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Cunha, Andréa Karla da. "Fardas brancas na arena: um estudo interdisciplinar do uniforme histórico dos dragões da independência sob a luz da cultura visual." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2015. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/4818.
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The historic uniform of the Independence Dragons was established by the Brazilian Army and it is worn in the contemporary times. Inserted into the legislation by means of an Annex, it is subject to the general rules regarding uniforms as well as to its own, which are, in a way, and because of its characteristics of shared clothing, divergent and more permissive. This gives this uniform special features that, combined with diacritical and symbolic functions found within it, signal to a proper regime of visualities in the military environment. Moreover, the definition of a uniform can have different meanings according to the place from where it is seen. Thus, received by the Visual Culture Studies, this uniform can reveal itself without any fear, show its hidden faces and establish an open, frank and interdisciplinary dialog in order to suspend beliefs and to have a fair battle in the Arena.
O uniforme histórico dos Dragões da Independência foi instituído pelo Exército Brasileiro e está em uso na contemporaneidade. Inserido na legislação por meio de um Anexo, ele se submete às regras gerais para uniformes e às suas próprias, que são, de certa forma, e devido ao seu caráter de roupa compartilhada, divergentes e mais permissivas. Isto faz com que este uniforme tenha características especiais que, aliadas às funções diacríticas e simbólicas nele contidas, sinalizam para um regime de visualidades próprio ao meio militar. Além disso, a definição de um uniforme pode ter significados diferentes de acordo com o local de onde ele é visto. Assim, recebida pelos Estudos de Cultura Visual, esta farda consegue se revelar sem medo, mostrar suas faces ocultas e dialogar de forma franca, aberta e interdisciplinar, a fim de que as crenças sejam suspensas e a batalha na Arena seja justa.
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Black, Prudence Sarah. "Lines of flight the design history of the Qantas flight attendants' uniforms /." Connect to full text, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5397.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2009.Title from title screen (viewed September 18, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Gender and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2009; thesis submitted 2008. Includes bibliographical references.
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Kraft, Jacquelyn A. "Society's perceptions and attitudes toward school uniforms." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003kraftj.pdf.
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Gibson-Tessendorf, Cornel. "An exploration of the role of uniforms in contributing to the embedding and transmitting of organizational culture." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002786.
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Many companies today are using some form of uniforms for employees. This research is an exploration of the role of uniforms in contributing to the embedding and transmitting of organizational culture. Culture is the experiences and common learning of the organization that results in shared values and beliefs. According to Schein (1985: 14) culture has three levels, namely: artifacts, values, and basic underlying assumptions. The first level of the culture consists of the physical constructs of the organization, and therefore includes the uniforms, which is the focus of this study. Schein (1985: 223) further proposes that culture can be embedded and transmitted through various mechanisms. The research was conducted in the constructivist paradigm, at a tertiary institution of higher learning in Eastern Cape, South Africa. To ensure triangulation, three sources of data were used, namely: documentation; observation; and both individual and focus group interviews. The researcher argues that uniforms played a role in the embedding of the sample organization’s three levels of culture, which were expressed in terms of Hofstede’s (1991: 07) culture dimensions. Firstly, the use of the different uniforms by different groups, as well as the ranking indicated by the uniforms, played a role in embedding the high power distance culture. Secondly, the symbolism of security portrayed by the uniform played a role in embedding the high uncertainty avoidance culture. Thirdly, it was found that the uniform created unity amongst groups, resulting in greater expression of collectivism. Fourthly, the use of sensible and practical uniforms plays a role in embedding the feminine culture where competitiveness is avoided and relationships are nurtured. Lastly, the uniform plays a possible role in transforming the culture from short-term to a long-term orientation that focuses on the future.
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Beck, Dinah Quesada. "Com que roupa eu vou? embelezamento e consumo na composição dos uniformes escolares infantis." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/61954.
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A presente Tese de Doutorado em Educação intitulada “Com que roupa eu vou? Embelezamento e Consumo na Composição dos Uniformes Escolares Infantis”, desenvolvida na Linha de Pesquisa Educação, Sexualidade e Relações de Gênero do PPGEDU da FACED/UFRGS teve como primordial foco de estudos pesquisar a produção das identidades de gênero femininas infantis escolarizadas marcadas pelo processo de pedofilização como prática social contemporânea. O estudo empreendido buscou responder em sua narrativa, mesmo que provisoriamente, a seguinte questão: de que forma as práticas de uniformização escolar infantil interferem no modo como as meninas investem, em seus corpos, padrões estéticos e corporais de embelezamento e consumo tão difundidos em nossa sociedade e propagados pela escola na constituição de suas identidades de gênero? Tendo como referenciais teórico-metodológicos os Estudos de Gênero e os Estudos Culturais em Educação, foram desenvolvidas entrevistas semiestruturadas com crianças e com profissionais da escola em questão, no intuito de coletar dados acerca do problema pesquisado. Desenvolvi, também, observações em momentos livres das crianças na escola num período aproximado de seis meses, registrados num caderno de anotações, com o intuito de problematizar, discutir e investigar o problema de pesquisa apontado. O estudo suscitou a compreensão de que as práticas de composição em torno dos uniformes escolares infantis, glamourosamente produzidas pela escola e propagadas pelas crianças estabelecem uma consistente relação entre consumo e embelezamento dos corpos, demarcando dois processos recorrentes em tais práticas: pertencimento e erotização autorizada. Em tal prática escolar foi possível também perceber a demarcação de discursos e representações sociais e culturais contemporâneos da importância do maciço investimento, desde a infância, nos corpos, na imagem e na aparência, reforçando a adesão das meninas na produção/composição de suas identidades de gênero.The present doctoral thesis in Education entitled "What clothes should I wear? Beautification and Composition of Consumption in Children’s School Uniforms", following the research line in Education, Sexuality and Gender Relations (PPGEDU) at the College of Education (FACED) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) focuses on the production of the female child’s gender identities in school, which are characterized by the process of pedophilization as a contemporary social practice. The study aims to answer the following question, although temporarily: How can the use of school uniforms interfere in the way the girls are investing in their bodies, the aesthetic and body patterns of beautification and consumption, which are strongly publicized in our society and spread in the school formation of their gender identities? Based on the Gender Studies and Cultural Studies in Education as theoreticalmethodological referential, some semi-structured interviews were carried out with the children and the school staff in order to collect data. Written observations were also made during the children’s free moments at school over a period of approximately six months. The study raised the understanding that the practices of composition concerning schoolchildren uniforms, glamorously produced and promoted by the children themselves, establish a consistent relationship between consumption and body beautification, reinforcing two recurring processes in such practices: belonging and authorized eroticization. In this school practice it was also possible to realize the reinforcement of discourses and the contemporary cultural ad social representations in the importance of the massive investment, since childhood, in the bodies, the image and the appearance, reinforcing the adhesion of girls in the production/composition of their gender identities.
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Leydold, Josef. "Automatic Sampling with the Ratio-of-uniforms Method." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1999. http://epub.wu.ac.at/84/1/document.pdf.
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Applying the ratio-of-uniforms method for generating random variates results in very efficient, fast and easy to implement algorithms. However parameters for every particular type of density must be precalculated analytically. In this paper we show, that the ratio-of-uniforms method is also useful for the design of a black-box algorithm suitable for a large class of distributions, including all with log-concave densities. Using polygonal envelopes and squeezes results in an algorithm that is extremely fast. In opposition to any other ratio-of-uniforms algorithm the expected number of uniform random numbers is less than two. Furthermore we show that this method is in some sense equivalent to transformed density rejection. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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Brookshire, Attillah N. "The Impact of School Uniforms on School Climate." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2249.
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Approximately half of the public schools in the United States require uniforms or a formal dress policy and many are intended to reduce discipline problems and improve school climate. A suburban school district in Georgia recognized that there was an increase in discipline problems in their schools that affected the school climate. In an effort to promote school safety and improve climate, stakeholders at a district campus adopted a uniform policy. The purpose of this survey study was to examine the differences in perceived school climate between a district campus with a uniform policy and a similar campus with no uniform policy. The theoretical framework of this study was based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The American School Climate Survey-Teacher Version was sent electronically to all teachers from the 2 study sites. The final sample included 62 respondents, 32 from the school with uniforms and 30 from the school without uniforms. Mann-Whitney tests were used to test for differences in survey responses between the 2 groups. The climate of the school that required uniforms was rated significantly higher on 14 of the 25 survey items, including safety, reduced bullying, and improved student learning. There were no differences between group scores for the remaining survey items. Implications for positive social change include providing the findings to the local site as an initial step in investigating school climate and the possible impact of school uniforms. With increased information, the study district can make more informed decisions regarding the use of school uniforms, which might improve safety, reduce bullying, and improve student learning in the district.
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Leydold, Josef. "Short Universal Generators Via Generalized Ratio-of-Uniforms Method." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2000. http://epub.wu.ac.at/348/1/document.pdf.
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We use inequalities to design short universal algorithms that can be used to generate random variates from large classes of univariate continuous or discrete distributions (including all log-concave distributions). The expected time is uniformly bounded over all these distributions for a particular generator. The algorithms can be implemented in a few lines of high level language code. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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Jones, Aaron B. "Perceptions of School Uniforms in Relation to Socioeconomic Statuses." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6974.
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Schools that implement a school uniform policy are on the rise (Musu-Gillette, Zhang, Wang, Zhang & Oudekerk, 2017). About 74% of these schools have a high population of low socioeconomic status students (Musu-Gillette et al., 2017) with about 75% or more qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The purpose of this study was to examine any relationships between students' perceptions of the effects of school uniforms and student socioeconomic status. In a charter school, a survey was completed by students to gather perception information and a separate survey by parents to gather socioeconomic status information. Hypotheses were tested using descriptive statistics and multiple regression models. Data were gathered from 184 students in grades 3 through 8. Examining individual survey items revealed older students were more likely to report that school uniforms help to reduce bullying and teasing. Another statistically significant difference was that some students of high socioeconomic status reported that uniforms help reduce arguments with parents about clothing (t(182) = 2.66, p<.01). Student responses on 10 survey items were grouped into one factor called School Climate, reflecting student perceptions on how uniforms affect the school's climate. Analyses revealed no significant relationships between the School Climate factor and socioeconomic status. However, Hispanic students reported a significantly more positive response overall than non-Hispanic students. These findings suggest students of various socioeconomic status perceive school uniforms similarly, but older students could be more likely to associate uniforms with a reduction in bullying. More research needs to be done in charter schools as little research has been done on school uniforms in charter schools, and among Hispanic students because the participation of Hispanic students was relatively low.
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Васильєва, Ірина, Оксана Дорошенко, and Олена Васильєва. "Удосконалення дизайн-проектування шкільної форми для дівчат на основі принципів трансформації." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10666.
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На основі аналізу існуючих зразків форменого одягу та інших видів асортименту одягу для дівчат молодшого шкільного віку визначено типові елементи трансформації та їх основні функції. На основі результатів аналізу встановлено відповідність між ними і базовими принципами трансформації, запропоновано класифікацію видів і принципів конструктивної та технологічної реалізації функцій трансформації дитячого шкільного одягу і гардеробу, класифікацію елементів трансформації.Based on the analysis of existing samples of uniforms and other types of clothing for girls of the junior school age, typical transformation elements and their main functions identified. Based on the results of the analysis, the correspondence between them and the basic principles of transformation is established; the classification of types and principles of constructive and technological realization of functions of transformation of children's school clothes and wardrobe, classification of elements of transformation proposed.
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FERREIRA, CLAUDIO JOSE DE MELO. "INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF PIECES OF UNIFORMS IN THE BRAZILIAN NAVY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2012. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=21103@1.
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Esta dissertação teve como objetivo propor o desenvolvimento e
estabelecimento de um método de gerenciamento de estoque de peças de
uniformes a ser implantado através de uma solução de TI que possa vir a ser
utilizado por todos os Gerentes dos PDU´s (Postos de Distribuição de Uniformes)
e pelo Gerente de Fardamento da Marinha. Com esse fulcro, foram apresentadas
técnicas de segmentação de materiais, de previsão de demanda de curto prazo, de
gerenciamento de estoque (método de ponto de pedido e método de revisão
periódica) e técnicas de cálculo de estoque de segurança para determinado nível
de serviço. Adicionalmente, com o intuito de possibilitar a comparação entre
políticas de estoques distintas, foram estudados três importantes classes gerais de
custos que são: os custos de pedido, de manutenção do inventário e de falta de
estoques. Como resultado, foram apresentadas algumas reformulações necessárias
a serem implementadas na atual ferramenta de TI utilizada pela Marinha para
gerenciar o estoque. Uma vez implantada, essa ferramenta irá permitir aos
Gerentes, conhecedores das nuances do mercado, melhores condições para a
tomada de decisões relativas aos seus estoques.The objective of this dissertation is to develop and establish an inventory management method for uniforms through IT solutions that can be used by all inventory managers at uniform distribution points. With this in mind, studies were conducted on techniques for material classification, short term demand forecasting, inventory management (continuous review method and periodic review method) as well as techniques for calculating safety stock to achieve the desired the service level. Additionally, this proposal allows us to compare and contrast different inventory policies on the basis of three principal cost criteria. Those criterion are: acquisition cost, inventory maintenance, and inventory loss. As a result, recalculations were proposed to the IT solution that is currently being used by the Brazilian Navy to effectively manage stock levels. Once implemented, these tools will allow inventory managers, the technical experts of the navy, to make the best decisions with the best information possible.
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Murphy, Mary Louise. "Public school uniforms : a case study of one school's experience /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7678.
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Bhembe, Mfanzile M. "School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45874.
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The study focused on the role of members of the School Management Team (SMT) regarding
the manner in which they implement the policy on mandatory school uniform in Swaziland
schools.
The main question guiding the study was:
To what extent is the learners’ right to human dignity protected when teachers enforce
the wearing of compulsory school uniforms in Swaziland schools?
A qualitative case study approach was employed with empirical data collected using
interviews with the SMT members of three schools in the Manzini and Lubombo regions of
the Kingdom of Swaziland, as well as an analysis of each of the school official documents.
The interviews and the analysis of the documents were aimed at determining the
compliance of each school‘s strategy with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, and
all international conventions regarding the protection of children’s right to human dignity in
schools.
Data was analysed in accordance with acceptable procedures for processing the
qualitative data. The researcher’s conclusion based on the data gathered and from the body of
literature consulted, presented evidence that suggests that the rights of learners to human
dignity is not well-protected in the three schools that participated in the study. Poor
learners continue to suffer the humiliation of being undressed of clothing such as jerseys that
they wear to school because it is not the prescribed school uniform and is unacceptable. Some
suffer corporal punishment because their parents cannot afford to buy them the full prescribed
school uniform. Poverty remains a serious challenge to implementing the mandatory school
uniform policy.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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McGloin, Alexis Marie. "The effects of school uniforms on school climate in elementary school." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/25362.
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This research sought to explore the link between mandatory school uniforms and a positive school climate. Beginning in the late 1980's public schools implemented mandatory school uniforms policies in urban school districts. The trend gained momentum when President Clinton included school uniforms in his 1996 State of the Union Address. Directly following the speech was a publication by the United States Department of Education on school uniforms that was distributed to all school districts in the country. Often the primary reason for implementing school uniforms was gang violence. Other reason included increased school safety and decreases in violence. Further, proponents believed uniforms would increase academic achievement and improve school climate. Research on the effects of school uniforms is limited and conflicting. Most studies available to date were conducted in urban settings. However, school uniforms have infiltrated rural and suburban schools districts as well. Two school districts in suburban Eastern Pennsylvania participated in this study. One school district had a mandatory school uniform policy. The other did not. Using a school climate survey and school uniform questionnaire, students in grades 4-6 and elementary school teachers rated the school climate in their respective schools. School climate was rated on seven subscales on the student school climate survey and 10 subscales on the faculty school climate survey. A t-test was performed on the data set to determine the difference between sample means and a factor analysis was conducted on the student school climate survey. Further, three themes emerged from the short answer questions on the student uniform questionnaire. The results of the research found that there was not a statistically significant relationship between a mandatory school uniform policy and elementary school students' perceptions of school climate. Of the seven subscales, students who wore school uniforms rated their peer relationships higher than students without school uniforms. Additionally, they rated the required rigor higher. Students that did not wear school uniforms rated the teacher-student relationship higher. When responding to the open ended questions, three themes emerged. They were expression, atmosphere and family. In essence, students were not in favor of wearing uniforms and believed uniforms suppressed their freedom of expression. Teachers responded similarly. The results showed no statistically significant relationship between a mandatory school uniform policy and teacher perceptions of school climate. Only two subscales showed any significant difference between the two groups of teachers. They were teacher-administrator relationship and student achievement. In both respects, teachers in the district without uniforms responded more positively. The results of this study should be used when reviewing current policy or considering new policy on school uniforms.
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Almeida, Adilson Jose de. "Uniformes da Guarda Nacional: 1831-1852. A Indumentária na Organização e Funcionamento de uma Associação Armada." Universidade de São Paulo, 1999. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-21032006-153646/.
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Webster, Elaine Irene, and n/a. "Similarities and differences in New Zealand school uniforms : issues of identity." University of Otago. Department of Clothing and Textile Sciences, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20061108.143726.
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Dress and appearance constitute the visual realm in the dialectic of identity construction and are powerful communicators in this process, since dress and appearance are the symbolic means by which we locate ourselves and others through interaction within social contexts. Dress is used to differentiate and create boundaries for group belonging and exclusion, and in the uniform has been understood to have a capacity to suppress individuality and to identify the wearer with objectives beyond the self. Adolescence is a time of intense identity work and in New Zealand coincides with secondary schooling during which school uniforms are usually worn. Is freedom in dress necessary for development of personal identity?
The effects of same-dressing on identity development in adolescence were investigated in the context of the history, practice, and meanings of school uniform in New Zealand secondary schools. This was investigated through a nationwide survey, analysis of selected school photographs and records, interviews with students, review of legal and bureaucratic structures supporting the practice, and review of the literature of school uniforms, and education and social history of New Zealand. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods contributed to analysis of both dress practices in wider New Zealand contexts, and more personal use of dress in the formation of personal identity. Analysis of school uniforms as mechanisms of power, constituting both the student and the self, drew on symbolic interactionist theory and on Foucault�s later interpretations of power, while also linking material culture and social structures.
New Zealand has a strong and continuing tradition of school uniform in secondary schools, yet this practice is characterised by change, variety, and differences, challenging the sameness which uniforms are supposed to embody. Meanings and functions of uniforms have changed considerably over the twentieth century, evolving through extreme and diverse expressions of the expectations of social, political, and education systems towards their young people, and mediated in turn by students themselves. While school uniforms both manifest and mediate the power of the school over the bodies of children, the power embodied in uniforms is not always and only a repressive power, but is also a generative, productive power. Students described uniforms as a form of shelter and protection, embodying belonging and participation in the school and a projected future of success and engagement in adult society and work. Uniforms also maintained a breadth of possibilities consistent with a fluid class system and egalitarian ideals of New Zealand society.
While students believed self-expression essential for the formation of a self, they believed this need could be met through the use of minor differences in uniforms, while uniforms allowed them to retain the advantages of group belonging. Schools allowing some personal expression effectively strengthened the sense of belonging and participation, by maintaining the individual in positive relation to the group. The interaction that creates a self consists in symbols, involving meanings, appearances, and communication: differences and similarities from part of these complex interactions.
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Alexander, Leanne III. "Design Criteria for Female Flight Attendant Uniforms: Wearer Preference Needs Assessment." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36624.
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The purpose of this research was to gather the preferences of flight attendants for garment characteristics of the ideal flight attendant uniform, then translate those garment characteristics to design criteria.
Using uniform silhouette, interior design lines and fabric characteristics as dependent variables, garment characteristics of clothing length and shape, sleeve length and shape, neckline, collar, pocket style, pocket placement, closing type, closing location, waist style, fabric care, color, type, stretch, weight, hand, surface and fabric design were selected as independent variables. The objectives of the study were to determine 1) the flight attendant preferences for an ideal uniform and 2) if a relationship existed between flight attendant age and garment characteristics and between flight attendant years of service and garment characteristics.
A questionnaire was developed and tested as the instrument to be used to gather the wearer preferences and garment characteristics. The development of the questionnaire evolved through a series of pretests. Changes were made based on the reader comprehension of questions, terminology, illustrations and instructions. The data were analyzed using frequency counts, cross-tabulations and independent sample chi-square test.
The data were gathered in the crew lounge of a major southeast airline. The sample consisted of 218 actively employed, Caucasian and non-Caucasian female flight attendants between the ages of 25 to 51 with 1 to 36 years of service. The findings indicated this group of flight attendants preferred three garments; shirt, slacks and cardigan sweater as uniform clothing, and no relationships existed between flight attendant age or flight attendant years of service and preferred garment characteristics.Master of Science
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DeLong, Kelly Dawn. "The effect of school uniforms on academic performance and behavioral offenses." Connect to resource, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1153354717.
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HENRY, HEATHER FRENCH. "SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS FASHION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990735146.
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Drone, Robert James. "Nontraditional uniforms do accord prisoner of war status for special operations forces." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6115.
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Although SOF may be more effective than conventional armed forces for certain missions, the unconventional operational methods of SOF create a chink in their armor not faced by the conventional armed forces. The nontraditional attire worn by SOF while operating in enemy territory, rather than traditional uniforms, arguably result in forfeiture of prisoner of war (POW) status for SOF under the law of war. Wearing a traditional uniform is not the combatant's sole means of distinguishing himself from the civilian population. SOF operating wearing nontraditional uniforms in enemy territory should not be declared spies because they wear distinctive clothing that distinguishes them from civilian populations.
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McCullough, Sarah. "Construction of the female athletic body a study of women's sport uniforms /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1404340401&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Black, Prudence. "Lines Of Flight: The Design History of the Qantas Flight Attendants' Uniform." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5397.
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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)This thesis maps the sixty year history of the Qantas flight attendants’ uniform. It figures the Qantas uniform as a prism through which to explore a history of modern Australian fashion and design, and the social and cultural web that gives life to the image of the Qantas flight attendant, rather than a history of the airline itself. Qantas, with its humble origins in the rural town of Longreach, Queensland, became the national carrier when it combined interests with Britain’s Imperial Airways to form Qantas Empire Airways in 1934. From the time the first female Qantas flight hostess appeared on board in 1948, the aircraft aisle became a 'catwalk for the image-makers'. It is particularly important to the role of the flight hostess, later the flight attendant, that the dress of the cabin crew, although clearly defined as uniforms, also responded to current fashion from the beginning of this history. Although the story of Qantas has been well documented, this thesis will focus on the uncharted area of the evolving design history of flight uniforms from the clinical white dress of the 1940s, through the military designs of the 1950s and the synthetics and stilettos of the 1960s, right through to the corporate designs of the present day. The analysis of such corporate design is a relatively new field. This study uses the flight attendants’ uniform to chart the links between the Australian fashion and textile industry and with militarism, versions of Australian nationalism and cosmopolitanism, the corporate world and the role of international designers in Australian design history. While the method of this thesis is largely archival, meticulously detailing the changing facets of the Qantas uniforms and unfolding those details into an engagement with these historical context, there are other theoretical influences on this study. In particular, it is underpinned by the ‘semiotics of uniformity’ drawn from fashion and design studies and by an equal focus on discourse analysis. The flight hostess’s uniform was always a complex ‘articulation of discourses’ as national image had to be played off against international trends, dominant and emerging gender norms, and the language of professional 'decorum' for people with high levels of responsibility and public exposure. Across each of these registers, the frisson of glamour was also a factor, morphing across this history from images of modernism and internationalism via the quasi-erotics of uniform fetishism into ‘postmodern’ performativity.
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Hoffler-Riddick, Pamela Y. "The Relationship Between the Implementation of a Mandatory Uniform Dress Policy and Attendance, Grade Point Average, Discipline, and Self-Esteem." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30442.
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The current belief that fashionable clothing worn to school by students influences their attitude and behavior is the major impetus behind the adoption of stricter dress policies, including uniforms (Behling, 1994). Data available in the United States do not support any specific conclusions about the effects of school uniforms (Palikos & Rist, 1996).
A mandatory uniform dress policy was implemented at an urban middle school located in southeastern Virginia. Students in the 9th grade during 1997-98, who also completed three consecutive years at this middle school from 1994-95 through 1996- 97 were the participants in the study. Information was collected and analyzed using an Analysis of Variance for attendance, discipline, grade point average, and self-esteem data using an alpha of .05. The sample of 146 students included 96 Black students (48 men and 48 women) and 50 White students (27 men and 23 women). Independent variables were race, gender, and time. Findings revealed that uniforms had a negative impact on attendance, grade point average, and self-esteem. Discipline indicators (total number of referrals, rule violations, and out-of-school suspensions) showed mixed results. The first year of uniform implementation showed a significant decline in the number of referrals, rule violations, and suspensions for study participant. During the second year of implementation, however, the trend reversed with an increase in all discipline categories exceeding the baseline or non-uniform year.Ed. D.
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Pessoa, Karina dos Santos Galego. "Proposta de procedimento para estudar a ampliação dos parâmetros: densidade de pontos por centímetro e espessura das agulhas, especificados pela norma ABNT NBR 9925:2009, utilizados na verificação da costurabilidade de vestuário escolar." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100133/tde-21062015-195803/.
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A indústria de confecção de vestuário transforma um tecido bidimensional em um artigo tridimensional. Embora existam vários métodos para unir as partes de um artigo de vestuário, a costura com linhas é o método mais utilizado. A costura é quem fornece resistência à peça, e nesse sentido, perde sua funcionalidade se por acaso romper os fios do tecido, ou ainda, se houver rompimento da linha, ou outro problema como esgarçamento, deslizamento do tecido ou da costura. A qualidade de uma costura é definida pelos seus desempenhos funcionais e estéticos. A norma ABNT NBR 9925:2009 estabelece as condições do ensaio que indica se a costura tem tendência a abrir-se mediante a aplicação de uma força; também aponta os tipos de agulhas, linhas e fios, e ainda indica a densidade de pontos e máquinas adequadas para a confecção dos corpos de prova que serão ensaiados. O objetivo deste trabalho é utilizar o planejamento de experimentos para estudar a possibilidade de ampliar dos valores de densidade de pontos por centímetro e espessuras das agulhas, propostos pela referida norma ABNT NBR 9925:2009 para verificar a costurabilidade de uniformes escolares. Foram selecionados no mercado três tecidos normalmente utilizados na confecção desses artigos; e em seguida, realizados os ensaios físicos de gramatura, determinação da densidade de pontos por centímetro e determinação do esgarçamento de uma costura padrão. O modelo estatístico escolhido foi o planejamento aleatorizado por níveis; e para a análise dos resultados foram utilizados a ANOVA (análise de variância), com intervalo de confiança de 95%, e o box plot. Os resultados obtidos indicam a viabilidade do uso do estudo proposto para a seleção da densidade de pontos e tipo de agulhas em função da aplicação do produto final.The industry of making clothing becomes a two-dimensional fabric in a three-dimensional article. Although there are several methods to connect the parts of an article of clothing, the seam with lines is the most used method. The sewing is who provides resistance to the part and, in this sense, the seam loses its functionality if by chance breaking the wires of the tissue, or even if there is no line rupture, or another problem such as fraying, slip the fabric or sewing. The quality of a seam is defined by its functional performance and aesthetic. The ABNT NBR 9925:2009 establishes the conditions for the test that indicates if the seam has a tendency to open up through the application of a force and also indicates the types of needles, lines, wires, dot density and suitable machines for the manufacture of bodies of evidence to be tested. The objective of this work is to use the planning of experiments to study the possibility of expanding the density values of points per centimeter and thicknesses of needles, proposed by ABNT NBR 9925:2009 for the verification of sewability school uniforms. They were selected on the market three tissues normally used in the manufacture of these articles and the tests of physical weight, determination of the density of dots per centimeter and determination of the fraying of a sewing pattern. The statistical model chosen was the randomised trial planning by levels and for the analysis of the results were used for the ANOVA (Analysis of variance), with 95% confidence interval, and the box plot. The results indicate the feasibility of the use of the proposed study to selecting the density of stitches and needle type depending on the application of the final product.
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Kuwata, Naoko. "Making girls modern : the introduction of uniforms for Japanese school girls, 1914-1939." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.725643.
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Uriyo, Angela Furaha. "School Uniform Design Preferences of Uniform Wearers and Terminal Values Attributed to Them." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9864.
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The beginning of the twenty-first century found American society sharply divided and American culture in the midst of tumult; the driving forces behind these changes being individualism, multiculturalism and the politics of gender and sexual orientation. As a result, social structure and what were once traditional values have been abandoned for political correctness. With reports of personal crimes committed on juveniles on school property on the rise, clearly, these shifts away from tradition have trickled down from society at large to the sphere of the public school. Students no longer are using traditional socially accepted norms and values as viable guides to their behavior (Hudak, Ander & Allen, 1980), but violence, which has become a way of attaining respect and self worth as well as material possessions. Some of the most disturbing reports that have been brought to the public's attention are those of students assaulting and robbing one another at knife and gunpoint for clothing.
The conceptual framework was that of appearance perception. Clothing and appearance are extremely important to children in their efforts to compete as well as to successfully fit in with their peers. Many school reform efforts have implemented school uniform policies as a way of building a sense of unity and belonging among students, as well as a way of controlling behavior. However, despite the numerous studies that have attempted to show that nonverbal communication may form impressions of personality, character traits, and intelligence, none have focused on school uniforms and their reflection of the personal values of the wearers.
This study determined the uniform preferences of uniform-wearing students for middle school children, and described the five terminal values that these students attributed to uniformed students. This research also determined whether there were significant differences between the probabilities of males and females having the same perceptions of the terminal values attributed to uniformed students, because research has shown that these perceptions have a direct effect on style preferences.
The sample was comprised of 85 students between 18 and 21 years, who attended a military institute of higher education in which they were required to wear uniforms on a daily basis. Respondents completed a three-part questionnaire, which consisted of: (1) Rokeach Value Survey, (2) demographics questions, and (3) wearer preference measure. The instrument was pilot tested for content validity before it was administered to the sample. Data were analyzed using Pearson Chi-squares and frequencies.
The chi-square tests revealed no significant differences in the probability of males and the probability of females selecting the same terminal values for uniformed students. Examination of frequencies determined design criteria for males and females uniform design as well as the five core terminal values attributed to uniformed students.Master of Science
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Riley, Kate. "Improving sustainability of the domestically laundered healthcare uniform." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/11394.
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Sustainability is an important consideration in today’s society and all areas of textiles contribute to a negative environmental impact; in production, during the ‘in use’ phase and importantly, at the end of life. The use of fibres with alternative end of life options, such as recycling, to divert from landfill disposal, along with reduced temperatures for domestic laundering are becoming of increasing importance. However, concern arises when applied to the healthcare market, in particular, healthcare uniforms which could be contaminated with harmful microorganisms. It is common practice for healthcare uniforms in the United Kingdom to be laundered domestically by staff and, therefore, to establish current practices undertaken, a questionnaire to healthcare staff was distributed and resulted in 265 responses. Results were analysed to determine the most commonly used temperatures, detergents, frequency of laundering and items laundered with healthcare uniforms. The data showed that uniforms are not always laundered after every shift and the use of 40°C was common (33%, n=265). The survival of two frequently observed healthcare associated infections in hospitals, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, on the surface of polyester and cotton was established and the attachment analysed using Scanning Electron Microscopy. These results demonstrated that polyester had the lowest survival of both microorganisms and less attachment was seen on the surface of the fibre when compared to cotton. Polyester was selected for textile testing and a range of development fabrics were created using variations in yarn type and fabric structure. Conventional test methods were used to determine the comfort properties of the fabrics created, with results indicating that equal or better performance can be achieved when compared to current fabrics used for healthcare uniforms. To determine the optimal laundering process to achieve removal of microorganisms from the surface of textile items, three household detergents along with a standard reference detergent were tested for their efficacy against E. coli and S. aureus at three temperatures (40°C, 60°C and 71°C) and three times (3, 10 and 15 minutes). A domestic laundering cycle was then simulated whereby an inoculated swatch of fabric was washed and tested for recovery of bacteria to determine the most appropriate temperature for use in the home. The results of the investigation indicated that a standard 40°C domestic wash cycle was ineffective at achieving complete removal of microbial contamination and could allow cross contamination to occur. The use of a 60°C standard domestic wash cycle was found to be significantly more effective, achieving complete removal of microbial contamination.
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McGovern, Jeffrey. ""Seeing" an Everyday State: The Geopolitics of 20th Century United States Military Veterans." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293481.
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This dissertation is a critical engagement with the myth of the reified modern state - that Leviathan that seemingly exists outside of the social while residing within the natural. In doing so it joins an effort to move the field of critical geopolitics beyond critiquing classical geopolitics to one that includes a transformative component, as expressed in the overarching field of critical theory. The undergirding methodological and theoretical approaches of this dissertation are rooted in the interplay between the semiotic, the performative, and the visual, an eclectic framework that grapples with the shifting representational practices of geopolitics - practices that are centered on maintaining a particular meta-narrative of the state - i.e., the myth of the state as a reified subject. As a means to demystify this particular paradigm of the state I look at the contradictions and the challenges proffered by a unique set of actors, soldiers and veterans. I accomplish this: military actors. This is accomplished by bringing to the forefront, through imagery, the visual and communicative performances of their everyday geopolitical practices as military actors and citizens. The three cases that make up this dissertation each address particular interconnections between soldiers, veterans, and the myth of "the state," with each employing an approach that visually interrogates the spatial and material relationships as a means to explore "the everyday" performances of their geopolitical practices. Soldiers and veterans are uniquely situated in geopolitical discourses about the state, as they are framed and/or frame themselves, depending on the context, as both "state" and "non-state" actors and, as such, through their conjoined identities can collapse the meta-narrative of the state-as-object by their very "being." In this interrogation, therefore, I add to an effort to push for a reconceptualization of the state, arguing that "it" should be re-imaged or reframed as an everyday relationship between citizens - a state as relationship rather than a state as object. This shift moves a critical geopolitical inquiry away from reproducing what it critiques, to critically engaging with the practices that produce the representations that help to constitute it.
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Hawk, Zoe Alaina. "Dress code." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/980.
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Stromberger, Joanne. "The Constitutionality of Dress Code and Uniform Policies." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4725/.
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This dissertation proposes to delineate the criteria for determining the constitutionality of public school dress codes based on an examination of relevant case law. The study addresses the following underlying questions: (1) Do students have a constitutional right to freedom of choice regarding their personal dress and grooming in public schools? (2) If so, what is the origin of the right? (3) What justification does a school district need in order to intrude upon the right? (4) Does the extent to which there is a right, and that it is accorded support by the judiciary, depend on the student's age and grade level? (5) What do state statutes say about dress codes and uniforms? (6) Do state statutes comport with the circuit courts' rulings in the various jurisdictions? The first part of Chapter I examines the purpose of school uniforms as set forth in relevant educational literature and commentary. The second part of the chapter examines empirical evidence on the effects of dress codes and uniforms. Chapter II addresses the first three questions listed above concerning students' right to choice in personal dress, the origins of such a right, and the justification required for a school to intrude upon this right. Chapter III examines dress code rulings from the United States Courts of Appeals in order to ascertain patterns of judicial rationale and determine whether students' rights vary depending on age, grade level, or federal circuit court jurisdiction. Chapter IV examines existing state statutes with regard to dress codes and uniforms. Chapter V utilizes the legal principles that emerge from the research in Chapter III and draws from the survey of state statutes in Chapter IV to make a comparison of state statutes and circuit court rulings in each jurisdiction. If a state statute does not comport with federal law in its particular jurisdiction, modifications are suggested to bring the statute into line with relevant judicial rulings.
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Hörmann, Wolfgang. "A note on the quality of random variates generated by the ratio of uniforms method." Institut für Statistik und Mathematik, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1993. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1440/1/document.pdf.
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The one-dimensional distribution of pseudo-random numbers generated by the ratio of uniforms methods using linear congruential generators (LCGs) as the source of uniform random numbers is investigated in this paper. Due to the two-dimensional lattice structure of LCGs there is always a comparable large gap without a point in the one-dimensional distribution of any ratio of uniforms method. Lower bounds for these probabilities only depending on the modulus and the Beyer quotient of the LCG are proved for the case that the Cauchy the normal or the exponential distribution are generated. These bounds justify the recommendation not to use the ratio of uniforms method combined with LCGs. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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SIMI, GUSTAVO ARAUJO. "REFORMATORY AND INDIGENOUS POLICE: THE EXPERIENCE OF UNIFORMS AND DISCIPLINE OF INDIANS DURING THE DICTATORSHIP." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=32337@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os acontecimentos transcorridos nos postos indígenas do estado de Minas Gerais – o Posto Indígena Guido Marlière (PIGM) e o Posto Indígena Mariano de Oliveira (PIMO) – durante a ditadura civil-militar, sobretudo entre os anos de 1967 e 1973, período no qual a Ajudância Minas-Bahia (AJMB), responsável pela administração desses postos, ficou sob o comando da Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais (PMMG). Nesse período, foi construído um reformatório para índios considerados delinquentes transferidos de várias regiões do país para o território demarcado ao povo indígena Krenak; foi formada uma tropa militarizada de policiais-indígenas conhecida como Guarda Rural Indígena (GRIN); e, finalmente, foi realizada a transferência forçada dos Krenak e dos confinados no reformatório para uma propriedade da PMMG chamada Fazenda Guarani. Esses acontecimentos atingiram diretamente a cultura política Krenak, levando o Ministério Público Federal (MPF) a pleitear uma inédita anistia política coletiva em prol do povo indígena Krenak junto ao Ministério da Justiça no ano de 2015. Essa dissertação procura descrever esses processos à luz de um conjunto de documentos colhidos em pesquisas no acervo do Museu do Índio e do Centro de Referência Indígena do portal Armazém Memória, sobretudo aqueles que permitem conhecer o funcionamento do órgão tutelar (primeiro o Serviço de Proteção ao Índio – SPI – e posteriormente a Fundação Nacional do Índio – FUNAI) naquela região, onde ocorriam frequentes conflitos fundiários.
This text aims to analyse the main facts which happened at Indigenous posts of Minas Gerais State- The Indigenous Post Guido Marliere (PIGM) and the Indigenous Post Mariano de Oliveira (PIMO)- during the civil-military dictatorship, mainly between 1967 and 1973, time in which the Ajudância Minas-Bahia (AJMB), responsible for administrating the mentioned posts, was under Military Police of Minas Gerais State s control (PMMG). During this time one reformatory was built for said offenders indians be transferred from several regions of the Country to the defined territory of Krenak indians. A militarised troop was organised with police Indians known as Rural Indigenous Guard (GRIN). All the Krenaks and the ones confined in the reformatory were forced to move to a PMMG s property know as Guarani Farm. These facts directly hit Krenak s political culture, leading the Ministério Público Federal (MPF) pleading an unique collective political amnesty to benefit the Krenak indigenous people. This litigation was submitted to Minister of Justice in 2015. This text describes all these processes under the lights of researched documents stored at Indian s Museum and Indigenous Centre of Reference collections both part of Armazem Memoria portal, mainly the ones which allow knowing how tutelary institutions such as initially SPI (Serviço de Proteção ao Índio) and later FNI (Fundação Nacional do Índio) worked in that region, where several conflicts over land had happened.
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Eberhardt, Darlene Michele. "Antibacterial and Laundering Properties of Ams and Phmb as Finishing Agents for Healthcare Workers Uniforms." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27403.
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The safety of healthcare workers (HCW) has become a serious concern; therefore, a need for protection against bacterial penetration and transmission is realized. The purpose of this research is to examine whether antibacterial finishes can effectively reduce the presence of bacteria that have the potential for penetration and transmission on healthcare workers uniforms (HCWU). The specific objective of this research is to compare the antibacterial properties (i.e., bacterial reduction), two descriptive properties (i.e., fabric weight, fabric thickness), and one durability property (i.e., breaking strength loss due to abrasion) of a 65/35% polyester/cotton blend fabric treated with two commercially available antibacterial agents (i.e., 3-trimethoxysilylpropyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride) or AEGIS Microbeshield, (AMS) and polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) or Reputexâ · before laundering and after 5, 10, and 25 laundering cycles. The independent variables were the treatments (i.e., AMS, PHMB, no treatment) and the laundering cycles (i.e., 0, 5, 10, 25). The dependent variables were the four fabric properties: (a) antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) bacteria, (b) fabric weight, (c) fabric thickness, and (d) breaking strength loss due to abrasion. Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and Two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to examine the effects of the independent variables and their interaction on each dependent variable.
The results showed PHMB treated specimens had a significantly higher log reduction against both S. aureus and K. pneumoniae before laundering and after 5, 10 and 25 laundering cycles than AMS treated specimens and the no treatment specimens. Initially, AMS had some reduction against S. aureus and K. pneumoniae before laundering; however after laundering, the reductions against both bacteria were diminished greatly. As expected, the no treatment specimen had no reduction against S. aureus or K. pneumoniae before and after laundering. The addition of PHMB and AMS increased the fabric weight of 65/35% polyester/cotton fabric and kept the fabric thickness throughout 25 laundering cycles. The untreated specimens became thicker after 25 laundering cycles. In addition, the breaking strength loss due to abrasion indicated that treatments had no effect on fabric strength.
In conclusion, adding antibacterial agents do have some influence on bacterial reduction for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as descriptive properties (i.e., fabric weight, fabric thickness). However, there was no influence on durability property (i.e., breaking strength loss due to abrasion). More studies are needed to test both agents on other types of fabrics such 100% cotton and nonwoven to incorporate more treated HCWU in the marketplace.Ph. D.
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St, Pierre Catherine Sacchi. "Uniforms and Universities: A Qualitative Study of Post 9/11 Marine Student Veterans’ Literacy Practices." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503073304349867.
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Thurwanger, Michael L. "Comparative research into credibility attributed to uniformed versus non-uniformed defense sources." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1033638.
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The U.S. Department of Defense employs both uniformed military personnel and non-uniformed civilian employees as information sources. The objectives of this study was to determine whether students, acting in the role of journalists, attributed greater credibility to uniformed or non-uniformed spokespersons and whether a difference in attribution could be measured when the topic being briefed was more specifically related to the military mission.Seventy undergraduate journalism students were randomly assigned to four groups and exposed to one of four videotaped press briefings. Two briefings announced the outbreak of hostilities involving U.S. forces or award of a major construction contract. Each of the announcements was delivered by a uniformed military public affairs officer or by a spokesperson in civilian business suit.Following the briefings, students evaluated the source using semantic differentials first developed by Berlo, Lemert and Mertz (1969) and prepared questions exactly as they would ask them following the spokesperson's prepared statement. The semantic differentials were analyzed using ANOVA. The follow-on questions were coded using methodology similar to that used by Einsiedel (1974) and evaluated using the "Coefficient of Imbalance" proposed by Janis and Fadner (1949). This second method was employed to determine whether data obtained and analyzed using the Coefficient of Imbalance would validate results obtained through the use of more traditional semantic differentials.Neither method resulted in findings which would suggest a statistically significant difference in the credibility attributed to the defense source by the student-journalists in any of the four treatments.Department of Journalism
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Mothibi, Tuduetso Cynthia. "An exploration of pupils' and parents' dissatisfaction with school uniforms in selected secondary schools in Botswana." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07242008-082216.
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Cross, Eric Michael. "The Uniform Effect: Collegiate Student-Athletes' Experiences with Competition Athletic Apparel and Self Perception." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77247.
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Competition athletic apparel plays a large role in the world of NCAA Division I college athletics. New and innovative designs, styles, and fashions are continually introduced by athletic apparel manufacturers as they attempt to find the latest and greatest uniforms, footwear and protective equipment. Still, little research exists on the impact that athletic apparel has on college athletes. What does an athlete feel as they don their competition athletic apparel to compete at this top level of collegiate sport? The purpose of this study was to examine student-athlete experiences with competition athletic apparel in relation to self-perception. Did the apparel worn in competition by student-athlete's play a role on their mental state as they entered competition?
Sixteen participants from a large NCAA Division I athletic program participated in this study during the spring semester of 2011. A stratified sample of eight female student-athletes and eight male student-athletes was used. The participants were drawn from the sports of Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Men's Basketball, and Women's Basketball.
Participants completed face to face interviews that employed a semi-structured approach. Interview questions addressed aspects of the Functional, Aesthetic, Expressive (FEA) consumer needs model as well as Self-Perception Theory. All interviews used a grounded theory approach to foster the emergence of data as interviews progressed. Data was analyzed using qualitative methods that stressed the importance of true lived experience.
The results of the study revealed that student-athlete self-perception was indeed impacted by various aspects of competition athletic apparel. Each participant revealed one or more concerns about their competition apparel in relation to the different categories of the FEA. Further, many of these concerns followed important aspects of Self-Perception Theory.
The results of this study further revealed that coaches, athletes, and competition apparel manufactures would benefit from understanding the impact that competition apparel has on athlete self-perception. Results showed that athletes wanted competition apparel that looked good, felt good, and fit properly.Ph. D.
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Lopez, Mary J. "COMFORT FACTORS IN GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL SHIRTS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275387.
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Johnston, Suzanne. "The effect of antimicrobial impregnated fabrics on the contamination of healthcare workers uniforms in clinical environments." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.560809.
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Healthcare workers (HCWs) uniforms are subject to increasing debate regarding the levels of bacterial contamination and the clinical significance of any pathogenic contaminants. Some information is available within the literature, however much of this is dated, and there stilI lacks a standard, reproducible sampling method for use on HCWs uniforms that could be easily implemented worldwide. During this study there was recovery of S. aureus, MRSA, and Enterococcus spp. in communal staff changing rooms, clearly demonstrating that such non-patient areas present sources for the transmission of pathogenic bacteria between wards within the hospital. It was established that current international standard methods of determining antimicrobial activity in fabrics may not provide accurate indications of the efficacy of such products under ward conditions, or dealing effectively with "wild type" agents of hospital acquired infections. These findings suggest that further work is necessary in the development and use of such fabrics. Furthermore, contact plates were optimised as a method for the sampling of used nurses scrub suits and assessing the 'in-use' effect of antimicrobial impregnated fabrics. The main finding of this project was that scrub suits frequently became (and remained) heavily contaminated with pathogenic bacteria during ward use. MRSA was recovered from 40 % of standard nurses scrub suits, and 38% of antimicrobial impregnated (Permagard) scrub suits. Thus, the incorporation of Permagard fabric had no observable effect on the incidence of contamination on scrub suits under ward conditions. MRSA was enumerated at 1.65 cfus per 25 cm2 suggesting counts of around 100-200 cfus per 25 cm''.
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Hörmann, Wolfgang, and Gerhard Derflinger. "The Transformed Rejection Method for Generation Random Variables, an Alternative to the Ratio of Uniforms Method." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1994. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1314/1/document.pdf.
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Theoretical considerations and empirical results show that the one-dimensional quality of non-uniform random numbers is bad and the discrepancy is high when they are generated by the ratio of uniforms method combined with linear congruential generators. This observation motivates the suggestion to replace the ratio of uniforms method by transformed rejection (also called exact approximation or almost exact inversion), as the above problem does not occur for this method. Using the function $G(x) =\left( \frac(a)(1-x)+b\right)x $ with appropriate $a$ and $b$ as approximation of the inverse distribution function the transformed rejection method can be used for the same distributions as the ratio of uniforms method. The resulting algorithms for the normal, the exponential and the t-distribution are short and easy to implement. Looking at the number of uniform deviates required, at the code length and at the speed the suggested algorithms are superior to the ratio of uniforms method and compare well with other algorithms suggested in literature. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing
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Silva, Lívia Accioly Menezes da. "O uniforme enquanto elemento de reforço da identidade das organizações: o caso da 1ª Corporação Feminina da Brigada Militar do RGS." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2014. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/3869.
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No mundo empresarial, a moda pode ser vista como uma estratégia utilizada por instituições e organizações para a construção e valorização da sua imagem dentro da sociedade. Muitas vezes, parte dessa estratégia inclui o desenvolvimento de uniforme para seus funcionários, já que este identifica os indivíduos como pertencentes a uma determinada organização. Nesse contexto, esta dissertação de mestrado tem como objeto de estudo os uniformes da primeira corporação feminina da Brigada Militar do Estado Rio Grande do Sul, apresentados sob a ótica do sistema produto-serviço, conceito essencial ao Design Estratégico. Sistema produto-serviço pode ser considerado como estratégia, analisando-se a interação estabelecida entre o produto e as demais esferas que norteiam o projeto. Assim, busca-se identificar de que forma os uniformes da Brigada Militar Feminina relacionam-se com a organização enquanto elemento de reforço da sua identidade dentro de um sistema produto-serviço. Para a realização desta pesquisa, foi desenvolvido um estudo de caso, por meio de entrevistas em profundidade com dois distintos grupos. O primeiro inclui o ex-governador do Estado do RS (1983-1987) e o estilista Rui Spohr, e o segundo grupo é integrado por um Coronel e uma Major da corporação estudada. Foi realizada uma análise das entrevistas, em conjunto com o acervo do Museu da Comunicação e os jornais do Estado (Zero Hora e Correio do Povo) e também do próprio estilista. Como principais resultados, têm-se que o uniforme foi analisado a partir de três categorias: elementos visuais, comunicação e comportamento –, e estas podem ser consideradas como elementos fortalecedores da identidade da corporação.
In the business world, fashion can be seen as a strategy used by institutions, specially related to the construction and valorization of their image in society. Often part of this strategy includes the creation and development of clothing to be used by the employees. This clothing, also known by uniform, identifies the individuals as part of a particular organization. In this context, this dissertation aimed to study the creation of the first female corporation of the Military Brigade of Rio Grande do Sul State’s uniform, analyzed by the perspective of the product-service system, an essential concept of Strategic Design. Product-service system can be considered as strategic, that analyzes the interaction established between the product and the other spheres that guide the design project. Thus, the goal of this paper was to identify how the uniforms of the Female Military Brigade relate to the organization as a means of strengthening their identity within this product-service system. For the development of this research, a case study was fulfilled, through in-depth interviews with two groups, that includes the former Governor of RS (1983-1987) and the stylist Rui Spohr on the first group, and the Colonel and a Major of the studied corporation on the second one. An analysis of interviews was held in conjunction with the Museum of Communication, the main newspapers of the State (Zero Hora and Correio do Povo) and also the designer himself and the designer himself. The main results show that the uniform can be analyzed from three different categories – visual elements, communication and behavior –, and indeed can be considered as empowering elements of the identity of the corporation.
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Budd, Helen. "Gendered uniforms : an East/West comparison of the German military in literature and film of the 1950s." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.717018.
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This thesis examines cultural representations of German soldiers during the Second World War in East and West German film and literature from the 1950s. My focus is the role of gender in shaping perceptions and memories of the military and war in the early GDR and FRG, against the context of shifts in gender roles and relations in the aftermath of war, and establishment of two ideologically opposed yet closely intertwined post-war orders. I demonstrate that the texts’ renegotiations of German masculinities both reflect and challenge wider official and hegemonic discourses concerned with the reintegration of male citizens into the post-war states, while foregrounding memories of male experiences of war. The use of gender as a structural category reveals a range of other wartime experiences within these texts that remain unconsidered within existing scholarship. Reading against the grain of existing research this thesis uncovers a multitude of female protagonists alongside soldier figures, predominantly overlooked within both contemporary reception and subsequent scholarship. These female figures play a constitutive role in shaping perspectives on war, performing crucial functions ranging from acting as the signifier for male strength or aggression, to introducing other wartime experiences into the narrative. The thesis does not separate the two German states, but instead reads twenty texts from the FRG and GDR alongside each other in a thematic analysis. I examine representations of five key military experiences; those of child soldiers, instances of military opposition, the Eastern Front, German retreat and post-war experiences. My texts point to the multifaceted and distinct ongoing confrontations with the war in the FRG and GDR, which provided an important cornerstone in the formation of East and West German identities. These texts stand as important reassessments of the Nazi past and underline the centrality of gender for contemporary understandings of wartime experiences.
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PASTORE, PIERFRANCO. "ASPECTS AND LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES OF THE E-COMMERCE B2C IMPLEMENTATION FOR UNIFORMS SALE IN THE BRAZILIAN NAVY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=15690@1.
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O cenário competitivo de mercado, ao ser relacionado ao desenvolvimento
tecnológico, fez surgir uma nova forma de fazer negócio: o e-commerce B2C.
Nele, a logística se faz presente, não só como a principal ferramenta, mas também
como grande gargalo. A logística do e-commerce B2C, além de apresentar
características singulares, solicita da organização que se dispõe adotá-la um nível
de eficiência muito além do necessário às doutrinas de uma logística tradicional.
Desta forma, sua eficácia é traduzida no desenvolvimento de técnicas avançadas
de controle, de planejamento e de sistemas, além de novos conceitos. Pautado
nestes aspectos, este estudo aventa a possibilidade de desenvolvimento desta
modalidade de negócio, no viés público, mais especificamente, na Marinha do
Brasil. É imprescindível que uma Instituição que cuida da defesa dos interesses
nacionais esteja sempre pronta para atuar, não só em suas operações sui generis,
mas também, naquelas que, apesar de servirem de apoio, mantêm importância
estratégica, como é o caso das operações logísticas. Para tanto, estar conforme as
novas tendências, técnicas e, também, a novos conceitos, aumenta a possibilidade
da implementação do e-commerce B2C trazer um avanço em termos de eficiência
e eficácia logística para a Marinha, já que alia as tecnologias do ambiente
empresarial às doutrinas bélicas. Como resultado, a Força terá seu nível de
prontidão elevado. O estudo, ainda, colabora para a elaboração de novas soluções
para os desafios impostos pelo comércio eletrônico, a partir das possibilidades
levantadas, através de paralelos entre os dois ambientes pesquisados: o militar e o
empresarial.The competitive scenario of the market, associated to technological development, has created a new way of doing business: the e-commerce B2C. On this realm, logistics is present not only as the main tool, but also as a major bottleneck. The logistics of e-commerce B2C, besides presenting unique features, requires from the organization that is willing to adopt it an efficiency level far beyond the one necessary to traditional logistics doctrines. Thus, its effectiveness is reflected in the development of advanced control, planning and systems techniques, and new concepts. Based on these aspects, this study suggests the possibility of developing this type of business on the public environment, more specifically, in the Brazilian Navy. It is essential that an institution that takes care of national interests is always ready to act, not only on its peculiar operations, but also on those which, although designed to support, maintain strategic importance, such as logistics operations. For this purpose, to conform to the new trends, techniques, and also to new concepts, increases the possibility of e-commerce B2C implementation to bring an improvement in terms of logistical efficiency and effectiveness for the Navy, as it combines the business environment technologies with the war doctrines. As a result, the Force will have its readiness level increased. The study also contributes to the development of new solutions to the challenges posed by electronic commerce, considering the possibilities raised by the parallels made between the two environments studied: the military and the business one.
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Andrade, Raquel Rabelo [UNESP]. "Diretrizes projetuais para o desenvolvimento de uniformes escolares." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96269.
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O uniforme escolar faz parte do cotidiano dos estudantes brasileiros desde meados do século XX e ainda hoje continua sendo um artefato amplamente utilizado, tanto por escolas públicas como particulares. Deste modo, algumas considerações e análises devem ser feitas em relação ao desenvolvimento do uniforme que, assim como qualquer peça do segmento do vestuário, deve resultar em produto que atenda às expectativas do usuário. Na revisão de literatura, foram levantadas informações sobre a implantação dos uniformes escolares, seu processo produtivo e as propriedades essenciais de um produto do vestuário, e por meio de pesquisa qualitativa, buscou-se descobrir qual o cenário atual neste segmento, sob o ponto de vista não só do usuário como também das escolas e das confecções. O resultado dessa pesquisa foi a elaboração de Diretrizes Projetuais para o Desenvolvimento de Uniformes Escolares, as quais objetivam elucidar requisitos importantes a serem considerados durante a concepção e o desenvolvimento do vestuário escolar, assim como, proporcionar alicerces para os profissionais responsáveis por esta atividade, de modo que a mesma seja realizada de forma adequada e com um resultado satisfatório
The school uniform is part of brazilian routine since the mid-nineteenth century, and still remains a widely used device by both public and private schools. Therefore, some considerations and analysis must be done in relation to the development of the uniforms that, like any other segment of the apparel, should result in a product that answers user expectations. In the literature review, information were obtained about the implementation of school uniforms, their production process and the essential properties of the product's apparel, and through a qualitative research, it was attempted to discover which is the real scenario in this segment, from the point of view not only by the user but also schools and confections. The result of this research was the formulation of the Projectual/Guidelines for the development of School Uniforms, which aim to elucidate important requirements to be considered during the design and development of school clothing, as well as provide pillars for the professionals responsible for this activity, so that it is done property and with a satisfactory result
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Bilger, Kristie A. "The Women's Army Corps and Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service a fashioning of American womanhood and citizenship /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1256571475.
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Sipe, Joel Edwards. "Development of an instrumented dynamic mannequin test to rate the protection provided by protective clothing." Link to electronic thesis, 2004. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-0503104-154856.
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Andrade, Raquel Rabelo. "Diretrizes projetuais para o desenvolvimento de uniformes escolares /." Bauru : [s.n.], 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96269.
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Orientador: Francisco de AlencarBanca: Paula da Cruz Landim
Banca: Suzana Barreto Martins
Resumo: O uniforme escolar faz parte do cotidiano dos estudantes brasileiros desde meados do século XX e ainda hoje continua sendo um artefato amplamente utilizado, tanto por escolas públicas como particulares. Deste modo, algumas considerações e análises devem ser feitas em relação ao desenvolvimento do uniforme que, assim como qualquer peça do segmento do vestuário, deve resultar em produto que atenda às expectativas do usuário. Na revisão de literatura, foram levantadas informações sobre a implantação dos uniformes escolares, seu processo produtivo e as propriedades essenciais de um produto do vestuário, e por meio de pesquisa qualitativa, buscou-se descobrir qual o cenário atual neste segmento, sob o ponto de vista não só do usuário como também das escolas e das confecções. O resultado dessa pesquisa foi a elaboração de Diretrizes Projetuais para o Desenvolvimento de Uniformes Escolares, as quais objetivam elucidar requisitos importantes a serem considerados durante a concepção e o desenvolvimento do vestuário escolar, assim como, proporcionar alicerces para os profissionais responsáveis por esta atividade, de modo que a mesma seja realizada de forma adequada e com um resultado satisfatório
Abstract: The school uniform is part of brazilian routine since the mid-nineteenth century, and still remains a widely used device by both public and private schools. Therefore, some considerations and analysis must be done in relation to the development of the uniforms that, like any other segment of the apparel, should result in a product that answers user expectations. In the literature review, information were obtained about the implementation of school uniforms, their production process and the essential properties of the product's apparel, and through a qualitative research, it was attempted to discover which is the real scenario in this segment, from the point of view not only by the user but also schools and confections. The result of this research was the formulation of the Projectual/Guidelines for the development of School Uniforms, which aim to elucidate important requirements to be considered during the design and development of school clothing, as well as provide pillars for the professionals responsible for this activity, so that it is done property and with a satisfactory result
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MacDonald, Kelly. "Bump, set, spike...spandex : examining coaches' and athletic directors' interpretations of the Canadian interuniversity sport women's volleyball rule on player uniforms." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24016.
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Despite a gender equity policy and an identical uniform rule for both men’s and women’s
Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) volleyball players, every CIS women’s volleyball team
wears tight fitting spandex uniforms, while the men’s teams wear looser and longer shorts to
play. The dissimilarities between uniforms for the men’s and women’s volleyball teams demonstrate how CIS female volleyball players are governed in inequitable ways that feminize and sexualize the female players. Informed by feminist critical theory this research provides a discussion of the gendered power relations that work as a backdrop to the study of one aspect of organizational culture, namely the uniform rule that has developed in CIS volleyball. Using Martin’s (1992) three perspective approach to organizational culture this study examines the women’s volleyball uniform practice from the perspective of the Canada West, CIS women’s volleyball coaches and athletic directors. The three main themes that emerged from the interview data reveal that volleyball culture, player input and the power of coaches and athletic directors all impact the women’s uniform practices. Additionally, each theme provides support for Martin’s integration, differentiation, and fragmentation perspectives. Most notable are the contradictions, ambiguities and confusion around the spandex uniform as they highlight the complexity of the issue by illustrating how coaches’ and athletic directors’ lack clarity and understanding about the practice and its implications. This study exposes the gendered sub-text that flows through the Canada West Volleyball organization and acts as a jumping-off point for engaging in new dialogue about team uniform practices.
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Васильєва, Ірина, Анна Залецька, Олена Васильєва, and Євгенія Лазарів. "Сучасні методи проектування в дизайні шкільного форменого одягу." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2021. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17956.
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Представлено результати дослідження сучасних методів дизайн-проектування в шкільному форменому костюмі різних країн світу та України. Визначено, що при створенні дизайну форменого костюма школярів використовують комбінаторні методи такі як: комбінаторика, трансформація, кінетизм, розробка безрозмірного одягу та одягу з цілого шматка тканини. Надано стислу характеристику методів та приклади їх використання.The results of a study on the use of modern design methods in school uniforms from around the world and Ukraine are presented. It is determined that in creating the design of uniforms for schoolchildren use combinatorial methods such as: combinatorics, transformation, kinetics, the development of dimensionless clothing and clothing from a whole piece of fabric. A brief description of methods and examples of their use is given.
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Leydold, Josef. "A Simple Universal Generator for Continuous and Discrete Univariate T-concave Distributions." Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2000. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1756/1/document.pdf.
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We use inequalities to design short universal algorithms that can be used to generate random variates from large classes of univariate continuous or discrete distributions (including all log-concave distributions). The expected time is uniformly bounded over all these distributions. The algorithms can be implemented in a few lines of high level language code. In opposition to other black-box algorithms hardly any setup step is required and thus it is superior in the changing parameter case. (author's abstract)Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing