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Li, Rongsha. "Situational awareness framework for risk ranking." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106961.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Center for Computational Engineering, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76).
Today, organizations are generating large volumes of data. However, the challenge of extracting valuable information from the data has been a large and long-standing problem. Here, we address the problem of quantifying risks and detecting fraud in heterogeneous financial big data. Great financial losses are pressuring institutions to devise innovative solutions for risk and fraud detection. Current approaches in government suffer from issues such as high false positive rates and low adaptability to the continuous evolution of newer fraud. In this thesis, we propose an open and extensible framework called "Situational Awarness FrAamework for RIsk ranking" (SAFARI). SAFARI aims to quantify and rank risk with unlabeled, complex data in the financial world. The framework integrates and analyzes different perspectives of financial data, and extends risk scores for decision makers. SAFARI also utilizes machine learning techniques to learn from examined cases to improve the calculation of risks and adapt to the changing behavior of fraudulent activities. The work includes designing, implementing, testing, extending and evaluating the proposed framework. In the overpayment detection scenario, results show SAFARI can effectively find overpayments with low false positive rates. Furthermore, SAFARI can be extended to assist decision making in a variety of environment thanks to its general applicability.
by Rongsha Li.
S.M.
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Stone, R. Brian. "Design Education, New Media, and Distance Learning: An Interactive Multimedia Program in Design History." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392987581.
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Baker, Leuan Zumwalt. "Susan B. Anthony House graphic design program /." Online version of thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10900.
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Paton, Gillian Frances. "The design, development and evaluation of a critical language awareness program for preservice teachers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29168.pdf.
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Reichert-Facilides, Christopher 1964. "Organizing for innovation : an examination of collaborative teams in industrial design." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17886.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
Why are some industrial design firms more successful than others in consistently producing high quality products and services? Do they hire more talented people, or are they organized so as to maximize the potential of their teams? I begin this thesis with an examination of literature on teamwork, the dynamics of idea propagation, and the product development process itself. This is meant to extract some insights into successful teams across a broad spectrum of activities and what they did to generate a creative output. These examples include references to historically significant teams such as Thomas Edison's Lab and the Manhattan Project. By using such extreme examples, I am seeking similarities in more common projects and organizations. I use a workgroup framework to analyze the factors involved, including the context, the people on the teams, their task requirements and formal organization, group cultures that emerge, as well as the outcomes that define the success, or otherwise of a project. I interviewed a number of professionals in the industry. These include professionals from IDEO, Design Continuum, Modo, and sevenO2design, as well as professors at the MIT School of Engineering, Media Lab, Sloan School, and Olin College of Engineering. The main focus is in analyzing the collaborative processes and methods of these sample organizations. My objective is to identify their methodology for organizing the creative process and how they maintain a high standard across projects, industries and over time.
by Christopher Reichert-Facilides.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Hummel, Cynthia B. "A graphic identity program for the Thousand Acre Swamp Sanctuary /." Online version of thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11487/.
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Cassell, Susanna D. "Historic site marker identity program for the National Register of Historic Places of Rochester, New York /." Online version of thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11511.
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Zborovskiy, Marat. "Representing and manipulating spatial data in interoperable systems and its industrial applications." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35099.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126).
Introduction: The amount of information available nowadays is staggering and increases exponentially. Making sense of this data has become increasingly difficult because of the two factors: · The sheer volume of data · The lack of interoperability between disparate data sources and models While one can do little about the former factor, the latter one can be mitigated by advancing solutions that make data easy to work with and ensure the interoperability among data sources and models in intelligent networks. One way to achieve interoperability is to force every entity involved in the data exchange to adopt the same standard. However, organizations have heavily invested in proprietary data standards and are unlikely to replace their existing standards with a new one. Therefore, another solution is to create a standard, through which organizations can translate their data sources and share them with their customers or general community. The MIT Data Center is spearheading an initiative to create M - a language that is capable to provide the much needed interoperability between divergent data sources and models with an ultimate goal of creating a new intelligent information infrastructure (Brock, Schuster and Kutz 2006).
by Marat Zborovskiy.
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Rhie, Christopher. "New urban manufacturing neo-industrial design in Louisville, Kentucky." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87615.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2014.Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2014.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-101).
American manufacturing is experiencing a modest renaissance. U.S. firms are choosing to re-shore manufacturing jobs not out of their sense of patriotism, but because it makes good business sense. The costs of transportation and overseas labor are increasing, opening the door for domestic production. Political leaders are embracing the prospects for skilled, living wage jobs; President Obama has made manufacturing one of the central tenets of his economic recovery plan. This has important implications for cities, which stand to benefit from new investment and increased employment opportunities. However, important questions linger for planners: where will manufacturing jobs materialize within the urban fabric? Are factories even viable within the core cities of industrial regions, where there is the greatest need? If so, what physical planning strategies should those cities be pursuing in order to retain, attract, and increase the number of manufacturing jobs within their borders? This research begins with a history of urban production, from the Industrial Revolution through the present day. Emerging trends are assessed and synthesized into a new model for urban industrial development. That model is tested with a detailed examination of Louisville, Kentucky, a place that embodies the renewed efforts to re-industrialize cities with a manufacturing past. Urban manufacturing typologies are presented that describe the urban forms in Louisville at large, and within the Park Hill industrial corridor in particular. A unified set of design principles is presented and matched to the urban manufacturing typologies, focusing on verticality, mixed uses, transparency, sustainability, connectivity, and adaptability. Finally, the thesis concludes with an assessment of the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the implementation of the Neo-Industrial City model.
by Christopher Rhie.
M.C.P.
S.M. in Real Estate Development
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Colón, Badillo Liana R. "Public education program for the Seneca Park Zoo /." Online version of thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11474.
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Young, Alexandra Felice. "A graphic identity program for Sculpture '91 : a cooperative exhibition co-sponsored by the Monroe County Parks Department and the Dawson Gallery /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11318.
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Mak, Arthur T. "Technology strategy of competing with industrial design in markets of high-tech consumer products." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55225.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This thesis explores the role of industrial design in the formulation of technology strategy for certain firms that compete in markets of high-tech consumer products. The initial intuition is that the role of industrial design becomes more important at mature stages of the product evolution cycle. Industrial design makes products more user-friendly and attractive, which are highly valued by later stage, mainstream users. Successes of such firms are largely dependent on user's experiences of the firms' products. A utility-based concept model is created to formalize four components that are responsible for user's experience: functional performance (how well it does its job), capability (what jobs can the product do), usability (how easy to use the product to do its Cajnobd), aestetics (how externally beautiful is the product). The concept model is then converted into a testable framework for analyzing existing high-tech consumer product trends. A case study on the mobile phone industry is conducted to test the concept model and to understand the role of industrial design in various mobile phone evolution cycle scenarios. 36 phones are evaluated in detail and a survey is constructed to measure "prettiness" of the products. The final result confirms the initial intuition: soft factors of industrial design become more important in determining product success at later stages of the product evolution cycle.
(cont.) There are also strong supporting evidence to show the series of product evolution cycles that can occur for a given high-tech consumer product, when there is a dramatic shift in the importance of industrial design. The recommendation for firms of high-tech consumer products is to (i) understand the stage of product evolution cycle, (ii) understand the appropriate level of functional performance, capability, usability, and aesthetics in comparison to competitor's products, and (iii) make industrial design to be the core component of technology strategy for the firm's products.
by Arthur T. Mak.
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Khan, Shaharyar S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Using a system-theoretic approach to identify cyber- vulnerabilities and mitigations in industrial control systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122437.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-128).
Recent cyber-physical attacks, such as Stuxnet, Triton etc., have invoked an ominous realization about the lethality of such attacks and the vulnerability of critical infrastructure, including power, gas and water distribution control systems. The traditional industrial practice to enhance security posture by utilizing IT security-biased protection methods narrowly focuses on improving cyber hygiene and individual component protection. Albeit essential and a good countermeasure against indiscriminate, non-targeted attacks, the reality of modern industrial control systems is that they are highly complex, interdependent and software-intensive sociotechnical systems. This makes traditional methods of defense largely impotent in the face of targeted attacks by advanced cyber-adversaries - as was demonstrated by Stuxnet.
A new realization is aggressively permeating through the industry about the need to use a holistic approach that integrates safety and security considerations to rethink, reengineer and redesign these complex control systems. System-Theoretic Accident Model & Processes (STAMP) offers a powerful, holistic, structured framework to analyze safety and security of complex cyber-physical systems in an integrated fashion. The electric grid is universally acknowledged as the holy grail of a target for an advanced cyberadversary. In light of this, this work demonstrates the use of a STAMP-based analysis method on the electric generation and distribution system of the MIT central utilities plant. The analysis is presented in a robust and structured format which can be emulated to analyze larger systems.
Several hazardous control actions such as out-of-sync breaker closure, generator overfluxing, turbine overspeed etc., are identified which could be exploited to cause permanent physical damage to the plant. While traditional counter-measures exist, it is argued that they need to be rethought in the face of potential cyber-attacks by advanced adversaries. Finally, several new functional requirements are presented which do not only span individual technical components but also the broader socio-organizational system.
by Shaharyar Khan.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
S.M.inEngineeringandManagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program
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Thiagarajan, Darshini. "Analysis of the current state of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) adoption." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107361.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100).
Smart, connected devices are becoming an integral part of our lives, bridging the communication between human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions. The potential socioeconomic impact of the Internet of Things (loT) in the Industrials space is forecasted to be huge. These connected devices will result in a significant increase in the overall complexity of systems. While the rate of loT adoption by Industrials is on the rise, a lot of uncertainty remains with regards to the readiness of organizations and the impact of adoption. This could be due to lack of vision from leadership, lack of resources, and also lack of capabilities required for successful adoption. The goal of this thesis is to enable organizations to position themselves well for Industrial loT adoption. This thesis analyzes the current state of Industrial loT adoption by viewing Industrial organizations adopting loT as complex systems. The research consists of an analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data from organizations around the world, of existing theory, of recent industry research along with the application of systems thinking techniques. The outcome of the thesis is a framework for successful Industrial loT adoption. The research findings reveal several significant implications for managers and leaders of Industrial organizations and the need to employ systems thinking for understanding Industrial loT organizations.
by Darshini Thiagarajan.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Elibol, Gulcin Cankiz. "Assessment Of Novelty And Distinctive Character In Industrial Design Protection In Turkey." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613426/index.pdf.
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Novelty and distinctive character are the conditions of protection for a registered design in Turkey. This study investigates the ways in which novelty and distinctive character are interpreted and assessed by the parties actively involved in the assessment process &ndashjudges, court experts, the Turkish Patent Institute experts, attorneys and design agents. The face-to-face interviews conducted with 51 participants from the parties involved indicate that the assessment of distinctive character presents more challenges than the assessment of novelty. Not being exactly the same with a previous design is the main consideration in the assessment of novelty. The assessment of distinctive character is primarily identified with the comparison of designs&rsquo
overall impressions whereas designer&rsquo
s degree of freedom remains as the least mentioned consideration. The study suggests that being subject to protection of designs not fulfilling the conditions of protection coupled with the uncertainties in the assessment of novelty and distinctive character, which may have a negative impact on the public trust in the design registration system. The study concludes with a set of suggestions for developing an assessment guide for the design registration system in Turkey.
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Fouad, Noha. "Embodiment of Empathy: Experiencing Disease Through Design." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4136.
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Today, more than 400 million individuals around the world have diabetes. This number is expected to grow to more than 600 million by 2023. However, diabetes is more than just a statistic. It is an incurable, psychologically nuanced disease, with daily battles and far-reaching complications. The lives of those afflicted undergo permanent physical and psychological changes.
Reading the stories of diabetics, or hearing them share their experience may elicit an immediate yet often fleeting sense of realization. How, then, can this brief moment of awareness be prolonged? How can a non-diabetic feel diabetes? More importantly, why should they? This research explores empathy as a tool to achieve that level of understanding. Elements found on the dining table, a place most diabetics are acutely aware of, were redesigned in an attempt to recreate certain aspects of the diabetic experience. These items no longer function in the way they were intended to, but have been transformed into tools that evoke empathy. A non-diabetic will get to experience the struggles associated with four main areas: control, or lack thereof; unpredictable dysfunctionality; a constant state of alertness; and finally, the burden of living with the disease, and the anchoring effect it has on those afflicted.
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Almeida, Leonelo Dell Anhol. "Awareness do espaço de trabalho em ambientes colaborativos inclusivos na Web." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/275755.
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Orientador: Maria Cecilia Calani BaranauskasTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Computação
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Resumo: O potencial crescimento do acesso à Web nos mais diversos segmentos da população - sejam elas determinadas por aspectos sócio-econômicos, culturais, de letramento, deficiências físicas ou de habilidades com Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação - tem modificado significativamente a maneira como a Web é utilizada. Uma das principais mudanças é o propósito de uso, antes centrado no trabalho, que agora divide o foco com compartilhamento de informações, socialização e entretenimento. Além disso, a diversidade de público traz consigo diferentes necessidades que são influenciadas pelos aspectos supracitados, entre outros. Nesse contexto, um dos grandes desafios para a Ciência da Computação é o suporte à consciência dos interlocutores em situações colaborativas, que envolve o conhecimento das ações, objetos, presença, identidade e contexto, entre outros fatores. Na área de sistemas colaborativos essa consciência é chamada awareness. Awareness em sistemas colaborativos tem sido investigado desde o início da década de 90, por meio da proposição de frameworks e mecanismos de software. As abordagens existentes na literatura para o design de sistemas colaborativos não oferecem suporte ao conhecimento do público-alvo, e são geralmente voltadas somente à sintaxe e à semântica dos sistemas colaborativos. Esta tese propõe uma perspectiva sócio-técnica para abordar o tema de awareness em Sistemas Colaborativos Inclusivos (SCI) na Web. Por SCI entende-se o sistema computacional capaz de oferecer o acesso e a manutenção da interação e da comunicação pela maior diversidade de pessoas sem segregação e, na medida do possível, sem design especializado. Para tanto foi desenvolvido o framework FAware, para apoio ao design de mecanismos para suporte a awareness em SCI na Web. FAware promove o conhecimento do público-alvo, a reflexão sobre os aspectos a serem tratados sobre diversos tipos de mecanismos para suporte a awareness e provê ferramental para o design e a avaliação de SCI na Web. O referencial teórico-metodológico do trabalho envolveu as disciplinas de Interação Humano-Computador, Semiótica Organizacional e Sistemas Colaborativos. Para avaliar o FAware foram realizados dois estudos de caso que envolveram alunos de graduação e pós-graduação em Ciência da Computação, especialistas em acessibilidade e designers da interação. O primeiro estudo de caso tratou da avaliação de um website de governo eletrônico, enquanto que o segundo foi relacionado ao redesign de uma ferramenta de comunicação síncrona integrada a uma rede social inclusiva. Os resultados foram expressivos em relação ao módulo para avaliação de SCI na Web, no qual mesmo especialistas em acessibilidade foram capazes de identificar mais de 40% de problemas de acessibilidade, em adição aos encontrados utilizando ferramentas de avaliação semiautomática. Além disso, resultados indicam que participantes do segundo estudo de caso utilizariam o FAware também em outros contextos de uso e que eles consideram que o framework, além de orientar o redesign, promoveu o conhecimento deles sobre o tema
Abstract: The potential increase in the Web access by various sectors of the population - determined by socio-economic, cultural, literacy, physical or low skills in Information and Communication Technologies - has significantly changed the way in which the Web is used. One of the main changes is in the purpose of use, previously centered on work, now divides its focus with information sharing, socialization, and entertainment. Also, the audience diversity brings different needs influenced by the aforementioned aspects. In this context, one of the main challenges for the Computer Science is to provide support to awareness about the interlocutors in collaborative situations, which involves the knowledge of actions, objects, presence, identity, context, and other aspects. Awareness in collaborative systems is being investigated since the early 90s, with the proposition of frameworks and software mechanisms. Current approaches in literature to collaborative systems design do not offer support for characterizing the target audience, and usually are focused on syntax and semantics of collaborative systems. This thesis proposes a socio-technical perspective to approach awareness in web-based Inclusive Collaborative Systems (ICS). By ICS we mean computer systems that offer access and maintenance of interaction and communication to the greatest diversity of people without segregating them or making specialized design. For that we proposed the FAware framework to support the design of awareness mechanisms in web-based ICS. The FAware promotes the knowledge of target users, the thinking process about aspects to be taking into account in different types of mechanisms to support awareness, and provides tools for the design and evaluation of web-based ICS. The theoretical and methodological references of this work involved the disciplines of Human-Computer Interaction, Organizational Semiotics, and Collaborative Systems. To evaluate FAware we conducted two case studies with undergraduate and postgraduate students in Computer Science, accessibility experts, and interaction designers. The first study consisted of evaluating a website for electronic government, while the second aimed at redesigning a synchronous communication tool integrated to an inclusive social network. The results were expressive in relation to the module for evaluation of webbased ICS (first case study), in which even the accessibility experts were able to identify 40% more problems beyond those found using semi-automatic evaluation tools. In addition, the participants of the second case study would adopt FAware also in other contexts of use, and the framework guided the redesign and also promoted their knowledge about the theme
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Fen, Yun-Jr. "The design of a microcomputer based true basic statistical process control package for inspection by variables." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1182435780.
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Iyer, Krishnan Jyothi Lakshmi. "Design of an interactive simulation tool for automatic generation and execution of a simulation program using siman." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1178123692.
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Kichodhan, Vic. "An interactive PC computer program based on craft and IIE plant layout software for use in facilities design." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1183649370.
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Merrell, Thomas William Jr. "Evaluation of Consumer Drone Control Interface." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1526381891672951.
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Ahlberg, Markus. "Attenuation AND awareness? : Designing a method for measuring accuracy and certainty of sound identification when wearing a HPD." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79702.
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Noise pollution is widespread in today’s society, from traffic to industrial sources, and many people are confined to unhealthy acoustic environments through their employment. When noise cannot be eliminated at the sound source, the protective measure is usually to equip the employee with hearing protection devices (HPDs), e.g. earmuffs, that attenuates the noise. Applying excessive attenuation can render the wearer disconnected from her acoustic environment and present risks and social isolation. HPDs using level-dependent function (LDF) uses ambient microphones together with a signal processing unit and internal loudspeakers to achieve attenuation flexibility – if ambient noise is low, the loudspeakers can amplify the sound to combat an excessive passive attenuation of the HPD, and if ambient noise is high this amplification is decreased to maintain healthy sound levels. Appropriate levels of attenuation allows the user to detect ambient sounds which contributes to the their situational awareness. Besides attenuating the sounds however, HPDs does change the spectral content of the sound which may complicate the ability to identify them. This thesis has focused on exploring the human ability to identify sounds, design a method for measuring this ability, implement it and evaluate its result and the method itself. The thesis has been conducted in collaboration with 3MTM PeltorTM and was intended to evaluate the effect of earmuffs with LDF on the ability to identify sounds in a process industry soundscape. The progression of the thesis was structured within the Double Diamond process, where literature reviews, benchmarking and workshops informed the research and resulted in a method design that was analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA based on empirical data from 16 participants. Surprisingly, the results showed no statistically significant advantage from wearing a HPD using LDF, as opposed to no LDF, in the user accuracy or certainty in sound identification. The reasons for this are discussed with a focus on evaluating the usefulness of the designed method in future efforts to develop HPDs that afford reliable sound identification.Bullerföroreningar är ett utbrett problem i dagens samhälle, från trafik till industriella källor, och många människor är låsta till en ohälsosam akustisk miljö via sin anställning. När buller inte kan elimineras vid ljudkällan är skyddsåtgärden vanligtvis att förse arbetstagaren med hörselskydd, exempelvis hörselkåpor, som dämpar bullret. Att använda en överdriven dämpning kan dock göra att användaren avskiljs helt från sin akustiska miljö och innebära risker samt social isolering. Hörselskydd utrustade med nivåberoende funktion (LDF) använder mikrofoner tillsammans med en signalbehandlingsenhet och interna högtalare för att uppnå flexibilitet i dämpningen – om omgivande buller är lågt kan högtalarna förstärka ljudet för att motverka en överdriven passiv dämpning erbjuden av hörselskyddet, om omgivande buller däremot är högt kan denna förstärkning minskas för att vidhålla sunda ljudnivåer. Lämpliga dämpningsnivåer gör att användaren kan upptäcka omgivande ljud som bidrar till deras situationsmedvetenhet. Förutom att dämpa ljuden så ändrar dock hörselskydd också det spektrala innehållet i ljudet vilket kan komplicera förmågan att identifiera ljuden. Denna masteruppsats har fokuserat på att utforska människans förmåga att identifiera ljud, utforma en metod för att mäta denna förmåga, implementera metoden och utvärdera dess resultat samt metoden i sig. Uppsatsen har genomförts i samarbete med 3MTM PeltorTM och var avsedd att utvärdera effekten av hörselkåpor, utrustade med LDF, på förmågan att identifiera ljud i ett ljudlandskap likt det i en processindustri. Projektet var strukturerad enligt Double Diamondprocessen, där litteraturstudier, benchmarking och workshops har informerat och väglett arbetet och resulterat i en metod som analyserats med hjälp av variansanalys baserat på empiriska data från 16 deltagare. Överraskande nog så visade resultaten ingen statistiskt signifikant fördel med att bära ett hörselskydd som är utrustat med LDF till skillnad från ett hörselskydd som saknar denna funktion, vad gäller användarens förmåga att korrekt identifiera ljud samt rapporterad säkerhet i svaren. Orsaker till detta diskuteras med fokus på att utvärdera användbarheten av den utformade metoden i framtida ansträngningar för att utveckla hörselskydd som erbjuder tillförlitlig ljudidentifiering.
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Gallagher, Stephen J. "State-society relations and the design and implementation of public policy : an application of the state-centered paradigm to a case study of the National Energy Program." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74282.
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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the relative influence of state and societal actors on public policy and, specifically, to determine the potential for state autonomy in Canada. To advance this project, two 'paradigms' of state-society relations are developed from an analysis of a range of contending theories of state-society relations. These include Eric Nordlinger's state autonomy theory, elitism, pluralism, and Marxism. The paradigms are then applied to a case study of the design and implementation of the petroleum related elements of the National Energy Program. We conclude that the Canadian state can demonstrate a significant degree of autonomy from societal influence using various strategies and resources which are generally unavailable to societal actors. The specific findings of our case study are that in the development and implementation of the NEP the greatest impediments on the federal government's autonomy arose, not from business interests or public pressure, but from the opposition of other state actors and the impact of market forces and international economic conditions.
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Lindström, Rignell Ludvig, and Claudia Nohlgård. "Design of a Cultivation Unit : Communicating the potential of reusing residual heat by using the design of a cultivation unit." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-77541.
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Today, climate change is one of the world's greatest challenges. The main cause of this is humans' emissions of greenhouse gases, which for instance occur when burning fossil fuels. A prerequisite for meeting this challenge is that society change the way energy is produced and used. In the pursuit of fighting climate change, it is therefore crucial to create awareness among people regarding energy use. The purpose of this thesis project is to design a cultivation unit which uses residual heat. In this way, we aim to create awareness regarding the reuse of energy that would otherwise be wasted in society. To achieve this, we have used an established design process and creative methods, such as workshops, focus groups and prototyping. The thesis project resulted in a concept for a cultivation unit that in an innovative way brings attention to the reuse of residual heat. The work has been carried out in collaboration with Luleå Energi, an energy company that supplies Luleå with energy, and works to create conditions for more sustainable energy use.Idag är klimatförändringar en av världens största utmaningar. Den främsta orsaken är människors utsläpp av växthusgaser, som bland annat förekommer vid förbränning av fossila bränslen. En förutsättning för att möta denna utmaning är att samhället förändrar det sätt energi produceras och används. En viktig del i strävan mot att bekämpa klimatförändringarna är därför att skapa en medvetenhet hos människor gällande energianvändning. Syftet med det här examensarbetet är att utforma en odlingsenhet som använder sig av restvärme, för att på så sätt uppmärksamma återanvändningen av den energi som annars går till spillo i samhället. För att uppnå detta har ett designarbete genomförts genom en etablerad designprocess och kreativa metoder, såsom workshops, fokusgrupper och prototyper. Examensarbetet resulterade i ett koncept för en odlingsenhet som på ett innovativt sätt uppmärksammar återanvändningen av restvärme. Arbetet har genomförts i samarbete med Luleå Energi, ett energiföretag som förser Luleå med energi och som arbetar med att skapa förutsättningar för en mer hållbar energianvändning.
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Suzuki, Kohei. "Essays on Voluntary Mechanisms for Private Land Conservation and Management." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/225660.
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Kyoto University (京都大学)0048
新制・課程博士
博士(農学)
甲第20435号
農博第2220号
新制||農||1049(附属図書館)
学位論文||H29||N5056(農学部図書室)
京都大学大学院農学研究科生物資源経済学専攻
(主査)教授 栗山 浩一, 教授 福井 清一, 教授 伊藤 順一
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Morad, Ayman Ahmed. "Geometric-based reasoning system for project planning utilizing AI and CAD technologies." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-172127/.
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Eric, MANIRAGUHA, NTAGWIRUMUGARA Etienne, and Nenad GLODIC. "UTILIZATION OF WIND POWER IN RWANDA: Design and Production Option." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240659.
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This Master Thesis is the research done in the country of Rwanda. The project leads to study the climate of this country in order to establish whether this climate could be used to produce energy from air and to implement the first wind turbine for serving the nation. After an introduction about the historical background of wind power, the thesis work deals with assessment of wind energy potential of Rwanda in focusing of the most suitable place for wind power plants. The best location with annual mean wind speed, the rate of use of turbine with hub height for an annual production per year, the mean wind speeds for 6 sites of Rwanda based on ECMWF for climatic data for one year at relief of altitude of 100m and coordinates are reported too. The result of energy produced and calculations were done based on power hitting wind turbine generator in order to calculate Kinetic energy and power available at the best location to the measurement over the period of 12 months, that could be hoped for long term. With help of logarithmic law, where wind speed usually increases with increasing in elevation and the desired wind speeds at all 6 sites were used. The annual energy production was taken into account at the best site with desired wind speed at the initial cost of turbine as well as the cost of energy (COE).However, with comparison of the tariff of EWSA, the price of Wind designed in this Research per kWh is cheaper and suitable for people of Rwanda.I WISH TO PUBLISH MY THESIS
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Han, Ching-Yi, and 韓靜宜. "The Vocational Awareness of Industrial Design Student." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20991508068997775745.
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碩士雲林科技大學
工業設計系碩士班
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The purpose of this research is discussing about the vocational awareness of the industrial design students. This study aims to: 1) define the definition of the awareness of industrial design, 2) investigate the awareness of industrial design students, 3) analyze the influence, which is between the background and the awareness of students. At beginning, by the researching the literature, the 4 aspects had been defined: the work knowledge, the work value, the work preference, and the self-concept. Combining the explication of industrial design, which is collected from ICSID, IDSA, U.S. Department of Labor, and the contents of the 4 aspects had been done. And then, the research preceded the interviews of experts and students to let the contents more complete. In order to the investigation of vocational awareness, the researcher integrated the literatures and the contents of interviews to edit the questionnaires. Finally, the questionnaires were tested for 904 students who are chosen from all the industrial design students in Taiwan. The main conclusions of the questionnaire survey are: 1) students’ definition, content, and abilities of industrial design are the same with reference, 2) students have different opinions of work and life style in industrial design, 3) students have positive value for industrial design, 4) students think the career of industrial design is suitable for their preference, 5) the industrial design students have the good representation about the professional abilities, but the other knowledge which is about management, machine, material, and so on, is not enough, 6) the grade is the important fact to effect the students’ vocational awareness.
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Chun, Yeh Mei, and 葉眉君. "A Study of Industrial Design Curriculum Program." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40719866663912495279.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
技術及職業教育研究所
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This research aims to reconstruct the Industrial Design Curriculum to several Industrial Design professional programs in order to promote the practical professional ability for the students in this field. It starts from literature review, specialists and professors discussion, questionnaire, ……etc. This research also studies the educational goals and contents of each professional program, the importance of those goals and contents within “currently” and “five years later” of industrial design education. This research collects all curriculums from 10 Industrial Design Departments of domestic universities and inducts the “ Industrial Design Professional Programs Questionnaire”. It takes a sample of 250 from 919 subjects via the China Industry Design Association and the domestic Industrial Design Departments. This research has been designed a complete Industrial Design Professional Programs including: (1) Design Foundation Curriculum; (2) Design Engineering Curriculum; (3) Design Communication Curriculum; (4) Design Practical Curriculum and (5) Design Management Curriculum. Each one has its own specific educational goals and courses contents. Several recommendations are made for institutions of industrial design education and business fields.
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Diete, Frank. "Evaluation of a Simulator Based, Novice Driver Risk Awareness Training Program." 2008. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/75.
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An advanced training program on risk perception was developed and evaluated in a driving simulator. This training program included two elements. The first one was a PC-based Risk Awareness and Perception Program (RAPT) that had been developed and evaluated in several studies by researches at the Human Performance Lab within the last several years. Plan views of risky scenarios were used to explain to participants the location of potential hazards. The second element of the training (SIMRAPT) was newly developed for this study and used the portable low-cost driving simulator Drive Square Simulation System to train risk perception skills while the participant actually drove a real car in a virtual environment. A head mounted display was used to present the virtual world. Feedback was given to participants when they failed to scan appropriately for hazards. Twelve novice drivers served as experimental group and were trained with the combined RAPT/SIMRAPT training program. Twelve other novice drivers were given training not relevant to hazard anticipation and served as the control group. After training, both groups were evaluated on an advanced driving simulator (different from the Drive Square Simulation System used in SIMRAPT training) and the eye movements of both groups of drivers were measured. The drivers’ score was based on whether or not their eye-fixations indicated recognition of potential risks in different driving situations. The evaluation included eight scenarios used in the RAPT/SIMRAPT training (near transfer scenarios) and eight scenarios that were not used in the training (far transfer scenarios). The results indicated that trained drivers are more likely than untrained drivers to fixate on regions where potential risks might appear. Further the evaluation indicates that the training effect of the combined training using both the PC (RAPT) and a low-cost driving simulator (SIMRAPT) is larger than for training programs that only use the PC, though not significantly so.
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Corujeira, José Gouveia Pereira. "A situation awareness interface for a bi-wheeled industrial hovercraft: design, development and evaluation." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/332.
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The intention of this thesis is to develop a prototype interface that enables an operator to control a bi-wheeled industrial hovercraft that will work within a fusion power plant if the automation system fails. This fusion power plant is part of the ITER project a conjoint effort of various industrialized countries to develop cleaner sources of energy.
The development of the interface prototype will be based on situation awareness concepts, which provide a means to understand how human operators perceive the world around, then process that information and make decisions based on the knowledge that they already have and the projected knowledge of the reactions that will occur in the world in response to the actions the operator makes. Two major situation awareness methods will be used, GDTA as a means to discover the requirements the interface needs to solve, and SAGAT to conduct the evaluation on the three interfaces. This technique can isolate the differences an operator has in situation awareness when presented with relevant information given by each of the three interfaces that were built for this thesis. Where the first interface presents the information within the operator’s focal point of view in a pictorial style, the second interface shows the same information within the same point of view has the first interface but only shows it in a textual manner. While the third interface shows the relevant information in the operator’s peripheral field of view. Also SAGAT can provide insight on the question to know if providing the operator with feed-forward information about the stoppage distances of the bi-wheeled industrial hovercraft has any effect on the operator’s decision making.Universidade da Madeira
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Davis, Jennifer. "Planning for Industrial Land and Industrial Jobs: An Evaluation of New York City's Industrial Business Zone Program." 2019. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/767.
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In recent years, industrial preservation policies, which aim to preserve urban industrial activity and industrial employment often through the preservation of industrial land, have emerged as a flashpoint in cities across the country that have implemented these policies. While critics contend that industrial preservation policies amount to smokestack chasing in “post-industrial” cities like New York City, industrial preservationists argue that such policies help to preserve well-paying, middle-class jobs and thus represent a tool to mitigate rising income inequalities in cities. Despite considerable attention to these policies, minimal research has evaluated the effectiveness of industrial preservation policies as land use and economic development planning tools. This paper inserts itself into the debate surrounding the utility of industrial preservation policies by evaluating the effectiveness of New York City’s 2006 Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) program. Specifically, this paper uses propensity scoring to evaluate various measures of urban industrial activity in designated IBZs compared to a control group of similar areas. This paper finds that IBZs outperformed the control group in terms of better stemming industrial employment losses and industrial land decline. The control group, however, provided a more favorable climate to industrial business starts and performed about the same as IBZs in encouraging capital investments in industrial infrastructure. These findings suggest that the IBZ program yielded mixed results in its efforts to both attract and retain urban industry.
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Chen, Chung-yu, and 陳重宇. "Solar Power Generation Teaching Aid Design and Establishment of STEM Industrial Promotion Teaching Program." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14914418418815792512.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
機械與自動化工程研究所
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This thesis aims at the investigation on many kinds of teaching aid for the solar energy, and promotes in the industrial education, cultivates the national industry technicians.In the teaching aid, this thesis designs two type of teaching aids,the one is renewable energy for electric bicycle system, that ideal is the concept of green energy-based, designing mTouch、the multiple of Maximum Power Point Tracking、Bi-directional converter circuit、Three-phase full-bridge converter circuit.Rides in the outdoors may use the renewable energy sources to charge the lead-acid battery, and may use lead-acid battery to drive electric bicycle, increases the electric bicycle in electric mode of the time. In the night, may use mTouch to cause the LED twinkle, that LED produce the function of the car of headlights and flash, promotes security of the night driving ; The Second is the solar energy for the clothing, that ideal is the concept of ustainable innovation-based intelligent life, designing Maximum Power Point Tracking、Bi-directional converter circuit、LED-drive circuit.When walking in the daytime outdoors, may use the sunlight to charge NiMH battery, in the night may use nickel hydrogen battery to make LED shine, Replace the traditional clothing worn only with the function. By two types of teaching aids, lesson plans the overall planning and arrangement of the learning environment, designing STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) of technical education training courses in four cross-cutting aspects of senior high school, universities, general public and professionals, and using Petri Nets analysis technical education, effective project management into the scientific method, To facilitate the implementation and promotion of technical education. Finally, By the Taguchi method and the dual response surface method affect the overall class mean and variance of the whole class to do the best analysis related factors, use the results to STEM education and training programs the best industrial design. And fuzzy theory to the class as a whole the overall mean and variance of the class quality features such as two controllable factors to strike the best combination of quality, making STEM technical education training course is optimized.
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Chen, yan-jyun, and 陳彥君. "Social Service Program Design and Organization Awareness for Nonprofit Organization – An Action Research of Bornanew Youth Caring Association." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39964865996649762867.
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碩士輔仁大學
非營利組織管理碩士學位學程在職專班
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In Taiwan, there are a considerable number of nonprofit organizations (“NPOs”). Some of them are well-known, fully equipped with a public relations department or publicists that have certain level of capability in resources gathering. However, there are still lots of small and medium-sized NPOs which are not famous enough. The crowding out effect on resource allocation has thus arisen, leading to the shortage of resources for many NPOs. The researcher has been devoted to juvenile delinquent social work for more than six years. During the time spent with juvenile delinquents (the “cases”) entering judicial treatment, the researcher sees their needs as well as the dilemma of the system. Therefore, the researcher hopes to offer actual help to meet the needs of the cases by trying to adjust the design of projects so as to gain visibility for the organization, increase donations, and publicize juvenile social work. The researcher also intends to reduce the negative impression of juvenile delinquents through ways of marketing. This study adopts the action research method, which is not commonly used for current marketing research on NPOs. As a frontline social worker, the researcher intends to study on how a small-sized NPO without a public relations department or relevant budget can make changes in terms of the needs of the cases and the organization itself. The researcher follows the steps of action research and examines and amends the plan during numerous cycles; each next action is performed based on the previous amendment. From such process, the researcher attempts to discover the affecting factors, provide suggestions and the direction for future study based on the analysis, and thus to help NPOs or their project implementers to map out a more efficient route. The conclusion of the research is as follows: 1.Media exposure is crucial to an NPO, which gives direct impact on money donations in the short term and image and reputation in the long term. 2.In the organization, people who implement projects also play the role of publicists, responsible for building the image of the organization and presenting the best part of it to the public. 3.By publicizing the social services through media, an NPO is able to present a good self-image as well as introduce the public to this organization. It raises visibility of the organization and thus helps to recruit more volunteers and increase donations. 4.Through publicity NPO can earn more attention from potential cooperative partners. Building cooperative alliance will increase the publicity of both sides and form positive images, which works more efficiently than advertisements. This study finds that the increase of publicity of an NPO helps to enhance people’s understanding of juvenile rehabilitation and eliminate relevant prejudice. It brings in not only more attention to juvenile rehabilitation but also more donations, volunteer and opportunities to build cooperative alliance. Finally, the researcher looks forward that this study would stand as a reference for the small and medium-sized NPOs in extending their services.
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Chen, Zai Xiang, and 陳在相. "Design of a windows-based load analysis program and relevant database for branch circuits lay-out in a industrial power distribution system design." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27813704972338425888.
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Chou, Wen-Chih, and 周文智. "Constructing the Self-Study Criteria for Industrial Design Program at Private University of Technology in Taiwan— A Benchmarking Approach." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73400406413122004484.
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博士國立彰化師範大學
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to construct benchmarking self-study criteria for private universities of technology industrial design programs in Taiwan, through experiences shared among departments in administrative operation and education processes. Research methods included theoretical analysis, establishment of self-study indicator construct model and empirical approaches. In the theoretical analysis, literature review was used to investigate and analyze benchmarking, the current situation of benchmarking evaluation, self-study, and self-study improvement through benchmarking in order to construct a theoretical basis for the research design. Within the development of self-study indicators, the researcher revised an evaluation indicator construct model, which was previously applied in engineering education evaluation. The revised model established construct guidelines for self-study indicators, according to the characteristics and content of industrial design education, so as to be applicable to self-study within private universities of technology industrial design programs. The empirical study was aimed at department chiefs and senior teachers at three private universities of technology industrial design departments, employed focus interviews and collection of operation practice information about administration and education within each department in order to construct preliminary self-study indicators. This study next included a survey to investigate the significance of self-study indicators within four private universities of technology industrial design departments. Results show 8 evaluation dimensions, including 78 self-study indicators, for self-study. Based on these indicators, this study constructed benchmarking self-study criteria for private universities of technology industrial design programs in Taiwan. The conclusions of this study include: (1) Benchmarking and self-study are spontaneous activities initiated by internal members to solve problems within the organization. Benchmarking includes the process of self-evaluation and external comparison with the ultimate goal of promoting the efficiency and quality of the entire organization; (2) Benchmarking can provide a “learning” function to improve self-study while encouraging the organization to use other’s benchmarks as criteria when evaluating organizational performance; (3) Benchmarking evaluation in the European Union is based on quality assurances focused on students while other nations emphasize the entire performance of the educational institution; (4) Results of focus interviews show operation practices among departments in administrative operation and education processes is not the same in every department. Every department should revise the operation practice of other departments in order to overcome existing problems or situations; and (5) Taiwanese private universities of technology industrial design programs’ self-study criteria include five evaluation items: “dimension,” “content,” “examination guideline,” “check item” and “evidence,” and eight evaluation dimensions as follows: “department orientation, goal and objective,” “course design and organization,” “educational process and quality,” “faculty/staff engagement and development,” “professional service and application,” “department organization and operation,” “international exchange,” “self-review and improvement,” with a total of 78 items of self-study criteria.
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(10731960), Prince Owusu Attah. "Puppy Valley: An App-Mediated Board Game to Enhance Scam And Fraud Awareness Among US Seniors." Thesis, 2021.
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Scams and fraud have become a significant problem for the American population within the past few years. While victims range from young to older adults, it is the seniors who are the major targets. In 2018 the Federal Trade Commission reported that senior citizens aged 60 years and above formed 35% of all the scam victims it recorded. According to the U.S Senate Committee on aging, scams like the grandparent scam, IRS impersonation scam, romance scam; have become popular. Even at this level of notoriety, most victims are usually unaware of it entirely or how its perpetrators commit these crimes. Being aware of the situation is a critical step towards curbing this problem. This thesis project uses User-Centered Design (UCD) to understand, conceptualize, and prototype a solution to promote social interaction while improving the cognitive abilities of seniors and creating awareness about fraud. The design requirements and direction were formed through multivariate research methods like literature review, user interviews, and focus group sessions. The proposed solution is Puppy valley, an app-mediated trivia board game that has a physical wheel and mobile application and uses narratives inspired by real fraud cases to create activities for users to play with. After the research and design, the game was evaluated by five experts, and refinements within the scope of the study were made based on the insights from the evaluation.
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Stark, Robert John Alexander. "The influence of teaching hardwriting, reading and spelling skills on the accuracy of world level reading." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27639.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of THRASS (Teaching Handwriting, Reading and Spelling Skills) on the word level accuracy skills of a group of grade 2 learners. Word level accuracy is one sub skill in learning to read and is an indicator of the word recognition abilities of the child. THRASS is a program that has been designed to systematically teach phonics and, thus, teaches the basic building blocks of word sounds and structure so as to improve the child’s decoding ability and word recognition ability. The research took place within the positivist paradigm and the methodology is quantitative in nature. The data collection method took the form of a one group pretest-posttest design, where a standardised reading test was administered prior to exposing the participants to the THRASS Program and then readministered one year later on the same group of learners. Data analysis took the form of statistical analysis to investigate any statistical significant difference in the word level accuracy skills of those Grade 2 learners. The result showed that over the period of a year the average reading accuracy age for the target population increased by four months. However, after statistical analysis the difference was not statistically significant. The Null Hypothesis that; exposing a group of Grade 2 learners to the THRASS Program for a period of one year will have no statistically significant influence on their word level accuracy skills cannot be rejected . However, the changes both in average reading accuracy as well as error patterns have inspired recommendations for further research. CopyrightDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Crowley, Megan L. "Predicting Job Adaptability: A Facet-Level Examination of the Relationship Between Conscientiousness and Adaptive Performance with Autonomy as a Moderator." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2921.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Change has become a prevalent feature of today’s organizations, resulting in an increased demand for workers who are able to adapt to the dynamic nature of the environment. Recently, many have suggested that traditional models of job performance should be expanded to include an adaptive performance dimension. Research in this relatively new domain has focused on defining adaptive performance and understanding how it may be predicted. This study contributes to these efforts by testing the personality trait of conscientiousness as a predictor of adaptive performance, with both constructs being studied at their domain and facet levels. The incremental validity of conscientiousness over cognitive ability is also examined, and autonomy is investigated as a moderator of the conscientiousness-adaptive performance relationships. A sample of 212 undergraduate students who work at least 20 hours per week participated in the study by completing an online survey and a cognitive ability assessment. Conscientiousness was supported as a good predictor of adaptive performance overall. However, the predictor-outcome results did vary over the domain and facet levels, emphasizing the importance of studying both levels. At the two-facet level of conscientiousness, the achievement motivation facet was shown to have stronger relationships with the adaptive performance dimensions compared to the dependability facet. At the six-facet level of conscientiousness, the three achievement motivation facets and one dependability facet (i.e., dutifulness) were significantly related to all eight performance dimensions, but the other two dependability facets (i.e., orderliness and cautiousness) were not significantly related to all of the adaptive performance dimensions. Conscientiousness did provide significant incremental validity over cognitive ability at the domain level and for almost all of the facet-level relationships, but cognitive ability was not related to adaptive performance or any other study variables. Autonomy was supported as a moderator with 16 significant interactions uncovered at the facet level. However, these significant interactions only involved three (i.e., interpersonal, learning, and cultural) of the eight adaptive performance dimensions. Overall, these results supported the conscientiousness-adaptive performance relationship and contributed new findings to the adaptive performance domain that have implications for employee selection and performance management.
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Mohammadi, Paria. "LouLou : An exploration in the role of physical objects in the two-dimensional world of therapy." Thesis, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7340.
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The world health organization has predicted that by 2030, depression will cause more early deaths and disability than cancer, stroke, or accidents. The number of burnouts has been increasing during the past years since we are so focused on our materialistic needs, educating ourselves in managing our devices. Meanwhile, we have not learned how to manage our own emotions. In our Swedish society today, we have people from different backgrounds and linguistic skills that find it difficult to talk about their emotional states and ask for help. At the same time, most of the methods used in therapy are done verbally or in writing that can be hard, even for those who speak the same language. In my project, I have interviewed psychotherapists and individuals who have attended therapy sessions. Speaking to a therapist, I realized the lack of physical objects in this field where almost everything is communicated verbally or on paper. During my process, I have learned about the importance of three-dimensional objects for a patient and how these objects can be used as aids to help one open up and express emotions. In this area, I have explored the following question: Whether or not emotions would abstract into forms? Can we describe our mixed emotions by using shapes, objects, and colors? What can I, as a designer, contribute to the two-dimensional world of therapy and mental health? Based on the results from several workshops and studying Robert Putchik’s theory of emotions, I created a set of tools. These aiding tools help the patient to open up about mixed feelings and break them down into primary emotions. These tools aim to help the patient to address and categorize emotions and easily communicate with the therapist.Världshälsoorganisationen har förutspått att vid 2030 kommer depression att orsaka mer tidiga död och funktionshinder än cancer, stroke eller olyckor. Antalet utbrändhet har ökat under de senaste åren eftersom vi är så fokuserade på våra materialistiska behov, lär oss att hantera tekniken men vi har inte lärt oss hur vi ska hantera våra egna känslor. Detta är aktuell idag i det svenska samhället där folk med olika bakgrund som har språksvårigheter lyckas inte uttrycka deras känslomässiga tillstånd för att få det hjälp det behöver. Samtidigt, de flesta metoderna som används i terapi sker muntligt eller skriftligt, vilket kan vara svårt även för dem som pratar samma språk. I mitt projekt har intervjuat psykoterapeuter och individer som har varit på terapisessioner. Under processens gång har jag insett betydelsen som ett tredimensionellt objekt kan ha för patienten och hur detta kan användas som hjälpmedel och stöd. Inom detta område har jag bearbetat följande frågor: Huruvida skulle känslor abstraheras i former? Kan vi beskriva våra blandade känslor med hjälp av objekt? Vad kan jag som designer bidra till den tvådimensionella världen av terapi och psykisk hälsa?
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Eric, MANIRAGUHA. "UTILIZATION OF WIND POWER IN RWANDA : Design and Production Option." Thesis, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-149574.
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This Master Thesis is the research done in the country of Rwanda. The project leads to study the climate of this country in order to establish whether this climate could be used to produce energy from air and to implement the first wind turbine for serving the nation. After an introduction about the historical background of wind power, the thesis work deals with assessment of wind energy potential of Rwanda in focusing of the most suitable place for wind power plants. The best location with annual mean wind speed, the rate of use of turbine with hub height for an annual production per year, the mean wind speeds for 6 sites of Rwanda based on ECMWF for climatic data for one year at relief of altitude of 100m and coordinates are reported too. The result of energy produced and calculations were done based on power hitting wind turbine generator in order to calculate Kinetic energy and power available at the best location to the measurement over the period of 12 months, that could be hoped for long term. With help of logarithmic law, where wind speed usually increases with increasing in elevation and the desired wind speeds at all 6 sites were used. The annual energy production was taken into account at the best site with desired wind speed at the initial cost of turbine as well as the cost of energy (COE).However, with comparison of the tariff of EWSA, the price of Wind designed in this Research per kWh is cheaper and suitable for people of Rwanda.Rwanda has considerable opportunities development energy from hydro sources, methane gas, solar and peat deposits. Most of these energy sources have not been fully exploited, such as solar, wind and geothermal. As such wood is still being the major source of energy for 94 per cent of the population and imported petroleum products consume more than 40 per cent of foreign exchange. Energy is a key component of the Rwandan economy. It is thus recognized that the current inadequate and expensive energy supply constitutes a limiting factor to sustainable development. Rwanda’s Vision 2020 emphasizes the need for economic growth, private investment and economic transformation supported by a reliable and affordable energy supply as a key factor for the development process. To achieve this transformation, the country will need to increase energy production and diversify into alternative energy sources. Rwandan nations don’t have small-scale solar, wind, and geothermal devices in operation providing energy to urban and rural areas. These types of energy production are especially useful in remote locations because of the excessive cost of transporting electricity from large-scale power plants. The application of renewable energy technology has the potential to alleviate many of the problems that face the people of Rwanda every day, especially if done so in a sustainable manner that prioritizes human rights.
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Bushe, Bernard. "The efficacy of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in labour dispute resolution : a critical comparative analysis of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26223.
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This Master of Laws dissertation is a treatise of “The efficacy of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in labour disputes: a critical comparative analysis of Botswana, South Africa (RSA) and Zimbabwe.” Alternative Dispute Resolution hereinafter referred to as (“ADR”) has attracted so much research ado worldwide with policy makers alive to its possibilities in so far as it ought to shed off the burden of the courts in handling disputes. Courts are considered inundated with unresolved cases taking many years to finalise. ADR is therefore touted, not only the panacea, but the cheaper, efficient and effective alternative to normal court process. This study was saddled with the common challenges of definition, scope and methodology as does most scientific studies, especially to locate the concept ADR in the plethora of views from prominent exponent-s of the discipline. This study labored on the considered view that ADR is essentially an ‘out of court settlement approach to dispensing with disputes involving an attempt by disputants to rope in an impartial third party to aid finality to the respective wrangle. The lack of a methodological approach to treat this subject matter, made this study more challenging. The study had to therefore rely on a hypothetical model developed after gleaning through various scholarly views 1 that sought to treat the subject of ADR efficacy in labour dispute resolution. The study contented with the strongly held view 2 that ADR is an efficacious approach in resolving disputes outside the court system. As to whether this was the case in Botswana, RSA and Zimbabwe in so far as labour dispute resolution is concerned was the major challenge this study was seized with? A model was formulated which envisaged that efficaciousness of ADR may be achieved if three conditions or criteria are present within a jurisdiction, namely (1) ADR Background Conditions that comprise (a) adequate legislative and political support; (b) Supportive institutional and cultural norms, (c) adequate and competent manpower, (d) sufficient funding support, and (e) power-parity of disputants; (2) ADR Program Design comprising of (a) Planning and preparation and (b) Operations and implementation and finally (3) ADR Measures (a) Client satisfaction; (b) Time efficient; (c) Cost saving and (d) Settlement & enforcement. This study measured the situations obtaining in the three countries using these three-pronged criteria. In all three measures3 this study found that although all the three countries still have a long way before their ADR became as efficacious as would be reasonably possible, RSA has made many strides such as legislative enactments immediately upon attaining independence that sought to address the injustices of the past and thereby installing structures for enforcing industrial democracy 4, while Botswana and Zimbabwe took 5 years 5 and over 10 years 6 respectively after attaining independence. RSA established an independent body for dispensing with labour dispute settlement7 while Botswana8 and Zimbabwe 9 are still reluctant to do so, relying rather on their labour ministries often marinated in bureaucratic bottlenecks hence stalling efficacy of ADR. While RSA makes effort to provide adequate and competent manpower because of sufficient funding, Botswana and Zimbabwe still struggle to dispense with disputes under their labour departments who are either inadequately skilled or also accused of favouritism in the case of Zimbabwe.10 All the three countries are regarded as unequal societies which tends to sway the power-parity of disputants with capitalists still wielding unbridled powers in dispute outcomes. South Africa enacted section 143 to the Labour Relations Act 11 which empowers the Director of CCMA to certify an arbitral award, giving it the same force as an order of the Magistrate Court. This has cut off the time and administrative burden of having to register an arbitral award with the court so as to obtain writs of executions and enforce it, a practice which is still prevalent in Zimbabwe. The Department of Labour in South Africa has made funding available to the CCMA to assist employees who are not in a financial position to enforce awards in their favour.12 The funding is aimed at employees who are too indigent to afford the costs of enforcement.13 These employees are deemed to be: (a) Employees who earn below the earnings threshold (currently at R205 433.30 per annum) – proof of income will be required by the CCMA. There is no record regarding enforcement or ease of enforcement of ADR outcomes in Botswana and Zimbabwe or at least this study is aware of. The governments of Botswana and Zimbabwe have been accused of using a heavy hand in determining wages, the right to strike and often curtailing union power through declaring certain sectors essential services. RSA’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration hereinafter after referred to as (the “CCMA”)14 runs an electronic system of case management by which cases are screened and assigned commissioners whereas Zimbabwe and Botswana still rely on manual systems often inefficiently managed especially when it comes to allocating matters to ADR interventionists.15 In Zimbabwe the challenge of resources is acute often the Labour Officers lacking a simple photocopier and postage stamps to dispense with administration of disputes. This dissertation found that Botswana and Zimbabwe lack publicly available information from which to infer the efficaciousness of ADR practices therein. Measuring client satisfaction, efficiency and cost effectiveness, enforcement and settlement has not been tackled with ease, which was different when it came to RSA. This study argues that RSA’s ADR is efficacious rated at 75% attainment of settlement of disputes, despite accusations of failing to offer disputants options and job retention at the end of ADR intervention. Botswana and Zimbabwe on the measures raised above are not yet close to achieving efficaciousness based on the above criteria. The challenges need to be addressed to ensure that in all three measures ADR affords Botswana, RSA and Zimbabwe disputants a cheaper, efficient and effective alternative to dispensing with labour disputes. This study concluded with recommendations arising from the three measures ADR Background Conditions; ADR Program Design and (3) ADR Measures could be implemented towards achieving an efficacious ADR regime for the three countries and beyond.Mercantile Law
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