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Janari, Barbara. "From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8020.
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One of the notable features of JM Coetzee's work is the portrayal in his novels, particularly in his 1999 Booker Prize-winning novel, Disgrace, of worlds that often seem bleak and bereft of redemption. In this dissertation I will argue that there is a resonance in Coetzee's writing that goes beyond the political and historical and that adds another dimension to his work. The focus of my dissertation will be an attempt to account for this other 'dimension' within the broader socio-political-historical nexus that informs much of his work. I will argue that this other dimension represents an ongoing conccrn with the questions of redemption and salvation, particularly as they are manifested in his latcr works, Disgrace and Elizabeth Costello. These concerns, however, are not just a consequence of Coetzee's evolving thought. As I will show, they are present in his earlier texts as well. To this end, I will consider the ways in which the themes of redemption and salvation, in the specifically religious and Christian sense of these words, also resonate in In the Heart of the Country (1977) and Life and Times of Michael K (1983).
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Rogers, Susan. "Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021.
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The genesis of this thesis was the observation that water played a role in many Murdoch novels as did accounts of the wanton destruction of valuable possessions. Study of the works of AS Byatt revealed a similar interest in the human impulse to destroy and in the Byatt tetralogy published over a period of more than two decades fire is often the means of destruction. My academic training to date has taught me to attempt to account for such observations. I concluded that Murdoch's obsession with the imagery and activity of water and Byatt's with that of fire reflect their awareness that, despite the wide acceptance of the death of the idea of God, humans as individuals and in community still need a religious life - ritual, ceremony, nurture, blessing and a moral order to control the human impulse to destruction.
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Kasongo, Lenge Kansempe. "The Soothsayers (Bambuki) and the Christian prayer petitioners (Balombi) : a comparative and evaluative study of healing in the Luba Katanga area." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8049.
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This research offers a view of an aspect of life of Luba people who inhabit the Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempt to compare and evaluate the healing system of co-existent groupings influenced by Bambuki and Balombi. This thesis seeks to compare and evaluate the theology and healing practices of Bambuki and Balombi in order to establish differences and similarities. The study contributes to the liberation of Luba people from western alienation, which considers the Bambuki as demonic.
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Schumann, Nina Veronika. "Two-piano performance : its classification, history, and challenges, with a compilation of a detailed catalogue of works." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8032.
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Research into the art of duo piano playing has been severely neglected. Repertoire is generally incorporated into books on solo piano playing and is often omitted from chamber work listings. With the exception of one outdated, out-of-print book by Hans Moldenhauer, I no author has attempted to submit a recent repertoire listing or a complete examination of the complications of duo pianism. The growth in the number of duos and the increasing number of concerts devoted to their repertoire indicates a previously unmatched public interest in the genre. The aim of this thesis is to serve as a reference guide for educators and pianists, in understanding the classification problems of the duo piano genre and how it relates to other pianistic combinations, an examination of the history of two-piano works until 1950, a look at professional and artistic challenges of duo piano playing, and a catalogue of works written for the medium. Confusion exists about the meaning of the word duet. At issue is whether the genre refers to two pianists at one keyboard exclusively, or whether it incorporates two pianists at two keyboards. Various sources were consulted to show that no uniform definition is available. In this initial chapter background to the study is given, available literature is reviewed and research methodology is explained.
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Lewis, Minnie Miriam. "Ruimte en identiteit in die werk van “Gekleurde" skrywers met spesiale verwysing na E. K. M. Dido." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8017.
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This study has set out to highlight and investigate the contributions, to the Afrikaans literature, by writers of ""Colour"", as marginalized writers, especially after 1990. It must be indicated that a special place in the thesis, chapter five, has been devoted to the female writer of ""Colour"", EKM Dido, and the invaluable contributions she has made to Afrikaans literature. This chapter deals exclusively with all Dido's novels to date, and includes detailed discussions and analysis of important issues and aspects in the said novels. The thesis has focused on various ""Coloured"" writers, both male and female, and their contributions. The fact that naming and terms denoted to and used for various racial groupings are such thorny in South African society, terminology used to refer to these writers of ""Colour"" in this thesis initially seemed to pose a problem, but motivating the use of certain terms, to highlight and not relegate to the margins, solved this problem I believe.
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Claassen, Joel. "The role of a spatial-temporal deictic paradigm in literary analysis : an evaluation of Karel Schoeman's triptych "Stemme” ['Voices']." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8015.
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Deixis has had a useful, yet fairly one-dimensional history in Linguistics. The core of traditional deixis is essentially the manner that the utterance reflects the spatial and temporal position of the narrator. The aim of this study has been to pursue a paradigmatic application of deixis to literature, much as Snyman (1983), Anker (1987) and Fludernik (1997) have utilised deixis as a stylistic tool in the analysis of poetry, short stories and shorter novels. What this dissertation proposes is that deixis could also be a viewed as a literary paradigm in the analysis of literary texts. The deictic paradigm can also be especially important, as a narrative structural principle, in the evaluation of literary texts where space and time causes particular difficulty. In order to develop deixis as a paradigm, a spatial and temporal deictic analysis, is emphasized.
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Bennie, Marc. "Professionalism and teachers' response to computers in the classroom." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8056.
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During the last twenty years, there have been telling changes in how teachers teach and schools are run. One major reason for this has been the growth of Information and Communication Technologies (lCT). A consequence of the growth of these technologies has been a change in the global economy, which has become increasingly interconnected and dictated by profits. Teachers have had to adapt to this new global landscape. The changes required have not been easy. This study sought to find out more about the implication of these changes in teachers professional lives. The key findings point to a change in the work that teachers do as a result of computer technology and increased attention to market related practices in schools. Teachers have also had to explore different approaches to teaching and learning . These changes have thrust teacher's professional identities into the limelight as the profession adapts to the prevailing circumstances.
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Verwey, Adala Michelle Prévost. "Mute articulations representing the body when the self isn't what it used to be." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8028.
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The topic of my research is an exploration of the concept of the 'mute body. The mute body is the body which stages a certain inderminacy and distance from the viewer. It is a form of hiding, but also a form of play with narcissistic implications and perhaps even seductive intent. The mute body is a response to the fear of power and what power has done to bodies in history. Conversely, it is also the location of power - the exercising of the choice to remain silent is a wilful act of retention or withholding. The mute body is not the vacant body. It is the body of which we are unable to say with certainty whether it is unable to signify or unwilling to signify.
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Koff, Rashida. "Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8026.
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Someone once told me: ""In order to write well, you have to write what you know"" - this piece of advice seems obvious and simple and yet - as it turned out, it was the most difficult piece of advice to process and follow. The reason: what I know was that I was a young, female, Cape Malay filmmaker. My experiences, has largely taken place within the Cape Malay community. Religious documentaries aside, I had never before seen any representation of myself, or may community on screen. The task I had set myself seemed impossible. I had researched Thirld world theory in cinema and the weight of expectation that I felt afterward seemed a burden too hard to carry. This was not because I was in unchartered territory, but because this path has been walked by many before me: African-American filmmakers; Non-resident Indian filmmakers; Pilipino-American filmmakers; Mexican-American filmmakers; Afro-Brazilian filmmakers; Asian-American filmmakers. The list goes on and on. The one common thread is that these people felt a need to provide another point of view other than the ones seen in mainstream film and television. Their films have been like voices for the token characters that we've seen in countless mainstream films.
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Mandela, Tandile. "The revival and revitalization of musical bow practice in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8031.
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This dissertation is a formal study of musical bow revivals in South Africa, based on an assessment of the instruments' historical and current usage, and functions. This study is also the inevitable result of my responses to certain musical experiences during the past three years, and which generated in me a personal commitment to the practice of African cultural music, which I 'discovered' through studies with Dizu Plaatjies and other African music specialists, who also speak through this study. My growing interest drew me to musical bows, which have become my principal instruments for musical compositions, and also personal expression. The primary focus of the dissertation is current bow practice in the Eastern and Western Cape, and certain areas in KwaZulu Natal, and personal interaction with people who became my main informants and teachers.
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Kelly, Claire. "White men speaking : an exploration of intersections, tensions and alternative ways of being white and a man in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8024.
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It is becoming widely recognised that those at the centres of power are also responsible for social transformation. In South Africa, white men still dominate these centres. Some white men have recognised this and have taken on the task of confronting their prejudice and acknowledging their privilege, in order to forge more transformative ways of being a white man in South Africa. These ways of being, however, remain marginal. Hegemonic masculinities and whiteness continue to dominate South African society, hampering transformation. In order to counter these hegemonic ways of being, alternatives need to be actively engaged and emboldened. This can be achieved partly by disaggregating narratives of masculinity and whiteness, as neither are homogenous. In so doing, dominant discourse is challenged and a more robust discursive space for alternative ways of being is allowed to emerge.
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Garlick, Robyn. "Teaching grade fives to ask investigable questions in science." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8059.
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This study was conducted during the first year of the implementation of the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) in Grade Five in South Africa. It is compulsory for teachers to implement the RNCS in this country. Investigations play a central role in learning in science education, and this study focuses on the Assessment Standard of Learning Outcome 1 in the Natural Sciences Learning Area that relates to children's abilities to ask questions that they can investigate themselves. Children struggle to formulate questions that can be used for investigations, and so they need to be taught how to do this. However, there is a paucity of research literature providing empirical evidence of how to teach children to ask investigable science questions. The aim of this study was to provide empirical data on the use of the teaching strategies suggested in the research literature, that is, to investigate which strategies science teachers use in teaching children how to ask questions that can be used in science investigations.
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Matchett, Sara. "Breathing space : cross-community professional theatre as a means of dissolving fixed geographical landscapes." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8034.
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In this paper, I investigate the idea of cross-community professional theatre as a means of dissolving fixed georgraphical landscapes. Key to this is the synergy between mainstream and community theatre, out of which this idea emerges. I explore how theatre facilitates conversations across differences. 'Differences' encompass questions of geographical, class and racial divides as well as the ideological differences between mainstream and community theatre. Cross-community professional theatre involves working with people from different communities around specific issues. Professional actors work alongside non-professional actors from communities to create a piece of theatre. Community members are involved in the process as well as in the performance. Cross-community refers not only to the exchange between professional actors and non-professional actors, but also to the idea of theatre providing a framework for conversations between different communities.
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Christian, Desiré. "What OBE did to us!' : the experiences of four Cape Town secondary school teachers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8058.
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This dissertation is a study of the impact of OBE (Outcomes-based Education) and C2005 (Curriculum 2005) on the professional lives and teaching of a select group of high school teachers. The research was a combination of a case study approach and reflective professional practice. It sought to identify and explain key aspects that had produced such a marked alteration in the position of the teachers within such a short period.
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Siebrits, Cecilia Marga. "The occupational and psychological effects of injuries on musicians." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8029.
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When musicians acquire injuries that interfere with their ability to play their instruments, it is not only the affected body part and physical symptoms that affect them. My own experiences following a wrist injury, that prevented me from playing the piano during my student years, prompted this study. I had hoped to become a concert pianist. These hopes were dashed when I realized that my wrist injuries were interfering with my ability to play the piano and resulted in emotional and psychological stress. As a result I had to re-evaluate my career choice. In this qualitative study, I investigated the broader experience affecting the occupational and emotional health of musicians. For this purpose, I used the qualitative method of a focus group and reflection on my own experience. A recognized theoretical model, the Model of Human Occupation, underpinned by the theory of human occupation was used as a framework. The data was gathered through the use of a focus group discussion of three participants, including myself. The discussion was audio-recorded and transcribed. The analysis was done by coding the data for categories and searching for themes. I adopted a reflective stance by including an autobiographical account of my own experience. The results revealed that the injuries suffered by the three participants had a vast impact on their occupational well-being as well as their psychological and emotional health. Two themes emerged from analysis of the data: My injury affected my occupation and I was forced to adapt to an alternative occupation.
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Chamisa, Shylet. "Trends in home economics education : an analysis of curriculum documents in Zimbabwe and South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8057.
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The purpose of this study is to analyse and discuss current trends in the construction and development of home economics subjects in South Africa and Zimbabwe, trends that reflect the direction that home economics is taking in the new millennium. Practical/pre-vocational subjects were introduced in secondary school curriculum for both general education and labour market reasons, that is, for the preparation of pupils to 'enter employment' and/or for 'self employment'. Over the years national education planners have debated over the future of practical/vocational subjects on the school curriculum. Many writers note that the concern of these groups is related to the challenges of technology and globalisation and general concerns for youth employment and poverty alleviation. As a result, far from phasing out from the secondary school education scene in Africa, technical and vocational subjects (correctly termed pre-vocational education) are offered along with academic subjects. They have undergone change in an attempt to better meet the needs of the labour market and the challenges that technology and globalization bring.
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Jones, Barbara Elizabeth Marion. "Student perceptions of how their learning experiences, on a University Diploma in Education, impacted on their workplace and identity : a case study of emerging Education, Training and Development Practitioners in the clothing industry in the Western." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8062.
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This study explores the learning experiences of training instructors from tne clothing industry, who had been sponsored by their SETA to attend the Diploma in Education offered by the University of Cape Town. Their attendance on the course was to prepare them to implement Learnerships, as the new mode of delivery for workplace-based training in their workplaces. The research focused on the students' learning experiences on the Diploma and their perceptions of how this was instrumental in changing their practice, transforming their identities and the implications of this for transforming learning in their places of work.
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Riley, Diana. "The information needs of attorneys in a large South African law firm." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8014.
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This paper reports the results of a study, which was carried out to investigate the information needs of the attorneys in a large South African law firm. The survey research method was employed and a single survey conducted within a particular time-span. Two methods of data collection were employed, namely the analysis of documentary sources and questioning. A combination of self-administered questionnaires and interviews were used to gather the data. The questionnaire designed by the researcher consisted of closed and open-ended questions and a rating scale was used where appropriate to enable the respondents to express their opinions or strength of preferences. The majority of the questions included a general response category that made it possible for respondents to enter other relevant data and personal observations. The questionnaire was sent to all the Bowman Gilfillan attorneys via electronic mail. The email, which included the questionnaire as a MSWord attachment, introduced and explained the purpose of the questionnaire. All questions incorporated in the questionnaire were subjected to cross-tabulation to establish the impact of the independent or classification variables on the dependent variables. The following variables were considered during cross-tabulation: respondent's age, position in the firm and number of years experience as attorney. To establish which results were significant the Pearson chi-square statistical test was applied to all bivariate relations. Results that yielded a chi-square statistic below the .01 significance level were rejected. This study sought to investigate why the attorneys need work-related information, what type of work-related information they require, which sources and systems of information they use and what the factors are that influence their information-seeking behaviour. As a law librarian, the researcher also investigated the role of the law librarian and library in the provision of work-related information to the attorneys. The findings revealed that the attorneys required access to work-related information to provide a legal service to their clients and that their most important information need is to establish the current status of the law and to keep up-to-date with the latest legal developments. The attorneys made use of various informal and personal sources of information (e.g. colleagues) and the library and required access to primary and secondary sources of law as well as non-legal information. The findings also indicated that the attorneys required quick and easy access to current and accurate information and that factors such as age, number of years experience as an attorney and position in the law firm appeared to influence the use of the various sources and systems of information as the younger, less experienced attorneys had a greater need for the various sources and systems of information. The study also found that law librarians and libraries undoubtedly have an important role to play in the provision of work related information.
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Hoel, Nina. "Contemporary discourses on Muslim women and veiling : a critical analysis." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8047.
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I propose that dominant discourses on veiling objectify Muslim women and do not engage with Muslim women dialogically as subjects capable of agency and selfdefinition. In this thesis I explore this problem critically within two different contexts, namely in selected Muslim minority contexts of Europe and America, and in the particular Muslim majority context of Iran. I illustrate that these highly politicized discourses often instrumentalise representations of Muslim women for their respective ideological agendas. I then present an alternative mode of engagement with the issue of veiling by examining the varying, marginalized voices, subjectivities and agency of Muslim women in their understandings of this phenomenon. It is imperative to question stereotypes and universalistic assumptions concerning Muslim women's bodies, modesty, dressing and agency in order to advocate a new gender consciousness which sees women as subjects. The various discourses of the veil reflect that Muslim women's choices and opinions are divided. As such, it is important to listen to Muslim women's voices to be able to create a discourse that is based on dialogue, authentic representations, mutual understanding and respect.
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Jodamus, Jonathan. "A socio-rhetorical exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:8-15." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8048.
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In this thesis two interralted tasks are undertaken. First, this thesis is an attempt to gain mastery of an interpretive methodology, namely, socio-rhetorical analysis. Second, by looking at a crucial text that has major implications for the contemporary church, I have applied this method of analysis to a particularly Scriptural text, namely, 1 Timothy 2:8-15. In this thesis I demonstrate using socio-rhetorical analysis that the discourse contained in 1 Timothy 2:8-15 constitutes baptised patriarchal cultural practices and traditions from the dominant Greco-Roman culture of the first century. I demonstrate, therefore, that the portrayal of women in the text reflects a cultural imperative, and not a theological imperative, that was co-opted from the ""secular"" Greco-Roman culture of the day and transposed, using Scriptural texts as authentication, into the Christian community at Ephesus. Thus the text is simply re-enforcing normative Greco-Roman cultural values upon Christian women and camouflaging it as a Christian norm in order to persuade women to conform to patriarchal cultural standards. Such persuasion, however, is hardly required unless one has already accepted cultural assumptions about the subordination and silencing (objectification) of women in an androcentric hegemonic culture.
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Stretton, Pamela Jayne. "The encoded body : hearing the voice, reading the text, decoding the sign : the body and meaning in the case of anorexia nervosa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8054.
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Young, Ed. "I can explain : the work of art is no longer necessary." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8055.
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The bulk of our knowledge of the international art world, and in many cases within the local South African art scene, is based largely on what we read in magazines, art books and the art press. To most individuals these exhibitions exist mainly in written form and within the viewer's personal mental constructions.
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Skinner, Kerry. "The 'feminisation' of psychology in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8043.
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This study investigates the gender trends within psychology since 1990 using a quantitative assessment of enrolments and graduations, professional registrations, academic staff composition, and publication output in psychology in South Africa. Among the current trends, five are noteworthy: the rapid growth of the profession; the disproportionate increase in the number of female psychologists; the disproportionate number of White psychologists; the increasing emphasis on practical aspects of the discipline and the decline of the scientific; and the under-representation of women as authors in psychology publications.
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Govender, Kevashini. "Gender dynamics of a Parents Support Group." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8036.
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Using a Parents Support Group run in Cape Town, South Africa, the study aims to illustrate how the psychodynamic model is inadequate in providing an understanding of the gender dynamics within this group. The study takes on an interpretive approach to explore this research problem and employs qualitative techniques, which were found to be most suitable. Data were collected through the use of field notes that documented the process of the Parents Support Group. This group consisted of ten females and one male participant, ranging from 34 to 45 years of age and who come from a lower socio-economic stratum. Furthermore, to elicit additional data and to capture the multi-layered experienees of participants, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five female and one male participant who were selected from the Parent Support Group. The field notes and the data acquired from the interviews were analyzed through the method of textual analysis, which elicited five key themes. It was found that although the psychoanalytic model was inadequate in explaining certain dynamics within the Parents Support Group, feminism and social constructionism models were able to highlight how gender was key in the dynamics at play within the group. This finding was vital in making recommendations about gender sensitivity and training concerning therapeutic interventions.
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Naicker, Allengary. "An exploratory study : the family's experience of the initial interview at the Child Guidance Clinic." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8040.
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This project was an evaluation of the initial interview as experienced by a sample of six families who utilised the services of the CGC in 2003. Families were given a semi-structured interview schedule which focussed on a number of common experiences of the assessment interview. A thematic analysis was employed to understand this qualitative enquiry into the family's perception of a service sometimes criticised as traditional, elitist and contradictory to the proposal that a broader, more community based intervention be proffered.
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Pantelis, Eleni. "Cognitive outcome of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage after clipping or coiling : a comparative post intervention study in a hospital population." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8041.
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Subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to ruptured cerebral aneurysm and clipping are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Despite favourable neurological outcomes, many patients report persistent cognitive and emotional deficits post intervention. To compare cognitive and quality of life outcomes in patients with ruptured aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage treated with surgical clipping or endovascular coiling. Twenty-four patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage treated by clipping or coiling were retrospectively assessed by use of a battery of cognitive tests and a quality of life questionnaire. All patients had favourable grades on admission, that is, WFNS <= 2 and favourable neurological grades on discharge, that is, GOS <=2. treated with surgical clipping or endovascular coiling. Patients in the two treatment groups were matched on age, years of education and on premorbid IQ. The two groups were further matched on time from intervention to assessment and number of treatments. The cognitive performance of the treatment groups was compared to hospitalised controls, matched for age, years of education and premorbid IQ. Comparison of cognitive outcome between the two groups indicated a trend towards poorer outcome in the surgical group which achieved significance on six test measures. There were no significant differences with respect to the quality of life measure. Patients surviving aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage are likely to suffer from a 'subarachnoid-induced encephalopathy' which appears to be more aggravated by the invasive nature of surgery, compared to endovascular coiling, as demonstrated by the poorer cognitive performance ofthe clipping patients.
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Mark, Daniella. "The neuropsychological effects of pituitary macroadenomas and their treatment." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8039.
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Pituitary adenomas account for roughly 12% of all intracranial tumours and are treated either surgically or medically. Due to the prevalence, there have been many articles focusing on their treatment. Recently, a few studies have been published suggesting a link between pituitary tumours, their treatment and cognitive dysfunction. These articles challenge the texts put forward to date, texts that demarcate adenoma treatment effects to the realm of the physicaL The mechanism(s) behind these supposed deficits have not yet been identified, largely because of problematic research designs and sampling. In the South African context, practitioners tend to encounter a greater proportion of macroadenomas than developed countries. Working on the assumption that the effects of adenomas are magnified in macroadenoma patients, the South African situation provides a base of extreme cases in which any potential dysfunction has the best chance to declare itself. This is particularly valuable given the controversy surrounding the presence of these cognitive deficits.
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Mahlalela, Babazile. "Rethinking the African language curriculum (with special reference to SiSwati) : a theoretical and empirical study." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8065.
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The field study based on a questionnaire, classroom observation and a range of interviews with government officials and teachers confirmed a deeply negative attitude towards the way SiSwati is being taught, resulting in negative attitudes towards the language itself. Other findings pointed to a resistance to the cultural content of the curriculum as dictated by the power elite in Swaziland, the outdated emphasis on linguistics rather than sociolinguistics as an informing discipline and the absence of social and negative literacy skills embedded in subject content. The field study reflects an overall climate of despondency governing the teaching and learning context.
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Rodriguez, Adalberto Diehl. "A Biblioteca pública no discurso científico : positividades ao longo da década : (2001-2010)." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/49421.
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O presente estudo aborda o discurso científico sobre Biblioteca Pública no Brasil, entre os anos de 2001 e 2010, através de uma análise de como o conjunto de enunciados da prática discursiva sobre Biblioteca Pública na comunicação científica revela suas positividades. Desenvolve tal análise a partir do referencial dado por Foucault, privilegiando a fase arqueológica de seu pensamento. Elege como objetivos específicos do estudo a identidade do espaço discursivo da Biblioteca Pública na comunicação científica, a indicação do seu sistema de formação, a caracterização das rupturas e do descontínuo em sua representação e a apresentação dos fenômenos de ordem e encadeamento em seu espaço. Relaciona cada um dos objetivos a indicadores bibliométricos para a mensuração das características presentes no corpus da pesquisa, a saber, as 745 referências bibliográficas dos artigos publicados em periódicos de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação ao longo da última década. Recupera os artigos de periódicos a partir de uma busca na Base de Dados Referencial de Artigos de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI); organiza as referências bibliográficas dos artigos em uma planilha eletrônica Excel; identifica os temas das referências através de consulta às bases Emerald, WorldCat e catálogos institucionais dos documentos referenciados como literatura cinzenta; analisa os indicadores bibliométricos segundo os objetivos. Usa indicadores de atividade (número de periódicos, de artigos científicos, de referências da temática) para a identificação do espaço discursivo da Biblioteca Pública na comunicação científica. Assinala mediante os indicadores de primeira geração (coautorias, colaborações institucionais, acoplamentos bibliográficos) o sistema de formação do discurso. Caracteriza a ruptura e o descontínuo na representação do discurso através da comparação entre a temática dos artigos e as das suas referências. Apresenta os fenômenos de ordem e encadeamento no espaço do discurso por meio dos indicadores de consumo (índice de Price, índice de isolamento, distribuição de referências por idioma e tipo de documento). Constrói informações adicionais a partir do cruzamento de alguns desses indicadores mencionados entre si. Constata como resultados que 25 periódicos entre 2001 e 2010 publicaram artigos relacionados à Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação; há 407 edições disponíveis com 3593 artigos publicados no período; a temática está presente em 1,1% dos artigos publicados nos periódicos de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação da década; existem 38 artigos correspondentes à porcentagem da temática; os artigos foram escritos através de autorias individuais (52,6%) e coautorias (47,4%); todos os periódicos estudados são veículos extrapares; a filiação institucional dos autores-fonte e a responsabilidade editorial são predominantemente acadêmicas (85% e 76%, respectivamente); o acoplamento bibliográfico envolveu 3,6% do total de referências bibliográficas utilizadas; a composição do discurso sobre Biblioteca Pública pertence em 51% aos domínios extrínsecos à Biblioteconomia; as referências bibliográficas apresentam leve tendência à literatura posterior há cinco anos (índice de Price em 42%); há o predomínio de referências publicadas no país (índice de isolamento em 63,5%); prevalece o Português como idioma das referências (66,4%); os livros e os artigos constituem 62,8% das referências bibliográficas. Os resultados indicam que a função autoral pelos profissionais que formulam a praxis é mínima; há um forte movimento de interiorização de positividades exteriores ao domínio da Biblioteconomia na composição do discurso; abre-se um espaço para a formulação discursiva de outros grupos de poder, que não os tradicionalmente oriundos daquele domínio. Tais constatações abrem perspectivas para estudos futuros aptos a aprofundar a discussão.The present study broach the scientific discourse on public libraries in Brazil, between 2001 and 2010, through an analysis of the set of statements by which the discursive practice about Public Library in scientific communication reveal their positivities. Develops an analysis from the reference given by Foucault, focusing on the archaeological phase of his thought. Elects like specific objectives of study the identity of the discursive space of the Public Library in scientific communication, the indication of their formation system, the characterization of ruptures and the discontinuous in their representation and presentation of the phenomena of order and sequence in your space. Lists each goal with bibliometric indicators to measure the characteristics present in the corpus of research, namely the 745 references of articles published in journals in the fields of Library and Information Science in the last decade. The recuperation of these references followed four steps: recovering journal articles from a search of the Base de Dados Referencial de Artigos de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI); organization the references of articles in an Excel spreadsheet; identification of issues through consultation of the references to bases Emerald, WorldCat and institutional catalogs the documents referred to as gray literature; analysis of bibliometric indicators. The analysis of bibliometric indicators needed to meet each objective proposed in this study were: to identify the discursive space of the Public Library in scientific communication, the use of indicators of activity (number of journals, scientific articles published, references the theme). The formation system of speech was marked by the first generation indicators (co-authors, institutional collaborations, bibliographic couplings). The ruptures and the discontinuous representation of the speech were characterized by comparing the theme of the articles and the theme of their references. The presentation order of phenomena in space and sequence of the speech was performed by means of consumption indicators (Price index, isolation index, distribution of references by language and document type). Additional information was constructed from the intersection of some of the indicators mentioned together. The research results found that 25 journals between 2001 and 2010 published articles related to Library and Information Science; 3593 articles are published in 407 editions; the theme is present in 1.1% of articles published in journals of library and Information Science of the decade; there are 38 articles corresponding to the percentage of the theme; the articles were written by individual authors (52.6%) and coauthors (47.4%); all the journals studied are extrapairs vehicles; the institutional affiliation of authors and source are predominantly academic editorial responsibility (85% and 76%, respectively); the bibliographic coupling involved 3.6% of all references used; the composition of the discourse on the Public Library at 51% belongs to the extrinsic domains Library; the references show a slight tendency towards literature five years later (Price index in 42%); there is a predominance of references published in the country (index of isolation in 63.5%); prevails the Portuguese as the language of the references (66 4%); books and articles constitute 62.8% of the references. The results indicate that the autoral function by the professionals who contribute with praxis is minimal, there is a strong movement of internalization of positivities outside the field of Librarianship in the composition of the discourse and opens a discursive space for the development of other power groups, which not traditionally come from that domain. These findings open perspectives for future studies able to deepen the discussion.
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Ollagnier, Anaïs. "Analyse de requêtes en langue naturelle et extraction d'informations bibliographiques pour une recherche de livres orientée contenu efficace." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AIXM0556/document.
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Au cours des dernières années, le Web a connu une énorme croissance en matière de contenus et d'utilisateurs. Ce phénomène a entraîné des problèmes liés à la surcharge d'information face à laquelle les utilisateurs ont des difficultés à trouver les bonnes informations. Des systèmes de recommandation ont été développés pour résoudre ce problème afin de guider les utilisateurs dans ce flux d'informations. Les approches de recommandation se sont multipliées et ont été mises en œuvre avec succès, notamment au travers d’approches telles que le filtrage collaboratif. Cependant, il existe encore des défis et des limites qui offrent des opportunités pour de nouvelles recherches. Parmi ces défis, la conception de systèmes de recommandation de lectures est devenue un axe de recherche en pleine expansion suite à l’apparition des bibliothèques numériques.Traditionnellement, les bibliothèques jouent un rôle passif dans l’interaction avec les lecteurs et ce, faute d’outils efficaces de recherche et de recommandation. Dans ce manuscrit, nous nous sommes penchée sur la création d’un système de recommandation de lectures. Nos objectifs portent sur :- améliorer la compréhension des besoins utilisateurs exprimés au sein des requêtes en langage naturel de recherches de livres, articles et billets ; - pallier l'absence de liens explicites entre ouvrages et articles de revues par la détection et l'analyse automatique des références bibliographiques afin de proposer des liens ; - parvenir à un système de recommandation de lectures s'appuyant sur des données textuelles permettant de fournir une liste de recommandations personnalisées aux utilisateurs actifsIn the recent years, the Web has undergone a tremendous growth regarding both content and users. This has led to an information overload problem in which people are finding it increasingly difficult to locate the right information at the right time. Recommender systems have been developed to address this problem, by guiding users through the big ocean of information. The recommendation approaches have multiplied and have been successfully implemented, particularly through approaches such as collaborative filtering. However, there are still challenges and limitations that offer opportunities for new research. Among these challenges, the design of reading recommendation systems has become a new expanding research focus following the emergence of digital libraries.Traditionally, libraries play a passive role in interaction with users due to the lack of effective search and recommendation tools. In this manuscript, we will study the creation of a reading recommendation system in which we'll try to exploit the possibilities of digital access to scientific information. Our objectives are: - to improve the understanding of user needs expressed in natural language search queries for books, articles and posts. This work will require the establishment of processes capable of exploiting the structures of data and their dimension; - to compensate for the absence of explicit links between books and journal articles by automatically detecting and analyzing bibliographic references, and then to propose links;- to achieve a reading recommendation system based on textual data to provide a customized recommendation list to active users, similar to systems already used by users profiles
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Rossi, Jandira Ferreira de Jesus. "Uma metodologia para seleção e avaliação de software para apoiar o processo de inteligência competitiva nas fases da coleta e análise." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2010. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/1043.
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Previous issue date: 2010-02-23The Competitive Intelligence (CI) is a systematic and ethical process of collection, storage and information analysis so that Organizations can obtain the competitive advantage in their businesses. For the application of this process, the CI is represented in a cycle which contains the phases of identification of necessities; planning; collections; analysis; dissipation and evaluation. The information volume to be collected and analyzed, the urgency to obtain results and the complexity of the studies of the CI, all point to the importance of the use of computer tools that support this activity. This research proposes a methodology to identify a tool that would facilitate the activities of the CI collectors and analysts, especially in the information extraction of texts needed in the transition between the phases of collection and analyses. The exploratory descriptive research was the methodology used in this work, divided into two parts: the theoretical methodology and the experimental. The first was applied to identify potential collaborating tools for the complete CI cycle and to extract information between the phases of collection and analysis. The second, to select and validate a tool (software). The tool selected was the software Zotero, which acts as an administration of bibliographica and citations reference. To validate this tool, an experiment was elaborated which contained two simulations involving the collection and extraction of information with and without the use of such tool. Two CI teams particpated in the simulations: one from Manaus and the other from São Carlos, with a total of 6 collects and 1 analyst. As a result, it was possible to identify that the software Zotero supports collectors and analysts in realizing the activities in the phases of collection and analysis.
A Inteligência Competitiva (IC) é um processo sistemático e ético de coletar, armazenar e analisar informações para que as Organizações obtenham vantagem competitiva em seus negócios. Para a aplicação deste processo, a IC é representada por um ciclo contendo as fases de identificação das necessidades, planejamento, coleta, análise, disseminação e avaliação. O volume de informações a serem coletadas e analisadas, a urgência para obtenção dos resultados e a complexidade dos estudos de IC apontam para a importância do uso de ferramentas computacionais de apoio à atividade. Esta pesquisa propõe uma metodologia para identificar uma ferramenta que facilitasse as atividades de coletores e analistas de IC, especificamente na extração de informações de textos necessária na transição entre as fases de coleta e análise. A pesquisa exploratória descritiva foi a metodologia utilizada neste trabalho, dividida em duas partes: a metodologia teórica e a experimental. A primeira foi empregada para identificar potenciais ferramentas colaborativas para o ciclo completo de IC e para a extração de informação entre as fases da coleta e da análise. A segunda para selecionar e validar uma ferramenta (software). A ferramenta selecionada foi o software Zotero, que atua como gestor de referências bibliográficas e citações. Para validar a ferramenta foi elaborado um experimento contendo duas simulações envolvendo a coleta e extração de informação com e sem o uso da ferramenta. Participaram das simulações duas equipes de IC, uma de Manaus e outra de São Carlos, num total de 6 coletores e 1 analista. Como resultado foi possível identificar que o software Zotero apóia coletores e analistas nas atividades que realizaram nas fases da coleta e da análise.
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Bocanegra, Cheryl D. "Accent and Grouping Structures in the String Quartets of Béla Bartók." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2820/.
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The music of Béla Bartók is defined in part by its unique blend of rhythmic vitality and inventiveness, and his string quartets offer a glimpse into a consistency of technique evident throughout his compositional career. Bartók's rhythmic environments are primarily metrical, but many of his rhythmic configurations are placed in such a way as to potentially override established meter. It is necessary, therefore, to institute an analytical means by which the delineation and comparison of rhythmic structures both within and without the metrical context may be accomplished. An analytical method using Timepoint Accent Structures (TAS) allows for the comparison of rhythms resulting from patterns of accent produced by pitch onset, dynamic stress, articulation or any other accentual factors. Timepoint Grouping Structures (TGS) delineate the number of timepoints present in alternating groups/blocks in a texture, thereby allowing for the recognition of patterning created by these larger groups. By applying TAS and TGS analysis, relationships of rhythmic equivalency, rotation, retrograde, complementation, augmentation, diminution, subset, superset, exchange, compression and expansion are clearly confirmed in the string quartets. In addition, symmetrical structures and arithmetic progressions are discovered. In many ways, Bartók's rhythmic organization mimics his procedures of pitch structuring.
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Jose, Sanjo, and Francis Jayakanth. "Aigaion: A Web-based Open Source Software for Managing the Bibliographic References." Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105518.
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Publishing research papers is an integral part of a researcher's professional life. Every research article will invariably provide large number of citations/bibliographic references of the papers that are being cited in that article. All such citations are to be rendered in the citation style specified by a publisher and they should be accurate. Researchers, over a period of time, accumulate a large number of bibliographic references that are relevant to their research and cite relevant references in their own publications. Efficient management of bibliographic references is therefore an important task for every researcher and it will save considerable amount of researchers' time in locating the required citations and in the correct rendering of citation details. In this paper, we are reporting the features of Aigaion, a web-based, open-source software for reference management.
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Swain, Roy E. "Analysis and redesign of a library electronic reference area." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-020113/.
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Gnoli, Claudio, Gabriele Merli, Gianni Pavan, Elisabetta Bernuzzi, and Marco Priano. "Freely faceted classification for a Web-based bibliographic archive : the BioAcoustic Reference Database." Ergon, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106114.
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The Integrative Level Classification (ILC) research project is experimenting with a knowledge organization system based on phenomena rather than disciplines. Each phenomenon has a constant notation, which can be combined with that of any other phenomenon in a freely faceted structure. Citation order can express differential focality of the facets. Very specific subjects can have long classmarks, although their complexity is reduced by various devices. Freely faceted classification is being tested by indexing a corpus of about 3300 papers in the interdisciplinary domain of bioacoustics. The subjects of these papers often include phenomena from a wide variety of integrative levels (mechanical waves, animals, behaviour, vessels, fishing, law, ...) as well as information about the methods of study, as predicted in the León Manifesto. The archive is recorded in a MySQL database, and can be fed and searched through PHP Web interfaces. Indexer's work is made easier by mechanisms that suggest possible classes on the basis of matching title words with terms in the ILC schedules, and synthesize automatically the verbal caption corresponding to the classmark being edited. Users can search the archive by selecting and combining values in each facet. Search refinement should be improved, especially for the cases where no record, or too many records, match the faceted query. However, experience is being gained progressively, showing that freely faceted classification by phenomena, theories, and methods is feasible and working.
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Tatu, Serban G. "BIBP, a bibliographic protocol and system for distributed reference linking to document metaservices on the Web." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0012/MQ61503.pdf.
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Omar, Yunus. "Comparative analysis of selected Personal Bibliographic Management Software (PBMS) with special reference to the requirements of researchers at a University of Technology." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1339.
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Thummala, Munushree. "Bibliography Tools in the Context of WWW and LATEX." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1202444872.
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Cartwright, Margaret Findlay. "Map librarianship : with special reference to the bibliographic description of pre-1900 printed maps of the Cape of Good Hope (south-western section)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16389.
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Includes bibliography.Having given a short resume of the background of maps and map making, the handling of maps in libraries was investigated. The examination of the development of bibliographic description of maps, resulted in, inter alia, the identification of their peculiar characteristics Special attention was focussed on the difficulties of the detailed description of early maps. As it was considered important to refer to authoritative reference sources for further details, cartographical sources for maps of the Cape of Good Hope were examined and evaluated. As a final step, the maps themselves were examined, with full details being supplied for 15 representative maps. This is followed by a comprehensive checklist of maps of the Cape of Good Hope (south western section), sufficient information being supplied to identify them, together with references to their original published sources, their reference in standard bibliographies, and a record of any known reproductions available. The primary objective of contributing towards improved access to maps of the Cape of Good Hope has thus been achieved.
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Evans, Paul. "A multimedia system to instruct novice users of online library catalogues." View thesis, 1996. http://library.nepean.uws.edu.au/about/staff/thesis.html.
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Oliveira, Henrique Przibisczki de. "Ranking de publicações baseado na extração de textos da Internet." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/275834.
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Orientador: Ricardo de Oliveira AnidoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Computação
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Resumo: Vários métodos de ranking atuais comparam os diversos veículos de publicação em relação à qualidade ou impacto. Esta informação é muito importante para que um pesquisador selecione veículos de renome para publicar suas pesquisas, ou mesmo, instituições podem promover seus pesquisadores baseando-se na qualidade dos veículos onde publicam. Esta informação sobre os veículos pode também ser valiosa para um governo destinar recursos 'as instituições ou uma empresa avaliar a qualidade de um candidato a um emprego. Existem várias métricas distintas para realizar ranking de veículos, mas o ponto comum entre a maioria é o uso de citações. Portanto, por mais que um veículo seja bastante prestigiado pelos pesquisadores, se ele não for indexado em uma base sua qualidade não será considerada. Este trabalho propõe um método para ranking de veículos de publicação obtendo as informações não de uma base de citações existente, mas de uma outra fonte de dados: a Web. As páginas dos professores de universidades são visitadas e delas são extraídas as suas publicações. De cada publicação é extraído o veículo e dessa forma, baseado nos veículos que um pesquisador quis exibir em sua página, os mesmos são ordenados. Este método irá contemplar veículos de publicação não existentes nas atuais bases de dados criando um novo ranking de publicações. Vários problemas computacionais interessantes são abordados neste trabalho: busca de informação na internet, segmentação textual, extração de componentes em uma referência bibliográfica e agrupamento
Abstract: Several current ranking methods compare different publication venues in relation to quality or impact. This information is very important for a researcher to choose renowned venues to publish his research. Institutes could promote their researchers based on the quality of places they have published. This information about the venues can also be valuable for a government to allocate resources to universities, or for companies to evaluate the quality of a candidate for a job. There are other distinct measures to perform a ranking of venues, but the idea in common among most of them is the use of citations. Therefore, despite the fact a venue is very prestigious for its researchers, if it is not indexed in a citation database, it will not be considered, since its "quality" cannot be measured. This work proposes to construct a ranking of publication venues obtaining the information not from a database, but from another data source: the Web. The university professor's webpages are visited to extract the publications. The venue is extracted from each publication, and thus, based on venues which a researcher wanted to show in his webpage, they are ranked. This method will include publication venues that do not exist in current databases, creating a new ranking of publications. Many interesting computational problems are discussed in this work: information search on the internet, text segmentation, extraction of components in a bibliographic citation, and clustering
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van, Rensburg Rachel Janse. "Resource Description and Access (RDA): continuity in an ever-fluxing information age with reference to tertiary institutions in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6380.
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Magister Library and Information Studies - MLISAlthough Resource Description and Access (RDA) has been discussed extensively amongst the ranks of cataloguers internationally, no research on the perceptions of South African cataloguers was available at the time of this research. The aim of this study was to determine how well RDA was faring during the study's timeframe, to give a detailed description regarding cataloguer perceptions within a higher education setting in South Africa. Furthermore, to determine whether the implementation of RDA has overcome most of the limitations that AACR2 had within a digital environment, to identify advantages and/or perceived limitations of RDA as well as to assist cataloguers to adopt and implement the new standard effectively. The study employed a qualitative research design assisted by a phenomenological philosophy to gain insight into how cataloguers experienced the implementation and adoption of RDA by means of two concurrent web-based questionnaires. The study concluded that higher education cataloguing professionals residing in the Western Cape were decidedly positive towards the new cataloguing standard. Although there were some initial reservations, they were overcome to such an extent that ultimately no real limitations were identified, and that RDA has indeed overcome most of the limitations displayed by AACR2. Many advantages of RDA were identified, and participants expressed excitement about the future capabilities of RDA as it continues toward a link-data milieu, making library metadata more easily available.
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Janse, van Rensburg Rachel. "Resource Description and Access (RDA): continuity in an ever-fluxing information age with reference to tertiary institutions in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6267.
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Magister Library and Information Studies - MLISAlthough Resource Description and Access (RDA) has been discussed extensively amongst the ranks of cataloguers internationally, no research on the perceptions of South African cataloguers was available at the time of this research. The aim of this study was to determine how well RDA was faring during the study's timeframe, to give a detailed description regarding cataloguer perceptions within a higher education setting in South Africa. Furthermore, to determine whether the implementation of RDA has overcome most of the limitations that AACR2 had within a digital environment, to identify advantages and/or perceived limitations of RDA as well as to assist cataloguers to adopt and implement the new standard effectively. The study employed a qualitative research design assisted by a phenomenological philosophy to gain insight into how cataloguers experienced the implementation and adoption of RDA by means of two concurrent web-based questionnaires. The study concluded that higher education cataloguing professionals residing in the Western Cape were decidedly positive towards the new cataloguing standard. Although there were some initial reservations, they were overcome to such an extent that ultimately no real limitations were identified, and that RDA has indeed overcome most of the limitations displayed by AACR2. Many advantages of RDA were identified, and participants expressed excitement about the future capabilities of RDA as it continues toward a link-data milieu, making library metadata more easily available. As this research has revealed a distinctly positive attitude from cataloguers' two main matters for future research remains, being: ? Why South African participants in this study voiced almost no perceived limitations to RDA as a cataloguing standard. Future research might be able to relay information regarding this trend, especially in the light that it was not a global phenomenon. ? A deeper look might have to be taken at how participants' experienced RDA training as this phenomenon might be closely linked to the reasons why the participants did not mention more limitations.
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Unruh, Miriam, Cheryl McLean, Peter Tittenberger, and Mark Roy. "Referencing a book or journal the APA way." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/208.
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After completing this interactive tutorial the user will be able to complete a proper American Psychological Association (APA) reference for a book or journal article.
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Unruh, Miriam, Cheryl McLean, Peter Tittenberger, and Mark Roy. "Referencing a website the APA way." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/207.
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After completing this interactive tutorial you will be able to create a proper American Psychological Association (APA) reference for a webpage.
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Santo, Isaac Simão. "Análise de documentos científicos no âmbito das Geociências referentes às províncias de Benguela e Namibe, Angola." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/98869.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Geociências, Ambiente e Ordenamento, apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra.A presente dissertação visa contribuir para o conhecimento de documentos científicos, no âmbito das geociências, sobre as províncias de Benguela e do Namibe, através da sistematização de conteúdos acerca destas duas unidades administrativas (no todo ou em partes), produzidas antes ou depois da independência de Angola. O estudo dos documentos sobre estas duas províncias, baseia-se nas semelhanças dos pontos do registo geológico e fóssil, fisiográfico ou climático, assim como das características da dinâmica fluvial e costeira, da gestão dos recursos hídricos, e das condicionantes ambientais, de gestão do património e de ordenamento do território. Para o efeito, procedeu-se a uma recolha não sistemática, em vários locais de consulta, através de um instrumento de trabalho, tendo permitido a criação de uma base de dados. Foram colectadas e analisados 150 referências bibliográficas, com dois períodos temporais evidentes de produção – a década de 1960-1969 e posterior a 2000. As publicações em série (artigos em revistas, jornais ou em actas de congressos com edições sucessivas) são o tipo de documentos mais comuns, ressaltando igualmente o número de teses e dissertações. A larga maioria dos trabalhos utiliza como unidade de lugar os domínios fisiográficos, em que o deserto e o litoral são bons exemplos, assim como se destacam os documentos sobre unidades administrativas, nomeadamente municípios ou lugares. Os domínios científicos mais versados são a Paleontologia e o domínio científico geral – Geologia Geral, Meteorologia, Climatologia, e Geologia Histórica – em especial os associados à Geodinâmica externa, Geomorfologia, Geologia Histórica e Estratigrafia. A análise do conteúdo gráfico faz ressaltar uma escala menor – referente à cartografia geológica, pedológica ou de recursos à escala sub-continental, de Angola ou provincial, assim como à correlação estratigráfica e tectónica no Atlântico sul, a par de modelo paleogeográficos e climáticos sobre a corrente de Benguela, e uma escala maior – sobre as condições de sedimentação, de reconstituição do registo geológico ou fóssil, ou de problemas aplicados das geociências.
This thesis aims to contribute to the scientific knowledge of the geosciences, over the provinces of Benguela and Namibe, through the systematization of textual and graphic content about these two administrative units, produced before or after independence of Angola. The documents analysis was based on the similarities of geological and fossil records and physiographic or climate context, as well as the characteristics of river and coastal dynamics, water resources management, and environmental conditions, management heritage and spatial planning. The study is a non-systematic collection, from different fonts, and resulted in the creation of a database. Were collected and analyzed 150 references, with two periods of apparent temporal production - the decade from 1960 to 1969 and later one after 2000. The publications in series (articles in journals or conference proceedings with successive editions) are the most common type of documents, also noting the number of thesis and dissertations. The large majority of documents use the place as a unit of physiographic areas, where the desert and the coastal areas are good examples, as well documents framed on administrative units, including municipalities or places. The most common scientific domains are Palaeontology and the general scientific domain - General Geology, Meteorology, Climatology, and Historical Geology - particularly those associated with External Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Historical Geology and Stratigraphy. The graphic content analysis brings out a smaller scale - referring to the geological mapping, pedological or resources on sub-continental, Angola or provincial scale, as well as the tectonic and stratigraphic correlation in the South Atlantic, and the climatic and paleogeographic model over the Benguela Current System, and a larger scale - on the conditions of sedimentation, reconstitution of geological or fossil records, or problems of applied geosciences.
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LI, LIANG-SYU, and 李糧旭. "A references recommender system utilizing a massive bibliographic database." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6f77ds.
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碩士國立臺北大學
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Modern researchers may conveniently access a large archive of scientific articles through online academic databases using key words search. While online databases have allowed researchers to quickly access more scientific information, it is also overloading them with excessive information that made it more difficult for researchers to find articles relevant to their interests. Selecting the right key words to form queries for finding the right articles can be tricky as a researcher may not know what key words to use. Traditionally, one way that researchers find articles is by following citations in other articles that they are interested in. This is an effective practice, but it may limit the scope of the searching. To address the aforementioned issues, we utilize the user-based collaborative filtering, which is widely used in the recommender systems, to overcome the problem of information overloading. We also keep the practice of finding articles by following citations of articles in a research field. Emulating the logic of the recommender systems, we treat the author as a consumer of articles cited in their papers. All references cited by all articles written by an author are considered as all items (such as movies) consumed by a consumer. With the authors × articles 2D matrix, we can utilize the collaborative filtering mechanism to recommend articles that may be interested by an author or by authors of a research field. The recommended articles of a research field are derived from the aggregated interests of authors of this field. We implemented a recommender system that is capable of processing large data set to validate this idea. The Microsoft Academic Search (MAS) dataset, which contains citation information of more than 126 million academic articles and over 528 million citation relationships between these articles, is used in the recommender system. The performance of the recommender systems is evaluated by the recall rate of the Top-N recommendations made by the system. The recall rates fall in the range of 0.3 to 0.6. The system inherited the same limitation of the user-based collaborative filtering, that it will recommend articles that have been cited by other articles. The inherited new article recommendation limitation (the cold-start problem) can be mitigated by implementing the item-based collaborative filtering.
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Hufford, Jon Robert. "Elements of the bibliographic record used by reference staff members at three ARL academic libraries." 1989. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68425366.html.
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Van, Fleet Connie Jean. "Communication between public librarians and library educators as reflected in the public library journal literature a reference analysis /." 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=F8jgAAAAMAAJ.
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