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Musina, John. "Mechanisms of coexistence in nectar foraging bees : resource and temporal partitioning /." [Beersheba, Israel] : Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2009. http://aranne5.lib.ad.bgu.ac.il/others/MusinaJohn.pdf.
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Mroz, Kathleen. "No Salvation Apart from Religious Others: Edward Schillebeeckx's Soteriology as a Resource for Understanding Christian Identity and Discipleship in a Religiously Pluralist World." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107983.
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Thesis advisor: Mary Ann HinsdaleThe aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate why the theology of Edward Schillebeeckx provides a worthy and valuable resource for negotiating the question of how Christians can maintain their unique Christian identity and uphold the core tenets of their faith, while recognizing the need for and benefit of dialogue with non-Christian religions. In a world where interaction with religious others is inevitable, a perilous sense of superiority that excludes non-Christians from the possibility of imparting wisdom must be avoided. Yet, as this dissertation illustrates, a theory that all religions are equal and that absolute claims that contradict the beliefs of other religions (such as Jesus as God incarnate and the universal savior of humankind) must be given up, is equally as dangerous. I show that Schillebeeckx, although he never identified himself explicitly with one of the three paradigms of the theology of religions (exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism), maintained an inclusivist position but one that is more radical than that of some of his contemporaries. He upheld the unique role of Jesus Christ in human history while regarding religious pluralism, rather than a problem to be solved, as an opportunity for Christians to learn from and expand upon their conceptions of the humanum, or what human wholeness entails. This dissertation critically examines the three major paradigms used to understand the relationship of Christianity to non-Christian religions. It argues that the adoption of a pluralist position that regards all religions to be equal, and relinquishes any absolute claims, is not necessary, and can, in fact, be detrimental to fruitful interreligious dialogue. It traces Schillebeeckx's development of the negative contrast experience and illustrates how it can serve as a universal starting point for interreligious dialogue that does not attempt to essentialize human nature or tie all positive responses to human suffering to a latent Christianity present in every person. This dissertation describes the major components of Schillebeeckx's soteriology: creation as the starting point for soteriology; the unbreakable relationship between fragments of salvation in this world and final, or eschatological salvation; the role of Jesus as the assurance of final salvation; and the communal nature of salvation. It shows how the implication of Schillebeeckx's soteriology, which starts from the premise "there is no salvation outside the world," is "no salvation apart from religious others." This means that our ability to experience fragments of salvation in our everyday lives is dependent on learning from and collaboration with human beings who do not share our religious beliefs, but does not require us to erase religious differences, or tailor our beliefs to "fit" neatly into others' religious views. Finally, this dissertation applies Schillebeeckx's soteriology to concrete struggles faced by Muslim women and Catholic women in order to illustrate how interreligious dialogue can bring persons toward the fullness of the humanum
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology
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Aidarov, Irina. "Sustainable development and protection of water resources in arid lands /." [Sedeh Boker] : Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, 2006. http://aranne5.lib.ad.bgu.ac.il/others/AidarovIrina.pdf.
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Bourková, Veronika. "Financování podnikatelských aktivit." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-443003.
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The subject of the Master´s thesis is a financing of business activities in the conditions of the Czech Republic before the outbreak of the global pandemic COVID 19, at present and the possible future development of financing. The first part focuses on the theoretical analysis of individual financing options, their distribution and a detailed overview and description. The second part of the thesis is focused on the hotel industry and a selection of appropriate forms of financing for the investment´s implementation in the hotel for the future. The Emphasis will be placed on the optimal selection of state compensation and re-start of business for its future viability and operation.
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Verill, Joanne. "Management in practice : analysing the impact of policy change on managers and doctors in general medical practice." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2005. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1976/.
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This thesis explores the impact of changes in health policy introduced by Conservative administrations in the period 1987 to 1995 on the definition, management and control of professional work within general medical practice. The research underpinning this work combined secondary analysis, large-scale primary fieldwork and qualitative research with clinicians and managers. The first stage of primary fieldwork was conducted during the period September 1994 to June 1995 and consisted of a postal survey of 750 practices across England and Wales. This was followed up with a second phase of research involving depth interviews with managers and clinicians, delivered in the period July to November 1995. This pluralist methodology sought to connect micro and macro levels of analysis in exploring the relationship between the state, professions and managers in primary care. The research explores the extent to which a number of professional freedoms have been challenged by policy change including political, economic and technical autonomy and the extent to which this had changed the position and rewards of managers in general practice. Employing a multi-dimensional approach to the analysis of power this thesis suggests that prevailing theories of a decline in professional power, based primarily on economic relations at the macro level cannot account for the complexity of relations found in UK general practice. Further, studies focusing at the collective level of bargaining between the state and the medical profession in the UK have over-estimated the impact of policy change due to a neglect of study at the micro level. Rather this study has revealed a complex picture of both continuity and change in which general practitioners have lost, retained and in some cases extended their power as a result of policy initiatives. Whilst professional freedoms have remained relatively intact, the impact of policy change on the occupation of Practice Management has been more significant, with prevailing discourses of `managerialism' creating gendered struggles over the definition and meaning of management in primary care. This work therefore calls for a multi-dimensional account of social life which can explain the complex interaction of differing sites of power, within which a wide range of power resources are deployed. Further this work would endorse a dynamic concept of power in which 'patterns of interaction' (Bradley 1999) are fluid and changeable rather than fixed and self-sustaining systems. It is argued here that constraints on social action are created by the history of past agency, embedded in institutions and social practices that both shape, and are shaped by the agency of individuals.
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Grewal, Harsh Kumar. "A metaphysics of personal identity : emotion, others and time." Thesis, University of Hull, 1999. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:14031.
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Hare, Jess. "Perceived influences of the self and others in diabetes." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13073.
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This portfolio has three parts. Part one is a systematic literature review, in which the existing research literature is reviewed for evidence of diabetes related social anxiety in adolescents. Part two is an empirical paper, which explores individuals’ experiences and perceptions of influence around amputations related to type 2 diabetes. Part three comprises the appendices, containing supporting information for the systematic literature review and empirical paper, in addition to an epistemological and a reflective statement.
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Patterson, Kirsty Michelle. "Responses to dementia : a qualitative exploration of self and others." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12414.
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This portfolio thesis contains three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical paper, and a set of appendices. Person-centred and social constructionist approaches to dementia have proposed that the experience of living with the condition is influenced by the responses of others towards the individual, and the personal response of the individual to dementia. Part one is a systematic literature review that therefore critically evaluates and synthesizes the qualitative literature pertaining to the way in which people with dementia experience the responses of others towards them. The review aims to further our understanding of how people with dementia perceive the responses of others and the impact that these have upon them. This is deemed to be an important area to address given that theoretical understandings of dementia assign a critical role to the responses of others in influencing an individual’s experience of dementia, and yet this aspect of subjective experience has been overlooked in previous reviews. Following a systematic search of the literature, 23 studies were suitable for review based on the inclusion criteria. A critical interpretative synthesis was conducted, leading to the development of four main themes to capture findings across the reviewed literature: ‘Social outcasting – being treated as an other’; ‘Social relegation – being treated as lesser’; ‘The impact of others’ responses’; and ‘Strategies to manage the responses of others’. These themes and the subthemes within them are compared and contrasted to the themes developed by researchers in their original findings, paying attention to the discourses that may have been influencing their interpretation. The strength of the evidence is evaluated, and implications for clinical research and practice discussed. Part two is an empirical paper investigating people’s personal responses to dementia, focusing upon subjective experiences of growth in older people living with dementia. A qualitative methodology was utilised, using semi-structured interviews to investigate participants’ experiences of positive and/or meaningful changes since living with dementia. Interviews were conducted with nine older people diagnosed with dementia living in the community. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore participants’ subjective experiences and how they had made sense of these. From this, a theme of ‘Moving Forward’ was developed, containing five subthemes. A second theme of ‘Living in the Now’ was also developed, containing two further subthemes. The findings are discussed with consideration of the discourses we use to talk about dementia, and the implications of a growth discourse to clinical research and practice. Part three consists of a set of appendices for both systematic literature review and empirical paper, including a reflective account of the research process and a statement of epistemology.
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Walters, Daniel Dewi. "Understanding other minds : an interrogation of the theory of mind debate." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11523.
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Kidger, P. J. K. "Human resource management in multinational enterprises." Thesis, University of Salford, 1999. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14789/.
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The multinational enterprise (MNE) is now a significant part of the world economy both in temis of trade and employment. The performance of an MINE is in part dependent on the capability of its human resource. The knowledge and experience of employees is a source of competitive advantage, but whether this is realised or not may depend on having the right human resource policies. Managers therefore seek to implement best practice, and in multinationals there is the potential for intraorganizational learning across national boundaries. The aim of this thesis is to examine a number of questions arising from the proposition that multinational firms are contributing to the development of international norms of best practice in human resource management as a result of a trend towards greater coordination of management practice in MNEs. It is suggested that multinationals are developing mechanisms to encourage the transfer of knowledge and experience across national boundaries, and this is therefore an important aspect of international human resource management (HRM). The thesis contains a review of the literature, firstly on the management of multinationals, secondly on the development of a strategic view of human resource management, and thirdly on HRM in the MINE. From this material, a theoretical framework is developed that links together a number of research questions. These formed the basis for the design and execution of a qualitative research project in which information on strategy, structure and management practice was obtained from twentyfour companies. These represented a cross-section of country ownership, including the UK, other European countries, the USA and Japan. The design of the research project is explained, and this is followed by a presentation of the results. These support the proposition that as a consequence of the globalization of markets, multinationals are tending to adopt a more global perspective in which there is greater cross-national integration of operations, coordination of management practice, and the development of internationally orientated management. The analysis discusses the implications of this for international human resource management, and offers a number of recommendations for HRM in the multinational enterprise. Finally some suggestions are made for future research to build on and extend the findings of this project.
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Boehlen, Karl Lukas. "Advanced direct laser micro-structuring of polymers for optical and other applications." Thesis, University of Hull, 2009. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8724.
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Excimer laser ablation is a very well researched field, and there is a vast amount of publications on this subject. Many of them focus on the fundamentals of the ablation process and try to find models to describe the ablation mechanisms. This doctoral thesis takes the existing research as basis to focus on a more applied approach. Using well-established knowledge of UV ablation of polymers this thesis presents the development of a novel technique for the ablation of repeating micro-structures into polymer surfaces. Applications for these structures include large area optical films, e.g. lenticulars for 3D effect displays. As motivation for this thesis chapter 1 gives an overview over the emerging market of advanced micro-structures for displays and novel lighting solutions. State-of-the-art methods of realising micro-structures other than by laser ablation are presented. A review of the history of UV ablation of polymers, mask imaging and industrial applications in this field lays the foundation to validate the potential of employing excimer lasers to ablate complex 3D micro-structures. In chapter 2 the so-called Synchronised Image Scanning (SIS), an advanced mask imaging technology, is introduced along with the basic hardware components. The fundamentals of SIS are presented and the evolution of the technique from simple 2D thin film patterning to complex 3D micro-structuring is described. Furthermore, the growing complexity of the mask design as well as considerations regarding the mask set-up in the system are expounded. Chapter 3 looks more closely at the required hardware and the potential in efficiency, quality and new feature geometries and compares SIS to classical mask imaging methods. For instance, it is outlined that a Step & Repeat approach is not a valid option to ablate millions of features into a surface as it would take far too long while SIS cuts down process times dramatically by its on-the-flight and parallel processing. Furthermore, a portfolio of a great variety of different 3D features realised with the SIS technology is presented. Moving on from just qualitative considerations to more quantitative investigations, chapter 4 describes how a specific micro-lens array design is realised by SIS and analysed in detail using various metrology equipment and optical performance tests. These tests reveal generally a good agreement between design and ablation result. The cause of the relatively high surface roughness of the ablated features is investigated in more detail and the influence of ablation debris on the processed features is discussed. Chapter 5 looks at artefacts created between individual scans when convex (positive) micro-structures are processed. The appearance of the artefacts is first modelled and then compared to experimental results in order to validate the model. Further it is shown which measures can be used to eliminate these artefacts. Chapter 6 presents experiments in which the surface quality is enhanced by a laser polish post process. It was found that with the right combination of fluence and number of pulses per area it is possible to reduce the RMS value from 56 nm to 12 nm. While in all the experiments in the preceding chapters the material ablated was Polycarbonate, in chapter 7 the SIS technique is applied to a wider range of polymers. It is demonstrated that by finding the etch rate data of the relevant polymers and adapting the process parameters accordingly the technique used for Polycarbonate machining is indeed transferable to other polymers as long as they show a suitable ablation behaviour. The conclusion and summary chapter 8 shows that SIS is a valid technology to produce a wide range of feature geometries on large area substrates. Enquiries from next-generation product developers in industries like displays, lighting and anti-counterfeiting show that this technology is indeed relevant for industrial applications.
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Balsam, Gabriella. "Decision Support Systems for Water Management: Investigating Stakeholder Perceptions of System Use." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6176.
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Water resources are becoming increasingly important to protect, but doing so has proven challenging due to the complex nature of resource management. Many researchers have been trying to develop “usable science” to aid in this endeavor, and one method of this is the development of decision support systems. This has led to the employment of this method as a potential tool for decision makers, scientists, and the interested public to use; yet little literature is available on the success of their implementation. This study attempted to fill the gaps by gathering data through surveys and interviews from stakeholders who are part of institutions that fund the University of South Florida’s Water Atlas. The study found that the tool was used for both educational outreach and scientific research support. Decision making was mostly supported through the program’s use as a research tool. Stakeholders also expressed that conditions found in the literature to contribute to successful implementation were largely met through the Water Atlas development process and continued use.
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Hawkins, Karen. "Visual cortical alpha rhythms : function and relation to other dynamic signatures in local networks." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13581.
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The alpha rhythm (8-12Hz) was the first EEG rhythm recorded by Hans Berger in 1929. Despite being the earliest rhythm discovered, alpha rhythms remain the most mysterious in terms of mechanism and function. In the visual system, post-stimulus alpha oscillations are observed upon closing of the eyes or removal of visual stimulus. Alpha rhythms have been implicated in functional inhibition and short term memory. This thesis presents a rat in vitro model of the cortical alpha rhythm. This was achieved by mimicking the neuromodulatory changes that occur upon the removal of visual stimulus. Beta oscillations were induced by excitation of the visual cortex slice using the glutamate agonist kainate [800nM] to mimic sensory stimulation. This excitatory drive was then reduced using the AMPA and KA receptor antagonist NBQX [5µM], followed by the blocking of neuronal Ih current with DK-AH269 [10µM] to produce alpha frequency oscillations. Alpha activity was seen throughout all cortical laminae, with alpha power predominating in layer IV of the V1. The rhythm was found to be critically dependent upon NMDA receptor-mediated connections between neurons which required the need to be potentiated in the prior excitation phase leading to beta frequency oscillations. Alpha activity was also dependent upon gap junctional coupling and had neuromodulatory effects similar to the human profile of alpha. Alpha oscillations were generated by pyramidal neurons found in layer IV of the V1 which elicited burst discharges. The alpha rhythm was not dominated by synaptic inhibition despite the functional inhibition role it is thought to play. Instead, the alpha rhythm appeared to dynamically uncouple activity in the primary thalamorecipient neurons (layer IV regular spiking cells) from down-stream activity in both supragranular and infragranular layers. In this manner, the alpha rhythm appears to be ideally constructed to prevent ascending visual information from both passing on to higher order visual areas, and also being influenced by top-down signal from these areas.
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Lambert, Amy Annie Ophelia. "Morgan Le Fay and other women : a study of the female phantasm in medieval literature." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13629.
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‘Morgan le Fay and Other Women’ is an interdisciplinary study that seeks to rationalise the various manifestations of a universal Other in medieval culture. Using Theresa Bane’s statement that ‘Morgan le F[a]y is a complicated figure in history and mythology; she has had many names and fulfilled many roles in religion and folklore’ as a focal argument, I present a methodology that identifies these ‘many names’ from what might be described as a primarily medieval perspective. Exploring the medieval notion of ‘character type’, this establishes a series of defining attributes that the culture of the period likely regarded as a ‘standard list’ for Morgan’s underlying identity: the Other Woman. Asserting that Morgan’s role in the medieval tradition is largely an attempt on to manifest this age-old concept in a variety of forms appropriate for different authors’ milieus and genres, this thesis suggests that medieval writers project onto the character a series of attributes recognised as Other from their own contexts. By applying this method, which has a basis in medieval semiotics and philosophy, to a range of characters, I propose that derivatives of the ‘Morganic’ persona might be found in a range of genres including medieval romance, drama, folklore, and, in my final chapter, the tradition of male outlaws.
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Kvistad, Arne Ivar. "Why Do Some Areas Have Higher Density of Forest Grouse Than Others?" Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for biologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-12794.
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Landscape and vegetation data were extracted from digital maps by use of GIS. These data together with predator and management related data collected from landowners and hunter's associations in Norway, were used as explanatory parameters in an analysis of density estimates of black grouse and capercaillie in a number of study sites in Norway. By habitat modeling the dominating wood type and the landscape heterogeneity of an area were identified as important factors affecting the black grouse populations. For the capercaillie the forest cover, proportion of blueberry forest and abundance of pine marten were appointed to be important factors.
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Gallagher, K. E. "Evaluating human papillomavirus vaccine introduction in Tanzania and other low-resource settings." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2017. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/3894605/.
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Evaluation of the success and impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine introduction and collation of key lessons learnt in low and middle-income countries (LAMICs) is now possible given the number of recent HPV vaccine pilots, or ‘demonstration projects’, and national programmes. Results may be useful for countries that have not yet commenced implementation of the HPV vaccine and may also be generalizable to future introductions of other pre-adolescent and adolescent vaccines. This PhD addresses four aspects of HPV vaccine introduction: 1) barriers to adherence to multi-dose vaccine schedules, 2) the potential impact of the HPV vaccine on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition, 3) the potential impact of HPV vaccine introduction on other health services, and 4) lessons learnt and recommendations for HPV vaccine implementation in LAMICs. A systematic review of the published literature on factors influencing multi-dose vaccine adherence in adolescents was conducted. The paucity of published data from LAMICs meant that no geographical restriction was set in the search terms. The majority of research included in the synthesis originated in the United States of America (USA), where race, insurance status and parental healthcare seeking behaviour were found to be predictors of vaccine schedule completion. As vaccination programmes in older children become more established in LAMICs, more research is needed on factors influencing adherence in these settings. The association between HPV infection and subsequent HIV acquisition was assessed in a nested case-control study using stored cervical samples from previous study cohorts of Tanzanian and Ugandan women. In contrast to previous observational studies that have found an association between HPV infection and HIV acquisition in men and women, we found no evidence of an association between HPV infection, clearance or persistence, and subsequent HIV acquisition. This precluded the calculation of an estimate of the potential population attributable fraction for the effect of HPV infection (and vaccination) on HIV incidence. Data from health facility register books and interviews with health workers in two regions of Tanzania were analysed to examine the potential impact of HPV vaccination introduction through a demonstration project in Northern Tanzania in 2014 on the provision of routine primary health services. A controlled before-after analysis was carried out on count data of consultations at facilities involved in HPV vaccine delivery in Kilimanjaro Region, and control facilities in a neighbouring region. Interviews with health workers provided important contextual information. There was no evidence that the number of consultations at the health facilities fell during campaign weeks in intervention facilities compared to control facilities. Utilisation of the health facilities was highly variable. Interviews indicated that the quality of care provided at the facility during vaccination campaigns might be affected by staff absence. Lessons learnt from 37 LAMICs with at least one year of experience in HPV vaccine delivery were collated from 41 published articles, 124 pieces of unpublished literature, and 27 key informant interviews. Recommendations were formulated in 7 key themes: preparation, communication, delivery, coverage achievements, sustainability, value of demonstration projects and common pitfalls. Lessons were consistent across world regions and included the importance of collaboration during planning between the ministries of health and education, strategies to respond to rumours and challenges encountered during delivery. Key findings were disseminated widely and stimulated on-going supplemental research. There is now a large evidence base to support the rationale for HPV vaccine introduction and its successful delivery in LAMICs, which currently suffer the heaviest burden of cervical cancer disease in the world. To date, HPV vaccine delivery in low resource settings has achieved high coverage and experienced fewer barriers than expected. It is clear that if funding is available, LAMICs can effectively introduce the HPV vaccine nationally and prevent a high burden of a major and serious disease in women.
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Osmun, William R. "Hiring the “Other”—A Biographical Narrative Inquiry of Progressive Human Resource Professionals." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1558953727028898.
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Johnson, Ian Trevor. "Studies on some responses of Carcinus maenas (L.) and other brachyurans to hypoxia and aerial exposure." Thesis, University of Hull, 1985. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11281.
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This work comprises a series of investigations of the effects of changes in environmental oxygen levels, which occur with hypoxia or aerial exposure, on the osmo-regulatory capacity, acid-base balance and general respiratory physiology of brachyuran crabs. The principal species studied was Carcinus maenas, although Cancer pagurus and Liocarcinus puber were also included in the aerial exposure experiments. The effects of exposure to 4hr of moderate (Pw02 = 40 torr) or severe (Pw02 = 20 torr) hypoxia at 15°C on various blood solutes, acid-base balance and general respiratory physiology were assessed for C.maenas in low salinity (10.0, 13.5 and 19.0%.S) and fully marine (30.0%.S) media. Haemolymph pH increased at all test salinities and to an extent which was salinity/Pw02 dependent. During hypoxia the heart rate (fh) was not significantly affected at any salinity but the scaphognathite rate (fsc ) increased significantly (P<0.05) at all the media tested. Scaphognathite rate changes were greater in moderate rather than severe hypoxia. In hypotonic media hypoxia produced no changes to circulating Na+ or Mg2+ levels or to the Δ°C values but circulating Cl- levels fell and Ca2+ and lactate levels increased at salinity/ Pw02 dependent rates and extents. In the 30.0% S medium, no changes to any of the above blood ions occurred during moderate hypoxia but Ca2+ and lactate levels increased at Pw02 = 20 torr. At all test salinities original levels of blood Cl-, Ca2+ and lactate were regained within 4hr of re-oxygenation Pw02 = 130 torr). The implications of these findings have been considered in relation to the distribution of regulating species of crustaceans generally. The effects of 24hr severe (Pw02 = 20 torr) hypoxia on haemolymph protein synthesis in fed and starved C.maenas in 13.5%.S and 30.0%.S media were studied. Blood total protein levels were higher in animals acclimated to 13.5% S whereas haemocyanin levels were higher in the 30.0%.S group. A negative linear relationship between relative haemocyanin and blood total protein was observed in animals at both salinities. In fed animals small, but non-significant (P>0.05) increases in haemocyanin and total blood protein levels were recorded at both salinities (cf. normoxic animals). In starved groups at both salinities blood protein levels were maintained under hypoxia but control animals showed a fall in protein levels. The responses of the crabs C.maenas, C.pagurus and L.puber to short (4hr) and longer (24hr) term aerial exposure were investigated. On exposure to air oxygen consumption (M02) was reduced significantly (P<0.05) in C.pagurus and L.puber (cf. aquatic respiration rates), but the M02 of C.maenas in air was comparable to that in water. No marked change in fH or f sc were recorded in C.maenas during re-immersion following aerial exposure but in L.puber tachycardia and hyperventilation were observed. In air (4hr) there were no changes to blood lactate levels in C.maenas but pronounced changes were found in C.pagurus and L.puber. Long-term aerial exposure resulted in mortalities and significant (P
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Konya, Judit. "The influence of dietary and other environmental changes on vascular risk markers in type 2 diabetes." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11448.
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Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by insulin resistance, impaired glycaemia, endothelial, clotting and platelet dysfunction, resulting in increased cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular parameters are influenced by various environmental and dietary factors. Methods: Two separate studies were undertaken to explore the effect of different soy and/or cocoa dietary interventions on cardiovascular risk makers in type 2 diabetes, and to determine the underlying mechanism. A third study was organized to explore the effect of hypoxia and low humidity on platelet function and clotting indices in addition to microparticle concentration in patients with type 2 diabetes compared to healthy volunteers. Results: We have shown that the addition of soy with isoflavones improves overall glycaemia, while soy protein alone or either of these two preparations in combination with cocoa are ineffective. The underlying mechanism could be the improvement in postprandial glycaemia as fasting insulin and glucose remained unchanged. Endothelial function did not change as a result of the dietary interventions. We have found that a simulated flight environment increased basal platelet activity in type 2 diabetes patients compared to healthy volunteers, while there was no difference in endothelial function. Discussion: These studies showed that dietary soy might modulate glycaemic control through a mechanism, which alters postprandial hyperglycaemia. The effects were dependent on a combination of soy protein with isoflavones as soy protein alone was ineffective. It was shown that mimicking the parameters of a commercial flight affected T2DM with an increase in platelet reactivity that may theoretically increase the risk of a venous thromboembolic episode.
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Bond, Virginia Anne. "Household capacity and "coping up" in rural Zambia : dealing with AIDS, other illness and adversity in Chiawa." Thesis, University of Hull, 1998. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3878.
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A synonym for "dealing with", "coping up" is a common Zambian expression in the 1990's' as households face pressing problems in the context of economic hardship and HIV/AIDS. Through the lens of seven rural households in Chiawa (a chieftaincy on the banks of the Zambezi River), this thesis explores the capacity of households to deal with a series of adversities and changes over a period of four years. The influence of locality and, at another level, national trends are taken into account, but the focus is on how and how well each household has coped in the face of four separate adverse events, a dysentery epidemic, a drought, the introduction of fees in government health facilities and schools, and the terminal illness and untimely death of a young adult. The capacity of households to deal with the HIV/AIDS epidemic is then examined.Overall the households differ in their capacity to deal with these events, but, though each event demands particular responses, resources and strategies, the pattern that emerges is, with the important exception of HIV/AIDS, consistent. Leaving the latter aside, it is possible to rank the households along a scale of high to low capability, to reveal how some households slide up and down the scale over time, and to tease out which resources determine coping well and coping badly in a Chiawa context.HIV/AIDS however, is unlike other adversities. Households ranked as the most capable in relation to the other events are not necessarily able to protect themselves against HIV infection - indeed it is sometimes their relative success in other spheres that puts them at particular risk. The thesis concludes that even 'high capability' households have yet to adapt to the presence of HIV/AIDS in their community, and to develop support systems to prevent its further spread.A parallel theme in the thesis is the capacity of anthropology and anthropologists to conduct research which is ethically sensitive and can usefully be applied to HIV/AIDS interventions.
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Freer, Bridget Heather. "Implications and consequences : how can learning from the use of a psychometric tool inform other HRD interventions?" Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13740.
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This thesis presents findings on the implications and consequences of using a personality preference model as an organizational development tool. Whilst the research focuses on the proprietary model Insights Discovery®, the intention is not to validate or test the instrument or to see if it ‘works’ in a technical sense. Rather, the aim is to critically evaluate the ramifications of its use from an individual perspective. In doing so, the thesis explores the conflicting purposes and values associated with this psychometric tool and discovers how its use is rationalised, vindicated and proliferated by studying five case study organizations. There appears to be an assumption that the Insights Discovery psychometric test is an innocuous tool which is fun and entertaining to use, producing mutual benefit to participants and the organization. This research challenges these assumptions and explores to what extent the promotional ‘hype’ is accurate. Although the findings might be of particular interest to both those who instigate the use of Insights Discovery within organizations and practitioners who deliver it, the aim is that the conclusions will have a broader application. The focus is therefore on organizational development implications, considering if the learning from delivery of the Insights Discovery model can inform other HRD interventions. The thesis emphasizes the complexities and potential contradictions and implications of utilising a psychometric tool in organizational learning and change initiatives. Indications suggest that psychometric profiling has the potential to be damaging to the individual and thereby, ultimately the organization. The thesis therefore sets out to establish if it is really possible that the potential ‘fallout’ of using such tools could ‘make or break’ a career?
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Barlow, John Stephen. "Intonation and second language acquisition : a study of the acquisition of English intonation by speakers of other languages." Thesis, University of Hull, 1998. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3873.
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In the field of second language acquisition (SLA) research, the study of intonation, and prosodic systems generally, suffers from a considerable under-representation.This has far-reaching consequences. From the large body of empirical work on various aspects of SLA over the last three decades, a great deal has been turned to pedagogical use. Indeed, the field of SLA is closely linked to that of language pedagogy, as the dual acquisition theoretical and pedagogical character of many current journals and conferences shows.However, the mutually nourishing relationship between SLA research and language teaching suffers if either component is inadequate.In the case of intonation, this is exactly the case. At a time when the processes of SLA are under analysis from a wide range of linguistic, psychological and sociolinguistic perspectives, relatively little is known, even on a simple descriptive level, about the acquisition of intonation. There is no body of studies of L2 intonational form comparable, for example, to the 'morpheme studies' or to studies of 'developmental sequences' which informed much thinking in the field in the 1970s and 1980s (see Ellis 1994, Ch.3); no substantial body of work, that is, which might form the basis of further research.The present study aims to contribute to current knowledge on the acquisition of intonational form in second languages. It seeks to provide a detailed account of how certain aspects of L2 English intonation develop, both in terms of their phonetics, and also in terms of the linguistic and discoursal ends to which they are put. The study is divided into two parts:Part One: in which the theoretical and descriptive bases of the study are established. It deals first with aspects of intonational form in English, describing in detail the prosodic systems which are employed to mark various aspects of informational structure within the spoken language, and also considers briefly the current state of language teaching in these areas (Chapter One). Then a review of research into the acquisition of sound systems in second languages is presented, looking particularly at intonational form and other aspects of prosodic production and perception (Chapter Two).Part Two: in which the experiments which have been undertaken as part of this study are presented. Firstly, the procedural and analytical aspects of these experiments will be described (Chapter Three). The findings will then be presented and discussed (Chapters Four to Seven). Finally, findings will be summarised and some general conclusions drawn (Chapter Eight).
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Ma, Guoxin. "A qualitative enquiry into Chinese workers' understanding of the key psychological contract concepts of 'obligation', 'promise' and 'the other party'." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16523.
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This study examined Chinese workers' interpretations of the key psychological contract concepts of 'obligation', 'promise' and 'the other party'. It also explored how Chinese workers described their implicit employment terms. Although the findings of this thesis may be context-constrained, the related discussions and implications provide general and useful insights for the psychological contract and its literature. A qualitative methodology was adopted for the research. The sampling frame comprised 61 Chinese workers in Xiamen and Fushun, recruited by a variety maximisation strategy. Data were collected primarily through semi-structured interviews, whose duration (recording time) was between 22 and 98 minutes (with a mode of 30-45 minutes), and analysed with the general guidance provided by the template analysis (King, 2004). It was found that 'obligation' was an ambiguous term in the Chinese employment context, suggesting a possibility that 'obligation' may not be unambiguous in other contexts either. The findings on the notion of 'promise' in China revealed that it carried strong moral significance and had emotional importance, leading to a reflection that the theoretical specifications of promise (Rousseau, 1995) had not been appropriately reflected in prior empirical research. It was also found that the immediate supervisors were very powerful 'the other party' in the Chinese employment context, implying that empirical psychological contract studies may not appropriately reflect the theory or phenomena, especially in light of the revealed complexities of Chinese employment arrangements. The Chinese workers' employment experiences revealed that their perceived implicit employment terms were below the terms specified in their legal contract, if a contract was existent. This finding was found to relate to perceived significant power gaps between employment parties by participants, which were embedded in the complex relationships between the zone of negotiability, the societal context of employment and the powerful leader positions in China. The discussion, and reflection, of these findings at an integrated level suggests that the existing theory lacks adequate theoretical clarity to appropriately inform deductive studies. It also suggests that the majority of empirical results, consequently, may need to be re-examined. This thesis concludes that the psychological contract is a useful concept to make sense of events, beliefs and experiences at work, but there are urgent needs for further theoretical developments, especially with regard to power and morality, and thus more grounded research in order to make it an adequately testable theory.
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Martin, Daniel Gordon 1963. "The Archaeological Resources Protection Act, other federal legislation, and the protection of cultural resources in the United States." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276621.
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Within the past 100 years, the protection of archaeological and other cultural resources have fallen in part under federal jurisdiction. The role of federal legislation and regulations, with particular emphasis on the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA), is evaluated in terms of guidelines, application, and effectiveness. A history of federal legislation is presented, followed by an in-depth review and analysis of ARPA. The relevance and applicability of ARPA and other legislation is reviewed in terms of resource significance, definitions of archaeological material, logistics of law enforcement, and prosecution of violators. A case review is presented and analyzed. The roles of public archaeology and future legislation are discussed as they apply to continued efforts toward preservation of cultural resources.
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Perera, K. Ruwan P. A. "Comparative analysis of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism with other mechanisms of settling international trade and investment disputes : a protectionist view." Thesis, University of Hull, 2003. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5491.
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Roth, Florian. "Why some energy cooperatives diversify and others do not: A comparative case study in Bavaria." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-392279.
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Energy cooperatives have become an important player in the German energy transition. After two legal amendments in the Renewable Energy Act in 2012 and 2014 the number of new foundations dropped sig-nificantly. Several studies have investigated potential barriers and opportunities for energy cooperatives to expand their business model beyond energy production and adapt to the legal changes. This study aims to identify relevant factors that lead energy cooperatives to have a high or a low level of diversification. To this end, I interviewed board members of eight energy cooperatives and complemented the findings by the assessment of firm documents and newspaper articles. While no single factor seems to be decisive, the founding initiative, in particular a clear vision and concrete business goals correlate with the level of di-versification. Important is, that a high level of internal resources or strong support from the local govern-ment alone cannot explain a high level of diversification. Instead, I identified two important aspects, in-teractive effects and threshold effects, that help to understand why energy cooperatives have a high or low level of diversification. Interactive effects mean, that a negative performance in one factor, such as a low level of internal resources, can be outbalanced by a very positive performance in another factor, such as external resources or local political environment. Threshold effects mean, that apparently a certain perfor-mance of a factor might be sufficient to achieve a high level of diversification, whereas a high performance of all factors, also leads to a very high level of diversification, as was shown with one cooperative, that serves as best practice example and corresponds to the theoretical model as forecasted. That means future research should deal with the complex nature of energy cooperatives, as diversification and probably de-velopment in general cannot be explained by looking at single factors, such as the level of internal re-sources. The findings also suggest, that for some energy cooperatives the plan to adopt new business mod-els was already laid at the foundation and did not spontaneously emerge as response to the legal changes. A future study should investigate, whether that applies to energy cooperatives more generally, or was just found to be true for the eight cases studied here. The role of external resources to adopt new business models has to be emphasized and calls for more cooperation among energy cooperatives and with external partners, to continuously be important players for the energy transition.
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Vargas, Roslyn. "Adoption Factors Impacting Human Resource Analytics Among Human Resource Professionals." NSUWorks, 2015. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/5.
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In today’s fast paced, ever-changing world, one cannot help hearing the terms Big Data and analytics. The Internet holds vast amounts of data and this data, for example in retail, is being used to predict shopping habits, current needs, trends, and more. Why should this be limited to the retail side of an organization? Today, there is a more significant push for Human Resource (HR) professionals to be strategic business partners, and, therefore, HR professionals need to work on leading, not lagging, in the area of measurements and analytics. Some organizations that have adopted the use of analytics in their HR departments have been extremely successful. If this is the case, why are not more HR professionals adopting the use of human resource analytics (HRA)?
The purpose of this study is to gain insight as to the reasons why more HR professionals are not using HRA to improve organizational performance and to gain and maintain a competitive advantage. An exploration of prior research was performed and resulted in the development of a model representing factors that impact the adoption of HRA. The model was then tested for content validity and reliability using Partial Least Squares of Path Modeling. Results of the study of 302 HR professionals, currently working in the field of HR, suggest the hypotheses testing social influence, tool availability, effort expectancy, performance expectancy, and quantitative self-efficacy as factors impacting the adoption of HRA were all significant. Conversely, the factors data availability, fear appeals, and general self-efficacy were not significant. Findings indicate that the factors impacting the adoption of HRA are not only in the hands of the HR professional but, to some extent, the organization as well. If organizations truly want to adopt HRA, they must make available to the HR professionals the tools, data, resources, and support necessary. This study contributes to the literature on individual-level adoption, specifically of HRA. Implications for theory and practice are discussed, as well as further research.
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Wang, Yong. "Agricultural Residues and Other Carbon-Based Resources as Feedstocks for Supercapacitor Electrodes." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26688.
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Agricultural residues are generally considered as renewable, economical and environmental-friendly sources to produce carbon-based materials with many advanced applications. Agricultural residues and by-products generated from the agricultural industry, such as distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), are produced every year on a large scale but lack of proper utilization. As a result, seeking high-value applications based on agricultural residues is essential for the promotion of the economy in agricultural states like North Dakota, USA. With the fast development of nanotechnology in recent years, carbon-based nanomaterials have attracted intense research interests in the fields of chemistry, materials science and condensed matter physics due to many unique properties (e.g., chemical and thermal stability, electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, etc.). The development of low-cost nanomaterials using agricultural residues as feedstocks can be a promising route for the sustainable development of the agricultural industry. In this dissertation, the preparation of carbon-based materials from agricultural residues is explored. Many advanced applications are investigated, especially in the field of energy storage devices. The development of porous activate carbons were investigated in detail, and their application as electrode materials of supercapacitors was demonstrated. Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass to produce carbonaceous materials was also covered in this dissertation. In addition to traditional raw materials such as cellulose produced from wood industry, novel material sources such as bacterial cellulose were used to prepare nanocomposites that can be used for the electrodes of supercapacitors. This dissertation contributes to the sustainable development of the agricultural industry in North Dakota.North Dakota Corn Council North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR)
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Marlow, Gregory. "Week 14, Video 03: Other Contact Poses." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/digital-animation-videos-oer/90.
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Barthle, Justin. "Analysis of Managerial Decision-Making within Florida’s Total Maximum Daily Load Program." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6462.
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Water quality has evolved legislatively from protection of navigation routes and quantity of sources to more emphasis on impairments on water quality for surface and groundwater sources. Nonpoint or diffuse sources of impairments represents a major challenge for management due to the complexity of its sources and difficulty in tracking.
The most cited sections on public policy analysis focuses on the overall process agencies employ to understand the results the program yields. Often overlooked are finer details and mechanisms, such as decision-making and priority setting, which have a great impact on the overall process. To investigate these factors, we need to analyze the decision-making process used by managers.
This study focuses on using information from those with direct involvement in the establishment and implementation of the Total Maximum Daily Load program for the state of Florida. This study used decision-making analysis models from Rational-Decision-Making and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis concepts to construct questionnaires that looks to develop priorities as seen by managers’ preferences for several presented options. This methodology allowed us to structure the viewpoints and processes water quality managers use to breakdown decisions.
The analyzed results show water quality managers prefer strong management options, involvement from stakeholders with scientific knowledge, and data collected from the source or point of impact. Interestingly, opinions in the group show that urban best management practices are considered more effective than their agriculture counterparts with a disfavor for volunteer derived data.
Ultimately, the survey highlights the need for more robust enforcement and reliable measurement of non-point source of impairments. Continued public outreach and education, especially through workshops, are denoted as important tasks to completing successful TMDLs and should be expanded and strengthened by both the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and its boundary programs.
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Unal, Beyza. "Early Maladaptive Schemas And Well-being:importance Of Parenting Styles And Other Psychological Resources." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614661/index.pdf.
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the differences in demographic variables (i.e., gender, age, mother&rsquos and father&rsquo
s education level, monthly income, and residence status) on the measures of the study (i.e., parenting styles, schema domains, personality dimensions, coping styles, perceived social support, and well-being) of the study. Secondly, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between these measures and to determine the associated factors of schema domains, personality dimensions, other psychological resources namely coping strategies and perceived social support, and lastly, psychological symptoms and life satisfaction. For these purposes, data was collected from 309 university students aging between 18-33 years old, from different cities in Turkey. The results revealed that schemas were closely related to perceived negative parenting
and besides their significant effects, it was found out that personality dimensions, coping strategies, and perceived social support had important role on psychological symptoms and life satisfaction. Especially having higher levels of neuroticism, insufficient usage of coping strategies, and lower levels of perceived social support, besides perceiving high levels of negative parenting, and having stronger schema structure in Disconnection/Rejection domain were associated with higher levels of psychological symptoms and lower levels of life satisfaction. These results indicated that psychological resources (i.e., personality, coping strategies, and perceived social support) have additional effects on well-being. Finally, implications of these results and limitations of the study were discussed in line with the literature and suggestions for future studies were mentioned.
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Smith, Deborah L. "Earth science education : hands-on activities and other resources aiding elementary school teachers /." Connect to resource, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/28566.
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Talon, Alexandre. "Intensive use of computing resources for dominations in grids and other combinatorial problems." Thesis, Lyon, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LYSEN079.
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Nous cherchons à prouver de nouveaux résultats en théorie des graphes et combinatoire grâce à la vitesse de calcul des ordinateurs, couplée à des algorithmes astucieux. Nous traitons quatre problèmes. Le théorème des quatre couleurs affirme que toute carte d’un monde où les pays sont connexes peut être coloriée avec 4 couleurs sans que deux pays voisins aient la même couleur. Il a été le premier résultat prouvé en utilisant l'ordinateur, en 1989. Nous souhaitions automatiser encore plus cette preuve. Nous expliquons la preuve et fournissons un programme qui permet de la réétablir, ainsi que d'établir d'autres résultats avec la même méthode. Nous donnons des pistes potentielles pour automatiser la recherche de règles de déchargement.Nous étudions également les problèmes de domination dans les grilles. Le plus simple est celui de la domination. Il s'agit de mettre des pierres sur certaines cases d'une grille pour que chaque case ait une pierre, ou ait une voisine qui contienne une pierre. Ce problème a été résolu en 2011 en utilisant l’ordinateur pour prouver une formule donnant le nombre minimum de pierres selon la taille de la grille. Nous adaptons avec succès cette méthode pour la première fois pour des variantes de la domination. Nous résolvons partiellement deux autres problèmes et fournissons des bornes inférieures pour ces problèmes pour les grilles de taille arbitraire.Nous nous sommes aussi penchés sur le dénombrement d’ensembles dominants. Combien y a-t-il d’ensembles dominant une grille donnée ? Nous étudions ce problème de dénombrement pour la domination et trois variantes. Nous prouvons l'existence de taux de croissance asymptotiques pour chacun de ces problèmes. Pour chaque, nous donnons en plus un encadrement de son taux de croissance asymptotique.Nous étudions enfin les polyominos, et leurs façons de paver des rectangles. Il s'agit d'objets généralisant les formes de Tetris : un ensemble de carrés connexe (« en un seul morceau »). Nous avons attaqué un problème posé en 1989 : existe-t-il un polyomino d'ordre impair ? Il s'agit de trouver un polyomino qui peut paver un rectangle avec un nombre impair de copies, mais ne peut paver de rectangle plus petit. Nous n'avons pas résolu ce problème, mais avons créé un programme pour énumérer les polyominos et essayer de trouver leur ordre, en éliminant ceux ne pouvant pas paver de rectangle. Nous établissons aussi une classification, selon leur ordre, des polyominos de taille au plus 18Our goal is to prove new results in graph theory and combinatorics thanks to the speed of computers, used with smart algorithms. We tackle four problems.The four-colour theorem states that any map of a world where all countries are made of one part can be coloured with 4 colours such that no two neighbouring countries have the same colour. It was the first result proved using computers, in 1989. We wished to automatise further this proof. We explain the proof and provide a program which proves it again. It also makes it possible to obtain other results with the same method. We give potential leads to automatise the search for discharging rules.We also study the problems of domination in grids. The simplest one is the one of domination. It consists in putting a stone on some cells of a grid such that every cell has a stone, or has a neighbour which contains a stone. This problem was solved in 2011 using computers, to prove a formula giving the minimum number of stones needed depending on the dimensions of the grid. We successfully adapt this method for the first time for variants of the domination problem. We solve partially two other problems and give for them lower bounds for grids of arbitrary size.We also tackled the counting problem for dominating sets. How many dominating sets are there for a given grid? We study this counting problem for the domination and three variants. We prove the existence of asymptotic growths rates for each of these problems. We also give bounds for each of these growth rates.Finally, we study polyominoes, and the way they can tile rectangles. They are objects which generalise the shapes from Tetris: a connected (of only one part) set of squares. We tried to solve a problem which was set in 1989: is there a polyomino of odd order? It consists in finding a polyomino which can tile a rectangle with an odd number of copies, but cannot tile any smaller rectangle. We did not manage to solve this problem, but we made a program to enumerate polyominoes and try to find their orders, discarding those which cannot tile rectangles. We also give statistics on the orders of polyominoes of size up to 18
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Osei, Eric. "Managing Humanitarian Relief Organizations with Limited Resources in Ghana." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4013.
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During disaster operations in Ghana in 2015, as a result of flood and fire, there was evidence of poor coordination between the workers and victims of the NGO, as well as inappropriate use of funds, which consequently caused compounding problems for disaster victims especially the outbreak of diseases. Little, however, is known about what conditions precipitated these events that may have delayed humanitarian, non-governmental organizations' (NGOs) ability to engage in disaster relief to victims. Using Freeman's stakeholder theory as the foundation, the purpose of this case study of the 2015 fire/flood disaster in Ghana was to understand from the perspective NGOs what events and conditions may have contributed to lack of coordination and inefficient practices. Data were collected from 13 executive directors, employees, and volunteers of the NGO through personal interviews. Interview data were deductively coded and subjected to a thematic analysis procedure. Findings revealed that participants perceived that the NGO provided financial accountability to donors, but not to disaster victims, nor were victims involved in the NGO's operations. The study's findings have implications for how future researchers in related disasters may approach studies in disaster management by including the perspectives of both NGO and victims in humanitarian aid operations. Implications for social change include recommendations to NGO management to develop and engage in accountability practices to ensure financial accountability to all stakeholders as well as active involvement of the disaster victims.
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Smith, Jason Allan. "California Polytechnic State University Wind Resource Assessment." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2011. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/629.
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Wind resource assessment at California Polytechnic State University shows there is potential for wind power generation on Cal Poly land. A computational fluid dynamics model based on wind data collected from a campus maintained meteorological tower on Escuela Ranch approximately 5 miles northwest of campus suggests there are areas of Cal Poly land with an IEC Class III wind resource at a height of 80 meters above ground. In addition during the daytime when the campus uses the most energy there are large portions of land with annual average daytime wind speeds above 6.9m/s. These areas have been identified by analyzing the wind speed and directional data collected at the meteorological tower and using it to create the boundary conditions and turbulence parameters for the computer model. The model boundary conditions and turbulence parameters have been verified through comparison between data collected at Askervein hill in Scotland during the 1980’s and the results of a simulation of Askervein hill using the same model. Before constructing a wind farm for power generation, additional meteorological towers should be constructed in Poly Canyon to further confirm the wind resource prediction.
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Ogier, Robert. "The effect of three interventions on the self-esteem, behaviour and other affective variables for a group of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in a local authority residential special school." Thesis, University of Hull, 2001. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11531.
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This thesis investigates the effect of three separate interventions of social skills, cooperative learning and self-talk (positive self-referent verbal statements - PSRVS) on the self-esteem, behaviour and other affective variables on a small group of children in a Local Education Authority residential special school who have emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD). The study examines two main research questions: What impact do three different types of intervention have on the children's self-rated self esteem and behaviour as observed in a free-time session. Secondly, what impact do the three interventions have on the children's self-rated locus of control, self-rated peer relationships, overt self-esteem and overt behaviour as rated by teachers and care staff. The first chapter introduces definitions of self-esteem and emotional and behavioural difficulties and the significance of the study. The prognosis for children with emotional difficulties and the dearth of research is then discussed. The focus of the study is explained and the two key research questions are stated. Chapter two consists of three main sections. The first section examines the history of the classification of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and is followed by a discussion on the problems of the definition of these children. The second section examines the history of the concept of self, followed by the theoretical importance of the self-concept. The third section examines the evidence for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties having low self-concept. Chapter three is the literature review and is divided into three main sections, social skills training, co-operative teaming and cognitive behavioural interventions. Each section examines in turn the rationale, definitions and historY of the three interventions. A discussion of the theories of social competence and social skills are also included. Chapter four examines the value of multiple interventions and multiple measurements for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, contending that it is unwise to employ a single intervention, or a single set of assessment measures-we need a variety. Initially, we examine the problems encountered in the measurement of the affective states of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties due to multiple definitions and unsatisfactory descriptions of their characteristics. We then examine the utility of rating scales, followed by the theoretical problems associated with the measurement of self-esteem. Whether children with emotional and behavioural difficulties actually do have low self-esteem, or whether they have what is termed 'positive illusory bias' or 'false-self behaviour' in reporting and assessment is then examined. Problems encountered when trying to access the false self are discussed. Chapter five describes the methodology employed in the current study whereby each self-contained intervention was sequentially applied in order to ascertain the effects on the children's self-esteem, locus of control, peer relationships, overt self-esteem, and overt behaviour. After a small pilot study all children in both the experimental and comparison groups rated their self-esteem, completed a measure of their locus of control and a measure of who they would like to 'play with' and 'work with'. Teachers and care-staff rated the children's overt behavioural self-esteem and their overt emotional and behavioural disturbance. All these measures were obtained for both experimental and comparison groups before and after each intervention and at a four month follow-up. Each intervention lasted for thirty minutes, three mornings a week for a total of approximately seven weeks. Teacher aides carried out behavioural observations during interventions and edible reinforcers (sweets) were given for compliance. The comparison group received the same average level of edible reinforcers but these were not given contingent upon their performance. A baseline of the experimental group's 'naturalistic' behaviours in a controlled free time setting was obtained. This occurred every Friday afternoon and lasted for thirty minutes and took place throughout the duration of the three interventions in order to provide a measure of appropriate peer interaction. In chapter six the results of the research questions are addressed in turn commencing with the results of global self-esteem for the fourteen children in the experimental and comparison groups. The lie scores are then presented. This is followed by the graphs of behavioural observations on the experimental group (only) that took place on each Friday afternoon, monitoring and recording 'positive', 'negative' and 'alone' social behaviours in a free-time half-hour session. The results for locus of control, the peer preferences questionnaire, Coopersmith's Behaviour Rating Form for overt self-esteem. and finally the results of Rutter's B2 Behaviour Questionnaire are presented. Both the experimental and comparison group completed all measures stated above at pre-test, after the first social skills intervention '1', after the second co-operative learning intervention '2', after the third intervention '3' and at a four-month follow-up '4'. Overall the findings provide little support for the effects of the three interventions on any of the measures taken with the exception of the behavioural observations taken on Friday afternoons. The final chapter discusses the findings from the current study in relation to the two research questions and the issues of measurement that pervade the whole study in the light of previous research found in the literature on children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. It is concluded that the existing literature may provide a somewhat erroneous picture of the self-esteem and affective variables of these children. Also the existing literature may provide a somewhat erroneous picture of how easy it is to impact on their self-esteem and other affective variables. The chapter ends with a discussion of the major weaknesses of the current study, areas for future research and implications for practitioners.
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Labe, Dana. "Ambivalence and paradox: the battered woman's interactions with the law and other helping resources." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003127.
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This thesis explores how the battered woman attachment to her abusive partner impacts on her interactions with the legal system and non-legal resources. This qualitative research project is based on in-depth interviews conducted with seven abused women who procured interdicts in terms of the Prevention of Family Violence Act 133 of 1993 to restrain their husbands from assaulting them. The research reviews the nature of abuse suffered by the participants, their psychological attachments to their husbands, and their patterns of help-seeking in relation to the law and non-legal resources. Two main theoretical frameworks, psychoanalysis and feminism inform this study. The study found that the participants retained unrealistic hopes that their husbands would reform and become loving, caring partners, and that they treated their husbands with care and sympathy despite their husbands’ often brutal behaviour towards them. The findings suggest that the women’s behaviour towards their husbands was the product of two reality distorting psychological defences, splitting and the moral defence which they used to preserve their attachments to their abusive partners. These defences intersected with rigid patriarchal prescriptions of femininity which dictate that women should be stoically caring towards their husbands, and should hold relationships together no matter what the cost to themselves. The participants interactions with the legal system and with non-legal sources of help were structured by their reliance on splitting and the moral defence, and by the dictates of patriarchal ideology. Whilst it is undoubtedly true that at one level the participants sought help to get protection from abuse, the study shows that their help-seeking was motivated by their conflicting desires to punish and reform their husbands. The participants sought help in ways which enabled them to strike a compromise between expressing their anger at their husbands, whilst simultaneously preserving their psychological attachments to them. The study concludes that the women’s interactions with the law and with other helping resource reflect their attempts to preserve their paradoxical attachments to their husbands, and to stabilise their own fragile sense of self and gender identity.
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Simões, Luís Carlos Ganhão. "Why some firms succeed in exporting while others do not? The impact of resources and capabilities on firms' export performance." Master's thesis, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/953.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Negócios Internacionais apresentada à ESTG - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Politécnico de Leiria.Why do some firms succeed in exporting while others do not? Export activities are a crucial area of international business but the drivers of superior export performance are not yet well understood. In this study, employing a sample of 52 Portuguese firms, we examine what are the distinctive resources and capabilities associated to superior export performance through the establishment of sustainable competitive advantages. Resource-based view supports the development of explicit hypothesis. Different combinations of export-related resources and capabilities are identified as source of cost, product and service-type advantages and how do these advantages impact economic, strategic and relational dimensions of export performance. The findings of this study have important implications for theory, managers and policymakers. Limitations of the study are considered, and future research directions are identified.
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Shommo, Mahasin Ibrahim. "A review of the role of problem solving and other critical thinking skills in the secondary home economics curriculum of the Sudan with an empirical study of the in-service training of teachers." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3806.
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Chapter I summarises the development of the Critical Thinking (CT) movement and previous studies of developing Critical Thinking Skills (CTSs), with particular focus on the methods used in teaching them in the Home Economics (HE) context. One method, Problem-Solving (PS)o was chosen to teach CTSs in Sudanese secondary schools for girls. A four-day in-service training course in teaching PS was conducted with all the HE teachers of Omdurman.To investigate the effect of teaching PS on students' learning in HE lessons, achievement tests were developed on 3 HE topics and were conducted on 234 students. Tests on the first two topics were conducted before and after the in-service course. T-test analysis was conducted on the mean scores of the results obtained, to compare students' learning of HE on the two occasions. it was found that the differences between the mean scores of the tests conducted prior to the in-service course and those carried out after it, were very highly significant, in favour of teaching PS-style lessons. A test on the third topic was conducted on all groups of students to investigate differences between classes.To show how trained teachers implemented the PS techniques acquired during the In-service course, a diary study was conducted on the three topics taught.Questionnaires were developed and administered to the teachers who participated in the In-service course to find out their opinions about the experience of teaching PS, both in the in-service course and In their own classes. Teachers' views were also obtained by means of semi-structured interviews.The findings of the study support the use of PS method in teaching HE. Some implications of the findings for the development of initial and in-service teacher training, as well as curriculum modification In Sudanese secondary HE education are highlighted, and suggestions made for further research.
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Odendaal, Barend Röges. "Implications of the Employment Equity Act and other legislation for human resource planning in Telkom, Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51797.
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Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The affirmative action process has accelerated dramatically since the democratisation of South Africa. After the 1994 general election equity became entrenched in legislation. The employment equity legislation together with other labour legislation is there to undo long-standing segregation policies. The Employment Equity Act, 1998, holds unique challenges for organisations to reach their employment equity goals. A limited time period has also been set for organisations to apply a temporary intervention to endeavour to correct the imbalances caused by the apartheid regime. The apartheid legislation, which resulted in 45 years of racial separation, had the adverse effect of denying certain South Africans equal employment opportunities. This caused an imbalance in the labour demographics of South Africa. This study focuses on the effects of the implementation of the Employment Equity Act, 1998, and other legislation on human resource planning within Telkom SA. Telkom SA, being the largest communications company in South Africa, has committed itself to employment equity and has already embarked on an affirmative action programme. However, the various pieces of legislation require certain criteria to be met. With the distortion of the labour demographics, Telkom SA finds has difficulty in finding suitably qualified candidates in certain race groups within the Western Cape. Perceptions of affirmative action have also been negative and this has led to resistance to the process. As soon as a commitment to the process occurs, then all human resources can be utilised effectively.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Regstellende aksie het dramaties versnel sedert die 1994 algemene verskiesing van Suid Afrika en gelykheid het deel begin vorm van aIle wetgewing. Die wetgewing op gelyke geleentheid, tesame met ander arbeidwetsgewing is daarop gestel om rasse verwydering te beveg. Die Wet op Gelyke Geleenthede, 1998, vereis dat instansies hulle gelyksheid doelwitte bereik binne 'n gegewe tydperk. Die tydelike tussenkoms om die wanbalans te herstel, wat deur die ou regering veroorsaak is, is van kardinale belang. Die apartheids wetgewing het veroorsaak dat daar na 45 jaar steeds 'n negatiewe uitwerking is vir sekere rassegroepe. Dit het ook veroorsaak dat daar 'n wanbalans in die demografie van Suid Afrika is. Hierdie studie is gemik daarop om die uitwerking van die verskeie wetgewing se uitwerking op die beplanning van die menslikehulpbronne van Telkom SA te ondersoek. Telkom SA, is tans die grootste kommunikasie maatskappy in Suid Afrika en hulle is daarop gemik om gelyke geleenthede te bevorder en het die nodige stappe alreeds geneem ten opsigte van die regstellende aksie plan. Die verskeie wetgewing stel sekere vereistes aan Telkom SA weens die feit dat hulle deel vorm van die aangewese maatskappye soos die wetgewing bepaal. Hulle vind dit moeilik om 'n geskoolde persoon uit sekere rassegroepe te kry, weens die feit dat hulle nie gelyke geleentheid gehad het om te ontwikkel nie. Regstellende aksie is ook negatief ontvang deur sekere werknemers en dit kan die proses vertraag. Sodra persone toegewyd word aan die voordele van so 'n proses, sal die dienste van aIle Suid-Afrikaners effektief gebruik kan word.
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Leao, Duncan, and Aregai Tecle. "Possible Impacts of Snowmaking Using Reclaimed Water on Water Resources and Other Related Issues in Flagstaff, Arizona." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/296600.
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Olson, John R. "The Influence of Geology and Other Environmental Factors on Stream Water Chemistry and Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1327.
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Catchment geology is known to influence water chemistry, which can significantly affect both species composition and ecosystem processes in streams. However, current predictions of how stream water chemistry varies with geology are limited in both scope and precision, and we have not adequately tested the specific mechanisms by which water chemistry influences stream biota. My dissertation research goals were to (1) develop empirical models to predict natural base-flow water chemistry from catchment geology and other environmental factors, (2) extend these predictions to nutrients to establish more realistic criteria for evaluating water quality, and (3) test the hypothesis that catchment geology significantly influences the composition of stream invertebrate assemblages by restricting weak osmoregulators from streams with low total dissolved solids (TDS). To meet goal 1, I first mapped geologic chemical and physical influences by associating rock properties with geologic map units. I then used these maps and other environmental factors as predictors of electrical conductivity (EC, a measure of TDS), acid neutralization capacity, and calcium, magnesium, and sulfate concentrations. The models explained 58 – 92% of the variance in these five constituents. Rock chemistry was the best predictor of stream water chemistry, followed by temperature, precipitation and other factors. To meet goal 2, I developed empirical models predicting naturally occurring stream total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations. These models explained most of the spatial variation among sites in total nitrogen and phosphorus and produced better predictions than previous models. By determining upper prediction limits that incorporated model error, I demonstrated how predictions of nutrient concentrations could be used to set site-specific nutrient criteria and accounted for natural variation among sites better than regional criteria. To meet goal 3, I experimentally manipulated (high and low) EC in both stream-side and laboratory flowthrough microcosms and measured survival, growth, and emergence of 19 invertebrate taxa. Observed variation among taxa in survival between treatments predicted taxon EC optima estimated from field observations (r² = 0.60). Taxa with the greatest differences in survival between treatments also had the highest EC optima, indicating that the inability to persist in low EC likely restricts the distributions of some taxa.
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Vijay, Kumar Akash. "Wave resource assessment using numerical wave modelling." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för elektroteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-422972.
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Wave resource assessment is the collection of site-specific meteorological data to estimate the wave potential in a region and is carried out to mitigate the risks involved in the setup of wave energy converters. Wave resource assessment has been typically done using wave buoys. But wave buoys are expensive and require constant maintenance for smooth operation. An alternative to wave buoys is numerical wave modelling. Numerical wave modelling uses mathematical models to generate computer simulations that describe wave parameters in a region. This project is carried out in the region of Hvide Sande, a western port city of Denmark situated in the North Sea. Wave resource assessment is conducted for this region using the SWAN numerical wave model. The data from a wave buoy in the region is used to perform comparative analysis, in order to study the SWAN wave model and to compare the accuracy of the wave data between the measured buoy and the calculated model. The accuracy of the numerical predictions is further quantified by using a correlation coefficient and the relative square root error. This is followed by a scatter diagram for the region to find the most frequent sea states. The corresponding energy flux of the most frequent sea states was found to be in the range of 1-5 kW/m and the highest energy flux for the area is about 40 kW/m for the region.
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Hudgins, Gene. "The Test and Training Enabling Architecture, TENA, Enabling Technology for the Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) and Other Emerging Range Systems." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606235.
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ITC/USA 2008 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Fourth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 27-30, 2008 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaThe Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) is a distributed live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) testing capability developed to support the acquisition community and to demonstrate Net-Ready Key Performance Parameters (KPP) requirements in a customer-specific Joint Mission Environment (JME). JMETC, using the Test and Training Enabling Architecture, TENA, provides connectivity to the Services' distributed test capabilities and simulations, and industry test resources. TENA is well-designed for supporting JMETC events through its architecture and software capabilities which enable interoperability among range instrumentation systems, facilities, and simulations. TENA, used in major exercises and distributed test events, is also interfacing with other emerging range systems, such as iNET.
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Gonzalez, Sanchez Dina Pamela. "Resource Sharing and Network Deployment Games : In Open Wireless Access Markets." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Kommunikationssystem, CoS, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-39480.
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Nilsson, Sara. "How requirements development could support design of effective and resource-efficient offerings." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-143011.
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What a company offers its customers has to fulfil several different needs, desires, constraints, which can originate from multiple different sources that affect the offering throughout its life cycle. All these criteria have to come together and be translated into statements that can support the designer’s understanding of the offering’s purpose. This translation is done through a requirements development process to provide a controlled process to define statements that describe what the offering is supposed to fulfil. This research provides insights on key challenges and success factors in requirements development to support the design of effective and resource-efficient offerings. Namely, it identifies crucial sources and aspects to be considered, and a requirements development process demonstrating how to overcome identified challenges. By getting the requirements right from the beginning, sub-optimisation and unnecessary time and risks can be avoided. The consideration of accurate sources and aspects is considered to be one of the most important factors for the successful design of offerings. It is also in the earliest phases of design, that is to say requirements development, where one has the greatest possibility to affect the environmental impact of the offering. What is missing, however, is sufficient and appropriate support in industry on how to do so. The gap between the three areas of effectiveness and resource efficiency, design of integrated offerings, and requirements development has been investigated. Results are based on findings in the literature and in industry, identified primarily by qualitative studies. In the research, 15 different companies have been included through a number of interviews and discussions. Key sources and aspects to consider in the requirements development process are identified along with challenges, and success factors that can be utilised to overcome the identified challenges. This research’s final results include an adapted requirements development process that considers the earlier-mentioned sources and aspect, challenges, and success factors. Such a requirements development process should support the design of effective and resource-efficient offerings.The series name given in the fulltext: Linköping Studies in Science and Technology Licentiate Thesis is incorrect. The correct series name is: Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Thesis
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Miller, Michael Chad. "Global Resource Management of Response Surface Methodology." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1621.
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Statistical research can be more difficult to plan than other kinds of projects, since the research must adapt as knowledge is gained. This dissertation establishes a formal language and methodology for designing experimental research strategies with limited resources. It is a mathematically rigorous extension of a sequential and adaptive form of statistical research called response surface methodology. It uses sponsor-given information, conditions, and resource constraints to decompose an overall project into individual stages. At each stage, a "parent" decision-maker determines what design of experimentation to do for its stage of research, and adapts to the feedback from that research's potential "children", each of whom deal with a different possible state of knowledge resulting from the experimentation of the "parent". The research of this dissertation extends the real-world rigor of the statistical field of design of experiments to develop an deterministic, adaptive algorithm that produces deterministically generated, reproducible, testable, defendable, adaptive, resource-constrained multi-stage experimental schedules without having to spend physical resource.
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Haider, Sayed Jawad, Pasha Asif Mohammad, and Gbanju Patt Aruwayo-Obe. "Enterprise Resource Planning: Adding value to E-business." Thesis, Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-451.
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Organizations are now more than ever before faced with rapid changes in the market place and the need to stay competitive, profitable and satisfy customers and suppliers has driven them to seek technologies that will help them realize these goals. Two of the main con-tenders are Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and E-business related technologies. There appear not to be so many publicized literatures on the relationship between ERP and E-business. It is based on this that this report studied six (6) cases to examine the value of ERP to E-business. This study discusses their relationship, how they impact each other and how they can be made to be more useful when integrated using Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and empirical research. What transpires from this research is that both vendors and organizations using these two technologies assigns specific values that ERP has on E-business according to their degree of importance. These values in order of importance are; increased competitiveness, increased agility and speed of business operations, improved communication, increased sales, improved business processes, reduced cost and increased profitability. Finally the study examines these values and concluded based on these values to suggest the implications for future research.
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Dookeran, Debra. "Perceived Organizational Support: Self-Interested or Other-Interested?" Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/managerialsci_diss/15.
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A new research model of Perceived Organizational Support (POS) was proposed and tested. This model proposed that moral reasoning would moderate the relationships between six justice constructs and POS. The six justice constructs were distributive justice for self, coworkers, and employees in general as well as procedural justice for self, coworkers, and employees in general. The model was tested using two studies. Study 1 consisted of 284 students at a large southeastern university, while Study 2 was comprised of 215 employees from multiple organizations. The hypothesized relationships of the model were tested using hierarchical moderated regression analysis. Overall, while the results were consistent with most prior research, there was no support for the moderating role of moral reasoning that was proposed. The findings and implications of both Study 1 and 2 are discussed. Directions for future research are also suggested.
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Nopparat, Nanond, and Babak Kianian. "Resource Consumption of Additive Manufacturing Technology." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3919.
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The degradation of natural resources as a result of consumption to support the economic growth of humans society represents one of the greatest sustainability challenges. In order to allow economic growth to continue in a sustainable way, it has to be decoupled from the consumption and destruction of natural resources. This thesis focuses on an innovative manufacturing technology called additive manufacturing (AM) and its potential to become a more efficient and cleaner manufacturing alternative. The thesis also investigates the benefits of accessing the technology through the result-oriented Product-Service Systems (PSS) approach. The outcome of the study is the quantification of raw materials and energy consumption. The scope of study is the application of AM in the scale model kit industry. The methods used are the life cycle inventory study and the system dynamics modeling. The result shows that AM has higher efficiency in terms of raw material usage, however it also has higher energy consumption in comparison to the more traditional manufacturing techniques. The result-oriented PSS approach is shown to be able to reduce the amount of manufacturing equipment needed, thus reducing the energy and raw materials used to produce the equipment, but does not completely decouple economic growth from the consumption of natural resources.