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Marsh, Steven. "Comedy and the weakening of the state : an ideological approach to Spanish popular cinema 1942-1964." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272269.
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Borhara, Krishna. "Assessing the Role of Silica Gel as a Fault Weakening Mechanism in the Tuscarora Sandstone." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429218108.
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Aguilar, Falconí Giulianna. "Between the strengthening and weakening of environmental fiscalization in the mining and hydrocarbon sectors: OEFA." Politai, 2018. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/123809.
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What motivates the State to modify its environmental institutional legacy? What are the conditions to strengthen or weaken the control over the environment? ftis article describes the growth and development of the environmental institutionality from the fiscalization, having as experience the development of the Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (OEFA) from its creation to the present. ftis research seeks to identify the factors and conditions for the strengthening and weakening of environmental fiscalization. fte sum of the elements such as state strength and bureaucracy, policy entrepreneurs, institutional change, interest groups and international requirements could explain when the strengthening or weakening of environmental control is considered, the increase or decrease in the fiscalization patterns and the levels of institutional affectation.¿Qué motiva al Estado a modificar su legado institucional ambiental? ¿Cuáles son las condiciones para fortalecer o debilitar la fiscalización sobre el medio ambiente? Este artículo describe el crecimiento y el desarrollo de la institucionalidad ambiental a partir de la fiscalización teniendo como experiencia el desenvolvimiento del Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (OEFA) desde su creación hasta la actualidad. Esta investigación busca identificar los factores y las condiciones para el fortalecimiento y debilitamiento de la fiscalización ambiental. La suma de los elementos como fortaleza y burocracia estatal, emprendedores de políticas, cambio institucional, grupos de interés y exigencias internacionales podrían explicar en qué momento se plantea el fortalecimiento o el debilitamiento de la fiscalización ambiental, el incremento o la disminución en los patrones de fiscalización y los niveles de afectación institucional.
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File-Muriel, Richard J. "The role of lexical frequency and phonetic context in the weakening of syllable-final lexical /s/ in the Spanish of Barranquilla, Colombia." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3278205.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: A, page: 3824. Adviser: Joseph Clancy Clements. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 7, 2008).
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Muir, Katherine. "Greening economies : the role of the local state." Thesis, Coventry University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268066.
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Ulas, Luke. "Realising cosmopolitanism : the role of a world state." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2013. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/809/.
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The central claim of this work is straightforward: if one endorses cosmopolitan principles of distributive justice, then one ought also to be a world statist. This is not the generally held view. Institutionally, cosmopolitans have tended to endorse – when they have endorsed any particular institutions at all – either modified and enhanced versions of today's domestic state system, or ‘intermediary’ institutional constructs that are conceptualised as sitting apart from both the domestic state system and a world state. I aim to demonstrate that, from a cosmopolitan perspective, these are inferior alternatives, and to make the case for a federal world state. The point of such a project is to confront cosmopolitan moral theory with its radical institutional implications, which its proponents have often ignored or resisted. In making this argument, after underlining conceptual and empirical difficulties for the idea of ‘cosmopolitan law’ without strong central government, I pay extended attention to what has been described as cosmopolitanism’s ‘solidarity problem’, which recognises that there is currently little appetite among the global population for distributing resources or otherwise changing behaviours and practices so as to realise cosmopolitan distributive principles. I consider three approaches to this problem: the possibility of the principled transformation of domestic states; the development of a sense of global community; and an emphasis upon the harnessing of self-interested motivations. In each case I demonstrate the importance of the transcendence of the domestic state system, and global political integration. Thereafter, I directly address various ‘intermediary’ institutional prescriptions, arguing that in many respects they are less clearly distinguishable from a world state than their authors believe, and that where they are distinguishable this represents a disadvantage with respect to the realisation of cosmopolitan ends when compared to a world state. Finally, I consider and reject a range of common critiques of the world state itself, while emphasising that many of these critiques in fact function as critiques of cosmopolitan distributive theory, rendering them unavailable to the cosmopolitan theorists who are my intended audience.
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Burkum, Kurt Richard Hendrickson Robert M. "The role of state higher education governance structures in state-level higher education lobbying." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2009. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-3692/index.html.
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Blanck, Jenny. "Regulating transnational corporations : The role of the home state." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-198590.
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Wilhelm, Teena. "Judicial Policymaking: The Preemptive Role of State Supreme Courts." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1228%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Arthur, Kevin R. "Understanding the Military's role in ending state-sponsored terrorism." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sept%5FArthur.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2004.Thesis advisor(s): David C. Tucker, Frank R. Giordano. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76). Also available online.
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Sass, David John. "The state role in military base closure and reuse." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70234.
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Owens, Lorie Beth. "The Role of Intermediaries in State Education Policy Implementation." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396873660.
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Schütze, Lars, and Jeronimo Castrillon. "Analyzing State-of-the-Art Role-based Programming Languages." ACM, 2017. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A73196.
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With ubiquitous computing, autonomous cars, and cyber-physical systems (CPS), adaptive software becomes more and more important as computing is increasingly context-dependent. Role-based programming has been proposed to enable adaptive software design without the problem of scattering the context-dependent code. Adaptation is achieved by having objects play roles during runtime. With every role, the object's behavior is modified to adapt to the given context. In recent years, many role-based programming languages have been developed. While they greatly differ in the set of supported features, they all incur in large runtime overheads, resulting in inferior performance. The increased variability and expressiveness of the programming languages have a direct impact on the run-time and memory consumption. In this paper we provide a detailed analysis of state-of-the-art role-based programming languages, with emphasis on performance bottlenecks. We also provide insight on how to overcome these problems.
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Naranjo, Fanny Valencia de. "Educational supervision in Colombia : the role of the supervisor." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61057.
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The expanding Colombian education system has seen the emergence of new state managerial styles. The system was designed originally for a country with one-half of the present population, one-third of the human resources and less than one-fifth of the required financial resources.For this reason, it was necessary to extend and diversify services to include preschool, postgraduate education, nonformal education and services. Cultural activities, recreational activities of all types, and the development of scientific and technological research have also been included. At present this process is coming to an end and there is a tendency toward decentralization at the Ministry of National Education.
The general recommendation is to define the role of the state at each administrative level. The ministry should be director, planner, coordinator and evaluator of all education. The regions should be administrators and executors in their specific level in relation to the personnel and the relocation of the personnel. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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James, Pierre. "The role of the state : Indonesia under the New Order /." Title page and contents only, 1988. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arj28.pdf.
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Pohnel, Jonathan R. "State Defense Forces and their role in American homeland security." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45242.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedState Defense Forces (SDFs), or organized state militias and naval militias, have a long and distinguished history of service in the United States. These state-sanctioned organizations are substantiated and legitimized through the U.S. justice system and constitutional law. Currently, 23 states and U.S. territories have SDFs; unlike National Guard units, they cannot be federalized, which means they remain a state-level asset during emergency management operations. SDFs were utilized successfully during Hurricane Katrina, proving their value in state and federal emergency response efforts. This thesis seeks to analyze the structure and usefulness of the SDF as a volunteer emergency response organization. Second, it seeks to understand the evolution of the SDF by examining U.S. militia history. Third, it examines the disaster-relief efforts of SDFs with regard to Hurricane Katrina. SDFs provide state governors with emergency response personnel who are locally available and ready to serve in multiple capacities. Presently, state officials can promote legislation and develop a mission-flexible State Defense Force that can act as a reserve force for local law enforcement and the National Guard during natural and man-made disasters. The SDF may be the next step in the evolution of state and local emergency response in the 21st century.
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Wulff, Kevin L. "The changing role of the school principal in Washington State /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7764.
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Edey, Rosanna. "The role of human movement kinematics in internal state inference." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2017. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/311/.
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The kinematics of our movements reflect our internal (mental and affective) states. This thesis tests the hypothesis that these kinematic signals contribute to judgments about others’ internal states through models based on our own actions. Chapter 1 details the theoretical background and previous literature that motivates this hypothesis. Chapter 2 (typical adults) and 3 (typical adolescents) test the hypothesis that we use models of our own action kinematics to make judgments about others’ affective states. Both experiments support the hypothesis by demonstrating that differences in one’s own typical action kinematics determine the perceived intensity of affective states of observed point-light walkers. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 examine the hypothesis that atypical movement kinematics in autism spectrum disorder (autism) contribute to social communication difficulties. Chapters 4 and 5 measure two basic skills required to make internal state judgments from observing others’ actions: visual time perception and sensitivity to kinematic signals that describe ‘natural’ motion. Both studies find no deficits in the autism group compared to the typically developed group – and some enhanced abilities – suggesting that these basic skills are intact. However, Chapter 6 demonstrates that typically developed individuals are impaired at reading mental states from autistic actions, suggesting that atypical movement kinematics may be partly contributing to bi-directional communicative difficulties experienced between individuals with autism and their typical peers. Chapter 7 investigates whether differences in movement kinematics early in development are associated with later social skills in a group of infants at high- or low-risk of developing autism. Indeed, movement kinematics at 10 months of age predicts social abilities at 14 months of age, demonstrating the value of kinematic markers for predicting social functioning and possibly disorder. Chapter 8 summarises the studies presented in this thesis, which show support for the hypothesis that we judge others’ internal states through models based on our own actions.
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Rampjapedi, Mahlatse Christina. "The role of public relations practitioners in state owned entities." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/5432.
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Purpose of Paper: the role of public relations practitioners in state owned entities is under-researched in South Africa. This limits the practitioners in the industry to address relevant issues and opportunities about their discipline; specifically in the public sector which are widely perceived in a negative light. The aim of this paper was to explore the role of public relations practitioners in state owned entities in South Africa. Methodology: The study was qualitative in nature. It was constructed to answer the research questions using an interview schedule as a research instrument. The population comprised of the PR and communication practitioners that work in the State Owned Entities of South Africa. Findings: It was found that PR practitioners are the agents of relationship building between the SOEs and their stakeholders. It was also proved that PR practitioners have excellent skills and expertise however those are limited by the unsatisfying devaluation of communications by management and political interference in SOEs. Furthermore, negative reputation of SOEs was not mere shortfalls of PR practitioner but senior management instability. Research limitations: Due to lack of availability and co-operation of practitioners, time constrains and lack of finances, study was not able to attain the desired number of respondents (12 respondents instead of 15). Responses were not always substantial, however, the researcher attempted to achieve the most accurate results possible. Value or significance of paper: the study aimed to provide academic framework on the roles of PR practitioners in South Africa’s public sector and enhance existing knowledge on the challenges that practitioners face in different organisations.
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Segel, Kim Rael. "State-corporate social development in South Africa : the role of the state in advancing corporate social engagement." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1772/.
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The contemporary South African state seeks to ensure economic growth and global competitiveness whilst simultaneously redressing apartheid legacies. These are its twin imperatives to effect social and economic transformation. This thesis advances the framework of State-Corporate Social Development (SCSD) to describe and explain policies developed by the post-apartheid government to regulate the social and economic practices of business, and policies adopted by businesses in response. The thesis explores state-market dynamics as these relate to policies promoting black economic empowerment (BEE) in South Africa. Against this broad policy rubric, the research explores, within a wider nexus of stakeholder relationships, the interactions between business and government with reference to two sectors: investment companies and tourism. Extensive legislative and institutional mechanisms have been established to ensure a business environment conducive to government's political agenda. A key driver is the imperative to accelerate the integration of black South Africans into the economic mainstream through BEE policies. The state uses multiple levers to offer incentive or apply sanction. It is shown that the state, as a major consumer of goods and services, is itself a primary agent in transforming socio-economic patterns along market principles. SCSD also includes the response of business to evolving policy and environmental conditions. These responses vary according to the business size, nature, sector and value placed on various stakeholding relationships. The thesis employs stakeholder and social contract theory, and qualitative methods, including 135 interviews, to develop and explain SCSD as it pertains to BEE. Using formal and informal social contracts, it is shown how BEE policy shifted from emphasising equity ownership to a broader-based strategy. The strategy relies on multi-stakeholder relationships and drivers offering economic market-based incentives. The thesis draws conclusions regarding the centrality of the state in providing incentives for corporate social development policy in South Africa. It also suggests broader policy lessons relevant to state-corporate relations and the viability of the SCSD approach.
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Karlson, Nils. "The state of state an inquiry concerning the role of invisible hands in politics and civil society /." Uppsala : Stockholm : S. Academiae Ubsaliensis ; Distributor, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1993. http://books.google.com/books?id=hCiOAAAAMAAJ.
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Cabeças, João Miguel Justino. "The state´s role on the iberian stock markets : from privatization to the state as an investor." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/10265.
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Mestrado em Contabilidade, Fiscalidade e Finanças EmpresariaisAs privatizações tendem a levar a um aumento da performance e eficiência das empresas bem como um melhoramento dos saldos orçamentais do estado, acompanhado de um aumento de concorrência (Carreira, Megginson e Netter, 2001). Desta forma, o objectivo do trabalho é estudar se as privatizações realizadas na última década, em Portugal e Espanha, foram realmente benéficas e se o processo de privatização se traduziu em melhorias para as empresas envolvidas. Este trabalho, suportado numa revisão de literatura de cerca de 60 artigos, contempla uma comparação dos períodos pré e pós privatização, bem como uma comparação entre os indicadores das empresas privatizadas e das ainda empresas de capitais públicos. Procura-se ainda analisar o papel da estrutura de capital e a sua influência nas melhorias trazidas pelas privatizações. O estudo replica os métodos utilizados Omran, M. (2004) and McGuinness, P. and Ferguson, M. (2005). Os resultados mostram que não existe uma melhoria significativa de performance após a privatização, nem uma interferência da estrutura de capital, mas apenas uma melhoria da eficiência operacional.
The privatization of state owned enterprises (SOEs) tend lead to an increase in performance and efficiency, an improvement in the fiscal budget, followed by an increase in competition. (Carreira and Megginson and Netter, 2001). The goal of this study is to analyse if the Portuguese and Spanish privatization processes, in order to determine if the privatizations done in the last decade really led to improvements among the privatized firms. The study, backed by a literary review of circa 60 publish articles, provides a comparison between the pre and post privatization periods of the privatized companies, as well as a comparison between the same privatized firms and existing SOEs. Furthermore, it is investigated the influence the capital structure may have in such improvements. This study replicates the methods used by Omran, M. (2004) and McGuinness, P. and Ferguson, M. (2005). The results show that there is no evidence of significant improvements in performance or any capital structure influence, but rather an improvement in operational efficiency.
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Mackenzie, Andrew Peter. "The role of stoichiometry in high temperature superconductivity." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386134.
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Smith, Brad Steven. "Design and Construction of Pavements in Cold Regions: State of the Practice." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1654.pdf.
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Bouris, Dimitris. "State-building without a state : the European Union's role in the occupied Palestinian territories after the Oslo Accords." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/49606/.
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The aim of this thesis is to shed light on the distinctive role of the European Union (EU) as a state-builder in the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The thesis engages with distinctive literatures on liberal peace, peacebuilding, state-building, the EU and conflict resolution as well as Security and Judiciary Sector Reform. By synthesizing these literatures this research will try to test the EU effectiveness in the state-building project in the OPTs by reference to two main case studies: the EU’s initiatives in the domains of Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Judiciary Sector Reform (JSR) while at the same time addressing issues of the broader governance agenda and the rule of law. Thus, the broader liberal peace and peacebuilding literature will help contextually to understand how state-building has been used as a tool for implementing the liberal peace, the distinctive literature on state-building will help to identify the ‘core’ state functions that institutions established should be able to run and the literature on conflict resolution will help to identify all tools and mechanisms that the EU has at its disposal in order to ‘build’ states. By drawing on these literatures, this thesis will set three criteria on which the effectiveness of the EU as a state-builder will be tested namely generation of legitimacy, coherence and regulation of violence/ability of enforcement. The thesis is mainly empirically-oriented (drawing on almost 100 interviews that were conducted with EU, Israeli and Palestinian officials) and will focus on the two civilian missions that the EU has deployed in the OPTs (EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah) in order to help the Palestinian Authority reform its security sector as well as initiatives in the domains of judiciary sector reform and the rule of law (Seyada Project). The main argument of the thesis is that the EU has approached the state-building project from a technical aspect without linking it with clear political decisions and objectives. As a result, while initiatives in the domains of SSR and JSR have helped the PA improve the situation on the ground this was done at the expense of democracy and political objectives that would contribute to the ending of the Israeli Occupation.
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Sordi, Valentina. "A STATE IN THE STATE : THE ROLE OF TRANSNATIONAL AGENTS IN THE DESTATALIZATION PROCESS: THE CASE OF MALI." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Afrikanska studier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-30721.
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The thesis focuses on the current Malian situation, that observed a severe penetration of jihadist groups (transnational agents), and attempts to understand this phenomenon in accordance with a theoretical framework that accounts for the crisis of the concept of Westphalian state in contemporary international panorama. The analysis is structured on two levels, investigating the structural issues and the political and social mutations, both on the regional and on the state dimension.
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Collins, Thomas Eric. "State Intervention in Underperforming Schools: The Role of the ASSIST Coach." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/145106.
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There has been a trend toward increased in educational accountability for the past fifty years as seen through legislation, policy, and guidance implemented by state education agencies. While states had accountability systems, the federal NCLB Act of 2001 formalized the current system that worked to remediate schools challenged to meet the accountability expectations? Exacerbating these circumstances was a shifting accountability model, AZ LEARNS, that measured school performance from 2007-2009. The Arizona Department of Education formalized processes and structures to address the needs of low-capacity schools through the State System of Support. This research examined the role of the ASSIST Coach in underperforming schools as a measure of state intervention in Arizona. Data revealed that insufficient time, resources, and support were afforded to low-capacity schools by the ASSIST Coach to affect change that resulted in school improvement within the AZ LEARNS model. Additionally, the skills, experience, and background did not align to the needs of low-capacity schools that participated in this study. In the absence of effective state intervention, schools turned to internal capacities to plan for and implement school improvement initiatives that were minimally effective in turning around their respective underperformance. Based on these findings, recommendations for future research were offered to strengthen the support for schools under the State System of Support in Arizona.
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Sari, Ozgur. "The Role Of Secularization Within The Turkish Nation-state Building Process." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605570/index.pdf.
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The objective of this study is to analyze the role of secularization within the Turkish nation-state building process between the late 19th and the early 20th centuryhereby an emphasis will also be on the relations between the state and religion. This study will consider the Religious Affairs Directory as the key institutional actor in this process. This institutional reflection of secularization will be studied as an interesting case of state controlled social change on and over religion in society. The state reproduces its legitimization and discourse over the Religious Affairs Directory, therefore some publications and khutbas of that institution in 2003 and 2004 will be analyzed. On the other hand, secularization was defined on 5th February 1937 in the 1924 Constitution with the law numbered 3115, as the separation of the state and religious affairs and the equal distance of the state&rsquo
s position towards all beliefs and believers. The contradiction between the state&rsquo
s definition and institutional application of secularization will be criticized. The first contradiction is the integration of state and religious affairs. The statist discourse legitimizes the state through the religious affairs and as it will be seen in the analyzed publications and khutbas of the Religious Affairs Directory, the statist and religious discourses overlap each other. Since this overlapping enables the integration of state and religious affairs through the Religious Affairs Directory as a constitutional institution, the applications of this institution contradict with the constitutional definition of Turkish secularization. The second feature of the Turkish secularization is that the state applies this practice over only one sect (Sunni-Hannifin) which is an obstacle for the state&rsquo
s position against all the religious beliefs. The legitimization of the state is being done through the Sunni-Hannifin denomination and by this way the state takes a side among the various beliefs. Lastly, as the results of the historical analysis of this study reveal, it will be understood that the practice of manipulating the religion under the hegemonic state ideology is a tradition inherited from the late Ottoman period. The Republic of Turkey, which realized secularization within a constitutional definition and through institutional transformations, has continued to integrate the state with religion.
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Schwartz, Jonathan Aaron. "Compliance with environmental policies in China the role of state capacity /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ59065.pdf.
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Wahba, Mourad Magdi. "The role of the state in the Egyptian economy : 1945-1981." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.480548.
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Spencer, Karen. "Reproductive effort strategies in passerine birds : the role of body state." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21847.
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State-dependent life history theory predicts a trade-off between an individual's state and reproductive effort. The identification and effects of key state variables, however, have not been explored empirically in depth. Although there are some studies which have provided evidence that state-dependent behaviour indeed occurs, the bulk of this work is neither experimental, nor related to reproduction. Furthermore, the quantitative effects of manipulations of specific state variables are invariably unknown (McNamara & Houston 1996). This thesis explores potential trade-offs between state and behaviour and determines if energy reserves can be employed as a useful state variable. In contrast to other empirical studies, parental states (energy reserve at dawn) were experimentally manipulated using a direct method, namely changes in overnight temperature (Warming, Chilling and Control). The effects of these temperature changes were quantified using indirect calorimetry. Responses to these experimental manipulations were measured by behavioural observations, a common method in behavioural ecology, but were also quantified in terms of energy expenditure, with the aid of the doubly labelled water technique. Thus, this thesis provides a unique quantitative approach, in that it measures both manipulations and responses in the currency of energy. Individual energy reserves at dawn significantly affected resource allocation decisions the subsequent day. Birds with surplus energy upon release increased the number of feeding visits to their nestlings whilst in parallel increasing energy expenditure. Those with an energy deficit at dawn, conversely decreased nest visitation rates along with energy expenditure. There were no effects of temperature manipulations upon mass or fatscore changes over the trial period, suggesting a regulation of somatic investment at a threshold level, whilst reproductive effort was varied depending on parental state. The responses to positive manipulations (warming) were congruent across two species with differing foraging ecologies: the swallow, an aerial feeder foraging in a variable environment; and the great tit, foraging in relatively stable woodland. Thus, the behavioural and energetic responses seen here were not the result of species-specific strategies. This points the way towards a general rule within state-dependent behaviour. The trade-off identified here implies that reproduction carries a cost, and that reproductive effort will be reduced if an animal's survival is jeopardized and vice versa: a life history response, mediated by an individual's body-state. Furthermore, the response of birds to positive and negative manipulations was large enough to be readily detected, even amongst the considerable variation in energy expenditure related to individual differences. This suggests that body-state not only plays a key role in allocation decisions, but that it is comparable in the scale of its effects to other major influences on energy expenditure of free-living animals.
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Skerrett, Kevin (Kevin John) Carleton University Dissertation Political Science. "Hegemony, state, and the role of finance in early Canadian industrialization." Ottawa, 1994.
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Amer, Rawya M. Tawfik. "State-society relations and regional role : comparing Egypt and South Africa." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c00e6d89-06a1-40b5-b760-33965d32bcef.
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The study explains the regional roles of Egypt and South Africa in the last two decades by reference to the state’s relationship with society, a variable that has long been underplayed in international relations and foreign policy literature. It suggests that the different character of this relationship in each country has shaped the opportunities and constraints affecting the foreign policy choices of both the state and societal institutions in the two countries. The study adopts a cross-disciplinary approach using debates on state capacity and its relationship with regime type in comparative politics and political economy to understand and evaluate the two countries' foreign policies in their respective regions. After analysing the impact of state-society relationships on the regional role conceptions of the state and societal actors, the study compares the performance of these actors in two case studies; the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the case of Egypt and the Zimbabwean crisis in the case of South Africa. It concludes that although the role of each state in resolving its respective regional conflict has been less than effective, the post-apartheid democratic dispensation has provided opportunities for South African social forces to play roles that complemented, checked and balanced the role of the state, compared to their Egyptian counterparts. On the other hand, the soft authoritarian Egyptian state used its role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to maintain the international alliances that helped to sustain its domestic control. This constrained the state's foreign policy options. It made marketing peace as 'a strategic choice' and containing resistance movements the priorities of Egypt's intervention in the Palestinian issue. The co-optation of the Egyptian business community and the exclusion of Islamist forces by the state weakened their roles in conflict resolution, depriving the state of tools of effectiveness. In the case of South Africa, racial politics, the ANC's liberation movement psyche, and the domination of the presidency over foreign policy making have hindered the promotion of NEPAD's principles of democracy and respect for human rights in the case of Zimbabwe. However, South African civil society played a crucial role in supporting its Zimbabwean counterpart, holding the South African state accountable to its foreign policy principles and its democratic institutions, and intervening where the state's role was missing or insufficient.
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Blackmore, Sansia. "Reversing Poverty : The Role of Institutions, State Capacity and Human Empowerment." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75486.
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The study explores the fundamental causes of poverty persistence, which remains a central challenge of the modern world. In theory, rising political participation operationalises checks on state predation and cultivates development-enabling state capacity. This did not materialise in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa. The theoretical foundation of this premise is further brought into question by the development achievements of strong, capable non-democracies. The study uses a dynamic, panel-data model to explore a probabilistic development hypothesis that fuses broad institutionalism with modernisation and human empowerment. The model relies on regime-independent state capacity to trigger the transformational impetus of rising existential security, autonomy and individual agency. Ensuing shifts in societal value orientations towards emancipative mindsets then drive the progression towards prosperity. The results show that the poor-country deficit in human empowerment, represented by mind-broadening education and emancipative values, dwarfs the shortfalls in all other drivers of prosperity, including exports and investment. The findings rule against geography and democracy as direct drivers of prosperity.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
National Research Foundation (NRF)
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Kapapelo, Eduardo. "The Role of State Institutions in Preventing Violent Conflict in Angola." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78661.
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The majority of the literature within the study of Political Sciences suggests and tries to paint a picture of how to manage societies and prevent conflict, and in doing so how State structures (institutions) can better manage and mediate social relations in curbing conflict. International Law - and the later establishment of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) - builds on the foundations of Political Sciences by creating a framework for which States must not only adhere to minimum standards of behaviour on how they interact with other States but also and, more importantly - how they treat their citizens.
Despite such a seemingly simple relationship (systems and rules) and the normative standards at the international level for the protection of human rights, this thesis argues that overly-centralised states have a hand in contributing towards the emergence of conflict. The design of the State, through its institutions, is paramount in safeguarding individual rights and in doing so, preventing the occurrence and or resurgence of violence. Furthermore, the thesis contends that while there are both global and regional mechanisms for the protection of human rights which promote values of peace, inclusiveness and democratic governance, States are still the main actors in international politics. As such it is their responsibility to structure institutions which would reflect such values based on their local contexts and realities.
Angola, the case study for this inquiry, confirms that the very nature of its institutions has created conditions under which individual rights and liberties are undermined, enhanced by its overly-centralised State with a strong command culture. Since independence, Angola has experienced a situation of social and political instability through (1) an attempted coup almost immediately after independence, and (2) a civil war which would continue for nearly thirty years. Due to these factors, Angola has never had the opportunity to develop democratic institutions which would work towards safeguarding individual rights while promoting democratic governance.
Such undemocratic trend has been a feature of Angola’s post-war political landscape. Paraphrasing Davis (1962) - dissatisfaction breeds dissent, and dissent leads to revolt. In an article entitled ‘Watch out Angola – repression only generates more dissent’ Marissa Moorman (2015) argued that the Angolan government has for the better part of a decade since the end of the Civil War mostly ‘resorted to force to stay in power’. In such regard, a recurring theme of this inquiry is that dissatisfaction breeds dissent and dissent breeds revolt. This dissatisfaction has then been seen in the form of the denial of rights, high levels of unemployment, corruption, and the centralisation of State power within the executive and the undermining of State institutions such as Parliament and the judiciary has created high levels of discontent, and though conflict is a natural part of human nature it can nevertheless be controlled, managed and prevented through institutional re-engineering. The reform of Angola’s State institutions is thus vital towards preventing a recurrence of violence.
The research for this thesis found that though the end of the civil war resulted in ‘peace’ and the adoption of a new constitution which specifies a wide range of rights, the overly-centralised State, high levels of corruption and institutional inefficiency has created bottlenecks towards the realisation of individual rights and freedoms. Several issues were identified which led to the civil war, in addition, and within the post-war context such issues are those which have yet to be addressed both socially and within the Constitution.
In addressing such hindrances, the author of the thesis identified that reforming the State and its institutions are vital not only for the prevention of violence but for the establishment of democratic governance. In doing so, the author found that there is an urgent need to decentralise State power by limiting executive power while at the same time further emphasising the role of provinces. Such emphasis is then also based on a more prominent role of the Angolan Parliament which should not only regain its full legislative and oversight functions of government (executive) but should assume a bicameral structure.
The conclusion is that for the achievement of such objectives, the onus not only falls on government but also civil society to begin designing a State which is inclusive and safeguards individual participation within the process of governance.Thesis (DPhil) - University of Pretoria, 2021.
Centre for Human Rights
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Shumate, Howard W. "Repeated Alcohol Use and Sober-State Reactive Aggression: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Sober-State Executive Cognitive Functioning." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33397.
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This study examined the cumulative, more insidious, impact of repeated drinking on sober-state aggression based on research that has pointed to the negative neural effects of chronic alcohol consumption, especially on frontal lobe functioning. In particular, it examined the relationship between repeated alcohol use and sober-state reactive aggression as it is mediated or moderated by sober-state executive cognitive functioning (ECF), thus expanding upon research that has examined the relationship between acute alcohol intoxication and consequent aggression while under the influence (Giancola, 2000b). It was hypothesized that ECF would mediate the relationship between repeated alcohol use and sober-state reactive aggression in college students in that a history of alcohol use would lower sober-state ECF which in turn would increase sober-state impulsive aggression in individuals. It was further hypothesized with a moderational model that high levels of ECF would offset the more insidious effects of repeated alcohol use on subsequent sober-state aggressive acts. Moreover, those effects would remain after controlling for potential confounds of violence exposure, gender, and intelligence.
Eighty college students, aged 18-23 years, from Virginia Tech were recruited to participate in this study. A self-report measure for aggression, neuropsychological tests for ECF, and a lifetime drinking interview schedule were used to assess the relationship between cumulative alcohol use, sober ECF, and sober aggression. A combination of bivariate and hierarchical regression analyses was used to analyze the data.
The hypotheses of this study were not supported. Instead, the results supported a positive relationship between prior exposure to violence and later escalation of alcohol use and perpetrated violence. Additionally, these results support the presence of a â binge drinkingâ pattern within the sample.Master of Science
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Nathan, Alice Tiyo. "The efficacy of coordinating role of the state ministry of cabinet affairs: a case study - Jonglei State, South Sudan." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1006973.
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The research attempts to investigate the effectiveness of coordination in the State Ministry of Cabinet Affairs (SMCA), Jonglei State government, South Sudan. The objectives of the study were to identify coordination functions of the state Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, challenges and its role in promoting ethics and good governance in service delivery in Jonglei State. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from a sample of twenty one respondents which included the State Deputy Governor, Directors of SMCA and Secretariat through questionnaires and interviews. This explored the functions; roles; and its organizational hierarchy which promotes ethical delivery of services and good governance. The study further discusses the levels of the implementation processes and the possible challenges facing SMCA. The results of the study reveal that the SMCA lacks qualified staff, unclear job descriptions and as a result it impinges on coordination and implementation of strategic plans and service delivery within the directorates. The study therefore recommends that for effective and efficient service delivery in promoting ethics and good governance, training of the human resource, recruitment of competent staff, clear job descriptions, regular performance appraisal and effective communication among others are paramount. The study further recommends that gender equality and equity should be addressed in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the community.
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Ozkaban, Duru. "Globalization, Governance,the Role Of Non-state Actors:tobb As A Case Study." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613788/index.pdf.
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This thesis examines TOBB within the global and national socioeconomic context in which it operates, focusing on the last decade. Though states are the main governing bodies and important actors, the role of non-state actors (NSAs) is becoming increasingly important as they are able to intervene and influence policy decisions through various activities. They matter in issues regarding globalization and governance. They interact with various other actors, they have a role in governance schemes and they may have the capability to effect acceleration of globalization. In return they are also affected by this process.
For this research project TOBB has been chosen as a case study to evaluate the impact of such institutions in this process. Information on TOBB, including its chamber features, its interactions in governance, its special projects, and its view-point (made public through certain declarations and criteria), the economic platforms in which it participates, its contribution to G20 meetings and establishment of C20 all show that TOBB has taken an active stand in this process during the last decade. The context within which TOBB operates is an enabling one, both domestically and internationally. A comparison of TOBB with FICCI, its organizational counterpart in India, further demonstrates that the overall impact of similar institutions, in our case chambers, is larger when the system is taken as a whole. In this thesis it is argued that TOBB &ldquomatters&rdquo
and is able to intervene and influence decision making processes.
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Omari, Namwaka. "Neoliberalism, democracy and transitional states, the changing role of state-society relations." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ58367.pdf.
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Majumder, Mridul. "Exploring the role of the amorphous state in pharmaceutical co-crystal production." Thesis, University of Reading, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610963.
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Pharmaceutical co-crystals are multicomponent crystalline materials with defined stoichiometry, often stabilized by hydrogen bonding. Numerous studies into co-crystals have been carried out over the last decade or so with the primary aim being to improve the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs by this crystal engineering technique. However, knowledge gaps remain in understanding the mechanisms by which co-crystals are formed in the solid-state, screening strategies and scale up processes leading to formulation development that are key to success using this approach. The research presented herein mainly focuses upon mechanisms by which pharmaceutical co-crystals are produced in the solid-state. In addition, to protect intellectual property of a drug molecule, co-crystal diversity in terms of polymorphic forms, hydrates/solvates, salt/co-crystals formation, polymorphic co-crystals/salts formation are considered. Hence, an approach towards producing polymorphic co-crystals using different polymorphic forms of an API was studied. Neat grinding and milling were used extensively throughout this work and a novel co-crystal was made which was also found to be polymorphic and distinct from forms manufactured via the liquid state. Methodology solving crystal structures from powder X-ray diffraction data was successfully employed for two co-crystal models. An H-bond propensity calculation was carried out and it is hypothesized that this informatics-based evidence will aid selection of likely co-formers for co-crystals along with an alternative favourable H-bonding scheme for a novel polymorphic co-crystals. Finally, the role of amorphous states in the formation of co-crystals by grinding was found to be a key factor along with energetically and highly kinetically driven situations. The co-crystals formation in the solid-state is a "thermodynamically driven kinetic process" with an apparent "activation energy" needed to be overcome to initiate the process.
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Donnelly, Timothy S. "What's My Lane? Identifying the State Government Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6787.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedWhat constitutes an effective Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) protection program for Massachusetts This study evaluates existing literature regarding CIKR to extrapolate an infrastructure protection role for Massachusetts. By reviewing historical events and government strategies regarding infrastructure protection, Chapters I and II will provide scope and context for issues surrounding critical infrastructure. Chapter III reviews the roles of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, possibly the two most influential organizations tasked to support the federal infrastructure protection initiative. Chapter IV analyzes the private-sector role in infrastructure protection as articulated in federal strategies, academic research, federally directed studies, and professional journals. The National Infrastructure Protection Plans framework for managing the risk to CIKR will be used as a guide in Chapter V to evaluate the infrastructure protection strategies of Arizona, Virginia, and Washington. Finally, Chapter VI recommends that Massachusetts develop a state infrastructure assurance program vice a Critical Infrastructure Protection Program. Concepts such as reframing the critical infrastructure debate, creating infrastructure public/private partnerships and information sharing processes to build trust among the entities invested in ensuring the delivery of infrastructure services are recommended for inclusion in a state infrastructure assurance strategy and subsequent infrastructure assurance program.
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Van, Fossen Elise M. "Investigating the catalytic role of ground state destabilization in triose phosphate isomerase." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1594917.
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An emerging picture in enzymology is that catalytic active site residues can perform multiple rate-enhancing features simultaneously. In triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) it is known that a glutamate acts as a general base; however, this residue may also contribute to catalysis via ground state destabilization. To systematically evaluate the contribution of the general base to both catalysis and ground state destabilization, we mutated the glutamate to uncharged polar and non-polar residues. Ablation of the general base led to a substantial 104-fold decrease in activity with little catalytic variation between mutants. Binding affinity experiments revealed an increase of 10 3 -fold in analog affinity for mutants lacking the charged general base supporting the presence of ground state destabilization in TIM.
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Alye, D. S. "The management role of the secondary school principals in Benue State, Nigeria." Thesis, Bucks New University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356157.
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Omoja, Lawrence Onwura. "The role of small towns in rural development in Borno State, Nigeria." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261304.
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Dabrowski, Vicki. "The role of the state in shaping young women's experiences of austerity." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2018. http://research.gold.ac.uk/23038/.
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This thesis explores the gendered impact of austerity, contributing to an enhanced understanding of women’s experiences of austerity. It approaches austerity as a set of coexisting ideological (moral–political–economic) discourses and policies, that construct gender in particular ways, and that have particular gendered social effects. This thesis argues that it is vital to understand the workings of the state and the wider historical legacies that helped to produce inequalities through material and symbolic violence, since it is this context which frames how austerity is lived and felt in the everyday. This thesis thus examines the symbiotic relationship between the states production and legitimisation of austerity, and the ways in which it is experienced and articulated by young women in their everyday lives. Exploratory and interpretative in nature, this study draws on interviews and group discussions with sixty-one young women from different classed and ‘racial’ backgrounds, aged between 18 and 35, in Leeds, London, and Brighton during 2014 and 2015. Through this combination of qualitative methods, the research highlights the multivalent ways in which difference contours women’s everyday lives in the current context. This study demonstrates that the ways in which women negotiate, navigate, speak about, question, reproduce, and resist austerity are impacted by these differences.
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Satalak, Pataramon. "The role of referendum and non-referendum mechanisms for state-framing processes." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2018. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/127706/.
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This thesis presents how the ‘will of the people’ is legitimized in the practical application of external self-determination. Since international law recognizes people as political communities, if they are sufficiently knowledgeable and aware of their rights, their involvement can legitimize the actions of their governmental authority. In order for the people’s deliberations- or self-governance- to be considered legitimate, the expression of their will in territorial alteration decision-making processes must be continuous. Moreover it is necessary to have responsible institutional and legal frameworks to guarantee that the people’s will is both considered and put into action. Using republican liberal theory, this study will explore the importance of ordinary citizens in determining their territorial status. The theory foregrounds the right to participate in determining their own destiny, and suggests a number of practical ways in which democratic legitimacy can be achieved. In order that the people’s will be considered legitimate, republican liberalism promotes ongoing interactions between ordinary citizens, democratic mechanisms, institutions and legal instruments. In order to ensure that any self-determination process conforms to republican liberal theory’s requirements for legitimacy, the process must empower people both individually and collectively to participate. It must also ensure that all citizens are considered equal and have political equality, regardless of their ethnic, racial, religious or linguistic backgrounds. In addition, republican liberal theory stresses the power of the people to check and scrutinize governmental authorities, and addresses the importance of law (constitution or statutes) in guaranteeing that the will of the people is central to any political decision regarding their future status.
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Horne, Grace. "Solid state diffusion bonded Damascus steel and its role within custom knifemaking." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2006. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19829/.
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This thesis describes practice-based research that applied new technology to an ancient process of laminating metals for blades and explored the application of the new possibilities to a craft context. This research built on work by Ferguson on solid-state diffusion bonded Mokume Gane by moving from metal combinations suitable for vessel-making to metal combinations suitable for knife-making. Solid-state diffusion bonding1 is well established within industry. This research applied the industrial process to a craft based setting, and explored the bonding of metals with very dissimilar properties; ferrous and non-ferrous metals, hard and soft, high and low melting points. The materials included in this study were stainless and carbon steel, iron, nickel, vanadium and silver. The characteristics of the carbon steel and silver laminates were explored further by knifemakers, including heat-treating, forging, machining, flex and pattern creation. Analysis of the knifemakers feedback showed that the steel/silver metal was of interest to makers who machined or ground their blades rather than relying on forging. The study used a multi-method approach. The two broad researchquestions were; Is it possible to make a damascus steel using solid-state diffusion bonding that would be impossible using traditional techniques? And would the results be worth the work? Although carried out mainly within a craft setting the investigation is highly metallurgical in subject matter. The methodology was developed to reflect this crossing of subject areas and answer the research questions outlined above. The results are communicated through this thesis and a documentation of an exhibition of the work produced by the researcher and other selected knifemakers. The research produced a coherent composite of steel and pure silver and successfully produced a number of knives using the material.
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Tinmanee, Radaduen. "The role of pharmaceutical excipients in the solid-state degradation of Gabapentin." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1919.
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Drug instability in solid dosage forms includes chemical or physical processes involving covalent or polymorphic transformations wherein different polymorphs possess crystal structure differences. Gabapentin chemically degrades by intramolecular cyclization to gabapentin-lactam (lactam) in the solid-state. Additionally, gabapentin undergoes polymorphic solid-state transformations. A kinetic model was developed to describe the environmental and excipient effects on chemical and physical instability associated with milling induced stress and subsequent storage under controlled temperature and humidity conditions.
Reaction mixtures were generated by co-milling gabapentin Form II with various excipients. The effects of environmental conditions were studied by storing reaction mixtures at 40-60 ºC and 5-50 %RH. The chemical and polymorphic compositions of the reaction mixtures were measured as a function of time using a combination of chromatographic method, 13C ssNMR and XRPD. Degradation models that describe the relationship between polymorphs and degradation product in a series of sequential or parallel steps were devised based on analysis of the resultant concentration time profiles. Model parameters were estimated using non-linear regression and Bayesian methods and evaluated in terms of their quantitative relationship to compositional and conditional variations.
In reaction mixtures composed of co-milled gabapentin and excipients, gabapentin was found to exist in three forms: anhydrous polymorph II and III and gabapentin-lactam. A fourth form (II*) was observed based on initial degradation kinetics and was hypothesized to be a crystal-disordered form generated by mechanical stress. The effect of environment moisture was to decrease the net rate of lactam formation by facilitating polymorphic transformation kinetics and crystal annealing. However, excipient blocked the catalytic moisture effect on polymorphic transformations. The key features of our model are first-order physical state transitions of II* and III to II, first-order degradation of II* to lactam and autocatalytic lactamization of II and III. For chemical transitions, no humidity effect was present but the catalytic effects of excipients on the conversion of II and III → lactam were observed. For physical transitions, excipient primarily influenced the physical state transitions of II*and III → II through its ability to interact with humidity and the degree of contact between excipient and substrate.
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LIAO, Yi. "Relationship conflict in Chinese state-owned enterprises : the role of goal interdependence." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2009. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/mgt_etd/2.
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This study empirically examines the dynamics and conditions of relationship conflict between supervisors and employees in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises. It proposes that relationship conflict has significant effects on leadership in Chinese SOEs, specifically, it threatens leader-member relationships, lowers the possibility of open-minded discussion, influences leadership effectiveness and prevents future collaboration. This study uses Deutsch’s (1973) theory of goal interdependence to understand relationship conflict between supervisors and employees. Specifically, it proposes that three types of goal interdependence affect the experience of relationship conflict and its outcomes. Cooperative goals compare to competitive and independent goals can help reduce relationship conflict between supervisors and employees and in turn lead to quality relationships, open-minded discussions, leader effectiveness, and confidence in future collaboration.
A total of 103 face-to-face interviews were conducted in Nanjing and Guangzhou in mainland China, with all the participants from Chinese State-Owned Enterprises. Participants were asked to describe a specific incident in which they engaged in relationship conflict with their supervisors. Details of the incidents including the setting, what occurred, the reasons, and the consequences were also recorded during the interview. Participants also rated specific questions on 7-point Likert-type scale based on the recalled incidents. Results of structural equation modeling and other analyses support the hypotheses and provide statistical evidence to the proposed theoretical model that goal interdependence affects relationship conflict that influence several leadership constructs, named leader-member relationship, open-minded discussion, leadership effectiveness, and future collaboration. The model and the findings also help to broaden understanding of dynamics of relationship conflict and suggest ways it can be alleviated in order to strengthen organizational leadership.
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Lindholm, Emil. "Procedurally generating an initial character state for interesting role-playing game experiences." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20188.
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