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Gustafsson, Johanna. "Single case studies vs. multiple case studies: A comparative study." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33017.
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Shapiro, Ellen Sara. "The role of family environment in an ecological study of preschool children attending family day care." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28281.
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This thesis is an exploratory ecological study of the role of the family environment as it relates to a number of variables under investigation in the Vancouver Day Care Research Project's extensive contextual study of children enrolled in family day care settings. These variables include child language scores, indices of socio-economic status, conditions of maternal employment and attitudes related to maternal employment, other measures of the home environment, and parental attitudes to childrearing. In addition, the family environments of the family day care caregivers were examined in relation to the quality of care provided. The Moos Family Environment Scale (1986) was administered to parents and caregivers enrolled in the study. Scores from its ten subscales were correlated with measures of the variables of interest and then tested for significance. Data was then analyzed for important trends, patterns and highlights. Results showed that exposure of family members to stimulating ideas and activities is facilitative of child language skills, while an emphasis on achievement seems to have a negative effect. Families from higher socio-economic status homes seemed to be more likely to provide these opportunities for their children, particularly if they are well-educated. Findings also indicate that mothers who are satisfied with their employment tend to provide more positive family environments for their children than those who are working reluctantly. Mothers who worked part-time also appeared to provide better family environments than did those who experienced the increased stress of full-time employment. Adult-centered parenting values which stressed obedience were associated with family environments which were less facilitative of child cognitive development, whereas homes with child-centered parenting values appeared to be more positive. Family day care caregivers who provided superior childcare were found to be more organized in their own families, more supportive of one another, and more able to allow their family members to function independently than were other caregivers. There was considerable overlap in the results for each variable of interest; many similar features were found in the environments which were considered optimal in terms of language development, socio-economic factors, conditions of maternal employment, attitudes to childrearing, and high quality care for children. The study results strongly support the importance of exposure to a wide range of intellectual and cultural stimuli, participation in activities outside the home, expression of feelings amongst family members, and well-organized family functioning in the creation of optimal family environments; an emphasis on achievement, and the use of rigid rules and doctrine were found to be deleterious to the creation of positive home environments.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of<br>Graduate
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Heslop, Liza. "An ethnography of patient and health care delivery systems : dialectics and (dis)continuity." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8764.
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Wikfeldt, Emma. "Generalising from Case Studies." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-32565.
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The generalisability of case study findings is heavily criticised in the scientific community. This study attempts to answer to what extent generalisation is possible, through a literature review. Resources were collected by searching in databases and in reference lists. A presentation of arguments from both sides will follow, finding that generalisation is possible to almost the same extent as quantitative research, if done correctly and carefully, with great concern and accuracy.
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Öberg, Mikaela. "Case studies as literature." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-32646.
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Edwards, Bradley D., Michael Braswell, and Larry Miller. "Case Studies in Corrections." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/177.
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Case Studies in Corrections invites the reader to analyze hypothetical situations confronted by judges, probation officers, inmates, correctional officers, counselors, clerics, and administrators. Concise but thorough introductions to each section provide background for assessing the scenarios. Thought-provoking questions stimulate reflection about possible courses of action and the potential consequences of choices made. The Sixth Edition encourages an interactive approach—whether rethinking effective punishment, analyzing the role of the community in corrections, or addressing ethical and legal issues.
Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Haas-Alpert, The Dilemmas of Corrections: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577663980) and Quinn, Corrections: A Concise Introduction, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577662464).<br>https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1197/thumbnail.jpg
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Victor, Mofjell. "Case studies about swedish companies." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33029.
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The purpose with this paper is to investigate and get deeper understanding of case studies about Swedish companies. I will focus on the way the case studies have been constructed, the purposes of the studies and how well the findings may be implemented to other contexts. I find this interesting because case studies are something that can benefit every company in other to in some way improve and streamline the business. The data used in this paper will be obtained from various case studies within the subject “Swedish companies” and therefore analyzed to draw conclusions. The findings from this study is that every case study is unique, and there is not one single, optimal way to construct a case study. One must take the purpose of the study into consideration and establish the study from this. However, there are common traits between case studies, such as the ways of obtaining data for the studies and the uniqueness of research question. How well the findings of a case study can be generalized to other contexts also depends on the uniqueness of the purpose of the study.
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Al-Mazrooa, Nada. "Arabic localisation : key case studies for translation studies." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/117575/.
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This thesis investigates the practices of Arabic localisation as it presents a neglected area of localisation research, localising to a developing market. The thesis aims to establish a connection between localisation and Translation Studies, by exploring the ways in which this area can be theorised starting from the approaches developed by Lawrence Venuti (in particular the notions of foreignisation and domestication), and Christiane Nord (translation as interpersonal activity). Creating a theoretical framework which marries the cultural turn and functionalist approaches helps address the dynamics of Arabic localisation on both micro and macro levels. The thesis also aims to provide a holistic view of Arabic localisation, by considering translation processes and outcomes, and by attempting to understand how Arabic localisation is perceived by its target audience. In order to achieve these goals, the thesis presents three case studies devoted, respectively, to the FIFA 15 video game, the Knorr website and the educational platform Blackboard Learn. It follows a mixed method approach to answer about the unique nature of each case study. This includes text analysis which covers each medium’s localisation literature, the Arabic translated content of the selected products and related business articles. In addition, relevant online materials, such as gaming fora and Youtube gaming channels, are analysed to assess the response of the FIFA and Knorr target audience to the translation they receive. Due to the privacy of Blackboard Learn’s content and users, access to a student’s and an instructor’s accounts were sought from an Arabic university, and a questionnaire was developed to assess quantitatively and qualitatively the Arabic users’ response to the platform’s Arabic localisation. The significance of this thesis lies in its methodology and findings. Employing strategies from a range of backgrounds, academic, professional and social, produces a novel methodology for translation research and for addressing the complexity of the discipline of localisation, as well as understanding the effect of its technical and commercial aspects on translation practices and outcomes. By approaching localisation from a Translation Studies perspective, the thesis contributes to both disciplines. The thesis highlights the ways in which localising to a developing market is different from many of the practices discussed in the localisation literature. In addition, the context of Arabic localisation proves to be a fertile ground where Venuti’s theory of foreignisation and domestication can be relocated, and the debate about it acquires new nuances.
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Prest, C. B. (Colin B. ). "The institutionalisation of the aged : the importance of visitation, and the role of the specialised visitor." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49798.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ageing is a fact of life. It often gives rise to unfortunate consequences. Physical infirmities;
senile dementia; emotional disturbance. Indeed, the effects of the ageing process can be such as
to render a person incapable of performing the ordinary and normal functions of life. In such a
case, institutionalisation presents itself as a prospect to enable an aged person to cope with the
ordinary day-to-day activities of living.
The purpose of institutionalisation is to improve the quality of life of the elderly. In considering
the process, a number of important facets need to be borne in mind. Firstly, the process must be
seen in relation to the condition of the person being institutionalised. Secondly, the process
must be seen as a matter of extraordinary change in the life of the aged person. This implies a
detailed explanation and full disclosure of the process envisaged, and, if needs be, appropriate
counselling of the person concerned. Thirdly, there must be sympathetic and sensitive
assistance given to the aged person in adapting to a new situation. Fourthly, a continuing and
intimate interest in, and concern for, the aged person on the part of the family must be
accentuated and impressed.
This gives rise to the importance of visitation on the part of the family. Its meaning and purpose
must be understood. The need for meaningful visitation must be stressed, and the status of a
respected member of the family must be emphasised. The aged person must never be cut-off,
separated or neglected. Visits must not be a coincidental, haphazard and aimless occurrence.
Visitation must always be directed at improving the quality of life of the aged person.
The aged person, despite her advanced years and debilitated condition, remains a person with
thoughts, feelings, emotions, difficulties and problems. She needs time and attention. The
normal or regular pattern of visitation does not, by and large, accomplish these ends. Something
more is required. Specialised visitation. This is something different from ordinary, normal,
social visitation. It is more intense, more concentrated and more regular. It embodies consistent
and continuous contract. It is directed at effectiveness. It is never haphazard or aimless and
always has as its objective an improved quality of life for the aged. The specialised visitor and
the resident come to know each other well; they come to trust each other, and they come to
realise that the object of the visit is more than an exchange of frivolities. Specialised visitation manifests a concern for the aged; it offers them support, stability,
certainty and security. This is so because the specialised visitor responds to an inner conviction,
an infinite calling, and an earnest urging. It is not a task but a vocation.
Many factors contribute to the enhancement of the quality of life of the elderly : three may be
mentioned. Institutionalisation, visitation and the role undertaken by the specialised visitor.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Veroudering is 'n gegewe feit wat dikwels tot ongelukkige toestande soos fisiese swakhede,
seniliteit en emosionele versteuring lei. Die gevolge van veroudering kan inderdaad 'n persoon
verhinder om die alledaagse en normale funksies van lewe uit te voer. In sulke gevalle bied
institusionalisering die moontlikheid dat 'n bejaarde persoon wel kan handel met die gewone
dag-tot-dag aktiwiteite van die lewe.
Die doel van institusionalisering is die verbetering van die kwaliteit van lewe van die bejaarde.
In die beskouing van hierdie proses moet 'n aantal fasette in aanmerking geneem word.
Eerstens, moet die proses in verhouding tot die toestand waarm die persoon wat
geïnstitusionaliseeer word verkeer, gesien word. Tweedens, die proses verteenwoordig 'n
buitengewone verandering in die lewe van die bejaarde persoon. Om dit te vergemaklik moet 'n
gedetaileerde verduideliking en volle openbaarmaking van die proses wat voorlê aan die
persoon gegee word en, indien nodig, toepaslike berading aan die persoon verskaf word.
Derdens, die persoon moet simpatieke en sensitiewe bystand in die proses van aanpassing tot
die nuwe situasie verleen word. Vierdens,die gesin van die persoon moet baie duidelik onder
die indruk gebring word van die belang van voortgesette en intieme belangstelling in die
persoon deur hulself
Hierdie aspek bring die belangrikheid van besoek deur die gesin na vore. Die betekenis en doel
van besoek moet deeglik verstaan word. Die behoefte van betekenisvolle besoek moet benadruk
word en die status van die persoon as gerespekteerde lid van die gesin beklemtoon word. Die
bejaarde mag nooit afgesny, afgesonder of verwaarloos word nie. Besoeke mag nie toevallig,
planloos en doelloos geskied nie. Besoeke moet altyd gerig wees op die verbetering van die
kwaliteit van die lewe van die bejaarde.
Ten spyte van haar gevorderde jare en afgetakelde toestand bly die bejaarde persoon iemand
met eie denke, gevoelens, emosies, moeilikhede en probleme. Sy benodig tyd en aandag. Die
gewone of gereelde patroon van besoek bereik oor die algemeen nie hierdie doeleindes nie. Iets
meer word vereis, naamlik gespesialiseerde besoek. Dit is duidelik verskillend van die gewone,
normale sosiale besoek. Dit is meer intensief, meer gekonsentreerd en meer gereeld. Dit
beliggaam bestendige en deurlopende kontak. Dit is gerig op doelbereiking. Dit is nooit
planloos of doelloos nie en het altyd as oogmerk om die kwaliteit van lewe van die bejaarde te verbeter. Die gespesialiseerde besoeker en die inwoner leer mekaar goed ken sodat hulle
mekaar vertrou, en besef dat die oogmerk van die besoeke meer behels as 'n uitruil van
beuselagtighede.
Gespesialiseerde besoek druk 'n besorgdheid VIT die bejaarde uit. Dit gee aan hulle
ondersteuning, stabiliteit, sekerheid en sekuriteit. Dit is so omdat die gespesialiseerde besoeker
vanuit 'n innerlike oortuiging, 'n onbegrensde roeping en 'n ernstige lewensdrang optree. Dit is
nie 'n taak nie maar 'n roeping.
Baie faktore dra by tot die verhoging van die kwaliteit van lewe van bejaardes. Drie hiervan is
institusionalisering, besoek en die rol wat die gespesialiseerde besoeker onderneem.
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Melrose, Heather. "How do resource foster parents conceptualize concurrent planning?" Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83166.
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In this small qualitative study, the researcher explores how four families involved in resource foster care services conceptualize concurrent planning in the child welfare system. Analysis of the four semi-structured transcribed interviews revealed four dominant themes: hope and optimism that resource foster care could be a rewarding alternative to further infertility treatment; anger and fear of disruption related to birth family visits; identification of the foster child as their own; and uncertainty regarding resource foster care team rules, roles, and responsibilities. Each theme was influenced by an attachment to the child they were fostering and the fear of losing that child.<br>The findings suggest that resource foster parents do not fully embrace concurrent planning as a philosophy of care that supports and works towards the best interests of children. Practice principles central to concurrent planning were often abandoned as a result of intense identification with adoptive parenthood status.<br>The researcher has included a number of recommendations with respect to future studies, training needs, and recruitment strategies. The conclusion states that in the best interests of children, resource foster parents must fully embrace the concept of concurrent planning defined within child welfare context and legislation.
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Barlow, Hilary Joan. "An evaluation of neonatal nursing care in selected hospitals in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16253.
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Thesis (MCUR)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has a proud history of a high standard of health care delivery in State funded
hospitals. This implies that high standards of education and care in both medical and
nursing training have been achieved. The care of sick and premature newborn infants by
nurses is a speciality that has evolved worldwide over the last forty years as a result of
various technological developments.
In order to ensure the standard of care delivered, protocols of care should be available for
nurses to refer to and to measure their work against. There were no protocols of care
available in the two Neonatal Units (NICUs) used in this study.
Using a non-experimental, exploratory descriptive design, the researcher set about
measuring the quality of nursing care in the NICUs. Standards (structure, process and
outcome) were written by the researcher, and validated.
The results showed that the standards were not met at an acceptable level in various
areas. One of the areas of great concern was the lack of effective hand washing.
Outcome standards which reflect the consequences of care indicated serious shortages of
staff in some cases and insufficient staff training.
Recommendations are that a Quality Assurance Program should be introduced with
training and education of the nurses working in the NICUs and the introduction of evidencebased
practice. Future research should aim at showing the way to improve the service
delivered.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika het ‘n trotse geskiedenis van ‘n hoë standard van gesondheidsorgdienslewering
in Staatsbefondsde hospitale. Dit impliseer dat hoë standaarde in mediese en
verpleegopleiding bereik is. Die versorging van siek en premature pasgebore babas deur
verpleegkundiges is ‘n spesialiteit wat oor die afgelope veertig jaar wêreldwyd ontwikkel het
as gevolg van verskeie tegnologiese ontwikkelings.
Ten einde te verseker dat ‘n hoë standard van sorg gelewer word, moet protokolle
beskikbaar wees vir verpleegkundiges om te gebruik en hulle werkverrigting teen te meet.
Daar was geen protokolle beskikbaar in die twee neonatale eenhede wat in hierdie studie
gebruik is nie.
‘n Nie-eksperimentele, verkennende, beskrywende ontwerp is deur die navorser gebruik
om die gehalte van verpleegsorg in die neonatale eenhede te evalueer. Standaarde
(struktuur, proses en uitkoms) is deur die navorser opgestel en gevalideer.
Die resultate toon aan dat die standaarde in verskeie areas nie aanvaarbaar nagekom
word nie. ‘n Kommerwekkende bevinding was die afwesigheid van effektiewe was van
hande. Uitkomsstandaarde wat die resultaat van sorg weerspieël, het aangedui dat daar
ernstige tekorte aan personeel in sommige gevalle bestaan het asook onvoldoende
opleiding van personeel.
Aanbevelings is dat ‘n Gehalteversekeringsprogram ingestel behoort te word en met die
opleiding van verpleegkundiges werksaam in die neonatale eenhede en evidence-based
practice aangespreek moet word. Toekomstige navorsing behoort aan te dui hoe om die
diens wat gelewer word, te verbeter.
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Black, Sheila. "Teamwork in primary health care : a case study." Thesis, University of Essex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323029.
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Lundin, Fredrik. "Case studies in omniparametric simulation /." Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0801/2006411346.html.
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Broihier, Kevin J. (Kevin John). "Case studies in language learnability." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10617.
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Oh, Shih-Hao Steven 1977. "Case studies in project management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80170.
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Knutsson, Andreas. "The didactics of case studies." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-32943.
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Conocimiento, Dirección de Gestión del. "Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies." Emerald Publishing Limited, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655298.
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McKnight, Gary Lenox. "Teaching theology through case studies." Portland, Or. : Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Wilson, L. G. "Groundwater Pollution Monitoring Case Studies." Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/305357.
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Investigators who were closely associated with five groundwater monitoring programs were asked to critically examine their studies as a guide to others involved in similar projects. The particular question to be answered was, "What monitoring techniques should have or could have been implemented?" given
that time and money were not constraints.
The case studies involved contamination of aquifers from oil field brine disposal, plating waste disposal, landfill leachate, nitrate from multiple sources, and recharge from an oxidation pond.
Among the general recommendations of the investigators,
resulting from the process of critical evaluation of their associated projects, were the following: establish interdisciplinary committees to set up the monitoring program; maximize the density of well network; use alternative methods to wells; completely analyze the samples, including heavy
metals; thoroughly examine the hydrogeology of the problem site; use tracers; develop predictive computer models of the flow system; monitor in the zone of aeration, where applicable; develop innovative methodologies; and continue monitoring until the problem is thoroughly quantified.
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Bisulca, Christina. "Case Studies in Conservation Science." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/332904.
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The research presented in this dissertation covers three separate topics of conservation as defined by the National Science Foundation: 1) Materials Stabilization, Strengthening, Monitoring, and Repair; 2. Understanding Material Degradation and Aging; and 3) Materials and Structural Characterization of Cultural Heritage Objects (the `technical study'). The first topic is addressed through a study to assess the consolidant tetraethoxysilane for the stabilization of alum treated wood. Falling under materials degradation studies is a study published in American Museum Novitates to understand how environmental conditions affect the aging of fossil resins from five different deposits. Two separate studies are included in technical study of cultural heritage objects which comprises the third research area of materials characterization. The first is a survey of red dyes used in Chinese paintings from the Ming Dynasty to the Early Republic (1364-1911). The second is a study of the pigments, dyes and binders used in Hawaiian barkcloth (kapa) from the 19th century.
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Dowland, Douglas G. "Fictionable America: four case studies." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/663.
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What can lead authors to come up with entirely different textual portraits of the same nation? My dissertation is an exploration of the rhetorical construction of emotion in nonfiction narratives about the United States from the Second World War to the present. I emphasize the importance of one particular rhetorical strategy: synecdoche, a substitution of part for the whole. I argue that synecdoche is as much a strategy for seduction as it is a rhetorical strategy, and therefore an emotional strategy as well. As the authors in my dissertation -- John Steinbeck, Charles Kuralt, Truman Capote and Sarah Vowell -- write of the nation, they simultaneously write of their irresistible, irrevocable attachment to the nation. In this way, these studies of the United States act like a Rorschach test, as a projection of affect onto what the authors claim to be an objective national portrait. (And we respond to them accordingly: consider the number of "America's" we encounter daily, and how many of them we automatically accept or dismantle.) The ambivalence the authors in my study feel, I would argue, comes only after the portrait is complete. The pleasure is in the process: the result is seldom as rewarding.
It has become commonplace to argue that "nations provoke fantasy." I argue that nations provoke fantasy because they are necessarily synecdochical. Synecdoche provokes fantasy because synecdoche is fantasy: the seduction of another through the persuasion that similar parts represent shared wholes. However, the nation is not only a fantasy. This is where the word "fictionable" enters into the study. As one major critic has defined it, the "fictionable" is that which is "available for conversion into fiction." The "nation" as a concept is certainly fictionable, and it is well worth considering -- as an entity and experience -- that has become so much a part of the way we tell stories about ourselves, that it can come to function as a backdrop on which we project both our political ideologies and personal desires.
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Beaudoin, Kathleen Mary. "Epistemic reasoning and adolescent egocentrism among adolescent boys with behavioral disorders and their peers without behavioral disorders." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0027/NQ38855.pdf.
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Mamba, Bonginkosi. "An appraisal of basic infrastructural service delivery and community participation at the local level a case study of three municipalities in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002692.
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Housing provision plays a vital role in meeting basic needs. Dwellings provide the security required for basic functioning and are thus essential for both human development and the alleviation of poverty. This study examines the levels and quality of basic infrastructural service delivery (electricity, water and sanitation) at local government level, focusing on housing. The local government areas studied include Grahamstown Fort Beaufort and Duncan Village. This was done for the purposes of analyzing the effectiveness of the existing housing policy with regard to the adequacy of scale, its developmental logic, implementation and coordination. Justification for basic infrastructural service delivery is based on the Basic Needs Approach [BNA] which forms the cornerstone of the World Bank’s delivery framework. The paper makes use of two methods: firstly, secondary sources are used to provide an impression of the broad policy framework focusing around basic service delivery with housing as the centrepiece. Specific attention is thus given to Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) as this is the level of policy-making responsible for the delivery of these services to communities. Secondly, previously un-analysed data drawn from a household social exclusion survey (2005-2006) conducted in three Eastern Cape municipalities (Buffalo City, Makana and Nkonkobe – representing respectively urban, small town, and rural areas) are evaluated. The data are analysed two ways – graphically and through a regression analysis – to test four hypotheses regarding basic service delivery. Graphical analysis demonstrates that services differ according to housing type and location. It was found that brick houses seem more likely to have better basic services than either shacks or mud dwellings. The results also show that there are inequalities in the provision of certain basic services such as water and sanitation between Duncan Village and Grahamstown. Overall, the results of this study show that government is still faced with major challenges in addressing housing backlogs.
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Baxter, Catherine. "Primary care trusts as commissioners of secondary care : three case studies." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1771/.
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This thesis considers the commissioning of secondary care by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). It provides an in-depth analysis of the commissioning relations and decision-making between PCTs and NHS Trusts using the underlying assumptions of principal-agent theory as a lens for investigation. This qualitative research adopted a range of methodological approaches including the use of observation, interviews and documentary evidence in the analysis of three case studies. The case studies each comprised an NHS Trust and up to four PCT commissioners. Commissioning-related meetings were observed in order to gain an understanding of the ways in which PCTs and NHS Trusts acted as principals or agents, and how these relations were managed. These were followed by interviews with managers and clinicians from primary and secondary care to complement the observational data and to investigate additional issues such as the impact of multiple principals and tiers of principals and agents. Service and Financial Framework documents and Service Level Agreements were also examined. Analysis shows that commissioning was approached in a different way in each case study. The factors affecting the approaches to commissioning were perceptions of local and national pressures, accountability, a public service ethos, leadership, trust and local history. Incentives were not used in Service Level Agreements. In each case study, there was a weak link in the principal-agent chain of commissioning that had the potential to result in non-compliance with decisions. This weakness arose either between commissioner and provider, or between managers and clinicians. In either case, the greater use of incentives is suggested as a solution. Some PCTs did not appear to accept the legitimacy of their roles as commissioners. In addition, and unusually, the principals had an agent role; PCTs were providers as well as commissioners. These dual roles created conflicts of interest.
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戚盛榮 and Sing-wing Chik. "Case studies of international joint venture." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31267890.
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Devlin, Angela Marie. "The effect of early diet on hepatic cholesterol metabolism in piglets." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0010/NQ34518.pdf.
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李群 and Kwan Vivian Lee. "Wang Laboratories, Inc.: a case study of strategic and organizational success and failure." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31266137.
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Mfono, Zanele Ntombizanele. "An analysis of the emerging patterns of reproductive behaviour among rural women in South Africa : a case study of the Victoria East District of the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52660.
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Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study describes and analyses changes in women's reproductive behaviour ID
developing communities. These changes took more than hundred years to occur ID
Western communities but only two to three decades in developing communities such as
Taiwan and Barbados. The population of Victoria East district of the Eastern Cape
province of South Afiica was chosen as a case study of these changes. Changes in the
reproductive behaviour of women are described over a period of twenty-two years.
The base year for the study is 1978 and data were collected up to 2001. Changes increased
in particular since 1988. Statistical descriptive analyses were undertaken with regard to
patterns of changes in variables such as age at the onset of births, child spacing, the mean
number of births per woman, fertility regulation, and the number of children ever bom.
Variations in patterns were analysed according to age cohorts, occupation and marital
status. Information regarding these variables was collected from records at hospitals and
clinics. Focus group interviews were held to reflect women's own descriptions and
experiences regarding these variables. The research design thus combines the quantitative
and qualitative approaches.
The findings confirm a pattern of fertility decline that Caldwell described as the African
pattern, which is different from that seen in Europe and Asia. It is characterized by a
progressive delay in onset of childbearing and reductions in the mean number of
childbirths that occur across all age cohorts and are associated with contraceptive
accessibility.
The high incidence of non-marital childbearing in the Victoria East district however sets
the population studied apart from the polygamous Afiican societies on which Caldwell
based the African transition. In this respect the population considered resembles the
scenarios seen in Latin America, the Caribbean, Botswana and in recent years Europe. The
study population shows a divergence in the patterns of marital and non-marital
childbearing, with marital childbearing following the African pattem. Because of its high
incidence, non-marital childbearing is dominant and the major contributor to the fertility
decline that is afoot. The implications of this pattern needs much more in-depth study
before comparisons with the above-mentioned communities can be made.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie beskryf en ontleed veranderinge in vroue se reproduktiewe gedrag in
ontwikkelende gemeenskappe. Hierdie veranderinge het in Westerse gemeenskappe meer
as honderd jaar geneem om plaas te vind maar slegs twee tot drie dekades in
ontwikkelende gemeenskappe soos Taiwan en Barbados. Die bevolking van die landelike
Victoria-Oosdistrik: in die Oos-Kaapprovinsie is gekies as 'n gevalstudie daarvan in Suid-
Afrika. Veranderinge in die reproduktiewe gedrag van vroue in hierdie gemeenskap word
oor 'n periode van twee-en-twintigjaar beskryf
Die basisjaar van die studie is 1978 en data is ingesamel tot en met 2001. Veranderinge het
veral toegeneem vanaf 1988. Statistiese-beskrywende ontleding is gedoen ten opsigte van
patrone van verandering in veranderlikes soos die ouderdom by die skenk van geboorte,
geboorte-spasiëring, die gemiddelde aantal geboortes per vrou, fertiliteitsregulering en die
aantal kinders ooit gebore. Variasies in patrone is ook na aanleiding van huwelikstaat en
beroep bepaal. Inligting aangaande hierdie veranderlikes is verky vanaf rekords wat by
hospitale en klinieke gehou word. Fokusgroeponderhoude is ook onderneem waarvolgens
vroue se eie beskrywings en ervarings aangaande die genoemde veranderlikes verkry is.
Groepe is saamgestel volgens verskeie ouderdomskohorte en huwelikstaat. Die navorsingsmetodologie behels dus 'n kombinasie van kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe
benaderings.
Die bevindings bevestig 'n patroon van fertiliteitsafhame wat deur Caldwell as die Afrikapatroon
beskryf word en afwyk van die Europese en Asiatiese patroon. Dit word
gekenmerk deur 'n progressiewe vertraging in die aanvang van geboorte-skenk, afhame in
die gemiddelde aantal geboortes oor al die ouderdomskohorte en word geassosieer met
kontraseptiewe toegankliheid.
Die hoë voorkoms van buite-egtelike geboortes in die Victoria-Oosdistrik onderskei egter
die bestudeerde bevolking van die poligame Afrika gemeenskappe waarop Caldwell die
Afrika-oorgangstipe gebaseer het. In hierdie opsig vertoon die bevolking eerder
ooreenkomste met ontwikkelende gemeenskappe m Suid-Amerika, die Karibbiese
Eilande, Botswana en die meer onlangse Europa. Die bestudeerde bevolking vertoon
uiteenlopende patrone van binne-egtelike en buite-egtelike geboortes met die binneegtelike
patroon meer in ooreenstemming met die Afrika-patroon. Die hoë voorkoms van
buite-egtelike geboortes domineer egter die algehele patroon en kan beskou work as die
hoof bydraende faktor in the afhemende fertiliteit wat waargeneem is. Die implikasies
hiervan moet egter veel dieper studie ondergaan alvorens verdere vergelykings met die
bogenoemde gemeenskappe gemaak kan word.
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Kreuser, Richard Gustav. "'n Voorgestelde generiese menslike hulpbronbestuur organisasiestruktuur vir geselekteerde departemente binne die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Administrasie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53532.
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Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The new management model for the Government places the responsibility for the
execution of the human resources function within the management domain of the
executive authority, department heads and line managers. Other than in the
past, the human resources function has been decentralised at all provincial
departments within the Western Cape. Departments subsequently went ahead
and established their own human resources components. However, the creation
and structuring of the said function within the different departments were
completed, to a great extent, in isolation with each other. Although all
departmental components had to perform the same functions within the same
regulatory framework, there was little consistency in the way it was structured.
The purpose of the research is to create a generic organisational structure to
serve as a guideline whereby departmental human resources components could
be organised. In order to design a model a literature study has been undertaken
with the emphasis on structuring of organisations and a functional analysis of the
human resources function has been done. The focus was on literature that deals
with the structuring of human resources components. An analysis was also done
on the regulatory framework in which the human resource function should
function, within the Government. In view of the preceding discussions and due to
specific principles, a generic organisational structure has been developed and is
recommended that it serve as a guide to be applied within the Western Cape
Provincial Administration.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die nuwe bestuursmodel vir die staatsdiens plaas die verantwoordelikheid vir die
uitvoering van die menslike hulpbronbestuursfunksie binne die bestuursdomein
van die uitvoeringsgesagte, departementshoofde en lynbestuurders. Waar die
menslike hulpbronbestuursfunksie ten opsigte van bepaalde departemente binne
die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Administrasie voorheen vanuit 'n gesentraliseerde
komponent gelewer is, is die funksie gedesentraliseer en het departemente
gevolglik begin om hul eie menslike hulpbronbestuur komponente te vestig. Die
vestiging en strukturering van hierdie komponente het in isolasie tot mekaar
plaasgevind, en was daar weinig sprake van patroonmatigheid in die wyse
waarop dit gestruktureer is, alhoewel almal dieselfde funksies ingevolge
dieselfde regulatoriese raamwerk moet verrig.
Die doel van die navorsingstudie is om 'n generiese organisasiestruktuur te
ontwerp om as riglyn te dien waarvolgens hierdie departementele menslike
hulpbronbestuur komponente gestruktureer kan word. Ten einde die model te
ontwerp is 'n literatuurstudie ten opsigte van organisasie-teorie met die klem opdie
strukturering van organisasies onderneem, en is 'n funksionele analise van
die menslike hulpbronbestuur funksie gemaak. Aandag is geskenk aan literatuur
ten opsigte van die strukturering van menslike hulpbronbestuur komponente en
is daar ook 'n ontleding van die regulatoriese raamwerk waarbinne die menslike
hulpbronbestuur funksie binne die staatsdiens verrig staan te word, gedoen. Op
grond van die voormelde en aan die hand van bepaalde beginsels is 'n generiese
organisasiestruktuur ontwerp, en word aanbeveel dat dit dien as riglyn vir
toepassing binne die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Administrasie.
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Lensing, Willene (Willene Crowell). "A Case Study of Social Transformation in Medical Care at the Community Level." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277789/.
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This descriptive case study of the transformation in medical care at the community level was carried out with a triangulation approach. Data from documents and surveys using both semi-structured and unstructured interviews were gathered to evaluate and explain how medical care delivery changed from a primarily public system to one predominantly private.
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Jones, Barbara Ellen. "A critical analysis of discourses constructing portfolio assessment practices in three Eastern Cape schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003349.
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In 1998, South Africa introduced outcomes-based education to affect the shifts in pedagogy considered necessary following the move to democracy in 1994. Across the globe, the use of the portfolio to assess learners is increasingly being promoted as a form of progressive pedagogy. Hence, its adoption by the country as a new form of assessment practice was warranted. However, how the portfolio is constructed and perceived by educators within the classroom can become problematic in practice. This was apparent in the South African context and justifies research into how the portfolio is constructed as an assessment method in educational policy and by educators in the classrooms. The Curriculum Guide Directive text and the transcripts of twenty-one interviews carried out in three Eastern Cape schools served as the source of data for this study. Discourses make up a powerful framework of spoken, written and symbolic texts of institutional bureaucracies. Within these institutions human subjects are defined and constructed. Therefore, discourse construction acts as institutional forms of knowledge which can exude power over the individual if not made transparent. I used critical discourse analysis to uncover the discourses that were embedded within the Curriculum Guide Directive and to identify the discourses entrenched within the educators’ perceptions of the portfolio. The discourses in the Curriculum Guide Directive suggest the construction of the portfolio as a method of surveillance to track whether the educators are preparing learners for the school leaving examination and instructing the educators to provide evidence in the form of a portfolio. Analysis of the transcripts of the twenty one interviews with educators from three schools in the Eastern Cape indicated that the portfolio was not seen as a form of assessment by the educators, but as a form of discipline put in place by the Department of Education to ensure that they are preparing the learners for the school leaving examination and are able to produce proof of this preparation in the form of a portfolio. The discourses from the research highlighted that the school leaving examination is hegemonised into South African educational pedagogy as a form of traditional assessment and is not challenged even when it is no longer bringing about the dominant ideological goals. The portfolio was not seen as an assessment method by the educators nor represented as such in the Curriculum Guide Directive. Therefore, the job of the portfolio became that of a policing tool. Thus, a school curriculum which has been introduced with the intent of furthering social justice can become exclusive in practice, even with the best intentions.
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Tanner, Carolyn A. "Perception of palliative care practice of health care professionals in a mental institution : a descriptive study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29703.
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The purpose of this descriptive study is to investigate the perception of practice of health care professionals at a mental institution, as it pertains to their work with dying patients, and also to identify areas of change. The conceptual framework is constructed of six factors important to palliative care that have been identified from the literature. These are personal death anxiety, organizational structure of the hospital system, role expectations of professionals, teamwork, education and training for care of the dying, and conveyance and exchange of diagnostic information. The sample surveyed by a written questionnaire included physicians, psychiatrists, health care workers, social workers and pastoral care workers from the Geriatric Division of Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam. The findings indicate that age, sex, marital status and length of working experience at Riverview Hospital had no significant association with personal death anxiety. Informal education such as workshops and in-services had a significant correlation with personal death anxiety, as did perception of being competent and/or confident about working with the dying. The study also raised concerns that not all was being done for the dying patients and their families at this institution. Suggestions such as education and training, support mechanisms, and less stereotyping of professional roles were
offered to improve this situation. As well, findings indicated that there was a need for palliative care service either in the form of a team or separate unit, or simply the practicing of the palliative care philosophy.<br>Arts, Faculty of<br>Social Work, School of<br>Graduate
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Magoqwana, Babalwa Mirianda. "Call centres as a vehicle to improve customer satisfaction in local government: a case study of front line workers in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004339.
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This dissertation provides an account of 'Batho Pele' (People First) and 'new public management' as applied in two government call-centres in the Eastern Cape. Focusing on the workers at these call-centres, this research examines the workplace organisation of these call-centres based in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. The study involved interviews with managers, call-centre operators and trade unionists. The findings show how the work environment is not conducive to the goals of customer satisfaction as presented in the Batho Pele policies. The research investigates the conditions of workers as one explanatory factor for poor call-centre service. If workers are a key element in the success of the 'new public management', their work environment and conditions have to facilitate their job satisfaction and their improved customer service. The research demonstrated the evident lack of professionalism in the call-centre, customer care designed as a matter of compliance rather the need to change the culture and the persistent lack of discipline and supervision. The call centre operator's experiences include issues of surveillance, stress, emotional labour, lack of training, internal conflicts and bad 'customer service' as perceived by the citizens of the Metro.
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Davids, Mogamad Sadiek. "The role of strategic leadership in Coega Development Corporation: a case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003884.
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South Africa became a democracy after its election in April 1994. Thereafter, the country faced the daunting task of trying to fast-track economic growth and addressing social challenges. The Department of Trade and Industry was mandated by the newly elected government to spearhead economic development in order to address these challenges. Trade policy instruments such as industrial development zones formed part of government’s strategic economic instruments to achieve economic reform. The Coega Industrial Development Zone (CIDZ) near Port Elizabeth was one of many economic development zones created principally to promote export orientated manufacturing. The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) was registered as a company to develop, operate and manage the CIDZ. The literature suggests that strategic leadership is important for organizational success. Strategic leadership is described as the ability to influence others to make day-to-day voluntary decisions that enhance long-term viability while maintaining short term financial stability. Literature further suggests that strategic leaders deal with the evolution of organizations and their changing aims and transform them through their capabilities and strategic leadership roles such as being a figurehead, spokesperson, team builder, design school planner and so on. The aim of this research is to analyse the role of strategic leadership with the objectives to ascertain whether strategic leadership contributed to the success of the development of CDC, and identify possible challenges they are confronted with in the execution of their leadership duties. This research was conducted from an interpretivist perspective as the researcher attempted to develop insight into how the strategic leadership of CDC viewed and understood their role. The strategic leadership of CDC, who were the focus of this study, consisted of the executive management team of the organization, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The research design was in the form of a case study of the CDC leadership, with data collected through semi-structured interviews and documents. The most prominent roles exercised by the leadership of CDC included creating a vision and strategy development and inculcating a teamwork corporate culture. Other roles identified include that of team builder, fostering innovation and developing human capital etc. A lack of stakeholder management as well as managing the culture of the organization as it expands and grows, remain critical challenges. Finally recommendations are made together with suggestions for future research.
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Schwabrow, Lynsey A. "The role of communication in facilitating resolution of dissatisfying consumer experiences." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1230599.
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This study of 79 male and 139 female university students investigated organizational recovery efforts following customer dissatisfaction. Rather than exploring recovery efforts that occur following a service failure, this study examined proactive versus reactive recovery efforts to determine implications for customer service. The purpose of this study was to determine ways in which to prevent a dissatisfying consumer experience from concluding as a complete service failure. This research extended the previous investigations of service recovery by Webster and Sundaram (1998) and Smith, Bolton, and Wagner (1999).A 4 x 3 factorial design employed four service recovery efforts and three service industries. Customer satisfaction and customer loyalty served as the primary dependent variables. Results supported the hypothesis that the use of communication before a dissatisfying service event concludes increases both customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The results also provided evidence that customer satisfaction and customer loyalty are positively correlated. Combination recovery efforts and implications are discussed.<br>Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Brink, Susan Goldswain. "A comparative study of the dream content of eating-disordered and non-eating-disordered women." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30404.
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Dream theorists propose that dreams can balance conscious reality, and provide clues to unconscious processes complicating psychosomatic conditions. Little research has been done in the area of dreams and eating disorders. Based on data from a pilot study, and reports of eating-disordered women's dreams in the literature, the researcher hypothesised that eating-disordered women's dreams would contain a significant number of themes symbolizing the psychological states underlying their condition. Of particular interest was a sense of ineffectiveness, which has been the subject of many recent studies of eating-disordered women. The exploratory study compared the dream content of 12 eating-disordered and 11 normal women, aged 20 to 35 years. The 275 dreams were rated by 8 "blind" raters according to a 91-item eating disorder specific dream rating scale, which registered dream content such as attitudes of helplessness, images of anger, self-hate, and affect. A high level of inter-rater reliability was obtained. A questionnaire assessing motivational states (General Causality Orientation Scale; GCOS) was also administered. The data were analyzed by the independent t-test. The results showed strong significance in the occurrence of themes of ineffectiveness in the eating-disordered women's dreams (p = .001), which corresponded with the findings on the GCOS (p< .001). Also significantly present in the target group's dreams were themes of self-hate, anger, inability to nourish themselves, an obsession with weight, and the presence of negative emotions. An additional finding was a strongly significant presence of a sense of impending doom at the end of eating-disordered women's dreams (p < .001). These results suggest that dreams may provide an additional resource in understanding eating disorders.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of<br>Graduate
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Martens, Prisca Amalia. "I already know how to read.: Literacy through the eyes and mind of a child." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186761.
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Sarah's literacy from ages 2-5 is documented through this longitudinal interpretative case study. The researcher, Sarah's mother, employed ethnographic techniques and methodologies of data analysis and data collection, including interviews, writing samples, audiotapes, observations, and field notes, to accomplish the research goals and purposes. The initial research goals were twofold: (a) to observe and describe Sarah's literacy in natural settings, particularly at home, beginning formally at age 2; and (b) to analyze, understand, and explain her literacy learning process. The model of literacy learning presented, the generative learning cycle, is grounded and rooted in both the data and the theory and research of others, notably Ken Goodman, Yetta Goodman, and Kathy Short. The data demonstrate that Sarah's learning is continuous and not hierarchically ordered as developmental stages propose. While the qualities of her literacy artifacts, or products, change, the quality of her thinking, strategies, and learning process do not. She perceives, questions, and invents sophisticated solutions to her inquiries concerning literacy, continually utilizing all she knows to outgrow herself and learn what she does not know.
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Liu, Xiaolei. "Sample Size Calculations in Matched Case-Control Studies and Unmatched Case-Control Studies with Controls Contaminated." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1221754897.
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Conner, Lindsey Norma 1957. "Learning about social and ethical issues in a biology class." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8187.
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Mniki, Phumzile. "An analysis of the implementation of sustainability principles in Buffalo City Municipality." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003941.
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This study investigated the planning, implementation and monitoring of sustainability principles in Buffalo City Municipality (BCM), in the Eastern Cape Province. It also analysed how reporting on sustainability principles was done at this municipality. The research was conducted as a qualitative case study that used analyses of documents, questionnaires and interviews to gather data. All respondents were involved with BCM, some as municipal officials in key positions in the different directorates and others as councillors. The study was contextualised within the area of sustainable development at local government level. The focus was on how the mandate of sustainable local development at local government level was met in BCM. The focus was on the planning, implementation and monitoring of stipulations of Local Agenda 21 and sustainability principles. The study focused on the provision of basic services; inter-generational equity; integration of economic, social and environmental aspects; community involvement; institutional capacity building; partnerships, and global links. The study established that Buffalo City Municipality incorporated sustainability in its vision. There was a lack of common understanding of the meaning of sustainability. Sustainability principles featured prominently at the integrated development planning phase but were less explicitly mentioned in the implementation, monitoring and reporting phases. Sustainability principles were subsumed in the developmental goals of the municipality. The study also highlighted the need for a strategy to have an institution-wide implementation of sustainability principles which would incorporate raising awareness about sustainability and its value.
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Rivard, Tony. "Reactivity ratio estimation: Two case studies." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6388.
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Two separate case studies on polymerization kinetics were performed. These studies focused on the determination of reactivity ratios: important copolymerization kinetic parameters. They are used to predict multicomponent polymer composition directly and have an indirect influence on the prediction of polymerization rate and final properties. In some cases, these parameters can be very difficult to obtain using standard techniques. These standard methods involve low conversion experiments and measurement of the final polymer composition. The goal of the first study was to determine the reactivity ratios of a copolymer system that presents significant experimental challenges. The study involved a small polymer chain, called a macromonomer copolymerized with acrylic or methacrylic acid monomers. The second case study involved the styrene/butyl acrylate copolymer system. Firstly, the reactivity ratios were estimated in bulk and in toluene solution. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) was used to determine the weight-average molecular weight of selected styrene/butyl acrylate copolymer samples. An additional investigation focused on the use of attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectrometry was completed. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Seshadri, Usha. "The analysis of case-cohort studies /." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69572.
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Epidemiologic cohort studies often require a follow-up of and obtaining exposure and confounder information for several thousand subjects. This process can be time consuming and expensive. A sampling scheme which reduces costs is the case-cohort design. It involves obtaining exposure and confounder information for all cases and a random sample of the remainder of the cohort. In this thesis we consider the analysis of data from a case-cohort sample under the assumptions of a proportional hazards model. Specifically we review and describe techniques for point and interval estimation of parameters and tests of hypotheses first for a full cohort, then for a case-cohort sample. We apply the methods to a real example involving data from an occupational case-cohort study.
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Smith, Fraser D. M. "Case studies in biogeography and extinction." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334231.
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Gayton, James R. S. "Case studies in government procurement fraud." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9930.
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Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited<br>MBA Professional Report<br>Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited<br>The purpose of this research is to provide guidance that will increase awareness and facilitate class discussions on ethical situations that contracting officers are exposed to during their business relationships with contracting firms. The cases explore the specifics of individual incidents of ethical and procedural procurement violations. Additionally, this study provides conclusions and recommendations that could better educate prospective contracting officers of the temptations and legal ramifications of violations of procurement fraud within their commands.
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Morra, Giovanna. "Case studies between translation and allegory." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341616.
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Gosset, David (David Nicholas). "Case studies in quantum adiabatic optimization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68872.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2011.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143).<br>Quantum adiabatic optimization is a quantum algorithm for solving classical optimization problems (E. Farhi, J. Goldstone, S. Gutmann, and M. Sipser. Quantum computation by adiabatic evolution, 2000. arXiv:quant-ph/0001106). The solution to an optimization problem is encoded in the ground state of a "problem Hamiltonian" Hp which acts on the Hilbert space of n spin 1/2 particles and is diagonal in the Pauli z basis. To produce this ground state, one first initializes the quantum system in the ground state of a different Hamiltonian and then adiabatically changes the Hamiltonian into Hp. Farhi et al suggest the interpolating Hamiltonian [mathematical formula] ... where the parameter s is slowly changed as a function of time between 0 and 1. The running time of this algorithm is related to the minimum spectral gap of H(s) for s E (0, 11. We study such transverse field spin Hamiltonians using both analytic and numerical techniques. Our approach is example-based, that is, we study some specific choices for the problem Hamiltonian Hp which illustrate the breadth of phenomena which can occur. We present I A random ensemble of 3SAT instances which this algorithm does not solve efficiently. For these instances H(s) has a small eigenvalue gap at a value s* which approaches 1 as n - oc. II Theorems concerning the interpolating Hamiltonian when Hp is "scrambled" by conjugating with a random permutation matrix. III Results pertaining to phase transitions that occur as a function of the transverse field. IV A new quantum monte carlo method which can be used to compute ground state properties of such quantum systems. We discuss the implications of our results for the performance of quantum adiabatic optimization algorithms.<br>by David Gosset.<br>Ph.D.
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Kokkini, Dimitra. "Euripidean men revisited : four case studies." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1151143/.
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While Euripides’ women have attracted a great deal of attention in recent decades, it is now half a century since the last substantial monograph devoted to his male characters. The present thesis examines representations of manliness and male behaviour in Euripidean tragedy. It aims to revisit Euripidean men as characters in their own right, not simply as foils to powerful women, and in relation with ideals of manliness as expressed and experienced in fifth-century Athens. The Introduction is divided thematically into two parts. The first part deals with the emergence of Gender and Men’s Studies from the same theoretical thinking that shaped Feminist thought, and demonstrates how their rhetoric and ideas can be used in literary criticism. The second part uses the idea of masculinity as a cultural construct and focuses on the concept of ‚ideal masculinity‛ as promoted in ancient Greek sources. Four case studies constitute the four main chapters of the thesis, each one of them placing emphasis on different aspects of masculinity and male identity. Chapter 1 focuses on Herakles in Herakles, and deals with questions regarding his relation with femininity, gender balance of roles within the oikos, male domesticity and the existence of multiple definitions of manly courage. The second case study is Admetos; Chapter 2 demonstrates that in Alkestis courage is not necessarily synonymous with the male sex, while other positive elements of male identity such as propriety and hospitality are given prominence as equally important and praiseworthy. Chapter 3 focuses on Hippolytos and explores the implications of a narrow and distorted understanding of positive qualities such as sophrosyne and piety, which can place a man at odds with his familial and public role. Finally, Chapter 4 uses Jason in Medeia to highlight the ramifications of a failure to fulfill the male obligations to his oikos and its members.
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Mock, Justin. "“Classic Case Studies in Accounting Fraud”." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1111004894.
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Arbogast, Patrick G. "Statistical methods for case-control studies /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9598.
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Young, Shawna Hodges. "Women's collegiate wrestling : three case studies /." ProQuest subscription required:, 2001. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=990270571&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=8813&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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