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Ho, Chia-Hui. "A critical process for the evaluation of methodology". Thesis, University of Hull, 1997. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:6007.
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This thesis uses Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as a basic philosophy to explore how to create a critical process for evaluating methodology. CST is different from the other two mainstreams of systems thinking (Hard Systems Thinking and Soft Systems Thinking) in terms of its emphasis on methodological pluralism, critical awareness and emancipation. The study begins with an explanation of a widely used critical systems methodology, Total Systems Intervention (TSI). TSI offers a means for evaluating other methodologies, and the original aim of the thesis was to further develop this. However, the way the research progressed resulted in a break with the basic structure of TSI. Consequently, a new methodology was produced, which can either be used independently or within TSI. This is called Participative Methodology Evaluation (PME). PME is founded on the idea that a person's understanding of a methodology is influenced by his/her social ideology. Thus, the basic concern of the evaluation of methodology needs to be how methodology-users and organisational/environmental stakeholders can examine their ideological differences through processes of critique in order to make more informed choices. In particular, three perspectives (and subperspectives) need to be explored: the ideology implicit in the methodology being evaluated; the ideological assumptions of the methodology-user (consultant, researcher or manager); and the various ideological assumptions made by organisational and environmental stakeholders. PME embraces three stages: Surfacing, Triangulation and Recommendation. Surfacing aims to expose and explore the various assumptions about, and views on, the candidate ii methodology and the organisational situation. Triangulation compares and contrasts the various perspectives, and if possible an accommodation of views is sought. Recommendation provides practical suggestions to stakeholders as to the likely effects of using the methodology being evaluated, and where appropriate highlights possible modifications and/or alternatives. Finally, a practical case study is given of PME in action. PME was used to evaluate the advisability (or otherwise) of using the Viable System Model (VSM) to restructure Tainan City Council (in Taiwan). Reflections on the case study indicate that significant insights into the likely effects of using the VSM were generated through the PME process, resulting in a fundamental rethink about how the VSM should be applied. Early indications therefore suggest that PME could be a useful tool for organisations seeking to evaluate the likely effects of a methodology prior to application.
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Jennings, Peter Leonard. "Critical realism : an alternative perspective on evaluation methodology". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/68704/.
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The aim of this research was to explore the contribution of critical realist metatheory to evaluation. The principal contention is that adopting a critical relist perspective overcomes the propensity of conventional approaches to evaluation, both quantitative and qualitative, to focus on pre-determined performance measurement criteria. This research is based on comparative analysis of the methodologies and outcomes derived from conventional and critical realist evaluation. Evaluation grounded in critical realist metatheory embraces methodological pluralism, which underpins critical realism, and emphasises more thoughtful forms of data interpretation in empirical research. Making use of an exemplar, publicly funded, scheme providing grants to enterprises engaged in commercialising innovation, the research examines the role of common forms of data gathering and analysis, contrasted with particular forms of data interpretation based on abduction and retroduction. Intrinsic and extrinsic research methodologies are presented, not as polar opposites, but as complementary stances in gaining a rounded understanding of the scheme. Conventional approaches to evaluation are shown to act as limited forms of performance measurement, emphasising anticipated outcomes and predetermined criteria but offering little explanation and understanding. Critical realist evaluation is shown to broaden the scope of outcomes identified and deepen explanation and understanding, whilst simultaneously acknowledging the implications of fallibilism in developing multiple, plausible explanations. Explanation is enhanced through recognition of the inherent uncertainty of the social world, despite the dominance of notions of universal regularities. Recommendations for undertaking evaluation are given. The research helps fill an identifiable gap in current literature and debate on mechanisms and casual inference in social science. It provides a practical example of evaluation in the context of support interventions for innovation. No equivalent example is known to have been published previously.
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Gurpinar, Erkan. "Critical Realism As A Rival Methodology For Institutional Economics". Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610068/index.pdf.
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The aim of the thesis is to clarify the methodology of the original institutional economics and then to evaluate the current attempts to utilize critical realism as a superior methodology for it. After sketching the historical background of the discussions surrounding methodology of science and
19th century economic methodology, the thesis separately analyses the methodology of institutional economics and critical realist stance in the philosophy of science. A critical discussion of the subject matter reaches to the conclusion that critical realism does not offer a better methodology for
institutional economics.
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Sincharoenpanich, Puangpetch, i Nunthapin Chantachaimongkol. "Critical factors for implementing the Scrum software development methodology". Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-18203.
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Bleakley, Graham John. "A methodology for the design of safety critical mechatronics". Thesis, City University London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310448.
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Močnik, Špela. "Cosmopolitanism as critical theory : an analysis of the ethics, methodology and practice of critical cosmopolitanism". Thesis, University of Sussex, 2015. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/59629/.
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Cosmopolitan thought in recent scholarship is often used in either a prescriptive or a descriptive manner. It is thus most commonly understood as a research agenda for the prescription of various ethico-political projects or a description of the social and political world beyond national frameworks. In both cases cosmopolitanism seems to be mostly understood as a set of assumptions about the social world. This thesis aims to underline cosmopolitanism's critical characteristics and its capability to engage with the social world in a critical and therefore transformative manner. There has been relatively scarce scholarship on critical cosmopolitanism, a gap that the thesis closes by focusing on cosmopolitanism's capacity for critical intervention. In this study, the contribution of cosmopolitanism to critical thought is evaluated and advanced. Possessing an unparalleled ability to understand things and change them in the light of universalism, cosmopolitanism can be explored as a kind of critical theory that has a distinct agenda and normative guidance. In order to achieve this, the thesis looks at a version of critical theory that is in certain respects most akin to cosmopolitanism, that is, Axel Honneth's critical theory and his theory of recognition, and connects the two in a way that shows both the cosmopolitanism's possession of critical heory's main features and its differences from Honneth's critical theory. It is proposed that cosmopolitanism can be regarded as a critical theory with the concept of recognition as its main framework, but also that it differs from Honneth's theory in its understanding of world disclosure and holding to more universalist and utopian claims. While cosmopolitanism can be understood as being critical, it can also be used as an enhancement of the existing conceptualisation of recognition relationships through cosmopolitanism's universalist dimensions.
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Lemon, Douglas M. "A methodology for the identification of critical locations in infrastructures". Thesis, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37787.
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CIVINSThe extreme importance of critical infrastructures to modern society is widely recognized. These infrastructures are complex, independent and ubiquitous; they are sensitive to disruptions that can lead to cascading failures with serious consequences, Preotecting the critical infrastructures from terrorism, human generated malevolent attack directed to maximum social disruption, present an enormous challenge. Recognizing that society cannot afford the costs associated with absolute protection, it is necessary to identify the critical locations in these infrastructures. By protecting the critical locations society achieves the greatest benefit for the protection investment. This project examines a screening methodology for the identification of critical locations in infrastructures. The framework models the infrastructures as interconnected digraphs and employs graph theory and reliability theory to identify the vunerable points. The vunerable points are screened for their susceptibility to a terrorist attack, and a prioritized list of critical locations is produced. The prioritization methodology is based on multi-attribute utility theory, and involves various disciplines including quantitative risk assessment and decision analysis. The methodology is illustrated through the presentation of a portion on the analysis conducted on the community of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Lemon, Douglas M. (Douglas Michael) 1967. "A methodology for the identification of critical locations in infrastructures". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17749.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-76).
The extreme importance of critical infrastructures to modem society is widely recognized. These infrastructures are complex, interdependent, and ubiquitous; they are sensitive to disruptions that can lead to cascading failures with serious consequences. Protecting the critical infrastructures from terrorism, human generated malevolent attack directed toward maximum social disruption, presents an enormous challenge. Recognizing that society cannot afford the costs associated with absolute protection, it is necessary to identify the critical locations in these infrastructures. By protecting the critical locations society achieves the greatest benefit for the protection investment. This project examines a screening methodology for the identification of critical locations in infrastructures. The framework models the infrastructures as interconnected digraphs and employs graph theory and reliability theory to identify the vulnerable points. The vulnerable points are screened for their susceptibility to a terrorist attack, and a prioritized list of critical locations is produced. The prioritization methodology is based on multi-attribute utility theory, and involves various disciplines including quantitative risk assessment and decision analysis. The methodology is illustrated through the presentation of a portion on the analysis conducted on the community of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
by Douglas M. Lemon.
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De, Lemos Rogerio. "A methodology for the requirements analysis of critical real-time systems". Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2068.
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This thesis describes a methodology for the requirements analysis of critical real-time systems. The methodology is based on formal methods, and provides a systematic way in which requirements can be analysed and specifications produced. The proposed methodology consists of a framework with distinct phases of analysis, a set oftechniques appropriate for the issues to be analysed at each phase of the framework, a hierarchical structure of the specifications obtained from the process of analysis, and techniques to perform quality assessment of the specifications. The phases of the framework, which are abstraction levels for the analysis of the requirements, follow directly from a general structure adopted for critical real-time systems. The intention is to define abstraction levels, or domains, in which the analysis of requirements can be performed in terms of specific properties of the system, thus reducing the inherent complexity of the analysis. Depending on the issues to be analysed in each domain, the choice of the appropriate formalism is determined by the set of features, related to that domain, that a formalism should possess. In this work, instead of proposing new formalisms we concentrate on identifying and enumerating those features that a formalism should have. The specifications produced at each phase of the framework are organised by means of a specification hierarchy, which facilitates our assessment of the quality of the requirements specifications, and their traceability. Such an assessment should be performed by qualitative and quantitative means in order to obtain high confidence (assurance) that the level of safety is acceptable. In order to exemplify the proposed methodology for the requirements analysis of critical real-time systems we discuss a case study based on a crossing of two rail tracks (in a model railway), which raises safety issues that are similar to those found at a traditional level crossing (i.e. rail-road).
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Tanase, Aurelian. "Improved methodology for deriving the critical heat flux look-up table". Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27923.
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A literature review on critical heat flux (CHF) prediction methods confirmed that the CHF look-up table (LUT) has many advantages over the other prediction methods: it covers the widest range of flow conditions, it is the most accurate CHF prediction method and it is computationally very efficient. The LUT has been included in the major thermalhydraulics and safety analysis computer codes.
The LUT accuracy has increased over the years, although several areas have been identified where further improvements are desirable. These areas include (i) the screening of the experimental data, (ii) effect of the heated channel diameter and length on the CHF, and (iii) difficulties in predicting the CHF in the limiting quality region in LUT, at low flow/low pressure conditions and in the very high dryout quality range.
This thesis describes the various improvements that have been made to the LUT derivation. In addition to the improvements in the LUT derivation methodology, a new visual analysis technique that allows simultaneous LUT trend visualization and comparison in all parametric directions has been developed. Based on the findings and improvements in the LUT derivation methodology, a new version of the LUT has been developed.
The error analysis revealed that refined data screening and removal of outliers is an effective method for improving the CHF LUT accuracy. Because the majority of the experimental data were obtained for diameters close to the standard 8 mm ID, a better correction of diameter effect on the CHF does not significantly affect the overall LUT accuracy, although it appears to be very important at specific conditions such as low flow or extreme diameters.
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Hung, Wei-Hsi (Frank). "Supporting Organisational Critical Activities From Web Sites: An Evaluation Methodology Development". The University of Waikato, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2545.
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quot; Organisational critical activities quot; (OCAs) are activities which must be conducted by the organisation constantly in order to be successful in the industry. They are recognised as being essential to short, medium, and long-term success in that industry, have been significantly resourced and receive regular senior management monitoring and direction. Although these activities are extremely important, some empirical studies have shown that they are not well supported by organisations, particularly in the area of Web support. This thesis develops an evaluation methodology called the quot;organisational critical activity Web support evaluation methodology quot; (OCAWSEM) which can be utilised to elicit OCAs from organisations, evaluate whether an organisation acutes; OCAs are being supported by its Web site, and provide guidance on how the organisation can improve its Web site. To develop the OCAWSEM, this thesis reviews the relevant literature and proposes a prototype OCAWSEM. A new iterative case design (ICD) approach has been used in order to further develop the prototype, and then to test the improved OCAWSEM. The selected field cases were eight universities in New Zealand. In total, 43 semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior teams, middle level managers, and Web teams. A systematic review of these universitiesacute Web sites was performed from the provideracutes, rather than the useracutes perspective. The outcome shows that the Developed OCAWSEM is a valid and reliable methodology for the evaluation of the support for OCAs from Web sites in the universities in New Zealand. This thesis provides useful lessons, drawn from the development and testing processes, as the basis from which to develop more specific OCAWSEMs for use in other organisational and industry contexts. Both practitioners and academicians can gain a deeper understanding of the notion of OCAs, better elicit OCAs from management, conduct Web site evaluations, and discuss the support of the Web sites for the OCAs.
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Vertigan, Sean Anthony. "Ethics and the business of schooling : developing a critical realist methodology". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10007511/.
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Absent from critical education policy analysis is a discussion of the ethical beliefs of those actors who mediate the effects of policy in schools and colleges. The assumed homology between businesses and schools, which underlies 'managerialism', generates ethical values that are often contradictory for those who are managed. The ethical aporias that emerge from managing schools as if they were a business forms the substance of this thesis. Also absent from the literature that discusses the ethics of schools, teaching and educational administration is sufficient attention to the context and mechanisms of policy that shape the outcome of teachers' ethical beliefs and conduct. How policy may enable or constrain ethical beliefs is brought into consideration. A critical realist methodology is developed to explore the emergent ethical beliefs of teachers, that is the managed as opposed to the management. Using ethnographic tools informed by critical realism, a sample of teachers from a secondary school and Further Education college were interviewed. This involved a'discussion of a set of eight vignettes constructed-on the basis of ethical problems that derive from the acceptance that an isomorphism exists between schools and business. Teachers were asked to discuss what aspects of managerial policies make their'moral compass spin'. The three - data analysis chapters make a substantive contribution to understanding the ethical regime of schools as businesses, from the 2 perspective of 'the managed', and they also take critical policy analysis into the realm of ethics. The thesis is also an attempt to demonstrate and explore the possibilities of using and applying dialectical critical realist concepts creatively to an empirical problem. This involves testing the suitability of critical realist analytical strategies and techniques and is intended to address the present lack of guidance in conducting a critical realist qualitative data analysis in educational research. I hereby declare that, except where explicit attribution is made, the work presented in this thesis is entirely my own.
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Ford, Tiiu Kirsti 1972. "Biotic Factors and Temperature Tolerances via Critical Thermal Methodology in Goldfish". Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279125/.
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CTMinimum and CTMaximum were measured in 620 goldfish to determine if biotic factors, in particular starvation, condition factor and size, affect temperature tolerance. Twenty-eight days of starvation adversely affected both upper and lower temperature tolerance. Condition factor was related to upper but not lower temperature tolerance.
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Hight, Terry L. "Contemporary Couple Enrichment: A Critical and Meta-analytic Review of Methodology". VCU Scholars Compass, 1997. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5251.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of contemporary couple enrichment using currently-accepted standards of meta-analytic research. Twenty-seven published studies that compared enrichment groups to control groups were included in the analyses. The overall mean effect size (0.32), post-treatment effect size (0.35), and follow-up effect size (0.35) for couple enrichment were heterogeneous, positive, and significantly different than 0. Mean effect sizes for both post-treatment and follow-up did not differ significantly, Moderator variables associated with program type, measure type, nature of dependent variable, quality of methodology, measure reactivity, measure specificity, and researcher allegiance significantly improved homogeneity across effect sizes, Effect sizes were significantly greater for behavioral measures, studies with higher methodological quality, measures tailored to treatment, and studies with high researcher allegiance. Other moderator variables -- date of publication, number of dependent variables and total program length -- were not significantly related to magnitude of effect size Limitations of the study were discussed and implications for future research and clinical practice were outlined.
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Bowen, Simon John. "A critical artefact methodology : using provocative conceptual designs to foster human-centred innovation". Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2009. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/3216/.
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This research develops a rationale for using provocative conceptual designs to foster the innovation of human-centred product ideas -a `critical artefact methodology'. This research employed similar tactics to Action Research (Swann 2002): cycles of action (using critical artefact methods in design projects) and reflection on that action (including a contextual review of existing theories and practices), which produced action (product ideas) as well as research (a proposed critical artefact methodology). In two projects, I used sets of workshops where stakeholders' engaged with my critical artefacts to develop my understanding of their needs. Living Rooms (designing the home for `tomorrow's older people) suggested how my methods might be improved then taken account of in Digital Mementos (designing novel mementos for increasingly digital lifestyles), including selecting productive participants - stakeholders in-tune with the possibilities of novel situations, such as von Hippel's "lead users" (1986). Within participatory design and co-design I position critical artefact methods as using stakeholder participation to inform design activity rather than as co-creation. In reference to Ehn and Kyng's mock-ups (1991) and Gaver's cultural probes (1999) exemplars, I show that critical artefacts do not fit the description of `prototypes' (suggestive of design direction or destination) and that my critical artefact methodology depends upon a progression from presenting stakeholders with critical artefacts (that provoke critical reflection) towards more `prototypical' artefacts expressing relevant needs (for evaluation). I suggest that critical design (Dunne 1999) and related design practices have similar characteristics and operation to Critical Theory: a view that the status quo (generally affirmed by design) somehow `oppresses' society; that `enlightenment' of the factors underlying this `emancipates' society and is facilitated by a reading of critiques (alternative proposals such as critical artefacts). In my critical artefact methodology the designer develops their understanding by designing artefacts to `process' stakeholders' engagement with previous artefacts -I use Polanyi's notion of "indwelling" (1966) to support this method of empathic knowledge sharing. Designer's and stakeholders' co-reading of critical artefacts means that this understanding can be of future or latent stakeholders needs; it enables them to explore alternative needs, wants/desires, practices and products by broadening their understanding of what is possible. The contributions of this research are a critical artefact methodology supported by critical artefact methods; a more instrumental use of critical artefacts than other critical design practices; and (in Digital Mementos' outputs) exemplar findings demonstrating the value of a critical artefact methodology's application. Whilst this thesis presents a `point in time' in my methodology's development, I intend that it provide designers with insights into similar techniques within their own professional practice.
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BAPTISTA, DANILO FEBRONI. "STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICITY WHITE TARIFF IN BRAZIL: CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND PROPOSAL OF METHODOLOGY". PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=30527@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROEssa dissertação de mestrado teve dois objetivos principais. O primeiro foi avaliar a metodologia atual de determinação de preços para tarifa branca de energia elétrica. O segundo foi propor uma nova metodologia, baseada na simulação e otimização do parâmetro kz, com a inserção de variáveis voltadas para a observação do equilíbrio econômico e financeiro da tarifa, a modicidade tarifária. De acordo com a estrutura tarifária brasileira, a tomada de decisão equivocada no tocante à regulamentação da tarifa branca poderá acarretar em consequências deletérias para a tarifa de energia, caso sejam concedidos benefícios indevidos a consumidores, ou por outro lado, ser uma barreira impeditiva para a migração, que causaria o fracasso da nova modalidade. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho foi utilizada uma metodologia de clusterização das curvas de carga por tipo e desenvolvido uma metodologia baseada em parâmetros da regulamentação atual e variáveis fundamentadas em experiências internacionais de tarifação horo-sazonal na baixa tensão. A aplicação da metodologia foi realizada pela simulação do parâmetro kz, com a obtenção das respectivas tarifas (fora de ponta, intermediária e ponta), para cada kz simulado foram calculadas as variáveis do modelo por tipologia e, na sequência, realizada a otimização da variável kz pela observação dos resultados consolidados das tipologias do subgrupo. Concluiu-se com esse estudo que a metodologia atual não observa parâmetros relevantes para a determinação dos preços da tarifa branca e que as distorções possuem maior impacto absoluto no subgrupo residencial e maior impacto relativo na classe industrial. A metodologia proposta demonstrou-se consistente na obtenção das relações de preços da tarifa branca e, oportunamente, poderá contribuir para o aprimoramento da nova modalidade tarifária.
This Master s thesis has two main goals. The first is to assess the current method for determining the electrical energy white tariff prices. The second is to propose a new methodology based on simulation and optimization of the kz parameter with the inclusion of new variables, aiming at the the economic and financial balance of the tariff, considering the fact that its adoption by the utility clientes is not at all compulsory. According to the Brazilian tariff structure, making wrong decision regarding the regulation of the white tariff may result in harmful consequences not only for the energy tariff, but also for the distribution utility. To develop the thesis it was used a clustering methodology by type of load curves and applied parameters based on international experiences that has used such kind of tariff. The methodology was carried out by simulation of the kz parameter, obtaining the white tariffs, for each simulated kz value. the model variables by type were then calculated. Finally, the optimal kz value was obtained by observing the consolidated results of the subgroup typologies. It is concluded from this study that the current methodology does not consider relevant parameters for the determination of the white tariffs prices and that distortions have greater absolute impact on residential subgroup and greater relative impact on the industrial class. The proposed methodology proved to be consistent in getting the price ratios of the white tariff and, in due course, can contribute to the improvement of the new tariff structure.
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Wagner, Claire. "Placing psychology a critical exploration of research methodology curricula in the social sciences /". Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06292004-123737.
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Verma, Dinesh. "A study and critical review of design evaluation methodologies". Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063731/.
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Emamjome, Fahame. "Re-conceptualisation of information quality : a critical realist perspective". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/105645/1/Fahame_Emamjome_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis presents detailed methodological guidelines and a comprehensive conceptual framework to guide and to harmonize studies on information quality as a multi-disciplinary object of study. Despite the abundance of literature on information quality, this phenomenon has not been defined clearly and research efforts have failed to address practical challenges resulting from complex contextual situations and technological advancements. This thesis addresses this issue by building a meta-framework for conceptualizing information quality to align research efforts with real world problems. This framework is built on the tenets of applied Critical Realism, Peircian Semiotics and social science methodological guidelines.
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Hunt, L. A. Pearl. "Music lessons : a cultural studies analysis of music's capacity for critical pedagogy and methodology". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29158.
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When expressing the phrase music lessons, one often visualizes students with their musical instruments practicing scales or compositions with the intent of memorizing the music. Although music can actualize as mnemonic practice, this dissertation focuses on other lessons that music teaches us by examining how musical knowledge is produced. Building on the ideologies articulated within a framework of cultural studies, the dissertation attempts a pedagogical praxis that establishes a fluid and dynamic conversation to express both my theoretical and empirical findings. The findings then are not definitive answers to the questions I pose about music’s effect, but operate as a process of opening up these questions to further reflection. The dissertation, by invoking a praxis-based structure, communicates both the theoretical “how” of music as praxis involved work and my practice of realizing music as culture-in-action.
The dissertation aims to redress music – not only in terms of music making as transformative praxis but also to assert that music, as a means of producing knowledge within critical discourse, can be situated as the subject versus the object of effect. Because a core component of music is its ability to be inclusive of all cultures/peoples, the dissertation examines how the performative aspects of music intersects sites and people of differing class, gender, race and culture to articulate music’s capacity for negotiating difference. Pitched in this way, music can no longer be regarded by critical educators as being on the sidelines of critical discourse but rather will be seen as integral to transforming consciousness and realizing praxis.
By informing and expanding upon the theory and practice of critical pedagogy, this music discourse not only seeks to influence a broader idea of social justice praxis but can also operate as a predominant cultural component in promoting peace education.
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Clark, Jodie. "The critical analysis of discourses in communities of practice : a methodology for ethnographic research". Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492853.
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The aim of this thesis is to propose a ethnographically oriented form of critical discourse analysis that is capable of making supportable claims about the unique ways in which discourses operate in local settings. It proposes a methodology for the analysis of 'structured variation' in discourses in communities of practice.
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Bergström, Gunnar. "Exploring the SPR methodology for monitoring of critical attributes in toxicity testing and bioproduction". Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Teknisk biologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73410.
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Analysis of biological components is central in bioprocess monitoring, process control, product quality control and cell based toxicity assaying. One of these themes that is pursued in this thesis is the use of biosensors for monitoring of molecular markers, exploiting the natural selectivity of biomolecules. Another is the use of glycoconjugates to monitor the activity of biomolecules in a flu vaccine process is studied and were the sensor is based on the concept of weak affinity giving fast response time for the sensor. A third theme is monitoring of cell cultures used for toxicity testing different protein markers is of interest. When developing biosensor surfaces for new antigens commercial preparations of antibodies are often used. In this work we have chosen to look at lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and describe the preparation and characterisation of antibody used in biosensor surface development. The design of a sensor surface is important for the characteristics of a sensor. By binding antibodies in an oriented manner to the surface a better control of the properties of the antibodies is achieved. The demonstrated method also has the advantage of in situ purification and provides a flexible platform for antibody evaluation and sensor development. In one sentence this thesis explores the possibility of utilizing recognition elements of a biosensor surface. In particular, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is used as the primary biosensing tool, however most findings in are relevant for other biosensors. Moreover, the thesis approaches existing bioanalytical impediments, such as purity and accessibility of the recognition elements on the sensor surface and preparation strategies to achieve this.
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Wren, Toby Christopher. "Improvising Culture: Discursive Interculturality as a Critical Tool, Aesthetic, and Methodology for Intercultural Music". Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367035.
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This research considers musicians from different cultural backgrounds, improvising together, and ‘improvising’ new musical contexts. It springs from my practice as a composer and improvising guitarist, exploring the borders between South Indian Carnatic music and jazz. The process of collaborating with musicians from different traditions raises questions about the ways that musicians draw on their acquired knowledge in the production of intercultural music: How do musicians from different cultures interpret each others’ musical gestures and negotiate a cohesive performance? At play throughout the dissertation are the conflicting notions of individual expression, and culturally derived archetypal models of expression. The relationship between musicians and cultures is explored through an ethnographic methodology.
The dissertation begins with a critical review of the literature on intercultural hybridity that reveals the way that power inequalities have historically characterised many of the exchanges between the West and its Others. In the course of analysing the products of interculture, the discussion also examines the inherent problem of hybridity’s reception, given the different cultural frames of reference of different audiences. From the analysis of hybridity, improvisation emerges as a key locus for examining the way in which musicians are heard to negotiate self and culture in intercultural hybridity.
A new understanding of improvisation is proposed based on an examination of the literature from diverse disciplines including cognitive psychology, complex adaptive systems, embodiment and ethnographic accounts of improvisers. Improvisation is situated as a dynamic process of developing preferences based on cultural acquisition, which enables us to understand the different approaches developed by improvisers and broader cultural differences between musical systems. The relationship between improvisation and culture necessitates a rethinking of the way that we listen to and analyse the products of interculture.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Queensland Conservatorium
Arts, Education and Law
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Dobson, Philip J. "Moving from interpretivism to critical realism in IS research: An exploration and supporting IT outsourcing example". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2003. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1287.
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The major contribution of the thesis is to highlight the Importance of philosophical awareness in progressing research. It argues against the use of a priori theory in research and proposes that an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of particular research approaches can provide the opportunity to be ones own guide and to work out critically one's own conception of the world. It suggests that the adoption of critical realism as the underlying philosophical base can support research in a useful and practical manner. The thesis introduces the philosophy of critical realism and uses its underlabouring role to provide new Insights into the Information systems arena in general and the case example In particular. The thesis specifically concentrates on a comparison between interpretlivism and critical realism, highlighting the differing approaches both have to research. The thesis provides an Illustrative case example examining the development of an organisation's first Information Business Plan and the subsequent outsourcing of the IS Department. The study was originally targeted at describing the Implementation of the organisation's first Information business plan but this changed as the information business plan Implementation was overtaken by events. It is argued that political directives from above were the major reason behind the organizational move to outsource all non-core activities, Including IS. The thesis documents a dissatisfaction with the original interpretivist approach on which the case Investigation was based and uses the case example to highlight the thesis arguments. Critical realism provides a promising analytical and explanatory framework for examining the Interplay between structure and agency within organizations. It Involves both Interpretive and explanatory understanding unified In "the analysis of structural relations, and the ways In which these affect, and are affected by, the subjective meanings of human beings" (Keat and Urry, 1982, p. 174). This thesis will reflect these understandings and emphases.
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Lesperance, Kathleen Joan. "The study of prognosis in Alzheimer's disease : a critical review and comparative analysis of methodology". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq29739.pdf.
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McKay, Derek Murray. "Tensions between the rational and the conventional, critical reflections on the methodology of sociological inquiry". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0032/MQ30700.pdf.
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Mapara, Shahina H. "A critical examination of the ethics and methodology of Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi's Islamic economics". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0031/MQ64170.pdf.
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Mapara, Shahina H. "A critical examination of the ethics and methodology of Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi's Islamic economics /". Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30188.
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While much attention has been given to the abolition of interest in Islamic economics, there has been little attention given to the ethical framework on which it is based. Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi in Islam, Economics and Society (1994), presents an axiomatic approach to generating an Islamic economic theory from the ground up. Chapter one considers Naqvi's argument for a distinct Islamic economic system. Chapter two examines Naqvi's theoretical framework and the Islamic economic system which he derives from it. The chapter compares Naqvi's approach with that of M. Umer Chapra, who also adopts an ethical framework for the foundation of an Islamic economic theory. Chapter three examines the debate surrounding the definition of riba and the importance of riba in Islamic economics. This study concludes with a recommendation for a more systematic approach in interpreting the Qur'an, which is the source of Naqvi's economic axioms.
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Watson, Heather. "A critical study of the multiview methodology : a poststructuralist textual analysis of concepts in inquiry". Thesis, University of Salford, 1995. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14713/.
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This thesis considers the concept of information as meaning through the following research question: how can we work critically with a tradition of information systems development methodologies? Motivation for this derives from the way 'hard' methodologies have traditionally regarded information as structured data. This neglects 'soft' concerns for how people attribute meaning to data through a process of 'inward-forming' as they use data to make sense of a situation. The research is potentially important insofar as it considers how viewing information as structured data may have confused attempts at theory building. That is, if information is conceived of as structured data, then this may be reflected in how we conceive of a methodology's theory with the result that the meaning of a methodology becomes guaranteed by the theory. This gives rise to a prescriptive tradition of theory that is potentially misleading because it neglects the personal skills of those who use methodologies. This is investigated through a descriptive/interpretive research approach using a poststructuralist textual analysis of concepts in the theory and practice of a methodology. While structuralism views meaning as something static contained 'within' a text that readers passively consume, poststructuralism emphasises how readers actively derive meaning through their interactions with texts. In addressing the hermeneutic and deconstructive aspects of poststructuralism, the research draws on the philosophers, Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Derrida respectively. With regard to Derrida, deconstruction is used to argue how the main position asserted by a methodology's texts is undermined by elements within the texts themselves. This critically questions the foundations on which a methodology claims to be based. The general purpose is to build theories of methodology that address information as meaning. To this end, the thesis centres on four areas of investigation: it considers themes associated with linking 'hard' and 'soft' methodologies, investigates a specific methodology that links such approaches, raises a critical element by deconstructing concepts in inquiry, and considers implications for the relationship between theory and practice of methodology. The area of application for the research was Multiview Methodology (MVM) because it combines a range of existing methodologies that reflect 'soft' concerns for how people interpret meaning as well as a traditional 'hard' focus on structuring data for use on computerised information systems. The deconstructive approach used in this research is not yet common in the field of information systems. As such, this research is intended to contribute towards new critical strategies that challenge methodologies as conceptual systems in their own right as distinct from strategies that challenge their authors. Focusing on the conceptual implications of methodologies rather than their authors' intentions resulted in four main outcomes: a conception of paradigm as network, which refers to a shared conception of meaning, though commitments to beliefs in particular models vary from heuristic to ontological; a Trojan horse phenomenon, which refers to tendencies to reiterate limitations criticised in others; constraints of traditional print media insofar as these are associated with linear and static descriptions of methodology in use; and methodology as metaphor, which refers to the process through which we understand the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar thereby creating new concepts while still retaining aspects of our past experiences.
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Abimbola, Kolapo Ogunniyi. "Scientific rationality and methodological change : a critical examination of some recent attempts to naturalize methodology". Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1994. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1228/.
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Following the work of Popper and especially of Kuhn in the 1960s, the attention of philosophers of science has been very much concentrated on change in science. Popper's picture was of constant change ("revolution in permanence") at the level of scientific theories, but constant change in accordance with fixed methodological standards of evaluation. Drawing on Kuhn's work, however, many recent philosophers of science have held that the phenomenon of scientific change is much more radical and far-reaching than anything allowed by Popper: specifically, that there have been major changes in methodological standards during the history of science alongside changes in accepted fundamental theory. The chief problem facing this no-invariant-methodology thesis is that it seems to inevitably entail relativism. If the methods and principles of scientific theory appraisal are subject to radical change, then competing theories or research traditions may uphold competing (or conflicting) methodologies. When methodologies do conflict, how can choice between competing theories or research traditions be rationally adjudicated. How can the methods and principles for the correct appraisal of scientific theories themselves evolve rationally. Two major attempts have been made in the recent literature to construct positions which accommodate change in methodological standards while nonetheless avoiding relativism. These are the versions of methodological naturalism developed by Larry Laudan and Dudley Shapere, respectively. This dissertation examines these two positions in detail and argues that they fail: in so far as they really incorporate the no-invariant- methodology thesis they inevitably embrace relativism. I argue that the way to resolve this difficulty is to reject the no-invariant-methodology thesis. Moreover, methodological naturalists (like Laudan and Shapere) have not succeeded in giving any genuine and convincing illustration of radical methodological change.
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Maeurer, Theodore R. (Theodore Robert) 1967. "Implementation of the critical chain project management methodology in IBM's S/390 software development environment". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9766.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, February 1999."December 1998."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-92).
Software Development projects have a long history of being notoriously difficult to manage. From early experiences with the IBM OS/360 Operating System over 20 years ago to more recent experiences with the IBM OS/390 Operating System, the Project Management challenges remain. This phenomenon exists despite the wide spread availability of well-developed Project Management techniques such as the Critical Path Method (CPM) and the Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). The challenges also transcend the introduction of ever more powerful programming tools and techniques such as structured programming, high-level languages, source-level debuggers, and object-oriented programming. As in many industries, a key challenge in the Software industry is the reliable delivery of products in an environment of ever decreasing product cycle times. Recent work by Eliyahu M. Goldratt suggests that the struggle with on-time delivery may well lie with the underlying Project Management techniques that have become so widely accepted. These techniques foster behavior patterns that are counter-productive to the shortening of product cycle times. They fail to focus the organization on the Project Management system at large and can encourage dysfunctional decision making [l ]. Work in the field of System Dynamics has independently reached similar conclusions. The traditional Project Management techniques offer little to help the Project Manager cope with issues at the strategic level. Without strategic guidance, the Project Manager is left to make poor, informal judgments and may not make adequate allowances for factors that negatively impact project performance [2]. Goldratt offers a new, alternative project scheduling approach called Critical Chain as a mechanism for improving an organization's underlying Project Management structure. Critical Chain is based on principles developed a decade earlier in Goldratt's Theory of Constraints. The Theory of Constraints changed the way organizations think about Manufacturing processes. Likewise, Critical Chain requires that organizations reformulate their approach to managing development projects. This thesis will study the successful results of applying Critical Chain on two actual Software Development projects in IBM's System 390 Division. Each of these projects achieved commitments on time. Critical Chain's contribution to these results will be discussed. The experiences gained along with potential pitfalls of Critical Chain will also be considered. In particular, the issues involved with applying this approach to a Software Development environment in which traditional methods are in widespread use will be emphasized. A discussion of the potential limitations of the Critical Chain approach will also be provided.
by Theodore R. Maeurer.
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Bernabeu, Emanuel. "Methodology for a Security-Dependability Adaptive Protection Scheme based on Data Mining". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30131.
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The power industry is currently in the process of re-inventing itself. The unbundling of the traditional monopolistic structure that gave birth to a deregulated electricity market, the mass tendency towards a greener use of energy, the new emphasis on distributed generation and alternative renewable resources, and new emerging technologies have revolutionized the century old industry.
Recent blackouts offer testimonies of the crucial role played by protection relays in a reliable power system. It is argued that embracing the paradigm shift of adaptive protection is a fundamental step towards a reliable power grid. The adaptive philosophy of protection systems acknowledges that relays may change their characteristics in order to tailor their operation to prevailing system conditions. The purpose of this dissertation is to present methodology to implement a security/dependability adaptive protection scheme. It is argued that the likelihood of hidden failures and potential cascading events can be significantly reduced by adjusting the security/dependability balance of protection systems to better suit prevailing system conditions.
The proposed methodology is based on Wide Area Measurements (WAMs) obtained with the aid of Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs). A Data Mining algorithm known as Decision Trees is used to classify the power system state and to predict the optimal security/dependability bias of a critical protection scheme.Ph. D.
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Campanella, William C. "The nature of the problem statement in architectural programming : a critical analysis of three programming processes". Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23156.
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Margolius, Jerry. "A critical review of the valuation processes of petrol filling stations in terms of the Municipal Property Rates Act 2004". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16912.
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In 2004, the Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 (MPRA) was promulgated which repealed all the Valuation Ordinances that existed in South Africa. This introduced a single piece of legislation for the purposes of conducting municipal valuations. This study concentrated on the Cape Town Metropolitan 2006 General Valuation that, at the time, was the first local authority to conduct municipal valuations in terms of the new legislation. The research explored the extent to which local authorities intervened in the valuation process, the in dependent judgment of property valuers as well as non-co-operation by oil companies during the valuation process, which was evident by them not responding to the survey questions. The manner in which petrol filling stations were valued, the most frequently used methodology applied and the application of the MPRA in the process were explored. The research was supplemented with a survey of property valuers employed by the local authorities as well as in private practices. This culminated in a holistic overview of the shortcomings in the legislation, the methodology and practice by interested parties in arriving at the municipal valuation in order to provide a critical review. From the critical review, the shortcomings in the valuation processes were identified, the methodology was addressed and recommendations made to the local authority.
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van, Ingen Michiel. "Rethinking conflict studies : towards a critical realist approach". Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16202.
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The study of intra-state conflict has increased exponentially during the post-Cold War period. This has given rise to a variety of competing approaches, which have (i) adopted differing methodological and social theoretical orientations, and (ii) produced contradictory accounts of the causes and nature of violent conflict. This project intervenes in the debates which have resulted from this situation, and develops a critical realist approach to conflict studies. In doing so it rethinks the discipline from the philosophical ground up, by extending the ontological and epistemological insights which are provided by critical realism into more concrete reflections about methodological and social theoretical issues. In addition to engaging in reflection about philosophical, methodological, and social theoretical issues, however, the project also incorporates the insights of two largely neglected literatures into conflict studies. These are, first, the insights of the gender-studies literature, and second, the insights of decolonial/postcolonial forms of thought. It claims that the discipline is strengthened by incorporating the insights of these literatures, and that the critical realist framework provides us with the philosophical basis which is required in order to do so.
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Van, Dreven Amber, i res cand@acu edu au. "Waiting: a critical experience". Australian Catholic University. School of Nursing, 2001. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp12.25072005.
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This study explores the experiences of relatives waiting. Often relatives wait for considerably long periods, especially in critical care areas, whilst their loved one, whose health status is unknown, receives care. To explore these experiences and to understand the symbolic meaning behind the participants stories, a grounded theory approach was utilised which is firmly rooted in the sociological theory of symbolic interactionism. A qualitative approach was employed in order to yield a rich description of the human experience often not found in quantitative studies (Jamerson, Scheibmeir, Bott, Crighton, Hinton and Kuckelman, 1996, p. 468). Similarly, the use of feminist principles to guide this study has facilitated a greater understanding of such issues as gender roles, language, power and hierarchy. Using grounded theory methodology, audio-taped interviews were conducted with six female relatives who were recruited using theoretical sampling. Simultaneous recruitment, data collection, analysis and literature review took place, as advocated and outlined by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss (1967). The overarching core category discovered using this approach which epitomises the waiting experience, is the balancing of both positive and negative aspects of the four codes identified. These four codes are -mothering, trust, flustered anxiety and institutional and medical power. Each code had negative aspects, such as being denied the felt need to mother the critically ill loved one, being asked to entrust the health of a loved one to people that relatives had never met, feelings of fluster and anxiety, and a perception that they would interfere with medial care if they were to be involved in their loved ones care. Conversely, each code could potentially have a positive aspect, such as being involved in the care of the loved one, feelings of relief once the care of the loved one was entrusted to professional health care providers, affiliating with other relatives who were waiting in similar circumstances, and receiving frequent information from staff. A final model was produced that illustrates the balance that many relatives aspire to when waiting in the Emergency Department waiting room. If the balance tips in favour of the negative aspects of the codes, a negative impact on the relatives feelings of well being can result.
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Robinson, Herbert Samuel. "A critical systems approach to infrastructure investment and resource management in developing countries : the 'InfORMED' methodology". Thesis, London South Bank University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394440.
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Haniffa, Rashan. "Developing a methodology for the evaluation of acute and critical care outcomes in resource-limited settings". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0057e38d-a5ee-4089-9ee0-247c7ffb9596.
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The burden of acute and critical illness in LMICs is high, and proportionally higher with poorer outcomes than in HIC. Structured surveillance, enabling systematic evaluation of acute and critical care outcomes, is largely lacking in LMICs. Many tools, including but not limited to prognostic models and decision-support tools, developed in HIC are mostly not validated in LMICs. In addition, acute and critical care skills training, necessary for improving the quality of care and outcomes, is not readily accessible for many healthcare workers. This thesis describes a baseline profile of acute and critical care services in Sri Lanka; the development and implementation of a national, electronic, critical and acute care surveillance system and an assessment of the feasibility of HIC decision-support tools in LMIC settings. It further describes a co-designed, sustainable, national acute and critical care training programme, supported by the surveillance platform. Baseline profile: Overall ICU mortality was 17% but no severity of illness data was available. Overall, only 5.1% of those who had CPR attempted in hospital were alive after 24 hours, with most arrests anticipated by the junior medical team. Only 4.4% of wards use DNAR instructions. The 99 national ICU's had relatively (to other LMICs) good staffing; 790 doctors (1.6 per bed) and 1989 nurses (3.9 per bed, 87.9% ICUs had 1:1 nurse to patient ratio). Evaluation of the applicability of APACHE II was hampered by arterial blood gases and electrolytes being available in only 18.7% and 63.4 % of ICU admissions respectively, and complete case records (for APACHE II) was only available in 1.6% of instances. A surveillance platform for acute and critical care, fusing mobile data entry with visual analytics, was developed and implemented in 56 Sri Lankan hospitals, supporting clinicians in finding ICU beds. The dataset confirmed the low availability of variables commonly used to detect deterioration in acutely unwell ward patients; respiratory rate (65.24 %), mentation (32.89%) and oxygen saturation (23.94%), in a cohort of 16,386 patients. The platform was used for the validation of prognostic models and EWS tools, which showed that the performance of single variable trigger systems was comparable to more complex EWS's regarding identification of at-risk patients. A simpler critical care prognostic model, (TropICS), based on variables more commonly available in LMICs and collected through the platform, was derived and evaluated, and shown to outperform APACHE II in this setting. The platform can also support critical care training; the thesis describes the development, execution, and evaluation of two clinically focused training programmes. A 2-year modular programme in Bangladesh, India and Nepal showed a positive impact on patient outcomes. In Sri Lanka, a peer-delivered, acute and critical care structured training programme was delivered to over 4,500 nurses, physiotherapists and doctors, increasing knowledge and confidence. In summary, the work in this thesis describes a setting-adapted acute and critical care surveillance system, enabling the evaluation of the feasibility and performance of prognostication and decision-support tools, providing a template for LMIC settings. The studies show the importance of evaluation of clinical and benchmarking tools for feasibility and performance, and their adaptation where necessary, prior to their implementation in LMICs. In addition, the studies show that locally developed, sustainable training programmes aimed at improving outcomes in critically ill patients are possible in resource-limited settings. This thesis provides evidence that a clinician-led data platform in a LMIC can provide opportunities to evaluate (and potentially improve) outcomes by an inter-dependent cycle of enhanced information availability, quality improvement, capacity-building, training, and research.
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Mathee, Mohamed Shaid. "A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8005.
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Includes bibliographical references.Sunnah has become synonymous with hadith as it is found primarily in the six canonical works of hadith. This change, Rahman argues, came about after Mohammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i articulated his bayan scheme, which in a nutshell means that the entirety of law resides in two texts the Qur'an and the Sunnah and that Sunnah is only the Sunnah of Muhammad (concept and content). In search for uniformity and stability, Rahman claims, that Shafi'i destroyed the living Sunnah or more precisely the organic relationship between Sunnah, ijtihad (progressive interpretation) and ijma. But was this living Sunnah conceptually linked to the """"Ideal Sunnah"""" of the Prophet? Why did Shafi'i decimate an entire tradition and what were his reasons and how did he do it? This thesis seeks to answer these questions by critically analyzing Rahman's living Sunnah notion. On the other hand whilst it appreciates Shafi'i's argument for the Sunnah, of the Prophet only, as the exclusive legislative supplement to the Qur'an it problematizes how Shafi'i dealt with the materials from which he reconstructed (the content) the Prophetic Sunnah (as a concept).
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Schad, Daniel. "Development of a methodology for the identification, prediction and diagnosis of critical system states at airports /". Köln : DLR, Bibliotheks- und Informationswesen, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016768378&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Flarup, Jensen Katrine [Verfasser], i Jürgen [Akademischer Betreuer] Wilde. "Methodology to identify critical mechanisms in the dye solar cell related to the degradation of triiodide". Freiburg : Universität, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1119899672/34.
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Martinez, Aja Y. "Critical Race Counterstory as Rhetorical Methodology: Chican@ Academic Experience Told Through Sophistic Argument, Allegory, and Narrative". Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228451.
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This work focuses on Chican@ identity in academia and uses CRT counterstory to address topics of cultural displacement, assimilation, the American Dream, and ethnic studies. This research considers where the field of rhetoric and composition currently stands in terms of preparedness to serve a growing Chican@ undergraduate and graduate student population. Through counterstory, I offer strategies that more effectively serve students from non-traditional backgrounds in various spaces and practices such as the composition classroom, faculty mentoring, and programmatic requirements such as second language proficiency exams. Since rhetoric and composition can confront structurally and historically specific racisms--e.g., segregation, lack of access for the racial minority to higher education, ethnocentric curricula--embedded in our field, then we, as teachers, students, and administrators, can strategize ways to achieve social justice in academia for historically marginalized groups. My dissertation is focused on Chican@ undergraduate and graduate students because this is the fastest growing population in the academy and is a group with which I feel I can draw upon my cultural intuition; however, the critical race theoretical, pedagogical, and methodological strategies I make use of in my project can be adapted to assist other historically marginalized groups in academia.
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Astbury, John. "Dirt". Thesis, Konstfack, Industridesign, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-3010.
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It was suggested that dirt was a way of falling away from perfection and through introducing or allowing dirt you could avoid the sterile and lifeless. A ephemeral and intangible entity, dirt is, by its nature, an elusive creature. This intangibility encouraged me to draw a clearer definition for myself of what dirt meant. If dirt was not limited to patina and grime how could it be understood in terms of design. This is the essence of my thesis.Some pictures have been removed for publication.
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Shebob, Abdulhamid. "Development of a methodology for analysing and quantifying delay factors affecting construction projects in Libya". Thesis, Teesside University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10149/315373.
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Construction delays are one of the biggest issues facing the construction industry and affecting delivery in terms of time, budget and the required quality. The characteristics of delay factors and their level of impact vary from project to project, ranging from a few days to years. They have significant financial, environmental and social impacts in construction projects; therefore, it is vital to investigate the causes of delay and analyse their impact. In this context, the research study was initiated to develop a new methodology for analysing and quantifying the impacts of delay factors on construction projects. A comprehensive literature survey was conducted to build up general background knowledge of delay factors in construction projects and particular attention was paid to identifying the potential differences in delay factors between Libya and the UK. A construction industry survey was conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire amongst contractors, consultants and owners. A total of 116 out of 300 responses (38.66%) were received from both countries. Statistical tests including T-test and Wilkinson rank test were executed to analyse the responses and present the findings from the survey. Following the findings from the literature review and an industry survey, a framework of Delay Analysis System (DAS) augmented with simulation model was developed by integrating the importance weight (IW) of each delay factor associated with critical activities using @risk tool. The key function of the system is the flexibility to analyse and quantify the impact in project duration, considering the IW of each delay factor independently. The system was evaluated through two case studies from building projects in Libya using the developed system. The analysis of case study 1 using DAS found that the building project might be delayed by 97 to 103 days when considering the delay factors identified from Libya whereas the project might be delayed by 80 to 85 days when considering the delay factors identified from the UK. The evaluation results from the case study revealed that the impact of delay factors in Libya is higher than in the UK. This confirms that the impact of delay in construction projects is higher in developing countries than in developed ones and varies from project to project in the same country. Finally, it is concluded that the system is a decision-supporting tool that helps to make government departments and decision-makers aware of the significance of delays in construction projects in terms of economic growth and the development processes. The key contribution of this study is the development of a strategy (delay analysis system) for analysing the impact of delay factors in the Libyan construction industry through better investigated, understood and documented reports. The system is expected to help policymakers, decision-makers and others stakeholders within the construction industry to gain a fuller understanding of the industry and to formulate short- and long-term construction strategies and policies that aim to improve the industry’s processes and operations.
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Bayir, Arzu, i Bhavya Shetty. "EVALUATING THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRUCTURED METHODOLOGY BY MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL RISK/FAILURE FACTORS IN ERP IMPLEMENTATION". Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13179.
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Studies in recent years have revealed the challenges involved in deploying ERP solutions due to its complexity. Before attempting to implement ERP systems, it is essential to study various aspects such as project management, training, and change management in detail to manage the associated risks. When an ERP project is undertaken with insufficient planning, it may result in failure to integrate business processes and in substantial financial loss. Research has been pursued to identify critical risk/failure factors that may arise during implementation and the measures that should be taken to manage them. However, there is lack of research in identifying the management of critical risk/failure factor using a structured methodology. This raises a question of ‘can a structured methodology identify and manage critical risk/failure factors and support deploying ERP solutions with a better quality?’ A study of Microsoft Sure Step Methodology is performed to identify critical risk/failure factors that frequently occur during ERP implementation. These factors are derived from 8 articles. On determining critical risk/failure factors, we investigated if Sure Step methodology likely contains procedures that approach these factors.
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Slack, John Taylor. "A comprehensive methodology for measuring costs and benefits of critical habitat designation under the Endangered Species Act". Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003:, 2003. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-11252003-091701/unrestricted/slackjohnt200311Masters.pdf.
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Lannon, J. "A critical analysis of the new perspective in Paul : with particular reference to the methodology of E.P. Sanders". Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269040.
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Summers, Ronald. "A methodology for the design, implementation and evaluation of intelligent systems with an application to critical care medicine". Thesis, City University London, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332618.
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Gotora, Tendai. "Maternal mortality in high HIV prevalence countries: a critical analysis of the MMEIG methodology for estimating maternal mortality". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12068.
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The main objective of this research is to analyse critically the methodology used by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) to estimate maternal mortality in countries with high HIV/AIDS prevalence. This study interrogates each of the assumptions (implicit and explicit) in the MMEIG method by reviewing literature/studies that investigated each assumption.
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Milligan, Ross. "Critical evaluation of the battery electric vehicle for sustainable mobility". Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2017. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978220.
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Can Battery Electric Vehicles replace conventional internal combustion engine vehicles for commuting purposes when exposed to a busy corporate activity within the city of Edinburgh? This thesis investigates the application of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) use in a commercial business environment in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland UK. The motivation behind this work is to determine if the Battery Electric Vehicle can replace conventional fossil fuel vehicles under real world drive cycles and the desire by many to combat the causes of climate change. Due to the nature of this work a significant part of the work will be underpinned by the quantitative methodology approach to the research. As the question indicates the research is supported by real live data coming from the vehicle both in proprietary data logging as well as reading and analysing the data coming from the vehicles own Electronic Control Unit (ECU).There will be mixed research methodology encompassing quantitative and qualitative research to obtain a complete response in respect to the management of the vehicle these methodologies will be the analysis of the measurable data as well as explorative, to gain the underlying reasons and motivations for choosing a battery electric vehicle as an option to the conventional vehicle for this type of application use.