Dissertations / Theses: 'Roller support'

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Smith, Douglas H. (Douglas Hession). "Tapered roller bearing ballscrew support system." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34052.

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Kroona, Marie, and Lina Jacobson. "Mer än support? : -En studie om Human Resources roll i förändringsprocesser." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-28721.

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Trots att många menar att Human Resources har en allt viktigare roll i förändringsprocesser råder det brist på studier som undersöker på vilket sätt de i sitt dagliga arbete är involverade i förändringsprocesser och hur de interagerar med andra aktörer inom organisationen under processen. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vad HR bidrar med kopplat till processen vid planerade organisationsförändringar. Undersökningens frågeställning inriktades på vilka olika roller HR kan ta vid planerade organisationsförändringar samt vilka faktorer som påverkar HR´s delaktighet i dessa. Studien har en kvalitativ hermeneutisk ansats och baseras på sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med HR-medarbetare på två olika organisationer inom privat sektor. Resultatet visar på att HR framförallt tar två olika typer av roller som vi har benämnt supportrollen och den självständiga rollen. Dessa kopplar vi i analysen sedan till två övergripande roller som HR kan utgå ifrån i sitt agerande. De faktorer vi har sett i vår studie som påverkar HR´s delaktighet i förändringsprocesser är brist på tid, stort avstånd till kärnverksamheten och medarbetarna, vilken relation de har till cheferna samt vilken typ av förändring det handlar om.

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Sundström, Malin. "Första mötet är det bästa egentligen : Ett aktionsforskningsprojekt med syfte att utveckla kontaktmannaskapet inom kommunal äldrevård." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, School of Health and Society, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-1012.

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I ett aktionsforskningsprojekt om kontaktmannaskap deltog en arbetsgrupp på ett vårdboende i tre fokusgruppssamtal. I problemorienteringsfasen klargjordes kontaktpersonens roller. Dessa roller var relationsskaparen, länken och administratören. Rollen som relationsskapare var den mest givande för kontaktpersonen. Rollerna som relationsskapare och länk var sammanflätade då länken var beroende av att relationen fungerade. Med rollerna som grund genomfördes planeringsfasen där arbetsgruppen diskuterade hur kontaktmannaskapet behövde förändras. För att kunna fullfölja de tre rollerna behövdes utrymme i form av tid, särskilt som relationsskapare och länk. Administratören behövde också tid, men var inte på samma sätt beroende av en relation till vårdtagaren. Gruppen identifierade tre förändringsområden det första mötet, information och informationsöverföring. Det första mötet behövde utvecklas då det var grunden för en god relation som byggde på ömsesidighet och förtroende. En sådan utveckling kräver att kontaktpersonen får tid, men också stöd från enhetschef, sjuksköterska och/eller vice kontaktperson. I aktionsfasen utformade gruppen tillsammans en informationsbroschyr för att förbättra informationen. Planerade första möten har genomförts av kontaktperson och sjuksköterska både på korttidsvård och med besök i den äldres hem. Ett gott kontaktmannaskap kräver inre förutsättningar i form av vilja och kompetens hos kontaktpersonen. Det krävs också yttre förutsättningar i form av tid och stöd.

In an action research project about the system of contact persons a working team in a nursing home participated in three focus group sessions. During the reflection phase the roles of the contact person were established. These roles were the creator of relations, the link and the administrator. The role as the creator of relations was the most rewarding to the contact person. The roles as the creator of relations and the link were intertwined as the link was depending on a good relation. On the basis of the roles, the planning phase continued with discussions about how the system of contact persons could be changed. To fulfil the three roles time was needed, especially as the creator of relations and the link. The administrator also needed time, but was not dependent on a relation to the elderly person in the same way. The working team identified three areas to develop; the first meeting, information and transmission of information. The first meeting was an opportunity to start a good relation based on reciprocity and trust. Apart from time the contact person needed support from the manager, the nurse and/or the vice contact person. In the action phase the working team designed an information brochure to improve the information. Arranged first meetings have been conducted by the contact person and the nurse at the municipal transitory care center and by visit the elderly person’s house. A good system of contact persons demands internal conditions such as the will and competence within the contact person. It also demands external conditions such as time and support.

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Гривас, Ольга Володимирівна. "Обертова піч для випалу цементу 5х185 з модернізацією опірного вузла." Master's thesis, КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського, 2021. https://ela.kpi.ua/handle/123456789/45775.

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Магістерською дисертацією наведено вибір та обґрунтування модернізації опори печі, та запропоновано ідею з патенту, що зменшує витрати на ремонт машини та всі супроводжуючі процеси, термін служби бандажів та роликів за рахунок зменшення контактних напружень, що виникають в них. Ідеї модернізації підтверджено результатами розрахунків, які виконані за допомогою сучасного програмного комплексу «ANSYS». Аналіз розрахунків довів можливість та доцільність впровадження модернізованої конструкції у виробництво.
The master's thesis presents the choice and reasoning of the modernization of the furnace support. It proposed the idea of a patent that reduces the machine repairing cost and all the accompanying processes, the life of the braces and rollers by reducing the contact stresses that appears inside them. The ideas of modernization confirmed by the results of calculations made with the help of the modern ANSYS software complex. The analysis of the calculations proved the possibility and advisability of introducing the modernized structure into production. Competitiveness and possibility of modernization implementation analyzed in the startup section.

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Грех, Вадим Олександрович, and Vadym Hrekh. "Проект дільниці ремонтного цеху для відновлення опорного катка гусеничного трактора, з дослідженням зносостійкості роликових електродів машин для контактного шовного зварювання." Master's thesis, ТНТУ, ФМТ, кафедра автомобілів, Тернопіль, Україна, 2021. http://elartu.tntu.edu.ua/handle/lib/36892.

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В кваліфікаційній роботі розроблено дільницю ремонтного цеху для технічного обслуговування та ремонту опорного катка гусеничного трактора з дослідженням зносостійкості роликових електродів машин для контактного шовного зварювання.
Іn this graduation thesis of the repair shop section for maintenance and repair of the support roller of a crawler tractor with research of wear resistance of roller electrodes of machines for contact seam welding was developed.
ВСТУП 1 ЗАГАЛЬНО-ТЕХНІЧНИЙ РОЗДІЛ 1.1. Загальна характеристика робочої машини. Опис її конструкції та принципу роботи. 1.2. Літературний та патентний огляд по аналізу умов роботи вузлів тертя. 1.3. Основні види зношення робочих поверхонь пари тертя, їх якісна оцінка та опис механізму зношення. 1.3.1. Обґрунтування вибору конструкції вузла тертя з метою підвищення його зносостійкості 1.3.2. Силовий розрахунок робочих елементів вузлів тертя. 1.3.3 Аналіз існуючих методів та вибір його оптимального варіанту для відновлення деталей. 1.4 Висновки та постановка задачі на дипломне проектування 2 ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИЙ РОЗДІЛ 2.1 Технологічний процес розбирання робочого вузла. 2.2 Технологічний процес складання робочого вузла. 2.3 Визначення основних параметрів процесу зношення гусеничних ланцюгів і привідних коліс. 2.4 Основні етапи технічного огляду вузлів робочого агрегату. 2.5 Конструктивні особливості деталі, її експлуатаційне призначення та умови її роботи. Підготовка поверхні деталі під процес відновлення. Вибір методу та режимів відновлення зношеної поверхні 2.5.1 Вибір та обґрунтування методу відновлення поверхні 2.5.2 Розрахунок припусків на механічну обробку поверхні. 2.5.2.1 Розрахунок та вибір режимів обробки і відновлення робочої поверхні. 2.5.2.2 Порядок призначення режимів технологічного процесу відновлення поверхні деталі 2.6 Розрахунок дільниці контактно шовного зварювання 2.6.1 Розрахунок фондів часу 2.6.2 Розробка плану дільниці 2.6.3 Вибір та розрахунок вентиляції 2.6.4 Технологічне планування дільниці 3 КОНСТРУКТОРСЬКИЙ РОЗДІЛ 3.1. Силовий та кінематичний розрахунки пристосувань. 3.1.1. Токарне пристосування 3.1.2. Фрезерне пристосування 3.2 Порядок розрахунку різьбонакатних роликів 4 НАУКОВО-ДОСЛІДНИЙ РОЗДІЛ 4.1 Загальна методика проведення експериментальних досліджень. 4.1.1. Визначення основних параметрів запропонованої моделі зношування ( варіант 1 - ролики виготовлені з міді М1) 4.1.2. Визначення основних параметрів запропонованої моделі зношування ( варіант 2 – ролики виготовленні з бронзи БрХ) 4.2. Розрахунок на зношування досліджуваних роликів 4.2.1. Ролики виготовленні із міді М1 ( варіант 1). 4.2.2. Ролики виготовленні з бронзи БрХ ( варіант 2). 4.2.3 Технологічний метод підвищення надійності роликів 5 ОХОРОНА ПРАЦІ ТА БЕЗПЕКА В НАДЗВИЧАЙНИХ СИТУАЦІЯХ 5. 1 Охорона праці 5.1.1 Виробничі небезпеки на підприємстві 5.1.2 Клас небезпеки шкідливих речовин 5.1.3 Захисне заземлення 5.2 Безпека в надзвичайних ситуаціях. 5.2.1 Основні види і способи захисту населення у надзвичайних ситуаціях ВИСНОВКИ БІБЛІОГРАФІЯ ДОДАТКИ

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Жульов, Олексій Олександрович, Алексей Александрович Жулев, Oleksii Oleksandrovych Zhulov, Василь Анатолійович Смирнов, Василий Анатольевич Смирнов, Vasyl Anatoliiovych Smyrnov, and А. Воронко. "Модель стенда для выяснения характеристик видов колебаний." Thesis, Сумский государственный университет, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/40577.

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Breuneval, Romain. "Surveillance de l’état de santé des actionneurs électromécaniques : application à l'aéronautique." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE1313.

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L’industrie aéronautique fait face à trois enjeux majeurs : la réduction de son empreinte environnementale, l’absorption de l’augmentation du trafic et le maintien d’un haut niveau de sécurité pour des systèmes de plus en plus complexes, à coûts équivalents. La maintenance prédictive permet de répondre en partie à ces trois enjeux. Les systèmes, dont on peut prédire la durée de vie peuvent être utilisés plus longtemps, ce qui diminue le nombre de composants utilisés sur la vie d’un avion. Prédire les pannes permet également d’augmenter la disponibilité des aéronefs en évitant les arrêts non planifiés. Enfin, le suivi de l’état de vieillissement de l’avion permet d’optimiser la maintenance et ainsi de réduire les coûts. Dans les années 2000, ces méthodologies ont été appliquées sur les moteurs. Elles commencent maintenant à se généraliser aux autres systèmes avioniques. Ainsi cette thèse concerne la mise au point de méthodologies amenant à la maintenance prédictive d’actionneurs électro – mécaniques (EMA) de commande de vol. Les problématiques et les contraintes (temps de calculs, quantités de mémoire…) liées à cette thématique sont détaillées. Dans un premier temps, le calcul de signatures de défauts est abordé. Une méthode pour les systèmes visécrou, basée sur l’identification d’un modèle de frottement, est proposée. Une deuxième méthode, reposant sur l’analyse des courants à partir d’une combinaison de décomposition modale empirique ensembliste complète et d’analyse aveugle de sources, est ensuite introduite. Ces deux méthodes sont testées sur des données issues de profils non opérationnels. Ces données sont issues d’un modèle de simulation représentant finement l’actionneur dans son environnement. L’ensemble des simulations représente des essais virtuels sur une population d’EMA. A partir de ces simulations, les signatures mises au point sont calculées. Puis, afin de valider ces signatures, des métriques de performances sont calculées. Le diagnostic par reconnaissance de formes est ensuite traité. Un algorithme reposant sur une combinaison de machine à vecteur de supports et de fonctions floues d’appartenances est proposé. Celui-ci peut notamment estimer la sévérité d’un défaut. Il permet également de détecter des points ne correspondant pas à la base d’apprentissage, qui peuvent représenter des défauts inconnus ou des points appartenant à plusieurs classes à la fois, pouvant représenter des cas de défauts combinés. L’architecture d’un système de diagnostic complet, basée sur l’algorithme conçu, est détaillée. Des validations expérimentales des méthodes de calcul de signatures et de diagnostic sont ensuite menées. Ces validations reposent sur trois bases issues de trois campagnes d’essais. La première repose sur des essais d’un EMA sain sur un banc représentatif. La deuxième concerne un moteur asynchrone en défaut en régime permanent. La dernière porte sur un moteur synchrone à aimants, de type aéronautique, en défaut de courtcircuit inter-spires en régime permanent. Le respect des contraintes par l’algorithme est vérifié. Enfin, des éléments pour aller vers le pronostic sont avancés. Le processus du pronostic est détaillé. Seule une partie de ce processus est traitée, sur des données issues de vieillissement de roulements. Dans un premier temps, le partitionnement de données de vieillissement pour créer des classes de sévérité de défaut est étudié. Cette tâche a amené à proposer une métrique, dite de cohérence temporelle, permettant de vérifier qu’un résultat de partitionnement satisfait aux contraintes pour le pronostic. Puis l’algorithme de classification proposé est validé sur les données partitionnées. Ceci amène à distinguer deux méthodes de validation, une approche dite diagnostic et une dite pronostic. Une méthode de normalisation, pour l’approche pronostic, est proposée. La prédiction des signatures dans le futur est ensuite traitée. Un algorithme de régression par vecteurs de support est utilisé [etc...]
The aeronautics industry is facing three major challenges: the reduction of its environmental impact, the absorption to the air traffic increase and a high level of safety for increasing complex systems, for equivalent costs. Predictive maintenance allows answering to these issues. Systems, for which the life can be predicted, can be used for a longer time. This reduces the number of components used in the lifetime of an aircraft. To predict failures also allow increasing the availability of aircrafts by avoiding unplanned downtime. Finally, monitoring the ageing of the aircraft allows to optimize maintenance and so to reduce costs. In the 2000s, these methodologies were applied to turbojets. It starts, now, to be generalized to others avionics systems. Therefore, this work deal with predictive maintenance methodologies for electromechanical actuator (EMA) for flight controls systems. Problems and constraints (computation time, memory quantities…) related to this subject are detailed. In a first part, fault feature computation methodologies are investigated. A first method is proposed for screw/nut systems. This method is based on the identification of a friction model. A second method, based on current analysis, is presented. This method uses a combination of empirical mode decomposition and independent component analysis. The two methods are tested on data from a non-operational profile. This data are from a simulation model which represents the EMA in the aircraft environment. The simulations performed represent virtual trials on a population of EMA. From these simulations, fault features are computed. Then, performances metrics are evaluated. Diagnosis by pattern recognition is then studied. An algorithm based on support vector machine and fuzzy membership functions is proposed. This algorithm can estimate the severity of a fault. It can also detect unknown observations, which can represent unknown faults or combined faults. The architecture of a global diagnosis system, based on the proposed algorithm, is detailed. Experimental validation of fault features computation and diagnosis algorithm is performed. These validations are based on three data bases. The first one is based on trials performed on a healthy EMA on a representative bench. The second consists in an induction motor at constant speed for different types of faults. The last one is from trials on a permanent magnet synchronous machine, of aeronautics type, for different kinds of short – circuit fault severities. The respect of the aeronautics constraints is verified. At last, elements for prognosis process are given. This process is detailed. Only a part of this process is treated, on a roller bearings benchmark database. First, the clustering for prognosis is studied. A metric, which allows verifying that the obtained clusters are coherent regarding time, and thus, checks the constraints for prognosis, is given. Then the proposed diagnosis algorithm is validated on the clustered data. This brought to perform two kinds of validation, a diagnosis oriented one and a prognosis oriented one. A method to normalize data for the prognosis oriented validation, based on sigmoid function, is given. The prediction of the features in the future is studied. A regression algorithm based on support vector regression is used. Finally, the diagnosis algorithm is applied to the predicted data. This allows to estimate the end of life, and so the remaining useful life for a given time. These estimations are evaluated regarding different kinds of performance metrics and regarding the constraints of the aeronautics applicative field

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Hosseini, SayedMohammad. "A Statistical Approach to Modeling Wheel-Rail Contact Dynamics." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101864.

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The wheel-rail contact mechanics and dynamics that are of great importance to the railroad industry are evaluated by applying statistical methods to the large volume of data that is collected on the VT-FRA state-of-the-art roller rig. The intent is to use the statistical principles to highlight the relative importance of various factors that exist in practice to longitudinal and lateral tractions and to develop parametric models that can be used for predicting traction in conditions beyond those tested on the rig. The experiment-based models are intended to be an alternative to the classical traction-creepage models that have been available for decades. Various experiments are conducted in different settings on the VT-FRA Roller Rig at the Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety at Virginia Tech to study the relationship between the traction forces and the wheel-rail contact variables. The experimental data is used to entertain parametric and non-parametric statistical models that efficiently capture this relationship. The study starts with single regression models and investigates the main effects of wheel load, creepage, and the angle of attack on the longitudinal and lateral traction forces. The assumptions of the classical linear regression model are carefully assessed and, in the case of non-linearities, different transformations are applied to the explanatory variables to find the closest functional form that captures the relationship between the response and the explanatory variables. The analysis is then extended to multiple models in which interaction among the explanatory variables is evaluated using model selection approaches. The developed models are then compared with their non-parametric counterparts, such as support vector regression, in terms of "goodness of fit," out-of-sample performance, and the distribution of predictions.
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The interaction between the wheel and rail plays an important role in the dynamic behavior of railway vehicles. The wheel-rail contact has been extensively studied through analytical models, and measuring the contact forces is among the most important outcomes of such models. However, these models typically fall short when it comes to addressing the practical problems at hand. With the development of a high-precision test rig—called the VT-FRA Roller Rig, at the Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety (CVeSS)—there is an increased opportunity to tackle the same problems from an entirely different perspective, i.e. through statistical modeling of experimental data. Various experiments are conducted in different settings that represent railroad operating conditions on the VT-FRA Roller Rig, in order to study the relationship between wheel-rail traction and the variables affecting such forces. The experimental data is used to develop parametric and non-parametric statistical models that efficiently capture this relationship. The study starts with single regression models and investigates the main effects of wheel load, creepage, and the angle of attack on the longitudinal and lateral traction forces. The analysis is then extended to multiple models, and the existence of interactions among the explanatory variables is examined using model selection approaches. The developed models are then compared with their non-parametric counterparts, such as support vector regression, in terms of "goodness of fit," out-of-sample performance, and the distribution of the predictions. The study develops regression models that are able to accurately explain the relationship between traction forces, wheel load, creepage, and the angle of attack.

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Hunt, Kristen. "Design Analysis of Roller Coasters." Digital WPI, 2018. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/250.

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Each year 300 million people ride roller coasters at amusement parks across the United States. Although they are meant for joy and entertainment, the design is very crucial and regulated. Understanding the interaction between components and humans can help create a more thrilling and safer ride. This study researched the design of the course and the structural supports. A unique roller coaster was designed, investigating the relationship between velocity and G forces. With the profile design complete, the corresponding forces resulting from the track and train weight and train movement were calculated to determine the required dimensions of the structural support columns. This work investigated the relationship between the features of the roller coaster and the material properties of the structural supports, determining which are most impactful for the loading conditions. These results can be used to determine the required properties of a roller coasterâ€™s structural system to maximize the material usage to minimize resources and cost.

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Landry-Meyer, Laura. "Grandparents raising grandchildren : an investigation of roles and support /." Connect to resource, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1250708748.

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Landry-Meyer, Laura. "Grandparents raising grandchildren : an investigation of roles and support /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250708748.

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Broers, Catharina Maria, and n/a. "Career and Family: The Role of Social Support." Griffith University. School of Psychology, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070110.095525.

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Balancing a successful career with a family life can be challenging and impact on a person's satisfaction in their work and family roles, affecting not only the person but their partner and children as well. This study examined the influence of social support from family and work associates on the role satisfaction of female and male managers, and their children's adjustment. Participants were 96 male and 100 female managers and their families. The first aim of this study was to examine the relative importance of work and family support for satisfaction in the roles of paid worker, spouse and parent. Findings showed that social support had a domain-specific effect, with work support associated with job satisfaction, and family support associated with marital and parenting satisfaction. The second aim of the study was to evaluate gender differences in perceived social support, and the association of support with role satisfaction. Although there were considerable differences in the managers' work and family arrangements, female managers and male managers reported receiving similar levels of work and family support, and the strength of the relationship between social support and role satisfaction was similar for both genders. The final aim of the study was to examine the role of social support in the larger family system, as research has mainly focussed on the influence of social support on the support recipient. This study extended research on the relationship between social support and role satisfaction, by showing that family support was not only associated to managers' role satisfaction, but also to managers' interactions with their children, and their children's adjustment. Work support on the other hand, was related to job satisfaction, but not to parent-child interactions and child adjustment. The findings from this study could inform clinicians' treatment of families with children experiencing problems by addressing the relationship of family support with child adjustment. Findings could also inform governments' work and family agendas, which generally focus on providing assistance to employers with the development of workplace policies to improve work-family balance. Governments should also promote the role of family support, and provide information for families on how to arrange household and childcare tasks and provide support to each other to facilitate work-family balance. Furthermore, the current study showed that work support is positively related to employee's job satisfaction, which is important for employees as well as employers. Employers can promote supportive relationships among employees through establishing networking opportunities for their employees, such as breakfast meetings, workshops and seminars, and business planning days. This study showed that some people can have it all - a satisfying and successful career, a happy marriage, and fulfilling parenthood - and social support appears to play a significant role in achieving this.

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Eråker, Niklas, and Fredrik Persson. "Dysfunctional customer behaviour in online chat support interactions : the perspective of service scripts and roles." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-42672.

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Purpose: Previous research has highlighted that dysfunctional customer behaviour is commonplace in service exchange interactions. However, most research has focused on what forms of dysfunctional behaviours that are prevalent in a face-to-face context. Instead of focusing on traditional face-to-face interactions, this thesis will address and consider dysfunctional customer behaviour in a live chat support context. Moreover, the reason why certain behaviours are perceived as dysfunctional in an online context will also be discussed from a role discrepancy perspective. Methodology: The methodological approach relies on a qualitative case study of the online casino company LeoVegas. The research is carried out by conducting ten semi-structured interviews with the firm's live chat customer-contact employees. The interviews were conducted via the video chat application Skype. Findings: The findings highlight five customer behaviour categories that the respondents perceived as dysfunctional. The employees thought these behaviours violated the rules and norms of the service script. However, the data implied role discrepancies between the employees and customers, where the customers and the employees had different views of the service script. The reason for these discrepancies were due to customer ignorance of reading the terms and conditions, which the employees and LeoVegas recognized as the service script. This resulted in customer violations of the service scripts which the employees perceived as dysfunctional customer behaviour. Originality/Contribution:The thesis contributes with five employee perceived categories of dysfunctional customer behaviour in a relative unstudied online support context. A theoretical contribution of the study is the introduction of a new perception of dysfunctional customer behaviour, with the researchers arguing that dysfunctional customer behaviour is not about customers violating the service script but rather that there is a role discrepancy between the customers and the employees. This leads to an important managerial implication, that managers need to ensure role congruence between employees and customers so that role discrepancy may be avoided.

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Lennox-Shapiro, Gina. "Adolescent loneliness : the roles of social support and victimizing behavior." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=84093.

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Most theoretical and methodological research addressing victimization, social support, and loneliness has focused on early childhood and adulthood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the link between victimizing behavior and lack of social support that may lead to loneliness in adolescents.
A cross sectional survey with 152 students ages 12-16 years from grades 8-10 was conducted in a Montreal public secondary school in September 2004. Three empirically validated tools were used: the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell et al., 1980), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al., 1988), and the Bullying - Fighting and Victimization Scale (Espelage and Holt, 2001). Results of regression analysis indicated that absence of family and friends' support and victimization are highly significant predictors of adolescent loneliness (p ≤ .001).
There remains a need to increase support available for victimized and lonely adolescents at school, at home, and in the community.

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Davies, Samantha. "Support staff undertaking pastoral roles : perceptions within the school settings." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535467.

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Jönsson, Per. "Impact Analysis : Organisational Views and Support Techniques." Licentiate thesis, Karlskrona : Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00284.

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Change is unavoidable in software development. During the entire lifecycle of a product, from concept to retirement, the environment changes; the needs of customers or the market change and grow, and with them the requirements on the system being developed. Under these conditions, it is crucial to have strong change control in order to be able to manage change in an orderly fashion. Unmanaged change may lead to fault-prone software, thereby increasing test, support and maintenance costs. Impact analysis is the activity of analysing a change and assessing the consequences it may have, including necessary modifications to development artefacts. Thus, it serves as a very important change control tool. Furthermore, as the consequences may include aspects of time, resources, market and technology, impact analysis has the potential to be a valuable product and project management tool. To this date, impact analysis research has mainly been conducted in the software maintenance field. However, as impact analysis clearly has a wide field of application, it is relevant to study it in other contexts as well. This thesis looks at impact analysis from a requirements engineering perspective, with particular focus on organisational aspects related to different roles and organisational levels. The results show that impact analysis indeed has a diverse nature with respect to these aspects. Furthermore, the thesis includes the proposal and evaluation of a semi-automatic method for performing impact analysis. Finally, it provides a thorough evaluation of a technique for reconstructing missing data in surveys.
Avhandlingen handlar om påverkansanalys av programvaruändringar under utvecklingscykeln. Påverkansanalys diskuteras från ett organisatoriskt perspektiv med fokus på kravhantering. Detta skiljer sig från majoriteten av existerande forskning, där man typiskt har ett tekniskt perspektiv samt fokuserar på programvaruunderhåll. Nyckelord: påverkansanalys, roller, organisatoriska nivåer, kravhantering

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Oktaviana, Dahlia. "Externalising and internalising problems in adolescents of different family structures : The roles of perceived support from parents and teachers." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-165984.

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The aim of this thesis was to examine the association between family structures and adolescents' externalising and internalising problems. This study also explored if adolescents' perceived parental support and teacher support might differ across different type of family structures. It further assessed whether the association between family structures, externalising and internalising problems among adolescents might be attributed to the individual level of parental and teacher support. The data was derived from the Stockholm School Survey carried out by the Stockholm City Administration in 2014. A total of 5,569 students age 15-17 from both public and private schools in the municipalities of Stockholm was included in this study. This study showed that lower perceived parental and teacher support was found among those living in stepparents and single parent families. Results from linear regression also indicated that adolescents from non-nuclear families were at higher risk of developing externalising and internalising problems. As this study found that those associations were attributed to individual level of parental and teacher support, the findings of this thesis bring together the evidence on the need for spesific programs given by the school for prevention and intervention of externalising and internalising problems among adolescents. Moreover, this study also highlights the importance of family policy as an instrument to attain a healthy work-life balance that may enable parents to increase their support towards their children.

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McCarthy, Jodie S. "'Calculation of competence': Factors affecting support worker role development. An action research study to develop mental health support worker roles." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493448.

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This thesis details an action research study to develop the role of adult in-patient mental health support workers in an NHS Trust. The research questions sought to identify the contribution that support workers could make to local care provision and identify factors which supported or inhibited a developed role. The relationship between competence and its utility in the workplace was also explored and the development of theory was pursued through the action research cycle.

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Aglipay, Mary M. O. "Positive and Negative Support Roles in the Social Networks of Vulnerable People." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24337.

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Introduction: Social networks have shown promise in curbing drug dependency and infectious diseases among marginalized populations. The purpose of this study is to elucidate how relationship strength in social networks is associated with risk behaviours for infectious diseases. Methods: Two reviews were conducted: 1) a systematic review exploring the association between risk behaviours and relationship strength 2) a review on the utilization of respondent driven sampling (RDS). We also analyzed network data to determine the association between recent injection drug use and recent crack use. Results: Our reviews revealed that few studies link relationship strength and risk behaviours; moreover, RDS is effective method of sampling from marginalized populations. Finally, our analysis demonstrated that close relationships are associated with drug use. Conclusion: “Close” relationships are important in arbitrating injection drug use and crack smoking. More research addressing the issues of using data from dynamic social processes and hard-to-reach populations is needed.

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Costello, Joanne Fawcett. "Roles and strategies of nurses facilitating diabetes support groups : an exploratory study /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2007. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3276978.

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Dibnah, Caroline E. "Peer victimization and depression : the roles of social support and cognitive vulnerabilities." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288444.

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Kölle, Ralph. "Java lernen in virtuellen Teams : Kompensation defizitärer Rollen durch Simulation /." Boizenburg : Hülsbusch, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016408945&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Holmqvist, Sandra, and Kate Forsling. "Hur sjuksköterskan kan stödja föräldrar och syskon till barn som vårdas på sjukhus : En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14262.

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Syftet var att beskriva hur sjuksköterskan kan stödja föräldrar och syskon till barn som vårdas på sjukhus. De ingående artiklarnas kvalitet redovisades utifrån de metodologiska aspekterna urval och bortfall. En beskrivande litteraturstudie genomfördes där författarna granskade tolv vetenskapliga artiklar som var relevanta, dessa söktes i databaserna PubMed och Cinahl. Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskan genom att leverera korrekt, individanpassat stöd kunde främja hela familjens hälsa. God kommunikation och tydlig information från sjuksköterskan bidrog till ökad trygghet hos föräldrarna. När sjuksköterskan visade tålamod, var lättillgänglig, gav tid för samtal, lyssnade och var ärlig kände föräldrarna förtroende vilket var grunden för att en god relation skulle utvecklas. Sjuksköterskan kunde också stödja föräldrarna genom att låta dem vara delaktiga i omvårdnaden av sitt sjuka barn samt stötta dem i detta både praktiskt och emotionellt. Syskonen blev även de tryggare när de involverades i omvårdnaden och fick tydlig information angående sitt sjuka syskons prognos. Ökad kunskap minskade syskonens oro och ängslan och hjälpte dem att bättre hantera situationen. Kvalitén i studiens ingående artiklar avseende urval och bortfall varierade men bedömdes överlag vara hög. Slutsatsen är att sjuksköterskans genom tydlig information och kommunikation kan stödja föräldrar och syskon att hantera situationen samt hjälpa dem att bli ett bättre stöd för det sjuka barnet.
The aim of this study was to describe how the nurse may support the parents and the siblings of a hospitalized child. The quality of the articles was reported by the methodological aspects of selection and non-response. A descriptive literature study was conducted. Twelve scientific articles were found in the databases PubMed and Cinahl. The result showed that the nurse, by deliver a proper, individually adapted support might promote the health of the entire family. Proper communication and a distinct information from the nurse contributed to an increased perceived security. When the nurse demonstrated patience, was available, spent time for dialogue, listened and was honest, the parents felt trust which formed the foundation for the development of a good relationship. The nurse could also support the parents by letting them participate in the nursing care of their sick child and encourage them both practically and emotionally. The siblings also felt more confident when they were involved in the care and got distinct information about the prognosis of their sibling. The quality of selection and non-response in the examined studies had variation but were over all considered high. The conclusion is that the nurses, through clear information and communication, can support and help parents and siblings to cope with the situation and help them to become a better support for the sick child.

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Bengtsson, Sebastian, and Garberg Ludvig Wenkler. "”Om morsan fyller år får man fira henne senare” : om hur fotbollsintresserade män konstruerar identitet genom sitt supporterskap." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-103153.

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Studien syftar till att ge en bild av hur fotbollsintresserade män konstruerar sin identitet genom sitt supporterskap, med utgångspunkt i mediebilden av fotbollssupportern som bråkig och stökig. Vi har en socialkonstruktionistisk ansats och använder symbolisk interaktionism och stigmabegreppet för att förstå och förklara våra resultat. Materialet bestod av sex intervjuer med supportrar till två olika allsvenska fotbollslag.Vår studie genererade fyra olika supporterskapsteman i vilka det kan utläsas olika sätt som fotbollssupportrar konstruerar sin identitet genom. Supporterskapet som en del av mig tar upp hur viktigt det är för fotbollssupportrar att visa engagemang och tillhörighet till sitt lag och hur de tycker att supporterskapet är en naturlig del av deras identitet. Det visar även att närvaron och engagemang på fotbollsmatcher är den mest centrala delen i supporterskapet som identitet. Vidare synliggör den hur supporterskapet är något som fotbollssupportrarna är stolta över. Supporterskapet som en gemenskap visar att supporterskapet är något som skapas och återskapas tillsammans med andra. Både med supportrar till det egna laget men även med supportrar till andra lag. Supporterskapet som något mer än en match visar hur stor vikt fotbollssupportrar lägger vid sitt supporterskap och hur de ofta låter supporterrollen prioriteras före andra roller, till exempel den som sambo eller son. Temat tydliggör också hur en fotbollsmatch är något som påverkar supporterns känslor och välmående både före och efter att den spelats. Supporterskapet under belägring åskådliggör hur fotbollssupportrarna uppfattar den rådande mediebilden som orättvis och felaktig. Temat visar också hur supportrarna förhåller sig till denna bild och hur bilden av sig själva som något negativt ibland får dem att känna sig utpekade. Mediebilden leder till att supportrarna hamnar i en försvarsställning när de kommer i kontakt med folk som inte är supportrar.

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Spooner-Lane, Rebecca. "The influence of work stress and work support on burnout in public hosptial nurses." Queensland University of Technology, 2004. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15975/.

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Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) transactional stress-strain-coping theory provides the theoretical background for the present thesis. This theory proposes that strain (i.e., burnout) occurs when demands (i.e., work stressors) exceed coping resources (e.g., social support). The current thesis explores the influence of social support on the stress-burnout relationship in nurses. A sample of Australian nurses working across three public hospitals in Brisbane's metropolitan district were recruited to investigate the nature and level of burnout experienced by nurses. Burnout is characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment. The present research addresses gaps in the empirical literature by investigating the key work stressors experienced by Australian nurses and by establishing nurses' referent levels of work stress, social support, and burnout. In addition, the research explores the complex relationships between work stress, social support and burnout. The majority of nursing studies have failed to consider how support from within the nurses' work environment mitigates burnout. The present research builds upon previous nursing literature by examining the "main&qout; and "buffering" effect hypotheses. Studies have consistently found support for the main effect model, however the hypothesis that social support buffers the negative effects of stress has resulted in highly conflicting findings. Some theorists (Cohen & Wills, 1985; Cutrona & Russell, 1990) propose that the buffering effects of social support will only be found if there is an adequate match between the needs elicited by the stressful event and the type of support an individual receives. The present study extends the stress or support matching theory by exploring the matching between specific types of stressors to specific types (i.e., emotional and instrumental) and sources (i.e.,supervisor and coworkers) of support. Cutrona (1990) suggests that the controllability of a stressor is the primary dimension in determining an appropriate match between stressors and types of support. Cutrona proposes that controllable stressful events elicit needs for instrumental support and uncontrollable events elicit needs for emotional support. Heeding Cutrona's advice, independent raters classified nurses' work stressors as controllable or uncontrollable stressful events prior to investigating the stressor-support matching theory. Three sequential studies were undertaken to explore the variables of interest to this research program. In Study 1, focus groups were conducted with 68 nurses (11 males, 34 females) from two public hospitals. The qualitative data was subjected to content analysis. The findings revealed that Australian nurses are exposed to a range of job-specific stressors (i.e., Job Conditions, Job Uncertainty, Interpersonal Conflict and a Lack of Professional Recognition and Support) and generic role stressors (i.e., Role Overload, Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity). The findings prompted the research to utilise Wolfgang's (1988) Health Professions Stress Inventory to measure nurses' job-specific stressors and Osipow and Spokane's (1987) Occupational Roles Questionnaire to measure nurses' role stressors in Study 2. The findings from Study 1 also confirmed that the way nurses perceive work support is consistent with current social support literature. Nurses indicated that their two main sources of support were their coworkers and their supervisor. Furthermore, nurses discussed social support from a multidimensional perspective, recognising different types of support that were broadly classified as emotional and instrumental support. Based on these findings, the researcher developed a work support measure specifically for the purpose of this research. Items were taken from established social support scales and were slightly modified to ensure that they were contextually relevant to nurses. In Study 2, 273 nurses (38 males, 235 females) completed a multi-measure questionnaire. While there was sufficient research evidence to indicate that the Occupational Roles Questionnaire (Osipow & Spokane, 1987) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach, Jackson, & Leiter, 1996) possess adequate levels of reliability and validity, less was known about Wolfgang's Health Professions Stress Inventory and the work support scales designed for this research program. Factor analysis of the Health Professions Stress Inventory revealed a four-factor solution: Lack of Professional Recognition and Support, Patient Care Uncertainty, Job Conditions, and Interpersonal Conflict. Cronbach's coefficient alphas ranged from .62 to .83. Factor analysis of the Coworker Support Scale revealed a two-factor solution, representing emotional and instrumental support. Cronbach's coefficient alphas for the Emotional Coworker Support and Instrumental Coworker Support were .92 and .88 respectively. Contrary to expectations, factor analysis of the Supervisor Support Scale revealed a one-factor solution. It was therefore deemed appropriate to examine Supervisor Support as a unidimensional construct in subsequent analyses. Cronbach's coefficient alpha for the Supervisor Support scale was .96. Overall, the results from Study 2 provided supporting evidence to suggest that the measures used in the current research program were psychometrically sound. In Study 3, the data collected in Study 2 was subjected to further statistical analysis. The findings from Study 3 indicated that overall, the sample of Australian nurses reported low to moderate levels of work stress, moderate levels of work support and moderately high levels of burnout. For Emotional Exhaustion, predictor variables accounted for 42.2% of the total variance. Sociodemographic factors explained a small but significant proportion of the variance (2.7%). Work stressors however, were the main predictors of Emotional Exhaustion, explaining 41.5% of the total variance. Role Overload, Job Conditions and Role Conflict were the main determinants of Emotional Exhaustion, with Role Overload explaining most of the variance. For Depersonalisation, the predictor variables accounted for 34.2% of the total variance. Sociodemographic factors (11.5%) and work stressors (33.6%) both explained a significant proportion of the variance. Role Conflict and Patient Care Uncertainty were the main determinants of Depersonalisation, with Role Conflict explaining most of the variance. For Personal Accomplishment, Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity explained 20.5% of the total variance, with Role Conflict explaining most of the variance. Sociodemographic factors and job-specific stressors were not significant Predictors of Personal Accomplishment. Evidence for main effects of work support on burnout were limited. There was no evidence to suggest that work support had significant main effects on Emotional Exhaustion. Supervisor Support had a small, but significant main effect on Depersonalisation (â = -.15, p < .05) and Personal Accomplishment (â = -.24, p < .01). There was no evidence of main effects for Emotional and Instrumental Coworker Support. Furthermore, the present research found no significant evidence to support the buffering effect of work support on burnout. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Birriel, Pamela Carolina. "Exploring Nutritional Needs, Roles, and Expectations of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6802.

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Latina breast cancer survivors, especially those who have undergone chemotherapy, may face major disruptions to their diet and eating habits; and a major concern is their ability to function in daily life roles throughout survivorship. Food and nutrition are suggested to be significant factors that can influence the process of cancer development, yet little research has been done to understand the nutritional needs, roles, and expectations among Latina breast cancer survivors. The purpose of this study was to understand Latina breast cancer survivors’ perceptions of the role of diet and nutrition in helping them cope with the effect of chemotherapy treatment. This study was guided by the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping and employed a qualitative research design. A purposive sample of Latina breast cancer survivors (n=32), caregivers identified by the survivors (n=8), and key informants (n=6) were interviewed in their language of preference (Spanish or English) using a semi-structured, open-ended interview guide that explored how coping with a cancer diagnosis influences cancer survivors and caregivers’ nutritional needs and practices. The data were analyzed using an inductive approach to develop an a priori codebook. Thematic analysis was performed using MAXQDA, and emergent codes were added as appropriate. The results yielded that Latina breast cancer survivors emphasized the value and meaning of nutrition; this was accomplished by increasing their nutritional awareness to restore health, improve the body’s immunity, and regain/maintain agency and control of their food consumption. Food provided by friends and family, assistance from nutritional organizations, doctors’ recommendations, and negative chemotherapy side effects influenced Latina breast cancer survivors and caregivers’ decisions about diet and nutrition during and after treatment. Negative chemotherapy side effects and positive support from husbands, family members, and friends affected the role of Latina women as the ‘nutritional gatekeepers’ in the family, since breast cancer diagnosis and treatment disrupt or limit the role of Latinas within the household unit. Findings from the interviews with Latina breast cancer survivors, caregivers, and key informants indicated that cultural expectations among this population shape the kinds of support and assistance that are provided by family members. Lastly, this research study revealed unmet information needs: Latina breast cancer survivors relied on organizational and online nutrition-related resources but identified a gap in culturally and linguistically tailored information related to diet and nutrition following diagnosis. The study concluded that Latina breast cancer survivors and caregivers mentioned no routine dietary assessment for cancer survivors after beginning chemotherapy and during treatment. Additionally, caregivers specified needing instrumental support to better meet the nutritional needs of Latina breast cancer survivors. This study added to our understanding of Latina breast cancer survivors’ unmet needs that could contribute to the creation of future nutrition education programs and interventions most appropriate during cancer survivorship for diagnosed individuals and their caregivers.

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Hegdal, Caroline, and Gisela Lindberg. "Att stimulera och stödja barns utveckling.To stimulate and support children’s language development." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33343.

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Problemområde: Språket har en viktig funktion för barnets helhetsutveckling och är även viktigt för samhället i stort. Dagens samhälle är komplext där det krävs förmåga att samspela och kommunicera med många olika sorters människor i skilda situationer vilket medför att de som inte kan hantera ett språk till fullo riskerar att hamna utanför (Nettelbladt & Salameh, 2007). Med läroplanens (Lpfö 98/2010) skärpta målformulering och stora barngrupper känner vi en oro över att som pedagoger i förskolan hinna med att samtala med samt lyssna till varje barn. Specialpedagogen har fördjupade kunskaper om barns språkutveckling genom sin påbyggnadsutbildning. Hur tillgänglig är specialpedagogen i det vardagliga, språkutvecklande arbetet? Syfte: Vårt syfte med studien är att belysa och undersöka hur specialpedagogiskt arbete gällande förskolebarns språkutveckling kan se ut. Hur resonerar specialpedagoger och förskollärare kring sin roll när det gäller att stimulera och stödja? Teoretisk ram: Våra teoretiska utgångspunkter är både det systemteoretiska synsättet samt det sociokulturella. Öquist (2010) menar att systemteorins fokus finns på sammanhang, olika mönster och hur de kan förändras. Ett systemteoretiskt perspektiv innebär alltså att se helheter och dess sammanhang. Den sociokulturella teorin visar att språkutvecklingen inte kan ses isolerad utan utvecklingen har anknytning till det kulturella, sociala och historiska sammanhanget (Vygotskij, 2001). Metod: Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ undersökning där vi använt oss av fokusgrupp som metod. Två specialpedagoger och tre förskollärare har ingått. Gruppen har blivit intervjuad inom två olika temaområden, språkutvecklande samt språkstödjande arbetssätt i förskolan.Resultat med analys: Vårt resultat visar på ett inkluderande arbetssätt där den främsta framgångsfaktorn enligt fokusgruppen är att arbeta språkutvecklande i vardagens alla situationer och där pedagogens förhållningssätt och bemötande spelar stor roll. Det finns en hög medvetenhet hos både specialpedagoger och förskollärare som intar ett relationellt synsätt där miljön och deras eget agerande står i centrum istället för ett kompensatoriskt synsätt där barnets fel och brister är i fokus. Specialpedagogens roll avseende språkutvecklande och språkstödjande arbete anses betydelsefull i handledning till personal, i samarbetet med föräldrar samt med andra aktörer. Konklusion: Resultatet visar på betydelsen av konkreta, didaktiska tillvägagångssätt där speciellt specialpedagogens roll framträder men även förskollärarens. En reflektion är att vi inte funnit specialpedagogens roll och uppdrag beskrivna i någon större utsträckning i varken styrdokument eller litteratur. Att få ta del av ”uppfattningar nära golvet” har därför varit viktigt för oss, vilket vi anser är vårt kunskapsbidrag.Implementering: Vår lärdom är att det på organisationsnivå är av betydelse att specialpedagogens uppdrag är tydligt där dokumentation och utvärdering av det egna förhållningssättet samt handledning i det språkutvecklande arbetet ges utrymme av förskolechefen. Om denna förutsättning ges kan ett samarbete mellan specialpedagogen och förskolläraren växa fram som kan få betydelse för förskolans verksamhet och dess kvalitet avseende språkutvecklande arbetssätt.

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Thiart, Theunis Johannes Daniel. "Peace support in Africa : potential contribution and roles of the South African Navy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5335.

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Thesis (MPhil (Military Science. Security Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African Navy (SAN) was created after the First World War as an indigenous naval capability for South Africa was deemed necessary. Its roles and responsibilities through the years have depended on both the requirements of the state, and the political realities of the time. Possible future roles in peace support would therefore depend on political requirements as well as the capabilities and composition of the SAN. To date, the SAN has only contributed to peace support by way of the patrols carried out by the SAN Operations Boat Squadron on Lake Tanganyika, and assistance from the Maritime Reaction Squadron in VIP protection duties in Burundi. The seemingly minor nature of this contribution is disconcerting, because the contributions of the SANDF in present (ongoing) peace support are very highly rated by the South African Government. To enhance its visibility, the SAN should preferably play a more visible role in peace support in Africa, and generally in assisting in the maintenance of good order at sea around the African coastline. The potential contributions to or during peace support activities should therefore not only be seen as the direct support which the SAN can give to land forces carrying out peace support in a specific country, but also the support the SAN can give to maintaining good order in the corresponding, and other African, maritime zones. Potential contributions and roles of the SAN in particular therefore need to be interrogated more comprehensively to foster a deeper understanding of this unexplored field of study within the peace support environment, and that of Africa in particular. To determine the possible contributions and roles of the SAN, the traditional roles and the doctrines of navies (specifically those involved in peace support operations) were investigated. It was found that the roles emanating from the traditional roles for navies were assimilated into navies. doctrines, roles and tasks. Possible roles and missions for the SAN are reflected in the SAN Maritime Doctrine. Regional expectations have added more roles and missions like the sharing of training, assets, expertise, information, the requirement of maintaining maritime security and the maintenance of good order at sea. The assets available in the SAN (and the future assets) seem to be adequate to carry out possible peace support activities. However, the potential roles and contributions of the SAN to peace support will be limited by the scope of future budgets and the shortages of skills, equipment and capacity. The foreseen budgets available will not allow participation in activities beyond those being undertaken at present. Unless more funding is received, the potential roles and contributions of the SAN towards peace support activities in Africa will probably not extend beyond some lake patrols and VIP protection.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid Afrikaanse Vloot (SAV) het na die Eerste Wêreld Oorlog tot stand gekom omrede so 'n inheemse vloot as broodnodig vir Suid Afrika beskou was. Die SAV se rol en verantwoordelikhede was deur die geskiedenis gerig deur die behoeftes van die regering van die dag en van die politieke oorwegings van die oomblik. Toekomstige verantwoordelikhede vir vredesteun sal insgelyks afhang van politieke oorwegings, sowel as die aard van, en bates beskikbaar vir, die SAV. Tot dusver was die SAV bydrae aan vredesteun beperk tot patrollies deur die SAV Operasionele Booteskader op die Tanganjika meer in Burundi, en bystand deur die Maritieme Reaksie Eskader met BBP werk in Burundi. Hierdie geringe bydraes is onstellend omrede vredesteun pogings belangrik geag word deur die Suid Afrikaanse regering. Die SAV sal dus 'n groter rol in vredesteun in Afrika moet speel, en veral in die instandhouding van goeie orde op see, ten einde beter sigbaarheid te bewerkstellig. Die potensiële SAV bydraes aan vredesteun aktiwiteite moet dus nie slegs gesien word in die direkte SAV steun aan landmagte betrokke by vredesteun in een of ander land nie, maar ook in die bydrae tot die instandhouding van goeie orde in die ooreenkomstige maritieme omgewings in Afrika. Potensiële SAV bydraes moet daarom in diepte ontleed word ten einde 'n beter insig te vekry in die maritieme streke (veral in Afrika) waar tot dusver maar min navorsing gedoen is. Om hierdie potensiële bydraes te bepaal, is die tradisionele rol en doktrines van vlote (veral die wat betrokke is by vredesteun) ondersoek. Daar is bevind dat die huidige doktrines, rol en take van vlote voortgevloei het uit die tradisionele rol van vlote. Moontlike rolle en bydraes van die SAV is reeds beskikbaar in die SAV Maritieme Doktrine (2006). Verdere moontlike bydraes spruit voort uit die verwagtinge van die verskillende streke in Afrika soos die deelname in Suid Afrikaanse opleiding, kundigheid en informasie, en die behoefte aan instandhouding van maritieme veiligheid en goeie orde op see. Die huidige en toekomstige bates van die SAV (insluitende skepe, eenhede en personeel) blyk voldoende te wees om by te dra tot moontlike vredesteun aktiwitiete. Die moontlike bydraes sal egter beperk word deur ontoereikende toekomstige begrotings en tekortkominge met betrekking tot kundigheid, toerusting en kapasiteit. Trouens, die huidige en toekomstige begrotings is ontoereikend vir verdere vredesteun bydraes buiten dit wat tot dusver gelewer word. Sonder 'n toename in die begroting sal die vredesteun pogings van die SAV beperk bly tot patrollies deur die SAV Operasionele Booteskader op die Tanganjika Meer, en bystand deur die Maritieme Reaksie Eskader in BBP werk.

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Chong, Alexandra. "Home and Work Stress Spillover: The Roles of Social Support and Positive Reappraisals." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1464860696.

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Ruffolo, Mary Carmel. "Study of women's perception of their social support networks while they maintain fulltime work roles and fulltime parenting roles /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487597424137119.

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Johnston, Julie. "Positive youth development in swimming : the roles of coaches and parents." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14925.

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Positive youth development is a holistic approach that considers both internal (e.g., life skills and positive psychosocial characteristics) and external (e.g., coach and parent) developmental assets. The positive youth development framework has largely been used to examine multi-sport and recreational/high-school level programmes as a means to understand how participation within these environments can contribute to positive psychosocial development. The aim of the present thesis, comprised of four distinct studies, was to understand how a positive youth development approach might be applied to and integrated within the performance environment of British swimming. Study 1 comprised a two-stage investigation focused on identification and consensus related to a specific set of psychosocial assets appropriate for swimming. Following a content analysis of existing literature, a dialectical methodology was utilised to interview a panel of 10 experts from professional (coach and practitioner) and academic fields within swimming and youth sport. Five higher order categories containing 17 internal assets emerged; namely, self-perceptions, behavioural skills, social skills, approach characteristics and emotional competence. In Study 2, coaches (n=181) attitudes towards and perceptions of the 17 psychosocial assets were examined via a bespoke quantitative survey. The five-factor higher order model that emerged from the first study was quantitatively tested and supported. Coach characteristics were also examined regarding coaches overall value of the assets. Results indicated that assets within self-perceptions, behavioural skills and approach characteristic groups were more valued than those within social and emotional categories. Full-time, paid coaches provided higher value ratings for all asset groups compared to part-time, volunteer coaches. Study 3 replicated and extended Study 2 by examining attitudes of British swimming parents (n=249) towards the psychosocial assets, in conjunction with perceptions of their parenting style and levels of social support provided to their children within a swimming environment. Structural equation modelling was used to test hypothesised relationships between parental perceptions of parenting style, social support availability and value placed on the five internal groups of assets. Results indicated that parents asset value profiles were very similar to those of swimming coaches, with swimming specific assets of self-perceptions, behavioural skills and approach characteristics valued more than the less specific assets within social and emotional subgroups. Further, parents who reported high levels of esteem support also placed greater value on all assets apart from self-perceptions, and parents who reported a warm style were more likely to provide this esteem support. vi Finally, Study 4 examined perceptions of autonomy supportive coach and parenting styles and social support availability in addition to motivational goal orientation, perceived sport competence and self-esteem in a sample of 246 swimmers. Hypothesised relationships between coach and parenting style, perceived social support availability and the asset related outcomes were tested using structural equation modelling. Results revealed that autonomy supportive coach and parenting styles both positively predict respective perceptions of social support availability. Athletes also reported that coach social support positively predicted both task and ego orientation, while parental emotional support positively predicted task orientation only. Both task and ego orientation positively predicted perceived sport competence which, in turn, positively predicted self-esteem. Overall, the findings of this thesis revealed a comprehensive list of internal assets that were highly valued by both coaches and parents, although the assets contained within the social and emotional groups were valued to a lesser degree, prompting calls for greater awareness on the relevance and applicability of these assets within British swimming. Furthermore, the styles that coaches and parents operate within positively predict the types of perceived social support availability which, in turn, predict internal asset value and level. Specifically, an autonomy supportive coaching style and a parenting style characterised by a high degree of warmth are both thought important elements to promote, with parental esteem and emotional support found to be most related to internal asset value and level, respectively. Links between social support, motivational goal orientation, perceived sport competence and self-esteem were also tested and supported. Overall, therefore, this thesis provides a unique contribution to the sport psychology and positive youth development literature by illustrating key areas of development (i.e., the internal assets) and by demonstrating one mechanism through which a degree of this development occurs (i.e., social support).

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Olvera, Anna E. "Diabetes in Latinas : depression, metabolic control and the roles of acculturation and social support." Access to abstract only; dissertation is embargoed until after 12/20/2006, 2005. http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/ETD/etdDetails.cfm?etdID=135.

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Gastelle, Marissa. "Distinguishing the Roles of Parental Autonomy Support and Sensitivity in Predicting Dimensions of Attachment." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524135169707352.

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Mallon, Jacqueline Ann. "Gender and undergraduate mathematics students : attitudes, beliefs and percieved sources of encouragement/support." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336737.

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Pillay, Colin. "Perceptions of registered nurses regarding their capability to care for soldiers experiencing mental illness at a military hospital in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6578.

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Background: Psychiatric nursing in a military setting is aimed at sustaining and facilitating a healthy lifestyle and performance in the achievement of mental health among soldiers. A Registered Nurse (RN) in the military plays a vital role in patient care from time of admission up to discharge. At military hospitals psychiatric nursing personnel are expected to nurse and manage mental ill patients without the help of security guards. This leaves nurses exposed to violence, abuse and psychological distress resulting in poor communication and interaction between RNs and mentally ill patients. Aim and objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of RNs regarding their capability to care for soldiers experiencing mental illness at a military hospital in South Africa. The objectives of the study were to determine the therapeutic commitment, role support and role competency of RNs towards mentally ill patients. Method: A quantitative-descriptive, cross-sectional study design was used in this study. The population is (N=154) RNs of the identified military hospital in South Africa. All the RNs were accessible at 2 Military Hospital and therefore a total enumeration sample was used with (n=117). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, (SPSS) version 24 was used to analyse data. Findings: The response rate of the study revealed that there is a correlation to gender in relation to therapeutic commitment and role competency. There was a correlation to RNs that had basic psychiatry in relation to therapeutic commitment and role support. The study also indicated there is a correlation to therapeutic commitment, role support and role competency to the period that military RNs worked in Mental Health (MH). There were no trained advanced psychiatric nurses at the military hospital. There were also positive correlations in therapeutic commitment and role competency in the rank of military RNs.

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Buston, Katie M. "Agenda-setting and issue definition in the lone-parent family policy area : the roles of political actors in setting and shaping the media agenda in Great Britain in 1993." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1995. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21372.

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Lone-parent families were in the news in 1993 as never before. The Child Support Agency, and the question of lone-parent families' entitlement to state support were the feature of many news reports. This study examines this media coverage and, using concepts from agenda-setting and issue definition literature, examines the roles that political actors have played in the construction of these media reports. A content analysis of a complete sample of 77ie Times and 7he Sunday Times comprises the primary analytical method, with a policy process framework organising the analysis. It has been found that government ministers played the greatest part in setting the media agendas for these and other issues. It seems that other actors can be successful in shaping coverage, however, if they make use of certain tactics, particularly if they provide 'ready-packaged' stories to journalists that combine a human interest element (involving 'real' people) with a political slant. By mobilising on a mass level absent fathers were able to provide such stories and were thus able to take control of press coverage of the Child Support Agency. The lone parents' groups Gingerbread and the National Council for One Parent Families, on the other hand, found mobilisation and particularisation more difficult due to the social and economic situation of their client group - nine out of ten lone parents are women, and around eight out of ten claim income support benefits - and for this reason were less successful in shaping either coverage of the Child Support Agency, or of lone-parent families and their right to state support.

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Seal, Robert Kimball. "Higher education's hidden craftsmen: A re-examination of the roles of support services middle management." W&M ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618581.

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This research was designed to determine any differences that have occurred in the last fifteen years regarding the demographics, roles, responsibilities, and job satisfaction of support services middle management in higher education.;A sample of mid-level administrators in the state of Virginia responded to a demographics questionnaire and to the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and Job in General Scale (JIG), two tests of job satisfaction.;The results showed that there has been no appreciable differences in the types of positions or the inherent responsibilities in the last 15 years. These positions were still dominated by white males by a two-to-one ratio, and the average age for those surveyed was 45 years. Minorities comprised only nine percent of the respondents.;Support services middle managers in Virginia are well-educated, over 75% holding a Master's degree and beyond, and they have been employed at their institution almost 10 years. Average staff size is 17 employees. There seems to be no preferred educational path in obtaining these positions.;Responses to the JDI and the JIG were delineated by sex, years of education, and years of job tenure, and this survey showed no significant difference in the responses given by any of these delineations. Compared to national norms, males scored roughly the same as and females scored slightly below national norms; educational level appears to influence work on present job, pay, and opportunities for promotion; respondents with 10-15 years of tenure scored below national norms on work on present job, pay, and opportunities for promotion, whereas those with more than 16 years of tenure scored above national norms on the same three scales. Educational level and years of tenure was not an indicator of levels of dissatisfaction for supervision or coworkers.;These extrinsic variables do not appear to influence job satisfaction. Further studies are needed to examine intrinsic values, such as autonomy and recognition, to discover where problems lie within the institution.

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Reck, Jennifer K. "Males' Support Toward Females After Sexual Assault." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3625/.

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The current study explored the relations among rape myths, attitudes toward rape victims, perceived social support, sex role, and social reactions in a male undergraduate sample (N = 205). Males who have provided support to a sexual assault victim were compared to those who have not provided support to a sexual assault victim on several measures. Social reactions of those who have provided support to a sexual assault victim were compared to hypothetical reactions provided by individuals who have not previously provided support. Results indicated that rape related attitudes and beliefs did not differ between those who have and have not provided support to a sexual assault victim. In addition, individuals who were responding to a hypothetical situation reported that they would provide more positive social support than individuals who were responding to an actual situation. Implications for clinical work and future research in this area are discussed.

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Priestley, David. "A qualitative exploration of lifestyle oriented and non-performance based experiences of professional English county cricketers : a critique of existing support structures and practitioner support roles." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2008. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5863/.

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Seethamraju, Ravi C. M., of Western Sydney Nepean University, and Faculty of Commerce. "Transition of engineers into management roles : an exploratory study in Australia." THESIS_FCOM_XXX_Seethamraju_R.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/679.

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A significant number of engineers move into management positions, their numbers increasing with their length of service. However, engineers are not considered to be effective managers and are generally considered inadequate in soft skills. Given the centrality of engineers and management, understanding this transition is essential in order to develop strategies for managing. This research is an exploratory field-based study of the transition of professional engineers into management roles (engineer-managers) in Australia, from the perspective of the individual engineer. The study investigates the attitudes of engineers towards such areas as engineering education, towards managerial transition, status, organizational support systems, and strategies for managing transition, and examines their influence on the process of transition. Importantly, this research examines the influence of factors such as job nature, management qualifications, age, employing organizations, and other variables on their attitudes, and studies the differences between various subgroups of engineers. This research is based on the results of a case study and a questionnaire survey. An important outcome of this research is the focus on the process of engineering education. This research concludes that different emphases in the process of teaching and learning would contribute, in the long run, to engineers developing soft skills, and so make their transition into management easier. The study found that electrical engineers are more proactive than civil or mechanical engineers and that it is necessary to develop different strategies for different groups of engineers. The study observed that the higher the status of professional engineers within an organization, the greater was the likelihood of success. Supporting the anecdotal evidence from the case study, it is noted that the more engineers there are in management positions, the better the perception of senior management about their capabilities. This study found that management education for engineers has a strong influence, both in terms of their acquiring managerial skills as well as enhancing their status within their organization. Experiential learning, though, is the most common method by which engineers acquire managerial skills. The study also found that this is the least-managed strategy in Australian organizations; learning is left entirely to the individual. For engineers to be able to take advantage of experiential learning, better management is necessary
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Ding, Chenghua. "Role based modelling in support of configurable manufacturing system design." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/5981.

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Business environments, in which any modern Manufacturing Enterprise (ME) operates, have grown significantly in complexity and are changing faster than ever before. It follows that designing a flexible manufacturing system to achieve a set of strategic objectives involves making a series of complex decisions over time. Therefore manufacturing industry needs improved knowledge about likely impacts of making different types of change in MEs and improved modelling approaches that are capable of providing a systematic way of modelling change impacts in complex business processes; prior to risky and costly change implementation projects. An ability to simulate the execution of process instances is also needed to control, animate and monitor simulated flows of multiple products through business processes; and thereby to assess impacts of dynamic distributions and assignments of multiple resource types during any given time period. Further more this kind of modelling capability needs to be integrated into a single modelling framework so as to improve its flexibility and change coordination. Such a modelling capability and framework should help MEs to achieve successfully business process re-engineering, continuous performance development and enterprise re-design. This thesis reports on the development of new modelling constructs and their innovative application when used together with multiple existing modelling approaches. This enables human and technical resource systems to be described, specified and modelled coherently and explicitly. In turn this has been shown to improve the design of flexible, configurable and re-usable manufacturing resource systems, capable of supporting decision making in agile manufacturing systems. A newly conceived and developed Role-Based Modelling Methodology (R-BMM) was proposed during this research study. Also the R-BMM was implemented and tested by using it together with three existing modelling approaches namely (1) extended Enterprise Modelling, (2) dynamic Causal Loop Diagramming and (3) Discrete Event Simulation Modelling (via software PlantSimulation ®). Thereby these three distinct modelling techniques were deployed in a new and coherent way. The new R-BMM approach to modelling manufacturing systems was designed to facilitate: (1) Graphical Representation (2) Explicit Specification and (3) Implementation Description of Resource systems. Essentially the approach enables a match between suitable human and technical resource systems and well defined models of processes and workflows. Enterprise Modelling is used to explicitly define functional and flexibility competencies that need to be possessed by suitable role holders. Causal Loop Diagramming is used to reason about dependencies between different role attributes. The approach was targeted at the design and application of simulation models that enable relative performance comparisons (such as work throughput, lead-time and process costs) to be made and to show how performance is affected by different role decompositions and resourcing policies. The different modelling techniques are deployed via a stepwise application of the R-BMM approach. Two main case studies were carried out to facilitate methodology testing and methodology development. The chosen case company possessed manufacturing characteristics required to facilitate testing and development; in terms of significant complexity and change with respect to its products and their needed processing structures and resource systems. The first case study was mainly designed to illustrate an application, and benefits arising from application, of the new modelling approach. This provided both qualitative and quantitative results analysis and evaluation. Then with a view to reflecting on modelling methodology testing and to address a wider scope manufacturing problem, the second case study was designed and applied at a different level of abstraction, to further test and verify the suitability and re-usability of the methodology. Through conceiving the new R-BMM approach, to create, analyse and assess the utility of sets of models, this research has proposed and tested enhancements to current means of realising reconfigurable and flexible production systems.

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Damji, Budhwani Tasleem. "Acculturative and marital stress, the moderating roles of spousal support, linguistic self-confidence, and self-esteem." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0022/NQ36769.pdf.

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Cooper, Karen. "Engaging young offenders in education, training and employment : the roles of learning orientations and motivational support." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496435.

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Green, Janet E. "Using Hand-Held Technologies To Support the Transition of Youth With Intellectual Disabilities Into Adult Roles." Thesis, Walden University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3706748.

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People with intellectual disabilities (ID) struggle with social interactions that are vital to the development of a high quality of life. Although evidence exists to support the use of technology as cognitive aids for youth with ID, little exists on the use of common hand-held devices for social support. The use of such devices has the potential to level the playing field in adult social roles, helping people with ID make and keep relationships. It is unclear how applications like video chatting might be used to support transition-age youth with ID in adult social roles. Using a framework of modeling (i.e., social learning), generalization across settings (i.e., ecological systems), and self-determination, this single-case study was developed to learn the effect of direct instruction of youth with ID on initiation of and responses to others in adult social roles while using common hand-held devices. Three participants, selected from 9 youth participating in a structured social skills class, were taught to initiate interaction and respond to initiations made by others with modeled support in self-selected adult social settings. Visual analysis of graphed data showed generally increased initiations and responses. Percent of nonoverlapping data (PND) and percent of all nonoverlapping data (PAND) found varied effect size from one participant to the next. Quality of interactions had mixed results across participants. The results found these 3 transition-age youth with ID to be quite adept in their use of common hand-held devices, and they all used them successfully to access support. These findings suggest that the use of well known devices may increase the number of people who can provide social support, reduce the cost of devices and live supports, and reduce the of stigma of having a paid staff shadowing the individual.

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King, Daniel. "Examining the Roles of Motivation and Parental Support in Division III College Sports: Understanding Leadership Emergence." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1959.

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Self-determination theory states that people need autonomy, competence, and relatedness in an area to facilitate intrinsic motivation and growth. Parents play a major role in the development of these three psychological needs. The current study examines whether there is a relationship between parental behavior and whether this relationship is mediated by autonomy, competence and relatedness in their sport. Undergraduate participants (n=189) were recruited from varsity athletic teams and asked to complete surveys about perceived parental control and the three psychological needs. Results showed the parental behavior can predict satisfaction of psychological needs, but only one partial mediation was found, between perceived parental autonomy support and leadership role occupancy through competence. A subset (n=8) participated in semi-structured interviews delved deeper into parental influence. Common responses showed that athletes felt that they benefitted from autonomy support, were hurt by psychological control, and that satisfaction of the needs of relatedness and competence contributed to deciding to play and keep playing their sport in college. The results provide examples of positive parental behaviors, and show that these behaviors can predict the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs needed for intrinsic motivation.

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Naber-Fisher, Glenellyn Mercedes Kae. "The Roles of Mentoring and Family Support in the Development of Asian Pacific American Female Leaders." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1257196971.

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Olsavsky, Anna Lorraine. "Fathers’ Perceptions of Maternal Gatekeeping and Relationship Functioning: The Mediating Roles of Coparenting Closeness and Support." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492442535153024.

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Tasleem, Damji Budhwani. "Acculturative and marital stress: The moderating roles of spousal support, linguistic self-confidence and self-esteem." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20979.

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Nygaard, Bjørn. "WHO CC Affiliate Safe Community Support Centres og deres rolle i Safe-Community bevegelsen : En studie av organisering, utvikling og framtid." Thesis, Nordic School of Public Health NHV, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3225.

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Den internasjonale Safe-Community (SC) bevegelsen vokser stadig. Denne studien setter søkelyset på de såkalte Affiliate Safe Community Support Centres (ASC) og deres rolle i bevegelsen. SC-begrepet blir behandlet både som en innovasjon og som en organisasjons- modell som utbres etter Rogers og Røviks teorier. ASCene ses på som ”forandrings-agenturer” i følge disse teoriene. Studien er en case-study i følge Yin, og dekker 9 av ialt 15 ASCer. Tre av dem har mistet sin status som ASC, seks av dem har sin status i behold. De følgende fem påstander blir studert: 1)Det er ingen forskjell i hvordan sentrene har utøvet sin rolle som årsak til at noen mister sin status og andre ikke. 2)Årsakene til at noen mister sin status ligger i interne organisasjonsmessige, personalmessige eller økonomiske forhold. 3) ASC’ene og deres oppgaver er ikke særlig godt kjent blant ”brukerne” 4)ASC’ene har et svakt eller lite bevisst forhold til det teoretiske og vitenskapelige grunnlag for spredningsprosesser 5)SC-begrepet oppfattes i liten grad som en organisasjonsmodell på linje med andre organisasjonsmodeller. Data ble samlet inn fra spørreskjemaundersøkelser, skriftlig materiale og intervju. Materialet omfatter alle ”nivåer” i SC-bevegelsen. Alle fem påstander ble styrket av materialet. Studien har ledet til følgende konklusjoner og anbefalinger som forhåpentligvis kan styrke både renommé og effektivitet i SC-bevegelsen og lette arbeidet i ASCene: Organisasjonsteori og organisasjonsspørsmål må i langt større grad settes på dagsorden i bevegelsen. Vekst og utbredelse av SC-”ideén” får for stor plass i forhold til konsolidering. Det forekommer konflikter mellom ASC-arbeidet og andre arbeidsoppgaver. Det gjelder særlig når det gjelder prioriteringen mellom forsking og arbeidet med å utbre SC-modellen. ASCene har ikke tilstrekkelig kapasitet til å følge opp veksten i SC-bevegelsen. Begge disse forhold synes hovedsakelig å bunne i mangel på finansiering og mangel på planmessig utbygging. Mangel på planmessig organisering av bevegelsen er foruroligende. Dersom det ikke blir tatt tak i denne manglende organiseringen, vil det kunne være til hinder for videre utbredelse og i verste fall virke ødeleggende for bevegelsen. Det må også pekes på kvinnenes sterke, til dels dominerende stilling
The international Safe-Community (SC) movement is steadily growing. This study highlights the so-called Affiliate Safe Community Support Centres (ASC) and their role in the movement. The concept of SC is treated as an innovation and an organisational model diffusing according to the theories of Rogers and Røvik. The ASCs are looked upon as ”change agencies” according to these theories. This is a case-study according to Yin of 9 out of 15 ASCs. Three of them have lost their status as ASC, six still have their status. The following five propositions are examined: 1.There are no differences in how the ASCs have executed their role that can explain why some have lost their status and some not. 2.The reason why some have lost their status can be explained by internal organisational, personal or economic conditions. 3.The ASCs and their tasks are not well known by the ”users”. 4.The ASCs have a weak or little conscious relations to the theoretical and scientific foundation of diffusion processes. 5.The SC-concept is to a very little degree considered as an organisational model. Data was collected from surveys and interviews with people at all ”levels” of the SC-movement as well as written material. All five propositions were strengthened by the material. The study leads to the following conclusions and recommendations which hopefully can improve the reputation and efficiency of the SC-movement and ease the work of the ASCs: The ASCs have an important role in the movement, but they are too few to serve an increasing number of SCs. The development of new ASCs should go on simultaneously with the increase of SCs. It is also necessary with a geographical distribution corresponding with the distribution of the SCs. The economy of the ASC-work has a very weak foundation, and this should be taken more seriously. There are conflicts between ASC-work and other tasks. There are no indications that certain models of internal organisation or company construction are more functional than others. Organisational matters are not considered sufficiently important. This is alarming, and may threaten the existence of the whole movement if not taken more seriously. It must be a responsibility of the WHO Collaborating Centre to bring these matters to discussion. There are few other arenas for these discussions than the regional and world-wide conferences. But in addition the institutions teaching SC-issues have a responsibility for taking up these topics in their education programmes. Women have a very strong position in the ASC. But it is not possible from this material to draw conclusions as to whether their position has influenced the priorities or choice of topics in the ASC-work.

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Khan, Cynthia Marleen. "Spousal Support and Control Targeting Exercise in Older Adults with Diabetes: Roles of Patients' Emotional Responses and Gender." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1285010481.

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