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Nelson, Jennifer Louise. "Liberated Africans in the Atlantic World : the courts of Mixed Commission in Havana and Rio de Janeiro 1819-1871." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10421/.
Full textSigafoos, Jennifer A. "The European Court of Justice and social policy : a mixed methods analysis of preliminary references from the EU-15, 1996-2009." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4d612059-2269-4e16-94bd-1e9180c2f3e2.
Full textTouchton, Gregory D. "Microbial Source Tracking in a Mixed Use Watershed in Northern Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34322.
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Rabbat, Fadi. "Le mariage mixte : une réalité antiochienne orthodoxe à réexaminer." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015STRAK005/document.
Full textThe marriage is one of the orthodox sacraments; being so, it prefigures the church that welcomes, nourishes and conveys the faith communion of its supporters. The faith is a grant from God and an answer to the one that receives it, and a link between divine grace and human liberty. But, the unity of faith also implies the sacramental unity, especially in the marriage. In this sense, the mixed marriages can generate conceptual, legal and sociological problems. Yet, they continue to be celebrated. This thesis asks some questions. Is it necessary to put in guard the mixed couples? Are they less well considered than the "true" orthodox couples? The distinct orthodox positions relative to the mixed marriages are really in conformity with the spirit of the universal church / Mysterious body of the Christ? The Orthodox Church considers the mixed marriage as "incomplete" because it doesn't concern a unity of faith and the Eucharist does not seal it. Yet, it carries the same legal effects that the ecclesiastic marriage. Doesn't this practice risk to undermine the human liberty or to push some supporters to enter, without wanting, into a double confessional adherence? This is one of those questions that this thesis tempts to answer. The Orthodox Church has, in our view, to reconsider some pragmatic aspects of mixed marriages.The heterogeneity of the couple doesn't have big importance compared to the God's mercy and love between spouses. Therefore, we think that the mixed couples are sometimes capable to achieve their unity in Christ, while instituting between them a real ecumenical dialogue, based on the Antiochian experience of economy: oikonomia
Zhang, Chi. "Co-existing City." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491304914633249.
Full textCarter, Adrienne Patricia. "A Spectral Modeling Strategy for the Analysis of Mixed Pixels (Broward County, Florida)." NSUWorks, 2006. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/122.
Full textCletzer, David Adam. "Eco-Leadership in Practice: A Mixed Methods Study of County 4-H Programs." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73652.
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Miller, Julie B. "Exploring the Interaction of Student Loan Debt and Longevity Planning Within the Context of the Family:." Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108484.
Full textAs college degrees become increasingly standard expectations for middle-to-high wage positions in the workforce, growing numbers of children and parents in the United States are accruing and repaying loans for postsecondary education. At the same time, the United States is witnessing unprecedented rates of longevity and a subsequent need for more intentional financial planning for retirement that starts earlier in life. The goal of this three-paper dissertation is to explore how student loans are experienced within families and discover the ways in which borrowers of different ages perceive and prioritize retirement and longevity-planning in light of their student loans. Utilizing qualitative and quantitative data collected through a concurrent triangulation mixed methods study design, the first two papers explored how student loan borrowers make, negotiate, and experience student loans within their family of origin. Paper 1 focused on the family context of borrowers repaying loans for their own education, and Paper 2 focused on the family context of borrowers repaying loans for a child or grandchildren education, several of whom were also repaying additional loans for their own educational expenses. Ultimately, the ways in which families communicated about student loans during repayment played at least a partial role in how they experienced the loans as part of their overall family dynamics. Shifting from a focus on family dynamics to longevity planning, Paper 3 focused on ways in which borrowers perceive and plan for longevity in light of the loans they carry for themselves and/or family members. Results suggest that planning for future financial security for oneself and/or family members may be less achievable with the presence of student loan debt. The main contribution of this dissertation is its attempt to understand the ways in which borrowers experience student loans in family systems and longevity planning contexts. This dissertation has also highlighted gaps in knowledge that policymakers, practitioners, and scholars can begin to address with current and potential student loan borrowers
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work
Discipline: Social Work
Gottfried, Gerald J. "Effects of patch clearcutting on water yield improvement and on timber production in an Arizona mixed conifer watershed." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://ezproxy.library.arizona.edu/login?url=.
Full textZorland, Jennifer L. "Assessing Problem Gambling and Co-Occurring Substance Use and Criminal Activity among Drug Court Clients." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_diss/62.
Full textHou, Qingbin. "La Cour Mixte Française de Shanghai à la fin des Qing (1869-1911)." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEN004.
Full textThis work deals with a subject neglected by Chinese and Western historians: the French mixed court of Shanghai in the Late Qing (1869-1911), a tribunal to settle disputes between foreign and Chinese residents, on the basis of archives French and Chinese. Chapter One reviews the establishment of the court, describes its jurisdiction and staff. Chapter Two re-evaluates the jurisdictional dispute between the French Mixed Court and the Shanghai International Mixed Court in 1902, after which the French Mixed Court was recognized by the other Western powers. Chapter Three gives a detailed analysis of the judgments rendered by the court, which shows the growing but still limited influence of Civil Law. Chapter Four restores the influence of traditional Chinese justice in the settlement of disputes between Chinese in which mediation remains more important than formal judgment. Chapters Five and Six examine the criminal justice system rendered by the court in breaches of municipal by-laws by which the French Consul undertook to discipline the behavior of the Chinese inhabitants of the concession. Imposing its jurisdiction over criminal cases through the aggravation of the penalties of offenders and the correctionalization of crimes, he succeeded in reducing the intervention of the Chinese magistrates. This study aims to contribute to a better knowledge of justice in the Shanghai foreign concession, and to a better understanding of the composite elements that contributed to the modernization of China at the end of the Qing
Auten, Steve R. "Mortality Assessment of Redwood and Mixed Conifer Forest Types in Santa Cruz County Following Wildfire." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/878.
Full textWade, Timothy Rion. "Use of Escherichia coli for Microbial Source Tracking in a Mixed Use Watershed in Northern Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35339.
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Bergvall, Olof. "Cohomology of arrangements and moduli spaces." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Matematiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-132822.
Full textZorland, Jennifer Lee. "Assessing Problem Gambling and Co-Occurring Substance Use and Criminal Activity among Drug Court Clients." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_diss/67.
Full textPaine, Naomi. "Challenging what is known : A mixed method study of perceptions and experiences of social exclusion among the oldest old." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2021. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/14d3bafd35e7a3f522761e5da6839f2924cccb012823a742587f4f110f9891c2/5375441/Paine_2021_Challenging_what_is_known_a_mixed_%5BREDACTED%5D.pdf.
Full textAjith, Michael Mayom. "A Mixed Method Investigation of Injuries Associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Migori County, Kenya." Thesis, Curtin University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80405.
Full textStout, Ann C. "Comparing rural parent and teacher perspectives of parental involvement: A mixed methods study." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/633.
Full textFerry, James Paul. "A mixed-methods investigation of heterogeneously grouped inclusion students at southeast high school." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/442.
Full textTurchetti, Danièle. "Contributions to arithmetic geometry in mixed characteristic : lifting covers of curves, non-archimedean geometry and the l-modular Weil representation." Thesis, Versailles-St Quentin en Yvelines, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014VERS0022/document.
Full textIn this thesis, we study the interplay between positive and zero characteristic. In a first instance, we deal with the local lifting problem of lifting actions of curves. We show necessary conditions for the existence of liftings of some actions of Z/pZ x Z/pZ. Then, for an action of a general finite group, we study the associated Hurwitz tree, showing that every Hurwitz tree has a canonical metric embedding in the Berkovich closed unit disc, and that the Hurwitz data can be described analytically.In the last chapter, we define an analog of the Weil representation with coefficients in an integral domain, showing that such representation satisfies the same properties than in the case with complex coefficients
Ben, Salem Sinda. "Gestion robuste de la production électrique à horizon court terme." Phd thesis, Ecole Centrale Paris, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00594242.
Full textBonaventure, Julien. "Influence of random surface roughness on friction in elastohydrodynamic, mixed and boundary lubrication." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEC038/document.
Full textMost mechanical systems include lubricated contacts submitted to important strengths. The present work deals with the influence of surface roughness on friction in the elastohydrodynamic (EHD), mixed and boundary lubrication regimes, with operating conditions that are typically those found in an internal combustion engine. Most of the surfaces used in the experiments are machined steel, with or with a Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. Given the friction in boundary and mixed lubrication being higher than in EHD lubrication, it is crucial to predict the transitions between these regimes. These strongly depend on surface roughness. There are very few experimental works that deal with this issue, and the theoretical attempts to include the influence of random surface roughness are based on roughness parameters that are difficult to measure because of their dependence towards the sampling conditions and their non-stationarity. Based on numerous topographical surveys (using interferometry and AFM), a method is implemented to ensure the representativeness of roughness statistical parameters in order to characterize a range of surface roughnesses within the interval [0.001 ; 1] μm. Then, these surfaces are rubbed against each other using Stribeck procedures in order to correlate their morphology to their friction behaviour. The high-pressure rheology of poly-α olefins is measured in smooth contacts with respect to the pressure and the temperature. This not only allows to quantify the friction force for any contact operating in EHD lubrication, but also to set a criterion to spot the onset of mixed lubrication. At high entrainment speed, the viscous shear stress vanishes, which is often attributed to shear heating. It is shown that thermal effects can not explain such a drop of friction for our own experiments. However, the widening of the pressure profile — which becomes significant when the film thickness becomes comparable to a tenth the contact length — is more likely to explain this behaviour. Our results show that the product of the inlet viscosity with the entrainment speed, spotted at the mixed-EHD transition, follows a super linear power law with the RMS roughness, whatever the materials involved, which allows to predict whether a contact operate in mixed lubrication or not. The transition from mixed to boundary lubrication reveals material and roughness-dependent with a clearly different behaviour between DLC/DLC contacts and contacts involving at least one steel body. Regarding the DLC/DLC contacts, the boundary friction is due to the plastic shearing of the lubricant, which explains why surface roughness has no influence on boundary friction for these contacts. With Steel/DLC and steel/steel contacts, the boundary friction presents two monotonous trends versus the composite RMS roughness. Eventually, a mixed bearing model based on the Greenwood-Willimason assumptions was implemented and allowed to reproduce quite closely the experimentally obtained Stribeck curves. This implementation indicates in particular the sampling conditions that are optimal to capture relevant asperity parameters
Dixon, Thomas Pingul. "Nesting ecology of dickcissels on reclaimed surface-mined lands in Freestone County, Texas." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1404.
Full textFagan, Natalie. "Tactical Police Officers, Romantic Attachment and Job-Related Stress: A Mixed-Methods Study." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/sociology_etds/28.
Full textCall, Lindsay Larson. "Exploring Financial Knowledge, Behaviors, and Economic Socialization in an Incarcerated Population: A Mixed Methods Analysis." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2641.
Full textReilly, Brian Kevin. "The statistics of helicopter total counts of large ungulates in sourish mixed bushveld, northwest arid bushveld and mopane veld, Republic of South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52027.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The use of helicopters has become almost universally accepted as the method of choice in the enumeration of large ungulates in Southern Africa. In most cases decisions affecting management of these populations are made based on a single count result. In all these instances the within technique variance is ignored, often leading to decisions based on type I or type II statistical errors where the within technique variance is misconstrued as the population change. Many studies have investigated the issue of accuracy of counting methods and a few have quoted precision values for various methods. Very few have, however, investigated power and those extant have approached the problem from a prospective point of view and predicted power values. This study has made use of replicated counts from 12 sites of the original 23 in four vegetation types of the then Transvaal Province. The study sites vary in terms of size and all counts were undertaken with an experienced, trained team in which only four observers were used. A comprehensive post hoc analysis of the results of the field surveys shows precision and power to vary widely according to species and vegetation type and concludes that gamecounting results are largely site specific. A decline in observations during the course of four hours of survey is demonstrated and although the exact cause cannot be determined, correction factors have been constructed for two vegetation types. Observers are shown to differ from one another in observation profile during the course of surveys. This study demonstrates, describes and quantifies the existence of several phenomena suspected to exist by experienced game counters, biologists and wildlife managers and makes proposals in terms of improving the data returned from expensive aerial surveys.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In Suider-Afrika word die gebruik van 'n helikopter vir die tel van hoefdiere byna algemeen aanvaar as die metode wat voorkeur geniet. In meeste gevalle word besluitnemings rakende die bestuur van hierdie populasies gebaseer op die resultate van 'n enkele telling. In al die gevalle word tegniekverwante afwykings buite rekening gelaat en dit het die gevolg dat bestuursbesluite gebaseer word op tipe I en tipe II statistiese foute, en dit lei weer op hulle beurt dat tegniekverwante afwykings verkeerdelik geïnterpreteer word as die rede vir veranderings in die bevolkings. Verskeie studies het al die feitegeskil omtrent die akkuraatheid van telmetodes ondersoek en sommige het herhaalbaarheidswaardes vir die verskillende metodes aangehaal. Baie min het egter statistiese mag ondersoek en die wat dit wel gedoen het, het prospektiewe magsanalise as uitgangspunt gebruik en statistiese magwaardes voorspelom die probleem aan te spreek. Hierdie studie het gebruik gemaak van herhaalde tellings van 12 gebiede uit die oorspronklike 23 in vier veldtipes geleë in die ou Transvaal Provinsie. Die studiegebiede verskil in groottes. Alle tellings is deur 'n bekwaamde opgeleide span gedoen wat slegs vier waarnemers ingesluit het. 'n Omvattende post hoc analise van die resultate van die veldopnames dui aan dat herhaalbaarheid en statistiese mag baie varieer met betrekking tot spesies en veldtipes en word die gevolgtrekking gemaak dat wildtellingsresultate grootliks gebiedsgebonde is. In Afname in waarnemings gedurende die verloop van In vier uuropname, is waargeneem en alhoewel die ware oorsaak nie vasgestel kan word nie, is korreksiefaktore bereken vir twee veldtipes. Dit blyk dat waarnemers van mekaar verskil het met betrekking tot hul waarnemingsprofiele gedurende die verloop van die opnames. Hierdie studie dui aan, beskryf en kwantifiseer die bestaan van verskeie verskynsels wat vermoedelik bestaan het by ervare wildtelIers, bioloë en wildlewebestuurders en maak voorstelle met betrekking tot die verbetering van data wat tydens duur lugopnames ingesamel word.
Carvalho, Bossolani Iderpaulo. "Cosmopolitan Greetings: Mixed-Form inter-American Judicial Review and the Latin American Path to Global Constitutionalism." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/22054.
Full textIn recent decades, a new human rights enforcement context has emerged in Latin America. The organizational evolution of the Inter-American System for Human Rights Protection (IAS), the adoption of new constitutions by national legislatures, and the adoption of innovative constitutional interpretations by the most authoritative courts in the region have led to the emergence of Latin American cosmopolitan constitutionalism. Within this new context, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has started practicing the judicial review of domestic laws, i.e., on several occasions, it has ordered national authorities to invalidate domestic laws due to their incompatibility with the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). By reviewing domestic laws, the IACtHR has placed itself in the middle of a dialogue between legislatures and courts that was long seen as an exclusively domestic conversation within Latin American constitutionalism. This strong form of international jurisprudence has made the normative questions relating to judicial review much more complex to address. Given the increasing conflicts between domestic and inter-American human rights authorities, this study aims to find the most legitimate and effective approach to the practice of inter-American judicial review. In line with this, and drawing on the debate about domestic judicial review, it first assesses the reasons behind the practice of strong international judicial review. In order to offer a better form of inter-institutional interaction within the IAS, this study later addresses theories that have sought to weaken the practice of inter-American judicial review based on the principle of subsidiarity. These theories have often advocated for the adoption of the national margin of appreciation based on the European experience with this concept of deference to national authorities. Finally, this study advocates for a context-based theory of inter-American judicial review and tries to reconcile the national margin of appreciation with Latin American cosmopolitan constitutionalism.
Asim, Sumreen. "Teaching beyond the walls: A mixed method study of prospective elementary teacher's belief systems about science instruction." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849671/.
Full textClain, Pascal. "Couplage entre le stockage et distribution de froid par coulis d'hydrates." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066022.
Full textThe use of hydrate slurries as two-phase secondary refrigerants (FFD) reduces the environmental impact of refrigeration systems because these fluids have a high energy density. They can be used for cold storage will be a solution at an industrial problem of cold distribution at various temperature levels (air-conditioning, cooling process or preservation temperature). In this work, we study the coupling between a storage device and a cold distribution system by hydrate slurries. For achieve this objective, a two-stage reactor has been built for simulate the process. Equilibrium conditions studies for single and mixed hydrate showed an equilibrium temperature shift in porous media without deterioration of latent heat fusion. Hydrates formation/dissociation kinetics have been studied according to crystallization classical theories and an empirical model was obtained. Rheological studies of hydrate slurries emphasized a shear-thinning behavior for both, but a high propensity for agglomeration for mixed hydrate slurry. Particle size analysis showed the slurry has bimodal crystals distribution. Experimental set-up characterization showed process parameters effect in induction time. A 2D numerical tool integrating various empirical relations was developed for modelling temperature profile in the reactor and was validated in a first approach
Reitler, Angela K. "A Mixed-Methodological Exploration of Potential Confounders in the Study of the Causal Effect of Detention Status on Sentence Severity in One Federal Court." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377866571.
Full textShichida, Toshi. "Types of Religiousness and Marital Relationships." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2888.
Full textMoradi, Ali. "Predictive Mapping of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis at the County Level in the State of Florida." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6544.
Full textMähler, Júnior Jan Karel Félix. "Comunidades de aves em áreas florestais fragmentadas por ação antrópica e em manchas com mosaico natural floresta-campo no sul do Brasil." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/78131.
Full textMany issues in ecology, conservation biology and biogeography are related to the effects of natural or anthropogenic processes over fragments, patches and islands. Nowadays, the evaluation of fragments in a landscape context, as elements of a matrix including not only fragments of different size and continuous forest, but also other elements of landscape structure, is becoming increasingly important in order to understand fragmentation effects and to propose effective conservation actions. Furthermore, when comparing formations with distinct environmental attributes, even when geographically near, it is necessary to consider organization levels related to species and populations attributes to understand the mechanisms that drive some species to extinction and other to success. Some attributes may be used as ecological indicators that reflect environmental pressures on species biology, at the same time that reflect relationships with organism functions. In the first chapter of this thesis, we evaluated how methodological and analytical approaches may influence the results of bird studies and the relationship between species richness/abundance and the size of forest fragments and patches. We observed that the relationship between species richness and size of areas was affected by the standardization of the time counting. Species number increased significantly in patches of Mixed Ombrophilous Forest when counting was performed with unlimited radius. When considering bird records computed in each sampling minute, we found that with nine minutes of sampling the most part of the species and contact records had already been obtained. In the second chapter we investigated if rarefied richness and abundance of birds reduce with decreasing area of fragments at Atlantic Ombrophilous Dense Forest. At the same time, we aimed to understand how bird assembly is influenced by attributes of vegetation within fragments and around them. Our results indicated that species abundance in each fragment was significant related to the fragment size, with the highest abundance in the largest fragments. The analyses carried out between mean rarefied richness and the selected environmental variables showed that patch variables were more important than variables related to vegetation structure within fragments. In the third chapter we evaluated how bird communities are influenced by fragmentation in areas originally forested and by nucleation processes in areas of mosaic of patchy forests, in Atlantic Ombrophilous Dense Forest (AODF) and Mixed Ombrophilous Forest (MOF), respectively. MOF and AODF areas were aggregated when related to environmental variables and, less strongly, in relation to size. Migrant birds had significant correlation with at least one ordination axis, showing a stronger association with MOF patches and largest areas. The use of open areas was markedly associated with smaller fragments and patches. Nectarivores and folivores/frugivores had a strong association with AODF fragments, while omnivore species were better represented in MOF patches. Understory birds were significantly related to AODF fragments and small areas, while canopy birds were correlated mainly to MOF patches. Considering our results obtained in Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil – where the largest forest remnants have less than 200 ha, we observed that even small areas may be important for the conservation of bird communities. The knowledge about wildlife responds to environmental modifications made by humans is critical for management and conservation planning in this scenario.
Davis, Andrew J. "A Mixed-Method Study of the Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Aftercare Program on Clients with Opioid Addiction in a Court-Ordered Population." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1596059927076454.
Full textAdeyinka, Titilope Adetola. "Investigation of the method of "mixed" pill counts as a tool to detect deliberate masking of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy at Ntshembo Clinic, Mamelodi Hospital." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/453.
Full textHigh levels of adherence to ART are essential for maximal suppression of viral replication and avoidance of drug resistance. Pill counts are an indirect, objective method of assessing adherence. Patients can invalidate pill counts by manipulating the number of tablets returned. This paper describes a pilot study which investigated the ability of ‘mixed’ pill counts to detect deliberate masking of non-adherence to ART at a public sector ARV Clinic in Pretoria, South Africa. Seventy-eight adult patients on a first line regimen of ART were recruited. At the first return visit, a standard pill count was performed and adherence (% of tablets taken) was calculated. For the repeat prescription, three days’ extra supply was dispensed without the patients’ knowledge. At the second return visit, a ‘mixed’ pill count was performed and adherence was calculated. Patients were grouped into three categories based on calculated adherence: truthfully non-adherent (<100% adherence), adherent (100% adherence) and ‘over-compliant’ (>100% adherence, i.e. returning to the clinic with fewer tablets than required). Exploratory interviews were conducted with truthfully nonadherent and over-compliant patients to obtain explanations for discrepancies in pill counts. Twenty-nine (37%) patients completed the study. Reasons for drop-out or discontinuation from the study included the issue of prescriptions for 2-3 months’ ARV supply, missed appointments, regimen changes and failure to return remaining tablets to the clinic. Eleven patients (38%) were identified as over-compliant in one or more of the ARVs in their regimen. Nine of these patients agreed to be interviewed, of which three admitted to manipulating their tablet numbers. Reasons for manipulation included: being ’fine now’ and not in need of ARVs; changes in body shape; possibility of the social grant being terminated if non-adherent; getting a new supply and no need for remaining ARVs; knowing that the tablets would be counted for the study. This pilot study indicated that the ‘mixed’ pill count method is capable of detecting deliberate masking of non-adherence. Applying this method to a larger sample may better estimate the frequency of pill count manipulation by patients and help gain insight to reasons for this behaviour and the extent of actual non-adherence. Key words: dumping, manipulation, masking, over-compliance, HAART
Vogel, David L. "A change in perspective : new priorities for neighborhood design in Johnson County, Kansas." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1467.
Full textShaw, Courtney J. "Towards Dementia Friendly Emergency Departments: A mixed method exploratory study identifying opportunities to improve the quality and safety of care for people with dementia in emergency departments." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17445.
Full textSorin, Edouard. "Fissuration en modes mixtes dans le bois : diagnostic et évaluation des méthodes de renforcement local." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BORD0264/document.
Full textThe purpose of reinforcing assemblies and structural elements inwood is to overcome the resistance limits of the material, by transferring greaterefforts in areas which can lead to premature cracking in structures. The reinforcementsused can be made of steel, composite materials or wood. Their hook can bemechanical (screwed bodies) or by adhesion (structural bonding like glued-in rodsfor example). In both cases, the transfer of solicitations remains poorly known, andthe effect of the beginning and the deflection of crack are not well apprehended. Inengineering techniques, the wood resistance in the reinforced area is neglected, whichis in line with the precautionary principle. Currently, the scientific investigations areinterested in the resistance of those kind of techniques without considering the interactionsbetween the quasi-brittle behavior of the wood and the reinforcementswhich govern the gain in mechanical performance. However, these solutions can leadto a failure caused by the progressive splitting of the wood and the anchor loss ofthe reinforcement. So it seems accurate to propose predictions of the short-termstrength for splitting of reinforced and unreinforced beams, which can be used tofurther exploration of the long-term failure mechanism. That is why, in this study, aglobal prediction model of the ultimate strength of structural components subjectedto splitting, reinforced and unreinforced ones, was developed. It considers the quasibrittlebehavior of the wood and crack propagation in mixed mode, using a mixinglaw established on the R-curves. The relevance of this modeling was then comparedto the current dimensioning methods of the Eurocodes 5, for notched beams, withexperimental campaigns conducted at different scales
Hutson, Sydney Nicole. "Understanding Social, Legal, Economic, and Spatial Barriers to Healthcare Access in El Paso County, Texas Colonias| An Examination of Structural Violence Using Mixed Methods." Thesis, University of Colorado at Denver, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10276261.
Full textHealthcare access is a highly reported problem for immigrant populations in the United States, especially for Hispanic migrants at the US-Mexico border. This statement holds particularly true for populations living in unincorporated communities known as colonias in the borderland region. Residents of a colonia are estimated to suffer from preventable or treatable illnesses including tuberculosis, hepatitis A, cholera, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, depression, substance abuse, among other health problems, at two to four times the national average (Matthiesen 1997; Anders et al. 2010:366; Mier et al. 2013:208; Sharkey et al. 2011; Davidhizar 1999). This apparent disparity is a result of unequal healthcare access due to social, legal, economic, and physical/spatial barriers. Using a structural violence framework as a lens, this study attempted to determine the barriers impeding access to healthcare for colonia residents, as well as analyze the interrelationships between the types of barriers. This study utilized semi-structured interviews to gain an understanding of perceived social, legal, spatial/physical, and other suggested barriers preventing healthcare access in El Paso County, TX colonias. In order to fully demonstrate the role of spatial/physical barriers on access to care, this study utilized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map obstacles in the targeted communities.
Wang, Yuqiang. "Models and Algorithms for Some Combinatorial Optimization Problems: University Course Timetabling, Facility Layout and Integrated Production-Distribution Scheduling." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28757.
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Dokos, Malinda K. "The Role of Social Support in Dementia Care Facilities: Staff Member Perspectives." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7648.
Full textBishop, Christopher. "Exploring Gender Roles and Gender Equality within the Evangelical Church." Chapman University Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/education_dissertations/1.
Full textRoberson, Marcia Gale. "Comparative Memory/Behavioral Symptoms of Alzheimer's disease: EOAD vs. LOAD." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3066.
Full textChambon, Cébastien. "Densification et homogénéisation U/Pu au cours du frittage de combustibles oxydes mixtes élaborés à partir de poudres UO2, U3O8 et PuO2." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017BORD0847.
Full textIn order to manufacture mixed-oxide fuels, also known as MOX ((U,Pu)O2) for the next generation of nuclear reactors, the use of triuranium octoxide (U3O8) was considered in this study. This PhD work focuses on the impact of this addition on MOX sintering and on the dimensional stability of sintered pellets during annealing. Initial experiments revealed a de-densification phenomenon at high temperature in the pellets containing U3O8 synthesized from an oxalic route.This undesirable phenomenon was studied on an inactive surrogate: a cerium oxide synthesized from an oxalic route in order to develop experimental techniques and protocols. The relationship between the presence of carbon impurities in the powders and the de-densification phenomenon was proven. Moreover, this de-densification phenomenon was observed in situ for the first time by using X-ray microtomography during sintering.The study of MOX fuels confirmed the major role of carbon impurities. The microstructural evolutions, the quantification of the carbon species released during sintering and the analysis of gases trapped inside the porosity of the sintered material led to the determination of a de-densification mechanism. Finally, a thermomechanical modelling of the fuel behavior under the effect of pore pressurization allows consolidating the proposed mechanism. Based on these results, a new sintering cycle was proposed and the first trials successfully limited the impact of the de-densification phenomenon
Alubthne, Fawzia O. "Exploring the Quality Needs of Saudi Electronic University Students: A Learner Perspective." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1518699469954247.
Full textWei, Honghong. "Impact of mine land reforestation and revegetation on water quality in a mid-Appalachian watershed a stream monitoring study /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5831.
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Campbell, Alyssa M. "RAPE MYTH ACCEPTANCE: A VIGNETTE APPROACH." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/54.
Full textReis, Rafael Marçal Martins de. "Investigação de campo e laboratório sobre revestimento asfáltico ultra delgado." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/75877.
Full textIn the 1970s, it was adopted for the design of pavements in France the concept of "separation of functions of wearing courses". Especially prominent were the functional parameters of comfort, safety and noise reduction for wearing courses and greater structural requirements established for the underlying layers of the pavement. For high-traffic highway wearing courses stand out for its current use in France, England, Germany, Spain and the U.S. thin and ultrathin gap-graded hot-mix asphalt. Such mixtures are used primarily to protect the pavement structure and provide greater safety, rolling quality and traffic noise reduction that is, to preserve / enhance the functionality of the highway, leaving the underlying layers of the pavement adequately perform the structural function to resist to traffic loads. The study presents lab and job executive procedures as well as results of mixing asphalt dosage design and monitoring related to the functional characteristics of an ultra-thin hot asphalt wearing course, consisting of a gap-graded asphalt mixture and an elastic membrane, carried out in a high-traffic highway trial. The survey shows that the technique can be used in Brazilian roads to improve the wearing course conditions regarding road safety and traffic noise reduction to the environment.
Muslu, Zülâl. "Mutation à la Maison des Roses : Souveraineté ottomane et tribunaux mixtes de commerce dans le Long XIXème siècle." Thesis, Paris 10, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA100142.
Full textUnder the impulse of a growing trade, the rise of interstate relations made it necessary to take care of the resolutions of mixed conflicts, which had until then been held through the diplomatic and extrajudicial channels throughout the Ottoman empire. The Mixed Commercial Court (ticaret) —an extraordinary court composed of both Ottoman and foreign judges¬— was set up for this purpose. Its creation happened within a context of profound reform movements based on the European model (the Tanzimat), which is commonly regarded as a so-called modernization process of the Empire.Following the tradition of the legal pluralism of the Ottoman Empire, it also bore the seal of capitulations and extraterritoriality privileges inherent in them. The court thus embodied a serious transgression to the Sublime Porte's right of sovereignty, offering the world’s major Powers an institutional framework for the establishment of a hypo-colony.By questioning this modernization with regards to acculturation and legal transfers in a global approach, this work deconstructs the allegations of Eastern passivity. It examines how the appropriation of a legal culture —even if it has been imposed— has been able to serve the emancipation of the State and the affirmation of its sovereignty. For in its imitation strategy, mimicry has indeed a subversive force
Vasconcelos, Nogueira Neto Antonio. "Mécanismes contrôlant les anomalies de température de surface de la mer et de précipitation au cours de deux années contrastées 2010 et 2012 dans l'Atlantique tropical." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019TOU30010.
Full textThe Atlantic Marine ITCZ (AMI) is a regional manifestation of the ITCZ over the warm water of the tropical Atlantic oceans. Few studies have been devoted to document the processes driving the evolution of the SST and precipitation, most of which were centered on the eastern side of the basin. The present study provides an analysis of the evolution of the ocean and the atmosphere over the Western part of the Atlantic for two contrasted years in Sea Surface Temperature (SST), 2010 and 2012, that were respectively the warmest and coldest years observed during the 1982-2015 period. The causes of interannual and seasonal anomalies of SST are first explored via an oceanic mixed-layer (ML) heat budget performed from Argo floats, satellite-based data and ERAI-Interim atmospheric reanalysis for the period 2007-2012. The surface latent heat flux was found to be under-estimated by 20 W/m2 and conducted to erroneous vertical mixing in the whole domain. Correction of these surface fluxes yielded to residuals which were assimilated to vertical turbulent mixing at the mixed-layer base, which fell into realistic range. Once corrected, the ML budget shows that the observed SST anomalies in 2010 and 2012 were generated by anomalous wind stress and, consequently, anomalous latent heat flux in the north Atlantic during winter. The wind-induced horizontal advection plays a fundamental role in balancing the surface flux in the south Atlantic in 2012. The north tropical Atlantic appears as a key region for the generation of the SSTs pattern observed in 2010 and 2012. The second part of the study analyses the building of the 2010 and 2012 rainfall anomalies and the underlying mechanisms. On seasonal average, 2010 shows a more intense rainfall over the basin while 2012 exhibits a meridional dipole of precipitation with a rainfall maximum shifted 5 degrees north of its climatological location. An analysis of the water budget integrated vertically indicates that the anomalous vertical advection of moisture is the leading term that contributed to the precipitation anomalies for both years and that anomalous horizontal wind has the greatest contribution to this term. At the intraseasonal scale, an analysis of the precipitation regimes reveal that 2010 favoured more frequent heavy rainfall than 2012 while 2012 was characterised by more frequent lighter rain. The relationships between the precipitation and some key factors such as SST and precipitable water (PW) are analysed within the AMI to understand how deep convection was altered under different SST conditions. The main results is that the 2010 shows a higher SST threshold than 2012 for strong rainfall to occur. The precipitation - PW relationships shows the existence of a threshold of precipitable water too, which depends on the years and the tropospheric temperature. It is underlined that the atmospheric warmer conditions in 2010 vs 2012 acted to "damp" the SST anomaly via Clausius-Clapeyron mechanism, i.e. by increasing the water vapour saturation threshold of the atmosphere. A spectral analysis of precipitation revealed that African Easterly Waves at periods of 2-10 days explain most of the difference in the variability of precipitation between both years. Finally a set of simulation realised with the limited-area atmospheric model Meso-Nh was used to understand the contribution of the ocean and the atmosphere to the anomalous precipitation for 2010. Sensitivity experiments to the SST and initial/lateral boundary conditions were performed. The rainfall simulated by Meso-NH when forcing the model with the SST from 2012 and keeping the lateral boundary conditions to those of 2010 are very close to the rainfall obtained for 2010. It shows that the key factor to determine the 2010 rainfall anomaly is not the SST but the atmospheric properties provided by the lateral boundary conditions i.e. the anomalous horizontal wind and the tropospheric temperature