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Muthoka, Peter Silleter. "Akamba theology compared to Christian theology." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2859185&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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RECINOS, Radharanne Brito de Garcia. "Taxonomia das esponjas marinhas do Projeto Akaroa (1965)." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2016. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/23491.
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Previous issue date: 2016-11-30<br>FACEPE<br>As esponjas são organismos aquáticos filtradores que apresentam diversos tipos de
associações com outras espécies, sendo consideradas como um dos metazoários mais antigos
existentes, com origens estimadas em torno de 800-900 milhões de anos. O estudo da
espongiofauna brasileira teve seu início no século XIX, e a partir de 1960, iniciou-se uma
série de expedições, dentre elas, o Projeto Akaroa (1965), que concentrou suas coletas nos
Estados de Sergipe e Alagoas. Atualmente são conhecidas 65 e 41 espécies para Alagoas e
Sergipe, respectivamente. Sendo assim, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo identificar os
espécimes de esponjas coletados no Projeto Akaroa. As coletas foram realizadas em 1965,
onde foram amostradas 36 estações, entre as isóbatas de 11 a 400 metros, utilizando rede de
arrasto de fundo com portas. Foram identificados 122 espécimes, resultando em um total de
33 espécies/morfotipos de esponjas, totalizando 11 ordens e 16 famílias. Destas espécies, 20
são novos registros para o Estado de Alagoas e cinco representam novas espécies para a
ciência: Auletta sp. nov., Aulospongus sp. nov., Axinella sp. nov., Endectyon (Endectyon) sp.
nov., Raspailia (Raspaxilla) sp. nov., sendo o gênero Endectyon o primeiro registro para a
costa brasileira. Foi possível perceber um padrão de distribuição das esponjas intrinsicamente
ligado com o tipo de sedimento e a batimetria. Nas profundidades mais rasas (até 50 m) as
esponjas são encontradas preferencialmente nos substratos mais grossos, composto por areia
grossa e cascalho, enquanto que nos ambientes mais profundos, que são majoritariamente
lamosos, são encontradas poucas espécies adaptadas àquela condição. Dessa forma, o presente
trabalho ampliou para 85 o numéro de espécies para Alagoas e 45 para Segipe, contribuindo
para o conhecimento da espongiofauna alagona e sergipana, visto que esses estados
permaneciam relativamente pouco explorados.<br>Sponges are filter feeders aquatic organisms which presents several types of associations with
other species, being considered one of the oldest existing metazoan with origins estimated
around 800-900 million years. The study of Brazilian sponge fauna started in the nineteenth
century, and from 1960 a series of expeditions began, among them the Akaroa Project (1965)
which focused its samplings at Sergipe and Alagoas States. Currently, 65 and 41 species are
known to Alagoas and Sergipe States, respectively. Therefore, the present study aimed to
identify the sponge specimens collected during the Akaroa Project. The material was collected
at 1965, when 36 stations were sampled between 11 to 400 meters isobaths using otter trawl.
It was identified 122 specimens, resulting in a total of 33 species/morphotypes of sponges,
totaling 11 orders and 16 families. Of these species, 20 are new records for Alagoas State and
five represent new species to science: Auletta sp. nov., Aulospongus sp. nov., Axinella sp.
nov., Endectyon (Endectyon) sp. nov., Raspailia (Raspaxilla) sp. nov., being the genus
Endectyon the first record for the Brazilian coast. It was possible to notice a distribution
pattern of the sponges which was intrinsically connected with sediment type and bathymetry.
At shallower depths (up to 50 m) sponges are preferably found at thicker substrates composed
by coarse sand and gravel, whereas in deeper environments, which are predominantly muddy,
few species adapted to that condition are found. Thus, the present study has extended to 85
the number of known species to Alagoas and 45 to Segipe, contributing to the knowledge of
the sponge fauna from Alagoas and Sergipe, since these States remained relatively
underexplored.
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Al-Farajat, Mohammad. "Hydrogeo-Eco-Systems in Aquaba/Jordan - Coasts and Region." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2001. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-1182066.
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The coast of Aqaba and the Aqaba region (Jordan) were investigated on their hydrogeo-ecosystem. The results of the research were translated into digits to build a geo-spatial data base. The fillings of the graben aquifer receive indirect type of recharge through the side wadis which drain the highlands. Surface water balance was modeled for a period of 20 years of daily climate records using MODBIL program which attributes direct recharge to wet years only. The hydrodynamic fresh water/seawater interface in the coastal zones was investigated by applying vertical geoelectric surveys and models of several methods to confirm its coincidence with the aquifer’s flow amounts, where human impacts in terms of over-pumping allowed more encroachment of seawater into land, and unintended recharge which led to seaward interface migration. A groundwater balance and solute transport were approached by developing a flow model from the hydrogeological and hydrochemical data. The nature of soil cover and aquifer whose physical properties enhance human impacts indicated the vulnerability of groundwater to pollution. This certainly threatens the marine ecology which forms the sink where the in-excess flow ends. The constructed digital background was exported into GIS to sub-zone the study area in terms of the aquifer’s vulnerability to pollution risks using DRASTIC index. However, it was unable to meet all geo-spatial factors that proved to have significant impacts on the vulnerability. Consequently, a comprehensive index -SALUFT- was developed. This suggests the suitable land use units for each zone in the light of vulnerability grades aiming at protecting the available groundwater resources<br>Die Küste und die Region von Aqaba (Jordanien) wurde im Hinblick auf ihre Hydrogeo-ökosysteme untersucht. Die Ergebnisse dieser Forschungsarbeiten wurden in eine digitale Form überführt, um bezüglich der Geofaktoren ein realitätsnahes Abbild der Umgebung zu erzeugen. Der Graben-Aquifer erhält seine Grundwasserneubildung meist indirekt von den Seiten, von denen Wadis ihr Wasser abführen. Die Bilanzierung des Oberflächenwassers wurde aus Tagesklimawerten der letzten 20 Jahre unter Benutzung des Programms MODBIL errechnet. Daraus ergab sich eine Neubildung des Grundwassers nur in feuchten Jahren. Die hydrodynamische Süßwasser-Salzwasser-Mischungsfront im Küstenbereich wurde durch geoelektrische Tiefensondierungen untersucht. Durch Modellierungen mit verschiedenen Methoden wurden Fließgeschwindigkeit und Wassermenge dort mit der des Aquifers in Einklang gebracht, wo durch Überpumpen das Salzwasser weiter ins Landesinnere vordringt. Durch die Entwicklung eines Fließmodells aus den hydrogeologischen und hydrochemischen Daten konnte die Grundwasserbilanzierung und der Stofftransport ermittelt werden. Die Natur des Bodens und des Aquifers, deren physikalische Eigenschaften die Einflüsse durch menschliche Aktivitäten steigern, führt zu einer Anfälligkeit gegenüber Verschmutzung, die die Qualität des Grundwassers verschlechtert. Dies beeinflusst die Ökologie des Meeres, das an den Stellen als Schadstoffsenke dient, an denen die Grundwasserströme enden. Die im Computer erstellte digitale Umgebung wurde dazu genutzt, den Aquifer im Untersuchungsgebiet mit Hilfe von GIS in Zonen unterschiedlicher Verschmutzungs-empfindlichkeit zu unterteilen. Dazu wurde der DRASTIC-Index benutzt. Im Laufe der Untersuchungen zeigte sich allerdings, dass es nicht möglich war, alle Faktoren, die einen signifikanten Einfluss auf das System haben, mit Hilfe dieses Index zu erfassen. Aus diesem Grund wurde der SALUFT-Index entwickelt. Damit wurde es möglich, bezüglich der Verschmutzungsempfindlichkeit für jede Zone die günstigste Art der Landnutzung zu ermitteln, um die verfügbaren Grundwasserressourcen zu schützen
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Sanders, R. A. "Hydrogeological studies of springs in Akaroa County, Banks Peninsula." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5504.
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Akaroa County, which is situated on the eroded remnant of the basaltic Akaroa Volcano, is developing as a tourist and recreational area, with consequent increasing demands on water supplies. Improved utilisation of the springwater resource of the area is a possible solution to these demands and this thesis develops hydrogeological models for the springs to assist in their future management. Methods used in this study include detailed hydrogeological mapping of two specific areas, isotope and chemical analyses of springwater, and spring discharge monitoring over a one year period.
Groundwater discharge as springs and seeps is common in Akaroa County, with more than 200 springs mapped in the French Farm study area and 470 springs in Pigeon Bay Valley. Spring discharge may occur directly from defects in the basaltic lavas, but more commonly occurs through the surficial cover that mantles most of the area. Relatively impermeable beds (eg. tuff and unjointed lava) within the volcanic sequence are the dominant influence on spring distribution because of their perching effect. A “head”/storage groundwater model is proposed whereby water contained in heterogeneous lava "aquifers" is displaced to springs by infiltrating rainwater because of a pressure head applied to the irregularly shaped perched groundwater bodies.
Most springs flow at less than 2.5 litres per minute and discharges of greater than 15 litres per minute are uncommon. All monitored springs show high discharge variability (1780% for one measured spring), with peak discharge occurring in winter and the lowest flows in autumn. The "Abattoir Spring" in the summit region shows rapid (within 24 hours) response to storm events with subsequent peak flows occurring 2 to 6 days later. Groundwater recharge is the result of infiltration of local precipitation, and the greatest potential for recharge occurs in the summit regions. Chemical quality of the springwaters is generally within the N.Z. Standards for Drinking Water, although nearly all samples show low pH values (pH = 6.0 to 7.3) and some show high iron and turbidity contents.
Proposed utilisation of springs for water supply will require preliminary discharge monitoring. If excavation of the spring is employed to increase yield then water budget analysis of the recharge area should be undertaken so that safe yields are not exceeded. Reticulation systems should incorporate treatment facilities to counteract low pH, turbidity, or high iron content where these exceed Standards limits. Future study should include detailed water budget work to determine the magnitude of the groundwater resource of Akaroa County.
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Dorsey, C. J. "The geology and geochemistry of Akaroa volcano, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7524.
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This thesis presents a detailed geological, petrological and geochemical study of Akaroa Volcano, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.
The Akaroa Volcanic Group is defined as comprising all the volcanic products of central, flank and parasitic vent eruptions in the south-eastern two-thirds of Banks Peninsula, which collectively form Akaroa Volcano. Field mapping has shown that the lavas and pyroclastics of which Akaroa Volcano is constructed can be grouped into an Early Phase and a Main Phase.
Early Phase rocks (?11-9 Ma) are restricted in outcrop to the inner shoreline of Akaroa Harbour. The oldest exposed basaltic lava flows of Akaroa Volcano are assigned to Early Phase I. Early Phase II comprises extensive trachyte tuffs, breccias, agglomerates, flows, sills, and a large dome, with minor basaltic tuffs, and appears to represent a major episode of eruption of trachytic lava marking the end of the construction of a proto-Akaroa Volcano. Weathered basaltic flows, tuffs, lahars, scoria cones and pyroclastic breccia of Early Phase III unconformably overlie rocks of Early Phase II. The contact between Early Phases II and III shows considerable relief indicating a period of erosion prior to eruption of Early Phase III flows and pyroclastics. A diverse stratigraphy and a significant portion of the early history of Akaroa Volcano remains buried beneath sea level. A period of prolonged weathering and erosion occurred prior to the eruption of Main Phase lava flows and pyroclastics.
The main cone of Akaroa Volcano is constructed predominantly of hawaiite lava flows and pyroclastics and rare mugearite, benmoreite and trachyte lava flows of the Main Phase, erupted 9-8 Ma. Activity was hawaiian to mildly strombolian in character. Throughout its eruptive history, Akaroa Volcano was intruded by predominantly trachytic dikes of the Akaroa radial dike swarm, and five large trachyte domes. Dikes radiate from a broadly defined central zone south to south-east of Onawe Peninsula which coincides with the inferred location of the main conduit, and with the maxima of local bouguer and isostatic gravity anomalies. Analysis of the gravity anomaly surfaces indicates a substantial sub-surface intrusive complex containing> 615 km³ of intrusive material. Panama Rock trachyte dome can be seen to have been fed by a large dike of the radial dike swarm and a similar origin is inferred for the other intrusive trachyte domes.
Akaroa Volcanic Group lavas have a mineralogy typical of alkaline volcanic associations, dominated by olivine, Ti-rich calcic clinopyroxene, titanomagnetite, plagioclase and apatite. Rare kaersutite megacrysts occur in evolved lavas, and per alkaline differentiates contain arfvedsonite and aenigmatite. Minor biotite and amphibole occur in coarse-grain basic lavas.
Akaroa Volcanic Group lavas comprise a mildly to moderately (sodic) alkaline association, with a trend of moderate iron enrichment. Two end-member lineages are recognised: a dominant basalt-hawaiite-mugearite-benmoreite-trachyte lineage with ne-, hy- and qz-normative variants, and a basanite-nepheline hawaiitenepheline mugearite-nepheline benmoreite-phonolite lineage. Peralkaline differentiates are also recognised. The dominant lava type is hawaiite, rather than basalt, and most lavas have Mg numbers (100 X Mg²⁺ /Mg²⁺ +Fe²⁺) in the range 35-48, indicating that Akaroa Volcanic Group lavas do not represent primary magmas but have undergone significant high pressure fractionation.
Geochemically, Akaroa Volcanic Group lavas form a comagmatic suite characterised by (i) A logarithmic decrease in MgO, TiO₂, Cr, Ni and V; (ii) A linear decrease in CaO and FeO; (iii) A linear increase in Na₂O, K₂O, Y, Nb, Rb, La, Ce, Nd, Ga, Pb, Th, and Ba; (iv) A complex variation in Al₂O₃; (v) A rapid increase in P₂O₅ and Sr followed by a rapid decrease; and (vi) An increase in REE abundances with increasing differentiation. These variations are consistent with evolution by fractional crystallization of olivine, clinopyroxene, titanomagnetite, plagioclase, apatite and possibly kaersutite. Lavas have linear, parallel, LREE-enriched REE patterns (CeN/YbN ≈ 7-9.5) indicative of magma generation by small degrees of partial melting of a garnet peridotite mantle source.
Covariance of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd isotope ratios is consistent with derivation of Akaroa Volcanic Group magmas from a time-integrated, LREE-depleted mantle source, whereas Sm/Nd and Rb/Sr trace element ratios indicate a LREE-enriched source. Mantle enrichment processes prior to, or associated with, the melting event and/or very small degrees of partial melting (< 1%) are postulated to account for this dichotomy. Qz-normative felsic lavas have high ⁸⁷Sr /⁸⁶Sr isotope ratios, and high-level crustal contamination appears to be an important process in the evolution of these lavas.
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Tonga, Lavon Paongo Hutt-Fletcher Lindsey M. "Development of an Akata-based bacterial artificial chromosome." Diss., UMK access, 2006.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Biological Sciences. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2006.<br>"A dissertation in molecular biology and biochemistry and cell biology and biophysics." Advisor: Lindsey M. Hutt-Fletcher. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Nov. 9, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-103). Online version of the print edition.
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Johnson, Kirstin Rachel. "Knowledge, health and progress amongst an Akamba population in Makueni District, Kenya." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297929.
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Ljunggren, Nathalie. "En jämförelse mellan indirekta och direkta metoder för uppskattning av bergmekaniska egenskaper för bergmassan i Barkarby-området." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-278851.
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Detta mastersarbete görs i samband med projekteringen av utbyggnaden av tunnelbanan mellan Akalla och Barkarby i Stockholm tillsammans med Tyréns AB. Utbyggnaden innefattar två nya stationer; Barkarby station och Barkarbystaden och däremellan ca 1500 m tunnel i berg. I projekteringen ingår geologiska och bergmekaniska undersökningar i området som ger underlag för modelleringar och beräkningar på tunnlarnas stabilitet. Det finns idag många olika metoder för att uppskatta parametrar som beskriver bergmassans mekaniska egenskaper. Bergmassans deformationsmodul och sprickors skjuvhållfasthet är viktiga parametrar som ingår i dagens modelleringsprogram för struktur och spänningsanalyser. Denna studie syftar till att jämföra olika empiriska och analytiska metoder för att uppskatta deformationsmodulen och skjuvhållfastheten för sprickor i den bergmassa som omger Barkarby station. Resultaten från de olika metoderna används som ingångsdata för struktur och spänningsanalyser. Deformationsmodulen för Barkarby station uppskattades utifrån utvalda indirekta och direkta metoder. Den indirekta metoden utgår ifrån empiriskt utvecklade ekvationer med variabler som baseras på resultat från karaktärisering av den aktuella bergmassan. Den direkta metoden utgår istället ifrån teoretiska beräkningar som baseras på resultat från enaxiella kompressionstester på bergprover som representerar det intakta berget och sprickorna i bergmassan. Vid beräkning av deformationsmodulen med de indirekta metoderna erhölls konstanta värden på deformationsmodulen. Vid beräkning av deformationsmodulen med den direkta metoden erhölls istället ett olinjärt samband mellan deformationsmodulen och spänningen. Resultaten från de indirekta och direkta metoderna användes sedan som ingångsdata för spänningsanalyser av Barkarby station. Spänningsanalysen påvisade märkbara skillnader mellan de olika modellerna. Enligt de linjärelastiska modellerna skapades dragspänningar av betydande storlek och utbredning i berget närmast tunnelväggarna. Avlastningen av berget här resulterar i en ökad risk för blockutfall. Enligt spänningsanalysen som är baserad på den bilinjärelastiska modellen skapas i jämförelse med den linjärelastiska modellen, lägre dragspänningar över ett betydligt mindre påverkat område vilket medför till en minskad risk för blockutfall. Vid uppskattning av sprickors skjuvhållfasthet användes olika metoder för bestämning av parametrarna: friktionsvinkeln som ingår i Mohr Coulombs brottkriterium, JRC, JCS och residualfriktionsvinkeln som ingår i Barton Bandis brottkriterium. Enligt strukturanalysen var skillnaderna mellan Mohr Coulombs och Barton Bandis modell obetydliga vid modelleringen utan primärspänningar. Skillnaderna mellan modellerna ökade vid modellering med primärspänningar. Detta kan förklaras med att den definierade brottlinjen för de två olika modellerna skiljer sig åt. Enligt Mohr Coulombs kriterium är brottlinjen linjär medan den enligt Barton Bandis kriterium är krökt.<br>This master thesis is written in connection with the planning of the extension of the subway between Akalla and Barkarby in Stockholm together with Tyréns AB. The extension includes two new stations; Barkarby Station and Barkarbystaden and in between about 1500 m tunnel in rock. The planning of the subway includes geological and rock engineering studies in the area that provide a basis for modeling and calculations on the tunnel stability. Today there are many different methods to estimate the parameters describing the mechanical properties of the rock mass. The deformation modulus of the rock mass and the shear strength of the fractures are important parameters that have to be defined in modeling programs for structural and stress analysis. This study aims to compare different empirical and analytical methods for estimating the deformation modulus and the shear strength of the fractures in the rock mass surrounding the Barkarby station. The results of the different methods are used as input data for structural and stress analysis. The deformation modulus was estimated from selected indirect and direct methods. The indirect method is based on empirical developed equations with variables that are based on results from the characterization of the rock mass. The direct method however is based on theoretical equations based on the results from uniaxial compression tests on rock samples representing the intact rock and the fractures of the rock mass. When calculating the deformation modulus with indirect methods constant values are obtained. When calculating the deformation modulus with the direct method a nonlinear relationship between the deformation modulus and the stress is obtained. The obtained results from the indirect and direct methods were used as input data in stress analysis on the Barkarby station excavation. The output from the stress analysis showed notable differences between the models. According to the linear elastic models tensile stresses of considerable size and distribution were created in the rock that lies closest to the tunnel walls. The unloading of the rock here results in an increased risk of wedge failure. According to the stress analysis for the bilinearelastic model lower tensile stresses distributed over a much smaller area were created which in comparison with the linear elastic models will reduce the risk of wedge failure. For the estimation of the shear strength of the fractures various methods were used for determining the parameters: the friction angle that is included in the Mohr Coulombs failure criterion and JRC, JCS and residualfriction angle which are included in the Barton Bandis failure criterion. According to the structural analysis the differences between the Mohr Coulomb and Barton Bandis model were insignificant when modeling without primary stresses.
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Munavu, Michael M. "Pro-social practice amongst the Akamba of Eastern Kenya : an alternative volunteering paradigm?" Thesis, University of East London, 2009. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3147/.
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The object of this thesis is the analysis of localised pro-social practices of the Akamba (Eastern Kenya). It explores how the social structures and values (socio-cultural organisation) inherent amongst the Akamba condition their 'helping practices'. Given that the relationship between these two phenomena, culture and pro-social practice, have not been analysed extensively, I develop a perspective and concept with which to launch the investigation. I adopt a conceptual framework shaped by my biography, previous research on volunteering and a commitment to local knowledge and practice. This study is qualitative and uses community group, key informant and semistructured interviews and participant observation. The focus of the investigation is Machakos District (Eastern Province, Kenya). The ways in which the respondents from this locality (Akamba) view volunteering and self-help and the role of local socio-cultural organisation in conditioning these practices is analysed. The thesis adopts an analytic framework based on volunteering as a 'universalised' concept. It then uses this framework as a prism through which to analyse localised forms of pro-social practice. The study finds that the orms of pro-social practices and the factors that contribute to participation in them are conditioned by the indigenous structures and values, inherent amongst the Akamba. Respondents participated in clan-based activities, collective work-parties, funeral ceremonies and formalised KRCS practice for various reasons. These included compulsion, reciprocity, and perceived opportunity, respectively. In analysing the intersections between universalised notions of volunteering and the forms of self help identified in this study, differences emerge. The thesis concludes that, on the basis of these differences, the practices evident amongst the Akamba are distinct from practices typically conceived as "volunteering". An alternative model of volunteering (opportunity-based volunteering) is suggested, as is the appreciation of a unique and distinctive form of localised helping practice (indigenous self help). The study therefore concludes that, in the case of Kenya, policies on volunteering may more accurately be perceived as policies on pro-social practices, in order to incorporate these different models of volunteering and self-help.
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Vip, Stephan-Akash [Verfasser]. "Zeiteffiziente Berechnung der Magnetgeräusche drehzahlvariabler elektrischer Maschinen / Stephan-Akash Vip." Garbsen : TEWISS - Technik und Wissen GmbH, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1228468540/34.
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Lindström, Emelie. "A cost-benefit analysis of the extension of the Stockholm subway system Akalla-Barkarby." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231076.
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The construction of the new subway extension between Akalla and Barkarby is a project that is already contracted upon and will be completed in 2025. Current studies on this subway extension shows that it is not profitable from a socioeconomic viewpoint but still the project is continued with which makes it an interesting study area. The aim of this report is to research the costs and benefits of the Akalla-Barkarby subway extension to see if there are other aspects, not included in the previous study, that has an impact on the profitability of the case. The main focus of this study is on social impacts that have often been overlooked in similar studies and are hard to quantify. The study was done through using a cost-benefit analysis quantifying the areas of investment cost, operating expenses, travel time, travel cost, real estate value, congestion, barrier effects, accessibility to work opportunities, accessibility to services, exercise, air pollution and accidents. A discount rate of 3.5 % was used and a life length of 35 years. It was divided in three different scenarios based on how large part of the new travelers that are predicted to be shifting to car to using the new subway. Scenarios one and two shows a negative NPV whereas scenario three shows a positive NPV. A change of above 14.65 % would mean that the investment is net positive. This shows that the project has a large potential to be profitable and also shows that the impacts from the social benefits account for a large part of the project’s benefits, which means that other studies might be lacking benefits and turns out net negative by not including social aspects.<br>Utbyggnaden av tunnelbanan mellan Akalla och Barkarby är ett projekt som redan är på gång att byggas och tunnelbanan kommer att vara körbar från och med 2025. Tidigare studier på just den här tunnelbanesträckningen visar på att den inte är samhällsekonomiskt lönsam vilket enligt nationalekonomiska teorier visar på att projektet inte borde genomföras. Då dessa slags studier ofta har begränsningar i både tid, tillgängliga data och resurser så finns det områden som ofta bortses från. Ett av dessa områden är sociala aspekter som till exempel hälsoeffekter och påverkan på utanförskap och segregation som potentiellt kan ha stor påverkan på slutresultatet. Därför är syftet med denna studie att undersöka kostnaderna och nyttorna med den nya tunnelbanesträckningen mellan Akalla och Barkarby för att ge en djupare insikt i de kostnader och nyttor som uppstår, med fokus på sociala aspekter som ofta förbises. Studien är en kostnads-nyttoanalys. Första steget identifierade intressanta områden att undersöka djupare och de kategorier som ansågs relevanta var ekonomi, transportrelaterade aspekter, hälsa och välmående, miljö och risker. Andra steget var att kvantifiera och värdera dessa områden. Det fanns även områden som av olika anledningar inte kunde kvantifieras och dessa gjordes en kvalitativ analys på. För att kunna jämföra nutida, dåtida och framtida kostnader och nyttor diskonterades värderingarna med hjälp av nuvärdesmetoden och slutvärdesmetoden med en diskonteringsränta på 3.5 % och en livstid på 35 år och visas upp som ett sammanslaget nuvärde. Studien delas upp i tre olika scenarion baserat på hur många av de beräknade resanden som kommer att ha bytt från att åka bil till att börja använda kollektivtrafik tack vare tunnelbaneutbyggnaden. Dessa scenarion är: scenario ett, 8 %, scenario två, 14 % och scenario tre, 20 %, där procenttalen visar på hur stor del av de nya resande som har bytt från att åka bil till att använda tunnelbana. Scenario ett och två visar på ett negativt nuvärde, där scenario två ligger precis under gränsen medan det tredje scenariot visar på ett positivt nuvärde som indikerar att projektet är värt att investera i. En stor del av nyttorna kommer från just sociala effekter vilket visar på användbarheten i den här studien. De områden som har störst påverkan på slutresultatet är investeringskostnaden och driftskostnader samt nyttor från minskade trafikstockningar, tillgänglighet till jobb och restidsminskningar. De områden som värderats som hade minst påverkan var nyttor från utsläppsreduceringar och liv som räddats genom färre olyckor. Den största bristen med denna rapport är att den, precis som liknande kostnads-nyttoanalyser, visar på en förenklad bild av verkligheten då det helt enkelt inte är möjligt tidsmässigt eller datamässigt att få med alla kostnader och nyttor då dessa är för komplexa. Många av beräkningarna blir därför uppskattningar av ett riktigt värde men resultatet ger ändå en fingervisning till om projektet är lönsamt att investera i då det visar på att en övergång från bil till tunnelbana på 14.65 % och över ger en positiv investering. Eftersom att det finns nyttor som bara analyserats kvalitativt i denna rapport visar det på att det kan finnas ännu mer värde i investeringen och att den har en potential att vara lönsam även om övergången skulle visa sig vara under 14.65 %. De relativt höga värdena som sociala nyttor har fått i denna rapport visar på att många andra kostnads-nyttoanalyser skulle kunna ge andra utslag om den dimensionen varit med i beräkningarna och är ett område som måste få större tyngd i framtida socioekonomiska beräkningar.
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Monteiro, Raquel Gonçalves. "A hiperteka akaísta: estudo e desenvolvimento de um sistema compreensivo de mnemónicas para-artísticas." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/11793.
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A Hiperteca Akaísta é um plasma auto-poiético que
recorre a meios artificiais para revelar a sua superfície
axiomática.
A artificialidade deste meio trans-artístico é desenvolvido
através da criação de personagens, sediados em
mensagens ou meios e que representam episódios pensados
pelo sofisticado processo de homeostasia poéticoerudita
(Argoártonomaquia).
A actual investigação assenta na criação de um
sistema de mnemónicas de raiz artística que usa imagens
em substituição de palavras.
O objectivo é construir diversos métodos, motivos e
enredos teóricos que consolidam a prática artística e cuja
condição de acesso tem uma formulação icónica (mnemonicon).
Este Iconostema deverá ser entendido como análise
do conjunto do todo artístico que assenta na própria
imagem, modelos, variantes e alcance (tomos) e enquanto
boa formulação funcional do próprio sistema; Abstract: The Akaístic Hyperthec is an auto-poietic plasma
that, through artificial means, reveals its’ axiomatic surface.
The artificiality of this trans-artistic system is achieved by
the creation of characters, made from messages or places,
which represent an episode thought up as a result of the
sophisticated process of poetic-erudite homeostasis (Argoartonomackie).
The current research focuses on the creation of a
system of mnemonics with an artistic core where words are
replaced by imagery.
The goal is to assemble several methods, motifs
and theoretical plots which will strengthen the arts practice
and which are accessible through an iconic formulation
(mnemonicon).
This Iconosystem should be understood as a holistic
analysis of art, which is supported by its own image,
models, variations and reach (tomos); and at the same
time being a good and functional formulation of the system
itself.
Keywords: hypermedia
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Fountain, Joanna Mary. "Behind the brochures: The (re)construction of touristic place images in Akaroa, New Zealand." Thesis, Fountain, Joanna Mary (2002) Behind the brochures: The (re)construction of touristic place images in Akaroa, New Zealand. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2002. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/53020/.
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The rural district of Akaroa is situated on Banks Peninsula, in New Zealand’s South Island. For most of its 160 years of European settlement, Akaroa’s economy has been based on agricultural production and the fishing industry. The district, and in particular the township of Akaroa, has also been a popular destination for holidaymakers and daytrippers since the late nineteenth century. Over the past five decades, the declining fortunes of the primary sector and easier access to the district have resulted in the tourist industry becoming an increasingly important component of the local economy. The ongoing success of this industry appears at the present time to be crucial to the long term economic sustainability of Akaroa District. In this context, it is has been important that representations of Akaroa’s place identity are developed as attractive touristic place images and disseminated in order to lure potential visitors to the district.
This thesis explores the processes involved in the (re)construction of the touristic place images used to ‘sell’ Akaroa District as a tourist destination. Using documentary analysis, participant observation, and semi-structured interviews, this research project has looked behind the brochures, guidebooks and promotional articles which present Akaroa to the outside world to investigate the social, economic and political processes involved in Akaroa’s place image (re)construction. The first case study examines Akaroa’s portrayal in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as ‘A Charming Place’. The remaining four case studies explore the (re)construction of a number of place images that have been used to promote Akaroa as a tourist destination since the 1960s, which has seen Akaroa portrayed as The French Connection’, ‘An Historic Town’, ‘A Natural Wonderland’ and ‘A Romantic Rendezvous’.
This research project has been focused at the level of the local; however, this thesis reveals that Akaroa’s touristic place images cannot be seen as the result of the isolated construction of the local community’s identity or the impact of outside influences. The case studies presented in this account highlight the nexus between the global and the local in the process of place image formation. Global and national events and processes, including economic restructuring, changing political policies and cultural shifts, infuse each of the stories of Akaroa’s touristic place image (re)construction. However, these global forces are mediated at the local level by residents, visitors and other ‘outsiders’ who, as reflexive agents, demonstrate their own understandings of Akaroa’s place identity through their social interaction and, in so doing, play a crucial role in the way in which Akaroa’s touristic images develop.
These case studies also reveal the inherently political nature of the process of touristic place image (re)construction. The place images that come to represent Akaroa as a tourist destination incorporate only some versions of ‘Akaroa’ amongst the multitude of understandings of the district’s place identity held by competing interest groups. These multiple meanings of place are continuously negotiated and contested in public debate by residents and visitors to the district. Some versions of Akaroa’s place identity are heard more loudly in the public forum than others; they come to dominate in public debate and in the touristic place images that are incorporated into the promotional strategies for Akaroa.
The development and application of a model to the processes of touristic place image (re)construction in Akaroa District helps explain the rationale for the multiple and contradictory views of place held by those with an interest in Akaroa. Furthermore, this model, referred to as the Community Matrix of Place, illuminates the way in which some groups are able to ensure their understanding of ‘Akaroa’ is represented in touristic promotion for the district. While this model has been developed to understand the processes of place identity and place image negotiation which are revealed in the context of Akaroa District, it offers a conceptual tool for deconstructing debates over place identity and place image formation within other tourist destinations.
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Akay, Izzetin [Verfasser]. "Tumorrisiko durch Tissue Engineering / Izzettin Akay." Kiel : Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1019902841/34.
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Hartung, Eva. "Early magmatism and the formation of a ‘Daly Gap’ at Akaroa Shield Volcano, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5584.
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The origin of compositional gaps in volcanic deposits remains controversial. In Akaroa Volcano (9.6 to 8.6 Ma), New Zealand, a dramatic compositional gap exists between basaltic and trachytic magmas. Previously, the formation of more evolved magmas has been ascribed to crustal melting. However, the interpretation of new major and trace element analysis from minerals and bulk-rocks coupled with the mechanics of crystal-liquid separation offers an alternative explanation that alleviates the thermal restrictions required for crustal melting models.
In a two-stage model, major and trace element trends can be reproduced by polybaric crystal fractionation from dry melts (less than 0.5 wt.% H2O) at the QFM buffer. In the first stage, picritic basalts are separated from an olivine-pyroxene dominant mush near the crust-mantle boundary (9 to 10 kbar). Ascending magmas stagnated at mid-crustal levels (5 to 6 kbar) and fractionated an olivine-plagioclase assemblage to produce the alkali basalt-hawaiite trend. In the second stage, trachyte melt is extracted from a crystal mush of hawaiite to mugearite composition at mid-to-upper crustal levels (3 to 5 kbar) after the melt has crystallised 50 vol.%. The fractionated assemblage of plagioclase, olivine, clinopyroxene, magnetite, and apatite is left in a cumulate residue which corresponds to the mineral assemblage of sampled ultramafic enclaves. The results of trace element modelling of Rayleigh fractionation using this extraction window is in close agreement with the concentrations measured in trachyte (= liquid) and enclaves (= cumulate residue). The compositional gap observed in the bulk-rock data of eruptive products is not recorded in the feldspar data, which show a complete solid solution from basalt and co-magmatic enclaves to trachyte. Complexly zoned plagioclases further suggest episodical magma recharge events of hotter, more mafic magmas, which lead to vigorous convection and magma mixing.
In summary, these models indicate that the Daly Gap of Akaroa Volcano formed by punctuated melt extraction from a crystal mush at the brittle-ductile transition.
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Trent, Aleysha Jennie. "Shifting eruption styles during the emergence of Akaroa strato-shield volcano, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7773.
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The uniquely eroded harbour of Akaroa volcano provides a rare opportunity to study the dissected
core of the basaltic to trachytic strato-shield volcano. With key exposures of both the early phase trachytic
to basaltic eruptive deposits and the later phase voluminous basaltic deposits (9.6 – 8.6 Ma) that make up
the majority of the emergent volcanic flank.
This thesis aims to illustrate the volcanic processes that dominate the diverse early stages of
emergent volcanism. We have built on previous research to produce detailed maps and stratigraphic logs
of key extrusive and intrusive sequences. We further identify eruptive packages and their facies to identify
eruptive centres, and correlate early stratigraphy.
This study reveals the emergence of local volcanic centres with differing eruptive styles,
chemistry and volumes. An explosive phreatomagmatic trachyte tuff ring and dome/flow complex
dominated early eruptions. This extensive trachytic centre had multiple phases of activity, displaying both
temporal and spatial transitions in style. Temporal facies transitions consisted of changes from a
subaqueous to emergent hyaloclastite dome, to an explosive phreatomagmatic trachyte tuff ring to an
effusive trachytic dome (Fig 7.1 – Fig 7.7). Whereas spacial transitions consisted of lateral facies
variations within the pyroclastic surge and air fall deposits of the tuff ring reflecting 'en route' changes in
deposition.
Smaller volcanic centres migrated around the margins of this larger trachytic centre (Fig 7.1 – Fig
7.7). These eruptions variously interacted with seawater forming small tuff and scoria cones. Generally,
these smaller eruptions show a progression from low angle phreatomagmatic palagonite rich lapilli tuffs
to steeper bedded spatter and bomb dominated deposits. This transition in facies likely represents the
emergence of individual volcanoes with later deposits showing less evidence for interaction with
seawater. These discrete centres later coalesced through deposition of the more extensive lava flows
forming the early volcanic complex of Akaroa Volcano.
Erosional processes dramatically reshaped the volcanic complex. Bays of the present day harbour
represent eroded basaltic explosive centres, as pyroclastic units are preferentially eroded by the sea.
Whereas more coherent lavas tend to form headlands within the harbour.
In summary, the findings of this research have refined maps, stratigraphy, lithologic descriptions
and facies interpretations of Akaroa volcanoes emergent deposits. Thus enabling the development of a
geological formation model for the early to emergent stages of Akaroa Volcano. Furthering the
understanding of early to emergent, shallow magmatic, volcanologic processes, associated with alkali
basaltic and trachytic eruptions at Akaroa Volcano.
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Idouraine, Ahmed 1948. "NUTRITIONAL QUALITY AND ORGANOLEPTIC ACCEPTABILITY OF AKARA PREPARED FROM GERMINATED TEPARY BEANS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276498.
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Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius G.), was germinated for 48 hours and used for akara preparation. Raw and germinated teparies and uncooked and cooked akara were analyzed for proximate and amino acid composition, vitamin A and ascorbic acid contents, trypsin inhibitor activity (TIA), and compared to that obtained using cowpeas. Protein and amino acid composition of cowpeas and raw teparies were similar. Vitamin A and ascorbic acid contents were low. Germination increased vitamin A and ascorbic acid contents but had little effect on protein content, amino acid composition, and TIA. In cooked akara, protein content dropped from 21.03-23.77% to 12.05-14.36%, ascorbic acid from 5.76-8.88% to 1.22-1.60%, and TIA from 12.41-12.98% to 9.15-11.25%. For sensory evaluation, no significant difference in color, texture, and flavor was found but for the overall acceptability, akara prepared from raw teparies was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) preferred to akara prepared using cowpeas and germinated teparies.
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Hopwood, Rosalind. "Investigating strong gravitational lensing with infrared space missions : AKARA, Spitzer and Herschel." Thesis, Open University, 2010. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54219/.
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This thesis addresses the use of strong gravitational lensing to facilitate deep midinfrared observations of star-forming galaxies and to study highly dust obscured sub-millimetre galaxies (SMG). 15 <i>u</i>m extragalactic number counts were taken from ultra deep AKARI mapping of the gravitational lensing cluster Abell 2218, which is the deepest image taken by any facility at this wavelength. Via strong gravitational lensing these data probe beyond the AKARI blank field confusion limit. By de-magnifying the extracted source catalogue and performing careful photometric de-blending, using multi-wavelength positional priors, galaxy number counts down to ~0.01 mJy were achieved. These counts are ~3x deeper than previous results and resolve 70-100% of the cosmic infrared background at 15/.Lm,giving a new stronger lower limit of 2.0±0.3 nWm<sup>-2</sup> Hz<sup>-1</sup>. These data are sampling the normal star forming population that dominates the peak epoch of star formation. Stacking analysis of the AKARI 15 <i>u</i>m source positions at <i>Herschel</i>/SPIRE wavelengths, show that a deep 15 <i>u</i>m galaxy population resolves around 40% of the 250 <i>u</i>m cosmic infrared background, but is less representative of galaxy populations sampled at longer wavelengths, where the background is dominated by sub-mm galaxies. This thesis also focuses on strong galaxy-galaxy lensing events and the decoupling of the lens and source photometry in order to estimate redshifts and constrain physical characteristics. The first sample of bright sub-mm gravitational lenses, selected at SPIRE 500 <i>u</i>m by the <i>Herschel</i> Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey, are investigated with light profile and SED fitting, to derive physical characteristics. For two of the five lenses, it was possible to disentangle the lens and background galaxy components in highly photometrically blended <i>Spitzer</i> data, after observations by the Submillimeter Array revealed the lensed structure. The lensed background galaxies are highly dust obscured SMG with intrinsic infrared luminosities < ultra luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs), and constrain the number density of un-lensed ULIRGs and hyper luminous infrared galaxies to < 3.2 deg<sup>-2</sup>.
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Hettiarachchi, Akash Brinly. "Role of green human resource management (GHRM) to achieve sustainable construction industry." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207281/1/Akash%20Brinly_Hettiarachchi_Thesis.pdf.
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This research study created new knowledge relating to implementation of the Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) concept in the construction industry in developing countries. A conceptual model of GHRM was built based on the state-of-the-art-knowledge of strategic human resource management and environmental sustainability. The model was refined and validated to address employee-centric challenges in sustainable construction, using extensive surveys and interviews conducted in Sri Lanka. The outcomes of this research study will facilitate construction companies to achieving sustainable construction goals and triple bottom line, and in turn minimising or eliminating impacts of construction industry on the natural environment.
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Okesson, Gregg. "Re-Imaging Modernity : a contextualised theological study of power and humanity within Akamba Christianity in Kenya." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.521471.
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Sewell, R. J. "The volcanic geology and geochemistry of central Banks Peninsula and relationships to Lyttelton and Akaroa volcanoes." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7227.
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Based on field-mapping and geochemistry of lavas outcropping between the two stratovolcanic centres of Lyttelton and Akaroa, a new Miocene volcanic stratigraphy for central Banks Peninsula has been established. Five lithologically and geochemically distinct phases of volcanism are recognised. These are the Lyttelton Volcanics (11 – 10 Ma), Mt Herbert Volcanics (9. 7 - 8.0 Ma), Akaroa Volcanic s (9.0 - 8.0 Ma). Church Volcanics (8.1 - 7.3 Ma) and Stoddart Volcanics (7.0 - 5.8 Ma). A model is proposed to account for the volcanic evolution of Banks Peninsula.
The Lyttelton Volcanics range in composition from hawaiite to trachyte and consist of a mildly alkaline to transitional association of lava flows, pyroclastic deposits and high level intrusive rocks. Eruption style was dominantly of the mild Strombolean to Hawaiian-type and during the later stages of volcanic activity, a large breach formed in the south-east sector of the Lyttelton crater wall.
The Mt Herbert Volcanics comprise a volcanic complex of mildly alkaline basalt plugs and lava flows, epiclastic and pyroclastic rocks that record the migration of volcanic activity from the Lyttelton centre to that of Akaroa. Field and geochemical relationships together with new K-Ar data, show that the Mt Herbert Volcanics can be divided into five formations. In order of eruption these are: - 1/ Kaituna Olivine-Hawaiites; 2/ Orton-Bradley Volcanic Suite; 3/ Port Levy Volcanic Suite: 4/ Castle Rock Hawaiites; 5/ Mt Herbert Hawaiites. Volcanic products associated with the Orton-Bradley Volcanic Suite infill the breach in the south-east crater wall of Lyttelton Volcano. There is evidence that a crater lake occupied the floor of Lyttelton Volcano during this infilling. Concomitant lacustrine deposition and Surtseyan volcanic activity is recorded by sub-aqueous pyroclastic deposits. Lavas of the Mt Herbert Volcanics were erupted from two main centres located respectively beneath the present position of Mt Herbert and in the vicinity of Port Levy. Eruption of lavas from the main vents was accompanied by the building of local Surtseyan and Strombolean tuff cones. These are recorded by base-surge and airfall deposits. The mineralogy and geochemistry of the Mt Herbert Volcanics indicate that magmas evolved in reservoirs near the base of the crust. Magmas of the Kaituna Olivine-Hawaiites have undergone selective crustal contamination.
The Akaroa Volcanics in central Banks Peninsula comprise a mildly alkaline association of basalt to mugearite lava flows and high-level basaltic to trachytic intrusive rocks. Lavas reached the central area of Banks Peninsula during the final stages of Mt Herbert Volcanism. Geochemical data indicate that Akaroa magmas evolved mostly in reservoirs near the base of the crust.
The Church Volcanics represent the most geochemically primitive rocks in central Banks Peninsula. A newly defined formation of basanitoid lava flows, dikes and plugs (Darra Basanitoids) is shown to be chemically related to alkali-basalt lava flows defined as the Church Bay Olivine-Basalts. The mineralogy and geochemistry of the Church Volcanics indicate that magmas were derived from different degrees of partial melting from a common mantle source. Magmas ascended directly through the crust without significant interruption.
The Stoddart Volcanics comprise a volcanic group dominated by olivine-basalt to olivine-hawaiite lava flows and plugs, minor basanite and conglomerate units and rare olivine-hawaiite dikes. The Stoddart Volcanics are divided into two formations:- the Stoddart Point Olivine-Basalts and the Kaioruru Olivine-Hawaiites. Mineralogical and geochemical data indicate that Stoddart Volcanics were derived from different degrees of partial melting from a common mantle source. Some of these lavas underwent selective crustal contamination during ascent to the surface.
Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of lavas from central Banks Peninsula indicate that magmas were derived from a common, light Rare-Earth-Element enriched mantle source. Tectonically, all the lavas of central Banks Peninsula are within-plate basalts and show no affinity with subduction-related volcanism.
A within-plate stress field corresponding to the intersection of E - W trending faults of the Chatham Rise and NE - SW trending faults of the transform plate boundary through the South Island is considered to have triggered the Miocene volcanism recorded on Banks Peninsula. A model is proposed to account for the petrogenetic evolution of Banks Peninsula magmas during the Miocene.
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Kithuka, Patricia Kalekye. "Traditional religion and customs and the impacts of Christian mission on the Akamba tribal community in Kenya /." Berlin : Viademica-Verl, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2858631&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Kithuka, Patricia Kalekye. "Traditional religion and customs and the impacts of Christian mission on the Akamba tribal community in Kenya." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2858631&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Curvelo, Fabiana Martins. "Uma imersão no tabuleiro da baiana: o estudo do óleo de palma." Programa de Pós-Graduação em Alimentos, Nutrição e Saúde (PGNUT), 2010. http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/9544.
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Previous issue date: 2010<br>O Objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade do óleo de palma bruto e daquele empregado na fritura de acarajés, consumidos na cidade de Salvador-Bahia. Metodologia: para avaliação das técnicas de fritura aplicou-se questionário semi estruturado a 149 baianas de acarajé distribuídas pelos 12 distritos sanitários da referida cidade. Com base nestes, foram coletados os 15 principais óleos empregados na fritura dos bolinhos e 149 amostras daquele empregado na fritura. A avaliação das características físico-químicas dos óleos incluiu: compostos polares totais (%), acidez (% de ácido palmítico), índice de peróxido (mEq/kg), índice de refração (40 ºC) e medidas de cor (CIELAB). Resultados: na matéria prima foi observado que 73,33 % e 46,66 % das amostras apresentaram acidez e compostos polares, respectivamente, superiores ao limite estabelecido; o índice de peróxidos variou entre 0,5-4,5 mEq/kg e refração entre 1,4500-1,4590. Óleos contendo somente a fração oleína apresentaram-se mais luminosos e vermelhos em relação àqueles contendo ambas as frações. A avaliação das técnicas de fritura demonstrou que a maioria das baianas emprega mistura de oleína + estearina, repõe o óleo de fritura e utilizam equipamentos inadequados ao processo. Os dados físico-químicos do óleo da fritura indicaram elevada acidez, decréscimo do índice de refração, compostos polares e peróxidos dentro da normalidade, cor vermelha pouco expressiva. Conclusões: observou-se elevada heterogeneidade entre os óleos estudados e comprometimento da qualidade dos mesmos, embora se tenha observado boa estabilidade térmica. Recomendam-se ações educativas no setor e melhoria da matéria prima inicial para garantir um produto de qualidade.<br>Salvador
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Bhatnagar, Akash [Verfasser], Dietrich [Akademischer Betreuer] Hesse, Kathrin [Akademischer Betreuer] Dörr, and Andrei [Akademischer Betreuer] Kholkin. "Electronic and photoelectronic processes in multiferroic materials / Akash Bhatnagar. Betreuer: Dietrich Hesse ; Kathrin Dörr ; Andrei Kholkin." Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1054636672/34.
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Akasbi, Zakia [Verfasser], and Norbert [Akademischer Betreuer] Jürgens. "Pastoral systems and their interaction with spatiotemporal vegetation dynamics in the Atlas Mountains, Southern Morocco / Zakia Akasbi. Betreuer: Norbert Jürgens." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1027573401/34.
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Kallqvist, Emma. "Who is catching what? A survey of recreational fishing effort and success ontaiāpure and mātaitai management areas." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4297.
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Marine recreational fishing is a highly developed activity and has an increasingly global following. In New Zealand, over 30 % of the population participate in recreational fishing and the annual harvest of some species is larger than the commercial catch. It is therefore vital for resource management to include data on recreational take. Since marine recreational fishing and charter boat fisheries in New Zealand are managed outside the Quota Management System (QMS), Area Management Tools (AMT) such as taiapure (local fishery), mataitai (reserves) rahui (temporary closures) can be used to ensure sustainability of certain coastal areas affected by fishing and other activity. The Akaroa Harbour Taiapure was established in 2006 and is currently the only taiapure in Canterbury. The main objective with this study was to characterise the recreational fishery in the Akaroa Harbour Taiapure in order to provide management solutions for this area. Three surveys were set up whereby two were specifically designed to record the recreational take landed on the four most frequently used slipways in Akaroa Harbour. A third survey was to gauge local resident‟s perception on recreational fisheries over time. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used and appropriate statistical analysis applied. Over 451 intercept interviews were conducted on slipways on Banks Peninsula and 138 trip records were returned. Main findings include significant differences in target and landed species, also a shift in areas mostly fished since the previous survey in 1997 by the Ministry of Fisheries. The most frequently landed fish in this study included blue cod, flounder, rock lobster and perch. The perception survey revealed a strong community bond to recreational fishing and a need for increased local input in the management of the Akaroa Harbour Taiapure. The three surveys are recommended to be continued over time in order to create a data base on recreational fishing and also to document local and indigenous knowledge on marine conservation.
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Nuth, Michael John. "Ontological Security and the Global Risk Environment: A Case Study of Risk and Risk Perception in the Tourist-Dependent Township of Akaroa." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/988.
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This thesis is about global catastrophic risks and the conscious effect of such risks at the level of everyday life. Utilising R. D. Laing's concept of "ontological security", this thesis questions the extent to which risks that loom in the global environment cause a sense of ontological insecurity amongst individuals at the local-level. In addressing this question, this thesis responds to the theories of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens who maintain that the contemporary age is marked both by the emergence of global risks that exist as the unintended consequences of modernisation and a greater sense of risk owing to how information about such risks is disseminated by the media. While no objection is made to the argument that the global environment has become more objectively threatening, this thesis questions whether individuals in fact perceive such threat in their daily lives. This argument rests on the view that global risks, in the main, lack a tangible dimension needed to elicit a sense of urgency. Seeking to ground the risk literature from the level of theoretical abstraction to that of lived experience, this thesis presents a case study of how risk is perceived in the tourist-dependent township of Akaroa. Despite the fact that New Zealand is generally seen as "safe" and "secure" and removed from the vicissitudes of global events, its economic reliance on international tourism ensures a susceptibility to external forces that disrupt global tourism flows. Given the recent publicity as to how such risks as climate change and peak oil may undermine international tourism in New Zealand, it is clear that areas that are particularly reliant on the international visitor market, like Akaroa, are significantly exposed to global events. This not only makes Akaroa an ideal case study in which to establish the extent to which global risks undermine ontological security in daily life, it also helps measure how seriously individuals in tourist-dependent areas consider the possibility of a substantial tourist decline.
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Maithya, Harrison M. Kilila. "Sexual and reproductive issues in the contemporary Akamba of Machakos district, Kenya : implications for the management of childbearing and STD and HIV/AIDS." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268843.
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Bzioui, Mohamed. "Classification croisée et modèle." Compiègne, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999COMP1226.
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Dans le cadre des tableaux de contingences, des tableaux binaires et des tableaux de mesures, la classification croisée est basée sur un critère métrique sans faire référence à un modèle probabiliste. Dans ce travail, nous proposons un modèle de mélange croisé afin d'apporter un éclairage aux critères métriques existants, d'en développer d'autres et de proposer une solution au problème des données manquantes. Cette étude est réalisée sous deux approches : approche classification et approche estimation. En outre, nous étudions l'influence du choix entre les deux hypothèses : proportions des composants du mélange égales aux proportions inconnues. Ainsi, différents algorithmes sont développés avec différentes variantes. Des simulations sont réalisées suivant les différentes situations en tenant compte à la fois de l'approche choisie avec les deux hypothèses et les paramètres du modèle.
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Sonmez, Caglayan. "A Historical And Social Analysis Of An Urban Transformation: Akay Junction In Ankara." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605926/index.pdf.
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This thesis explores the ways in which the concept of &ldquo<br>city junction&rdquo<br>has been considered as an element of the urban image within the network of circulation. The aim of this study is to make an historical analysis of urban transformation in Inö<br>nü<br>Square at Ankara, instigated by the respect to recent traffic problem-centered nodal interventions in the area.
Akay Junction, which is thought as 1930&rsquo<br>s representative space also having historical power as well as being a node where two significant axis intersect, is studied in its social, cultural and political context, through written and visual historical sources, with its relevant physical spatial components and relations to space and its nearby environment. Presenting the interactions within the historical process and considering the traffic based physical transformation, the role of the concept of city junction in the formation of urban public space in terms of architecture is questioned.
Based on the material research the thesis presents the existing and the possible alternative models together with a proposal, regarding the further possible transformations especially with the extension planned for the underground rail transport to the area. The alternatives indicate the qualitatively different results that will be got with respect to providing a viable urban public space as such a node.
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Lal, Sohan [Verfasser], Ben [Akademischer Betreuer] Juurlink, Ben [Gutachter] Juurlink, H. A. G. [Gutachter] Wijshoff, and Akash [Gutachter] Kumar. "Power modeling and architectural techniques for energy-efficient GPUs / Sohan Lal ; Gutachter: Ben Juurlink, H.A.G. Wijshoff, Akash Kumar ; Betreuer: Ben Juurlink." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1200467167/34.
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Brazdeikytė, Simona. "Inovacijų plėtra Lietuvos geležinkelio paslaugų sektoriuje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140603_133331-26186.
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Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuota ir pateikta inovacijų plėtros vertinimo metodika, ši metodika pateikiama praktiškai, pritaikant ją vertinant konkretų inovacijų plėtros projektą – automatizuotos traukinių ir vagonų komercinės apžiūros sistemos (AKAS) statybą AB „Lietuvos geležinkeliai“ Draugystės geležinkelio stotyje. Pirmoje darbo dalyje teoriniu aspektu tiriama inovacijų samprata, klasifikavimas, proceso problematika, pateikti inovacijų plėtros ekonominio naudingumo vertinimo principai. Antroje darbo dalyje nustatoma AKAS sistemos inovatyvumo ir ekonominio naudingumo vertinimo metodologija, kuri išskirta į dvi dalis: Lietuvos geležinkelio funkcijų atvejo analizės vertinimas ir AKAS sistemos tyrimo atvejo analizės vertinimas. AKAS sistemos tyrimui taikyti trys metodai: ekspertinė apklausa, inovacinių projektų rezultatų vertinimas, darbuotojų darbo laiko įdiegus AKAS sistemą analizės vertinimas. Trečioje darbo dalyje atliekami tirtų duomenų apdorojimai. Analizuojamos Lietuvos geležinkelio funkcijos ir AKAS sistemos tyrimo atvejis. Darbo gale pateikiamos išvados ir rekomendacijos AKAS sistemos tobulinimui.<br>Master‘s Work contains analyzed and presented innovation development evaluation methodology. This methodology presented in practical way using it evaluating particular innovation development project – automatical trains and wagons comercial review system‘s (AKAS) building in Join Stock Company „Lietuvos geležinkeliai“ Draugystės railway station. In the first part of the Work from theoretical point of view are examined the conception of innovations, classification, process issues, valuation principles of innovation development economical benefits listed. In the second part of the Work the evaluation methodology of AKAS system economical effectiveness and innovation is determined which is splitted in two parts: in case of Lithuanian railway‘s functions analysis evaluation and in case of AKAS system‘s survey analysis evaluation. Three methods was applied for analysis of AKAS system: experts survey, innovation projects results interpretation, analysis evaluation of workers work time after AKAS system‘s introduction. In the third part of the Work processing of examined data was made. Functions of Lithuanian railway and AKAS system case study are analyzed. Conclusions and recomendations for improvement of AKAS system presented in the end of the Work.
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Westman, Therese. "Där jag aldrig varit." Thesis, Konstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-4700.
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The sites I visit turned into routines a long time ago. Everywhere someone has decided what should be there and what will not fit. I retreat into my daydreams, away from everyday life. A longing for something different, something wonderful. I decided to go where I've never been, searching for something unknown. Sometimes the escape and search is similar, and with the same goal. This is a story about a journey to a new place, which is familiar in more ways than one. It's about everything that is designated, but by whom and for whom? About possibilities, to see what the world could be, potential, dreams and hope. The project aims to implement a fantasy, and show a different reality. I found a place on the border between urban buildings and vast nature. An end, a beginning and a passage. There is a tree, a symbol of knowledge and vegetation, a premonition of what's coming. The closest we come to untouched nature begins on the other side of the slope. But here, where I stand, everything is decided. I understand that my world is synthetic. My project is a site-specific design in Akalla, where I created a tree wig and a stone landscape.
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Ewards, Öberg Nicolina. "Förortsliv i periferin : En etnologisk studie om boendes upplevelser av ombildning och förändringsprocesser i ett av miljonprogrammens bostadsområden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Etnologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-157946.
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The studies main focus is to reach deeper insight about the values and meanings created and connected to the home environment. Building on interview material collected in the fall of 2017 in Akalla Stockholm the study examines different factors that impact resident’s emotions surrounding the area where they live in relation to change. Specifically the conversion of their homes, in one of the million programme housing areas, from a tenancy house to a condominium. Akalla was, in 2001, the first area outside the city centre in Stockholm that was allowed to convert municipally owned houses in to condominiums. A motivation for converting tenancy houses in segregated areas is the idea that diversity in the forms of residence has a positive impact on the area. The conversion can lead to gentrification of an area, the process of change where economically weak people are in different ways pushed out of an area to make room for the more economically strong individuals. The people I have interviewed have throughout the study positioned themselves in different ways to the phenomenon that is gentrification. The material shows that the assumptions and motivations regarding conversion of municipally owned houses will not necessarily lead to the wanted effects such as integration but will, on the other hand, have effects on the people who live there and their identification processes which is connected to the place where we live. It also shows that gentrification is a phenomenon that people position them self towards based on the possibilities and choices a person has in the society, it is a question of privilege. The term is loaded with value and its consequences cannot be seen only in the light of negative effects and exclusion.
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Chima, Akash S. "Neural mapping of binocular and amblyopic suppression." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2015. https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/581521/1/Akash%20S%20Chima%20thesis%20FINAL.pdf.
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Inter-ocular suppression occurs when very different images are presented to each eye. Diplopia ensues if different images are superimposed and perceived. The brain removes this unfavourable viewing experience by suppressing one eye’s input to enable clear single vision. Inter-ocular suppression during visual development occurs in response to sufficiently disparate images caused by strabismus (misalignment of the visual axis) or anisometropia (uncorrected difference in refractive error), and if persistent may result in amblyopia. This is reduced visual sensitivity, usually in one eye, to a range of visual functions that cannot be corrected by refraction. Furthermore, binocular vision is reduced or absent.
Depth and extent of suppression is measured across the central visual field in healthy participants with monocularly blurred vision, healthy participants with monocularly reduced luminance using neutral density (ND) filters, and participants with naturally disrupted binocular vision and/or amblyopia. Suppression of spatial stimuli defined by luminance (L) and luminancemodulated noise (LM) was compared to that measured for stimuli defined by contrast-modulated noise (CM), for which there is no change in mean luminance. For all stimuli suppression depth increased with increased imbalance of binocular input. Suppression was of a similar depth across the visual field with imposed blur and localised central suppression was found with ND filters. Microstrabismics showed central suppression, while strabismic amblyopes showed central in addition to hemifield suppression.
Suppression for all participants was measured to be deeper for CM spatial stimuli than for LM spatial stimuli. This is suggested to be a result of CM stimuli engaging more binocular mechanisms of processing, than LM stimuli, thereby becoming more sensitive to disruptions of binocularity such as those produced in the participants in the present study. CM stimuli are therefore more sensitive to detecting suppression, which is associated with amblyopia.
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Akala, Jethron [Verfasser], Mikael [Akademischer Betreuer] Hård, and Dieter [Akademischer Betreuer] Schott. "In the Technological Footprints of Urbanity: A Socio-political History of Water and Sanitation in Nairobi, 1899-2015 / Jethron Akala ; Mikael Hård, Dieter Schott." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1182537480/34.
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與世田, 兼三. "ハタ類3種(ヤイトハタEpinephelus malabaricus,キジハタEpinephelus akaara,スジアラPlectropomus leopardus)の初期減耗要因の解明に関する研究". 京都大学, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/136652.
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Rao, Sieta Padmaja. "Zebularine reactivates silenced E-cadherin but unlike 5-Azacytidine does not induce switching from latent to lytic Epstein-Barr virus infection in Burkitt's lymphoma Akata cells /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?sys=000253262.
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Oddsberg, Josefina. "An analysis of the potential of local stewardship as a management mode for increasing and enhancing ecosystem services in the urban landscape : Three case studies in Stockholm Municipality – Igelbäcken Allotment Garden, Akalla Allotment Garden and the Vinterviken Garden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-63365.
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The capacity of urban areas for generating quality of life is largely dependent on theecological processes and the green spaces of the cityscape. The ecosystem services supportedand generated by urban green spaces are fundamental to human well being in cities.Hence, this master thesis explores the possibilities of local stewardship as a possiblemanagement mode for enhancing ecosystem services in the urban landscape. It does so by ananalysis of management rights to state-owned lands in the municipality of Stockholm andthrough evaluating to what extent the institutional structure of the management enables localstewardship. Further, by choosing three case studies comprised of Igelbäcken AllotmentGarden, Akalla Allotment garden and the Vinterviken garden, all three located on state-ownedland in Stockholm Municipality, this thesis explores how the rules in use are fashioned andfollowed and what role leadership plays in this process. Finally, the motivational drivers forgetting involved in local stewardship in all three case studies were explored.The study is of a qualitative nature primarily utilising semi-structured interviews withgardeners at the case studies, employees at the municipality and direct observation as a meansto gather data. The key findings of this study suggest that the possibilities of local stewardshipof green areas owned by Stockholm municipality are limited. The resources for the municipaldistricts’ administering of local stewardship initiatives are insufficient and the institutionalstructure is complicated and unclear.The rules in use in the respective case studies are dependent on the leadership in the gardensand this thesis suggests that a mix of planning-led and visionary-led leadership could beemployed in order to maintain a resilient institutional structure. The motivational drivers forthe engagement in the case study areas differ but are dominated by practices within cultural,recreational and provisioning ecosystem services. Hence, the local stewardship examined inthe three case studies indicates that the green-area management is not based on biodiversityconservation but is primarily oriented towards nurturing cultural and provisional ecosystemservices. However, these practices contribute to enhancing additional ecosystem services.The results of this study have indicated the importance of exploring the interplay betweeninstitutions, leadership and motivational drivers in order to design more efficient urbanmanagement designs that involve local stewardship groups.
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Skalmstad, Peter. "Transformerat stadsrum : öppnar upp och länkar samman." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-123408.
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Mitt syfte med projektet är att vitalisera stadsdelen Husby i nordvästra Stockholm. Bryta upp zonerade områden och addera fler och varierade funktioner som definierar nya stråk, länka samman omtyckta områden och överbrygga platser som upplevs otrygga. Sammantaget ger det förutsättningar för ett mer levande stadsliv som attraherar fler att vilja bo, bo kvar och göra bostadskarriär i Husby. Centrala begrepp i projektet är mångfald, trygghet, flexibilitet och hållbarhet. Jag har arbetat med att identifiera, bevara och utveckla kvaliteter i kombination med att öppna upp befintlig bebyggelse som präglas av upprepning, slutenhet och rationella byggmetoder samt addera ny bebyggelse för att få en större mångfald och ett mer flexibelt utbud av både lokaler, bokaler och bostäder men även genom att analysera och bearbeta områdets struktur. Fokus har legat på de trafikseparerade miljöerna och hur de kan vidareutvecklas genom att bland annat addera gångvägar och skapa nya stråk längst tillfartsgatorna och samtidigt bevara kvaliteter som de nivåseparerade korsningarna mellan gångvägarna och bilvägarna erbjuder med säker skolväg och en trygg bilfri miljö för barnen.<br>My purpose of this project is to revitalize the District of Husby in northwestern Stockholm. Diversify zoned areas by adding and varying functions that define new pathways, link popular areas and overcome sites experienced as insecure. Overall, it may provide the conditions for a more vibrant city life attracting more people to stay on and climb the property ladder in Husby. The key concepts of the project is diversity, security, flexibility and sustainability. I have been working on preserving and developing qualities of the area in order to change existing buildings characterised by repetition, closed facades, rational building design and construction methods to obtain a greater diversity and a more flexible range of both business premises, housing and live-in commercial properties and also by analysing and transforming the city structure. Focus has been on the traffic separation environment and how it could be further developed by adding walkways along the access roads while still preserving qualities such as a car free environment for the children living in the area.
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Collinson, Hazel Anne. "Philosophy as pedagogy : self, perception and objects in Vasubandhu, Kumārila and Śaṃkara". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/philosophy-as-pedagogy-self-perception-and-objects-in-vasubandhu-kumarila-and-akara(c2856a85-7be0-41b9-b7ef-0b7d34a8f05b).html.
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The central argument of this thesis is that Vasubandhu's discussions of self, perception and objects are fundamentally pedagogical in character. Contemporary studies of Vasubandhu (fourth century CE) appear either to view his work as a philosophical system or as a practical guide for the attainment of liberation. In this study, I seek to challenge this divide, arguing instead that we need to recognise the pedagogical process underpinning Vasubandhu's writings. In order to demonstrate this, I develop an approach to the study of classical Indian philosophical traditions, which I term the dialogical approach. This approach, I argue, helps us to comprehend not only how Vasubandhu employs dialogue in his works, but also how later thinkers engaged with these works. I look in particular at the ways in which Kumarila (seventh century CE) and Śaṃkara (eighth century CE) interpreted Vasubandhu's thought. In Chapter One I develop the dialogical approach which I go on to apply throughout the thesis. I situate this within the broader context of existing approaches, which I term the thematic approach, the comparative approach and the navigational approach. I then explore some of the methodological challenges involved in the study of classical Indian philosophy in the twenty-first century, demonstrating how the dialogical approach might deal with these challenges. Chapter Two consists of an exploration of the primary texts used in the thesis. I address some important methodological difficulties relating to these texts, including questions of authorship, authenticity and availability. In addition, I explore why the texts upon which I have chosen to focus are particularly significant in terms of my overall argument. Chapter Three examines the idea of pedagogy and explains how I will employ the term in the rest of the thesis. Chapters Four, Five and Six focus upon the issues of self, perception and objects respectively, demonstrating how Vasubandhu's attitude towards these issues serves to support my idea of philosophy as pedagogy. In each of these chapters, I also explore how Kumarila and Śaṃkara respond to the Yogacara position on these issues. In the concluding chapter, Chapter Seven, I draw out some of the ways in which the preceding chapters have shown Vasubandhu's discussions of self, perception and objects to be pedagogical. I demonstrate how the dialogical approach which we developed in the thesis has helped to show this. Finally, I look the question of truthfulness, explaining how it serves to emphasise the significance of pedagogy in Vasubandhu's thought.
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Clara, Christine. "La mise en pièces de l'héritage surréaliste après 1945." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCA058.
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À son retour en France en 1946, André Breton reçoit avec enthousiasme des pièces de théâtre qui parviennent à renouveler les pratiques dramatiques de l'époque. Ionesco, Schehadé, Gracq, mais aussi Adamov, Arrabal, Audiberti, Limbour, Obaldia, Vian et Weingarten, créent entre 1945 et la fin des années soixante des pièces audacieuses qui ont tout pour séduire le chef de file du surréalisme.Même si la plupart des auteurs n'entretiennent qu'un lien tenu voire inexistant avec le mouvement surréaliste, ils héritent de certaines préoccupations du premier surréalisme par le truchement de dramaturges et théoriciens de théâtre (tels que Artaud et Jarry), de penseurs (philosophes ou psychanalystes) mais aussi de metteurs en scènes. Les vingt pièces étudiées ici questionnent l'existence humaine en analysant tantôt la perception de l'absurdité du monde, l'incapacité à communiquer, tantôt la perte des valeurs et de repères, poussant les personnages à s'interroger sur leur identité, leurs souvenirs et leurs désirs.Au-delà de ces réflexions caractéristiques de la production dramatique de l'après-guerre, les dramaturges de notre corpus explorent de nouvelles voies dramatiques. Les uns proposent un travail linguistique qui vise à retrouver la poésie au sein des conversations quotidiennes. D'autres interrogent les certitudes établies par le biais de l'humour et de l'ironie. Enfin, d'autres encore se tournent vers l'exploration de l'inconscient, des rêves et de la folie. Ces trois démarches nées d'initiatives individuelles des dramaturges s'inscrivent dans une esthétique surréaliste, mais il n'est pas sûr qu'elles suffisent à résumer la diversité des entreprises dramatiques ni à définir a posteriori une nouvelle conception du théâtre surréaliste<br>When André Breton comes back to France in 1946, he's thrilled with theatre plays which manage to renew the dramatic practices of the time. Between 1945 and the late sixties, Ionesco, Schehadé, Gracq, and also Adamov, Arrabal, Audiberti, Limbour, Obaldia, Vian and Weingarten create daring plays which have everything to allure the leader of surrealism.Even if most authors only have a tenuous or even non-existent link with the surrealist movement, they inherit certain notions of first surrealism through playwrights and theatre theorists - such as Artaud and Jarry-, thinkers -philosophers or psychoanalysts- but also stage directors.The twenty plays studied here question human existence by either analyzing the perception of the nonsense of the world and the incapacity to communicate, or the loss of values and reference markers, leading the characters to wonder about their identities, their memories and their desires. Beyond these reflections characteristic of the dramatic production of the post-war period, the playwrights of our corpus explore new dramatic paths. Some propose a linguistic work which aims at finding poetry within daily conversations. Others question what we take for granted through humour and irony. Finally, others turn to the exploration of one’s unconscious, dreams and madness.These three approaches born of individual initiatives of the playwrights get close to a surrealist aesthetics, but they may not by themselves summarize the diversity of dramatic attempts nor define a posteriori a new idea of surrealist theatre
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Mason, Garth. "The relation of akasa to pratityasamutpada in Nagarjuna’s writings." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9936.
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While much of Nāgārjuna’s writings are aimed at deconstructing fixed views and views
that hold to some form of substantialist thought (where certain qualities are held to be
inherent in phenomena), he does not make many assertive propositions regarding his
philosophical position. He focuses most of his writing to applying the prasaṅga method
of argumentation to prove the importance of recognizing that all phenomena are śūnya
by deconstructing views of phenomena based on substance. Nāgārjuna does, however,
assert that all phenomena are empty and that phenomena are meaningful because
śūnyatā makes logical sense.1 Based on his deconstruction of prevailing views of
substance, he maintains that holding to any view of substance is absurd, that
phenomena can only make sense if viewed from the standpoint of śūnyatā. This thesis
grapples with the problem that Nāgārjuna does not provide adequate supporting
arguments to prove that phenomena are meaningful due to their śūnyatā. It is clear that
if saṃvṛti is indiscernible due to its emptiness, saṃvṛtisatya cannot be corroborated on
its own terms due to its insubstantiality. But how does viewing phenomena as empty
make them meaningful? Scholars who base their understanding of how meaning is
established in Nāgārjuna’s thought based on Candrakīrti’s interpretation of his twotruths
formulation, which grants both paramārtha and saṃvṛti truths their distinctive
truth-values, tend to prove the distinctive truth of saṃvṛti in terms of its linguisticallybased,
conventional status.2 I am critical of this approach and argue, instead, that an
explanation of how phenomena are meaningful due to their emptiness is found in the
Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra’s (PPM)’s use of metaphoricity. Rather than seeing the two truths
as distinctive, I argue that saṃvṛtisatya and paramārthasatya both make sense based
on their metaphorical relationship in that they are both śūnyatā and that phenomena
point to, or are metaphors for, the all-inclusive śūnyatā of reality akin to understanding
of ākāśa in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras which although experienced cannot be
cognitively grasped.<br>Religious Studies & Arabic<br>D. Litt. et Phil. (Religious Studies)
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HU, FANG MENG, and 方夢瑚. "Examine the Difference Between Normal and Risky Company from Financial Report Perspective - Taiwan Public Listed Electronic Industry Company." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/akasz7.
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碩士<br>東吳大學<br>財務工程與精算數學系<br>102<br>Financial report is a record of the operating company, the number on it is a demonstration of operation and is a standard to let everybody to examine. According to current legal regulation, financial public of listed company is examined by CPA and also is supervised by Financial Supervisory Commission and Taiwan Stock Exchange. Therefore public listed company report is more creditable and much easier to get publicly.
This research is based on Kolmogorov-Smirov method and Mann-Whitney U method to find out the difference between normal public listed electronics industry companies and risky public listed electronics industry companies. The numerical data is from Taiwan Economic Journal Database. The purpose is to use 19 risky companies in 2013 as a sample to compare with normal company with approximately same asset and then to get 30 financial variable numbers. Examining two groups 3 years prior to financial crisis, and finds out whether the problem can be discovered earlier and gives investors, financial institutes, companies or authorities some early warns. The research shows risky and normal company many differences in Interest protection multiples, Interest expense rate, Gross profit rate, Operating profit margin rate, Sales (Revenue) growth rate, Pre tax income rate, Net profit margin, Net non-operating revenue and expenses, Cash flow ratio, Cash flow per share, ROA(C) earnings before interest, Tax, Depreciation and amortization、ROA(A) earnings before interest, Tax, Depreciation and amortization、ROA(B) earnings before interest, Tax, Depreciation and amortization、Return on assets and total assets gross rate.
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Wu, Cheng-Feng, and 吳政峰. "Effects of Dynamic Environment and Noise on Alarm for Human Auditory Vigilant Performance." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/akasq4.
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碩士<br>中原大學<br>工業與系統工程研究所<br>106<br>For the exploration of sound, there has been a lot of research in the past to explore the effects of noise on people or in the static environment. However, few studies have explored the actual evaluation of auditory detection in the dynamic environment. This study is a relatively different dynamic and static environment, including the static (Static) model, Three kinds of roll motion (Roll) and pitching movement (Pitch), and three kinds of environmental noise interference (quiet, voice interference and low frequency turbine sound) were used to discuss the hearing performance and reaction time of the personnel.
he motion environment of this study is a low frequency motion mode with a frequency of 0.3 hertz and an amplitude of + 8 degrees (roll, pitching) in a six axis platform, while the ambient noise is 65 decibels, and the low frequency turbine is 75 decibels.
In this experiment, a 3 x 3 design method was used. There were 24 subjects in each group, each of which was 8. The experimental self variable included dynamic environment and noise interference environment. The number of strain was reaction time, correct rate and sex. The experimental results showed that the experimental results showed.
The results show that the accuracy of the dynamic environment is obviously influenced by the gender (p=0.004), and the environmental noise interference is also significantly affected (p=0.004). The results of this study will provide a preliminary design and selection of the personnel for the new training environment, in order to improve the overall performance and identification.
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Awiti, Jane. "Communication rules of the Maasai and the Akamba : a comparative analysis." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5312.
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This study investigated the communication rules in the family structures of the Maasai and the Akamba cultures with the aim of comparing the core symbols emanating from the rules.
The researcher used the qualitative design to identify and compare the communication rules of the rural Maasai of the Rift Valley Province and the rural Akamba of the Eastern Province of Kenya. The study focused on male and female adult individuals in family situations who were familiar with the traditional expectations of their cultures.
Data was collected through focus group and in-depth interviews. From the data it was concluded that although the Maasai and the Akamba are from two different ethnic groups of Africa, namely the Nilo-Hamitic and Bantu respectively, the core symbols of their communication rules that are similar far outnumber those that are different. This phenomenon was noted when comparing the different levels of relationship within the family structures, namely, communication between spouses, communication between parents and children, and communication between siblings.
One of the important findings of this study is that there are more similarities than differences in the cultures of the Maasai and the Akamba at family level. Therefore, the similarities of core symbols could imply that ethnic differences should not lead to the assumption that cultural practices will be significantly different.
However, similar cultural practices or core symbols might not necessarily rule out conflict, as was indeed the case with the Maasai and the Akamba.Another finding was that the most outstanding core symbol in both cultures was respect, which was the fulcrum of most of the other core symbols in the communication rules.<br>Communication Science<br>D. Litt. et Phil. (Communication)
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Mehta, Akash [Verfasser]. "Nitridonickelates: preparation, structure and properties / von Akash Mehta." 2005. http://d-nb.info/977197859/34.
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Patterson, Sara Page. "Process development to enhance utilization potential of akara." 2002. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/patterson%5Fsara%5Fp%5F200205%5Fms.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Georgia, 2002.<br>Directed by Robert D. Phillips. Includes an article accepted by Food research international, and articles submitted to Journal of food science, and Foodservice research international. Includes bibliographical references.
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Akasha, Abdulrhman Ahmed [Verfasser]. "Entrapment of α-MHC [alpha-MHC] cardiomyocytes in CultiSpher-S microcarriers : preparation and characterization / vorgelegt von Abdulrhman Ahmed Akasha". 2009. http://d-nb.info/996426205/34.
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