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Campbell, Janet C. "Geographic adventures an interdisciplinary fourth grade geography unit /." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/JCampbell2007.pdf.
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Larsen, John L. "The modifiable areal unit problem : a problem or a source of spatial information? /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488193665237296.
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Bogart, Tianna A. "Sensitivity of a global climate model to the urban land unit." Thesis, University of Delaware, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3598618.
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With more than half of the world's population living in urban areas, it is important that the relationships between the urban environment and climate are better understood. The current research aims to continue the effort in assessing and understanding the urban environment through the use of a global climate model (GCM). Given the relative newness of the presence of an urban land type and model in a GCM, there are many more facets of the urban-climate relationship to be investigated. By comparing thirty-year ensembles of CAM4 coupled with CLM4 both with (U) and without (Un) the inclusion of the urban land type, the sensitivity of the atmospheric model to urban land cover is assessed. As expected, largest differences tend to be in the Northern Hemisphere due to the location of most of the globe's densest and expansive cities. Significant differences in the basic climate variables of temperature and precipitation are present at annual, seasonal, and monthly scales in some regions. Seasonality to the urban influence also exists with the transition months of Spring and Fall having the largest difference in temperatures. Of the eleven regions defined by Oleson (2012), three were most impacted by the presence of urban land cover in the model—Europe, Central Asia, and East Asia.
Since urban attributes can vary greatly within one world continent, the sensitivity of regional climates to the urban type parameters is also explored. By setting all urban land cover to only one urban density type, the importance of city composition on climate, even within the same city, is highlighted. While preserving the distinct urban regional characteristics and the geographical distribution of urbanized areas, the model is run with homogeneous urban types: high density and tall building district. As with the default urban and excluded urban runs, a strong seasonality to the differences between the solo-high-density simulation and default urban (UHD – U) and solo-tall-building-district-density simulation and default urban (UTBD – U) exists. Overall, the transition and winter months are most sensitive to changes in urban density type.
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Manley, David John. "The modifiable areal unit phenomenon : an investigation into the scale effect using UK census data /." St Andrews, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/465.
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Shi, Wei. "Web-based geographic information system for the archives of the Water Resources Institute." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3312.
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This project is focused on the goal of improving access to the Water Resources Institute (WRI) archives using a web-based GIS architecture. This project uses the newest version of ArcGIS Server as a method to support an internet-based map search environment, improved information management and data sharing.
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Manley, David J. "The modifiable areal unit phenomenon : an investigation into the scale effect using UK census data." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/465.
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The Modifiable Areal Unit Phenomenon (MAUP) has traditionally been regarded as a problem in the analysis of spatial data organised in areal units. However, the approach adopted here is that the MAUP provides an opportunity to gain information about the data under investigation. Crucially, attempts to remove the MAUP from spatial data are regarded as an attempt to remove the geography. Therefore, the work seeks to provide an insight to the causes of, and information behind, the MAUP. The data used is from the 1991 Census of Great Britain. This was chosen over 2001 data due to the availability of individual level data. These data are of key importance to the methods employed. The methods seek to provide evidence of the magnitude of the MAUP, and more specifically the scale effect in the GB Census. This evidence is built on using correlation analysis to demonstrate the statistical significance of the MAUP. Having established the relevance of the MAUP in the context of current geographical research, the factors that contribute to the incidence of the MAUP are considered, and it is noted that a wide range of influences are important. These include the population size and density of an area, along with proportion of a variable. This discussion also recognises the importance of homogeneity as an influential factor, something that is referenced throughout the work. Finally, a search is made for spatial processes. This uses spatial autocorrelation and multilevel modelling to investigate the impact spatial processes have in a range of SAR Districts, like Glasgow, Reigate and Huntingdonshire, on the scale effect. The research is brought together, not to solve the MAUP but to provide an insight into the factors that cause the MAUP, and demonstrate the usefulness of the MAUP as a concept rather than a problem.
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Tiwari, Prava. "Updating the web-based geographic information system of the Water Resources Institute." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3407.
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The main scope of this project is to rebuild and deploy web applications that will help share historical artifacts related to the Santa Ana watershed. This project is designed to give a consistent user interface and add extra tools to enhance the functionality of existing applications at the Water Resources Institute (WRI) at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). The purpose of this project is to migrate all applications to a single server and update the applications using ArcGIS Server 9.2. Also to give a consistent look to the applications and to make them user friendly.
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Waddington, Sheila Kathryn. "The origins of Anglo-Saxon Herefordshire : a study in land-unit antiquity." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4738/.
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The study researches the origins and evolution of Herefordshire’s medieval landscape from the standpoint of its late Anglo-Saxon territorial organization, both secular and ecclesiastical. It contributes to the genre of topographical studies, adopting a methodology of regression mapping. It identifies and explores the chronology for the development of middle Anglo-Saxon land-units within the Mercian provincia of the Magonsaete, proposing a reassessment of the timescale by when the latter people became the dominant group within the provincia. It argues for the existence of fourteen early-to-mid Anglo-Saxon old minster territories, at least three of which reveal British Church origins, and proposes a model for the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon see at Hereford. It suggests a ninth-century chronology for the incorporation into Mercia of the northern and eastern districts of the kingdom of Ergyng and a tenth-century terminus ante quem for the shire’s creation. It argues that aspects of the shire’s infrastructure are British in origin. It concludes by positing the existence within Herefordshire of two relict British tribal districts which once belonged to a sixth-century kingdom of Powys of similar size to those found in Ergyng.
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Puur, Mia. "The Grid of Sweden - A Micro-unit Analysis of Vulnerable Neighborhoods." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25167.
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Through a national collection, the Swedish Police identify and classify vulnerable neighborhoods. Areas are assessed through police perceptions regarding high concentrations of certain problems and criminal activity, such as public acts of violence with risk of harming third parties, open drug markets and organised crime structures. The purpose of this study has been to see whether it is possible to statistically discover these neighborhoods based on socioeconomic and demographic data. Initially, in a national comparison, areas that are defined as vulnerable neighborhoods by the national collection, was compared with other areas in the country. This was done based on a statistical grid consisting of squares with the dimension of 250 x 250 meters, with each square holding information about socio-demographic data. The main aim has been to identify a statistical model that more objectively can identify squares that are vulnerable or not, compared to the police's more subjective assessment. Result from logistic regression analyses implies that vulnerable neighborhoods from the national collection show greater odds at having high concentrations of residents with foreign background, higher unemployment rates and more households with single parents. Lastly, the best fitted regression model for explaining these areas by the means of pseudo R2-value, were used to calculate a prediction value for each square. This value was then analysed using a GIS-software, to discover any areas that in the national collection was classified as vulnerable, but according to the model no longer met the criteria, and then vice versa. The overall result indicate that it is possible to discover areas with higher concentrations of certain characteristics seen in vulnerable neighborhoods, using spatial analyses and logistic regressions of micro-places, to more objectively classify these areas. By aggregating crime data, the result of this study can in the future mean a more effective implementation for police authorities.
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Kennedy, Claire Anne. "How do students learn about distant places? : a critical analysis of how students' perceptions of Ghana change over a unit of work." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270725.
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This thesis draws upon poststructuralist theory, case study methodology, and multiple research methods to explore children’s representations of distant places, particularly African places such as Ghana. It investigates the ways in which a particular group of children’s representations of Ghana can be understood as exemplifying an ‘exoticist’ way of thinking explored by Edward Said in his seminal studies Orientalism (1978) and Culture and Imperialism (1993), and it explores how and to what extent these representations shifted over the course of a unit of geography teaching on Ghana. The research agenda presented here thus focuses (as Said puts it) on the ‘ideas, ... forms, ... images and imaginings’ of contemporary geographies of otherness, and considers geography education furthermore as a form of ‘struggle over geography’ in which different approaches to distant places come into contact, with some approaches becoming more dominant than others. The findings from this thesis therefore help to illuminate contemporary challenges in geographical education regarding distant places, and African distant places in particular.
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Haessler, Katherine. "Foreclosures, Ownership and Crime: A Mixed Methods Case Study." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1445609057.
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Li, Jingjing. "Understanding the Effects of Built Environments in Different Spatial Contextual Units on Individuals’ Health-related Behaviors." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin154410042185049.
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Broome, John D. "Simulation Modeling of Karst Aquifer Conduit Evolution and Relations to Climate." TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/36.
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ABSTRACT Karst regions of the world that receive relatively similar amounts of precipitation display a wide variety of landscapes. It has been suggested (Groves and Meiman, 2005) that climates exhibiting larger discrete storm events have more dissolving power and consequently higher rates of conduit growth than climates with more uniform precipitation distributions. To study this concept, a computer program “Cave Growth” was developed that modeled the growth of a cross-section of a cave passage under dynamic flow and chemical conditions. A series of 46 simulation datasets were created to represent different climatic conditions. These simulations had the same total annual discharge, but demonstrated a range of flow distributions quantified by use of a gamma distribution index, along with two special theoretical cases.
After simulating a year of conduit growth for each of the various flow distributions in a series of model runs, and repeating these sets of simulations for three different passage cross-section geometries, it was evident that the annual temporal distribution of flow did indeed impact the amount of cave growth. However, an increase in the “storminess” of the climate did not simply equate to more dissolution and thus conduit growth. Rather, the quantity and duration of surface contact between water and the conduit walls combined with dissolution rates to affect the total growth. The amount of wetted perimeter (contact between fluid and passage floor/walls) generated by specific conduit to capacity were shown to be very effective at growing the cave. Above this level, the dissolving power of additional water was essentially wasted. This investigation suggests that the maximum amount of passage flow levels depended upon the shape of the passage. Flow conditions that filled the growth occurs under flow conditions that result in the most wetted perimeter for the longest period of time at the highest dissolution rate.
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Johansson, Markus. "Demografiska och geografiska effekter på boendesegregationsindex : En kvantitativ studie som avser undersöka mått av boendesegregation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-451757.
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I den här uppsatsen undersöks fem olika boendesegregationsindex som används för att beräkna och skildra graden av boendesegregation i samhället. Syftet är att studera hur index påverkas av slumpmässigt genererade befolkningssammansättningar av inrikes och utrikes födda, samt hur tre olika geografiska indelningar av ett område påverkar utfallet av utvalda index. Uppsatsen utförs med kvantitativ metod och deduktiv slutledning. Det data som samtliga index beräknas på är syntetiskt framtagen baserad på information om hur andelarna inrikes och utrikes födda ser ut i Sveriges tre största kommuner. Mätområdet utgörs av en hypotetisk stad som delas in på tre olika sätt varpå samtliga index testas. Beräkningar och analyser görs på stickprov för respektive index och geografisk indelning. Stickproven består alla av ett hundra element och är framtagna genom ett obundet slumpmässigt urval ur en teoretisk oändlig population simulerade befolkningssammansättningar. Den geografiska effekten undersöks genom MAUPs två delproblem, Scale Effect och Zoning Effect. Utifrån studiens resultat har följande slutsatser dragits. (1) Den slumpmässiga sammansättningen av befolkningen i den hypotetiska staden påverkade generellt index väldigt lite och låg spridning av resulterade indexvärden uppmättes för många av stickproven. De undantag som påvisades var för The Entropy Index och The Dissimilarity Index. (2) Scale Effect har stor påverkan på hur samtliga index uttrycker sig samtidigt som Zoning Effect uteblir för respektive index som testas. (3) Lägre grad av segregation uppvisas då upplösningen av den geografiska informationen är lägre.
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Bohrer, Marcos. "O ensino médio técnico integrado visto por quem sente e vê: os jovens fronteiriços e o professor de geografia." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/163769.
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A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os sentidos e as expectativas que os jovens da primeira turma (2015) do IFPR – Campus Avançado Barracão/PR atribuem ao Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IF) e ao Ensino Médio Técnico Integrado (EMTI). Além disso, o presente trabalhou buscou caracterizar o grupo de estudantes por meio do perfil socioeconômico e simbólico, bem como referenciar o papel da Geografia escolar presente no Projeto Pedagógico Curricular (PPC). Por meio do olhar dos jovens, busca-se analisar o papel do EMTI para eles, bem como os significados que conferem ao IF e às aulas de Geografia. Ao considerar que, a partir da expansão e interiorização da Rede Federal de Educação Profissional, Científica e Tecnológica (RFEPCT), se cria uma nova realidade escolar nos mais remotos espaços, torna-se necessário compreender o papel do IF e das aulas de Geografia. Ou seja, parte-se do pressuposto de que o IF possibilita uma nova prática escolar; para tanto, deve-se repensar o papel das aulas de Geografia. A fim de possibilitar esse intento, a pesquisa apresenta uma abordagem qualitativa baseada nas premissas do paradigma da complexidade. O caminho metodológico percorrido inicia com ums revisão bibliográfica, análise de documentos e pesquisa de campo. Por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, foi possível entender como se deu a expansão da RFEPCT. Após esse passo, empregou-se o grupo focal e a produção escrita. Para inferir a produção escrita, utilizou-se a técnica da Análise Textual Discursiva (ATD). Participaram da pesquisa doze jovens da primeira turma de EMTI do IF. A proposta do trabalho visou dar voz aos jovens que habitam e estudam na fronteira. Dessa forma, a pesquisa revelou que o IF é construtor de topofilias e que a possibilidade de cursar o EMTI superou as expectativas dos jovens. Por meio do campus, os jovens passaram e conceber a educação como uma possibilidade de ascensão social. Igualmente importante revela-se que existe um sentimento de pertencimento dos jovens à fronteira e aos seus elementos. Há uma relação muito forte das aulas de Geografia com o cotidiano deles. Portanto, revela-se que o IF possibilita uma nova realidade escolar e, por isso, torna-se importante repensar concepções sobre a RFEPCT e o ensino de Geografia.This research aims the analysis of the senses and expectations that the young people, from the first group of IFPR - Barracão Advanced Campus, attribute to the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (IF) and to the Integrated Technical High School (EMTI). Through the eyes of young people, we seek to analyze the role of EMTI for them, as well as the meanings they attribute to the IF and the Geography classes. Considering that, as a result of the expansion and internalization of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (RFEPCT), a new school reality is created in the most remote spaces, it becomes necessary to understand the role of the IF and the Geography classes. In other words, this research is based on the assumption that the IF makes a new school practice possible and, for that, the role of Geography classes should be rethought. To enable the study, this research presents a qualitative approach based on the premises of the complexity paradigm. The methodological path covered includes a bibliographical review, document analysis and field research. Through the bibliographical and documentary research, it was possible to understand how the RFEPCT expansion occurred. Then, focal group analysis was applied and the writing process was done. On the writting process, we used the technique of discursive textual analysis. Twelve young people from the first group of the EMTI of the IF participated in the study. The proposal of the work aimed to give voice to the young people who live and study in the border, as well as to understand their senses and expectations regarding IF, EMTI and Geography classes. The research revealed that the IF is a top-philist builder and that attending the EMTI has exceeded the expectations of young people. Across the campus young people pass on and conceive of education as a possibility of social ascension. It is equally important to show that there is a sense of belonging with the border area and its elements. There is a very strong relationship of Geography classes with their daily lives. Therefore, it is revealed that the FI makes a new school reality possible and, therefore, it becomes important to rethink our conceptions about RFEPCT and the teaching of Geography.
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Dobricic, Srdjan [Verfasser]. "Sensitivity of an ocean atmosphere model of Adriatic Sea to coupling scheme and resolution of the atmospheric model / European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability Inland and Marine Waters Unit. vorgelegt von Srdjan Dobricic." Ispra : Inst. for Environment and Sustainability Inland and Marine Waters Unit, 2002. http://d-nb.info/967246164/34.
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Van, der Merwe Schalk Willem Jacobus. "Local and sub-regional socio-economic and environmental impact of large-scale resort development." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1658.
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Oliveira, Regina Célia Acióli. "O Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia no projeto político-cultural do Estado Novo." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/2112.
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Previous issue date: 2005-12-09T00:00:00ZThe present thesis has as its object to promote the historical reconstitution of the development of statistics in Brazil, and the creation and the first years of performance of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – IBGE). The period under study begins with to the creation of the Institute, in the context of the transformations provoked by the 1930 Revolution, and analyzes its participation in the moderniizing political-cultural projects in the period of the Estado Novo. The works is based, among other sources, on the documentation produced by the Institute during this time.
A presente dissertação tem como objeto a reconstituição histórica do desenvolvimento da estatística no Brasil e a criação e os primeiros anos de atuação do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). O período tratado se estende desde o Segundo Império até 1945. O trabalho prioriza a abordagem dos acontecimentos que culminaram com a constituição do IBGE, no contexto das transformações produzidas pela Revolução de 1930, e analisa sua participação nos projetos modernizadores político culturais durante o Estado Novo, com base, entre outras fontes na documentação produzida pelo próprio Instituto.
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Vice, President Research Office of the. "Newswire." Office of the Vice President Research, The University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2684.
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Three UBC researchers have been awarded the 2007 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.
A development of advanced pulp screen rotors that employ innovative energy-saving technology has garnered a 2007 NSERC Synergy Award.
The 2007 Leo Derikx Award from the NSERC Synergy Awards has been awarded to UBC's Mineral Deposit Research Unit.
A UBC collaboration with Weyerhaeuser, an international forest products company, and Paprican, the Pulp and Paper Research Insittute of Canada, is among the recipients of a 2007 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.
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Lee, Ming Yeung. "Antarctic Station-based Pressure Reconstructions from 1905-2011 using Principal Component Regression." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366153365.
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Pereira, Maria Aparecida. "Subsídios para a história da educação no Brasil: um estudo da revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/2355.
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Previous issue date: 2013-12-12This thesis aims to analyze the contributions of the Journal of the Institute of History and Geography of São Paulo (RIHGSP) for history of Brazilian education through an analysis of articles published in this journal between 1895 and 2004. The motivation for the study came from the fact that despite the importance of Geographical and Historical Institutes for national historiography, which can be proven by numerous academic studies conducted, there is a gap in the historiography of Brazilian education regarding the use of these journals institutes as primary sources for the history of education. Therefore, this thesis aims to answer the following research question: what are the contributions of RIHGSP for the History of Education in Brazil? The justification for this research is grounded in the understanding that the study of scientific production in the pages of this magazine is relevant to the reconstruction of their own national historiography and to demonstrate the role that information sources play in dissemination of information and the development of the research scientific education. Thus , the main objective of the research was to highlight the contributions of RIHGSP to the historiography of Brazilian education , and the specific objectives were : a) outline a historical overview of Geographical and Historical Institutes in national and world stage standing in this context the History Institute and Geography of São Paulo , b ) describe the main features of the Journal of the Historical and Geographical Institute of São Paulo ( RIHGSP) c ) analyze this scientific production according to bibliometric parameters of authorship, thematic and temporal distribution; d) conduct a content analysis of a selected sample of 20 articles RIHGSP related to the theme of the history of education. From the methodological point of view the research was characterized as an exploratory and descriptive study. The analytical approaches were supported in the bibliometric analysis and content analysis and involved the following steps: literature review, collection, organization and systematization of data and analysis and interpretation of results. Thus, it was possible to obtain scientific evidence to demonstrate that the texts published in RIHGSP, are key to the history and historiography of Brazilian education, because they allow understanding how the literate elite - represented by intellectuals who publish articles in this journal - thought education Brazilian.
Esta tese analisa as contribuições da Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo (Revista IHGSP) para História da Educação brasileira por meio da análise de artigos publicados neste periódico entre 1895 e 2004. A motivação para o estudo veio da constatação de que a despeito da importância dos Institutos Históricos e Geográficos para a historiografia nacional, o que pode ser comprovado pelos inúmeros estudos acadêmicos realizados, há uma lacuna na historiografia educacional brasileira no que tange a utilização dos periódicos desses Institutos como fontes primárias para a História da Educação. Diante disso, essa tese buscou responder a seguinte questão de pesquisa: quais são as contribuições da RIHGSP para a História da Educação no Brasil? A justificativa para essa pesquisa está assentada no entendimento de que o estudo da produção científica nas páginas dessa Revista é relevante para a reconstrução da própria historiografia nacional e para demonstrar o papel que as fontes de informação assumem na disseminação das informações e no desenvolvimento da própria pesquisa científica em Educação. Assim, o objetivo principal da pesquisa foi o de destacar as contribuições da RIHGSP para a historiografia da educação brasileira, e os objetivos específicos foram: a) delinear um panorama histórico dos Institutos Históricos e Geográficos no cenário mundial e nacional situando nesse contexto o Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo; b) descrever as principais características da Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo (RIHGSP); c) analisar essa produção científica de acordo com os seguintes parâmetros bibliométricos: autoria, temática e distribuição temporal; d) realizar a análise de conteúdo de uma amostra selecionada de 20 artigos da RIHGSP relacionados à temática da história da educação. Do ponto de vista metodológico a pesquisa caracterizou-se como um estudo exploratório e caráter descritivo e analítico apoiado nas abordagens da análise bibliométrica e de conteúdo e envolveu o desenvolvimento das seguintes etapas: revisão de literatura; coleta, organização e sistematização dos dados e análise e interpretação dos resultados. Dessa forma, conseguiu-se obter evidências científicas para demonstrar que os textos, publicados na RIHGSP, são fundamentais para a história e historiografia da educação brasileira, pois permitem compreender como a elite letrada representada pelos intelectuais que publicam artigos neste periódico pensava a educação brasileira.
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Davies, Llewellyn Willis. "‘LOOK’ AND LOOK BACK: Using an auto/biographical lens to study the Australian documentary film industry, 1970 - 2010." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/154339.
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While much has been written on the Australian film and television
industry, little has been presented by actual producers,
filmmakers and technicians of their time and experiences within
that same industry. Similarly, with historical documentaries, it
has been academics rather than filmmakers who have led the
debate. This thesis addresses this shortcoming and bridges the
gap between practitioner experience and intellectual discussion,
synthesising the debate and providing an important contribution
from a filmmaker-academic, in its own way unique and insightful.
The thesis is presented in two voices. First, my voice, the
voice of memoir and recollected experience of my screen
adventures over 38 years within the Australian industry, mainly
producing historical documentaries for the ABC and the SBS. This
is represented in italics. The second half and the alternate
chapters provide the industry framework in which I worked with
particular emphasis on documentaries and how this evolved and
developed over a 40-year period, from 1970 to 2010.
Within these two voices are three layers against which this
history is reviewed and presented. Forming the base of the
pyramid is the broad Australian film industry made up of feature
films, documentary, television drama, animation and other types
and styles of production. Above this is the genre documentary
within this broad industry, and making up the small top tip of
the pyramid, the sub-genre of historical documentary. These form
the vertical structure within which industry issues are
discussed. Threading through it are the duel determinants of
production: ‘the market’ and ‘funding’.
Underpinning the industry is the involvement of government, both
state and federal, forming the three dimensional matrix for the
thesis. For over 100 years the Australian film industry has
depended on government support through subsidy, funding
mechanisms, development assistance, broadcast policy and
legislative provisions.
This thesis aims to weave together these industry layers, binding
them with the determinants of the market and funding, and
immersing them beneath layers of government legislation and
policy to present a new view of the Australian film industry.
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Vice, President Research Office of the. "Newswire." Office of the Vice President Research, The University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2661.
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UBC's research community recently received a significant boost in financial support for five research hubs that will join the Centre for Brain Health as newly appointed national Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR).
Two UBC economics professors were recognized with separate Bank of Canada awards: the Research Fellowship 2008 and the Governor's Award.
UBC's Brain Research Centre has recevied $25 million from the Province of BC to establish a new facility focused on translational brain research.
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Scarlato, Michele. "Sicurezza di rete, analisi del traffico e monitoraggio." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/3223/.
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Il lavoro è stato suddiviso in tre macro-aree.
Una prima riguardante un'analisi teorica di come funzionano le intrusioni, di quali software vengono utilizzati per compierle, e di come proteggersi (usando i dispositivi che in termine generico si possono riconoscere come i firewall).
Una seconda macro-area che analizza un'intrusione avvenuta dall'esterno verso dei server sensibili di una rete LAN.
Questa analisi viene condotta sui file catturati dalle due interfacce di rete configurate in modalità promiscua su una sonda presente nella LAN.
Le interfacce sono due per potersi interfacciare a due segmenti di LAN aventi due maschere
di sotto-rete differenti. L'attacco viene analizzato mediante vari software.
Si può infatti definire una terza parte del lavoro, la parte dove vengono analizzati i file
catturati dalle due interfacce con i software che prima si occupano di analizzare i dati di
contenuto completo, come Wireshark, poi dei software che si occupano di analizzare i dati di
sessione che sono stati trattati con Argus, e infine i dati di tipo statistico che sono stati trattati
con Ntop.
Il penultimo capitolo, quello prima delle conclusioni, invece tratta l'installazione di Nagios, e
la sua configurazione per il monitoraggio attraverso plugin dello spazio di disco rimanente su
una macchina agent remota, e sui servizi MySql e DNS. Ovviamente Nagios può essere
configurato per monitorare ogni tipo di servizio offerto sulla rete.
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Bryson, Ian. "Bringing to light : a history of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Film Unit." Master's thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144491.
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"Place-based Education and Sovereignty: Traditional Arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49082.
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abstract: This dissertation focuses on traditional arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) as a form of place-based education by asking the question, what is the role of traditional arts at IAIA? Through a qualitative study students, faculty, staff, and alumni were interviewed to gain their perspectives on education, traditional arts, and the role of traditional arts at IAIA. Through analysis of these interviews, it was found that participants viewed traditional arts as a form of place-based education and that these practices should play an important role at IAIA. This study also looks at critical geography and place-based practice as a form of anti-colonial praxis and an exercise of tribal sovereignty. Colonization restructures and transforms relationships with place. Neo-colonialism actively seeks to disconnect people from their relationship with the environment in which they live. A decline in relationship with places represents a direct threat to tribal sovereignty. This study calls on Indigenous people, and especially those who are Pueblo people, to actively reestablish relationships with their places so that inherent sovereignty can be preserved for future generations. This study also looks at the academic organization of IAIA and proposes a restructuring of the Academic Dean and Chief Academic Officer (AD&CAO) position to address issues of transition, efficiency, and innovation. The extensive responsibilities of this position cause several serious concerns. The policy paper proposes that the academic programs be divided thematically into 2 schools that will allow greater flexibility and adaptive practices to emerge out of the academic division at IAIA. The combination of restructuring the academic division at IAIA, my theoretical argument promoting place-based praxis as anti-colonial practice, and my research into the application of place-based programming at IAIA all support my overall goal of supporting Pueblo communities through my own work.Dissertation/Thesis
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Zitzelsberger, Hilde. "Doing Technological Time in a Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit: A Ethnography of Children." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/34981.
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Since the 1960s, hemodialysis has been a common intervention for children with end-stage renal disease. For weeks, months or years, children’s activities are disrupted because they must return to the hospital to be dialyzed about three times a week, for three or four hours. Their childhoods are characterized by on-going temporal disruptions, socio-spatial dislocations and intermittent technological dependence. Little is known about how children experience hospital-based hemodialysis.
The study’s purpose was to describe and interpret the children’s embodied situatedness in the temporal, spatial and technological regimes and relations of a hemodialysis unit. Time, space and technology were viewed as significant interrelated aspects of the unit and the unit was conceived as nested in the broader life contexts of the children. The theoretical framework merged concepts of sociology of children, human geographical and temporal perspectives and philosophy of technology. A focused ethnography with 11 children who received maintenance hemodialysis was undertaken at a Canadian pediatric urban hospital.
The dominant theme emerging from the study findings was the notion of the children doing technological time. The children’s temporal and socio-spatial positions were an effect of their technologically mediated embodiment and shaped their perspectives, evaluations and expectations. Their accounts revealed that the rituals and routines of the unit were experienced as long and boring. Their situatedness also was comprised of socio-spatial segregation and isolation due to being tethered to hemodialysis machines in the unit’s corners. Adaptations included resignation, resistance and waiting in the short and long term to be released from hemodialysis. Having negative and positive perceptions and responses, the children held multiple and conflicting meanings about the unit’s timespace. The findings suggest that crucial changes in practices and policies are essential to envision ways to create with children an overall positive place that merges and balances technological care with child focused care.
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Wei-Yen, Hsiao, and 蕭煒燕. "Integrate Google Earth with Game-Based Learning for Geography Courses effects- an Empirical Study of "Introduction to World Geography" Unit for Grade Eight Students." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xsd7rq.
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碩士育達商業科技大學
資訊管理所
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With the progress of information technology which has widely applied to our daily life, also which also become a major driving force to promote education reform. The researchers adopt Google Earth combining with the game-based learning method concept of teaching design to help students to master the lesson focus the main concepts. This study expects to allow students exposure to the enjoy of game-based learning environment to enhance students' motivation to learn, at the same time, to increase the interaction between teachers and students during geography course. This study will integrate Google Earth with" Game-Based Learning " teaching methods, teaching of " Introduction to World Geography " section into geography courses of junior high school. The study were separate into two classes of students in the eighth grade of Jaunan Junior High School in Miaoli County, and separate ranging group of quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design. This study also try to prelimanary discussion change before and after two group adopting new teaching method. The results of this study show： 1. To accept integrate Google Earth with Game-Based Learning students in the performance of geographic learning achievement test than those who received traditional expository teaching students. 2. Accept integrate Google Earth with Game-Based Learning has a positive increase student motivation and attitudes towards learning for geographic.
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FERNG, WEN-YANN, and 馮文嬿. "The Case Study of Calculating The Unit Cost of Students in Private Institute of Technology－The Application of Responsibility Center." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02182845357915414137.
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碩士中原大學
會計研究所
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Summary Traditionally college education is considered one part of the higher education. However, with the acceleration of junior colleges transforming to technological institute and university of science and technology, along with our country’s entrance into the World Trade Organization (WTO), it is unavoidable that our government will allow foreign universities to set up branch schools in Taiwan. Private universities and colleges in turn face more and more problems in recruiting new students. In addition, the subsidies from the government to the private schools are decreasing year by year and are far from being enough to meet the demands of every school. Furthermore, the government revenue is shrinking because of the economic depression. Therefore, how private schools could utilize the limited resources to make it through the difficult situation is an issue worth to be explored. Two major subjects in management decision are achievement evaluation and cost control, and responsibility center system is widely used in business organization for achievement evaluation and cost control at present. What is called the system of responsibility center is when an organization divide itself into different responsibility centers in order to evaluate achievement and control cost. Each responsibility center makes it own budget, accumulates its real income and cost, and analyze and compare its difference in income and cost, so that the organization could use the references to evaluate achievement, control cost and make various decisions. Activity-Based Costing System has been widely used and developed abroad. Many researchers in our country have done research to calculate the cost of goods with ABC in many different fields in recent years. The research objects include profit undertakings and non-for-profit undertakings. The traditional method of calculating the cost with working activities has been replaced by the concept of calculating the cost of goods with Activity-Based Costing System. Under the circumstances that it is becoming more and more difficult for the operating of private schools, the correct study of student unit costs, proper achievement evaluation, and appropriate cost control are urgently in need. As a result, the theme of this research is on the establishment of the system of responsibility center in private universities and colleges, discussing the related literature and regulations, analyzing case studies, and calculating the student unit costs, thus serves as reference to the decision making of education administrators. The purpose of this study is as follows: 一、 construct the model of calculating the income or cost of every responsibility center with Activity-Based Costing System and describe the content and structure of the responsibility center system. 二、 Second, employ the Activity-Based Costing System model developed by this research to calculate the income or cost of every responsibility center and acquire the student cost of each teaching center, and then serve as the reference to the decision making of education administrators. According to the result of this research, the following conclusions could be made: 一、 The current problems in dealing with accounting information: If the materials in the accounting journal ledger system can not be utilized directly and need additional software written by information engineers, the materials would lack instantaneity; the expenses are not sorted in accordance with the departments which used them directly, thus lowering the validity of achievement evaluation; the administrative units are responsible for the planning, control and execution of the business, but do not computerize the relevant records of the acquired resources, which in turn makes it impossible to separate the responsibility of sharing the cost and affects the accuracy in calculating the cost. 二、 the results of analyzing the case financial materials (1) Tuition, incidental expenses and subsidies are the major the sources of revenue. However, with the limit on the number of classes schools are allowed to enroll students and on the floor square measure, there is little room to raise the revenue of tuition and incidental expenses. (2) Standard for collecting the tuition and incidental expenses is one of the main reason that affects the income of each responsibility center. (3) Because personnel expenses are the major expenditure in private schools, the amount of personnel expenses would be bigger along with the growing number of personnel in administrative centers. (4) The unit cost of students in departments in the environment designing group is relatively higher than that of students in other departments. (5) The profits of centers in the commerce management group are higher than that of centers in the environment designing group. (6) the newly-set and small-scale departments produced the effects of large-scale economy.
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Gulick, Sarah L. "Long term follow-up study of the children's treatment unit at Mendota Mental Health Institute clinical description and correlates of outcomes /." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/28599599.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1993.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-53).
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Lee, Wen-Fang, and 李文方. "How to Design an Electronic Textbook for Senior High School Geography: Taking the Terrain Unit as an Example." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35kg7r.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
地理學系
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Textbooks are the major teaching resource as well as the important media for delivering knowledge in school. They have a profound effect on education. The design and form of textbooks change along with the succession of ideological trends and the development of instructional technology. Many geographic concepts involve long-term dynamic process of time-space convergence, which are difficult to be understood by students. When students don’t understand the concepts in the textbook, it would better to support their reading with multimedia learning tools such as legends, animations or videos. This study aims to develop an electronic textbook on iPad based on the design principles derived from the cognitive theory for multimedia learning and the cognitive load theory. The learning content of the terrain unit in the senior high school geography has been implemented in the electronic textbook as an example. There are five research questions: 1. What are the principles for the design of an electronic textbook? 2. How to build an electronic textbook? 3. Which group is better on reading comprehension? the experimental group with electronic textbook or the control group with paper textbook? 4. Is there significant difference on reading comprehension between the high-ability group and the low-ability group regarding the use of electronic textbooks? 5. What are the students’ attitudes, satisfaction and improvements toward the electronic textbook? The learning experiment lasts for five weeks. There are 62 subjects including 30 boys and 32 girls who are first graders of a senior high school and selected by researcher based on purposive sampling. They are randomly assigned to the experimental group (32 subjects with electronic textbook) and the control group (30 subjects with paper textbook). Wilcoxon signed ranks test and paired-samples t test were used to analyze the learning outcomes before and after the learning experiment. The same methods are also used to analyze the learning outcomes of the high-ability group and the low-ability group before and after the learning experiment. Besides, Mann-Whitney test and independent-samples t test were applied to analyze the learning achievements between the experimental group and the control group in the post-test. The results showed both subjects of experimental group and control group made significant progress between pre-test and post-test at terrain forces, rivers and coastal units. But in the karst, aeolian, glacial unit, the experimental group made significant progress between the pre-test and post-test, but the control group didn’t. In addition, in the post-test the learning achievement of experimental group is significantly better than the control group among terrain forces unit, rivers and coastal unit and karst, aeolian, glacial unit. In the terrain forces, rivers and coastal units, both the high-ability group and the low-ability group made significant progress, either experimental group or control group. In the karst, aeolian and glacial unit, the high-ability group didn’t make significant progress, but the low-ability group did. In the control group, both high-ability group and the low-ability group didn’t make significant progress. It showed that the electronic textbook is more supportive to the advanced unit and to those students of lower ability. Most subjects enjoy the use of electronic textbook, and they think the electronic textbook is effective and easy to use. They would recommend it to other people.
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王淑慧. "Changhua County Junior High School Geography Textbook Study and Teaching Experiment: the Taiwan Landforms Unit as a Case." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18031080701127285875.
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Coffee, Neil Terence. "Place in health." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84064.
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This research contributes to expanding the awareness and importance of place in health research. As a thesis by publication it features three peer reviewed published papers which provide methodological developments for the application of spatial techniques to health research. These papers constitute a response to the critique by a number of researchers on how spatial techniques are applied in some health research. Place has been implicated in health research for centuries. Among the place-health literature there are two research streams that are the focus of this thesis; 1) the relationship between place and socioeconomic status (SES); and 2) the impact of the built environment on physical activity and chronic disease. Place has an association with SES and SES has an accepted relationship with health, and therefore place may impact on health through its relationship with SES. An emerging research area used property values to represent wealth as an alternative or complementary SES measure. Two recent studies have used property value as an SES measure and reported a strong association with obesity and reported that property value was more predictive of fair/poor health status than area-level SES measures. This emerging research area is the focus of the first two papers which developed a property value SES measure that reflected place and wealth. The first paper provided the methodology to develop a residential property value measure (RLF) and the second paper tested the association between RLF and six chronic health outcomes, central obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, reduced high density lipoprotein (HDL), hypertension, impaired fasting glucose, and high low density lipoprotein (LDL) plus cumulative score of these chronic health outcomes. A statistically significant association with the cumulative CMR score and all but one of the risk factors (high LDL) was found, and in all cases except high LDL, participants in the most advantaged and intermediate group had a lower relative risk (RR) for cardio-metabolic diseases. The third paper focused upon the built environment and walkability and the methodology used to spatially represent walkability. Whilst this paper used the Australian adaptation of the walkability index used for the IPEN project (www.ipenproject.org), the outcome was not walking behaviour but the cumulative cardiometabolic risk score used in paper two. The third paper used predetermined administrative spatial units and road network buffers. This approach was chosen to provide further evidence that the choice of spatial unit matters in health research and that selecting an inappropriate spatial unit could mask or hide an association. There was no statistically significant association between walkability and the predetermined spatial units, but there was a modest statistically significant association between the road network buffers and lower RR of cardiometabolic risk. Taken individually, the first two papers provide a spatially based measure for SES-health research which was statistically associated with chronic health outcomes and the third added to the literature on health associations with walkability and highlighted the need for appropriate spatial unit selection. Cumulatively, these papers add to the growing literature and demonstrated a more informed application of spatial methods to health research.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, 2013
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Huang, Li-chu, and 黃麗珠. "JOB PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TOWARD GENERAL UNIVERSITY AND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GRADUATED STAFF IN CURRENT/OLDEN GENERATION BY UNIT CHIEF - BASED ON HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53681909962704764691.
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碩士南華大學
管理科學研究所
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This research focuses on whether entry level supervisors in the high-tech industry have the same level of satisfaction regarding the work performance of university and polytechnic graduates, and whether the level of satisfaction is related to population statistical variables. Using balance scorecard as an evaluation tool, this research attempts evaluate the work performance of university and polytechnic graduates from both younger and older generations using the 4 aspects of balance scorecard, and investigate entry level supervisors’ level of satisfaction regarding the work performance of younger and older generation employees graduating from these two systems. The results will be used in high-tech industry human resources management, and will also serve as a reference for people who are already working or are prepared to enter the workplace, in order to improve their personal capabilities. The research results indicated that the work performance of polytechnic graduates is lower than that of university graduates in the areas of finance and customer relations; the communication and negotiation skills and service attitudes of polytechnic graduates require particular attention. Familiarity in operational procedure and technical development needs to be reinforced in university graduates . There are no significant differences in work performance in the areas of internal procedures and learning to grow. At the same time, employees’ evaluation results differ according to differences in supervisors’ academic background and seniority. Usually supervisors with higher academic achievement will be less satisfied about employees’ work performance.
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Kilistoff, Kristen. "On the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem and kernel home range analyses: the case of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5673.
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There are a myriad of studies of animal habitat use that employ the notion of “home range”. Aggregated information on animal locations provide insight into a geographically discrete units that represents the use of space by an animal. Among various methods to delineate home range is the commonly used Kernel Density Estimation (KDE). The KDE method delineates home ranges based on an animal’s Utilization Distribution (UD). Specifically, a UD estimates a three-dimensional surface representing the probability or intensity of habitat use by an animal based on known locations. The choice of bandwidth (i.e., kernel radius) in KDE determines the level of smoothing and thus, ultimately circumscribes the size and shape of an animal’s home range. The bounds of interest in a home range can then be delineated using different volume contours of the UD (e.g., 95% or 50%). Habitat variables can then be assessed within the chosen UD contour(s) to ascertain selection for certain habitat characteristics.
Home range analyses that utilize the KDE method, and indeed all methods of home range delineation, are subject to the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) whereby the changes in the scale at which data (e.g., habitat variables) are analysed can alter the outcome of statistical analyses and resulting ecological inferences. There are two components to MAUP, the scale and zoning effects. The scale effect refers to changes to the data and, consequently the outcome of analyses as a result of aggregating data to coarser spatial units of analysis. The aggregation of data can result in a loss of fine-scale detail as well as change the observed spatial patterns. The zone effect refers to how, when holding scale constant, the delineation of areal units in space can alter data values and ultimately the results of analyses. For example, habitat features captured within 1km2 gridded sampling units may change if instead 1km2 hexagon units are used.
This thesis holds there are three “modifiable” factors in home range analyses that render it subject to the MAUP. The first two relate specifically to the use of the KDE method namely, the choice of bandwidth and UD contour. The third is the grain (e.g., resolution) by which habitat variables are aggregated, which applies to KDE but also more broadly to other quantitative methods of home range delineation
In the following chapters we examine the changes in values of elevation and slope that result from changes to KDE bandwidth (Chapter 2) UD contour (Chapter 3) and DEM resolution (Chapter 4). In each chapter we also examine how the observed effects of altering each individual parameter of scale (e.g., bandwidth) changes when different scales of the other two parameters are considered (e.g., contour and resolution). We expected that the scale of each parameter examined would change the observed effect of other parameters. For example, that the homogenization of data at coarser resolutions would reduce the degree of difference in variable values between UD contours of each home range.
To explore the potential effects of MAUP on home range analyses we used as model population 13 northern woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus). We created seasonal home ranges (winter, calving, summer, rut and fall) for each caribou using three different KDE bandwidths. Within each home range we delineated four contours based on differing levels of an animal’s UD. We then calculated values of elevation and slope (mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation) using a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) aggregated to four different resolutions within the contours of each seasonal home range.
We found that each parameter of scale significantly changed the values of elevation and slope within the home ranges of the model caribou population. The magnitude as well as direction of change in slope and elevation often varied depending the specific contour or season. There was a greater decrease in the variability of elevation within the fall and winter seasons at smaller KDE bandwidths. The topographic variables were significantly different between all contours of caribou home ranges and the difference between contours were in general, significantly higher in fall and winter (elevation) or calving and summer (slope). The mean and SD of slope decreased at coarser resolutions in all caribou home ranges, whereas there was no change in elevation. We also found interactive effects of all three parameters of scale, although these were not always as direct as initially anticipated. Each parameter examined (bandwidth, contour and resolution) may potentially alter the outcome of northern woodland caribou habitat analyses.
We conclude that home range analyses that utilize the KDE method may be subject to MAUP by virtue the ability to modify the spatial dimensions of the units of analysis. As such, in habitat analyses using the KDE careful consideration should be given to the choice of bandwidth, UD contour and habitat variable resolution.Graduate
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柯怡禎. "The Influence of Applying the Interactive Electronic Whiteboard on Junior High Students’ Learning Achievements:A Case of “Weather and Climate” Unit in Geography." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19873075229466718757.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
地理學系
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The study aims to explore the influence of applying the Interactive electronic Whiteboard (IWB) on junior high students’ learning effects in the teaching of geography. The study objects were students from four classes of the first grade in a junior high school in Changhua County. Quasi-experimental research was carried out and two classes were divided randomly into the experimental group; by using an LCD Projector, IWB teaching was implemented. Two classes were randomly divided into the control group; by using LCD Projector screen teaching was carried out. The fourth curriculum of “Weather and Climate” in the first semester of the first grade was taken as the teaching content. A pre-test was given a week before the beginning of the teaching experiment in order to understand students’ entering behavior; in the process of proceeding with the experiment, two class tests were implemented in order to understand students immediate learning effects; a post-test was carried out a week after the termination of the teaching experiment in order to understand the influence of various teaching methods on students learning. Questionnaires on the use of IWB teaching of students in the experimental group were filled-in to understand their learning feelings as well as their thoughts related to the IWB. The study results showed that there were significant learning effects for students taught with the aid of the IWB. The achievement was much better than using a teaching screen. There was no significant variance in learning effects for students with different genders after using the IWB in teaching. Positive assistance in learning effects was provided to students whose levels were in the middle range or low range, by using the IWB in teaching. Furthermore, based on the results of the test content analysis, students could have a better reading capability in studying the graphs of “Weather and Climate” in geography by using the IWB in teaching. Students from the experimental group gave a positive affirmation to the use of the IWB in teaching. The interaction among students, teachers and peers was significant. Learning became active, and also aroused an interest in them to study geography. As a result, the use of an IWB is clearly very helpful in both teaching and learning.
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CHING-HUI, CHIU, and 邱靖惠. "Diagnostic Test and Adaptive Remedial Instruction Design of 「Taiwan Weather And Climate」Unit in Junior High School Geography Course By using Bayesian Network." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24359634275778706976.
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碩士亞洲大學
資訊工程學系碩士班
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The study was to develop a computerized adaptive diagnostic testing and computerized adaptive remedial instruction system based on the probabilistic reasoning of Bayesian Network and ordering theory（OT） into Weather And Climate In Taiwan in first-grade geography course to induce the error types, sub-skills and unit target and to validate the effect of the system. The results of this study are as follow. First, Bayesian Network was employed to diagnose accuracy of the error types, sub-skills and unit target in Weather And Climate In Taiwan. The results had the 97.23% correspondence to the expert judgment, which show excellent diagnostic effects. Second, the computerized adaptive diagnostic testing system could save 30% of test items. The reaction of the test answers could be predicted and the accuracy achieved 95%, which showed the predictive ability of this system was similar to the complete test. The accuracy rate of prediction on the error types, sub-skills and unit purposes was over 95%, showing that the computerized adaptive diagnostic testing highly corresponded to the diagnosis in error types, sub-skills and unit target of the complete test. Apparently, the effect of the system was quite satisfying. Third, with the design, almost 95% of the students progressed in studies. The error types were decreased and the sub-skills were increased. All students’ average achievements on pre-tests and the post-tests had significant differences. The significant differences were also shown among the high-score, medium-score and low-score groups in the computerized adaptive diagnostic testing. The testers could receive the proper adaptive remedial instruction in time and enhance their learning.
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Chao, Chung-Ping, and 趙中平. "Creativity of work institute emphatically creativity viewpoint and the creativity the same teaching unit present the comparison - take " The Math Creative Pedagogic Contest " the work as an example." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24835125677580892213.
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碩士國立中央大學
數學研究所
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“The Math Creative pedagogic Contest” was pooled by the national science Council scientific education department and the National Central University Math department. Since the contest has exhibit for five sessions, which has attract and support by many participants, and these participants are school teachers. Therefore the contest obtains 250 surpass creative works, and there have over 10 popular units form these creative works. After accumulating these creative works from different units, people would ask themselves questions from the same teaching unit what is their main gold toward education? How do these participants reveal their creativity? Does teachers’ creative design can initiated students’ motivation to study or help students cultivate their creation? This research paper is based on compare the creative works in the same teaching unit (Pythagorean Theorem) and the valuable sources are from “The Math Creative Pedagogic Contest”. Try to analyze each participant’s main points and the difference from the same unit; as well as, analyze how these participants reveal their creativity. From the analysis and organization of this research paper hope that can improve teachers’ teach skills and give suggestion to their creative works. This proposal provides teachers other sources when they are preparing their teaching materials. Hopefully, it can combine all the advantages of these creative works and make another creative teaching material.
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Konjarski, Loretta. "Perspectives of physical education student engagement in an experientially based Inclusion and Diversity Physical Activity unit." Thesis, 2021. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42960/.
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It is widely accepted by today’s Australian society that education, in particular, be inclusive and accessible for all students. Teachers regularly report a perceived limit to their skills set in relation to working with students with a disability, particularly when the students are in a mainstream setting. This perception has also been identified within cohorts of physical education (PE) teachers with many reporting they do not feel confident to teach students with a disability in a physical activity setting. Research has shown that PE teachers often feel underprepared to work with students with a disability, particularly in PE classes where activities may need to be modified or adapted for full participation (Forlin & Chambers, 2011; Barber, 2018).
The purpose of this study, adopting a phenomenological approach, was to demonstrate the importance of undergraduate tertiary PE students participating in an inclusion and diversity or Adapted PE program, and to understand the value of that experience. The mixed methods research methodology with a focus on phenomenology was developed using a triangulation methodology that used three phases of research to produce data that would address a set of sub- aims relating to the undergraduate PE student experience and the perspectives of experts regarding inclusive practices.
Phase 1 of the research involved surveying undergraduate PE students participating in an Inclusion and Diversity in Physical Activity unit in an inner-city university in the west of Melbourne, Australia using the Physical Educators’ Attitude Towards Teaching Individuals with a Disability (PEATID-11) questionnaire pre and post-completion of the Inclusion and Diversity in Physical Activity unit. As a questionnaire was used, a positivist paradigm was adopted for this quantitative phase. One hundred and twenty two responses were collected and of that, 29 were completed both pre and post-completion of the unit. Results indicated that there were significant differences to the attitudes of the undergraduate PE students’ pre and post the unit, which is supported by previous research findings using this instrument. The PEATID-11 data results found students showed positive changes in their attitudes and behaviours after completing the unit, as they scored higher in the post-mean scores in each category of the questionnaire indicating a more positive intent post-completion of the unit and demonstrating the importance of the inclusion of the unit in the undergraduate PE degree. A prediction that therefore can be made is that undergraduate PE students, who have specific, focused Adapted PE training, as a part of their undergraduate PE studies, will have a more favourable attitude towards inclusion and working with students with a disability.
Phase 2 of the research utilised focus groups with the same undergraduate PE student cohort using a phenomenological lens to capture their ‘lived experience’ of participating in the Inclusion and Diversity in Physical Activity unit. Three focus groups, with a total of 22 undergraduate PE students were conducted with students post the completion of the unit. This approach has provided a data that describes the students’ experiences and learnings in their own voices that has not been a feature of earlier quantitative studies. The research has provided an additional perspective to the current body of knowledge in the research conducted around the impact of Adapted PE courses on the attitudes, confidence and skill set of undergraduate PE students and has identified keys trends, themes and issues in relation to the experiences and learnings of students engaged in the Inclusion and Diversity in Physical Activity unit at Victoria University. Results of this phase of the research showed that the undergraduate PE students did report the value the experience and found it to be ‘life changing’ and useful.
The third phase of the research involved the completion of 8 individual interviews with industry education experts in the field of PE and inclusion. This last phase of the research was designed to investigate in what way how inclusion teacher training was viewed and how important it was considered to be by experts in the field. Findings of this stage of the research overwhelmingly support the inclusion of Adapted PE, inclusion and diversity training in undergraduate PE degrees. This was evidenced by more favourable attitudes towards working with students with a disability at the completion of an inclusive PE unit and positive responses to focus group questions on the impact of the inclusive PE unit.
The three phases of the research support the importance of including an inclusive PE program in an undergraduate PE degree. This research supports the literature that clearly demonstrates that preservice and undergraduate teachers who have had experience in an Adapted Physical Education unit as part of their studies, which included theory and practice, could make a difference to the predisposition of their preparedness to be more inclusive. (Hodge et al., 2002). Additionally, this research adds to the body of knowledge in providing undergraduate PE student voices together with expert educators’ voices regarding the importance of ‘hands on inclusive learning’. The findings that detail more favourable attitudes post-completion of the inclusive PE unit in association with the positive ‘lived experience’ data, prompted the recommendations of including mandated inclusive education and training for physical education teachers (both undergraduate and practicing) and the requirement of inclusive practice training being provided within an experiential context. It is anticipated that the findings of this research will serve as evidence to support the development of undergraduate PE courses and foster further research in regards to inclusive education and training for physical educators.
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Jao, Yi-Ming, and 饒一鳴. "The study on the relationship between paternalistic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior in one military unit _ A case of System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/a7pgj8.
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碩士世新大學
企業管理研究所(含碩專班)
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This study aims to explore the relationship between paternalistic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. The main purposes are to: 1. Investigate current situation of paternalistic leadership at System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. 2. Analyze the status quo of organizational citizenship behavior at System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. 3. Understand the relationship between paternalistic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior at System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. 4. Establish the prediction power of the relationship bteween paternalistic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior at System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. 5. Make recommendations for administrators and decision-makers of the military unit for future strategic planning and organizational development. In order to attain the above mentioned goals, this study uses an established questionnaire to help answer the research questions. Utilizing descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and Multiple stepwise regression analysis, the results are summarized as follows: 1.Majority of the leaders at System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology demonstrate paternalistic leadership behavior. 2.Majority of the staff members at System Manufacturing Center of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology demonstrate organizational citizenship behavior. 3. There is no significant difference amongst various demographic backgrounds of staff members and their awareness of leaders' paternalistic leadership style. 4.There is some difference amongst various demographic backgrounds of staff members and their organizational citizenship behavior. 5.There is a positive correlation between leaders' paternalistic leadership style and staff members' organizational citizebship behavior. 6.The leaders' paternalistic leadership can predict staff members' organizational citizenship behavior effectively.
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Sung, Yueh-Lin, and 宋岳霖. "The Study of the Leaning Efficiency of Integrating Electronic Textbook in Junior High School Social Studies Teaching- A Case Study of “Southern China Region” Unit in Geography." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53szx5.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
地理學系
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The study aims to discuss the influence of applying e-textbooks in teaching geography at junior high schools on students’ learning outcomes. The quasi-experimental method was adopted in the study; second-year students from the Junior High Department of a comprehensive high school in Miaoli County were recruited as the research participants. Two random classes were assigned as the experimental group and another two were selected as the control group; the former used e-textbooks as the teaching material while the latter adopted traditional lecturing as the teaching method. The content chosen for teaching was “Unit One: Southern Regions of China,” from the second-year, second-semester textbook. The researcher used the participants’ pre-test and post-test evaluation scores to assess whether there was any significant difference in learning achievements between those who were taught by the e-textbook teaching method and those by the traditional lecturing method. Survey of Students’ Comments on the Application of E-textbook in Teaching was used to explore whether such a teaching method had positive influences on students’ learning attitudes. The study suggests the following findings. In the aspect of learning achievements, those students who were taught by the e-textbook teaching method showed higher learning achievements than those who were taught by the traditional lecturing teaching method; no significant difference was found between genders. In the aspect of ability levels, the e-textbook teaching method was shown to have positive influences on mid-level students only. Furthermore, the students who were taught by the e-textbook teaching method had higher learning achievements in chart-based test items than their counterparts; no significant difference was found between genders, in this regard. As for learning attitudes, the students showed positive learning perceptions and acknowledgements toward the implementation of e-textbooks in teaching; however, factors including gender, the possession of a personal computer, and frequencies of computer use caused no significant difference regarding one’s learning perception of the use of e-textbooks in teaching.
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汪盟烽. "A Quasi-Experiment on Academic Achievement and Attitude in a Multimedia CAI-Based Geography Course Design:A Case of a Unit on Geomophology at Bei-Gang Senior High School, Yun-lin, Taiwan." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40506507793819478533.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
地理學系
93
Abstract The aim of the research is to investigate learning achievement and attitudes of instructional design integrating multimedia computer assisted instruction into the unit of geographic topography in senior high school. This research adopts quasi-experimental research method. Eighty first-grade students out of two classes in Beigang senior high school participated in this research. One class was randomly assigned to be the experimental group with 15 boys and 24 girls, adopting the multimedia computer teaching method. The other class was control group with 23 boys and 18 girls, adopting the traditional teaching method. The two classes conducted experimental teaching to investigate if there was significant difference between the multimedia computer teaching method and the traditional teaching method in the unit of geographic topography in senior high school. Besides, by using the self-editing questionnaire on the learning attitude toward the multimedia computer teaching method, this research investigated students' learning achievement and attitudes toward the multimedia computer teaching method. The major results of this research are as follows: （1）There was no significant interaction between different teaching methods and different gender in learning achievement of the topographical unit. （2）Multimedia computer teaching method and traditional teaching method had significant difference in learning achievement of the topographical unit. （3）There was no significant difference to students of difference gender in learning achievement of the topographical unit. （4）There was no significant difference to students of difference gender when multimedia computer teaching method was implemented in learning achievement of the topographical unit. （5）Students had positive attitude to ward multimedia computer teaching method. （6）There was no significant difference to students of difference gender when multimedia computer teaching method was implemented in learning attitude of the topographical unit. Keyword：multimedia computer assisted instruction、instructional design、geographic education
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Ling, Yu-Ju, and 林育如. "A Study on the Interdisciplinary-Teaching and Disciplinary-Teaching in Social Course of Nine-Year Integrated Curriculum at Junior High School Level And Their Learning Effectiveness---Take the Unit "Climate" in the Geography Textbook as an example." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68277675117420313936.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
地理學系
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The aim of this study was to research on the students’ learning effects of interdisciplinary-teaching and traditional disciplinary-teaching, applied as the instruction methods for social course of nine-year integrated curriculum at junior high school level. It also investigated the teachers’ teaching current conditions in two schools and the students’ learning difficulty to the weather unit. The objects of the study included not only the 7th grade and the 8th grade students of the 92th academic year in two different junior high schools in Kaohsiung, but also the teachers who allow to teach that grade geography unit of the social section. Take the students as the center of the study. In order to match a section representative, Municipal Chung Shan Junior High School represents interdisciplinary-teaching, and Municipal Hsiao Kang Junior High represents disciplinary-teaching. The methods of the study included a well-designed questionnaire and practical interviews. “Investigation Form about the opinions of the geography teachers in the social section to the curriculum content and the teaching current conditions” and “Measure Form about the contents of exams, the learning methods and attitude on the weather unit in grade 7 and 8” were adopted in the study as the instruments. After recycling the questionnaire, the collected data were analyzed quantitatively. According the scores, divide the students into three groups --- high, middle, and low , and then carry on the sampling interview to distinguish and to have the further understanding on the difference of the students’ learning results and the current learning conditions , and the difficulty of learning the weather unit between the two different teaching ways. The summary of the study result as follow: 一、 The content of the exam to the students （一） The grades of the students who accepted disciplinary-teaching are higher than the grades of those who accepted interdisciplinary-teaching. The result is coincident with the one on Chia-Chuu Li’s. （二） Under interdisciplinary-teaching, geography teachers’ class grades are higher than non-geography teachers’. In the 8th grade classes, the class taught by those who are both social studies teachers and their homeroom teachers have higher grades than those by social studies teachers only. 二、 The results of measure form to the students and the interviews: （一） Under interdisciplinary-teaching, teachers have more time to have interaction with students, so the personal style of the teacher’s lively teaching has pretty large attraction for students. （二） Because the contents in Chinese geography of the 8th grade are more trivial and more strange, teachers’ professional is over the importance of lively teaching. So almost the grade 8 students who accepted interdisciplinary-teaching hoped to change the way of disciplinary-teaching. As to the students accepted disciplinary-teaching, teachers’ professional teaching is the main reason to attract students to like having geography classes, but most students responsed that the trouble in bad absorption is due to that teachers’ teaching speed is too fast. （三） After the interviews, the researcher found that the reasons which affect the effect of the students’ learning include “teachers’ professional”, “teachers’ teaching style”, and “whether to be taught by their homeroom teachers.” （四） After the interviews, the most difficult parts of learning geography unit（not the climate unit）and the ideas about the climate which students responsed is evidently different from teachers’ cognition. And collect the students’ difficulty in learning the climate unit. 三、The current condition of the teachers’ teaching: （一） Most of the social section teachers who teach geography think that the most important parts of the unit arrangement and the textbook context in the new studies materials are worse than those in the authorized edition. To collect weight-bearing points in the textbook and to accelerate the achieved percentage of scheduled progress, over half the teachers write handouts themselves. （二）On the choice of the textbook, because of the limit of the connection problems in chapters, most choose the former edition. （三）When the teachers of interdisciplinary-teaching teach the climate in China in the 8th grade, the rate of the difficulty they face is higher than those of disciplinary-teaching. （四）At both of the schools , the teachers think that the most difficult teaching unit is “The Climate”, and their opinions about what is the most difficult in teaching the ideas of the climate are also very close. But their opinions about the factors in affecting students’ learning interests are a little different. At last, it is hoped that the suggestions provided in the study could inspire educational administrative organizations, schools, teachers, and other researchers.
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Cust, Emily. "An Investigation into Kicking in Women’s Australian Football." Thesis, 2020. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/41271/.
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In Australian Rules football (AF), kick skill performance involvements, notably the drop
punt, are statistically strong contributors towards team match success. The start of a National
women’s AF competition (AFLW) in 2017 created opportunity for new knowledge to be
established around the characteristics of AFLW athletes’ skilled performances. Using
developments in inertial measurement unit (IMU) technology and analytical methods, this
thesis takes a multi-disciplinary approach to analysing AFLW skilled performances and
subsequently proposes a concept of a semi-automated AF kick type classification system for
skill monitoring in an applied environment. Specifically, the thesis: 1) evaluates the research
literature on machine learning for sport-specific movement recognition, 2) determines the
importance of AFLW athlete skilled performance indicator contributions during match play,
3) defines AFLW drop punt kick kinematics, and 4) evaluates AF kick type classification
models using IMUs as a proof-of-concept to support further developments in the area.
Understanding analytical methods previously implemented with IMU or computer vision
data and the evaluated capacity of these models in sport-specific movement recognition
literature, is important in the adaptation for, and application towards new problems in sport.
The first part of this thesis focuses on the experimental set-up, data pre-processing, and
model development methods in the relevant literature on recognition of sport-specific
movements in-field using IMU or computer vision technology. Of the 52 studies identified,
29 used IMUs, 22 used vision data and one study integrated both technologies. Supervised
machine learning models were the dominant approach for developing sport specific
movements recognition systems. Although nine studies implemented deep learning algorithms which comparatively indicated superior results to machine learning models, and
demonstrated the advantages and potential of these model types. This study also highlights
the importance of considering the model and overall system development in relation to the
targeted sports movement(s) when progressing future research in the field.
The applications of IMUs for sport skill recognition and subsequently performance analysis
in-situation demonstrated in the literature may be beneficial in AF. As AF matches are
technically skilled in nature, this thesis sought to investigate relationships of AFLW athlete
skill performances in explaining team quarter and match success which knowledge was
previously limited. Performance indicator distributions in explaining match quarter
outcomes show the strongest skilled contributions from key high performing athletes, and
the overall team strongest features related to kick performance indicators. Considering the
importance of the kick in AF, the thesis then continued to define the kinematics of AFLW
athlete’s drop punt kicks across leg preferences which was unknown. Several key
differences from men’s AF kicks were found, also, women’s kick movement patterns
quantified which is beneficial for specific coaching practices. Developments in IMU use for
sport-specific movement recognition through machine learning models demonstrate
advantages in sporting performance analysis applications. In the final section, these
technological developments are investigated for the concept of a semi-automated AF kick
monitoring system using IMUs. The work is applied in an AFLW training environment as a
unique study for capturing the importance kick skill performance towards team match
success and differentiation from men’s AF kick biomechanics. The findings indicate that
kick types can be sufficiently distinguished from one another which creates scope for further
applied work in AF training sessions. Overall, the work in this thesis is the first to establish
the biomechanical characteristics of elite women’s AF kicks and enhances the knowledge
of skilled performances in the AFLW. Furthermore, it is the first to implement IMUs for on-field AF kick recognition. Increasing automation in sport-specific movement recognition
can be applied in AF kick skill monitoring; particularly as a unique forefront in AFLW sport
science applications towards kick performance improvement. The methods used and
findings of this thesis can also be transferred to other elite women’s team sporting leagues
involving kicking actions such as Rugby and Gaelic football.
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Hurley, Kathleen. "The Melbourne story: an analysis of the city’s economy over the 2000s." Thesis, 2015. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/32278/.
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This thesis examines economic growth and change across the city of Melbourne over the 2000s. In the late 1970s to early 1980s, and again in the early 1990s, Melbourne was seen as having a bleak future, as a consequence of the deindustrialisation occurring in the city throughout the late twentieth century. However, Melbourne grew rapidly at the start of the twenty-first century, renewing its profile globally and attracting population.
This thesis examines the factors behind the rise of Greater Melbourne over the 2000s, and specifically the rapid revival of the central city area of Melbourne. The study assesses the relevance of economic geography theories (the Global Cities hypothesis, the World City Network (WCN) and agglomeration economies) in relation to Melbourne’s economic growth. Globalisation related theories concerning knowledge cities and workers are also considered.