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Thompson, Andrew Paul. "Whanau/family meetings in the paediatric intensive care unit: content, process, and family satisfaction : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy, Social Work, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1102.

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Family Meetings occur frequently in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) yet little data existed to guide clinicians in the conduct of these meetings. The medical team is required to deliver complex medical information and navigate complex decision-making with a traumatised family during a meeting. The objectives of this study were to describe the content and process of 15 whanau/family meetings in the PICU, identify family meeting characteristics and patient and family attributes that influence family satisfaction and recommend guidelines for health professionals working in the PICU. The study was conducted in a PICU in a university-affiliated children’s hospital in New Zealand (NZ). The process and content of 15 family meetings were analysed using a coding framework previously developed through a qualitative study of family meetings in the adult intensive care unit (Curtis, 2002a). A questionnaire providing a quantitative assessment of family satisfaction drawn from the same study was administered to 30 family members. Demographic data for the study were collected from the patient’s hospital record and these were combined with data relating to the meeting recording and transcript to identify family meeting characteristics and attributes that might influence family satisfaction. The content and process of family meetings in the PICU were described using a framework detailing 28 codes from the six domains: introductions, informational exchange, discussions of the future, decisions, discussions about death and dying, and closings. A comparison of family meeting characteristics and patient and family attributes revealed that longer meetings (40 minutes plus) were associated with lower family satisfaction and should therefore prompt clinicians to consider whether there are unresolved conflicts, difficulties or misunderstandings between the medical team and the family. Recommendations are proposed to guide health professionals in family meetings in the PICU. This is the first study to record and code the content of family meetings in the PICU. The findings from this study will assist clinicians in their meetings with families. The description of the family meeting content will also provide a foundation for future communication training and research in the health environment.
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Sochting, Sven. "The effects of operating conditions on the hydrodynamic lubricant film thickness at the piston-ring/cylinder liner interface of a firing diesel engine." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2009. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/21027/.

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Conventional investigations into the performance of piston-rings in internal combustion engines are performed at relatively low speeds and consider only steady state operation conditions. Loss of power in internal combustion (IC) engines is becoming an increasing issue when they are operated at high engine speeds. This project is directed at developing technology to establish whether this phenomenon is influenced by a lubricant related effect. In a normal operating environment automotive engines typically operate under transient operating conditions. These rapid changes in operation conditions may influence the thickness of the hydrodynamic film which lubricates the interfaces between the piston-ring and liner. During this project two capacitance methods were employed in a fired compression ignition engine, an amplitude modulated (AM) system originally developed by Grice and a new "high speed" capacitance technique based on a frequency modulated principle. The first part of this thesis is concerned with the development and implementation of a new apparatus suitable for measuring the thickness and extent of the hydrodynamic oil film which lubricates the piston-rings and liner. The nature of the working principle of the high speed capacitance measurement system required the design, manufacture, assembly and commissioning of a novel dynamic calibration apparatus. The new system can also be used for static calibration (AM system) of capacitance based distance measuring systems. It uses a manufacturer calibrated closed loop controlled piezo-actuator to present a target relative to the sensor face. Some previous investigations concluded a stable oil film thickness. However, this work shows that there are cyclic variations of the oil film thickness OFT on a stroke to stroke and cycle to cycle basis. A series of measurements was conducted under various fixed speed load points. The effects of using lubricants of different viscosity on the minimum (OFT) between liner and piston ring have been little studied and this work shows that it was possible to speciate measurements of different lubricants. This thesis also describes a measurement of the oil film thickness during abrupt changes in engine operating conditions.
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(9840359), Vanessa Tilbrook. "Real time to real life: Puppet simulation in health care." Thesis, 2017. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Real_time_to_real_life_Puppet_simulation_in_health_care/13444796.

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Puppets are used as a medium for learning and teaching, a way to communicate with children and for the purpose of play. Whilst the use of puppets with children in health care is well documented, especially with regards to play therapists and psychologists, little is understood about how nurses use puppets in their practice. Nurses are primarily the ones who engage and deliver clinical and medical care to the sick child in the hospital environment. Hence, effective communication strategies such as puppets could have a positive impact for the child. Understanding the experiences of nurses using puppets in the context of health care delivery including education potentially has merit as there is little known about this phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to explore the paediatric nurse clinicians’ and nurse educators’ experience of integrating puppet simulation in their practice, when they are the operator of the puppet. A descriptive phenomenological approach was adopted to guide this study as it was considered an appropriate design to elicit rich descriptions of the lived experience from the participants themselves. The results from this research identified that as wearers of the puppets both paediatric nurse clinicians and nurse educators were able to maximise learner engagement. The paediatric nurse clinicians perceived that the puppets provided a fun learning experience and reduced fear and anxiety for the child. The puppets not only helped to playfully facilitate communication with children but also to playfully communicate and engage learning and teaching. Understanding the perceptions of paediatric nurse clinicians and nurse educators experience provides an understanding of factors that both enhance and detract from implementing puppets in practice. Such information can be used to guide health care professionals who may wish to use the medium of puppets in their practice.
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(9785117), John Callanan. "Activating parents in early intervention: The role of relationship in functional and family gains." Thesis, 2021. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Activating_parents_in_early_intervention_The_role_of_relationship_in_functional_and_family_gains/16807915.

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Including parents of children with a disability in early intervention programs has been widely advocated by multiple health professional disciplines. Within these interventions a substantial body of research supports the positive influence of the parent-child relationship on developmental outcomes. Programs that upskill parents, reflect family context and focus on increased participation in broader community and social settings are now considered best practice. Such programs have good face validity, with recent studies showing parents strongly endorsing the sharing of skills and strategies, allowing them to extend the child’s learning to multiple situations including within the family and wider community. Despite this evidence, successful widespread implementation of relationally-based programs has been difficult to achieve. Working directly with parents can include challenges beyond simply introducing strategies and having them apply these outside therapy sessions. It requires therapists to work in a context where parents may be struggling with feelings of incompetence and experiencing high levels of individual and relational stress that are often associated with parenting a child with a disability. Developing therapy goals that reflect family imperatives can also present challenges as therapists and parents may be driven by objectives derived from developmental checklists rather than contextual, family-prioitised goals. This thesis investigated the efficacy of a manualised program designed by the candidate (PCRI-EI; parent child relationally informed – early intervention) in addressing these challenges in an early childhood development clinic that delivers multidisciplinary services to children with disabilities. A preliminary case study showed promising changes for the family, in reduced stress and improved sense of competency for the parents, as well as positive impacts on functional outcomes for the child. Parents reported improvements in family engagement in community activities as well as in their own ability to more broadly understand their child’s challenges. A subsequent qualitative study investigated the experience of therapists as they made the transition to a relationally-based practice. Feedback from therapists indicated the systematic approach embedded in the protocol combined with reflective supervision built their competence and confidence in working collaboratively with families. At the same time, they reported being better able to generate therapeutic goals that preferenced family context and priorities over therapist-driven developmental aims. Changes in parents’ stress, psychological well-being and sense of competence, was investigated in a third study. Findings showed notable reductions in stress levels over time particularly those generated by parents’ conceptualisation of their child as difficult. Increased parental wellbeing and sense of competency were also reported. These changes were consistent across diagnostic categories. The final component of the thesis investigated impacts of PCRI-EI on the child’s functional capacity. Significant and marked increases in functioning were observed across time. The gains did not differ by diagnosis and parental feedback indicated family context was prioritised and valued. These improvements were generalised throughout social, community and educational settings. Taken together these findings indicate that through the combination of a manualised therapy model and ongoing reflective supervision, PCRI-EI supports the implementation of relationally-based, family-centred practices. PCRI-EI appears to provide the how-to component. The absence of which seems to have inhibited the widespread adoption of such programs in early intervention. Given the exploratory nature of the thesis these conclusions require further investigation. Nonetheless, they suggest successfully engaging parents in early intervention requires a systematic approach embedded in the practices of the organisation. The role of the therapist in supporting parents build the skills to work in this context is critical. Achieving that change in therapists’ capacity involves a similarly methodical approach that integrates professional development, reflective supervision and an appreciation of the professional identity challenges the changed way of working may present. This combination of factors does not appear to have been addressed in previous investigations around establishing relationally-based practices in early childhood interventions.
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(13108657), Robert McClure. "The nature of coping and emotional intelligence: An empirical study with the nursing profession." Thesis, 2005. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_nature_of_coping_and_emotional_intelligence_An_empirical_study_with_the_nursing_profession/20327460.

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 This thesis used a homogeneous sample of 116 professional nurses to empirically test the theoretical proposition that transactional coping and emotional intelligence are different constructs. Using that same sample, the research also empirically tested the theory that professional nurses' emotional work response behaviours require emotional intelligent ability (McQueen 2004; Molter 2001). Other research questions were related to testing relationships between emotional work, emotional intelligence, coping and the outcome variables of job satisfaction and health and well-being.  

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(9797765), Sheeana Gangadoo. "Exploring the potential to improve the gut microbiome of broiler chickens using selenium nanoparticle supplements." Thesis, 2020. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Exploring_the_potential_to_improve_the_gut_microbiome_of_broiler_chickens_using_selenium_nanoparticle_supplements/13410473.

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The poultry industry has rapidly grown in the last few years with a focus in improving growth and productivity of broiler chickens, with performance assessed on measures such as feed conversion ratio, body weight gain and good immunity. The incorporation of antibiotics and feed additives in poultry diets, have been implemented for years to ensure the maintenance of poultry health with a focus on the control and reduction of zoonotic pathogens. In the last few years, however, key issues surrounding the antimicrobial resistance of antibiotics have urged for alternative supplementations. Nanoparticles (NPs) of silver and other metals have been heavily used in the poultry industry to improve the growth and performance of birds. Whilst successful, metal NPs exhibited higher toxicity at the higher surface to volume ratio, especially with the use of silver. This study proposes the use of NPs of essential metals and natural compounds to safely deliver nutrients, resulting in positive impacts on health and productivity with little to no toxic effects. Selenium is an essential mineral, required for the proper functioning of the immunity and is an important element in the first cell line of defence in the body. The work described in this thesis explores the ability of selenium NPs to improve the health and growth of broiler chickens by modulating their gut microbiome and metabolome, without the toxic effects observed with silver. Selenium NPs were synthesised using a simple chemical reduction method and a full characterisation was performed, assessing the physicochemical properties of the NP. Selenium NPs were then compared in an animal trial against two commonly used selenium additives in the poultry industry, sodium selenite (inorganic selenium) and selenomethionine (organic selenium). The performance of the birds was assessed based on body weight gain, the gut microbial composition and metabolite production. The toxicity of NPs was further investigated by quantifying selenium concentration in various tissues, along with a detailed histopathological assessment. Results show selenium NPs completely altered the gut microbial ecology at high concentration, with a strong correlation observed between Faecalibacterium prausnitzii abundance and increasing concentration of selenium NPs. Selenium NPs additionally increased villus height/crypt ratio associated with enhanced absorption in the small intestine and an overall increase of healthy colonic metabolites. Finally, an in vitro study demonstrated the ability of selenium NPs to reduce emerging pathogenic Enterococcus cecorum species. This thesis demonstrates the prospective ability of selenium NPs as alternatives to antibiotics and bulk supplementation, resulting in an improvement of health and performance of broiler chickens in the poultry industry.
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(5930270), Mehdi Shishehbor. "Numerical Investigation on the Mechanical Properties of Neat Cellulose Nanocrystal." Thesis, 2020.

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Nature has evolved efficient strategies to make materials with hierarchical internal structure that often exhibit exceptional mechanical properties. One such example is found in cellulose, which has achieved a high order of functionality and mechanical properties through a hierarchical structure with an exceptional control from the atomic level all the way to the macroscopic level. Cellulose is present in a wide variety of living species (trees, plants, algae, bacteria, tunicates), and provides the base reinforcement structure used by organisms for high mechanical strength, high strength-to-weight ratio, and high toughness. Additionally, being the most abundant organic substance on earth, cellulose has been used by our society as an engineering material for thousands of years, and are prolific within our society, as demonstrated by the enormity of the world-wide industries in cellulose derivatives, paper/packaging, textiles, and forest products.

More recently, a new class of cellulose base particles are being extracted from plants/trees, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), which are spindle-shaped nano-sized particles (3 ̶ 20 nm in width and 50 ̶ 500 nm in length) that are distinct from the more traditional cellulose materials currently used (e.g. molecular cellulose and wood pulp). They offer a new combination of particle morphology, properties and chemical functionalities that enable CNCs for use in applications that were once thought impossible for cellulosic materials.

CNCs have shown utility in many engineering applications, for example, biomedical, nanocomposites, barrier/separation membranes and cementitious materials. To gain greater insight as to how best use CNCs in various engineering application areas, a comprehensive understanding of the mechanics of CNCs is needed. The characterization of the mechanical properties of nanomaterials via experimental testing has always been challenging due to their small size, resulting in large uncertainties related to testing near sensitivity limits of a given technique, the same is true when characterizing CNCs. For CNCs, to help offset limitations in experimental testing, numerical modeling has been useful in predicting the mechanical properties of CNCs. We present a continuum-based structural model to study the mechanical behavior of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), and analyze the effect of bonded and non-bonded interactions on the mechanical properties under various loading conditions. In particular, this model assumes the uncoupling between the bonded and nonbonded interactions and their behavior is obtained from atomistic simulations.

For large deformations and when there is interaction and dynamics of many particles involved, continuum models could become as expensive as MD simulations. In addition, it has been shown that traditional material models in the continuum mechanics context, cannot model all the mechanical properties of CNC, especially for large deformation. To overcome these setbacks and to be able to model real size of CNC, 50-1000 nm, and/or to increase the number of particles involved in the simulation, a so called ‘‘coarse-grained’’ (CG) model for mechanical and interfacial properties of CNC is proposed. The proposed CG model is based on both mechanical properties and crystal-crystal interactions. Parametrization of the model is carried out in comparison with all-atom (AA) molecular dynamics and experimental results of some specific mechanical and interfacial tests.

Subsequently, verification is done with other tests. Finally, we analyze the effect of interface properties on the mechanical performance of CNC-based materials including, bending of a CNC bundle, tensile load and fracture in bioinspired structure of CNCs such as staggered brick-and-mortar and Bouligand structures of interest.
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(9782003), Cheryl Bookallil. "Second-chance education evaluating the outcomes and costs of university-based enabling programs." Thesis, 2014. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Second-chance_education_evaluating_the_outcomes_and_costs_of_university-based_enabling_programs/16436757.

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Despite universities receiving specific Commonwealth Government funding in order to offer Enabling education free to participants, these programs are not part of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and there has been no systematic evaluation of outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine Enabling programs offered by Central Queensland University and investigate their cost effectiveness as a conduit to undergraduate programs and university qualifications. Mises (1949) theory of Praxeology formed the basis for examining outcomes from eleven consecutive years of archival data in this case study. Enrolments in Enabling programs, completions, articulations from Enabling to undergraduate study and undergraduate successes have all been quantified and costed in terms of the Commonwealth funding received.

Aim one was to quantify the value-added to the university in terms of undergraduate enrolments and to the students in terms of their human capital accumulation according to Becker's (1964) theory. Aim two was to evaluate outcomes in terms of meeting the dual goals of equity and efficiency. Equity was defined by the notion of inclusion, based upon the principle of personal agency as espoused by Sen (2009), and measured by access and completion of a higher education award (Marginson 2011). Efficiency was measured by access to, and completion of, university qualifications consistent with the Australian Government's definition of an Enabling program (Higher Education Support Act 2012 p. 302). This duality of definitions allowed for comparisons between the possible number of successes as indicated by enrolments in Enabling programs and actual outcomes demonstrating a leakage in the public funding bucket (Okun 1975).

The provision of specific Commonwealth funding appears to have precipitated an escalation in enrolments but completions and articulations experienced a sustained decline meaning costs of successful outcomes increased. Statistical analysis demonstrated that increasing access by distance education did not increase equity or efficiency as measured in terms of completions and articulations. Logistic regression suggests that it is not student demographics but the program structure and/or mode of study chosen for Enabling that are the strongest predictors of completion, articulation and undergraduate success.
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(9840005), Lorraine Thompson. "Coaching for clinical nurse leaders: A mixed methods study." Thesis, 2017. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Coaching_for_clinical_nurse_leaders_A_mixed_methods_study/13444781.

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This inquiry examined coaching as an approach for supporting and professionally developing clinical nurse leaders within their roles. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was considered appropriate for this study consisting of a quantitative phase at the outset, followed by a qualitative phase.
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(9805346), Eleanor Horton. "A Foucauldian gaze in nursing: A critique of the politics of difference in nursing." Thesis, 2014. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_Foucauldian_gaze_in_nursing_A_critique_of_the_politics_of_difference_in_nursing/13437812.

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"In 1982, when questioned about his intellectual ability, French philosopher Michel Foucault replied: I don’t feel it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else you were not in the beginning. If you knew when you began a book, what you would say in the end, do you think you would have the courage to write it? (Martin, Gutman & Hutton, 1988, p. 9) This thesis presents a post-structuralist gaze at the politics of difference in nursing from the perspectives of Foucault and Jacques Derrida, with the aim of presenting a new text that challenges the maintenance of the status quo of nursing. The thesis will use nursing as a discipline to examine subjectivity of the self through the conceptual lens of Foucault and Derrida and those factors that influence the politics of difference in nursing, such as ‘othering’, neoliberalism, managerialism and globalisation. Until nursing moves beyond binary thinking and considers a new politics of difference, the generation of new knowledge will endorse the philosophical thinking of the Enlightenment project and fail to progress nursing beyond this and into the post-structuralist ethos. Moreover: This post-structuralist approach to the politics of knowledge challenges the individual who is rational and coherent and has a rational and coherent story about themselves and society (Horton, 2013, p. 24)."

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(9876398), T. Rahman. "Microcredit and empowering women in Bangladesh : stunning promises without substance." Thesis, 2007. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Microcredit_and_empowering_women_in_Bangladesh_stunning_promises_without_substance/13429241.

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Microcredit, a Bangladeshi development model, has become a mantra and a magic potion for all illness of the poor including poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, and powerlessness. Many of the powerful, rich and famous - liberals like Hillary Clinton, neoconservatives like Paul Wolfowitz (now president of the World Bank), commercial banking institutions like the Chase Manhattan and American Express - actively promote this panacea. Several UN agencies and European development aid agencies far beyond the Bangladeshi border are also involved in implementing microcredit. Muhammad Yunus, the founder ofthe Grameen Bank, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for developing, practicing and promoting microcredit. There is no doubt that microcredit has 'indeed allowed many poor women to roll back pervasive poverty', but at the same time it can be said confidently that many of the poor within the microcredit program are left with extended threat of poverty. Critical scholarship on the microcredit model is limited, but emerging steadily. Among critical scholars are postdevelopmentalists, who examine the transformation occurring within the 'self' of the microcredit recipients, and Marxists, who examine gradual expansion of the free market economy in Third World societies within the context of global capitalism. The postdevelopmentalists argue that the surveillance strategies that are placed to monitor the working of micro credit surely transform the subjectivity ofthe microcredit recipients and this transformation is somewhat similar to the process that occurred in Western societies at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Marxists scholars generally examine the contemporary gradual expansion of private investment in the welfare sector, which was traditionally a state monopoly. They argue that the private interventionist approach enables the state to avoid its responsibility to provide welfare for the poor. This thesis investigates the claims of success of microcredit as a panacea, as well as the critical views expressed by focusing on the experiences o fmicrocredit recipients in two villages in Bangladesh. Based on a long term participatory observation method, the thesis argues that the success stories of the microcredit program are blown out of proportion. The dynamics of collective responsibility for repayment of loans by a group of women borrowers, which is seen as a tool for success of microcredit, is in fact no less repressive than the traditional debt collectors. This thesis considered both of the theoretical perspectives mentioned above, and finds that microcredit does produce a kind ofdisciplined self but the microcredit recipients also employ their own agency in resistance towards the disciplinary power. It also finds that the neoliberal policy of privatisation of welfare enables capitalism to extend its control to the poorest, most deprived of the world.
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(11773901), Clive Leslie Miller. "Patient care information and its use by nurses: 'Becoming informed'." Thesis, 2000. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Patient_care_information_and_its_use_by_nurses_Becoming_informed_/13424186.

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A major problem that nurses face at the start of each shift is the amount of information they receive in relation to the patients allocated to their care. The patient may have been in the ward for many days and the nurse has abundant previous information about them. The patient may be a newly admitted and the only information nurses have is their name and that of the consultant. Not only is information needed at the start of the shift, but there are also ongoing needs throughout the shift. Therefore there is a constant process of giving and gathering information.
A qualitative approach using interviews and participant observation was chosen as the most appropriate form of investigation. Ten nurses were interviewed, then observed both at handover and for some hours afterwards. The collected data were analysed using a grounded theory approach. Because of data and time constraints only an initial conceptual framework could be developed and presented in this work.
It was found that nurses both actively seek and are passively given information, which they use for providing patient care. A continuum was found ranging from low to high for both the nurses' knowledge of the patient and the patient's condition, as well as the nurses' clinical knowledge and experience, that has an affect on these activities. This gathering of information can be likened to nurses "learning" about the patient much as one 'learns' the meaning of a picture. Initially one passively absorbs the scene but then the person looks more closely to fill in the details raised by questions they may have.
The process of gathering information needed for patient care is a complex intertwining of many factors relating both to the nurse and the situation. This has implications in the way information is communicated at each nursing change of shift if ongoing care is to be continued appropriately. 

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(9828656), Md Zillur Rahman. "An evaluation of selected Bangladesh Open University open and distance education materials: Towards developing principles for open and distance education in Bangladesh." Thesis, 1997. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/An_evaluation_of_selected_Bangladesh_Open_University_open_and_distance_education_materials_Towards_developing_principles_for_open_and_distance_education_in_Bangladesh/20346627.

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 The use of open learning systems for the provision of higher education continues to grow and evolve around the world. The diversity of open learning systems that now exist reflects the ability to adapt this form of education to meet the higher education needs of individuals in a range of contexts including cultural, political, and economic contexts. 

This thesis examines the provision of open and distance education in Bangladesh which has a population of 120 million and where higher education has been mainly available through eleven conventional universities. Until recently these universities were only able to access 5% people of the country and were unable to cater to the growing needs for higher education of the increasing population, particularly those people not living in large cities. In order to overcome the low participation in higher education, the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) was established in 1992 to help to meet the country's increasing need for higher education and vocational training using open and distance teaching mode. 

The approach to materials design and course delivery by the BOU endeavours to accommodate the cultural, economic and student learning contexts that prevail in Bangladesh. This thesis describes this approach through an evaluation of the open and distance education materials used in one unit of the Bachelor of Education (BEd) program and one unit of the Diploma in Management (DIM) at the BOU. 

Three broad criteria for evaluating the selected BOU materials were: learner support structure, learning resources and learning systems. The criteria were derived from a comparative study of open and distance education that exists in developed and developing countries. Final conclusions were made after evaluating the selected materials from BOU using these criteria. 

The curriculum evaluation methodology by Stufflebeam (1985) and Dogan (1989) was used for assessing open and distance education materials. 

Findings indicate that the text materials of the BOU should be changed and be prepared according to the social, cultural, economic, and education contexts of Bangladesh. For instance, printed text materials should have pretest questions, concept maps, specific objectives, illustrations within the content, exercises and questions, assignments, quotations, footnotes, and references. At the same time, in addition to text materials, support services should be re -arranged in accordance with access issues and cultural perspectives.  

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(5930396), Jack D. Williams. "Magnetically-Coupled Circuits Systems for Wireless Excitation of Passive Stimulators for Stimulation Therapies and Application as a Treatment for Glaucoma." Thesis, 2019.

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The practice of delivering an electrical current waveform to an excitable tissue such as a structure in the brain, nerve fiber, or muscle to relieve the symptoms of disease constitutes an electrical stimulation therapy. Electrical stimulation therapies supported by implantable devices provide effective treatment options for people suffering from treatment-resistant chronic diseases that often fail to respond to medication and other traditional therapies [1, 2]. However, implantable electrical stimulators traditionally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use implanted batteries that require surgical replacement over years of operation and limit therapies to applications with minimal constraints on implant mass, volume, and rigidity [3, 4]. Previous works have proposed to eliminate batteries in implantable stimulators by using magnetically-coupled coils to deliver energy through radio-frequency (RF) fields, exciting alternating currents on implantable devices to be converted into stimulus pulses by rectifiers [5, 6]. Implantable stimulators without batteries may be excited by an alternative theory of operation without the use of RF fields that eliminates the need for a rectifier and permits stimulators with minimal complexity.

This work proposes an original use of magnetically-coupled circuits theory for the wireless excitation of electrical stimulation current waveforms on passive stimulators that eliminates the need for an implanted battery. The principle of the technique is to drive stimulation current waveforms on passive stimulators with electromotive forces excited by applied time-varying magnetic fields via the phenomena described by Faraday’s law of induction [7-9]. The proposed systems require a wearable driving component and a passive driven component that may either be worn or implanted. The wearable driving component must include a battery, pulse-generating circuitry, and a primary coil, whereas the driven component is a passive device requiring only a secondary coil with electrodes to contact tissue. The pulse-generating circuitry of the driving component may be implemented readily such that the design of the coils defines the challenge in the implementation of the proposed systems. The design of the coils for the proposed systems presents the potential for a nontrivial optimization problem with conflicting objectives; possible objectives for the design of the coils include maximizing the attainable peak amplitudes of the stimulation currents, obtaining various characteristics of a desired stimulation current waveform, and minimizing the variation of the stimulation currents with varying displacements between the coils. The problem posed by the design of the coils for the proposed systems is addressed by direction obtained from theoretical analyses and experiments performed in this work that supplement direction from the literature [5, 10-12]. The potential utility of the proposed theory of operation is demonstrated by enabling the first chronic electrical stimulation therapy for glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The system designed for the glaucoma stimulation therapy and the methods used to quantify its electrical performance are presented along with data from experimental therapeutic trials with human participants.

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(9807182), Lynnette Jamieson. "The 'realities' of part-time nursing in regional Queensland." Thesis, 2005. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_realities_of_part-time_nursing_in_regional_Queensland/13421057.

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(9789011), Betty Cosgrove. "Mount Morgan: Images and realities: dynamics and decline of a mining town." Thesis, 2001. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Mount_Morgan_Images_and_realities_dynamics_and_decline_of_a_mining_town/13420163.

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Most histories and reports of Mount Morgan concentrate on the mining experience and financial achievements of the first Company rather than the mining town. This dissertation presents a social history of Mount Morgan that addresses the establishment, rise and fall of the town during the period of the first syndicate and succeeding company, 1883-1927. The thesis contends that the transformation of the landscape was to industrial, urban space where the working-class attitudes of miners and others defined a town character, despite the aspiration of many to social status through private enterprise and public influence. Further, the scope of research encompassed local involvement in colonial and state politics, and the presence of local government authority, law courts and press that placed an urban stamp on the town. Issues discussed also relate to geographic, climatic and single company influences that caused the difference between Mount Morgan and other mining towns that did not survive. The traditional perception of mining town impermanence was contradicted at Mount Morgan, where town and suburban communities were witness to a range of collective support in religious adherence, benefit associations, fraternalism and ritual, leisure, sport, education, and social cohesion in times of mining disaster. Moreover, despite increasing familial connections, antagonistic attitudes prevailed between the defensively parochial town of Mount Morgan and the nearby regional centre of Rockhampton. The rise of unionism at Mount Morgan challenged an apathetic working-class population to workplace solidarity in reaction to the Company's long established, almost feudal control of the town as well as the mine. It is argued that, despite a decade of failing ore markets and soaring production costs at the mine, the attitudes and actions of a union dominated workforce were paramount in decline of the town and ultimate closure of the mine. Mount Morgan survived the exodus of thousands of residents. A defiant place, the town exhibited a pride bolstered by the perpetuation of myths that presented a public image shielded from the life-long realities of economic and social adversity.
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(9806639), Lois Harris. "Teacher conceptions of student engagement in learning: A phenomenographic investigation." Thesis, 2006. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Teacher_conceptions_of_student_engagement_in_learning_A_phenomenographic_investigation/13424075.

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Project involves "semi-structured interviews with 20 Central Queensland secondary English teachers about their classroom experiences with student engagement".. "This study utilises a phenomenographic approach to investigate teacher conceptions of student engagement in learning. The research question asks: What are the qualitatively different conceptions of student engagement in learning held by secondary English teachers in Central Queensland? The research aims to contribute to knowledge about student engagement by investigating the teacher perspectives generally ignored in the research literature. This thesis begins with a review of academic research, scholarship, and government documents where multiple and conflicting understandings of engagement are identified. Phenomenography has been chosen as the empirical research approach because it is designed to map variation in understandings. Standard phenomenographic analysis is used in conjunction with two frameworks congruent with phenomenography. The first framework is based on understandings of intentionality and the second on understandings of awareness. Together these frameworks allow for in-depth analysis of conceptions by identifying the parts and contexts of conceptions and differentiating between the participants understanding and his or her conception of how this understanding is facilitated. The empirical component of the research involves semi-structured interviews with 20 Central Queensland secondary English teachers about their classroom experiences with student engagement. These data are transcribed and analysed as per phenomenographic protocol. This study identifies six conceptions within the what aspect, teacher conceptions of student engagement. These correspond with three conceptions comprising the how aspect, teacher conceptions of how to facilitate student engagement. The findings of the empirical research and scholarly review of literature build conceptual knowledge about student engagement. This research indicates that educational stakeholders do not hold similar understandings of student engagement. If the concept of student engagement is to become educationally fruitful, the term must be more explicitly defined in educational research and government policy documents to promote shared understandings among stakeholder groups." -- abstract.

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(9796979), Ann Framp. "A narrative inquiry into the experiences of one family's predisposition to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer." Thesis, 2017. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_narrative_inquiry_into_the_experiences_of_one_family_s_predisposition_to_hereditary_diffuse_gastric_cancer/13444751.

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Cancer is a challenging chronic disease. For families affected by hereditary cancers, understanding and adapting to the disease is complex. A Maori family in New Zealand have recently been found to have a genetically inherited form of stomach cancer – hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. They are armed with genetic knowledge about their predisposition to the disease and can take steps to avert the cancer but this knowledge does create risk and psychosocial ramifications. The aim of the study was to explore the experience of being predisposed to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer from members on one Maori family. The existing literature had an advanced scientific understanding of the cancer and led to useful treatment guidelines, but a subjective understanding of the experience of the cancer was limited. The study reported in this thesis used a narrative inquiry methodology to understand the subjective experience of being predisposed to the stomach cancer. Eight people were interviewed and the stories they shared revealed the complexities of how the illness was uniquely experienced, in context, and over time. Nuances were also uncovered about human interactions with health care providers.
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(9799976), Anthony Greening. "Education in the "forty-year present": Perceptions of computer scientists on educational futures in a context of rapid technological change." Thesis, 2001. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Education_in_the_forty-year_present_Perceptions_of_computer_scientists_on_educational_futures_in_a_context_of_rapid_technological_change/13463750.

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This thesis argues that technological pervasiveness and rapid change effects shape the current context of education. It proposes that these effects are potentially transformative and may result in radical departures from traditional approaches to education in the near future. Perceptions of that future form the focus of the research. The concept of a "forty-year present" is used to represent a small window of time surrounding the present in which it is reasonable to conduct such discussion. A futurist approach to research is presented, and an iterative, Internet-based survey technique is used to gather some narrative data about educational futures from a small body of respondents with an interest in computer science education. The research approach itself is evaluated as part of the work and some recommendations for future Internet-based techniques are raised as a result. The data is used to generate an account of 37 futures issues raised by the respondent community, and to derive a list of 19 broad priorities for the future.
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(9846839), Sandra Worsley. "A foot in both camps: A constructivist grounded theory study exploring the experience of nurses who became homeopaths." Thesis, 2020. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_foot_in_both_camps_A_constructivist_grounded_theory_study_exploring_the_experience_of_nurses_who_became_homeopaths/13411316.

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This research aimed to understand the factors attracting qualified nurses to the practice of homeopathy and the influence if any, their respective identities as nurses and homeopaths had on their nursing and homeopathic practice. Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, data was collected via semi-structured interviews with fifteen registered nurses, who were also registered homeopaths, from three states of Australia. Data from the study resulted in the development of a substantive theory, the ‘Theory of Congruent Positioning’, which proposes that the nurses in this study were attracted to the practice of homeopathy through a process of experiential and transformative learning, whereby they connected with the core tenets of homeopathic philosophy. The ‘Theory of Congruent Positioning’ also provides insights into how the respective nursing and homeopathic identities of the nurses in this study influenced their respective nursing and homeopathic practice.
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(9776870), Jeanne Allen. "The "theory-practice gap": Turning theory into practice in a pre-service teacher education program." Thesis, 2009. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_theory-practice_gap_Turning_theory_into_practice_in_a_pre-service_teacher_education_program/13455275.

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This thesis investigates the theory-practice gap using the exemplar of teacher education. The research is situated in a pre-service teacher education program that explicitly seeks to bridge the theory-practice gap so that it produces “learning managers” who can negotiate the contemporary knowledge society in ways different to those of their predecessors. The empirical work reported in this thesis describes and interprets the experiences of preservice and beginning teachers in turning theory into practice. In order to accomplish this outcome, the thesis draws on Mead’s theory of emergence and symbolic interactionism to provide a theoretical perspective for meaning-making in social situations. Data for the study were collected through interviews and focus groups involving a sample of first-year graduate teachers of an Australian pre-service teacher education program. The main finding of this thesis is that the theory-practice gap in pre-service teacher education under present institutional arrangements is an inevitable phenomenon arising as individuals undergo the process of emergence from pre-service to graduate and then beginning teachers. The study shows that despite the efforts of the program developers, environmental, social and cultural conditions in teacher education processes and structures and in schools inhibit the trainee and novitiate teacher from exercising agency to effect change in traditional classroom practices. Thus, the gap between theory and practice is co-produced and sustained in the model that characterises contemporary preservice teacher education in the perspectives of lecturers, teachers and administrators -- Abstract.
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