Dissertationen: „Safe haven“

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CRAGUN, RYAN T. „THE SECTARIAN SAFE HAVEN“. University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1076953977.

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Williams, George Brian. „Safe Haven Orphanage and School“. Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73675.

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Pro bono work has always appealed to me. The prospect of being able to help those less fortunate with my knowledge and skillset is uplifting and gratifying. There is something truly rewarding about taking the architectural knowledge and training I have received and finding a solution to a problem for a nonprofit or a group of people that could not easily afford to hire someone. It gives me the opportunity to explore creative solutions with a low budget while still making something beautiful and thoughtful, that not only provides the spaces needed but also adds the detailing and uniqueness that gives the place and its users a sense of pride and pleasure. This thesis seeks to present the programmatic needs, local building materials and resources, a study in efficient building, the local needs and customs, and ways to improve people's lives with an orphanage in Savanette, Haiti. The goal is to explore the fundamental needs of an orphanage and a school in a developing country and develop strategies to address these needs. A successful orphanage needs to provide comfortable housing but also a sense of safety and security, a loving environment where orphans can grow and heal, a self-sustaining community that can care for the facility, and a means to train and educate orphans for adulthood and the working world. Since education is such a central need for an orphanage, and since schools are limited in Haiti, it only made sense to open this up to children in the surrounding area as well. The purpose of this thesis is to develop an architectural language of building components that can be utilized to answer the programmatic needs of the orphanage and school. This system creates the overall structural layout and is intended to be an easily constructible and expandable model while providing good design that is culturally sensitive.
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Elmblad, Daniel. „Gold - A Safe Haven : A quantitative research of gold and its role as a safe haven in Sweden“. Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Nationalekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38322.

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During stormy weathers ships searched for safe havens to stay until the storm had subsided. In much similarity to these ships, investors on the financial markets search for safe assets when the markets start to shake. What could be considered a safe asset seems to be a never-ending discussion but many points out gold as one. However, no further observations of gold as a safe haven on the Swedish financial market has been made. The purpose of this research is to examine if gold could act as a safe haven in Sweden. The data used in this research is daily returns from OMXS30 and the 10-year Swedish government bond, where all returns also has been denominated in U.S. dollar. Further, statistical model has been used. The result show that gold potentially could act as a ‘safe haven’ for denominated stock returns but not for bond returns. Further, the result show that gold could act as a hedge for stock and bond return (non-denominated). The study concludes that gold does not act as a safe haven for stocks or bonds in Sweden. However, gold show weak safe haven attributes for denominated stock return.

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Gomes, Ricardo Cláudio. „Is gold a hedge? The relation between gold and shares“. Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13080.

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Mestrado em Finanças
Num período em que uma estratégia de investimento cuidadosa e diligente é cada vez mais necessária, o hedging é uma poderosa ferramenta que pode ser usada pelos investidores com o propósito de reduzir os riscos associados aos investimentos no mercado de ações. Este projecto tem como objectivo estudar a correlação entre os retornos do ouro e os retornos das ações, com o intuito de descobrir se o ouro pode ser considerado um hedge para as ações ou um safe haven. Os resultados do uso de um modelo econométrico, baseado em dados de alguns dos maiores índices a nível mundial e de um índice de rastreamento de referência para futuros de ouro, para o período de Janeiro de 1996 até Dezembro de 2015, sugerem que o ouro não é um hedge para qualquer dos mercados de ações analisados, ainda que aparente ser um forte safe haven sobre condições extremas de retornos negativos do mercado de ações. Ainda assim, é demonstrado que os resultados do modelo econométrico estão dependentes do período analisado.
In a period where careful and diligent investing is increasingly required, hedging is a powerful weapon that can be used by investors in order to reduce the risks associated with stock market investments. This project aims at studying the correlation between gold returns and stock returns, intending to find out if gold can be considered a hedge for stocks or a safe haven. The results of the use of an econometric model, based on data from some major worldwide stock indexes and a benchmark tracking index for gold futures, regarding the period from January of 1996 until December of 2015, suggest that gold is not a hedge for any of the stock markets under analysis but it appears to be a strong safe haven under extreme negative stock market conditions. However, it is shown that the results from the model are dependent on the period analysed.
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Ivanioukhine, Alexander, und Filip Wahlmark. „Guld - en safe haven mot volatilitet? : Undersökning av förhållandet mellan guld och volatilitetsindex“. Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-35507.

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I denna studie undersöks guld som safe haven-tillgång och om den erbjuder tillflykt mot volatilitet, vilket är studiens huvudsakliga syfte. För att åstadkomma detta används data från VIX- och GVZ-indexet samt priset på guld under perioden 1994–2018. Guldets egenskaper testas mot safe haven-teorin via ett kvantitativt angreppsätt där korrelation, avkastning och standardavvikelse är ämne för undersökning i utvalda perioder. Guld visar sig bevara sitt värde under oroligheter – vilket syns genom att den genomsnittliga avkastningen för guld är högre när VIX befinner sig på höga nivåer. Dock misslyckas tillgången att förbli lågvolatil då guldets volatilitet stiger i takt med den förväntade volatiliteten på aktiemarknaden. Den förväntade volatiliteten i guldpriset, uttryckt genom GVZ, korrelerar dessutom med den förväntade volatiliteten på aktiemarknaden mätt av VIX-indexet. Däremot upptäcks knappt någon korrelation mellan guldets pris och förändringar i VIX-indexets värde.
The purpose of this study was to analyse whether gold fulfils the criteria for being a safe haven asset in certain conditions. Through the use of data pooled from CBOE’s VIX, GVZ and the spot price of gold, we employ a quantitative approach to analyse correlation, rate of return and standard deviation during times of market volatility. The chosen period for this analysis is the time between 1994 and 2018. Gold proved its ability to retain value during such conditions, which is evidenced by higher average returns when VIX has been at high levels. This strengthens its role as a safe haven asset. However, gold failed to keep a low level of volatility in periods of rising implied volatility on the stock market, as expressed by the VIX index. Moreover, the implied volatility of gold, expressed through the GVZ index, has shown a strong correlation with the VIX, indicating that gold is not a safe haven. Finally, the gold spot price was shown to have little to no correlation with changes in VIX.

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Renshaw, Michelle. „The nineteenth century hospital : Europe's gateway to death - China's safe haven? /“. Title page, contents and introducation only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arr421.pdf.

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Firth, Samuel. „A Golden Opportunity: An Analysis of Gold and the VIX as Safe Haven Assets“. Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1697.

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This paper examines the role that gold and other precious metals play in portfolio construction as hedges and safe havens in comparison with the Volatility Index (VIX), a derivative of market volatility. Gold has long been considered to be among the best assets for reducing portfolio volatility due to its lack of correlation with the overall market. However, the major finding of this paper is that while gold and the other precious metals do serve in this role to varying extents, the VIX performs this function far better. Both econometric and portfolio analyses reveal that the VIX improves overall portfolio performance to a greater extent, and most importantly serves as an effective safe haven relative to the market.

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Mattsson, Josefin. „No Safe Haven : Understanding Sexual Violence Against Refugees in Conflict-Induced Humanitarian Settings“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413137.

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This study seeks to explore what conditions contribute to sexual violence against refugees in conflict-induced humanitarian settings by focusing particularly on whether the physical and social insecurity in refugee camps may affect the reported levels of sexual violence. This study uses the method of structured focused comparison to study and compare the two Jordanian refugee camps Zaatari and Azraq during the period of 2014–2019. In particular, this thesis argues that high physical and social insecurity in conflict-induced humanitarian settings will lead to higher levels of sexual violence against refugees. By borrowing from the literature on conflict-related sexual violence, this study seeks to contribute to the scarce literature on sexual violence in humanitarian settings and explore the possible links between the occurrence of and explanations for this violence. Albeit modestly, the main findings suggest that the hypothesis is supported as the levels of physical and social insecurity seem to correspond with the expected variation in levels of reported sexual violence. Nevertheless, data limitations and other challenges call for caution and future research is needed to establish a more profound basis for this phenomenon.

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Amponsah, Felicia <1993&gt. „Oil price fluctuations, online public concern and safe haven markets during covid-19“. Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17782.

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The spread of COVID-19 across the globe, which began at the end of december 2019, is an invisible global shock whose impact is not limited to health related issues. Its effects have rapidly propagated to the global economic and financial system as well. This thesis measures the effects of the outbreak of covid-19 and of related public concerns with respect to the oil, gold and real estate markets. Public concern is proxied through topic and country specific google trends indices. Whereas, the severity of the outbreak is proxied through the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Stringency indices. First, I analyse their cross-correlation with the performance of financial markets. Second, I estimate their impact on oil and safe haven market indices. This for five oil producing countries, namely the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China and Nigeria. In addition, I check if during the outbreak the exchange rate of the currencies of these countries, with respect to the dollar, responded to COVID-19, and to related concerns measured with Google Trends indices.

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Meyr, Rex Allen Jr. „DEVELOPMENT OF 15 PSI SAFE HAVEN POLYCARBONATE WALLS FOR USE IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES“. UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/mng_etds/3.

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Following three major mining accidents in 2006, the MINER Act of 2006 was enacted by MSHA and required every underground coal mine to install refuge alternatives to help prevent future fatalities of trapped miners in the event of a disaster. The following research was performed in response to NIOSH’s call for the investigation into new refuge alternatives. A 15 psi safe haven polycarbonate wall for use in underground coal mines was designed and modeled using finite element modeling in ANSYS Explicit Dynamics. The successful design was tested multiple times in both half-scale and small scale using a high explosive shock tube to determine the walls resistance to blast pressure. The safe haven wall design was modeled for an actual underground coal mine environment to determine any responses of the wall within a mine. A full scale design was fabricated and installed in an underground coal mine to determine any construction constraints and as a final step in proof of concept for the safe haven design.

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Hall, A. „Secure borders, safe haven? : suspicion and humanity in the British immigration and asylum system“. Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437877.

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Youssef, Lovisa, und Tijana Zelic. „Information Diffusion and Safe Havens : Multi-scale Network Dynamics in the Biotech Markets“. Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-159829.

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This paper analyzes the return connectedness between the biotechnology sector and other financial assets for 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2018, using an empirical approach from both time- and frequency-domain. The results reveal that the connectedness between the biotechnology sector and other financial assets are decreasing with time, entailing high diversification opportunities in the long-run. Our results also suggest that the spillover effect from the biotechnology sector is higher than the spillover effect to the biotechnology sector, proposing that the sector affects other financial assets to a greater extent than they affect the biotechnology sector. Concurrently, we found that the net directional connectedness is negative for the sector, which means that it does not transmit shocks to others since it is not subject to significant return or volatility shocks. This implies that the systematic risk connected to the biotechnology sector is lower than previous studies argue for. Thus, our main finding is that investments in the sector has safe haven properties, indicating that they are independent towards other sectors. By investing in the biotechnology sector, investors contribute to society and supports the R&D, leading to development of vital drugs. In light of this, we argue that investments in the sector are socially beneficial. Building on these insights, investments in the biotechnology sector are of importance when investing in a prosperous world.

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Thurairajah, Kalyani. „Caught between the 'bleeding homeland' and the 'safe haven': negotiating loyalties in times of conflict“. Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=121196.

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The loyalties of immigrant groups have often been questioned, particularly when they are considered to be suspect minorities whose loyalties to their homelands may outweigh their loyalties to their countries of settlement. As such, the concept of "conflicting allegiances" is built on the premise that the two loyalties are mutually exclusive, and that one must be prioritized over the other. However, this dissertation argues that the narratives that second-generation members of the Sri Lankan Tamil diasporic community hold regarding their homeland and their country of settlement opens space for the adoption of a hybrid Canadian-Tamil/Tamil-Canadian identity, as well as dual loyalties for both their homeland and their country of settlement. In conceptualizing their homeland as a "bleeding homeland", with a history of discrimination and victimization, this diasporic community is motivated to engage in homeland politics and to identify strongly with their Tamil ethnic identity. This loyalty to their homeland is further reinforced by conceptualizing their country of settlement as a "safe haven", where the Canadian identity is centred on tolerance, diversity and multiculturalism. This dissertation draws on interviews conducted with second-generation members of the Sri Lankan Tamil community in Toronto as well as their age-cohort in Sri Lanka, and argues that while there may be concerns about immigrants as suspect minority groups who hold conflicting allegiances, the story of Canada as conceptualized by second-generation immigrants actually encourages the development of a hybrid identity and the maintenance of dual loyalties.
La loyauté des groupes immigrants a souvent été questionnée, particulièrement lorsqu'ils sont considérés comme des minorités suspectes dont la loyauté envers leur pays d'origine peut être plus importante que leur loyauté envers leur pays d'accueil. Ce concept d' « allégeances conflictuelles » est basé sur la prémisse que les deux loyautés sont mutuellement exclusives et que, par conséquent, l'une doit avoir la priorité sur l'autre. Cependant, cette dissertation soutient que la conception que les membres de la seconde génération de la communauté diasporique Tamoule du Sri Lanka ont de leur pays d'origine ainsi que de leur pays d'accueil ouvre un espace qui permet l'adoption d'une identité hybride de Canadien-Tamoule/ Tamoule-Canadien, ainsi qu'une loyauté double à la fois pour leur pays d'origine et leur pays d'accueil. En conceptualisant leur pays d'origine en tant que « terre natale qui saigne », comportant un historique de discrimination et de victimisation, cette communauté diasporique est motivée à participer à la politique de leur pays d'origine et ainsi s'associer fortement avec leur identité ethnique Tamoule. Cette loyauté envers leur terre natale est de plus renforcée en conceptualisant leur pays d'accueil en tant qu' « havre de paix » où l'identité Canadienne met l'emphase sur la tolérance, la diversité ainsi que le multiculturalisme. Cette dissertation utilise des entrevues conduites avec des membres de la seconde génération de la communauté Tamoule du Sri Lanka vivant à Toronto ainsi que des membres correspondant à ce même groupe d'âge vivant toujours au Sri Lanka. Cette dissertation soutient que, bien qu'il puisse exister des inquiétudes concernant la loyauté de certains immigrants considérés comme étant des minorités suspectes qui possèdent une allégeance conflictuelle, ce projet démontre que l'histoire du Canada telle qu'elle est conceptualisée par cette seconde génération d'immigrants encourage le développement d'une identité hybride et la persistance d'une loyauté double.

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Ware, Bettie J. Galliher John F. „Contributing factors to the decriminalization of infant abandonment and the implementation of safe haven legislation“. Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6883.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 24, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. John Galliher. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Bergedieck, Alina Lisa [Verfasser]. „Die Hoffnung auf einen "Safe Haven" : Lebensgeschichtliche Forschung unter Migranten im Münsterland / Alina Lisa Bergedieck“. Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1183471270/34.

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Hoepfner, Marcel [Verfasser]. „Edelmetalle als Hedge und Safe Haven zur Absicherung gegen Kursrisiken am deutschen Aktienmarkt / Marcel Hoepfner“. Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1209672413/34.

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Detzi, Daniel W. „Denying Al Qaeda safe haven in a weak state an analysis of U.S. strategy in Yemen“. Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5007.

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The dubious merger between the al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Saudi Arabia in January 2009 quickly raised a red flag among U.S. policy makers in Washington. The newly formed transnational terror group known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) spurred President Barack Obama to initiate a thorough review and reinvention of U.S. policy towards Yemen. In response to the President's initiative the National Security Council (NSC) developed a "two pronged strategy" which sought to strengthen Yemen's security apparatus, and improve its governance. The strategy is consistent with the administration's overall perception of the vulnerabilities inherent in a "weak state," yet an investigation into the elements which define Yemen's sociopolitical landscape, as well as an analysis of AQA's strategy, reveal that the U.S. strategy toward Yemen embraces inaccurate assumptions. This study finds that the rapid buildup of Yemen's security apparatus prior to the implementation of government reforms, has perpetuated the authoritarian rule within the country, further entrenching AQAP within the marginalized southern population.

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Gruss, Stephanie Mayes. „Is Safe Haven Legislation an Efficacious Policy Response to Infant Abandonment: A Biopsychosocial Profile of the Target Population“. VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1362.

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This study represents an attempt to describe the extent and features of safe haven legislation in the United States, discuss implementation issues, and to examine if the legislation is reaching its intended target audience in order to answer the question, "Is safe haven legislation an efficacious response to infant abandonment?" Safe havens are designated locations where infants can be anonymously abandoned without fear of prosecution or incarceration. As of May of 2006, forty-seven states have passed such legislation, citing the need for an alternative to unsafe infant abandonment leading to an infant's death, and an alternative to infanticide (the killing of an infant within one year of its birth). Since the initial passage of this legislation in Texas in 1999, there have been more unsafe infant abandonments than accounts of safe haven abandonments. As this legislation provides for anonymous infant abandonment researchers cannot study the population of women actually utilizing safe havens. Therefore, the study of women seeking connection with safe havens in comparison to the population of women who have engaged in infant abandonment resulting in an infant's death is considered one of the sole viable sources of insight into this problem. The scope of the research is exploratory in nature and analyses are considered preliminary due to the lack of data that exists in this area and the relative newness of the legislation.A quantitative analysis of women likely to utilize safe havens reveals that they have a mean age of 19, are unmarried, have entered into prenatal care late, have disclosed their pregnancy to someone, and are currently dating the birthfather. The findings from this analysis were compared to those from a national linked birth and infant death dataset to ascertain if women seeking safe havens have similar biopsychosocial characteristics as those engaging in unsafe abandonment leading to an infant's death. Similar biopsychosocial characteristics were found including mother's age, marital status, late entry into prenatal care, disclosure of pregnancy, and dating status. A regression analysis was used to construct a biopsychosocial profile of women likely to abandon an infant. Findings suggest that legislators and those involved with safe havens have some knowledge of their target population, but are not effectively reaching this audience, nor promoting the existence of safe havens. They also appear to be utilizing research findings on infanticide inappropriately, in order to profile their target audience. This effectively limits the promulgation of education and early identification services that could prevent both safe haven and unsafe infant abandonments. This study concludes with policy reform recommendations.

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Jarlbäck, Julia, und Patrik Fick. „Så glimrande var aldrig guldet : Kvantitativ undersökning om guldets värde bevaras eller ökar vid börsnedgång i Sverige under covid-19“. Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Nationalekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41132.

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When the financial markets start to shake investors start looking for a safe asset for protection. When people talk about a safe asset, they for the most part refer to gold. But is that really the case? There are few studies about gold as a safe haven however they do not concern the Swedish financial market. That is the purpose of this research; to examine if gold could act as a safe haven in the financial market in Sweden. This is of interest since there is an economic crisis caused by covid19 at this particular moment. The result could help us understand how investors could use gold in their portfolio of investments. To do this we have gathered daily returns from OMXS30, gold, and a 10-year Swedish government bond. With a statistical model we answered the question. When the financial markets start to shake investors start looking for a safe asset for protection. When people talk about a safe asset, they for the most part refer to gold. But is that really the case? There are few studies about gold as a safe haven however they do not concern the Swedish financial market. That is the purpose of this research; to examine if gold could act as a safe haven in the financial market in Sweden. This is of interest since there is an economic crisis caused by covid19 at this particular moment. The result could help us understand how investors could use gold in their portfolio of investments. To do this we have gathered daily returns from OMXS30, gold, and a 10-year Swedish government bond. With a statistical model we answered the question.

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Franch, Mattia, und Bahaa Shehabi. „The potential benefits of investing in commodities : A study of the properties related to the investment in several commodities and adding them to stock portfolios“. Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-127354.

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Investing in commodities may have important benefits for investors but only in the last few decades have they started to think more about this possibility. Furthermore, large investors are more inclined to change their own personal view. Therefore, understanding the benefits that commodities could give to an investment portfolio might alleviate investors’ concerns. Several previous studies, as Belousova and Dorfleitner (2012) suggest, that the commodities with higher benefits are precious metals and gold, in particular. The purpose of our work is to understand which possible benefits are for equity investors and if they are common for certain commodities with different physical characteristics. The first part of our empirical work focuses on the main descriptive statistics of the return distribution (mean, variance, volatility, skewness, kurtosis and correlation) for 8 stock indices and 7 commodity futures. The main goal of this is to understand the differences among the commodities and between the commodities and the stock indices. In the second part of the empirical work, we test the safe-haven and the hedge properties of these commodities on a weekly basis for all of them with stock indices, and we do the same on a daily and monthly basis for only commodities which are negatively correlated on average with the stock indices. In the last part of our work, we combine these 7 commodities, following the principles of Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM), in order to create a well-balanced and well-diversified commodity index. Additionally, we create some mixed portfolios using this index and a different stock index every time. After that we look at the volatilities and the returns of these mixed portfolios with different weight combinations. Our main goals in this section are to understand the characteristics of the commodity index in comparison with stock indices and then, finding which weight combinations give the mixed portfolios the optimal risk-return trade off. Understanding which are efficient weights, can lead to conclusions about the weight that commodities should have in a portfolio according to the risk tolerance of the investors. The research is done considering three time frequencies: daily, weekly and monthly; in line with the ones used by Baur and McDermott (2010). The sample size differs among these three different time basis. In fact, daily data started in January 2007 and the other two time frequencies data began with January 1997. All the time samples ended in March 2016. The results of the first part show that gold is the only commodity with a volatility similar to the stock indices (it also has a higher average return) and that on the daily, weekly and monthly basis. Whereas, the other commodities are much riskier than stock indices since they have higher volatility for all the three time-frequencies analyzed. The results of the second part suggest that only gold is both a safe-haven and hedging commodity in line with the methodology used by Baur and McDermott (2010), but only for DAX 30 on a weekly basis. Furthermore, our results also show that natural gas is strong hedge in some cases such as natural gas for STI (Singapore) on a monthly basis or gold for Nikkei 225 on daily, weekly and monthly basis. Other commodities are neither safe-haven nor hedge in any case, except for silver which is a safe-haven commodity for DAX 30 and Sensex which at its worst, 1% and 5%, declines in the market respectively. The results of the last part of our work show that all the minimum variance mixed portfolios (the ones with the weights give the lowest risk) - made on a weekly basis - reduce the portfolio volatility and make the portfolio returns higher than the stock indices returns in 5 cases out of 8. Additionally, the results show how investors, who add a well-balanced and well-diversified commodity index to their portfolios, are able to observe several weight combinations and choose the one which suits their risk tolerance. Moreover, our results show that the optimal-weight combinations for commodity weights are lower than 0,5 only for FTSE 100 and S&P 500 (both values are 0,49) and higher than 0,62 but lower than 0,7 for DAX 30, Nikkei 225, Hang Seng, Sensex, SSEC. Furthermore, the optimal weight for STI is 0,54.

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Filezac, de l'Etang Cyril. „Une apprοche hοlistique des cryptοmοnnaies : Attractivité, Règlementatiοn et Ρrοtectiοn“. Electronic Thesis or Diss., Normandie, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024NORMLH31.

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L’émergence en 2008 des cryptomonnaies avec en porte-étendard Bitcoin a provoqué un véritable raz-de-marée, obligeant les institutions à repenser l’économie. Les investisseurs, quant à eux, ont attendu de voir quelle place les cryptomonnaies allaient prendre avant de s’engager dans ce nouveau marché. Face à des actifs qui semblent ne reposer sur aucune loi économique, où les indicateurs conventionnels ne semblent pas pouvoir indiquer leurs évolutions dans le temps, les risques de pertes se sont accentués. Tout comme pour les marchés financiers classiques, il fallait réussir à proposer une lecture du marché de la cryptomonnaie. Cette nécessité s’est renforcée du fait de l’inquiétude grandissante des institutions quant aux éventuelles pertes abyssales et à l’absence de régulation de ce marché. Dans cette thèse, sont étudiés la dynamique et le comportement des cryptomonnaies. Dans le premier chapitre, Après avoir détaillé le fonctionnement des marchés de cryptomonnaies, nous nous sommes intéressés aux variables explicatives de leur évolution. L’objectif est de démontrer l’existence, à court et long terme d’une asymétrie d’effet des variables d’attractivité telles que les recherches Google et les statistiques de consultation Wikipedia sur les prix des cryptomonnaies. Un modèle autorégressif à retards distribués non linéaire (NARDL) est utilisé en ce sens. A court terme, nous observons que l’ensemble des cryptomonnaies retenues réagissent plus ou moins fortement aux facteurs d’attractivité. Cependant, à long terme, l’absence d’effet sur les cryptomonnaies, démontre un processus d’évolution plus complexe. Enfin, l’étude ne permet pas de conclure sur l’influence de l’attractivité sur le stablecoin. Dans le deuxième chapitre, nous nous concentrons sur les effets d’annonces institutionnelles et médiatiques sur les stablecoins, un type de cryptomonnaie particulier, réputé pour être stable dans le temps. En approchant ce sujet par une étude d’évènement haute fréquence, nos résultats soulignent l’importance des annonces américaines auprès des stablecoins décentralisés et l’importance des annonces médiatiques auprès du plus important stablecoin, Tether. La nature des résultats permet d’aborder l’implication des politiques et institutions sous un angle macroprudentiel et dans une optique de coordination internationale. Le dernier chapitre nous permet d’aller plus loin, en considérant la capacité des stablecoins à remplacer l’or physique comme valeur refuge. En étudiant simultanément les queues de distributions par régression quantile et l’analyse des signaux par analyse d’ondelettes, nous soulignons la possibilité des stablecoins à remplacer l’or physique, sous condition de l’étude de la provenance du stress des marchés
The economy and the financial world have undergone a number of upheavals, triggering changes in habits and approaches for people, governments and global institutions alike. The emergence of crypto-currencies in 2008, with Bitcoin as their flagship, caused a veritable tidal wave, forcing institutions to rethink the economy. Investors, for their part, waited to see what role crypto-currencies would play before invading this new market. Faced with assets that appear to be based on no economic law, where conventional indicators do not seem to be able to indicate their evolution over time, the risks of losses have increased. Just like the financial markets with which we are all familiar, we needed to be able to offer a reading of the cryptocurrency market and its variations. This intuition was reinforced by the growing concern among institutions about losses and the lack of regulation in this market. This is why, throughout this thesis, we study the dynamics and behaviour of cryptocurrencies over time.In the first chapter, we employ a non-linear distributed lag autoregressive (NARDL) model to illustrate the existence of asymmetric effects, both in the short and long term, of attractiveness variables such as Google searches and Wikipedia consultation statistics on cryptocurrency prices. In the short term, all our cryptocurrencies react more or less strongly to attractiveness factors. In the long term, the absence of any effect on cryptocurrencies, demonstrating a more complex valuation process. The study does not provide conclusive evidence on the influence of attractiveness on stablecoins.In the second chapter, we concentrate our study on the effects of institutional announcements and media announcements on stablecoins, a particular type of cryptocurrency, known for being stable in time. Using a high-frequency event study, the results underline the importance of the American announcements for the decentralized stablecoin and the importance of media with the most important stablecoin on the market, Tether. The nature of the results means that policies and institutions can be involved from a macroprudential perspective and with a view to international coordination.The last chapter allow to delve further, considering the capability of stablecoins to serve as an alternative of physical gold as a safe haven. By studying simultaneously, the distribution tails with the quantile regression and the signals analysis with the wavelet analysis, we underline the capability of stablecoins to replace physical gold, assuming of the localization of market stress

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Ludwig, Johannes. „Präventive Sicherungsmaßnahmen für Kulturgüter auf der Grundlage des humanitären Völkerrechts und die Fortentwicklung durch das Konzept der Safe Havens“. Beiträge des UNESCO-Lehrstuhls für Internationale Beziehungen, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33836.

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Das Ausmaß der Zerstörung von Kulturgut im bewaffneten Konflikt stellt die internationale Gemeinschaft vor neue Herausforderungen. In vorliegender Arbeit werden die Präventionspflichten der Staaten in Friedenszeiten nach dem Humanitären Völkerrecht in Abgrenzung zu friedensvertraglichen Regelungen beleuchtet. Dabei werden zur Konzeptualisierung der Prävention die Dimensionen der Verhaltens- und der Verhältnisprävention unterschieden und auf die Normen des Völkerrechts übertragen. Das aufkommende Konzept des safe haven wird als potentiell präventive Maßnahme analysiert und kritisch gewürdigt.

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Colak, Mehmet Selman. „The Possibility Of Financial Crises In Developing Countries Under Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes: A Multidimensional Approach“. Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614717/index.pdf.

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Many economists and politicians have blamed fixed exchange rate regimes for several crises taking place in developing countries after the 1980s. According to them, since the beginning of the 2000s, widespread implementation of flexible exchange rate regimes and high international reserves have prevented developing countries from experiencing similar catastrophic experiences. This interpretation seems to be misleading. We believe that even flexible exchange rate regimes with high international reserves do not have a magic to prevent a financial crisis. Although flexible exchange rate regimes and high international reserves might have played some positive roles in the relatively calm period of 2001-2008
the main reason behind the calmness of this period is the fact that developing countries did not face a strong financial shock during this period. In the presence of &ldquo
safe havens&rdquo
, which implies existence of safe developed countries for financial capital to move into, flexible exchange rate regimes and the accumulated large reserves may not be adequate when a wave of financial shocks, as in the form of sudden stops and capital reversals, hit developing countries. Indeed, the absence of safe heavens and very low yields in developed countries eased the pressure on developing countries during the recent financial crisis of 2008-2009. If developed economies get their safe haven status back, developing countries might face new financial shocks. In this sense developing countries would experience new financial crises in this new period. We will elaborate on the possible conditions of these prospective financial crises in this thesis.

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Gastelle, Marissa. „Distinguishing the Roles of Parental Autonomy Support and Sensitivity in Predicting Dimensions of Attachment“. Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524135169707352.

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Hornbrinck, Johannes, und Jonas Olausson. „Relationship between Currency Carry Trades and Gold Returns : A quantitative study of G-10 currencies: correlation and spillover effects for the last two decades“. Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-90971.

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Currency carry trade is an investment strategy that recently started gaining a lot of interest not only among investors and financial institutions but also academically. One of the underlying theoretical assumptions regarding the mechanisms of the foreign exchange market, the Uncovered Interest Parity has frequently been disproved in practice which has led to the conclusion that carry trade is profitable in practice. The function of a carry trade strategy is that a short position is taken in a low interest rate currency to finance a long position in another currency offering higher yields. This thesis is adding to the existing literature that is explaining the characteristics of currency carry trade but is adopting a different approach than most other recent researches that has focused on identifying especially risk factors. Gold as a financial asset has also received much attention largely due to its, contrarily to other asset classes, low dependence on macroeconomic factors. This makes gold desirable to diversify portfolios and decreasing overall risks. By investigating how the returns of currency carry trades and gold relates to each other an increased understanding in how carry trades can be beneficially included in managing portfolios are developed. Looking at a currency carry trade index, Deutsche Bank’s G10 Currency Future Harvest index, and the development of the gold price at the London bullion market for the 20 year period of 1993-2013 this research is exploring correlation, mean and volatility spillover effects. Spearman’s correlation, Vector Autoregression and a diagonal BEKK GARCH model are employed to test these effects. It also investigates if gold possesses hedge, diversifier and safe haven characteristics when combined with carry trades as it has been found to do with stock markets. This is determined by a regression analysis and supplemented by a portfolio simulation. This thesis found that there is a low positive correlation between the returns of gold and currency carry trades and that there is spillover effects as well between the two in both returns and volatility. This in addition to the regression analysis and portfolio analysis determined that there are diversification benefits by adding gold to a portfolio consisting of currency carry trade in the form of higher risk adjusted returns. However special caution has to be taken to the spillover effects as these complicate the relationship between the returns of the two variables and especially the volatility spillover effects slightly decreases the potential diversification benefit. The regression analysis concluded that gold work as a diversifier for carry trade but could not determine if it also exhibited hedge or safe haven characteristics. These findings pushes the existing understanding of carry trades forward and adds to focus of matching carry trades within a portfolio which could have implications to more efficiently match risks and returns by combining several asset classes in portfolio management.

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Broman, Lovisa, und Karin Holmlund. „Anknytning som ett gummiband : En essä om anknytningens betydelse under barnets introduktion i förskolan“. Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34460.

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Den här essän kommer att behandla ett vanligt förekommande ämne inom förskolan, introduktioner av nya barn och föräldrar. Genom introduktionen måste pedagoger förhålla sig till den nya familjen för att försöka få till anknytning och trygghet. Utgångspunkten ligger i två egen upplevda dilemman där pedagogerna beskriver två olika introduktioner. Den ena introduktionen pågår en längre period. Barnet vill inte släppa sin förälder och är ledsen så fort föräldern försöker lämna honom. Den andra introduktionen går fort, barn och förälder visar glädje. Pedagogerna på den förskolan känner trots det en oro då barnet upplevs gränslöst när hon springer mellan aktiviteter, andra barn och deras föräldrar. Syftet med den här essän är att undersöka hur olika anknytningsmönster och förutsättningar kan påverka introduktionen av nya familjer i förskolan. Den kommer även att belysa pedagogens eller pedagogernas erfarenhet, samt hur viktigt det är med ett gott samarbete. Förskolans miljö och organisation kommer också att undersökas och vilken roll den spelar för barnets introduktion och även för pedagogernas möjlighet att utföra en god introduktion. Detta kommer att göras genom tre frågeställningar, vilka är: Hur kan vi som pedagoger möta Pelle och Almas olika behov? Vilka är förutsättningarna för en god introduktion? Vilka psykologiska fenomen är relevanta för introduktionen? Genom att använda olika begrepp såsom affektteori, affektintoning, trygg bas, säker hamn och anknytning kan den här essän närma sig dessa frågeställningar. Essäns huvudsakliga uppgift är att ge pedagoger, oavsett erfarenhet, olika perspektiv på introduktionen och hur dessa kan tillämpas på nya familjer. I essän beskrivs anknytningsteorins framväxt och graderingar av olika anknytningar. Trygg bas och säker hamn är olika sätt att se hur en anknytning fungerar mellan barnet och föräldern, då det är där den första anknytningen börjar. Under arbetets gång har fokus på barn och föräldrar blivit mer nyanserat och pedagogernas roll undersökts allt mer kritiskt. Genom litteraturstudier och samtal i handledningsgruppen på skolan och med kollegor har vi fått en större förståelse för alla parter som deltar under introduktion till förskolan. En viktig slutsats vi kom fram till är att anknytning, oavsett till vem, inte kan skyndas fram. Den måste få växa fram genom tillit och trygghet.
This essay will treat a common subject within the preschool environment, the introductions of new children and parents. Throughout the introduction, teachers must relate to the new family to try and achieve a connection/attachment and provide security. The starting point is two self-perceived dilemmas where the teachers describe two different introductions. One introduction goes on for a longer period. The child does not want to let go of its parent and is sad as soon as the parent tries to leave it. The second introduction goes fast, children and parents are expressing happiness. The teachers at the preschool nevertheless are concernedwhen the child is perceived boundless as it runs between activities, other children and their parents. The purpose of this essay is to investigate how different connection patterns and prerequisites can affect the introduction of new families to the preschool environment. It will also examine the experience of the teacher or teachers, and the importance of good cooperation between the teachers. The preschool's environment and organisation will also be investigated and the role it plays in the introduction of the child and also for allowing the teachers to carry out a good introduction. This will be done through three questions, which are: How can we, as teachers, meet Pelle and Alma's different needs? What are the prerequisites and conditions needed for a good introduction? What psychological phenomena are relevant to the introduction? By using different concepts such as affect theory, mirroring, safe base, safe heaven and connection/attachment, this essay can approach these issues. Essen's main task is to provide teachers, regardless of experience, with different perspectives on the introduction and how these can be applied to new families. The essay describes the progression of the connection/attachment theory with different levels of connection. Safe base and safe heaven are different ways to see how a connection/attachment works between the child and the parent, as that is where the first connection/attachment is established. During the work, the focus on the children and parents has become more nuanced and the role of teachers is increasingly critical. Through literature studies and discussions in the tutoring group at school and with colleagues, we have gained a greater understanding of all parties involved in the introduction to preschool. An important conclusion we found is that connection/attachment, regardless of who cannot be accelerated. It must grow through trust and confidence.

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BASTIANONI, CHIARA. „Qualità delle Relazioni Familiari e Funzionamento Psicosociale in Adolescenza: il Ruolo della Mentalizzazione Genitoriale in Famiglie Separate e Intatte / Quality of Family Relationships and Psychosocial Functioning during Adolescence: the Role of Parental Mentalization in Separated and Intact Families“. Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Genova, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11567/1052889.

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Adolescence represents a transitional period of profound changes at emotional, cognitive, social and behavioral levels, with significant consequences for the overall psychosocial adjustment. Moreover, this phase entails a crisis of conventional family roles, hence requiring a gradual reorganization and redefinition of family relationships. As a matter of fact, during adolescence individuals are driven to seek greater independence, autonomy and differentiation from their primary caregivers, additionally experiencing new attachment relationships. Nevertheless, within this developmental phase parental figures continue to represent a fundamental source of security by offering emotional availability in situations of distress and thus supporting adolescents’ efforts aimed to gain greater autonomy. Starting from these assumptions, and considering the importance of monitoring the adolescence phase not only in terms of presence/absence of clinical symptoms but also looking at adolescents’ perception of wellbeing and satisfaction experienced in different life contexts, the present multi-method, cross-sectional research aimed to explore the possible role played by Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF; Slade, 2005) in influencing adolescents’ psychosocial functioning and quality of family relationships within both intact and separated families. Given this general objective, the present contribution has been organized in three different chapters focused on specific aims and hypothesis, which also considered different individual and relational outcomes. The sample included 72 family triads (42 intact – 30 separated; N = 216 subjects) composed by mother, father and adolescent child aged 13-19 years (M = 15.54, SD = 1.54, 53% girls). The main results showed that: 1) separated parents reported lower levels of PRF compared to united once, while mothers generally reported higher levels of PRF compared to the paternal figures; 2) parental mentalizing was positively associated with quality of family relationships – in terms of adolescents’ attachment dimensional indexes, family satisfaction and perceived parenting; 3) paternal PRF acted as a moderator in the relation between the specific family organization and family satisfaction reported by adolescents, in other words the association between the presence of separated parents and low family satisfaction was significant only at low levels of paternal PRF. In addition, the psychometric properties of the Reflective Functioning Five-Minute Speech Sample (RF-FMSS; Adkins & Fonagy, 2017) were presented. Within the conclusions section, theoretical and clinical implications have been further discussed.

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Chijioke, Matthias Ikenna. „Strategies to Sustain Small-and-Medium Sized Business Enterprises“. ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3146.

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Eighty-five percent of all firms operating in Nigeria are small-and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) and contribute almost 55% to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Nigeria. Capital flight and other growth inhibitors pose threats to the sustainability of SMEs in Nigeria. This exploratory multiple-case study was to determine strategies SME leaders use to sustain business operations in Nigeria. The study participants consisted of 15 SME leaders from 3 regional manufacturing firms who had successfully implemented strategies to sustain SMEs in Nigeria. Bertalanffy's general systems theory and Freeman's stakeholder theory were the conceptual frameworks used in the research. The data collection processes included semistructured interviews and reviewing company documents. After analyzing the interview data and validating through member checking, 5 core themes emerged during the data analysis process: creating new markets, encouraging opportunity for sustainable growth, securing additional funding sources, employee participation in decision making, and gaining competitive advantages. The findings may promote social change among the business community leaders by identifying essential characteristics to improve the posterity of SMEs in Nigeria.

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Nielsen, Kenneth E., und Robert L. Thomson. „Strategies for countering terrorist safe havens“. Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38988.

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More than a decade after the attacks on 9/11, United States leadership continues to place a high priority on pursuing terrorists and denying them safe havens from which they can recruit, train, and plan operations. In a time of decreasing budgets and growing sentiment avidly against involvement in prolonged wars, the U.S. must adapt strategies to meet the future threats posed by terrorist safe havens. This thesis offers strategies for countering safe havens. It begins by arguing that safe havens are not just geographic areas, but that they also include a demographic component that allows terrorists a population among which to hide. The thesis then presents four strategies aimed at denying geographic and demographic safe havens: leadership targeting within safe havens, tactical containment, pseudo operations, and surrogate security forces. The thesis draws from four historical case studies to examine these strategies, including the Peruvian governments efforts to combat the Shining Path, French containment of the Casbah in Algerias war of independence, Rhodesias Selous Scouts experience with pseudo operations, and U.S. co-option of the Sons of Iraq in Anbar Province. The thesis finds that no single strategy is sufficient for dealing with geographic and demographic safe havens. Rather, a combination of strategies, properly sequenced, can reduce terrorist safe havens. Furthermore, none of these strategies works without counterinsurgency forces positively engaging the population, setting the necessary conditions for separating insurgents from their demographic and geographic supports.

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Haggerty, Brian Thomas. „Safe havens in Syria : missions and requirements for an air campaign“. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95520.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2014.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-109).
What if the United States had led its NATO allies to intervene in Syria's civil war in the midst of calls for humanitarian intervention in mid-2012? Despite the importance of this question for the study and evaluation of U.S. foreign policy, little exists in the way of systematic, open-source analysis of the military missions and material requirements for a possible Syrian intervention. This thesis assesses the scale, scope, and challenges of intervention in Syria at the time its proponents argue it would have been most effective. It does so through open-source analysis of a U.S.-led air campaign designed to mitigate the country's humanitarian crisis. The model of intervention analyzed -- broadly conceived as the establishment of safe havens around major Syrian population areas defended from the air -- offers a template for evaluating the utility of air power in the Syrian context more generally. The analysis suggests an intervention in mid-2012 to establish safe havens in Syria would have been a major military undertaking, likely requiring greater resources and facing greater risks than any of NATO's previous air campaigns in response to humanitarian crises in Bosnia, Kosovo, or Libya. The "low-risk" rationale for humanitarian intervention from the air thus appears far less persuasive in the Syrian case. The thesis concludes with implications for the application of air power to future humanitarian crises.
by Brian Thomas Haggerty.
S.M.

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Hýža, David. „Stock market panics, safe havens and implications for the portfolio management“. Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-199200.

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The thesis addresses the instabilities in stock markets in the USA. There are many factors that may increase the price volatility, or even cause a panic. During these turbulent times investors can seek shelter in investment safe havens that allow protecting their portfolio against significant financial losses. The focus is put on identifying the situations where it is appropriate to use the safe havens and how to properly time all transactions. Historical insight, events study and investigating economic cycles are the integral part of the work.

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Xu, Bei. „Les approches extrêmes de la contagion sur les marchés financiers“. Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR40033.

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La thèse est composée de trois parties. La première présente un certain nombre de mesures de dépendance extrême. Une application sur les actions et les obligations de 49 pays montre que la théorie des valeurs extrêmes multivariées conduit aux résultats différents de ceux issus du coefficient de corrélation, mais relativement proches de ceux obtenus du rho de Spearman conditionnel multivarié. Cette partie évalue aussi le risque de pertes importantes simultanées. La deuxième partie examine les déterminants des co-mouvements extrêmes entre 5 pays core et 49 pays non core. Les mécanismes de transmission des chocs varient de la période moins récente à la période récente, des pays développés aux pays émergents, des chocs normaux aux chocs extrêmes. La troisième partie étudie le rôle de valeur refuge de l’or sur la période 1986-2012. Les gains positifs extrêmes de l'or peuvent être liés aux pertes extrêmes du S&P. Cependant, ce lien n'est pas toujours valable, il évolue dans le temps et serait conditionné par d'autres facteurs
The thesis consists of three parts. The first part introduces a number of measures of extreme dependency. An application on stock and bond markets of 49 countries shows the multivariate extreme value theory leads to results which are different from those from the correlation coefficient, but relatively close to those obtained from multivariate conditional Spearman's rho. This part also assesses the risk of simultaneous losses. The second part examines the determinants of extreme co-movements between 5 core countries and 49 non-core countries. Transmission mechanisms of shocks vary from less recent to recent period, from developed to emerging markets, from normal to extreme shocks. The third part examines the role of safe haven of gold over the period 1986-2012. Extreme positive gains of gold can be linked to extreme losses of S&P. However, this relationship is not always valid, it evolves over time and could be determined by other factors

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Engström, Daniel, und Niklas Gustafsson. „Swedish Equity Sectors Risk Management with Commodities : Revisiting dynamic conditional correlations and hedge ratios“. Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-139040.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate changes in dynamic conditional correlations between Swedish equity sector indices and commodities using oil, gold, copper and a general commodity index. Additionally the purpose is to evaluate which of the two methods, DCC- GARCH or GO-GARCH that is more efficient in estimating correlation for hedge ratio calculation. Daily data on the FTSE30 index of Sweden and its sector indices have been studied between the years 1994 and 2017. A DCC-GARCH (1,1) and GO-GARCH (1,1) model with one autoregressive term AR(1) using multivariate Student t- and Multivariate Affine Negative Inverse Gaussian distribution were used to estimate conditional correlations. Correlations between Swedish FTSE30, its sector indices and commodities are considerably lower than previous research has found American or emerging markets correlation with commodities to be. This suggests better diversification opportunities with commodities for the Swedish market. Optimal hedge ratios (OHR) was calculated and back tested using a rolling window analysis with 1000 days forecast length and 20 days re-estimation window and evaluated using a calculated hedge effectiveness index (HE). Determined by HE, copper is the best hedge for the Swedish composite FTSE30 and sector indices using conditional correlation from the GO-GARCH during the data period. Gold is considered as a semi-strong safe haven due to its negative correlation with all sectors. Additionally, this study identifies a temporarily large increase in the correlation between the Swedish equities sectors and composite index with commodities around the years 2015/2016. This study also emphasizes the difference between stressful and calm periods in the market.

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Regueiro, Antonella. „Redefining safety: An analysis of cultural and international safe havens in the context of genocidal violence“. Diss., NSUWorks, 2017. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/98.

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The international community has shied away from instituting safe havens in conflict zones since the fall of Srebreniça in 1995. However, a look at the roles of safe havens in genocidal violence provides a deeper understanding of the need for these spaces to be established in a timely fashion. The strategic use of cultural safe havens as places for mass violence, necessitates the establishment of international safe havens for the protection of the targeted population, yet an analysis of the relationship between cultural safe havens and international safe havens has not been done before. As such, this research seeks to shed light on the relationship between the use of cultural safe havens, their inherent danger in cases of genocide, and the need for better models for international safe havens in times of violence. It is the researcher’s argument that to achieve this, the very perception of safety must be reimagined. Using content analysis methodology in the form of case studies, along with historical sociology, this research analyzes accounts of genocidal campaigns – Armenia, Rwanda and Bosnia – to explain the relationship between the dangers of cultural safe havens and the subsequent need for international safe havens that are established in time to save the victimized populations.

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Piunikhin, Serguei. „Quantum and Floer cohomology have the same ring structure“. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38830.

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Schwebel, Michael Bryan. „Climate change adaptation and policy in Pacific small island states| Safe havens or adrift at sea?“ Thesis, Temple University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3703089.

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Pacific Small Island States (PSIS) are in the precarious position as some of the first jurisdictions to grapple with the current and forecasted effects of climate change, such as forced migrations and loss of culture. Yet, islanders' viewpoints are neither often fully understood nor heeded by those at the international decision making levels. Therefore, how and to what extent are PSIS successfully preparing for climate change?

This completed study used a mixed methods approach that examines nissology — how islanders view and understand themselves — and its relationship with successful (discussed and defined within the study) adaptation planning. The study also used a mixed methods approach to juxtapose the findings of the nissological and success analyses with a second research question: an in-depth study and analysis of regional and global policymaking entities, and the degrees to which they may influence islanders' preparation for climate change.

The study examined 18 PSIS and their Climate Change Adaptation Plans (CCAPs) and then interviewed PSIS' representatives at their respective Missions to the United Nations in New York City to evaluate how PSIS view and foresee current and future policies regarding climate change at the global, regional, and local levels. Then, fieldwork was performed within the United States Territories in the Pacific: American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands to obtain on-the-ground information regarding implementation of plans, policies, and projects.

The study attempted to address two specific gaps in the literature via the triangulation of methods and data: the relationship between an island-centric viewpoint of CCAPs and successful climate change as well as how policymaking in the Pacific at the local, regional, and global levels either assisted or hindered successful climate change adaptation policy.

The results suggested answers to these two key questions as well as several unexpected or emergent findings. Regarding the two principal research questions, PSIS that crafted their CCAPs in a more nissological or island-centric manner were indicative of states that were foreseen to be more successful in adapting to current and future climate change effects. Next, PSIS that were part of AOSIS, the various regional associations, and those PSIS that had complete sovereignty (independent) were indicative of those PSIS expressing greater overall success at preparing for climate change than those PSIS not meeting these criteria. However, not all PSIS had the opportunity to become members of AOSIS or certain regional organizations for various reasons.

Finally, a policy document was created at the end of the study to illustrate some of the best practices based upon this study's findings. Immediately preceding the policy document are other emergent findings indicative of future areas of research and exploration within the realms of nissology, regional associations and partnerships, and successful climate change adaptation.

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Pfannenstiel, Melia T. „Strongmen and state authority: a state-in-society approach to understanding the presence of terrorist sanctuaries“. Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20117.

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Emizet N. Kisangani
The goal of this dissertation is two-fold. First, is to investigate the relationship between the consequences of state failure and terrorist sanctuaries, which is the prevailing explanation in extant literature. Post 9/11 United States counterterrorism policy has focused on the role of the state in providing safe haven or sanctuary to transnational terrorist organizations. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that both weak and strong states host terrorist sanctuaries. Thus, no clear explanation for why transnational terrorist sanctuaries are in some weak and strong states but not present in others currently exists. Second, this dissertation seeks to fill this gap by adopting Migdal’s (1988) state-society interaction approach to explain the presence of terrorist sanctuaries. This dissertation hypothesizes that the role of society’s structure and societal strongmen’s interactions with the state are an important determinant in whether or not transnational terrorist organizations will seek to establish safe haven within a given territory. Sageman’s (2008) hub and node approach on the operational capacities of transnational terrorist sanctuary networks helps to explain differences in types of sanctuaries. Using a newly constructed dataset on terrorist sanctuaries for quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis through case studies, this dissertation intends to show that the presence of terrorist sanctuaries in both weak and strong states can be understood through four state-society interaction typologies. The implications of this study are relevant for policymakers seeking to understand and counter the enduring threat of transnational terrorism across the globe.

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Haldiman, Kathryn. „Perceptions of safer sexual behaviors among women who have sex with women“. Connect to resource, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6579.

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Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages: contains 33 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27). Available online via Ohio State University's Knowledge Bank.

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Munhoz, Xavier Carla Cristina. „When the same form does not have the same function : how mothers' lexical repetitions shape the children's emerging linguistic and interactional skills“. Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20922/.

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One of the main problems recipients and speakers have to face when using lexical repetitions is to distinguish the action the speaker is doing when uttering a repetition. The multi-functionality of repetitions makes it harder to explain some of the ambiguities involved in their analysis, and it calls for an analytic division between different actions done by repetitions in which the same form may be used for different functions. Following the interactional phonetics methodological approach, this thesis integrates the methodology of Conversation Analysis and instrumental and impressionistic phonetics to show how mothers and their children negotiate the action done by mothers’ repetitions of the children’s previous turns in everyday Brazilian Portuguese conversations. Repetitions to affirm are used as a way of approving the children’s articulatory performance and labeling ability. Here the repetition matches the children’s prior turn pitch pattern and have minimised phonetic differences. Repetitions to correct pronunciation are produced with significant difference in articulation and pitch pattern, as compared to the child’s prior realisation. The phonetic cues are understood by the children as an invitation to correct their prior turn. Mothers’ repetitions to correct the child’s lexical choice are produced with a distinctive rise-fall intonation contour. The children treat the repetitions as a hearing trouble on the mother’s side, while the mothers’ subsequent talk provides evidence that in fact she had designed the repetition with the aim of correcting the children’s lexical choice. Repetitions to request confirmation are produced also with a rise-fall contour. Mothers and children seem to orient to the repetition in the same way, since both treat them as a request of confirmation. The results show that the children’s ability to understand repetitions addressing pronunciation problems, to affirm and to request confirmation come before the ability to understand repetitions that address problems of lexical choice.

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Hellemeier, Clemens. „From Stockholm To Hamburg: Do the Actors involved have the same Corridor in Mind?“ Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-72458.

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In the course of the European Commission’s aim at planning for economic territorial cohesion, an increased accessibility of the European regions and a strengthening of the regions’ competitiveness, focus have been drawn on the improvement of infrastructure for transport. This research deals with what can be seen as a pre-discourse in the front end of a planning process for a future transport corridor between the cities of Hamburg and Stockholm, during which the actors are positioning themselves. This is done by a qualitative analysis of selected policy documents from the national, regional and municipal level in Sweden, Denmark and Germany and the European commission. The results indicate that the actors involved interpret the concept of a transport corridor in various ways, since the policy documents that have been analysed for this research reveal possible inherent conflicts. The most considerable differences can be seen between the authorities on the national level on the one hand and the authorities on the regional and municipal level on the other. However, the location of a municipality or region does also influence their interpretation of a future transport corridor.

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Brooks, Byron D. „Healthy Identity Development Among Black Same-Gender Loving Men: A Mixed Methods Approach“. Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3798.

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Black Same-Gender Loving Men (BSGLM) are a population at the juncture of multiple marginalized identities, which may make it difficult to successfully form their identity due to experienced racism and heterosexism from communities to which they belong. Current paradigms of racial/ethnic and sexual identity do not fully capture the complexities of identity development among BSGLM. Moreover, there is scant literature available detailing what the process of identity development looks like among this population and which factors influence identity development among BSGLM. As such, the current study used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to first discover what healthy identity looks like among BSGLM and which factors influence the process of developing a healthy identity. The study then empirically tested the elucidated factors in order to understand which of them influence identity development among BSGLM. First, a sample of BSGLM living in the U.S. (n = 19) were recruited via online and interviewed for the qualitative phase of the study about their identity development process. Using a Grounded Theory approach, the qualitative data revealed three unique components of healthy identity among BSGLM (e.g., self-affirmation, freedom from social conventions, having unconditional acceptance) and 13 factors that either inhibited or facilitated their identity development process. Qualitative findings were subsequently used to create a survey battery to quantitatively explore the relationships between the identified factors and components of healthy identity among another sample of BSGLM. The generated survey battery was administered to another sample of BSGLM living in the U.S. (n = 54) recruited from social media and organizations that service BSGLM. Bivariate correlations and multiple regression analyses examined inhibiting and facilitating factors as predictors of healthy identity. Findings revealed that minority stress-related factors were robust predictors of healthy identity. Specifically, rejection sensitivity from one’s family negatively predicted self-affirmation, frustration with concealing one’s sexual identity positively predicted freedom from social conventions, and experiencing threats/violence positively predicted unconditional acceptance. Results from the study may contribute to the refinement of identity development models among BSGLM and inform clinical interventions that bolster identity development among BSGLM such as transdiagnostic interventions that target minority stress and identity-related concerns.

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Brooks, Byron D. „Healthy Identity Development Among Black Same-Gender Loving Men: A Mixed Methods Approach“. Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3798.

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Black Same-Gender Loving Men (BSGLM) are a population at the juncture of multiple marginalized identities, which may make it difficult to successfully form their identity due to experienced racism and heterosexism from communities to which they belong. Current paradigms of racial/ethnic and sexual identity do not fully capture the complexities of identity development among BSGLM. Moreover, there is scant literature available detailing what the process of identity development looks like among this population and which factors influence identity development among BSGLM. As such, the current study used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to first discover what healthy identity looks like among BSGLM and which factors influence the process of developing a healthy identity. The study then empirically tested the elucidated factors in order to understand which of them influence identity development among BSGLM. First, a sample of BSGLM living in the U.S. (n = 19) were recruited via online and interviewed for the qualitative phase of the study about their identity development process. Using a Grounded Theory approach, the qualitative data revealed three unique components of healthy identity among BSGLM (e.g., self-affirmation, freedom from social conventions, having unconditional acceptance) and 13 factors that either inhibited or facilitated their identity development process. Qualitative findings were subsequently used to create a survey battery to quantitatively explore the relationships between the identified factors and components of healthy identity among another sample of BSGLM. The generated survey battery was administered to another sample of BSGLM living in the U.S. (n = 54) recruited from social media and organizations that service BSGLM. Bivariate correlations and multiple regression analyses examined inhibiting and facilitating factors as predictors of healthy identity. Findings revealed that minority stress-related factors were robust predictors of healthy identity. Specifically, rejection sensitivity from one’s family negatively predicted self-affirmation, frustration with concealing one’s sexual identity positively predicted freedom from social conventions, and experiencing threats/violence positively predicted unconditional acceptance. Results from the study may contribute to the refinement of identity development models among BSGLM and inform clinical interventions that bolster identity development among BSGLM such as transdiagnostic interventions that target minority stress and identity-related concerns.

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Mirza, Naeem Ashraf, Adda Hocine und Abu Helaleh Riad. „The emergence of transnational terrorist safe havens: a comparative analysis of the federally administered tribal areas in Pakistan and Kabylia in Algeria“. Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27873.

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This thesis analyzes the similarities and unique conditions that have made the FATA and Kabylia safe havens for transnational terrorist groups. The thesis uses five variables to compare the cases geography, governance, society, security, and outside influences on both areas. The thesis finds that geography has a strong influence on the creation of safe havens, particularly terrain that is difficult to access, as does weak federal governance and strong tribal societies. Furthermore, both Kabylia and the FATA have suffered chronic instability, which has provided opportunities for terrorists to establish safe havens. External influences have also played an important role in both areas by creating competing loyalties that have weakened the legitimacy of the federal government in the area, thus helping to create favorable conditions for terrorist safe havens. Socioeconomic conditions were not a consistent cause of safe havens in this study, nor was the presence of international borders. These findings suggest that improving communications infrastructure in places like the FATA and Kabylia is an important first step in making these areas less hospitable to terrorist organizations, as is improved infrastructure, especially roads, that grant access to security forces in these areas.

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Godfrey, Lisa M. „Sexual Agreements in Young Male Same-Sex Couples: Associations with Relationship Quality and Stability“. University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535466835884631.

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Hafstad, Arild. „Female fibromyalgia patients have the same ability to improve aerobic fitness as healthy sedentary controls“. Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for bevegelsesvitenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-11345.

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Background: Several cross-sectional studies have reported lower aerobic fitness among fibromyalgia (FM) patients compared to healthy controls. At present it is unknown whether the inferior aerobic fitness is a cause or a consequence of the illness. Objective: To examine if female FM patients have the same ability to enhance their aerobic fitness as healthy sedentary controls matched on age and BMI. A second objective was to investigate whether the FM patients experience an increase in pressure pain threshold (PPT) following an aerobic exercise program. Methods: Fifty subjects (25 FM patients, 25 controls) were enrolled to a 12 week aerobic exercise program. The exercise program consisted of ergometer cycling two times a week (each session 45-55 min) at low to moderate intensity. An incremental ergometer test was performed to determine anaerobic threshold (AT), and exercise intensity was deduced from the AT data acquired. Main outcome was changes in spirometric values and watt production at AT. Second outcome was changes in PPTs measured by an algometer. Results: FM patients were equally exercisable as healthy matched sedentary controls. No significant differences were found in average changes in VO2 (P=0.53) and watt production (P=0.56) at AT following the exercise program. However, FM patients had lower VO2 and watt production compared to controls at both the pre- and post test (P<0.03 for all comparisons). No significant increase in PPT was observed within the FM group following the exercise program (P>0.1 for all recorded PPT sits). Discussion: Aerobic exercise with low to moderate intensity enhances aerobic fitness in FM patients to the same extent as in healthy sedentary controls. A substantial lower aerobic fitness was found in the FM patients at both pre- and post test. These findings indicate that the common observation of low aerobic fitness among FM patients is related to inactivity rather than the illness.

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Jackson, Carolyn Diane, und Betty Jayne Watts. „A study of sexual identity: Women who have been intimately involved in a heterosexual relationship and have later turned to same sex partners“. CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1419.

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Dell, Geoff University of Ballarat. „The causes and prevention of airline baggage handler back injuries : safe designs required where behaviour and administrative solutions have had limited effect“. University of Ballarat, 2007. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12823.

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"Back injuries have consistently been the most common types of injuries suffered by people at work. They have been a significant worker injury problem in most, if not all, industrialised countries for many years and manual handling has long been established as a significant task related back injury causal factor.[...] This research project established that the manufacturers of the jet airlines used by the airlines in this study had not previously been acquainted with the issue of baggage handler back injuries.[...] This study also canvassed the opinion of airline safety professionals and airline baggage handlers concerning baggage handling tasks and working environment related causal factors. [...] A major focus of this research project was also to measure the effect of ACE and Sliding Carpet, two commercially available retro-fit baggage systems, on the risk of back injuries to baggage handlers stacking baggage within Boeing B737 narrow-body aircraft."
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Dell, Geoff. „The causes and prevention of airline baggage handler back injuries : Safe designs required where behaviour and administrative solutions have had limited effect“. Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2007. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/44427.

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"Back injuries have consistently been the most common types of injuries suffered by people at work. They have been a significant worker injury problem in most, if not all, industrialised countries for many years and manual handling has long been established as a significant task related back injury causal factor.[...] This research project established that the manufacturers of the jet airlines used by the airlines in this study had not previously been acquainted with the issue of baggage handler back injuries.[...] This study also canvassed the opinion of airline safety professionals and airline baggage handlers concerning baggage handling tasks and working environment related causal factors. [...] A major focus of this research project was also to measure the effect of ACE and Sliding Carpet, two commercially available retro-fit baggage systems, on the risk of back injuries to baggage handlers stacking baggage within Boeing B737 narrow-body aircraft."
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Dell, Geoff. „The causes and prevention of airline baggage handler back injuries : safe designs required where behaviour and administrative solutions have had limited effect“. University of Ballarat, 2007. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14622.

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"Back injuries have consistently been the most common types of injuries suffered by people at work. They have been a significant worker injury problem in most, if not all, industrialised countries for many years and manual handling has long been established as a significant task related back injury causal factor.[...] This research project established that the manufacturers of the jet airlines used by the airlines in this study had not previously been acquainted with the issue of baggage handler back injuries.[...] This study also canvassed the opinion of airline safety professionals and airline baggage handlers concerning baggage handling tasks and working environment related causal factors. [...] A major focus of this research project was also to measure the effect of ACE and Sliding Carpet, two commercially available retro-fit baggage systems, on the risk of back injuries to baggage handlers stacking baggage within Boeing B737 narrow-body aircraft."
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Brink, Jaco Greeff. „An investigation of risky sexual behaviours, basic HIV knowledge and intention to use condoms among a sample of men who have sex with men in a student community“. Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20168.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the study was to determine the level of self-reported sexual risk behaviour of student men who have sex with men at a South African higher educational institution. The secondary objective was to determine the level of Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV) knowledge among student men who have sex with men, and lastly to determine the extent to which the theory of planned behaviour is applicable in explaining intentions to use condoms. A sample of fifty student men who have sex with men were recruited to take part in an online baseline and follow-up survey, three months apart. Many of the student men who have sex with men reported sexual behaviour, which may place them at risk of contracting HIV. More than fifty percent (56%) had used alcohol or drugs during sexual intercourse in the past. Six percent (6.1%) reported having been forced to have sexual intercourse against their will. While 8% had experienced abuse and violence on campus, 22% had experienced abuse only and another 6% reported having experienced some form of violence due to their sexual preference. Most participants (70%) reported having used condoms almost always or always when engaging in penetrative sexual behaviours, but 30% had used condoms inconsistently or not at all in the past. The sample of student MSM scored high on a questionnaire of basic HIV knowledge, with a mean score of 14.57 (80.94%). The present study questions the applicability of the theory of planned behaviour in understanding and predicting intention to use condoms among a sample of student men who have sex with men attending a South African higher education institution. Only two of the major theoretical variables, namely attitude and perceived group norms, could significantly predict intention to use condoms. Attitudes regarding condom use were found to have an inverse The primary objective of the study was to determine the level of self-reported sexual risk behaviour of student men who have sex with men at a South African higher educational institution. The secondary objective was to determine the level of Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV) knowledge among student men who have sex with men, and lastly to determine the extent to which the theory of planned behaviour is applicable in explaining intentions to use condoms. A sample of fifty student men who have sex with men were recruited to take part in an online baseline and follow-up survey, three months apart. Many of the student men who have sex with men reported sexual behaviour, which may place them at risk of contracting HIV. More than fifty percent (56%) had used alcohol or drugs during sexual intercourse in the past. Six percent (6.1%) reported having been forced to have sexual intercourse against their will. While 8% had experienced abuse and violence on campus, 22% had experienced abuse only and another 6% reported having experienced some form of violence due to their sexual preference. Most participants (70%) reported having used condoms almost always or always when engaging in penetrative sexual behaviours, but 30% had used condoms inconsistently or not at all in the past. The sample of student MSM scored high on a questionnaire of basic HIV knowledge, with a mean score of 14.57 (80.94%). The present study questions the applicability of the theory of planned behaviour in understanding and predicting intention to use condoms among a sample of student men who have sex with men attending a South African higher education institution. Only two of the major theoretical variables, namely attitude and perceived group norms, could significantly predict intention to use condoms. Attitudes regarding condom use were found to have an inversrelationship with intention to use condoms. The results from the hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that the linear combination of the theory of planned behaviour variables could significantly account for 68% of the variance in intention to use condoms when the predictors were considered together. Interventions that seek to lessen HIV risk behaviour among student men who have sex with men should endeavour to incorporate elements which should aim to augment perceived subjective norms regarding condom use. The findings advocate for additional research to be undertaken on the applicability of the theory of planned behaviour in informing health communication and sexual health interventions that aim to reduce HIV transmission risk among student men who have sex with men at higher educational institutions.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die primêre doel van die studie was om die vlak van self-gerapporteerde seksuele risiko gedrag van studentemans wat seks beoefen met mans (MSM) by 'n Suid-Afrikaanse hoër onderwysinstelling te bepaal. Die sekondêre doel was om die vlak van kennis oor die Menslike Immuniteitsgebreksvirus (MIV) onder studente MSM te bepaal, en laastens om die mate waarin die teorie van beplande gedrag toepaslik is om die voorneme om kondoom gebruik te verduidelik. ŉ Steekproef van vyftig studente MSM was gewerf om aan ŉ aanlyn basislynopname en opvolgopname deel te neem. Talle van die studente MSM het seksuele gedrag gerapporteer wat die mans blootstel aan die risiko om MIV op te doen. Meer as vyftig persent (56%) het in die verlede alkohol of dwelms gebruik tydens seksuele omgang. Ses persent (6,1%) het gerapporteer dat hulle al gedwing is om seksuele omgang teen hul wil te hê. Terwyl agt persent mishandeling en geweld op kampus ervaar het, het 22% slegs misbruik ervaar en nog 6% het een of ander vorm van geweld ervaar as gevolg van hul seksuele voorkeur. Die meeste deelnemers (70%) het gerapporteer dat hulle tydens penetratiewe seks byna altyd kondome gebruik, maar 30% het óf glad nie, óf ongereeld in die verlede kondome gebruik. Die studente MSM wat aan die steekproef deelgeneem het, het hoë tellings behaal in ‘n vraelys oor basiese MIV-feite, met ' ŉ gemiddelde telling van 14.57 (80.94%). Die huidige studie bevraagteken die toepasbaarheid van die teorie van beplande gedrag om die voorneme om kondome te gebruik onder ’n steekproef van studente MSM aan ’n Suid-Afrikaanse hoër onderwysinstelling te verstaan en te voorspel. Slegs twee van die belangrikste teoretiese veranderlikes, naamlik houding en subjektiewe groepnorme, kon beduidend die voorneme voorspel om kondome te gebruik. Houding oor kondoom gebruik het ŉ omgekeerde verwantskap met die voorneme om kondome te gebruik voorspel. Die resultate van die hiërargiese meervoudige regressie-ontleding het aangedui dat, wanneer die voorspellers saam oorweeg word, die lineêre kombinasie van die teorie van beplande gedrag veranderlikes betekenisvol tot 68% van die variansie in die voorneme om kondome te gebruik kan verklaar. Ingrypings wat daarop gemik is om MIV-risiko gedrag onder studente MSM te verminder, behoort elemente in te sluit wat streef daarna om waarneembare subjektiewe norme rakende kondoomgebruik aan te vul. Die bevindinge wys dat addisionele navorsing oor die gebruik van die teorie van beplande gedrag in gesondheidskommunikasie en seksuelegesondheid intervensies wat daarop gemik is om die risiko van MIV-oordrag tussen studente MSM by inrigtings vir hoër onderwys te verminder nodig is.

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