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Duclos, Nolwenn. "L'excès de pouvoir négatif de l'administration." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Orléans, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021ORLE3074.
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Médaille à double face, l’excès de pouvoir judiciaire se dédouble selon qu’il caractérise le comportement du juge qui est sorti du cercle de ses attributions ou son attitude lorsqu’il refuse de juger ou de se reconnaître un pouvoir que la loi lui confère. Cette dichotomie entre excès de pouvoir positif d’une part, et excès de pouvoir négatif d’autre part, est majoritairement étrangère à l’étude de l’excès de pouvoir administratif. Bien que désormais entendu plus largement que son pendant judiciaire, l’excès de pouvoir de l’administration n’est jamais présenté comme un concept susceptible de se dédoubler en fonction de la nature positive ou négative de l’illégalité commise. Ce paradoxe résulte moins de l’absence d’une telle dualité que de la prédominance d’une conception historiquement positive de l’excès de pouvoir administratif qui ramène toute illégalité à un dépassement par l’autorité administrative des limites assignées à son pouvoir. L’exploration des « diverses manifestations caractérisées de l’excès de pouvoir » suffit à constater qu’en filigrane des classifications traditionnelles, les illégalités négatives sont diffuses et multiples. Elles ont en commun de traduire la violation négative par l’autorité administrative des normes qui s’imposent à elle dans son activité juridique, soit parce que l’acte est entaché d’un vice négatif, soit parce qu’elle a illégalement refusé d’adopter un acte positif. Le dessin des contours d’une conception négative de l’excès de pouvoir permet de constater que ses manifestations appellent, de la part du juge administratif, l’exercice de pouvoirs particuliers. L’émancipation progressive de la dimension négative de son office pour lui permettre d’agir positivement à destination de l’administration ou directement sur l’acte administratif répond à un tel impératif. Symptomatique, à bien des égards, de réflexions structurelles qui traversent l’étude du contentieux administratif, l’étude de l’excès de pouvoir négatif de l’administration invite à la réflexion sur la nature changeante des relations tissées par le juge avec l’administration dont il assure le contrôle des actes et le justiciable aux attentes duquel il cherche à répondreDouble-sided medal, the judicial abuse of power is doubled depending on whether it characterizes the behavior of the judge who has left the circle of his attributions or his attitude when he refuses to judge or to recognize a power that the law confers on him. This dichotomy between positive abuse of power on the one hand, and negative abuse of power on the other hand, is largely foreign to the study of the abuse of power of the administration. Although now understood more broadly than its judicial counterpart, the abuse of power of the administration is never presented as a concept susceptible to duplicate according to the positive or negative nature of the committed illegality. This paradox results less from the absence of such a duality than from the predominance of a historically positive conception of the abuse of power of the administration which reduces any illegality to an overrun by the administrative authority of the limits assigned to its power. The exploration of 'the various manifestations characterized by abuse of power' suffices to note that under the traditional classifications, negative illegalities are diffuse and multiple. They have in common that they reflect the negative violation by the administrative authority of the standards imposed on it in its legal activity, either because the act is tainted with a negative defect, or because it has illegally refused to adopt a positive act. The nature of these illegalities, the sum of which draws the outlines of a negative conception of abuse of power, calls for the exercise of special powers on the part of the administrative judge. The gradual emancipation of the negative dimension of one's role to enable it to act positively for the administration or directly on the administrative act responds to such an imperative. Symptomatic, in many respects, of structural reflections that run through the study of administrative litigation, the study of the negative abuse of power of the administration invites reflection on the changing nature of the relations forged by the judge with the administration of which it ensures the control of acts and the litigant whose expectations it meets
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Chapple, Larelle June. "Abuse of corporate power." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000.
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Moore, Todd M. Jr. "Attributions of Negative Intent and Responsibility and Anger Arousal of Abusive and Nonabusive Males to Perceived Negative Dating Partner Behavior." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36662.
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Research on marital abuse indicates that abusive husbands attribute greater negative intent and responsibility to their partner's behavior and report greater anger arousal during conflictual situations with their partner than do nonabusive husbands (Dutton & Browning, 1988; Holtzworth-Munroe & Hutchinson, 1993). Research also shows that measures of anger arousal (e.g., blood pressure and heart rate) are significantly greater during situations of provocation or threat than neutral or nonprovocative situations (Smith & Allred, 1989). However, research has not attempted to measure abusive and nonabusive males' anger arousal and cognitive attributions to provocative and nonprovocative partner behavior in conflictual situations.
Two studies examined attributional responses and one study examined anger arousal in high and low abusive dating males to highly provocative (e.g., girlfriend is flirting with another man) or minimally provocative (e.g., girlfriend wants to talk) partner behavior. A major hypothesis was that abusive males would attribute greater negative intent and responsibility as well as evidence greater blood pressure and heart rate reactivity to their partner's behavior in provocative but not in nonprovocative situations than would nonabusive males.
In Study 1, six hypothetical vignettes (4 provocative and 2 nonprovocative) of dating situations were developed or modified from existing research (Holtzworth-Munroe & Hutchinson, 1993). Provocativeness of the situations was determined through pilot testing which showed that "provocative partner behavior"; yielded significantly greater attributions of negative intent and responsibility than did nonprovocative partner behavior. Undergraduate males (N = 106) were assessed for their levels of abusive relationship behaviors with the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS; Straus 1979), for their tendencies to abuse with the Propensity for Abuse Scale (PAS; Dutton, 1995b), and for their expression of anger with the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI; Spielberger, Johnson, Russell, Crane, Jacobs, & Worden, 1985). Participants then listened to audio-taped situations and completed negative intent and responsibility attribution questionnaires.
Results indicated that high CTS, PAS, and STAXI males attributed greater responsibility and blame to partner behavior in provocative scenes, but not in nonprovocative scenes than did low CTS, PAS, and STAXI males (p < .05). Additionally, high CTS, PAS, and STAXI males attributed greater negative intent to partner behavior in both provocative and nonprovocative scenes than did low CTS, PAS, and STAXI males (p < .05). There were no interaction effects for attributions of negative intent and responsibility based on dispositional measures and scene provocativeness.
In Study 2, undergraduate males (N = 107) were screened for abusive relationship behaviors with the CTS. Screening identified 37 males as High-Abusives (n=18) and Low-Abusives (n = 19). Participants selected in the screening phase were called back and fitted with a blood-pressure cuff which recorded blood pressure and heart rate before and after each of four scenes (2 provocative and 2 nonprovocative). Following presentation of the scenes, participants completed negative intent and responsibility attribution questionnaires.
Results indicated that both High- and Low-Abusives evidenced significantly greater systolic blood pressure arousal during provocative as compared to nonprovocative scenes (p<.05). Similar to Study 1, results showed that High-Abusives attributed greater negative intent and responsibility to partner behavior than did Low-Abusives (p <.05). However, blood-pressure and heart rate reactivity of High- and Low-Abusives were not significantly discrepant.
The results of Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that High-Abusives attributed greater negative intent and responsibility to partner behavior than did Low-Abusives. Study 2 also showed that provocative partner behavior produced greater increases in systolic blood pressure than nonprovocative partner behavior for both High- and Low-Abusives. Overall, these studies provided partial empirical support for the relationship between negative attributions and anger arousal to provocative partner behavior among abusive and nonabusive males. Limitations and future research directions will be discussed.Master of Science
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Tomasulo, Gregory C. "A Moderated Mediation Analysis of Abusive Experiences and Negative Outcomes." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1281352650.
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Eisenberg, Nadine Cecilia. "Child sexual abuse : making sense of the abuse of power and control." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316642.
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Neslen, Cody R. "Negative Conductance Load Modulation RF Power Amplifier." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/312.
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The number of mobile wireless devices on the market has increased substantially over the last decade. The frequency spectrum has become crowded due to the number of devices demanding radio traffic and new modulation schemes have been developed to accommodate the number of users. These new modulation schemes have caused very poor efficiencies in power amplifiers for wireless transmission systems due to high peak-to-average power ratios (PAPR). This thesis first presents the issue with classical power amplifiers in modern modulation systems. A brief overview of current attempts to mitigate this issue is provided. A new RF power amplifier topology is then presented with supporting simulations.
The presented amplifier topology utilizes the concept of negative conductance and load modulation. The amplifier operates in two stages, a low power stage and a high power stage. A negative conductance amplifier is utilized during peak power transmission to modulate the load presented to the input amplifier. This topology is shown to greatly improve the power added efficiency of power amplifiers in systems with high PAPR.
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Alger, Stephanie Mary. "Inverting assumptions : domestic abuse without 'male power'?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/inverting-assumptions-domestic-abuse-without-male-power(bd685527-85b3-41a3-8c75-418c658659a3).html.
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Over the last two decades male victims of domestic abuse have received much media and political attention. A polarised debate emerged. At one pole there are those campaigning for the rights of ‘battered’ men to be acknowledged, believing gender to be irrelevant in the aetiology of domestic abuse. At the other pole there are feminists, maintaining that gender is relevant, as domestic abuse is an expression of patriarchy and therefore overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women. Through a consideration of both male victims’ and female perpetrators’ accounts this research considers the relevance of gender and power, in abusive relationships, where it is the man who is the victim. With a view to establishing whether there is domestic violence without ‘male power’, the thesis asks: In what ways are abused men’s and female perpetrators’ accounts shaped by gender? And what is the relationship between masculinity/femininity and abuse for abused men and female perpetrators? Adopting the Free Association Narrative Interview method (FANI) I interviewed ten men presenting as victims and ten women presenting as perpetrators, accessed via support services and probation referral centres. Both psycho-discursive and psychosocial analysis was carried out on the interview data. Psycho-discursive analysis revealed how the men re-configured what would otherwise be emasculating disclosures of victimisation, as self-sacrificing heroism. The women’s accounts were constrained by the limited ways that women’s aggression is spoken about. Placing their perpetration firmly within the context of their own victimisation, they ‘struggled’ to recount their experiences in ways that did not contravene expectations of womanhood. Psychosocial analysis allowed for the exploration of individuals’ defences, revealing closely guarded fears, anxieties, insecurities, motivations, and desires. Underscoring men’s accounts of self-sacrifice and heroism and women’s constrained accounts of aggression were guarded vulnerabilities. However, such complexity was lost in the gender specific ways that male victims and female perpetrators positioned themselves within the ‘story’ of domestic abuse. Ultimately, the patterned configurations of power illuminated cannot adequately be explained by the concept of patriarchy, but instead the multiple ways that gender is intersected with other structural hierarchies, as well as individual biography, to create context specific configurations of power. It is argued that policymakers, service providers, academics and academic commentators alike must transcend the polarised debate. Only through an understanding no longer founded on oversimplifications, can we embrace the complexity of abusive relationships and in turn establish support that appropriately meets the needs of the male victims and the female perpetrators. This does not mean abandoning analyses of the role of gender and power in domestic abuse, but recognising the complex ways in which they present themselves in both the enactment of violence and in its telling in the aftermath of conflict.
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New, Michelle Jennifer Claire. "Adolescent male victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse : maternal attributions." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281717.
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Connolly, Jennifer. "The Influence of Comorbid Negative Mood on Craving's Relationship to Post-Treatment Alcohol Use." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366223.
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Alcohol is ranked as the third highest burden of disease worldwide and the eighth highest leading cause of death. An estimated 19.5% of Australians consume alcohol in quantities that place them at risk of alcohol-related injury or disease over their lifetime. Alcohol misuse is also highly problematic, being associated with a range of negative physical, psychological and social consequences. While treatments are effective in helping people to achieve reductions, relapse rates are high, with up to 80% of treated alcohol users eventually relapsing. The ability to identify which treatment seekers may be at greater risk for relapse would enable appropriate tailoring of interventions and planning of aftercare. Craving has been widely studied as a potential predictor of relapse, but has performed inconsistently. The effect of comorbid depression on craving’s predictive performance however, has been largely neglected, despite demonstrated associations between negative affect and craving, and between negative affect and substance use. The aim of this thesis was to explore the performance of craving as a predictor of posttreatment alcohol use outcomes in the presence of comorbid depressed mood, under the hypothesis that presence of negative affect would augment effects of craving, strengthening its predictive power and increasing vulnerability to post-treatment relapse. Two studies were conducted, one with a sample of drinkers with comorbid depression, and the other with a sample of drinkers with a range of depression severity.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Applied Psychology
Griffith Health
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Ricketts, Jennifer J. "Adolescents and power understandings of power, and deconstruction of negative peer interactions /." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20041217.122437.
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Ricketts, Jennifer J., and jricket@sion melb catholic edu au. "Adolescents and power: understandings of power, and deconstruction of negative peer interactions." Swinburne University of Technology. School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20041217.122437.
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Contemporary researchers typically classify negative peer interactions as bullying or conflict. Theoretically, bullying involves exploiting a power imbalance to demobilize a peer(s), and conflict involves using power tactics to exert influence or resolve a dispute. This study attempted to explore the exercise of power between adolescent peers within psychological, social psychological and feminist psychological frameworks of power, and bullying and conflict constructions. Three hundred and fifty-two Melbourne students from Years 7 to 10 completed a �Young People�s School Relationships� survey. Students described their understandings of personal and interpersonal power, and rated their perceived power. The experimenter asked the students to differentiate three recent difficult incidents with peers according to perceived power disadvantage (less power), balance (same power) and advantage (more power). They described the difficulties, their responses and their perceptions of the power balance. Outcomes were rated on affect, relationship quality and overall evaluation. Power construction, gender, and year group differences on perceived personal power were examined. Scenario type (less, same, more power), gender, year group (7/8, 9/10), and relationship closeness (not friends, friends) differences on difficulties, responses and outcomes were evaluated. The power constructions formed three themes (�power-within�, �power-with�, �power-over�). Difficulties were subgrouped into three forms (two-way, one-way, other-way) and three types (physical, verbal, social). Responses were categorised into adapting, distancing, dominating and engaging. There was no support for Falbo and Peplau�s (1980) two-dimensional model for classifying types of interpersonal responses in power-differentiated situations. Power was constructed most frequently as �power-within�. Perceived power ratings formed a Global Power Score (GPS), with males reporting higher GPSs. Males and year group 7/8 reported more physical difficulties in the �same� power, and females and year group 7/8 more social difficulties in the �less� and �more� power scenarios. Students reported more adapting responses in the difficult interpersonal situations. Adapting and distancing responses were more frequent in the less power scenario, and dominating and engaging more frequent in the more and less power scenarios respectively. Affect and relationship status outcomes were rated more positively in same power scenario. Outcomes were more positive for difficulties with friends. Students rated their responses more positively when they used engaging strategies, but less positively when they used distancing or dominating. Power theories provided partial explanations for the findings and alternative frameworks to bullying and conflict for understanding negative peer interactions. This study extends on knowledge of adolescents� school-based relationships and proposes a power model for schools
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Sagle, Betty Sherwood. "The effects of child sexual abuse : an exploration of variables contributing to long term negative effects of child sexual abuse /." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09292009-020126/.
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Tye, Miriam. "Negative Reinforcement in Infant Care Simulation: Alternative Caregiver Responses to Prevent Child Abuse." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5319.
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This study was conducted to replicate and extend previous research on infant caregiver behavior by demonstrating negative reinforcement of infant caregiver behavior in response to crying and teaching appropriate care responses under conditions of inconsolable crying. A computerized infant simulator was used to create a laboratory simulation of infant caregiving. In Study 1, participants were exposed to negative reinforcement conditions and an extinction condition. In the negative reinforcement condition, participants engaged in caregiving responses to escape from the cry. In the extinction condition, the cry was inescapable and two of three participants stopped engaging in the previously reinforced caregiving response. Data was collected on cumulative duration of caregiving responses. In Study 2, participants were taught a task analysis of appropriate care responses under conditions of inconsolable crying using behavior skills training. Data were collected on percentage of completed appropriate care responses. Results showed acquisition of appropriate care responses following training.
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Milligan, Rhonda-Jane. "The relationship of childhood abuse and negative emotions to impulsive behaviours in female prisoners." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399118.
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Kumar, Ashwani. "Novel approaches to power efficient GaN and negative capacitance devices." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22492/.
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Recent emergence of data-driven and computation hungry algorithms has fuelled the demand for energy and processing power at an unprecedented rate. Semiconductor industry is, therefore, under constant pressure towards developing energy efficient devices. A Shift towards materials with higher figure-of-merit compared to Si, such as GaN for power conversion is one of the options currently being pursued. A minimisation in parasitic and static power losses in GaN can be brought about by realising on-chip CMOS based gate drivers for GaN power devices. At present, p-channel MOSHFETs in GaN show poor performance due to the low mobility and the severe trade-off between |ION| and |Vth|. For the first time, it is shown that despite a poor hole mobility, it is possible to improve the on-current as well as minimise |ION| - |Vth| trade-off, by adopting a combination of techniques: using an AlGaN cap, biased two-dimensional electron gas, and shrinking source-gate and gate-drain access region and channel lengths. As part of this work, a novel vertical p-channel heterojunction tunnel FET (TFET) utilising polarisation induced tunnel junction (PITJ) is also explored, which unlike common TFETs, shows non-ambipolar transfer characteristics and a better electrostatic control over the tunneling region via the gate. Meeting the ever-increasing demand for computation would require continuous scaling of transistor physical dimensions and supply voltage. While a further reduction in physical dimension is expected to come from adopting a vertical integration scheme, scaling in supply voltage would require achieving sub-60 mV/dec of subthreshold swing. The two common approaches to achieve this are TFETs and negative capacitance (NC) FETs, where the NC operation is commonly associated with ferroelectric materials. This work develops a model to explain sub-60 mV/dec, observed in Ta2O5/ZnO thin-film-transistors, which is governed by the motion of oxygen ions inside Ta2O5, leading to NC under dynamic gate bias sweep.
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Homer, Hannah S. "Stability Analysis of Negative Resistance-Based Source Combining Power Amplifiers." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1466.
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An investigation into the stability of negative resistance-based source combining power amplifiers is conducted in this thesis. Two different negative resistance-based source combining topologies, a series and parallel version, are considered. Stability is analyzed using a simple and intuitive broadband approach that leverages linear circuit stability criterion and two different linearization methods: linearization around the operating point and in the frequency domain. Using this strategy, it is shown that conditions for self-sustained oscillation exist for both topologies. For the series combining topology, self-sustained oscillation is prevented by means of injection locking.
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Lei, Ernest. "Cascaded Linear Regulator with Negative Voltage Tracking Switching Regulator." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2020. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2176.
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DC-DC converters can be separated into two main groups: switching converters and linear regulators. Linear regulators such as Low Dropout Regulators (LDOs) are straightforward to implement and have a very stable output with low voltage ripple. However, the efficiency of an LDO can fluctuate greatly, as the power dissipation is a function of the device’s input and output. On the other hand, a switching regulator uses a switch to regulate energy levels. These types of regulators are more versatile when a larger change of voltage is needed, as efficiency is relatively stable across larger steps of voltages. However, switching regulators tend to have a larger output voltage ripple, which can be an issue for sensitive systems. An approach to utilize both in cascaded configuration while providing a negative output voltage will be presented in this paper. The proposed two-stage conversion system consists of a switching pre-regulator that can track the negative output voltage of the second stage (LDO) such that the difference between input and output voltages is always kept small under varying output voltage while maintaining the high overall conversion efficiency. Computer simulation and hardware results demonstrate that the proposed system can track the negative output voltage well. Additionally, the results show that the proposed system can provide and maintain good overall efficiency, load regulation, and output voltage ripple across a wide range of outputs.
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Ubed, Muin F., Mohammed M. Shabat, and Mohammed O. Sid-Ahmed. "Numerical study of negative-refractive index ferrite waveguide." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/20572.
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Consider a magnetized ferrite-wire waveguide structure situated between two half
free spaces. Ferrites to provide negative permeability and wire arrays to provide negative
permittivity. The structure form left-handed material (LHM) with negative refractive
index. The transmission of electromagnetic waves through the structure is investigated
theoretically. Maxwell's equations are used to determine the electric and magnetic
fields of the incident waves at each layer. Snell's law is applied and the boundary conditions
are imposed at each layer interface to calculate the reflected and transmitted powers
of the structure. Numerical results are illustrated to show the effect of frequency,
applied magnetic fields, angle of incidence and LHM thickness on the mentioned powers.
The analyzed results show that the transmission is very good when the permeability
and permittivity of the structure are both simultaneously negative. The frequency band
corresponding to this transmission can be tuned by changing the applied magnetic
fields. The obtained results are in agreement with the law of conservation of energy.
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Totten, Mark Douglas. "Power for the powerless, girlfriend abuse by marginal male youth." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22180.pdf.
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Totten, Mark Douglas Carleton University Dissertation Sociology and Anthropology. "Power for the powerless; girlfriend abuse by marginal male youth." Ottawa, 1996.
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Joubert, Gideon Daniel. "Advanced technological solutions to the negative perceptions of nuclear power plants." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2757.
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Thesis (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.Worldwide a movement is underway to replace the burning of limited fossil fuel reserves for power generation with a cleaner, more efficient, yet still reliable and cost-effective method. Even though renewable technologies are often among the most common proposed, they are still limited by factors such as cost when considering large scale generation. Further requirements for replacing fossil fuel generation methods include the need to provide a continuous and reliable output for base load requirements, which is difficult to guarantee when making use of renewables alone. The proposed alternative is nuclear energy, as it is a reliable and cleaner method of power generation as compared to fossil fuels, capable of providing cost effective energy in the long run. The downside to nuclear energy, however, is the negative perception and general dislike of this method of generation, especially among the public who have been around this technology since its early days of implementation. The aim of this study is, therefore, to inform and prove that nuclear technology has evolved and come a long way since its early days, by making use of advanced technological solutions to address the fears associated with this technology from many years ago. The study further aims to prove that technologies such as advanced safety systems, new generations of reactors, advanced containment structures for both reactors and waste containment, as well as new waste disposal methods, have evolved nuclear energy into a safer and cleaner alternative method of power generation. This is achieved by first considering the origin of the negative perceptions surrounding the technology, and the nuclear accidents of the past, which have greatly influenced opinions about nuclear technology even up until today. After identifying the concerns and fears surrounding nuclear energy, research was conducted concerning how the latest technologies and innovations in safety systems are used to address these concerns, and ultimately eliminate the threats where possible. With the biggest concern identified, namely a core meltdown event leading to the release of radioactive material into the environment, two simulations were conducted to illustrate the unlikelihood of such an event occurring. The purpose of these simulations was, moreover, to illustrate the complexity and reliability of the various safety systems incorporated into the design of a nuclear power plant, preventing such a feared release of radioactivity from occurring. The research also importantly revealed that the dangers and possible threats posed by nuclear technology are often grossly overestimated, as under normal operating conditions a coal power plant, in fact, releases more radiation into the environment than a nuclear power plant. Further research reveals that the feared nuclear waste, produced by the nuclear industry yet regulated and disposed of properly, is only a small fraction of the highly hazardous waste produced on an annual basis worldwide. It is also revealed that in terms of fatalities, fossil fuel generation, on average, is responsible for more deaths annually than the biggest nuclear disasters that have ever occurred. Addressing the fears and concerns surrounding nuclear technology is therefore important, as this valuable resource may otherwise remain under-appreciated and under-utilised because of the misperceptions which currently exist amongst the public. This furthermore results in the unnecessary exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves, and concomitant pollution of the environment – all due to antiquated fears surrounding nuclear power plants.
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Hepburn, Alexa. "Deconstructing secondary school bullying : a postmodern analysis of power and subjectivity." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287516.
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Wrinch, Michael C. "Negative sequence impedance measurement for distributed generator islanding detection." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3418.
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This thesis presents a method of detecting electrical islands in low voltage distributed generator networks by measuring negative sequence impedance differences between islanded and utility connections. Extensive testing was conducted on a commercial building and 25 kV distributed generator fed network by measuring naturally occurring and artificially injected negative sequence components. Similarly, this technique was tested using the IEEE 399-1990 bus test case using the EMTP software. The practical measurements have been matched to simulations where further system performance characteristics of detecting power system islands has been successfully demonstrated. Measured results indicate that unbalanced load conditions are naturally occurring and readily measurable while deliberately unbalanced loads can increase the accuracy of negative sequence impedance islanding detection. The typically low negative sequence impedance of induction motors was found to have only a small effect in low voltage busses, though large machines can effect the threshold settings. Careful placement of the island detector is required in these situations. The negative sequence impedance measurement method is an improvement on previous impedance measurement techniques for islanding detection due to its accuracy, and distinctly large threshold window which have challenged previous impedance based islanding detection techniques.
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Presto, Sylvia. "The impact of power of attorney abuse on the elderly| A case study." Thesis, New Jersey City University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3730744.
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Durable power of attorney has been recognized as a powerful legal document that is used to financially exploit the elderly across the United States. The existing research indicated elder financial abuse undermines the economic security of the financially exploited older adult.
Despite the findings, however, a recent review of the existing literature showed a lack of research that computed how much elder financial abuse was attributed to durable power of attorney abuse. Studies, such as the one published by the MetLife Market Institute, reported that $2.9B was stolen from the elderly nationwide in 2010. If the durable power of attorney is used to financially exploit the elderly, then the question becomes: How much money is stolen from the elderly by the misuse of a durable power of attorney? The existing research that quantified elder financial abuse did not delineate and show how much was attributed to durable power of attorney abuse. That is the missing link.
Adult Protective Services is a nationwide government agency that receives and investigates reports of suspected elder abuse, physical and financial. The elder financial abuse cases include those in which a durable power of attorney was used to gain access to the older adults’ money.
This dissertation was the first attempt to calculate in dollars how much money was taken from older persons in Bergen County, New Jersey through the misuse of a durable power of attorney, with a sole focus on durable power of attorney abuse apart from the other ways in which senior citizens are financially exploited. This researcher examined an open-source document prepared by Bergen County Adult Protective Services and estimated in dollars how much money was taken from the elderly in Bergen County, New Jersey over a specific period of time.
This researcher examined civil security, the human security paradigm, and national security. The focus was on the economic component of the human security paradigm and through a narrow lens, the study results demonstrated that durable power of attorney abuse is a critical threat to the economic security of the nation’s older population and poses a potential threat to our nation’s security.
The most significant result was that the data compiled in this study seemed to indicate that between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2013, the majority of the elder financial abuse cases reported to and investigated by Bergen County Adult Protective Services were committed by a means other than the misuse of a durable power of attorney. When it was used, however, it resulted in the older persons having their monthly social security income stolen on a regular basis, or in other cases hundreds of thousands of dollars were taken over time.
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Corbett, Alan. "Becoming the author: issues of consent, power and agency in the forensic assessment of people with intellectual disabilities." Thesis, University of Kent, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594399.
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Jaworski, Piotr. "Negative curvature fibre optics for delivery of high-peak power light for manufacturing applications." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/3040.
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This thesis covers investigations into high peak power short (nanosecond) and ultrashort (picosecond and femtosecond) pulse delivery through novel hollow-core microstructured silica fibres - the Negative Curvature Fibre (NCF) and the Free Boundary Anti-Resonant Fibre (FBARF) for manufacturing applications. Both types of fibres provide light guidance in the NIR and green spectral regions via the Anti- Resonant Reflecting Optical Waveguiding (ARROW) mechanism. NCFs exhibit extremely low attenuations of 0.04 dB/m and 0.15 dB/m at 1030 nm and 532 nm respectively, not achievable with photonic bandap hollow-core fibres. These fibres have been demonstrated to deliver NIR and green picosecond pulses with peak powers at the level of 15 MW and 5 MW respectively, which significantly exceeds the capabilities of commercially available singlemode fibres. Optimised NCFs for transmission in both spectral regimes provide singlemode, high quality output and maintain the spectral and temporal properties of the original laser pulse. Furthermore, these fibres exhibit a low sensitivity to bending with useful bend diameters ≥ 5 cm, which is sufficient for most beam delivery applications. This was further improved by developing and introducing a dynamic fibre delivered power stabilisation system which enables efficient compensations of bend-induced power fluctuations. Practical implementation of NCF delivered pulses in manufacturing applications has been demonstrated in the precision micro-machining of metals, crack-free micromilling of fused silica and waveguide writing in borosilicate glass. The FBARF structure is a modification of the NCF design aimed for an improvement in energy handling capacity, light confinement and further reduction of bending loss. However, the fibres reported in this thesis (fabricated for guidance at 1 μm and green wavelengths) are preliminary designs, and so their full potential e.g. their energy handling capacities could not be fully established. Nevertheless, initial tests performed within this work indicated that further development of this fibre design should result in a reduction of the intrinsic attenuation and bend loss to a level comparable with the NCFs while increasing the optical damage threshold.
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Pinnaka, Sumanth. "Negative Attitude Towards AI and Its Relationship with the Cultural Dimension of Power Distance." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-420372.
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Earlier studies have focused on the relationship between negative attitudes towards AI and collective culture of the country (country of origin). These differences may be because of sizeable differences in the power distance index (PDI) on the population level between different countries. We investigated the relationship between power distance index (PDI) of individuals; and their attitudes towards AI through a survey of participants from two countries, India and Sweden, where there are large differences in PDI on the population level. Results of the correlation test showed that power distance correlates positively with negative attitudes towards interactions with AI and the social influence of AI i.e. higher PDI means more of a negative attitude towards AI. However, power distance correlates positively to the acceptance of AI in a workplace environment, i.e. higher PDI means higher acceptance of AI in the workplace. The latter result was contradictory to our expectations and contradicted an earlier study [8], wherein high PDI showed hindrance in acceptance of the technology at workplace.
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Scott, M. "Partnership, power and policy : a case study of the Scottish Partnership on Domestic Abuse." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.661682.
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Violence against women (VAW) in Scotland has only recently emerged onto the national policy agenda, despite (or perhaps because of) three decades of work on the issue by feminist activists and organisations. Government responses to VAW increasingly involve calls for ‘joined-up working’ and public sector-voluntary sector partnerships, and the proliferation of these multi-agency bodies to address complex social problems such as child abuse and VAW underscores the need for enquiry regarding the processes and products of these bodies. What makes multi-agency partnerships work? Can they bring new, expert voices to the policy table? Can they nurture collaboration and broad ownership of policy implementation? This case study looks at the Scottish Partnership on Domestic Abuse. Set up in 1998 to define a national strategy for addressing domestic violence, the partnership officially ended its work in November 2000 with the presentation of the National Strategy on Domestic Abuse to the Scottish Parliament. The research focuses on the establishment of the Partnership in the context of an increasingly minimalist, differentiated system of governance and locates the Partnership at the intersection of devolution and 30 years of feminist activity on VAW. How new voices came to the table, Partnership processes for agenda setting and decision making, and the naming and framing of policy problems throughout the life of the Partnership – all emerged as important themes. Analysis reveals substantial increases in access to decision makers and policy networks and significant influence of the VAW sector on the national policy agenda. Less clear is the effectiveness of the Partnership in supporting innovation across resistant institutions such as the court system and the NHS, although these areas require longer-term study.
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Duvvury, Rolan Shawn. "Potential negative effects of wind turbines on the ear." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44927.
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This thesis presents investigations on the potential negative effects of wind turbine noise on the human ear from a sound point source (i.e. wind farm). In Chapter 2, the tectorial membrane, which is a crucial gelatinous structural matrix located within the cochlea of the inner ear, is considered to have a similar constitutive stress-strain relationship to that of an elastomer (rubber) in tension. The tectorial membrane appears to stretch when subjected to constant heavy sound stimulation. The tectorial membrane is modeled as a simply-supported beam with an external load Pext applied at midspan. A virtual work approach is used to balance the external work at midspan Pextδz of the tectorial membrane with the internal strain energy from its hysteresis loops. These hysteresis loops quantify the amount of damage that the tectorial membrane undergoes due to an applied external loading. Normalized damage tables are presented at the end of the chapter to suggest safe distances away from the wind turbines to limit damage to the tectorial membrane. Chapter 3 considers a hypothetical autonomous village constructed in South Pretoria, South Africa. This village accommodates approximately 2000 people (~500 families) and receives electricity for hot water from a nearby 2.5 MW wind farm. The design process for the village is discussed from an architectural and design standpoint. The wind farm specifications, specifically the number of 2.5 MW wind turbines needed to provide electricity for hot water, are established. Results from Chapter 2 are used to suggest minimum safe distances between the wind farm and the autonomous village in the context of limiting damage to the tectorial membrane.
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Soto, Seidy Jhosselyn, and Marry Jean Stuart. "BELIEFS ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSING CLIENTS AMONG SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/17.
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This study was a quantitative survey and explored beliefs about substance abusing clients among sixty-three social work students. The study focused on the extent to which social work students display bias toward clients with a substance abuse disorder. The study also explored the attitudinal domains of permissiveness, treatment intervention, non-stereotypes, treatment optimism, and non-moralism. The study found that social work students who have taken a substance abuse education class are less like to attribute substance abuse addiction to a weak will in the client. The study recommends that future studies on beliefs about substance abusing clients among social work students include qualitative interviews to determine how substance abuse education reduces bias toward substance abusing clients among social work students.
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Muehl, Karen A. "Supportive and Unsupportive Responses From Parents as Moderators of the Relationship Between Stressful Events and Negative Outcomes in Adolescents." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1900.
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Bseiso, Layla. "Harold Pinter: A Night Out : A Study in the Political ConnotationsAnd the Abuse of Power." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Engelska, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-2866.
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Harold Pinter’s A Night Out is a significant but rarely produced piece of drama. Therefore, there is very little criticism to support or contradict my argument. The reason why I chose to do my essay on this particular play is to open doors for academic research and to try and make it an equal to its sister plays. I will raise questions and topics to prove the play is worth the readers’ time and effort and that A Night Out is a sharp piece of political theatre. Although at first glance it is a simple enough story, a straightforward tale of the nasty consequences of motherly love when it is pushed to the limit, on deeper inspection, a more far reaching and complex analysis of the abuse of power can be observed. The play offers a variety of themes, including: interpersonal power struggles, failed attempts at communication, antagonistic relationships, the threat of impending or past violence, the struggle for survival or identity, domination and submission, politics, lies and verbal, physical, psychological and sexual abuse. The prevailing theme in the play is the abuse of power: powerful parties oppressing weaker ones, and the results of the oppressed party looking for a vent in someone even weaker than themselves.
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Chagoya, Charleena Sharon. "SUBSTANCE ABUSE CYCLE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/310.
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This research project addresses the substance abuse cycle intervention and prevention strategies used amongst individuals who are a part of generational substance abuse. Participants were recruited from an inpatient drug rehabilitation center in Southern California. Qualitative interviews were conducted in order to gain additional knowledge on this topic. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and then analyzed by the researcher. Participants’ first hand experiences contributed to a better understanding of effective ways to address this cycle. The results consisted of the following themes: childhood substance abuse, environmental influence, Child Protective Services involvement, problem recognition, structure, counseling, relationships, higher power, positive attitude and hope for the future. Contributions to social work practice are discussed along with recommendations for future research. Findings were given to California State University, San Bernardino and were provided to the drug rehabilitation center used in this study.
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Staskiewicz, Jessica A. "The constraining influence of norms on the use and misuse of power /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19735.pdf.
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Wahyuningrum, Barry Coeli. "The politics of trafficking in Indonesia : gender, national rhetorics and power /." Abstract, 2007. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2550/cd411/4937976.pdf.
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Robinson, Lawanda, and Ramon Enrique Suarez. "BELIEFS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CHILDREN WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG TITLE IV-E STUDENTS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/200.
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This study analyzed the beliefs about the effects of children witnessing domestic violence among Title IV-E students at California State University San Bernardino. The study sample consists of eight Title IV-E students with at least one year of experience working in child welfare. Utilizing knowledge gained from various studies an instrument was developed to interview participants. In analyzing the responses, six core themes emerged as dominant beliefs about the effects of children witnessing domestic violence. Respondents indicated that mental illness, parental attachment, improving treatment, negative effects, external behaviors, and coping mechanisms are issues to consider when discussing the effects of children exposed to domestic violence.
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Josolyn, Simon. "Men's experiences of violence and abuse from a female intimate partner : power masculinity and institutional systems." Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542307.
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The phenomenon of intimate partner abuse has attracted considerable attention over the past 40 years. However, although the epidemiological literature has consistently reported that at least 30-40% of those experiencing intimate partner abuse are men, it has come to be constructed as a gendered social problem where heterosexual men are stereotyped as `dangerous' perpetrators and their female partners as `vulnerable' victims. Consequently, the `abused man' and the `abusing woman' have come to be marginalized, not only in statutory policy and service provision, but also in academic research and the development of psychological interventions. My thesis argues that heterosexual `abused men' are constrained from occupying the position of victim and are consequently denied the compassion and support available to `abused women'. The research sought to understand how heterosexual men constructed their experiences of abuse and to consider how these constructions impacted on the negotiation of their identity in response to abuse and also their help-seeking conduct. The research was informed by a critical realist epistemology and adopted a discourse analytic approach, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault. The men's accounts constructed their partner's behaviour as challenging but nonimpactful, and explainable by psychological problems, caused by past traumatic experiences, and precipitated by current material stressors. The warranted responses included endurance, social withdrawal and seeking psychological support for the partner. The constructions drew attention to a range of institutional and self-disciplinary practices, deployed in the context of stereotyped accounts of gender and partner abuse, which served to constrain the men's public identities and help-seeking conduct. This research echoes calls for more inclusive research into the phenomenon of partner abuse and psychological interventions for `abused men' and `abusing women'. Those who provide services, including psychological services, should also be better informed and trained to respond appropriately to `abused men' and `abusing women'.
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Radford, Joyce L. "Children's social power in their relationships with adults, implications for child sexual abuse primary prevention programs." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ28165.pdf.
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Thorn, Sophie Alexandra. "“The Abuse of Power and Indiscretion": Identity, Mourning and Control in the Work of Sophie Calle." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Humanities, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4831.
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At the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, French artist, Sophie Calle presented for public consumption a
starkly simple yet elegant work entitled Pas Pu Saisir La Mort. The work was not only a comprehensive
investigation of the Biennale theme for that year of capturing a fleeting moment in life but was also an
ethically challenging and confrontational piece. Calle chose to display a video loop from the final moments
of her mother Monique Sindler's life. As the title in a childlike manner informs the viewer, the subject of the
work is Calle's inability to physically comprehend this moment. She, to add in the poignantly missing
referent to the English translation of the title, “couldn't capture death”. Calle prompts the audience not only
to watch but to actively look for the universally ungraspable moment of Monique's passing.
Pas Pu Saisir La Mort is unique piece which both characterises Calle's work while also marking a
departure from her normal style of working. It raises challenging issues of the ethical responsibilities of the
contemporary art Biennale and of a more moral nature for the audience by placing them in the intimate role
of voyeur. At the centre of aesthetic theory and within contemporary art writing the idea of a connection to
universal concepts or notions of an underlying humanity within art is referenced, debated and negated. I
believe in Pas Pu Saisir La Mort Calle engages with this discussion through foregrounding the idea of the
contemporary sublime and re-evaluates art's connection to modernist universals as illuminated though the
recent work of Thierry De Duve in particular his concept of 'nous voici' or work with speaks to the 'we' of
humanity.
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Lindani, Sibusiso Lordwell. "An abuse of power by certain senior ministers in the congregations a challenge to pastoral care /." Diss., Pretoria ; [S.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01082009-145023/.
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Hrapczynski, Katie M. "The impact of couple therapy for abusive behavior on partners' negative attributions about each other, relationship satisfaction, communication behavior, and psychological abuse." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8317.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Nathan, Aleah Leann. "The Power of Love: Attachment Style in the Battered Woman Syndrome." NSUWorks, 2011. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/56.
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One of the most debated constituents of intimate partner violence pertains to attachment theory. Although, attachment theory can provide a theoretical framework for understanding the linkage between childhood family experiences and subsequent experiences with partner violence, there are controversial perspectives as to whether attachment style is stable from childhood to adulthood (Bowlby, 1973, 1980, 1982) or if attachment style can be formulated directly from adult abusive relationships (Caspi & Elder, 1988; Ricks, 1985). Therefore, the purpose of this research was to explore how attachment style presents in the Battered Woman Syndrome, determine if the battered woman's attachment style is consistent throughout childhood to adulthood or if it is manifested due to intimate partner violence exposure as well as to determine how attachment style is manifested in interpersonal functioning and perceived power and control. The theory of learned helplessness (Seligman, 1975) was used as a conceptual model for understanding why battered women remain in abusive relationships. There were 137 female sample participants who reported a history of domestic violence. Measures administered included the Battered Woman Syndrome Questionnaire (BWSQ, Walker, 1978) that assessed childhood history, interpersonal functioning and power and control and the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins and Read, 1996) that assessed the participant's attachment style. Statistical techniques employed included latent class analysis, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and logistic regression. Results indicated that aversive childhood environment (as measured primarily by childhood battering variables) and involvement in adulthood abusive relationships were significantly related to childhood environment and involvement in adulthood abusive relationships. Across all five adulthood battering episodes there were significant overall effects of attachment style on sexual abuse scores. Results also confirmed the hypotheses that insecurely attached participants were more likely to report more interpersonal functioning difficulties and lower perceived power and control when compared to secure participants. Implications for future research are also presented.
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Pimentel-Aguilar, Silvia. "Imagination, power and resilience in psychotherapists/counsellors who have overcome childhood abuse : a quantitative and qualitative study." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3632/.
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Aims: To investigate any possible relationship between the power and resilience of British psychotherapists and counsellors, and the possibility of their having been abused as children. Main research question: What elements contribute to recovery from childhood abuse? Methods: This three-part study used a mixed-methods approach. Results: (1) The Systematic Review of reliable questionnaires resulted in the design of a final instrument with eight sections including the following five measurements: the 'GHQ1?', the 'List of Threatening Experiences', the 'Ways of Coping Questionnaire-R', 'The Empowerment Scale' and the 'TSC-40'. (2) A Survey of results of 103 completed questionnaires indicated that the prevalence of childhood abuse was 57% with a higher proportion (64%) in women. The occurrence of symptoms of trauma was found to be significantly different between the abused and nonabused groups. However, the results suggested that psychotherapy was beneficial because the abused group did not reflect significant trauma. A complex interaction was discovered between coping styles, power, life events, trauma and emotional health. I Regression analysis demonstrated that Self-Esteem-Self-Efficacy was a subscale of empowerment that mediated trauma. (3) Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of seven Interviews showed different usages of power: Dominance Power, Powerlessness/Disempowerment' Inner Power and Empowerment. It also showed that 'Imagination' in childhood and 'Active Imagination' in adulthood were faculties of In'ner Power. Psychotherapists reported that their experience of childhood abuse led to an open understanding of trauma, and of its emotional effects in clients who had suffered childhood abuse. They believed that psychotherapy was important for empowerment and recovery. Conclusions: Triangulation of results strongly suggests that imagination is a fundamental component of inner power, and that play, creativity and sports are crucial elements in the construction of empowerment. These results highlight the importance of play, arts and sports in psychotherapy methods, education programmes, and everyday life.
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Chandrasekhar, Nambiar Shyam. "Design of a Wireless Power Transfer System using Electrically Coupled Loop Antennas." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54003.
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Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) has become quite popular over the recent years. This thesis
presents some design challenges while developing a WPT system and describes a system-level methodology for designing an end-to-end system. A critical analysis of contemporary research is performed in the form of a literature survey of both academic and commercial research to understand their benefits and demerits. Some theoretical notes are presented on coupled-mode theory and coupled filter theory and the problems concerning WPT analyzed using these models. The need for higher power transfer efficiency (PTE) and power delivered to load (PDL) is studied using these models. The case for using magnetic antennas over electric antennas when surrounded by lossy media (specifically for the case of human body tissues at various frequencies) is made using some theoretical models and simulation results. An Electrically Coupled Loop Antenna (ECLA) is introduced, studied and designed for two main WPT applications, viz. free space transmission and that of powering implanted devices. An equivalent circuit is proposed to better understand the coupling effects of the antennas on a circuit level and to study the effect of various environmental and structural factors on the coupling coefficient. Some prototypes were created and measured for the two use cases of free space and implanted applications. In order to complete the system design, a negative resistance-based oscillator is designed and fabricated, that incorporates the antennas as a load and oscillates at the required frequency. Some changes in load conditions and power handling are studied by the use of two circuits for free-space (high-power) and implanted (low-power) applications. Finally, the salient points of the thesis are re-iterated and some future work outlined in the concluding chapter.Master of Science
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Bell, Margaret Rose. "Social policing or social welfare? : a study of justice, power and partnership within the initial child protection conference." Thesis, University of York, 1997. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2510/.
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Kortmann, Constantijn Nicolaas Johannes. "Onrechtmatige overheidsbesluiten /." Deventer : Kluwer, 2006. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/524850941.pdf.
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Bydén, William, and David Fridlund. "Carbon Negative Heat and Power with Biochar Production : An Economic Analysis of a Combined Pyrolysis and CHP plant." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279608.
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On the fourth of November 2016, The Paris Agreement entered into force, stating that nations worldwide should pursue efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1,5 °C. Since then, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has specified that carbon dioxide removal, such as biochar sequestration, is necessary to achieve this goal. Biochar is a solid and porous material, rich in carbon, produced when biomass undergoes a process called pyrolysis and can, if buried in soil, sequester carbon for hundreds or even thousands of years while at the same time acting as a soil amendment. When biomass is pyrolyzed to produce biochar, a pyrolysis gas is also produced, which can be used to generate both heat and electricity. This thesis investigates if constructing and operating a plant, called a combined pyrolysis and CHP plant, which combines biochar production with heat and electricity generation, could be economically feasible and thus be an effective method for carbon dioxide removal. The findings show that constructing and operating a combined pyrolysis and CHP plant can be economically feasible. However, the economic feasibility is greatly affected by the price of biochar as a soil amendment product. The biochar market is also an undeveloped market, making price estimates of biochar far from accurate. Another factor that could significantly affect the economic feasibility of the plant is the fraction of carbon in biochar, which can be accounted for as sequestered. A higher fraction means that significantly more governmental support can be given to provide financing of the plant as well as potential revenue from carbon credits could increase. The capital cost of constructing the plant is also a factor with high uncertainty, which has a substantial effect on the economic feasibility. From this thesis, it is concluded that more research regarding the biochar market, as well as the capital costs of constructing the plant, is needed. More research could further ascertain whether or not the plant could be economically feasible and thus, an effective method for carbon dioxide removal.Den fjärde november 2016 trädde Parisavtalet i kraft vilket uppgav att länder över hela världen ska sträva efter att begränsa den globala temperaturökningen till 1,5 grader Celsius. I enlighet med detta mål har FN:s mellanstatliga klimatpanel, IPCC, specificerat att koldioxidavlägsnande åtgärder, såsom kolinlagring genom produktion av biokol, är nödvändigt. Biokol är ett fast och poröst material, rikt på kol, som produceras när biomassa genomgår en process som kallas pyrolys. Om biokol blandas ner i jord kan det binda kol i hundratals eller tusentals år samtidigt som det fungerar som jordförbättrare. När biomassa pyrolyseras produceras också en pyrolysgas som kan användas för att generera värme och elektricitet. Det här examensarbetet undersöker om det kan vara ekonomiskt genomförbart att bygga och driva en anläggning, benämnd en kombinerad pyrolys- och kraftvärmeanläggning, som kombinerar biokolsproduktion med värme- och elproduktion för att avlägsna koldioxid från atmosfären. Resultaten från arbetet visar att det kan vara ekonomiskt genomförbart att bygga och driva en kombinerad pyrolys- och kraftvärmeanläggning. Den ekonomiska genomförbarheten påverkas dock i hög grad av priset på biokol som jordförbättringsprodukt. Marknaden för biokol är dessutom outvecklad vilket gör att priset för biokol osäkert. En annan faktor som i hög grad skulle kunna påverka den ekonomiska genomförbarheten för anläggningen är andelen kol i biokol som kan anses vara lagrad. En högre andel innebär att betydligt mer statligt stöd kan ges för att finansiera anläggningen samt att potentiella intäkter från kolkrediter kan öka. Kapitalkostnaderna för att bygga anläggningen är också en faktor med hög osäkerhet som har stor effekt på den ekonomiska genomförbarheten. Från detta examensarbete dras slutsatsen att mer forskning kring biokolsmarknaden samt kring kapitalkostnaderna för att bygga anläggningen behövs. Detta behövs för att ytterligare fastställa den ekonomiska genomförbarheten hos en sådan anläggning för att avlägsna koldioxid från atmosfären.
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Daka, Fridah Malindima. "Are the current Zambian constitutional provisions sufficient in preventing abuse of power by the executive organ of government?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15210.
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This paper discusses reasons why democratic governance cannot be attained by the Zambian government without deliberate commitment to the maintenance of values and principles of democracy, good governance and the rule of law. Zambia prides itself to be a democratic and peaceful country. However, accountability, openness and responsiveness to the needs of citizens has been a challenge despite this great record, which has come as a result of free, fair and peaceful elections recorded consecutively since Zambia became a multi-party democracy. The partial fusion of the Executive and Legislative organs of government ably qualified by provisions of the current Constitution, makes it difficult to hold government accountable by the governed. Consequently, presidential appointment of Cabinet Ministers from Parliament equally weakens legislative ability of checking and balancing powers of the Executive. Moreover, appointment of judges by the President is another factor that punches holes in judicial independence and injures the last line of defence. It is as such imperative that the colossal presidential powers are reduced to allow a flourishing democratic society. In the view that the current Constitution does not have adequate provisions to prevent abuse of power by the Executive; this thesis has made recommendations for the Constitution to be amended to provide effective ways of balancing power between the three arms of government. This will inevitably create an environment of mutual accountability in government and construct a platform where the electorate could question irregular administrative actions.
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Dowling, Peter, and res cand@acu edu au. "How Is Power Used In The Catholic Church? A case study of a group of male religious in the Archdiocese of Melbourne." Australian Catholic University. School of Social Science, 2002. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp15.25072005.
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Aim. While there is much talk of an emerging interest in spirituality in Australia, there is evidence of a declining affiliation with the established Churches. The impact of mainstream Christianity in these circumstances would appear to be waning. The continued attention given to the Church in the wake of these realities and that of the Church's dealing with situations of sexual abuse has often focussed around the way in which the Church has used its power and influence. While undoubtedly there is much evidence of the Church's service and care for its members and those most in need, more questions are being asked about the accountability of those who minister within the boundaries of Catholic Church structures, and the healthiness of those very structures for helping the Church to live out its mission with integrity. Further questioning has often been around the perceived intent of Church authorities, as seen by many, to return the Church to times prior to the Second Vatican Council when clerical authority was unquestioned. There are divergent viewpoints as to whether the call of the Council for wider involvement of lay people in Church decision-making and structures is in the process of being reversed. The researcher, coming from his experience as a member of a Catholic Religious Congregation of Men, is interested in looking broadly at the issue of how power is used in the Catholic Church, with a particular focus on a case study of one Group of Male Religious in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. The aim of the study is to provide further insight into use of power in the Catholic Church, and to offer some recommendations for future use of that power in a healthy and constructive way for the benefit of the Church and, ultimately, all of society. Scope. A Literature Review was carried out to investigate the broader issues of how power may be defined. A multitude of answers emerged, resulting in a rich understanding of power and some specific related factors: gender, hegemony, patriarchy, authority, leadership, empowerment and networks. Following these explorations around how use of power may be understood, examination of issues relating to abuse of power took place. Given this background, attention was then given to issues of power in relation to Church structures. With these learnings, the researcher conducted five focus groups of people who had relevant knowledge of the male Religious Congregation in Melbourne, which was the specific case study for this research. The groups included current members of the Congregation, former members, staff members in schools run by the Congregation, former students and a women's group. The study was restricted to one specific Congregation, the 'Brothers of St Charles' [fictitious name], in Melbourne, in order to provide a particular and manageable focus. While limited in scope, the study provides an analysis of the focus groups and a linking between this analysis and the Literature Review. Conclusions. The study finishes with some reflections by the researcher on the learnings of the study and recommendations arising from the study. Central place is given to the quality of relationships of those engaged in ministry on behalf of the Catholic Church. An interplay of personal and Church/Congregational factors is proposed in order to provide some qualitative assessment of the effectiveness of such relationships. In order for ministers to take up and use their power in an enriching way for themselves and particularly for those to whom they are called in service, recommendations are made around the need for learning about use of power as part of formation for Church personnel, around encouraging ongoing personal growth in those in Church ministry, around the importance of engaging in processes of healing where people have been hurt by past inappropriate use of power, and around the need to continually critique and challenge existing Church structures where there is injustice through lack of inclusivity.
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Johansson, Susanne. "Sexual Relationships between Athletes and Coaches : Love, Sexual Consent, and Abuse." Doctoral thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4890.
Abstract:
Coach-athlete sexual relationships (CASR) and sexual harassment and abuse (SHA) in sport can profoundly impact athletes’ welfare and performance. Yet, it is often ignored due to sensitivity, secrecy, and lack of knowledge. There is no previous research on SHA in sport in Sweden, and legal, consensual, same-sex CASR is under-researched. The overall purpose of this doctoral thesis is to examine CASR in competitive sport in Sweden. More specifically: a) athletes’ experiences of CASR; b) prevalence of SHA in coach-athlete relationships; c) conceptual and theoretical issues to broaden the understanding of CASR and SHA, will be examined. Survey methodology is employed in Article I to explore the prevalence of SHA, coach-athlete relationship factors, and association between relationship factors and SHA. A random sample of current and former male and female Swedish athletes (n=477) aged 25 participated. Article II outlines critical issues of CASR, and theories and conceptualisations of romantic love, sexual consent, and female athlete sexual agency is further developed in the thesis research summary. Drawing on interviews with five female elite athletes aged 23-30, experiences of CASR are analysed in-depth using discourse analyses in Article III and narrative case study design in Article IV. Results show that athletes’ experiences of CASR are positively and negatively diverse but potentially problematic because boundary ambiguity, secrecy, and isolation are common. Social and ethical dilemmas may also occur because CASR intersect contrasting discourses regarding elite sport, coach–athlete relationships, and romantic love. Moreover, CASR integrate professional and private contexts in which equality and power deviate. The research illustrates empirically and theoretically how female elite athletes exercise agency and recognise consensual, mutually desired CASR where romantic love is priority. However, sexual consent can be ambivalent rather than a mutually exclusive yes/no dualism. Socially, consent is a process of negotiation informed by contextual factors, sexual agency, and social structure. In addition, 5.5% prevalence of SHA perpetrated by male coaches is reported, distributed throughout the sampled athletes’ gender, age, sport performance levels, and individual/team sports in the sample. In conclusion, this thesis expands knowledge of athletes’ experiences of love, sexual consent, and abuse in CASR. Previous evidence of SHA in sport is confirmed to include sport in Sweden. Implications for sport and sport sciences are offered.