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Pan, Jing. "The role of local government in shaping and influencing international policy frameworks." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/11117.
Full textCurry, Dion. "Multi-level governance frameworks in British Columbia and Scotland, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the concept." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555891.
Full textTurner, Heather R. "A framework for designing multi-level emergence." Thesis, University of York, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444767.
Full textSadeghi, Payam. "A Mashup Based Framework for Multi Level Healthcare Interoperability." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28901.
Full textWilliams, Robert Charles. "The Framework of a Multi-Level Database of Highway Construction Performance Times." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32148.
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De, Meter Edward Christopher. "GIBSS: a framework for the multi-level simulation of manufacturing systems." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54513.
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Kennel, Bastian [Verfasser], and Colin [Akademischer Betreuer] Atkinson. "A Unified Framework for Multi-Level Modeling / Bastian Kennel. Betreuer: Colin Atkinson." Mannheim : Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1034315374/34.
Full textJain, Anant Singh. "A multi-level hybrid framework for the deterministic job-shop scheduling problem." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321923.
Full textBalhareth, Hamad Hussain. "A framework for aligning business and IT from multi-level learning perspective." Thesis, University of Reading, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603494.
Full textOmezzine, Aya. "Automated and dynamic multi-level negotiation framework applied to an efficient cloud provisioning." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU10060/document.
Full textCloud provisioning is the process of deployment and management of applications on public cloud infrastructures. Cloud provisioning is used increasingly because it enables business providers to focus on their business without having to manage and invest in infrastructure. Cloud provisioning includes two levels of interaction: (1) between end-users and business providers for application provisioning; and (2) between business providers and resource providers for virtual resource provisioning.The cloud market nowadays is a complex environment where business providers need to maximize their monetary profit, and where end-users look for the most efficient services with the lowest prices. With the growth of competition in the cloud, business providers must ensure efficient provisioning that maximizes customer satisfaction and optimizes the providers’ profit. So, both providers and users must be satisfied in spite of their conflicting needs. Negotiation is an appealing solution to solve conflicts and bridge the gap between providers’ capabilities and users’ requirements. Intuitively, automated Service Level Agreement (SLA) negotiation helps in reaching an agreement that satisfies both parties. However, to be efficient, automated negotiation should consider the properties of cloud provisioning mainly the two interaction levels, and complexities related to dynamicity (e.g., dynamically-changing resource availability, dynamic pricing, dynamic market factors related to offers and demands), which greatly impact the success of the negotiation. The main contributions of this thesis tackling the challenge of multi-level negotiation in a dynamic context are as follows: (1) We propose a generic negotiator model that considers the dynamic nature of cloud provisioning and its potential impact on the decision-making outcome. Then, we build a multi-layer negotiation framework built upon that model by instantiating it among Cloud layers. The framework includes negotiator agents. These agents are in communication with the provisioning modules that have an impact on the quality and the price of the service to be provisioned (e.g, the scheduler, the monitor, the market prospector). (2) We propose a bilateral negotiation approach between end-users and business providers extending an existing provisioning approach. The proposed decision-making strategies for negotiation are based on communication with the provisioning modules (the scheduler and the VM provisioner) in order to optimize the business provider’s profit and maximize customer satisfaction. (3) In order to maximize the number of clients, we propose an adaptive and concurrent negotiation approach as an extension of the bilateral negotiation. We propose to harness the workload changes in terms of resource availability and pricing in order to renegotiate simultaneously with multiple non-accepted users (i.e., rejected during the first negotiation session) before the establishment of the SLA. (4) In order to handle any potential SLA violation, we propose a proactive renegotiation approach after SLA establishment. The renegotiation is launched upon detecting an unexpected event (e.g., resource failure) during the provisioning process. The proposed renegotiation decision-making strategies aim to minimize the loss in profit for the provider and to ensure the continuity of the service for the consumer. The proposed approaches are implemented and experiments prove the benefits of adding (re)negotiation to the provisioning process. The use of (re)negotiation improves the provider’s profit, the number of accepted requests, and the client’s satisfaction
Fosci, Mattia. "Developing a multi-level governance framework for sustainable forest landscapes : the prospects for REDD-plus." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14570/.
Full textNavarro, Rosa Jennifer. "Framework for sustainability assessment of industrial processes with multi-scale technology at design level: microcapsules production process." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8572.
Full textEn un mundo con recursos limitados y graves impactos ambientales, sociales y económicos, un estilo de vida más sostenible es cada día más importante. Debido a esto, el objetivo general de este trabajo es desarrollar un procedimiento metodológico para evaluar eco-eficiencia y sostenibilidad de procesos industriales con tecnología multi-escala a nivel de diseño. La metodología desarrollada sigue la serie ISO 14040 para el medio ambiente. Se utilizó el proceso analítico jerárquico para integrar los tres pilares de sostenibilidad. Los resultados se presentan en un balance triple. La metodología se aplicó al caso de estudio "producción de micro-cápsulas que contienen perfume" y se analizaron y compararon diferentes escenarios. Se seleccionaron diversos indicadores de sostenibilidad para analizar los impactos. Los resultados demostraron que esta metodología puede ser utilizada como herramienta de toma de decisiones y que puede aplicarse a cualquier proceso seleccionando, en cada caso, los datos del inventario y los indicadores.
Darwish, Salaheddin. "A simulation-based methodology for the assessment of server-based security architectures for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs)." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13823.
Full textvan, Lint J. W. C., and S. C. Calvert. "A generic multi-level framework for microscopic traffic simulation—Theory and an example case in modelling driver distraction." Elsevier, 2018. https://publish.fid-move.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72789.
Full textOkeleke-Nezianya, Vincent Ifechukwu. "A multi-level, mixed-methods study of family management framework : a migrant Nigerian professional dual-earner families perspective." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2005. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/7966/.
Full textBaker, Ali. "An Investigation of the Interaction between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Sharing through Socialization: A Multi-Level Perspective." Diss., NSUWorks, 2018. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/1040.
Full textPotter, Charles Lee. "A conceptual level framework for wing box structural design and analysis using a physics-based approach." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54940.
Full textYang, Hong, and Dan Luo. "A Study of Additive Manufacturing Technology’s Development and Impact Through the Multi-Level Perspective Framework and the Case of Adidas." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254254.
Full textSiddiqui, Mohammad Faridul Haque. "A Multi-modal Emotion Recognition Framework Through The Fusion Of Speech With Visible And Infrared Images." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1556459232937498.
Full textZunino, Hugo Marcelo. "Analytical and conceptual framework to study structures of governance and multi-level power relations in urban initiatives. Empirical application in Concepcion and Santiago, Chile." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280669.
Full textHalton, Anne Marie. "Multi-dimensional framework of paradoxical thinking: A qualitative exploratory study in an Australian financial services organisation." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236256/1/Anne%2BMarie%2BHalton%2BThesis%281%29.pdf.
Full textChi, Una J. "Classroom Engagement as a Proximal Lever for Student Success in Higher Education| What a Self-Determination Framework within a Multi-Level Developmental System Tells Us." Thesis, Portland State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3616092.
Full textThis study examined the role of course engagement in college student success, especially for students who have multiple life commitments and few social supports. Building on previous measurement work and based in self-determination theory, the study was organized in five steps. Relying on information provided by 860 undergraduates from 12 upper and lower division Psychology classes, the first step was to improve the measurement of course engagement, by mapping the increased complexity found in self-reports of college students (by incorporating items capturing engagement in “out-of-classroom" activities and general orientation, to standard items tapping classroom engaged and disaffected behavior and emotion). 12 items were selected to create a brief assessment covering the conceptual scope of this multidimensional construct; its performance was compared to the full scale and found to be nearly identical.
Second, the assessment was validated by examining the functioning of course engagement within the classroom model: As predicted, engagement was linked to proposed contextual and personal antecedents as well as course performance, and fully or partially mediated the effects of both context and self-perceptions on actual class grades; findings also indicated the importance of including a marker of perceived course difficulty. Third, the university level model was examined, which postulated key predictors of students’ overall academic performance and persistence toward graduation. Unexpectedly, academic identity was found to be the primary driver of persistence and the sole predictor of GPA; moreover, it mediated the effects of learning experiences and course engagement on both outcomes.
The fourth and most important step was to integrate the classroom and university models through course engagement, to examine whether students’ daily engagement predicted their overall performance and persistence at the university level. As expected, course engagement indeed showed a significant indirect effect (through academic identity) on both success outcomes, and these effects were maintained, even when controlling for the effects of university supports. Finally, student circumstances were added to the integrated model, specifically focusing on whether course engagement buffered cumulative non-academic demands on performance and persistence. Although unexpected, most interesting was the marginal interaction revealing that students whose lives were higher in non-academic demands showed the highest levels of persistence when their course engagement was high (and were the least likely to return next term when their engagement was low). Future measurement work and longitudinal studies are suggested to examine how course engagement cumulatively shapes academic identity, especially for students with differentiated profiles of non-academic demands and supports. Implications of findings are discussed for improving student engagement and success, and for using the brief assessment of course engagement as a tool for instructor professional development, and as part of threshold scores that serve as early warning signs for drop-out and trigger timely and targeted interventions.
Chi, Una Ji. "Classroom Engagement as a Proximal Lever for Student Success in Higher Education: What a Self-Determination Framework within a Multi-Level Developmental System Tells Us." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1666.
Full textJohansson, Anna. "Transformativ klimatanpassning inom Sveriges vattenförvaltning : En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av styrdokument inom vattenförvaltningen." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-77478.
Full textThis paper addresses the topic of climate adaptation within water management in Sweden, based on the European Union's Water Framework Directive. Sweden's water resources being exposed to stress from climate change. Therefore, climate adaptation must be implemented to secure water resources for current and future generations and a great responsibility regarding this work rests at the local level in society. The EU evaluation of water management work notes that there is a need for improvement regarding social and organizational aspects of climate adaptation. The focus of the study is on the aforementioned aspects, additionally these aspects are also crucial for achieving a transformative climate adaptation, the highest of three levels in climate adaptation where social transformation takes place. Thus, the purpose of the study is to investigate what factors affect climate adaptation at the local level in water management in Sweden from a transformative climate adaptation perspective. The purpose is fulfilled by answering the questions about what drives and limits climate adaptation at the local level within water management and how these driving forces and constraints could be managed to achieve transformative climate adaptation. The study is conducted through a qualitative content analysis of consultation documents from the five water districts in Sweden. The analysis is conducted with an abductive approach where the context is from a climate adaptation and risk perspective vis-à-vis the effects of climate change on water resources. The results show that factors such as commitment, target conflicts, organization, division of responsibilities, collaboration, financial and skills shortages, non-balance, legislation and coordination affect local climate adaptation in water management. In the discussion, the result is linked to previous research and the theoretical framework to provide a deeper understanding of the significance of the factors in relation to achieving a transformative climate adaptation and if they act as driving forces or constraints. The theoretical framework consisting of multi-level governance, environmental justice, strategic leadership and co-creation links to how the driving forces and constraints can be managed. The conclusions of the study show that implementation of strategic leadership and collaboration at the local level in water management is a possible way of achieving transformative climate adaptation.
Teng, Sin Yong. "Intelligent Energy-Savings and Process Improvement Strategies in Energy-Intensive Industries." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-433427.
Full textDe, Poli C., Jan R. Oyebode, M. Airoldi, and R. Glover. "A need-based, multi-level, cross-sectoral framework to explain variations in satisfaction of care needs among people living with dementia." 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18149.
Full textBACKGROUND: Provision of care and support for people with dementia and family carers is complex, given variation in how dementia manifests, progresses and affects people, co-morbidities associated with ageing, as well as individual preferences, needs, and circumstances. The traditional service-led approach, where individual needs are assessed against current service provision, has been recognised as unfit to meet such complexity. As a result, people with dementia and family members often fail to receive adequate support, with needs remaining unmet. Current research lacks a conceptual framework for explaining variation in satisfaction of care needs. This work develops a conceptual framework mapped onto the care delivery process to explain variations in whether, when and why care needs of people with dementia are met and to expose individual-, service-, system-level factors that enable or hinder needs satisfaction. METHODS: Data collected through 24 in-depth interviews and two focus groups (10 participants) with people with dementia and family carers living in the North East of England (UK) were analysed thematically to develop a typology of care needs. The need most frequently reported for people with dementia (i.e. for support to go out and about) was analysed using themes stemming from the conceptual framework which combined candidacy and discrepancy theories. RESULTS: The operationalisation of the framework showed that satisfaction of the need to go out was first determined at the point of service access, affected by issues about navigation, adjudication, permeability, users' resistance to offers, users' appearance, and systems-level operating conditions, and, subsequently, at the point of service use, when factors related to service structure and care process determined (dis)satisfaction with service and, hence, further contributed to met or unmet need. CONCLUSION: The conceptual framework pinpoints causes of variations in satisfaction of care needs which can be addressed when designing interventions and service improvements.
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Health Foundation (grant number 1274233).
Feng, Yi-Chieh, and 馮怡婕. "Establishment of Data Exchange Framework for Multi-Level 3D Cadastre Building Model." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55327603334373686864.
Full text國立臺北大學
不動產與城鄉環境學系
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The traditional 2D grid or vector maps have been unable to meet the demand for human use, with the progress of data mining and computer technology, geographic information gradually towards the development of 3D information in a more realistic description of where human beings have lived in. Currently, the construction of Cyber City in the world becomes a hot topic, and the establishment of 3D building model is especially the focus no matter in domestically or abroad. Most of the researches put the emphasis on 3D visualization of the building, however, the 3D building model should not only show the appearance of buildings, but also integrate value-added application of other relevant information. In addition, due to the complexity of 3D building models, therefore it requires huge amount of resources, how to share the 3D building models built in different areas has also catch people’s attention. The two major international standards organizations ISO and OGC were actively involved in development of related standards of geographic information. OGC has officially announced CityGML as an encoding standard for the representation, storage and exchange of virtual 3D city models in August 2008. Our government agencies and academic institutions also follow the trend of the flow which aggressively promoted the exchange of geographic information research and standards development. Unfortunately, currently, we put more focus on 2D geodata standards, but lacking exchange standard for 3D geographic information. To conclude, the study adopts the concept of level-of-detail (LOD) to build continuous four level-of-details modeling of 3D building models. Complete the multi-level 3D cadastre building model by using the topographic maps of Urban Development Organization to model LOD1-LOD2 building models and of Land Portal to structure LOD3-LOD4 building models. Regarding the data flow, the study designs a set of data exchange framework of 3D cadastral building model which followed international standards OGC CityGML and the contents and characteristics of multi-level 3D cadastral building models, at the same time to use open 3D display software to verify information on 3D cadastral building model data circulation feasibility.
Segonne, Florent, Jean-Philippe Pons, Bruce Fischl, and Eric Grimson. "A Novel Active Contour Framework. Multi-component Level Set Evolution under Topology Control." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30550.
Full textPeng, Shin-Hwei, and 彭馨慧. "A Framework Using Prolog detect SQL Policy Conflict with Multi-level Secure Database for Example." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44590518144502934915.
Full text逢甲大學
資訊工程所
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Using Policy-based System is the trend of the future. There are more and more researches on the policy. However the area of policy specification, policy conflict,…etc.. In general, the area of policy is relating to database. Thus policy is used in the management of database usually. The most commonly used Language is SQL in the database environment, whether Modify data and manage database. It is not possible that a large database management just has only one user. But the user will not know what policies the other users inputting. Even the users forget what policies they ever inputting. Therefore, users input the new policy, there are many conflicts maybe be found. It is prone to policy conflicts easily. In this research, we use the most common language in the database environment SQL as the starting. At first, we transform the new SQL policy inputting by users to Prolog policy. Prolog is the kind of logic programming. And then, the Prolog program will check whether the new policy and the previous policies occurs policy conflicts. The result of checking will return to users. If the message is policy conflicts are found, users can decide to modify the new policy or update the policies in database. And if the message is policy conflicts are not found, the new policy will store in the policy database for the next time checking.
Taghaddos, Hosein. "Developing a Generic Resource Allocation Framework for Construction Simulation." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1327.
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Opeyemi, Fasasi Ridwan. "Developing a Multi-stage Assessment Framework to measure e-skills level of community development workers in South Africa." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1714.
Full textCommunity Development service practitioners in South Africa have been increasingly burdened with a broader range of responsibilities. Using ICT proficiently could enhance their productivity. The use of ICT is prevalent in almost every organization, therefore, it can also serve as a major factor in providing flexibility of service to communities, but only if the practitioners possess adequate skills in retrieving, presenting and disseminating valuable and adequate information within the workplace to the parties involved. Training interventions are however not always successful and their impact need to be measured. This study focussed on developing a Multi-Stage assessment model to measure the impact of an ICT training intervention, to provide evidence of the effectivity of the training. A syllabus was developed, based on the European e-Competence Framework for ICT Users - Part 1 (CEN, 2013) and contextualized to suit the work environment of Community Development Workers (CDWs) from KwaZulu-Natal, training material was created and a Learning Management System was used to deliver the training. A self-assessment questionnaire was used to determine the pre-training skills level of the CDWs, 189 CDWs from KwaZulu-Natal were trained and a second questionnaire was used to measure the impact of the training. Results were analysed using Item Response Theory, which provided a way to measure not only overall competency but responses to specific items. Classical Test Theory measuring frequencies and averages were also use and the two sets of responses were compared. The training was found to be effective. Recommendations towards the development of a Multi-Stage assessment model are made.
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Azevedo, Isabel Maria Gonçalves. "A Methodology for Ex-Post Evaluation of Local Climate Change Mitigation Actions under a Multi-Level Governance Framework." Doctoral thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/120927.
Full textTung, Chun-Hsien, and 董純賢. "Adopting the framework of Multi-level Class Priority with Multiple Classifiers to improve the Accuracy of Text Classification." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43710491878925013881.
Full text淡江大學
資訊工程學系碩士在職專班
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Regardless that the associative classification (AC) [1][2] method normally ranks the sequence according to the prescribed criteria, yet in terms of the problem of rule dependency that exists between rules, under the identical confidence value, support value and length criteria, the sequence by which the rules are executed can still impact the classification results. The core of the thesis, focusing on rule ranking problems, entails for more than adopting the Lazy[3] method as the general ranking principle for conducting document classification focusing on 100% confidence level, but also by pruning the classified documents to recalculate the confidence value ranking, together with using a multilevel class priority concept, to examine how it affects the classification performance. The TFIDF[4] weighing and the minimum classification criteria derived from the preliminary classification using the Naïve Bayes[5] classifier are used to define a single still-mode threshold value, and the Naïve Bayes classifier used to classify documents unclassifiable by the associative classification method, aiming to resolve the problem of lowering the classification precision rate due to the preset categories when using the associative classifiers.
Azevedo, Isabel Maria Gonçalves. "A Methodology for Ex-Post Evaluation of Local Climate Change Mitigation Actions under a Multi-Level Governance Framework." Tese, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/120927.
Full textCronin, de Chavez A., Shahid Islam, and R. R. C. McEachan. "Not a level playing field: a qualitative study exploring structural, community and individual determinants of greenspace use amongst low-income multi-ethnic families." 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/16854.
Full textGreenspace is important for physical and mental health. Low-income, multi-ethnic populations in deprived urban areas experience several barriers to using greenspace. This may exacerbate health inequalities. The current study explored structural and individual determinants of greenspace use amongst parents of young children in an urban, deprived, multi-cultural area situated in the North of England, UK. Semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with 30 parents of children aged 0–3 between December 2016 and May 2017 from a range of ethnic groups. Thematic analyses were informed by the Human Health Habitat Map and the Theoretical Domains Framework. The results show that whilst all families recognised the benefits of greenspaces, use was bounded by a variety of structural, community, and individual determinants. Individual determinants preventing use included lack of knowledge about where to go, or how to get there and confidence in managing young children whilst outdoors. Fear of crime, antisocial behaviour and accidents were the overriding barriers to use, even in high quality spaces. Social and community influences both positively encouraged use (for example, positive social interactions, and practical support by others) and prevented use (antisocial or inappropriate behaviours experienced in greenspace). The built environment was a key barrier to use. Problems related to unsuitable or unsafe playgrounds, no gardens or safe areas for children's play, poor accessibility, and lack of toilets were identified. However, the value that parents and children placed on natural blue and green features was an enabler to use. Contextual influences included external time pressures, difficulties of transporting and caring for young children and poor weather. Multi-sectoral efforts are needed to tackle the uneven playing field experienced by multi-ethnic, urban, deprived communities. Initiatives to increase use should tackle structural quality issues, addressing fears about safety, whilst simultaneously encouraging communities to reclaim their local greenspaces.
received funding through a peer review process from the Big Lottery Fund as part of the A Better Start programme. RM is partly funded by the NIHR CLAHRC Yorkshire and Humber.