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Van, Dam Brooke. "The distinctive nature of making news online : a study of news production at latimes.com and salon.com." Thesis, City University London, 2010. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1183/.
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This thesis provides an inside, in-depth look at how journalists at latimes.com and salon.com came together to create content for their websites over a six month period. It vividly unveils the process of newsmaking by journalists working for organisations whose output is the world wide web. It uses mixed method case studies of two US-based news websites, latimes.com and salon.com, to show how both parentage and net native sites construct a news story. The case studies include direct observation, in-depth interviews and content analysis to deconstruct the process of covering the 2008 Presidential election. The thesis works around Brian McNair‘s cultural chaos paradigm (2006) which explains the emergent nature of news online and the lack of control by any environmental factors that seek to affect its outcome. The thesis begins by outlining the four crucial changes which occur online that are redefining major tenets of journalism both practically and theoretically. It goes on to explain not only how online news has become a destination for many around the world but also why these two online news websites have found a niche for themselves on the Web. The findings of this research outline not only how the newsmaking process exists in these two environments but also how they are creating a new type of convotelling journalism. The 2008 US Presidential election is used as a story to show the unstructured and chaotic network that now exists in how news is gathered, produced, and disseminated online. It goes on to explain the multitude of changing relationships journalists are grappling with as this convotelling newsmaking process occurs. The contrast between the net native and parentage website is dissected to show just how the two sites vary even though their goal is similar. The research concludes making an argument for a hybrid model of journalism being done online that is distinctive in nature.
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Gattermann, Katjana. "News about the European Parliament : patterns and drivers of broadsheet coverage." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2011. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/433/.
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This thesis is about broadsheet coverage of the European Parliament (EP). More precisely, it studies the amount and content of news referring to the EP as well as the professional attitudes of their producers. The main purpose of the thesis is to explain variation in the press coverage. Thereby it combines political communication research with the European integration literature discussing the legitimacy of the EP. It argues that cross-country and inter-temporal variation cannot be explained by factors internal to news production alone. Instead, national parliamentary traditions impact profoundly on the way EU parliamentary affairs are reported. The thesis employs a mixed-methods research design. It conducts a quantitative content analysis of 18 broadsheets published in six European countries – Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria – over three time periods: one is a routine period of two years; the remaining two datasets are oriented at key issues and events over time. In total, 3956 newspaper articles are analysed. In addition, 18 in-depth interviews with the respective Brussels correspondents and a director at the EP Directorate-General for Communication complement the findings. While the EP receives regular coverage, the thesis finds that news are selected and presented according to the interest of the audience. Hence the domestic angle prevails in the news coverage and the EP’s own prominence and potential to generate conflict attract media attention more often when major issues are at stake. However, domestic relevance is not the only explanatory factor. While newsmakers also respond to varying levels of public support for EU membership, the thesis identifies national parliamentary traditions as a strong external driver of EP news coverage. Here, procedural characteristics and public expectations shape the amount and content of EP news as well as newsmakers’ attitudes – and more significantly so with the rising powers of the Parliament.
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Kenny, Peter. "News agencies as content providers and purveyors of news: A mediahistoriographical study on the development and diversity of wire services." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1616.
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Thesis (MPhil (Journalism))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.This study examines the history, development and diversity of news agencies. It studies the major agencies and pinpoints how smaller wire services that sometimes purvey niche news seek to offer a more diverse global news-flow. The linkage between news agencies and technological developments, and how wire services have helped advance technology, is examined since the first agencies began in the 1800s, up to the current era of the Internet. The rise of television and the subsequent ascent of the Internet prompted new demands for more diverse news procurement. This accelerated the convergence of different media and has exposed challenges and opportunities to news agencies, large and small. Alongside the telegraph, news wire services expanded from supplying news and information locally to being global players, helping the world shrink. The mediahistoriographical approach engages a critical examination of literature sources regarding the development of the major wire services, and some of the smaller players. The literature, along with interviews with news agency experts, provides the material to examine wire services. The study shows how some original agencies leveraged opportunities offered by their standing in powerful nations to become dominant transnational players. The ascendancy of the mega-agencies compounded limited news-flows from developed to poorer nations, while an expansion of diversified news-flows has not matched technological progression. This study concludes by recommending greater recognition of the importance of news agencies and more scholarly examination of them, as studies on them appear scarce compared to those on other media branches, such as newspapers, the electronic media and the Internet. More studies into the development of both mainstream and alternative news agencies would pave the way for a better understanding of how they function and could provide clues as to how they might be able to better sustain themselves as more diverse entities for the benefit of the public discourse. Through the above, this dissertation seeks to contribute, in a small way, to rectifying a knowledge disparity regarding a key component of the mass media, namely the news agency.
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Wong, Ha-wai Betty. "A marketing information system for Reuters (Asia) Limited /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1988. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12368027.
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Коровій, Олександр Сергійович. "Система інтелектуального розбору новинних повідомлень". Bachelor's thesis, КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського, 2020. https://ela.kpi.ua/handle/123456789/34817.
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Дипломний проєкт включає пояснювальну записку (57 с., 25 рис., 4 додатки).
Об’єкт розробки – система інтелектуального розбору новинних повідомлень.
Система допомагає автоматично будувати шаблон для новинного ресурсу, що звільняє користувача від написання індивідуального веб-скрапера для кожного веб-сайту. Також з використання єдиного веб-скрапера система дозволяє зменшити використання ресурсів комп’ютера.
Розроблена система дозволяє:
• автоматично створювати шаблон для заданого користувачем новинного веб-сайту;
• додавання шаблону створеного користувачем;
• обробляти велику кількість веб-сайтів в режимі реального часу;
• масштабування на декількох комп’ютерах;
• структуризація вихідних даних.
Розробка велася з використанням мови програмування Python та сучасних бібліотек. Використання асинхронного програмування дозволило підвищити швидкодію всієї системи.The diploma project includes an explanatory note (57 pages, 25 figures, 4 appendices). The object of development is a system of intelligent analysis of news messages. The system helps to automatically build a template for a news resource, which frees the user from writing an individual web scraper for each website. Also, by using a single web scrapper, the system allows you to reduce the use of computer resources. The developed system allows: • automatically create a template for a user-defined news website; • adding a user-created template; • handle a large number of websites in real time; • scaling on multiple computers; • structuring of source data. The development was carried out using the Python programming language and modern libraries. The use of asynchronous programming has increased the speed of the entire system.
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Wills, Samuel Edward. "Macroeconomic policy in resource-rich economies." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a7050812-cec5-47f6-912b-d00252c3d69f.
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This thesis considers how fiscal and monetary policy should be conducted in resourcerich economies. It consists of three papers addressing: whether governments should spend, save or invest volatile oil income; the assets they should save in; and how monetary policy should respond. The first, “Eight principles for managing resource wealth”, shows that capital-scarce countries should save relatively less against oil price volatility, and invest more in domestic capital. They also should prepare for volatility in advance, and treat savings as a source of income rather than a temporary buffer. To show this the paper develops a framework that nests a variety of existing results, which are presented in eight principles. The second, “The Elephant in the Ground: Oil extraction and asset allocation in sovereign wealth funds”, shows that governments should use sovereign wealth funds to offset oil price risk, extract oil faster if its price is pro-cyclical, and use precautionary savings to manage any residual volatility. To do this it combines three strands of literature for the first time: on continuous-time portfolio theory, oil extraction and precautionary savings. The third, “Optimal monetary responses to oil discoveries”, addresses the anticipation effects around an oil discovery. It shows that the terms of trade will need to appreciate twice: once when oil is discovered and consumers anticipate future revenues; and again when the government begins spending the revenues. Oil wealth will give the monetary authority an incentive to appreciate the terms of trade, in addition to stabilising domestic inflation and the output gap. Optimal policy is well-approximated by a standard monetary rule that also responds to expected changes in the natural level of output.
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Hurriyetoglu, Ali. "Tense, Aspect And Mood Based Event Extraction For Situation Analysis And Crisis Management." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614296/index.pdf.
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Nowadays event extraction systems mainly deal with a relatively small amount of information about temporal and modal qualifications of situations, primarily processing assertive sentences in the past tense. However, systems with a wider coverage of tense, aspect and mood can provide better analyses and can be used in a wider range of text analysis applications. This thesis develops such a system for Turkish language. This is accomplished by extending Open Source Information Mining and Analysis (OPTIMA) research group's event extraction software, by implementing appropriate extensions in the semantic representation format, by adding a partial grammar which improves the TAM (Tense, Aspect and Mood) marker, adverb analysis and matching functions of ExPRESS, and by constructing an appropriate lexicon in the standard of CORLEONE. These extensions are based on the theory of anchoring relations (Temü
rcü
, 2007, 2011) which is a cross-linguistically applicable semantic framework for analyzing tense, aspect and mood related categories. The result is a system which can, in addition to extracting basic event structures, classify sentences given in news reports according to their temporal, modal and volitional/illocutionary values. Although the focus is on news reports of natural disasters, disease outbreaks and man-made disasters in Turkish language, the approach can be adapted to other languages, domains and genres. This event extraction and classification system, with further developments, can provide a basis for automated browsing systems for preventing environmental and humanitarian risk.
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Comas, Arnal Maria Eva. "Els recursos sonors en els informatius radiofònics. Anàlisi dels recursos sonors en els relats periodístics dels informatius de migdia de Catalunya Informació, Catalunya Ràdio, COM Ràdio, COPE Catalunya, Ona Catalana, Onda Rambla, Ràdio 4 i SER Catalunya del 16 i 17 de juliol del 2001 i del 5 i 6 d'abril de 2004." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9221.
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L'objecte d'aquest estudi són els recursos sonors utilitzats als informatius radiofònics per il·lustrar les notícies. Entenem per recurs sonor tot aquell material auditiu, músiques, talls de veu, sons ambient, efectes sonors i silencis que es posen al servei de la narració de les notícia, acompanyant les paraules del periodista i arribant-les fins i tot a substituir en alguns casos. El principal propòsit de la investigació és demostrar que, llevat dels talls de veu, els periodistes radiofònics de les emissores catalanes es valen molt poc dels recursos sonors a l'hora de construir les seves narracions de la realitat. A tal efecte, s'analitzen 529 relats informatius per constatar la presència o absència de recursos sonors. Aquestes narracions periodístiques pertanyen als informatius de migdia dels dies 16 i 17 de juliol de 2001 i 5 i 6 d'abril de 2004 corresponents a vuit emissores catalanes, Catalunya Informació, Catalunya Ràdio, COM Ràdio, COPE Catalunya, Ona Catalana, Onda Rambla, Ràdio 4 i SER Catalunya.El objeto de este estudio son los recursos sonoros usados en los informativos radiofónicos para ilustrar las noticias. Entendemos por recursos sonorso todo aquel material auditivo, músicas, cortes de voz, sonido ambiente, efectos sonoros y silencios que se ponen al servicio de la narración de la noticia, acompañando las palabras del periodista y llegándolas incluso a sustituir en algunos casos. El principal propósito de esta investigación es demostrar que, a excepción de los cortes de voz, los periodistas radiofónicos de las emisoras catalanas usan muy poco los recursos sonoros en el momento de construir sus narraciones sobre la realidad. A tal efecto, se analizan 529 relatos informativos para constatar la presencia o ausencia de dichos recursos. Estas narraciones periodísticas pertenecen a los informativos de mediodía de Catalunya Informació, Catalunya Ràdio, COM Ràdio, COPE Catalunya, Ona Catalana, Onda Rambla, Ràdio 4 y SER Catalunya del 16 y 17 de julio de 2001 y del 5 y 6 de abril de 2004.
The object of this study is the auditory resources used in radio news programs to illustrate the news. By auditory resources, we intend all auditory material, music, voice cuts, ambiental sounds, sound effects and silences which serve the narration of the news, accompanying the words of the journalist and even in some cases replacing them. The main aim of this research is to demonstrate that, apart from voice cuts, radio journalists of Catalan radio stations under-employ these auditor resources when constructing their narrations of reality. For this purpose, we analyze 529 news stories in order to verify the presence or absence of auditory resources. These journalistic narrations are from the midday news programs of the days of the16th and 17th of July, 2001 and the 5th and 6th of April, 2004 and have been provided by eight Catalan radio stations, Catalunya Informació, Catalunya Ràdio, COM Ràdio, COPE Catalunya, Ona Catalana, Onda Rambla, Ràdio 4 and SER Catalunya.
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Worsfold, Adrian John. "New denominationalism : tendencies towards a new reformation of English Christianity." Thesis, University of Hull, 1988. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11844.
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The tensions which had over hundreds of years built up in the Roman Catholic Church produced the first Reformation. In England the new Anglican Church could not hold together all its elements, and the Great Ejection of 1662 saw the real beginning of separate denominations. Today another realignment is taking place. In an environment of indifference to churchgoing the Churches must respond. But they are divided within. Some elements desire to convert the world, others wish to defend the Church from it, a number want to absorb the world and others wish to combine these approaches. The differences relate to viewpoints about belief and authority. Historical techniques, scientific knowledge and philosophical models have affected the understanding of the Church, the Bible and models of belief. The result is that liberalism, once outside subscribing denominations, has returned to them. This has created further strains with those of biblical and Church beliefs and authority views. A new holiness movement is sweeping the Churches. A revivalist spirit calling on interpreted individual experience is spreading across Catholic and Protestant structures. This has created both new unity and divisions. Behind the desires for ecumenism, the result within denominations is renewed tension between 'independency' and the 'broad Church'. New denominationalism, the realignment of belief and authority patterns, threatens to become a New Reformation, a structural change resulting from alliances and schism.
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Zhu, Xudong. "New players and new interactions within the natriuretic peptide system : mechanisms and pathophysiological consequences." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:14364.
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The natriuretic peptide system plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cardiorenal homeostasis as well as in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. In this thesis, the biological effects of the newly designed natriuretic peptide (NP) ACNP and mechanisms of the interaction between natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA) and B (NPRB) are elucidated. The receptor profiles of different BNPs and degradation profile of hBNP1-42 are also investigated. ACNP stimulates both NPRA and NPRB and thus is more potent and effective compared to human ANP or CNP in stimulating cGMP in primary cells in vitro. In sham-operated mice, 4-week treatment with ACNP exerted similar potency in lowering blood pressure compared to that of ANP or CNP. However, ANP, but not ACNP, ameliorated the myocardial infarction-induced left ventricular dysfunction. The lack of benefit of ACNP might relate to its fast degradation by a still unknown enzyme in mouse serum. The interaction between NPRA and NPRB has been suggested since an impaired cGMP generation upon NP stimulation was observed in NPRA/NPRB co-transfected cells. The inhibitory effect of heterogeneous receptor complexes on natural NP/NPR/cGMP signalling were receptor dose-dependent. The attenuation of the CNP/NPRB/cGMP axis is caused by a blocked formation of NPRB mRNA by NPRA and thus decreasing NPRB quantity on the membrane. The attenuated ANP and BNP signalling may involve conformational changes within the NPRA/NPRB heterodimer, leading to less ligand accessibility or ligand-mediated activation of guanylyl cyclise (GC). Furthermore, different forms of BNP have been studied. The N-terminal truncated BNP (mBNP7-32) and the elongated BNP (mBNP1-45) are able to stimulate NPRA, whereas the C-terminal elongated hBNP1-42 is a poor activator of NPRA. Meanwhile, metabolism of hBNP1-42 on kidney membrane was different to that of lung membrane, suggesting specific peptidase(s) in the kidney being important for renal action of hBNP1-42. Taken together, this thesis gives novel insight into the new players and new interactions in the natriuretic peptide system. It provides potential mechanisms in receptor interplay leading to an impaired cGMP generation. It also opens new directions for the better understanding of cardiovascular diseases and may identify completely new treatment options.
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Blackburn, Noel. "Identity and the new mother." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2006. http://www.icsw.edu/resources/library/dissertations.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2006.A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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O'Neill, Rebecca. "The rise of the citizen curator : participation as curation on the web." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16449.
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From jazz clubs to cheese plates, the term curation has become a signifier of the growing need to organise and prioritise the seemingly endless possibilities of the digital sphere. The issue addressed here is in the associated meanings of the word curation and what it means to be a curator by examining the experience of the curatorial within a discrete context: the Irish curatorial landscape. The word curation comes from the Latin curare, to care for, and has long been associated with the professional duties of those selected as custodians for objects and knowledge deemed to be important to communities, nations, countries or even the world. However, as objects move from being purely physical to the digital, and knowledge changes from being transmitted through similarly physical media to digital formats that can be set free on the Web, what it means to curate has also changed. Curators are no longer necessarily identified as employed within museums or galleries; the word is now also applied to those who engage with and aid in the management and presentation of digital assets online. Curators have emerged in the online space much like their forerunners, bloggers or citizen journalists. We are now seeing the rise of citizen curators on the Web, which has not created these individually motivated curators, but has made their curatorial activities visible. Citizen journalists no longer need to have a printing press or publishing house to communicate with their audience; similarly, citizen curators do not need a private cabinet of curiosities or a job in a museum to allow them to curate or exhibit to an audience. The aims of this research are threefold: to examine the current terminology related to curation by those who identify as curators or engage in curation in Ireland; to define what it means to be a curator or a citizen curator within the Irish context; and to investigate the changing nature of exhibition spaces contained in the Irish context in light of the Web and digital spaces. The study will take the form of an autoethnography, exploiting my unique position within the museum and open knowledge community in Ireland to examine current understandings of curation and the phenomenon of the citizen curator. The focus will be on my work within Wikimedia Community Ireland (WCI), a branch of the Wikimedia Foundation which promotes the use of Wikipedia in Ireland in education, culture, and open knowledge. As an autoethnographer, I can act as an intermediary, part way between those working in cultural organisations and the public involved in knowledge building projects. The study will look at how those engaged in curation articulate the work they do by means of interviews and participant observation. These sources will allow for the development of a spectrum of curatorial practice. The spectrum will arise from the participants’ (both citizen curators and those working in Irish cultural institutions) own understanding and definitions of curation and what it means to curate. In placing these definitions of curation within a spectrum that takes in broader understandings of curatorial practice, the newer forms of digital curation, and a picture of how the citizen curator relates to these methods, will emerge. The disruptive effect which the digital, and in particular the concept of the Long Tail, has brought to bear upon understanding of the assembling, storing, and using of collections will be examined. It will answer many of the issues surrounding the discipline-specific definitions of curation and the curator while informing their relationship with each other. By drawing out curation into a spectrum, what unfolds is the movement of curation from a traditional and closed system of learnt practices, to one which is formed around more open and accessible conventions of curation. In identifying the citizen curator, their role in the larger curatorial debate can be acknowledged and better incorporated into the multitude of online curated projects. This hinges on the emergence of the Do It With Others ethos which pervades both online and offline creative communities, and it redefines curation from a solitary practice, to one which is demarcated by its participatory nature.
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Khan, Abid. "CXCR4 chemokine receptor antagonists : new metallodrugs." Thesis, University of Hull, 2009. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10418.
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Chemokine receptors are a target of growing interest for new therapeutic drugs, as their role in multiple disease states has been demonstrated. The CXCR4/ CXCL12 pairing has been implicated in HIV and cancer, as well as chronic inflammatory diseases, including asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. HIV uses CXCR4 or CCR5 receptors in the key binding step of the infection process, leading to the idea that drugs could be developed to block this interaction. Cancer metastasis has also been linked to cellular communication via the chemokine pathways and hence, receptor antagonists could potentially inhibit this important pathway of disease progression. Small synthetic CXCR4 antagonists exist including AMD3100 (Mozobil®/Plerixafor), which has been identified as a potent CXCR4 antagonist exhibiting anti-HIV, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour activity. Configurationally restricted analogues of AMD3100 complexed to metal ions have improved binding characteristics compared to AMD3100 and its metal complexes. Herein we report the binding of a new class of cyclen, cyclam and tris-cyclam based complexes in vitro. Compounds competed effectively in anti-CXCR4 competition assays with the tricyclam linear complex displaying improved binding characteristics. The difference in activity of the compounds is discussed in relation to the different possible binding interactions that are occurring. Furthermore, a monocyclam derivative conjugated to biotin competed effectively in competition with a CXCR4 mAb, however could not directly be detected via a fluorescent conjugated streptavidin molecule. Our most potent compound to date, copper(II) cross-bridged bicyclam was found to have a significant higher relative residence time in CXCR4 compared to AMD3100 and copper(II) AMD3100 in vitro. Moreover, copper(II) cross-bridged bicyclam was able to totally block CXCL12 induced and partially block serum induced, invasion of CXCR4 positive cancer cells with a higher potency than AMD3100 and copper(II) AMD3100. This shows the potential of using such a drug in the clinic. Using CXCR4 mutants, it has been shown that CXCR4 defective degradation and recycling increases invasion in breast cancer cells. Moreover the development of a multicellular tumour spheroid (MTS) is reported that could be used as a preclinical model in the evaluation of the anti-cancer activity of CXCR4 antagonists.
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Galea, Karl. "Three-dimensional conversation : the shift to a public, asynchronous and persistent exchange in Malta." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11272.
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An observation of the evolution of the marketing messages of Telecommunications Company Vodafone between 2007 and 2013 sheds light on the significant changes that occurred in the communications arena throughout this period. The shift is not a hypothetical one; it is real and reflected in the shifting usage profiles of millions of mobile users. Moreover the shift is not limited to the changes in the technology which enables mediated conversation. Reference is made to existing literature to define the activity under study, understand the historical context of conversation, both in the mobile and online space, measure the present shifts and explore how findings can contribute to a better understanding of the future. In the context of the existing body of work and the significant changes that occurred over the past years, the research aims to propose a new model of conversation in response to the chosen research question, which asks, “how is conversation evolving as a result of take up of new media in Malta?“ A two‐step approach is adopted. The first research stream makes use of a data set of usage logs of a sample of smartphone adopters on the Vodafone network. A comparison of the usage logs before and after adoption is used to shed light on the influence of the device on the users’ conversations. The analysis is supported with two secondary experiments, one relating to the usage of mobile Internet on specific days during the year and the other extending the experiment to everyday conversation on Facebook. The second research stream consists of a review of the new media landscape with a specific focus on key themes. The findings are used to corroborate a model of shifting conversation. The model proposes that conversation is captured in three dimensions - a shift from synchronous to asynchronous conversation, from private to public and from transient to persistent exchanges.
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Dunwell, Ian. "A spotlight based interest management approach for distributed virtual environments." Thesis, University of Hull, 2006. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12782.
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A rapidly emerging need within virtual environments is the ability to accommodate a large, distributed user-base. In particular, Internet-based distributed virtual environments represent a challenge in providing a heterogeneous environment accessible by many thousands of users. Interest Management represents the process of filtering network data based on relevance to users, in order to make the most efficient use possible of available network capacity. In this thesis, the potential for a visual-attention based refinement to interest management is explored, which utilises a spotlight-based model of human attention. By considering the relationship between attention and interest management, this thesis illustrates a tendency within existing systems to use a simplistic or object-based approach to measure relevance, typically based on proximity to the user or visibility. By considering the current state of the art alongside common theories of visual attention, it is hypothesised that a refinement aiming to accommodate a spotlight model may offer an approach capable of more efficient use of bandwidth when compared to existing techniques. In particular, it is suggested a spotlight model would be capable of accommodating key aspects of human visual attention in a processor-efficient and composable manner. Bandwidth conserved by the use of such an approach may be subsequently re-utilised to provide a higher degree of interactivity within a distributed virtual environment, or to support greater numbers of simultaneous users. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of a spotlight-based approach, a test environment is created which allows users to participate in a number of activities alongside a large volume of simulated clients. Throughout these activities, interest management is changed seamlessly between variations of a spotlight approach, extremes, and an approximation of the current state of the art. Results obtained from a total of 15 users indicate a preference for such an approach when compared to the current state of the art in 80% of subjects, and suggest the capacity to reduce available bandwidth by up to 60%, dependent on task, without perceivable impact.
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Allik, Alo. "Computational composition strategies in audiovisual laptop performance." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11606.
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We live in a cultural environment in which computer based musical performances have become ubiquitous. Particularly the use of laptops as instruments is a thriving practice in many genres and subcultures. The opportunity to command the most intricate level of control on the smallest of time scales in music composition and computer graphics introduces a number of complexities and dilemmas for the performer working with algorithms. Writing computer code to create audiovisuals offers abundant opportunities for discovering new ways of expression in live performance while simultaneously introducing challenges and presenting the user with difficult choices. There are a host of computational strategies that can be employed in live situations to assist the performer, including artificially intelligent performance agents who operate according to predefined algorithmic rules. This thesis describes four software systems for real time multimodal improvisation and composition in which a number of computational strategies for audiovisual laptop performances is explored and which were used in creation of a portfolio of accompanying audiovisual compositions.
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Asmi, Amna. "Investigating and extending the methods in automated opinion analysis through improvements in phrase based analysis." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12429.
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Opinion analysis is an area of research which deals with the computational treatment of opinion statement and subjectivity in textual data. Opinion analysis has emerged over the past couple of decades as an active area of research, as it provides solutions to the issues raised by information overload. The problem of information overload has emerged with the advancements in communication technologies which gave rise to an exponential growth in user generated subjective data available online. Opinion analysis has a rich set of applications which are used to enable opportunities for organisations such as tracking user opinions about products, social issues in communities through to engagement in political participation etc. The opinion analysis area shows hyperactivity in recent years and research at different levels of granularity has, and is being undertaken. However it is observed that there are limitations in the state-of-the-art, especially as dealing with the level of granularities on their own does not solve current research issues. Therefore a novel sentence level opinion analysis approach utilising clause and phrase level analysis is proposed. This approach uses linguistic and syntactic analysis of sentences to understand the interdependence of words within sentences, and further uses rule based analysis for phrase level analysis to calculate the opinion at each hierarchical structure of a sentence. The proposed opinion analysis approach requires lexical and contextual resources for implementation. In the context of this Thesis the approach is further presented as part of an extended unifying framework for opinion analysis resulting in the design and construction of a novel corpus. The above contributions to the field (approach, framework and corpus) are evaluated within the Thesis and are found to make improvements on existing limitations in the field, particularly with regards to opinion analysis automation. Further work is required in integrating a mechanism for greater word sense disambiguation and in lexical resource development.
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Zhang, Yunxi. "An investigation of interoperability issues between authorisation systems within web services." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11327.
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The existing authorisation systems within the context of Web Services mainly apply two access control approaches – Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). The RBAC approach links an authenticated Web Service Requester to its specific access control permission through roles, but RBAC is not flexible enough to cater for some cases where extra attribute information is needed in addition to the identity. By contrast, the ABAC approach has more flexibility, as it allows a Web Service Requester to submit necessary credentials containing extra attribute information that can fulfil the policies declared by a Web Service Provider, which aims to protect the sensitive resources/services. RBAC and ABAC can only help to establish a unilateral trust relationship between two Web Services to enable a Web Service Provider to make an access control decision. Unfortunately, the nature of Web Services presents a high probability that two Web Services may not know each other. Therefore, successful authorisation may fail, if the Web Service Requester does not trust the Web Service Provider. Trust Negotiation (TN) is also an access control approach, which can provide a bilateral trust relationship between two unknown entities, so it sometimes can enable authorisation success in situations where success is not possible through RBAC or ABAC approaches. However, interoperability issues will arise between authorisation systems within Web Services, where a bilateral trust-based authorisation solution is applied. In addition, a lack of a unified approach that can address the interoperability issues remains as a research problem. This research aims to explore possible factors causing the lack of interoperability first, and then to explore an approach that can address the interoperability issues. The main contributions of this research are an improved interoperability model illustrating interoperability issues at different layers of abstraction, and a novel interoperability-solution design along with an improved TN protocol as an example of utilising this design to provide interoperability between authorisation systems within Web Services.
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Liu, Yan. "New biodegradable polymers from renewable resources." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Polymer Technology, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-2952.
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High molecular weight poly(ester-carbonate)s have beenprepared by a two-step chain-extension reaction performed onoligomeric αω-bishydroxyl-terminatedpoly(1,3-propylene succinate).αω-Bishydroxyl-terminated copolymeric oligomers of1,3-propylene succinate/1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene succinatewere obtained by thermal polycondensation of1,3-propanediol/1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol/succinic acidmixtures having different composition, and subsequently chainextended using phosgene as coupling agent, which leads toaliphatic/alicyclic copoly(ester-carbonate)s. New highmolecular weight amphiphilic block copolymers ofpoly(ester-ether-carbonate), containing poly(1,3-propylenesuccinate) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) segments in theirmain chain, were synthesized by a two-step chain-extensionreaction performed on a thermally-polycondensed α,ω-bishydroxyl-terminated oligomeric poly(1,3-propylenesuccinate) with PEG1000 and PEG2000, respectively. The newpolymers, besides having a biodegradable backbone, derive fromtwo monomers, 1,3-propanediol and succinic acid respectively,which can be obtained from renewable resources. Therefore, theyhave a potential as environmental friendly materials.
The molecular characterization by1H-NMR and IR spectroscopy, the molecular weight andmolecular weight distribution by SEC and the main thermalproperties by DSC of all synthesized materials are reported.Spectroscopic characterizations were in full agreement with theproposed structures. Thermal characterization demonstrated thatan increase in the cyclic ester unit content leads to anincrease in Tm and Tg of the copolymers. Solubility testsindicated that the introduction of hydrophilic PEG segmentsinto the high molecular weight polysuccinate imparts apparentamphiphilic character to the new materials. This is expected toinfluence even their biocompatibility and biodegradability.
The properties of aliphatic homopolyesters from renewablemonomers, 1,3-propanediol and succinic acid, were improved byintroducing aromatic urethane into the main chain of polymers,which gives place to the formation of strong hydrogen bondsamong the macromolecular chains of the material. Segmentedpolyester-urethanes (PEU) were synthesizedfromdi-hydroxyl-terminated poly(trimethylene succinate), chainextended with 4,4'-diisophenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI). Thematerials were characterized using SEC, DSC,1H-NMR,13C-NMR and INSTRON. The maximum weight averagemolecular weight approached 7.5× 104. DSC detected the Tgof the soft segment from10 to19° C and the Tmof the hard segment from 175 to 210 ° C. Theaverage repeat number of hard segment ranges from 4.0 to 8.1,and the average repeat number of AnBmunit from 3.3 to 6.4. The average length of thehard segment decreases with increasing concentration ofpolyester in feeding.
The results clearly show that within the studied series theincrease in soft segment content reduced both crystallinity andmelting temperature of hard segment microcrystalline phase,which is accompanied by decrease in modulus due to weakerinteraction among polymer chains in microcrystalline phase. Thedegree of crystallinity, Tg, Tm, tensile strength, elongation, and Youngsmodulus were influenced by the ratio between hard and softsegment as well as the molecular weight of thepolyester-urethane. The introduction of the polyurethanesegments significantly reduces the degradability ofcorresponding aliphatic polyester, although there is stillenzymatic attack detectable during the enzymatic degradation.All samples exhibited significant weight losses after twomonths of compost simulation incubation. The highersoft-segment contents resulted in higher degradability. Weconcluded that the segmented polyester-urethane from1,3-propanediol and succinic acid is a promising, processable,soluble, and biodegradable thermoplastic elastomer.
Keywords:polycondensation, block copolymer, chainextension, isocyanate, phosgene, dichloroformatecharacterization, biodegradation, renewable resources,1,3-propanediol, succinic acid, polyurethane, polyester,thermoplastic elastomer.
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Ibragimova, Yuliya. "New Methods in Human Resources Management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193004.
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This diploma thesis concentrates on relationship between employee satisfaction and usage of new methods in Human Resources Management, particularly coaching and talent management. As employee satisfaction becomes one of the most important sources of influence on company's performance, it is also discussed in the theoretical background the relationship between employee satisfaction and company performance. The goal of the thesis is to find relationship between usage of new HRM methods (coaching and talent management) and employee satisfaction. The thesis has four chapters. First two chapters "Measurement Systems in an Organization" and "Methods in HR Management" set a theoretical background for the research. The third chapter concentrates on the research itself: employees of five Russian companies both with and without coaching and talent management, are tested. In the last chapter are compared research outcomes and theoretical approach, as well as, recommendations are given.
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Крапивний, Іван Васильович, Иван Васильевич Крапивный, and Ivan Vasylovych Krapyvnyi. "Institutional Resources in the New Paradigm." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2004. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/23352.
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Costello, Robert. "Adaptive intelligent personalised learning (AIPL) environment." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:6251.
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As individuals the ideal learning scenario would be a learning environment tailored just for how we like to learn, personalised to our requirements. This has previously been almost inconceivable given the complexities of learning, the constraints within the environments in which we teach, and the need for global repositories of knowledge to facilitate this process. Whilst it is still not necessarily achievable in its full sense this research project represents a path towards this ideal. In this thesis, findings from research into the development of a model (the Adaptive Intelligent Personalised Learning (AIPL)), the creation of a prototype implementation of a system designed around this model (the AIPL environment) and the construction of a suite of intelligent algorithms (Personalised Adaptive Filtering System (PAFS)) for personalised learning are presented and evaluated. A mixed methods approach is used in the evaluation of the AIPL environment. The AIPL model is built on the premise of an ideal system being one which does not just consider the individual but also considers groupings of likeminded individuals and their power to influence learner choice. The results show that: (1) There is a positive correlation for using group-learning-paradigms. (2) Using personalisation as a learning aid can help to facilitate individual learning and encourage learning on-line. (3) Using learning styles as a way of identifying and categorising the individuals can improve their on-line learning experience. (4) Using Adaptive Information Retrieval techniques linked to group-learning-paradigms can reduce and improve the problem of mis-matching. A number of approaches for further work to extend and expand upon the work presented are highlighted at the end of the Thesis.
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Beddoes-Jones, Fiona. "A new theory driven model of authentic leadership." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8616.
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In recent years, the concept of Authentic Leadership has become an important area of interest and study, encompassing, as it does, personal beliefs and values and how they are aligned and lived in one’s everyday leadership experience, (Cooper et al. 2005; Avolio & Gardner, 2005; Luthans & Avolio, 2003). However, whilst the literature surrounding it is ever-increasing, the concept and construct of Authentic Leadership is fragmented; complicated by different theorists’ perspectives and compounded by a lack of empirical research, particularly within the UK, (Gardner et al. 2011). Based on Novicevic et al.’s (2006) conceptualization, differentiating Authentic Leadership between its psychological and philosophical components, this research presents a new theoretical model of Authentic Leadership. A 4-factor model was developed and empirically tested using a classic psychometric approach, (Nunnally, 1978; Kline, 1979), and a 360° feedback design, as leaders have been shown to over-estimate their self-reported scores compared to subordinate and peer feedback ratings, (Atkins & Wood, 2002). Critically, the model was developed and tested using real leaders rather than students, who are generally more accessible to researchers, (Lagan, 2007). It is hypothesized that the resulting model and statistical data may therefore have greater validity and applied relevance than other comparative research in the field completed utilizing student populations with little or no, real-world leadership experience. Three UK leadership populations were employed: two business leader samples and, for the validation study, senior serving Royal Air Force officers. A 3-factor model emerged which both simplifies and unifies previous theoretical conceptualisations of Authentic Leadership. Whilst not a direct part of the research study, the author suggests that potentially, all modern leadership failures may be traced back to a deficiency in any one of these 3 ‘Pillars’ of Authentic Leadership: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation or Ethics. Implications for Authentic Leadership Development are identified and some suggestions for future research into the field made.
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Alharthi, Fahad Ahmed A. "New inorganic nanomaterials for low-voltage transistor applications." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16517.
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This research aims to synthesise and characterise solution-processable high-k dielectric nanorods, which are potentially suitable for use as the dielectric layer in low-voltage Organic Field-Effect Transistor (OFET) applications. Oleic acid-stabilised titanium dioxide nanorods (TiO2-OA), metal-doped anatase titanium oxide (TiO2-OA-M; M=Nb, In, or Nb/In) nanorods, rutile titanium oxide nanorods (TiO2) and barium titanium oxide nanorods (BaTiO3) have been prepared and investigated. Solution processable oleic acid-stabilised titanium dioxide nanorods (TiO2-OA) have been prepared by hydrolysis of titanium (IV) tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) with oleic acid (OA) as surfactant in the presence of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). Furthermore, a series of ligand exchange reactions were carried out to replace the oleic acid bonded on the surface of TiO2-OA with diethyl 2-phenylethyl phosphonate (DEPPNA), octadecylphosphonic acid (ODPA) or octylphosphonic acid (OPA). The ligand exchange rate was characterised by a combination of 31P liquid NMR, ICP, CHN, and FT-IR. The solubility of the ligand-exchanged products in chlorobenzene was also investigated. A novel method based on the co-hydrolysis of titanium (IV) tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) and niobium or/and indium isopropoxide or ethoxide has been investigated to prepare solution-processable, oleic acid- stabilised, niobium- and indium-doped, anatase TiO2 nanorods (TiO2-OA-M; M = Nb, In or Nb/In). The effect of niobium and indium precursors, the molar ratio of Nb or In precursors/TTIP and reaction time on the composition, structure and morphology of the Nb or In doped TiO2 products have been investigated by a combination of XPS, XRD, ICP, CHN, FT-IR and TEM. Furthermore, a series of ligand exchange reactions were carried out to replace the oleic acid, which is bonded on the surface of TiO2-OA-M, with diethyl 2-phenylethyl phosphonate (DEPPNA) or octadecylphosphonic acid (ODPA). The solubility of the products in chlorobenzene was also investigated. Rutile titanium dioxide nanorods with different sizes were prepared by three different approaches. In the first approach,hair-like rutile nanorods TiO2 were prepared by simple hydrolysis of a TiOCl2 solution at low temperature (50, 70 and 90 °C). In the second approach, rutile nanorods TiO2 with a length of 150-200 nm and a width of 25-40 nm were prepared by using a hydrothermal treatment of TiOCl2 at 220 °C. In the third approach, rutile nanorods TiO2 with length of 80 nm and diameter of 20 nm were prepared by using an hydrothermal reaction of TiOCl2 in the presence of 3-hydroxytyramine hydrogen chloride, [(HO)2C6H3CH2CH2NH2·HCl] at 150°C. In order to improve the solubility of the obtained rutile titanium dioxide nanorods in organic solvents, different surface-modification methods have been investigated to coat the surface of the rutile titanium dioxide nanorods with various organic ligands. In the first method, a modification of the TiO2 nanorods with oleic acid (OA) in chlorobenzene was investigated. In the second method, a two-stage treatment of TiO2 nanorods in an acidic medium was studied, using a selection of oleic acid (OA), diethyl 2-phenylethyl phosphonate (DEPPNA), octylphosphonic acid (OPA) and decylphosphonic acid (ODPA) as ligands. In the third method, wet TiO2 nanorods before dry was directly modified with a range of oleic acid and amines, e.g., octylamine, dodecylamine and hexadecylamine, as ligands. All the products were characterized by a combination of XRD, ICP, CHN, FT-IR and TEM. The preparation of barium titanium oxide nanorods (BaTiO3) has been investigated by different approaches. In the first approach, a hydrothermal reaction was carried out to convert the titanium dioxide nanorods prepared in the first and third parts in this research into BaTiO3 nanorods. The effect of the molar ratio of Ba/Ti, the reaction pH, reaction time and temperature on the composition, structure and morphology of the products were fully investigated. In the second approach, a hydrothermal reaction using a single source Ba/Ti precursor, i.e., barium titanium ethylhexano-isoproxide BaTi(O2CC7H15)(OC3H7)5, was carried out to prepare barium titanium oxide nanorods. In the third approach, barium titanium oxide nanorods were prepared by using a hydrothermal reaction between barium chloride (BaCl2) and titanium oxy chloride (TiOCl2) in the presence of ethylene glycol as surfactant. All the products have been characterised by a combination of XRD, ICP, CHN, FT-IR and TEM.
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Chakravarty, Rupak, and Sukhwinder Singh. "E-Resources for Indian Universities: New Initiatives." Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105998.
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Academic Libraries in India are facing the problem of shrinking/static budgets and simultaneous exponential rise in journal prices. The need of the hour is to find a pragmatic solution to this problem. Something substantial has to be done in order to facilitate access to scholarly resources to research scholars and faculties. UGC-INFONET and INDEST- Consortium are two major initiatives that have come to the rescue of academic libraries so that they can cater to the needs of academia depending upon them. These revolutionary steps are providing scholarly resources including peer reviewed journals, databases, abstracts, proceedings, etc. These efforts will definitely boost the higher education system in our country.
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Sullalti, Simone <1983>. "New eco-friendly polyesters from renewable resources." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4627/.
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Nowadays the development of sustainable polymers, with convenient properties to substitute the traditional petroleum-based materials, is one of the major issues for material science. The utilization of renewable resources as feedstock for biopolyesters is a challenging target.The research work described in the present thesis is strictly connected to these urgent necessities and is focused mainly in finding new biopolymers, in particular biopolyesters, which are obtainable from biomass and characterized by a wide range of properties, in order to potentially substitute polyolefins and aromatic polyesters (for example, poly(ethylene terephthalate))
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Valík, Lukáš. "Finanční analýza společnosti New World Resources Plc." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-192104.
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This diploma thesis titled "Financial analysis of the company New World Resources Plc" is structured into three main parts. The first chapter lays down the theoretical framework of the financial analysis including the definitions of the fundamental terms, introduces the main groups of users and presents mostly applied tools. The second part aims to present relevant information about the NWR group, i.e. among others the major shareholders and controlled subsidiaries. Moreover, the substantial part of the chapter dedicates to the market development and recent news and problems related to the company. The key third part, in the help of the tools of the financial analysis, intends to interpret the causes and reasons of the development of the corporate finance of the company. The objective of the final chapter is to determine the extent of the financial health of the enterprise as well as potential risks of its future outlook.
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Matheis, Michael Roy. "Mining Booms and Busts: New Evidence on the Consequences of Mining in the U.S." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556593.
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The extraction of natural resources can lead to higher incomes and standards of living for local areas, but resource exploitation, a lack of broad economic development, and an excess amount of environmental pollution can come with this activity. This dissertation analyzes the short and long run economic, public health, and demographic consequences of economic development via natural resources. It expands upon the current non-renewable resource extraction, "resource curse," and local community health literatures by using county data for the entire U.S. spanning over a century, capturing both short and long run impacts over various time periods, on net-migration, mortality, natality, local economic activity, and environmental impacts. What drove coal production in the U.S. during the twentieth century? How effective were the operators at predicting and responding to changes in price? Did coal mining industries provide broad economic benefits to local communities in non-mining sectors? Did the impacts differ over time? Has natural resource extraction activity caused mortality in the area to increase? To answer these questions I collected, compiled, and digitized a long run panel database of county level mining activity, mortality, natality, and pollution spanning the entire U.S. The dissertation identifies the short and long run net effects of natural resource extraction activity with time-varying measures, and an IV approach that isolates changes in local mining activity independent of local conditions and outcomes. The dissertation shows that coal producers responded to variation in prices, and were aware and responded to past price behavior. Chapter 3 shows increased levels of coal production had positive net impacts on county population and manufacturing employment over an initial ten year span, then became negative over the subsequent decade. This provides evidence that the existence of a "resource curse" on local manufacturing is a long run phenomena. Chapter 4 shows that extraction activity increased infant and total mortality, had no impact on contemporaneous total cancer mortality, and may be driven by areas where coal mining was historically prevalent. Past and present mining activity is strongly related to local pollution, supporting the idea that increasing local environmental pollution increases mortality.
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Gustas, Tadas, and Caroline Blixt. "Breaking the Barriers of Internationalization through Marketing : An exploratory study of INVs' marketing approach." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298790.
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This thesis explores how the resources of marketing capabilities, business networks, and financial resources, influence the marketing approach of international new ventures. Building on the resource based view, the market entry of firms and how they compete is analyzed by exploring the resources and capabilities of INVs. By using a qualitative research method, this thesis identifies the three resources of marketing capabilities, business networks, and financial resources to be highly influential for INVs’ marketing approach. Also there has been shown to be a synergetic effect between the resources, and that the cross-industrial and cross-business type sampling did not entail any divergences, but rather similar patterns. Four main findings can be identified as a result of our analysis. First, market knowledge prior to internationalization is shown to be key. Second, the creation of trust through transparency in business networks spark business network opportunities and long-term relationships. Third, utilizing technological tools for marketing endeavors becomes highly efficient. Fourth, tackling financial limitations through the implementation of a low-cost strategy is shown to be essential. The findings of this research has great potential of contributing to managerial practice when working with marketing aspirations, as well as being a starting point for future research in the field of INVs and the resource based view theory. The study has limitations in regards to the scope of the research.
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Clayton, John. "Interaction with rule-bound systems : introducing a new 'ideal type' problem context." Thesis, University of Hull, 2004. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:7953.
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This PhD thesis introduces a new ideal-type problem context of rule-bound systems. The thesis has been generated through a belief in the ability of metaphor to make the abstract visible, its capacity to make the unfamiliar familiar, and its effectiveness as a legitimate means of generating insight and organizing knowledge. Metaphorical description remains an integral part of this thesis from beginning to end. It shows how the new context of rule-bound systems provides closure of the ideal problem context grid along the participants access. Following the ideas that created the basis for this closure, insight into a new role for systems practitioners is provided and the ideal problem context grid developed to form of a Torus. Part 1 outlines the theoretical foundations and other inspirations that underpin the thesis. Grounded on a wider definition of rules, including rules in both a formal and informal sense, multiple ways of viewing rules are highlighted. The characteristics of rule-bound systems are identified, drawing comparisons with other 'ideal-types'. Suggestions are also drawn out as to how change might be affected in a rule-bound context. Part II of this thesis is an account of a real world intervention informed by Critical Systems Thinking, carried out under the auspices of Participatory Action Research. A number of systems research methods and concepts were employed to investigate the participation of students in policy making in two contrasting senior schools in the North of England - organizations believed to present many of the characteristics of the rule-bound system. The approach used was one mixing methods, specifically, the creation of a symbiotic relationship between Soft Systems Methodology and Critical Systems Heuristics. Part III describes the process of reflection undertaken and the conclusion to the thesis.
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Pretel-Wilson, Manuel. "Towards a new foundation for systems practice : grounding multi-method systemic interventions." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16078.
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My purpose with this PhD has been to provide a new foundation for systems practice in order to ground multi-method systemic interventions. The field of Critical System Thinking (CST), which was established to provide this grounding, finds itself immersed in a crisis called the “paradigm problem”. This has come about because it has sought to integrate different Western epistemologies in order to ground methodological pluralism. In particular, CST has uncritically assumed parallel worlds that speak different languages in its attempt to integrate different systems approaches informed by Western epistemologies that are not ontology-free. Hence, system practice is in need of a new ground to justify the use of different systems methodologies that avoids both a fractured universe and atheoretical pragmatism. I advance a ‘world-hypothesis’, which is essentially a world-image to explain reality. I have pursued a fascinating journey into systems philosophy and systems science to see the universe with new eyes. The result is a new world image called the One World of causally interdependent systems that competes both with the Common World of linguistic meanings constituted by society through language and with the Natural World of extended objects made of interacting parts. The One World hypothesis questions the authenticity of currently prevailing world-images and points to the possibility of a new age for systems thinking. However, controversially for systems scientists, the implication is that they need to give up on both the part-whole and the holarchy concepts. Importantly, if the One World hypothesis is to provide new grounds for systems practice and methodological pluralism, the picture of the universe has to be completed with an understanding of how conscious systems operate. Thus, I provide a scientific hypothesis and I postulate education as a future systems methodology to inform systemic interventions in conscious systems. I also encourage systems scientists and systems practitioners to work together to flesh out a multi-method skeleton to organize the field of systems practice. Finally, I propose the next phase of my own research, which will be to develop an educational systems methodology to improve conscious systems.
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Ward, Diane Elizabeth. "Clear lamps and dim stars : new perspectives on the work of Ivor Gurney." Thesis, University of Hull, 1994. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3481.
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Anderton, Philip. "A new framework for the professional development and performance management of probationary constables." Thesis, University of Hull, 2011. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5401.
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Policing, the enforcement of law and the keeping of order within society, is continually and increasingly under the public microscope. There are many varied and conflicting work doctrines, the control of which is partly directed by the chief officers that lead the police forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For the police service, the assessment of the work that is carried out has to be justified before an increasingly large and critical audience. Within England and Wales, a relatively recent change in Government has itself led to a change of focus on policing issues and political examination from hitherto unknown quarters. Whilst policing in an environment of change and increasing political influence, individual police forces and their members are being increasingly held to account, not only for their performance but their actions leading to that performance. This research examines the problematic nature of measuring and developing performance within a police service that not only expects, but demands personal development and individual growth in an occupation seeking to become revered as a profession. The performance of the individual during the two year probation period is closely examined and has been re-designed within this research. It is suggested that during this period the focus of any police officer should be on the needs of the individual within a relevant policing context, not on the performance requirements of the policing environment that officer serves. The concepts of competency, competence, behaviour, skills and performance related tasks are all closely scrutinised and reviewed with a focal aim of increasing the effectiveness of police assessment. The links between these standard setting processes and performance assessment are examined. This will also assist the service members to become proclaimed as the professional police officers they seek to be. This work has remained iterative and qualitative throughout the research. Members of all police forces have been consulted and data is drawn from them all. Within national policing, each of the recommendations that have stemmed from the research have been tested and found to be agreeable. This agreement was drawn from members of the federated ranks (those lower and perhaps more pragmatic in the organisation), members of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), and the leaders and members of the strategic boards of the organisations concerned. It is recognised that for some, the recommendations are too progressive and could be viewed as 'revolutionary' and a step too far. The findings that emerge from this research involve at a strategic level recommending an additional role for the HMIC (Training) as a clearing house for police training research functions, the analysis of the role of the forthcoming police National Training Organisation. At a tactical level the research outlines a three dimensional model of police assessment to be used within any emerging police assessment/competency framework models as well as outlining how appraisals should embrace the advantages of including European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) processes within the structure of police officer assessment. This research recognises the link between organisational competence and the competence of individual employees and make these explicit within the overall umbrella of 'performance management'.
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Gasiorowski, Laura. "THE ROLE OF KEY RESOURCE PROVIDERS IN NEW VENTURE RESOURCE ACQUISITION." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/516028.
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Business Administration/Strategic ManagementD.B.A.
This dissertation consists of three essays examining how new ventures acquire knowledge and how the acquisition of knowledge influences new venture outcomes. In Essay 1, I focus on how network connections affect entrepreneur’s knowledge of the value of their idea and their decision to quit or persist. In Essay 2, I focus on knowledge diversity between the founding team and their peers, and how the interaction of knowledge affects quitting, acquisitions, and funding. In Essay 3, I focus on how a venture’s need for external knowledge and experience change over time as the venture develops. The first essay focuses on how entrepreneurs’ networks may affect their assessment of their venture’s potential and their decision to quit. I examine founder networks in entrepreneurial accelerator cohorts, and find that central ventures whose founding teams have greater access to information are more likely to quit. Consistent with my predictions, the results suggest that better access to information helps reduce uncertainties regarding the expected future returns of the venture. Similar to Lerner and Malmendier (2013), my findings suggest that with more information, founding teams revise expected future returns to a lower level than previously estimated, and this increases the likelihood that the venture will cease operations. I also find that the effect of network information on quitting is weakened by other internal and external sources of information. Specifically, the usefulness of information from networks and the likelihood of quitting diminishes when the entrepreneurs have prior founding experience and when the venture receives more external attention. Overall, this study sheds light on competing sources of information for new ventures and its implications for important firm outcomes. The second essay investigates how access to specific types of knowledge affects both new venture learning and competition, which influences the outcome trajectory of the venture. I find that the relative similarity between the founding team’s prior knowledge and the distribution of knowledge in the broader cohort influences venture outcomes. I find that startup teams with a high share of technical backgrounds in cohorts with a high share of founders with technical backgrounds are more likely to exit via quitting or acquisition, while technical teams in a cohort with a high share of entrepreneurial experience are also more likely to get VC funding. Similarly, startup teams with a high share of business backgrounds in a cohort with a high share of founders with business backgrounds are less likely to get VC funding, while the same team in a technical cohort is more likely to get VC funding. Overall, I highlight the significance of different types of knowledge – on the part of the founding teams and their peers—in shaping the ability of startups to navigate critical decisions regarding exit and financing. The third essay explores the type of expertise and connections founders bring in through the appointment of early directors and how this evolves over time. I argue that as new ventures face pressures to rapidly learn and evolve, it must be the case that they seek out different types of expertise along the way. But we have no systematic evidence of who they seek out, when they seek them, and the mechanisms through which this occurs. Using data on the human and social capital of board members in 1,200 new ventures in the Computer Software industry, I develop several stylized findings. I find several systematic patterns in the experience and connections of directors appointed over time as ventures move through different stages of development.
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Matos, Cátia. "Movement of pond-breeding amphibians in fragmented landscapes : responses of great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) to road mitigation." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16552.
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With the increase of transportation system in the world, roads facilitate opportunities for human social and economic development. Roads are also the primary cause of multiple and diverse negative ecological effects. Habitat and wildlife populations are directly disturbed as roads contribute to habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and reduction of the quality of surrounding habitats. Barrier effects and traffic mortality are amongst the principal factors impacting species that need to move among important habitats to complete their life cycle leading to fragmentation, isolation and local population extinctions. Pond-breeding amphibians can be particularly impacted in this way, with mortality rates of 60-90% imposed by roads in some circumstances. Road mitigation measures, such as tunnels and associated fences, are implemented to manage this problem and restore connectivity at the landscape level in order to sustain migration and dispersal movements for amphibians and maintain metapopulation dynamics over the long-term. In the UK, the demand for the implementation of these mitigation infrastructures has increased in the past decade as urban development reached a detrimental point for the European Protected Species, Triturus cristatus, the Great Crested Newt. Road mitigation measures for newt species are notoriously difficult to implement efficiently due to the behavioural characteristics of this group and the poor understanding of how it influences road mitigation effectiveness. Their ability to climb vertical surfaces, the poor capacity for crossing large distances over land and general avoidance of small, narrow structures such as tunnels are some examples of responses that may influence how planning and design of mitigation can support and facilitate patterns of movements for the species. There is no clear understanding of how these responses and patterns influence successful crossings and dispersal in the long-term in the UK or the rest of Europe. Therefore, it is challenging to predict mitigation long term effectiveness, provide evidence-based guidance to developers despite their substantial costs and potentially crucial importance for maintaining connectivity and dispersal for this European protected species. The main aim of this study was to evaluate T. cristatus movement patterns in areas impacted by roads and at which road mitigation measures had been deployed in order to develop evidence-based improvements for the strategic planning and design of dispersal corridors for future mitigation. From a pitfall data monitoring scheme, I investigated the species’ behavioural traits at a road mitigation site to understand spatial and temporal patterns of movement. Also, I calculated regional connectivity indexes in a sub-urban area to understand the importance of spatial scale for movement when collecting species presence and absence data from local ponds. I measured short-term behavioural responses to a road mitigation system during two diferent seasons using non-invasive marking techiniques. And finally, I relate how local climatic factors affect successful crossings in tunnels and overall use of a mitigation system using standard monitoring data from previous chapter pitfall data. These results showed seasonality and yearly movements having an important role in calculating successful use of mitigation and directionality of movement. Newts’ movements were higher in the course of autumn dispersal than at other times of year, and movement between patches varied greatly among years. Fences operated as a barrier to dispersing newts, potentially preventing road mortality but also reducing dispersal. Landscape analysis showed how annual home-range position and size affects connectivity at regional level for newts when considering roads as barriers. Predicted dispersal patches increased with landscape permeability, which was associated with road type; minor roads were more permeable. Behaviour analysis towards responses in a road mitigation system showed distance of short-term movements changing significantly around the fences. These responses were independent of newts’ age. And finally, local weather patterns influenced newts’ successful crossings among years. These results showed the multi-scalar perspective of responses of T. cristatus to road mitigation systems and indicate the need to include consideration of multiple spatial and temporal scales when predicting the consequences of road construction and mitigation on T. cristatus metapopulation dynamics and hence conservation status. Identification of patterns of responses according to individual circumstance (age, sex) and climatic conditions facilitated calculation of potential landscape connectivity at distinctive spatial and temporal scales, and could inform improved advice for system design. Clear definitions of mitigation effectiveness have been repeatedly called for, but rarely offered. Here we have shown how spatial and temporal scales of newt responses need to be incorporated into these definitions, but also how variable they can be. Consequently, during and following road mitigation we recommend that newt responses should be monitored at these multiple scales to inform an adaptive approach to T. cristatus conservation when they are threatened by roads. The ultimate goal would be to include response patterns, scales and variability in a new iterative and innovative management tool that enables estimation of mitigation effectiveness for T. cristatus landscape connectivity over the short- to long-term.
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Feldges, Thomas Karl. "Cognitive science and phenomenology : Varela's 'new science of consciousness' at the system-theoretical crossroads." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:14801.
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Saltford, John Francis. "UNTEA and UNRWI : United Nations involvement in West New Guinea during the 1960's." Thesis, University of Hull, 2000. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16428.
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This thesis examines the role played by the United Nations in the implementation of the August 1962 New York Agreement. The Agreement ended a thirteen year dispute between the Netherlands and Indonesia concerning the future of West New Guinea and its Papuan inhabitants (or Irianese as they were known by Indonesia). Under the terms of the Agreement, the territory's administration was transferred to a temporary UN authority (UNTEA) which remained from 1 October 1962 until 1 May 1963. Following this, control of West New Guinea was handed over to Indonesia which renamed it West Irian (later Irian Jaya, now Papua). In 1968, a small UN team returned, led by Fernando Ortiz Sanz, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for West Irian (UNRWI). The team's responsibility was to "advise, assist and participate" in Indonesian preparations for an act of Papuan self-determination planned for 1969. This 'Act of Free Choice' (or Pepera as it was known by Indonesia), and the UN's involvement, were central to the Agreement and its fulfillment. Following the Introduction and a short chapter on the background to the dispute, chapters two to four look at the UNTEA administration. Chapter five examines briefly the first years of Indonesian rule in West Irian between 1963 and 1967. The arrival of the UN team in 1968 and Ortiz Sanz's first two tours of the territory are discussed in Chapters Six and Seven. Preparations for the Act in 1969, including the selection of the 1022 Papuan representatives who took part in it, are examined in Chapters Eight and Nine. Chapter Ten looks at the conduct of the Act itself and international reaction culminating in the UNGA vote of November 1969. The thesis ends with a conclusion in Chapter Eleven.
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Al-Khafaji, Yahya. "New pre-catalysts for ring opening of lactides/lactones based on earth abundant metals." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:14780.
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In this study, a number of Nb, Ta, Mo, V, Al, Li and Zn complexes have been synthesised and fully characterised. The catalytic behavior of these pre-catalysts towards the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of the cyclic esters is discussed. Chapter 1 Presents an introduction to the history of polymers (from polyethylene to biodegradable polymers from cyclic esters), early discovery, mechanism of ring opening polymerisation and the use of vanadium, niobium, tantalum and molybdenum, aluiminium, lithium and zinc complexes as polymerization catalysts. Chpter 2 This chapter discussed results when the pre-ligands α,α,α’,α’-tetra(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl-p-)xylene-para-tetraphenol(p-L¹H₄) and α,α,α’,α’tetra (3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl-m-)xylene-meta-tetraphenol (m-L²H₄) are reacted with a number of niobium and tantalum precursors such as [NbCl₅], [TaCl₅] or [Nb(O)Cl₃(NCMe)₂]. The resulting products {[NbCl₃(NCMe)]₂(μ-p-L¹)}·6MeCN (1·6MeCN), {[NbCl₂(OEt)(NCMe)]₂(μ-p-L¹)}·3½MeCN·0.614 toluene (2·3½MeCN·0.614 toluene), {[TaCl₂(OEt)(NCMe)]₂(μ-p-L¹)}.5MeCN (3·5MeCN), {[Nb(NCMe)Cl(m-L²H₂)₂]}·3½MeCN(4·3½MeCN) and {[Nb(NCMe)Cl(m-L²H₂)₂]}·5MeCN (4·5MeCN) were structurally characterized. Complexes 1–4 were screened as pre-catalysts for the ROP of ε-caprolactone, both with and without benzyl alcohol or solvent present, and at various temperatures. Chapter 3 In this chapter, the reaction of the bulky bi-phenols 2,2′-RCH[4,6-(t-Bu)₂C₆H₂OH]₂ (R = Me L³MeH₂, Ph L⁴PhH₂) with the bis(imido) molybdenum(VI) tert-butoxides [Mo(NR¹)(NR²)(Ot-Bu)₂] (R¹ = R² = 2,6-C₆H₃-i-Pr2; R¹ = t-Bu, R² = C₆F₅) has been studied. The complexes [Mo(NC₆H₃i-Pr₂-2,6)2L3Me] (5), [Mo(NC₆H₃i-Pr₂-2,6)2L⁴Ph] (6) and [Mo(Nt-Bu)(μ-NC₆F₅)(L³Me)]₂ (7) were isolated. Similar use of the tri-phenol 2,6-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-4-methylphenol (L⁵H₃) with [Mo(NC₆H₃i-Pr₂-2,6)₂(Ot-Bu)₂] afforded the oxo-bridged product [Mo(NC6H₃i-Pr₂-2,6)(NCMe)(μ-O)L5H]₂ (8), whilst use of the tetra-phenols L¹pH₄/L²mH₄ led to {[Mo(NC₆H₃i-Pr₂-2,6)₂]₂(μ-L¹p)} (9) or {[Mo(NC₆H₃i-Pr₂-2,6)₂]₂(μ-L²m)}(10), respectively. Similar use of [Mo(NC₆F5)2(Ot-Bu)₂] with L¹pH₄ afforded {[Mo(NC₆F₅)(Ot-Bu)₂]₂(μ-L¹p)}·6MeCN (11·6MeCN). The molecular structures of 5, 6·CH₂Cl₂, 7, 8·6MeCN, 10·2C₆H14, and 11·6MeCN are reported. These complexes have been screened for their ability to act as catalysts for the ROP of ε-caprolactone; for comparative studies the complex [Mo(NC₆H₃i-Pr₂ 2,6)₂Cl₂(DME) (12) has also been screened. Chpter 4 This chapter focuses on the use of the vanadyl complexes. The new complexes [VO(Ot-Bu)L³] (13), {[VO(Oi-Pr)]₂(µ-p-L¹p)} (14) {[VO(OR)]₂(µ-p-L²m)} (R = i-Pr 15, t-Bu 16 have been prepared from [VO(OR)₃] (R = n-Pr, i-Pr or t-Bu) and the respective phenol, namely 2,2/-ethylidenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol) (L³H₂) or Lp/mH4. For comparative studies, the known complexes [VO(µ-On-Pr)L³]₂ (18), [VOL⁶]₂ (19) (L6H₃ 2,6-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-4-tert-butylphenol) were prepared. An imido complex {[VCl(Np-tolyl)(NCMe)]₂(μ-p-L¹p)} (17) has also been prepared. The molecular structures of complexes 13 – 19 are reported, and these complexes 13 – 19 have been screened for their ability to ring open polymerise ε-caprolactone, L-lactide or rac-lactide with and without solvent present. The co-polymerization of ε-caprolactone with L-lactide or rac-lactide was also studied. Chapter 5 describes the reaction of R¹R²CHN=CH(3,5-t-Bu₂C₆H₂-OH-2) (R¹ = R² = Me L⁷H; R¹ = Me, R² = Ph L⁸H; R¹ = R² = Ph L⁹H) with slightly greater than one equivalent of R³₃Al (R³ = Me, Et), which afforded the complexes [(L⁷⁻⁹)AlR³₂] (L⁷, R³ = Me 20, R³ = Et 21; L⁸, R³ = Me 22, R³ = Et 23; L³, R³ = Me 24, R³ = Et 25); complex 20 has been previously reported. Use of the N,O-ligand derived from 2,2/-diphenylglycine afforded either 24 or an amine by-product [Ph₂NCH₂(3,5-t-Bu₂C₆H₂-O-2)AlMe₂] (26). The known Schiff base complex [2-Ph₂PC₆H4CH₂(3,5-t-Bu₂C₆H₂-O-2)AlMe₂] (27) and the product of the reaction of 2-diphenylphosphinoaniline 1-NH₂,2-PPh₂C₆H₄ with Me₃Al, namely {Ph₂PC₆H₄N[(Me₂Al)₂µ-Me](µ-Me₂Al)} (28) were also isolated. For structural and catalytic comparisons, complexes resulting from interaction of Me₃Al with diphenylamine or benzhydrylamine, namely {Ph₂N[(Me₂Al)₂-Me]} (29) and [Ph₂CHNH(µ-Me₂Al)]₂·MeCN (30), were prepared. The molecular structures of the Schiff pro-ligands derived from Ph₂CHNH₂ and 2,2/-Ph₂C(CO₂H)(NH₂), together with complexes 24, 26 and 28 - 30·MeCN were determined. All complexes were screened for their ability to ROP ε-caprolactone, δ-valerolactone or rac-lactide, in the presence of benzyl alcohol, with or without solvent present. Chapter 6 describes the reaction of lithium alkoxides LiOR (R = t-Bu, Ph) with the acids 2,2/-Ph₂C(X)(CO₂H), where X = OH, NH₂, i.e. benzilic acid (2,2/-diphenylglycolic acid, benzH) or 2,2/-diphenylglycine (dpgH). In the case of benzH, reaction with one equivalent of LiOt-Bu in THF afforded the complex [Li(benz)(THF)]₂·2THF (31·2THF), which adopts a 1D chain structure. If acetonitrile is employed in the work-up under mild conditions, another solvate of 31 is isolated; use of LiOPh also lead to 31. Use of more robust work-up conditions afforded the complex [Li7(benz)7(MeCN)] (32·2MeCN·THF). Increasing the amount of LiOt-Bu (2 equivalents) led to the isolation of the complex {Li8(Ot-Bu)₂[(benz)](OCPh₂CO₂-CPh₂CO₂t-Bu)₂(THF)₄} (33). In the case of dpgH, use of two equivalents of LiOt-Bu in THF afforded [Li₆(Ot-Bu)₂(dpg)₂(THF)₂] (34), which contains an Li₂O₂ 6-step ladder. Similar reaction of lithium phenoxide with dpg afforded the complex [Li8(PhO)₄(dpg)₄(MeCN)₄] (35). The molecular structures of complexes 31 - 35 are reported; all were screened for their potential to act as pre-catalysts for ROP of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL), rac-lactide (r-LA) and δ-valerolactone (δ-VL). Chapter 7 describes the reaction of the dialkylzinc reagents R2Zn with the acids 2,2-Ph₂C(X)(CO₂H), where X = NH₂, OH, ie 2,2/-diphenylglycine (dpgH) or benzilic acid (benzH₂). With dpgH, the tetra-nuclear ring complexes [RZn(dpg)]₄, where R = Me (36), Et (37), 2-CF₃C₆H₄ (38), 2,4,6-F₃C₆H₂ (39) were isolated; complex 37 has been previously reported. The crystal structures of 36·2MeCN, 37 and 38·4(C7H8) ·1.59(H₂O) are reported, along with that of the intermediate compound (2-CF₃C₆H₄)₃B·MeCN and the known compound [ZnCl₂(NCMe)₂]. Complexes 36– 39, together with the known [(ZnEt)₃(ZnL)₃(benz)₃] (40; L = MeCN), have been screened, in the presence and absence of benzyl alcohol, for their potential to act as catalysts for the ROP of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL), δ-valerolactone (δ-VL) and rac-lactide (rac-LA); the co-polymerization of ε-CL with rac-LA was also studied. Chapter 8 This chapter presents the experimental section. Chapter 9 Appendix.
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Serafinelli, Elisa. "New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12403.
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This research intends to show how visuality, through the mobility of Instagram (a social media platform designed for photo sharing), is modifying individuals’ perception of the world and their mediated lives. It examines how Instagram transforms individuals’ perception of interpersonal relationships, marketing, privacy and surveillance, identity and memory, and communication. It attempts a critical re-reading of the combined interrelations between the concept of mobility (smart mobile devices) and the thematic areas mentioned above. Conducting an empirical examination, it delineates the changing dynamics that digitality determines within the contemporary experience of visual communication. In order to understand visual practices it is important to consider how relationships develop among individuals, visual technologies, practices and images, society and culture (Pink, 2007: 35). A qualitative research method informed by netnography, computer-mediated interviews and visual analysis (Rose, 2007) is employed in this study. Findings show that the ubiquitous use of smart mobile devices guides us towards the development of new forms and conceptions of mobile mediated visualities. The critical analysis of the (embedded) multiple-case study presents the innovative transformations that the mediation and mobility of Instagram bring into everyday relations between human-technologies. Findings show that now that daily life is experienced as a succession of photo opportunities that allow the creation of social networks but do not replace physical relationships. Images figure as a fair means of communication although they cannot fulfil verbal ones. However, the connections that images establish become a valuable part of new social media marketing strategies. With the widespread use of the platform, companies start to monitor users and influence their online behaviour without causing concern in relation to privacy and surveillance issues. The protection of personal information instead is related to the visibility that the contents of images acquire within the virality of the Internet. Within this, the voyeuristic spirit that animates the platform affects individuals’ interest in disclosing self-identity through visual metaphors. The disclosure of visual narrations of the self, at the same time, models the sharing of new networked archives of personal and collective memories. The ephemerality of digital culture is embraced by smart mobile technologies considering the importance that individuals give to the act of producing multimedia contents more than the content itself. Smart mobile devices represent the element of mediation in social instances and they strongly represent the foundation of a new mobile visualities aesthetic. Societies produce peculiar forms of expression and communication that are shaped by the co-presence of individual demands and the current typology of means of communication. Every alteration in the structure of societies has influence on individuals and on means of expression. This thesis shows that in contemporary life visualities have crucial functions in different environments such as business, leisure, and surveillance. Lastly, the triangulation of mediation-mobility-visuality produces a snapshot aesthetic, which radically transforms traditional functions of photography.
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Konderla, Michal. "Ocenění společnosti NEW WORLD Resoursces N.V." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10624.
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The goal of the thesis is to find out the value of the company New World Resources N. V. to date 31st of December 2008. In the beginning of the thesis is itroduced company profile, then is this thesis divided into four parts. In the introduction of each part are shortly characterized essential theoretical aspects, which are then used in practical application. The result of strategic analysis is prediction of sales. In the financial analysis there is interpreted financial health of the society. In the third part are estimated generators of values and then is arranged the financial plan, which is basis for the final valuation. Market value of the company is determinated by income approach, especially by the method of DCF Entity. This thesis includes also methods of market comparison.
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Yao, Huaming. "New control concepts for uncertain water resources systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/20239.
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Lewis, Lydia E. Barnwell. "New Testament models and resources for enduring adversity." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0263.
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Mousa, Fariss-Terry. "When do slack resources impact new venture success?" Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2009/F_Mousa_042309.pdf.
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Brink, Paul William. "Resources for church planters in urban Latin America." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Issa, Hesham K. "New insights into Bedouin culture : a study of three Bedouin descent groups in Northeast Egypt." Thesis, University of Hull, 2005. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5618.
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The ethnographic study on which this thesis is based was carried on from September 2002 through August 2003 among three Bedouin descent groups in northeast Egypt and Sinai. Through a cognitive anthropological approach, reflexivity and hermeneutics, and the adoption of participant observation techniques, this thesis is a study of the culture of the Egyptian Bedouin. It aims at providing a better understanding and appreciation of the Bedouin and their culture. It confronts many negative stereotypes and misrepresentations about Bedouin culture and lifestyle. Also concerned with a critical epistemology, this thesis could be considered a statement advocating the cultural rights of the Bedouin. In general, this thesis celebrates the Bedouin organisation and utilisation of their distinctive culture. In the process of the study, various Bedouin cultural models and schemas are examined and analysed. Examples and comparisons with other cultures are provided wherever possible. The Bedouin construct their own cultural models as a means of negotiating their natural and socio-political environments. They make continuous adjustments in response to the demands of the surrounding natural environment and the socio-political conditions. The Bedouin show a remarkable ability to change and adapt. They can invoke multiple identities and change their model of behaviour according to various contexts. Adaptability becomes very important in the economic sphere. Despite many similarities between different Bedouin groups, each Bedouin group has its own 'local' or 'specific' cultural models, which make Bedouin culture highly diversified. The study reveals that the stereotypical images of Bedouin as drug smugglers and being 'ignorant' about matters of religion are erroneous. The Aiaida Sufi Bedouin, in particular, demonstrate moral values and Islamic beliefs based on piety and love. Their teachings and wisdom propagate understanding, respect and tolerance of 'others'; such values are highly required for bringing different cultures together. The findings of this study are related to many issues currently discussed worldwide such as modernity and change, Islam and the West, human rights and gender relations. They aim at enriching the ongoing debates on these issues by presenting them from a Bedouin perspective.
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Bradshaw, Lucy Jane. "New lad or just like dad? : young working-class masculinities and career choices in Hull." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:15674.
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Ferdowsi, Lubna. "From pioneers to new millennials : a dynamics of identity among British Bangladeshi women in London." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16533.
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This dissertation is an ethnography about British Bangladeshi women of different age groups who live in London. In this study I explore the identity dynamics of these women. I do this through an intersectional approach, focussing on age, generation, socio-economic status, and time of migration. I argue that the term 'generation', which has been used in existing literature on diaspora and migration, is confusing and inappropriate to address the diversity of diaspora people in relation to their intersectional and contextual differences. Hence, a significant finding is that using 'cohort' can be an appropriate way to avoid generalizing diasporan, and address diversity among them and the different contexts in which they are situated. My participants have been through distinctive experiences in their process of migration, most at different and particular stages of their life cycles, and in some cases, even women in the same age groups have had different contextual or transnational upbringing in the pre and post migration phases. Therefore, arguing that the term 'generation' is confounding, I have preferred to categorise my participants as members of particular 'cohorts' from an ethnographic perspective through intersecting their age, time of migration, and contextual upbringing. I have termed them as follows: the Pioneer Cohort, the Cooked in Britain Cohort, the British-born Cohort and the New-migrant Cohort. I argue that by playing multiple, dynamic and multifaceted roles in a diaspora and transnational space, these diverse groups of women are constantly forming and reforming their positionality. This process of forming fluid and dynamic identities in context, which I call 'contextual identity', challenges the feminization of ethnicity in a diaspora space, and provides diaspora women of different age groups with the power of speech, prominence, belonging, demonstration and self-confidence to contribute in a changing diaspora and transnational space.
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Unwin, Jennifer. "A prospective study of the role of hope in predicting adjustment in new lower limb amputees." Thesis, University of Hull, 2008. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:1608.
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The amputation of a lower limb represents a significant physical, practical and emotional challenge for the amputee, their family and services aiming to assist them. Previous research has indicated that psychosocial variables such as satisfaction with social support and active coping may be of importance in facilitating adjustment to amputation. However, studies published to date have been almost exclusively cross sectional and have framed adjustment in negative terms (e.g., the absence of depression). The current study aims to build on previous research by examining prospectively demographic, amputation-related and psychosocial variables. Adjustment is conceptualized as subjective and is positively framed. Furthermore, the role of hope, a cognitive model from the field of positive psychology, is examined for its unique contribution to adjustment over other variables. Ninety-nine lower limb amputees were recruited and completed measures of social support, active coping and hope at the beginning of rehabilitation. At six-month follow up participants completed measures of positive affect and subjective adjustment. Analyses of the data confirm the importance of psychosocial variables in predicting adjustment to lower limb amputation. Social support, active coping and hope were all significantly correlated with outcome. Hope made a unique contribution to the prediction of positive mood in lower limb amputees. Conclusions are drawn concerning the clinical implications of the findings and suggestions made for future research.
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Horikawa, Naoko. "New lives in the ancestral homeland : return migration from South America to mainland Japan and Okinawa." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5594.
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This work presents a study of identity formation in migrants of Japanese and Okinawan descent who relocate from countries of South America to mainland Japan and to the island prefecture of Okinawa, initially to seek economic advantage. The migrants, called Nikkeijin, are predominantly progeny of earlier migrants from Japan to South America. In a cross-generational sense, they are return migrants. The ethnographic study, based on field research conducted in two sites on the mainland and in Okinawa, compares Nikkeijin experience and attitudes as they interact with native Japanese. Because of their Japanese background, Nikkeijin benefit from privileged visa status; nonetheless, in Japan they are treated as foreigners, and their identity diversifies. Nikkeijin are found to construct simultaneous social fields in both the country of departure and the new environment. This situation may be recognized through the concept of transnationalism. I argue that Nikkeijin self-identity can be multiple and flexible, and does not necessarily coincide with social identity. An increasing and officially promoted diasporic consciousness among migrants of Okinawan descent would seem to produce a different ethnic response to any on the mainland and a greater potential for integration. My thesis should contribute to the understanding of identity in Nikkeijin return migration.
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Shaalan, Ahmed Said Lotfy. "Guanxi-type relationships (shabakat al-alakat) and relationship marketing : new linkages in the Egyptian SME sector." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16123.
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Establishing strong, high-quality relationships with customers can be an important element in conducting business throughout the world, particularly in complex and highly competitive markets. This study attempts to explore and examine the differences and possible linkages between two important approaches to building relationships: guanxi and relationship marketing. Guanxi-type relationships tend to work at the inter-personal level, whereas relationship marketing tends to operate at the inter-organisational level. Despite the fact that both concepts are well known individually, a dearth of critical comparison remains in academic literature, even though evidence suggests that managers can use the linkages between the approaches to improve customer recruitment and retention. More importantly, although prior research implies an association between guanxi and relationship marketing, to date, no studies have sought to link the two concepts, and therefore a unified model does not exist. Moreover, hardly any work has been done to explore guanxi-type relationships in the Arab world generally and the Egyptian context specifically, although Hutchings and Weir (2006a, 2006b) highlighted that networks, and in particular guanxi-type relationships, in the Arab world remain insufficiently researched and there is a dearth of literature exploring these. Furthermore, an informed body of knowledge, explaining guanxi-type relationships in the Arab world and comparing the networking styles of China and the Arab world, does not exist. Informed by these issues, this study attempted to address these research gaps by employing a mixed method design through two phases of research. In the first phase, twenty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with academics, experts and practitioners in the Egyptian SME sector. The aim of this phase was to explore the nature, meaning and variables of guanxi-type relationships in the Egyptian context, identify the variables of relationship marketing, and define the relationship between these two strands, and how organisations can link them and transform personal relationships into organisational relationships to retain their customers. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis and Nvivo9 software. This phase formed the foundation for the second phase, which employed a quantitative research design to collect primary data using 305 self-administered questionnaires from customers of SMEs in Egypt. The aim of the second phase was empirically to test a model that links guanxi-type relationships and relationship marketing and their association with relationship quality and customer retention. Through testing the research model, the study sought empirical evidence for building the organisational types of relationship involved in relationship marketing instead of the personal type of relationship involved in guanxi-type relationships, thereby enhancing customer retention and avoiding the problem of employees taking customers with them, when leaving the company. The data were analysed using SPSS19 and SPSS macros, employing multivariate data analysis techniques including exploratory factor analysis (EFA), multiple regression analysis, hierarchal multiple regression analysis, bootstrapping method and crosstabulation. The findings of the first phase revealed that guanxi-type relationships in Egypt stem from the principles of Islam and Christianity and have become rooted and embedded in the Egyptian culture. Moreover, the Egyptian type of social network (guanxi-type relationships in Egypt) can be called shabakat al-alakat (network of relationships). Eight characteristics of shabakat al-alakat have been determined: social, personal, intangible, transferable, contextual, emotional, of religious origin, and long-term. In addition, shabakat al-alakat is a multi-dimensional construct that can be measured through five variables affectional bonding, empathy, reciprocity, personal trust and face. Moreover, the findings of the second phase showed that shabakat al-alakat (guanxi-type relationships in Egypt), relationship investment programmes (financial and structural), relationship marketing and relationship quality have a significant positive relationship with customer retention. The results also highlighted that relationship investment programmes (financial and structural) and relationship marketing have a significant positive relationship with relationship quality. In addition, relationship quality mediates the relationship between relationship marketing and customer retention, as well as relationship investment programmes (financial and structural) and customer retention. Furthermore, the findings confirmed the interaction effect of shabakat al-alakat in the relationship between relationship marketing and customer retention. Overall, the proposed research model was validated. Three major contributions stem from this research. First, this study contributes to knowledge by establishing and providing a comprehensive framework of all aspects of the social network in Egypt (shabakat al-alakat or guanxi-type relationships in Egypt): its origin; meaning; name; characteristics; variables; advantages and disadvantages and its role in attracting new customers. The second contribution comes from the novel model, which links guanxi-type relationships with relationship marketing and the impact of this link on customer retention. The third contribution comes from introducing a way to transfer the personal type of relationship involved in guanxi-type relationships to the organisational type of relationship involved in relationship marketing and transferring guanxi-type relationships from the uninstitutionalised and interpersonal level to the institutionalised or organisational level. It is hoped that future research will build on these results so that further avenues can be explored.