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Karnyski, Margaret A. "Ethnomedical and biomedical health care and healing practices among the Rathwa adivasi of Kadipani village, Gujarat State, India." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003050.
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Mattsson, Cecilia, and Ida Hermanseter. "Att ratta eller rata bilen? : En fallstudie på Östra Torggatan i Karlstad med fokus på mobility management." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-56637.
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Bilens plats har det senaste århundradet förändrat hela samhället med sin betydelse för utvecklingen (Nayak & Jeffrey 2011) och det verkar finnas en enighet bland politiker, planerare och forskare att en blandad och tät stad är mer hållbar än den glesa och transportberoende bebyggelsen som präglade planeringen från 1950-talet och framåt (Stadsliv AB 2015). Därför syftar denna uppsats till att belysa och förstå hur det planeras för, eller emot, bilen kontra fotgängare, cyklister och kollektivtrafik i staden. I denna uppsats är det just Karlstads kommun, med en fördjupning till Östra Torggatan som varit grund för fallstudien. Uppsatsen frågeställningar lyder: - Vilka visioner har kommunen för Östra Torggatan? - På vilket sätt använder sig kommunen av mobility management för att påverka människors färdmedelsval? - Hur uppfattar företagarna längs med Östra Torggatan en eventuell trafikomvandling? Den teoretiska grund uppsatsen vilar på utgår från teorier från postmodernismen, teorier kring tid och rum samt tidigare forskning kring rörelse, bilens utveckling och den påverkan den haft på samhället och den enskilda människan. Som en avslutning av kapitel två redovisas en grund till begreppet mobility management. Metodvalet för denna studie har varit kvalitativ. Detta för att syftet med uppsatsen inte var att få fram ett generellt svar utan att se på det specifika fallet och hur visionerna påverkar den platsen. De intervjuer som genomfördes var semistrukturerade för att på så vis lättare föra en diskussion med respondenter snarare än att låta det vara en utfrågning som det lättare kan bli om intervjun är strukturerad. Empirin består av textdokument skapade av Karlstads kommun. Dessa var Stadsdelsvisionen för Tingvallastaden, trafikplan för Karlstads kommun samt cykelplan för Karlstads kommun. Empirin grundas också i intervjuer med respondenter från kommunen och utvalda företagare längs med Östra Torggatan. Tre intervjuer hölls med kommunrepresentanter och tre intervjuer med utvalda företagare längs Östra Torggatan. Vår slutsats är att relationen mellan bilen och människan måste bejakas i planeringen för bilfria stadskärnor. Kommunikation och information måste ligga till grund för de förändringar som måste ske för att människor ska förändra sitt färdmedelsval.
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TIXIER, FAVREAU ANNIE. "Les kystes de la fente de rathke : presentation de 3 cas et revue de la litterature." Clermont-Ferrand 1, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991CLF13037.
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Vannice, Jeremy M. "Aging and architecture : community rather than isolation." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1327787.
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This study has presented in detail statistics and research related to the elderly and aging population and the many housing options that are currently available to this age demographic. The research has shown that Assisted Living Facilities are rapidly becoming the preferred method of Elder Care in the US, so much so that they have begun to offer nursing care which is typically offered only by nursing homes. Further exploration demonstrated that there is a lack of consistency in these facilities, and the evidence points to the need for a new model of Assisted Living that will focus more on the individual while still providing necessary care. This discovery has lead to the concept of creating an Assisted Living Development as the new model to be considered by future designers and Assisted Living planners. The creation of this model has helped to outline a new methodology for the planning and organization of Assisted Living.Department of Architecture
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Rosberg, Caitlin. "Capers: Would you rather we wear spandex?" Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1178290210.
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Delaney, Angela Beth. "Sketches of someone I'd rather not know." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2009r/delaney.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007.Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 29, 2010). Additional advisors: Robert J. Collins, Peter Donahue, Lawrence G. Wharton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51).
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Kennedy, M. Amelia. "Liberation : design that liberates rather than handicaps us /." Online version of thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10946.
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Kebede, Endale Birhanu, Wolfgang Lutz, Cuaresma Jesus Crespo, and Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz. "Education rather than age structure brings demographic dividend." The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820362116.
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The relationship between population changes and economic growth has been debated since Malthus. Initially focusing on population growth, the notion of demographic dividend has shifted the attention to changes in age structures with an assumed window of opportunity that opens when falling birth rates lead to a relatively higher proportion of the working-age population. This has become the dominant paradigm in the field of population and development, and an advocacy tool for highlighting the benefits of family planning and fertility decline. While this view acknowledges that the dividend can only be realized if associated with investments in human capital, its causal trigger is still seen in exogenous fertility decline. In contrast, unified growth theory has established human capital as a trigger of both demographic transition and economic growth. We assess the relative importance of changing age structure and increasing human capital for economic growth for a panel of 165 countries during the time period of 1980-2015. The results show a clear dominance of improving education over age structure and give evidence that the demographic dividend is driven by human capital. Declining youth dependency ratios even show negative impacts on income growth when combined with low education. Based on a multidimensional understanding of demography that considers education in addition to age, and with a view to the additional effects of education on health and general resilience, we conclude that the true demographic dividend is a human capital dividend. Global population policies should thus focus on strengthening the human resource base for sustainable development.
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Lutz, Wolfgang, Cuaresma Jesus Crespo, Endale Birhanu Kebede, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Warren Sanderson, and Erich Striessnig. "Education rather than age structure brings demographic dividend." The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820362116.
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The relationship between population changes and economic growth
has been debated since Malthus. Initially focusing on population
growth, the notion of demographic dividend has shifted the
attention to changes in age structures with an assumed window
of opportunity that opens when falling birth rates lead to a relatively
higher proportion of the working-age population. This has become
the dominant paradigm in the field of population and development,
and an advocacy tool for highlighting the benefits of family planning
and fertility decline. While this view acknowledges that the dividend
can only be realized if associated with investments in human capital,
its causal trigger is still seen in exogenous fertility decline. In
contrast, unified growth theory has established human capital as a
trigger of both demographic transition and economic growth. We
assess the relative importance of changing age structure and
increasing human capital for economic growth for a panel of 165
countries during the time period of 1980-2015. The results show a
clear dominance of improving education over age structure and give
evidence that the demographic dividend is driven by human capital.
Declining youth dependency ratios even show negative impacts on
income growth when combined with low education. Based on a
multidimensional understanding of demography that considers education
in addition to age, and with a view to the additional effects of
education on health and general resilience, we conclude that the
true demographic dividend is a human capital dividend. Global population
policies should thus focus on strengthening the human resource
base for sustainable development.
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Raths, Evelyn [Verfasser]. "Restwertermittlung in der Unternehmensbewertung / Evelyn Raths." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1183471491/34.
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Rattka, Marta Małgorzata [Verfasser]. "Prokonvulsiva als pharmakologische Strategie zur Epilepsieprävention / Marta Małgorzata Rattka." Hannover : Bibliothek der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1024503313/34.
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Rathke, Alexander [Verfasser]. "Essays in Monetary Economics and Economic Development / Alexander Rathke." Aachen : Shaker, 2011. http://d-nb.info/107408778X/34.
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Hedström, Jakob, and Petya Dimitrova. "Data Quality : An organizational rather than a technical concern." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388349.
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Delegating responsibilities for ensuring data quality to employees close to operations is generally regarded as beneficial according to academia, rather than allowing the IT department full authority. The business employees are suitable for this task, as they have both a practical understanding for the business and a role that often is regarded as data-driven. However, delegation of responsibilities is argued to be one of the biggest barriers concerning data quality. This study examines this phenomenon by connecting delegation of responsibilities for ensuring data quality to research on the motivational aspects of controlling data, which lays the foundation for the empirical investigation. This single case study was conducted qualitatively using semi-structured interviews. The data sample consisted of a business department, including six business controllers and their manager, at a large Swedish manufacturing company. Further, the data collection was complemented by conducting an interview with a representative at the IT department. The study shows how business controllers are dependent on the quality of data, and due to their awareness of the benefits in avoiding data errors they are autonomously motivated to ensure good data quality. This strengthen the argument of delegating control of data quality to the business department, which gives the study practical significance.
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Juraszek, Adriana. "Ecologia alimentar de carnívoros em remanescentes de mata atlântica entremeados por matriz silvicultural, na região sul do Brasil." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2014. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/706.
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Previous issue date: 2014-08-25The objective of this study was to investigate the composition of sympatric carnivores diet living in forest fragments of Atlantic forest interspersed with Pinus sp. e Eucalyptus sp.The study was conducted in the county of Vargem Bonita and Ponte Serrada, state of Santa Catarina. The information regarding diet were obtained through analysis of feces collected during the period July 2006 to July 2008. The first chapter discusses the composition of the diet of the coati Nasua Nasua, in a subsequent period of fruiting Merostachys skvortzovii, that due to massive seed production causes a higher population of small rodents phenomenon popularly known as ratada, the hypothesis that this event may have influenced the composition of the diet. As there were no data on the composition of the diet for the study area in the period before fruiting M. skvortzovii, the hypothesis was tested based on other studies on the feeding ecology of the species in an Atlantic forest. The results indicate that mammals are the most important (62.1% ii PO) and more frequent items (FO = 100%). The Cricetidae family stood out based on frequency of occurrence (FO = 95.1%) and percentage of occurrence (PO = 59.0%) and Lutreolina crassicaudata based on biomass consumed (PB = 52.2%). In 39.0% of samples were found plant material, but is category was composed exclusively of foliar blades of grass. The observed results show that the fruiting of M. skvortzovii, may have influenced the diet given that the consumption of mammals differs from that recorded for the species in previous studies in the area Atlantic forest. The second chapter of this study evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively the composition of the diet, the width and dietary overlap of five species of felines and they: Leopardus tigrinus, L. wiedii, L. pardalis, Herpailurus yagouaroundi and Puma concolor. For this 460 fecal samples were analyzed and it was found that mammals are the most important items in the diet of cats with emphasis on family Cricetidade which occurred in 386 samples was expected especially for species with smaller. Overall, the results indicate high overlap values for the pairs L. tigrinus -L. pardalis and L. tigrinus -H. yagouaroundi. Despite high overlap valuesobserved during the sampling period we cannot say that competition for resources, species may occupy similar niches, but not identical to exploit food resources in different proportions over time. Furthermore, the abundance of rodents in this period may have allowed high dietary overlap, fact that can be investigated by analysis of the recent carnivorous diet of these, once not there previous study to the region investigated.
O objetivo geral deste estudo foi investigar a composição da dieta de carnívoros simpátricos que vivem em fragmentos florestais de Mata Atlântica entremeados por plantios de Pinus sp. E Eucalyptus sp.. O estudo foi conduzido nos municípios de Vargem Bonita e Ponte Serrada, estado de Santa Catarina. As informações a respeito da dieta foram obtidas por meio da análise de fezes coletadas durante o período de julho de 2006 a julho de 2008. O primeiro capítulo aborda a composição da dieta do quati Nasua nasua, em um período subsequente a frutificação de Merostachys skvortzovii, que devido a produção massiva de sementes ocasiona um aumento populacional de pequenos roedores fenômeno conhecido popularmente como ratada, tendo como hipótese de que este evento possa ter influenciado a composição da dieta. Como não havia dados sobre a composição da dieta para a área de estudo no período anterior à frutificação de M. skvortzovii, a hipótese foi testada com base em outros estudos que abordam a ecologia alimentar da espécie dentro do domínio Mata Atlântica. Os resultados obtidos indicam que mamíferos são os itens mais importantes (PO= 62,1%) e mais frequentes (FO=100%). A família Cricetidae destacou-se com base na frequência de ocorrência (FO= 95,1%) e porcentagem de ocorrência PO= 59.0% e Lutreolina crassicaudata com base na biomassa consumida PB= 52,2%. Em 39,0% das amostras foi encontrado material vegetal, porém esta categoria foi composta exclusivamente por lâminas folhares de gramíneas. Os resultados observados evidenciam que a frutificação de M. skvortzovii, pode ter influenciado na dieta tendo em vista que o consumo de mamíferos difere do registrado para a espécie em estudos anteriores realizados no domínio Mata Atlântica. O segundo capítulo deste estudo avaliou qualitativamente e quantitativamente a composição da dieta, a largura e a sobreposição de nicho alimentar de cinco espécies de felídeos, sendo elas: Leopardus tigrinus, L. wiedii, L. pardalis, Herpailurus yagouaroundi e Puma concolor. Para isso foram analisadas 460 amostras fecais e constatou-se que os mamíferos são os itens mais importantes na dieta dos felinos com destaque para a família Cricetidade, que ocorreram em 386 amostras, fato esperado principalmente para as espécies com menor porte. De maneira geral foram observados altos valores de sobreposição, sendo os valores mais altos encontrados para os pares L. tigrinus -L. pardalis e L. tigrinus-H. yagouaroundi. Apesar dos altos valores de sobreposição observados durante o período de amostragem, não se pode afirmar que esteja havendo competição por recursos, as espécies talvez ocupem nichos semelhantes, porém não idênticos, de modo a explorarem os recursos alimentares em diferentes proporções ao longo do tempo. Além disso, a abundância de roedores no período pode ter permitido essa alta sobreposição de nicho alimentar, fato que poderia ser investigado por meio da análise atual da dieta desses carnívoros, uma vez que não existem informações anteriores a este estudo para a região investigada.
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Clifford, Vicki. "Psychotherapy is a Religious Movement rather than a scientific practice." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495083.
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Nesti, Mark Stephen. "Anxiety and sport : time to ask what rather than why." Thesis, University of Hull, 1999. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8055.
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Approaches to the study of anxiety in sport have tended to rely on the use of questionnaires to assess levels of competitive anxiety. The development of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (Martens et aI., 1982) has according to Jones (1995) led to considerable research investigating the relationship between anxiety and sport performance. Study 1 reported here utilised the CSAI-2 with an additional directional scale to examine individual differences and competitive state anxiety in sport. Results revealed that there were no significant differences (p<.05) between three achievement levels of competitive swimmers (n=89) for intensity scores, however, significant differences were found for cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety directional scores across levels. Further, unexpected correlations between CSAI-2 intensity and directional scores for several items, highlighted the importance of considering individual differences in the interpretation of anxiety symptoms. Study 2 was based on Davidson and Schwartz's (1976) Matching Hypothesis which claims that interventions, to be effective, must be matched to the individual's dominant mode of experiencing anxiety. Female high level skaters (n=15) were assigned to a control group (n=5), a cognitive anxiety group or a somatic anxiety group based on interview data, CSAI-2 scores, coach reports, and performance at a simulated competitive event. Results revealed that there was no support for the Matching Hypothesis, and that greater attention should be devoted to using methods that allow for a more individualised approach to understanding anxiety in sport. A diary-based methodology incorporating Watson and Tellegen' s (1985) concept of mood, was employed in study 3 with high level Netballers (n=8) and Super League Rugby League Referees (n=8), to examine the relationships between anxiety, mood and sport and other life events for a 4 week period. Results suggested that this methodology can be used to allow data to be analysed ideographically and from an inter-individual basis as well, and helps to place sport anxiety into a broader context in relation to other mood states and life events. Finally, study 4 further developed the use of the diary based methodology by investigating the relationship between mood, anxiety and performance in International Student Rugby players (n=Il). Whilst no clear relationship was found between anxiety, mood states and match performance scores, several interesting findings revealed that much more could be achieved by re-directing focus at what anxiety means to an individual both before and after sport performance. The findings from the diary-based studies are discussed in terms of the need to address the meaning of anxiety in sport, in part, by drawing on the approach taken within existential-phenomenological psychology.
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Gomes, Eduardo Monteiro de Castro. "Modelo Rathie-Swamee: aplicações e extensão para modelo de regressão." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11134/tde-26072013-105052/.
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Neste trabalho são apresentadas aplicações estatísticas e extensões dos modelos Rathie-Swamee. Propostos em Rathie e Swamee (2006), os modelos Rathie-Swamee foram desenvolvidos a partir de uma generalização da distribuição logística. Esses modelos apresentam grande flexibilidade, assumindo formas unimodais e multimodais, e têm algumas aplicações exemplificadas neste trabalho com dados bimodais de pesca de camarões e de erupções de gêisers. Por meio de simulações desses modelos, são avaliados os desempenhos de diferentes métodos para obtenção de intervalos de confiança para os parâmetros dos modelos e dos estimadores de máxima verossimilhança. As extensões apresentadas para os modelos Rathie-Swamee são referentes à incorporação de covariáveis nos modelos, obtendo-se modelos de regressão. Esses novos modelos de regressão são utilizados para ajuste aos dados de pesca e de erupções, para exemplificar algumas aplicações dos modelos. Uma nova distribuição de probabilidades é apresentada como distribuição resultante de produtos e quocientes entre variáveis aleatórias independentes com distribuições Rathie-Swamee. Para essa nova distribuição é apresentada uma tabela com alguns quantis de interesse para diferentes valores do parâmetro, assim como os resultados de estimação por máxima verossimilhança obtidos para as simulações realizadas com diferentes valores para o parâmetro e tamanhos de amostra.Applications and extensions to the Rathie-Swamee models are presented in this work. Proposed by Rathie and Swamee (2006), the Rathie-Swamee models were developed as a generalization to the logistic distribution. These models have great flexibility, assuming unimodal and multimodal shapes, and have some of its applications exemplified with bimodal data of shrimp fishing and geyser eruptions. By the use of simulations, the performance of different methods to obtain confidence intervals are compared. The extensions presented for the Rathie-Swamee models refer to the inclusion of covariates, creating regression models. These new regression models are fitted to fishing and eruption data, to exemplify some applications of the models. A new probability distribution is presented as the resulting distribution of quotients and products between independent random variables with Rathie-Swamee distributions. For this new distribution are presented some simulation results along with a table of quantiles for some percentage points of interest.
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Silva, Francisca. "Sonaecom: returning to the old profitability strategy rather than growth…" Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10283.
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Raghunath, Rathan [Verfasser]. "A new physically motivated thermoviscoelastic model for filled elastomers / Rathan Raghunath." Magdeburg : Universitätsbibliothek, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1155824393/34.
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Grondin, Jean. "Hermeneutics is a Way of Doing Philosophy rather Than a School." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/112908.
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Warren, Elliot. "“Rather Than Be Suffered To Perish”/The Gendered Language Of Revolution." W&M ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1616444297.
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“Rather than be Suffered to Perish:” James Oglethorpe, the Founding of Georgia, and Capitalism in the Early Modern British Atlantic This paper examines the foundation of the Georgia colony through the lens of early capitalism. It argues that Georgia was founded both as a response to the expansion of capitalism in the British Atlantic, as well as a possible solution to the societal ills caused by said expansion. This paper argues that James Oglethorpe both feared the deleterious effects of capitalism, yet he still recognized the need to foster the legitimacy of the Financial Revolution on which the legitimacy of the British government post-Glorious Revolution rested. As a colony intended for debtors, but focused on relieving the suffering of those who lost their wealth due to the vicissitudes of the market, Georgia’s founding represented a move by the state to assume the responsibility of secular welfare administration. At the same time, it represented an understanding of the dangers of capitalism’s growth. Courage & Cowardice, Virtue & Vice: The Gendered Language of Revolution in Philadelphia, 1793-1800 This paper reveals how the discourse on the French Revolution in the United States was gendered to reinforce traditional roles for men and women. It argues that both supporters and opponents of the French Revolution used gendered language to advocate for traditional gender roles despite their vast political differences. Taken in the context of the early United States, where revolution at home and abroad opened up the possibility of reimagining all aspects of society, Americans debated the French Revolution to finalize their own social questions. Men on both sides of the debate cast their opponents as effeminate and charged them with perceived negative feminine traits. At the same time, they cast themselves as manly and possessing perceived positive masculine attributes. In so doing, both supporters and opponents of the French Revolution used that event to advocate for an exclusively male political environment, in contrast to the expansion of women’s political potential in Europe.
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Thompson, Joshua David. "A Stepping Stone Rather Than a Destination: Analyzing Seamus Heaney's Pastoral." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73494.
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As an Irish farm boy turned educated poet, Seamus Heaney navigates a liminal space between the world of agriculture and the world of letters. Many of his poems draw upon his rural childhood experiences, infusing them with firsthand accounts of life on an Irish farm. As a result, most scholars label Heaney's poetry as antipastoral, noting its failure to provide the idyllic look at the countryside that is characteristic of traditional pastorals. However, reconsiderations of the pastoral mode reveal a unique aspect to Heaney's poems that is derived from his liminal existence as both a rural Irishman and as an educated writer. This thesis aims to analyze Heaney's particular version of the mode, noticing not only specific characteristics of his pastoral but also charting his development as a pastoral poet throughout his career. Through close readings of select poems contextualized by events in Heaney's life, I demonstrate not only why Heaney should be considered a pastoral poet but also how he transforms the pastoral mode.Master of Arts
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Wooster, Roland Peter. "Optimizing Response Time, Rather than Hit Rates, of WWW Proxy Caches." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36638.
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This thesis investigates the possibility of improving World Wide Web (WWW) proxy cache performance. Most published research on proxy caches is concerned only with improving the cache hit rate. Improving only the hit rate, however, ignores the actual retrieval times experienced by WWW browser users. This research investigates removal algorithms that consider the time to download a file as a factor.
Our experiments show that a removal algorithm that minimizes only the download time yields poor results. However, a new algorithm is investigated that does provide improved performance over common removal algorithms using three factors --- the speed at which a file is downloaded, the size of the file, and the number of references to the file (the number of hits).
Experiments are conducted with a modified version of the Harvest Cache which has been made available on the Internet from the Virginia Tech Network Research Group's (VT-NRG) home page. WWW traffic from the ".edu" domain is used in all of the experiments. Five different removal algorithms are compared: least recently used, least frequently used, document size, and two new algorithms. The results indicate that the new three factor algorithm reduces the average latency experienced by users.Master of Science
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Rathke, Fabian [Verfasser], and Christoph [Akademischer Betreuer] Schnörr. "Probabilistic Graphical Models for Medical Image Segmentation / Fabian Rathke ; Betreuer: Christoph Schnörr." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1180395042/34.
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Petersson, Agneta. "När språket stör snarare än stödjer (When language disturbs rather than supports)." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31314.
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Sammanfattning/AbstractElever med språkliga svårigheter utgör en sammansatt och svårdiagnostiserad grupp. En språkstörning får konsekvenser för tankeutveckling, minne, lärande och läsförståelse. Det finns ett behov hos lärare att nå en större medvetenhet och en djupare förståelse för hur funktionsnedsättningen påverkar skolsituationen och vilka arbetsätt och arbetsmetoder, som kan vara motiverande och effektiva för elever med språkstörning.Syftet med studien är att belysa hur lärare till en elev med generell språkstörning och verbal dyspraxi och eleven själv upplever möjligheter och hinder i olika skolsituationer. Studien vill också lyfta fram de faktorer, som anses betydelsefulla för kunskapsutveckling och social gemenskap. •Vilka arbetssätt och arbetsformer upplevs som positiva och motiverande av en elev med språkstörning och verbal dyspraxi?•Hur upplever två lärare sin yrkesroll och användandet av olika arbetssätt och arbetsformer?•Vilka dilemman och hinder visas och i så fall på vilket sätt?Studien grundar sig på ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Lärandet sker i interaktion med andra människor. Språk och aktivitet är lärandets grund. I ett livsperspektiv har språket och förmågan till kommunikation en djup dimension. Hur man mår, det vill säga känslor och attityder, den egna motivationen och engagemang är enligt eleven viktigt för att lära och utveckla språket. Lärandet i skolan påverkas av den sociala och språkliga miljön. En språkstörning är ett komplicerat samspel mellan individuella svårigheter och de sociala sammanhang som eleven deltar i. Studien är en kvalitativ fallstudie med en hermeneutisk ansats. Undersökningsmaterialet har tagits fram genom en metodtriangulering. Trianguleringen innebär sex observationer av olika lektionstillfällen, sex chattsamtal med en högstadieelev med generell språkstörning och verbal dyspraxi samt sex chattsamtal med två av elevens lärare. Vid observationerna användes ett observationsprotokoll och vid chattsamtalen tre inledningsfrågor, som följdes upp av öppna följdfrågor.Kontexten eller omgivningsfaktorerna, det vill säga den fysiska, sociala och attitydmässiga omgivningen har en avgörande betydelse för hur elever med språk- och talproblem har förutsättningar för att lyckas. En anpassning till den aktuella situationen måste alltid göras. Som lärare gäller det att finna gynnsamma sätt att förebygga de situationer, som är särskilt belastande för eleven. Den egna motivationen och möjlighet till delaktighet är de starkaste drivkrafterna för språklig utveckling. En språklig sårbarhet innebär ett kontinuerligt behov av stöd för att utveckla sin metakognitiva förmåga. De största hindren för att lyckas är ett svagt arbetsminne och att missförstånd lätt uppstår.Om inte språk och kommunikation fungerar, ställs människan utanför samhällets delaktighet och gemenskap. Lärare måste ha en kunskap och en djup förståelse för vilka konsekvenser en språk- och talstörning får i skolsituationen, för att kunna anpassa undervisningen och motverka risken för utanförskap.I arbetet med språkligt sårbara elever är yrkesrollen och relationsarbetet av stor betydelse. Specialläraren ska vara en länk till övriga lärare och stöd och hjälp vid upprättandet av åtgärder på individ-, grupp- och organisationsnivå. En viktig uppgift är att ge omgivningen förståelse för elevens helhetssituation.
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Warhurst, Jannette. "DRUMBEAT© for arthritis “ a shared purpose” rather than a “lonely struggle”." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2021. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2452.
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Australia is regarded as a healthy nation, with life expectancy one of the highest in the world. Yet the latest National Health Survey tells a very different story. Almost 50% of Australians are now living with one or more chronic conditions, with arthritis and other musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions representing the most expensive chronic disease group in Australia. As the leading cause of chronic pain and second most common cause of disability and early retirement due to ill health in Australia, Arthritis is costing the economy over $7 billion a year, in addition to over $1.1 billion in extra welfare costs and lost tax revenue. Although personal, social and economic burdens of arthritis are immense they tend to be poorly recognised, with government investment considerably lower than for any other major disease group, with the exception of asthma.
While very common, arthritis is not well understood. Prevailing myths inaccurately portray arthritis as an old person's disease and an inevitable part of aging. More than 150 types of arthritis and related MSK conditions have been described; classified as either inflammatory, or non-inflammatory. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of non-inflammatory, characterised by progressive damage to cartilage and other joint tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the prototypical inflammatory arthritis, followed by gout, psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), among others. Classified as chronic autoimmune disorders, the symptoms of inflammatory arthritis (IA) are not localised to the damaged joint, and individuals may also experience fever, weakness, and organ damage, in addition to the stiffness and pain in the joints. As the sample size of this pilot study is small, it was decided to not recruit from the entire target population but rather to focus on those individuals living with IA.
The measure of prevalence of arthritis and other MSK conditions in Australia poses a challenge as there are wide variations in condition specific data. A snapshot from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicates almost 4 million Australians, 1 in 6 people, live with some form of arthritis – this number has almost doubled since the 1950’s and is expected to significantly increase by 2030. Limited national statistics and publications show an estimated 456,000 Australians (1.9% of the total population) with RA; JIA as affecting around 1 child in every 1,000 aged 0–15; PsA occurring in up to 30% of people who have psoriasis, a common skin disorder that affects approximately 2% of the population; and suggest AS affects one in 200 Australians. The limited data relating to incidence, treatment, costs and outcomes of the many types of arthritis is seen as a major barrier to recognition of the impact and potential severity of the disease group by the general public, clinicians and policymakers.
statistics and publications show an estimated 456,000 Australians (1.9% of the total population) with RA; JIA as affecting around 1 child in every 1,000 aged 0–15; PsA occurring in up to 30% of people who have psoriasis, a common skin disorder that affects approximately 2% of the population; and suggest AS affects one in 200 Australians. The limited data relating to incidence, treatment, costs and outcomes of the many types of arthritis is seen as a major barrier to recognition of the impact and potential severity of the disease group by the general public, clinicians and policymakers.
The study investigated whether individuals living with various forms of IA could improve levels of self-management by participating in a drumming intervention based on the Holyoake DRUMBEAT (Discovering Relationships Using Music -Beliefs, Emotions, Attitudes, & Thoughts) format, that uses hand drumming to allow participants to explore and engage connections between making music together as a group and development of emotional skills, such as self-regulation and self-confidence.
The initial aim of the study was to help understand the unique experiences of those individuals living with IA, as expressed by research participants in this study. The subsequent and overarching aims of the research were to investigate what benefits persons living with IA might derive through their participation in innovative and novel hand-drumming programs such as DRUMBEAT.
Seven participants with varied forms of IA were invited to take part in a 6-week hand-drumming intervention based on the Holyoake DRUMBEAT program. The 2.5hour weekly sessions were held in 2019 at the headquarters of AOWA. Each session consisted of playing djembe drums and/or percussion, and discussions to facilitate effective interaction between participants. Additionally, the inclusion of breaks before, after and during the sessions was an important consideration to encourage social interaction with others possibly facing similar challenges in life. Ad hoc adaptations led to change in peripheral delivery components of the program so as to suit the participants’ abilities, rather than their disabilities. Modification was about flexibility and this is inherent in the way the sessions were delivered. The core content of the program remained the same. Exclusion criteria included presence of a major depressive disorder, or a previously diagnosed depressive disorder that had not been stabilised through treatment; or presence of any co-existing musculoskeletal conditions that prevented participation.
A sequential mixed-methods action research design was adopted for this exploratory health promotion intervention. The integration of mixed methods and action research allowed for various research tools to be used: researcher observations; weekly transcripts; one-on-one interviews; final focus group transcripts; and pre, interim, and post – program questionnaires. Depression, anxiety and quality of life (QoL) were assessed using the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0 and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS). In analysing the results, each participant’s general self-efficacy was assessed using the Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy (RASE) questionnaire and the Locus of Control of Behaviour Scale (LoCBS). The UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3) was utilised to measure loneliness and social support, together with a simple, four-item Session Rating Scale (SRS) administered, scored and discussed at the end of each session, to get real-time feedback from participants. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was also completed at the end of each session to help capture any differences in pain intensity and / or severity, pre- and post-drumming.
Quantitative results show depression was significantly lower from baseline to follow up. Depression had decreased from a mean (Median; SD; IQR) of 6.29 (7.0; 3.15; 5.0) to 4.42 (5.0; 2.82; 5.0) during the 6-week intervention. Anxiety reduced from a mean (Median; SD; IQR) of 7.86 (7.0; 4.98; 10.0) to 7.14 (7.0; 4.91; 9.0). Statistically significant improvements in QoL scores were observed in physical functioning from a mean (Median; SD; IQR) of 55 (65; 20.41; 30) to 65 (75; 18.26; 25). Trends in improvement in role physical / role emotional scale was noted, together with reduced bodily pain. There were smaller non-significant improvements in energy / fatigue, emotional wellbeing and general health. All QoL measures appeared to improve, though all but physical did not reach statistical significance due to small sample size and inadequate exposure to the intervention for some participants. The study encountered poor participation rates, with fatigue and lack of confidence identified as the main reasons for non-attendance. Only 28.57% (n=2) of the participants completed the full 6-week DRUMBEAT program, with 57.14% (n=4) completing four, or more sessions. Social function and differences in loneliness, as measured by UCLA scale (version 3) were the only scales to remain unchanged. The degree of change was also not significant in self‐report measures of locus of control. The majority of participants (n=6) indicated small non-significant improvements in self-efficacy. Qualitative analysis revealed a significant sense of community and by week two there was a noticeable sense of bonding within the group. In addition to community features the qualitative analysis revealed some positive signs of improvement in multiple domains of social-emotional behaviour.
We conclude that the drumming intervention may have a beneficial effect on both mental and physical self-reported health, in the short term, in an IA population. These findings add to the growing evidence on how engagement in a group drumming intervention, such as DRUMBEAT may influence participants to utilise experiences drawn from their own lives to find solutions to challenges, and promote healthy behaviour changes.
To support these results, further studies are needed to measure outcomes and the potential usefulness of incorporating DRUMBEAT into a successful management strategy of IA. This will allow for the opportunity to produce more evidence and determine the effects of outside factors.
While appreciating the role of medications to alleviate symptoms, clearly the current approach to the management of chronic conditions, such as IA, is not working and therein presents an opportunity for innovative interventions such as DRUMBEAT. Based upon the findings and recommendations of this study, DRUMBEAT appears to be an easily accessible, fun, sustainable program that may help participants gain the social support and skills necessary for them to thrive, learn, work, earn and participate in community life.
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Martínez, Oró David Pere. "Sense passar-se de la ratlla la normalització dels consums recreatius de drogues." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/129096.
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La normalització dels consums de drogues és un fenomen sociocultural esdevingut en els darrers vint anys en els països de l’Europa Occidental. La normalització és tant el procés històric com l’actual escenari dels consums de drogues. Desprès de la crisi de l’heroïna dels vuitanta canvià l’escenari dels consums de drogues. Es difongueren els consums d’èxtasis, cocaïna i cànnabis en els contextos de festa entre joves normalitzats, on els consums només representaven un element secundari en la seva vida. Els nous consums es desvincularen del món marginal de l’heroïna i comportaren conseqüències menys problemàtiques. En aquests darrers 20 anys, els consums han deixat de generar alarma i s’ha produït un assentament cultural dels consum, és a dir, per les persones coneixedores del món dels consums, drogar-se en certs temps i contexts és un element funcional acceptat i que no genera rebuig. L’escenari actual és producte del procés de la normalització, on la gran majoria de consums són compatibles amb les responsabilitats, generen pocs problemes i els consumidors es mantenen normalitzats socialment. Per tant, la normalització és cada vegada més accentuada i més si es té en compte que per qüestions generacionals, cada vegada hi ha més població adulta que s’ha relacionat amb les drogues d’una manera satisfactòria.
Resultat del procés de normalització ha emergit el discurs de la normalització. Aquest delimita els consums que s’entenen com acceptables i normals i també els potencialment problemàtics. Cada consumidor realitza una apropiació subjectiva del discurs de la normalització per a consumir i evitar danys indesitjats. A aquesta apropiació se l’anomenarà el discurs de la regulació. L’acceptabilitat o refús dels consums és producte del discurs de la regulació que contínuament avalua la funcionalitat dels consums per a obtenir plaer. Per a entendre els consums com a normals, el discurs de la regulació avalua el context, el temps, la freqüència, i les conseqüències que provoquen. La imbricació dels elements ha de ser compatible amb les responsabilitats del consumidor per a mantenir-se normalitzat. Si el consumidor realitza consums problemàtics l’entorn li penjarà l’etiqueta de problemàtic i haurà de modificar els consums per a mantenir la normalitat. En el marc de la Societat de Consum a més del discurs de la regulació, la voluntat de mantenir-se institucionalitzat, permet que la gran majoria de consumidors no desenvolupin problemes.
Tot i el procés de la normalització els consums de drogues continuen remeten a estigma en diversos contexts formals (àmbit laboral, familiar...), per això els consumidors han de saber manejar aquest tret. La majoria davant d’una interacció opten per una posició “ajustada”, és a dir, prefereixen amagar el tret de consumidor per a evitar conseqüències negatives, tot i que, consideren que l’estigmatització és desproporcionada. Altres es situen en la posició “autoestigmatitzada”, tot i ser consumidors consideren que els consums són negatius i és un tret desviat. I els darrers, els “transformadors” mantenen un compromís polític per desestigmatitzar els consumidors, consideren que els consums són part de la societat i que no s’ha d’amagar el tret de consumidor. Es presenten en societat com a consumidors tot i la possible estigmatització que poden sofrir. Aquests són els que més ajuden a la normalització social dels consums de drogues.
En l’actual escenari dels consums de drogues les polítiques de drogues continuen perseverant amb el model prohibicionista. Tot i la implementació de la reducció de riscs i danys com a pràctica efectiva per abordar els consums, les mirades normalitzadores cap els consums continuen sent minoritàries. Per tant, vist l’actual escenari de normalització i normalitat dels consumidors la revisió de les polítiques de drogues esdevé necessària.The normalization of drug consumption has become a sociocultural phenomenon in the last twenty years in Western European countries. This normalization encompasses both the historic process and the present drug consumption scene. After the heroin crises of the eighties the pattern of drug consumption changed. The consumption of ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis spread among the young at parties, where consumption only played a secondary role in people’s lives. The new pattern of consumption moved away from the underground world of heroin and meant less problematic consequences. Over the last twenty years drug consumption has stopped causing alarm and an established cultural acceptance has come about. This means that for people involved in the world of drug consumption, taking drugs at a specific time and in a certain context is a functional act, which is accepted and does not bring about rejection. The present situation is a product of the process of normalization. The vast majority of consumption is compatible with having responsibilities as it causes few problems and the consumers are able to remain socially integrated. As a result, normalization is more and more accentuated and this happens even more so as a higher and higher number of the adult population, for generational reasons, has had satisfactory contact with drugs. As a result of the process of normalization, ideas about normalization have appeared. These delimit acceptable and normal consumption as well as that which is potentially problematic. Each individual consumer carries out a subjective interpretation of the idea of normalization in order to consume but avoid undesirable harm. This interpretation has been called the concept of regulation. The acceptance or rejection of consumption is a result of the idea of regulation, which continually evaluates consumption for pleasure. In order to consider consumption to be normal, the concept of regulation evaluates the context, time, frequency and the consequences it causes. The inter-connection of the factors must be compatible with the consumer’s responsibilities if consumption is to be kept within the limits of normality. If consumers practise problematic consumption, they will be labelled as problematic and they will have to modify their consumption to keep within normality. In the framework of the consumer society, apart from the concept of regulation, the desire to keep institutionalized helps the vast majority of consumers to avoid developing problems. The whole process of the normalization of drug consumption continues to be stigmatized in different formal contexts (workplace, family…) and this is why consumers have to know how to handle this. When faced with interaction, the vast majority choose to compromise, which means that they prefer to hide their consumption to avoid negative consequences, even though they consider the stigmatization to be out of proportion. Others put themselves in the situation of auto-stigmatization because while they themselves are consumers, they also consider drug consumption to be negative. And the last ones, the “transformers”, maintain a political commitment aimed at de-stigmatizing the consumers, considering that consumption forms part of society and the fact of consuming should not be hidden. They present themselves in society as consumers in spite of the possible stigmatization they might suffer. These are the ones who work towards the normalization of drug consumption. In the present scene of drug consumption, policies related to drugs continue with the prohibitive model. In spite of the introduction of risk and harm reduction as an effective practice to tackle consumption, moves towards the normalization of consumption continue to be only a minority. Therefore, in view of the present position of the normalization of consumption and the normality of consumers, a revision of drug policy has become necessary.
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DAHLLÖF, AMANDA, and JULIA SVANSBO. ": Design rather than mass-production – analyzing the competitiveness of clothing-manufacturing in Rwanda." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18075.
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The purpose of this study is to map out and analyse the competitiveness of the clothing-manufacturing sector in Rwanda on a local, regional and international level. The research was carried out as a case study of the Rwandan clothing-manufacturing sector through a two-months field study in Rwanda. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with local fashion designers, clothing manufacturers and ministry representatives. Observations in manufacturing plants, local markets and tailoring studios were also carried out. The findings were analyzed through an analysis model based on Porter’s diamond model, enhanced with the notions of country of origin effect (COO), corporate social responsibility (CSR) and customer-based brand equity (CBBE). The findings show a sector that is struggling with its competitiveness on a local, regional and international level. Lack of relevant factor conditions such as cheap labour and energy as well as low local demand indicates that the country is not suitable for mass-production of clothes. The emerging fashion scene shows abundance in creativity and entrepreneurship, but there is a need for more developed tailoring skills, product quality level and knowledge in management and marketing. Rwanda is not competitive for mass-production of clothing, but the sector could profile itself on high-end fashion and products with craftsmanship qualities. Allocating resources to education and investments in supporting industries could help the Rwandan clothing-manufacturing sector to profile itself on a regional and international market. No studies on the Rwandan clothing-manufacturing sector and its competitiveness have been done since 1989. Due to the shifting focus towards East-Africa as a textile and clothing-manufacturing hub, an update of the situation in Rwanda was found relevant. The study contributes to the existing literature on competitiveness in the textile industry and forms a relevant stepping-stone for further research.Program: Textilekonomutbildningen
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Carder, Maurice. "Challenging the English-only orthodoxy : linguistic pluralism recognition and diversity rather than assimilation." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019957/.
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It will be argued here that in the Unonia International School many students' language repertoires are central to their lives in ways that differ from those in national schools, and that these students can benefit from an enrichment of their language repertoires. I trace the issues involved which have led to a situation where there is a preponderance of monolingual input to the programmes and curriculum provided in such schools, and a failure to acknowledge bilingualism as an autonomous discipline, a case argued in the text. An assimilationist pedagogical ideology towards English at the UIS is considered inappropriate for international school students, who are seen as living in an 'international space' where English-as-an-International-Language is but one part of their language repertoires, their mother-tongue(s) maintaining a prominent position in their identities as regards sociocultural, cognitive and academic formation. This study is a natural development of my Institution Focused Study, which investigated students' views of their languages. The data collected for the present study consists of discussions with parents, teachers and administrators at the Unonia International School, and is analysed to ask how these constituent groups perceive, understand and value the effectiveness of the mother-tongue programme at the school. Sociological developments in the world at large, namely 'the new capitalism,' will also be introduced as possible explanations for ways in which more satisfactory outcomes for students are not achieved. The impact and influence of the curriculum model of the International Baccalaureate on the language choices of students, of the body responsible for accreditation, the Council of International Schools, and of the body which supports subject committees, the European Council of International Schools will be investigated and recommendations suggested which may be more positive for developing satisfactory trajectories for international students. The aim of this study is thus to investigate the views of the UIS community involved with the mother-tongue programme.
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Koreeda, Satoshi. "Basal cell carcinoma cells resemble follicular matrix cells rather than follicular bulge cells." Kyoto University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/147556.
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Yen, Chin Stephanie. "Mercury Reduces Avian Reproductive Success through Direct Embryotoxicity Rather Than Altered Parental Behavior." W&M ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626792.
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Marshall, Gregory Paul. "Neurospheres and multipotent astrocytic stem cells neural progenitor cells rather than neural stem cells /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0010047.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2005.Typescript. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 97 pages. Includes Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Viktorsson, Blom Linnéa. ""Sex? I'd rather have a cup of tea" : En maskulinitetsstudie av popfenomenet Boy George." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Genus, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-66263.
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Uppsatsen är en kulturanalys som med utgångspunkt i den brittiska popikonen Boy George behandlar intersektioner mellan maskulinitet, sexualitet, populärkultur och makt. Syftet är att skildra Boy George i sin specifika kontext, närmare bestämt den brittiska musikindustrin på 1980- talet. Mot den bakgrunden analyseras hur hans maskulinitet och sexualitet kan förstås som ett uttryck för synen på sexualitet och kön under hans samtid. Uppsatsen syftar till att urskilja vilka normgränser relaterade till kön och sexualitet Boy George rörde sig inom genom en närstudie av detaljer i rörlig bild och text. Uppsatsen utgår från queerteori, med användning av begreppet heteronormativitet samt den heterosexuella matrisen som analytiskt verktyg. Därutöver tillämpas genomgående R. W Connells maskulinitetsteori. Uppsatsen skildrar den motsägelsefulla brytpunkten mellan hegemonisk- och underordnad maskulinitet. Det som betraktas som hegemonisk maskulinitet i ett sammanhang kan anses vara underordnad maskulinitet i ett annat, vilket således leder till att en paradox uppstår, något som utforskas i uppsatsen genom analysen av Boy George. Följaktligen lyfter uppsatsen fram på vilka sätt normer kring genus/ kön och sexualitet sätter gränser för och/ eller möjliggör olika typer av maskulinitet/ femininet, begärsstrukturer och könsöverskridanden.
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Lloyd, Justine, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Cultural Histories and Futures. "I'd rather not be in Marrickville : aerial modernities and the domestication of the sublime." THESIS_CAESS_CHF_Lloyd _J.xml, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/450.
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Since the first flights in Sydney in 1910, the problem of exactly where to locate Sydney's airport has preoccupied and troubled planners, politicians and residents of the city. This thesis examines Sydney airport as a space, site and symbol under contestation by major social forces - Zukin - throughout the twentieth century. In doing so, it seeks to question the claims of both planners and anti-airport protestors to resolve and manage large-scale urban developments. Via a series of case studies of representations of the airport, the thesis develops an argument for understanding the airport as a heterotopia: neither sublime nor abject, but through such an extremist spatial imaginary pointing to the production of modernist space as a highly contested process. Because it localises and materialises discourses on the nature and goals of progress,internationalisation and globalisation, it is argued that the built form of the airport is, and will continue to be, a key site of such aerial modernity. The final chapter closely reads a series of airport tales- (a film, a play and a park) in order to consider the ways in which they rework the modernist sublime in domestic space.It is concluded that these stories offer a method of representing locality that goes beyond the existing understandings of locality as an essence of place. The appeal of the narratives lies in the shift that they develop, through excessive and negotiated representations of both the domestic and the sublime, from the local as essence, to locality as practice.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Marquis, Louis. "Why is there an international commercial uniform law rather than nothing?, a postmodern manifesto." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ61139.pdf.
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Hardison, John W. "An expository sermon experiment on the virtue of courtship rather than traditional American dating." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0568.
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Rather, Alessa [Verfasser]. "Maarten van Heemskerck, die antike Überlieferung und die eigene. : Kunstproduktion als Erinnerungswerk. / Alessa Rather." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1220288225/34.
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Miller, Nancy Carol. "Perceptions of motivation in developmental mathematics students : I would rather drill my own teeth /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004341.
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Lloyd, Justine. "I'd rather not be in Marrickville : aerial modernities and the domestication of the sublime." Thesis, View thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:450.
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Since the first flights in Sydney in 1910, the problem of exactly where to locate Sydney's airport has preoccupied and troubled planners, politicians and residents of the city. This thesis examines Sydney airport as a space, site and symbol under contestation by major social forces - Zukin - throughout the twentieth century. In doing so, it seeks to question the claims of both planners and anti-airport protestors to resolve and manage large-scale urban developments. Via a series of case studies of representations of the airport, the thesis develops an argument for understanding the airport as a heterotopia: neither sublime nor abject, but through such an extremist spatial imaginary pointing to the production of modernist space as a highly contested process. Because it localises and materialises discourses on the nature and goals of progress,internationalisation and globalisation, it is argued that the built form of the airport is, and will continue to be, a key site of such aerial modernity. The final chapter closely reads a series of airport tales- (a film, a play and a park) in order to consider the ways in which they rework the modernist sublime in domestic space.It is concluded that these stories offer a method of representing locality that goes beyond the existing understandings of locality as an essence of place. The appeal of the narratives lies in the shift that they develop, through excessive and negotiated representations of both the domestic and the sublime, from the local as essence, to locality as practice.
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Lloyd, Justine. "I'd rather not be in Marrickville : aerial modernities and the domestication of the sublime /." View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20050525.102244/index.html.
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Bellman, Suzanne Beth. "I would rather be happy than right: Consumer impulsivity, risky decision making, and accountability." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2821.
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Consumer impulsivity accounts for a large percentage of purchases yet this aspect of personality is measured with a variety of instruments. Three studies were conducted to examine how measures of consumer impulsiveness relate to each other, other measures of trait level impulsivity, and a variety of decisions and judgments. These studies looked at the relationship between biases resulting from motivated reasoning and the trait of impulsiveness. Motivated reasoning and impulsiveness was considered within the context of consumer and other choice decisions. Consumer impulsivity was found to be related to both general measures of trait level impulsivity as well as containing a lot of content overlap among the three measures considered here. One measure was distinct and formed its own factor in a factor analysis suggesting it may be the most specific measure of consumer impulsivity. The other measures of consumer impulsivity overlapped quite a bit with general impulsivity. The Iowa Gambling Task was used to measure both choice behavior and anticipatory SCR, however no significant results were found. The cups task, a risky decision making task, was also administered and results mirrored classic findings such that participants were more risk averse in the domain of gains than losses. Additionally, both expected value and outcome magnitude influenced results. Individuals who scored higher on the UPPS urgency subscale made more risk advantageous choices when looking at sensitivity to expected value. The third task assessed differences in purchase time for hedonic and utilitarian items. Impulsive consumers reported they would purchase both hedonic and utilitarian items sooner than their less impulsive counterparts.
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Armsworthy, Shelley L. "Effects of suspended bottom sediment on the feeding activity of the ascidian, Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke)." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23775.pdf.
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Armsworthy, Shelley L. "Effects of suspended bottom sediment on the feeding activity of the ascidian, Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke)." Thesis, University of New Brunswick, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1882/495.
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Salama, Adnan Jameel. "Effects of food on growth, survival and food utilisation of the prawn Palaemon elegans (Rathke)." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.291747.
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Rathke, Theresa [Verfasser]. "Erworbene Muskelschwäche auf der Intensivstation – Elektronenmikroskopisches Korrelat in der Frühphase der kritischen Erkrankung / Theresa Rathke." Berlin : Medizinische Fakultät Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1121007538/34.
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Smith, Patricia Anne Myers. ""Oppositions, rather than heroes" : an examination of dialectical principles in the work of Tom Stoppard." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23373.
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Rathke, Hendrik [Verfasser]. "Validierung interventionell radiologischer Thermoablationsverfahren und ihre Visualisierung in der offenen 1 Tesla Magnetresonanztomographie / Hendrik Rathke." Berlin : Medizinische Fakultät Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1148425462/34.
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Camats, Tarruella Núria. "Inestabilitat cromosòmica transgeneracional i radioprotecció en rata." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/3823.
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La radioteràpia és un dels tractaments indicats contra el càncer. En el cas de les dones, l'exposició a la radiació ionitzant (RI) pot produir una fallada en la funció ovàrica. Per tant, l'estudi exhaustiu dels efectes dels raigs X en les gònades femenines, i, més concretament, en les seves cèl·lules germinals, es fa necessari; així com la cerca d'un agent radioprotector, per tal de disminuir-ne aquests efectes secundaris. Aquesta tesi doctoral apropa la recerca bàsica a la clínica i els seus quatre objectius principals es centren en determinar l'existència dels efectes de la RI (raigs X), de mutàgens químics (afidicolina) i de possibles radioprotectors (triptorelina); així com la determinació de regions genòmicament inestables en l'espècie Rattus norvegicus.
La línia germinal de rates femella ha estat la base d'aquest estudi. No obstant, les cèl·lules objecte d'anàlisi han estat les cèl·lules somàtiques (fibroblasts fetals) descendents dels oòcits I fecundats de les femelles adultes dels diferents grups de tractament. D'aquesta manera, s'ha pogut estudiar la inestabilitat cromosòmica radioinduïda (RICI) transgeneracional amb diferents paràmetres citogenètics. Paral·lelament, s'ha realitzat un estudi reproductiu analitzant directament les femelles tractades.
S'ha demostrat que hi ha RICI transgeneracional. Els efectes de l'exposició a la RI d'oòcits I de rates femelles adultes es transmeten a la seva descendència. Aquesta RICI es presenta amb administració aguda i fraccionada de la dosi, i amb resultats semblants. Pel que fa a l'estudi reproductiu, no s'observa un efecte de la radiació amb els nostres paràmetres.
Els fibroblasts fetals de l'espècie R. norvegicus presenten inestabilitat cromosòmica espontània. Aquesta s'observa tant pels paràmetres quantitatius com pels qualitatius i es manté en tots els experiments que s'han fet.
L'administració del mutagen químic afidicolina als cultius de fibroblasts fetals de rata provoca dany citogenètic. Aquests efectes directes són clarament superiors quan el mutagen químic s'aplica a cèl·lules amb RICI transgeneracional indicant que aquesta en potencia els efectes.
L'anàleg agonista de l'hormona GnRH estudiat, la triptorelina, confereix radioprotecció als oòcits I dels fol·licles primordials de les femelles adultes irradiades. El grau de radioprotecció d'aquest fàrmac depèn del paràmetre analitzat, de la dosi i del tipus d'administració de la radiació ionitzant. En paràmetres citogenètics, la radioprotecció d'aquest anàleg és molt més pronunciada a dosi aguda (fins a un 44 %). Traslladant els nostres resultat a l'espècie humana, els nostres resultats en rata indicarien que els ovaris prepuberals i els ovaris de pacients adultes tractades amb aquest anàleg agonista de la GnRHa són més radioresistents que els ovaris de pacients adultes no tractades amb l'anàleg, confirmant estudis clínics i histològics anteriors.
La triptorelina també té un efecte protector enfront de la inestabilitat cromosòmica espontània, que es traduiria en una millora de la funció gonadal. Aquesta és evident quant als paràmetres citogenètics estudiats, i s'observa com a tendència pel que fa a les condicions reproductives de les femelles.
En relació a l'estudi de regions inestables, s'han identificat disset seqüències telomèriques intersticials classificades com a freqüents i molt freqüents i s'han caracteritzat set llocs fràgils induïts per l'afidicolina en fibroblasts fetals d'aquesta espècie. Ambdós tipus de seqüències estan implicats en processos evolutius i en esdeveniments d'inestabilitat cromosòmica de l'espècie.
Per acabar, s'ha determinat que les bandes cromosòmiques en rata no es trenquen a l'atzar, sinó que hi ha regions que pateixen més alteracions cromosòmiques que altres i que, per tant, són més inestables. Tenint en compte els efectes transgeneracionals de la RI, els efectes d'un mutagen químic, la inestabilitat cromosòmica espontània, els llocs fràgils i les seqüències telomèriques intersticials, les zones més inestables del cariotip de rata es localitzen en els cromosomes RNO1, RNO2 i RNO3. Les bandes cromosòmiques RNO1q22, RNO1q43, RNO2q32 i RNO3p12 són les més inestables del cariotip d'aquesta espècie.
Radiotherapy is one of the indicated treatments against cancer. In women, exposure to ionising radiation (IR) can induce a failure in the ovarian function. Therefore, there is a need for an exhaustive analysis of the X-ray effects in the female gonads and to search for a radio protector agent, so as to decrease these secondary effects.
This Ph.D. thesis attempts to infer conclusions from fundamental research and to apply this in a clinical capacity. Its four prime objectives are focused on the existence of effects of IR (X rays), of chemical mutagens (aphidicolin) and of possible radio protectors (triptorelin); and the determination of unstable genomic regions in the species Rattus norvegicus.
The basis of this study was the germinal line of female rats. However, the objects of analysis were the somatic cells (foetal fibroblasts) originating from the oocytes I of adult females from different treatment groups. In this way, transgenerational radiation-induced chromosomal instability (RICI) was studied with different cytogenetical parameters. At the same time, a reproductive study was performed directly on the treated females.
The existence of transgenerational RICI was demonstrated. Effects of the IR exposure of oocytes I from adult female rats are transmitted to their offspring. This RICI is present in acute and fractioned dosage administration, with similar results. Relating to the reproductive study, no radiation effect was seen with our parameters.
Foetal fibroblasts of R. norvegicus present spontaneous chromosomal instability. It is observed with both the quantitative and qualitative parameters and it is maintained in all the experiments performed.
Chemical mutagen aphidicolin administration to the foetal rat fibroblasts cultures causes cytogenetical damage. These direct effects are clearly superior when the chemical mutagen is applied to cells with transgenerational RICI, which indicates that RICI enhances its effects.
The GnRH hormone agonist studied, triptorelin, confers radioprotection to the oocytes I from the primordial follicles of adult irradiated females. The degree of radioprotection of this drug depends on the analysed parameter, and on the dose and type of administration of ionising radiation. Relating to cytogenetical parameters, radioprotection of this analogue is much more pronounced at an acute dose (up to 44%). If we relate our results to the human species, they would indicate that prepubertal ovaries and those from adult patients treated with this GnRH agonist are more radioresistant than those from non-treated adult patients. This would confirm former histological and clinical studies.
Triptorelin also affords protection from spontaneous chromosomal instability that would be translated into an improved gonadal function. This effect is evident relating to the cytogenetical parameters and it is observed as a tendency with respect to the reproductive conditions of the females.
Concerning to the study of unstable regions, seventeen interstitial telomeric-like sequences, classified as frequent and very frequent, and seven aphidicolin-induced fragile sites in rat foetal fibroblasts were detected. Both types of sequences are involved in evolutive processes and in chromosomal instability events of this species.
To finish, it was determined that chromosomal bands in rats do not break at random. There are chromosomal regions more unstable than others, as they suffer more chromosomal aberrations than others. The more unstable zones of the rat karyotype are located in chromosomes RNO1, RNO2 and RNO3, taking into account the transgenerational effects of IR, the effects of a chemical mutagen, the spontaneous chromosomal instability, fragile sites and interstitial telomeric-like sequences. Furthermore the more unstable chromosomal bands of this species are RNO1q22, RNO1q43, RNO2q32 and RNO3p12.
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Lledó, García Rocio. "Estudio farmacocinético poblacional de antirretrovirales en rata." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de València, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9762.
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El saquinavir y ritonavir, son fármacos antirretrovirales pertenecientes a la familia de inhibidores de la proteasa, caracterizados por poseer una biodisponibilidad oral absoluta irregular, que en el caso del saquinavir además es baja. Ambos son substrato de enzimas metabólicas, como el CYP3A4 y de secreción intestinal. Actualmente, se utilizan en combinación, ya que el ritonavir es un potente inhibidor de la isoenzima CYP3A4, de modo que aumenta la biodisponibilidad oral del saquinavir.ObjetivosPese a que la interacción de saquinavir y ritonavir ya ha sido descrita en estudios previos, hasta la fecha, se desconoce la relevancia del hígado e intestino en el efecto de primer paso de estos fármacos.Por ello, se han establecido los siguientes objetivos:-Evaluar la linealidad cinética en los procesos del LADME del saquinavir, después de la administración de diferentes dosis del fármaco por vía IV, oral e IP.-Calcular la biodisponibilidad oral e intraperitoneal del saquinavir y describir la importancia y localización del efecto de primer paso de saquinavir, tras su administración por vía intraperitoneal y oral.-Describir en términos farmacocinéticos las posibles interacciones entre saquinavir y ritonavir, cuando se administran en combinación.Materiales y MétodosPara cumplir con los objetivos, se realizan ensayos in vivo, en los que ratas Wistar se han sometido a la canulación de la vena yugular. La valoración de los fármacos en las muestras plasmáticas purificadas se ha realizado mediante CLAE/ UV.Los datos se han sometido a un análisis no compartimental individual y como promedio simple de datos, mediante el programa informático WinNonlin® 4.1., para evaluar la linealidad cinética y calcular la biodisponibilidad. A continuación, los datos se han sometido a un análisis farmacocinético poblacional mediante el modelo no lineal de efectos mixtos a través de la regresión no lineal (NONMEM, 5.0) por mínimos cuadrados extendidos, con doble precisión y estimación de primer orden (FO), para describir los procesos del LADME de cada uno de los fármacos y la interacción entre estos.Conclusiones-El análisis no compartimental no resulta útil para el cálculo de la biodisponibilidad oral del saquinavir y no permite deslindar la participación de los órganos metabolizadores en el proceso global de eliminación del fármaco.-El análisis poblacional indica que en la fase de disposición del saquinavir intervienen una unión dinámica y saturable a proteínas plasmáticas y una eliminación con cinética de Michaelis-Menten desde el compartimento enterocito y hepatocito. En la fase de incorporación del saquinavir tras su administración oral, interviene un proceso de absorción de orden uno junto con un proceso de secreción intestinal mediado por transportador. La administración intraperitoneal, pone de manifiesto una precipitación del fármaco en la cavidad abdominal, actuando la disolución como factor limitativo de la absorción.- Los valores de los parámetros farmacocinéticos que describen el perfil del saquinavir indican que el intestino desempeña el papel más importante en el proceso metabolizador del fármaco.- El análisis poblacional realizado con la información de ritonavir disponible, no ha permitido esclarecer de forma unívoca la cinética de eliminación del fármaco. De modo que las opciones, cinética de orden uno y de Michaelis-Menten, resultan adecuadas para describir el proceso de disposición del fármaco, junto con un proceso de unión dinámica y saturable a proteínas plasmáticas. La incorporación del fármaco se describe mediante una cinética de orden uno, limitada por un orden cero.- La interacción entre el saquinavir y ritonavir se ha puesto de manifiesto en los modelos híbridos fisiológicos farmacocinéticos. Los procesos implicados en la interacción son el proceso de biotransformación intestinal y hepática, de manera que el ritonavir inhibe el metabolismo del saquinavir. Por otra parte, se pone de manifiesto que el saquinavir desplaza al ritonavir de su unión a proteínas plasmáticas.Saquinavir and ritonavir belong to the protease inhibitors family, being currently used in combination in the management of AIDS. Saquinavir is characterized by a low and variable oral bioavailability which can be increased by the addition of ritonavir. Although the interaction between these drugs has already been reported in previous studies, to date, there is still lack of information regarding the roles of liver and intestine in their first pass metabolism. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the pharmacokinetic profile for these drugs and their interaction, determining the participation of the metabolic organs.To achieve this aim, assays in rats subjected to the jugular vein cannulation were performed, administering different doses of the drugs by IV, IP and oral routes. The amount of drug in plasma samples was quantified by HPLC/UV technique.The population approach by means of NONMEM showed as main conclusions that the intestine plays the most important role in saquinavir first pass metabolism. In addition, it showed the interaction between these two drugs at the hepatic and intestinal biotransformation level, so that ritonavir inhibits saquinavir metabolism. As well as a displacement of ritonavir plasma protein binding produced when saquinavir is coadministered.
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Melin, Susanna. "Thanks! You look rather dashing yourself. : A contrastive pragmatics investigation of Singaporean and American compliment responses." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-104459.
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Set within the framework of the newly established field of variational pragmatics (Schneider and Barron, 2008), this study investigates pragmatic variation between two different regional varieties of English, namely American English and Singaporean English. Specifically, the speech act of compliment responses is compared. The data were collected through written discourse completion tasks (DCT) and responses were analysed and coded using an adapted version of Holmes’ (1988) categorization system for compliment responses (CRs). The CRs come from a total of 40 participants and a total of 320 compliment responses were analysed. The DCT was supplemented by an introspective-recall with six participants. The findings demonstrate that the preferred strategy for both groups is in the order of accept, evade and reject. Even so, the Singaporeans use more reject strategies and less accept strategies than the Americans do. Further, the Americans employ more combination strategies than the Singaporeans. The Singaporeans however, employ more non-verbal and paralinguistic cues than the Americans. The results also show differences in the two varieties’ attitudes to and perceptions of compliment responses. In addition, the study suggests that compliments in Singapore might be undergoing a change. The findings are particularly important for pedagogical purposes.