Dissertations / Theses: 'Affective subject'

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Winberg, Mikael. "Simulation in University Chemistry Education : Cognitive and Affective Aspects." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Umeå University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-799.

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Guimarães, Daniela Cavani Falcin. "A afetividade na sala de aula : as atividades de ensino e suas implicações na relação sujeito-objeto." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/251922.

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Resumo: A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo aprofundar os estudos realizados pela autora em nível de graduação (Iniciação Científica), acerca da questão da afetividade no contexto escolar. Propôs-se continuar a olhar para as práticas pedagógicas docentes, focalizando, porém, especificamente, as atividades de ensino desenvolvidas pelo professor em uma sala de aula do ensino médio. Buscou-se identificar a dimensão afetiva presente nas atividades pedagógicas desenvolvidas pelo professor em sala de aula e analisar suas contribuições para a natureza das relações que se estabelecem entre sujeito (aluno) e objeto de conhecimento (conteúdos escolares). O referencial teórico adotado baseou-se nos autores Vigotski e Wallon que enfatizam os determinantes culturais, históricos e sociais da condição humana e consideram que, no homem, as dimensões afetiva e cognitiva são inseparáveis. A metodologia adotada foi o estudo de caso, que se insere no âmbito da abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa. A coleta de dados deu-se por meio do procedimento da autoscopia. A análise, por sua vez, consistiu no agrupamento dos relatos dos sujeitos em dez núcleos temáticos relacionados tanto às características das atividades de ensino da área de língua portuguesa, quanto aos impactos das mesmas nos alunos. De forma geral, observaram-se aspectos das atividades ¿ planejamento, escolha do ponto de partida no processo de ensinoaprendizagem, seleção de materiais, desenvolvimento (instruções, explicações, esclarecimento de dúvidas, feed-back), estabelecimento de relação entre os conteúdos e o cotidiano dos alunos, respeito ao ritmo dos alunos e avaliação do processo de ensino e aprendizagem ¿ que, permeados pela afetividade, contribuíram para que os alunos se apropriassem efetivamente dos conteúdos. Observaram-se também os impactos positivos da mediação pedagógica e das atividades de ensino oferecidas aos alunos para o estabelecimento de uma relação afetivamente positiva entre eles e o objeto de conhecimento em questão
Abstract: The objective of this research is to deepen the study around the subject affectivity in the school context accomplished by the author in graduate level (Scientific Initiation). This paper proposes to continue its observation to the teacher¿s pedagogic practices, focusing specifically on the teaching activities developed by teachers in a high school setting. This study has the intention of identify the dimension of affectivity presents in pedagogic activities developed by teachers in the classroom and analyzes, in a deep and detailed way, its contributions to the nature of relations established between subject (student) and object (school contents). The referral theory adopted in this research is based on the authors Vigotski and Wallon that emphasize cultural, historical and social determinants of the human condition and they consider that man¿s affective dimensions and cognitive dimensions are inseparable. The methodology adopted was the case of study, that is inserted to the ambit of the qualitative approach of this research. The gathering of data was given through the procedure of autoscopy. The analysis, for instance, consisted of grouping people logs in ten thematic nucleus related to the activities that took place in the classroom as well as the impacts of them during the subject-object relation
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Julien, Valérie. "Le sujet à l’épreuve de la guérison, une intégrité affective au fondement de notre consistance." Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSE3067/document.

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La maladie soit un mal dont il faille guérir, c’est ce que déjà l’instinct nous dicte, mais il s’agit de savoir si l’instinct suffit à rendre raison de l’évidence, autrement dit si la raison peut même rendre raison de ce qui résiste à son emprise de rationalité. En bref s’il est possible de tenir un discours “raisonnable” sur une question qui d’emblée met en jeu le sujet.Ce travail s’inscrit dans une perspective de phénoménologie herméneutique. Il questionne cette occurrence critique du vivre qui est la confrontation à la “grande maladie”, c’est-à-dire celle que la “nature” ne suffit pas à guérir, et recherche ce que l’effort fait pour entreprendre de guérir nous apprend sur notre humanité. A distance d’une perspective qui voudrait saisir “l’essence de la guérison,” mon propos est d’interpréter ce qui se joue dans la dynamique du sujet qui entreprend de guérir autrement dit de garder le sens de l’engagement, indépendamment des conditions objectives de sa guérison. Car la prise en compte de l’exigence individuelle et collective de santé pourrait occulter la part subjective du rapport à la santé dans la part croissante accordée à la conception du soin et du bon soin. Avec les meilleures intentions du monde la recherche de la santé pourrait faire l’économie de la question de la participation du sujet au projet de bien vivre et se traduire par une nouvelle entreprise de normalisation de l’humanité. Je choisis d’examiner les conditions de possibilité et de maintien de notre résistance en tant que sujet car la confrontation à la maladie nous dessaisit de notre pouvoir et nous assigne à prendre position pour la vie, pour un sens de la vie, malgré l’exposition à la mort. Moment de vérité – et en ce sens événement - où l’être du sujet, est mis en jeu. Ainsi, à contre-courant de l’évidence qui est que la maladie est l’épreuve, nous explorerons l’hypothèse d’une épreuve de la guérison même. Je tente alors d’éclairer de biais à quel sujet s’adresse la pratique médicale pour susciter un questionnement et si possible ouvrir un champ de ressources pour les personnes en charge de guérison. Un champ de ressources qui invite à réinvestir autrement notre rapport au sensible et à l’illusion de sa maîtrise compassionnelle. Un champ de ressources qui tisse et retisse le lien à la vie, dont la première épreuve pour nous est toujours “affective,” convaincue que si seul le sujet décide de sa guérison, nul ne peut guérir seul.Le déploiement de mon argumentation explore l’enracinement ou non du sujet dans l’affectivité du vivre, réinterroge le lien contingent ou nécessaire de l’affectivité et de la liberté ainsi que le rapport du même et de l’autre dans la responsabilité.Je voudrais montrer que le phénomène de la résilience ne permet pas de fonder l’hypothèse d’une possibilité d’intégrité du sujet. J’émets l’hypothèse sans doute épineuse que la culpabilité chemine en complice du mal physique et moral et altère ainsi la possibilité d’engagement d’un sujet résistant. Qu’une intégrité affective, au cœur du sujet a toujours précédé le mal et affirme avant toute destructivité et tout négativité une générosité de soi.Je m’engage enfin à explorer la faculté d’aimer comme une réalité de premier ordre pour penser l’intégrité d’un sujet, animé de joie de vivre qui entreprend de porter le bien. De ce dont procède cette générosité, c’est ce que nous appelons dans le cadre de notre recherche guérison
Instinct tells us that sickness is an ill from which we must recover, but we must know if instinct is enough to explain what is evident, in other words, if reason can even account for what resists its hold on rationality. In short, if it's possible to argue "with reason" on a question which, from the outset, involves the subject. This work falls within the scope of hermeneutic phenomenology. It questions the critical life experience of confronting "serious illness", meaning an illness that "nature" cannot cure, and looks at what the effort required to recover teaches us about our humanity. Separate from the perspective which seeks to identify “the essence of the cure,” my aim is to interpret what is at play in the subject's personality, who undertakes to recover, in other words maintains their commitment, independently of the objective conditions for recovery. As taking into consideration both individual and collective health requirements could mask the subjective element of the relationship to health in the growing importance accorded to the concept of care and ‘’good’’ care. With the best intentions in the world health research could avoid the question of the subject's participation in defining "living well" and transform itself into a new attempt to normalize humanity. I have chosen to examine the conditions for the possibility of and upholding of our resistance as a subject for the confrontation with illness strips us of our power and obliges us to make a stand for life, for a meaning to life, despite being exposed to death. The moment of truth – and in this sense an event – where the self of the subject, is at stake. Faced with illness, the subject experiences an ordeal which is intimately bound to their attitude to life, which itself is no longer evident. I try to throw some light on which subject medical practice addresses to elicit interrogation and if possible to open a new area of resources for people responsible for healing. Resources which lead to a rethinking of our relationship to sensitive subjects and the illusion of one’s compassionate control. Resources which reconsider the subject’s capacity to resist “the way things are”. Resources which make and remake the vital link to life, of which the primary test for us is always “emotional,” convinced that if the subject alone decides their recovery, none can heal alone.My reasoning will explore the entrenchment, or not, of the subject in the affectivity of life, look again at the potential or necessary link between affectivity and liberty as well as the connection between the one and the other to responsibility.This will lead us to question the paradigm of resilience to consider the subject's capacity for integration, to question guilt as the norm which regulates the moral conscience and disaffection with love in order to remain master of one's self.I want to show that the phenomenon of resilience does not permit the hypothesis of a possible integrity of the subject; resilience can also be considered as an artifact produced by an individual who assembles an attitude to the disaster residing in them and destroying them bit by bit.I put forward the, without doubt thorny, hypothesis, that guilt is an accomplice of the physical and moral ill and thereby alters a resistant subject's ability to confront the situation. That emotional integrity, “at the heart of the subject” has always preceded the ill and affirms before any destructiveness and negativity a “generosity of self.”Lastly, I will explore the ability to love as a reality of the highest importance to consider the integrity of a subject, filled with the love of life who undertakes to spread "good". From this, comes this generosity, this is what, in the framework of our research, we call “healing.”

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Longhi, Magalí Teresinha. "Mapeamento de aspectos afetivos em um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/39578.

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Esta tese apresenta mecanismos computacionais concebidos para reconhecer e inferir estados de ânimo de alunos em interação num ambiente virtual de aprendizagem (AVA). A pesquisa, tendo por base investigações interdisciplinar – Educação, Psicologia Cognitiva e Computação Afetiva (CA) –, apresenta, a título de problema central, o de como alcançar tais objetivos. A Psicogenética Construtivista, base teórica que fundamenta o exame dos aspectos afetivos envolvidos nos processos de aprendizagem, responde pela concepção epistemológica interacionista do AVA ROODA, ambiente de aplicação da pesquisa. A dimensão afetiva é examinada sob a perspectiva cognitivista associada à teoria de appraisal, em especial no que diz respeito ao modelo de Scherer, que tem por finalidade distinguir os diferentes fenômenos afetivos. No que tange à CA, área em torno da qual vêm sendo desenvolvidos estudos que buscam inferir, avaliar e tomar decisões sobre o estado cognitivo-afetivo do aluno, dois aspectos são considerados. De um lado, a análise de como se processa a interação do aluno com o sistema em função de sinais obtidos do comportamento observável no ambiente. De outro, como proceder ao reconhecimento da subjetividade a partir de materiais textuais. Projetos experimentais de CA vêm evidenciando o quanto, no âmbito cognitivo, o reconhecimento da afetividade assume novos contornos. A hipótese de estudo, a de que os estados de ânimo de um aluno podem ser reconhecidos em AVA através de um modelo computacional que inter-relacione fatores de personalidade e de comportamento, pôde ser confirmada, para isso concorrendo o emprego da técnica de redes bayesianas. A opção pelo fenômeno afetivo estado de ânimo, embasada na revisão da literatura, justifica-se por constituir um dos aspectos afetivos mais representativos no ambiente escolar, com respeito ao qual cumpre considerar duas classes de estados de ânimo: animação e satisfação. A Roda dos Estados Afetivos é o espaço de representação para o mapeamento de ambas as classes. Tendo em conta a interdisciplinaridade da pesquisa, e no intuito de identificar os estados de ânimo nas interações de alunos em AVA, construiu-se uma nova funcionalidade para o AVA ROODA, denominada ROODAafeto. Identificar os estados de ânimo em AVA significa ampliar o leque de comunicação professor-aluno, de modo a que não somente os aspectos cognitivos, mas também os afetivos sejam considerados. Em síntese, através dessa funcionalidade, pretende-se proporcionar meios, a partir dos quais seja possível obter informações associadas à vivência afetiva do aluno, notadamente em relação ao ensino não presencial.
This dissertation presents computing mechanisms conceived in order to get to know and infer students’ mood states when interacting in a virtual learning environment (VLE). The research, based on interdisciplinary studies – Education, Cognitive Psychology, and Affective Computing (AC) –, presents, as its main research problem, the aim of reaching such objectives. Constructivist psychogenetics, theoretical foundation for the examination of affective aspects involved in learning processes, is responsible for the interactionist epistemological conception of the ROODA VLE, the application environment for the research. The affective dimension is examined under the cognitive perspective associated to the appraisal theory, mainly regarding Scherer’s model, which aims to distinguish the different affective phenomena. Concerning AC, area that comprises studies developed in order to infer, assess, and take decisions about the student’s affective-cognitive status, two aspects are considered. On the one hand, the analysis of how the interaction of the student with the system is processed was carried out, based on signals obtained from the observable behavior in the environment. On the other hand, it was analyzed how to proceed when recognizing the subjectivity from textual materials. AC experimental projects have evidenced how much, in the cognitive sphere, the recognition of affectivity assumes new forms. The study hypothesis that a student’s mood state can be recognized in a VLE by means of a computing model that inter-relates personality and behavior factors could be confirmed, and for this purpose a Bayesian network technique was used. The option for the affective phenomena mood state, based on the literature review, is justified by the fact that it is one of the most representative affective aspects in the educational environment. With this regard, two types of mood states are considered: being interested and being satisfied. Wheel of Afffective States is the space of representation for the mapping of both types. Considering the interdisciplinarity of the research, and with the purpose of identifying the mood states in the students' interactions in a VLE, a new functionality for the ROODA VLE, called ROODAafeto was developed. Identifying mood states in VLE means to amplify the possibility of teacher-student communication so that affective aspects are also considered besides cognitive aspects. In short, the use of this functionality aims to provide means to obtain information associated with the student’s affective experience, mainly in relation to non-presential education.
Esta tesis presenta mecanismos computacionales diseñados para reconocer e inferir los estados de ánimo de los estudiantes en la interacción en un entorno virtual de aprendizaje (AVA). La investigación, basada en estudio interdisciplinar - Educación, Psicología Cognitiva y Computación Afectiva (CA) - presenta, como problema central, de qué modo alcanzar estos objetivos. La Psicogenética Constructivista, base teórica que se basa en el examen de los aspectos afectivos implicados en los procesos de aprendizaje, responde por la concepción epistemológica interaccionista de AVA ROODA, ambiente de ejecución de la investigación. La dimensión afectiva es examinada desde la perspectiva cognitivista asociada con la teoría de appraisal, en particular en lo que respecta al modelo de Scherer, que tiene por finalidad distinguir los diferentes fenómenos afectivos. Desde el punto de vista de la CA, la zona en torno a los cuales se han desarrollado estudios que buscan inferir, evaluar y tomar decisiones acerca del estado cognitivo-afectivo del alumno, se consideran dos aspectos. Por un lado, el análisis de cómo se procesa la interacción del alumno con el sistema en función de las señales obtenidas del comportamiento observado en el ambiente. Por otra parte, como proceder al reconocimiento de la subjetividad desde los materiales textuales. Proyectos experimentales en CA han confirmando cuanto, en la magnitud cognitiva, el reconocimiento de la afectividad asume nuevos contornos. La hipótesis del estudio, en la que los estados de ánimo de un alumno puede ser reconocida en AVA mediante un modelo computacional que interrelacione factores de la personalidad y del comportamiento, se pudo confirmar, para tanto concurriendo el empleo de la técnica de redes bayesianas. La elección por el fenómeno afectivo estado de ánimo, embasada en la revisión de la literatura, se justifica por constituir uno de los aspectos afectivos más representativos en el entorno escolar, por lo que respecta considerar dos clases de estados de ánimo: animación y satisfacción. El Círculo de los Estados Afectivos es el espacio de representación para el mapeo de ambas clases. Teniendo en cuenta la interdisciplinariedad de la investigación, y el objetivo de identificar los estados de ánimo en las interacciones de los alumnos en AVA, se construyo una nueva funcionalidad para AVA ROODA, llamada ROODAafeto. Identificar los estados de ánimo en AVA significa una ampliación del rango de comunicación profesor-alumno, de modo que no sólo los aspectos cognitivos, sino también los afectivos se tienen en cuenta. En resumen, por medio de esta funcionalidad, se intenta proporcionar los medios, a partir de los cuales sea posible obtener información relacionada con la experiencia afectiva de los alumnos, especialmente en relación con la enseñanza no presencial.

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Jacobs, David. "The dextroamphetamine response in human subjects : a psychological, psychophysiological and neuroendocrine study /." Title page, table of contents and summary only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09MD/09mdj17.pdf.

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Bait-Almal, Ali Ali Mohamed. "What should I study? : factors affecting student choice of subject at Libyan universities." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12711/.

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This thesis focuses on the analysis and discussion of issues and factors influencing Libyan students’ subject choices at undergraduate level. It reviews the literature in the field, situating the study firmly in the context of educational research. However, it is noted that this literature has mainly emerged from Western contexts, and hence cultures. Nonetheless, the body of literature is used as a framework to analyse the Libyan case. The main research question focuses on the main factors influencing the choice process in respect of the field of study for first year undergraduates at Libyan universities. Further questions regarding why students choose to attend university, their perceptions of subjects, and the concerns and influences brought to bear in the choice process are posed. A mixed methods approach is adopted in which the research sample comprises first year students at four different universities in Libya, in order to identify any differences and similarities in the choice process among the students in different regions and different disciplines. Both questionnaire survey and interviews are used to secure fact and opinion regarding the mechanisms employed by students to make their choice of subject. Four different subjects are considered so that comparisons can be made of the influences that are brought to bear in student choice. Underpinning the research instruments is the theoretical framework consisting of cultural capital, social capital, and human capital, as obtained from the comprehensive literature review. The research was conducted in two phases, the first being quantitative, in which 2,209 questionnaires were completed by first year students at two coastal city universities and two rural city universities in Libya. The second phase was qualitative, and involved 65 individual interviews, together with a focus group discussion to cater for female students who excused themselves from participating in the individual interviews because of their religious and cultural beliefs. The research findings show that the subject choice process is influenced by multiple factors and that substantial differences between subject choices are seen among urban and rural students, the latter being destined to study in poorly equipped rural universities. As evidenced in the responses, there is no equity in the provisions of Libyan universities. A further result is that the student’s academic ability has little influence on the selection process, and that other factors such as the parents’ level of education, institutional infrastructure, career prospects and geographical location play important parts in influencing the decision. More interestingly, the study established that students from urban areas with educated parents are more likely to take courses offered in long established universities in the cities. The thesis concludes by highlighting the pertinent points in the research, and makes recommendations for Libyan policy-makers and higher education institutions on how to facilitate the improvement of the student subject choice process. Additionally, it suggests possible avenues for further research area around the topic of this thesis. As a final note, the thesis offers a brief explanation of the socio-political, economic and cultural changes that have taken, and continue to take place, since the overthrow of the previous regime on 23rd October, 2011.

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Karnkowska, Barbara. "Factor Analysis Affecting Study Subject Recruitment and Retention in a Major Depressive Disorder Study." Thesis, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10641966.

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The purpose of a clinical trial is to demonstrate safety, tolerability and efficacy of investigational medications before receiving FDA approval for medical use. The success of clinical trials heavily relies on quick patient recruitment as well as long-term patient retention throughout the duration of the study. Recruitment and retention have been identified as the most expensive components of research, in some instances consisting of up to 33% of the designated budget spanning from phase I to III trials. In light of the rising costs of pharmaceutical research, it is important to investigate factors implicated in patient recruitment and retention throughout a clinical trial. Focusing on a Major Depressive Disorder study, an analysis of the following factors determining patient involvement in clinical trials was proposed: sex, age, weight, distance from site, marital status, concomitant medications, comorbid diseases, and work status, among others. Using logistical regression model, a retrospective study was conducted in order to characterize a profile of an optimized patient. Logistic regression analysis of data revealed that the most significant determinant of patient enrollment into a Major Depressive Disorder study is the use of an antidepressant treatment (ADT) at the time of pre-screening consultation. A closer look revealed that a potential patient was three times more likely to enroll in the study if he or she was on an ADT than an individual without the treatment. Further analysis confirmed model significance and result validity, as well as prompted ideas for further research.

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Vigeland, Anne. "Exhibiting Performing Subjects : Curating Outsourced Performance Labour in Museum Settings." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för kultur och estetik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-180926.

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The thesis examines challenges museum curators face when outsourced performers – whose role it is to embody the work of other artists – are included in exhibition projects. The research questions are: What are the practical, juridical and ethical challenges that come with situating outsourced performance labour in the museum setting? What does the inclusion of live performance in exhibition projects mean for the role of the museum curator? Two exhibition cases in Stockholm are studied in the thesis: Marina Abramović – The Cleaner (2017) at Moderna Museet and Dora García, I Always Tell the Truth at Bonniers Konsthall (2018–19). The material consists of digital surveys that were sent out to employed performers from each exhibition case as well as interviews that were conducted with both performers and curatorial staff. The material was examined using theories on affective labour and the theoretical notion of de-skilling and re-skilling of acquired competences. The thesis shows that the practical challenges include the architectural conditions of museum buildings, insufficient prior knowledge on what working with performers entail, short project timespans and limited exhibition budgets. The juridical challenges include a lack of union recommendations for performance in museums and the difficulty of situating reperformances of historical works that in its form and duration may go against national labour regulations. The ethical challenges include commodification of performers’ subjectivity through instances of affective labour and mechanisms of objectification. In turn, both the outsourced performer and the museum curator turned performance curator inhabits a precarious working situation. The role of the performance curator is highly administrational and organisationally tedious in its positioning between curatorship, performing arts production and human resource management. Additionally, it entails a prodigious amount of affective labour in the reproductive mode – of emotional investments, conflict resolution and social liaison.

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Dickerson, Tona. "Individual interest and subject-matter knowledge : variables affecting second-language strategy use in reading a science article /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487949836206751.

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Naugah, Jayantee. "Factors affecting the choice of science subjects among girls at secondary level in Mauritius." Thesis, Brunel University, 2011. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6450.

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This research attempts to identify the factors which influence the choice of science subjects in Mauritius among girls at the end of the third year of secondary education, the level up to which science is a compulsory subject. This low uptake of science subjects by girls beyond the compulsory level is a matter of concern. The study was undertaken in four purposely selected schools in Mauritius, two mixed-sex and two girls’ schools. Using mainly a qualitative approach, data were collected through: (i) non-participant observations of 60 science and 20 non-science lessons, (ii) 16 semi-structured face-to-face interviews of teachers, and six group interviews with pupils and (iii) 135 questionnaires administered to the parents of the pupils in the classes observed in the four schools. Based on the results of a pilot study, modifications were made for the main study. The data provided insights into teachers’ teaching approaches, the behaviour and interest of pupils in the lessons and other factors such as pupils’ perceptions of science, their self-identity and role models, and the extent to which parents and peers influence the choice of subjects among girls. The findings show that teaching approaches were mainly traditional and that both girls and boys prefer hands-on activities and contextual examples reflecting real-life situations. The majority of the girls’ experiences of science were negative and this deterred them from taking science beyond the compulsory level although they were aware of its importance. Teachers had positive opinions about girls’ ability to do science but stated that lack of infrastructure facilities did not allow them to involve the pupils in practical work as much as they would wish. However, brighter girls’ decisions to study sciences were not outweighed by these factors. Parents felt that they did not influence their daughters in the choice of subjects or eventual careers though they held science in high esteem.

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Ibarra, Cristina A. "A Rumination on the Internet as a Developing Medium on Subjects Affecting Societal Norms." Ohio Dominican University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1351088918.

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Guldbacke, Lund Linnéa. "Äcklet, Äcklet : En äckelstudie om doft, kroppsvätskor och skriftliga spyor samt att äta sig själv och andra i Aliide, Aliide, Parfymen, Nekrofilen, Våtmarker och Tid för kärlek." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185285.

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This essay explores and examines disgust in five literary figures and books based on scent, bodyfluids and abjection. Together with Julia Kristeva's Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection and Sara Ahmed's "The Performativity of Disgust" in The Cultural Politics of Emotion, I analyze these books, and my position as a researchsubject. The questions I ask are: What does disgust mean? How do the subject's boundaries shift when things penetrate the body? How are scents, body fluids and disgust expressed in relation to power and the female body? And what does it mean that I stick my reading experiences on the texts I read? The analysis begins in Mare Kandre's novel Aliide, Aliide and how gaze, power and girlhood are made, as well as how abjection takes place in the intake of milk and larvae. Body in body and body against body are analyzed based on Aliide's disgust in the novel. I discuss how something growing inside is experienced as disgusting and frightening and connect it to the pregnant body and the fetus as abjection. In the second chapter of the analyze, it is Parfymen: berättelsen om en mördare by Patrick Süskind that focuses on the scent of the female body that Grenouille, the main character tries to extract and master. The gaze on the female body and the extraction of fragrance is in focus here and in Nekrofilen by Gabrielle Wittkop, Lucien's desire for the dead body is examined. The body fluids, such as the vomit that the bodies excrete can be read as limits to life and death. In the third and final analysis section, I read these books with affect. I reconnect to my introduction where Ulf Lundell's poems made me feel disgusted. I use Ahmed's concept of performativity to discuss how cannibalism - reading - eating body fluids are connected, and how writing about disgust, is a form om vomiting. I examine my own writing subject and what an affective reading does to literary studies and the research position. In conclusion, I discuss how the universal and the subjective making of disgust effect research.

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Formentini, Thiago Augusto. "Macroscopic, microscopic and molecular scale interactions affecting copper and zinc transfer within a clayey hapludox soil subject to long-term pig slurry application." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/43554.

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Orientador : Ph.D. Cristovão V. S. Fernandes
Coorientador : Ph.D. Adilson Pinheiro
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Tecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Recursos Hídricos e Ambiental. Defesa: Curitiba, 21/03/2016
Inclui referências : f. 118-132
Resumo: A reciclagem de dejetos líquidos de suínos (DLS) como fertilizante é uma prática comum para diminuir os resíduos agropecuários. O destino de metais traço aplicados ao solo via DLS permanece incerto e poucos estudos de longa duração, em escala de campo, foram relatados até o momento. O presente trabalho visou avaliar o impacto de 11 anos de aplicação contínua de DLS em um solo argiloso no comportamento dos metais Cu e Zn. Três taxas de aplicação de DLS foram monitoradas em seis profundidades de solo, comparando-as com uma parcela de controle. Experimentos objetivaram avaliar a acumulação, distribuição no perfil, fracionamento químico, associações minerais e orgânicas e a incorporação ao nível molecular dos metais pesados (MP) de origem natural e exógena. Inicialmente, o protocolo de extração sequencial do Geological Survey of Canada foi aplicado às amostras de solo, resultando em seis frações de MP com extratabilidades progressivamente mais fracas. Observou-se um aumento significativo na concentração total de Cu e Zn apenas na camada de 0 a 5 cm, nos tratamentos de 50 e 100 m3 ha-1 ano-1 de DLS. No tratamento de 200 m3 ha-1 ano-1 (DLS200), o aumento foi até a camada de 10 a 15 cm. O balanço de massa, determinado para as 22 aplicações de DLS, confirmou a acumulação total do Cu e Zn exógenos nas camadas de solo superficiais. Mais de 70% do teor natural dos MP foi detectado na fração residual. Entretanto, esta foi a única fração não influenciada pelas adições de DLS. Em seguida, as associações entre os MP e as fases do solo foram investigadas. Amostras de superfície (0 a 5 cm) das parcelas de controle e DLS200 foram fracionadas de acordo com a densidade, resultando em cinco frações densimétricas. Os MP de origem pedogênica estavam possivelmente associados aos filossilicatos caulinita e vermiculita e ao óxido de Fe hematita. O Cu exógeno foi detectado sobretudo na fração densimétrica mais leve, rica em matéria orgânica (OM), enquanto o Zn exógeno distribuiu-se entre as frações rica em OM e rica em filossilicatos. Finalmente, aplicou-se a espectroscopia de absorção de raios-X baseada em luz síncrotron às mesmas amostras utilizadas no fracionamento densimétrico. Os dados de EXAFS foram submetidos ao ajuste por combinações lineares, considerando uma base de dados de materiais de referência. A especiação do Cu pedogênico foi dominada pelos minerais caulinita e vermiculita, enquanto o Cu exógeno foi detectado quase totalmente sorvido em inner-sphere na estrutura mineral da caulinita. A ocorrência natural do Zn deu-se associada aos minerais caulinita e hematita, enquanto sua distribuição exógena foi verificada entre Zn-caulinita, Znhematita e Zn-MO. A especiação dos MP no DLS foi dominada pelos sulfetos Cu2S e ZnS. Entretanto, estas espécies não foram detectadas no solo após as aplicações de DLS. Análise do DLS via microscopia eletrônica de varredura revelou partículas de ZnS de aproximadamente 1 ??m de diâmetro, inéditas na literatura científica. Postulouse que tais micropartículas poderiam consistir de nano-agregados de ZnS, mais suscetíveis a solubilização. Os resultados do presente estudo reforçam a importância da investigação de longa duração, em condições de campo, e destacam a influência das características do solo no destino dos MP. O alto teor de argila do solo foi determinante para a forte atenuação da mobilidade dos MP adicionados via DLS. Ademais, abre-se caminho à uma nova linha de investigação relacionada à estrutura e estabilidade de sulfetos metálicos no solo após aplicação via rejeitos orgânicos. Palavras-chave: Metal pesado. Adubação orgânica. Extração sequencial. Fracionamento densimétrico. EXAFS
Abstract: Pig slurry (PS) recycling as fertilizer is commonly practiced as an option for minimizing livestock waste. The fate of trace metals from PS origin remains uncertain and only a few long-term field studies have been reported to date. This study was designed to assess the impact of 11-year continuous PS spreading on Cu and Zn behavior within a Brazilian clayey Hapludox soil. Three different PS application rates were monitored at six soil depths in comparison to a non-amended control soil. Experiments were carried out to investigate the accumulation and profile distribution, chemical fractionation, mineral and organic associations, and molecular-level incorporation of natural and exogenous heavy metal (HM) within the soil matrix. Firstly, the modified Geological Survey of Canada sequential extraction protocol was applied, resulting in six HM fractions with progressively weaker extractability. Significant increase in Cu and Zn total concentration (assessed by the sum of fractions) was noted only within the 0- 5 cm soil layer for the 50 and 100 m3 ha-1 year-1 (PS50 and PS100) treatments, and up to 10-15 cm for the 200 m3 ha-1 year-1 (PS200) treatment. The mass balance, determined for the 22 PS amendments over the period, confirmed the overall exogenous Cu and Zn accumulation within the surface layers. More than 70% of the natural HM content was originally in the residual fraction. However, this was the only fraction not influenced by the PS amendments. Secondly, the HM phase associations with the soil matrix were assessed. Surface soil samples from the control and PS200 plots were fractionated according to density, resulting in five density fractions. Pedogenic HM were most likely associated to the phyllosilicates kaolinite and vermiculite and the Fe-oxide hematite. Exogenous Cu was mainly detected in the lightest density fraction, rich in organic matter (OM), whereas exogenous Zn distributed between the OM-rich and the phyllosilicate-rich fractions. Finally, synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy was conducted on the same samples used for density fractionation. The soil Cu and Zn EXAFS data were analyzed by linear combination fitting, based on a library of EXAFS spectra of reference materials. Kaolinite and vermiculite accounted for the speciation of pedogenic Cu. The exogenous Cu was almost completely sorbed as inner-sphere into the kaolinite mineral structure. Kaolinite and hematite were the main minerals accounting for the Zn of natural occurrence. Exogenous Zn distributed about equally among Zn-kaolinite, Zn-hematite and Zn-OM. The speciation of Cu and Zn in the PS matrix was dominated by the sulfides Cu2S and ZnS. However, these species were not detected at all within the soil after PS spreading. Scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalysis showed ZnS particles of about 1 ??m diameter. Such small particles were reported for the first time in the PS matrix. It was hypothesized that the observed micro ZnS particles would rather consist of nano ZnS aggregates, more susceptible to solubilization. Results of this study reinforce the importance of long-term investigation under field conditions, and highlight the influence of the soil characteristics on the HM fate. The very high clay content of the soil was determinant for the strong attenuation of the PS-added HM mobility. Moreover, it opens a new line of investigation concerning the structure and stability of HM sulfides within the soil following organic amendments. Keywords: Heavy metal. Organic amendment. Sequential extraction. Density fractionation. EXAFS.

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XU, JIN. "The factors affecting the development of the musical performance : A study on the musical performance in Shanghai." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-13680.

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The development of musical theatre in china is still in its initial stage, only a few big theatres have the ability of operating musical performance, and at this time, musical theatre is only performed in few big cities in China, like Shanghai and Beijing. The the-sis focuses on the development of musical theatre in Shanghai. As an entertainment ac-tivity and also one of the performing arts, the demand for musical theatre could be affect by many factors like educational background, income and competition from other forms of entertainment activities. There were many previous studies about the performing arts which also focused on the factors like education and income, however, the level of con-tributions of these factors to the development of different forms of performing arts are different. By reviewing related previous literatures and analyzing the data collected from Shanghai Grand Theatre which bases on a meta analysis of previous studies of performing arts, the thesis explores the current situation of the development of the mus-ical performance in Shanghai and studies various factors that affect the demand for musical theatre, as a result, a deeper understanding of how factors like educational background, income, competition among forms of entertainment activities etc. affect the development of musical theatre in Shanghai wish to be provided.

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Casoinic, Danut. "Leadership et diversité démographique dans les organisations : l'influence de l'âge sur les relations LMX, le leadership transformationnel, la satisfaction au travail et l'engagement affectif." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00964675.

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En s'appuyant sur les modèles théoriques de la démographie relationnelle, du leader-member exchange et du leadership transformationnel, cette thèse examine l'impact de la diversité des âges sur la qualité des interactions, les comportements de leadership transformationnel, et sur la satisfaction au travail et l'engagement organisationnel affectif des managers et de leurs collaborateurs, au sein de deux entreprises high-tech françaises, situées dans la région grenobloise. La diversité des âges est ici considérée sous l'angle des différences, des similitudes et des termes d'interaction entre les dimensions chronologique et subjective de l'âge. Cette recherche gravite autour de la notion que la diversité des âges entre les managers et leurs collaborateurs joue un rôle important dans la qualité de leurs échanges quotidiens et pour les comportements de leadership transformationnel, en influant ainsi sur leur satisfaction au travail et leur engagement organisationnel affectif. Nos résultats montrent que l'âge chronologique, l'âge subjectif et leurs termes d'interaction exercent un rôle important dans les perceptions à l'égard de la qualité d'échanges intervenant au travail entre les managers et leurs collaborateurs directs, selon que les managers sont plus âgés ou plus jeunes que les salariés. De plus, cette thèse montre que la diversité des âges est bénéfique pour l'expression du comportement de leadership transformationnel affiché par les managers. D'une part, nos résultats suggèrent que plus il y a de différences importantes d'âge (chronologique et subjectif) entre les managers et leurs collaborateurs plus jeunes qu'eux, plus les managers sont enclins à afficher un comportement de leadership transformationnel. D'autre part, lorsque les managers sont plus jeunes que leurs collaborateurs, les premiers sont moins enclins à afficher un comportement de leadership transformationnel dans leurs échanges au travail avec les salariés. En outre, plus l'écart d'âge entre managers plus jeunes et salariés plus âgés est prononcé, moins les salariés estiment que leur supérieur serait capable d'afficher un comportement de leadership transformationnel. Nos résultats démontrent aussi la présence d'un effet de médiation par la qualité des relations LMX intervenant dans le lien entre la diversité des âges et la satisfaction au travail, dans le cas où les managers sont plus âgés que leurs collaborateurs. Des effets directs positifs émanant des âges des managers et de leurs collaborateurs sur la satisfaction au travail et sur l'engagement organisationnel affectif - selon que les managers sont plus jeunes ou plus âgés que les salariés - ont également été constatés. Cette recherche souligne l'importance de continuer la réflexion sur le rôle et le sens que les individus attribuent à l'âge, d'une part ; et elle souligne aussi le besoin d'approfondir les effets de cet attribut sur les attitudes et les comportements au travail, d'autre part. Sous un angle pratique et managérial, les résultats de cette recherche pourraient servir aux pratiques managériales dans les entreprises dont les équipes de travail se composent de managers plus jeunes que leurs collaborateurs, ou bien de managers plus âgés que leurs collaborateurs - à la fois chronologiquement et subjectivement. Sous un angle de recherche, ce travail met en exergue l'utilité particulière d'examiner les âges des managers et ceux de leurs collaborateurs de manière simultanée, afin de mieux comprendre leurs effets sur les conséquences organisationnelles examinées dans la présente étude.

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Mzokwana, Nomnikelo Nondwe. "An investigation into the factors affecting the pass rate of Grade Twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject : a case study of selected schools in Libode district." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1022.

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Libode district is a rural district within the Eastern Cape Province. It has forty-two senior secondary schools. All schools in Libode district offer the English subject as the first additional language (second language). Schools in Libode district use English as the medium of instruction. English as the medium of instruction was seen by the National Department of Education as an important aspect of teaching and learning and as an effective tool through which teachers and learners can express their knowledge. The pass rate of grade twelve learners had declined from 2004 showing very low success rates. The quality of grade twelve results in English had deprived learners of their future career prospects. This treatise investigated the factors that might have affected the pass rate of grade twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject: a case study of selected schools in Libode district. A sample of 165 grade 12 learners and six English teachers from randomly selected senior secondary schools participated in the study. The study used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Some factors affecting the pass rate of grade twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject were identified which included the non-implementation of English as medium of instruction, the non-availability of teaching facilities, and the influence of the mother tongue on the English subject. The treatise offers some recommendations such as improved in-service training on language teaching, assessment techniques and learner-centredness, involvement of all education stakeholders in the implementation of English as a language of teaching and learning, and the provision of teaching facilities in schools.

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Mzoughi, Manel. "L'impact des "toy-packaging" sur l'attitude des enfants âgés de 7 à 11 ans envers une marque. : une approche expérimentale." Thesis, Normandie, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017NORMC032/document.

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L’objectif de cette recherche est d’étudier la réponse affective de l’enfant ainsi que son comportement suite à son exposition à un emballage ludique tel un « toy-packaging ». Nous testons aussi le rôle médiateur des variables sociodémographiques sur ces liens. Ainsi nous avons eu recours à quatre prototypes différents de « toy-packagings » selon la présence ou non des critères anthropomorphique et réutilisable pour un produit qui ne suscite pas l’intérêt des enfants, soit le gel-douche. L’expérimentation a été dupliqué dans deux contextes différents afin d’asseoir l’universalité des résultats, il s’agit d’une première étude opérée en France suivie d’une deuxième opérée en Tunisie. La recherche a montré un impact positif du critère anthropomorphique sur la réponse affective de l’enfant envers la marque dans les deux contextes. A l’encontre l’impact du deuxième critère (la réutilisabilité) n’a pu être validé qu’en Tunisie. L’analyse des différences entre les deux critères du « toy-packaging », révèle la prépondérance du premier confirmant l’importance de s’identifier à un héros/emblème chez les jeunes consommateurs. Ainsi, ici ceux sont les plus petits qui éprouvent plus d’enthousiasme envers des marques emballées dans des « toy-packagings » plutôt que leurs aînés. L’âge subjectif est donc une variable qui explique ces différences inter-segment
This research aims to study the emotional response of children and their behavior toward playful packaging such as a "toy-packaging". It aims also to test mediating role of socio-demographic variables on these links. Thus we used four different prototypes of "toy-packaging" according to the presence or not of anthropomorphic and reusable criteria for a product that does not arouse the interest of children (shower-gel). The experiment was duplicated in two different contexts in order to establish the universality of results, it is about a first study operated in France followed by a second one operated in Tunisia. Research has shown a positive impact of the anthropomorphic criterion on the child's affective response to the brand in both contexts. Although the impact of the second criterion (reusability) has only been validated in Tunisia. The analysis of the differences between the two criteria of "toy-packaging" reveals the importance to be identified to a hero / emblem among young consumers. Thus, the youngest children (7 and 8 yrs) are more enthusiastic towards brands packaged in "toy packaging" rather than their elders. Subjective age is therefore a variable that explains these inter-segment differences

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Dror, Iiana. "Factors affecting learning and types of practical knowledge used by student teachers, mentor teachers and pedagogical subject teachers in a pds programme a case study of the partnership between nizanim teachers college and local high schools." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496923.

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Menez, Charlotte. "Analyses des modifications cinématiques et affectives générées par les orthèses plantaires lors de la locomotion chez les sujets présentant une inégalité au niveau des membres inférieurs effects of orthotic insoles on gait kinematics and low back pain in subjects with mild leg length discrepency : a pilot study Effects of foot orthoses on gait kinematics and/or low back pain in subjects with leg length inequality : a systematic review Improvement of gait quality and pain due to orthotic insoles in subjects with mild leg length discrepency." Thesis, Normandie, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020NORMR019.

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La thèse présentée a pour objectif d’analyser les modifications cinématiques et affectives générées par les orthèses plantaires (OP) lors de la locomotion chez les sujets présentant une inégalité de la longueur des membres inférieurs (ILMI). L’ILMI est une affection courante due soit à des déformations anatomiques, soit à une déformation fonctionnelle. L’ILMI a été associée à plusieurs pathologies et douleurs au niveau des membres inférieurs et du bassin, et est souvent traitée par OP dans le domaine de la podologie. Cependant, il n’existe pas encore de réel consensus quant aux effets des OP sur la cinématique de la marche chez les sujets présentant une ILMI légère (≤ 3,0 cm). L’objectif général de cette thèse est de savoir si les OP peuvent être un traitement adapté pour les sujets présentant une légère ILMI. Une première étude nous a permis de mettre en avant une diminution significative des lombalgies chez les sujets présentant une ILMI légère sans effet significatif sur la symétrie articulaire après 3 semaines d’utilisation de semelles orthopédiques (SO). Ensuite, une revue systématique de la littérature a confirmé l’effet positif des OP sur les douleurs lombaires. Toutefois, les OP semblaient diminuer les déséquilibres cinématiques des sujets présentant une ILMI, seulement lorsque l’ILMI était modérée à sévère. Notre dernière étude révèle un effet immédiat des SO sur la cinématique et la douleur chez des sujets présentant une légère ILMI. Les SO semblent pouvoir améliorer la symétrie articulaire au niveau du bassin dans le plan frontal et de la cheville dans le plan sagittal, ainsi que la douleur des sujets présentant une légère ILMI. Ces trouvailles suggèrent que l’analyse cinématique peut être utile dans le domaine de la podologie
The aim of this doctoral thesis is to analyze the kinematic and affective modifications generated by foot orthoses (FO) during locomotion in subjects with limb length discrepancy (LLD). LLD is a common condition due to either anatomical or functional deformities. LLD has been associated with several pathologies and pain in the lower limbs and pelvis, and is often treated by FO in the field of podiatrist. However, there is not yet consensus regarding the effects of FO on gait kinematics in subjects with mild LLD (≤ 3.0 cm). The main aim of this doctoral thesis is to determine whether FO can be an appropriate treatment for subjects with mild LLD. A first study highlights a significant decrease in low back pain in subjects with mild LLD without significant effect on joint symmetry after 3 weeks of use of orthotics insoles (OI). Then, a systematic review of the literature confirms the positive effect of FO on low back pain. However, the FO appear to decrease kinematic imbalances in subjects with LLD, only when LLD is moderate to severe. Our latest study shows an immediate effect of OI on kinematics and pain in subjects with mild LLD. OI seem likely to improve joint symmetry in the pelvis in the frontal plane and the ankle in the sagittal plane, as well as pain in subjects with mild LLD. These findings suggest that kinematic analysis can be useful in the field of podiatry

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Trolin, Zachris. "Begreppet individ, hos Leibniz och Spinoza, såsom singulärt och del i världens mångfald." Thesis, Södertörn University College, The School of Culture and Communication, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1179.

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This thesis deals with the concepts of individual and individuation as defined by Leibniz and Spinoza. I go through the use and definition of the concept of individual in four stages.

First I discuss the individual as conceived by Spinoza as a relation formed by a composition of parts and the individual as conceived by Leibniz as a complete notion consisting of all the events in the life of a subject.

Next is the roll of perception in Leibniz discussed, likewise individuation through different perception with varying distinctness, and the affinity of perception with affection.

The discussions concerning the individual concludes in a section about the essence of the individual as being the desire of the individual. In the last stage, I discuss the multitude as being an own individual.

Den här uppsatsen handlar om individ och individuation som det definieras hos Leibniz och Spinoza. Jag följer användandet och definitionen av individ i fyra etapper.

Först diskuterar jag Spinozas individ som relationen av en sammansättning av delar och Leibniz individ som en fullständig notion bestående av alla händelser i ett subjekts liv.

Därefter diskuteras perceptionens roll hos Leibniz, liksom individuation genom olika tydliga perceptioner, samt perceptionens affinitet med affektionen.

För individens del mynnar diskussionerna ut i en del om individens essens i form av dess begär. Den sista etappen diskuterar mångfalden såsom en egen individ.

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Plevková, Klára. "Analýza profilu absolventa VŠE oboru Účetnictví a finanční řízení podniku ve vztahu k uplatnitelnosti na trhu práce." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-262383.

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This thesis primarily focuses on employability of graduate of University of Economics in Prague with Accounting and Corporate Financial management field of study on the labor market. The first part presents theoretical background, especially basic information about the Faculty of Finance and Accounting and the above-mentioned field of study. Furthermore, publicly available research regarding employability of graduates are described. The practical part is divided into two main pillars. The first one is the study which consists of two surveys oriented on potential employers and students/graduates. Its main goal is to analyze and typify current situation on the economic labor market. The second part, as well as one of the main aims of this thesis, designs new and practically oriented subject that fulfills basic requirements of curriculum of University of Economics in Prague with respect to the surveys.

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CHANG, YU-WEI, and 張語薇. "A Study of Applying Drama in Education to Affective Education for Junior High School Students: By Means of Using Shakespeare's Well-known Drama “Romeo and Juliet” as Teaching Subject." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bpynz9.

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國立高雄師範大學
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A Study of Applying Drama in Education to Affective Education for Junior High School Students: By Means of Using Shakespeare's Well-known Drama “Romeo and Juliet” as Teaching Subject Student: Yu-Wei Chang Advisors: Dr. Kuang-Sheng Shih、Dr. Chu-Yu Su Master Degree of Performing Arts, National Kaohsiung Normal University ABSTRACT This study focuses on applying Drama in Education to Affective Education for junior high school students. By means of using Shakespeare's well-known drama“ Romeo and Juliet” as teaching subject, the purposes of this study are: 1. To investigate the insights and methods of using drama in education to affective education for junior-high school stage, and design a course based on “Romeo and Juliet” as teaching materials. 2. To examine the teaching performance of “Romeo and Juliet” based teaching materials, which use drama in education for junior-high school stage. 3. To investigate the influences of integrating level and learning effectiveness between the groups of course-attending students who has love experience and who don’t. 4. Conclude and provide related suggestions for teachers who attempt to apply this course through using drama in education to improve affective education for junior high school students. This study uses active research method. The objectives are 31 students of the researcher’s tutorial class. And design a 9-units/15 courses teaching program for a semester. Then, researcher conducts a triangulation based on the data collections. In the mean time, researcher could also carry on a course review with co-teacher and discuss with the advisors periodically. Through the research results, we can discover that applying educational drama into affective education courses is beneficial to improve the emotional cognition of junior high school students. To summarize the arguments mentioned above, researcher proposes conclusions and suggestions in the end of this thesis as a reference for related researchers.

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"Hope, Possibility, and Cruelty: Porn Consumption and Neoliberalism's Everday Affective Subjects." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49269.

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abstract: In the wake of the post-2000s internet and technology boom, with the nearly simultaneous introduction of smartphones, tablet, IPads, and online video streaming, another moral panic around pornography has reared its head. While much has been written about pornography from the perspective of media analysis and, more recently, ethnographic work of the industry and with performers themselves, very little work has been done with consumers. What has been undertaken, by psychologists and antiporn academics in particular, suffers an unfortunate lack of diversity in terms of how consumers are defined. That is, psychologists and antiporn academics alike appear to think only white hetero men consume porn. This research realizes its significance through the idea that porn looks and feels differently, and expresses different meanings through the historical and intersecting relations to power of a consumer, even in the young heterosexual men that antiporn feminists are so keen on using as a strawman for all porn consumption. With the help of an intersectional affects framework, I am able to articulate the manner in which pornography puts bodies in motion before the mind undertakes a hermeneutical exercise fundamentally framed by the consumer’s knowledge and subjectivity, which muddles how antiporn’s speech act approaches presume a direct propositional transmission from a pornographic object to the consumer. Moreover, a digital object of any kind becomes pornography when it is used as such (Magnus Ullén, 2013); there is no necessary or logical consequence that outside of such a context the object remains inherently or intentionally an object of pornography (Mary Mikkola, 2017). With the help of my participants, I expose the manner in which subjective and intersubjective flows of affects expose entanglements of hope, possibility, and cruelty for porn consumers qua affective subjects. This is particularly the case for those non-majoritarian subjects whose promise of sexual citizenship and/or legibility, within neoliberalism’s single-issue progress narrative and linear temporality, rests on both the transposition of illegibility and non-citizenship elsewhere, as well as the subject’s willingness to fix, label, and thereby commodify their desires as affective labor.
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Masters Thesis Women and Gender Studies 2018

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Jacobs, David (David Lynden). "The dextroamphetamine response in human subjects : a psychological, psychophysiological and neuroendocrine study / by David Jacobs." 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/38332.

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Bibliography: leaves 317-350
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Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.
Thesis (M.D.)--University of Adelaide, 1986

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Liu, Tai-Ying, and 劉玳縈. "The neural basis of early facial expression perception: neuromagnetic gamma-band studies in normal subjects and affective disorder patients." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37495844788692586975.

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The mood disorders are devastating psychiatric disorders in the 21 century with a lifetime prevalence estimate of 20.8%, and the two major categories of mood disorders are major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Cognitive dysfunctions and social problems usually occur in these patients and lead to heavy burdens and health-care costs for societies. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Version V in 2013 included the basic and clinical neuroimaging research findings to lead to earlier and more accurate diagnosis. To clarify the differences of neural network during early emotion processing between the MDD and BD patients, this thesis uses a magnetoencephalography (MEG) with high spatiotemporal resolution to investigate the abnormalities of the brain functions and connectivity in these two patient groups during early facial expression perception (within 100 ms) and thus to facilitate diagnosis and treatment in the near future. The processing of facial emotion perception requires features (including facial expression, structure, and gender) to be integrated together and gamma oscillations have been shown as a potential mechanism for perceptual binding in previous studies. However, how fast the facial expression perception is processed and whether or not this early perception can convey sufficient emotional information still remain unclear. MEG with high temporal resolution and its spatial resolution being better than that of EEG can help to measure brain activation during early emotion processing (within 100 ms). The literature of early facial expression perception in humans was sparse so that two parts of the thesis include to investigate the early emotion processing in normal subjects and patients. We explored the early perceptual processing of emotions using gamma oscillations on MEG data in normal controls (NC) and affective disorder patients and compared the differences between NC and patients. The amygdala is proposed to serve as a key substrate for processing emotional faces. Patients with affective disorders show abnormal activity in the amygdala during facial emotion processing. In the first and second studies, we investigate that whether the temporal patterns of left and right amygdala activity in response to different facial expressions are distinct in early emotion perception (within 100 ms after stimulus onset).Which model, dual-route or many-roads, is more representative for each emotion? Our findings demonstrated that the thalamus responded at 35 ms and cortical responses in the occipital, temporal, parietal and frontal cortices occurred within 50 ms. Our data provide significant evidence that the left and right amygdala are involved in early perceptual processing of different emotions. The connectivity results support a "many-roads" model for processing various facial expressions (signaling from the thalamus, visual cortex, putamen, parahippocampus, and superior temporal sulcus to the amygdala). The finding of a conspicuous dual-route pathway in angry face processing indicates a survival advantage in detecting danger via a parallel network. The third study is to explore the distinct patterns of gamma activity and connectivity between the MDD and BD patients. The overall gamma activity in the whole brain within 300 milliseconds had no significant differences in patient groups but some regional gamma activity was significantly different in patient groups, compared to the NC group. The distinct alterations of gamma patterns between the BD and MDD patients implicate that their impairments of binding processes are located at different regions. The fourth study is to investigate abnormal regional activity of the MDD and BD patients in response to differential facial expressions during early perception and to combine these features from abnormal regions to differentiate these two patients and thus assist in diagnosis. The discriminant function of four variables, including gamma activation in the left superior medial frontal cortex (happy 35 ms), the right medial orbitofrontal cortex (happy 35 ms), the right anterior insula/inferior orbitofrontal cortex (sad 60 ms), and the right pre/postcentral cortex (sad 105 ms), accurately classified 89.6% of patients as unipolar/bipolar disorders. In conclusion, our findings imply that the cortex plays a more important role in emotion processing and are activated (within 50 ms) earlier than traditionally assumed (around 100 ms), including the occipital, temporal, parietal, and frontal cortices. Our data demonstrated different abnormal gamma activity of the MDD and BD patients during early facial expression perception. In the MDD patients, the abnormalities included altered activity in response to happy faces and to sad faces at very early stage in emotion-related regions (amygdala, anterior insula, and orbitofrontal cortex), which may be related to dysfunctions in perceptual binding of emotional features and negativity biases of top-down predictions. Increased occipital gamma activity of the BD patients indicates that they may have hyperactivity in perceptual binding of emotional features and tend to be oversensitive to facial features, especially for angry faces. Abnormal regional gamma activity can be a biomarker to differentiate BD patients from MDD patients to assist in diagnosis.

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Epps, Deborah. "Factors affecting disinfection by-products from surface source waters on Vancouver Island." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2810.

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A comparison of disinfection by-product (DBP) results for 12 surface source waters on Vancouver Island, British Columbia determined that there was a distinct spatial difference in DBP production based on biogeoclimatic ecoregions. The main factors affecting the DBP production between ecoregions was source water quality, water body type (stream versus lake) and treatment strategy. Typically water bodies within an ecoregion exhibit similar water quality and produce similar DBPs. Differences in DBPs between water body types were attributed to the source of natural organic matter (NOM), allochthonous or autochthonous origin, and seasonal variability. Additional source water quality parameters such as pH, chlorophyll a, total phosphorus, water temperature and bromide concentrations support the spatial differences observed in DBP production between ecoregions. These results suggest that source water quality and water body type could be used as a preliminary tool to predict the amount of DBPs a community within a specific ecoregion may be exposed to. A review of a long-term data set determined that changes in treatment strategy significantly affected the DBPs produced. The most distinct changes in DBP production were associated with booster station treatment processes in terms of annual versus seasonal re-chlorination and the decommissioning of a booster station. Sooke reservoir water quality, following an inundation project, changed significantly with respect to water temperature and NOM. The increase in TOC levels did not result in any changes to DBP production, however cooler water temperatures reduced the potential for losses of chlorine residual and for the re-growth of bacteria. The results of this research suggest that the management and protection of drinking water sources, along with treatment strategies, is the most promising way to ensure minimal risk to human health.

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Akerman, Lisa. "Factors affecting the choice of business studies in the FET phase in three co-educational independent schools in KwaZulu-Natal." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8742.

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The study population for the research comprised Grade 9 learners attending three co-educational, independent schools in KwaZulu-Natal in order to determine factors influencing the selection of business studies for FET phase. Methodology involved qualitative and quantitative approaches with closed and open-ended questionnaires plus one-on-one interviews. Descriptive statistics were produced and opened ended questions and interviews were examined for trends and influences. Findings reflected wide divergence in factual information, attitudes, and opinions on significant issues such as expected level of difficulty, influence of educators, parents and peers on selection, amount of work required and value of subject for future studies or careers. Conclusions were that there was a lack of completed research indicating a need for future research, greater preparation was required pre-FET level to assist decision making about selection of the subject which should involve parents, educators and input from the business world.
Curriculum and Instructional Studies
M. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

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Christensen, Jennie R. "Factors affecting persistent organic pollutant (POP) accumulation in British Columbia grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/890.

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This thesis characterizes major factors influencing the accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine (OC) pesticides, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), in grizzly bears. Dietary differences among grizzly bears have significant implications for contaminant concentrations and patterns. While salmon-eating bears were dominated by lipophilic PCBs, OC pesticides, and lower-brominated PBDEs, non-salmon-eating bears were dominated by the more volatile PCBs and OC pesticides and higher-brominated PBDEs (e.g. BDE-209). Overall, the ocean-salmon-bear pathway appeared to preferentially select for those contaminants with an intermediate log Kow ~6.5, with salmon delivering up to 70% of OC pesticides, 85% of PBDEs and 90% of PCBs to grizzly bears. Fat utilization by grizzly bears during hibernation results in significant contaminant concentration increases in residual fat (“concentration effect”). Overall, total PCBs increased by 2.21 times from pre- to post-hibernation, and total PBDEs by 1.58 times. Interestingly, the patterns of the two distinct pre-hibernation grizzly bear feeding ecologies (salmon- and non-salmon-eating) converged during hibernation, suggesting that shared metabolic capacities drive POP patterns during hibernation. Relative to salmon, grizzly bears have extremely low biomagnification factors (BMFs) for PCBs (0.147), compared to other marine mammals. Low BMF values were a result of >90% depuration (loss) of PCBs through contaminant metabolism and excretion. The results suggest that grizzly bears only metabolize PCB congeners with meta- and para- vicinal hydrogen (H) atoms, suggesting that they have active cytochrome (CYP) P450 2B/3A-like metabolic enzymes. However, congeners structurally resistant to metabolic biotransformation, and those with ortho- and meta- vicinal H atoms, were not readily metabolized, but rather were lost through excretion. This was evidenced by a significant relationship between total retention (Rtotal) of those congeners and log Kow, as well as a lack of change in that relationship during hibernation. Vegetation and the terrestrial food web were dominated by PBDEs and volatile OC pesticides and PCBs, while salmon and the marine food web were dominated by lipophilic PCBs and OC pesticides, mirroring patterns in grizzly bears within their respective food web. Following consumption of these various foods by the grizzly bears, fecal material closely resembled food in contaminant pattern, suggesting that many of the contaminants may go unabsorbed. While previous work identified major factors (e.g. age, sex, diet) influencing POP behaviour in wildlife and food webs, this research highlights the need to refine our ideas about those factors in order to better assess chemical health risk in wildlife by considering: 1) individual differences in feeding behaviour; 2) integrated dietary histories (temporal changes); 3) unique biological traits affecting POP fate; 4) modes of POP loss other than metabolism; 5) selection of the most recalcitrant congener for more robust analysis of POP behaviour; 6) use of non-invasive techniques to study diet and POP exposure; and, 7) tissue residue guidelines underestimate health risks. Our results also suggest that PBDEs show POP-type characteristics as defined under the Stockholm Convention, and thus should be regulated.

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Yu, Jui-yueh, and 余瑞月. "Research of factors affecting Operation Performance for Hospitals and Clinics –Veterans General Hospitals and Veterans Hospitals as the Research Subject." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27985902680273678662.

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碩士
東吳大學
會計學系
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The main purpose of the research is to investigate the way to promote Hospitals and Clinics Operation Performance while maintaining good medical quality and preventing loss. The other major objective of the research is to explore factors that affect Operation Performance of Hospitals and Clinics. Furthermore, relationships between each factor and performance of Hospitals and Clinics were also explored. 　　The general used methods of Performance Valuation are Ratio Analysis, Regression Analysis, and Data Envelopment Analysis. Each method has its own strength and weakness. In this research, the researcher attempted to use Descriptive statistic, one-Way Analysis of Covariance, and Dummy Variable Regression to evaluate Operation Performance of Hospitals and Clinics, to explore factors affecting Operation Performance of Hospitals and Clinics, and to find whether the coefficient correlation is positive or negative. 　　First, the researcher distinguished Veterans General Hospitals and Veterans Hospitals, the subject of the research, into Academic Medical Center, Metropolitan Hospitals, and Local Community Hospitals and other Hospitals. Then Descriptive statistic was used to evaluate Veterans General Hospitals and Veterans Hospitals Operation Performance. After that, one-Way Analysis of Covariance and Dummy Variable Regression were used to explore factors affecting average total cost of diagnoses and treatments per patient, average variable cost of diagnoses and treatments per patient, surplus of each period, and surplus before labor cost. Further, whether the coefficient correlation of those factors and average total cost of diagnoses and treatments per patient, average variable cost of diagnoses and treatments per patient, surplus of each period, and surplus before labor cost were positive or negative for Veterans General Hospitals and Veterans Hospitals were studied. 　　Second, the research wrote up the empirical study results. The research distinguished and concluded those factors affecting aggregative Veterans General Hospitals and Veterans Hospitals, Academic Medical Center, Metropolitan Hospitals, Local Community Hospitals and other Hospitals as follows：(a)Factors affecting aggregative Veterans General Hospitals and Veterans Hospitals were total number of personnel, density of personnel (rate of personnel to total diagnoses and treatments), rate of total personnel expenditures to total personnel, total times of diagnoses and treatments, level of oldness of the fixed assets, number of hospitals every 10,000 population in each county, and rate of the number of hospitals to the total number of hospitals and clinics in each county. (b)Factors affecting Veterans General Hospitals were rate of inpatient variable cost to total medical cost, rate of total inpatient-stay days to total times of diagnoses and treatments, number of medical personnel every 10,000 population in each county, rate of the number of hospitals to the total number of hospitals and clinics in each county, rate of the number of beds of every Veterans General Hospitals or Veterans Hospitals to the number of beds of total hospitals in each county, and rate of population above 65 years old to total population in each county. (c)The factor affecting Metropolitan Hospitals was rate of the number of hospitals to the total number of hospitals and clinics in each county. (d)The factor affecting Local Community Hospitals and other Hospitals was total number of personnel. 　　Finally, the research concluded the research results, and proposed opinions for reference.

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Kruger, Jan Adriaan. "An appraisal of determinants affecting grade 9 learners’ selection of subjects in the field of technology for the FET phase in the Sedibeng area." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/16992.

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Notwithstanding the possibilities offered by FET subjects in the field of Technology, the selection of these subjects is not very common which results in a shortage of skilled trade workers, impacting negatively on the country’s economic growth. The researcher was therefore interested to establish the determinants affecting Grade 9 learners’ selection of subjects in the field of Technology for the FET Phase in the Sedibeng area. By means of a literature and empirical study the aforementioned was investigated. In the literature study, which provided the foundation for the study, the rationale and value of Technology education and its infusion in the South African school curriculum were explored. This was followed by an examination of possible factors impacting on learners’ subject choice. The literature study was concluded by providing a concise outline of subject choices in the field of Technology as specified by the Department of Basic Education. The empirical study was based on a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design. The research consisted of two parts. A quantitative survey, using self developed questionnaires, was conducted in 17 schools among 10 Grade 9 Technology teachers and their learners (n=388) in two districts of the Sedibeng area. This was followed by a qualitative, phenomenological study in which three Technology subject facilitators working in the same area were interviewed. By applying a factor analysis, the quantitative research results revealed that central and peripheral factors affecting Grade 9 learners’ selection of subjects in the field of Technology for the FET Phase in the Sedibeng area could be distinguished. The central factors included the following: competent, compassionate teachers, the personal and developmental value of the subject, stimulation and the distribution of information regarding the subject. The range of subjects for the FET phase in the field of Technology offered by schools, the complexity level of subjects in the field of Technology, personal interest in a subject and future prospects offered by a subject constituted the peripheral factors. The qualitative findings were used to clarify, refine, explain and extend the quantitative results. The research participants in this part of the study indicated that much could still be done to enhance the competence and compassion of Technology teachers, that the value of Technology education should be better justified and that the availability and quality of resources in the field of Technology education deserves attention. There is thus evidence that much must still be done to make the selection of subjects in the field of Technology more attractive to learners.

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CHEN, CHIH-LUNG, and 陳智龍. "Behavior Analysis of Affecting Teenagers’ Usage of Reusable Cups—Taking Taichung Senior High School Students As Subjects." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6zbj47.

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碩士
僑光科技大學
企業管理研究所
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The government has advocated the usage of reusable cups for years. Though it really got a distinguished effect, it has come to a choke point. How it is made possible for teenagers who don’t form the habit of carrying green cups to develop such convenient, sanitary green behaviors. The objective of the study is to survey the peers of senior and junior high students, who have higher frequency of purchasing out-taking beverages, and to probe the factors that affect their consuming intentions with reusable cups. Hopefully, the outcome of the research will provide the further insight of our government’s current environmental protection policies. The research is aimed to investigate the affecting factors of teenagers’ usage behaviors of green cups. The study is based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985) and revised lightly for the sake of what is demanded in the study. To probe what affect the consuming behavior of purchasing beverages with reusable cup, the variables (the government environment policies and temptation, subjective norm and awareness of environment protection) are included into the search. The results of the study suggest that obviously, teenagers’ cognition of government environmental policies and temptation, subjective norm and awareness of environment protection are positively related to the intentions of the teenagers’ consuming beverage with green cups. Overall, the outcome makes some suggestions to our government that environmental protection policy avocation and temptation should be constantly reinforced to enhance the intentions of teenagers utilizing green cups when purchasing beverages.

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謝正瑜. "The research is to discover the main affection between the picture book of illustrated language analyzing and the child's painting:the research subject is from 6 to 9 years old children." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98551815635357998723.

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國立新竹教育大學
進修部美勞教學碩士班
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Abstract The research is to arise the child's feeling out of their mind by reading the illustrated book language to convey the story. In the process of the teaching, we teach the child how to read the picture book, how to observe the illustrated and how to spread their diffusible thought. After discussing the story content, The child feel happy when they had learned the illustrated book from observing cognition describing the character analysing realizing to explaining the illustrated true meaning. We hope the child can be move by the illustrated book language for they knowing, feeling and development to the independent thinking. It’s not faraway for the child if they had set up their own value, they would have good behavior in painting and have good sight for the paint. The research subject is from 6 to 9 years old children. The main goal for the research are (a)to the realize the true meaning of the illustrated book language . (b)to discover the main affection between the illustrated book language and the child’s painting. Through the methods including: literature analysis and experimental organum. The literature analysis is to know the meaning of the child’s picture book, the importance of the child’s picture book, the real meaning of the illustrated book language and the patter of art. The experimental organum is to research how to enjoy readind a illustrated book, using the painting subject and realize the above reason for the child’s effection.The content includs: (a)To show the bady-dynamic role play in the paint. (b)To display the facial feeling in the paint. (c)To emphasize the delicacy in detail. (d)To control the funny parts. (e)To use colors in different level. (f)To paint the structure pattern. (g)To mark a situation of space configuration. (h)To convery the illustrated. (i)To meet the subject in assordance with imagination. (j)To control the whole different situation. The result of the research are as follows: (a) For the six-year-old child’s show in the paint, they have different and dominant achievement in displaying their painting ability, body-dynamic show, emphaisizing the delicacy in detail, converying the illustrated, coloring the paint in different level, after they have admired the illustrated book language. (b) For the seven-year-old child’s show in the paint, they have dominant achievement in displaying their paint in facial fefling, emphaisizing the delicacy in detail, different and dominant achievement in displaying their painting ability, controling the interesting thing , coloring the paint in different leve show, structure pattern, make a good situation of space configuration, converying the illustrated, in accord with the subject and the show of imagination, after they have admired the illustrated book language. (c) For the eight-year-old child’s show in the paint, they have dominant achievement in displaying their paint ability, body-dynamicshow, displaying their paint in facial feeling, emphaisizing the delicacy in detail, controling the interesting thing, coloring the paint in different leve show, structure pattern, make a good situation of space configuration, converying the illustrated, in accord with the subject and the show of imagination, after they have admired the illustrated book language. (d) For the nine-year-old child’s show in the paint, they have dominant achievement in displaying their paint ability, emphaisizing the delicacy in detail, different and dominant achievement in displaying their painting ability, body-dynamic show, displaying their paint in facial feeling, emphaisizing the delicacy in detail, coloring the paint in different leve show, structure pattern, make a good situation of space configuration, converying the illustrated, in accord with the subject and the show of imagination, controling the whole diffferent situation, after they have admired the illustrated book language. Keyword：picture book 、the illustrated book language、child’s painting.

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Zenda, Rekai. "Factors affecting the academic achievement of learners in Physical Sciences in selected Limpopo rural secondary schools." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20319.

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The study explored factors that affect learner academic achievement in Physical Sciences in Limpopo rural secondary schools. The motivation for the research was based on the high failure in Physical Sciences in South African schools. The new Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) has brought changes in the teaching and learning of Physical Sciences such as assessment processes, methodology and new content. It was worth pointing out that the achievement of Physical Sciences learners gives an indication of the effectiveness and efficiency of Physical Sciences teaching and learning. Therefore, identifying the factors entails important issues which are of great relevance to the way Physical Sciences should be taught in schools to improve learner academic achievement. The primary question was “Which factors impact on learners’ academic achievement in Physical Sciences in Limpopo rural secondary schools?” In order to answer this question a qualitative approach and qualitative survey design were used and individual interviews were carried out with Physical Sciences teachers, principals, parents and curriculum advisors. Data was further collected through focus group interviews with Physical Sciences learners. Purposeful sampling was used to identify the participants. Data analysis in this research was aimed at giving appropriate meaning to the views of the Physical Sciences teachers, Physical Sciences learners, principals, curriculum advisors and parents on factors affecting learner academic achievement in Physical Sciences. The data was audio-recorded, transcribed and printed. The interview transcriptions were organised into themes by coding. The coded data was used to form the true analysis of the activity system by identifying the purpose of the activity in order to get clarifications. This included the context of the Physical Sciences teaching and learning and learner academic achievement. The results according to the perceptions of Physical Sciences teachers, Physical Sciences learners, principals, curriculum advisors and parents showed that the main issues of high failure rate are lack of adequate resources, teacher effectiveness, lack of motivation, high teacher-learner ratio, workload, discipline of learners, supervision of teachers, parental involvement, management and leadership skills, and appropriate teaching methods. Recommendations for practice and policy are suggested and the indication was that provision of common tasks to teachers and formation of subject committees decreases the workload. The availability of resources allows learners to do practical work and improve performance. The goal was to engage learners in challenging and stimulating tasks with appropriate help from the teachers to improve achievement. In order for the teacher to provide assistance to the learners there must be maximum teacher-learner ratio. Effective supervision ensures that teachers and learners are punctual, which will ensure maximum use of available teaching time and timely completion of the work schedules or pace setters. A smaller number of learners per class could result in improved performance in Physical Sciences. It is important for principals to instil discipline in learners. The support and value of NGOs to assist in sharing workload by carrying out experiments in secondary schools was acknowledged.
Curriculum and Instructional Studies
D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

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Chimwayange, Christopher Crispen. "Factors affecting fourth form girls' participation and achievement in design and technology subjects in selected secondary schools of Zimbwabwe : a case study exploration : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1551.

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National calls for equality of opportunity have not been matched by reciprocal responses by girls to participate and achieve in design and technology subjects in Zimbabwean secondary and high schools. Current levels of girls' participation and achievement are of national concern. The study found that fourth form girls' low design and technology subjects enrolment and limited success have ensured a near all-male environment resulting in personal career progression limitations for girls and a gender segregated national socioeconomic society. It is acknowledged that outside Zimbabwe, models of student subject participation and achievement have been studied in the past resulting in the implementation of various motivational and retention strategies. Whilst accepting that girls' decisions concerning participation and achievement-related choices for or against design and technology subjects are individual and complex, some complex and interrelated contributory factors are explored. These are carried out in the context of Zimbabwe in this case study research which involved eight secondary schools of four different types targeting 321 fourth form girls, 26 design and technology subject teachers, eight principals, eight families and two education officers. The eclectic data collection approach chosen for the study relied on multiple sources of information being collected using a variety of techniques such as the student questionnaire, focus group interviews, in-depth interviews, lesson observations, and document and content analysis. The effects of various overt and covert forms of home and school processes of difference, inequality and oppression were explored in the data and how these have affected fourth form girls' design and technology subjects participation and achievement-related decisions. In particular, the effects of home and school contextual and climatic factors have been found to largely militate against girls' 'fit' with design and technology subjects culture, staff and workshop environment. A model involving the student and school contextual and climatic dimensions, to explain girls' participation and achievement perspectives is suggested and explained encompassing sociological, psychological and gender perspectives. Findings in this study contribute to an understanding of girls' participation and achievement processes in design and technology subjects in the African context, a dimension that has been largely missing from mainstream debates on the subject.

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