Dissertations / Theses: 'Casey'

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Casey, Erin Michelle. "A micro-pulsed LIDAR for the study of the lower troposphere and atmospheric boundary layer." Thesis, Montana State University, 2012. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2012/casey/CaseyE0812.pdf.

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The current largest unknown variable in global climate models is the effect of aerosols directly and indirectly on radiative forcing. This thesis continues the work of characterizing this effect through the study of aerosols by the use of lidar. A micro-pulsed lidar was designed, fabricated and incorporated into a set of instruments for atmospheric studies at Montana State University. The data collected up to this point shows the usefulness of employing such a system in conjunction with other remote sensing instruments as well as in-situ instruments. This is shown by the retrieval of aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients as well as lapse rates and atmospheric boundary layer heights.

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Casey, Jamin Allen. "Beyond consummate masculinity implications of differing masculinities in Patrick O'Brian's novels /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/casey/CaseyJ0507.pdf.

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Catenacci, Lauren. "An examination of college students' beliefs and attitudes surrounding the Casey Anthony Case." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1378.

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Herrera, Gutiérrez José. "Tentativas de la escritura: desajuste y reajuste en la narrativa de Calvert Casey." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2016. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/143224.

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Grimes-Vawters, Jennifer. "Identifying Future Effective Foster Parent Characteristics: Using the Casey Foster Family Assessment." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3163.

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In 2014, Washoe County Department of Social Services in Nevada, licensed only 50 of 400 parents who applied to foster children. Lack of long-term effective foster parents creates instability within the system. Significant concern over increased numbers of children entering foster care and a decreased number of qualified foster care applicants continues. The Casey Foster Family Assessment (CFFA), a comprehensive assessment of key traits of effective foster parents may further enhance the fostering application process. The identified CFFA subscales most predictive of future foster parent effectiveness, may help WCDSS more effectively identify applicants likely to provide long-term stable homes for children. Local licensed foster parents and their case managers were recruited to complete the CFFA, and Effective Foster Parent Survey (EFPS). Using the Ecology theory of Bronfenbrenner and Belsky as a foundation, a series of Pearson bivariate correlations were conducted using the CFFA and EFPS scores and a regression analysis was conducted to determine the results. Results showed foster parents (N=35) with a high level of dedication, sufficient time, higher perceived degree of responsibility then the agency, and willing to foster children of differing racial, religious, cultural, or sexual identity backgrounds were viewed by their case managers as being highly effective. Identifying effective skills, and providing support and training to foster parents, may increase the likelihood that a child will stay in one home instead of moving repeatedly, reducing mental health risks of foster children. Three significant correlates were identified: positive parent-child interaction, participation in spiritual activities and attendance at agency training, set a foundation for continued research in additional effective foster parent skills and how to assess for these qualities in incoming applicants.

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Horn, Michael T. "Investigating the construct validity of a life-skills assessment instrument /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8128.

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Tirnady, Rachel Lee. "Life skills and criminal thinking : a comparison between offenders and college students /." Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF), 2008. http://eprints.ccsu.edu/archive/00000532/02/1981FT.htm.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2008.
Thesis advisor: Damon Mitchell. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Criminal Justice." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-43). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Nollan, Kimberly Ann. "Self-sufficiency skills among youth in long-term foster care /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11161.

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Spencer, Brett. "“Casey Saw It Through”: Guy “Machine Gun” Molony and the Creation of a Rugged Individual." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2016. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2219.

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Abstract This thesis explores the influence of masculinity in twentieth century American foreign policy through examining the career of Guy “Machine Gun” Molony. Molony was an Irish American mercenary from New Orleans, whose career saw the transformation of Honduras from a banana republic to a recipient of dollar diplomacy. Unlike the majority of mercenaries who did not use their experience to build successful careers, Molony made a name for himself in American newspapers, becoming respected and even feared by policemen and politicians. His life tells a fascinating tale of the individual male in American foreign policy, where rebellious youth used war and instability to create heroic images of themselves. This thesis argues that the U.S. State Department borrowed from the independent mercenary model, building on a foundation laid out by men like Molony to implement dollar diplomacy. Guy Molony’s career is a telling example of how perceived ideas of manhood carried imperial intentions during the era of manifest destiny and the Monroe Doctrine. Although scholars tend to focus on Western expansion when examining the ideology of manifest destiny, this thesis explores how mercenaries like Guy Molony, followed by the U.S. State Department, continued to look southward to Central America as a means for American expansion.

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Flynn, Lindsey Nicole. "Thermal Determinants of Nest Site Selection in Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, at Casey Key, Florida." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4323.

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Many environmental cues are thought to influence nest site selection by loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, and much debate exists over the possible influence of sand temperature. This study had two primary objectives: (1) to measure thermal differences across transects of a major nesting beach of Casey Key (28.7 N, 82.3 W), Florida and (2) to evaluate thermal pattern variation that influenced nesting patterns of adult female loggerhead sea turtles. A secondary objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of infrared thermometers to collect sand surface temperatures in the field. Temperature data were collected from 145 nest events and 8 false crawls in the 2008 and 2009 nesting seasons. Infrared thermometers and thermocouple probes were used to obtain surface temperatures from the water, waterline, beach sand, body pit attempts, nest chamber attempts, eggs, and the surface of the gular skin of the nesting female, within the crawl track created by the female and at one meter adjacent to the crawl track (from undisturbed sand). Weather influences at the time of nesting were recorded, including the presence or absence of rain, wind, or clouds. Beach slope was measured using an angle locator. Temperature data from the infrared thermometer and the thermocouple probe were highly correlated, indicating that an infrared thermometer is an effective measurement tool on a nesting beach. In 2008, there was a significant difference between temperatures collected within the crawl tracks of false crawl events and nest events, indicating a potential for females to use thermal cues in choosing whether to false crawl or nest. In both nesting seasons, the sand temperature in the body pit and the surface of the gular skin of the nesting female were nearly identical, suggesting females may locate a suitable nest site using their skin temperature. Data collected at other loggerhead rookeries in the United States and Australia yielded similar results, however, variability in the use of temperature may arise seasonally, and according to different nesting environments. Rain, wind and cloud cover significantly thermally altered several locations on Casey Key, but it remains unclear if these weather events significant affect turtle nesting behavior. Additionally, crawl distance and beach slope were significantly, positively correlated. Gravid females most likely use multiple environmental cues to select a nest site. Assimilating information from multiple sources allows for the highest degree of adaptability, and future studies should consider implications for climate change and beach renourishment projects.

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Kahl, Robert M. "The eschatological Jesus : early Christology as interpreted by Reginald H. Fuller, Martin Hengel and P.M. Casey." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13912.

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What is the correct way to interpret the relationship between the message of Jesus and the kerygma, a hermeneutic of discontinuity and evolution or a hermeneutic of continuity and development? The Eschatological Jesus will argue for continuity and development. In their portraits of a non-eschatological and non-messianic Jesus J.D. Crossan and Marcus Borg raise questions about the relationship between Jesus and the kerygma but do not answer them. Reginald H. Fuller and Martin Hengel demonstrate that high Christology can be traced directly to the eschatological ministry of Jesus, especially his authority. Fuller describes Jesus' authority in terms of an inaugurated eschatology and a distinctive sonship which he extends to others. Martin Hengel describes Jesus' eschatological authority as one who acted in God's place when he called his disciples the way God called his prophets and imposed on them a divine discipline and in Lk. 13:34 which has parallels in Sir. 1:15 and Deut. 32:11. This is a messianic authority since it was the Messiah who stood in God's place at the end of time. This Jesus who is in control of the end gave rise to a belief in his pre-existence and the claims of the Fourth Gospel. P.M. Casey, on the other hand, rejects such authority as being apparent in Jesus' ministry. Unlike Fuller and Hengel who see the Fourth Gospel as the logical outgrowth of Jesus' use of 'Abbā, Casey sees the Fourth Gospel as a betrayal of Jesus and the synoptic tradition. However, Casey overlooks the synoptic gospels' portrait of Jesus' acting in God's place and Matthew's use of προσκγνεῖν and προσέρχεσθαι. The Eschatological Jesus concludes with the belief that Jesus' ministry was messianic and eschatological and that the authority he exhibits provides the basis for not only his being Christ, but divine Lord and Son of God.

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Burlage, G. Rachel. "The Undue Burden Standard: The Effects of Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) on State Abortion Laws." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5326/.

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This thesis examines the effects of the change from strict scrutiny to the undue burden standard in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). A history of abortion in the United States and the various ways in which government regulates it is explored. Particular attention is focused on the role of the federal judiciary in abortion regulation. Theories of judicial decision making are discussed as means to understand the outcome of cases. Several models are tested to determine which, if any, model explains judicial decision making. The effect of the change in standard, as well as an alternate precedent, are examined.

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Kennington, Casey [Verfasser]. "Incrementally resolving references in order to identify visually present objects in a situated dialogue setting / Casey Kennington." Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1098428242/34.

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Duffy, Paul. "A balanced orchestra program: analyses and rehearsal techniques for Haydn, Berlioz, Ravel, Bryce Craig, and Casey Cangelosi." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17595.

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Master of Music, Theater, and Dance
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance.
David Littrell
This report provides detailed analyses of several orchestral works. Current orchestras have striven to rejuvenate their programs by balancing canonical literature with newer or less familiar works; such a practice has become especially important in an age when audiences are dwindling and orchestras are disbanding. The works included in this report follow that balanced blueprint, including staples such as Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (the “Drumroll”) and Berlioz’s “Hungarian March” from The Damnation of Faust to new orchestrations of 20th century works, such as Bryce Craig’s arrangement of the toccata from Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, as well as works composed within the last six years, such as Casey Cangelosi’s Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra No. 2. Each work’s formal design is straightforward, and the technical skills required are not virtuosic. The chapters below explore each work from a historical, theoretical, and performance perspective.

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Maia, Filho Raimundo Alves. "O Teorema de Ptolomeu e aplicações." Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.bc.uepb.edu.br/tede/jspui/handle/tede/2554.

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The present work shows a brief history of Cl ´audio Ptolemeu and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy and other areas of knowledge. Then we made some state- ments of his theorem through the original demonstration, his generalization made by Casey and other statements. Finally we have a few applications in which Ptolemeu’s theorem is inserted from which we get the Pit ´agoras theorem as a result of Ptolemeu’s theorem showing the importance of their application in the teaching of mathematics. For the realization of this work was done a literature in written and electronic sources.
O presente trabalho mostra um breve histórico de Claudio Ptolomeu e suas contribuições para a Matemática, Astronomia e outras áreas de conhecimento. Em seguida foram feitas algumas demonstrações de seu teorema através do qual realizou-se a demonstração original, sua generalização feita por Casey e outras demonstrações. Por ﬁm foram apresentadas algumas aplicações nas quais o teorema de Ptolomeu está inserido dentre os quais obtemos o teorema de Pitágoras como consequência do teorema de Ptolomeu mostrando assim a importância de sua aplicação no ensino da matemática. Para a realização deste trabalho foi feito um levantamento bibliográﬁco em fontes escritas e eletrônicas.

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Sneddon, Andrew Graeme. "Confusions of meaning in the concept of place : an investigation into the role place occupies in influencing the production and reception of the artwork." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31517.

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This practice-led research examines ideas surrounding the interpretation of place; the representation and experience of place are explored in my practice and throughout the thesis. The practice and thesis develop an interdependent relationship where one informs the other and each provides a critical platform whereby existing beliefs are brought into question and new ideas emerge. During the research period the practice is tested against different circumstances in a variety of situations and novel responses are generated. The thesis critically analyses approaches to interpreting place through a number of formats and a variety of sources. Both practice and theory are examined through peer-reviewed conference papers, artist-in-residence programmes and publications allowing new ideas to be explored and scrutinized by the academy. A working method that recognizes the importance and usefulness of serendipity and sagacity is established, bringing together my practice and the theoretical scope of the research. My primary focus is to understand and develop critical responses to the experience and representation of place within the realm of contemporary art practice. The work of W.G. Sebald and the secondary literature surrounding his work plays a significant role in providing ways of dealing with the entanglement of knowledge. Period Drama is both the name of an artwork and the name I have given to a conference paper. Both explore the convoluted and complex methods involved in realizing a site-specific work that challenges fiercely-held beliefs about place. My intention throughout the research has been to examine a variety of approaches that explore the representation and experience of place within contemporary art practice. Prominent within this examination has been the highlighting of the need to belong to a particular place and the sense of displacement generated when this need to belong is challenged or the nature of this connection is questioned.

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Coffey, Gregory Peter. "An examination of selected works for percussion: Prelúdio No. 1 Mi Menor (E Minor), op. 11 by Ney Rosauro, Prelúdio No. 2 la maior (a minor) by Ney Rosauro, Rotation IV by Eric Sammut, Water Falls for a Desert by Greg Coffey, Strands of Time by Brian Blume, Surface Tension by Dave Hollinden, bitsmoke by Casey Farina." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13755.

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Master of Music
Department of Music
Kurt Gartner
This is a report intended for musicians and scholars who seek to enhance their understanding of any number of the following compositions: Prelúdio No. 1 Mi Menor (E Minor), op. 11 by Ney Rosauro, Prelúdio No. 2 la maior (A minor) by Ney Rosauro, Rotation IV by Eric Sammut, Water Falls for a Desert by Greg Coffey, Strands of Time by Brian Blume, Surface Tension by Dave Hollinden, bitsmoke by Casey Farina. Each work has been analyzed examined in accordance with Jan LaRue’s Guidelines For Style Analysis. For some compositions including only relative-pitch instruments, analysis of harmony has been omitted. For all compositions, the author has added notable performance considerations, essential technical and interpretive considerations in accord with LaRue’s guidelines. Therefore, the approach taken in analytical categories of this document can be exhibited as Sound, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Growth, and Performance.

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Quattlebaum, Reginald. "Welfare administration is welfare administration a critical analysis of welfare administration during the Governors Richard Thornburgh and Robert Casey periods /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1991. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1991.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2957. Abstract precedes thesis as [3] preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).

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Wild, Seanan James. "Investigating Input Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Eastern Antarctica." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366687.

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Despite the apparent pristine conditions and remoteness of Antarctica, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been detected in the Antarctic ecosystem since the 1960s. Today, a variety of organic pollutants can be found in Antarctica, often concentrated in local biota. In this thesis I investigate four system input pathways for POPs to Australian Antarctic territory, Eastern Antarctica. This work has been conducted with the purpose of contributing to an understanding of the possible impacts of these pollutants under present and projected climate conditions, as well as establishing robust baselines from which to monitor temporal and spatial trends. The first long range environmental transport (LRET) pathway investigated was the introduction of POP via long range atmospheric transport (LRAT). Transport was assessed via high flow-through passive air sampling at Casey Station between 2009 and 2013, with sample changeover every 1 to 3 months. The results of this study present the first continuous, multi-year sampling effort for POPs originating from the Eastern Antarctic sector. The POP profile presented is distinct from other regions and is characterised by a dominance of agricultural, rather than manufacturing, chemicals, particularly hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and endosulfan. The study also presents the first reported occurrence of endosulfan in air masses on the Antarctic continent, providing evidence of the LRAT capabilities of this compound. Whilst a moderate data timespan of four years is presented, it is projected that continual monitoring at the decadal scale would be required to detect a 5% change in levels with 80% confidence, emphasising the importance of long term monitoring efforts.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Anker, Jan Eric [Verfasser], and Michael V. [Akademischer Betreuer] Casey. "The simulation of turbomachinery flows at arbitrary Mach numbers and the analysis of leakage flows in shrouded axial turbines / Jan Eric Anker. Betreuer: Michael V. Casey." Stuttgart : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Stuttgart, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1043688803/34.

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Pafundi, Brian S. "Nancy, Greta and Casey, oh my! public access to criminal discovery records : a look behind the curtain in the age of the twenty-four hour news cycle /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0025053.

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Hickey, Anna Germaine. "Genderqueer fashion models and their representations of gender in visual culture." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128297/1/Anna_Hickey_Thesis.pdf.

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Amidst global cultural shifts towards gender diversity, genderqueer fashion models have emerged as an atypical case in a largely heteronormative fashion industry. This project examines the work of four gender diverse models as cultural intermediaries of gender in visual culture. Using methods of interpretive analysis this project provides insights into the genderqueer fashion model's capacity to make social and political agendas visible. Also, the project documents how they facilitate social, cultural and political discussion and influences on the evolving notions of gender, fashion and beauty through their bodily practice.

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Ausperk, Ryan. "Phenomenology, Imagination, and Aesthetic Experience." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398270498.

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Jonasson, Erica. "Presidentsonen är en onanist! : En undersökning av den onanistiska läsningen genom Red, White & Royal Blue." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182996.

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This essay analyses Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue (2019) from the perspective of the masturbatory readings Elin Abrahamsson uses in her doctoral thesis Mas(s)turbatory Readings: A Queer Analysis of Popular Romance. I discus the different kind of desires that exists in the novel while also questioning how queer literature relate to the heteronormative context of the romance genre. The analysis concludes that the masturbatory reading works well on queer literature as well as establishing that the novel contains homo-, hetero and autoerotic elements. The essay reaches the conclusion that Red, White & Royal Blue goes against the heteronormative order of the genre with the happy ending.
I den här uppsatsen undersöker jag Casey McQuistons Red, White & Royal Blue (2019) genom Elin Abrahamssons onanistiska läsning från hennes avhandling Enahanda läsning: En queer tolkning av romancegenren. Genom att gå i dialog med Abrahamsson undersöker jag vilka begärsriktningar som uppenbarar sig i Red, White & Royal Blue samtidigt som jag diskuterar hur queerlitteraturen förhåller sig till den heteronormativa inramningen som romancegenren innehar. Genom analysen kan man utläsa att den onanistiska läsningen fungerar väl på queer litteratur, även att romanen innehåller begärsriktningar i form av homoerotisk, heteroerotisk och autoerotisk. Samt kommer uppsatsen fram till att romanen kastar om den heteronormativa ordningen genom det lyckliga slutet.

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Lechler, Ron. "The Best Medicine." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801938/.

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The Best Medicine is an animated documentary that explores the true stories behind the live performances of stand-up comedians. The film juxtaposes live stand-up performances with candid interview footage combined with animation and illustration. Three subjects– Michael Burd, Casey Stoddard, and Jacob Kubon– discuss alcoholism, childhood abuse, and sexual anxiety, respectively. Their candid, intimate interviews reveal personal information, creating a new context with which to understand live stand-up comedy performance. This illustrates themes of finding humor in dark or painful circumstances and the cathartic nature writing and performance.

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Law, Casey James. "Survey of the galactic center and the nature of the galactic center lobe : a dissertation submitted to the graduate school in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy field of physics and astronomy / by Casey James Law." Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University, 2007. http://www.nrao.edu/library/restricted/00000000012281.pdf.

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Bakhiet, Mohammed. "Automated Tests of Computer-based Interlocking Systems : Developing a test case generator." Thesis, KTH, Industriella informations- och styrsystem, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-152817.

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Automated tests have become the most sought after method of testing in today’s market. Automating systems is generally found to be cheaper, faster and more reliable than manually operating them. For this reason many companies decide to make the switch over to this inexpensive yet efficient way of testing, only to realize that their costs have in fact gone up. The reasons for this could be poor planning, automating too much too soon or even automating unnecessary parts of the system. This study takes a closer look at the effects of automating tests used on interlocking systems. A tool has been developed as a part of the automated tests at Bombardier. The main function of the tool is to speed up the testing process by automatically generating test cases rather than having a worker write them down. The aim of this paper is to present this recently developed tool and show how its use significantly reduces testing time, costs and workload compared to the manual tests used today.

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HORI, Érica Aguiar Andrade. "ucsCNL A controlled natural language for use case specifications." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2010. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/2393.

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A maioria das empresas utiliza a linguagem natural livre para documentar software, desde os seus requisitos, até os casos de uso e testes usados para verificar o produto final. Visto que as fases de análise, projeto, implementação e teste do sistema dependem essencialmente dessa documentação, é preciso assegurar inicialmente a qualidade desses textos. Contudo, textos escritos em linguagem natural nem sempre são precisos, devido ao fenômeno da ambigüidade (léxica e estrutural), podendo dar margem a diferentes interpretações. Uma alternativa para se minimizar esse problema é o uso de uma Linguagem Natural Controlada - um subconjunto de alguma língua natural, que usa um vocabulário restrito a um domínio particular, e regras gramaticais que guiam a construção de sentenças com redução de ambigüidade semântica visando padronização e precisão dos textos. Este trabalho, na área de Teste de Software, apresenta a ucsCNL (Use Case Specification CNL), uma Linguagem Natural Controlada para escrever especificações de casos de uso no domínio de dispositivos móveis. A ucsCNL foi integrada à TaRGeT (Test and Requirements Generation Tool), uma ferramenta para geração automática de casos de teste funcionais baseados em cenários de casos de uso escritos em Inglês. A ucsCNL provê um ambiente para geração de casos de teste mais claros, com ambigüidade reduzida, influindo diretamente na qualidade dos testes e na produtividade dos testadores. A ucsCNL já está em uso e tem alcançado resultados satisfatórios

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Govardhan, Rao Sirisha Bai. "A Comparative Analysis of Argumentation Languages in the Context of Safety Case Development." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-45349.

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The safety case creation has become an explicit requirement in most of the safety-critical domains to ensure the safety of a system or an application. In the process of developing a safety case, the foremost requirement is choosing an efficient argumentation language which fulfills all the functionalities needed to develop a safety case. In general, there are text-based argumentation notations and graphics-based argumentation notations to represent a safety case. In this paper we are comparing and analyzing the graphics-based argumentation notations like Goal Structuring Notation (GSN), Claims Arguments and Evidence (CAE), Structured Assurance Case Metamodel (SACM, the standardized modelling language to describe the safety case), NOR-STA Services (software platform which support graphics-based notations), Resolute (which is both language and tool that supports graphics-based notations) and Dynamic Safety Cases (special type of safety case which supports graphics-based notations such as GSN). In this thesis, we compared the argumentation notations with respect to different aspects in the context of safety case development. We present our findings like the types of stakeholders gaining benefits from different types of notations, the list of domains where these types of notations are applicable. We also presented the major advantages and disadvantages of using different argumentation notations considering certain features like understandability, standardization, consistency, maintenance, traceability, and assessment in the context of safety case development.

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李昕 and Xin Li. "Partnership in the redevelopment of urban villages in China: the cases in Shenzhen." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47278808.

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With rapid urbanization and population growth in urban areas, urban development is necessary and urgent. However, with tight land supply from expropriating new farmland, redeveloping urban villages at central urban area would be full of potential. Basically, an urban village is the byproduct of rapid urbanization, with collective-owned non-agricultural use land surrounded by a state-owned urban area. Because of the particular land ownership structure in urban villages, conventional urban redevelopment methods are not suitable for the redevelopment of urban villages, public-private partnerships had been introduced into urban redevelopment to integrate the power and resources of private sector into the process of urban redevelopment with a legal contract, to form a collaboration between public and private sections, and to share the profits and benefits. A study on such partnerships in the redevelopment of urban villages could be instructive and enlightening for the future redevelopment of rural non-agricultural land in China. The major aim of the research is to discover the conditions under which partnerships for the redevelopment of urban villages could be established in China. The redevelopment of three urban villages in Shenzhen, namely the villages of Yunong, Gangxia and Huanggang, were thoroughly studied. A research framework has been established by examining the power relations of such partnerships and has been tailored to the scenario of redevelopment of urban village in China. The partnership synergy between local government, urban village communities and private developers, and role conflicts of each participants have been analyzed by considering the impact factors inherent in the institutional context of municipal government and the cultural context of urban villages in Shenzhen. These factors affect the composition, the process and the outcome of partnership in redevelopment of urban villages. The study found that because institutional support and land resource are exclusively and irreplaceably provided by the local government and the urban village, local government with systematic power is the primary partner who influences the partnership in redevelopment of urban villages the most. The local government arranges and executes the redevelopment timetable, decides the objective of redevelopment and devises rules of redistributing redevelopment profits. Under some conditions like better location, larger size and well-organization and efficient leadership, the secondary dominator namely village community becomes more important on the power balance of partnership. Private developer has no unique advantage in the partnership and could only be the follower of other two partners. Case studies from different cities with diversified institutional and cultural context are expected to be included into the future research areas.
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Reiner, Elisabeth. "Die Entwicklungsgeschichte einer BürgerENERGIEgenossenschaft. Solargenossenschaft Rosenheim." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3421/2/Case%2D2_Rosenheim_RiCC.pdf.

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Carey, Katherine Elizabeth. "Architecture and the motion of life." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/carey/CareyK1209.pdf.

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We experience our world through the mobile unit that is our body. As we move through space we are experiencing the riches that make up life. We meet new friends, travel new roads, and see wondrous sights. If architecture is used as a tool to encourage these movements it stands to be conceived that architecture can promote the enrichment of life.

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Anthony-Mahler, Kristin Kay, and Robin Patrice McCall. "Independent living programs and foster youth perceptions." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2325.

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a descriptive and exploratory analysis of Riverside County's Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) and its ability to prepare foster youth for successful adult transition. A vital component of this study was the exploration of perceived preparedness through the eyes of the participants enrolled in this program.

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Gololobov, Dmitry. "The Yukos case : the new dimension in money laundering cases." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2008. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/1789.

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The Yukos case is known for its unprecedented character and complexity as a Russian corporate, tax and money laundering case. It continues to raise political and legal problems, both domestically and internationally, and has already become a symbol of the contemporary Russian political regime. This dissertation analyses in detail the criminal and corporate aspects of the case, and focuses mainly on the reasons for, and the development and implications of the embezzlement and money laundering case, which is known as the backbone of the Yukos Affair. The thesis is primarily based on a comparative analysis of the international academic findings, case law and the Russian data on the case. The dissertation also discusses in detail the political nature of the Yukos Affair, whilst attempting to show the substantive aspects of case. The findings of the dissertation highlight new types of risk that result from the politically motivated application of Russian anti money laundering legislation to the activities of the international corporate groups, which has been enacted on the basis of the internationally recognised principles. The paper also describes the nexus between the corporate tax evasion schemes, which have been widely used in Russia, and money laundering risks for corporations. Such a situation creates potentially unavoidable criminal risks for all corporate groups that have functioned in Russia over the recent decade. The thesis shows that the corporations, which invest directly and indirectly in the Russian economy, must be aware of the politically driven corporate criminal risks, which quite commonly are not reflected in the corporate disclosure data, and remain unnoticed by the investors. The paper is unique as reflects the personal experiences of the author as the longterm leading lawyer to the Yukos group and as the consultant on the Yukos-related cases.

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Soule, Ralph Thomas. "The Learning Experience of Tough Cases| A Descriptive Case Study." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3740977.

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This qualitative, descriptive case study addressed the research question: How is learning experienced in tough cases aimed at accelerating expertise in a cognitively complex work environment? The time it takes to develop expertise in many professional domains is problematic for industrialized societies. As the baby boom generation transitions from the workforce, they are leaving behind a smaller, less experienced pool of workers to replace them. Accelerated expertise theorists have proposed tough cases as a way of speeding the development of expertise. Tough cases are rare situations that convey novel learning challenges by requiring learners to make plans and decisions in the face of ambiguous and interacting data (Klein and Hoffman, 1992). Expertise can be particularly difficult to develop in cognitively complex work environments. Cognitively complex work environments are “systems composed of psychological (cognitive), social, and technological elements, all embedded in a broader team, organizational, and social context” (Hoffman & Militello, 2008, p. 216). The study explored the learning process from the perspectives of learners, tough case leaders, and organizational leaders supporting the use of tough cases at the research site. Data were collected through observations of five tough cases and interviews before and after cases with participants and organizational leaders. Themes were inductively developed. The study had eight findings: 1) Tough cases are dynamic learning experiences that are interactive and concrete, while simultaneously confusing and disorienting; 2) the use of real events and complex problems grabs learner attention and interest; 3) making and defending quick decisions draw out learner beliefs and theories, stimulating focus and a tremendous sense of enthusiasm; 4) the practice of eliciting decisions by cold-calling puts learners on the spot, mimicking the stress of high stakes situations common to cognitively complex work environments; 5) role-playing throughout the case forces participation with the learning environment while reducing stress by making the learning experience more enjoyable and entertaining; 6) individual reflection and observation provide continual opportunities for re-examining decisions; 7) interaction and dialogue during role-play expose learners to other ways of thinking and lead to refinement of their mental models; and 8) hearing "the rest of the story" at the end of the case provides an opportunity for learner self-assessment and can build their confidence. The study concluded: (1) the tough case learning process incorporates both experiential and social cognitive learning in a single process; (2) the tough case learning process is substantially different from learning processes proposed in the expertise development literature; (3) tough case learning is a departure from processes described in the adult learning literature; and (4) tough case learning leverages everything considered foundational about adult learning. The study offered recommendations related to theory, practice, and future research.

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Berry, William W. "Assessing proportionality in capital cases : a case study of Ohio." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b8870e77-83b1-41cf-a8cf-1ed5fe42aad1.

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When the United States Supreme Court approved the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, it did so based on the promise of new safeguards against comparative excessiveness and relative disproportionality resulting from jury sentencing in capital cases. As Justice Stevens noted in 2008, one of these safeguards – meaningful appellate review of death sentences – is, in practice, non-existent. This thesis examines the use of this purported safeguard by the Ohio Supreme Court, in the form of comparative proportionality review, to determine the degree to which Ohio capital cases are ‘relatively proportionate’ in the time period after the state adopted life without parole as a sentencing option in 1996. Specifically, this thesis employs two approaches to identifying ‘similar’ cases – the overall aggravation approach (through logistic regression analysis) and the fact specific approach – and then compares each death sentence to its group of ‘similar’ cases to determine whether it is relatively proportionate, given the death sentencing ratio of its comparable group. After establishing that at least forty per cent of Ohio cases were relatively disproportionate, the thesis argues that Ohio’s current approach violates the requirements of the Eighth Amendment. In particular, the Court’s failure to examine cases sentenced to life as part of its proportionality review and its use of the precedent-seeking approach has the outcome of ignoring death sentences that are comparatively excessive. Finally, the thesis concludes by offering a normative model by which Ohio can improve its administration of comparative proportionality review. The thesis advocates the use of a ‘purposive’ approach, defining ‘similarity’ on the basis of the intended purpose of punishment, and suggesting that just deserts retribution provides the best approach for determining ‘similarity’.

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Tougaw, Jason Daniel. "Strange cases : the medical case history and the British novel /." New York : Routledge, 2006. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40175709b.

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Case, Bridgette Dawn. "The Women's Protective Union: union women activists in a union town, 1890-1929." Thesis, Montana State University, 2004. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2004/case/CaseB1204.pdf.

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Krydzinski, Mikael. "Developing a Maintainable Test CaseGenerator for Automatic Testing ofComputer-Based Interlocking Systems." Thesis, KTH, Industriella informations- och styrsystem, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-166288.

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Developing software without considering the potential changes it mighthave to undergo in the future can be a costly mistake. This is becauseits maintenance costs can become very expensive as they can consumeover 90% of the total life-cycle costs. Incorporating maintainability insoftware has for this reason become highly attractive since it can significantlyreduce the maintenance costs and therefore save companies andsoftware developers a fortune. This thesis presents a software tool thathas been developed to aid Bombardier in the verification of computerbasedinterlocking (CBI) systems. The tool automatically generates testcases which represent the different tests that verify the interlocking system.The paper is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on themaintainability of the tool while the second part investigates whetherthe tool can speed up the testing process of CBI-systems at Bombardier.The results show that the tool is highly maintainable and that tests onCBI-systems can be performed significantly faster with it.
Att utveckla mjukvara utan hänsyn till de eventuella förändringar somden måste genomgå i framtiden kan bli ett kostsamt misstag. Dettaberor på att dess underhållskostnader kan bli mycket dyra eftersom dekan konsumera över 90% av de totala kostnaderna. Det har därför blivitväldigt attraktivt att lägga fokus på underhållbarhet när man utvecklarmjukvara eftersom det kan avsevärt minska underhållskostnadernaoch därmed spara mjukvaruutvecklare och företag en förmögenhet. Idenna uppsats presenteras ett verktyg som har utvecklats för att hjälpaBombardier med verifiering av datorställverk. Verktyget automatisktgenererar testfall som representerar de olika testen som verifierar ställverket.Uppsatsen är uppdelad i två delar. Den första delen fokuserarpå verktygets underhållbarhet medan den andra delen undersöker omverktyget kan påskynda testprocessen för datorställverk på Bombardier.Resultaten visar att verktyget är väldigt underhållbart och att

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Saltan, Fatih. "Development And Implementation Of An Online Video Enhanced Case-based Learning Environment For Teacher Education." Phd thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614180/index.pdf.

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The main purpose of this study was to design and develop a suitable and authentic online case-based learning environment for the classroom management course and to investigate the preservice teachers&rsquo
learning experience in this environment specifically in terms of problems solving skills, motivation, study habits and self-confidence. Having this purpose in mind, action research method in the form of qualitative research methodology was conducted. The main characteristic of the action research is its active and practical nature. Action research has a spiral structure and continues through action cycles. In present study, three action cycles were conducted in a spiral process. The participants of the study were 32 Elementary Science Education students (7 males and 25 females) who were third-year and enrolled classroom management course. Before the implementation, the researcher analyzed current case-based learning environments and methods in teacher education and developed the first version of the VOCABLE. During the implementation the researcher, as the assistant instructor of the course, led VOCABLE practices and made necessary revisions on VOCABLE. Through action cycles data were collected by group interviews, personal interviews, video records of the implementations, expectation and evaluation questionnaires, VOCABLE logs and, electronic posts. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and content v analysis techniques. Results showed that VOCABLE solved the preservice teachers practice problem in classroom management course. Specifically, VOCABLE contributed preservice teachers&rsquo
problem solving abilities, motivation and self-confidence. Also it helped them to be used to teaching profession. On the other hand VOCABLE did not affect their study habits.

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Fisher, Andrew. "A cacophanous blast : the proliferation of fictions in Peter Carey's Illywhacker and Oscar and Lucinda /." Title page and introduction only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arf533.pdf.

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Gunn, Annmarie Alberton. "Developing a Culturally Responsive Literacy Pedagogy: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Cases, and Postcard Narratives." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3669.

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The results of the U. S Census provide evidence that our population is becoming more varied and that diversity is most salient in our schools. This demographic shift will continue to have a significant impact on the curriculum, students, teachers, and other aspects of education as we have historically known it. One of the most challenging aspect is that while our students are becoming more diverse, our teacher population is not. Eighty to ninety percent of the teaching population is White, heterosexual, middle class females, with little experiences with people from diverse backgrounds. (Lowenstein, 2009; Sleeter, 2001). The academic achievement gap continues to widen between culturally diverse students and their White peers. This disparity in achievement along demographic lines indicates a clear and present need to more fully prepare teachers on how to educate children of diverse backgrounds--a crucial component of developing a culturally responsive pedagogy. "As our society changes, so must our teacher education practices" (Lee, Summers, & Garza, 2009, p.1). This mixed method study was developed around the hypothesis that teaching cases and student-written postcard narratives using an empathetic identity (Wiseman, 1978) should be used in a literacy course to foster a culturally responsive literacy pedagogy. This study took place over one semester at a four year college, in a preservice education literacy course. Five teaching cases were written or modified to be aligned with this particular course’s content. I examined 20 preservice teachers (n=20) and a professor as they engaged in case-based instruction. Immediately following the teaching case discussion, the preservice teachers engaged in a writing exercise where they used an empathetic identity to imagine having the person in the teaching case’s experience (Wiseman, 1978). This study employed a mixed method design. Interviews with the professor, a professor’s journal, a researcher reflective journal, a pre and post teaching case, nonparticipant observation notes, preservice teacher written narratives, and the statistically significant results from the CDAI (Henry, 1991) at the alpha .05 level demonstrated that teaching cases effectively influenced preservice teacher’s perceptions and insights leading to a culturally responsive literacy pedagogy. Three major conclusions were drawn from this study. First, the implementation of teaching cases that feature diversity and literacy issues made an impact on the professor of this literacy course. The professor found that using teaching cases motivated her students, fostered a deeper discussion of the weekly topics, and created more transfer power of important topics to the classroom discussion than reading scholarly articles. Secondly, teaching cases that feature diversity and literacy issues influenced many of the preservice teachers’ insights and perceptions related to a culturally responsive pedagogy. The contextualization and alignment with the course content made them powerful tools to motivate and foster an entrance for preservice teachers to engage into a critical inquiry about culturally responsive teaching practices. Finally, the third conclusion drawn from this study is that utilizing activities which allow preservice teachers to use an empathetic lens can be a very powerful experience that may lead to developing a culturally responsive literacy pedagogy. Three recommendations to teacher education are suggested based on the conclusions drawn from the data. First, teacher education curriculum should include experiences that can foster a culturally responsive pedagogy. The use of teaching cases featuring diversity and literacy issues is strongly suggested, as well as cultivating experiences that allow the preservice teachers to use an empathetic identity. Secondly, these experiences should be viewed as valuable tools for professors in higher education, as the teaching population of higher education mirrors that of our teaching population (Lowenstien, 2009; Sleeter, 2001). During the case-based discussion the professor and preservice teachers can draw upon their shared knowledge of theoretical, cultural, cognitive, and experiential knowledge of teaching children from diverse backgrounds (Nordoff & Kleinfeld, 1992) as a conduit for a culturally responsive literacy pedagogy. Finally, teacher education has a responsibility to the well-being of their preservice teachers when purposely creating cathartic experiences. Culminating discussions should be designed to balance these emotional experiences (Ellis, 1995; Shulman, 1992). Several areas were identified for future research, encompassing the implementation of teaching cases and preservice teacher curriculum.

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Ohst, Dirk. "Versionierungskonzepte mit Unterstützung für Differenz- und Mischwerkzeuge." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=974092630.

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Moraes, Luciano Silva. "Telemarketing no setor público: case da Sefaz-Ba." Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2003. http://www.adm.ufba.br/publicacao/telemarketing-setor-publico-case-sefazba.

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O objeto do presente estudo é o processo de implementação do Telemarketing na Secretaria da Fazenda do Estado da Bahia (SEFAZ-Ba), bem como suas implicações na relação Fisco x Contribuinte, no contexto da Reforma Administrativa do Estado. Justifica-se pela relevância que tal ação inovadora da SEFAZ-Ba tem assumido na vida econômica do Contribuinte/Cidadão, principal alvo do projeto. Os contribuintes freqüentemente necessitam de auxílio para interpretar a legislação tributária, preencher formulários, pagar impostos e solicitar serviços. A SEFAZ-Ba implantou programa de atendimento por telefone, considerando que este é um eficiente canal de comunicação com os Contribuintes/Cidadãos. Os resultados mostram, mesmo que de forma exploratória, que o Telemarketing tornou-se um canal para o relacionamento do Estado com a sociedade e, particularmente, do Fisco com o contribuinte. Investigou-se o desempenho do Telemarketing na SEFAZ-Ba por meio do serviço de atendimento gratuito, prestado através do telefone (DDG-0800), que disponibiliza informações e serviços aos contribuintes e cidadãos que necessitam de auxílio. O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi de estudar a aplicação do telemarketing como um novo canal de relacionamento do Fisco com o Contribuinte/Cidadão. Formulou-se o seguinte problema de pesquisa: Como aconteceu o processo de implementação do Telemarketing na Secretaria da Fazenda do Estado da Bahia? Como linha metodológica, optou-se pela abordagem qualitativa do estudo de caso, combinada com a pesquisa documental e bibliográfica. Constatou-se que o uso do Telemarketing contribuiu para aumentar o nível de satisfação dos usuários de serviços da SEFAZ-Ba, embora não seja suficiente para garantir o pleno atendimento de todas as demandas dos contribuintes.
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Eifert, Andrea. "Substratspezifität und Thermostabilität der D-2-Hydroxyisocaproat-Dehydrogenase aus Lactobacillus casei sowie strukturelle Untersuchungen von Phytochrom A aus Hafer." [S.l. : s.n.], 2001. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=963192698.

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Bayram, Levent. "Development Of A Video-enhanced Online Pre-service Teacher Training System: A Case Study." Phd thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614940/index.pdf.

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Video has been used in educational settings for several years by means of videotapes. However, the use of digital video is not very common in schools and training institutions. Moreover, the literature reports not much about using online video in teacher training purposes. This current study presents an online video-based pre-service teacher training environment, offering online video cases for teacher training purposes. The first purpose is to develop an online video-based training system for teacher training. The online teacher training system includes online video cases on various topics in teacher training. The second aim of this study is to understand what student teachers think about the video cases in the online training environment. The first phase of the study was implemented as a pilot study, and the main study included two cycles of action research. The subjects of the study were students of the Faculty of Education at Middle East Technical University who were enrolled to the CEIT321 - Foundations of Distance Education course. The evaluation of video based training questionnaire was administered to the participants and individual interviews were conducted with a selected group of students according to questionnaire scores. The results of the questionnaire proposed that the students had positive attitudes for the online video cases included in the study. In the interviews, the participants indicated their comments and proposed some improvements regarding the technical aspects and the content of video cases. Participants'
reflections about the video cases and course web server logs also provided parallel findings supporting the interviews and the questionnaire.

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Kolla, Madhuri, and Mounika Banka. "Merging Functional Requirements with Test Cases." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20363.

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A lot of research is done in requirements engineering and testing but often the extensive literature is missing on defining good methods for linking functional requirements with test cases. Most of the delays occurring in the software development projects are because of incomplete or inaccurate functional requirements. The two main goals of our project are to achieve a successful software project by First, to design a template, which will merge functional requirements with test cases and second is to find the benefits of the aligning requirements to test cases. Changing, updating and tracing the requirements during the development of the project is not an easy task. The main reason for project failure is due to possibility of not fulfilling specified project requirements, so one way to solve this problem is to merge functional requirements with test cases. Thus removes the need of creating a separate requirements document, which will improve the traceability process between requirements and testing, thus leads to high quality and efficient development. The template helps us to drive a successful project by identifying the issues at an earlier stage of the development cycle.

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Le, Cordeur Michael Lucien Arnaud. "Die bevordering van lees met behulp van media-onderrigstrategiee vir Afrikaans (graad 7) : 'n gevallestudie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18126.

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Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study involves a qualitative and quantitative investigation into the promotion of reading by means media reading instructional strategies to Afrikaans grade 7 learners at one school. The research methodology used is a case study supported by a literature study. The aim of this study is five-fold. Firstly, based on the literature study, the study sets out to establish a theoretical framework for reading at school. This is related to three problem areas: poor reading comprehension, limited fluency in reading, and a negative attitude to reading. Underlying assumptions are that reading problems occur even in learners with above-average intellectual ability and that many learners cannot function optimally in society because they are poor readers. Instructional models and different approaches to teaching reading are explored. This study questions the efficacy of traditional approaches to reading instruction and makes a strong case for a balanced approach in which both topdown and bottom-up approaches are integrated in an interactive approach. Secondly, drawing on the literature survey the study provides a theoretical framework for using the media and technology in developing and improving reading. The role of visual literacy in the development of reading is also examined. It seems that learners have a strong interest in the media as well as technological aids so educators who have access to these should use them in the classroom. Thirdly, the study sets out to design media reading instructional strategies based on learners' interest in mass media, as well as technological aids. This is so that learners can be empowered with strategies that will enable them to successfully address their reading problems. The use of media reading instructional strategies is applied as an alternative to the traditional approach to reading instruction. The case study explores the use of media reading instructional strategies developed for grade 7 learners studying Afrikaans as a primary language and the extent to which this is successful. The learners are exposed to an instructional reading programme consisting of media reading strategies (designed by the researcher) for a period of 16 weeks. Data generation comprises individual diagnostic reading tests for learners, interviews with educators and learners and questionnaires administered to educators and learners. The literature study provides evidence that poor readers do not necessarily lack the intellectual ability to make sense of what they read or to read independently. Results from the case study support the findings that these learners have the ability to learn a variety of reading strategies which help them to apply the reading skills that enable them to read successfully. Although the learners in the experimental group still experienced problems with comprehension, they had made significant gains in reading fluency and developed a more positive attitude towards reading. The main conclusion is that interactive media reading instructional activities can make a meaningful contribution to learners with reading problems. According to the findings of this study, learners are more likely to read successfully and follow a successful academic career if their problems are diagnosed early and they receive the necessary help and support.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie was 'n kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe ondersoek na die bevordering van lees in Afrikaans by die graad 7-leerders van een skool deur die daarstelling van media-leesonderrigstrategieë. Die navorsingsmetode was 'n gevallestudie ondersteun deur 'n literatuurstudie. Die doelwit van die ondersoek was vyfvoudig. Ten eerste het die studie gepoog om op grand van die literatuurondersoek 'n teoretiese begranding van lees te verskaf. Dit sluit drie problematiese aspekte van lees in, naamlik gebrekkige leesbegrip en leesvlotheid en 'n negatiewe leeshouding. Die studie wys daarap dat leesprobleme manifesteer ten spyte van 'n bo-gemiddelde intellek en dat baie leerders nie optimaal in die samelewing kan fungeer nie omdat hulle swak lesers is. Verskillende benaderings tot die onderrig van lees is ondersoek. Die studie bevraagteken die effektiwiteit van tradisionele benaderings tot leesonderrig. Dit word ten sterkste aanbeveel dat 'n interaktiewe benadering gevolg word waar beide die top - down en bottom - up -benaderings geïntegreer word. Tweedens het die studie gepoog om vanuit die literatuurandersoek 'n teoretiese begranding van katalisators wat lees kan bevorder, naamlik media en tegnologiese hulpmiddele, te ondersoek. Die rol van visuele geletterdheid in die onderrig van lees is ondersoek. Die uitgangspunt was leerders se belangstelling in die media en tegnologiese hulpmiddele en dat opvoeders vandag toegang het tot 'n verskeidenheid media en tegnologiese hulpmiddele wat hulle van hulp kan wees met leesonderrig. Opvoeders moet hulself hiervan vergewis ten einde dit sinvol by die bestaande leesonderrigprogram te kan integreer. Derdens het die studie ten doel gehad om media-leesonderrigstrategieë te ontwerp wat gebaseer is op leerders se belangstelling in die media en tegnologiese hulpmiddele wat die swak leser in staat sal stel am sy / haar leesprobleme suksesvol aan te spreek. Die gebruik van die media-leesonderrigstrategieë is derhalwe aangewend as 'n alternatief tot die tradisionele benaderings van leesonderrig. Vierdens is hierdie media-Ieesonderrigstrategieë by wyse van 'n gevallestudie op die vlak van graad 7 in die vak Afrikaans geïmplementeer om die sukses daarvan te bepaal. Leerders is vir 16 weke aan 'n intervensie, 'n program bestaande uit media-leesonderrigstrategieë, in die Afrikaansperiode blootgestel. Datagenerering tydens hierdie tydperk van ses maande het behels individuele diagnostiese leestoetse vir leerders, onderhoude met opvoeders en leerders, en vraelyste wat deur opvoeders en leerders voltooi is. Uit die literatuurstudie was dit duidelik dat daar geen probleem was met die intellektuele vermoëns van die leerders nie en dat hulle wel oor die vermoë beskik om met begrip en onafhanklik te lees. Die resultate van die gevallestudie ondersteun hierdie bevinding dat die swak leser wel die vermoë het om strategies aan te leer wat hulle in staat sal stel om hul leesvaardighede te verbeter en met sukses te lees. Ten slote is daar tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat media-leesonderrigstrategieë wat deur middel van 'n interaktiewe benadering onderrig word, 'n betekenisvolle bydrae kan maak tot die bevordering van lees by leerders met leesprobleme. Alhoewel die leerders steeds met leesbegrip gesukkel het, het hulle leesvlotheid heelwat verbeter terwyl hulle ook 'n meer positiewe houding jeens lees gehad het. Daar is bevind dat ten spyte van leerders se leesprobleme hulle 'n baie goeie kans het om met sukses te lees en 'n suksesvolle loopbaan te volg, mits hulle betyds die nodige hulp en ondersteuning ontvang.

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Minstrell, Joan Vivienne. "Indexing interaction design cases, towards a case-based aiding system for novice designers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24490.pdf.

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Miljan, Merilin. "Grammatical case in Estonian." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4035.

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The aim of this thesis is to show that standard approaches to grammatical case fail to provide an explanatory account of such cases in Estonian. In Estonian, grammatical cases form a complex system of semantic contrasts, with the case-marking on nouns alternating with each other in certain constructions, even though the apparent grammatical functions of the noun phrases themselves are not changed. This thesis demonstrates that such alternations, and the differences in interpretation which they induce, are context dependent. This means that the semantic contrasts which the alternating grammatical cases express are available in some linguistic contexts and not in others, being dependent, among other factors, on the semantics of the casemarked noun and the semantics of the verb it occurs with. Hence, traditional approaches which treat grammatical case as markers of syntactic dependencies and account for associated semantic interpretations by matching cases directly to semantics not only fall short in predicting the distribution of cases in Estonian but also result in over-analysis due to the static nature of the theories which the standard approach to case marking comprises. On the basis of extensive data, it is argued that grammatical cases in Estonian have underspecified semantic content that is not truth-conditional, but inferential, i.e. it interacts with linguistic context and discourse. Inspired by the assumptions of Relevance Theory (Wilson & Sperber 1993, 2002, 2004) and Dynamic Syntax (Cann et al 2005), it is proposed that grammatical cases in Estonian provide procedural information: instead of taking cases to encode grammatical relations directly, and matching them to truth-conditional semantics, it is argued that it is more useful and explanatory to construe case marking in Estonian as providing information on how to process the case-marked expression and interpret it within an immediate discourse (or sentence). This means that grammatical cases in Estonian are seen to encode a heavily underspecified semantics which is enriched by pragmatic processes in context. In this way, certain problematic constructions in Estonian, such as transitive clauses in which the object is marked by either genitive or nominative, depending on number (often referred to as the accusative in the relevant literature, e.g. Ackerman & Moore 1999, 2001; Hiietam 2003, 2004) and constructions in which the nominative occurs on the object both with singular and plural nouns, are shown to have a unitary explanation.

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