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Pahud, Marie-Thérèse. "The coping processes of adult refugees resettled in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences Centre, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2513.
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A significant proportion of worldwide research concerning adult refugees has investigated
clinical perspectives and emphasised the impact of pre and post-migration experiences as key
factors affecting their mental health status. Nevertheless, a clear understanding of their mental
health problems and psychiatric morbidity is difficult to obtain due to major prevalence
variations and discrepancies between studies. Further, recent studies in New Zealand have
underlined the limitation of health providers' abilities to meet refugees' mental health needs.
On the other hand, despite the acknowledgment of refugees' endurance abilities to overcome
traumatic events during both their pre-migration flight and in their first asylum countries,
relatively less is known about their capacities to show positive adaptation to life's tasks in the
course of resettlement in a final host country and how this impacts on preventing mental
health problems. The current study, therefore, was undertaken to develop a theoretical
understanding to describe and explain adult refugees' coping processes in overcoming
resettlement difficulties and adjusting to life in New Zealand. This was achieved by using the
grounded theory methodology where qualitative data were collected from twenty-six former
refugees coming from war torn countries namely Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Ethiopia,
Kurdistan region and Somalia who are now living in Christchurch and Nelson.
Participants described the basic social process of obtaining a social position as being the main
goal which motivated them to develop their coping skills and behaviour. They explained that
this was underpinned by the inter-relationship of their personal resources and gradual personal
achievements which were influenced by encouraging external support from resettlement
services providers and "caring" New Zealanders. Data collected during this study suggest that
this dynamic process, in which personality and environmental factors interacted in a
reciprocal and transactional relationship, appeared to be the condition sine qua non to
negotiate and manage resettlement challenges. Indeed, participants frequently emphasised that
if this interaction was not activated they faced greater difficulties in coming to terms with
their new environment and in their adjustment to life in New Zealand, thus leading potentially
to adverse mental health outcomes. Additionally, quantitative socio-economic data were
collected so as to describe participants' characteristics. The study’s findings underline the complexity of adult refugees’ coping processes as well as
some of the institutional constraints hindering their adaptation progress which can result in
mental distress. These issues require responses which are beyond the health sector on its own.
The implications of supporting the development of personal abilities so as to guide pragmatic
support and encourage multisectoral collaboration are outlined and discussed. Areas for
further research are highlighted as well as strategic issues which need to be addressed for
improving the current situation of refugees resettled in New Zealand.
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White, Allen. "Legal spaces: resettled places : geographies of asylum in the UK." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312263.
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Mumtaz, Mehr. "Resettled: How Refugees Experience Employment and Unemployment in the U.S." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707322/.
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Research on immigration in the United States has commonly studied the employment experiences of refugees. Few studies on refugees have focused on both, refugees' employment and unemployment experiences in the United States. This article draws on twenty in-depth interviews with refugees, along with ethnographic observation at a local refugee resettlement agency, to investigate how refugees make sense of their employment and unemployment experiences in the United States. I find that refugee men and women experience different employment trajectories in the United States, which are shaped by gender inequality in the public and domestic spheres. I further find that refugees' navigation with work in the United Stated influences their unemployment experiences and work in the informal sector. My study extends previous literature on refugee incorporation by conceptualizing refugees' employment as a gendered process, which includes periods of formal paid work, informal paid work, and unemployment in the United States.
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Søndergaard, Hans Peter. "Post-traumatic stress disorder and life events among recently resettled refugees /." Stockholm, 2002. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2002/91-7349-318-x/.
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Li, Siqian Carol, and 李思茜. "Reenergize the living space of resettled riverine communities on the Mekong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207150.
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The Mekong River, an important transnational river in Southeast Asia, passes through six counties including China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. About 70 million people live in the Mekong Basin, and the basin provides many resources of people to make a living, and help to sustain the daily life routines of local community.
The development of mainstream dams on the Mekong River is a potential major trans-boundary geopolitical issue for the Mekong countries, placing at risk millions of people who are closely linked to the Mekong and the resource it supports. The riverbank gardens and forests are going to be inundated, facing the situation of waterfront change and the land use competition, thus communities are under threats of food security and livelihood.
This project is going to explore ways to sustain food security and to enhance the livelihood of local community, to adopt the potential changes raised by the Mekong dams as an opportunity rather than constraints, to improve the food security and enhance the benefit to local communities in terms of their livelihood by taking advantage of the water change to reorganize the riverside community, provide them space and guide the productive activities of local villagers, thus to increase the environmental and social benefit of the whole river system in a regional scale of the Mekong. Through this project a balance will be maintained in terms of the performance of river system and the livelihoods for local community.published_or_final_version
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Beattie, William. "Rare cell separation using resettable cell traps." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44907.
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Techniques for the separation of cells from heterogeneous samples that do not rely on
biological labels are important in applications where specific labels are unknown or
unavailable. However, limitations of existing label-free separation techniques have
prevented their widespread adoption. Those techniques that separate based on cell size
typically offer high throughput but lack specificity. Those that separate based on a
combination of cell size and deformability have superior selectivity, but are slow and prone
to clogging.
This work reports a microfluidic device that employs novel resettable cell traps to separate
cells based on size and deformability. The resettable cell trap is a microchannel with
controllable cross-section, featuring recesses to temporarily store captured cells. Larger and
less deformable cells flowing through a cell trap with constricted cross-section will be
selectively captured due to size restriction, and can be released back into the flow for
collection by enlarging the channel cross-section. Smaller and more deformable cells will
simply pass through the constricted channel. The ability to enlarge the trap and purge it of
captured cells enables long term operation without clogging. The cell separation device
presented is able to separate UM-UC13 cancer cells from human leukocytes with high
enrichment (~100x), retention (~90%) and throughput (450,000 cells/hour). Serial separation
using this mechanism provides extremely high enrichment (~2500x) without sacrificing
retention. The mechanism is also shown to resolve size differences of 1 µm between
polystyrene microspheres. The resettable cell trap is an improvement upon existing
technology, providing greater enrichment than possible through size-based techniques while
improving throughput and eliminating problems caused by clogging that are typical of
filtration based techniques.
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Ghazinour, Mehdi. "Trauma and resiliency : a study of refugees from Iran resettled in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Univ, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-139.
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Booher, Laura Elizabeth. "From Burma to Dallas: The Experience of Resettled Emerging Adult Karen Refugees." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363190792.
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Raje, Gauri. "Remembering displacement : hunger and marginalisation in three resettled villages of south Gujarat." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2005. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1194/.
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Dams have had significant impact on the hinterlands of the regions in which they are built. Since the 1980s, there has been a growing body of empirical literature that has critiqued the fallout of dams on populations residing in the catchment areas and face uncertain futures due to inadequate or lack of rehabilitation policies that do not consider the long-term impact of the displacement on the economic, social and political lives of the affected population. Due to such encompassing effects, dams have long been the points of critique for environmentalists and social activists in the countries of the South. In south Asia, the Narmada dam controversy raised questions of displacement and water politics in the decade of the 1990s specifically but raised larger questions on the nature of adivasi relations with the Indian state, and the nature of development and paradigms of progress in the region. However, there are few studies in the field of anthropology or displacement studies that have examined the relationship between development projects and how these are remembered among those adversely affected by them. Based on fieldwork over 8 months, this thesis seeks to explore the different ways in which displacement due to the Ukai dam in the south Gujarat region of India is remembered by a group of 3 adivasi villages. It focuses specifically on the perception of the displaced adivasis and contexts and creation of the varying memories of displacement across social status, gender and generations in these three villages. In remembering the processes of disempowerment among displaced groups, the different groups of adivasis articulate the hunger and marginalisation that pervades their everyday lives. This thesis attempts to look at this fibre of social suffering and how this is experienced and lived out by the displaced villagers 30 years after the event of being displaced due to the dam. Through the focus on remembering displacement, the thesis attempts to examine the process through which pre-existing hierarchies are strengthened in the postdisplacement period and the disempowerment experienced by some of those already living on the margins in the pre-dam socio-economic and political structures. By focusing on the different memories and experiences of disempowerment from a long-term perspective, the thesis calls into question the singularity of an `impoverished community' and the role of development projects in exacerbating pre-existing hierarchies rather than transforming them.
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Stokes, Hannah. "Conceptualizing and Measuring Food Security Among Resettled Refugees Living in the United States." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/819.
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Food security research with resettled refugees in the United States and other Global North countries has found alarmingly high rates of food insecurity, up to 85% of surveyed households. This is well above the current US average of 12.7%. However, the most common survey tool used to measure food security status in the US, the US Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM), has not been sufficiently validated for resettled refugee populations, leading to the risk that the HFSSM may actually be underestimating the prevalence of food insecurity among resettled refugees in the US. Though research has attempted to establish validity of the HFSSM for resettled refugees through statistical associations with other risk factors for food insecurity, no efforts have been made to first explore and establish the content validity of the HFSSM for measuring food security among resettled refugees. Content validity is an essential component of construct validity. It first requires a qualitative theoretical foundation for demonstrating the relationships of the test contents to the underlying construct (ie food security) that the test intends to measure. Our research explores these theoretical relationships through a qualitative grounded study of food insecurity and food management experiences described by resettled refugees living in Vermont. Dr. Linda Berlin and I conducted 5 semi-structured focus groups in the summer and fall of 2015 with Bhutanese (2 groups), Somali Bantu (1 group), and Iraqi (2 groups) resettled refugees. During the focus groups, we inquired about food management practices under typical circumstances and under circumstances of limited household resources, as well as difficulties participants have faced in these processes. Additionally, I conducted 18 semi-structured interviews and 1 focus group in the same time frame with service providers who have worked with resettled refugees in capacities primarily related to food, health, and household resources. These interviews provided additional data about context, household food management practices among clients, and triangulating data for the focus groups.
A Grounded Theory analysis of the focus group data yielded 5 major emergent themes: 1) Past food insecurity experiences of resettled refugee participants exerted significant influence on the subjective perception of current food insecurity. 2) Barriers other than just financial resources restricted participants’ food security, especially for recently resettled refugees. 3) Preferred foods differed significantly between generations within households. 4) Common elements of quality and quantity included in the definition and measurement of food security did not translate into the languages or experiences of food insecurity among participants. 5) Strategic and adaptive food management practices prevailed among participants, highlighting the temporality and ambiguity of food security concepts. These themes present potential problems of content validity for every HFSSM question. They also reveal the importance of food security concepts that are not covered by the HFSSM, including elements of nutritional adequacy of food, food safety, social acceptability of food and of means of acquiring food, short and long term certainty of food access, and food utilization. I conclude by discussing implications of our findings for service providers and local governments in Vermont who seek to better serve resettled refugee and other New American populations.
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Roberts, Margaret R. "A study of outcome for people with learning disabilities, resettled into the community." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318617.
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Meyerhoff, Jonah. "Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/983.
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Suicidal behavior and death by suicide are significant and pressing problems in the Bhutanese refugee community. Currently, Bhutanese refugees are dying by suicide at a rate nearly 2 times higher than the general United States population. Proper identification of risk factors for suicide saves lives and prevents suicides (Mann et al., 2005); however, if suicide risk is underestimated due to culturally inflexible risk assessments, preventable deaths may continue to needlessly grow. In a community sample of Bhutanese refugees resettled in Vermont (N=60), the current study aims to (1) test elements of a comprehensive conceptual model of incremental risk factors for suicide – adapted from the interpersonal psychological theory of suicide (IPTS; Joiner, 2005) – including suicidal desire, suicidal ideation, thwarted belongingness, and perceived burdensomeness and (2) test the relative contributions of suicidal desire and suicidal ideation as risk factors for suicidal behavior.
Participants attended a single study visit at which they completed self-report measures administered in an interview format via an interpreter, if needed. Key measures included the Beck Scale for suicidal ideation (BSS; Beck & Steer, 1991), Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ; Van Orden et al., 2012), Wish to be Dead Scale (WDS; Lester, 2013), Refugee Health Screener – 15 (RHS-15; Hollifield et al., 2013), Postmigration Living Difficulties checklist (PmLD; Laban et al., 2005), Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen (BBGS; Gebauer et al., 2010), basic demographics questions, and qualitative questions about suicide within the Bhutanese refugee community. The analytic approach relied on the use of hurdle models, Fisher’s exact tests, hierarchical logistic regression, and independent samples t-tests to assess the relationships among aspects of our conceptual model.
Although endorsement of suicidal ideation (n = 4, 6.7%) and suicidal behavior (n = 2, 3.3%; measured by combining the planning and concealment subscales of the BSS) was low in the sample, a substantial minority (n = 29, 48.3%) endorsed some desire to be dead. Perceived burdensomeness, but not thwarted belongingness, was significantly associated with both suicidal ideation and the desire to be dead. There was no evidence that the desire for death contributed additional risk of suicidal behavior, above and beyond suicidal ideation. Of participants with a history of suicide attempts (n = 4), none reported any suicidal ideation and 3 reported some desire to be dead. Neither desire to be dead nor suicidal ideation was significantly related to suicide attempt history.
These findings have implications for suicide detection and prevention among resettled Bhutanese refugees. The cultural responsiveness of suicide screening in this population could be improved by assessing two constructs not typically assessed: desire to be dead (e.g., the WDS) and perceived burdensomeness (e.g., INQ). Explicit evaluation of these two constructs in Bhutanese refugees may increase the sensitivity of risk assessments without sacrificing specificity in comparison to assessments exclusively focused on self-reported suicidal ideation.
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Qin, Xi. "Separation of circulating tumor cells using resettable cell traps." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51950.
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Immunoenrichment of conventional circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may fail to capture cells with poor antigen expression. Micropore filtration is a compelling label-free alternative to separate CTCs based on their biophysical characteristics rather than biochemical characteristics. However, this strategy is prone to clogging of the filter microstructure, which dramatically reduces selectivity after processing large numbers of cells. Our group previously reported the resettable cell trap (RCT) mechanism to perform micropore filtration in a way that is resistant to clogging. We improved the selectivity of this label-free mechanism by filtering the samples multiple times on chip and dramatically improving the throughput by parallelization. The resettable cell trap device is a microfluidic mechanical constriction with adjustable apertures that can capture CTCs based on their distinct size and deformability. It can also be periodically cleared to release the trapped cells to prevent clogging. Three identical cell traps are aligned in series which improves selectivity by removing leukocytes that non-specifically adhere to the surface of microchannels.
We validated this mechanism by doping UM-UC13 bladder cancer cells into diluted whole blood at a density of 1 UC13 to 1000 leukocytes. The first filtration step achieved 183-fold enrichment and 93.8% yield. The second and third traps together provided an additional enrichment of ~5 without significant change in yield. Furthermore, additional filtration steps provide even greater enrichment.
In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC, n=24) and localized prostate cancer (LPC, n=18), CTCs were successfully identified using the resettable cell trap device followed by single-cell spectral analysis. We additionally compared the RCT device to the CellSearch® System, the only FDA approved commercial CTC enumeration platform. The microfluidic RCT device identified 83.3% (20/24) patients with >=5 CTCs per 7.5 ml of blood with a mean of 329 counts. Within the same patient group, the CellSearch only measured >=5 CTCs in 37.5% (9/24) patients with a mean of 23 CTCs per 7.5 ml of blood. The RCT device identified significant more CTCs and positively identified more mCRPC patients than the CellSearch system.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Baptiste, Victoria M. "The Impact of Stigma on the Mental Health of Resettled African and Asian Refugees." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/785.
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The global refugee crisis worsens day-by-day, with millions of refugees forced to seek safe haven abroad. Pre-migration trauma exposure contributes to disproportionately higher rates of psychopathology, especially among torture survivors and women. The extant literature has largely focused on the effects of pre-migration factors; however, increasingly, researchers recognize the critical impact of post-migration living difficulties (PMLD) in exacerbating refugee mental health. One example of a PMLD is stigma, defined as a socially devalued attribute (e.g., minority race, ethnicity, sex). A robust literature documents the deleterious effects of stigma on psychological functioning, but few studies of refugees have explored stigma, which is surprising because refugees often possess multiple stigmas. Given this gap in the literature, the present study examined the impact of stigma on psychological well-being in a sample of resettled refugees of mixed ethnic/racial and religious origins. Specifically, analyses tested (1) the independent effect of race among African and Asian refugees, (2) a linear model of multiple stigmas predicting mental health outcomes, and (3) between-group effects of race among Muslims and of religion among Asian refugees. Results showed that race significantly predicted posttraumatic stress symptoms among African and Asian refugees when controlling for sex and torture status, with Africans reporting higher levels of posttraumatic stress than Asians. Findings suggest that the effect of multiple stigmas on mental health outcomes is non-linear. Finally, results indicated that Muslim refugees experienced equivalent levels of anxious and general symptoms across racial groups; among Asians, significant between-group effects by religion were found for general symptoms. By understanding key factors impacting refugee mental health, more appropriate and efficacious interventions may be developed to treat this vulnerable population.
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Holbrook, Emily A. "Eating in America: Easing the Transition for Resettled Refugees through an Applied Anthropological Intervention." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7811.
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Refugees resettled in the United States are expected to quickly become self-sufficient members of society despite the numerous challenges they face due to adaptation and integration into new systems and ways of life. Issues with dietary and nutritional adaptation persist for resettled refugee communities in the United States and are not prioritized by national, state, or local policy and practice. This research aimed to help mitigate problems with food assistance benefits and healthy eating issues faced by resettled refugees in Hillsborough County through an applied intervention in local English as a Second Language (ESOL) classes. ESOL materials designed to teach refugee students about healthy eating and accessing, maintaining, and using food assistance benefits such as SNAP and WIC were piloted in two classes of intermediate to advanced English ESOL students. The results of this research indicate that ESOL classes can be an effective site for intervention for food assistance, dietary, and nutritional issues affecting refugee communities. Future applications for this research can help shape future programming for other populations and communities to better address similar issues and target students with lower English abilities.
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Ondja'a, Bertin. "Refugee Resettlement Program in Hamilton County: Housing Needs for Refugees." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1243365744.
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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.[Advisor: Johanna W. Looye]. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Oct. 20, 2009). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Sallar, Grace A. "Modeling and Validation of the Resettable Semi-Passive Stiffness Damper." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1417079222.
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Leake, Andrew Paul. "Subsistence and land-use amongst resettled indigenous people in the Paraguayan Chaco : a participatory approach." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268063.
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The lack of data on subsistence and land-use patterns often impedes the design of ecologically sustainable, culturally appropriate, socially acceptable and politically feasible approaches to the legalisation of land tenure among indigenous peoples. With specific reference to Amerindians of the Gran Chaco, this thesis shows the extent to which a participatory research methodology can empower indigenous peoples in generating, articulating and communicating data which are vital to the support of their land claims. Fieldwork was conducted with Angaite Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco between 1994 and 1996. Participatory research methods included a census of ten villages (pop. 1,005), drawings of subsistence activities, a survey of material possessions, a time-allocation study, self-kept records of food intake, anthropometric measurements of children, self-kept records on wildlife use (in ten villages), and Indian-made maps of land-use. Satellite imagery provided the basis for the geographic analysis of landuse patterns at local and regional scales. The Angaite own some land but are surrounded by privately owned cattle ranches. Their actual land and resource-use patterns extend over an area ten times greater than that to which they are legally entitled. Although horticulture and paid labour are now the mainstay of the Indian subsistence economy, hunting and fishing continue to provide over 90% of their meat consumption. Hunting patterns are shown to affect a large number of animals but only a small number of species. Land-use is focused on the communal exploitation of resources at key sites spread over broad areas of land. This concept is not catered for in the current Paraguayan legislation, which is based on the principle of giving families a plot of land to farm. On the basis of data generated by the Angaite, this study underlines the need for a radical rethinking of how Indian land-rights might be legalised in a manner which enhances the ecological sustainability of their respective lifestyles. Fundamental to that rethinking is the empowerment of indigenous peoples to express and communicate their own views on their own needs for land.
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Larsson, Stefanie. "Finding ways to utilize health resources that resettled refugees receive in New York City, USA." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-376569.
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Refugee resettlement to the United States has decreased tremendously since 2017. This study investigates whether, and how, resettlement and health organization in New York are facilitating the distribution of health resources and how they are integrating refugees into becoming self-sufficient in the United States. Refugees have a right to many resources upon arrival in the United Stated especially health resources. Through case studies, this thesis examines two organizations contribution to changing the health status of refugees and the strategies that they implement to help refugees. Findings show that both organizations examined contribute to assist refugees to improve access to the health care. Findings also reveal many strategies for the facilitation of integration, the most prominent factor being interaction between organizations and refugees upon resettlement.
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Mulligan, Kerry Jane. "Experimental and Analytical Studies of Semi-Active and Passive Structural Control of Buildings." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1206.
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This thesis explores semi-active structural control methods for mitigating damage during seismic events. Semi-active devices offer the adaptability of active devices in conjunction with low power requirements and thus the reliability of passive devices. A number of structural applications utilising semi-active resetable devices in structural control are described and analysed. A distinguishing feature of this research is the novel design of a large-scale resetable device developed, manufactured and extensively tested. This design dramatically extends the capabilities of resetable devices by readily manipulating the device response to the structural demands and specific structural control requirements. In particular, the unique ability to use these devices to reshape or sculpt structural hysteretic behaviour offers significant new opportunities in semi-active structural control. The results indicate improvements in structural performance during seismic events is gained by approaches to structural control and enhanced damping methods that challenge conventional methods. Using an array of performance metrics the overall structural performance is examined without the typically narrow focus found in other studies. Suites of earthquake ground motion records are utilised to avoid bias to any particular type of motion and statistical analysis of the performance over these suites indicates the overall efficacy of the resetable devices in each case considered. A model that accurately captures all the device dynamics is developed, which can be used for a variety of device types and designs. In addition, the testing capabilities of structural control methods is enhanced by the development of a high speed, real-time hybrid test procedure providing a link between pure simulation and full-scale testing to increase confidence before investing in large experiments. Finally, the resetable devices are extended to improve the response force to size ratio, which additionally increases the force-displacement manipulation ability. Large-scale shake table experiments validate the findings of the analytical results. Very close correlation between analytical and experimental results including overall trends and numerical values verifies the analytical methods used and increases confidence in continuing research in this area. Furthermore, these large-scale experiments confirm the efficacy and accuracy of the the device model developed, leading to highly accurate quantitative prediction of the overall structural system response. Overall, this research presents a methodology for designing, testing and applying resetable devices in structural control. The devices developed in this research and the extensive modelling and testing dramatically extend the understanding and scope of these devices. Guidelines developed for these large-scale resetable device designs including a validated dynamic model brings the application of resetable devices closer to real structural control applications.
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Mapiye, Marceline. "Livelihoods after land reform resettlement programme : a critical appraisal of the Nyahukwe resettled farmers, Rusape, Zimbabwe." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4931.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)Across the globe, land reform has become a key strategy for improving people’s livelihoods aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security for resilient livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, redistributive land reform has been implemented since the post-colonial period as a developmental approach. Since independence, Zimbabwe implemented two forms of land reform programmes which are the Land Reform and Resettlement Programme (LRRP) (1980-1997) and the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) (2000). The LRRP was based on the willing buyer willing seller approach with the state buying land for redistribution, while the FTLRP emerged from the chaotic and sporadic invasion of white owned commercial farms led by liberation war veterans and other politically affiliated people. In this thesis, I will focus on the LRRP which provided small farming land to many beneficiaries to ensure sustainable livelihoods. Land is an important livelihood source for the people of Zimbabwe, but on its own it cannot sustain the living standards of resettled farmers. Contemporary literature shows the catastrophic failure of land reform in Zimbabwe. Despite all the problems, land still remains the spring board of livelihoods in Zimbabwe. There is, however, less empirical research undertaken to assess how the LRRP has benefited and enhanced livelihoods of resettled farmers. This research will assess how the LRRP improved the livelihoods of Nyahukwe resettled farmers in Rusape, Zimbabwe. The study’s investigation will focus and add literature on how LRRP has been successful in empowering resettled farmers to enhance their livelihoods, to be more food secure as well as to improve their well-being. Using qualitative research methods, the research aimed to assess the livelihoods of farmers since they resettled. In particular, assessing the assets and capital available and how the farmers have been able to cope, strategies implemented to diversify their livelihoods and the outcomes achieved. The Sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) was used as a theoretical framework to assess the new livelihoods patterns established after resettlement. Purposive non-random sampling was employed to interview 3 Nyahukwe government officials such as the extension managers, Environmental health officer and Veterinary officer. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 30 participants from Village F. A focus group 10 - 15 purposefully selected farmers was conducted. Data analysis was performed on the narrative and information from interviews, focus groups and questionnaires conducted during data collection. The findings show that land reform has enhanced the livelihoods of farmers since they were resettled as they reckon food selfsufficiency and better well-being. The research findings also illustrate that land remain the livelihood base of Nyahukwe farmers although they have adopted coping strategies to expand income generation. Coping strategies are farm and off farm activities that have diversified the farmers’ livelihoods through the interaction of assets. Land as a natural asset has been used with human, physical, financial and social capital to sustain the farmers. The findings revealed positive livelihood outcomes by assessing the assets before and after resettlement and outcomes achieved after adopting strategies as all farmers have increased income, self-sufficiency and improved well-being.
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Jordan, Sabrina Lampley. "An analysis of fertilty rates and marriage patterns of selected somali refugees resettled iin metropolitan Atlanta." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2008. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/82.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic behaviors and demographic changes among Somali refugees resettled in metropolitan Atlanta. Specifically, the study investigated the fertility rates and marriage patterns of selected Somali refugees prior to resettlement in the United States, and fertility rates and marriage patterns after migration and resettlement. Also, the study examined the impact that war and trauma had on the participants’ fertility and marriage behaviors. The study is significant because it describes demographics from a feminist perspective, in which the participants had the opportunity to discuss their decisions about fertility and marriage in their own words. The primary methodology used in this study was based on a new paradigm in demographic studies known as critical demography (Horton, 1999) in which qualitative measures take precedent over traditional demographic methods, which are driven by quantitative measures. Twenty-one face-to-face interviews were administered to obtain the oral histories of the women’s decisions about fertility and marriage. Findings from the research suggested that the fertility rates of participants averaged around 4 children per woman and marriage patterns of participants were that all women were married at least once and that the institution of marriage is highly regarded in Somali culture.
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Lopez, Dixelia. "Resilience in the Karen-Refugee Population from Myanmar/Burma Resettled in the U.S.| An Exploratory Study." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10007424.
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An exploratory, action research approach was used with adult Karen-Refugees (n = 26) separated by sex (male/female) in focus group sessions. The aim of the study was to explore a cultural-, context-specific definition of resilience and the factors that may contribute to resilience in resettlement using an ecological framework. In vivo coding techniques were used resulting in several themes. Results suggested a definition of resilience that encompassed a sense of gratitude, positive outlook, and resourcefulness; demonstrating a strong work ethic and perseverance, and moving towards a sense of community and belonging. Factors contributing to resilience in resettlement include language and availability of resources, the importance and value of education, the availability of other resources in the community (e.g., employment), a supportive civil society, special care for the elderly, and opportunities for the exhibition of cultural- pride, and preservation, which lead to a sense of community and belonging. Implications for prevention and intervention services are discussed along with contributions to literature pertaining to international psychology, resilience, and refugee research.
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Vera, Espinoza Marcia A. "Experiences of 'unsettlement' : exploring the 'integration' of Palestinian and Colombian refugees resettled in Chile and Brazil." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12073/.
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This thesis explores the experiences of resettlement of a group of Palestinian and Colombian refugees in Chile and Brazil. The study looks at the ‘integration processes’ of both communities in each country and reviews refugee resettlement as a durable solution in Latin America. Through extensive qualitative-driven mixed-methods research with two communities in two countries, the research explores some of the multiple scales, dimensions and spaces where the resettlement experience unfolds. The findings of the research reveal that the ´integration´ of resettled refugees in Chile and Brazil involves a constant (re)negotiation of access, identities and agency, within a context of social and structural constraints. The thesis further proposes understandings of refugee integration in the context of emergent resettlement countries without solid structures for refugee assistance. I argue that ‘integration’ is a translocal, multidimensional and multi-scale experience. It is characterised by unsettlement and uncertainty, by experiences of longing and belonging, and challenged by limitations to the practice of citizenship. The findings also show that despite the resettlement organisations’ efforts to improve access and material conditions, their relationship with refugees has been characterised by power imbalances and tensions emerging from mutual unfulfilled expectations. The thesis contributes to the understanding of refugees’ experiences in the context of south-south humanitarian responses, providing new insights about refugee integration and reflecting on the implementation of the resettlement programme from the perspective of the refugees.
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Keyel, Jared Andrew. "Silent Refuge? A Critical Democratic Exploration of Voice and Authorship among Resettled Iraqis in the United States." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102133.
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The 2003 United States (U.S.)-led invasion and occupation of Iraq caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and led to the displacement of millions of individuals in that country. Between March 20, 2003 and late 2017, more than 172,000 Iraqis left their country as refugees and resettled in the United States. This dissertation focuses on a small cohort of that population who resettled in various locations in the U.S. after 2003. This research contributes an empirical and theoretical exploration of the possibilities for political agency for resettled Iraqis in the United States. Grounded in literature suggesting those displaced commonly experience constrained agency framed as "silence/ing" and/or "voicelessness," I identify three requirements to democratic participation: sufficient time to exercise voice, adequate information and attenuating lingering suspicion of (authoritarian) government. Moreover, despite constraints, opportunities for engagement existed including discussion and dialogue; civil society volunteering; and activism. Drawing on 15 semi-structured qualitative interviews, this work first critically explores the American invasion of Iraq and the social and political breakdown that it triggered in that country. I argue that the conflict was an aggressive war and that, consequently, the United States should be held responsible for all of the harm it has caused to the people of Iraq. I describe the violence committed by the American military and I trace the connections between the erosion of interviewees' personal safety and their decisions to leave Iraq and resettle in the U.S. I contend that their various personal decisions to seek refuge were important agentic acts. I then delve into participants' post-resettlement opportunities for belonging in American society and analyze several ways that negative media and government discourses and policies concerning refugees, Arabs, and Muslims contributed to experiences of constraint, unease and precarity. I explore the importance of finding opportunities to engage in personal and cultural exchange with friends, neighbors and colleagues. Thereafter, I examine participants' experiences and understandings of democratic membership. Elaborating several critiques of American political institutions shared by the interviewees, I consider three requirements they identified to democratic participation: sufficient time, sufficient information to make informed decisions and the lingering effects of having lived under an authoritarian government in Iraq. Subsequently, I explore the multiple sites and modes of engagement and participation shared by participants, including dialogue, debate and discussion about the decisions that affect their lives as well as volunteering with community and nonprofit organizations focused on various types of activities, and activism in response to the Trump 2017 Travel Ban. I argue that broad social mobilization and public invocation of norms of welcoming and diversity by native-born Americans can be powerful tools to enlarge spaces for democratic agency for refugees otherwise targeted by discriminatory government actions. I then return to the question of "silence" in refuge that prompted this study and the importance of deliberate, daily interactions and exchange among newcomers and native-born Americans to expand spaces for resettled refugees to engage in American society. Thereafter, I examine the salience of local organizations and activities as sites of engagement and venues for expressions of agency for those I interviewed. I then outline possible directions for future research investigating the role(s) of refugee-led organizations in resettlement and community building. I close by describing the implications this work has for policy and activism.Doctor of Philosophy
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Corrette-Fay, Paula. "Mobile Learning for Resettled Refugees in the United States: Lessons from International Programs A Review of the Literature." The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621909.
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This review of the literature is third in a series of investigations into educational technology curriculum integration for the Tucson, Arizona office of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). It is a broad investigation into the theory, methods and delivery of supportive instructional materials to refugees via mobile learning. It examines current international program methods that will aid in design of U.S. mLearning programs to support the IRC’s mandated goal of promoting self-sufficiency for resettled refugees.
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Tumbama, Lewis. "An exploration of lived experiences of 11 resettled families in Mazabuka district, Zambia, by a Nickel mine project." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31302.
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Mining-induced displacements and resettlements are a global phenomenon. However, how these are done and the implications that they have on the displaced and resettled are shaped by micro, local level dynamics. These include existing regulations, socio-economic and cultural situations of communities involved, level and type of compensations offered to the communities, among others. These shape how communities live the experiences of being displaced and resettled, as more powerful companies with financial resources seek out mining opportunities. For communities that are displaced and resettled, this process becomes a socio-economic one as change of place has implications on people’s ability to access resources on which they depend. This may lead to a transformation of their livelihood assets in the short and long term, which requires changing of their livelihood strategies. Zambia is endowed with natural resources, and the mining sector is the mainstay of the country’s economy. In particular, Zambia ranks among the top 15 producers of copper in the world. The government of Zambia (GRZ) gives mining licenses to companies that in return, pay royalties in form of taxes that support the government’s development programs nation-wide. Therefore, mining is said to be in the broader interest of the nation (GRZ, 2006). This means that the rights to the access and use of land by a particular group of people, individuals or ethnic grouping will be superseded by an economic undertaking that is seen as having a broader development interest of the nation. This includes economic activities such as building bridges or hydro-electric plants, road construction, building economic zones and mining. In Zambia, below ground surface mineral rights belong to the state. Given the global nature and scope of mining induced displacements and resettlements, micro-level dynamics easily remain invisible. In Zambia, research in lived experiences of displaced and resettled communities remain sparse and often unpublished. The aim of the research was to explore the psychological and socio-economic implications for the displaced and resettled households by a Nickel Mining Company in Mazabuka, southern Zambia. Families were purposively sampled and interviewed. Positive and negative lived experiences emerged from the interviews and have been presented as themes. Improved access to services; increased employment opportunities; improved production and acquisition of productive assets; and guaranteed security of land tenure and improved quality of houses were the positive lived experiences of resettled families. Negative lived experiences were: poor quality of soils; loss of locational advantage; emotional depression; discontinuation of gardening activities; and inability to buy drugs for livestock. The findings revealed that despite the cultural homogeneity of the sampled families, lived experiences after resettlement were different based on socio-economic situation of households. This was determined by who the head of the household was, literacy levels and family labour availability, because agriculture is the main livelihood activity. This research used a qualitative single case study approach to understand the ‘how, what and why’ of the lived experiences of the resettled families. It sought to respond to three related research questions: i) Did loss of access manifest in the studied case, and if so, how? What are the psychosocio-economic implications of the Munali Nickel mining-induced displacement and resettlement; ii) What characterizes the livelihoods of resettled families following the establishment of the Munali Nickel Mine, which assets were positively or negatively affected by resettlement and compensation; and iii) What are the coping mechanisms of the displaced and resettled communities following the establishment of the Munali Nickel Mine? The results of this research indicate that the level of compensation paid to resettled family cannot make up for what communities give up so that mining activities can start. Cultural values and the sense of belonging, for example are not compensated for when these are the factors that ensure psychological well-being of communities. Compensation and fulfillment of development promises were‘delayed and not necessarily denied.’ Access to education and health facilities was not achieved until nearly 10 years later, partially attributed to frequent closures of the mine that prevented the mine from honouring its promises in time. The uncertainty in the operations of the mine, loss of access to livelihood strategic resources was unsettling and created a sense of anxiety among resettled community members. While access to schools and clinics as physical assets was facilitated following resettling, the resettled community was not wholly part of the mining operation to the level that ensured human capacity development. For a highly technological undertaking as mining, resettled households could not benefit from any knowledge transfer. Furthermore, interviewed households reported increased distance to the tarred road; loss of sources of livelihood to closure of the mine, and loss of business opportunities in resettlement site; sub-standard houses with leaking roofs and cracks, as well as non-uniformity in compensation; inadequate grazing land; reduced agroproduction due to water logging in the fields and poor soils; scarcity of firewood; and nonreinstatement of churches, among negative experiences that they have lived. Coping with the experiences of ‘delay but not denial of access’ and a ‘mixed bag’ of changes to different asset classes was differential based on age, sex and household composition that determined the level of available labour in the household.
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SILVA, REINALDO NIVALDO DA. "METHODOLOGY FOR METROLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PTC POLYMERIC RESETTABLE THERMISTOR." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2005. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=7108@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROEsta dissertação propõe uma metodologia para avaliação metrológica de características do termistor PTC polimérico regenerativo LP60-110 usado como protetor contra sobrecorrente e sobre temperatura. Expressa a determinação da incerteza de medição dos parâmetros temperatura, tensão, corrente elétrica e resistência ôhmica de amostras do dispositivo. O termistor PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) polimérico regenerativo surgiu na década de noventa, como um elemento de proteção muito importante em função de suas características especiais. Pode ser usado como protetor de sobrecorrente e sobre temperatura, partida de motores, compensação de temperatura e em circuitos em geral. Para realização da pesquisa foi montado um circuito constituído de um cronômetro, dois multímetros, uma fonte de alimentação estável, uma carga resistiva variável colocada em série com o dispositivo termistor PTC polimérico regenerativo LP60-110 e este foi colocado em uma estufa térmica a seco com um termopar tipo K, o que permitiu controlar sua temperatura. Este circuito possibilitou estabelecer de forma simples uma corrente de limiar do termistor PTC circulando pela malha, tornando este sensível apenas à variação da temperatura. Os dados registrados foram suficientes para construção de curvas características e análise para determinação da Incerteza de medição. Devido ao fato de não existirem muitas informações sobre o sensor no mercado, a contribuição principal deste trabalho é a sistematização do levantamento das características do termistor para a verificação da confiabilidade dos dados do fabricante, juntamente com sua incerteza, fornecendo ao mesmo tempo informações ainda não disponíveis ao projetista de sistemas de proteção.
This research aims at the development of a methodology for experimentally characterizing a PTC polymeric resettable thermistor LP60-110, used as an overcurrent and over temperature protection device. Uncertainty of measurement of the parameters, such as temperature, voltage, current and ohmic resistance is also determined. The PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) polymeric resettable thermistor started to be used in the 90`s, as a very important protection device because of its special characteristics. It can be used as an over current and over temperature protection device in electronic circuits, for engine start-up and as a temperature compensation device. An electric circuit was built to measure the thermistor characteristics, consisting of an stable voltage source and a variable resistance in series with the thermistor, which was place in a dry oven. A K type thermocouple was attached to it, so that its temperature could be measured and controlled. A chronometer and two multimeters were used as measuring instruments. By gradually decreasing the circulating current through the circuit, the Joule effect could be neglected, and the thermistor resitance was made only a function of ambient temperature, which is easier to measured. The acquired data were used to build several characteristics curves, which were analyzed and compared to the available ones from the manufacturers. Due to the fact that there are not many available information about the sensor in the market, the main contribution of this work is the development of a systematic procedure to obtain the thermistor performance data, so that the manufacturer data can be verified, together with its uncertainty, providing at the same time information not presently available in the market for system designers.
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Jacobson, A. "Integration of East German resettlers into the cultures and societies of the GDR." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1464510/.
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A controversy exists in the historiography of ethnic German post-WWII refugees and expellees who lived in the German Democratic Republic. This question is namely: to what extent were these refugees and expellees from various countries with differing cultural, religious, social and economic backgrounds integrated into GDR society? Were they absorbed by the native cultures of the GDR? Was an amalgamation of both native and expellee cultures created? Or did the expellees keep themselves isolated and separate from GDR society? The historiography regarding this controversy most commonly uses Soviet and SED governmental records from 1945-53. The limitation of this approach by historians is that it has told the refugee and expellee narrative from government officials’ perspectives rather than those of the Resettlers themselves. In 1953 the SED regime stopped public record keeping concerning the Resettlers declaring their integration into GDR society as complete. After eight years in the GDR did the Resettlers feel that they were an integrated part of society? In an attempt to ascertain how Resettlers perceived their own pasts in the GDR and the level of integration that occurred, 230 refugees and expellees were interviewed throughout the former GDR between 2008-09. These interviewees represented several homeland origin groups and lived in a variety of localities including small, rural villages; middle-sized, established towns; and huge industrial centers. The results of these interviews have been analyzed in conjunction with primary archival sources and the secondary literature.
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Fahmi, Wael Salah. "Adaptation process of a resettled community to the newly-built environment : a study of the Nubian experience in Egypt." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1993. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.755103.
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Kingsbury, Diana Marie. "The Role of Social Networks in Providing Social Support to Resettled Female Refugees During their Pregnancy in the United States." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492786227279693.
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Bogic, Marija. "Mental disorders in long-settled war refugees : a study conducted in former Yugoslavian refugees resettled in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2013. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8549.
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Worldwide there are several million war refugees, many of whom stay in the host countries for years. However, little is known about their long-term mental health. The current thesis examined the prevalence, course, and predictors of mental disorders and subjective quality of life (SQOL) in 854 war refugees from former Yugoslavia who had resettled in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom 9.3 years previously. 215 interviewees with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at baseline were reinterviewed one-year later. The participants were additionally assessed for use of social and health care interventions during the one-year follow-up period. Prevalence rates of mental disorders in the war refugees varied substantially across countries, with between 42.1% and 67.8% of refugees having a mental disorder. Warrelated factors explained most variance in rates of PTSD whereas post-migration factors explained most variance in mood, anxiety and substance use disorder rates. Risk factors for each disorder were consistent across host countries. At the end of the one-year follow-up period, a third of the sample no longer met the criteria for PTSD. Recovery was positively associated with employment and negatively associated with severity of war exposure, baseline PTSD symptom severity and use of mental health services. Despite the high rates of mental disorders, refugees felt reasonably satisfied with SQOL. Low SQOL was associated with poor post-migration living conditions and mental illness, but not with war trauma. In conclusion, mental disorders appeared to be highly prevalent in war refugees many years after resettlement. This increased risk may result from exposure not only to wartime trauma but also to post-migration socio-economic adversity. Policies promoting community integration and employment may be more effective than existing psychiatric and psychological interventions in improving mental health and quality of life in war refugees.
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Santos, Renata Cristina. "Entre ?territ?rios?: uma an?lise cultural e pol?tica de uma comunidade atingida pela Hidrel?trica de Irap? no Alto Jequitinhonha-MG." UFVJM, 2016. http://acervo.ufvjm.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1024.
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O objetivo deste trabalho ? compreender o processo de desterritorializa??o e reterritorializa??o de ?atingidos? pela instala??o da hidrel?trica de Irap? localizada no rio Jequitinhonha. A instala??o de uma obra de grande porte, como a Irap?, considerada uma das maiores hidrel?tricas do Brasil, ocupa uma ?rea de grande propor??o e promoveu o deslocamento de muitas fam?lias, a maioria composta por camponeses. Dessa forma, muitas pessoas foram realocadas em outros lugares. Procura-se, ent?o, analisar como os ?atingidos? pela Irap? e reassentados no Alto Jequitinhonha estabelecem novas rela??es com o territ?rio e recriam um sentido de pertencimento nesse territ?rio. Essa an?lise ?, assim, direcionada ?s a??es e pr?ticas criadas pelos reassentados no novo lugar em que se encontram. As conclus?es referentes a este trabalham revelam que ocorreram mudan?as nos modos de vida dos atingidos, provocadas pela instala??o da hidrel?trica e que, os processos socioculturais dos reassentados n?o ser?o novamente reproduzidos no atual territ?rio em que se encontram.
Disserta??o (Mestrado Profissional) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncias Humanas, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2016.
ABSTRACT The objective of this work is to understand the process of deterritorialization and reterritorialization of "affected" by the hydroelectric installation Irap? located in the Jequitinhonha River. The installation of a large-scale works such as Irap?, considered one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Brazil, covers an area of great proportion and promoted the displacement of many families, mostly composed of peasants. Thus, many people were relocated elsewhere. Wanted then how to analyze the "hit" by Irap? and resettled in Alto Jequitinhonha establish new relations with the territory and recreate a sense of belonging in that territory. This analysis is thus directed to the actions and practices created by resettled in the new place they are in. The findings of this work show that changes occurred in the affected livelihoods caused by the installation of the dam and that the sociocultural processes of resettled will not be played again in the current territory in which they are.
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Chivheya, Renias V. "Indigenous forests level of deforestation, forest dependency and factors determining willingness to participate in indigenous forest conservation: evidence from resettled farmers of Shamva, Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/2370.
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This study first explored the rate of forest deforestation in Shamva resettlement areas. It then identified and estimated the extent to which these resettled farmers depend on forest for their livelihoods. Evaluation of farmer perceptions on management issues and willingness to participate in indigenous forest conservation and the socio-economic and institutional factors which affect their willingness to participate were also done. Finally the study sought to identify incentives for forests conservation. The study was conducted in Shamva district in Mashonaland Central province. And the respondents were stratified into three groups: A1, A2 and Old resettlement models. The three models differ on how they were implemented and supported which might render them to have different deforestation rates, livelihood strategies and forest dependency. A total of 247 respondents were surveyed, consisting of 98 A1 farmers, 50 A2 farmers and 99 Old resettled farmers. The data was collected using GIS and remote sensing, structured questionnaire interviews and direct observation. The data was analysed using descriptive analysis, KAP analytic framework and binary logistic regression analysis. The land cover/changes results revealed that both deforestation and afforestation are taking place in Shamva resettlement. Woodland and bushland were decreasing, croplands were also decreasing. However woodland dense and grasslands were increasing. Deforestation was found to be as a result of the resettled farmers’ livelihood strategies which were found to be diverse and agriculture being dominant in all models. All the farmers depended on the forest but at varying levels of 19 percent for Old and 14 percent forA1 and 0.02 percent for A2 resettle farmers. 84 percent of the interviewed farmers however, indicated that they are willing to conserve forest with A1 farmers being the highest followed by A2 86 percent and lastly Old resettled farmers at 76.8 percent. Results of the binary regression model revealed that the significant factors which explain willingness to participate in indigenous forest conservation are age, marital status, education, gender, institution, culture and belief, employment and household size. The highest preferred incentive was the provision of free seedlings and the lowest was out grower scheme. The study recommends that GIS and remote sensing should be used to monitor deforestation, off farm projects be encouraged, exotic and indigenous trees be promoted and forest conservation education be promoted in resettlement areas.
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Hunt, Stephen J. "Semi-active smart-dampers and resetable actuators for multi-level seismic hazard mitigation of steel moment resisting frames." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1256.
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This thesis explores the creation and assessment of semi-active control algorithms for both squat shear buildings and tall flexible structures. If cost-effective, practicable, semi-active structural control systems can be developed, the potential reduction in loss of both property and lives due to seismic events is significant. Semi-active controllers offer many of the benefits of active systems, but have power requirements orders of magnitude smaller, and do not introduce energy to the structural system. Previous research into semi-active controllers has shown their potential in linear simulations with single earthquake excitations. The distinguishing feature of this investigation is the use of appropriate non-linear modelling techniques and realistic suites of seismic excitations in the statistical assessment of the semi-active control systems developed. Finite element time-history analysis techniques are used in the performance assessment of the control algorithms developed for three and nine story structural models. The models include non-linear effects due to structural plasticity, yielding, hysteretic behaviour, and P-delta effects. Realistic suites of earthquake records, representing seismic excitations with specific return period probability, are utilised, with lognormal statistical analysis used to represent the response distribution. In addition to displacement focused control laws, acceleration and jerk regulation control methods are developed, showing that potential damage reduction benefits can be obtained from these new control approaches. A statistical assessment of control architecture is developed and undertaken, examining the distribution of constant maximum actuator authority for both squat shear buildings, and tall slender structures, highlighting the need to consider non-linear structural response characteristics when implementing semi-active control systems. Finally, statistical analysis of all results and normalised values shows the efficacy of each control law and actuator type relative to different magnitude seismic events. As a result, this research clearly presents, for the first time, explicit tradeoffs between control law, architecture type, non-linear structural effects, and seismic input characteristics for the semi-active control of civil structures.
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Hunt, Stephen John. "Semi-active smart-dampers and resetable actuators for multi-level seismic hazard mitigation of steel moment resisting frames." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6615.
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This thesis explores the creation and assessment of semi-active control algorithms for both
squat shear buildings and tall flexible structures. If cost-effective, practicable, semi-active
structural control systems can be developed, the potential reduction in loss of both property
and lives due to seismic events is significant. Semi-active controllers offer many of the
benefits of active systems, but have power requirements orders of magnitude smaller, and do
not introduce energy to the structural system. Previous research into semi-active controllers
has shown their potential in linear simulations with single earthquake excitations. The
distinguishing feature of this investigation is the use of appropriate non-linear modelling
techniques and realistic suites of seismic excitations in the statistical assessment of the semiactive
control systems developed.
Finite element time-history analysis techniques are used in the performance assessment of the
control algorithms developed for three and nine story structural models. The models include
non-linear effects due to structural plasticity, yielding, hysteretic behaviour, and P-delta
effects. Realistic suites of earthquake records, representing seismic excitations with specific
return period probability, are utilised, with lognormal statistical analysis used to represent the
response distribution.
In addition to displacement focused control laws, acceleration and jerk regulation control
methods are developed, showing that potential damage reduction benefits can be obtained
from these new control approaches. A statistical assessment of control architecture is
developed and undertaken, examining the distribution of constant maximum actuator
authority for both squat shear buildings, and tall slender structures, highlighting the need to
consider non-linear structural response characteristics when implementing semi-active control
systems. Finally, statistical analysis of all results and normalised values shows the efficacy of
each control law and actuator type relative to different magnitude seismic events. As a result,
this research clearly presents, for the first time, explicit tradeoffs between control law,
architecture type, non-linear structural effects, and seismic input characteristics for the semiactive
control of civil structures.
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Forrester-Jones, Rachel. "One step to freedom? : An applied social network and ethnographic study of people with long-term mental health problems resettled from hospital to the community." Thesis, Bangor University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283839.
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Franco, Anaya Roberto. "Seismic Performance of Semi-Active Control Systems." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1902.
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The main purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness and feasibility of semi-active control systems for structural protection during severe earthquake loading. However, the research reported herein also involves analytical studies on the effect of adding viscous damping to the second and fourth quadrants of the force-displacement curve, and laboratory and field testing of a fibre-optic gyroscope (FOG) for measuring rotations in civil engineering structures.
The concept of the 2-4 viscous damping is introduced to reduce the response of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems subjected to harmonic and earthquake excitations. This concept involves the addition of structural viscous damping to the second and fourth quadrants of the force-displacement graph. Time-history analyses and response spectra for various SDOF systems are carried out to assess the effect of adding 2-4 viscous damping. The analytical results indicate that the addition of 2-4 viscous damping is beneficial for reducing the harmonic and seismic response of a wide range of SDOF systems.
A newly developed semi-active resettable device is proposed to reduce the seismic response of a one-fifth scale structure. The device is investigated as part of a resettable tendon system installed in the structure. Nonlinear dynamic analyses are performed to determine the optimal configuration of the resettable tendon in the structure. Several shake table tests are performed on the structure equipped with two resettable devices. The dynamic characteristics of the structure and the devices are described. Various earthquake records at different levels of intensity are used during the seismic testing. Different control laws are employed to manipulate the hysteretic behaviour of the devices. The results of the shake table tests validate the effectiveness of the resettable devices to reduce the seismic response of structures.
Analytical studies are performed to determine the optimal utilization of the resettable devices in a twelve-storey reinforced concrete building. The seismic performance of the structure is discussed in relation to the number and distribution of the devices. Inelastic time-history analyses are carried out to assess the effectiveness of the devices to reduce the seismic response of the building. The impact of various tendon arrangements and different control laws on the earthquake response is investigated. Relevant issues for the implementation of the resettable devices in actual building systems are identified.
Finally, a new measurement concept based on the use of the fibre-optic gyroscope is proposed to measure rotation rates, rotations, displacements and inter-storey drifts of civil engineering structures. FOGs are compact, easy to install and, unlike conventional linear potentiometers, do not require a fixed reference frame to operate. Measurements recorded during the seismic testing of the one-fifth scale structure and displacement measurements at the Sky Tower in Auckland validate the suitability of the FOGs for applications in civil engineering.
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Chey, Min Ho. "Passive and Semi-Active Tuned Mass Damper Building Systems." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3431.
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This thesis explores next generation passive and semi-active tuned mass damper (PTMD and SATMD) building systems for reducing the seismic response of tall structures and mitigating damage. The proposed structural configuration separates the upper storey(s) of a structure to act as the 'tuned' mass, either passively or semi-actively. In the view point of traditional TMD system theory, this alternative approach avoids adding excessive redundant mass that is rarely used. In particular, it is proposed to replace the passive spring damper system with a semi-active resetable device based system (SATMD). This semi-active approach uses feedback control to alter or manipulate the reaction forces, effectively re-tuning the system depending on the structural response. In this trade-off parametric study, the efficacy of spreading stiffness between resetable devices and rubber bearings is illustrated. Spectral analysis of simplified 2-DOF model explores the efficacy of these modified structural control systems and the general validity of the optimal derived parameters is demonstrated. The end result of the spectral analysis is an optimally-based initial design approach that fits into accepted design methods. Realistic suites of earthquake ground motion records, representing seismic excitations of specific return period probability, are utilised, with lognormal statistical analysis used to represent the response distribution. This probabilistic approach avoids bias toward any particular type of ground motion or frequency content. Statistical analysis of the performance over these suites thus better indicates the true overall efficacy of the PTMD and SATMD building systems considered. Several cases of the segregated multi-storey TMD building structures utilising passive devices (PTMD) and semi-active resetable devices (SATMD) are described and analysed. The SATMD building systems show significant promise for applications of structural control, particularly for cases where extra storeys might be added during retrofit, redevelopment or upgrade. The SATMD approach offers advantages over PTMD building systems in the consistent response reductions seen over a broad range of structural natural frequencies. Using an array of performance metrics the overall structural performance is examined without the typically narrow focus found in other studies. Performance comparisons are based on statistically calculated storey/structural hysteretic energy and storey/structural damage demands, as well as conventional structural response performance indices. Overall, this research presents a methodology for designing SATMD building systems, highlighting the adaptable structural configuration and the performance obtained. Thus, there is good potential for SATMD building systems, especially in retrofit where lack of space constrains some future urban development to expand upward. Finally, the approach presented offers an insight into how rethinking typical solutions with new technology can offer dramatic improvements that might not otherwise be expected or obtainable.
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Evans, Shelly D. "Perceptions of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) experienced by older ethnic Somalis aging transculturally in the U.S.: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1628200027072086.
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Wu, Sheng-Horng, and 吳聖洪. "A Strategy Study on Renewal and Reconstruction of Taipei Resettled Tenement Communities － Take South Airport Resettled Tenement ( Chong Ching Community ) as an Example." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/q295gz.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
建築與都市設計研究所
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The Taipei Resettled Tenement Communities were formed in the early years followed by the ROC Government retreated to Taiwan from mainland China. Due to the development of public facilities, the government settled down local residents in the Resettled Tenement. There are over ten thousand families live in 23 Taipei City Resettled Tenement Communities. Renewal and /or reconstruction are urgent needed in these communities nowadays. In resent years only one community ( Shui Yuan Resettled Tenement － Lin Kou Community ) is renovated ( by community exertion ) due to MRT catastrophe. Other renewal projects are stalled mostly by lacking of － sufficient mechanism, unified recognition and private construction company involvement. “The Urban Renewal Act” was promulgated on September 11 1998, related laws have been passed by both Central and Taipei City Goverments, with main focuses on improving housing quality and encouraging private sector participation in urban renewal, giving a lawful new niche for the renewal projects of Resettled Tenement. This study reviews the history of the Taipei City Resettled Tenement and the evolution process of the Urban Renewal Act and explores samples of existing urban renewal projects in Taipei City. Key factors may contribute to a successful and executable urban renewal project are then analyzed. Citing the South Airport Resettled Tenement ( Chong Ching Community ) as an example, we research the physical and non-physical environments of the community and perform a realistic case study of the latest progress of the urban renewal project in the sample community. We also interview the residents, the authorities, the financial institutes and the planners to get opinions on various issues. This study tries to pinpoint the major subjects to be studied － the property rights, the development rights, source of funds, the implementers, common consensus and the relocation of the inferior party. Furthermore, we research problems to be solved and draw up strategies in order to sort out renewal and reconstruction topics, strategies and suggestions for the community. The conclusion of this study is to serve as a reference for future urban renewal projects and research of Resettled Tenement.
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Liu, MeiChin, and 劉美琴. "The Migration , Living Experience of Female Residences in Resettled Tenement Community A Case Study of Resettled Tenement in Zhong Qin Community, Nan Ji Chang Area,Taipei." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31659062242126850345.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
地理環境資源學研究所
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The phenomenon of migration to cities is one of the features of the third world countries in the process of development. According to the precious studies on migration to cites in Taiwan, there are some imparity phenomenon distributing in poor or middle-lower level residential areas, but the experiences of female migrations are ignored. This study chose the resettled tenement in Nan Ji Chang Area in Taipei to be the study object, in which the researcher investigates the history of female migrations to cities, social context and the historical context of formation of the resettled tenement, and how sex influences employment, economics and the living networks in the area. Geography, when dealing with the individuals and social space issues, is mainly based on the structural theory that is added to the theory of time geography. Experts who study time geography think time and space bring about simultaneous incidents, which emphasize the continuity and interconnection of the time sequence that happens within time and space boundary. That the intertwining of the reproduction of a place’s social and cultural forms, the formations of an individual’s socialization and personal history, and the changing of landscapes constitutes, social-space structure of regional level that is connected to both the past and present. The study found that the female migrants of resettled tenement, although coming to the Nan Ji Chang Area through different routs, have long stayed in inferior positions. Because females from the countryside have no access to personal space under the dominancy of patriarchal system, the conditions of poverty worsen the discrepancy between the sexes. When entering cities from traditional countryside, female individuals have the same social life as they had when they lived in the countryside because of the discrepancy on hierarchy and sexes. They usually cluster in the poorest neighborhoods, and, due to the influences of female life cycle, their lives are closely tied to where they live. Females support their families by doing temporary and unfixed informal economical. The limitations of the gender and hierarchy are reflected in their daily life’s social, living and economic networks. The limitations deepen the ties between the local females and the poor areas they live, and are unveiled within the local females’ time-space routes. However, the research observes local females’ optimistically changing their own living status and participating in community activities, which implies the local females’ dynamics of changing their own situations.
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Ly, Jessica. "Contemporary perspectives on Vietnamese medicine among resettled Vietnamese refugees in Victoria, Canada." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4669.
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This thesis is a qualitative study of health practices of resettled Vietnamese refugees in Victoria, B.C. This thesis looks at the past and present sociocultural and political experiences of forced migration and resettlement which have influenced definitions, understandings and practices of medicine among refugees today. Previous studies of Vietnamese refugee groups have identified traditional Chinese medicine and biomedicine as complementary healing systems which are used. These studies report that Vietnamese refugee groups still experience sociocultural barriers to care after resettlement to their host country. This research found that resettled Vietnamese refugees in Victoria, B.C. still demonstrate a syncretic approach to medical practice which is also inclusive of traditional Vietnamese medicine (TVM). Using semi-structured interviews and participant observation methods to collect materials and gain a detailed understanding of how medicine is understood and used by resettled Vietnamese refugees, this study is based on interviews from a sample of 7 resettled Vietnamese refugees, six female and one male. I demonstrate that medicine is much more complex than simply practicing different forms of medicine. There are underlying sociocultural and political issues that continue to shape how medicine is defined and represented by resettled Vietnamese refugees today. This thesis identifies TVM as a recognized healing system and shows how perceptions of medicine and health have changed over the course of resettlement. Although forced migration and long term resettlement has resulted in the internalization of certain socio-cultural and political norms and expectations regarding medical practice, some of these changes have been beneficial for resettled Vietnamese refugees in Victoria, B.C.Graduate
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Nourpanah, Shiva. "A STUDY OF THE CULTURAL IMAGINARY OF AFGHAN REFUGEES RESETTLED IN NOVA SCOTIA." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13143.
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This thesis presents a qualitative study of the experiences of a sample of Afghan refugees who have settled in Canada. The concepts of structure and agency, as articulated in Anthony Giddens’s structuration theory have been deployed as the theoretical framework of this study. I focus on the concept of culture, as both an “enabling” and “constraining” structure and the role it plays in the life of the refugees who form the study group for this thesis. The interviews explore how the respondents use culture as a means to express and explore their agency. Several themes emerge from the interviews, which are analyzed in dialogue with the literature on refugee and immigrant settlement. In light of the research findings, the role of the refugees in Canadian immigration policy is discussed, and it is suggested that there is room for a broader and more comprehensive role for refugees within national policy.The settlement experience of Afghan refugees in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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"Mediated Transnational Communication: Digital Technology Use and Transnational Communication Practices of Resettled Refugees." Doctoral diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.54804.
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abstract: In 2016, the United Nations reported a historical high of 65.6 million globally displaced people. Within the current protectionist and isolationist climate, the U.S is accepting a fewer number of refugees for resettlement than ever before and less governmental funding is being allocated to resettlement organizations, which provide support services for refugee resettlement and integration.
Increased migration and the advancement of communication technologies with affordable access to these technologies have produced extensive communication networks and complex relational ties across the globe. While this is certainly true of all migrants, building and maintaining relational ties has added complexity for refugees whose journey to resettlement, economic insecurity, political disenfranchisement, and vulnerability impact the motivating factors for digital engagement.
This dissertation seeks to understand to what extent Diminescu’s (2008) concept of the connected migrant addresses the lived experience of resettled refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. The connected migrant through Information Communication Technology (ICT) use maintains transnational and local networks that produce mobility and belonging. Connected migrants are able to produce and maintain socio-technical sociality abroad and in the country of settlement to create and access social capital and resources. Using a grounded theory approach and qualitative methods, this research project explores concepts of mobility, connectivity, and belonging in relation to resettled refugees. The research indicates that age, imagined affordances, digital literacy, language, and time moderate connectivity, belonging, and mobility for resettled refugees. Finally, I offer the concept of transnational contextual relationality to understand refugee communication strategies with the transnational and local network.Dissertation/Thesis
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Chen, Bo-Cheng, and 陳柏誠. "Control Effectiveness of Resettable Variable StiffnessTuned Mass Damper for Seismic Structures." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42941383460118633371.
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土木工程學系所
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A Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) system consists of an added mass with properly functioning spring and damping elements that provide frequency-dependent damping in a primary structure. By attaching a TMD to a structure, vibration energy of the structure can be transferred to the TMD and dissipated via the damping mechanism in the TMD. Although the design and application of traditional linear TMD systems are well developed, nonlinear TMD systems that may lead to better control performance are still in the developmental stage. There are two main problems associated with TMD systems, i.e. (1) detuning effect, (2) excessive stroke of TMD. In order to improve the performance of TMD systems, a novel semi-active TMD named resettable variable stiffness TMD (RVS-TMD) is proposed in this study. The RVS-TMD consists of a TMD and a resettable variable stiffness device (RVSD). The RVSD composed of a resettable element and a controllable stiffness element. By varying the stiffness element of the RVSD, the force produced by the RVSD can be controlled smoothly through a semi-active control law. By resetting the resettable element, the hysteresis loop of the RVSD can cover all four quadrants in the force-deformation diagram and thus results in more energy dissipation. In this study, RVS-TMD system is compared with different types of TMD systems by numerical method. The results show that the control performance of RVS-TMD system can be very close to those of active TMD, and is able to alleviate detuning effect and reduce TMD’s stroke.
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Huang, Yu Jin, and 黃于津. "The Comparative Study On Resettled Buildings Of Post Disaster in Taiwan from the User’s Point of View." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66007502571916564222.
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碩士國立高雄大學
創意設計與建築學系碩士班
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Abstract Today, our environment of global warming phenomenon is becoming serious, and the rate of disaster is increasing day by day. However, it became to an important issue in many affected residential area, and people’s psychological and physiological were influenced when they suddenly suffered from a disaster. At first the most important thing is to solve the physiological issue, and also it is part of placement to find the aid. Furthermore, for the psychological reaction it takes long time to adjust and release from the deeply heart, and then normally victims are placed at activity hall of the local middle school or the elementary school, right away. Finally, the government or some organizations will carry out and arrange for helping the victims, so they will build the house and estimate how long they will stay to pass by months. In this situation the victims are living in open area, so the quality of residential and the emotion of the suffering often make people double damage. Nowadays, for the situation of Taiwan people from many passed issues, the government always delayed to reconstruct the home slowly to the people, who suffered from the disaster, and the system of the placement and reconstruction are in unclear condition. Moreover, the final decisions were moving to the place, which the government think, is safety. When people were force to move to other strange area, it often happened that people resist from the placement, so all of the sudden they lost control.The patterns of relief should be “settled in the right place,” the disaster management extended an ironic saying, “rescue slow, and move quickly;” it means the aid from the government was really slow, and made a bad policy of moving away from people’s home. However, it was useless and causing a lot of problem; people made conflicts, or the property was deprived…etc. This study is focusing on how to solve the problem and using the investigation, interview, and survey to figure out how important and satisfaction for the living environment to the victims. To find the attribute factors and the impact factors of the evaluation factors, and then to take the attribute factors trying to use some perspective to figure out the advantage or disadvantage, economic, emotion, culture, lifestyle, and space. Furthermore, this study analyzes the relevant in these factors, and find out the integrative issues of suffering and the placement after affected from disaster. And also review the causes, which did not fit on people’s requirement, and formulate to each different cases. The result of study puts forward many elements and processes the factors of future planning for the situation of the adaptation, the placement and also the environment requirement, to provide the suggestion of study in the future.
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"Factors Contributing to Successful High School Completion for Resettled Refugee Students in Arizona: Student and Mentor Perspectives." Doctoral diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15000.
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abstract: Given the surge of immigrant and resettled refugee student enrollment in public schools, a strong understanding of the transition process for these students and their families and facilitating the creation of effective schooling contexts are major educational priorities. It is critical to determine how to best support and assist resettled refugee students in academic and other endeavors. This study seeks to better understand the perspectives of resettled refugee students who are recent high school graduates and their mentors in order to contribute practical insights into resettled refugee education and to give voice to these students. Informed by sociocultural theories as reflected in the works of Daniels, Cole and Wertsch, (2007) and others, twelve resettled refugees from Bhutan, Iraq and Burma (aka Myanmar) and ten mentors participated in individual interview sessions and focus group discussions. The study took place in Arizona. The participants' responses were audio-recorded, transcribed, interpreted, coded, and categorized into themes. Study findings suggested that: resettled refugee students struggled with adjusting to their new school system. They were marginalized and faced discrimination and suffered low teacher expectations. They were placed in English language classes that they felt were not beneficial to them; and almost all attended inner city urban schools in areas with a high poverty concentration characterized by gang and drug activities that further adversely affected their performances. Against the odds, with the help of their mentors, striving for a better life, commitment to family, and resilience, the study participants were able to not only complete their high school education on time but earned impressive grade point averages of between 3.5 to 4.2 that helped five of them win scholarships to four-year colleges.Dissertation/Thesis
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Ahmed, Syed Imran. "A power scaleable and low power pipeline ADC using power resettable opamps." 2004. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=95008&T=F.
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Chung, Tai-Jui, and 鍾岱芮. "The Research on the Community Driven Urban Renewal Process - A Case of ShuiYuan Rd Four,Five Resettled Tenement." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2xeujg.
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碩士淡江大學
建築學系碩士班
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Since 1989, the government began to implement urban renewal program which mainly lead by construction companies in Taipei city. It easily cause different distribution problem between the construction companies and resident during program execution. However, the case of community driven urban renewal is fewer, the successfully is less. Then Shuiyuan rd. stage four and five that it could be successful is an unusual case. Therefore, the research want to understand the special key of Shuiyuan Rd. stage four and five. The objectives of this research as follows: (1) Understand the process of community participation in urban renewal. (2) Understand the influences of bulk reward for urban renewal which public sector provide on residents'' wishes. (3) Understand the process of professional team assisting urban renewal group in conducting urban renewal business. (4) Understand the reason of residents borrowing money from banks, residents'' demand and the conditions that Banks propose. There are four respects about the Shuiyuan rd. stage four and five for interviews of this research: (1) Urban renewal group and residents trust each other during the renewal process. (2) Public sector understand the demand of residents, provide appropriate acts and administrative resources. (3) The professional team participate urban renewal that residents understand urban renewal business and keep in interactive with urban renewal group. (4) Residents loaning the money from banks to reduce financial pressure. The research generalizes that urban renewal group, professional team and public sector are the three important roles in urban renewal. Also, integration, bulk, funds are the three issues in urban renewal. In accordance with these important roles and issues, the research tries to find the key factors of urban renewal business. The results reveal the key factors of Shuiyuan rd. stage four and five resettled tenements can successfully implement urban renewal as follows: (1) The close relationship between residents and the owner''s acceptance of urban renewal. (2) To have common understanding with owners. (3) To strive for bulk reward to public sector. (4) The owner''s acceptance of financing. (5) The Funds that banks are willing to provide.