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Baumgärtel, C., and Martin Tajmar. "The Planck Constant and the Origin of Mass due to a Higher Order Casimir Effect." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2018. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-237708.
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The Planck constant is one of the most important constants in nature, as it describes the world governed by quantum mechanics. However, it cannot be derived from other natural constants. We present a model from which it is possible to derive this constant without any free parameters. This is done utilizing the force between two oscillating electric dipoles described by an extension of Weber electrodynamics, based on a gravitational model by Assis. This leads not only to gravitational forces between the particles but also to a newly found Casimir-type attraction. We can use these forces to calculate the maximum point mass of this model which is equal to the Planck mass and derive the quantum of action. The result hints to a connection of quantum effects like the Casimir force and the Planck constant with gravitational ones and the origin of mass itself.
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Dyas, Scott Patrick. "A unified theory of engineering design." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4777.
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A theoretical model of design, that is universal and has a scientific basis, was developed.
By doing so, it is believed that the practice of engineering design can be significantly
improved. A better system of modeling designs is the missing ingredient that needs to
be developed in order to improve the practice of design in the manner suggested above.
Existing methodologies were reviewed to examine the current state of engineering
design. This helped in developing a set of requirements for a new methodology. The
potential for a scientific methodology to improve the practice of engineering design is
also discussed. Developing a scientific theory of design, and showing that it meets these
requirements was done to satisfy the objective. The theory takes the form of a
conceptual model of design, which relates important aspects of the problem and the
solution to facilitate a truly top-down hierarchical approach. A few examples are given
to show how the methodology can be applied to real world design problems.
As a result, a theoretical framework for design was created as a part of this research
project. The new methodology, termed UTED (Unified Theory of Engineering Design),
addresses many important aspects of design which are overlooked by other
methodologies. A set of rules was developed, to guide the designer through the design,
and allow a more scientific process to be used. Making design more scientific
increases the likelihood of achieving a successful design. The primary conclusions are
that the development of a scientific theory of design can be created that makes design
processes faster and more efficient, and improves the quality of designs produced,
meaning there is a strong potential for such a methodology to have a positive impact on
the field of engineering design.
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Peng, Long. "A unified theory of tone-voice." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185871.
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This thesis studies the interactions of vowel tone with consonantal voice. Briefly, tone-voice interactions refer to: (i) voiced--not voiceless--onsets block high tone spreading; (ii) voiceless--not voiced--onsets block low tone spreading; (iii) sonorant onsets are transparent to both tonal processes. There are many variations to these archetypical patterns of tone-voice interactions. I argue that these variations as well as the archetypical patterns can receive a revealing account from the phonological theory. Specifically, this thesis explores the Prosodic Hypothesis of Tone-Voice, which claims: (i) tone must be represented prosodically (namely, tone is associated to mora); and (ii) tone-voice relations must be expressed by conditions (namely, path conditions, proposed in Archangeli and Pulleyblank (in prep)). By exploiting tonal representations and conditions on tone-voice, the Prosodic Hypothesis provides a principled account of tone-voice in Ngizim, Ewe, and Nupe. The result is a principled theory that unifies the known phonetic and phonological facts about tone-voice and that makes testable predictions about the nature and type of expected tone-voice interactions. In addition to tone-voice, this thesis investigates a range of theoretical issues from tonal representations, to onset representations, to the privative voicing theory to Grounded Phonology (Archangeli and Pulleyblank in prep.). I demonstrate that detailed formal analyses of tone-voice can not only uncover facts about tone-voice, but can also make important contributions to phonological theory.
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Evans, H. "A unified theory of inherited features." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1998. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28515/.
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There are two thrusts to this dissertation, one backward-looking, one forward. The first is that HPSG is a better minimalist theory than is attainable for the Principles and Parameters framework, given its programmatic goals and its commitment to move alpha as the central explanatory mechanism. The second is that there should be no artificial dichotomy between the inherited features which participate in unbounded dependencies. In the introductory chapter, I point out certain fundamental problems relating to the assumption that grammaticality is determined via conditions on movement operations, and provide a sketch of the importance of structure-sharing in HPSG, a theory which makes no appeal to movement. In chapter one, I present the evidence for a second wh-question feature, and extend Johnson and Lappin's treatment to account for the important "Subjacency in Japanese" data. In chapter two, I indicate certain flaws in Johnson and Lappin's approach, related to the fact that their account is not "head-driven" in having inherited features amalgamated through selecting heads. I suggest that this may be rectified while preserving a unified account of inheritance if LOCAL is retired, allowing full synsem structure-sharing between fillers and gaps. In chapter three, I present a feature amalgamation principle, and a revised NONLOCAL feature principle in order to determine conditions on inheritance. I point out severe difficulties associated with the decision to abandon a unified treatment of NONLOCAL features. In chapter, four, I present a cross-linguistic treatment of data relating to wh-question sentences in which I demonstrate the advantages of employing alternative repositories for the amalgamation of wh-question features -- rather than a two-level approach in which a wh-feature is reentrant as a syntactic trigger. This offers a natural extension of the J&L account, including a unified explanation of pied-piping and the restricted wh-in situ option in English, and Japanese Subjacency. In Chapter Five, I review certain difficulties with the account, and suggest that it is necessary to have more generalized lexical binding of SLASH in order to successfully dispense with complementizers. I show that the main claims, that NONLOCAL features are subject to amalgamation by selecting heads, with inheritance via structure-sharing, are sound and provide the basis for further research.
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Stout, Jason Coleman. "Towards a unified clinical science : a critical analysis of Henriques' Unified Theory of Psychology /." Full-text of dissertation on the Internet (1.18 MB), 2010. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/general/etd/2010/doctorate/stoutjc/stoutjc_doctorate_07-07-2010.pdf.
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Astolfi, Michael T. "A unified theory of humor and its evolution." Thesis, Boston University, 2007. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27578.
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Thesis (B.A.)--Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Bolen, Bradley Cordell. "Stravinsky's Petroushka : a unified theory of harmonic progression /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p9983120.
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Pan, Jianhong. "A unified theory of hypothesis testing based on rankings." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9716.
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A unified theory of hypothesis testing based on the ranks of the data is proposed. A hypothesis testing problem often gives rise to two separate permutation sets corresponding to the data and to the alternative, respectively. By defining the distance between permutation sets as the average of all distances between pairs of permutations, one from each set, it is possible to obtain various test statistics. The limiting distributions of test statistics derived by the unified approach herein are obtained under both the null hypothesis and contiguous alternatives. The unified approach produces not only some well-known test statistics but also some new yet plausible test statistics. The corresponding results are extensions of the simple linear rank statistics defined by Hajek and Sidak (1967) to the generalized linear rank statistics and of the two-sample case to the multi-sample case. Furthermore, a combined method was developed for the case of composite alternatives.
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Austin, Clayton Daniel. "Toward a Unified Theory of Cognition: A Kantian Analysis." UNF Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/107.
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The goal of this paper is to provide classroom teachers a more unified theory of cognition. The current cognitive theories of information processing, schema theory, and constructivism exhibit limitations and a lack of cohesion that make their implications for teachers unclear. This paper will be presented in five sections. 1) The first describes problems with current cognitive theories and the need for a unified theory of cognition 2) The second provides a review of the literature of current cognitive theories. 3) The third section consists of research in the history of cognitive theory both in philosophy and psychology. 4) The fourth describes how a fresh look at the philosophy of Immanuel Kant can provide a more unified cognitive theory to educational psychology. 5) Finally, the paper offers specific implications for instruction under these headings: Teachers should describe the concept to be taught as a rule. Teachers should introduce the concept rule by experience or by example. Teachers should use the concept rule as a framework for effective questioning. Teachers should describe the rule with abstract language only after students have understood the rule.
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Sanders, Bryan Philip. "Toward a Unified Computer Learning Theory: Critical Techno Constructivism." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2019. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/901.
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Why did we ever purchase computers and place them along the wall or in the corner of a classroom? Why did we ever ask students to work individually at a computer? Why did we ever dictate that students should play computer games or answer questions built from a narrow data set? And why are we still doing this with computers in classrooms today?
This approach has contributed to a systemic problem of low student engagement in course materials and little inclusion of student voice, particularly for traditionally underrepresented students. New transformational tools and pedagogies are needed to nurture students in developing their own ways of thinking, posing problems, collaborating, and solving problems. Of interest, then, is the predominance in today’s classrooms of programmed learning and teaching machines that we dub 21st century learning. We have not yet fully harnessed the transformational power and potential of the technology that schools already possess and that many students are bringing on their own.
This dissertation aims to address what is missing in best practices of technology in the classroom. Herein these pages will be performed a document analysis of cornerstone books written by John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and Seymour Papert. This analysis will be in the form of annotations comprised of the author’s experience as an experienced educator and researcher, and founded in the extant relevant theories of critical theory, technology, and constructivism. The three philosophers were selected for their contributions to constructivism and their urgings to liberate the student from an oppressive system. With a different approach to educational technology, students could be working towards something greater than themselves or the coursework, something with a passionate purpose derived from student inquiry. Instead of working at the computer and having a “one and done” experience, students could be actively transforming their studies and their world. And instead of reifying existing social and racial inequities outside of the classroom through the large computer purchases and the dominant culture attitudes and beliefs found in many software products and databases, we could be examining our practices and programs with a critical lens that allows us to question and seek more inclusive community strategies.
The final chapter is about asking for, pushing for, and dreaming for new kinds of schools, classrooms, software, hardware, and new ways to think about and create new opportunities for students. Mixed reality, sometimes called augmented reality, is likely the anticipated future of computers in the classroom.
We need to, very deeply and purposefully, mix up electronics with people. We are in a new era with new understandings of old issues showing up in old problems. A unified learning theory for computers, computing, and digital learning environments could help to redefine classroom spaces and class time, as well as graduation outcomes. The revolution will indeed be live on the Internet, but it will also be remixed and recreated by students organically and authentically pursuing their own truth.
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Wilder, Matthew. "A unified theory of exogenous and endogenous attentional control." Connect to online resource, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1460879.
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Edgar, John Alexander. "The design of a unified data model." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1986. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=185667.
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A unified data model is presented which offers a superset of the data modelling constructs and semantic integrity constraints of major existing data models. These semantic integrity constraints are both temporal and non-temporal, and are classified by constraint type (attribute, membership, set, temporal) and semantic integrity category (type, attribute value, intra-tuple, intra-class, inter-class). The unified data model has an onion-skin architecture comprising a DB state, DB state transition and temporal models, the realization of all three providing the facilities of a temporal DB. The DB state model is concerned with object-entities and the DB state transition model deals with event-entities and the non-destructive updating of data. A third species of entity is the rule. The temporal model conveys the times of object existence, event occurrence, retro-/post-active update, data error correction, the historical states of objects, and Conceptual Schema versions. Times are either instantaneous/durational time-points or time-intervals. Object and event classes are organized along the taxonomic axes of aggregation, association, categorization and generalization. Semantic integrity constraints and attribute inheritance are defined for each kind of data abstraction. A predicate logic oriented Conceptual Schema language is outlined for specifying class definitions, abstraction and transformation rules, and semantic integrity constraints. Higher-order abstraction classes are primarily defined in terms of the constraints for their lower-order, definitive classes. Transformation rules specify update dependencies between classes. Support is shown for the major features of the main semantic data models, and a token implementation is presented.
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Lueger, Tim [Verfasser], Volker [Akademischer Betreuer] Caspari, and Jens [Akademischer Betreuer] Krueger. "Classical Unified Growth Theory / Tim Lueger ; Volker Caspari, Jens Krueger." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1201820804/34.
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Lüger, Tim [Verfasser], Volker [Akademischer Betreuer] Caspari, and Jens [Akademischer Betreuer] Krueger. "Classical Unified Growth Theory / Tim Lueger ; Volker Caspari, Jens Krueger." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2019. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-97016.
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Nikolaou, Nikolaos. "Cost-sensitive boosting : a unified approach." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/costsensitive-boosting-a-unified-approach(ae9bb7bd-743e-40b8-b50f-eb59461d9d36).html.
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In this thesis we provide a unifying framework for two decades of work in an area of Machine Learning known as cost-sensitive Boosting algorithms. This area is concerned with the fact that most real-world prediction problems are asymmetric, in the sense that different types of errors incur different costs. Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost) is one of the most well-studied and utilised algorithms in the field of Machine Learning, with a rich theoretical depth as well as practical uptake across numerous industries. However, its inability to handle asymmetric tasks has been the subject of much criticism. As a result, numerous cost-sensitive modifications of the original algorithm have been proposed. Each of these has its own motivations, and its own claims to superiority. With a thorough analysis of the literature 1997-2016, we find 15 distinct cost-sensitive Boosting variants - discounting minor variations. We critique the literature using {\em four} powerful theoretical frameworks: Bayesian decision theory, the functional gradient descent view, margin theory, and probabilistic modelling. From each framework, we derive a set of properties which must be obeyed by boosting algorithms. We find that only 3 of the published Adaboost variants are consistent with the rules of all the frameworks - and even they require their outputs to be calibrated to achieve this. Experiments on 18 datasets, across 21 degrees of cost asymmetry, all support the hypothesis - showing that once calibrated, the three variants perform equivalently, outperforming all others. Our final recommendation - based on theoretical soundness, simplicity, flexibility and performance - is to use the original Adaboost algorithm albeit with a shifted decision threshold and calibrated probability estimates. The conclusion is that novel cost-sensitive boosting algorithms are unnecessary if proper calibration is applied to the original.
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Walker, Joel Wesley. "Aspects of grand unified and string phenomenology." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2622.
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Explored in this report is the essential interconnectedness of Grand Unified
and String Theoretic Phenomenology. In order to extract a modeled connection to
low-energy physics from the context of superstring theory, it is presently necessary to
input some preferred region of parameter space in which to search. This need may be
well filled by a parallel study of Grand Unification, which is by contrast in immediate
proximity to a wealth of experimental data. The favored GUT so isolated may then
reasonably transfer this phenomenological correlation to a string embedding, receiving
back by way of trade a greater sense of primary motivation, and potentially enhanced
predictability for parameters taken as input in a particle physics context.
The Flipped SU(5) GUT will be our preferred framework in which to operate and
first receives an extended study in a non-string derived setting. Of particularly timely
interest are predictions for super-particle mass ranges and the interrelated question of
proton decay lifetime. Corrections to such a picture under the lift to a string embedding
are also considered. Two principal approaches to string model building are next
treated in turn: the Heterotic Free Fermionic construction and Intersecting D-branes
in Orientifold compactifications. In both contexts, a summary of existing constructions,
extensions to known procedures, and original phenomenological contributions
are described.
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Lanzagorta, Marco. "Infra-red fixed points in supersymmetric Grand Unified theories." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318836.
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Clark, Christopher R. "A Unified Model of Pattern-Matching Circuits for Field-Programmable Gate Arrays." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14138.
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The objective of this dissertation is to develop a methodology for describing the functionality, analyzing the complexity, and evaluating the performance of a large class of pattern-matching circuit design approaches for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The developed methodology consists of three elements. The first is a functional model and associated nomenclature that unifies a significant portion of published circuit design approaches while also illuminating many novel approaches. The second is a set of analytical expressions that model the area and time complexity of each circuit design approach based on attributes of a given pattern set. Third, software tools are developed that facilitate architectural design space exploration and circuit implementation. This methodology is used to conduct an extensive evaluation and comparison of design approaches under a wide range of conditions using pattern sets from multiple application domains as well as synthetic pattern sets. The results indicate strong dependences between pattern set properties and circuit performance and provide new insights on the fundamental nature of various design approaches.
A number of techniques have been proposed for designing pattern-matching hardware circuits with reconfigurable FPGA chips. The use of FPGAs enables high performance because the circuits can be customized for a particular application and pattern set. A relatively unstudied consequence of tailoring circuits for specific patterns is that circuit area and performance are affected by various properties of the patterns used. Most previous work in this field only considers a single design approach and a small number of pattern sets. Therefore, it is not clear how each design is affected by pattern set properties. For a given set of patterns, it is difficult to determine which approach would be the most efficient or provide the highest performance. Previous attempts to compare approaches using results from different publications are conflicting and inconclusive due to variations in the FPGA devices, patterns, and circuit optimizations used. There has been no attempt to evaluate a wide range of designs under a common set of conditions. The methodology presented in this dissertation provides a framework for studying multiple aspects of FPGA pattern-matching circuits in a controlled and consistent manner.
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韓祖淵 and Cho-yuen Han. "A unified game theory approach to H-infinity control and filtering." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31235815.
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Sung, John Junghoon. "Cognitive semantics of molecular genetics : toward a unified cognitive semantic theory." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442429.
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Han, Cho-yuen. "A unified game theory approach to H-infinity control and filtering /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18635520.
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Ohala, Diane. "A Unified Theory of Final Consonant Deletion in Early Child Speech." University of Arizona Linguistics Circle, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/226598.
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Stålenheim, Julia. "Bayesian confirmation Theory and all of the Sciences : A unified approach." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Filosofiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-389912.
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The aim of this thesis essay is to show that Bayesian confirmation theory can be used instead of the hypothetico-deductive method for all sciences.Føllesdal argues in his paper "Hermeneutics and the hypotheticodeductive method" that the hypothetico-deductive method is used in all sciences, only more or less visible and this paper takes his arguments and applies the same reasoning to Bayesian confirmation theory. To do this, an an example of literature study is gone through where the Bayesian confirmation theory is applied. The cases of confirmation and disconfirmation from the hypothetico-deductive method are worked through in terms of Bayes' theorem and the conclusions are that Bayesian confirmation theory can be used with respect to all sciences and that it might prove even better since its higher adaptability.
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Sterrett, James Jacquette. "Soviet air force operational theory 1918-1945." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2006. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/soviet-air-force-operational-theory-19181945(812ad17b-b708-41c2-b09b-fab389ab5592).html.
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Anandakrishnan, Archana. "Yukawa Unified GUTs in the era of the Large Hadron Collider." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1420475282.
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Ohno, Sachiko. "Synchronically Unified Ranking and Distribution of Voice in Japanese." Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/227247.
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It is well known that there are four classes of Japanese vocabulary with respect to its origin; Yamato vocabulary consists of native morphemes, Sino- Japanese consists of borrowed morphemes from Chinese, Foreign is a loanword from a language other than Chinese, and Mimetic describes sounds or manners. Each of these classes has different phonological properties.1 There are three phenomena with respect to the distribution of voice in Japanese. One of them is that post-nasal obstruents in Yamato vocabulary and Mimetic are mostly voiced while those in Sino-Japanese and Foreign are not. I will mainly focus on this property in this paper. However, I will also discuss the other phenomena, namely the compound voicing alternation (Rendaku) and the restriction of voiced sounds in a morpheme (Lyman's Law). These phenomena typically occur with Yamato vocabulary only. Although the domain of each phenomenon largely overlaps with a certain class of lexical origin, they do not match completely with each other. The purpose of this paper is to account for the distribution of voice in Japanese by establishing a constraint ranking that covers Japanese vocabulary of any origin. The organization of the paper is as follows. In section 2, I will present data and four problems to be solved. General tendency of Yamato vocabulary are summarized in 2.1, and many exceptions to the generalization are presented in 2.2. In section 3, I will give an analysis using a unified ranking rather than different rankings depending on origins of the vocabulary. In section 4, I will present two pieces of evidence --- historical and acquisional---to support my claim that Japanese has only one ranking.
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Giannopoulos, Araham Athanassiou. "On the unification of gravity and electromagnetism." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338737.
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Josyula, Darsana Purushothaman. "A unified theory of acting and agency for a universal interfacing agent." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3279.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Computer Science. 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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Yin, Bo. "Procedural consequences stemming from criminal procedural deficiences : a unified and scientific theory." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=174688.
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This thesis is intended to discover a unified and scientific theory of breaches of criminal procedure and their results. In Chapter One, I provide readers with a way of navigating the argument. In Chapter Two, England, Germany and China are the representative jurisdictions. I then try to harmonise ‘criminal procedure’ and ‘xing-shi su-song-fa’ in Chinese. In Chapter Three, a criminal procedure rule is composed of a procedural direction and the consequence of its breach. Weaknesses in procedural remedies exist in every jurisdiction. In Chapter Four, two obstacles are cleared up: the Anglo-American suspicions about universal legal theory and the antagonistic position between socialist and capitalist laws. Two scientific factors are found: three objectives of criminal procedure: substantive truth, procedural regularity and legal harmony; criminal procedural conduct as the analytical unit. In Chapter Five, civil juristic act theory cannot be mechanically transplanted. Two categorisations are found useful: disposition-influencing conduct, procedure-inducing conduct and adjudicative conduct; conduct by a person in authority and conduct by a person not in authority. In Chapter Six, there are simply proclaimed rules and nullity-backed rules. Breaches of nullity-backed rules can be either absolutely null or relatively null. The treatment of relatively null conducts is either nullification or regularisation. There are three conventional nullifications: reversal of adjudicative conduct; exclusion of disposition-influencing conduct and nullification of procedure-inducing conduct. Regularisation is divided into disposal and overlooking. If substantive aspects are examined, mitigation of sentence and ending of proceedings may be applied. Transmutation of invalid procedural conduct is a peculiar treatment. Then, I briefly integrate the subordinate procedural mechanisms in terms of institutional arrangements and structural constraints. In Chapter Seven, I explore the function of this theory in terms of theoretical guidance, legislation and legal practice, although discretion is unavoidable for deciding the final consequence of many breaches.
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Kortum, Richard Dennis. "Theory of meaning : sense, force, tone and truth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3995121e-4d4f-4621-a5a7-ed3da6958fd3.
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This thesis examines Michael Dummett's form of a theory of meaning for natural language. I argue that Dummett's extension of Frege's formal techniques to the semantics of natural language, based on the categories of sense, force and tone, and the centrality of truth, provides an inadequate theoretical account of linguistic competence. Part One examines the celebrated sense-force distinction. Dummett's schematic model of force-indicators and sentence-radicals ignores or mishandles semantic features of numerous ordinary expressions and linguistic forms. In many cases the distinction is blurred, and worse, univocity is sacrificed. A chief culprit is the restrictive nature of true-false polarity. The principal thesis that force attaches only to complete sentences is compromised, and Dummett's handling of force-indication fails to account for the distinct elements of word-order, verbal mood and intonation contour. In Part Two I attempt to distinguish genuine varieties of tone, inspecting the different differences among e.g., 'lift'-'elevator', 'cheekbone'-'zygoma', 'ere'- 'before 1 , 'Chinese'-'Chink', 'and'-'but 1 and others, as well as the contribution of adverbs like 'still' and 'almost'. Both Frege and Dummett consign to this general category many expressions which do not belong; for some other cases, tonality is a matter of use, but not meaning. Minimally, the sense-tone boundary needs redrawing. More accurately, the notion of sense, identified with the determination of truth-conditions, must either be broadened to incorporate some non-truth-conditional aspects of word-meaning, or else be replaced by another term possessing the broader role. In Part Three a single general characterization of meaning is advanced which accommodates both individual expressions and linguistic forms. I support the idea that a formulation in terms of a primitive notion of 'making things out to be a certain way', aligned with the poles of correctness and incorrectness, captures in a systematic way the expressions and forms which proved resistant to Dummett's canonical form of explanation.
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Toyota, Kazuo. "Electronic theory for spectroscopy and molecular force field." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/149820.
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Rao, Vijay D. "A Unified Approach to Quantitative Software Lifecycle Modeling." Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/94.
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An evolutionary process currently taking place in engineering systems is the shift from hardware to software where the role of software engineering is becoming more central in developing large engineering systems. This shift represents a trend from a piece-meal vision of software development to a holistic, system-wide vision. The term "software crisis" of 1960's and 1970's was the observation that most software development projects end up with massive cost overruns and schedule delays. The growing complexity of software projects led to Waterfall, Spiral and other models to depict the software development lifecycle. These models are qualitative and study the product, process and project issues in isolation, and do not provide a quantitative framework to depict the various facets of development, testing, maintenance and reuse.
In this thesis, a generic, unified lifecycle model (ULM) integrating the product, process and project view of software development based on re-entrant lines is proposed. A reentrant line is a multi-class queueing network that consists of several types of artifacts visiting a set of development teams more than once. An artifact is a general term for any object of information created, produced, changed or used by development teams and it includes items such as requirements specification documents, preliminary and detailed module designs and design documents, code, components, test plans and test suites. The artifacts visit the development teams several times before exiting the system, thus making the flow of artifacts non-acyclic. The main consequence of the re-entrant flow is that several artifacts at different stages of completion compete with each other for service by a development team.
The ULM model output is obtained by using the criticality, complexity and usage of artifacts. The model is solved using linear programming and simulation methods. The software development process in a software organisation is represented by the proposed re-entrant line model. The model is used to predict project metrics such as the development time, cost and product quality for any new project to be taken up by the organization. The routing matrix of the artifacts in the ULM can be modified to derive different types of lifecycle models such as Waterfall, Prototyping, Spiral and Hybrid models.
The ULM may be modified to include software reuse and component-based development. We investigate certain issues involved in software reuse. Reuse of components is modeled as an external arrival of artifacts at different stages in the ULM. Two distinct lifecycles in component based software development, namely, 'development for reuse' and 'development with reuse', are distinguished and the development time and cost for projects are estimated using LP bounds and simulation.
The 'development for reuse' lifecycle involves reusable components development that is stored in a reuse library. As the number of components in the reuse library grows over time and with projects, the problem of effective and efficient retrieval of candidate components in order to facilitate systematic reuse becomes the bottleneck. A novel approach where components are stored in a case-base is proposed. The retrieval process is based on a reasoning approach that relies on similar cases (components) in the past to find solutions to the current problem (new software requirements in projects). The selection of candidate components for decisions pertaining to four levels of reuse {reuse as-is, reuse with minor code modifications, reuse of specifications, no reuse or develop afresh} in the current application is modeled using Rough and Fuzzy sets. These methodologies are illustrated with suitable case studies.
Maintenance of legacy systems, representing a massive, long-term business investment, is an important but relatively new research area. The ULM is modified to depict the complex set of activities associated with software maintenance. Quantitative metrics such as release time of versions, cost, time and effort for maintenance are estimated using this model. Some of the specific contributions of this thesis are:
1. A unified quantitative lifecycle model (ULM) depicting the software development process is used to obtain project metrics such as development cost, development time and quality based on the product and process attributes for the Waterfall, Prototyping, Spiral and Hybrid lifecycle models.
2. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methodology is used to rank order the suitability of different lifecycle models for a new development project at hand, based on the metrics obtained from ULM.
3. The ULM is modified to depict component-based software development and to integrate reuse as an important basis for software development. Two distinct lifecycles for development for reuse and development with reuse are studied. The 'development for reuse' strategy generates reusable components that are organized and stored in a reuse library. The selection-decision regarding candidate components from this library for reuse in the current application is derived using a Rough and Fussy set methodology.
4. The ULM is adapted to represent the various activities associated with software maintenance. Estimates of maintenance metrics for different strategies of maintenance of legacy systems are obtained.
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Hall, Ian Angus. "The world as will to power : towards a unified theory in Nietzsche studies." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432292.
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Senior, Michael. "The roles of convention and experience in a unified theory of existence statements." Thesis, Open University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303475.
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Zantedeschi, Valentina. "A Unified View of Local Learning : Theory and Algorithms for Enhancing Linear Models." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSES055/document.
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Dans le domaine de l'apprentissage machine, les caractéristiques des données varient généralement dans l'espace des entrées : la distribution globale pourrait être multimodale et contenir des non-linéarités. Afin d'obtenir de bonnes performances, l'algorithme d'apprentissage devrait alors être capable de capturer et de s'adapter à ces changements. Même si les modèles linéaires ne parviennent pas à décrire des distributions complexes, ils sont réputés pour leur passage à l'échelle, en entraînement et en test, aux grands ensembles de données en termes de nombre d'exemples et de nombre de fonctionnalités. Plusieurs méthodes ont été proposées pour tirer parti du passage à l'échelle et de la simplicité des hypothèses linéaires afin de construire des modèles aux grandes capacités discriminatoires. Ces méthodes améliorent les modèles linéaires, dans le sens où elles renforcent leur expressivité grâce à différentes techniques. Cette thèse porte sur l'amélioration des approches d'apprentissage locales, une famille de techniques qui infère des modèles en capturant les caractéristiques locales de l'espace dans lequel les observations sont intégrées.L'hypothèse fondatrice de ces techniques est que le modèle appris doit se comporter de manière cohérente sur des exemples qui sont proches, ce qui implique que ses résultats doivent aussi changer de façon continue dans l'espace des entrées. La localité peut être définie sur la base de critères spatiaux (par exemple, la proximité en fonction d'une métrique choisie) ou d'autres relations fournies, telles que l'association à la même catégorie d'exemples ou un attribut commun. On sait que les approches locales d'apprentissage sont efficaces pour capturer des distributions complexes de données, évitant de recourir à la sélection d'un modèle spécifique pour la tâche. Cependant, les techniques de pointe souffrent de trois inconvénients majeurs :ils mémorisent facilement l'ensemble d'entraînement, ce qui se traduit par des performances médiocres sur de nouvelles données ; leurs prédictions manquent de continuité dans des endroits particuliers de l'espace ; elles évoluent mal avec la taille des ensembles des données. Les contributions de cette thèse examinent les problèmes susmentionnés dans deux directions : nous proposons d'introduire des informations secondaires dans la formulation du problème pour renforcer la continuité de la prédiction et atténuer le phénomène de la mémorisation ; nous fournissons une nouvelle représentation de l'ensemble de données qui tient compte de ses spécificités locales et améliore son évolutivité. Des études approfondies sont menées pour mettre en évidence l'efficacité de ces contributions pour confirmer le bien-fondé de leurs intuitions. Nous étudions empiriquement les performances des méthodes proposées tant sur des jeux de données synthétiques que sur des tâches réelles, en termes de précision et de temps d'exécution, et les comparons aux résultats de l'état de l'art. Nous analysons également nos approches d'un point de vue théorique, en étudiant leurs complexités de calcul et de mémoire et en dérivant des bornes de généralisation serréesIn Machine Learning field, data characteristics usually vary over the space: the overall distribution might be multi-modal and contain non-linearities.In order to achieve good performance, the learning algorithm should then be able to capture and adapt to these changes. Even though linear models fail to describe complex distributions, they are renowned for their scalability, at training and at testing, to datasets big in terms of number of examples and of number of features. Several methods have been proposed to take advantage of the scalability and the simplicity of linear hypotheses to build models with great discriminatory capabilities. These methods empower linear models, in the sense that they enhance their expressive power through different techniques. This dissertation focuses on enhancing local learning approaches, a family of techniques that infers models by capturing the local characteristics of the space in which the observations are embedded. The founding assumption of these techniques is that the learned model should behave consistently on examples that are close, implying that its results should also change smoothly over the space. The locality can be defined on spatial criteria (e.g. closeness according to a selected metric) or other provided relations, such as the association to the same category of examples or a shared attribute. Local learning approaches are known to be effective in capturing complex distributions of the data, avoiding to resort to selecting a model specific for the task. However, state of the art techniques suffer from three major drawbacks: they easily memorize the training set, resulting in poor performance on unseen data; their predictions lack of smoothness in particular locations of the space;they scale poorly with the size of the datasets. The contributions of this dissertation investigate the aforementioned pitfalls in two directions: we propose to introduce side information in the problem formulation to enforce smoothness in prediction and attenuate the memorization phenomenon; we provide a new representation for the dataset which takes into account its local specificities and improves scalability. Thorough studies are conducted to highlight the effectiveness of the said contributions which confirmed the soundness of their intuitions. We empirically study the performance of the proposed methods both on toy and real tasks, in terms of accuracy and execution time, and compare it to state of the art results. We also analyze our approaches from a theoretical standpoint, by studying their computational and memory complexities and by deriving tight generalization bounds
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Liu, Wanyu. "Information theory as a unified tool for understanding and designing human-computer interaction." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLT012/document.
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La théorie de l'information a influencé un grand nombre de domaines scientifiques depuis son introduction par Claude Shannon en 1948. A part la loi de Fitts et la loi de Hick, qui sont apparus lorsque les psychologues expérimentaux étaient encore enthousiastes à l'idée d'appliquer la théorie de l'information aux différents domaines de la psychologie, les liens entre la théorie de l'information et l'interaction humain-machine (IHM) ont été peu explorés. L'objectif de cette thèse est de combler le fossé entre la théorie de l'information et l'IHM en considérant que l'interaction entre les humains et les machines peut être considérée comme un processus de communication et peut donc être caractérisée à l'aide des concepts de la théorie de l'information. Les trois principales contributions de cette thèse sont : (1) une perspective historique détaillée sur la manière dont la théorie de l'information a influencé la psychologie et l'IHM, avec en particulier une discussion approfondie et une analyse de la pertinence de la loi de Hick pour l'IHM, (2) le cadre formel Gain d'Information Bayésienne (BIG pour Bayesian Information Gain) qui quantifie et exploite les informations envoyées par l'utilisateur à l'ordinateur pour exprimer son intention et (3) une illustration des avantages de l'utilisation des mesures de la théorie de l'information pour évaluer la performance des entrées et pour caractériser une tâche d'interaction. Cette thèse démontre ainsi que la théorie de l'information peut être utilisée comme un outil unifié pour comprendre et concevoir la communication et l'interaction humain-machineInformation theory has influenced a large number of scientific fields since its first introduction in 1948. Apart from Fitts' law and Hick's law, which came out when experimental psychologists were still enthusiastic about applying information theory to various areas of psychology, the relation between information theory and human-computer interaction (HCI) has rarely been explored. This thesis strives to bridge the gap between information theory and HCI by taking the stance that human-computer interaction can be considered as a communication process and therefore can be characterized using information-theoretic concepts. The three main contributions are: (1) a detailed historical perspective on how information theory influenced psychology and HCI, particularly an in-depth discussion and analysis of how relevant Hick's law is to HCI; (2) a Bayesian Information Gain (BIG) framework that quantifies the information sent by the user to the computer to express her intention; and (3) a further illustration of the advantages of using information-theoretic measures to evaluate input performance and to characterize the rich aspects of an interaction task. This thesis demonstrates that information theory can be used as a unified tool to understand and design human-computer communication
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Li, Bao Cheng. "A unified approach to boundary element method, numerical conformal mapping and improperly imposed BVP." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.236337.
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Kazim, Khalid J. [Verfasser]. "Towards a unified approach for path-following and force-feedback using nonlinear model predictive control / Khalid J. Kazim." Magdeburg : Universitätsbibliothek, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1130704343/34.
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Yanus, Alixandra B. Vanberg Georg. "Neither force nor will a theory of judicial power /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2935.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 23, 2010). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Political Science." Discipline: Political Science; Department/School: Political Science.
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Cheung, Chak H. "A unified approach to unit commitment and economic dispatch in power system control." Thesis, Durham University, 1990. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1155/.
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Somani, Arun K. (Arun Kumar). "A unified theory of system-level diagnosis and its application to regular interconnected structures /." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72037.
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System-level diagnosis is considered to be a viable alternative to circuit-level testing in complex multiprocessor systems. The characterization problem, the diagnosability problem, and the diagnosis problem in this framework have been widely studied in the literature with respect to a special fault class, called t-fault class, in which all fault sets of size up to t are considered. Various models for the interpretation of test outcomes have been proposed and analyzed. Among these, four most known models are: symmetric invalidation model, asymmetric invalidation model, symmetric invalidation model with intermittent faults, and asymmetric invalidation model with intermittent faults.In this thesis, a completely new generalization of the characterization problem in system-level diagnosis area is developed. This generalized characterization theorem provides necessary and sufficient conditions for any fault-pattern of any size to be uniquely diagnosable under all the four models. Moreover, the following three results are obtained for the t-fault class: (1) the characterization theorem for t-diagnosable systems under the asymmetric invalidation model with intermittent faults is developed for the first time; (2) a unified t-characterization theorem covering all the four models is presented; and finally (3) it is proven that the classical t-characterization theorems under the first three models and the new result for the fourth model, as mentioned in (1) above, are special cases of the generalized characterization theorem.
The general diagnosability problem is also studied. It is shown that the single fault diagnosability problem, under the asymmetric invalidation model is Co-NP-complete.
As regards the diagnosis problem, most of the diagnosis algorithms developed thus far are global algorithms in which a complete syndrome is analyzed by a single supervisory processor. In this thesis, distributed diagnosis algorithms for regular interconnected structures are developed which take advantage of the interconnection architecture of a multiprocessor system.
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Stratton, Nick. "Analytical psychology and learning theory towards the development of a unified model of learning." Thesis, University of Essex, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517284.
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Knowles, Robert. "The grammar of hermeneutics : Anthony C. Thistleton and the search for a unified theory." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2005. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55393/.
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A fresh engagement with the formative work of Anthony C. Thiselton demonstrates that this work constitutes a source of insights of great value for a programmatic construction towards a unified hermeneutical theory. Such a construction provides powerful keys for unlocking six contemporary problems in hermeneutics. First, it brings organisation to a disorganised discipline by identifying three distinct spheres or strata of hermeneutical reflection. Second, it brings clarification to a complex discipline by identifying seven distinct hermeneutical 'conversations' centred on 'dialogue', 'history', 'epistemology', 'language', (Western) 'culture', the human 'self', and 'understanding' (including the hermeneutical task). Third, it tackles the problem of abstraction in hermeneutics by bridging the gap between hermeneutical theory and practice. Fourth, it addresses the problem of disunity in hermeneutical theory on three levels: philosophical subtext, the removal of perennial philosophical and theological 'dualisms' or 'dichotomies', and the relative ontological priorities of 'history' and 'language'. Fifth, it addresses inter-disciplinary polarisation in hermeneutics by clarifying the relationship between theological and philosophical hermeneutics. Sixth, it strikes at the heart of irresponsibility in interpretation by answering the question of what constitutes 'responsible interpretation'. However, despite these six potential advances and Thiselton's world-ranking stature, no thorough engagement with Thiselton's work yet exists in the literature. What little engagement there has been manifests serious misunderstandings and misrepresentations of Thiselton's thinking. Conversely, the criticisms emerging that can legitimately be made of Thiselton are relatively minor. His critical stance towards the Continental hermeneutical tradition necessitates a clearer highlighting of the grammatical changes implicit in his continued use of Continental terminology. Thiselton also needs to dialogue further with epistemological traditions, with philosophies and models of selfhood, with major 'postmodern' thinkers, with pastoral theology and with theological anthropology. Finally, a more sophisticated hermeneutic of fallen human relationships is required to provide a better understanding of historical conditioning
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Harris, Matthew E. "Incorporating a Training Construct into the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4776.
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The purpose of this study was to identify and examine existing technology acceptance constructs as they relate to end-user participation in training programs. By analyzing technology acceptance constructs and their fit with existing training paradigms, it was expected that there would be a significant increase in use behavior as defined in the Unified Theory of Technology Acceptance and Use (UTAUT) model. An extended model that describes the links between the training paradigms and existing technology acceptance constructs as found in the UTAUT was then introduced and tested to see if the model could be improved by adding a training reactions construct.
Online pre and post training surveys were received from 111 students who participated in face-to-face training on structured query language (SQL) during spring 2014 and 2015 semesters. Survey questions were created from previously validated technology acceptance and training studies. From these responses, the basic structure of the original UTAUT model was partially confirmed.
The first conclusion drawn from this study was that training reactions (TR) significantly impact behavioral intention to use (BIU) information technology and was positively correlated, suggesting when TR increased, BIU also increased. The second conclusion drawn from this study was that the relationship between TR and BIU information technology was not fully mediated by facilitating conditions (FC), but was partially mediated by it. The third conclusion drawn from this study was that from the original UTAUT model, only performance expectancy (PE) was found to be a significant predictor of BIU information technology. Effort expectancy (EE), social influences (SI), and facilitating conditions (FC) were not found to be significant. Also, neither gender nor computer experience moderated any of the independent variables from the original UTAUT model. The fourth conclusion drawn from this study was neither gender, nor computer experience (Exp) moderated TR in predicting BIU.
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Wahlström, Oskar. "Luftmakt i humanitära interventioner : en prövning av Wardens teori." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8372.
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Air power has shown its usefulness throughout many wars and has been an effective tool for military interventions during the last decades. How airpower should be applied has been a highly debated topic for as long as it has been around. However, its use in humanitarian interventions is comparatively unresearched. One theorist that have received a lot of attention is John Warden and his five-ring-model. The purpose of this thesis is to test Wardens theory in humanitarian interventions, in order to contribute with research on the use of airpower in humanitarian interventions. This thesis is a comparative case study examining two similar and successful humanitarian interventions, Operation Deliberate Force and Operation Odyssey Dawn/Unified Protector. Results show that Wardens theory can not explain the success of the use of airpower in the operations. There are however some interesting similarities between the two operations that could be the key to success in humanitarian interventions. Further research is required to investigate this conclusion.
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Laios, B. A. "A unified approach to decentralised control, based on the exterior algebra and algebraic geometry methods." Thesis, City University London, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292320.
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Lind, Stephen G. "A case study of the implementation of joint planning in an organization undergoing transformation to joint force headquarters in one state /." Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2008. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=1618&filename=1616.pdf.
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Thesis (Master of Military Art and Science)--U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2008."The National Guard has been in a nearly constant state of change, in one form or another, since its inception. The events that have transpired since the attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 demonstrated the need for the next major evolution of the National Guard. The National Guard began the process of transforming the State Military Headquarters in all 54 states and territories by converting from an Administrative and Oversight Headquarters to a Joint Operational Activity in 2003. This study investigates the changes brought about by the implementation of the joint planning process with relation to the transformation to Joint Force headquarters in California. It explores the impact of the joint planning process to current operational plans within California and the challenges and successes experienced during the process. In doing so, it focuses on the effects the JFHQ transformation process has had in California. One critical component to operating in a joint environment is the ability for the organization to conduct Joint Planning using the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) format. All of the existing plans for each state would have to be updated and converted to the JOPES format, adding to the challenges of learning a new planning format and training planners to use the new format. This study finds that resourcing has been the most significant challenge to the transformation process with regards to joint planning. The planning staff within the J-5 has suffered from a lack of sufficient personnel to conduct both strategic and operational planning simultaneously. Strategic planning has been extremely effective while operational planning has produced mixed results. Personnel within the joint staff have not been trained on the Joint Operations Planning Process (JOPP) which further hampers its operational planning capability. The lack of trained planners has slowed attempts to update and transition current "on the shelf" plans from the old "scenario" based plans (earthquake, civil disturbance, flood, etc.) to new "capabilities" based plans (transportation, security, RSOI, etc.)."--P. iv. Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130). Also available via the Internet.
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Brown, Natasha A. "Evaluating and Improving Current Metapopulation Theory for Community and Species-level Models." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535633560485168.
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Templeton, Douglas R. "Assessing the utility of work team theory in a unified command environment at catastrophic incidents." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5F.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2005.Thesis Advisor(s): Maria Rasmussen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-88). Also available online.
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Brown, T. A. "A unified approach to the identification of dynamic behaviour using the theory of vector spaces." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.232789.
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