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au, louiseduxbury@westnet com, and Marie-Louise Duxbury. "Implementing a relational worldview: Watershed Torbay, Western Australia connecting community and place." Murdoch University, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20080617.132132.
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The Australian landcare movement is considered to be a major success, with an extensive community landcare network developed, raised levels and depth of awareness, and a range of demonstration projects undertaken. It has inspired people across Australia and has been emulated overseas. However, negative trends in environmental conditions continue unabated. If the approach of the Australian landcare movement to date has not addressed the current unsustainable farming practices, what approach will?
This Australian study explores the history of the mechanistic worldview, its influence on the attitudes to and treatment of landscapes and indigenous knowledge from colonisation, and the ongoing impacts on current social and natural rural landscapes. Increasing tension between the mechanistic worldview and the growing landcare ethic based on relationships is apparent.
Through the focus project, Watershed Torbay, a different way of seeing and treating the world is explored by praxis. A worldview based on relationships and connection as the end purpose is proffered. Strengthening connection with ones own moral framework, and relationships with people and place in community, are seen as the path to achieving sustainability based on ecological and values rationality.
It is recognised that there are multiple ways of seeing and experiencing the world, and it is important to give voice to all players with a connection to decision making. This also means that there are different forms of knowledge; these can be grouped under the typology of epistemic or scientific knowledge, techne or technical/practical capability, and the central form of knowledge about values and interests.
I have worked with the focus project as a reflective practitioner undertaking action research; this is evident in the movement between theory and practice through the thesis. The thesis concludes in praxis taking the learning from the focus project, and exploration of theory, to answer the question posed at the outset by outlining how the relational worldview can be applied to the regional bodies now delivering major landcare programs.
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Anderson, Joanna M., Deborah Parrott, and Renee Lyons. "Making the Connection: Connecting Children to Books through Multimedia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/396.
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Sekely, Kelly H. "Connecting One and Many - Reinventing the Procession of the Cinema Experience." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2413.
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In the past, going to the movies was an event. The grand lit marquee made a statement, ushering you inside. The elaborately decorated lobby transported you to a place in your dreams where riches and opulence abound. The curtained screen marked the start of a true storied spectacle as you sat close to your friends and neighbors dressed in their Sunday best. There was no denying that the cinema was the place to see, be seen and to socialize. In contrast, today’s movie-going can be classified as more of a singular experience. You wait in long, solemn cattle lines to enter a cluttered lobby with loud video games, tacky candy machines and tunnel-like hallways. You sit in plush recliners in a sea of strangers and rush out of the theater before even the lights come up. In response to this cultural shift, my proposed design solution will challenge the isolation of today’s cinema by recreating the procession associated with neighborhood movie-going of the early 1900s. I will reinvent a cinema built in 1937, the Bellevue Theater, and develop a design that is contemporary, incorporating both modern technology and interests of today. The design will explore the spatial connections between one and many, fostering both the individual and group experience associated with the big screen – the cinema procession of the past.
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Kariyannavar, Kiran. "Connecting the human body - Models, Connections and Competition." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Elektroniksystem, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-78009.
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Capacitive communication using human body as a electrical channel has attracted much attention in the area of personal area networks (PANs) since its introduction by Zimmerman in 1995. The reason being that the personal information and communication appliances are becoming an integral part of our daily lives. The advancement in technology is also helping a great deal in making them interesting,useful and very much affordable. If we interconnect these body-based devices with capacitive communication approach in a manner appropriate to the power, size, cost and functionality, it lessens the burden of supporting a communication channel by existing wired and wireless technologies. More than that, using body as physical communication channel for a PAN device compared to traditional radio transmission seems to have a lot of inherent advantages in terms of power and security etc. But still a lot of feasibility and reliability issues have to be addressed before it is ready for prime time. This promising technology is recently sub-classified into body area networks (BAN) and is currently under discussion in the IEEE 802.15.6 Task Group for addressing the technical requirements to unleash its full potential for BANs. This could play a part in Ericsson's envision of 50 billion connections by 2020. This thesis work is part of the main project to investigate the models, interface and derive requirements on the analog-front-end (AFE) required for the system. Also to suggest a first order model of the AFE that suits this communication system.In this thesis work the human body is modeled along with interfaces and transceiver to reflect the true condition of the system functioning. Various requirements like sensitivity, dynamic range, noise figure and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) requirements are derived based on the system model. An AFE model based on discrete components is simulated, which was later used for proof of concept. Also a first order AFE model is developed based on the requirements derived. The AFE model is simulated under the assumed interference and noise conditions. The first order requirements for the submodules of the AFE are also derived. Future work and challenges are discussed.
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Tanguturi, Sai Kishan. "Effect on Contact Resistance dueto Cross Connection of MC4 Compatible Connector." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Energiteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-28838.
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Electrical connectors are the blocks that connect solar panels together. Whenever a photovoltaic plant commences, the main discussion goes around on solar panels, inverters, charge controllers, etc. But the topic of connectors is usually hardly discussed. Connectors in a photovoltaic system can definitely contribute to improve the overall performance of the system, provided that importance is given while selecting the connectors. The electrical connectors used in photovoltaic systems can be connected in two possible ways. Connectors can be connected either in a pure-connection or in a cross-connection. Male and female connectors from the same brand results a pure-connection (P-C). Male and female connectors from two different brands results in a cross-connection (C-C). There have been discussions in photovoltaic, electrical connector markets and international solar events regarding the risks involved, losses and consequences due to a cross-connection. The main reason behind cross-connections is the unawareness of the installers in knowing the difference between a pure-connection and a cross-connection. Even though the installers are aware of this difference, they are not aware of the consequences of cross-connections. Multi-Contact, a leading electrical connector manufacturer of MC4 photovoltaic connectors affected by the counterfeit products of MC4, due to the sudden boom in the solar market during 2011-12. With the help of TÜV Rheinland, Multi-Contact conducted couple of tests namely temperature increase test and accelerated stress tests to understand the disadvantages of cross-connections. This thesis tried to replicate the tests performed by Multi-Contact in an attempt to understand the test results by using connectors that are used in the Swedish market. Performing temperature increase test and accelerated stress tests on most commonly used connectors in the Swedish market is the main aim of this thesis. The first test, gives an understanding of the temperature variations across various connector sets (four connector sets from various manufacturers used in this thesis) and the latter tests helps to understand the quality of the contact resistance of these connector sets. The four connector set manufacturers used in this test were Multi-Contact (MC), Weidmüller (WM), Blussun solar (BSS) and PBM. The quality of contact resistance of a connector is directly related to the quality of the connector set. During the 20 minutes of the temperature increase test, the connector set from WM performed better than its competitors in the P-C. Whereas, the MC-BSS connector set had performed well in the C-C. The connector type of male MC and female BSS showed its dominance throughout the test. Unfortunately, no conclusions were able to be drawn from this test results due to insufficient information about the test procedure. From the results of accelerated stress tests, the C-C set from MC outperformed its P-C counterpart. All ten connector sets used in this project passed the standard and qualified as connectors with good quality contact resistance. Therefore the best results out of only a P-C connector set does not seems to be completely true. With the standard used in this thesis, it is quite difficult to judge the quality of connectors. Rather than saying a P-C is superior and a C-C is inferior in terms of quality, there is a need to come up with a new method to evaluate the quality of connectors. Matching the connectors based on their tolerances could be a potential solution to the mismatching problem in connectors.
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MUELLER, ANGELA MARIE. "CONNECTION BETWEEN SIMPLE SPAN PRECAST CONCRETE GIRDERS MADE CONTINUOUS-MODIFIED CONNECTIONS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021907161.
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DIMMERLING, AMY JO. "CONNECTION BETWEEN SIMPLE SPAN PRECAST CONCRETE GIRDERS MADE CONTINUOUS-EMBEDDED CONNECTIONS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022153268.
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Martin, Brandi Nichole. "A comparison of double clip angle shear connections to shear tab connections in industrial applications." Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35552.
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Master of Science<br>Department of Architectural Engineering<br>Kimberly W. Kramer<br>In structural steel connection design, simple shear connections are one of the most common connection types utilized. The industry, especially from the side of the engineer, tends to lean toward using Double Clip Angle Connections as the default standard for simple shear connections. A double clip angle connection is a connection consisting of two angles transferring the shear forces from one member to the next either through bolts or welds. The design of Double Clip Angle Connections is efficient and the connections themselves are easy to fabricate. However, benefits to utilizing other types of shear connections exist. Many of these benefits are seen in the fabrication shop or during erection and construction. This is especially true of single shear plate or shear tab connections when applied to open structure design.
Shear tab connections consist of a single plate that transfers the shear forces from one member to the next with bolts or with welds. The design of shear tab connections can be a more involved process than the design of double clip angles. Sometimes the shear plate or shear tab has to be longer than is typical. This is called an extended shear plate connection. These extended shear plates can bring other variables into the design that typically don’t occur with Double Clip Angle Connections such as bending of the plate or the need for multiple bolt columns. However, with proper planning and detailing, the benefits and savings experienced in the fabrication or construction phase may outweigh what can be seen as a more laborious design task.
The purpose of this report is to identify the possible benefits achieved in using each of these connections, highlight the differences in the design approach for each, and use a study model to compare the outcome of using one connection over another in the design of a typical open structure. Double clip angles are typically the most efficient approach when speed of design and simplicity of fabrication are the desired outcomes. However, shear plate or shear tab connections have the potential to provide safer erection alternatives and materials savings if used in appropriate ways and with the right applications.
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Griffin, David. "A connected and connecting church, will the Internet help us?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0019/MQ49177.pdf.
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Ekama, Peter J. "A House that Connects: enriching life through connection to inhabitant and site." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277135199.
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Reese, John L. "Investigation of Simple Shear Connection Economy." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1219262914.
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Hoefel, Roseanne L. "Connecting the French connection : Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf writing the (female) body /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1345128806.
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Mmari, Winston. "Modeling of nailed timber connection : Displacement path dependency in sheathing-to-framing connections." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-66956.
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Connections in wood have been investigated and advanced ever since the ground-breaking work of Johansen in the early nineteenth century. Nevertheless, not much investigation has been undertaken on the existence of load-displacement path dependency in a sheathing-to-framing connection. Herein, a sheathing-to-framing connection is investigated in relation to displacement path dependency. This work uses 3D Finite Element beam-on-foundation models of an Oriented Strand Board (OSB/2) sheathing nailed to a C24 wood framing, to study possible strategies to numerically simulate the displacement path dependency. The models are used to study if non-linear elastic or elastic-plastic embedment properties of an annular-ringed shank nail in the wood-based materials bring about the path dependency using Connector elements in combination with different material models in the FE software Abaqus. Numerical results are compared with corresponding experimental test results of the connection together with the Eurocode 5 approach. The outcome of the numerical study both; confirms the existence of displacement path dependency and shows that this property in the connection can be described by plasticity properties in nail, sheathing material and the wood framing.
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Costa, Simone Muller. "A interface humor e trabalho de face: o uso da provocação como estratégia de aproximação/afastamento." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2015. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/1411.
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Previous issue date: 2015-03-19<br>Neste trabalho, investigamos a relação entre humor, im/polidez, trabalho de face e papéis em
episódios do programa “Quatro em Campo”. Esse é um programa de rádio, exibido de
segunda a sexta, pela rádio CBN e tem como foco discutir futebol. O programa tem o formato
de uma mesa redonda, com um apresentador/mediador e três apresentadores/comentaristas.
Embora o foco do programa seja futebol, muitas vezes, surgem provocações humorísticas, que
podem atacar tanto aspectos da vida pessoal quanto profissional dos participantes. A
literatura estudada aponta que sempre houve dificuldades em definir humor e, que, por isso, a
primeira Teoria do Humor só surgiu em 1985 (RASKIN, 1985). Mais recentemente, alguns
autores (NORRICK (1993); HOLMES (2000)) têm buscado definir o humor em situaçãoes
reais de interação, considerando, principalmente, a forma como o alvo reage aos supostos
enunciados humorísticos. Attardo (1994) defende que a provocação é um tipo de humor que
traz em si um elemento de “crítica” e se realiza com a presença do alvo da crítica na interação.
Assim, por ter se mostrado recorrente em nossos dados, o nosso foco de análise serão as
provocações. Deste modo, adotando uma perspectiva relacional em estudos do discuro e uma
abordagem interpretativista em análise de dados, buscamos verificar: os papéis que
caracterizam/constituem o tipo de atividade analisada (Quatro em Campo); a relação entre
humor e trabalho de face; e como as provocações emergem e são negociadas no discurso. A
análise desses dados mostra que, nesse contexto, as provocações emergem, principalmente,
quando um comentário esportivo gera algum tipo de desacordo/dissenso entre os
participantes. Com essas provocações, busca-se uma mudança do enquadre que está sendo
dado ao tópico em curso. Entretanto, essa mudança depende da forma como os alvos das
provocações as recebem. Notou-se que há uma relação entre a forma como os participantes
reagem às provocações e o papel que eles assumem, por exemplo, se o de comentarista
esportivo ou de torcedor. De forma geral, o uso do humor se mostrou ambivalente,
produzindo, ao mesmo tempo, afastamento e aproximação entre os interactantes.<br>In this paper, we investigate the relationship between humor, im/politeness, facework and
roles in episodes of the program “Quatro em Campo”. It`s a radio program, aired from
Monday to Friday by CBN radio and it focuses discussions about soccer. The program is
shaped as a round table, with a presenter/facilitator and three presenters/commentators.
Although the program`s focuses, as it`s said, is soccer, many times, emerge humorous
provocations. The literature has sowed that there have always been difficulties in defining
humor and so the first Theory of Humor was built only in 1985 (RASKIN, 1985). More
recently, some authors (NORRICK (1993); HOLMES (2000)) has been sought to define
humor in real situations of interaction. Attardo (1994) argues that provocation is a type of
humour which brings in it a critical element and it is done in the target`s of criticism presence.
So, considering the fact that provocations have showed be recurring in our data, our anlysis
focus will be provocations. Thus, adopting a relational perspective in the discourse studies
and a interpretative approach to data analysis, we seek to ascertain: the roles which
characterize/ constitute the type of activity analyzed (Quatro em Campo); the relationship
between humor and facework; and how the provocations emerge and how they are managed
in the discourse. The analysis of data shows that, in this context, the provocations emerge,
mainly, when a sporting commentary generates some kind of disagreement or dissent among
the participants. With these provocations, the participants seek a change in the frame wich has
being given to the current topic. However, this change depends on how the provocations`
target receive them. It`s been noted that there is a relation between the way how participants
react to provocations and the role they assume, for example, if it is the commentator role or
the fan role. Moreover, in a general way, the use of humor has showed to be ambivalent,
producing, at the same time, separation and connection among interactants.
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Azzam, Diya Mahmoud. "Fatigue Behavior of Highway Welded Aluminum Light Pole Support Structures." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1146490346.
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Meritt, Jaime A. (Jaime Adam) 1976. "The dynamic connection framework : intelligently creating and maintaining connections in a volatile network environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80550.
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Luo, Yunbiao. "Development of Stud-SFRCC Connection and Its Application to Composite Beam-to-Column Connections." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/180497.
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Brensinger, Jed. "Measuring Connection to Nature and Exploring Connections to Childhood Activities, Environmental Concern, and Behavior." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1462809770.
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Baskota, Karki Subheksha, and Hans Freij. "New fast connection for a building system based on green-glued boards." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik, TEK, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-5472.
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Växjö university has together with Södra developed a new green-glued laminated beam, which to be used in a building system. To make a product of the beam it is desired to also develop a building system based on the beam. An important part of such a building system is the connections. The main aim of the thesis was to design a new beam-to-beam connection in for the new green-glued laminated boards. This thesis is about to develop and test a new connection for a beam-to-beam connection in the building system. The requirements set on the connection was that it should be used in an office building with a beam length of 6 m, the connection should be fast to assemble and invisible. The report thoroughly describes the conceptual design, the development and test of the connection. Five different types of connections were designed in the conceptual design phase. One of these connections fulfilled the requirements and was taken to the development and testing phase. Three versions of the connection were tested. The report describes how the green-glued laminated beams with the connections were tested in a testing machine until the failure occurs. The developed connection could fulfil the requirements set on the connection. One version of the connection was even stronger than the green-glued laminated beams.
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McGlynn, Joseph Byers Lori A. "More connections, less connection an examination of the effects of computer-mediated communication on relationships /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2006. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5449.
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McGlynn, Joseph. "More connections, less connection: An examination of the effects of computer-mediated communication on relationships." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5449/.
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The impact of computer-mediated communication (CMC) on relational behavior is a topic of increasing interest to communication scholars (McQuillen, 2003; Tidwell & Walther, 2002). One of the most interesting issues that CMC raises concerns the impact of CMC on relational maintenance and development. Using dialectical theory, social exchange theory, social information processing theory, and the hyperpersonal perspective as theoretical frameworks, this study used quantitative and qualitative analyses to identity potential effects of CMC on relationships. Study 1 (n=317) examined the effects of CMC on relational closeness, satisfaction, and social support. Study 2 (n=196) explored the reasons individuals provide for privileging computer-mediated forms of communication, and the perceived effects of using CMC in relational communication. Results indicated that quality of CMC predicted increased perceptions of social support and relationship satisfaction. Results further suggested that CMC enabled participants to manage more effectively relational tensions of autonomy-connection and openness-closedness. Specifically, individuals used CMC to retain higher levels of conversational control, and to maintain greater numbers of relationships with decreased levels of investment. This paper concludes with a discussion of implications and directions for future research.
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Ocel, Justin M. "Cyclic behavior of steel beam-column connections with shape memory alloy connecting elements." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19110.
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Carpenter, Bryan. "[DIS]connection/[RE]connection." This title; PDF viewer reuired Home page for entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Inagaki, Yasuyoshi, Nobuo Kawaguchi, and Yohei Iwasaki. "Touch-and-Connect: A Connection Request Framework for Ad-hoc Networks and the Pervasive Computing Environment." IEEE, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/15454.
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Baktir, Yusuf. "Connected and Benevolent: The Positive Impact of Social Connections in Reducing Economic Concerns for Volunteering." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157604/.
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This dissertation attempts to answer how social and economic mechanisms operate in individual, community and state levels to impact volunteering. Both social processes and economic factors significantly impact the amount of volunteering. However, researchers have a tendency to explain volunteering only by one of these factors. As both theories are equally important in explaining volunteerism, the development of a coherent theory is necessary to combine economic and social theories. This dissertation suggested that, when evaluated together, the influences of the economic factors on volunteering diminish as individuals get more connected with the other members of the society. The three-level analysis of the volunteering largely supports the primary hypothesis of the dissertation that economic concerns for volunteering are crowded out when individuals or the society is highly connected. This finding can help practitioners design better strategies to enhance volunteering such as creating opportunities for the members of the society to interact with each other.
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Christophe, Alice. "Exhibiting connections, connecting exhibitions : constructing trans-Pacific relationships through museum displays in Oceania (2006-2016)." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2016. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/63757/.
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This research explores the correlation between exhibitions and networks in the context of the 21st century Pacific. Firstly, exhibitions are envisioned as relational and connective practices that trigger interactions through their making. Secondly, exhibition-‐products are regarded as the result of these relationships, which bring together a wide range of agents including makers, things, spaces and epistemologies. Applying the Actor-‐Network-‐Theory to the field of exhibition studies, this thesis follows the path of six trans-‐Pacific museum displays. These case studies were developed between 2006 and 2016 by three major institutions of Oceania, located in Aotearoa New Zealand (Auckland Museum), Hawai‘i (Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum) and Taiwan (Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts). After a theoretical and methodological introduction, Chapter 2 dwells on the history of the institutions included in this research and pieces together the genealogical grounds for each exhibition case study. Short-‐term exhibitions and their capacity to open new museum routes are explored in Chapter 3. Long-‐term displays and the musealisation of temporary pathways are presented in Chapter 4. While reassembling the trajectories of each exhibition in Chapter 3 and 4 and connecting their genealogies, this study examines the existence of parallels, translations and echoes amongst the case studies in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 further emphasises these relationships and equally dwells on the limitations and impacts of connective narratives by analysing the Pacific maps displayed in these trans-‐Pacific exhibitions. By and large, this research explores the increasing development of a trans-‐Pacific culture of display in Oceania, which is examined through the lens of exhibitions developed and presented in this region at the dawn of the 21st century.
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Hong, Jung-Pyo. "Three-dimensional nonlinear finite element model for single and multiple dowel-type wood connections." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/364.
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A new three-dimensional finite solid element (3D FE) model for dowel-type wood connections was developed using the concept of a beam on a nonlinear wood foundation, which addresses the intricate wood crushing behaviour under the connector in a dowel type connection.
In order to implement the concept of wood foundation with solid elements, a 3D FE wood foundation model was defined within a prescribed foundation zone surrounding the dowel. Based on anisotropic plasticity material theory, the material model for the foundation zone was developed using effective foundation material constants that were defined from dowel-embedment test data.
New 3D FE single nail connection models were developed that incorporated the wood foundation model. The 3D wood foundation model was justified and validated using dowel-embedment test data with a range of dowel diameters, from a 2.5-mm nail to a25.4-mm bolt. The connection models provided successful results in simulating the characteristics of load-slip behaviour that were experimentally observed.
Based on the success of the single nail connection models, several applications of the3D FE connection models were investigated including statistical wood material models, bolted connection models and a multiple nail connection model. Throughout the application studies, discussion of the benefits and limitations of the new model approach using the 3D FE wood foundation are presented. Also, future areas of study are proposed in order to improve the 3D FE dowel-type wood connections models.
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Marucci, Derek A. "Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Frames with Partially-Restrained Connections." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1447070409.
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Ishii, Kiyo, Hiroshi Hasegawa, and Kenichi Sato. "Route and wavelength/waveband assignment for creation of compact hierarchical optical cross-connect for multi-ring connection." IEEE, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/14024.
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Avery, Richard. "Connection." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36558.
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Johnson, Curtis Mathias. "A comparison of Reduced Beam Section moment connection and Kaiser Bolted Bracket® moment connections in steel Special Moment Frames." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36233.
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Master of Science<br>Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science<br>Kimberly W. Kramer<br>Of seismic steel lateral force resisting systems in practice today, the Moment Frame has most diverse connection types. Special Moment frames resist lateral loads through energy dissipation of the inelastic deformation of the beam members. The 1994 Northridge earthquake proved that the standard for welded beam-column connections were not sufficient to prevent damage to the connection or failure of the connection. Through numerous studies, new methods and standards for Special Moment Frame connections are presented in the Seismic Design Manual 2nd Edition to promote energy dissipation away from the beam-column connection.
A common type of SMF is the Reduce Beams Section (RBS). To encourage inelastic deformation away from the beam-column connection, the beam flange’s dimensions are reduced a distance away from the beam-column connection; making the member “weaker” at that specific location dictating where the plastic hinging will occur during a seismic event. The reduction is usually taken in a semi-circular pattern. Another type of SMF connection is the Kaiser Bolted Bracket® (KBB) which consists of brackets that stiffen the beam-column connection. KBB connections are similar to RBS connections as the stiffness is higher near the connection and lower away from the connection. Instead of reducing the beam’s sectional properties, KBB uses a bracket to stiffen the connection.
The building used in this parametric study is a 4-story office building. This thesis reports the results of the parametric study by comparing two SMF connections: Reduced Beam Section and Kaiser Bolted Brackets. This parametric study includes results from three Seismic Design Categories; B, C, and D, and the use of two different foundation connections; fixed and pinned. The purpose of this parametric study is to compare member sizes, member forces, and story drift. The results of Seismic Design Category D are discussed in depth in this thesis, while the results of Seismic Design Category B and C are provided in the Appendices.
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Ridley, Jackie. "Connecting Kids to Texts: Connections, Positioning, and Participation in an ESL Book Group with Refugee and Immigrant Youth." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu159533670252271.
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Van, Polanen Petel Humphrey P. "On Connection." Monash University School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, 2003. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/7505.
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De Saussure (1916:35) held that the nature of language-systems consists in what they have in common with all other semiotic systems. This thesis aims to provide an answer. It starts with the ‘parts of speech’ and uses the verb-noun distinction to separate language into a calculus and a protocol. The Principle of Connection is proposed as a structure-forming capacity and defined as a fixed hierarchical mental structure. Language is defined as a ‘way of normalising meaning through signalling’. The linearity of language enforces three types of notational elements: those having no relation, one relation (either direction) and two relations (both directions). Quine’s (1960:83f) ‘quality space’ is combined with the Gestalt notion of figure-ground into a schematic semantics of perception based on the necessarycontingent and the intrinsic-extrinsic distinctions. The Principle of Connection is shown to be the logical operation AND with its operands evaluated as identical, similar, different or contrary. The schema translates into the ontological categories of Universal Grammar (UG) giving as possible types of lexeme: Identifier, Qualifier, Quantifier and Connective. The validity of the schema is verified successfully against the language of the Predicate Calculus (PC). The schema further expresses both the whole-of-parts and the part-of-a-whole perspective as well as the analytic and synthetic method. ‘Grammar’ is analysed through a discussion of the possible errors of protocol and grammar proper is shown to consist in the cultural variations of UG. The basic structure of English is found to be (Quantity) (Quality) Essence (Relation). An analysis of verbs is presented on the basis of the schema. Lastly, the prototypical connectives are given as IS, AND, BUT and OR and it is shown how all others are troponymic extensions in a radial network centred on these four.
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Culshaw, Laurie K. "Designing Connection." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3449.
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Social connection is an essential human need. Personal connections exist at a variety of depths and within different types of relationships. Small daily choices determine the strength of those connections and their impact on our well-being as individuals and as a community. Modern society and technology have altered the speed and channels of connection, increasing communication but decreasing meaningful connection. It is critical to understand how the methods of communication affect the depth of connections. Through a series of participatory graphic design projects, I analyze the strengths and weaknesses of one-on-one, small group and community connections within an established taxonomy of the levels of connection, to identify the factors that contribute to strong social relationships.
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Wagh, Prabhanjan B. "An Investigation of Current Practice in the Design of all-Bolted Extended Double Angle Connections in a Beam-to-Girder Connection." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1446547172.
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Gőtz, Lukáš. "Aplikace síťového připojení měřicích přístrojů v technické diagnostice." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-219220.
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This labor discusses with the possibilities of using a network connection devices in measurement technology from Agilent. It deals with the theoretical description of the different ways of measuring devices connected to computer networks and their use in laboratory teaching. Practical work is focused on creating automated utilities for selected tasks in the laboratory diagnosis of electrical materials in the software Agilent VEE Pro. The work is a detailed description of the labs in terms of setting and controlling the basic parameters created by the application. Installation and configuration of software and hardware communication tools are summarized in the brochure "How to handle a remote connection of measuring instruments over the Internet."
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Jägevall, Peter, and Christopher Åberg. "Wireless Trailer Connection." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2935.
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<p>Today's communication solution between the vehicle and trailer is one many see as a</p><p>non-viable solution, then breakdowns on both the lights and cables are common. Now, a</p><p>new innovation enters the market, a system that can transmit wireless control signals</p><p>between the vehicle and trailer.</p><p>Parvus and Zap, the two solutions that the projekt group has come up with during this</p><p>thesis work carried out over the last year on Utvecklingsingenjörsprogrammet.</p><p>Technologists Peter Jägevall and Christopher Åberg has developed this project on their</p><p>own. The group has developed various concepts and chosen to work on, two of them.</p><p>The project has resulted in this report and a prototype</p><p>The solution that the group has developed is a wireless communication between vehicle</p><p>and trailer. The project team has developed new power-efficient LED lighting fixtures in</p><p>order to implement an internal power source in the trailer. The result of this has become</p><p>a maintenance-free and wireless product to trailers. The vision is that you in the near</p><p>future will see this product on the Swedish roads.</p>
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Upham, Lois N. "The Standards Connection." Association for Library and Information Science Education, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105252.
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Lois Upham is the Editor of this column: The Standards Connection and the Asociation for Library and Information Science Education representative to the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). This column is based on the October 1995 issue of Information Standards Quarterly, which was received in January 1996; Upham reviews articles from this issue and summarizes the standards work of NISO for the past year. She also notes that the Association for Library and Information Science Education was withdrawing from subsequent NISO membership.
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Hillis, William Daniel. "The connection machine." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14719.
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Erb, Janet L. "The art connection." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1303489584.
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Zedell, Axel. "The Mycelim Connection." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-169057.
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Humans used to be a part of nature, now we have become a force of nature. Our culture is based on infinite growth on a planet with finite resources. Its obvious that we need to change our lifestyle, in a radical way.Its not enough to drive a prius, buying organic food, or as an architect draw buildings with green roofs.We need a radical change of our lifestyle because we are facing radical change of our climate.Our impact is so great, occurs with such a speed and on a global scale that we have set of a mass extinction. My project consists of two parts.1: To apply a system, based on the unique properties of fungi, today.I want a site that is dead and polluted. 2: A site that will work as a testing ground, preparing us for a very harsh future. Alberta, CanadaOil sand mines the size of United Kingdom. Where a brutal mining process leaves a destroyed landscape behind. I see this landscape as a good preview of the future of our planet.I have formed a system that uses this extreme condition as an asset. The system will not only heal the landscape, it will also produce essential products such as food, fuel and material. All from fungi.The system is a network of fungi farms, growing through the land in patterns inspired by how fungi grows.<br>Människor brukade vara en del av naturen, nu har vi blivit en naturkatastrof. Vår kultur är baserad på evig tillväxt på en planet med begränsade tillgångar. Det är uppenbart att vi behöver ändra vår livsstil på ett radikalt sätt. För vi kommer snart att möta radikala ändringar av vårat klimat. Svamp är en fascinerande livsform. Den var den första organismen att bosätta sig på jordens landmassor för 1.5 miljarder år sedan. Svamp kan leva utan ljus, kan leva i extremt förorenade miljöer och är en perfekt partner för att möta radikal klimat. Mitt projekt består av två delar. Att applicera ett system på oljesand gruvorna i Alberta, Kanada. Detta för att förbereda oss på en global ekologisk kollaps.
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Gustafsson, Linus. "The Swedish Connection : Exploring the Social Network of Violent and Violence-Promoting Islamist Extremism in Sweden and its Connections to the Global Jihad." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2659.
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This study examines who is part of the Swedish network of violent and violence-promoting Islamist extremism and whether the social network is a case of „new social movement‟. Through a social network analysis of violent and violence-promoting Islamist extremists in Sweden the results shows that there is a loose Swedish network with global nodes. The social network in Sweden is analyzed through the framework of New Social Movement theory and the connections between the global jihad and the Swedish network are examined. The result is that the network cannot be seen as a case of „new social movement‟. However, several individuals of the network can be seen as part of the global jihad and therefore a case of „new social movement‟. More academic research is needed on violent and violence-promoting Islamist extremism in Sweden, especially on why and how these actors are radicalized. In addition, more research is needed on how to prevent and counter violent and violence-promoting Islamist extremism.
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Lambruschini, Sherill L. "The connection spectrum| How leaders experience interpersonal connection in the workplace." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10117906.
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<p> The purpose of this study was to understand more deeply the process and nature of interpersonal connections among leaders in the workplace. Specifically, this study was guided by the primary inquiry question, “How do leaders experience interpersonal connections in the workplace?” A total of 20 leaders ranging from entry to executive levels were studied. This study employed the qualitative method of constructivist grounded theory. The objective of grounded theory is to generate, inductively, a theory about basic social and psychological processes. As a researcher, employing the constructivist grounded theory methodology provided me the opportunity to inquire into the experiences of interpersonal connections of leaders in the workplace. As a result of the inquiry, I generated a theory that provided more information about how leaders behaved in and the depth of their interpersonal connection experiences. The significance of this study is that it furthers relational leadership discourse and provides more awareness about how leaders connect and behave in their experiences of interpersonal connections. The study also sheds light on interpersonal connections outside the workplace.</p>
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Rosenbaum, Samuel Leonard. "Wallace Stevens' French connection." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ35446.pdf.
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Bischoff, Martin. "Location of connection facilities /." Aachen : Shaker, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988141434/04.
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WALSH, CHERYL J. "THE PRESCHOOL CONNECTION PROGRAM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1086048987.
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Arias, Chris. "Culture and a Connection." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1762.
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Culture and a Connection In the Spanish province of Asturias, many homes built in the16th and 17th centuries are constructed of dry-stacked stone and large timbers for floor joists, rafters, decking. They are topped with large, irregularly shaped roof slates. Alongside many of these homes stands a rectangular granary called a cabazo. The cabazo, similarly constructed, is a stand-alone structure about twenty feet tall, six feet wide and twenty feet long. The main portion, (the storage area), stands ten feet off the ground atop two large, tapered columns. The upper level is typically separated form the lower level by a massive flat, horizontal stone that protrudes past the face of the columns. This one stone is the floor of the granary. The height above the ground and the continuous flat stone keep the food dry and safe from animals. The stone of the columns, quarried from nearby hills, consists of pieces as small as driveway gravel and as large as shoeboxes. Even though they were built of varying size stones the builders created large, extremely flat vertical planes. Two beams, roughly hewn from chestnut logs, span one column to the next, and support the storage area and roof. These curious structures, born from utility and perched on the hills of the Asturias countryside, have become local cultural icons. A record of visible human participation is left in the traces and details made by the tools of the workmen who built these cabazos. The traces make the connection between the structure and the hand of man, an immediate expression of the granary’s essence and thus an integral part of the local culture. The industrial age introduced powerful machinery into the tool set of the designer. Extruded steel and reinforced concrete enable designers to create monumental structures within relatively short periods of time. Although the advent of these methods signaled the loss of the record of human participation, the hand of man was also lost in the repetition and redundancy found on the factory floor. The scale of the effort was hidden and diluted by the machinery used to construct the modern forms. The absence of visible traces of the men who built the structures creates a disconnect between humans and the built environment. It is not feasible to go back to creating homes by stacking stones together or using hand tools to construct office buildings, but the materials that are produced by factories can become a new source of raw materials for designer and builder in a way that engages the craftsman. I believe that through the careful use of technology and materials, as well as the inclusion of the craftsman, an environment can be created that extends beyond formal appreciation and expresses a deeper connection between man, culture, and the built environment.
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Shafieifar, Mohamadreza. "New Connection Details to Connect Precast Cap Beams to Precast Columns Using Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) for Seismic and Non-seismic Regions." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3857.
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Several connection details have been developed for the connection of precast cap beams to precast columns in Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) applications. Currently, the suggested details involve some form of either reinforcement or portion of the precast column to penetrate inside the cap beam. Such details present many challenges in the field, such as necessitating bundling of reinforcement in the cap beam or creating a congested reinforcement arrangement. Furthermore, closer inspection of some of the test data indicates that for currently used details, cap beams could sustain some damages during major seismic events, whereas they are designed to be capacity protected. Additionally, construction of such details demands precision.
To overcome these challenges, two new connection details are envisioned. Both details completely eliminate penetrating of column into the cap beam. In the first detail, the rebar of the cap beam and the column are spliced in the column and joined with a layer of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC). The use of UHPC in the splice region allows the tension development of reinforcing bars over a short length. High workability of UHPC and large tolerances inherent with the suggested details can facilitate and accelerate the on-site construction. In the second detail, to confine the plastic hinge with a limited length in the column, two layers of UHPC were employed. Confining the plastic hinge is achieved by sandwiching a desired length of the column, using normal strength concrete (plastic hinge region) in between two layers of UHPC. The most interesting aspect of this detail is the exact location and length of the plastic hinge.
The primary goal of this research is to provide a description of the newly developed details, verifying their structural performance and recommendation of a design guide. These goals are achieved through a diverse experimental and numerical program focused on the proposed connections. Results show that both details are equally applicable to seismic applications and able to achieve adequate levels of ductility. Lack of failure in splice region indicated that UHPC can provide a good confinement and shear capacity even when confining transverse reinforcement was not used.
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Komatsubara, Kristin Mie. "The mathematics connection a curriculum promoting mathematical application through the home-school connection /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1457291.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed November 7, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-176).
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Zhai, Wei. "Connection, Technology, Positionality: An Inside Look at Women Faculty's Positionality toward "Connection" and "Technology"." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/567.
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Women faculty members have been reported rating their level of knowledge and experience in using technologies lower than male faculty members. A closer examination revealed that women faculty members were likely to use technologies that fit into their pedagogy, met students' learning styles and needs, and facilitated their interactions with colleagues and students. So women faculty's choices of particular technologies can be assumed to reflect their particular instructional beliefs and perspectives, represented as a connected approach to learning and teaching. Gender alone is inadequate to explain women faculty's use of technology. The purpose of this study was to explore women faculty's understanding of teacher-student, student-student, and student learning-life connections and how technology affects these connections. A theoretical framework called positionality is used, which approaches women not solely from their biological or psychological attributes but also from the contexts in which they are situated. The results of the study suggested that women faculty members exhibited a positional understanding of the teacher-student, student-student, and student learning-life connections. A positional consciousness was reflected in their use of strategies to promote these connections. Technology played a positional role in women faculty's effort to create connections. Women faculty's views and practices of "connection" and "technology" are better understood by the contexts in which they are situated rather than by their gender. Women faculty often assume multiple identities expressed from different positions within different contexts, which is reflected by the variations in their relationships with students, their different perceptions of their student relationship with each other, their different ways of promoting connections, and their different views and use of technology. Limitations of the current study, recommendations for future research, and practical implications are discussed.