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Bos�ko, Jaroslaw Tomasz, and jbosko@unimelb edu au. "Molecular simulation of dendrimers under shear." Swinburne University of Technology. Centre for Molecular Simulation, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20050804.141034.
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In this work flow properties of dendrimers are studied with the aid of molecular simulations. For the first time the results of the nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of the dendrimers in the melt are reported. Molecules are modelled at the coarse-grained level using the bead-spring model. The objective of this research is to analyse the influence of the molecular topology in the macroscopic flow behaviour of the melts. Systems of dendrimers of generations 1 to 4 undergoing planar shear are compared to the melts composed of linear chain polymers. The internal structure and shape of dendrimers is extensively analysed. The response of the molecules to the shearing in the form of stretching and alignment is studied. The correlation between the onset of shear thinning and the onset of deformation of molecules is observed. The changes in the fractal dimensionality of dendrimers due to shearing are also analysed. Dendrimers, due to their highly branched structure and compact globular conformations in the melt, are found to behave differently when sheared, compared to traditional linear polymers. Unlike linear polymers, they do not undergo transition form the Rouse to the reptation regimes. This effect is explained in terms of the suppressed entanglement between molecules. Moreover, dendrimers when compared to linear chain systems exhibit lower Newtonian viscosity, onset of the shear thinning at higher strain rates, and less pronounced shear thinning in the non-Newtonian regime. They can be used as rheology modifiers, as it is shown in the preliminary results obtained from the simulations of the dendrimers-linear polymer blends. In agreement with other theoretical and experimental studies, dendrimers in the melt are found to have compact space-filling structure with terminal groups distributed throughout the interior of the molecule. Suggestions for the further study of dendrimers via molecular simulations are made.
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Strong, Kalmia Elizabeth. "We need some space. We need to talk." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1768.
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Ellis, Megan. "Need: Stories." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1588.
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The intent of this thesis is to create a literary fiction collection centered on diverse adolescent girls. In recent years, women writers have moved away from the domestic sphere of authors whose writing focused solely on the daily lives of women, and have begun penning epic stories and novels whose themes were previously tackled by men alone. Authors show that the craft of expansive and immersive literary fiction transcends gender, allowing women more freedom with the types of stories they choose to write. That’s not to say that domestic fiction is unimportant or "less than" other types of literary fiction, however. The difference is in choice—women are free to create works in other genres, forms, and conventions separate from domestic fiction, but can also reclaim and reinvent the genre to show the importance of everyday women. Each story in this collection highlights the complex lives of adolescent girls while exploring universal themes of women from a literary fiction rather than young adult fiction perspective. Issues such as sexuality, virginity, and popularity—which all girls experience at least tangentially—are often relegated to young adult fiction. Their purpose is to build a relationship of trust between characters and readers who are experiencing the same confusing period. Literary fiction allows deeper exploration into these issues, showing how larger psychological and societal problems result in adolescent physical manifestations, such as the sexualization and commodification of women’s bodies. This thesis will add to the current literary conversation by highlighting teenage girls, a demographic whose importance is often downplayed by modern society.B.A.
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Martins, Valter. "Nem senhores, nem escravos." [s.n.], 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/27093.
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Ulrey, Kathleen S. "Dinner needs cooked, groceries need bought, diapers need changed, kids need bathed tra[c]king the progress of need + past participle across the United States /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/716.
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Rodriguez, Carlos, and carlos_rodriguez_98@yahoo com. "The need for." RMIT University. School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20061115.164324.
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This thesis explores how planning for sustainable development can be enhanced in Australia with a particular focus on strategic plans. Today, the concept of sustainable development has not been fully operationalised into plans; market and political forces still play a predominant role in planning practice. Nevertheless, some authors believe that the concept of sustainable development has reinvigorated planning. For example, there is an extensive literature on this topic within planning theory, although in practice, sustainable development has been difficult to implement. This thesis after acknowledging the relevance of economy and politics, provides an alternative approach to operationalise sustainable development in plans through a technical perspective. This perspective is based on the examination, from literature, of several techniques which deal with sustainable development. The central idea is that these techniques can be embraced under one concept,
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Houtkooper, Linda, and Jaclyn Maurer. "Calorie Need Estimates." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146643.
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2 pp.The energy content of food is measured in calories. The number of calories, or energy, an athlete needs to maintain weight depends upon: age, body weight, gender, Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) and physical Activity Energy Expenditure (AEE) levels.
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Dineen, Christina. "Interrogating need : on the role of need in matters of justice." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33124.
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Need is a concept that carries intuitive appeal in moral decision-making. As it stands, need is relatively under-theorised, given its currency not just in philosophical argumentation but in news coverage, charitable appeals, and political practice. Need claims carry compelling normative force, and they are amenable to widespread support as our most basic needs are some of the things we most transparently share with our fellow human beings. However, how should we understand that normative force? Is need best understood to compel us as a matter of justice? I begin my account by considering the kind of need relevant to the project. I build from an understanding of need as a three-place relation, which is by its nature needing for a purpose. I suggest that morally important needs are those which aim at the objective interests that all people have in virtue of what is good for each of us qua human beings ('non-arbitrary needs'). Further, I distinguish the existentially urgent subset of those non-arbitrary needs as 'basic needs.' Given this understanding, I consider how basic needs theory relates to its conceptual neighbours. I focus on capabilities as the nearest neighbours, but also comment on wants, interests, and rights. I judge that the theories developed by Martha Nussbaum (capabilities) and Len Doyal and Ian Gough (needs) benefit from a complementary reading, with each supplementing the other. I then draw from Amartya Sen's early writings on capabilities to ultimately see capabilities and needs as two sides of the same coin. This helps to situate needs theory in relation to a mainstream branch of political theory more generally, and indicates that we can recognise the special significance of needs without eschewing other morally important categories. I then move to establish a scope of justice that allows us to distinguish between duties of justice and other moral duties. If we think that duties of beneficence are weak and optional, whereas duties of justice are binding and enforceable, a great deal rides on how we characterise our duties to the global poor. I offer a 'moral enforceability' account, claiming that duties of justice are those which are, in principle, morally enforceable. It is the in-principle enforceability of justice duties which gives them teeth. Returning to need, I then ask how another's need comes to give me a moral reason for action. I canvas a range of existing accounts, many of which furnish important insights. I then propose that it is the morally relevant capacities of the being in need which gives them moral status such that their needing is morally significant. We are morally required to answer this need with responsiveness, as a demonstration of appropriate respect for the sort of being that the human in need is. If this is right, we are morally required to be responsive to need, even if we are not always required to reduce it. Finally, I bring the diverse strands of the foregoing argument together to return to the relationship between need and justice. I consider what a duty of responsiveness might amount to in practice, and suggest that our duties of responsiveness are best thought of as collective duties, grounded in the capacity of the global well-off to contribute. Further, I argue that duties of responsiveness are a matter of justice, as they are the sort of duties that are, in principle, morally enforceable. A wide range of threats to the necessary conditions for human flourishing, and even human life, are on the horizon, and many of these are uniquely collective challenges. The seriousness of those challenges, and the extent to which we have treated our responsibilities to those in need as discretionary in the past, means collective action and problem solving are called for when there are no easy answers.
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Silva, Marcus Vinícius da 1981. "Adoniran Barbosa = nem trabalho, nem malandragem." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/270107.
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Orientador: Mário Luiz FrungilloDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: Este trabalho propõe uma reflexão sobre os elementos temáticos e estéticos presentes nas canções de Adoniran Barbosa, essencialmente em suas letras, que despertaram interesse de seus mediadores no resgate do samba "autêntico", durante o processo de redefinição da MPB, que se deu entre os anos 60 e 70. Para isso, pretende-se observar as letras de suas canções presentes nos três primeiros elepês: Adoniran Barbosa 1974, Adoniran Barbosa 1975, e Adoniran e Convidados, de 1980. Esse recorte visa levantar quais foram os possíveis critérios de escolha das canções por seus produtores culturais, e analisar, a partir dos contextos político, econômico e sócio-cultural, que fatores possivelmente influenciaram na concepção de algumas dessas obras, bem como de que forma diversas dessas canções foram lidas e entendidas mais de vinte anos após serem compostas. A dissertação está dividida em duas partes. A primeira parte é composta por dois capítulos. O primeiro abrange a trajetória de análise da obra de Adoniran. Nesse capítulo, procura-se contextualizar o artista como parte do processo de racionalização da indústria cultural no Brasil - a partir dos conceitos frankfurtianos - e como esse processo, que acontece em concomitância com um momento de grandes tensões políticas e ideológicas, durante o regime militar, permite a consolidação de um cenário único e propício para a formação da MPB renovada. O resgate da figura de Adoniran nesse momento, na minha perspectiva, tem um significado político, ideológico e cultural bastante importante e singular no processo de construção e consolidação da música e da cultura brasileira. No segundo capítulo, pretende-se fazer um levantamento das principais críticas feitas sobre os álbuns que fazem parte do corpus da análise, essencialmente presentes em periódicos e nos encartes de seus elepês, com o objetivo de revelar de que maneira jornalistas, intelectuais e críticos de música influenciaram na constituição da presença de Adoniran na tradição do samba. Já a segunda parte da dissertação dedica-se à análise das canções presentes no corpus, procurando desenvolver, em dois capítulos diferentes, o caráter ambíguo das canções de Adoniran Barbosa inseridas em três debates recorrentes no contexto da MPB renovada: trabalho x malandragem; tradição x progresso; som local x som universal. No primeiro capítulo, o objetivo é realizar uma leitura das canções de Adoniran que refletem, do ponto de vista da recepção, um caráter de resistência à ordem vigente e à ética do trabalho, mas ao mesmo tempo caminham em rumo contrário ao discurso da malandragem tradicional dos sambas cariocas. É outra forma de resistência, que assume caráter de denúncia ao universo suburbano do trabalho. O segundo capítulo diz respeito essencialmente ao entendimento de uma postura crítica e contrária ao ideal de progresso assumido pela elite paulistana, que entendia São Paulo como a locomotiva do país desde o início do século. Ainda nesse capítulo, pretende-se desenvolver um debate estético e ideológico existente no cenário da música brasileira desse período, anos 60 e 70, tendo por um lado o som local, "autêntico" e "de raiz", representado pela MPB renovada, e o som universal, "inovador" e "moderno", representado pela Jovem Guarda e pela Tropicália
Abstract: This dissertation proposes an extended treatment on the aesthetic and thematic features of songs by Adoniran Barbosa, mainly in his lyrics, which led to interest of cultural agents in the rescue of the "authentic" samba, throughout the process of redefinition of MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), from the 60?s to the late 70?s. In order to do so, the song lyrics presented in his first three LPs were studied: Adoniran Barbosa 1974, Adoniran Barbosa 1975, and Adoniran and Guests 1980. In the period chosen we have questioned what the criteria for choosing the songs were, from the perspective of cultural producers, and analyzed possible influences in the composition of some of these works, according to political, economic and socio-cultural contexts, as well as how several of these songs have been read and understood over twenty years later. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part consists of two chapters. The first covers the line of development of Adoniran?s work. In this chapter, the artist is contextualized as part of the rationalization process of the cultural industry in Brazil - according to Frankfurt School concepts - and this process, which happens to coincide with a time of great political and ideological tension, during the military regime, is comprehended as the consolidation of a unique and conducive scenario that allows the formation of the renewed MPB. The rescue of the figure of Adoniran at that point, in my view, has a political, ideological and cultural meaning which is very important and unique in the construction and consolidation of Brazilian music and culture. In the second chapter, the main criticisms on the analyzed albums were studied, mostly from newspapers and LP inserts, with the objective to expose how journalists, intellectuals and music critics have influenced the constitution of Adoniran?s presence in the tradition of samba. The second part of the dissertation, also in two different chapters, is the analysis of the lyrics presented in the corpus, aiming to develop the ambiguous character of Adoniran Barbosa?s songs in relation to three recurring debates in the context of renewed MPB: work x truancy; tradition x progress; local sound x universal sound. In the first chapter, the goal is to read Adoniran songs, from a perspective of reception, as resistance to the existing order and work ethics, as they take an opposite direction from the traditional discourse of truancy presented in sambas from Rio. It's a way of resistance, which denounces the universe of suburban work. The second chapter is dedicated to the understanding of the São Paulo elite?s posture of criticism and opposition to an ideal of progress, as they believe the state to be "the locomotive of the country" since the beginning of the century. Also in this chapter, we have presented the aesthetical and ideological debate in the Brazilian music from that period, the 60's and the 70's: on one hand the local, "authentic" and "native/root" sound, represented by the renewed MPB; on the other, the universal, "innovative" and "modern" sound, represented by Jovem Guarda and Tropicália
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Meurer, Cleusa Maria Antunes. "Creche domiciliar :: nem escola, nem família /." Florianópolis, SC, 1994. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/76168.
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Araújo, Clarice Fortunato. "Nem do cravo, nem da canela." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2014. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/128606.
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Esta dissertação faz uma abordagem sobre a representação da mulher mestiça naliteratura, por meio da personagem central do romance Gabriela, cravo e canela,de Jorge Amado (1958). É importante investigar a retratação da mulher afrobrasileirana literatura porque os padrões aí apresentados são reproduzidossocialmente. A representação deturpada do negro na mídia generaliza adiscriminação racial, fator determinante da desigualdade social no Brasil, um paísamplamente miscigenado. Este estudo é muito oportuno, num momento deacirramento nas discussões em torno do estabelecimento das ações afirmativas,com cotas raciais nas universidades públicas do país. Até muito recentemente, apresença de negros e mulatos era praticamente nula na literatura e demais mídias,com exceção para vagas aparições, como coadjuvantes ou antagonistas.Atualmente, tem se fortalecido os debates sobre a importância de se resgatar ahistória e a cultura dos afrodescendentes, o que pode ser considerado um avanço,ainda que tardio. Por último, e igualmente relevante, é preciso destacar ascategorias gênero e classe, como fatores determinantes para discutir as questõesraciais no Brasil.
This paper presents an approach about the representation of women of mixed racein literature, through the main character of the novel "Gabriela, cravo e canela" byJorge Amado (1958). It is important to investigate the portrayal of African-Brazilian women in literature because the patterns presented there are sociallyplayed back. The misrepresentation of black people on the media generalizes racialdiscrimination, a determinant factor of social inequality in Brazil, a country widelymixed. This study is very timely, at a time of discussion intensification aroundaffirmative action establishment, with racial quotas in public universities in thecountry. Until very recently, the presence of black people and mulattos werevirtually zero in literature and other media, except for vague appearances, asadjuncts or antagonists. Currently, the debate on the importance of rescuingAfrican descent history and culture has strengthened, which can be considered abreakthrough, albeit late. Finally, and equally important, the categories gender andclass must be highlighted as determinant factors to discuss racial issues in Brazil.
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Sage, Eric. "Nouveau concept de spectrométre de masse à base de réseaux de nanostructures résonantes." Thesis, Grenoble, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013GRENY045/document.
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L'enjeu du travail est d'apporter une preuve de concept d'une architecture simplifiée de spectromètre en utilisant comme détecteur un réseau ultra-dense de NEMS associés à des éléments de circuit CMOS afin d'amplifier le signal in situ et de les adresser individuellement. Depuis plusieurs années, l'équipe du professeur Roukes à CALTECH a présenté une démonstration de spectrométrie de masse avec un NEMS. En parallèle, le CEA/LETI-MINATEC a développé une approche de fabrication dite VLSI de NEMS et de simulation électromécanique de ces éléments. Le premier but de la thèse est l'étude des phénomènes de bruit limitant la résolution en masse afin d'atteindre 10 Da au lieu des 1000 Da actuels sur des rangs de masses large allant de 10Da à 1MDa. Dans un second temps, La concept de spectrométrie de masse à base de NEMS est validé en comparant des spectres obtenus sur des nano-agrégats de quelques nanomètres de diamètres avec ceux fournis par un spectromètre de masse temps-de-vol conventionnel. Puis, un système d'adressage fréquentiel de réseau de NEMS est mis en place pour permettre la mesure quasi simultanée de 20 résonateurs. Enfin, le réseau de NEMS est inséré dans le banc de nano-aggrégats pour mesurer 20 spectres de masses en parallèle et valider une première preuve de conceptThe aim of the project is to bring a proof of concept of a simplified mass spectrometer architecture using an ultra dense network of NEMS in association with elements of CMOS circuit as sensors in order to amplify the signal in situ and adress them individually. Since several years, Roukes' team at Caltech has demonstrated a mass spectrometry with a NEMS. In parallel, the CEA/LETI-MINATEC has developped a fabrication approach called VLSI of NEMS and an electromecanical simulation method of these elements The first objective of this thesis is to study the noise phenomenon currently limiting our mass resolution in order to reach 10 Da instead of current 1000 Da on ranges going from 10 Da to 1MDa. In a second step, the concept of NEMS-based mass spectrometry is validated by comparison a nanometric cluster spectra with those from a conventional time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Then, a frequency addressing technique is applied on an NEMS array to allow for quasi simultaneous tracking of 20 different resonators. Finally, the NEMS array is inserted in the nanocluster bench to measure 20 spectra in parallel and validate a first proof of concept
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Buzinski, Steven Gregory. "Effects on communal relationships of the presence of need, responsibility for the need, and the ability to satisfy the need." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8929.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Psychology. 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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Brígido, Anúzia Gabrielle Cavalcante. "Sobre Górgias : nem ser nem não-ser." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2016. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/19904.
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O presente trabalho pretende fazer uma interpretação do pensamento de Górgias, a partir da tradução e comentário de três dos seus textos: Sobre o Não-ser (nas suas duas versões), Elogio a Helena e Defesa de Palamedes. Pretendemos, mais especificamente, investigar a oposição de Górgias à identificação imediata entre realidade/verdade, pensamento e discurso. Julgamos que os três textos se conectam e possuem uma coerência no que diz respeito às concepções apresentadas sobre o nexo entre realidade, conhecimento e discurso. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
This dissertation aims to make an interpretation of Gorgias’thought, starting from a translation and a commentary of three of his writings: On Not-Being (in two versions), Encomium of Helen and Defense of Palamedes. It aims, in particular, to investigate Gorgias opposition to the immediate identification between reality/truth, thought and discurse. We believe that the three texts are connected and coherent on the views they show about the link between reality, knowledge and discourse.
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Medeiros, Ana Lucia Gomes. "Nem dentro, nem fora : uma abordagem critica." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1995. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/76344.
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Os artigos de Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda, publicados no Jornal do Brasil, no período de 1979 a 1983, foram objeto deste trabalho. A sua leitura possibilitou a formulação de hipóteses acerca da trajetória e da produção de crítica da cultura que a intelectual vem desempenhando.Foi,portanto, lendo seus artigos em jornais e cruzando-os com outras leituras, quer da autora, quer de outros intelectuais, que foi possível perceber as estratégias de reconhecimento e consagração com que a autora constituiu seu papel dentro do campo intelectual.
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Borges, Elisa de Campos. "O projeto da via chilena ao socialismo do PC chileno: nem revisionismo,nem evolucionismo, nem refornismo, nem cópias mecânicas." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2005. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12725.
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This work have as purpose to know, to comprehend and to attend the effort for the introduction of the project the chilean way to socialism idealized by the Communist Party of Chile. This project has purposed the passage from chilean capitalist regime to socialism based on the maintance of the establishment, without insurrections or armed conflicts. Such formulation had a great repercussion in the political project of the Popular Unity, wich had conducted Salvador Allende to Presidency of the Republic in 1970. To accomplish this research it was made use of a bibliography as source about the Popular Unity and about the subject of our research, many documents from the Communist Party, and personal witness by the same way, which constitutes oral source for the studies in History. In the Introduction, we had made a characterization from the Communist Party and from the original project of this research, that will be separated into the first and the second chapters, such as a chilean political and economical contextualization. In Chapter I we had upraised some arguments occurred about the peaceful way to socialism. We had tried even to identify the political development of the Comunist Party along it s policy of alliances and it s fundaments in several presidential elections. In Chapter II we looked forward to reflect how the mentioned questions from the past Chapter will influence the formulation of The Chilean Revolution, it s repercussions among the left-side parties and the for the Popular Unity consolidation to face the 1970´s elections. In Chapter III then we looked forward to analyze, from the Communist Party documents written between 1970 and 1973, the political behavior of the Party in the Alludes government quotidian
Este trabalho tem como proposta conhecer, compreender e acompanhar o esforço para a implantação do projeto via chilena ao socialismo , idealizado pelo Partido Comunista do Chile. Este projeto propunha a passagem do regime capitalista chileno para o socialista a partir da manutenção da institucionalidade, sem insurreições ou luta armada. Essa formulação teve uma grande repercussão no projeto político da Unidade Popular que levou à Presidência da República Salvador Allende em 1970. Para realizar essa pesquisa foram utilizadas como fonte uma bibliografia sobre a Unidade Popular e sobre o nosso objeto de pesquisa, diversos documentos do PC, assim como depoimentos pessoais que se constituem fonte oral para estudos da História. Na introdução, realizamos uma caracterização do PC e do projeto que se desdobrará no primeiro e segundo capítulo, assim como uma contextualização do sistema econômico e político chileno. No Capítulo I levantamos algumas discussões realizadas sobre a via pacífica ao socialismo. Também procuramos identificar o desenvolvimento político do Partido Comunista através da sua política de alianças e seus fundamentos em diversas eleições presidenciais. Procuramos no Capítulo II refletir como as questões apontadas no capítulo anterior vão influenciar na formulação da Revolução Chilena, sua repercussão entre os partidos de esquerda e a consolidação da Unidade Popular para disputar as eleições de 1970. No Capítulo III procuramos então, analisar a partir dos documentos partidários do PC escrito entre 1970 e 1973, o comportamento político desse partido no cotidiano do governo Allende
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Reinhold, Martina. "We need a hero." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-107127.
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Was siehst du, wenn du aus dem Fenster schaust?“ Max und Robert zeichnen los, eine Minute haben sie Zeit. Bei Max entsteht ein Ufo, durch die Fensterscheibe von Robert blickt ein riesiges Auge. Die Klasse bewertet mit Applaus, welche Skizze einen Punkt für die Mannschaft bekommt. Es gewinnt das Auge, denn „hier weiß man noch nicht, was es wird, ob ein gefährliches Monster oder ein freundlicher Riese neugierig ist“, sagt Janne. Ob nun wirklich die Phantasie ausschlaggebend war oder Robert einfach den größeren Fanclub in der Klasse hat? Jedenfalls macht der COMIC-CLASH großen Spaß! Er ist der kreative Abschluss zu einem Programm über die Entstehungsgeschichte von Comics, der Vorstellung von Serien und Helden sowie von Kriterien für einen anspruchsvollen Comic – und damit Teil der Comicwoche vom 15. bis 19. Oktober in der medien@age, der Jugendbibliothek Dresden.
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Weller, Kristina. "Student Need-Based Education." Thesis, Prescott College, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1557340.
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This thesis articulates the importance of the use of efficient and effective student data documentation systems as classroom teachers determine the next instructional steps to support their students' abilities to demonstrate independent proficiency within grade level academic material. While operating under the broader structure of a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework, action research methodologies were used to address the question: How can deliberate documentation systems enhance the ongoing performance of an RTI program in a K-4 elementary school setting? This research examines various student data documentation systems, tracks student academic growth, explores the opinions of highly experienced classroom teachers, and discusses the characteristics of effective student data documentation systems. This thesis introduces the pedagogical process of Student Need-Based Education, in which educational decisions are intentionally structured according to the current academic, social-emotional/behavioral, or physical needs of students.
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Thiher, Gary L. "The concept of need /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3013035.
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Harrison, Stephanie. "We need more elephants." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000801.
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Sacristian, Pablo. "Here, You Need This." Thesis, Kungl. Konsthögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kkh:diva-46.
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A modular bookcase designed and made as my Master essay at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. In the same room where it was exhibited as part of Shameful Gambit, there is also a donation letter to the school, so the work can be used as a container or the other Master Essays. There is also a text submitted along with the bookcase, so the formed part of the essay can be read and contextualized.[I examensarbetet ingår utställningen "Shameful gambit":] This exhibition responds to the institutional and bureaucratic context and the immediate exhibiting environment. Starting from questioning the conditions under exhibiting in public, Shameful Gambit addresses the regulations and bureaucracy behind art education. Material: Steel, plexiglas, vinyl, lights. MDF, steel, plenty of labor. A4 paper. Teknik: Installation Mått: Variable dimensions
My exam consists both a formed/written essay part and a formed/interpreted part.
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Ekholm, Emma, and Schreeb Alexandra von. "Individuella skillnader i sensoriska behov: “Need for Scent”, “Need for Sound” och “Need for Vision” skalor : Ett bidrag till ämnets teoriutveckling." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24564.
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Titel: Individuella skillnader i sensoriska behov: “Need for Scent”, “Need for Sound” och “Need for Vision” skalor. Ett bidrag till ämnets teoriutveckling. Nivå: C-uppsats, examensarbete i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Emma Ekholm och Alexandra von Schreeb Handledare: Jonas Kågström Datum: 2017- maj Syfte: Avsikten med vår undersökning är att bidra till teoriutveckling inom ämnet sinnesmarknadsföring. Syftet med undersökningen är att analysera om och i så fall hur “Need for Touch” skalan går att omsättas till andra sinnen och användas inom multisensorisk marknadsföring. Metod: I denna studie har en kvantitativ studie utförts där 158 enkätsvar samlades in via en webbaserad undersökning där skalorna testades på respondenterna. Enkätsvaren analyserades i analysprogrammet SPSS där faktoranalys, klusteranalys och korrelationsanalys genomfördes. Resultat & Analys: Studien visade att sex faktorer kunde bildas varav faktor ett och två kunde bilda två stycken självständiga skalor, behov av doft (“Need for Scent”) och behov av ljud (“Need for Sound”), medan faktor tre, fyra och fem visar en tredimensionell skala, behov av syn (“Need for vision”). Fyra stycken kluster bildades även där vi fick fram ett kluster som uppvisar mycket högsensoriska beteenden och ett kluster som uppvisar mycket lågsensoriska beteenden. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Då vi har konstaterat att sinnena doft, ljud och syn bildat självständiga skalor kan fortsatt forskning använda skalorna i konsumentforskning. Fortsatt forskning kan även studera varje kluster på ett djupare plan genom kvalitativa intervjuer. Vidare vore det även intressant att se om våra skalor går att omsätta till sinnet smak, någonting som inte har studerats tidigare. Uppsatsens bidrag: Undersökningen har bidragit till att utveckla den teoretiska grunden inom ämnet sinnesmarknadsföring och genom att vi har utökat Peck och Childers (2013) skala om behov av beröring till tre stycken nya fungerande skalor har vi belyst att det faktiskt är möjligt att använda sig av skalor för doft, ljud och syn för att mäta konsumenters individuella behov av doft, ljud och syn gällande produktutvärdering.Title: Individual differences in sensory needs, “Need for Scent”, “Need for Sound” and “Need for Vision” scales: a contribution to theory development, in the subject of sensory marketing. Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degrees in Business Administration Author: Emma Ekholm and Alexandra von Schreeb Supervisor: Jonas Kågström Date: 2017 - May Aim: The purpose of our study is to contribute to the field of theory development, in the subject of sensory marketing. The aim of the survey is to analyze how the Need for Touch scale can be converted into other senses, and to be used in multisensory marketing. Method: In this study, a quantitative study was performed and 158 questionnaires were collected from a web-based survey where the scales were tested on the respondents. We analyzed our collected data in the statistical program SPSS and a factor analysis, cluster analysis and a correlation analysis were conducted. Result & Analysis: This study present six different factors from the factor analysis, of which factor one and two made two independent scales, “Need for Scent” and “Need for Sound”. Factor three, four and five all includes vision, and developed a three-dimensional scale “Need for Vision”. This study also present four clusters, where we developed one cluster that exhibited very high-sensory behaviors and a second cluster that exhibited very low-sensory behaviors. Suggestions for future research: Since we found that the senses smell, sound and vision could be formed into three independent scales, future research could use the scales on consumer research. Future research could also study each cluster individually on a deeper level with qualitative interviews. Furthermore, it would be interesting to examine if our scales could be transformed into the sense of taste. Which has not yet been studied. Contribution of the thesis: The study has contributed to develop the theoretical foundation in the subject of sensory marketing, and by expanding Peck and Childers (2013) “Need for Touch” scale to three new functional scales. We highlighted how it is possible to use scales for scent, sound and vision to measure consumers individual need for scent, sound and vision in regarding product evaluation.
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Osborn, Jeremy Lee. "Need fulfillment, well-being, and close relationships: Defining and testing interpersonal need compatibility." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290044.
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Compatibility is a concept that has enjoyed considerable attention in the arena of close relationship research and has emerged as a consistent factor in the experience of positive relational outcomes such as relationship satisfaction and stability. Despite this attention, however, the treatment of compatibility has generally been limited to domains specific to the studies in which it has been utilized. The present study sought to integrate research and theory in two distinct domains, need fulfillment and compatibility, in an attempt to provide an overarching explanation for findings linking compatibility to relational outcomes based on interpersonal need fulfillment. This task involved two distinct, but related, domains. First, general associations among interpersonal need fulfillment, well-being, and social network structure were examined in an attempt to develop a more refined understanding of the interaction between need fulfillment and specific relationships with respect to overall effects on well-being. Analyses were confined to the consideration of interpersonal needs (those requiring others for fulfillment) and relied on the three-dimensional model proposed by Schutz (1966) and comprised of needs for affection, inclusion, and control. Second, need fulfillment was examined in the context of exclusive romantic relationships, and a form of compatibility based on the interpersonal need levels of the partners was introduced and posited to represent an overarching form of compatibility and a major predictor of relationship satisfaction. Analyses involved 91 couples involved in exclusive romantic relationships and 105 individuals who were not involved in exclusive relationships at the time. Results indicated that interpersonal need fulfillment plays an important role in the experience of overall well-being. Furthermore, the fulfillment of specific needs and the experience of well-being were associated with the presence of certain relationships in one's social network (specifically an exclusive romantic relationship). Interpersonal need compatibility in the areas of inclusion and control was found to be a significant predictor of relationship satisfaction, supporting the validity of the interpersonal need compatibility construct. Overall, the proposed framework demonstrated utility value, and important insights regarding need fulfillment and network structure emerged, but additional research is needed to fully understand the interplay of these factors.
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Benge, Laura Elizabeth. "Need for Cognition: The Need for Cognition Scale and its Use With Adolescents." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1408458854.
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Chew, Selene Se Lui. "Designers as Entrepreneurs: An Investigation on Why Startups Need Design and Design Need Startups." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1417611292.
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Shockley, Kristen M. "Uncovering the Missing Link in Flexible Work Arrangement Utilization: An Individual Difference Perspective." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002138.
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Barbosa, Roseli Bregantin. ""Nem-nem" : uma subcategoria de juventude ou uma ficção?" reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/47892.
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Orientadora: Profa. Dra. Maria Tarcisa Silva BegaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia. Defesa: Curitiba, 07/03/2017
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Área de concentração: Sociologia
Resumo: "Nem-nem", no senso comum é um jovem que nem estuda nem trabalha, já no senso douto representa uma subcategoria de análise da juventude. Mas, será que esse jovem, de fato, não estuda e não trabalha? A pesquisa investiga o que o "nem-nem" faz com o seu tempo e como ocupa o espaço destinado aos jovens nas unidades Boqueirão e Cajuru do Portal do Futuro, em Curitiba/PR. O objetivo é desconstruir o estigma de "jovem vadio" imposto por tal subcategoria de juventude e saber se, e de que forma, esse Programa de Política Pública inclui o "nem-nem". A metodologia de pesquisa utilizada é a quantiqualitativa, com realização de estudo de caso, aplicação de questionários, entrevistas individuais e reunião de Grupo Focal, além de observação participante. A matriz analítica, adota a perspectiva das políticas públicas sociais e está apoiada na legislação de políticas de educação, trabalho e juventude. As análises apontam que a subcategoria de juventude "nem-nem" é fictícia, uma maquiagem sobre outras formas de exclusão social juvenil. Os resultados mostram que os jovens apontados nas estatísticas de trabalho e educação como "nem-nem" pertencem à subcategoria de juventude em situação de vulnerabilidade ou risco social. E eles não estão inativos, estudaram o ensino obrigatório e se ocupam com afazeres que não são quantificados devido ao conceito de trabalho adotado ou a equívocos na matriz analítica utilizada nas pesquisas realizadas sobre o tema até o presente momento. Palavras-chaves: Educação; Exclusão social; Juventude; Trabalho; Vulnerabilidade social.
Résumé: "Ni-ni" dans bon sens est un jeune homme qui ne étudient ni travail, déjà dans le sens scientifique est une sous-catégorie d'analyse de la jeunesse. Mais est ce jeune homme, en fait, n'étudie pas et ne fonctionne pas? La recherche étudie le "ni-ni" faire avec votre temps et comment occuper l'espace pour les jeunes dans les unités Boqueirão et Portal Cajuru de l'avenir, à Curitiba / PR. Le but est de déconstruire le stigmate de "vagabond jeune" imposée par une telle sous-catégorie de la jeunesse et de savoir si, et comment, le Programme des politiques publiques comprend "ni-ni". La méthodologie utilisée est le Quantiqualitative de mener l'étude de cas, des questionnaires, des entretiens individuels et réunions de groupe de discussion, et de l'observation participante. La matrice d'analyse, adopte le point de vue de la politique publique sociale et est soutenu à la loi de la politique de l'éducation, du travail et de la jeunesse. Les analyses montrent que la sous-catégorie de la jeunesse "ni-ni" est fictive, un maquillage sur d'autres formes d'exclusion sociale des jeunes. Les résultats montrent que les jeunes ont souligné dans les statistiques et l'éducation du travail comme "ni-ni" appartiennent à la sous-catégorie des jeunes en situation de vulnérabilité ou de risque social. Et ils ne sont pas inactifs, a étudié l'enseignement obligatoire et le traitement des tâches qui ne sont pas quantifiés en raison de la notion de travail adopté ou des erreurs dans le cadre d'analyse utilisé dans la recherche sur le sujet à ce jour. Mots-clés: Éducation; L'exclusion sociale; Jeunesse; Travailler; La vulnérabilité sociale.
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Wang, Yuli, and Yulan Qu. "Structural Project Need Good Communication." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10819.
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This thesis studys how work breakdown structure (WBS) in project planning could be of help for the case project. Moreover, and also want to analyze if and how This thesis aims to study how work breakdown structure (WBS) in project planning could be of help for the case project. Moreover. Finally it also analyzes if and how communication could be of help to solve delay problems by the use of WBS. All study is based on the theories of project management and communication. Case is from the real project of a recycle company in China.
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Bell, Dominik. "NEMS based on nanocoil structures /." Zürich : ETH, 2007. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=17114.
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Bradbury, Bruce William Economics Australian School of Business UNSW. "Family Size and Relative Need." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Economics, 1997. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17174.
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This thesis examines three questions concerned with the relative income needs of families of different sizes - often summarised by indices known as ???equivalence scales???. The first is the extent to which researchers and policy makers should offset the costs of family composition (eg the expenditure costs of children) with the benefits associated with demographic choice (eg the ???joys of parenthood???). Chapter 2 concludes that there are demographic and financial market constraints that will often make a narrow focus on expenditure costs appropriate for distributional research and tax/transfer policies. However, this will not always be the case. One implication of this result is that it may be reasonable for distributional research to use different equivalence scales for adults and children in the same household. Part 2 of the thesis introduces a new method for the estimation of the within-household income distribution and expenditure costs of different family types. This is based upon the household welfare model of Samuelson together with Lau???s method for modelling the joint consumption of household goods. In Chapter 4, this method is applied to the estimation of equivalence scales for older singles and married couples. The estimation is based upon a detailed set of assumptions about the extent of joint consumption for 17 different commodity groups. The main conclusions are that: the theoretical model fits the observed behaviour well (with the exception of some home production effects); that aged couples share their income relatively evenly; and that the relative rate of pension for aged singles in Australia is probably too low. In Part 3, the thesis examines how changes in poverty can be estimated when there is uncertainty about the equivalence scale. The thesis proposes a new method which permits a set of upper and lower bounds for the equivalence scale to be assumed, which in turn determine upper and lower bounds for the increase in poverty. This method is applied to measure the change in poverty in Australia during the 1980s. Equivalence scales can be found that imply either an increase or a decrease in poverty.
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Graham, Robert S. "The need for social validation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq24380.pdf.
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Sutton, Jane. "What is Growth Need Strength." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274151.
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Dietz, Heidi. "Urgent need for international programs /." Click here to view full text, 2007.
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Goncalves, Eduardo. "The Need for Comprehensive Liberalism." Thesis, Boston College, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107665.
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Thesis advisor: Stephen HudsonThere has been a growing consensus within political philosophy that liberalism is the most rational form of political organization. The arguments in favor of liberalism are theoretical and also based on historical observations. The view of liberalism as a moral conception of the good life, however, seems to betray its original historical purpose, namely, to provide a peaceful political forum despite competing comprehensive doctrines. How can liberalism be a thick moral conviction of its own if it was meant to temper such zero-sum convictions? To pose this question more concretely: If historic wars between strong religious convictions were tempered by provisional liberal ceasefires, could we accept the evolution of liberalism into a strong conviction of its own? This paradoxical development of liberalism in history runs parallel with contemporary philosophical debates. Whether the most proper conception of liberalism is comprehensive, and whether it is legitimized upon such comprehensiveness are both hotly debated. Exploring these historical and philosophical avenues uncover what I think is a need for a conception of comprehensive liberalism. It is beyond my scope here to formulate a new conception of liberalism that decisively settles the debate. I do, however, point to reasons why comprehensive liberalism should be the focus of contemporary efforts. First, I find that history shows a trend of liberalism growing into a positive doctrine of its own. Second, I invoke two famous traditional conceptions, one successful and one failed, which fuel our baseline intuitions of liberalism with comprehensive, not political justifications. Finally, I show that while contemporary philosophy surrounding liberalism developed a political conception, it cannot avoid slipping towards comprehensiveness. Taken together, my argument is that any enforceable and useful theory of liberalism must be grounded on thick and comprehensive philosophical premises
Thesis (MA) — Boston College, 2017
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Baker, Nathen Michael. "Syria: In Need of Vision." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90408.
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Possessing a vision to correct problems is an area of interest for leadership and political studies, as presumably vision provides the goal to orient upon and overcome problems, and should apply at all levels of leadership. The worsening situation in Syria since the end of the Cold War begs the questions of whether any recent U.S. President tried to address the issues in the relationship with Syria, and what was the vision the President sought to achieve. This study reviews Presidential rhetoric from President's News Conferences, major speeches and Executive Orders for a vision to ascertain the intended direction for U.S. policy for Syria. Also, the study reviews the leadership styles of the five Presidents for consistency and effectiveness in conveying a foreign policy message. Broadly, the study concludes that the Presidents need more than a strategy to engage other nation to fix problems. They need an achievable outcome to aim the U.S. government towards and to effectively broadcast their vision to a broad audience. It takes an appreciation for history, realistic expectations and an eye for the future to form a vision for a coherent way forward. Unfortunately, the Presidents in this study did not give the appropriate time or resources to correct the pervasive problems in Syria. Their overall policies ranged from incoherent to stagnant, therefore hampering the U.S. ability to guide progress fixing the situation.Master of Arts
The pervasive problems within Syria are some of the more important U.S. foreign policy issues that require guidance and direction to overcome. The worsening situation in Syria since the end of the Cold War begs the questions of whether any recent U.S. President tried to address the issues in the relationship with Syria. Broadly, the study concludes that it takes more than a strategy to engage another nation and fix problems. It takes an appreciation for history, realistic expectations and an eye for the future to form a vision for a coherent way forward. Additionally, Presidents require the ability to effectively communicate their vision to a broad audience. Unfortunately, it appears the Presidents in this study did not give the appropriate time or resources to correct the problems, and therefore hampered the U.S. President’s ability to guide progress to fix the situation.
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Gardner-Andrews, Anna. "In Need of Nature's Nourishment." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1411124241.
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Norman, David J. "Human traders need new tools." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/17866/.
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This thesis proposes new methods and tools for helping human traders to compete in a high-frequency trading environment. Human traders have difficulty trading against predatory algorithms and the thesis proposes methods that support the creation of assistive tools that can help human traders to compete profitably. It also develops further understanding of classical decision-making theory in a realtime trading context demonstrating that human traders improve decision-making biases when linked together in groups or with an assistive machine. As described in the thesis human traders are monitored, and their data is captured, in realtime and in situ. The trading performance and behavioural characteristics of the traders are studied in this context in order to determine if they can be positively modified. The thesis presents a new model for studying human trading behaviour in realtime and in situ using unique software. It also describes the basis for the development of a range of interventionist and assistive tools that are designed to augment trading performance. The approach put forward is unique in its application. It also provides evidence that human traders are willing to allow machines to augment their trading decisions. The contributions of this thesis are that it overcomes the problem of assessing human trader risk-taking behaviour in realtime and in situ, it makes sense of human trading behaviour at realtime speeds and then it shows that, with new approaches to human-machine collaboration, trading performance improves and classic decision-making biases are reduced.
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Liu, Dixi. "NEMS by sidewall transfer lithography." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31868.
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A batch fabrication process for nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) based on sidewall transfer lithography (STL) is developed and demonstrated. The STL is used to form nanoscale flexible silicon suspensions entirely by conventional lithography. A two-step process is designed for single-layer STL to fabricate simple electrothermal actuators, while a three-step process is designed to allow nanoscale features intersecting with each other for more complicated device lay-outs. Fabricated nanoscale features has a minimum in-plane width of approx. 100nm and a high aspect ratio of 50 : 1. Combined structures with microscale and nanoscale parts are transferred together into silicon by deep reactive etching (DRIE). Suspensions are achieved either by plasma undercut or HF vapour etch based on BSOI. The STL processes are used to form nanoscale suspensions while conventional lithography is used to form localised microscale features such as anchors. A wide variety of demonstrator devices have been fabricated with high feature quality. Analytic models have been developed to compare with experimental characterization and finite element analysis (FEA) predictions. Lattice structures fabricated by multi-layer STL have also be investigated as a novel type of mechanical metamaterial. Thus, the process could allow low-cost and mass parallel fabrication of future NEMS with a wider range of potential applications.
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Harrison, Yvonne. "Satisfying a need for sleep." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1995. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6978.
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Recent studies have suggested that the average individual has a sleep requirement in excess of 8h sleep each night. These concerns stem from reports of relatively increased propensity for sleep throughout the day for otherwise apparently healthy, young adults. It has been claimed that a substantial proportion of these individuals are suffering from a chronic loss of sleep. The work presented in this thesis focuses on two key issues: (i) the adequacy of current social norms of sleep behaviour, and (ii) the assumption that an increased propensity for sleep throughout the day is the single most reliable consequence of a failure to satisfy a physiological need for sleep. Throughout the first experiment the potential benefits of sleeping for as much as 10h per night were explored. During 26 consecutive nights EEG recordings and/or actigraphs were used to monitor the night-time sleep of 10 asymptornatic regular sleepers (mean 23.6y). The schedule comprised 7 nights of BASELINE sleep, 14 nights of EXTENDED sleep (up to 10h/night), and 5 nights of RECOVERY sleep. During EXTENDED sleep subjects slept significantly longer (approx. 1h) but sleep latency and interim wakefidness deteriorated. EXTENDED sleep produced no improvements to self-rated mood or subjective sleepiness. Vigilance tests showed a small but significant reduction in reaction time following EXTENDED sleep compared with both BASELINE and RECOVERY nights. Ability to detect target tones did not change significantly. An objective measure of daytime sleepiness - the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) - showed small (approx I min) reductions during EXTENDED sleep. These findings give little support to the view of chronic sleep deprivation in the average 7.5 h sleeper. The second section includes evidence of a number of circumstances in which sleep can occur in alert subjects who otherwise showed no indication of sleepiness related impairment : (i) by using non-conventional scoring criteria throughout MSLT trials, sleep was found to occur as short bursts, or microsleeps, in non-arousing situations (ii) in response to a motivational incentive, and (iii) as MSLT defined patholo 91 sleepiness unrelated to sleep-sensitive performance tasks, subjective sleepiness, or prior sleep behaviour. It is concluded that the capacity for more sleep at night, and the ability to fall asleep quickly during the day, are not systematically related to a physiological need for sleep for many healthy, regular sleeping young adults.
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Colbert, Connie L. "Need-induced and non-need-induced sodium appetite by rats in a simulated foraging paradigm." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE1001131.
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Gourlat, Guillaume. "Conception de circuit intégré pour les applications gravimétriques basées sur l’utilisation de résonateurs mécaniques arrangés en réseau." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAT089/document.
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L’extrême sensibilité des résonateurs mécaniques (NEMS) aux variations physiques à l’échelle atomique a permis le développement d’un nouveau concept de spectrométrie de masse à base de NEMS capable de mesurer la taille d’une particule unique. L’utilisation de large réseau de capteurs doit permettre à terme de palier la faible surface de capture des résonateurs tout en ouvrant de nouvelles perspectives pour les applications qui nécessitent des informa- tions sur la répartions spatiale des particules au sein du faisceau de mesure. Pour réaliser un spectromètre de masse à base de NEMS viable pour des applications de mesures réelles, il est impératif de développer une technologie de co-intégration NEMS CMOS permettant de fortement densifier le niveau d’interconnexion entre le capteur et l’électronique de lecture. Dans ce travail, nous présentons les premiers résultats mettant en oeuvre une telle techno- logie au travers de mesures de laboratoire et de la conception de circuit intégré co-intégré avec les résonateurs mécaniques. L’électronique de lecture capable de suivre la fréquence de nombreux NEMS simultanément est encore un facteur limitant la forte intégration nécessaire à la lecture de grand réseau de NEMS (>1000), les travaux de cette thèse mettent l’accent sur les problématiques liées à la lecture d’un grand nombre de résonateurs en termes de surface de silicium, de consommation et de performances. Nous présentons dans ce manuscrit une nouvelle architecture d’oscillateur hétérodyne bimode qui doit permettre de répondre à la fois au besoin de compacité tout en assurant le suivi simultané des différents modes de résonances des capteurs. Les travaux présentent également l’effort de modélisation et de co-simulation électro mécanique mis en oeuvre pour la conception des trois circuits. Enfin, nous présentons les résultats de mesure physique obtenue avec l’un des circuits revenus de fabrication et testé au sein du banc de spectrométrie de masse mise en place par les équipes du CEA/LETIThe extreme sensitivity of nano electro mechanical system (NEMS) to atomic scale physical variations has led to the breakthrough development of NEMS- based mass spectrometry sys- tems capable of measuring a single molecule. Parallel sensing using thousands of devices will help to circumvent the small effective sensing area while opening new perspectives for applica- tions which require spatial mapping. While the development of NEMS CMOS co-integration technology is of paramount importance to achieve high density sensor arrays (>1000 devices), the readout circuitry capable of tracking NEMS resonator frequency shifts is still the limiting factor for the very large scale integration of individually addressed sensors. Moreover, in order to resolve the mass and position of an adsorbed analyte, single particle mass sensing appli- cations require to track simultaneously and in real time at least two modes of the resonators. This requirement adds complexity to the design of the overall system. To respond to the size, power consumption and resolution constraints linked to NEMS array measurement, this work focuses on the development of a new readout architecture based upon a dual mode heterodyne oscillator. This work also emphasis the effort made on the modelization and co-simulation of the NEMS devices with their readout electronics. Then, the manuscript describe the first results of the CEA/LETI CMOS co-integraton process developed to tackle the sensor density challenge of mass spectrometry application. Finally, present the two integrated circuit that were designed during this thesis. The first one was a proof of concept for the aforementioned oscillator architecture while the second one combine the architecture with the co-integration processus developed
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Leoncino, Luca. "Optomechanical transduction applied to M/NEMS devices." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAY067/document.
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Au cours de ces dernières années, les progrès technologiques dans le domaine dumicro-usinage sur silicium ont permis le développement de Micro/Nano SystèmesÉlectro Mécaniques (M/NEMS) pour réaliser des capteurs ou des actionneurs.Dans le domaine des NEMS, dont les dimensions sont par définition submicroniques,les propriétés obtenues permettent de viser des applications en analyse biochimiqueou biomédicale. Il a été démontré que ces nano capteurs de masse (ou de force)atteignent des résolutions de l’ordre du zeptogramme (10−21 g) ou du picoNewtonce qui permet d’envisager des diagnostics précoces de certains cancers.Tous ces systèmes utilisent `a l’heure actuelle des moyens d’actionnement et dedétection électriques: de nombreuses équipes ont néanmoins démontré que la photoniqueactionne et détecte des mouvements de très faibles amplitudes, de l’ordredu femtomètre. Cette technologie hybride, circuit photonique associé au M/NEMS,offre potentiellement un gain de performance important par rapport aux moyens detransduction électromécanique.L’objectif de la thèse est le développement de la transduction optomécanique afinde détecter le déplacement de résonateurs NEMS. Un simple modèle analytique estproposé avec le support d’un simulation numérique. Les performances de transductionoptique sont comparées aux caractéristiques de la transduction électrique. Lacomparaison se base sur des critères objectifs (sensibilité, bruit, encombrement) puisde proposer des structures optomécaniques originales. Un banc de caractérisationoptique et mécanique est développé pour la caractérisation des échantillons dans unenvironnement contrôlé. Des mesures sur des composants fabriqués permettent demieux appréhender les contraintes de dimensionnement et, de façon plus général, latransduction optomécanique appliqué aux dispositifs NEMSDuring several last years, technological advances in the field of silicon micromachininghave initiated the industrial growth of Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems(M/NEMS) for fabricating sensors or actuators.In the field of NEMS with sub-micron sizes, the properties allow for targeting applicationsin biomedical or biochemical analyses. It has been demonstrated that thesenano mass (or force) sensors achieve resolutions of the order of zeptogram (10−21 g)or picoNewton, hence allowing early diagnosis of certain cancers.Transduction schemes of these systems are currently based on electrical principles:many teams have nevertheless shown that photonics operates and detects tiny displacementin the order of femtometer. This hybrid technology, photonic circuitassociated with M/NEMS, potentially offers a significant improvement compared toelectrical transduction.The purpose of the thesis consists of developing the optomechanical transductionfor NEMS resonators displacement. A simple analytical model is presented togetherwith a numerical simulation. The performance of optical detection is compared toelectrical detection features. The comparison is based on objective criteria (sensitivity,noise, crowding) for designing original optomechanical structures. A dedicatedbench has been developed for the optical and mechanical characterizations of thesamples placed in a controlled environment. Measurements on fabricated devicesallow a better understanding of the design constrains and, more in general, of theoptomechanical detection applied to NEMS.i
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DELGADO, Jaime Silva. "Nem terno nem gravata: as mudanças na identidade pentecostal assembleiana." Universidade Federal do Pará, 2008. http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/5295.
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Esta dissertação tem como objetivo fazer um estudo das contradições de uma identidade pentecostal em processo, buscando na sua origem uma identidade que lhe era própria, através de uma análise interpretativa de sua literatura, e de uma nova linguagem, que mudou nos últimos vinte anos. Durante oito décadas a Assembléia de Deus vinha mantendo firme sua identidade, que fez parte do cotidiano das pessoas, e de uma cultura religiosa brasileira que se acostumou a vê-las como fora do mundo, separadas. A chegada das igrejas neopentecostais provocou mudanças no ethos assembleiano. Atualmente é possível perceber uma mistura de práticas e crenças, que aqui perceberemos através das categorias, identidade e sincretismo. É cada vez mais presente uma linguagem triunfalista ligada a Confissão Positiva.
This dissertation has as a purpose to do a study of the contradictions of a pentecostal identity in progress, searching on its origin an identity that was own its on, through an interpretative analyse of its literature and a new language which has changed in the last twenty years. During eight decades the Assembley of God had been holding out tight its identity, that took part of the people’s daily and of a brazilian religious culture that got used to see them as outsiders, separated. The incoming of the Neopentecostal churches brought about changes on the assembleyan’s ethos. Currently, it is possible to realize a mixture of practices and beliefs that here we will notice through the cathegories, identity and and syncretism. It is even more and more present a triumphalist language linked a Positive Confession.
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Sousa, Juliano Ferreira de. "Jovens Nem-Nem : perfis midiático-digitais na cidade de Bauru (SP) /." Bauru, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/192627.
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Orientador: Maria Cristina GobbiResumo: A temática das diferenças geracionais é recorrente em estudos das mais diversas áreas do conhecimento. Essa categorização em gerações tem sido feita a partir de critérios históricos e econômicos, refletindo diretamente nos estudos comunicativos. Nota-se, portanto, que essas subdivisões geracionais estão intimamente ligadas ao consumo midiático e à forma de se lidar com os aparatos tecnológicos e com as práticas comunicativas originadas com eles. É importante destacar que, ao se estudar as mudanças geracionais, observa-se principalmente a juventude fixada em uma determinada época, já que os comportamentos e as culturas juvenis levam ao estabelecimento de novas práticas e à reconfiguração daquelas já existentes. É, também, recorrentemente atribuído à juventude a definição de padrões comportamentais e alterações na produção e consumo cultural. Ao longo das décadas, surgiram várias nomenclaturas geracionais, baseadas na realidade histórica estadunidense – como a Geração Baby-Boom, Geração X, Geração Y, Geração Z, entre outras – que raramente foram atualizadas observando-se a realidade latino-americana. Sendo assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar os padrões comunicativo-midiáticos de jovens pertencentes à chamada “Geração Nem-Nem” da cidade de Bauru (SP) que, definidos a partir de critérios utilizados pelo IBGE, é composta por pessoas de 15 a 29 anos que não desenvolvem atividades regulares de estudo e nem de trabalho. Foi aplicada uma pesquisa qualitativa, por mei... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The theme of generational differences is a recurrent study from the most diverse areas of knowledge. The categorization of generations has been made based on historical and economic criteria, directly reflecting on Communications Studies. It is noted, therefore, that these generational subdivisions are closely linked to media consumption and the way of dealing with technological devices and the communicative practices originated with them. It is important to highlight that, when studying generational changes, it is mainly observed the youth fixed at a certain time, since youth behaviors and cultures lead to the establishment of new practices and the reconfiguration of those that already exist. The definition of behavioral patterns and changes in cultural production and consumption is also frequently attributed to youth. Over the decades, several generational nomenclatures have emerged, based on American historical reality - such as Generation Baby-Boom, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z, among others - that have rarely been updated by observing the Latin American reality. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the media-communication patterns of young people belonging to the so-called “NEET Generation” in the city of Bauru (SP), which, defined based on criteria used by Brazilian government, is composed of people from 15 to 29 years old who do not carry out study or work activities. It was applied a qualitative research, using a questionnaire with open and closed que... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Mannar, Mannan Pallavi. "FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1133295152.
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Randall, Pierce. "Do Political Liberals Need the Truth?" Digital Archive @ GSU, 2013. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/139.
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In this thesis, I defend John Rawls’s assertion that political liberalism does not use the concept of truth. I respond to objections from Joshua Cohen and David Estlund. I argue that Cohen fails to show that public reason needs a minimalist conception of truth, since individuals with a range of conceptions of moral truth can meet the requirements of public reason. I dispute Estlund’s argument that the liberal principle of legitimacy is merely insular. Estlund assumes that the claim that the liberal principle of legitimacy is reasonable is no different than the claim that the principle is acceptable to reasonable persons. I argue that this assumption is incorrect, and that therefore the liberal principle of legitimacy is justifiable on the grounds that it is reasonable. I argue that political liberals need not worry that doing without the concept of truth will undermine the semantic coherence or objectivity of political liberalism.
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Meyer, zu Eissen Sven. "On information need and categorizing search." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2007. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=983791422.
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Tintó, Prims Oriol. "NEMO: computational challenges in ocean simulation." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669877.
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Els oceans juguen un paper molt important modulant la temperatura de la Terra absorbint, emmagatzemant i transportant l'energia que ens arriba del sol. Entendre millor la dinàmica dels oceans pot ajudar a millorar les prediccions meteorològiques i a comprendre millor el clima, qüestions d'especial rellevància per la societat. Utilitzant ordinadors ha sigut possible resoldre numèricament les equacions que descriuen la dinàmica dels oceans, i millorant com els models oceànics exploten els recursos computacionals, podem reduir el cost de les simulacions alhora que fem possibles nous desenvolupaments que milloraràn la qualitat científica dels models. Enfrontant els reptes computacionals de la simulació oceànica podem contribuir en camps que tenen un impacte directe en la societat mentre reduïm el cost dels experiments. Per ser un dels principals models oceànics, la tesis s'ha centrat en el model NEMO.
Per tal de millorar el rendiment dels models oceànics, un dels objectius inicials va ser entendre millor el seu comportament computacional. Per aconseguir-ho, es va proposar una metodologia d'anàlisis, posant especial atenció en les comunicacions entre processos. Utilitzada amb NEMO, va ajudar a resaltar diverses ineficiències en la implementació que, un cop sol·lucionades, van portar a una millora del 46-49% en la velocitat màxima del model, tot millorant la seva escalabilitat. Aquest resultat ilustra que aquest tipus d'anàlisis poden ajudar als desenvolupadors dels models a adaptar-los tot mostrant l'origen dels problemes que pateixen. Un altre dels problemes detectats va ser que l'impacte d'escollir una descomposició de domini concreta estava molt subestimat, ja que en certes circumstàncies el model triava una descomposició sub-optima. Tenint en compte els factors que fan que una descomposició concreta afecti el rendiment del model, es va proposar un mètode per fer una selecció òptima. Els resultats mostren que parant atenció a la descomposició no només es poden estalviar recursos sinó que la velocitat màxima del model també se'n beneficia, arribant al 41% de millora en alguns casos. Després dels èxits aconseguits en la primera part de la tesis, arribant a doblar la velocitat màxima del model, l'atenció es va posar sobre els algoritmes de precisió mixta. Idealment, un ús adequat de la precisió numèrica ha de permetre millorar el rendiment d'un model sense perjudicar-ne els resultats. Per tal d'aconseguir-ho en models oceànics, es va desenvolupar un mètode que permet determinar quina és la precisió necessària en cada una de las variables d'un codi informàtic. Utilitzat amb NEMO i ROMS va resultar que en ambdós models la major part de les variables pot utilitzar sense problema menys precisió que els 64-bits habituals, mostrant que potencialment els models oceànics es poden beneficiar molt d'una reducció de la precisió numèrica. Finalment, durant el desenvolupament de la tesi es va observar que degut a la no-linealitat dels models oceànics, determinar si un canvi en el codi informàtic perjudica la qualitat dels resultats esdevé molt complicat. Per solucionar-ho, es va presentar un mètode per verificar els resultats de models no-lineals.
Encara que les contribucions que donen forma a aquesta tesis han sigut diverses, conjuntament han ajudat a identificar i combatre els reptes computacionals que afecten els models oceànics. Aquestes contribucions no només han resultat en quatre publicacions sinó que també han resultat en la contribució al codi informàtic de NEMO i del consorci EC-Earth. Per tant, els resultat de la recerca realitzada ja estan tenint un impacte positiu en la comunitat, ajudant als usuaris dels models a estalviar recursos i temps. A més a més, aquestes contribucions no només han ajudat a millorar significativament el rendiment computacional de NEMO sinó que han sobrepassat l'objectiu inicial de la tesis i poden ser transferibles a altres models computacionals.The ocean plays a very important role in modulating the temperature of the Earth through absorbing, storing and transporting the energy that arrives from the sun. Better understanding the dynamics of the ocean can help us to better predict the weather and to better comprehend the climate, two topics of special relevance for society. Ocean models had become an extremely useful tools, as they became a framework upon with it was possible to build knowledge. Using computers it became possible to numerically solve the fluid equations of the ocean and by improving how ocean models exploit the computational resources, we can reduce the cost of simulation whilst enabling new developments that will increase its skill. By facing the computational challenges of ocean simulation we can contribute to topics that have a direct impact on society whilst helping to reduce the cost of our experiments. Being the major European ocean model and one of the main state-of-the-art ocean models worldwide, this thesis has focused on the Nucleus NEMO. To find a way to improve the computational performance of ocean models, one of the initial goals was to better understand their computational behaviour. To do so, an analysis methodology was proposed, paying special attention to inter-process communication. Used with NEMO, the methodology helped to highlight several implementation inefficiencies, whose optimization led to a 46-49\% gain in the maximum model throughput, increasing the scalability of the model. This result illustrated that this kind of analysis can significantly help model developers to adapt their code highlighting where the problems really are. Another of the issues detected was that the impact of the domain decomposition was alarmingly underestimated, since in certain circumstances the model's algorithm was selecting a sub-optimal decomposition. Taking into account the factors that make a specific decomposition impact the performance, a method to select an optimal decomposition was proposed. The results showed that that by a wise selection of the domain decomposition it was possible not only to save resources but also to increase the maximum model throughput by a 41\% in some cases. After the successes achieved during the first part of the thesis, that allowed an increase of the maximum throughput of the model by a factor of more than two, the attention focused on mixed-precision algorithms. Ideally, a proper usage of numerical precision would allow to improve the computational performance without sacrificing accuracy. In order to achieve that in ocean models, a method to find out the precision required for each one of the real variables in a code was presented. The method was used with NEMO and with the Regional Ocean Modelling System showing that in both models most of the variables could use less than the standard 64-bit without problems. Last but not least, it was found that being ocean models nonlinear it was not straightforward to determine whether a change made into the code was deteriorating the accuracy of the model or not. In order to solve this problem a method to verify the accuracy of a non-linear model was presented. Although the different contributions that gave form to this thesis have been diverse, they helped to identify and tackle computational challenges that affect computational ocean models. These contributions resulted in four peer-reviewed publications and many outreach activities. Moreover, the research outcomes have reached NEMO and EC-Earth consortium codes, having already helped model users to save resources and time. These contributions not only have significantly improved the computational performance of the NEMO model but have surpassed the original scope of the thesis and would be easily transferable to other computational models.
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Drew, Devin Lee. "Biophysical Characterization of NEMO and IKK₂." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3239883.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed January 12, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-121).
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Keller, Jeanine. "Wetland policy : the need for change." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Centre for Resource Management, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3794.
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In 1986 a New Zealand Wetlands Management Policy was ratified by the New Zealand Government. The need for such a Policy, arose from two factors. Firstly, the extent and quality of wetlands in New Zealand had diminished, and secondly, the great number of agencies involved in the management of wetlands had lead to the fragmented and ineffectual management of wetlands. This study looks at the ways in which New Zealand's economic and political climate has changed since the 1986 policy was formulated. The changes include; reduced intervention in agriculture, government restructuring, a new Environment Act (1986), and the review of the resource management laws. The 1986 Policy is analysed in the context of these changes. The study shows that the 1986 New Zealand Wetlands Management Policy has lost much of its usefulness, and needs reviewing to make it applicable and useful in the future.