HF diagnosis (N=987). In linear mixed models analysis, depressive symptoms (t(3150) = 3.13, p = .003), self-reported health (t(2968) = 4.85, p < .001), and self-reported physical functioning (t(3139) = 3.16, p = .002) deteriorated more in those diagnosed with HF than in an age/gender matched comparison group over a similar period. In Cox proportional hazard regression, changes in self-reported physical functioning in the year of HF diagnosis and self-reported health prior to diagnosis contributed independently to mortality after adjusting for age, gender, and functional status (walk time). Mortality risk increased 9% for every one-point worsening in physical functioning from before to after diagnosis (HR 1.09, 95%CI 1.02, 1.17) and 17% for every one-point worse self-reported health prior to diagnosis (HR 1.17, 95%CI 1.04, 1.33). Missing data introduced potential selection bias. Understanding the contributors to mortality in HF may help develop interventions and assist in the selection of patient centered treatment options. Assessment of HRQL in routine practice is recommended. Further research is needed to improve the sensitivity of HRQL measures to detect change.
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Shiplett, Barbara Lou. "An examination of knowledge, health beliefs, and health-promoting behaviors related to heart disease among university women /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1467889661&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2007."Department of Health Education." Keywords: Health beliefs, Health-promoting, Heart disease, University, Women workers Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-157). Also available online.