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Tam, Hon-wah Billy, and 譚漢華. "Introducing urban slow space - Star Ferry complex at Central." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985440.
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Mak, Yuen-hang Karen, and 麥婉恆. "Harbourfront complex at the Star Ferry Pier." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986705.
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黃琰琦 and Yim-kei Daniel Wong. "Redevelopment of the Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986894.
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Yoo, Seung-Hoon. "STAY : Mindfulness and Space." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171731.
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The state of the art technology has been penetrated every corner of people's life. It is a path to transfer to a new way of life with the artificial intelligence and big data resources. The next generation of transportation should not only be a mobile accommodation or a productive studio. It should be a second home or a companion to tackle individual problems and social issues to pervade the physical and mental ground with the mindful and natural approach. This project aims to provide a whole new experience in a vehicle. The supportive concept should stay within people's daily life. The engagement of the time gap and spacial shifting is the role to make people's lives stable with the smooth flow of emotional state. The concept is about offering people to recognise the individual condition and the current situation for better mental condition and stable emotion. Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Social relevance and industrial background of the wellness have been witnessed these days such as rapid growth of the economy and researches about an urban mental issue. It is signs of an eagerness to pursue a balance of life and encouraging mindfulness. The thesis will deliver a proper solution to design a product with proposing in-car activity and experience to cover the original subject within the automotive design field. Benchmarking of existing therapeutic solutions was a one of the main approaches for the research. Every design solution is proposed based on the fundamental element of the current solution in the market such as the verified mental care process, resources and basic principle. Architectural trend and structure were adopted to propose the different atmosphere and composition to tackle the emotional element within the moving world. Manual drawing initiated the key idea. Quick sketch modelling was utilised to build the core design solution and to demonstrate the interior transformation. Digital rendering/modelling software and physical soft mockup were important tools to prove feasible movement, proper space and right volume for the conceptual activity and product. 3D animation film is the out-put for the final visualisation. The film contains how each design element works and all parts are in harmony for the mindful space. The vehicle frames the new role beyond the smart transportation. Through various fields of mental solution, the concept STAY takes a part of the role of consistent emotional care in daily life. Its preventative approach blends into people's lifestyle. It is a great opportunity for the automotive industry to be a userfriendly medium. The activity in the mobility is a tool to communicate between passengers and car. It is a flexible platform that users can tell their story and share their feelings to achieve a better emotional health. The STAY is equipped with the re-arrangeable objects and modules. It is about creating a personalised space to offer an opportunity to empathise with the present and how he or she feels.
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Sereni, Giulia. "Optical design of MAORY Laser Guide Star Objective." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/14069/.
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The turbulence affects the angular resolution of images. Single Conjugate Adaptive optics, SCAO, is the simplest way to correct the atmospheric turbulence using a Natural Guide Star, but it has some limitations such as the anisoplanatism. Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics is a technique which overcomes this issue by using as many NGSs, as Wavefront Sensors. In order to increase the sky coverage, Laser Guide Stars, LGSs, are also used. One of the first light instrument of the 40 meter European Extremely Large Telescope is MICADO, or the Multi-Adaptive Optics Imaging Camera for Deep Observations. It works with the post-focal MCAO relay, called MAORY, which uses six LGSs. A description of MAORY optical design is provided in this thesis. These LGSs suffer from aberrations and thus, after separating the light by a dichroic, an objective is designed to reduce these aberrations. In fact, since during sky tracking the zenith angle changes, the six LGSs launched at the Sodium layer vary their distances from the telescope primary mirror. As a consequence, the LGSs at different distances will focus on different positions along the optical axis. Through the procedure of optimization one can improve or modify the design in order to reduce or remove aberrations. Since no component can be perfectly manufactured and aligned, a tolerance analysis is important to ensure that the final, assembled instrument meets the requested performance. All in all, the goal of this thesis is to optimize and perform the tolerance analysis for the LGS Objective of MAORY and show the results. The mechanical constraints and the variations of the aberrations with the zenith and azimuthal angle are taken into account. The number of optical surfaces has been minimized keeping the LGS Objective requirements satisfied. Moreover, the residual aberrations of the LGSs have been kept as small as possible in order to reach the performance requirements of MAORY. The software Zemax has been used.
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Ribeiro, Helena Grazziotin. "Gerente de configurações para o ambiente STAR." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/25179.
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Este trabalho apresenta os mecanismos de gerencia de configurações para o ambiente STAR. STAR é uma plataforma para o desenvolvimento de ambientes para projetos de circuitos e sistemas eletrônicos que está sendo desenvolvido na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul em cooperação com o Centro Científico da IBM no Rio de Janeiro. Seus objetos de projeto caracterizam-se como sistemas complexos e são representados através de um modelo de dados hierárquico, que tem por base a composição de objetos. Para expressar a evolução dos objetos de projeto no tempo utiliza-se versões, que mantêm as descrições dos objetos num determinado instante de tempo. O mecanismo de gerência de versões é fortemente relacionado à representação dos dados, suportando as diferentes dimensões que essa representação permite: visões, alternativas e revisões. A utilização de versões associada à composição de objetos faz com que se possa ter diversas possibilidades de descrição para um mesmo sistema complexo, em função da combinação das versões. Para que se possa submeter um objeto de projeto a uma ferramenta, como um simulador, épreciso selecionar versões de modo a obter uma descrição única, que é a sua configuração. A existência de um gerente de configurações dá agilidade a essa tarefa, pois ele oferece recursos para facilitar e tornar mais rápida a construção de configurações, através de manipulação e consultas a informações obtidas junto ao ambiente sobre os objetos de projeto. As configurações no STAR são determinadas a partir do atributo de referência dos componentes ou através da definição de um objeto - configuração. O gerente de configurações proposto para o ambiente neste trabalho suporta o estabelecimento de configurações estáticas, dinâmicas e abertas. Elas podem ser estabelecidas manualmente, através de escolhas do usuário, automaticamente, através da escolha entre um dos critérios pré-estabelecidos, ou de modo semi-automático, através da definição de uma expressão de configuração. Os critérios pré-estabelecidos têm por base a versão corrente e a versão mais recente. A utilização de expressões de configuração permite que se selecione versões com mais objetividade, uma vez que sua construção é feita a partir de características dos objetos, dadas por seus atributos, que permitem restringir as versões selecionadas àquelas cujas características são desejadas. A linguagem que permite a definição de expressões de configuração é um dos recursos estabelecidos que facilitam a tarefa do usuário. Outro recurso provido é a possibilidade de armazenar configurações. Isso torna possível sua reutilização em outros momentos e também por outros objetos, e preserva a flexibilidade de mantê-las como dinâmicas, ou abertas, apesar de já ter-se escolhido versões para complementá-las. Para tanto, tem-se como parte do modelo de dados os objetos-configuração, sobre os quais foram estabelecidas operações de criação, alteração, cópia, remoção, consulta e escolha de objetos. O funcionamento destas operações é a base do processo de configuração.This work presents the mechanisms for configuration management in the STAR framework. STAR is an electronic design automation framework, under development at the University of Rio Grande do Sul in cooperation with the IBM Rio Scientific Center at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The design objects supported are complex systems and they are represented through a hierarchical data model. Versions are used to express the evolution process of design objects. The version management mechanism developed is strongly related with the data representation, and it supports the different dimensions of versions: views, alternatives and revisions. The use of versions associated with composite objects allows the existence of many possibilities of description for the same complex system, as a consequence of different versions combination. When submitting a design object to a design tool, like a simulator, it is necessary to select versions for components in order to obtain a single object description, called the object configuration. A configuration manager offers resources, as manipulation and query on design objects in the framework, to make version selection in configuration construction easy and fast. STAR configurations are established through component reference attributes or through a configuration object definition. The configuration management mechanism developed for the STAR framework in this work supports static, dynamic and open configurations. They are established in a manual, automatic or semi-automatic way. In the manual way, the user is responsible for choosing the selected versions. In the automatic way, it is possible to choose between the current version and the most recent version, which are pre-defined criteria. The user can define and use configuration expressions in a semi-automatic way. These expressions make the version selection objective, due to use of objects attributes, representing objects characteristics in the expression. The use of configuration expressions allows the selection of versions with specific characteristics. A language is available for the definition of configuration expressions. The possibility to store configurations is provided. Configurations may be reused in another time and by other objects. The possibility to store configurations allows them remain either dynamic or open, even if the choose of versions to complement them had been done. To make this possible, configuration objects are integrated in the data model. Operations on configuration objects are: create, update, copy, delete, query and select. These operations are the basis of the configuration process.
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Hiidenheimo, Karoliina, and Ida Andersson-Junkka. "The Gamer Girls of Jorvik : Motivations of Play in Star Stable Online." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-357893.
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This thesis examines the motives of play amongst girl gamers aged nine to seventeen. It focuses on the players of the game Star Stable Online also referred to as a ‘pink’ game. It is an empirical study, using a mixed method design. The study is split into two parts and the results from part two were used to support the results from part one. In the first part of the study, quantitative data was collected through an online survey using a closed card sorting method. The survey was complemented with open and closed questions, which also gave the form a qualitative element. The second part of the study was purely qualitative, consisting of an artwork study where the method resembles arts-based elicitation. The girls were requested to send in artwork depicting the thing they love the most in the game or something they would love to have. The images were then put through thematic analysis and the outcome was compared with the data collected in the survey. The results showed that girls chose to play Star Stable Online due to their interest in horses as well as to immerse themselves in its story and narrative.
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Tagesson, Pär. "Northern Star & Exit: A board game design process : Ett examensarbete inom Teknisk Design." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-74854.
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This report describes an independent design-project with the purpose of designing a board game design process and as a result a re-design of anindependently developed board game named Northern Star, which under-gone development for three years prior to the project as a hobby-project (and may be subject to a Kickstarter at a later date).Northern Star was initially based on a competitive, strategic, card- and dice-based elements which evolved into a thematic, narrative and semi-cooperative game as a result of the project. Initially this game was developed outside the project in two prior courses (D0046A: Usability and D0051A: Context & Analysis) in which all results can be found in appendix 1). The target-group of the project were groups consisting of social circles with relatively long experience in regards to (mainly thematic) board games. The process used were mainly an agile project plan and weekly design sprints based around an iterative design process (much alike IDEOS (2015) three linear phases of inspiration, ideation and prototyping). However it was used in a non-linear way where the designer freely choose of which of the three phases that was to be used. During the inspiration-phase substantial amounts of data were recorded in a pre-study (see appendix 1) as well as user-needs (see appendix 2) were a benchmark led the designer to a design-specification (which also resulted in a new method in regards to board game design processes) were the projects core-values were defined guiding further development of Northern Star. This was followed by a cyclic process in which a concept were generated for Northern Star which led to rapid prototyping and the realization of a physical product, tested duringworkshops. Here the participants gave feedback in the form of discussions, surveys and video-footage for later analysis which added for additional inspiration in which the cyclic process began anew.This process lead to a re-design of Northern Star (briefly mentioned above) were an interactive board game box allowed for an organic game-play system evolving over time with a lot of focus given on player-interaction, meaningful choice, few components as well as immersion in the form of a graphically rich representation of the theme.A new design-process were developed and given the name: Exit: A board game design process in which a lot of focus was given human-centered and participatory design (supported by the theoretical framework and the project-results). This was realizedas a board game where the designers goal is to get from the beginning step - start (inspiration phase) to exit (end of the implementation phase) in which the designer was given choice of free movement between different phases through a field given the name “warp”. Lastly two questions were answered:•How can participatory and human-centered design (also in regard to research) as well as relevant theory contribute to a redesign for Northern Star as well as a better design-process for those involved in similar fields? •How can norms be identified and used in regards to making a more competitively successful product? Answers revolved around how human-centered design have a lot of similarities to board game design supported by exploration of different perspectivesand gave rise to opportunities for normative design(decreasing stigmatization around board games and resulting in unique solutions).
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Ding, Man. "Design of star-shaped organoiron oligomers with azo chromophores." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36649.
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The synthesis and characterization of novel star-shaped oligomers containing cationic η⁶-chloroarene-η⁵-cyclopentadienyliron(II) complexes functionalized with azo chromophores were described in the thesis. Star-shaped macromolecules and dendrimers are of great interest for their application in light-harvesting systems, drug delivery, catalysis, and solvents. The incorporation of cationic η⁶-chloroarene-η⁵-cyclopentadienyliron moieties can enhance solubility and facilitate nucleophilic aromatic substitution and addition reactions due to the intense electron-withdrawing ability of the iron center. On the other hand, the azo dye chromophore in the oligomers has many applications due to its unique photophysical properties and acid-sensing capabilities.
Controlled synthetic methods involving both convergent and divergent approaches were employed to give distinct symmetrical branches that alternate between organoiron complexes and azobenzene moieties. Preparation of these molecules was achieved via metal-mediated nucleophilic aromatic substitutions and Steglich esterifications. These oligomers and their precursors were characterized through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry.
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Wiltshire, James Thomas. "Design and synthesis of star macromolecular architectures with degradable functionality /." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00004014.
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Koda, Yuta. "Fluorous Star and Chain-Folding Polymers: From Nanospace Design to Functions." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199337.
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Ahlström, Martin. "User-centred redesign of a business systemusing the Star Life Cycle method." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-14942.
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The purpose with this thesis was to study user activities in a business system, MediusFlow. The overall objective was to identify user related problems and to analyse which of the usability data gathering methods to use in the future development process of the company Medius.
The outcome of this study indicated that a cognitive related user problem was the most important problem to solve. A Star Life Cycle method was preferred. Two low-fidelity prototypes were developed to exemplify an alternative design solution to the identified cognitive user problem. Furthermore, the two best methods to use when gathering user related requirements were heuristic evaluation and expert review.
In addition a company specific Style Guide was created with generic guidelines as a foundation for development of future applications within Medius.
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Kula, Berk Osman. "An Investigation On The Planimetric Design Efficiency Of Guestroom Floors In 4-star Hotels." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611193/index.pdf.
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A large number of hostelries have been established in Turkey in line with the necessities of our age. From the period of Seljuk and Ottoman, we encounter many variations of these facilities which have come up to our time starting from the
caravansaries. Today, even though these facilities differ architecturally, conceptually they work in the same way. The common feature in almost every one is to keep the maintenance, establishment and repair costs at the minimum level. In addition to this, hotel facilities should be given importance to functionality and efficient flow in
space. As a condition to this foresight, the design and organization of the floors where guestrooms are located in hotels are significant in both evaluating the
fuctionality of these units and in examining the facilities architecturally. While designing a facility from the bottom up and creating it, the designer&rsquos knowledge on the planimetric configuration of the hotels built previously may lead the designer to different perspectives. Thus, it is so essential that how efficient these currently used facilities are shared among the guests, employers and the circulation areas should be investigated and the rational relations among these should be analyzed. In this study, the planimetric configuration of the floors where standard rooms of four-star hotels established on a single parcel in Cankaya district of the city of Ankara in Turkey is examined. In the study, 9 hotels carrying the features mentioned above were randomly selected from a sample space of 25 facilities. The architectural drawings of these structures were obtained from the relevant institutions and organizations. Data regarding area calculations and measurements made were made the investigator from these drawings. Based on these measurements, 3 different statistical tests were used in order to determine differentiations and similarities among the ratios depicted in chapter 3. These tests were stated as
regression analysis, t-tests and analysis of variance. Results showed that significant differences are obtained when the net usable areas are examined and classified according to the number of beds they have and no significant differences were obtained when the analysis made according to the other factors.
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Jacovich, Marissa L. "Design of a stair-climbing hand truck." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32942.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 49).
Every year, both at home and in the workplace, thousands of adults injure themselves while attempting to move heavy objects. Devices such as hand trucks are used to relieve the stress of lifting while on flat ground; however, these devices usually fail when it becomes necessary to negotiate a street curb or a short flight of stairs. The objective of this thesis was to design and test a consumer-grade hand truck capable of climbing stairs. Several designs were conceived that would allow a non-industrial hand truck to travel over stairs, curbs, or uneven terrain while putting minimal strain on the user. One strategy, referred to as the Blanco Stair-Climbing Wheel, was selected for development; several solid models were created and a prototype was constructed. The finished prototype was tested with a payload of approximately 300 lbs, and it was determined that the hand truck design using the Blanco strategy is a viable option for a stair-climbing consumer product.
by Marissa L. Jacovich.
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Kim, Inn B. "Development and analysis of elastically tailored composite star shaped beam sections." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004:, 2003. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-04062004-164703/unrestricted/kim%5Finn%5Fb%5F200312%5Fphd.pdf.
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Harris, David Anthony. "Design and calibration of an electrodynamic driver for the Space Thermoacoustic Refrigerator (STAR)." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26965.
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Liu, Jenny Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry. "Design and development of Brush-Arm Star Polymers for applications in drug delivery." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109677.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Biological Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, February 2017.Pages 233-235 blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
Treatment and prevention of disease is a major area of research effort and interest; development of new technologies could overcome limitations of current medicines, and provide new treatment modalities that improve patient outcomes. In cancer, small molecule chemotherapeutics often suffer from lack of selectivity, poor pharmacokinetics and biodistribution, limited solubility, fast clearance from the body, and development of resistance. Nano-sized particles that conjugate to or encapsulate small molecule drugs could address these issues by increasing circulation times and facilitating selective delivery of a higher drug load to the tumor, which overall can help improve efficacy and lower toxic side effects. This thesis describes the development of a unique polymer architecture - the Brush-Arm Star Polymer (BASP) - that represents a modular, customizable therapeutic platform with potential in drug delivery. In this thesis, BASPs are synthesized by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a norbornene functionalized PEG-based macromonomer to first form a living bottle-brush initiator. Next, a bifunctional norbornene crosslinker is added to the bottle-brush polymer to yield star polymers with a crosslinked-core and bottle-brush polymer arms. We synthesized a variety of functional macromonomers and crosslinkers to use in BASP synthesis. For example, drug-loaded doxorubicin macromonomers were synthesized that could release free doxorubicin under a light stimuli or by hydrolysis. Crosslinkers were designed to facilitate BASP degradation, and ultimately enable excretion of BASP components from the body. Various crosslinkers that respond to UV irradiation, change in pH, or reducing conditions were investigated. A multi-drug-conjugated BASP was synthesized and characterized that contained the drug components of FOLFIRINOX, a combination therapy regimen for pancreatic cancer. Nanoparticle combination therapy offers the advantage of delivering combination of drugs at desired ratios in one vehicle, which may improve efficacy due to drug synergism, enhance synthetic reproducibility, and reduce regulatory challenges. This thesis highlights the development of BASP nanotechnology in an effort to improve efficacy and reduce side effects compared to conventional therapeutics.
by Jenny Liu.
Ph. D. in Biological Chemistry
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Naess, Erik. "Be active or stay unattractive : Be active or stay unattractive." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-325725.
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Enterprises utilize information and communication technology, including websites, to market themselves and expand their businesses. However, employing this technology is not always a guarantee of success, especially for small enterprises. This is often due to limited resources and to the extent of having web skills present within the enterprise. Deciding who will design the website for a small enterprise is therefore of importance since a well designed website is a requirement to attract interest in visitors. The design of a website is also a main factor for the first impression to a visitor, a website that is visually appealing tends to give a greater confidence at first glance. This thesis is based on the interest of small enterprises considerations about what website design development characteristics and objective characteristics is generating more positive first impressions. To find this out, interviews together with subjective and objective measures of visual aesthetics were conducted to immerse in the aesthetics of small enterprise websites. The methods implemented gave variables to test in a correlation analysis. This correlation analysis showed that two web development characteristics had strong correlations with users' perception of visual aesthetics. None of the objective aesthetic attributes based on previous theories gave any strong correlations. These characteristics were therefore supplemented with other objective characteristics, which gave two strong correlations.Företag använder sig informations- och kommunikationsteknik, inklusive hemsidor, för att marknadsföra sig själva och för att växa som företag. Användandet av denna teknik är dock inte alltid en garanti för framgång, särskilt inte för småföretag. Detta beror ofta på begränsade resurser och i den utsträckning att det finns kompetens inom webbprogrammering i företaget. Beslutet att bestämma vem som ska design hemsidan för ett litet företag är därför av stor betydelse, eftersom en väl designad hemsida är ett krav för att locka intresse för besökare på hemsidan. En hemsidas design är också en viktig faktor för det första intrycket hos en besökare av en hemsida. Hemsidor som är visuellt tilltalande tenderar att ge större förtroende vid första anblicken. Denna masteruppsats bygger på intresset hos småföretags överväganden om vilka webutvecklingsegenskaper och objektiva estetiska egenskaper i en webbdesign som genererar mer positiva första intryck. För att ta reda på detta, genomfördes intervjuer samt subjektiva och objektiva mätningar av visuell estetik för att fördjupa sig i estetiken hos småföretags hemsidor. De genomförda metoderna gav variabler att testa i en korrelationsanalys. Denna korrelationsanalys visade att två utvecklingsegenskaper hade starka korrelationer med användares perception av visuell estetik. Ingen av de objektiva estetiska egenskaperna baserade på tidigare teorier gav starka korrelationer. Därför kompletterades dessa med andra objektiva egenskaper där två av dem gav starka korrelationer.
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Purdie, Amy Joanne. "Market valuation of certified green homes a case study of Colorado's Built Green and Energy Star programs /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/purdie/PurdieA0809.pdf.
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Green building is a rapidly growing industry. The residential sector is responsible for 21.8 percent of the United States' energy consumption so an increased penetration of the green building industry could affect national energy consumption. Previous willingness to pay studies suggest that buyers are willing to pay a premium for green homes. The presence of a green certification is used as an indicator for sustainable attributes in homes built and sold in Colorado between 1999 and 2009. A hedonic price regression model predicts the sale price of the home as a function of home attributes and green certification status. The presence of green attributes fails to statistically affect the sale price indicating that, contrary to survey data, buyers may not have a willingness to pay for green construction attributes.
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Stalcup, Thomas Eugene. "Design and Construction of a Multiple Beam Laser Projector and Dynamically Refocused Wavefront Sensor." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194836.
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Adaptive optics using natural guide stars can produce images of amazing quality, but is limited to a small fraction of the sky due to the need for a relatively bright guidestar. Adaptive optics systems using a laser generated artifical reference can be used over a majority of the sky, but these systems have some attendant problems. These problems can be reduced by increasing the altitude of the laser return, and indeed a simple, single laser source focused at an altitude of 95 km on a layer of atmospheric sodium performs well for the current generation of 8-10 m telescopes. For future giant telescopes in the 20-30 m class, however, the errors due to incorrect atmospheric sampling and spot elongation will prohibit such a simple system from working.The system presented in this dissertation provides a solution to these problems. Not only does it provide the 6.5m MMT with a relatively inexpensive laser guide star system with unique capabilities, it allows research into solving many of the problems faced by laser guide star systems on future giant telescopes.The MMT laser guidestar system projects a constellation of five doubled Nd:YAG laser beams focused at a mean height of 25 km, with a dynamic refocus system that corrects for spot elongation and allows integrating the return from a 10 km long range gate. It has produced seeing limited spot sizes in ~1 arcsecond seeing conditions, and has enabled the first on-sky results of Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO).
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Rosenband, Daniel L. 1977. "Design of the control logic for StarT-Voyager." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47612.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).
by Daniel L. Rosenband.
M.Eng.
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Dickinson, Sarah E. "Smart Start for Trauma: A Multiple Baseline Design." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7498.
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The purpose of this study was to address gaps in the trauma treatment literature related to the expense and inaccessibility of evidence-based interventions for children with disabilities who have experienced trauma. Another aim of this study was to provide additional support for a newly piloted intervention for children with disabilities who have experienced trauma. This intervention is known as Smart Start: Parenting Tools for Children with Developmental Delay, Social-Emotional Concerns, and Trauma. A non-concurrent multiple baseline method was used to determine whether there was a functional relationship between the intervention and children’s challenging behaviors for five caregiver-child dyads. In addition, three of five caregiver-child dyads were assessed for improvements in child PTSD symptomatology, positive parenting practices, parenting stress, and treatment acceptability. Results from visual analysis, masked visual analysis, and hierarchical linear modeling were mixed, but generally supported a statistically and clinically significant relationship between participation in Smart Start and improved caregiver ratings of children’s challenging behaviors. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test did not show statistically significant changes in interventionists’ ratings of challenging behavior, but descriptively, four of five children were rated as improved. Reliable change index scores revealed statistically significant changes in trauma symptoms and parenting stress for two participants. Positive parenting practices improved significantly for all participants according to the reliable change index. The intervention was implemented with good fidelity. All caregivers found Smart Start highly acceptable. Future research with larger samples is warranted based on the extremely promising results of the present study.
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Tanir, Oryal. "The design and analysis of nodes in a fiber optic based star network (STARNET) /." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61262.
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STARNET is a fiber optic based network which facilitates the interconnection of distributed Local Area Networks. Configured as a sixteen pointed star topology with a multiprocessor based controller at the center of the star (named the Central Switch). STARNET is capable of scheduling calls from users connected to User Access Nodes located at the points of the star. Messages are passed from one node to another through the Central Switch via duplex fiber optic lines connecting each node to the center.This paper presents a multiprocessor based design of the User Access Node. The hardware and software structure is examined in depth, providing solid guidelines for the physical construction of the unit. The performances of statistical STARNET models using parameters obtained from the design (and three different Central Switch models) are plotted and compared for five different examples of external traffic. The model analysis gives an indication of the expected message delays, supporting the feasibility of the design.
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Deshpande, Monali A. "Automating Multiple Schema Generation using Dimensional Design Patterns." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242762457.
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Rastan, Homayoun. "Mechanical Design for Track Robot Climbing Stairs." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20326.
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The purpose of this study was to find the best robot configuration for climbing and descending stairs, in addition to traveling on flat surfaces. Candidate robot types were analyzed to find the most suitable one for further study, based on stability, size, and energy consumption. Based on these considerations, the non-variable configuration tracked robot type was selected.
The basic robot parameters (minimum track size, comparison of tracks with grousers vs. tracks without grousers, track angle of attack) were determined using static analysis methods and using North American standards for the stair geometry. Dynamic analysis methods were then employed to refine the geometry and ensure the stability of the robot when climbing and descending stairs. The final design was then simulated in Matlab to profile the device's velocity, acceleration, and power consumption during the stair climbing and descending phases. A prototype robot was constructed.
The results of this study show that a non-variable tracked robot can be constructed for the purpose of climbing stairs by applying static and dynamic analysis techniques to optimize a design. This study provides the groundwork for this design, which can also serve as a basis for designing robots with other configurations.
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Stanton, John W. "DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROCHEMICAL PH-STAT." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1270498159.
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Caswell, Eric D. "Design and Analysis of Star Spiral with Application to Wideband Arrays with Variable Element Sizes." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25963.
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This dissertation details the development of the star spiral antenna and demonstrates the advantages of the star spiral when used in a wideband array with variable element sizes. The wideband array with variable element sizes (WAVES) is a multi-octave array that uses different sized circular Archimedean spirals for each octave of frequency coverage. A two-octave WAVES array has been presented in the literature, but a gap in the two-octave frequency coverage exists along the principal axes. The star spiral antenna was developed to eliminate the performance gap in the WAVES array. The star spiral is a type of slow-wave spiral that also offers array-packing advantages, particularly for the WAVES array. The size reduction that can be achieved with the star spiral is comparable to that of the square spiral, but the star spiral is much more efficient in terms of its expected size reduction compared to its circumference. The far-field patterns, gain, and scan performance of the star spiral are similar to that of the circular Archimedean spiral. The use of the star spiral to eliminate the performance gap in a WAVES array of circular Archimedean spirals is detailed. Furthermore, a three-octave WAVES array of star spirals is built and measured, and the scan performance of the array is investigated via simulation.Ph. D.
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Figlewski, Nathan Michael. "Laser Guide Star Design Project for the USAF John Bryan State Park Quad Axis Observatory." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1453240229.
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Blomqvist, Viggo. "Pilot - Streaming for beginners : How can we make it easier for people to start streaming?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160494.
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To broadcast live media to the viewer, more known as streaming, has grown in popularity a tremendous amount the last few years. Despite the large viewerbase and people’s dreams to share their creation with the world it’s still quite difficult to get started as a streamer. How can we make it easier for people to start streaming? This project includes the thought and design process of the development of a new product linefor streamers. The product’s purpose is to offer the correct functions that makes it possible, but also easy for anyone to share their passion with the entire world. Letting anyone in the world not just watch you, but also be a part of the experience. The project resulted in a conceptual starter kit for streaming. The kit includes products that cooperate with each other, giving the user a personal and positive experience when starting out with streaming.
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Rivera, Grant. "Adaptive Critic Design Techniques for Mobile Transmitter Path Planning." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595767.
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ITC/USA 2011 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Seventh Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2011 / Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NevadaIn geometrically complex indoor industrial environments, such as factories, health care facilities, or offices, it can be challenging to determine where each telemetry receiver needs to be located to collect data from one or more mobile transmitters. Accurately estimating the areas that each transmitter frequently travels, rarely travels, and quickly travels through, helps to simplify the telemetry system planning problem and establishes which areas may be acceptable to provide marginal coverage. This paper discusses how using A* (A-Star) for transmitter path planning can assist in the telemetry system planning problem.
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Dunn, Taylor B. "Development of an Improved Medical Transport Device: Stair Chair." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1303407927.
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Wu, Pei-Ying. "Visualising Wyndham Lewis's Enemy of the Stars as theatrical narrative." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2008. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/e3d1a310-850a-47d0-a35b-243ff3af4902.
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Wyndham Lewis’s Enemy of the Stars has often been considered an unreadable and therefore an un-performable play script from the time when it was written and published in BLAST in 1914 as part of the Vorticist manifesto. The play was not performed until 1980 and there was just one subsequent staging in 1982. However, both of these performances were based on Lewis’s 1932 revision. Although the play appeared as a piece of written text in BLAST, it was considered by the Vorticists as visual imagery. With this approach in mind, this research sets out to investigate the visualisation of the 1914 version of the play as a work of theatrical art from a practitioner’s viewpoint.
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McCullough, Julie Graham. "perspective: design of Cascades visitors' center." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31348.
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Consider the construction of a perspective drawing. The perspective is made by drawing lines between a point of origin and several focal points. A series of lines connect the focal points to one another. The culmination of lines drawn from origin to focal point and focal point to focal point describes a place. The perspective is a view, or window into this place. The relationship of these three elements - the origin, focal points, and view - is analogous to the development of a architectural project.
The origin is a point of beginning. Each architect brings a set of experiences and ideas to the project. The project springs from the architectsâ knowledge and ideals. The focal points involve the design development of a project. They relate to the areas of study and discovery for the project. Some foci are specific to a site or program. Some foci further investigate design intentions and how they relate to a given program. The links between foci create a place. Each drawing or description of this place is a view into the project. This thesis outlines the origins, focal points and views of a design for a visitorsâ center located in southwestern Virginia.Master of Architecture
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Kostka, Marek. "Zkušební stav pro testování únavy koloběžek." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-318520.
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This Master’s thesis deals with measuring of acting forces from rider to footbike during the ride, followed by the construction of test stand to draw an equivalent load. Measurements and subsequent analysis of acting forces from the rider to the footbike were made. These results were then used for complete design of the test stand. The frame of the test stand was subdued to a stress analysis. A complete automatic control system, including a pneumatic control circuit, was also designed. The proposed automatic test stand was then manufactured and put into operation.
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Morgan, David Christopher. "Environmental opportunities in conceptual design enhancing the TRIZ database with energy star products and functional models /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7212.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Battaglia, Robert F. "Design of the SCOUT II quadruped with preliminary stair-climbing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0023/MQ50591.pdf.
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Thakker, Kinnari. "Start with Sustainability: making sustainability the meta-objective for design." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2012. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/29.
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“Start with Sustainability” articulates the need to design products sustainably and provides designers with tools that enable them to do so. My thesis argues that a sustainable design practice is achieved by asking critical questions that anticipate social and environmental implications of our design decisions and enable discussion about it. My thesis also argues that by asking these questions early in the design process—at the problem-framing phase, enables them to largely impact the decisions going forward.
The “Start with Sustainability” framework combines two models for—the Triple Bottom Line and the Life Cycle Analysis. The framework juxtaposes them to reveal more comprehensive concerns about the social, environmental and economic attributes of product life cycles. The solution then provides a set of critical questions at the intersections of these models, enabling the designer to better recognize the interdependencies between their design and other complex problems. These questions are asked in the form of a deck of cards that also include resources to aid designers to discuss and address these problems.
In response to user testing, “Start with Sustainability” also includes a website for further participation and additional resources. The website would serve as a participatory way to build a repository of resources that can be customized towards the needs of different disciplines within product design.
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Bagaitkar, Harish. "Design for manufacturing for friction stir welding." Diss., Rolla, Mo. : Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008. http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Bagaitkar_09007dcc805a2c42.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008.Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed December 2, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Madani, Nejad Kayvan. "Curvilinearity in architecture: emotional effect of curvilinear forms in interior design." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/5750.
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People are becoming more aware of the relationships between the built
environment and their physical and psychological well-being. This has encouraged
numerous studies in the field of environment and behavior, and effects of architecture,
urban design and architectural form on human response. In the realm of architectural
form, some professionals, from "signature" architects to environmental and organic
designers, are strong advocates of free-flowing curvilinear forms. They assume that the
use of curvilinear forms is sympathetic to the body, mind and spirit, although there is
little empirical research to confirm this claim. There is also little research on the topic of
signature / star architects and their design methods.
The purpose of this multi-method study was to investigate the emotional effects
of curvilinear forms in interior architectural settings. The research involved qualitative
and quantitative methodologies. In the qualitative phase, twelve signature architects,
known for their use of curvilinear forms, were interviewed to examine the reasons and
processes by which they applied curvature in their work. They were also asked to talk
about their design process. In the quantitative phase, two modified interior residential
views were ranked on their emotional load by 230 non-architect and 75 architect students in card-sorting tasks. In each view, architectural forms gradually changed from
fully rectilinear to fully curvilinear.
The data from both phases of the research was analyzed. The dissertation
concludes by discussing (a) factors that separate signature architects from others (b) how
signature architects design (c) how and why designers utilize curvature in the built
environment, and (d) different emotional responses of designers and non-designers in
response to curvature in architectural settings. In general, quantitative data indicates that
non-architects show significant positive response to curvilinear architectural forms. Nonarchitects
found curvilinear forms to be pleasant, elevating and reducing stress. The
strongest relationship was recorded between curvature and feminine qualities of
architectural space, which was shared by both architects and non-architects.
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Shi, Feimo. "A THERMO- AND LIGHT- SENSITIVE STAR-LIKE COPOLYMER: DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428072959.
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Moore, Edward Z. "Leg design and stair climbing control for the RHex robotic Hexapod." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33981.
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The goals of the research in this thesis are twofold. First, I designed and tested a stair-traversing controller, which allows RHex to ascend and descend a wide variety of human sized stairs. I tested the stair-ascending controller on nine different flights of stairs, and the stair-descending controller on four different flights of stairs. Rhex was run ten times on each flight, and met with only a single failure out of the one-hundred-and-thirty attempts. Second, we built and tested three competing leg designs. The second and third leg designs proved adequate for use on RHex, enabling dynamic and off road behaviors. The stair controller and leg design processes both drew on lessons from biology, in a process in we call "functional biomimesis". This framework guided us while we mimicked the functionally important features of animal morphology and behavior, while ignoring those features that are irrelevant to locomotion. We compared these advances with previous work in the field, including work on wheeled and tracked vehicles, as well as stair-traversing legged robots. Finally, RHex is a new robot, so we present an overview of RHex's basic mechanical and electrical designs.
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Holmström, Nobel Louise, and Niki Sandström. "Urban design i Postkonsumtionens stad : Utifrån ett sociospatialt och utopiskt perspektiv." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20312.
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Det här masterarbetet är ett kombinerat vetenskapligt och konstnärligt arbete som ämnar att utforska en möjlig framtid där handeln inte längre har en dominant roll i stadskärnan. Detta framtidsscenario kallas för Postkonsumtionens stad och det är inte bara en fysisk plats, utan också ett sätt att lyfta frågan om framtidens stad till diskussion. I den samtida staden har stadsliv kommit att kopplas samman med konsumtion, vilket är problematiskt ur många aspekter. Detta arbete påvisar att den överkonsumtion som sker inom sällanköpshandeln idag varken är hållbar ur en social eller miljömässig aspekt. Sällanköpshandeln innebär varor som köps mer sällan, så som kläder, byggvaror och hemelektronik, till skillnad från dagligvaruhandel som innebär inköp av mat och hygienartiklar (Boverket, 2017). Att konsumtionen innehar en dominant roll i staden gör även att staden blir en plats för dem som har råd, vilket kan ifrågasättas ur en demokratisk aspekt. Handeln utgör också en sårbarhet för stadskärnan eftersom den påverkas av både ekonomiska och trendmässiga svängningar. Ett exempel på detta är den så kallade stadskärnedöden som kommit att belysas under de senaste åren när allt fler stadskärnor får det svårare att överleva i konkurrensen med e-handel och externhandel. Södra Förstadsgatan i Malmö är ett exempel på en stadskärna som kämpat mot allt fler nedstängda butiker, och i detta arbete fungerar Södra Förstadsgatan som ett utopiskt exemplifierande av Postkonsumtionens stad. I Postkonsumtionens stad finns viss konsumtion kvar, såsom konsumtion av mat och upplevelser och till viss del även handel såsom secondhand. Huvudpoängen handlar om att stadskärnan fått en ny roll och att likhetstecknet mellan konsumtion och stadsliv brutits. I uppsatsen ifrågasätts handelns roll i staden och genom Postkonsumtionens stad föreslås ett alternativ till en möjlig utveckling. I en historisk tillbakablick påvisas att handeln alltid genomgått stora skiften och att den då finner nya koncept för att överleva. I uppsatsen argumenteras för att handel denna gång inte ska ersättas med ny handel, och frågan blir då vad ska den ersättas med? Det argumenteras även för att stadskärnan är viktig att rädda i framtiden utifrån aspekter som demokrati, att det utgör en viktig social mötesplats, att det är en plats för stadsliv och en viktig hörnsten i stadens identitet. Uppsatsen representerar ett förslag på hur frågor om framtidens stad kan adresseras och angripas genom designbaserad forskningsmetodik. Designforskning tillämpas som den övergripande forskningsmetodiken och den tillåter arbetet att ske på ett icke-linjärt sätt vilket skiljer sig från mer traditionell forskning. Genom att tillämpa flera metoder under arbetets gång och låta designen vara ett utforskande moment som löper genom framtidsscenariot, möjliggörs en diskussion. De två teoretiska utgångspunkterna; det sociospatiala perspektivet och det utopiska perspektivet tillämpas också. Arbetet riktar sig till nuvarande och framtida planerare och poängterar att detta är en viktig fråga såväl idag som i framtiden. Arbetet har resulterat i ett antal slutsatser. Tillämpandet av ett utopiskt perspektiv och ett sociospatialt perspektiv är ett verktyg för att belysa och gestalta en möjlig framtid. Postkonsumtionens stad är uttryck för ett nytt sätt att tänka och lyfta diskussion snarare än ett exakt sätt att göra. Kritik mot den samtida stadens fokus på konsumtion och handel lyfts och arbetet påvisar en möjlig förändring genom att adressera Postkonsumtionens stad som ett alternativ till den samtida staden. Arbetet tillkännager att det finns många möjliga svar på de frågor som lyfts, men uppsatsen ämnar att föreslå en modell av utveckling som påvisar en relevans av en ny användning av det offentliga rummet, och som även är relevant sett till pågående förändringar i ekonomi och samhället i stort.
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Barakat, Fadwa. "Designing inclusivity : reconstructing the meaning of the seven pointed star symbol in the Jordanian flag through design thinking." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9293.
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This thesis is an attempt to explore the Jordanian community of today with its multi-ethnic fusion and its social practices that often appear rooted in the past. It is an examination of what possible series of symbols could be formed from a collective view of the diverse ethnicity in Jordan and that could be culturally relevant to the seven-pointed star of the Jordanian flag. This has been an investigation structured around Design Thinking processes using a mixture of qualitative methods integrated with a social science methodology. The qualitative data collection methods involved close contact between the research participants and the author in such a way that emergent topics could be explored. Accordingly, the first major practical contribution of the research provided a series of prototypes that established ‘terminologies’ that were discovered, evaluated and reflected upon through design processes and supporting documentation. This was followed by a testing stage designed to show the cultural diversity and acceptability of both the symbols/ and the final artefacts. Three main tests were conducted in 2016: 1. Semi-structured interviews with participants selected at random from seven different ethnic groups according to country of origin. 2. Public exhibitions in Jordan and Plymouth with audiences from diverse research backgrounds (e.g. users or consumers of designs). 3. A workshop with Jordanian designers (students and practitioners). The methodology adopted during each test included the sharing of the author’s work and personal experiences and invited feedback that could be used to validate and build on the Research Question. The stories and discourse produced a wide array of social patterns that are referred to as ‘findings’. The results emphasised a relationship between social communal values and the historic stories related by the participants. It was hoped that by having the opportunity to involve users throughout the process and by discussing open-ended questions, that the most objective valuations possible would be achieved. However, a deficiency occurred during the process of testing prototypes, which had the effect of decreasing the reliability of the test. It also emerged that correlating all the data proved more difficult to produce answers as accurately and consistently as possible. Subsequently the author is proposing a number of follow-on design research methodologies, investigating and exploring further the significant values embodied in the Jordanian flag. Namely: Faith in one God Humanity Humility National spirit Virtue Social justice Aspiration Despite these difficulties, however, this research-based activity proved to be an invaluable achievement in terms of personal practice and recorded data as a result of testing the open ended-questions and demonstrated the ability to produce design documentation with its own unique features.
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Wendt, Mattias. "Stay Hydrated: How motivational design can support the caregiver’s role in patient participation." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23057.
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The research of this study was conducted at Malmö Hospital in collaborationwith Region Skåne. In this paper various methodologies from interactiondesign are used to explore how patient participation in hospital can be aidedand improved. It investigates what aspects of motivational design can bebeneficial to healthcare. The literature used in this study analyses the currentwork values of Malmö Hospital and how it relates to motivational and servicedesign. The study presents design findings based on a service mapping of thehospital along with an evaluation of the current working conditions. Finally,a concept is presented designed to enhance communication between patients and caregivers by visualizing patient water balance.
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Ybanez, Sergio D. "Growth strategies : how software start-ups can leverage alliances, acquisitions, IPOs and venture capital." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42374.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-148).
The identification of the different factors impacting a software start-up company's decision to pursue an alliance, acquisition, IPO or venture capital to sustain growth is the main objective of this research study. First and foremost on a software start-up company's list of reasons to pursue and engage in alliances is to leverage the incumbent's tangible and intangible assets. Other factors impacting their decision to leverage alliances include the opportunity to enhance stability and profitability and the opportunity to acquire key customers. Another key factor that encourages start-up company alliance or strategic partnership formation is the need for the start-up company to establish platform leadership. Like the pursuit of alliances, foremost on a software start-up company's list of reasons to pursue and engage in acquisitions is to leverage the incumbent's or the acquirer's tangible and intangible assets. Other factors impacting their decision to get acquired include the boost such an acquisition will provide in helping them establish platform leadership. Acquisitions are also pursued by start-up companies when the founders want to exit. Start-up companies also pursue to get acquired to survive, when no other option are available. Lastly, they would opt to get acquired to penetrate new markets. Given optimal economic conditions, IPOs capture the best liquidity and valuation. It is advantageous versus getting acquired in that one gets to sustain growth while retaining control of the software start-up company. Software start-up companies seek venture capital funding for a number of factors. This includes getting help in business development, leveraging the VC network, obtaining a certification effect, diversifying net worth and reducing risk, and pursuing and engaging in alliances successfully.
(cont.) There is no one universal paradigm to help a software start-up company determine when it is best to pursue an alliance, an acquisition, an IPO or venture capital. A myriad of factors specific to one's situation impacts the decision to choose the right growth strategy. To make the most informed decision, the executive team must consider all these factors.
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Addam, A. M. "The use of genetic algorithms in the design of cable-stayed bridges." Thesis, City University London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307883.
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Roselli, Katja. "Jordbro - världens finaste stad : en undersökning om involverande, design och involverande design med barn som deltagare." Thesis, Konstfack, Institutionen för Bildpedagogik (BI), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-582.
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Detta är en undersökning kring sätt att arbeta involverande med barn. Inom en del av designfältet håller ett nytt förhållningssätt på att växa fram. Det är en designpraktik som utgår från brukarens position och som involverar brukaren som en fullvärdig deltagare i designprocessen redan från början. Området tillhör en engelskspråkig diskurs och benämns än så länge med sitt engelska namn: participatory design. Undersökningen utgår från frågeställningen Hur kan man, med utgångspunkt i teorier om participatory design, forma arbetssätt för att involvera barn i designprojekt som rör deras närmiljö? Och vidare, genom den frågeställningen kommer undersökningen även att närma sig frågan: Hur beskriver barnen på Jordbro parklek sin närmiljö ur ett designperspektiv? Informanterna i undersökningen är barn som alla är bosatta i Jordbro som är en förort till Stockholm. Området är till stor del byggt under de så kallade miljonprogramsåren. Jordbro parklek är en öppen fritidsverksamhet belägen i centrala Jordbro. Undersökningen tog plats på parkleken under tre veckor hösten 2009. Bostadsområdet och närmiljön är själva ramen för barns och ungdomars uppväxtvillkor, och barn har i jämförelse med vuxna långt mer begränsade möjligheter att förflytta sig utanför den miljön. Undersökningen diskuterar design och närmiljö med barn, vilket är av vikt eftersom barn genom att formulera sina uppfattningar, sina behov och önskemål ger uttryck för ett annat perspektiv än det de vuxna vanligtvis har. Det är tydligt att metoder att arbeta involverande med barn behöver utvecklas, der räcker inte med de elevråd och liknande organ som finns idag. Undersökningen på parkleken syftar till att inom designfältet vara ett led i det arbetet. Participatory design fokuserar oftast på vuxna aktörer, och behöver utformas på ett annat sätt för att på ett meningsfullt sätt kunna fungera i sammanhang där barn är deltagare. Undersökningen korsar fältena participatory design, etnografi samt designpedagogik. Ur en förståelse för barn och deras perspektiv som är möjlig att skapa genom etnografiska studier kan man med kunskaper om pedagogik och lärande utveckla metoder som hjälper barn att formulera och uttrycka upplevelser och önskemål. När barnen lyckats med detta kan de på ett meningsfullt sätt delta i designprocesser där de tillsammans med designer och designpedagoger kan medverka i samarbete.
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Sidemo, Elsa, and Ebba Lundberg. "The Integration of Two Innovation Driven Methods Based on the Start-up Processes of Successful Software Companies : Lean Start-up and Design Thinking in Software." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53002.
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Background: There is a great interest in researching prescriptive methods as entrepreneurs demand guidance for start-up processes. A learn-by-doing methodology called lean start-up methodology has influenced tech entrepreneurs. Further, design thinking is another methodology for developing innovation that has been suggested to benefit in a software context. The uncertain nature requiring rapid innovation for software start-ups has sparked the interest in exploring the combination of the methodologies in an entrepreneurial context to utilize the benefits of both. However, the methodologies have been criticized due to a lack of rigor. It is therefore an opportunity to explore applicability of lean start-up in practice and design thinking in a software context to develop a unique methodology integrating lean start-up and design thinking.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the occurrence of the two innovation driven methods lean start-up and design thinking in successful software start-ups, to develop a theory of an integrated methodology that utilizes the benefits of both. The intent is to provide explicit guidance for both scholars and entrepreneurs. Methodology: An exploratory qualitative method was used with an inductive approach, conducting semi-structured interviews with six founders of successful software companies. Conclusion: The findings advance the understanding of the lean start-up methodology in practice, by extending the aspect of idea development and clarifying the use of iterating aspects of the business model. The findings update the sequence of design thinking when applied in a software context and extend the iterating aspect, to adapt to the need for rapid development. The theory of suggested integration confirms that the first stages of design thinking initiate the idea process, emphasizing early consideration of desirability, viability, and feasibility, while lean start-up is integrated into the product development process, emphasizing rapid iterating development for validation.
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Rochester, René Darlene. "The design, development, and evaluation of the PHAT STAR workshop preventive holistic adolescent training saving teens at risk /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Tedesco, Patricia. "Interplay: Studies in Rowhouse Design." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34355.
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This thesis began as an exploration of the idea of home, a study that revealed the importance of place. Seeking to understand what makes a successful place, I studied neighborhoods with which I was familiar, identifying characteristics of both the vital and the lifeless. As a foundation for architectural exploration, this study helped me to recognize the dynamic qualities of denser, more urban neighborhoods, and to establish rowhousing as the vehicle through which to undertake my exploration of urban living. While providing the genesis for the project and further defining certain elements as worthy of further study, this initial exploration was nonetheless lacking. I had to do more than just speak of the conditions I hoped to achieve and of the characteristics of the elements with which to make the conditions manifest. I had to make the conditions, make the elements. It was essential for me to establish a clear order, so that these conditions could be brought together to form a cohesive whole.
I was able to arrive at a fully conceived expression of the project by structuring the conditions that I identified through the application of three dimensional grids. The interrelationships among the grids helped structure the relationships among various conditions, ensuring that they enhanced one another, and were, in fact, stronger together than separately. Working with the grids taught me that in order for them to be effective regulators the grids had to be intelligible while still being flexible; that they should help define but never dictate. It exposed the tension between the regulating devices we, as architects, utilize as tools for design and the three-dimensional material with which the designs are constructed, as well as the obligation of reconciling the two. Not only must the device accommodate the material and the material reveal the device, but indeed all facets of the design must be considered in relation to one another and to the whole. When philosopy, device, and material work in service of one another the possibility for architectural expression rather than simple building is created. One does not revere great architects solely for their philosophies of design, the functionality of the spaces they create, the materials with which they construct them, or the regulating devices they employ, but rather for the complexity with which these elements are brought together to form a whole so well designed that it seems that it could have been done no other way.Master of Architecture