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Farrell, Patrick. "Thematic relations and relational grammar /." New York ; London : Garland, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37454936h.
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Hild, Cornelia. ""Not Blood Relations, Ink Relations"." Diss., lmu, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-98666.
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Preisach, Christine [Verfasser]. "Relational Semi-Supervised Classification Using Multiple Relations / Christine Preisach." Aachen : Shaker, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1071528912/34.
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Godard, Danièle. "Propositions relatives, relations anaphoriques et predication. (etudes sur dont)." Paris 7, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA070062.
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L'objet de l'etude est la structuration syntaxique et semantique des relatives en francais, et, particulierement, des relatives en dont. Les relatives sont des phrases qui font partie de gn, et qui sont caracterisees par l'occurrence d'un gn en position initiale, hors de la structure fonctionnelle, et d'un gn qui le reprend dans une position fonctionnelle. On etudie les regles qui mettent en relation ces deux positions. Le modele adopte est le suivant: (1) en ce qui concerne le traitement syntaxique, la grammaire generative, et, plus precisement, la "theorie du liage et du gouvernement", cf chomsky (1981); (2) en ce qui concerne le traitement semantique, un modele qui est essentiellement celui de la logique des predicats. I. La relation entre la forme relative et le gn relativise, en position fonctionnelle, est une relation anaphorique. Les gn relativises sont donc soumis aux principes de liage, qui reglent l'occurrence des gn anaphoriques: les gn lexicaux sont exclus; les pronoms realises (relative en dont-pronom) ne peuvent apparaitre dans la meme categorie de liage que leur antecedent (dont); les gn vides peuvent apparaitre dans la meme categorie que la forme relative, ou dans une autre categorie. La relation anaphorique peut prendre deux formes: (a) c'est une chaine, dans laquelle le gn anaphorique reprend identiquement le gn antecedent. La chaine est soumise a une contrainte : ou bien elle observe la subjacence, ou bien l'un des elements porte une marque casuelle. (b) c'est une relation anaphorique aptitive. Il y a alors interaction entre deux structures : une phrase comportant un de gn initial interprete comme une totalite, et une relation anaphorique partitive. Ii. La relative est traduite comme un predicat, i. E. Une expression fonctionnelle avec une et une seule place non saturee, qui est applique a la forme relative. On distingue entre deux cas : (a) la relative et la forme relative sont respectivement le predicat et l'argument premier correspondant; (b) la relative est construite comme un predicat s'appliquant a la totalite, a partir d'un predicat s'appliquant a la partie. Le resultat de l'operation est l'insertion d'une propriete dans la somme des proprietes qui constituent le sens du gn (la forme relative, et, par son intermediaire, le gn antecedent de la relative); celle-ci entre ou n'entre pas en relation avec les autres proprietes: dans ce dernier cas, il s'agit d'une predicationThe subject under investigation is the syntactic and semantic structure of relative clauses in french, with special interest to relatives with dont. Relatives are sentences which crucially contain two nps : one in the initial non-functional position, the other one in a functional position in s. What is studied here is the set of rules which establish a relationship between these nps. The framework is the following : (1) for the syntactic part, generative grammar, and, more precisely, the "theory of government dans binding", cf chomsky (1981); (2) for the semantic part, a model which is essentially that of predicate logic. I. The relationship between the relative form and the relativized np, which is in a functional position, is anaphoric. Relativized nps are, thus, constrained by the binding principles, which organize the occurrence of anaphoric nps : lexical nps are excluded, phonetically realized pronouns (relative with dont and a pronoun) cannot appear in the same category as their antecedent (dont), empty nps may appear in the same category as their antecedent or in a different one. The relation is either a chain, which is a form of anaphoric relation, or a partitive anaphoric relation. Relative chains obey one of the two following conditions : they obey subjacency, or one of the elements is marked for case. The other type combines two structures : ans with an initial de gn, and an anaphoric relation between an np interpreted as totality and an np interpreted as a part. Ii. Relative clauses are translated as predicates, which are applied to the relative form. There are two cases : (a) the relative clause and the relative form are, respectively, translated as a predicate and the corresponding first argument; (b) the construction relies on a semantic relation between a whole (the relative form) and a part (an expression contained in the relative clause). The result of the operation is to insert a property within the sum of properties which constitute the sense of the np (the relative form, and, consequently, the antecedent of the relative clause); either the property enters into relation with the other properties or it does not; if it does not, the semantics is that of predication
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Godard-Schmitt, Danièle. "Propositions relatives, relations anaphoriques et prédication études sur "dont." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37597935w.
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Sakimoto, Hideki. "relations." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37045.
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Everything is related. Some of the relations we see, some of them we don't. Architecture is a synthesis of elements, relating to itself and to the outside. A challenge in this project lies in the recognition of the relationships which occur within the context and their translation into a form of architecture. I would like to see what we can do with architecture; connection, enclosure, depth of the space...
Architecture can be considered as relations in which we live.
Master of Architecture
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Horta, Maubere Loro Sae Da Silva. "China's Relations with Portuguese-speaking Countries A Growing but Unnoticed Relation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17351.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedAs China rises and becomes a global power, its foreign and economic policies are undergoing profound changes. Today Chinese interest spans the world, from the most remote corners of Africa to the mega cities of other new rising powers like Brazil. Chinas growing presence in Portuguese-speaking countries provides a vivid illustration of the growing complexity and sophistication of Chinas new foreign and economic policies. Sino-Lusophone relations confirm some of the assumptions made about Beijings relations with the developing world. However, this case study also reveals many incorrect assumptions and simplistic analyses of Chinas foreign and economic policies toward the developing world.
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McMahon, Margery A. "Changing relations : Russia's relations with Ukraine and Belarus." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2000. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2457/.
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In the period of transition which followed the collapse of the USSR, the states of that region were forced to make many political and economic adjustments. A crucial part of the processes was the restructuring of relations among these formerly fraternal republics and as they became in 1991, independent states. For most states structuring relations with Russian became a priority since it is the largest and most dominant regional actor. Such relations are shaped by a number of factors including historical development, economic legacies and geopolitical concerns. These issues have impacted upon the evolving relationship between Russia and its Slav neighbours, Ukraine and Belarus. Drawing on a common background in terms of historical political, economic and cultural development, Russia's relations with these states developed to the point where they were formalized in a Russian Belarusian Community (1996) and a Russian Ukrainian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (1997). The impetus for Russia to renegotiate its relations with the states on its western borders was strengthened by the proposed eastward expansion of NATO. Belarus and Ukraine however benefited from this. Belarus was guaranteed cheap supplies of Russian natural resources, vital for its economy, even if this came at the cost of ceding a degree of sovereignty. Ukraine, still excluded from European political and economic organizations was recognized by Russia as an independent state with significant regional influence. Russia secured a buffer zone on its western borders. Russia's relations with Ukraine and Belarus are now qualitatively different. Ukraine has emerged as a potential ally and even future rival to Russia while Belarus has opted to become a Russian client state with, it appears, the ultimate goal of union with Russia.
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Hornaman, Lisa Beth. "Public relations education and the public relations profession." [Florida] : State University System of Florida, 2000. http://etd.fcla.edu/etd/uf/2000/ane5952/thesis.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.M.C.)--University of Florida, 2000.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 136 p.; also contains graphics. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-135).
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Garcia, Anna Rosio. "Relating Relations: The Impact of Equivalence-Equivalence Training on Analogical Reasoning." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5372.
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A well-researched line showing equivalence performances in a wide variety of areas has been conducted in the field of Behavior Analysis (BA). One area demonstrates that relating relations is a behavioral account of analogical thinking. Relating relations may have implications for the development of analogical training given that analogical reasoning is seen as the foundation of intelligence yet research in this area is limited. A protocol by Stewart, Barnes-Holmes, and Weil (2009) was developed to train children in analogical reasoning using equivalence-equivalence relations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an equivalence-equivalence training protocol based on Stewart et al. (2009) and test whether the protocol was effective in training equivalence-equivalence responding to 7 and 8-year-old children. A secondary purpose was to test whether training in equivalence-equivalence responding increased performances on analogical tests. All five participants were dismissed throughout the study. Participant 1 was dismissed during the pre-assessments and all other participants were dismissed during intervention. Because none of the participants passed the equivalence-equivalence training, increases in performance in analogical testes were not analyzed. Individual performance data from training are examined and analyzed to provide an account of the failures to pass the equivalence-equivalence protocol.
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Gray, Jessica M. "Rhythmic Relations." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1286447395.
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Lacroix, Zoé. "Bases de données : des relations implicites aux relations contraintes." Paris 11, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA112264.
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Le modele relationnel presente des limites dues, d'une part, au pouvoir d'expression du calcul relationnel, et, d'autre part, a la representation des donnees. Nous proposons des generalisations du modele relationnel dans ces deux directions. Nous definissons de nouveaux langages de requetes (logiques implicites, etc. ) permettant, notamment, de definir des requetes non-deterministes. Nous analysons la complexite de ces requetes et etudions les differents niveaux de non-determinisme, tant pour les definitions que pour les calculs. En particulier, nous montrons que les requetes deterministes definies avec un constructeur de choix de relation coincident avec les requetes implicites. Nous proposons aussi differentes techniques pour definir des requetes deterministes a partir d'outils non-deterministes. Le modele relationnel est adapte a l'information thematique (nom, annee, etc. ), mais ne convient pas a l'information spatiale. Les systemes d'information geographiques usuels sont bases sur le modele relationnel etendu a des primitives ad-hoc pour traiter l'information spatiale. Les relations du modele base sur les contraintes lineaires sont des ensembles de n-uplets generalises de la forme 2x + 3y 1 y 5, representant des ensembles de polygones. Nous montrons que ce modele permet de representer l'information thematique et l'information spatiale dans un cadre homogene. Nous introduisons des langages de requetes, tels que l'algebre relationnelle dont la semantique est adaptee aux ensembles de n-uplets generalises et proposons differentes techniques d'optimisation
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Gharibyan-Kefalloniti, Nana. "Relational aesthetics and emotional relations : Leadership on board merchant marine ships." Thesis, City University London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514490.
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Castelli, Joelle Wiley. "Government Public Relations: A Quantitative Assessment of Government Public Relations Practitioner Roles and Public Relations Model Usage." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002006.
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Voskeritsian, Horen. "Industrial relations in crisis? : the 'new industrial relations' theory and the field of industrial relations in Britain." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2009. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/301/.
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A common feeling among the Industrial Relations community is that the field faces a crisis that challenges both its ability to address the phenomena it studies and its institutional structures. However, the literature is not clear on the reasons for this development. Some argue, predominantly in Britain, that the cause of this crisis is the penetration of Human Resource Management (HRM) or, as this trend is also known, of the New Industrial Relations (NIR) theory, in the intellectual and institutional edifice of the field. Others, however, especially from the US, believe that the reason for the inability of the field to deal with the external environment is its adherence to an oldfashioned paradigm that does not take into consideration the changing nature of industrial relations realities. For them, the solution is to incorporate the teachings of the NIR theory in the intellectual corpus of Industrial Relations. Thus, one is faced with two contradictory positions that have the same bases, namely that the field is in a critical condition and that, somehow, a theory is involved (or should be involved) in the picture. However, the discrepancy between the two theses poses important conceptual problems for the future of the field for it is not as yet clear who is to blame (if anyone) for its current situation. It is, therefore, the aim of this Thesis to clarify the above picture. To achieve this, both the above theses will be evaluated. To do so, it is imperative to study the epistemological implications of the NIR theory for the field of Industrial Relations, and then to examine the place the NIR theory occupies in the intellectual structures of the field in Britain. Once this is achieved, the issue of crisis will be tackled in more detail to determine whether British Industrial Relations actually face the crisis that the various voices in the literature ascribe it with. In the Introduction the general problem and the Research Questions of the Thesis will be discussed. Then, the First Chapter will set the theoretical context upon which the analysis will be based. Chapter Two will present the intellectual and institutional development of the field of Industrial Relations, while Chapter Three will be devoted to an analysis of the NIR theory. Chapter Four will examine the epistemic value of the theory for the field of Industrial Relations and Chapter Five will investigate the position that the NIR theory occupies in the British Industrial Relations fora of knowledge development. Chapter Six will complement the above discussion by examining the evolutionary dynamics of the NIR theory. In Chapter Seven the intellectual status of Industrial Relations will be examined to see whether the field faces an intellectual crisis. Then, Chapter Eight will analyse the dynamics of the field in Britain to evaluate the condition of the field’s institutions. Finally, in Chapter Nine, the institutional status of the field, together with some ideas about the field’s future will be further discussed, and some promising avenues for future research will be presented.
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Tilton-Weaver, Lauree Coleen. ""Peer relations management:" parents' attempts to influence adolescents' peer relations." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ52776.pdf.
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Elmadani, Abdulla. "Indo-Saudi relations 1947-1997 : domestic concerns and foreign relations." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400916.
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Delcroix, Véronique. "Rangs des relations binaires et semigroupes de relations non ambigus." Paris 6, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA066601.
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Dans cette these, nous etudions differentes notions de rang d'une relation binaire. Nous avons retenu trois notions de rang qui s'averent interessantes dans le cadre des monoides de relations et des monoides de relations non ambigus, et une quatrieme notion un peu differente, appelee grade d'une relation. La premiere partie du travail consiste a comparer systematiquement les rangs entre eux. Nous poursuivons l'etude de cas pour les rangs maximaux et nous calculons les valeurs interdites du grade. Dans chaque cas, nous etudions le cas general puis le cas des relations non ambigues. La deuxieme partie etudie le comportement des rangs dans des semigroupes de relations. Nous montrons d'abord l'egalite des rangs des relations regulieres dans les semigroupes de relations non ambigus. La question de l'egalite des rangs des relations non regulieres est resolue grace a plusieurs contre-exemples. Dans la troisieme partie, nous etudions la complexite du calcul des rangs et presentons divers algorithmes lies au calcul du rang. La these est completee par des annexes contenant plusieurs modules, ecrits en c et en pascal que nous avons developpes pour completer des programmes existants (amore) et mener a bien des calculs experimentaux pour tester nos conjectures
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Kerzil, Jennifer. "Les préadolescents et l'altérité : relations intergroupes et relations interpersonnelles amicales." Paris 5, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005PA05H030.
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Cette recherche interroge le rapport à l'altérité chez les préadolescents selon deux modes relationnels : les relations intergroupes et les relations d'amitié interpersonnelles. Concernant les relations intergroupes, il s'agissait de reconnaître l'existence d'une éventuelle discrimination "ethnique" chez les enfants en France. La théorie fonctionelle de la cognition de N. H. Anderson a permis de mettre en évidence les traits éthnicisées et socioculturels d'acceptation et de rejet de l'Autre. Le territoire d'origine, la langue parlée, le niveau économique, l'habillement et la manière de manger se révélent des critères de jugement de l'Autre pouvant conduire à son rejet. La couleur de peau et la religion n'interviennent pas pour rejeter un Autre perçu comme "différent". Une fois écartée l'hypothèse d'une discrimination fondée sur ces critères ethnicisés, une nouvelle recherche empirique est menée en vue de comprendre les motivations sous-jacentes au choix d'un copain "différent" chez les préadolescent des deux sexes. Une enquête réalisée à partir d'un questionnaire inspiré de la théorie du renversement de M. J. Apter, révèle des mtivation de type essentiellement Alloïque et Sympathie. Ce travail s'ouvre sur la construction d'un outil d'evaluation du profil des préadolescents en ce qui concerne les relations sociales amicales : il éclaire chez les sujets les modes d'interiorisation d'une norme xénophile et de sublimation de la relation amicale, l'importance des moments passés avec l'ami pour jouer et discuter, l'affection procurée par la relation amicale, le rapport au monde scolaire, la prise en considération des sentimenst d'autrui et la transgression des règlesThis research is questioning the relation that young adolescent have with otherness : inter-group relations and friendship relations. Concerning inter group relations , we have wished to question the existence of an "ethnical" discrimination among French children. Anderson's Functional Theory of Cognition enables us to find ethnical and socio cultural features that leads to acceptation or rejection of the other. Territorial origin, language, economic level, clothes and manner of eating appear to be judgement criterias that might lead to the rejection of the other. On the other hand, children do not take into account skin colour or religion to make a decision. The second part of this work deals with friendship between children and shows motivations for choosing a "different" friend. Investigation from Apter's Reversal Theory brings to light Alloïc and Sympathy motivations. Finally, this work leads to the creation of an evaluation device for children's relationships. This device will allow to analyze seven aspects of children's social relationships : xenophile norm's internalization ; friendship' sublimation ; the importance of time spent playing or talking with the friend ; the affection granted by friendship ; school life ; consideration of others' emotions and rules transgression
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Joulin, Olivier. "Choc septique : défaillance myocardique et altérations des relations force-fréquence et relation-fréquence." Lille 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009LIL2S048.
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L’état de choc septique est une des principales causes de mortalité hospitalière. Il est caractérisé par une vasoplègie, une tachycardie et s’y associe une défaillance myocardique chez de nombreux patients. Physiologiquement, la tachycardie est non seulement à l’origine d’une augmentation du débit par la multiplication des cycles cardiaques mais elle a de plus des effets propres qui augmentent la contractilité et la relaxation ventriculaire. Ces phénomènes sont appelés relation force-fréquence (FFR) et accélération de la relaxation par la fréquence (FDAR). La défaillance myocardique septique est caractérisée par une altération de la contractilité myocardique mais également par des modifications de la relaxation ventriculaire. Dans un premier temps notre travail a consisté à mettre en évidence la défaillance contractile cardiaque dans un modèle de choc septique par injection d’endotoxine. Il met également en avant l’implication de l’activation des caspases (protéases participant à la voie de l’apoptose) comme étant un des mécanismes de cette défaillance. Ensuite nous avons mis en avant le rôle de médiateurs circulants dans l’apparition de cette dysfonction. L’identité de ces médiateurs est probablement cytokinique. TNF-α et IL-1β ont déjà montré leur capacité à induire cette dysfonction mais dans notre modèle ils n’ont pas été nécessaires à son apparition, d’autres cytokines pourraient être impliquées. Enfin nous avons mis en évidence que cette dysfonction myocardique septique était associée à une altération de FFR et de FDAR et que cette particularité pourrait être liée à une augmentation de l’activité de phosphatases cardiomyocytaires. L’apport de ces connaissances supplémentaires sur les mécanismes impliqués dans le choc septique ne permet pas de modification directe du traitement à proposer aux patients septiques, mais il ouvre de nouvelles voies d’investigation qui pourraient permettre une amélioration des stratégies thérapeutiques du choc septique.
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Milius, Stefan. "Relations in categories." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ59186.pdf.
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Gaarder, Christopher. "California's Foreign Relations." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1147.
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Globalization has significantly increased the number of stakeholders in transnational issues in recent decades. The typical list of the new players in global affairs often includes non-state actors like non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations, and international organizations. Sub-national governments, however, have been given relatively little attention even though they, too, have a significant interest and ability to shape the increasing flow of capital, goods, services, people, and ideas that has so profoundly influenced the global political economy in recent decades. California, arguably the most significant among sub-national governments – its economy would be seventh or eighth in the world at $2.2 trillion annually, it engages in over $570 billion in merchandise trade, and has a population of nearly 40 million, out of which over 10 million are immigrants – is also one of the most active in transnational issues. The state government has opened and closed dozens trade offices abroad since the 1960s. It set up a multi-billion dollar carbon cap-and-trade system jointly with the Canadian provinces of Québec and Ontario under Assembly Bill 32, one of the most significant pieces of climate change legislation to date. California’s educational, technological, and media hubs – its public and private universities, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood – draw some of the best and brightest from around the world. California also has a long history of involvement in transnational issues. State efforts to undermine growing Chinese then Japanese “menace” immigrant populations from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries influenced United States foreign policy.
This thesis first takes a look at the federalism and international relations issues faced by California as it plays a greater role in transnational issues. Then, it examines the main actors and institutions, and the issues at play. The states have some leeway under the Constitution and contemporary political order to use their domestic powers to influence global issues, whether through climate legislation, public pension divestment, or non-binding “Memoranda of Understanding” with foreign governments. Such behavior, while less significant than national policy, can fill gaps in national policy, promote policy change, and deepen global ties, promoting a more complex interdependence among nations. California can also exert a moral, soft power influence in leading by example. The structures promoting California’s growing role in transnational issues are poorly organized. If the Golden State is to better leverage its political, economic, and moral authority internationally, it would do well to more explicitly develop a unified vision for its role in the world.
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Kasturirangan, Rajesh 1971. "Mapping spatial relations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28313.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-160).
One of the fundamental issues in cognitive science is the problem of grounding concepts in the perceptual world. In this thesis, I present a computational theory for how spatial relations are grounded in the perceptual world. Three constraints are critical to this theory: abstractness, groundedness and flexibility all of which need to be satisfied in order to explain the structure of spatial concepts. I then show how a formal framework, based on the mathematical notions of category theory can be used to model the grounding problem. The key computational ideas are that of minimal mapping and derivations. A minimal mapping of two categories, A and B, is the "smallest' category, C, that contains A and B. A derivation is a sequence of categories that follow a minimal mapping rule. Derivations and minimal mappings are used to model three domains - the semantics of prepositions, the structure of a toy "Jigsaw World" and the semantics of generic terms and quantifiers. In each case, I show how the computational theory gives rise to insights that are not available upon a purely empirical analysis. In particular, the derivational account shows the importance of stable, non-accidental features and of multiple scales in spatial cognition.
by Rajesh Kasturirangan.
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Růžičková, Markéta Bc. "Online public relations." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3089.
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Cílem práce je podat co nejširší přehled o problematice online public relations a jeho praktickém využití. Autorka ve své práci představuje online PR jako efektivní a účinnou formu komunikace a řízení vztahů s veřejností a poukazuje na přednosti a výhody PR prostřednictvím internetu. Analyzuje současnou situaci online PR u neziskových organizací působících na českém internetu a poukazuje na možnosti zlepšení jejich komunikačních strategií. Konkrétním výstupem z teoretických poznatků, vlastního výzkumu a zkušeností z praxe v oboru PR, je návrh strategie online public relations pro neziskovou organizaci.
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Cook, Matthew M. Winfree Erik. "Networks of relations /." Diss., Pasadena, Calif. : California Institute of Technology, 2005. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06032005-140944.
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Akten, Burcu Elif. "Generalized uncertainty relations /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Bhagat, Rahul N. "Indo-U.S Relations." W&M ScholarWorks, 1988. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625468.
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Beltran, Thelma L. "Philippines-Soviet relations." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111184.
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This study traces the development of Philippine-USSR relations and
examines the implications of such development for Philippine national
security, in particular, and the regional security of Southeast Asia in
general. At a glance, this is a problem for history and not for
international relations. However, national and regional security
problems in Southeast Asia are closely tied with the historical
development of each nation's relations with external powers,
particularly the United States and Soviet Union. Any assessment of
different national threat perceptions and their policy implications for
national or regional security can be misleading if not viewed within
the perpective of historical developments.
This is particularly true with respect to the Philippines. The
country has never been isolated from regional events nor from the
influence of international powers. Its security options reflect this
relationship. First, it was closely allied with the United States (as
it still is), being a US colony since the turn of this century up to
1946 when the country got its political independence. Second, while
politically independent, the Philippines has been economically
dependent. Third, as a result of this dependency, Philippine foreign
policy up to 1968 was closely tied with the American foreign policy.
Fourth, with worldwide economic recession, following the oil embargo of
1973, the country was forced to open trade and diplomatic relations
with other countries, particularly with the socialist and communist
bloc. And fifth, the Philippines established diplomatic ties with the USSR in 1976, apparently to ensure trade and commercial markets outside
of the traditional US and Japan markets.
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Simonovic, Marko. "Cosmological Consistency Relations." Doctoral thesis, SISSA, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/3879.
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Yu, Chaoran. "A study on relational databases through mathematical theories of relations and logic." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/539627.
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The purpose of this study is to explore that mathematics provides a convenient formalism for studying classical database management system problems. There are two main parts in this study, devoted respectively to using mathematical theory of relations and using logical theory to study database management systems. In the first part we focus on relational model and relational algebra. The second part deals with the application of mathematical logic to database management systems, where logic may be used both as a inference system and as a representation language. The features and logical mechanisms of Prolog programming language have been studied. A sample logical database model is developed and tested, using the logic programming language Prolog.Department of Computer Science
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Lee, Jyung-yi. "Self and other relations in international relations : the case of Taiwan." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502168.
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This thesis aims to bring poststructuralist discourse theory to both International Relations (lR) and the study of national identity in Taiwan. The unification/independence problematique in Taiwan is conceptualised as two responses to the ordering of the modern political world. As such, while identity formation and contestation take place mostly at the domestic level, they nevertheless involve an international dimension, as the sense of Self that any political community assumes only has its meaning in the presence of the Other. To study the dynamics of identity construction, this thesis takes Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory (1985) as the framework, as it provides strong explanatory powers and valuable implications to the worldwide problem of identity and difference, of which the Taiwan case is one example. This thesis takes 'democracy', 'history- culture', and 'economic development' as three case studies. The exercise of democracy has generated a sense of Self amongst Taiwan people, but it also makes possible social relations to be reorganised in a dichotomised way, rendering the relationship between unification and independence one of enmity. In the cultural domain, the belief of China as an ancient, continuous and homogeneous cultural entity, a view first generated in China's encounter with the West in the modem era and then promoted by the nationalist government (the KMT), constitutes 'Chinese/ness' as a major source of cultural representation, and hinders alternative discourse(s). In the economic domain, Taiwan's economic achievements have made 'development' a way of self-labelling and an incontestable quest. This provides the unification discourse an external reason for integrating with China, and constraints the independence one to argue otherwise but to resort to ideas of security and autonomy. Finally, it is argued that the binary logic of unification and independence is an instance of undecidability, which calls for making ethico-political judgements that are always provisional.
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Courteaux, Olivier. "Les relations franco-canadiennes entre 1940 et 1946 : les relations oubliées." Paris 4, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA040081.
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Mise à part la visite du Général de Gaulle au Canada en 1967, on connaît très peu de choses de l'histoire des relations franco-canadiennes. Elles existent, pourtant,depuis la fin de la première guerre mondiale. Bien que largement méconnue, la période 1940-1946 voit se développer des relations, d'abord très complexes, puisque le gouvernement canadien, très au fait d'un environnement intérieure fragile et des positions souvent contradictoires de la Grande-Bretagne et des Etats-Unis, refuse de rompre officiellement avec Vichy. Dès le début de 1941, Ottawa se rapproche pourtant de la France libre du Général de Gaulle, qu'elle ne va plus cesser de soutenir, discrètement d'abord, puis ouvertement après novembre 1942. Contrairement aux Américains qui refuseront longtemps d'accorder la moindre considération à de Gaulle, le gouvernement canadien ne cachera pas sa sympathie pour la France gaulliste et interviendra pour qu'une solution soit trouvée au problème français. Bien que nécessairement restreinte du fait du poids politique et diplomatique du Canada, cette intervention ne s'en révèlera pas moins déterminante. Dommage que la diplomatie française l'ai aujourd'hui oubliéeApart from General de Gaulle's state visit to Canada in 1967, little is known of the diplomatic relations between France and Canada. Yet, there has been diplomatic relations since World War I. .
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Čikovská, Jana Bc. "Psychologické aspekty Public Relations a Média Relations aktivít v neziskovom sektore." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-2309.
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Cieľom predkladanej diplomovej práce bolo porovnať prvky organizačnej kultúry s vnímaním týchto prvkov verejnosťou. Následne porovnať do akej miery sa zhoduje vnímanie týchto prvkov verejnosťou. Pre účely mojej práce boli sledovanými prvkami organizačnej kultúry poslanie, vízia a hodnoty organizácie. K účelom výskumu som si vybrala detský domov sv. Nikolaja v Medzilaborciach. Samotný výskum som rozdelila na dve časti. V prvej časti výskumu som zisťovala ako vníma organizácia samu seba a nakoľko je pre organizáciu činnosť PR dôležitá. Aby som naplnila tieto jednotlivé ciele využila som jednu z foriem dotazovania a to rozhovor. V druhej časti výskumu som sa zamerala na podnikateľské subjekty ako potenciálnych darcov a sponzorov v meste Medzilaborce. V tejto fáze výskumu bol vytvorený dotazník s ôsmimi otázkami a cieľom tohto šetrenia bolo zhodnotiť vnímanie organizácie verejnosťou. Záverom celého výskumu boli zistenia, že podľa riaditeľky detského domova sa po celý čas od svojho vzniku prezentuje domov ako dôveryhodná organizácia a je nositeľom deklarovanej vízie, poslania a hodnôt. Na základe uvedených kladov, ktoré respondenti uviedli v dotazníku, môžem povedať, že respondenti vnímajú organizáciu taktiež ako nositeľku deklarovaných hodnôt, vízie a poslania. Existujú tu však aj určite zápory, ktoré môžu viesť k negatívnej publicite a zníženiu dôveryhodnosti. Najväčšou zábranou vo vytvorení si bližšieho vzťahu je podľa respondentov hlavne veľká koncentrácia rómov v meste. Ľudia sa cítia byť rómami ohrozovaní a obťažovaní. Čo sa týka deklarovania hodnôt sledovaných prvkov navonok, ako najúčinnejšie formy a prostriedky PR aktiví sa ukázali byť rôzne spoločenské, kultúrne a športové akcie, osobná prezentácia zamestnancov a informačné plagáty, letáky a kalendáre. V úplnom závere sú navrhnuté určité opatrenia, ktoré sa týkajú PR aktivít. Výsledky práce budú poskytnuté riaditeľke detského domova. Práca by mala byť pre domov istým prínosom pri vytváraní stratégie Public Relations, hlavne čo sa týka odstránenia zistených nedostatkov.
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Sirait, George Martin. "Employment Relations in Indonesia’s Retail Sector: Institutions, Power Relations and Outcomes." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12345.
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This thesis examines employment relations in Indonesia’s retail sector. Drawing on the disciplines of Political Economy, Economic Geography and Industrial Relations, it investigates the relationship between global retail and home and host country institutions in order to identify the factors responsible for the converging and diverging patterns in employment outcomes. The thesis develops an actor-centred institutionalist approach, which extends the utility of embeddedness theory by taking into account the impact of contestation between trade unions and corporate actors in multiple institutional arenas on firm-level industrial relations and employment outcomes. Using in-depth comparative case study methods, this approach is applied to a European retailer, an Asian transnational retailer and a prominent domestic retailer in the food industry. The thesis demonstrates that country-of-origin effect has little influence on firm-level employment relations in the Indonesian retail sector. Rather, similarities in the organization of work, skill formation and baseline remuneration in the three retailers are a consequence of product market pressure and regulatory and institutional constraints, while differences in job security and the distribution of wages and benefits stem from organized labour’s differential capacity to challenge the prerogative of management in each firm. As these findings suggest, while embeddedness theory provides useful insights into the behaviour and strategy of transnational retailers, its utility is greatly enhanced when it is combined with an actor-centred institutionalist approach that acknowledges the power relations between industrial relations actors in different institutional domains and the potential impact of contestation across those domains on firm-level employment outcomes.
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Tsang, Wa-chung. "A review of staff relations in relation to public sector reform in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38701960.
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Konieczna, Anna. "L'histoire d'une relation spéciale : les relations entre la France et l'Afrique du Sud dans les années 1958-1974." Thesis, Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013IEPP0055.
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Basée sur des archives françaises et sud-africaines inédites, cette thèse offre une analyse approfondie des relations franco-sud-africaines sous la présidence de Charles de Gaulle et de Georges Pompidou (1958-1974). La relation est qualifié de « spéciale » pour plusieurs raisons : le fait qu’il s’agit de liens avec un pays non-francophone qui n’appartient pas à la zone d’influence traditionnelle de la France, le contexte dans lequel elle se noue (le processus de décolonisation simultané à la condamnation internationale du régime d’apartheid), la spécificité de ses éléments constitutifs (une coopération particulièrement intensive dans les domaines « sensibles » du militaire et du nucléaire), et enfin le cadre officiel asymétrique et déséquilibré de cette relation. Divisée en quatre parties, organisées selon une logique chronologique, l’étude présente l’évolution de cette « relation spéciale » et ses différentes dimensions : bilatérale (relations militaires, nucléaires et économiques), régionale (relations en Afrique méridionale, dans la zone de l’océan Indien et en Afrique) et multilatérale (débats à l’ONU, au FMI, et dans le cadre de la CEE). A travers l’analyse des discussions au sein des institutions françaises et des prises de position dans les enceintes internationales, cette analyse reconstitue l’attitude ambiguë de la France envers la question de l’apartheid, les contradictions de la politique d’indépendance française de même que de la politique africaine de la France. Tout en privilégiant le cadre officiel, elle propose aussi une analyse du rôle des « intermédiaires » – parlementaires, entreprises et « marchands de canons » – dans la conduite et la réalisation des objectifs de la politique française vis-à-vis de l’Afrique du SudBased on the original French and South African archives, this dissertation examines the relationship between France and South Africa under the administration of Charles de Gaulle et Georges Pomidou. Several elements explain why this relation may be qualified as « special »: the fact that South Africa didn’t belong to the traditional zone of French influence, the context in which this relation emerges (the process of decolonization along with the international condemnation of the regime of apartheid), its specialization (the close cooperation in the military and nuclear field) and its official atypical frame. Divided into four chronological parts, the dissertation presents the evolution of this « special relationship » and its different dimensions: bilateral (relations in military, nuclear and economic field), regional (relations in Southern Africa, in zone of the Indian Ocean and in Africa) and multilateral (debats at UN, IMF and EEC). By analyzing the discussions within the French institutions and the statements in international arena, this study reconstructs the ambiguous attitude of France towards the question of apartheid, the contradictions of the French policy of national independence as well of the French African policy. While the dissertation emphasizes the official framework, it also tempts to analyses the role of intermediates (parliamentarians, enterprises and military industry) in the conduct of French policy towards South Africa
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Tsang, Wa-chung, and 曾華翀. "A review of staff relations in relation to public sector reform in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38701960.
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Orendain, Monica. "Les relations d'objet, la dualité anaclitique-introjective et leur relation avec les symptômes dépressifs." Thesis, Université Laval, 2010. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2010/26995/26995.pdf.
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Orendain, Mónica. "Les relations d'objet, la dualité anaclitique-introjective et leur relation avec les symptômes dépressifs." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/21962.
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La présente thèse aborde le phénomène de la dépression d'une perspective dimensionnelle et s'intéresse à l'étude des symptômes individuels. Afin de tester le modèle clinique de la dépression de Sydney Blatt (1974, 2004) deux études ont été réalisées. La première a consisté à la validation transculturelle de l'Echelle multidimensionnelle de la dépression (EMD; Multiscore Depression Inventory; Berndt, Petzel, & Berndt, 1980). Il s'agit d'un questionnaire pour mesurer la sévérité de la dépression ainsi que 10 symptômes individuels par 10 sous-échelles. Une version française de l'instrument a été développée et des analyses statistiques ont été réalisées afin de déterminer les propriétés psychométriques de l'instrument en ce qui réfère à l'équivalence linguistique ainsi que la validité et la fidélité de la forme globale et de la forme abrégée. L'équivalence linguistique a été démontrée en se servant d'un échantillon d'étudiants bilingues du premier cycle de l'Université Laval (N=30). La validité de construit a confirmé la structure multifactorielle de la forme globale (N=278) et de la forme abrégée (N=305). L'analyse de fidélité a déterminé la consistance interne et la stabilité temporelle pour l'échelle globale et ses sous-échelles dans la forme globale, ainsi que la consistance interne pour la forme abrégée. Deux sous-échelles de la forme abrégée ont échoué de prouver une stabilité temporelle. Une fois l'EMD validé, une deuxième étude a été réalisée afin de tester le modèle clinique de dépression de Blatt. Cette étude analyse la relation entre les deux formes dépressives proposées par Blatt : la forme anaclitique et la forme introjective, et trois variables fondamentales du modèle : les symptômes dépressifs, les représentations d'objet et les représentations de soi. Les participants étaient 30 femmes et 14 hommes présentant un diagnostic de dépression ou bien des symptômes dépressifs cliniquement significatifs. Les résultats apportent un appui à l'hypothèse de la spécificité symptomatique pour la forme introjective, qui se révèle plus étroitement associée que la forme anaclitique aux symptômes d'irritabilité, faible estime de soi et sentiments de culpabilité. Par contre, la forme anaclitique a été associée à un seul symptôme : difficultés cognitives. Nos résultats supportent très faiblement l'association entre les formes dépressives et les représentations d'objet et de soi. Pour la dépression anaclitique, aucun résultat significatif n'a été trouvé et pour la dépression introjective, une représentation malveillante du conjoint, ainsi qu'une faible qualité relationnelle ont été les seuls prédicteurs significatifs. Les résultats sont discutés en lien avec la théorie et la recherche existantes.
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Hakelind, Camilla. "Perceived interpersonal relations in adolescence /." Umeå : Department of Psychology, Umeå University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1469.
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Gil, Gutierrez Cintia. "Le Mexique et l'UE les relations intergouvernementales : étude de la relation bilatérale entre le Mexique et l'Allemagne." Thesis, Grenoble, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011GRENH031/document.
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Les relations internationales ont mis en évidence le rôle intégrateur du dialogue politique dans la promotion des objectifs, des intérêts nationaux, des engagements et des perceptions de l'État, et des organisations non gouvernementales. Les études consacrées à la relation entre l'UE et le Mexique concluent à une véritable transformation de la relation politique en raison de la signature de l'Accord global. Dès les premières années, les analyses se sont attachées à décrire les perceptions des négociations, le règlement ainsi que la perspective qui a complété les nouvelles composantes de la relation: le dialogue politique et la coopération. D'une façon générale, l'opinion commune semble faciliter le dialogue et les différentes propositions qui définissent la coopération, malgré l'ambiguïté de la situation qui résulte de la complexité de la communication entre les partenaires. L'objectif de cette recherche est d'analyser les interactions au sein du dialogue politique destiné à un approfondissement de la relation bilatérale, mais aussi d'analyser les éléments qui le composent et les formes de dialogue constituées par les autorités mexicaines et européennes. Deuxièmement, étant donné la nécessité de maintenir un programme commun bilatéral, il est important de réviser la coopération. Pour le cas de l'Allemagne et le Mexique, l'étude vise à présenter les effets de la relation dans des termes différents. Autrement dit, il y a de nouvelles formes de collaborations distinguées par l'action consensuelle afin de bénéficier d'une participation plus large. A ce processus il faut ajouter d'autres organisations non gouvernementales liées aux différents niveaux de gouvernement et des institutions qui mettent en évidence l'action des communautés épistémiques transnationales à travers les coalitions et les réseaux qui apparaissent entre les acteursInternational relations have highlighted the integrating role of political dialogue in promoting objectives of national interests, commitments and perceptions of the State, and non-governmental organizations. Studies on the relationship between the EU and Mexico have established that there has been a genuine transformation of the political relationship because of the signing of the Global Agreement. From the early years, those studies focused on describing the perceptions of negotiation, the legal-normative framework, and the perspective that has complemented the new features of the relationship: namely, political dialogue and cooperation. In general, the common opinion seems to facilitate dialogue and different proposals that define cooperation, despite the ambiguity of the situation resulting from the complexity of communication between partners. The objective of this research is to analyze the interactions within the political dialogue aimed at deepening the bilateral relationship but also to analyze its components and forms of dialogue established by the Mexican and European authorities. Second, given the need for maintaining a joint bilateral agreement, it is important to review the nature of cooperation. This study highlights the special case of collaboration between Germany and Mexico, with the aim of presenting the effects of the relationship in different terms. In other words, there are new forms of collaboration distinguished by consensual action in order to benefit from wider participation. In this process one cannot leave out non-governmental organizations that have ties with different levels of government and institutions, which highlights the activities of transnational epistemic communities through coalitions and networks that emerge between the actors
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Gustafsson, Karl. "Narratives and Bilateral Relations : Rethinking the "History Issue" in Sino-Japanese Relations." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-57197.
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The overarching aim of the thesis is to present a framework that makes possible an understanding of bilateral relations that challenges mainstream International Relations (IR) approaches through a study of the “history issue” in Sino-Japanese relations. A secondary aim is to provide an alternative understanding of this issue. Discussions of the issue are often highly influenced by the objectivism, rationalism, state-centrism and agent-centrism common in mainstream IR theory. This has several consequences, primarily that the focus is chiefly on behaviour and that equal emphasis is rarely put on both contexts. In order to address these consequences, the question of what kinds of narrative, as expressed in museum exhibitions about war in both countries, can be found and which ones dominate is addressed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The narratives, which contain the stories “we” tell about “our” past, are important components in and instantiate the abstract images that are identities, through which people make sense of the world. The context-sensitive analysis confirms the constructivist assumption that narratives matter by demonstrating that political actors strongly believe narratives shape people’s minds and act accordingly. It also shows that different narratives are present in both countries. It is suggested that the narratives are closely linked to domestic identity politics. Nonetheless, the depiction of self and other in these has consequences for bilateral relations. This has several implications, for example, that changes in the behaviour of leaders, while they may have a positive impact on relations, are insufficient as solutions to the problems. This has consequences for approaches preoccupied with behaviour. The study contributes to constructivist IR through a close textual analysis of narrative structure that illustrates the significance of labelling and categorizing in identity construction that is easily missed by less fine-grained analyses.
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Johnsen, Thomas. "Les relations avec les fournisseurs comme source d'innovation : relations, chaines et réseaux." Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université de Grenoble, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00854754.
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Ce rapport donne un aperçu de mes recherches à ce jour. Il commence par expliquer pourquoi mon domaine - gestion des achats et des approvisionnements - est un sujet pertinent et même de plus en plus critique, autant pour les chercheurs universitaires que les entreprises et organisations. Je présente mes principaux axes de recherches et j'introduis par la suite les deux domaines principaux de la gestion des achats et des approvisionnements à laquelle j'ai contribué, à savoir les relations au sein des réseaux d'approvisionnement, ainsi que le rôle des fournisseurs dans l'innovation et le développement de nouveaux produits (DNP pour New Product Development : NPD). Le rapport donne un aperçu des principaux projets de recherche dans lesquels je me suis impliqué, avant de détailler ma contribution sur le terrain ainsi que la philosophie et les méthodologies qui sous-tendent mes recherches. En particulier, je réfléchis sur l'utilisation de la recherche qualitative dans l'étude de cas en matière de gestion des achats et de l'approvisionnement et j'offre des suggestions sur la façon d'assurer une recherche de bonne qualité dans ce domaine. Le rapport se termine par un aperçu de mes projets de recherche à venir.
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Hilaire, Ernest. "International relations and the shaping of state-societal relations : a postcolonial study." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2006. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1953/.
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The thesis examined the role played by international and domestic influences in shaping the relationship between state and society in postcolonial societies. It argued that the nature of the state in the international system is the product of the historical processes of state and societal formation and must be studied as such. Therefore, it examined the evolution of state-societal relationship from colony to independent state in Saint Lucia. The examination is premised on the view that the state acts in two dimensions - the domestic and the international. The thesis therefore critiques traditional international relations theories which treat the state in its totality as an analytic abstraction, and argued that international relations theory can best explain the nature of the state when it brings into analysis the role of the domestic in shaping the state. Therefore, the nature of the state was examined as the interplay of the "domestic" and the "international". Three historical periods are examined to show how international and domestic influences shaped state-societal relations and generated conflicts which caused transformative events. These events in turn caused fundamental changes to the state-societal relationship. All three periods showed that the nature of state and society is rooted in the dominance of external forces over domestic forces. The early state originated in the colonial experience which lasted until independence in 1979. That state was not a product of society and did not enjoy an organic relationship with society. As the state evolved, the level of influence of the domestic was shown to increase. The independent state, though sovereign, was itself a product of external influences and remains influenced by external forces. However, the thesis showed that in the post-independence period these influences are forcing integration between state and society.
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Fitch, K. "Professionalising public relations: A history of Australian public relations education, 1985 - 1999." Thesis, Fitch, K. (2014) Professionalising public relations: A history of Australian public relations education, 1985 - 1999. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2014. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/23467/.
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This thesis is concerned with public relations education in Australia. It focuses on 1985–1999, as in these years there was significant growth in education and the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) sought greater regulation and jurisdiction over public relations activity. Existing historical scholarship focuses on the evolution of the Australian public relations industry towards professional status, and tertiary education is perceived to confirm the field’s professional standing. In contrast, I consider the development of public relations education in a broader social context and the involvement of the PRIA in tertiary education.
This thesis aims to investigate the role of public relations education in the professionalisation of public relations in Australia. It uses a qualitative approach, combining archival research, focusing on the previously unstudied archives of the PRIA’s National Education Committee, and interviews with practitioners and educators. This thesis provides an analysis of how, and why, the PRIA sought to regulate public relations education. The use of historical sociology allows the findings to be interpreted in relation to broader societal structures and institutional processes, such as the expansion of the Australian higher education sector, the PRIA’s preoccupation with professional status, and the increase in female practitioners.
In developing a critical account of Australian public relations education, this thesis argues that higher education was pivotal to the PRIA’s professional project. The findings confirm the constitution of public relations knowledge and its institutionalisation in the Australian academy were dynamic and contested, and that the PRIA’s professional drive informed its attempts to regulate the transmission of that knowledge. A significant finding is the ambivalent attitudes towards gender and education, given the increasing number of female graduates. These findings contribute a unique Australian perspective to the global public relations scholarship on history and professionalisation and allow a reconceptualisation of the development of public relations in Australia.
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Armani, Sabine. "Relations familiales, relations sociales en Hispanie sous le Haut-Empire : étude épigraphique." Rennes 2, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002REN20054.
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@Jusqu'ici, c'est surtout la romanisation de l'Hispanie sous l'angle de l'urbanisation et de la municipalisation qui a retenu l'attention des chercheurs, comme en témoigne l'historiographie récente. Les relations familiales et sociales dans les provinces en général et dans la péninsule ibérique en particulier n'ont suscité chez les historiens qu'un intérêt poli peut-être parce que, pensait-on à tort, elles relevaient exclusivement de la sphère privée à ce titre considérée comme le conservatoire des pratiques pré-romaines. Pourtant, l'essor conjugué des études consacrées à l'anthropologie de la parente�� d'une part et à l'onomastique régionale, notamment celtique, d'autre part suggère que l'histoire de la famille est un champ d'investigation qui touche, certes, aux usages mais bien plus encore au politique. De ce point de vue, l'Hispanie dont le cadre juridique et urbain est de mieux en mieux connu, réunit toutes les conditions pour mener une enquête inédite sur les rapports qu'entretiennent relations familiales, sociales et romanisation : comment les sociétés hispano-romaines se sont-elles adaptées à l'introduction de la civitas et à son corollaire, le droit latin? Après avoir successivement étudié les ajustements de la terminologie romaine de la parenté à ces nouveaux territoires, observé l'interprétation des formules onomastiques romaines selon le statut des individus et son ancienneté et scruté les attitudes face à la redéfinition territoriale, on conclura que l'acculturation, à la fois lente et rapide, n'a pas été uniforme et encore moins unilatérale@Up to now, it is mainly the romanization of Hispania through the aspect of urbanization and municipalization that has held the attention of searchers as is shown by recent historiography. Family and social relations in the provinces as a whole and in the Iberian peninsula particularly have merely aroused a polite interest with historians, perhaps because it was thought that they pertained essentially to the private filed often considered as the conservatory of the pre-Roman usages. Yet, the joint rising of the studies devoted to the anthropology of kinship, on one side, and regional onomastics. Celtic especially, on the other side, suggests that the history of the family is a field of investigation very near, indeed, to customs, but still nearer to the political. From that point of view, Hispania, whose legal and urban frame is better and better known, gathers every suitable condition to carry on an original investigation about the connection of family and social relationship with romanization : how did Hispano-roman communities adapt themselsves to the introduction of civitas and its corollary, Latin law. ? After successively studying the fitting of the Roman terminology about kinship to those new territories, noting the interpretation of Roman onomastic formulae according to the status of the individuals and its seniority, and closely examining the various attitudes in front of the neww territorial definition, we shall conclude that the acculturation, at once slow and quick, was not uniform and less one-sided
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Bayramzadeh, Kamal. "Une étude sur la sociologie politique des relations internationales : les enjeux principaux des relations entre l'Iran et l'Europe de 1979 à juillet 2003 : une relation ambiguë." Paris, EHESS, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003EHES0063.
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"L'objectif principal de cette thèse consiste à montrer les grands enjeux des relations entre l'Iran et l'Union européenne depuis le changement du système politique en Iran en 1979. Tout d'abord, nous mettons en évidence les relations de l'Iran avec les trois pays importants de l'Europe dans un contexte politique marqué par la guerre entre l'Iran et l'Irak ; c'est-à-dire la France, l'Allemagne et l'Angleterre, car depuis 1979 jusqu'en 1992, il n'y avait pas de relations entre l'Iran et l'Union Européenne. Ensuite, nous montrons le développement des relations entre l'Iran et l'UE de 1992 à 2003 à travers les explications sur le "dialogue critique" et le "dialogue global" entre ces deux protagonistes en soulignant l'importance des conditions évoquées par l'Europe à l'Iran, à savoir : le respect des droits de l'homme, etc. . . En effet, l'arrivée au pouvoir d'un régime islamique a complètement changé l'orientation de la politique étrangère de l'Iran. La domination des critères idéologiques, résultant d'un concept islamique des relations internationales sur la diplomatie iranienne, a entraîné un bouleversement majeur dans les relations de l'Iran avec les pays européens et les Etats-Unis. Ce qui a contribué à l'isolement de l'Iran sur la scène internationale. Mais, en raison de la divergence entre les Etats-Unis et l'Europe en matière de politique internationale, l'Iran a essayé d'utiliser cette contradiction afin de développer ses relations avec l'UE depuis 1992, alors que le contexte international était marqué par l'hostilité de l'Amérique à ce rapprochement. D'autre part, en raison de l'importance stratégique de l'Iran pour l'Union Européenne, cette dernière a refusé la pression des Etats-Unis de mettre fin au dialogue critique (de 1992 et 1997) et au dialogue global (de 1998 à nos jours 2003), avec le gouvernement iranien. En dépit des relations conflictuelles de Téhéran avec certains pays de l'Europe pendant la guerre Iran-Irak, la normalisation de la politique étrangère de l'Iran, durant les gouvernements de Rafsandjani et Khatami vers l'Europe, fut la seule issue possible pour l'Etat iranien afin de trouver une solution provisoire aux crises profondes, touchant l'aspect politique, économique et social de sa société. Cependant, le récent rapprochement (2003) entre les Etats-Unis et l'Europe, au sujet du projet atomique de l'Iran, a montré que ce dernier ne peut plus profiter de la divergence entre ces deux puissances mondiales pour répondre à ses besoins internes et externes. C'est pourquoi, les relations Iran-Europe sont entrées dans une nouvelle phase depuis juin 2003. "The principal object of this thesis is to demonstrate the relationship between Iran and Europe since the Change of Iran's political system in 1979. First of all, we will explain Iran's relationship with three important european countries, that is France, Germany and England, during the war between Iran-Iraq. This followes the period between 1979 and 1992, when there was no relationship between Iran and the European Union. Next, we explain the development of the relationship between Iran and the E. U. From 1992 until 2003, taking in to accont the critical and global dialogue between these two protagonists and underlining the importance to Iran of the conditions laid down by Europe : respect for human rights, etc. In effect, the coming to power of an islamic regime has completely changed the political orientation of Iran's foreign policy. The domination of idealogical criteria, resulting in an islamic slant to international policy, has caused a major upheaval in relations between Iran and Europe, as well as the United States of America. The result has been the isolation of Iran on the international political landscape. But because of a divergence in views between the USA and Europe in matters of international policy, Iran has tried to exploit this situation in order to develop its relationship with the E. U. Since 1992 despite the U. S. A. Remaining hostil to this development. On the other hand, because of Europe's strategic need for Iran, the E. U. , has resisted americain pressure to end the critical dialogue (from 1992 to 1997) and the global dialogue (from 1998 until now) with the iranian gouvernment. Despite a tense and contradictory relations between Teheran and certain european nations during the Iran-Iraq war, the normalisation of Iran's diplomatic relationship, during the time of the Rafsanjani and Khatami gouverments, with Europe was the only option for the iranian administration if a provisional solution to the deep crisis in Iran's political, economic and social life was to be found. Neverthless, the recent agreement (2003) between Europe and U. S. A. , on the subject of Iran's atomic ambitions, has demonstrated that Iran can no longer use diverging between these two worlds powers as an answer to its internal and external problems. This is why, since 2003, the relationship between Iran and Europe has entered a new phase
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Löhne, Andreas. "Optimization with set relations." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=97569684X.
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Täckström, Linda, Annette Johansson, and Lundholm Anne Björkegren. "Relations in palliative care." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Health Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3601.
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Background: Relation means the relationship between two parts. By creating a good relation between nurse and patient you can conduce a better caring. Aim: The aim of the study was to illustrate the relation within palliative care from nurse- patient perspective. Method: The study is a literature review where ten articles were analysed with qualitative content analysis. Results: The findings showed that knowledge, communication, continuity, silence and availability were the most important thing for the nurse in the relationship. Energy, regular contacts, having time and the nurse being able to listen was most important for the patient. In the encounter between the nurse and patient, communication is fundamental for understanding in the conversation where the patient tried to find information about treatment, medicament and the illness. The most valuable was being able to talk about feelings. You must get to know the patient as the person he is to be able to know his interests and what he considers important. Continuity is a prerequisite to make the patient feel safe and secure. Conclusion: Being able to pay attention to unspoken needs and understanding why the patient reacts the way he does is a proof that knowledge has appeared.
Keywords: Relationship, relation nurse – patient, communication, palliative care.
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Spaseska, Aleksandra. "Australian investor relations practices." UWA Business School, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0155.
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[Truncated abstract] Investor relations (IR) management encompasses a broad range of activities including voluntary disclosure, attracting analyst coverage, targeting investors, and providing feedback to corporate managers (Byrd, Goulet, Johnson and Johnson 1993; Brennan and Tamarowski 2000; Bushee and Miller 2005). In recent years, a number of high profile corporate collapses and concerns about selective disclosure have contributed to an increased awareness of the importance of effective IR practices in promoting investor confidence. To this end, Australian market regulators and industry bodies have developed a number of best practice guidelines relating to disclosure and corporate governance. The current study undertakes a comprehensive investigation of corporate approaches to IR in the Australian context, and seeks to explain cross-sectional variation in these. The sample utilised in this study comprises 129 All Ordinaries Index (AOI) constituent companies that responded to a mail survey conducted in 2006 regarding their IR practices. The survey of all AOI companies constitutes the first Australian academic survey of IR practices, and the views of the individuals responsible for the function. Self-reported data are combined with data collected from the sample entities' websites to provide a detailed overview of corporate IR programs. The results of the survey suggest that there is widespread recognition, within the sample, of the importance of devoting organisational resources to IR. ... Several proxies for the extent of investment in IR are developed in this study. Two proxies capture organisational arrangements for managing IR, one proxy captures the frequency of one-to-one meetings with analysts and investors, and one proxy captures the quality of IR websites. Multivariate analyses relate cross-sectional variation in these to a number of firm-specific variables. Consistent with findings presented in the empirical voluntary disclosure literature, this study shows that the extent of investment in IR is positively associated with firm size, a finding that is common across all IR proxies. Ownership characteristics play an important role in explaining different types of investment in IR, as captured by the four proxies. Ownership concentration is negatively associated with the likelihood of employing an external IR consultant and positively associated with the frequency with which one-to-one meetings are held with analysts and investors. Firms with a foreign stock exchange listing, a proxy for the importance of foreign investors, achieve higher scores for the quality of their IR websites. Adverse selection models of voluntary disclosure predict that firms with good news are likely to disclose more. In contrast, the results of this study show that less profitable firms and firms with lower price-to-book ratios are more likely to have an IR department/officer, and they achieve higher scores for the quality of their IR websites. Finally, the nature of the investment in IR appears to differ with sector membership. Firms in the Materials and Energy sectors held more one-to-one meetings than firms in other sectors, while firms in the Information Technology sector are more likely to have an IR department or IR officer, and have higher quality IR websites than firms in other sectors.