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Qiu, Lingling, and doublelingqiu@hotmail com. "Landscape as Caricature?" RMIT University. Architecture and Design, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080725.120217.
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Can Landscape be created like a caricature? How can the key characteristics of a site be celebrated in different ways through design? Can potential design possibilities be generated through celebrating the key characteristics of a site's contexts? My research started with the idea of 'Identity', as the existing Central Plaza copies the physical form of an adjacent park (People's Park) in a simplistic way without considering its own unique key contexts, and I think every location and context is different. Careful consideration of both physical and cultural contexts is what a landscape architect undertakes as an essential part of developing a design, however, how can a stronger or more interesting idea be created for a specific site? One day, the idea of CARICATURE suddenly occurred to me when I was having a shower. What I find inspirational about caricature is the aspect of 'Celebration' which it encourages. Just as a site has unique characteristics and each of them can be celebrated differently, each caricature celebrates the particular physical and emotional characteristics of a single, unique original identity. Each successful caricature can be related clearly to the key characteristics of its own identity, so you can still recognize the person and you are encouraged to have fun as well in that game of recognition. By 'Celebration' I mean the carefully chosen, positive exaggeration, intensification and emphasis of key characteristics which reveal how good, how important, or how unique the site is. 'Celebration' is an act of revealing and sharing the positive potential qualities of a site. In terms of landscape design, what I sought to do is to reinforce the key qualities of my site through design or designs which would emphasize. If landscape is thought about and designed like caricatures are created, interesting or potential possibilities could be generated for design responses. Before celebrating, it is necessary to make sure that the site contexts have been fully analyzed and understood. After that, we can celebrate particular qualities through design. I have produced three different designs based on the conceptual idea of 'caricature'. They are called Topopark, Occupark and Tocopark. Topopark started from a focus on one of the physical context of the site - that is, its topography. It celebrates the topographic context as well as the relationship of the activities between and beneath Central Plaza and People's Park. Occupark focuses on the celebration of the various types of occupation activities which take place. Tocopark started around the possibility of generating the plaza's organisation from the organization of circulation systems and combines to celebrate both topography and active occupation. Although Tocopark is more intensive than Topopark and Occupark in terms of the idea of celebration, all three have different strengthens and weaknesses. Like the example of the caricatures of Ronaldinho, the same identity is celebrated in different ways, but you still can recognize him in each one and enjoy them equally as well, because all of them relate to t he key characteristics of his appearance and personality.
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Conco, Zamumuzi Paulos. ""How effective is in-service training for teachers in rural school contexts?"." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03152005-132722.
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Bates, Randi Ann. "The influence of early life contexts on child self-regulation: A key to life course wellness." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546553067578868.
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Turner, Sarah. "An investigation of teacher well-being as a key component of creativity in science classroom contexts in England." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21744.
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This thesis considers pupils attitudes, teachers (and pupils ) creativity and teacher well-being. These three terms represent factors that are closely linked and have a synergistic relationship in determining learning outcomes. Research concerning these factors, and in particular the findings of action research concerning teachers well-being, are presented through eleven publications. This thesis, when viewed as a single piece of work, provides an insight into teachers everyday experiences, professional lives and their responsibilities. It utilises several research methods including questionnaires (approx. 200 teachers; 150 pupils), interviews (approx. 50 trainee teachers), and diaries (N = 2). The key findings suggest that more clarity is required concerning the meaning of creativity for all primary and secondary teachers and how it should be embedded in teachers practice. A safe classroom, one where a child can make mistakes, take risks and share their thoughts and feelings, is necessary for this to occur; teachers understanding of this concept is considerable and broadly based; however, results suggest that teachers approach this in different ways. Trainee teachers well-being is affected by their school placements and therefore time for them to learn and share with their peers was found to be both necessary and important. It was also found that the trainee teachers benefited from being taught about time-management as this skill was beneficial for their role. An intervention of a 90 minute lecture addressing stress, time-management, psychology models such as Maslow s hierarchy of needs and Rogers core conditions, was researched and proven helpful for trainee teachers (primary and secondary science). However, more discussion of the topics and models was required and therefore three workshops per academic year were trialled with the aim of creating a community of practice to normalise experiences. Questionnaire and interview data were highly positive about this intervention and evaluation of the content showed it was beneficial during school placements. The conclusion of this work is that creative pedagogy and a teacher s well-being are related: if we want our teachers to be creative practitioners in the classroom, we need to ensure that they are well in themselves. Although this conclusion is from a small case study, it could be generalizable to other teacher training courses and a crucial area for those working in teacher education to consider. Supporting and training trainee teachers in how to manage their professional lives so they are equipped personally and emotionally is reported in the findings as necessary for the profession.
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Hagos, Samuel. "Assessment of Business Process Reengineering Implementation and Result within Ethiopian Ministry of Health and Gambella Regional Health Bureau Contexts." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5312.
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For many years, the tight bureaucratic and task centered approaches of civil service institutions of Ethiopia led to fragmentation, overlap and duplications of efforts than being responsive, flexible and customer focus. To this end, Business Process Reengineering (BPR) has been considered as a government sector technique to help organizations fundamentally rethink how they do their work in order to dramatically improve customer service, cut operational costs, become responsive, flexible and customer focus. BPR has great potential for increasing productivity through reduced process time and cost, improved quality, and greater customer satisfaction, but it often requires a fundamental organizational change. Despite the numerous advantages of BPR in terms of responsiveness, flexibility and customer focus, its implementation is perceived to be a difficult task and also many unsuccessful experiences have been reported in the literature. In fact, there are very few survey researches that attempt to highlight the kinds of activities that the organizations should pursue to ensure a reasonable transition to the new process; manage the human and technical issues surrounding implementation of the new process; and assess the results of its reengineering efforts. But these researchers saw the issues from private cooperative organizational perspectives and contexts. Besides, most of the discussions and findings were stretched up to showing that successful BPR implementations process are mainly associated with the organizations capability in managing changes. The researches paid no attention to other factors, like the issues of enabler, tools and techniques which can be utilized to build momentum. Hence, the present research investigated the factors associated with successful implementations of BPR projects in the contexts of public institutions. Based on a case study conducted in Ethiopian Ministry of Health and Gambella Regional Health Bureau; this research attempted to provide guidelines and best practices in public service providing institutions that will help them to achieve dramatic performance gains while implementing BPR projects. A cross sectional, qualitative and quantitative study was conducted taking 90 respondents and 20 interviewees as study subjects. Data were collected from June 1 to July 31 2010. A structured questionnaire was filled by 90 respondents where 43.3 % of them from Gambella Peoples’ National Regional State Health Bureau and 56.7% of them were from Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health. The questionnaire was employed to collect data on change management and factors associated with the attainment of performance goals whereas in-depth interviews were utilized to substantiate the findings of questionnaire and investigate the use of information technology as enabler. The in-depth interviews included planners, core process owners and directors. Cross tabulation results imply that there is significant associations between attainment of performance goals and availability of written comprehensive plan for pilot test, refinement and implementation of change management plan, availability of communication strategy, placement of performance measures, motivation to take new roles and responsibilities, Use of information technology as enabler and pilot testing to evaluate new process. Hence, the findings of this research suggest that reengineering project implementation is complex, involving many factors. To succeed, it is essential that change be managed and that balanced attention be paid to all identified factors, including those that are more contextual (e.g., management support and technological competence), performance management, availability of comprehensive implementation plan, communication strategies, refinement and implementation of change management plan, use of pilot testing to evaluate new process, motivation to take new roles and responsibilities and usage information technology as enabler.+251911436197, Gambella, Ethiopia, P.o.box. 90
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Al-Hussan, Fawaz Ziyad Ihsan. "Key account management in an Arab context." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2011. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7869.
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This study sought to contribute to the literature on key account management (KAM) relationships. In doing so, it aimed to address a number of gaps in the existing literature, particularly a noticeable lack of research into key account management in developing economies, as opposed to developed economies. More specifically, the study sought to examine the dynamics of key account management relationships in an emerging economy in the Arab World. The main research question to address was: How is KAM relationship management applied in an Arab context?
The research utilised 50 cross-sectional semi-structured in-depth interviews to achieve the study’s aim. More specifically, the study was based upon a sample of recipients involved with key accounts from supplier organisations which operated in different sectors and had different ownership – local and foreign. Primary data was gathered through in-depth semi-structured interviews primarily with key account managers, and with company directors, marketing and sales managers, and selling/support teams.
In general, the findings revealed that there are informal and formal aspects of KAM relationships in an Arab context that complement each other. These have some similarities and differences with the Western context. In particular, similarities appeared mainly along the formal aspects such as, roles and duties of key account managers (KAMgrs), identification and selection criteria of key accounts, special treatment and activities carried out with key customers; the actors involved including senior managers and support teams; and the resources utilised. However, differences existed in the selection and the recruitment criteria and some competencies that were Arab specific, the degree of involvement of senior managers differ significantly from what is noted in the KAM literature. As for the informal aspect, that is manifested in Wasta and family connections, trust, and personal involvement, which makes the KAM relationship management approach in an Arab context uniquely different and plays a major role in how customers are acquired and retained and the overall management of key customers. Furthermore, evidence shows that there is a tendency to transfer Western KAM practices to the Arab world, with some adaptation to take into consideration the country-specific and contextual factors.
Overall, it is argued, that the study’s findings contribute to existing knowledge in a number of ways. First, they extend our knowledge into key account management in an Arab context and confirm the importance of both the formal and informal aspects in managing KAM relationships. They also add weight to the view that in Arab cultures personal and affective/emotional dimensions of the relational factors are given more importance, compared to the impersonal and calculative aspects that are more emphasised in the West. The findings contribute to existing knowledge regarding KAM segmentation and the importance of the personal profile in an Arab context vis a vis the business profile, and they validate the view that a process of crossvergence of management practices is occurring across borders. The findings, however, challenge the view that KAM can be rolled out unchanged into any international context. They also discover the competencies required for Arab KAMgrs. Finally the findings contribute to existing knowledge by discovering the benefits of Wasta for key account managers.
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Johansson, Elias, Charlotte Ramstedt, and Julia Weltman. "Seven Aspects of Internal Alignment Within Key Account Management : A Qualitative Study Analyzing Internal Alignment within the B2B Context." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85946.
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One of the main tasks of key account management (KAM) practice is the creation of customized value propositions for a business-to-business organization's most important customers, which often requires the support of multiple internal departments. Thus, making internal alignment central in KAM in order to exchange value and serve the key accounts (KA) long-term. This study will, therefore, explore internal alignment in KAM and aims to identify what contributes to internal alignment and how misalignment could emerge in KAM teams, in order to understand the significance of internal alignment and identify possible reasons for misalignment in KAM. The theory was framed by 7 elements of internal alignment including shared values, style, skills, staff, strategy, structure and systems. The empirical data was collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews with KA managers. The findings suggest that internal alignment is of importance in KAM and that the elements of internal alignment studied in the thesis are dependent on each other. Furthermore, it was found that misalignment is most commonly caused by personal disputes, however, all elements studied were found as contributing factors to misalignment. The findings led to the conclusion that internal alignment is not a target state, it is rather a measure of progress and that all aspects that do contribute to internal alignment also entail causes for misalignment.
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Ragab, Hassen Hani. "Key management for content access control in hierarchical environments." Compiègne, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007COMP1718.
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Le besoin du contrôle d'accès au contenu dans les hiérarchies (CACH) apparaît naturellement dans de nombreux contextes, allant des départements gouvernementaux aux jeux interactifs, et de la diffusion multi-niveaux des données au contrôle d'accès dans les bases de données. Tous ces contextes ont un point commun, c'est d'avoir besoin de s'assurer que les différentes entités n'accèdent qu'aux ressources auxquelles elles sont autorisées. Le contrôle d'accès au contenu consiste à effectuer cette dernière tâche. Contrôler l'accès aux ressources est généralement assuré en chiffrant les ressources du système et en donnant les clés utilisées pour le chiffrement de ces ressources aux utilisateurs qui y sont autorisés. La génération et la gestion de telles clés est un besoin crucial pour le déploiement des systèmes de contrôle d'accès au contenu. De plus, les hiérarchies à large échelle avec des membres qui changent leurs droits d'accès fréquemment exigent un passage à l'échelle performant du mécanisme de gestion de clés. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous nous focalisons sur la gestion de clés pour le contrôle d'accès au contenu. Nous commençons par donner les briques de base de la gestion de clés pour le CACH. Par la suite, nous étudions les schémas de gestion de clés existants et les classifions en deux catégories, à savoir l'approche des clés dépendantes et l'approche des clés indépendantes. Par ailleurs, nous proposons un modèle générique pour représenter les schémas de l'approche des clés indépendantes et l'utilisons pour définir des bornes inférieures sur les coûts de gestion des clés. Par la suite, nous proposons un nouveau schéma indépendant de gestion de clé et prouvons son optimalité en montrant que ses performances atteignent les bornes inférieures. L'optimalité de ce schéma constitue l'un des apports les plus importants de cette thèse. Ensuite, nous proposons deux nouveaux schémas efficaces de l'approche des clés dépendantes et nous les évaluons par simulations et par une modélisation avec les processus de Markov. Enfin, nous proposons une variante de ces schémas qui permet de définir des compromis pertinents sur les différents critères de performancesLots of applications, ranging from interactive online games to business corporations and government departments, and from multi-layered data streaming to databases access control, require ensuring that its users respect some access control restrictions. Content access control in hierarchies (CACH) consists in ensuring, using cryptographic techniques, that the users access application resources to which they are entitled. Content access control is generally ensured by encrypting the system resources and giving the keys to users having access to them. Generating and managing those keys is a crucial requirement for the deployment of content access control systems. Moreover, large scale hierarchies with highly dynamic users present serious scalability issues for key management. In this thesis, we deal with key management for content access control. We start by defining building blocks of key management for CACH. Then, we study the existing key management solutions and classify them into two categories -namely, the dependent keys and independent keys approaches - and propose a key management framework for each category. We further propose a generic model to represent independent-keys key management schemes and use this model to define lower bounds on the key management overhead. Then, we propose a new independent-keys key management scheme and prove that it is optimal by showing that it reaches the overhead lower bounds. The optimality of this scheme constitutes one of the most important results of our thesis. Thereafter, we propose new efficient dependent-keys key management schemes and evaluate them by simulations and Markov process modelling. At last, we propose a variant of our schemes allowing to define trade-offs on the performance criteria. We show that this variant offers a means to define very interesting overhead trade-offs
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Sojka, Anisa, and Björn Dillström. "Customer Loyalty in the Retailing Context : A Quantitative Study of Key Variables." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-74290.
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Ferrari, Nico. "Context-Based Authentication and Lightweight Group Key Establishment Protocol for IoT Devices." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för informationssystem och –teknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-36975.
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The concept of the Internet of Things is driven by advancements of the Internet with the interconnection of heterogeneous smart objects using different networking and communication technologies. With the rapidly increasing number of interconnected devices present in the life of a person, providing authentication and secure communication between them is considered a key challenge. The integration of Wireless Sensor Networks in the Internet of Things creates new obstacles due to the necessity of finding a balance between the resources utilization and the applied security solutions. In multicast group communications, the energy consumption, bandwidth and processing overhead at the nodes are minimized in comparison to a point-to-point communication system. To securely transmit a message in order to maintain confidentiality of the data and the user’s privacy, usually involves human interaction or the pre-agreement upon some key, the latter unknown to an external attacker. In this thesis, the author proposed an authentication protocol based on the similar context between the correct devices and lightweight computationally secure group-key establishment, avoiding any kind of human involvement. The goal is achieved by having the devices calculate a fingerprint from their ambient context and through a fuzzy commitment scheme generating a commitment respectively opening value which is used to generate a common secret key between them. The tests are effected on real world data accumulated from different environments. The proposed scheme is based on elliptic curve cryptography and cryptographic one-way accumulators. Its feasibility is analyzed by implementing the group key establishment phase in the Contiki operating system and by simulating it with the Cooja simulator. Furthermore, the applicability of the protocol is analyzed and justified by an analysis of the storage overhead, communication overhead, and energy consumption. The simulator shows an energy consumption of only 112 mJ per node for group key establishment. The results obtained in this thesis demonstrate the feasibility of the scheme, it’s computational, and communication costs are further comparable to other similar approaches.
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Hislop, Marc, and Simon Kryger. "Innovation: a key to internationalization? : Jugaad in the context of Swedish SMEs." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54349.
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The purpose of this thesis is to acquire knowledge of how Swedish SMEs could use Jugaad as an advantage when internationalizing towards India and as a tool for innovation. The phenomena has been identified and analyzed in relation to innovation theories and internationalization. The research has been done following a qualitative research method, resulting in a deeper understanding of how the phenomenon works and impacts Swedish SMEs. A deductive approach towards the research has been used, due to limited empirical studies of the research phenomena. Furthermore the literature review includes theories from internationalization, international knowledge, innovation and the phenomena Jugaad. Based upon the literature review a conceptual framework where created, visualizing the relations between the theories. The conceptual framework has further been used when studying the empirical data, collected from four different sources. The analysis addresses the similarities differences between the theory and empirical findings, based upon the structure of the conceptual framework. The last chapter is conclusion, where the results based upon the analyze, are presented. Furthermore the implications, limitations and what we suggest for further research is presented. The main theoretical implications this thesis has created an understanding of how a Jugaad mindset can enhance innovation and create new market opportunities for companies using a frugal and flexible approach. The practical implications of this thesis resulted in that the phenomena Jugaad were unknown by the respondents. However did the respondents recognize patterns that could be aligned with the phenomena Jugaad, and agreed on the fact that innovation is key to continued success?
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Claesson, Amanda, and Albin Jonsson. "The Confusion of Content Marketing : a study to clarify the key dimensions of content marketing." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-16932.
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Content marketing is a popular marketing strategy, which has increased significantly during the last years. The term content marketing is new but companies have been working with parts of the strategy for decades. The new digital era changed the communication from a one-way to a two-way communica- tion. Customers now have a demand for relevant content that is valuable for them. The purpose of this dissertation is to develop an understanding of this marketing strategy, and clarify the key dimensions that distinguish content marketing from other marketing strategies. This thesis rests on a realistic philosophy with an abductive approach. Based on previous research different definitions of the marketing strategy are used to develop a model of the key dimensions of content marketing. A qualitative data collection with semi-structured interviews is performed on seven participants in order to explore what is seen as important aspects, and to gather new insight about the unclear marketing strategy. The findings indicate a differentiation between companies, but there is a consensus of the most im- portant aspects. Findings of how the strategy is done results in a new model, and a new definition of the marketing strategy. Suggestions for further research include examining how companies measure con- tent marketing. The results contribute with a clarification and further description of what content marketing is, and the most important aspects to consider when working with the strategy. The results of this study are useful as a guideline for people starting to work with content marketing, with the aim to understand the market- ing strategy.
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Wolfe, Jennifer Marie. "Historic context at risk planning for tropical cyclone events in historic Cedar Key /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0016180.
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Gillespie, John. "Policing performance management systems identifying key design elements within a new public management context /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://portal.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2007.0013.html.
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Martínez, Arconada Elvira, and Andrea Soupeaux. "Leadership revisited through Cultural Intelligence : The development of a key competence in professional context." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53158.
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During the last years, due to the globalization markets become more and more involved in an international level. Cultural diversity in the workplace is something common nowadays, it involves countless benefits for the companies and the other professional contexts. While simultaneously, it involves conflicts and misunderstandings therefore it is more and more required to get people able to deal with different cultures. The main purpose of our Thesis is to study the process through which an individual becomes able to deal and work with different cultures. In other words, we pretend to discover how someone can become culturally intelligent. This thesis has been conducted using the Grounded Theory method. By analyzing the data we have collected throughout eight interviews from different culturally intelligent people and the data we have obtained by reading literature, we came with the idea that the process for becoming culturally intelligent is composed by three elements: the first one is related with the individual, the second one is related with the interaction of the individual within a multicultural group and the third one is related with the benefits and disadvantages that emerged while someone is working with different cultures.
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Wengler, Stefan. "Key account management in business-to-business markets an assessment of its economic value /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitats-Verlag, 2006. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u0132h/.
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Horne, Stephanie Burnett. "Identifying Key Success Factors for the Implementation of Enterprise Content Management Systems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699882/.
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Enterprise content management (ECM) is an emerging research area that is beginning to find attention in academia. While the private sector has a growing industry and community for ECM, academia is starting to address this with direct links to the better-established areas of information systems and enterprise resource planning systems. ECM has been viewed as a higher-level concept of methods and strategies pertaining to content management in the context of the enterprise. Like many other organizational wide systems, ECM systems are complex, difficult to implement and risk failing to meet expected success measures. Definitions for what exactly constitutes an ECM system are still evolving. The major issues with ECM systems are that they are increasingly being implemented by organizations in an attempt to address the unmanageable amount of unstructured content over its lifecycle, compliance pressures, collaboration needs, content integrity and continuity, and controlling costs. However, the implementation problems are many and diverse, such as determining content and business processes to be included, determining technologies to fit the organizational needs, how to integrate with existing systems, and managing organizational culture and change for acceptance. There is currently little academic research in the area of ECM, and research determining the key factors that contribute to successful implementations of these systems is absent. This research addressed the existing gap in ECM research and investigated the key success factors for the implementations of ECM systems with the objectives of identifying a set of success factors. Guided by research in related areas and through developing a theoretical framework and the resulting research model, the study used a qualitative case study method to identify ECM implementation factors and their relationship to organizational culture and people, business processes, technology and organizational content. The results of this research were twofold, first by contributing needed research in the ECM area and second to aid organizations in the implementation of ECM systems by identifying key factors.
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Momberg, Christine. "The relationship between personality traits and vocational interests in a South African context." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03172005-101139.
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Thesis (M.Comm. (Human resource management))-University of Pretoria, 2004.Abstracts in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.
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Nairn, Stacey-Leigh. "Context is key, perceptions of the risky nature of romantic relationships and the use of available context in evaluation of relational transgressions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ55230.pdf.
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Abusa, Mukhtar. "Key factors that impact the expansion of multinational hotel companies into developing countries : Libyan context." Thesis, University of Salford, 2009. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26497/.
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Multinational hotel companies (MHCs) have played a significant role in the development and continuity of the travel and tourism industry in the world. The presence of these companies in the accommodation sector continues to increase. In some countries, MHCs represent 70% of the total number of hotel companies. However, the presence of MHCs in Libya is less than 1% out of the total number of Libyan hotel companies. This study aims to develop an in-depth understanding of the requirements and needs of MHCs in order to encourage them to expand their activities into Libya and also aims to look at the main benefits that Libya may obtain from the involvement of these companies. The face-to-face semi-structured interview was adopted as a data collection method. The data came from seven hotel managers (informants) from the top ten MHCs in the world. These were the Hilton Hotels Corporation, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, Accor, Marriott International, Hyatt International Corporation and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The interviewees were key decision-makers in their various hotel companies and had participated in the management of hotel businesses in the Middle East and some North Africa countries. The study findings generally confirmed that the Government of Libya should adopt a clear policy towards MHCs which should be transformed into a comprehensive plan. Such a policy should clarify how MHCs could be attracted to the country, taking into account the requests and needs of these companies. Additionally, there are many benefits that Libya could obtain from the involvement of MHCs in the country. Therefore, significant recommendations to the decision-makers, both within the Libyan government and within other countries' authorities who would also wish to encourage MHCs are made. These recommendations could be used as guidelines in formulating the right policies in order to encourage MHCs to expand their activities into developing countries and into Libya in particular.
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Willis, Gary C. "Contemporary art: the key issues: art, philosophy and politics in the context of contemporary cultural production." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2245.
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This submission comes in two parts; the written dissertation, Contemporary art: the key issues, and the exhibition Melbourne - Moderne. When taken together they present a discourse on the conditions facing contemporary art practice and one artist’s response to these conditions in the context of Melbourne 2003-2007. (For complete abstract open document)
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Golovushkina, Elena. "Employability development in the context of PhD studies : exploring the views and experiences of key stakeholders." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.688282.
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Duval, James P. "Teacher Leadership in the Context of International Schools| The Key Attributes and Development of Teacher Leaders." Thesis, Lehigh University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10280292.
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Teacher leaders have been acknowledged for playing a significant role in supporting student learning. The impact of these key individuals often centers upon influencing the professional work of colleagues and having the capacity to make important leadership decisions that shape aspects of the school beyond their classrooms.
Currently, the body of research on teacher leadership in international schools is limited. The purpose of the study was to contribute to the body of knowledge related to teacher leadership in the context of international schools and is motivated by the following three research questions: (1) What types of teacher leadership roles (formal and informal) exist in international schools? (2) What are the most important attributes for teacher leaders? (3) What programs and/or activities do teacher leaders identify as valuable in developing the attributes of a successful teacher leader?
All Principals and Teacher Leaders (formal and informal) served as the accessible population for the study. Principals and Teacher Leaders completed surveys in accordance with their roles in order to gather data for the study.
The significance of the study was based upon the practical implications of possible findings. With a broader understanding of how teacher leadership is being enacted, the most important attributes of teacher leaders, and how teacher leaders are developed, international school leaders was able to use the findings for strategic efforts to support teacher leadership. Knowledge of the most important attributes may help with developing criteria for selection and evaluation of teacher leaders, while an understanding of how teacher leaders are developed may provide insight into the type of professional development or experiences necessary to cultivate this category of leaders.
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Deplasse, Julien, and Lina Jacinaite. "Business Relationships in the context of De-internationalization : A Case Study of Swedish SMEs." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-27115.
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Every firm in the world in one way or another is touched by the prevailing globalization trend. In order to survive in the 21st century businesses in every industry are taking steps to expand through trade outside their home markets. Thus this global expansion evokes stimulus by firms to internationalize. The internationalization process of firms has been studied extensively among various business scholars with the main focus on the growth or positive development of firms. However, an area which has received fairly limited attention is the de-internationalization process. In this field the role of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) under non-crisis conditions, where this phenomenon is seen as a strategic decision of firms or subsequence of internationalization process rather than a market failure, has been underestimated. This paper aims to contribute to the theoretical understanding of cross-border activities of small firms by looking into business relationships as a new perspective on analyzing de-internationalization motives. This was studied through a qualitative case study of Swedish SMEs operating globally. Interviews with sales and marketing directors of the companies together with secondary data compose the gathered empirical data for analyzing de-internationalization process. The study sheds light on business relationship constructs - dependence, bond, investment, and atmosphere - and their influence on the key factors for internationalization - trust, knowledge and commitment - which in turn determine the strategic decision by firms to reduce their market involvement in foreign markets. It has been found out that these key factors of internationalization were affected by the relationship constructs mostly negatively: the market knowledge in majority of cases was lacking due to the weak bond, the commitment determined by unbalanced dependence and reduced investment has gradually decreased along the time and the level of trust influenced by a negative atmosphere was not sufficient enough which played a decisive role on the reduced level of market involvement by firms. Thus the results of the study indicate that unfortunate business relationships influenced the decision of three case companies to de-internationalize through the key factors of internationalization.
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Westraad, Susan Fiona. "An investigation of the key mechanisms that promote whole school development in a secondary school pilot project context." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003291.
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Providing relevant and quality schooling for all South African learners is the paramount goal of the South African National Department of Education. South Africa 's historical and current socio-economic contexts provide many challenges for both the Department of Education and schools in this endeavour to provide quality teaching and learning. These challenges impact directly and indirectly on what happens in the classroom. Since 1994 a plethora of education and training policy has been introduced in South Africa to redress historical imbalances; to introduce a new education and training framework and approach; and to provide guidelines, principles and procedures for addressing some of the challenges that impact on schools. The National Whole School Evaluation Policy provides the legislative framework for the establishment of a quality assurance process in South African schools based on accountability and support. The subsequent Integrated Quality Management System attempts to provide a framework for integrating school evaluation and performance measurement. Policy frameworks are in place to guide quality assurance and school improvement, however, the reality of implementing this at a grass roots level is particularly challenging. The General Motors (GM) South Africa Foundation, a non-governmental development organisation, established by General Motors (GM) South Africa, commenced with the piloting the Learning Schools Initiative to investigate some of the challenges of whole school development and evaluation. This research documents the Learning Schools Initiative's intervention with the initial two pilot secondary schools situated in Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay) over a four-year period. It reviews the relevant school reform and school development literature and adopts a critical realist evaluative research approach to investigate the key mechanisms that promote whole school development and change in this context. In keeping with this approach, the results of the research are analysed and discussed within a context-menchanism-outcome configuration that involves the identification of the key mechanisms that bring about desired outcome/s in a specific context. Seven key generative mechanisms are identified as critical at a school and classroom level (i) school culture, (ii) school structures, (iii) effective leadership and management, (iv) personal growth and meaning, (v) restoration of relationships, (vi) professional development of educators, and development of capacity to work together, and (vii) support and accountability. The need to structure school development interventions around the triggering of identified key mechanisms is also identified as an important overarching mechanism. Suggestions are made for further research required to facilitate a deeper understanding of how to bring about meaningful change that results in quality teaching and learning in South African schools.
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Svensson, Adam, and Pär Strandberg. "Managing user generated content in marketing campaigns : A qualitative research of key features for managing marketing campaigns based on user generated content." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-35185.
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The modern media landscape presents an increasingly complex and dynamic assembly of traditional and interactive media proposing many new communicative opportunities for marketers. Contemporary marketing is implied to emphasize a paradigmatic shift from a company centric view into consumer centric view. As existing research emphasizes the understanding of interactions in online communities from the user’s perspective, there is yet a research gap concerning the contemporary relevance of managerial challenges related to user involvement in social media marketing. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to an enlightened managerial understanding of key components for managing marketing campaigns based on user-generated content (UGC). The research approach was deductive; using a conceptual framework based on recognized literature on UGC, content marketing and contemporary users in social media. The paper identifies and compares key features of UGC management through case studies. Being a qualitative research, in-depth interviews were used to retrieve a profound understanding of managerial challenges and implications of facilitating UGC. Empirical data was collected from 10 marketing agencies working with UGC based marketing. The research contributes to the research field by showing how agencies facilitate theoretical knowledge for UGC management. The study provides empirical, yet practical evidence of how many UGC campaigns are strategically developed, which could help simplify the relation between user flexibility and agency control. It could help managers to facilitate resources and engagement on determining what campaign features is most suitable for a specific campaign.
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Cao, Xiang. "Automatic accompaniment of vocal melodies in the context of popular music." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28136.
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Zemanovičová, Monika. "Řízení informačních toků využíváním systému Business Intelligence ve vybrané firmě." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-224861.
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This diploma thesis proposes usage of Business Intelligence tools in the chosen company. It considers the costs for installing, assesses the economic benefits and based on the analysis, it proposes appropriate solutions to the currently unsatisfactory situation in the company.
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Xiong, Huijun. "Secure Data Service Outsourcing with Untrusted Cloud." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23191.
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Outsourcing data services to the cloud is a nature fit for cloud usage. However, increasing security and privacy concerns from both enterprises and individuals on their outsourced data inhibit this trend. In this dissertation, we introduce service-centric solutions to address two types of security threats existing in the current cloud environments: semi-honest cloud providers and malicious cloud customers. Our solution aims not only to provide confidentiality and access controllability of outsourced data with strong cryptographic guarantee, but, more importantly, to fulfill specific security requirements from different cloud services with effective systematic ways.To provide strong cryptographic guarantee to outsourced data, we study the generic security
problem caused by semi-honest cloud providers and introduce a novel proxy-based secure data outsourcing scheme. Specifically, our scheme improves the efficiency of traditional proxy re-encryption algorithm by integrating symmetric encryption and proxy re-encryption algorithms. With less computation cost on applying re-encryption operation directly on the encrypted data, our scheme allows flexible and efficient user revocation without revealing underlying data and heavy computation in the untrusted cloud.
To address specific requirement from different cloud services, we investigate two specific cloud services: cloud-based content delivery service and cloud-based data processing service. For the former one, we focus on preserving cache property in the content delivery network and propose CloudSeal, a scheme for securely and flexibly sharing and distributing content via the public cloud. With the ability of caching the major part of a stored cipher content object in the delivery network for content distribution and keeping the minor part with the data owner for content authorization, CloudSeal achieves security and efficiency both theoretically and experimentally. For the later service, we design and realize CloudSafe, a framework that supports secure and efficient data processing with minimum key leakage in the vulnerable cloud virtualization environment. Through the adoption of one-time cryptographic key strategy and a centralized key management framework, CloudSafe efficiently avoids cross-VM side channel attack from malicious cloud customers in the cloud. Our experimental results confirm the practicality and scalability of CloudSafe.
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Schnepfleitner, F. M. "An executive leadership development programme : a case study identifying key factors fostering or hindering transformative learning within a Qatari organisational context." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3007662/.
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Leadership development has become an issue of paramount importance in Qatar as leaders capable of driving the country forward to achieve the ambitious goals set out in its 2030 Vision are sought in all sectors. Huge resources are being invested in development, but often with minimal results, forcing Qatar to continue its reliance on expatriate expertise. New ideas and concepts are investigated, but only superficially accepted and rarely implemented. What is needed are transformative learning experiences that change the deeply held beliefs, worldviews and frames of reference of what it means to be a twenty-first century leader in Qatar. The purpose of this research was to look at an Executive Leadership Programme through the experiences of its provider, the participants and their managers, in an attempt to identify the key success factors that foster a transformative learning experience or those that inhibit its occurrence. The method used was a single, local knowledge case study with an instrumental approach aiming to inform the design and implementation of future leadership programmes. A case study is a predominantly qualitative research design looking at a unit of study from multiple angles or perspectives. This was done through in-depth, pre- and post-programme interviews conducted within a ten-month period with the three stakeholders. Additional rich data were obtained through access to the participants’ blogs and assignments, the training institutes’ report and my own observations. These sources provided a thick description of the participants’ experiences. Thematic analysis was used to identify several main themes to answer the posed research question. It was found that the presence of these factors was conducive to fostering transformative experiences, while their absence contributed towards inhibiting them. They included identifying the stakeholder expectations, and conducting a respected selection process, which produces participants with the appropriate English, educational and cognitive skills to participate without undue stress. Furthermore, it was found that the absence of time and commitment allocated for the implementation of well-structured, pre- and post-programme stages impacted negatively on both the leadership programme and its transformative learning outcomes. There should be in-depth awareness of the participants’ professional and cultural contexts during all stages of design and implementation to ensure the right approach is taken regarding autonomous components and personal and cultural interactions. There were indications that the intensity of the programme pushed the participants beyond the required state of disorientation necessary for transformative learning and into one of being overwhelmed and stressed. A balance needs to be achieved for participants to be in a mind-set that is open and receptive to a legitimate lived experience. The group dynamic had a strong and positive influence throughout the implementation stage and this should be encouraged for all stages. The study concludes with recommendations to programme developers and Qatari organisations and suggests the need for more case studies, especially of a longitudinal nature, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches and looking into micro issues such as the role of the group, the balance between stress and disorientation, and maintenance of achieved transformations.
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Renner, Jasmine R. "Wisdom Keys For Releasing Your Creative Potential." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. http://amzn.com/1479215856.
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Preface -- Why creativity now -- Your incredible mind -- Activating your god-given creative force -- Creativity and the number five -- How to foster a constant creative environment -- Why set creative goals? -- The role of wisdom in unlocking creative potential -- 12 keys to releasing your creative potential -- Use the creative keys -- Master the keys -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E.
"In this book Dr. Jasmine Renner provides valuable keys for unlocking your unlimited creative potential. The goal of this book is to help individuals realize and understand the depth of their creative abilities and to use the multifaceted wisdom keys espoused to unlock their creative potential. This book will introduce you to the invaluable nuggets gained from discovering that creativity is not an additional project you add to your already full to do list but springs out of the essence of who you really are. Using wisdom as a guide and tool in understand and releasing your creative potential is crucial. Dr. Renner points out that wisdom is an essential part of the quantum or spiritual level of creativity. The keys espoused in this book are the same and can be applied in every nation, in every tribe and for all peoples. This is because there are universal undeniable principles that govern every human being. The wisdom keys espoused in this book are universal for all who will dare to use then appropriately. A farmer in Australia applying these keys correctly will have the same result as a billionaire in Wall Street. It is her desire that as you read this book you will be birthed into an innate awareness of your creative potential and ultimately be released into your creative potential."https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1091/thumbnail.jpg
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Hopper, Rosemary. "Carrots or maltesers : does it matter? : context and quality : perspectives on reading and fiction for 11-16 year olds." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14936.
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This research was designed to investigate issues of quality in the reading of fiction of 11 – 16 year olds in school; this included the reading of fiction as part of the curriculum and private reading for pleasure. It is research which found its roots in the surveys of children’s reading habits carried out by Jenkinson (1946), Whitehead, Capey, and Maddren, (1977), Hall and Coles (1999) and Clark, Osborne and Akerman (2008). These surveys, over sixty years, show how attitudes to reading for 11 – 16 year olds, their reading habits and their preferred texts have changed. Judgements of quality in children’s chosen reading are implied in those studies but criteria for these judgments of quality are not defined. The National Curriculum (NC) for England (2008) explicitly refers to texts considered to be of high quality and lists prescribed texts and authors, but does not define what is meant by quality. The study was designed to investigate how teachers and students in secondary schools (11 – 16 year olds) in England conceptualised quality in the fiction used in class and for private reading. Individual teachers and groups of 11 – 16 year olds from four schools in the South-West of England were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The interview data were analysed using a Cultural and Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framework. The findings indicate that interpretations of quality are complex and often linked to examination syllabus requirements; the iterations of the NC for English in England; and discrete individual school and departmental needs. This can cause professional tension amongst teachers relating to the imposed rules, to external expectations and to the lack of teacher autonomy. The study offers new insights into how fiction for 11 – 16 year olds is used and conceptualised in school. This is represented theoretically through the framework of CHAT and in terms of the confusion at the intersection of boundary objects. The outcomes of the research will also contribute to clarifying how texts written for young adults may be judged and to the conceptualisation of a pedagogy to support the use of fiction with 11 – 16 year olds in school.
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Al-Zarah, Layla N. "An investigative study of the female initial teacher preparation programme in Saudi Arabia in an Islamic context : perceptions of the key participants." Thesis, Durham University, 2008. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1893/.
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Cook, Jacqueline. "Psychiatric problems in the primary health care context: a study in the Border-Kei area." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002463.
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A clinic survey was undertaken to investigate the nature of psychiatric problems experienced by the primary health care (PHC) patient population in the Bisho-King William's Town area of the Eastern Cape Region. The study took as its point of departure research findings which attest to the high rate of psychiatric distress amongst this population group in different parts of the world and ohservations regarding the form of presentation in terms of physical complaints. Hypotheses posited relationships between psychiatric problems experienced by patients attending PHC clinics in the study area and four types of variables, namely; somatic complaints, socio-demographic characteristics, patterns of health service utilisation and patient satisfaction with health services. Using a quasi-experimental descriptive approach, a two-stage screening procedure sorted the patient sample into three groups on the basis of the degree of psychiatric symptomatology experienced. The triangulation of the results of between-groups analyses with case materials recorded during psychiatric interviewing provided for an ethnographic account of the cultural experience of distress in the study area. The screening process used standard instruments, the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) in the first stage and the Present State Examination (PSE) in the second stage. A pilot study was conducted prior to the fieldwork for the main study. Using the SRQ, thirteen psychiatric paticnts and 31 general PHC patients were sampled for the pilot study and 148 PHC patients were sampled for the main study. Using the PSE, 11 and 57 PSE interviews were conducted in the pilot and main studies respectively. Between-groups analyses used chi-square and F-statistics to investigate possible associations with identified patient correlates (P<0.5). These were socio-demographic, utilisation and satisfaction variables, measured by a separate face-valid self-response instrument compiled for the purposes of this study. Psychiatric symptomatology was found to be statistically significantly related to age, marital status and educational level. Further, patients experiencing more psychiatric symptomatology reported significantly more illnesses requiring treatment, longer consultation periods and a greater number of sick bed days. No statistically significant relationships were found between psychiatric symptomatology and number of children, number of failures at school, amount of treatment utilised, number of consultations, or patient satisfaction with services. Descriptive analyses of symptom and syndrome profiles found certain somatic complaints to be particularly prevalent amongst the patient sample. These include headaches and various tension pains, decreased energy levels and digestive problems. Qualitative analysis of interview data found that many somatic and psychiatric problems experienced constitute culturally defined and meaningful experiences, especially 'umbilini' (or nerves), 'ufufunyana' (a possession state), and accusations of witchcraft. Interpretation of complaints from the local traditional healing perspective, revealed a more complex mode of communication between patients and the health delivery system than may be accounted for in terms of a simple biomedical model. The interpretive analysis in the study showed that some forms of presentation incorporating somatic symptoms, such as 'nerves' may he viewed as help seeking behaviour of the socially unempowered. Implications of the results are discussed in relation to the need for improved identification and management of psychiatric distress at PHC level facilitated by a better developed referral network and closer interaction between biomedical and anthropological perspectives.
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Vickerman, Rosemary. "Buthelezi's emergence as a key national politician in Apartheid South Africa and his decline in status thus far, in the country's democratic context." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14080.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-144).This thesis examines Mangosuthu Buthelezi's emergence as a national leader during the Apartheid era in South Africa and his subsequent decline in status thus far in the country's democratic context. Much of the literature written on Buthelezi's ascent to power focuses on his engagement with the process of ethnic mobilization and on his dispensing of patronage to those who were residing in the homeland and KwaZulu. Whilst attention is given to Buthelezi's involvement with ethnic mobilization and with patronage, the focal point of this study is that of the plausibility of categorizing him as a charismatic leader.
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Humphries, Andrew Brian. "A critical analysis of agricultural improvement as a concept and practice in the context of Cumbria, 1800-1920 : a study of key people, key institutions, the formalisation of agricultural education, different sectors and parts of the area." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.556664.
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'Improvement' has been the focus in extensive studies of agricultural change. The term has been frequently used to emphasise productivity and efficiency. In the early decades of this study period 1800-1920, the contributory processes were portrayed as strongly reflecting the influence of landowners of high status. From the mid-nineteenth century, changes were progressively effected by market conditions, migration from the countryside and the application of science, technology and innovative husbandry. The more specialised and market orientated systems that evolved, created a need for new skills in farmers and workers to successfully apply improvements in practice. Knowledge, understanding, the capacity to make informed decisions, and the ability to interact with a new order of professionals, were necessary for successful adjustment. The development of a more responsive and accessible approach to education was crucial to competitiveness in a period of specialisation in farming systems and the greater globalisation of trade. This research is focussed on Cumbria as a case study, set in the context of Northern England, subject to wider national and international influences. Key European states and the New World provide a wider setting for comparison and interaction. Cumbria as a relatively remote pastoral area was perceived by some observers as an unlikely setting for leadership in improved agriculture. Paradoxically at the end of the study period, its high reputation for progressive livestock husbandry and breeding suggests that improvement had been significant. The study argues that improvement is more complex than the paternalistic development of productivity. Less emphasis has been afforded by scholars to the complex processes and contributions of education, extension and capacity building to successful adjustment. This thesis proposes that local leadership linked to a network or 'invisible college,' has incrementally over the study period built the capacity and confidence to apply improvement with a strong element of mutuality. The thesis contends that in the changes from an agrarian to a more urbanised and industrialised society, agriculture and its development became a marginalised activity in respect of government policy and the related commitment to research, education and extension through a systematic publicly funded and integrated range of services The thesis is divided into nine chapters. The first two provide a context to the subject and Cumbria's validity as a region for the study through an examination of key characteristics having a bearing on the research. Chapter Three considers a review of literature, sources and their interpretation. Five chapters form the main case study. Individual initiatives form Chapters Four and Five for the period c.1800-1870. Chapters Six and Seven analyse the period of transition c.1870-1900 during which the application of science through ./ organisations was characterised by mutuality and led to the introduction of public funding delegated to local authorities. The development of systematic formal agricultural education and extension during the period c.1895-1920, through more visible structures forms the core of Chapter Seven. In Chapter Eight a study of the emergence of publicly funded provision in five neighbouring north of England counties places the Cumbria case in context. The conclusions in chapter nine find that agriculture, and ipso facto agricultural education and extension during the study period, became marginalised as the drift of power moved from the landed to urban and industrial interests. Paradoxically, improvement through individual leadership, innovation and mutuality formed a continuum of capacity building at all stages, spatially embracing regional, national and international links. Regional interactions between the actors in the six counties of northern England developed provision with different emphases in higher education, research, extension and instruction for typical farmers and workers, in which Cumbrian outcomes were exemplars of national note, within the constraints of financial resources.
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Dorros, Sybilla M. "A Content Analysis of the Counseling Sessions of Dyads with Breast and Prostate Cancer: Linguistic Predictors of Psychosocial Adjustment and Thematic Analysis of Key Concerns." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195682.
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The purpose of this investigation was to explore how participants' language use during counseling (overall emotional expression, positive emotional expression, and communal coping, or "we-talk") was associated with superior adjustment, as measured by four psychosocial outcome variables (depression, positive affect, negative affect, and relationship satisfaction); as well as to identify the key concerns of dyads with cancer, how concerns differed by role and sex, and if they were associated with participants' well-being. The present study was a content analysis of the counseling sessions of 43 dyads (N = 86) with breast and prostate cancer. Using a multi-method approach, the audio recordings of 228 counseling sessions were transcribed and analyzed linguistically (quantitatively) and thematically (qualitatively).Results of the linguistic analyses revealed that participant's use of "we-talk" had the most consistent and beneficial effect on outcomes; specifically improved depression, negative affect, and relationship satisfaction. These findings suggest that it might not be as important how much a person expresses themselves emotionally, but rather, whether they have a close relational partner that they see as an instrumental part of their coping process and significantly intertwined in their life, which is reflected in their language use of communal coping.Results of the thematic analyses revealed that survivors' concerns were more focused on cancer and treatment related issues, whereas partners' concerns centered on the well-being of their spouse/partner with cancer, and what they were doing to help their loved one cope with his/her illness. The overarching key concern that was intertwined in participants' discourse was frequent discussion of relationship maintenance, negotiation, and communication issues. In addition, discussion of these concerns showed greatest benefits for women with breast cancer.The findings of this study has implications for counselors and clinicians in that language use and topics discussed during counseling have the potential to increase psychosocial adjustment for dyads coping with cancer. The general discourse of survivors mirrored that of their partners, which indicates that helping to modify or change how one person speaks, has the potential to influence how their partner talks as well; which has implications for the well-being of both dyad members.
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Muçaj, Pranvera. "Ownership and Sustainability in the Context of Development Projects : The case of the Kosovo Environmental Programme." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-97948.
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Ownership is considered a precondition for sustainable results of development projects, this primarily refers to ownership after the project is concluded. Yet the impact of the relationship between sustainability and ownership at the project stages is not yet clear. This study therefore analyses the ownership-results’ sustainability nexus at the project level, with particular attention to the implication of multi-stakeholder ownership, and how sustainability of results relates to stakeholder ownership of impacts throughout the project life cycle. This study uses the qualitative research design with an empirical point of departure combined with the abduction approach. The research analyses a multi-stakeholder project, the Kosovo Environmental Programme (KEP), using data from online semi-structured interviews with key individuals from four different stakeholder categories involved in the project: Donors, implementing agencies, partners, and right holders. The analytical framework used for the study was the Local Engagement Assessment Framework (LEAF), where the ownership of KEP stakeholders was assessed in three different categories: priorities, implementation/resources, and sustainability. By assessing KEP, the study makes several key findings that can be applicable to a wide range of cases. Firstly, that ownership develops over time and that it is a process that goes on throughout the project cycle. If there is active and effective cultivation of ownership along the process, sustainability will be strengthened in a systemic and comprehensive way. Promoting ownership and sustainability throughout the project cycle is therefore necessary for sustainability and this should start at the initial phase, not during the process nor near the end. Secondly, ownership does not belong to one actor anymore; rather, it sits with different groups of actors, and these can include both relevant international and local actors. Thus, a multi-stakeholder approach is considered especially relevant in broad based projects and where the right conditions exists, such as mutual understanding and trust between stakeholders, awareness, communication, partnership etc. Thirdly, while there have been attempts to fill the ownership gap between donor and recipient governments, the gap between recipient governments and other state and non-state-actors is evident and remains an issue. Therefore, further research is needed into extending ownership beyond central governmental institutions.
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Boissie, Kevin. "Méthodes et outils pour la maîtrise de risques en ingénierie de l’obsolescence dans un contexte incertain : application à un équipementier automobile." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLC105.
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Ce sujet concerne de manière générale la gestion de l’obsolescence et la prise en compte du cycle de vie des composants dans un système complexe pluri technologique.Les fournisseurs de rang 1 en prise direct avec leurs clients s’engagent à garantir une durée de vie de 20 ans de leurs sous-ensembles, là où leurs fournisseurs proposent des composants à cycle de vie court de l’ordre de 4 à 5 ans. Ces sous-ensembles doivent rester adaptables et « Upgradables » au regard des évolutions permanentes des besoins, des normes et des technologies.La non prise en compte de ces éléments a pour conséquences des risques industriels qui nécessitent :• la mise en place de moyens de stockage adaptés, la prise en compte de garantie qualité et de montabilité et la prise de risques financiers (sur/sous estimations, problèmes lors du stockage et dégradation des composants),• la création d’un « projet série » visant à reconcevoir un composant supportant une fonctionnalité, devenu impossible à approvisionner, tout en la maintenant compatible avec l’interface,• la recherche de solutions permettant d’adapter les moyens et les produits à la mise en application de nouveaux standards/normes et besoins, …L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier l’obsolescence selon les angles complémentaires de : performance, structure, fonctions et fonctionnalités des systèmes. Ces recherches devraient permettre, en ingénierie de l’obsolescence, de déterminer un ensemble de méthodes ou outils pour la maîtrise des risques industriels. Cette thèse s’appuiera sur un ensemble de cas réels pour lesquels la gestion de l’obsolescence est considérée comme un élément critique.Les travaux doivent permettre également de formuler des préconisations en matière de stockage de nouveaux sous-ensembles afin qu’ils ne détériorèrent pas les fonctionnalités des produits finis composés.Cette étude explore la gestion de l’obsolescence à travers des cas concrets, sur des produits actuellement commercialisés.En d’autres termes, au-delà de permettre par anticipation d’agir avant de subir, il s’agira de répondre à la question des gains qui pourraient être réalisés par une entreprise maîtrisant la garantie de fourniture sans discontinuité et sans excès de productionThis subject concerns, in a general way, the obsolescence management and the consideration of components life cycle in a multi-technological complex system. Rank 1 Suppliers in direct link with their customers make a commitment to guarantee a life of 20 years of their subsets, where their suppliers propose components with short life cycle of the order of 4 – 5 years. These subsets have to remain adaptable and upgradable with regard to permanent evolutions of needs, standards and technologies.“Unconsideration” of these elements has for consequences of the industrial risks which requiring:• The implementation of adapted means of storage, the consideration of guarantee quality and of mountability, and the taking of financial risks (on / under estimations, problems during the storage and components degradation).• Put in place a "serial project" aiming at redesigns a component supporting a function, become impossible to supply, while maintaining it compatible with the interface.• The search of solutions, allowing adapting the means and the products to the application of new standards / norms and needs.The target of this thesis is to study the obsolescence according to the complementary angles of: performance, structure, functions and features of the systems. These researches should allow, in obsolescence engineering, to determine a set of methods or tools for the control of the industrial risks.This thesis will lean on a set of real cases which obsolescence management is considered as a critical element.The studies have to allow formulating recommendations regarding conception of new subsets whose partial obsolescence, will not damage the features offered by the compound finished products, standards of choice during the design, to identify the life cycles of components and to explore the management of the obsolescence through concrete cases, on products at present marketed.Secondly, it will be necessary to look for the predictability and the adaptability of the system in what would be the next technological step.Allow by the anticipation, to act before undergoing. Which gains could be realized by a company mastering the guarantee of supply without discontinuity and without excess of production?
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Atkinson, Leslie. "An empirical investigation into teachers' assessments within the context of Key Stage 3 mathematics : the development of a cognitive-model of the judgement process." Thesis, University of Hull, 1995. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5725.
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Marchesini, Márcia Maria Penteado. "As atividades logísticas no contexto da Gestão da Cadeia de Suprimentos (SCM)." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2011. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/3367.
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From the Supply Chain Management (SCM), the logistic function expands its scope within the company, going to exert or support the management and operation of key business processes. Its performance leaves to reduce only the functional sphere ( silo or vertical area ), passing to reach horizontal sphere in such processes. Various sources of literature indicate changes in the logistic function but not characterize precisely or discuss the changes in its scope within the company. In particular, the benefits generated by the involvement of the logistic function on key business processes of SCM have been identified in the literature, but were not identified logistic activities that must execute in each of the processes so that these benefits are achieved. In front of this theoretical gap, the objective of this doctorate thesis was to propose logistic activities necessary for the efficacious operation of key business processes of SCM, generating a conceptual framework that assists in implementing these activities. Such a framework is a guide that can help companies identify, characterize and select the activities that the logistic function can develop in their key business processes. More specifically, this conceptual framework presents, besides the own logistics activities, a way of characterizing these activities, according to four criterions: a) obligatoriness of existence in the company (basic or optional), b) impact on the generation of value (efficiency, efficacy and/or differentiation), c) impact on the dimension of logistic service, d) the integration and coordination with other areas or processes. This thesis used the approach of qualitative research, of descriptive character, of exploratory nature and with experimental study of field. The research method was the multi-case study and the mechanism of data collection was the personal interview realized by a semi-structured questionnaire. This research is also of theoretical-conceptual nature, because it developed a conceptual framework generated from the theoretical review. In three case studies realized, observed consistency in the proposed logistic activities and in its form of characterization. Among the 25 proposed activities, the Company 1 realizes 21 of them, the Company 2 realizes 23 activities and the Company 3 realizes all 25 activities, and all interviewed declared that the set of these proposed activities was complete and consistent.
A partir da Gestão da Cadeia de Suprimentos (Supply Chain Management, SCM), a função logística expande seu escopo dentro da empresa, passando a exercer ou dar apoio à gestão e operação dos processos-chave de negócio. Sua atuação deixa de se reduzir somente à esfera funcional ( silo ou área vertical ), passando a alcançar também a esfera horizontal de tais processos. Várias fontes da literatura apontam mudanças na função logística mas não as caracterizam precisamente nem discutem as modificações no seu escopo dentro das empresas. Em particular, os benefícios gerados pelo envolvimento da função logística nos processoschave de negócio da SCM já foram levantados na literatura, mas não foram identificadas as atividades que a logística deve executar em cada um dos processos para que esses benefícios sejam alcançados. Diante desta lacuna teórica, o objetivo desta tese de doutorado foi de propor atividades logísticas necessárias à operação eficaz dos processos-chave de negócio da SCM, gerando uma estrutura conceitual que auxilia na implementação destas atividades. Tal estrutura é um guia que pode auxiliar as empresas na identificação, caracterização e seleção das atividades que a função logística pode desenvolver nos seus processos-chave de negócio. Mais especificamente, esta estrutura conceitual apresenta, além das próprias atividades logísticas, uma forma de caracterização destas atividades, de acordo com quatro critérios: a) obrigatoriedade de existência na empresa (básica ou opcional), b) impacto na geração de valor (eficiência, eficácia e/ou diferenciação), c) impacto na dimensão do serviço logístico prestado, d) integração e coordenação com outras áreas ou processos. Esta tese utilizou a abordagem de pesquisa qualitativa, de caráter descritivo, de natureza exploratória e com estudo experimental de campo. O método de pesquisa foi o estudo multi-caso e o mecanismo de coleta de dados foi a entrevista pessoal realizada por meio de um questionário semi-estruturado. Esta pesquisa também é de natureza teórico-conceitual, pois desenvolveu uma estrutura conceitual gerada a partir de revisão teórica. Nos três estudos de caso realizados, observou-se consistência nas atividades logísticas e na sua forma de caracterização propostas. Dentre as 25 atividades propostas, a Empresa 1 realiza 21 delas, a Empresa 2, 23 atividades e a Empresa 3, todas as 25 atividades, sendo que todos os entrevistados declararam que estava completo e consistente o conjunto proposto dessas atividades.
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Johnstone, H. Martin J. "Liberation methodology as a key in the development of an indigenous theology of liberation for the First World with particular reference to the British context." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300039.
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Jambert, Amandine. "Outils cryptographiques pour la protection des contenus et de la vie privée des utilisateurs." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR14234/document.
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Les problématiques de respect de la vie privée sont aujourd'hui indissociables des technologies modernes. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse s'intéresse plus particulièrement aux outils cryptographiques et à la façon de les utiliser pour répondre à ces nouvelles questions.Dans ce mémoire, je m'intéresserai tout d'abord aux preuves de connaissance sans divulgation qui permettent notamment d'obtenir la propriété d'anonymat pour les usagers de services de télécommunications. Je proposerai ainsi une nouvelle solution de preuve de connaissance d'un secret appartenant à un intervalle, ainsi que la première étude comparative des preuves existantes sur ce sujet. Je décrirai ensuite une nouvelle méthode permettant de vérifier efficacement un ensemble de preuves de type "Groth-Sahaï'', accélérant ainsi considérablement le travail du vérifieur pour de telles preuves. Dans un second temps, je m'intéresserai aux signatures caméléons. Celles-ci permettent de modifier, sous certaines conditions, un message signé. Ainsi, pour ces schémas, il est possible d'exhiber, à l'aide d'une trappe, une signature valide du signataire initial sur le message modifié. Je proposerai d'abord un nouveau schéma qui est à ce jour le plus efficace dans le modèle simple. Je m'intéresserai ensuite à certaines extensions de ce modèle qui ont pour vocation de donner au signataire les moyens de garder un certain contrôle sur les modifications faites a posteriori sur le message initial. Je décrirai ainsi à la fois le nouveau modèle de sécurité et les schémas associés prenant en compte ces nouvelles extensions. Enfin, je présenterai un ensemble d'applications se basant sur les briques cryptographiques introduites ci-dessus et qui permettent d'améliorer la protection de la vie privée des utilisateurs. J'aborderai tout particulièrement les problématiques d'abonnement, d'utilisation ou de facturation de services, ainsi que la gestion de contenus protégés dans un groupe hiérarchiséPrivacy is, nowadays, inseparable from modern technology. This is the context in which the present thesis proposes new cryptographic tools to meet current challenges.Firstly, I will consider zero-knowledge proofs of knowledge, which allow in particular to reach the anonymity property. More precisely, I will propose a new range proof system and next give the first comparison between all existing solutions to this problem. Then, I will describe a new method to verify a set of ``Groth-Sahaï'' proofs, which significantly decreases the verification time for such proofs.In a second part, I will consider sanitizable signatures which allow, under some conditions, to manipulate (we say ``sanitize'') a signed message while keeping a valid signature of the initial signer. I will first propose a new scheme in the classical case. Next, I will introduce several extensions which enable the signer to obtain better control of the modifications done by the ``sanitizer''. In particular, I will propose a new security model taking into account these extensions and give different schemes achieving those new properties.Finally, I will present different applications of the above cryptographic tools that enhance customer privacy. In particular, I will consider the questions of subscription, use and billing of services and also address the issue of managing protected content in a hierarchical group
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Frech, Bernadette. "Uncovering the drivers of customer engagement behaviours : investigating key mediating mechanisms underlying the link between customer satisfaction and customer engagement behaviours in a higher education context." Thesis, Aston University, 2018. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/33405/.
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This study aims to explore cognitive and affective mediating mechanisms between Customer Satisfaction (CS) and positive Customer Engagement Behaviours (CEBs) that are of direct benefit to a firm (i.e. Participation, Word-of-Mouth, Monetary Giving) or indirect benefit (, i.e. Human Capital Performance). Two studies were carried out, in England and Austria, in a higher education context. Study 1 comprised of: 8 focus groups with 48 undergraduate business students from England and Austria, 21 semi-structured interviews with alumni of undergraduate business studies from England and Austria, and 9 background expert interviews. Study 2 encompassed a mail survey with 209 multi-source cases from undergraduate business students, who had conducted a placement year, and their immediate managers or supervisors, in England. Findings reveal that the relationships between CS and CEBs are not direct as assumed in literature. Perceived Employability was found as a central cognitive mediator between CS and CEBs of direct and indirect benefit to a service provider. In addition, Gratitude and Love are of importance as affective mediators between CS and CEBs that are of direct benefit to a firm. This study contributes to the service field by developing and empirically testing a conceptual framework on CEBs, including often neglected CEBs; for instance, CEBs of indirect benefit to an organisation and monetary CEBs. The study also provides the first empirical evaluation of the serial mediation effects of two distinct positive emotions, Gratitude and Love, between CS and CEBs of direct benefit to a service provider. Finally, while most studies have focused on affective mediation effects and CEBs of direct benefit to a service provider, this study has found Perceived Employability to have a simple cognitive mediation effect between CS and CEBs of indirect benefit to a service provider.
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Tell, Pontus. "How Could a Virtual Assistant Facilitate Daily Product Design Work? : By presenting key method and standard content; more specifically related to the mechanical product development area." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-168501.
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The usage of virtual assistants is starting to appear within a wide range of application areas. This thesis has been conducted in collaboration with Volvo Cars and more specifically the CAD & Mechanical Development department. It examines how a virtual assistant could facilitate daily product design work at Volvo Cars. This is done by creating a deep understanding of how Design Engineers currently use Volvo Cars CAD Methods or VM’s. The Volvo Cars CAD Methods are instructional documents where Design Engineers find guidance when encountering design related problems. This thesis focuses primarily on the mechanical design aspects of Volvo Cars CAD Methods. The final prototype presented in the thesis is a result of interviews, affinity diagram analysis, requirement analysis, survey, and design iterations. This thesis and the final prototype have shown the interaction design possibilities, limitations, use-cases, and future potential of a virtual assistant Volvo Cars.
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Locher, Felix [Verfasser]. "Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to predict the legume content in legume-grass mixtures as a key parameter in N2-fixation : Method development, validation and application / Felix Locher." Aachen : Shaker, 2003. http://d-nb.info/1170541763/34.
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Yusof, Norashikin. "Bruneian secondary teachers' lived experiences of teaching science through EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) : a Gadamerian analysis applying key concepts from CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230598.
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Hempel, Esther. "Controlling Factors Of Life Cycle And Distribution Of Chironomid Key Species In The Mesotrophic Saidenbach Reservoir." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-72141.
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In den Jahren 2005 bis 2010 erfolgte im Rahmen der Erarbeitung der vorliegenden Dissertationsschrift eine ökologische Untersuchung der Chironomidenfauna in der Talsperre Saidenbach (Sachsen, Erzgebirge). Drei Arten mit hoher Abundanz konnten bei der umfassenden Artenanalyse im Jahr 2005 ermittelt werden: Procladius crassinervis, P. choreus und Chironomus anthracinus. Zusätzlich wurde die Art C. plumosus aufgrund ihrer engen Verwandtschaft zu C. anthracinus in die Untersuchung einbezogen. Die Arbeit ist auf vier Schwerpunkte fokussiert, wobei die Larven und Puppen der vier Arten analysiert wurden. (1) Die Erarbeitung einer zuverlässigen Methode zur Unterscheidung der Larven der beiden eng verwandten Procladius-Arten basierend auf morphologischen Kriterien (Imaginalscheiden-entwicklung, Kopfkapselgröße und Körperlänge) sowie die Tiefenverteilung der Puppen waren eine Vorbedingung für weiterführende Analysen des Lebenszyklus (LZ) dieser beiden Arten. (2) Die Untersuchung des LZ war der zweite Schwerpunkt. Der LZ wurde stark von abiotischen Faktoren wie Temperatur, Sauerstoff und Biovolumen des Phytoplanktons kontrolliert. (3) Die raum-zeitlichen Verteilungsmuster der vier Arten wurden zunächst bezüglich großräumiger Unterschiede über einen Tiefengradienten innerhalb eines Transektes analysiert. Hierbei zeigte sich bei allen vier Arten eine zeitliche Änderung im jeweiligen Hauptverbreitungsgebiet. Die jungen Larven von C. anthracinus, C. plumosus und P. choreus wanderten im Verlauf ihrer Entwicklung bis zur Verpuppung in flachere Bereiche, P. crassinervis wanderte in tiefere Bereiche. Die Analyse der Verteilungsunterschiede der Larven zwischen zwei verschieden stark eutrophierten Buchten ergab höhere Dichten der beiden Chironomus-Arten in der Bucht mit dem größeren Zulauf und der höheren Phytoplanktonkonzentration im Vergleich mit den anderen Arten. Eine Analyse des kleinräumigen Verteilungsmusters fokussierte auf der Frage, ob die Larven gleichmäßig verteilt oder aggregiert auftraten. Die Untersuchung des vertikalen Verteilungsmusters erforschte das Schwimmverhalten der Larven. (4) Der letzte Aspekt war eine experimentelle Untersuchung, die am Beispiel von C. anthracinus durchgeführt wurde mit dem Ziel, den Proximatfaktor für die beobachtete Wanderung der Larven zu ermitteln, der letztendlich die Temperatur war. Puppen bevorzugten im Experiment wärmere Temperaturen und junge Larven kühlere Temperaturen. Die fünfjährige Untersuchung der Chironomiden in der Talsperre Saidenbach beschreibt insgesamt die komplexe Verhaltensreaktion der Chironomiden, die einen wesentlichen Teil der benthischen Lebensgemeinschaft darstellen, bezüglich der Lebenszyklusmuster (Voltinismus, Verpuppung), der Abundanzänderungen (inner- und zwischenjährlich) sowie der groß- und kleinräumigen Verteilung unter der Einwirkung der wichtigsten UmweltfaktorenIn the context of the present dissertation an ecological study was performed about chironomids in Saidenbach Reservoir in the Saxony Ore Mountains, Germany during the five years from 2005 to 2010. A preliminary overall species analysis in 2005 showed that three species were most abundant: Procladius crassinervis, P. choreus and Chironomus anthracinus. Additionally, the species C. plumosus was examined because of its close relationship to C. anthracinus. The study is focussed on four subjects, whereby larvae and pupae of the four species were analysed. (1) The elaboration of a reliable method to distinguish the larvae of the two closely related species P. crassinervis and P. choreus on the basis of morphological criteria (imaginal disc development, larval head capsule size and body length) as well as the depth distribution of their pupae was a precondition to the profound analysis of their life cycles. (2) The investigation of the life cycle pattern of the four species was the second focus. The life cycle of the four species was found to be strongly influenced by abiotic conditions such as temperature, oxygen and biovolume of the phytoplankton. (3) The spatial and temporal distribution pattern of the four species was analysed in view of large scale differences over a depth gradient in one transect. Here, in all four species a shift in the mainly settled lake bottom area occurred. The young larvae of C. anthracinus, C. plumosus and P. choreus migrated during maturing and pupation towards shallower areas; P. crassinervis migrated to deeper areas. The distribution differences between two different bays showed that the two Chironomus species had higher densities in the bay with the higher inflow which resulted in a higher phytoplankton standing stock compared to the other species. A small scale distribution pattern analysis focussed on finding out whether the larvae were aggregated or randomly distributed. The vertical distribution analysis examined the swimming behaviour of the larvae. (4) The last aspect was an experimental setup exemplarily driven with C. anthracinus which showed that the migration was stimulated by the proximate factor temperature as pupae preferred warmer temperatures and young larvae colder temperatures. Altogether, the five year study about chironomids in Saidenbach Reservoir pointed out the complex reaction in the behaviour of an important part of the benthic community concerning the life cycle pattern (voltinism, pupation pattern), the changing in abundances (inter-annual and intra-annual) and the large scale and small scale distribution pattern under the rule of the most important environmental factors
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Ademi, Muhamet. "adXtractor – Automated and Adaptive Generation of Wrappers for Information Retrieval." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20071.
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The aim of this project is to investigate the feasibility of retrieving unstructured automotive listings from structured web pages on the Internet. The research has two major purposes: (1) to investigate whether it is feasible to pair information extraction algorithms and compute wrappers (2) demonstrate the results of pairing these techniques and evaluate the measurements. We merge two training sets available on the web to construct reference sets which is the basis for the information extraction. The wrappers are computed by using information extraction techniques to identify data properties with a variety of techniques such as fuzzy string matching, regular expressions and document tree analysis. The results demonstrate that it is possible to pair these techniques successfully and retrieve the majority of the listings. Additionally, the findings also suggest that many platforms utilise lazy loading to populate image resources which the algorithm is unable to capture. In conclusion, the study demonstrated that it is possible to use information extraction to compute wrappers dynamically by identifying data properties. Furthermore, the study demonstrates the ability to open non-queryable domain data through a unified service.
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Högvall, Nordin Maria. ""Dom brukar jämföra det med en stridspilot" : en studie i organisationskommunikation." Doctoral thesis, Umeå University, Culture and Media, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-886.
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The focus of this dissertation is on how communication regarding work environment and work related risks can be understood from an organizational communication perspective. Based on a case study of communication about work environment and work related risks in the Swedish forest industry, the present study discusses institutional influences on organizational sense making processes. A central question has been how to understand the organizational field as a cultural and communicative arena where concepts and ideas connected with issues in the field are communicated between different actors.
The empirical data was gathered using different methods. A questionnaire aiming at screening media habits and information gathering strategies of forest machine contractors was used. Based on information from that screening, mass media content was analysed, such as daily newspapers, trade press and advertisements for forest machines. Also, interviews with actors in the field were analysed thematically with respect to how to unveil hidden key symbols and cultural valuations of forest machine work, the work environment and how to handle work related risks in forest work. The key symbols that were identified to organise conceptions about forest work and occupational risks connected with it contained information about different attitudes towards how to handle risks and other problems in the work environment. Two main types of conceptions were identified, technologically oriented conceptions and person oriented conceptions.
The analysis revealed a fragmented picture of forest work. Yet, the picture was more or less common to the organizational field as a whole. Building on institutional theory and theories of sense making, the study results in a deeper understanding of sense making in relation to work environmental issues by applying an organizational dimension to risk communication in an organizational field.