Dissertations / Theses: 'New self'

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Anderson, George. "Existentially self deceptive storytelling : a new genre." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2009. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/90vq0/existentially-self-deceptive-storytelling-a-new-genre.

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This thesis is an exploration into the function and form of storytelling. Its initial assumption is that consciousness is a genetically transmitted mechanism which generates a concept of self by creating a story. In this formulation, the consciousness is called narrative-consciousness. Since the concept of self necessarily suggests its opposite and this in turn involves awareness of existential futility, the purpose of the story, generated by the narrative-consciousness, is seen to be, in the first instance, the hiding of this unavoidable and potentially damaging awareness. This thesis suggests that to achieve this goal the story must be based on the process of self-deception. The thesis shows that, in general, self-deception involves three significant components in its bid to separate any two paradoxical ideas: unease, process and hiding and that each of these maps onto a particular component in the final narrative of the self. The narrative created by a consciousness hiding, in particular, the awareness of existential angst is given the specific name existentially-selfdeceptive- story, with an acronym ESDeS. The thesis goes on to suggest that such a narrative-consciousness could produce written stories that follow the same pattern, in which case the stories are called existentially-self-deceptive-novels, with an acronym ESDeN. Such a story or genre is then shown to be part of a continuum consisting of up to three distinct ways of dealing with existential futility. The thesis labels these Story-1, Story-2 and Story-3 respectively but reserves the name ESDeN for a subset of Story-2. Analyses of three of these stories, Heart of Darkness, Chance and Thinks concludes that the genre necessarily includes genre-markers, bracketing deaths and repetition, can also include other optional components such as the self-deceptive process or the parent-child mechanism but that its defining characteristic is its division between an overt plot and a covert plot which contains a collusive death of a character identified with existential angst. A covert plot is necessarily available but it is, by definition, not easily discovered. Its successful hiding is made possible, primarily, by foregrounding the overt content of the novel at the expense of the covert. In this sense, the only necessary requirement of the overt content is it should distract and it does this best when the reader cooperates by investing time in interpretation: that is, in order to disguise the ultimate the reader concentrates on the proximal. Finally, the thesis mirrors the endings of each ESDeN by drawing attention to the fact that this collusion will not work for long: just as self-deception cannot withstand too much contrary evidence, the covert plot will not stand too many rereadings. Inevitably, for the true ESDeS, another point of recognition will occur and this will necessitate the renewal or replacement of the ESDeS.

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Bayne, Christopher D. "New directions in dimeric self-assembly." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38398.

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Jacobs, Tia. "Self-assembly of new porous materials." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3970.

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Thesis (PhD (Chemistry and Polymer Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the work was to prepare and investigate new porous materials using the principles of crystal engineering. Both organic and metal-organic systems were studied and the work can best be divided into two separate sections: 1. The crystal engineering of Dianin’s Compound, a well-known organic host. 2. The design and synthesis of a series of related porous coordination compounds consisting of discrete, dinuclear metallocycles. The first section discusses the synthetic modification of Dianin’s compound in order to engineer a new clathrate host with an altered aperture size. Although this study ultimately failed to isolate the host material in its porous guest-free form, the work led to the discovery of a chiral host framework that aligns guest molecules in a polar fashion, and consequently displays non-linear optical properties. These findings are unprecedented in the long history of crystal engineering of Dianin’s compound and its analogues. This section also describes desorption studies of the new inclusion compound, as well as the known thiol analogue of Dianin’s compound. Systematic characterisation of these desorbed phases has raised interesting fundamental questions about desolvation processes in general. The second section constitutes the major portion of the work. A series of related isostructural coordination metallocycles were synthesised and their structure-property relationships were investigated using a variety of complementary techniques. These metallocyclic compounds all crystallise as solvates in their as-synthesised forms, and different results are obtained upon desolvation of the materials. In each case, desolvation occurs as a single-crystal to single-crystal transformation and three new “seemingly nonporous” porous materials were obtained. A single-crystal diffraction study under various pressures of acetylene and carbon dioxide was conducted for one of the porous metallocycles. This enabled the systematic study of the host deformation with increasing equilibrium pressure (i.e. with increasing guest occupancy). The observed differences in the sorption behaviour for acetylene and carbon dioxide are discussed and rationalised. Gravimetric gas sorption isotherms were also recorded for the three different porous materials and the diffusion of bulkier molecules through the host was also investigated structurally. Finally, a possible gas transport mechanism is postulated for this type of porous material (i.e. seemingly nonporous), and this is supported by thermodynamic and kinetic studies, as well as molecular mechanics and statistical mechanics simulations.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die primêre doel van die werk was om nuwe poreuse materiale te berei en deur die toepassing van beginsels van kristalmanipulasie (E. crystal engineering) te ondersoek. Beide organiese- en metaal-organiese sisteme is bestudeer en die werk kan in twee kategorieë verdeel word: 1. Die kristalmanipulasie van Dianin se verbinding, ’n bekende organiese gasheer. 2. Die ontwerp en sintese van ’n reeks verwante poreuse koördinasieverbindings wat uit diskrete, binukleêre metallosiklieseverbindings bestaan. Die eerste deel handel oor die sintetiese verandering van Dianin se verbinding om ’n nuwe klatraatgasheer met ’n veranderde spleetgrootte te vorm. Alhoewel hierdie studie nie daarin geslaag het om die gasheer in sy poreuse “gas(E. guest)-vrye” vorm te isoleer nie, het die werk ’n nuwe chirale gasheerraamwerk aan die lig gebring. Die chirale gasheerraamwerk rig gas(E. guest)molekules in eendimensionele kolomme op ’n polêre wyse en gevolglik vertoon die materiaal nie-linieêre optiese eienskappe. Hierdie resultaat is ongekend in die lang geskiedenis van kristalmanipulasie van Dianin se verbindings en sy analoë. Hierdie afdeling beskryf ook die desorpsiestudies van die nuwe gasheer, en die tiol-afgeleide van Dianin se verbinding. Die sistematiese karakterisering van hierdie fases na desorpsie het fundamentale vrae na vore gebring oor desorpsieprosesse oor die algmeen. Die tweede afdeling maak die grootste gedeelte van die werk uit. ’n Reeks verwante isostrukturele ringvormige koördinasieverbindings is gesintetiseer en hul struktuureienskap verhoudings is deur ’n verskeidenheid komplementêre tegnieke ondersoek. Hierdie metallosiklieseverbindings kristalliseer almal in gesolveerde toestand vanaf sintese en verskillende resultate word verkry wanneer die verbinding desorpsie ondergaan. In alle gevalle vind gas(E. guest)desorpsie as enkel-kristal na enkel-kristal omsettings plaas en drie nuwe ‘oënskynlik nie-poreuse’ poreuse materiale is bekom. ’n Enkelkristal diffraksiestudie onder verskeie gasdrukke is met asetileen en koolstofdioksied uitgevoer vir een van die poreuse metallosiklieseverbindings. Dit het die geleentheid geskep om die mate waartoe die gasheer as gevolg van verhoogde ewewigsdruk vervorm (en dus toename in gasheerbesetting), sistematies te bestudeer. Die waargenome verskille in sorpsie-optrede vir asetileen en koolstofdioksied word bespreek en verklaar. Gravimetriese gassorpsie isoterme is ook vir die drie poreuse materiale verkry en die diffusie van groter molekules deur die gasheer is struktureel ondersoek. Laastens word ’n moontlike gasoordragmeganisme vir hierdie tipe poreuse (i.e. oënskynlik nie-poreuse) materiale gepostuleer. Hierdie bespreking word deur termodinamiese en kinetiese studies aangevul, sowel as molekulêre-meganika en statisties-meganiese studies.

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Huang, Guohua. "Workplace self-concept : a new conceptualization of self-concept in organizations /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?MGTO%202007%20HUANG.

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Redden, Guy Francis. "The new agents : new age ideology and the fashioning of self /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17148.pdf.

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Burns, Drew MacGregor. "The self-understanding, self-evaluation and analysis of China's new social stratum." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1222259276.

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Basabe, Desmonts Lourdes. "Fluorescent self-assembled monolayers as new sensing materials." Enschede : University of Twente [Host], 2006. http://doc.utwente.nl/51101.

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Schneider, Jennifer Smith. "Self-Perceived Competence of New Student Affairs Professionals." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5392.

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This study was designed to determine the extent to which new student affairs professionals feel competent for the work and to identify the experiences that foster such competence in them. The study also revealed discrepancies in the perceived levels and sources of competence between professionals who have completed either one or three years of full-time employment in student affairs. While some quantitative studies have addressed competence in student affairs professionals, the literature lacks in-depth information regarding the acquisition of competence of new professionals. This basic qualitative study offers rich information about competence development from the professionals themselves. Participants graduated from five master's-level student affairs preparation programs housed at large public institutions in Florida. They generally felt competent at the mid-range (intermediate) in the ten areas published by the American College Personnel Administrators - College Student Educators International (ACPA) and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA). Primary sources of competence were full-time experience in student affairs, graduate preparation programs, and professional development. Those who obtained their degrees more recently reported higher levels of competence than those who have been in the field longer. Other interesting themes relating to competence development emerged, as well.

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Toftblad, Holmgren Henrik, and Ola Magnusson. "Female self-employment : -motivational factors for new venture creation." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-10067.

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There is a known fact that prosperity of new ventures will benefit the economy as a wholein a positive manner and therefore the economy should strive to create more new ventures.

Steiner (2007) shows in his article that, one way out of unemployment is to venture intoself-employment. Whilst men venturing into self-employment have been quite stable overthe years, female entrepreneurs have drastically increased. Further, female entrepreneurshipis a way out from poverty, which goes towards equality for a nation (Eftimoski, 2006;Minniti, 2003). There exist an importance to study the in depth factors that correlates withthe female decision making process of venturing into self-employment. The authorsidentified a lack of research focusing on differences in motivation between unemployedwomen and employed women who started their own businesses.

The purpose of this thesis is to find and compare the motivational factors for unemployedand employed women to take the decision of venturing into self-employment. The authorswant to understand the significance of previous studies and developed theories in applianceto previously unemployed and employed females venturing into self-employment withinJonkoping municipality, Sweden. Around this area, there is a great reputation of strongentrepreneurial spirit (Wigren, 2003).

This qualitative study did not aim to generalize the results to a whole population, but ratherto understand the researched individual’s choices when taking the step into self-employment.Since this thesis wishes to find out incentives and motivations for thedecision of females going into self-employment, in-depth interviews with 10 self-employedwomen has been conducted to deeper the understanding of these events. A multiple casestudy was used in order to find common motivational factors for women to enter self-employment.

The main results of this thesis showed that there were differences in motivational factorsfor unemployed and employed women when deciding to become self-employed. The mostvisible motivational factor for the unemployed females to enter self-employment was theactual unemployment. However for the employed women, the biggest motivational factorswere disagreement with management and not being able to develop, in combination with abusiness opportunity. There were also no signs of monetary reward, impacting upon thefemale’s decision to venture into self-employment.

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Grimholt, Chriss. "A New Static Estimator Based on Self-Optimizing Theory." Thesis, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskaplige Universitet, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-21054.

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This thesis compares the performance of the new static model based esti-mator proposed by Skogestad et al. (2011) with least squares (LS), principalcomponent regression (PCR), and partial least squares (PLS) estimators ona linear, binary, and multicomponent distillation example. The performanceis classified into two categories: “open-loop” performance (estimator used formonitoring) and “closed-loop” performance (estimator used for control). Thenew estimator is derived from a regression point of view, and it is shown thatthis estimator is optimal for “closed-loop” estimation. Skogestad et al. (2011)also presented a method called loss regression for applying the new estima-tor on data. This thesis shows that this estimator is sensitive to noise andcollinearity, and a new improved method called the truncated "closed-loop"method (truncated CLM) is proposed. It is found that the new estimator andthe truncated CLM have better “closed-loop” performance, but worse “open-loop” performance than LS, PCR and PLS.

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Oliver, Paul Graeme. "Adopting new technologies, self-sufficiency and the DIY artist." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.675858.

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Nahlik, Brady J. "On a Potential New Measurement of the Self-Concept." The Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1610092728212115.

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Gingras, Normand. "On the Self, an existential-phenomenological-hermeneutic study towards a new understanding of the Self." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ57042.pdf.

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Johnson, Jay T. "Biculturalism, resource management and indigenous self-determination." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=765033411&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1233353190&clientId=23440.

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Jung, Jisu. "Harnessing and creating new technology to gain understanding of young adults’ nutrition." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/25476.

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Food journaling is important for individuals and nutrition researchers. Food journaling is very tedious and challenging to do accurately. This thesis explores how to improve this based on both simple and detailed food journaling. These represent two extremes in terms of user effort and detail in the logging. To tackle the challenge of detailed food journaling, we designed a mobile food logging app, Eat and Track (EaT). This multi-disciplinary research was in conjunction with a public health research project where young adults used EaT to track their food intake. The core research challenge was to explore how to support searching for food in a large food database (6,274 foods) on a small mobile phone screen. This work began with the design of an innovative approach to the food search, based on the 100 most frequently eaten foods. This design was refined in formative studies. Then we designed a new approach for the systematic study of the use, usability and effectiveness of EaT, especially its search interface. This was based on collaboration with nutritionists in a large field trial (N=1,027). The key contributions are the design and evaluation of the Search-Accelerator to facilitate searching for food in a large food database and our systematic evaluation process. To tackle the challenges of simple journaling, we explored the use of the mobile phone lock screen and designed the ultra-lite lock screen logger, Food InTake logger (FIT), for tracking vegetable intake. Our 4-week field study (N=19) revealed that it is quick and easy to use. The study led to a key conceptual contribution in the definition of the notion of lock screen ambience. The study demonstrated that most people found FIT to be an ambient reminder to eat vegetables and track vegetable intake. The key contributions are the definition of lock screen ambience to help people maintain awareness of an important goal, and the exploration of the lock screen to help people to do simple food logging

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From, Noah. "A New Mediea Reform : A field study on the New Rwandan Media Reform." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-26991.

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The central role of media in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has led to restrictive precautions from the government. Restrictive legislation due to the genocide has for long limited media freedoms and been target for domestic and international critique. In light of the new media reform adopted in 2013 this essay seek to examine the experienced impact of the reform on the journalistic role as watchdog, setting the agenda, nation builder, agent of empowerment and government partner. The empirical material is based on qualitative interviews performed in Rwanda with journalists, bloggers, reform implementers and international collaborators. The analysis constitutes a discussion regarding to what extent the new reform seems to reinforce these roles. Here I will use my theoretical framework, namely Development Journalism, and the answers from the respondents in order to understand and examine this particular problem. The final part of the essay deals with my specific case, which is Rwanda’s media landscape after the newly adopted media reform. Here I will analyze the experienced change introduced by the new media reform. My essay finds that an official narrative, which is enforced by the Rwandan constitution, restricts the impact of the reform on the role of media

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Joe, Damen. "Mapping the self-portrait navigating identity and autobiography in visual art : this thesis is submitted to the Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Arts (Art and Design) in the year 2005 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2005. http://repositoryaut.lconz.ac.nz/theses/1341/.

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Thesis (MA--Art and Design) -- AUT University, 2005.
Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (xxii, 85 leaves : col. ill. ; 30 cm.) in City Campus Collection (T 707 JOE)

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Powell-Ulveland, Tracy Meryll. "Assuming new selves, rewriting the self in recovered memory psychotherapy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0025/NQ51912.pdf.

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Galloro, Josie. "New self-assembling polyferrocenylsilane architectures, organization over multiple length scales." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq62938.pdf.

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Muradali, Fidel. "A new procedure for weighted random built-in self-test /." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59424.

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Experience has shown that an excessive time penalty can be incurred when testing large scan circuits with a uniform random test pattern generation approach. As a solution to this problem, this work explores the use of weighted random patterns (WRP) to reduce, by orders of magnitude, the test application time in self-testing circuits.
Much work has been done on the off-line development of compact test sets, but a problem which still remains is how to efficiently apply them on-chip. A means of transforming a given test set into a relatively short weighted sequence and pseudorandom sequence, whose cumulative fault coverages approximate that guaranteed by the original test set, is proposed.
The single weight set is formulated using a method which does not explicitly consider the circuit structure. Instead, sufficient circuit information contained in the given test set can be extracted using simulation techniques. This is done by analyzing a random pattern detection profile and isolating the vectors which cover faults difficult to detect using random patterns. After extracting the useful bits from these vectors, a weight set characteristic of the corresponding faults is estimated as the ratio of 1's to 0's at each bit (input) position.
The generation scheme is evaluated using five large scannable circuits. A local approach to on-chip pattern generation is examined.

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Horbury, Mary Elizabeth. "Egyptian self-definition in the New Kingdom and Coptic period." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1382607/.

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This thesis is an investigation into self-definition during two contrasting periods in Egypt's past. It consists of five chapters, plus a conclusion. Chapter I introduces the thesis, putting the topic into its historiographical background, and gives it a theoretical framework. The thesis then falls into two sections, which mirror each other, using the same types of source material. First, the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE) is investigated, and then the Coptic period (fourth to ninth centuries CE). Chapter2 assesses New Kingdom textual sources, in particular letters. Statements of self made by different members of the literate society are examined. The inconsistencies within the source material are highlighted, as is a high degree of conformity. In Chapter 3, New Kingdom Memphis is investigated. The impact of official ideologies on the Memphite population is assessed, as witnessed by the temple complexes, a royal palace, the harbour areas, a residential location( Kom el Rabi'a) and the pyramid fields. In Chapter 4, it is seen that a variety of foci could be appealed to by a literate Egyptian seeking to define her/himself in Coptic Egypt. As in Chapter 2, letters are the focus of study, revealing a range of opinions. Chapter 5 tests the rigid self-definition seen in the writings of the Christian hierarchy against the urban site of Coptic Thebes. An analysis is made of the intensive occupation which occurred in the floodplain and the surrounding desert. In conclusion, a comparison is drawn between New Kingdom and Coptic Egypt, and the validity of ideological statements concerning self-definition is considered.

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Gongxeka, Vuyokazi. "Employee perceptions of self-employment." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1603.

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The perception that someone has of an entrepreneurial career ultimately influences his/her decision to pursue such a career path. By investigating employees' perceptions of owning a business, this study provides insights regarding the question of why so few South Africans embark on this path. Entrepreneurship is regarded by many as the solution to South Africa’s employment and economic problems. As such, an understanding of the reason why some people become entrepreneurs and others do not could provide solutions on how to stimulate entrepreneurship among all South Africans, and hopefully increase the levels of entrepreneurship in the country. The purpose of the study was to contribute to the field of entrepreneurship by investigating the perceptions and attitudes that employees have regarding an entrepreneurial career, that is, to ask employees what they think having their own business might be like. By investigating these perceptions, the researcher looked for reasons why many individuals remain in the employment of others rather than embarking on an entrepreneurial career, as well as establishing whether these employees had intentions of starting their own businesses, Therefore the primary objective of this study was twofold, namely to establish the perceptions that employees have regarding self-employment, running their own business or following an entrepreneurial career, and to establish the influence of these perceptions on their entrepreneurial intentions. After conducting a comprehensive literature study and examining the various models of intentions, attitude towards the behaviour was identified as having the strongest influence on entrepreneurial intentions. Attitude towards the behaviour is the extent to which an individual makes a favourable or unfavourable evaluation of the behaviour in question, and additionally is a function of beliefs applicable to the behaviour. Attitude towards the behaviour is closely related to perceived desirability, and “desirability” is a form of value. More specifically, work values have the propensity to significantly predict career choice. For the purpose of this study, the 14 work values identified by Farrington et al. (2011) served as the factors to be investigated in establishing the perceptions of an entrepreneurial career. The independent (work values) and dependent (entrepreneurial intentions) variables investigated in this study were defined and operationalised. Reliable and valid items were sourced from existing studies. Respondents were identified by means of convenience and snowball sampling, and a structured questionnaire was made available to the respondents. The data gathered from the 184 usable questionnaires was subjected to various statistical analyses. The validity and reliability of the measuring instrument were confirmed by means of an exploratory factor analysis and calculating Cronbach-alpha coefficients. Descriptive statistics were calculated to summarise the sample data distribution. Pearson’s moment product correlations were calculated to establish the correlations between the various work values and entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, a multiple regression analysis was undertaken to investigate whether relationships existed between the perceptions of an entrepreneurial career in terms of several work values and entrepreneurial intentions. The following work values were identified as influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of employees working in small businesses: - Stimulating; - Stability and advancement; - Flexibility; - Autonomy. The more the work values above were perceived to be experienced when following an entrepreneurial career, the more likely it was that the respondents in this study reported intentions of following such a career. In order to investigate the influence of the various demographic variables on the independent and dependent variables, an Analysis of Variance was performed. In addition, the post-hoc Bonferroni test was done to identify significant differences between the means scores of the various categories within each demographic variable. The practical significance of these differences was assessed by means of calculating Cohen’s d. The results showed a significant positive relationship between the demographic variable Population group and the dependent variable Entrepreneurial v intentions. In addition, relationships were identified between Population group and the intrinsic work values Challenging and Stimulating, the extrinsic-related work values Financial benefit and security and Stability and advancement, and the social-related work value Serving the community. A significant positive relationship was also reported between the demographic variable Entrepreneurial parents and the intrinsic-related work value Stimulating, the extrinsic-related work value Future prospects and the social-related work value Serving the community. The demographic variable Age showed a significant positive relationship with the extrinsic-related work value Financial benefit and security. This study has contributed to the field of entrepreneurship research by focusing on employee perceptions of entrepreneurship, and the influence of these perceptions on their intentions to become entrepreneurs. As far as can be established, no other study has adopted this perspective for understanding entrepreneurial behaviour in South Africa or abroad. Furthermore, no study has specifically focused on investigating entrepreneurial intentions among employees of small businesses.

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Roy, Priya Ashlia. "New Country, New Work: The Importance of Self-Confidence, Benevolence, & Gratitude in Refugees’ Workplace Adjustment." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29948.

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Refugee work integration post-resettlement is an ongoing, large-scale, and complex grand challenge. In response to such a grand challenge, this study seeks to understand how refugee employees adjust to a new organisation. This early period at an organisation is a critical time for the employee and has long-lasting effects on that employee’s performance and longevity at the organisation. Because the supervisor of any new employee plays a crucial role in that employee’s workplace adjustment, this study utilises semi-structured interviews with both the refugees and their supervisors to understand the refugees’ workplace adjustment. The research site was a retail company’s refugee employment program in Australia, and this study covered the first three cohorts of the program, which took place from late 2020 through late 2021 in various capital cities across the country. Drawing on and connecting newcomer workplace adjustment (NWA) and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, this qualitative study contributes to the management literature by revealing how refugees adjust to the workplace and how the supervisor-refugee relationship influences that adjustment. From this study, for the supervisor-refugee relationship, Benevolence is proposed as a new relationship antecedent for supervisors of refugees, and Gratitude is proposed as a new relationship antecedent for refugee subordinates. Moreover, Self-Confidence is proposed as a new dimension of adjustment for the refugee employees. This study expands existing theory by uncovering new aspects of NWA and LMX that need to be considered when conceptualising and advancing the workplace adjustment of disadvantaged employees such as refugees and potentially for other employees as well. This study also provides practical recommendations for organisations, supervisors, and refugee newcomers to support the workplace adjustment of refugee newcomers and potentially newcomers more broadly.

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Kiely, Lewis. "Review of new methods of modelling plasticity." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9320.

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Recent short pulse (femtosecond) laser experiments have shown the existence of a so called superelastic precursor for short time periods after shock wave formation. The superelastic precursor is characterised as having amplitude far greater than the Hugoniot Elastic limit. This work reviews the current orthotropic thermoelastic plastic-damage model developed at Cranfield University, which includes the ability to model high velocity, shock wave forming impacts. The current model is unable to reproduce the superelastic precursor. Recent methods of looking at plasticity are reviewed and model improvements are suggested to enable the Cranfield model to reproduce superelastic precursor waves. The methods investigated are both dislocation based as it is determined that it is necessary to model deformation on the microscale in order to achieve reproduction of phenomena on the timescales of the early stages of shock wave formation and propagation. The methods investigated are the so-called self-organisation of dislocations and a mobile and immobile dislocation method proposed by Mayer. The plasticity part of the model proposed by Mayer is suggested for further investigation, including implementation into the DYNA 3D hydrocode which contains the current Cranfield model, to numerically asses the models capabilities. Similar, the self-organisation model is put forward for further numerical analysis. Further, calculation of the continuum Cauchy stress using purely atomistic variables is investigated in the form of the virial stress. It is determined that the virial stress calculation is unsuitable for modelling shock waves, however an alternative atomistic stress calculation which is more suited to shock waves is discussed. It is proposed that this stress calculation could be used to investigate the stresses contained within the thin shock front.

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Lewis, Norman. "A new age of intervention : sovereignty under question." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285108.

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Ellis-Hill, Caroline Susan. "New world, new rules : life narratives and changes in self-concept in the first year after stroke." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1998. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/427422/.

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Within rehabilitation research recovery from a stroke has been defined by health professionals as the improvement in the physical ability and task-related skills of an individual. The negative psychological consequences of a stroke for both individuals and their families have been recognised for several years, but are poorly understood. Within this thesis an alternative approach has been used to explore psychological consequences following a stroke. The focus of study has been the change in identity of individuals and their spouses, rather than the ability of an individual to carry out tasks. Ten consecutive couples were included following one partner's admission to hospital following a stroke. Separate narrative life history interviews were carried out with the stroke respondent and their spouse in hospital, and at six months and at one year after hospital discharge. Data collection and analysis was based on an interpretative phenomenological approach. A second concurrent study was carried out including 38 stroke respondents who were admitted to hospital following a stroke. While in hospital they were asked to complete a questionnaire including indices of physical ability, task-orientated ability, mood and self-concept. The questionnaire was administered again at six months and one year following discharge. Multivariate statistical procedures were carried out to describe the associations between the variables assessed. All respondents reported that they had experienced a fundamental change in their lives. They continued to report this fundamental change up to the final interview at one year, apart from one couple, where the stroke partner had made a complete physical recovery. The issue which appeared to dominate the stroke respondent's first year post-stroke was a split between their body and their physical and social self They could not maintain their prior identity within the capabilities of their new body. The spouses reported that they became totally responsible for not only their own lives but also the life of their partner. The issues of body-self split and total responsibility appeared to be hidden from others,making the situation of the respondents more challenging. Younger spouses reported more difficulty than older spouses in integrating the stroke into their life situation. Issues facing the respondents also varied depending on their own life histories and life goals. Within the quantitative analysis the mood of the stroke respondents was not highly correlated with physical ability or task-oriented improvement. Perceived difference between past and present self-concept was correlated to anxiety and depression at all assessment times even when the other indictors were taken into account. Exploration of identity change appears to be a useful framework for exploring the psychological consequences of a stroke.

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Martin, Steven D. "Envisioning self-emptying practices for the Union Hill Church of Christ." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p050-0151.

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Carvajal, Martí Joan Josep. "Growth and characterisation of RbTiOPO4. A new self-frequency doubling crystal." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9066.

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Growth and Characterisation of RbTiOPO4: (Nb,Ln). A New frequency Doubling Crystal.

Joan Josep Carvajal Martí
Física I Cristal·lografia de Materials
Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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Des que Schawlow i Townes varen publicar que el principi del M.A.S.E.R. es podia estendre a la part òptica de l'espectre electromagnètic, i un any i mig més tard Mainman demostrava el primer làser, la importància d'aquest, tant per la societat, s'ha anat incrementant. Avui, els làser formen part de la nostra vida quotidiana.
Actualment, l'interès en desenvolupar nous làser per l'emmagatzematge de dades i altres aplicacions s'ha incrementat gràcies a la recerca en làsers de semiconductors de banda ampla, generació d'harmònics per phase-matching en cristalls d'òptica no-lineal, quasi-phase-matching en cristalls, fibres òptiques i altres guies d'ona, i làsers d'up-conversion en cristalls i fibres. Els làsers d'estat sòlid compactes són útils en una amplia gamma d'aplicacions, com l'emmagatzematge de dades en alta densitat, projecció d'imatges en color, impressió làser, medicina, substitució dels làsers d'Ar, biofluorescència, comunicacions submarines, litografia estereogràfica, teràpia fotodinàmica....
Aquests nous làsers es poden aconseguir per processos d'up-conversion, que emeten a una longitud d'ona més curta que la de bombeig. Una alternativa interessant és la conversió de freqüència per processos d'òptica no-lineal. Els cristalls autodobladors de freqüència són cristalls d'òptica no-lineal amb posicions estructurals ocupades per ions actius làser, preferiblement Yb3+, que poden combinar l'emissió làser al voltant d'1 um amb la generació de segon harmònic de la matriu per produir emissió verda per autodoblatge de freqüència.
L'objectiu principal d'aquesta Tesi Doctoral ha estat l'obtenció de cristalls de la família del KTiOPO4, coneguts per les seves excel·lents propietats d'òptica no-lineal, dopats amb ions lantànids (Ln).
Hem mostrat que és poden obtenir cristalls de RbTiOPO4: (Nb,Ln) de bona qualitat òptica per la tècnica top-seeded solution growth amb un refredament lent de la solució, de mida útil per posteriors caracteritzacions i aplicacions, i amb una concentració de Ln similar a l'obtinguda en altres matrius làser i un codopant, que afavoreix l'entrada d'ions lantànids en la matriu a l'hora que fa de compensador de càrrega, com és el niobi (Nb5+).
El refinament de l'estructura ha demostrat que tant el Nb com els lantànids substitueixen únicament al Ti en la xarxa cristal·lina. Mentre que el Nb5+ només substitueix al Ti en la posició Ti (1), degut a un efecte electrostàtic més que no pas estèric, els ions lantànids substitueixen als àtoms de Ti en els octàedres Ti(1)O6 i Ti(2)O6 amb la mateixa probabilitat. Un altre aspecte a destacar és l'habilitat del material per tal d'autocompensar-se elèctricament de la substitució pentavalent del Nb5+ a través de la creació de vacants de rubidi. L'evolució d'aquesta estructura amb la temperatura mostra com el canvi de fase de l'estructura ferroelèctrica depèn del contingut en Nb i que la substitució de Ti4+ pel parell (Nb5+-Rb+) estabilitza la fase d'alta temperatura d'aquests materials.
La caracterització òptica de la matriu cristal·lina ha mostrat que l'increment de la birefringència de cristall possibilita l'increment de l'interval de doblatge de longituds d'ona que es pot efectuar amb aquests cristalls. L'àmplia finestra òptica juntament amb l'eficiència de conversió a segon harmònic mostren que aquesta és una bona matriu per hostatjar ions lantànids. Aquestes excel·lents propietats es mantenen fins i tot quan els ions lantànids es troben al cristall. Finalment, la caracterització espectrocòpia del ions actius ha mostrat que es pot obtenir una emissió eficient per part dels dos ions. Er3+b3+ la banda d'emissió ampla i l'elevada vida mitja obtingudes obren la possibilitat d'utilitzar aquests cristalls en aplicacions sintonitzables i de subpicosegons.
Totes aquestes observacions ens duen a concloure que amb aquests cristalls es pot obtenir un nou material autodoblador de freqüència.

Paraules clau: Òptica No-Lineal, Generació de Segon Harmònic, Autodoblatge de freqüència, Top-Seeded Solution Growth, KTiOPO4, RbTiOPO4, Difacció de raig X, Difracció de neutrons de pols.

Growth and characterisation of RbTiOPO4: (Nb, Ln). A New Self-frequency
Doubling Crystal.
Joan Josep Carvajal Martí
Física I Cristal·lografia de Materials
Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica
Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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Since Schawlow and tornes reported that it should be possible to extend the maser principle to the optical frequency part of the spectrum and only one and a half years later. Mainman demonstrated the first laser, the importance of lasers to both science and society has increased dramatically. Today lasers are part of everyday life.
Actually, the interest in developing compact blue and green laser sources for data storage and display applications has increased due to promising investigations into wide-gap semiconductor diode lasers, harmonic generation by phase matching in non-linear crystals, quasi-phase-matching in bulk, optical fibres and other waveguides, and up conversion lasers in crystals and fibers. Compact all-solid-state laser sources are needed for a variety of applications such as colour projection, high-density optical data storage, laser printing, medicine, Argon-laser replacement, biofluorescence, underwater communications, stereo lithography, photodynamic therapy.
A class of these sources is achieved with up-conversion lasers emitting at a shorter wavelength than the pump source. An alternative to up-conversion lasing is frequency conversion by non-linear optical processes such as frequency doubling and sum-frequency mixing. Self-frequency doubling crystals are non-linear optical crystals with suitable sites for laser-active ions, preferably Yb3+, which can combine the 1 um laser emission of the active ions with the second harmonic generation properties of the host to produce green-laser radiation by self-frequency doubling.
The aim of this Thesis was to investigate how to obtain crystals of the KTiOPO4 family, which are known for their excellent non-linear optical properties, doped with lanthanide (Ln) ions.
This Thesis shows that high-optical quality RbTiOPO4(Nb,Ln) single crystals can be obtained by the top-seeded solution growth technique together with a slow-cooling of the solution, with large volumes useable for later characterisations and technical applications, and with a similar Ln concentration to that of other laser matrices. We introduced a codopant that enhances the concentration of Ln in the crystals at the same time that compensate the electrical charge of the framework.
The refinement of the structure demonstrates that Nb and Ln ions only go to the Ti positions. Then, while Nb only substitutes Ti in the Ti(1) crystallographic position due to an electrostatic effect that an steric one, the lanthanide ion substitute Ti in both Ti(1)O6 octahedra with the same probability. Another interesting aspect to notice is the ability of the material to self-compensate the excess of electrical charge introduced by the pentavalent substitution of Nb5+ by the creation of Rubidium vacancies. The evolution of this structure with temperature showed that the transition from the ferroelectric phase to the paraelectric phase depended on the Nb content in the crystals, and that substituting Ti4+ by the (Nb5+-Rb+) pair stabilises the cubic high-temperature phase of these crystals. The optical characterisation of the host showed that the increase of birefringence in the crystals containing Nb causes the limit fundamental wavelength, at which second harmonic generation can be obtained, to shift to lower wavelengths. The large transparency window of the material and the conversion efficiency to second harmonic generation showed that this crystal is a good matrix to host lanthanide ions. These excellent properties are maintained even when the lanthanide ions is hosted in the crystalline matrix. Finally, the spectroscopic characterisation of the active ions showed that efficient emission can be obtained for Er3+ at 1.5 and 1.0 um, respectively. In the case of Yb3+ the broad emission band and the large lifetime obtained open up the possibility to use these crystals in tunable and subpicosecond applications.
All these observations seems to converge in the conclusion that with these crystals a new self-frequency doubling material can be obtained.

Keywords: Non-linear Optics, Second Harmonic Generation, Self-frequency Doubling, Top-Seeded Solution Growth, KTiOPO4, RbTiOPO4, X-ray Diffraction, Powder Neutron Diffraction.

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Ström, Lars. "Self-help via the Internet : A new approach to psychological treatment." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Psychology, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-3592.

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During the last 30 years, studies have shown self-help to be effective in a number of areas, and to produce equal or close to equal results compared to face-to-face therapy. The Internet can reach a large number of people at a low cost and add the possibility of two-way communication to self-help, thereby offering cost-effective psychological treatments.

This thesis is based on four studies and aiming to investigate if self-help treatment conducted through Internet can reduce problems with insomnia, stress and headache and reach effect sizes comparable to previous minimal contact treatment studies. Other aims were to investigate cost-effectiveness, and to examine if adding regular telephone contact would reduce drop-out rates. Treatments involved psychological techniques previously proved to be effective for each problem.

The first study showed a significant decrease in headache severity, and 50% of the participants in the treatment condition showed a clinically significant improvement. In Study II an Internet-based stress management program resulted in significant reductions of perceived stress, anxiety and depression. Improvements were found in both groups, with stronger effects in the self-help treatment group. Study III, a sleep management program, resulted in statistically significant improvements in the treatment group on all main variables, including total sleep time, total wake time in bed, and sleep efficiency. Some improvements were also found in the control group. Follow-up data indicated that improvements were sustained. Study IV did not confirm the hypothesis that the drop-out rates during headache treatment should decrease significantly if adding short and regular telephone contacts.

Results from this thesis suggest that Internet is a medium well suited for therapy, with effect sizes comparable to face-to-face therapy, that using Internet as a medium for treatment can reduce costs while still maintaining similar results, and that adding a small amount of telephone contact does not decrease attrition.

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Messem, Alexandra. "Spectacles of suffering : self-harm in new woman writing 1880-1900." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2014. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/spectacles-of-suffering(b97fcaa0-0494-4dac-8a6c-6937fefcc93e).html.

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This thesis aims to provide an examination of texts produced by and about the New Woman of the late-nineteenth century, with specific reference to the trope of self-harm. It aims to explore the connections between the fictional bodies of text in which the New Woman was represented, and the damaged bodies of women who committed self-destructive acts. It examines both the religious frameworks within which Victorian women’s fiction operated, and three specific forms of self-harm which feature across a range of textual artefacts. To this end, the thesis discusses New Woman novels, poems, and short stories as well as newspaper and magazine articles, archival materials, and popular works of art, all of which discuss or display the damaged female body. The scope of this project is limited to New Woman writing produced between 1880 and 1900, although it does consider the ways in which the New Woman built on, or challenged, discourses about self-harm which appear in materials produced during the earlier half of the nineteenth century. This research demonstrates that New Woman writers drew on forms of self-harm such as anorexia, alcoholism, and self-mutilation, to express their frustrations at the contradictory requirements of women endorsed by conventional religion, at a time during which attitudes towards the body were changing. It shows how the female form embodied various Victorian political and social debates, and how it was deployed as a strategic symbol, in writing which sought to disrupt women’s subordinate position within the patriarchal system. Consequently, this research contributes to the fields of psychiatric history, New Woman studies, and more generally the study of Victorian women’s writing, by examining both canonical and critically neglected texts by women alongside non-fictional materials from the period. It explores both fictional acts of self-harm, and textual strategies, which have yet to be examined in New Woman writing, and which are key to understanding her complicated place in the male-oriented publishing environment of the Fin de Siècle.

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McCoy, Lisa. "Supporting New Elementary Teachers and Cultivating a Sense of Self-Efficacy." Thesis, Piedmont College, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3560457.

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This mixed methods study was conducted in a large school system in Georgia. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast a variety of methods used to support new elementary teachers to increase both self-efficacy and retention. Traditional support methods such as teacher preparation, induction, mentoring, and administrator support were included in this study. In addition, minimally researched areas of new teacher support including instructional coaching, professional learning communities, observation/feedback, and online support were examined.

The data sources utilized in this study included an online new teacher survey, a new teacher focus group, and an administrative interview with the Executive Director for Human Resources Staffing for the school system. Based on the results, developing key partnerships between schools systems and teacher preparation institutions along with year-long student teaching experiences or residency programs is recommended to promote new teacher success. Additionally, the school system's own alternative teacher certification program exhibited positive results. Beginning teachers also expressed a desire for training on paperwork, student support meetings, and programs specific to the school system.

A common thread across all data sources was that support from people is extremely helpful to new teachers. In particular, mentoring and coaching were helpful across all three data sources. Moreover, online support including social networking and educational websites were shown to be extremely useful to novice teachers. Results also indicated that the opportunity to observe other teachers was tremendously beneficial and desired by 100 percent of new teachers who had not received that opportunity.

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Whitehead, Julie. "Determinants of diabetes self-care : development of a new psychological measure." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495047.

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Diabetes is a prevalent: chronic disease which can result in serious complications if not well controlled. It involves complex regimens and lifestyle changes that most patients find difficult to maintain. In view of a shift towards empowerment and the need for greater understanding of patients' perspectives the aim of this study was to validate a new, disease specific questionnaire for people with Type 1 diabetes, based on Leveenthal's Model of Self-Regulation (Leventhal et al 1992) incorporating clinically derived concepts. A review of literature revealed a number of existing scales for individual concepts but no comprehensive tool incorporating all of the required elements. However, unpublished qualitative work, conducted by others prior to this study, resulted in the Diabetes Inventory for Self-Care (DISC), comprising 151 items representing cognitions, emotions, coping processes and self-management behaviour (SMB) associated with Type 1 diabetes.

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Parr, Gerard Patrick. "A new self-stabilizing bridge protocol for extended-local area networks." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317565.

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Mogas-Soldevila, Laia. "New design companions opening up the process through self-made computation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82271.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2013.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).
This thesis is about man and machine roles in the early conception of designs where it investigates computational methods that support creativity and surprise. It discusses the relationship between human and digital medium in the enterprise of Computer-Aided Design', and Self-Made Computation to empower the designer as driver of digital processes taking the computer as an active collaborator, or a sharp apprentice, rather than a master. In a design process tool personalization enables precise feedback between human and medium. In the field of architecture, every project is unique, and there are as many design workflows as designers. However current off-the-shelf design software has an inflexible built-in structure targeting general problem-solving that can interfere with non-standard design needs. Today, those with programming agility look for customized processes that assist early problem-finding instead of converging solutions. Contributing to alleviate software frustrations, smaller tailor-made applications prove to be precisely tailored, viable and enriching companions in certain moments of the project development. Previous work on the impact of standardized software for design has focused on the figure of the designer as a tool-user, this thesis addresses the question from the vision of the designer as a tool-maker. It investigates how self-made software can become a design companion for computational thinking - observed here as a new mindset that shifts design workflows, rather than a technique. The research compares and diagrams designer-toolmaker work where self-made applets where produced, as well as the structures in the work of rule-maker artisans. The main contributions are a comparative study of three models of computer-aided design, their history and technical review, their influence in design workflows and a graphical framework to better compare them. Critical analysis reveals a common structure to tailor a creative and explorative design workflow. Its advantages and limitations are exposed to guide designers into alternative computational methods for design processes. Keywords: design workflow; computation; applets; self-made tools; diagrams; design process; feedback; computers; computer-assisted-design
by Laia Mogas-Soldevila.
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Riddell, Imogen Anne. "Construction and application of new supramolecular architectures using subcomponent self-assembly." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648239.

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Wang, Bing. "A self replicating reaction and a new approach to ionophore selection." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337144.

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Vehovec, Anton M. "Interoception: A New Mechanism to Explain Self-Management in Heart Failure." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1533994567301647.

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Alhaddad, Masalek. "Career self-management in ascription culture." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8746.

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The main aim of this thesis is to investigate whether theories of career self-management, developed in the USA and Western countries, apply in cultures which are different, such as ascription cultures, giving an example of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Career self-management, here, is conceptualized based on independence and having control in organising career management through setting a strategy and collecting information about career opportunities to achieve personal goals. Although there is increasing emphasis on the ‘new’ career, very few studies offer systematic information about whether careers are perceived in the new or traditional form and which is more appropriate for people in developing countries (for example, the Kingdom of Bahrain). On the other hand, scholars argue that although there is a need for career self-management the notion, yet, lacks critical evaluation where the promoting or limiting factors to its enactment lack research, particularly in developing countries (for example, the Kingdom of Bahrain). The country chosen for study is the Kingdom of Bahrain because its culture is characterised as 'ascription' and no career self-management research has been conducted in this context. The study adopts a qualitative approach to uncover the research questions. The semi-structured interviews are designed to collect and analyse data for two organisations (i.e. EWA and GARMCO) where each organisation’s findings are compared with the other. To cover a fair population and sampling in a country small in size and population, two organisations in two sectors have been selected that are the main sectors in the Kingdom of Bahrain which consist of large workforce populations. Each organisation encompasses 19 managers from different departments and one Human Resources manager (total of 20 managers in each case). The forty managers from the two sectors are randomly selected, taking into consideration the managers’ occupations and functions.

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Brunner, Steven R. "Attachment, Self-disclosure, and New Technologies: Investigating the Connection between Attachment and Self-Disclosure Across Different Communication Technologies." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/566995.

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The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the connection between attachment and self-disclosure behavior across communication technologies. Very little research has explored the connection between attachment and self-disclosure, and no studies have examined the relationship in the context of communication technologies. Drawing on attachment theory, self-disclosure literature, and communication technology research, this dissertation predicted that individuals with high anxious or high avoidance attachment would capitalize on the affordances of communication technologies and be associated with more self-disclosure behavior. Two studies were completed to test these hypotheses. Study one (n = 479) was a cross-sectional survey using participants recruited from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Study two (n = 309) was an experiment where participants had their attachment system activated by experiencing a threatening situation hypothetically. Both studies had participants report self-disclosure behavior with their romantic partner in frequency and degree of intimacy. Each participant was randomly assigned one communication channel to report on (e.g., face-to-face, text messaging, email, or social networking sites). The results from the two studies provided mixed results for attachment and self-disclosure behavior across communication technologies. In general, anxious attachment was positively associated with self-disclosure frequency and degree of intimacy regardless of which channel was used, which was expected. Avoidance attachment was negatively associated with self-disclosure frequency, but only when the participant was experiencing a threatening situation. Neither attachment style interacted with the number of cues perceived to be available in a communication channel in the proposed direction when predicting self-disclosure behavior. However, both attachment dimensions interacted with a channel’s perceived expectation for response when predicting self-disclosure intimacy. When participants were not experiencing a threat to their security, those with high anxious or high avoidance attachment reported self-disclosing more intimately in channels perceived to have less expectation for response. Together these findings suggest individuals with high anxious attachment may use self-disclosure as a hyperactivating strategy to connect with an attachment figure. Individuals with high avoidance attachment choose not to self-disclose as a deactivating strategy that prevents intimacy from forming. Additionally, individuals with high anxious or high avoidance attachment can capitalize on a channel’s expectation for response and feel comfortable self-disclosing something intimate in a channel perceived to have a low expectation for response.

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Littell, Sandra K. "Lulu and the new dress : an original text /." Access resource online, 2009. http://scholar.simmons.edu/bitstream/handle/10090/12594/Littell_Mentorship.SK.Littell.pdf?sequence=1.

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Williams, Joseph Victor. "Te Mana Motuhake Me Te Iwi Maori : indigineous self determination." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27767.

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Maria Maori Motuhake or Maori self determination is developing into one of the most pressing political and legal issues in modern New Zealand. The Maori struggle for recognition of that right is a long one. It began with contact with British colonisers, and has continued in different forms throughout New Zealand's history. The following thesis suggests that that struggle is one which the Maori share with Indigenous peoples throughout the world. The recognition in law of Mana Maori Motuhake in New Zealand will come from an understanding, by both Maori and Pakeha, of the international nature of that struggle. Accordingly the essential purpose of this thesis is to put the issue of Maori rights into an international and colonial perspective. In Part I, the question of Indigenous self determination is discussed in the context of historical and contemporary developments in international law. It is concluded firstly that there is room for the proposition that a right of Indigenous self determination can be drawn from the current state of international law. Secondly, it is argued that recent developments in the United Nations suggest positive recognition of that right will occur in the near future. In Part II, the development of colonial law in the United States, Canada and New Zealand add a further dimension to this international perspective. In this part parallel developments in the three countries are highlighted to prove the 'indivisibility' of colonialism, and the inexorable development in modern law toward recognition of the 'colonial paradigm'- Native title and Native sovereignty.
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Dillon-Lee, Faith. "No longer on the shelf : the case for self-publication." Thesis, Brunel University, 2018. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16763.

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This thesis explores the persuasive effects of literature both personally and socially, via the codification of character archetypes in fiction (exemplified here in high fantasy fiction). This thesis firstly explores the manner in which literature can affect individuals' beliefs, and how certain representations of groups (in this case, women) can be inherited and maintained through genre norms, themselves maintained through traditional publishing models and financial concerns. Next, this thesis offers an analysis of self-published novels' responses to the archetypal representations of women within high fantasy, as exemplified in two popular high fantasy works, The Lord of the Rings and A Game of Thrones, and four self-published novels (including the author's own). It then focuses on whether self-publishing allows for the highlighted genre norms to be more easily subverted due to the nature of the new publishing model. It concludes with a discussion on the possibility of a new form of literary understanding, termed by the author 'multiliteraryism'. Building on debates in the field of world literature and multilingualism, multiliteraryism, it is suggested, can offer a new method of understanding multiple voices and representations, absent any denigration in terms of the means of publication.

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Murphy, Clifford R. "New England country and western music self-reliance, community expression, and regional resistance of the New Egnland frontier /." Restricted access (UM), 2008. http://libraries.maine.edu/gateway/oroauth.asp?file=orono/etheses/37803141.pdf.

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Crystal, Lee. "Changes in the self-concept of women attending a new-horizons course." Thesis, Brunel University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.278372.

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Mathews, Abigail Laurie. "Bulimia vs. depression self and interpersonal discrepancies /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.

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Bertram, Shaun. "A self fulfilling prophecy, the New Public Management as a governmental technology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ57650.pdf.

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Cheng, Jie. "Achieving new developments in DNA nanotechnology by means of DNA self-assembly /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CENG%202008%20CHENG.

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Lindner, Danielle. "The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure of Self-Objectification." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6312.

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Researchers have traditionally used two measures of self-objectification, the Self-Objectification Questionnaire (Noll & Fredrickson, 1998) and the Objectified Body Consciousness Body Surveillance subscale (McKinley & Hyde, 1996), to demonstrate that self-objectification is related to body shame and dissatisfaction, appearance anxiety, decreased awareness of internal states, decreased flow experiences, disordered eating, depression and sexual dysfunction. Although the SOQ and OBC have been used widely, they also have several limitations, including problems with missing data, lack of generalizability, and concerns about content validity. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new measure of self-objectification called the Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (SOBBS). Male and female college students (473 women and 202 men) completed an online questionnaire including a pool of items designed to measure self-objectification. The item pool was constructed through focus groups and consultation with subject matter experts. Participants also completed two existing measures of self-objectification and related constructs (i.e., interpersonal sexual objectification, body image, disordered eating behavior, depressive symptoms, and sexual functioning), and a subset of participants completed the new measure at a two-week interval. A 12-item, 2-factor measure of self-objectification was derived through exploratory factor analysis. Overall, the newly developed measure demonstrated excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Data also supported the convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity of the scale as a measure of self-objectification for women and men. Implications for research in the area of self-objectification and for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders will be discussed.
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Psychology
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Psychology; Clinical Psychology

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Pishchenko, Vitalina, and Alexandros Myriounis. "Consumer’s acceptance of new technology: A netnographic study on self-driving automobiles." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-296635.

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A problem of non-acceptance of new information technologies becomes a predominant obstacle that results in companies’ losses and represents an arena of avid debate for researchers. Hereof this netnographic study explores changes in the individual beliefs that contribute to new information system acceptance such as autopilot in the light of the Technology Acceptance model (TAM). The research takes place within three automobile communities related to Tesla Motors and uses content analysis for its collected data. Based on the findings new influencers on individual beliefs emerge hence the research proposes to incorporate these determinants into the adopted TAM model. This study has theoretical, practical and methodological contributions.

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Carlton, Tracey S. "Modern Literacy: New Media's Gift to Nonfiction, the Self, and the Community." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1336.

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Integrating new-media nonfiction into secondary-level English provides an efficient and effective resource in teaching modern literacy, which requires an understanding of the participatory element of communication today. Messages can be consumed and created among multimodalities and multimedia. The form and interactivity of a publication can affect its interpretation. Technology extends students' publishing capabilities and their reach to a bounty of discourse communities.This thesis, which is available in conventional hard copy and electronic forms, explores the definitions of New Media and modern literacy, how teachers can adopt the use of New Media nonfiction, and the resources needed to do so. A case study stands as a practical example. The Participatory Element Cone measures a publication's interactivity and sensory stimulation. The thesis is broken into modules, rather than chapters, so that the reader can choose to follow it linearly or to use the paper more as a manual and enter it at any point.

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