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Mgweba, Asiphe. "A revised role of good faith in the law of contract and employment contracts." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7033.
Full textGood faith is an open ended concept which refers to fair and honest dealings. The function of this concept is to give expression to the community’s sense of what is fair, just and reasonable. The concept of good faith has and continues to acquire a meaning wider than mere honesty or the absence of subjective bad faith. It is an objective concept that includes other abstract values such as justice, reasonableness, fairness and equity. There is competition between the two underlying values or cornerstones of the law of contract, namely that of sanctity of contract (pacta sunt servanda) and fairness.
Muller, Edward Nicholas IV 1964. "Is God an economist? An economic inquiry into the relationship between self and God in Judeo-Christian theology." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10558.
Full textIn the context of Judeo-Christian theology, I develop what appears to be the first formal economic model to analyze the joint interactions between human actors and a divine actor involved in the production of good works. Human actors are identified as trusting believers, doubting believers, or nonbelievers. The divine actor is perceived as offering four different alternative contracts, an ex ante contract without a penalty, an ex post contract, an ex ante contract with a penalty, and a covenant. Contract types are identified with specific religious affiliations. The amount of good works produced depends on the strength of faith and the contractual choices of the individual, as implied by religious affiliation. I test explicit predictions of the model using individual survey data from a nationally representative sample. My results suggest that (1) ex post contracts "work" (attendance is greater for trusting believers under ex post contracts than under ex ante contracts without a penalty); (2) strength of faith does not matter (good works are equivalent for both trusting and doubting believers under ex ante contracts); (3) penalties do not "work" for believers (attendance is no greater for believers under ex ante contracts with a penalty than under ex ante contracts without a penalty); and (4) covenants "work" (attendance is the same for believers under covenants as under ex ante contracts without a penalty). Tests focus either on the model's counterintuitive predictions for the role of strength of faith for a given contract type or on the role of religious affiliation and contract type for a given strength of faith. The tests suggest substantial power for the model's predictions. Even so, the dissertation emphasizes throughout the limitations of a purely economic analysis of the Judeo-Christian tradition and theology.
Committee in charge: Joe Stone, Co-Chairperson, Economics; Jo Anna Gray, Co-Chairperson, Economics; Larry Singell, Member, Economics; Jean Stockard, Outside Member, Planning Public Policy & Mgmt
Hood, Dana Kennamer. "Young children's perceptions of God in the context of a Protestant faith community /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008354.
Full textMcMartin, Bruce W. "Communicating the God of the Bible in the high power distance Haitian context a course on the doctrine of God /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
Full textKennedy, Chad Landon. "God with the backwards wave : a text in context analysis of the characterization of God in Joan of Arcadia /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2006. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.
Full textHarmeling, James. "A very good death? a biblical study of the incompatibility of God and death in the context of creation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
Full textSteinbring, Patricia A. "Is God dozing?, theodicy in the context of the African-American experience." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ52750.pdf.
Full textHenderson, Frances Munro. "Logic of belief and the content of God : Hans Frei's theological grammar." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5529.
Full textVliet, Jason Van. "Children of God the imago dei in John Calvin and his context." Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009. http://d-nb.info/996000844/04.
Full textBeaton, Richard C. "God-language in Romans an analysis of explicit and implicit [THEOS] statements in a proposed historical context /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
Full textJansen, Wout A. T. "Gold free ohmic contacts for III-V MOSFET devices." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2013. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4100/.
Full textGavriljuk, Pavel L. "The suffering of the impassible God the dialectics of patristic thought." Oxford Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/religion/0199269823/toc.html.
Full textWardlaw, Terrance Randall. "Conceptualizing words for 'God' within the Pentateuch : a cognitive-semantic investigation in literary context." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2006. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/3158/.
Full textCafe, Peter F. "Towards reliable contacts of molecular electronic devices to gold electrodes." University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3870.
Full textSYNOPSIS OF THIS THESIS The aim of this thesis is to more fully understand and explain the binding mechanism of organic molecules to the Au(111) surface and to explore the conduction of such molecules. It consists of five discreet chapters connected to each other by the central theme of “The Single Molecule Device: Conductance and Binding”. There is a deliberate concentration on azine linkers, in particular those with a 1,10-phenanthroline-type bidentate configuration at each end. This linker unit is called a “molecular alligator clip” and is investigated as an alternative to the thiol linker unit more commonly used. Chapter 1 places the work in the broad context of Molecular Electronics and establishes the need for this research. In Chapter 2 the multiple break-junction technique (using a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope or similar device) was used to investigate the conductance of various molecules with azine linkers. A major finding of those experiments is that solvent interactions are a key factor in the conductance signal of particular molecules. Some solvents interfere with the molecule’s interaction with and attachment to the gold electrodes. One indicator of the degree of this interference is the extent of the enhancement or otherwise of the gold quantized conduction peak at 1.0 G0. Below 1.0 G0 a broad range for which the molecule enhances conduction indicates that solvent interactions contribute to a variety of structures which could bridge the electrodes, each with their own specific conductance value. The use of histograms with a Log10 scale for conductance proved useful for observing broad range features. vi Another factor which affects the conductance signal is the geometric alignment of the molecule (or the molecule-solvent structure) to the gold electrode, and the molecular alignment is explored in Chapters 3 for 1,10-phenanthroline (PHEN) and Chapter 4 for thiols. In Chapter 3 STM images, electrochemistry, and Density Functional Theory (DFT) are used to determine 1,10-phenanthroline (PHEN) structures on the Au(111) surface. It is established that PHEN binds in two modes, a physisorbed state and a chemisorbed state. The chemisorbed state is more stable and involves the extraction of gold from the bulk to form adatom-PHEN entities which are highly mobile on the gold surface. Surface pitting is viewed as evidential of the formation of the adatom-molecule entities. DFT calculations in this chapter were performed by Ante Bilic and Jeffery Reimers. The conclusions to Chapter 3 implicate the adatom as a binding mode of thiols to gold and this is explored in Chapter 4 by a timely review of nascent research in the field. The adatom motif is identified as the major binding structure for thiol terminated molecules to gold, using the explanation of surface pitting in Chapter 3 as major evidence and substantiated by emergent literature, both experimental and theoretical. Furthermore, the effect of this binding mode on conductance is explored and structures relevant to the break-junction experiment of Chapter 2 are identified and their conductance values compared. Finally, as a result of researching extensive reports of molecular conductance values, and having attempted the same, a simple method for predicting the conductance of single molecules is presented based upon the tunneling conductance formula.
Smallwood, Steven A. "Deformation Studies of Tungsten-Gold Contacts at the Nanometer Scale." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2001. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/SmallwoodSA2001.pdf.
Full textBell, Steven J. "Fabrication and characterisation of gold contacts on CdZnTe radiation detectors." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2015. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/808156/.
Full textWilson, Franklin Wade. "The Kingdom in context the Christian community in an Islamic culture /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.
Full textOsborne, III Kenneth L. "Temperature-Dependence of the Contact Angle of Water on Graphite, Silicon, and Gold." Digital WPI, 2009. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/900.
Full textSjödin, Peterson Veronica, and Natalia Prochownik. "CMS och UX : tekniker för hur man utformar en god användarupplevelse." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-27692.
Full textLomax, Deborah. "Electrowetting and electrodeposition on graphitic surfaces." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/electrowetting-and-electrodeposition-on-graphitic-surfaces(0ecee720-fb95-48cb-bfb2-75e7adc305f3).html.
Full textGoodrich, John Kenneth. "Paul, the Oikonomos of God : Paul's Apostolic metaphor in 1 Corinthians and its Graeco-Roman context." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/299/.
Full textGrubbs, Joshua Briggs. "“WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THAT?” ANGER AT GOD IN THE CONTEXT OF MORAL TRANSGRESSION." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1333495047.
Full textUnni, Mohanan. "Marketplace ministry, context for the praxis of spiritual growth and affirmation for the laos of God." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p099-0002.
Full textXavier, Jose Tadeu Neves. "A nova dimensão dos contratos no caminho da pós-modernidade." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/13169.
Full textSociety nowadays goes through a transition between the Modern and Post-Modern models raising a new paradigm for sociabilization which means interfering on the juridical belief. Thus the Contract, in the condition of essential instrument to fulfill all the economic trades as well as a tutor of juridical interests, experiences the reflextions of these transformations which leads in adaptations on it’s theoretical formulation and also in the principles that are being used as reference. In this context, Post-Modernity imposes to the Contract, the adoption of mega principles as Sociability and Good Will, above all, commands the necessity of reviewing all traditional postulates now moulded over the constitutional values and looks for fitting in as a proper way of facing the Post-Modern complexity.
Bailly, Chantal. "The role of implicit contract terms as a determinant of contractual consequences." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50520.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is clear that the classical concept of contract suffers from weaknesses because it takes too little account of social and economic changes that have occurred in our highly competitive global climate. More particularly, it fails to acknowledge implicit dimensions of contract. The classical contract theory was designed for transactions rather than to regulate relations. In view of the relational contract theory, contracts are agreements, often developed gradually, over a period of time and last over a period of time, perhaps indefinitely. As illustrated, with a discussion of the various theories attempting to qualify the classical law, the development of the relational contract theory and the need for implicit dimensions is in line with changes in business, market transactions and the economic and social environment of today. The relational contract is gradual and emphasises the relationship between the parties. Focus is placed on their understandings, party practices, customs and expectations as opposed to formal doctrines and principles. Characteristically, relational contracts are often incomplete in their specifications, thus leaving room for the creation of expectations and understandings inter partes. These expectations and understandings along with co-operation, rationality and trust are the implicit dimensions, which reflect the shared interest the parties have in their transaction. The ways in which these implicit dimensions can be recognised, developed and applied to contracts, particularly in the South African context is considered in light of our law's treatment of the implication of terms into contracts. It was found that considerations of reasonable expectations and policy do playa role in our law, albeit not to such an extent as to meet the demands of the relational contract theory and the recognition of implicit dimensions. Existing contract principles are also evaluated in the light of the relational contract and implicit dimensions. It is not suggested that classical contract law doctrines are to be dispensed with but that a shift of focus should occur, from the traditional focus on the ''paper'' deal to focusing on the ''real'' deal, between the parties. It is concluded that a principle of good faith would be a suitable starting point to give cognisance to implicit dimensions and to regulate relational contracts. In recognising a principle of good faith, the courts will be able to better respond to the expectations of the parties. A principle of good faith is recommended as being advantageous towards developing a pre-contractual duty of disclosure and encouraging more co-operative thinking and dealing in both legal doctrine and contracting practice.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Dit is vandag duidelik dat die klassieke kontraksmodel aan swakhede ly omrede dié model nie genoegsaam rekening hou met sosiale en ekonomiese veranderinge mons hoogskompeterende wêreldklimaat nie. Meer bepaald, neem die model nie die implisiete aspekte van kontrakte in ag nie. Die klassieke teorie is meer gepas vir eenmalige transakies tussen kontraktante en nie soseer gebruik vir die regulering van deurlopende kontraksverhoudinge nie. In terme van die verhoudingskontrakteorie ("relational contract theory") word kontrakte beskou as ooreenkomstes wat geleidelik, oor 'n lang tydperk kan duur, miskien selfs vir 'n onbepaalde tydperk. Soos gei1lustreer, is daar verskeie teoriëe wat poog om die bestaande klassieke benadering aan te pas. Die ontwikkeling van die verhoudingskontrakteorie en die implisiete aspekte van kontrakte korreleer met veranderinge in internasionale handel en die ekonomiese en sosiale omgewing van vandag. Die verhoudingskontrakteorie beklemtoon die verhouding tussen die partye, hul praktyke en gewoontes en verwagtinge en is nie net slegs op formele beginsels gebaseer nie. 'n Eienskap van hierdie kontraktstipe is dat hulle dikwels nie poog om die verhouding van die partye volledig te reguleer nie. Sodoende word ruimte gelaat vir die ontwikkeling van verwagtinge en implisiete verwagtinge tussen die partye. Hierdie verwagtinge en verstandhoudings te same met die beginsels van samewerking, redelikheid en onderlinge vertroue, is die implisiete aspekte wat die gemeenskaplike belang wat partye in hul verhouding het, weerspieël. Maniere om hierdie implisiete aspekte te herken, te ontwikkel en toe te pas, veral in die Suid- Afrikaanse konteks, is oorweeg in die lig van ons reg se benadering tot die inlees van onuitgesproke bedinge in kontrakte. Alhoewel daar bevind is dat redelike verwagtinge en beleid wel 'n rol speel, is dit onvoldoende in die lig van die eise van die verhoudingskontrakteorie en die behoefte aan implisiete aspekte. Bestaande kontraksbeginsels is ook geëvalueer in die lig van die verhoudingsgebaseerde kontrak en implisiete aspekte. Daar word nie gesuggereer dat klassieke beginsels van die hand gewys moet word nie. Eerder dan die tradisionele fokus op die "paper deal" moet die fokus op die"real deal" wees. Ten slotte word die behoefte aan die erkenning van 'n beginsel van goeie trou uitgelig. Breedweg sal howe beter kan reaggeer op partye se verwagtinge en verstandhoudinge en dié beginsel word ook aanbeveel met die oog op die behoefte aan samwerking tussen partye en die ontwikkeling van 'n voor-openbaarmakingsplig.
Donev, Jason Matthew Kaiser. "Non-contact atomic force microscopy studies of amorphous solid water deposited on Au(111) /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9779.
Full textVan, Haecke-Lepic Sabine. "La distinction entre la formation et l’exécution du contrat : contribution à l’étude du contrat dans le temps." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PSLED051.
Full textWhile studying the distinction between the preparation and the execution of a contract, a reflection on a new alternative to the contract of instantaneous performance imposed itself: an adjustable circumstance-based contract. Devoted to a timeless model of contract, contract law has built itself on a pipe dream. Indeed, the negation of time’s infiltration in a contract led the boundaries between preparation and execution to crack apart. In front of this situation the expectations for clarification with the reform were numerous. However, the 2016 reform of contract law, although systematising the scattered provisions of case law, did not drew the needed conclusions by sanctioning the possible incompleteness of a contract in its preparation. Still ignoring time’s impact in time-based contracts, the 2016 reform has worsened the splitting of concepts and prevented the evolution of common right. Thus the author focused on embracing the whole of contractual reality and developing alongside the swap contract: the adjustable circumstance-based contract. Contract law has indeed been confronted to types of contract that struggled to integrate duration but which, in the need to happen alongside a unique swap model, distorted its concepts. This is why the offer of an adjustable circumstance-based contract would be able to reconcile, in contract law, the contract culture of swap and the contract culture of cooperation which arise in duration
Kataoka, Eduardo Takemi Dutra dos Santos. "Elementos para a eficácia jurídica da pluralidade contratual." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2005. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6528.
Full textThis thesis aims to show that the contractualbinding, understood as the possibility of mutual interference between contracts, occurs by virtue of the conjunction of the law to the facts, not just by the simple economic integration between the underlying businesses, to characterize such binding from a legal point of view. The first source of contractual binding is the intention of the parties through contractual clauses. The parties, through private agreements may cause effects arising from a contract to interfere in another one. The second source is the law. Often the legislator or two or more contracts to connect so that together produce some effects. In these cases deviates from the will of the parties and supersedes the determination of the legislation. Finally, the contract binding can be an application of the principle of good faith. The confidence awakened in relationships where there is a high economic integration must be protected.
Rouspide-Katchadourian, Marie-Noëlle. "Le juge et le contrat de travail : essai sur la relecture judiciaire d'un contrat." Thesis, Paris 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA020018/document.
Full textAccording to article 5 of the French civil code, the judges cannot « decide through the mean of general and statutory rules on the causes they are submitted with ». Article 1134 al.1 of the same civil code provides for the principle of the binding effect of the contract. Yet, the jurisprudence of the labor chamber of the French High Court (Cour de cassation) is normative ; its interference in the labor contract is obvious. Unbalanced, subject to a specific public order, source of conflict of rights and freedoms, the labor contract has certain particularities. These appear to guide the judge’s action. The adaptation of the contract is one of the principle manifestations of the judge’s intervention. It is characterized by the improvement of the agreement of the wills or, on the contrary, by its amputation. Many obligations are added to the contract. If the reasons exposed by the judge vary, actually, article 1134 al.3 and article 1135 of the French civil code justify these additions. This subtraction has different forms. It is the source of a creative power ; such creative power is not always linked to the protection of freedoms and fundamental rights. Besides, the rework leads the judge to the rebuilding and redrafting of the contract. Said contract is rebuilt in accordance with article 1134 al.2 of the French civil code. The willingness of the parties becomes objective ; their real willingness is not necessary complied with. The redrafting of the contract is the result of, in particular, article 1152 of the French civil code. However it can be extended beyond this article. Original and audacious, the judicial way to read the labor contract is linked to the sense of the identity of such labor contract
Lashmar, Colleen Patricia. "A qualitative study of the experience of God by palliative care patients in the context of innocent suffering." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ52208.pdf.
Full textBarnard, Alfred Jacobus. "A critical legal argument for contractual justice in the South African law of contract." Thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06192006-083839.
Full textPinker, David Stephen. "An investigation of YBCO thin-film SQUIDs with gold damping resistors and the behaviour of planar gold- c-axis YBCO contacts." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612906.
Full textLydia, Somers. "Trace element content variation within sulfides of the Fäboliden gold deposit." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-72559.
Full textLaprise-Pelletier, Myriam, and Myriam Laprise-Pelletier. "Development and evaluation of low-dose rate radioactive gold nanoparticles for application in nanobrachytherapy." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38213.
Full textDepuis les dix dernières années, l’innovation des traitements d’oncologie a fait une utilisation croissante de la nanotechnologie. De nouveaux traitements à base de nanoparticules (NPs) sont notamment rendus au stade de l’essai clinique. Possédant des caractéristiques physico-chimiques particulières, les NPs peuvent être utilisées afin de bonifier l’effet thérapeutique des traitements actuels. Par exemple, l’amélioration de la curiethérapie (c.-à-d. radiothérapie interne) nécessite le développement de nouvelles procédures permettant de diminuer la taille des implants, et ce, tout en augmentant l’homogénéité de la dose déposée dans les tumeurs. Des études théoriques et expérimentales ont démontré que l’injection de NPs d’or à proximité des implants traditionnels de curiethérapie de faible débit de dose (par ex. 125I, 103Pd) permettrait d’augmenter significativement leur efficacité thérapeutique. L'interaction entre l’or et les photons émis par les implants de curiethérapie (c.-à-d. l’effet de radiosensibilisation) génère des rayonnements divers (photoélectrons, électrons Auger, rayons X caractéristiques) qui augmentent significativement la dose administrée. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, l’approche proposée était de développer des NPs d’or radioactives comme nouveau traitement de curiethérapie contre le cancer de la prostate. L’aspect novateur et unique était de synthétiser une particule coeurcoquille (Pd@Au) en utilisant l’isotope actuellement employé en curiethérapie de la prostate: le palladium-103 (103Pd, 20 keV). Dans ce cas-ci, la présence d’atomes d’or permet de produire l’effet de radiosensibilisation et d’augmenter la dose déposée. La preuve de concept a été démontrée par la synthèse et la caractérisation des NPs 103Pd@Au-PEG NPs. Ensuite, une étude longitudinale in vivo impliquant l’injection des NPs dans un modèle xénogreffe de tumeurs de la prostate chez la souris a été effectuée. L’efficacité thérapeutique induite par les NPs a été démontrée par le retard de la croissance tumorale des souris injectées par rapport aux souris non injectées (contrôles). Enfin, une étude de cartographie de la dose générée par les NPs à l’échelle cellulaire et tumorale a permis de comprendre davantage les mécanismes thérapeutiques liés aux NPs radioactives. En résumé, l’ensemble des travaux présentés dans cette thèse font office de précurseurs relativement au domaine de la nanocuriethérapie, et pourraient ouvrir la voie à une nouvelle génération de NPs pour la radiothérapie.
The last decade saw the emergence of new innovative oncology treatments based on nanotechnology. New treatments using nanoparticles (NPs) are now translated to clinical trials. NPs possess unique physical and chemical properties that can be advantageously used to improve the therapeutic effect of current treatments. For instance, therapeutic efficiency enhancement related to internal radiotherapy (i.e., brachytherapy), requires the development of new procedures leading to a decrease of the implant size, while increasing the dose homogeneity and distribution in tumors. Several theoretical and experimental studies based on low-dose brachytherapy seeds (e.g., 125I and 103Pd) combined with gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) showed very promising results in terms of dose enhancement. Gold is a radiosensitizer that enhances the efficiency of radiotherapy by increasing the energy deposition in the surrounding tissues. Dose enhancement is caused by the photoelectric products (photoelectrons, Auger electrons, characteristic X-rays) that are generated after the irradiation of Au NPs. In this thesis, the proposed approach was to develop radioactive Au NPs as a new brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer. The unique and innovative aspect of this strategy was to synthesize core-shell NPs based on the radioisotope palladium-103 (103Pd, 20 keV), which is currently used in low-dose rate prostate cancer brachytherapy. In this concept, the administrated dose is increased via the radiosensitization effect that is generated through the interactions of low-energy photons with the gold atoms. The proof-ofconcept of this approach was first demonstrated by the synthesis and characterization of the core-shell NPs (103Pd@Au-PEG NPs). Then, a longitudinal in vivo study following the injection of NPs in a prostate cancer xenograft murine model was performed. The therapeutic efficiency was confirmed by the tumor growth delay of the treated group as compared to the control group (untreated). Finally, a mapping study of the dose distribution generated by the NPs at the cellular and tumor levels provided new insights about the therapeutic mechanisms related to radioactive NPs. In summary, the studies presented in this thesis are precursors works in the field of nanobrachytherapy, and could pave the way for a new generation of NPs for radiotherapy.
The last decade saw the emergence of new innovative oncology treatments based on nanotechnology. New treatments using nanoparticles (NPs) are now translated to clinical trials. NPs possess unique physical and chemical properties that can be advantageously used to improve the therapeutic effect of current treatments. For instance, therapeutic efficiency enhancement related to internal radiotherapy (i.e., brachytherapy), requires the development of new procedures leading to a decrease of the implant size, while increasing the dose homogeneity and distribution in tumors. Several theoretical and experimental studies based on low-dose brachytherapy seeds (e.g., 125I and 103Pd) combined with gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) showed very promising results in terms of dose enhancement. Gold is a radiosensitizer that enhances the efficiency of radiotherapy by increasing the energy deposition in the surrounding tissues. Dose enhancement is caused by the photoelectric products (photoelectrons, Auger electrons, characteristic X-rays) that are generated after the irradiation of Au NPs. In this thesis, the proposed approach was to develop radioactive Au NPs as a new brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer. The unique and innovative aspect of this strategy was to synthesize core-shell NPs based on the radioisotope palladium-103 (103Pd, 20 keV), which is currently used in low-dose rate prostate cancer brachytherapy. In this concept, the administrated dose is increased via the radiosensitization effect that is generated through the interactions of low-energy photons with the gold atoms. The proof-ofconcept of this approach was first demonstrated by the synthesis and characterization of the core-shell NPs (103Pd@Au-PEG NPs). Then, a longitudinal in vivo study following the injection of NPs in a prostate cancer xenograft murine model was performed. The therapeutic efficiency was confirmed by the tumor growth delay of the treated group as compared to the control group (untreated). Finally, a mapping study of the dose distribution generated by the NPs at the cellular and tumor levels provided new insights about the therapeutic mechanisms related to radioactive NPs. In summary, the studies presented in this thesis are precursors works in the field of nanobrachytherapy, and could pave the way for a new generation of NPs for radiotherapy.
Troutman, Timothy. "Plasmon Resonant Nanostructures of Gold for Biomedical Applications." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194979.
Full textJabbour, Rita. "La bonne foi de l'article 1134 alinéa 3 du code civil." Thesis, Paris 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA010302.
Full textDespite having a simple and concise formulation, Article 1134, paragraph 3, of the Civil Code has been the subject of great controversy in recent years. Via confusion and distortion, good faith gained a distended scope, destabilizing the binding commitment. A refinement of the concept was therefore required. It reveals a contained notion, bound to a specific function : the control of contractual behavior. In reality, good faith acts to secure the relational/interpersonal frame of the contract. Transforming mistrust into trust, this provision reflects the renewed recognition of the bond to a law that the parties have freely created. This justified the reconsideration of the basis of the mandatory power of commitment by virtue of a new founding principle : the alliance. The breach of good faith is then objectively assessed in the light of legitimate expectations generated by the alliance. Invigorated, good faith uncovers a specific legal content, and its events are categorized where before casuistry seemed to triumph. The analysis of the good faith regime has likewise helped to discover its variations. Owing to the fact that not all conventions share the same strength, the fluctuations of article 1134, paragraph 3, are measured according to their sole evaluation criterion, that being legitimate expectations. Another key held in theorizing sanctions pertinent to good faith achieving its return to the contract. Restored to its very essence, this legal standard finds its way, that of the right measure
Kling, Martin. "Hugget i sten : En kvalitativ studie om hur Gud och Moses framställs i tre nutida filmadaptioner av exodusberättelsen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-61287.
Full textClifton-Smith, Gregory James. "In the context of health care, where is God in the dark places of human experience? : implications for pastoral care." Thesis, University of Chester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/311264.
Full textAl-Othman, Mohammed I. O. "Good faith in contract law : with particular reference to commercial transactions in England, Scotland and selected common-law jurisdictions (Australia, South Africa and USA)." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2005. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=217620.
Full textJohnson, Richard H. "The believer as theologian a parish-based model of multi-generational theological reflection set within the context of sacred time /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
Full textOlsén, Anna, and Jennie Pettersson. "Likheter och skillnader i hur sjuksköterskor uppfattar begreppet "en god död" i en palliativ kontext : en kvalitativ intervjustudie." Thesis, Sophiahemmet Högskola, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:shh:diva-2252.
Full textBordin, Marcela Ilha. "Identities in context : gender and race in William Faulkner's Light in august and Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching god." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/131632.
Full textThis research is dedicated to the analysis of two fictional works, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston and Light in August (1932) by William Faulkner. The starting point of the analysis is the idea that identities are constructed according to specific discursive injunctions, which vary from context to context. The study is focused on the main characters of both novels, Janie Crawford, a black woman, and Joe Christmas, a man whose racial identity is unknown. The comparison between the two characters is based on how their identities are constructed in the novels in relation to their access to language and their possibility of articulating within it, and the context in which they are inserted.
Siri, Romain. "Essai d'une théorie générale de la clause contractuelle : réflexions de lege lata et de lege ferenda à partir du droit commun du contrat." Thesis, Aix-Marseille 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011AIX32061.
Full textContract can be presented like a whole clauses. For all that, all is more that the sum of parties. Bringing together many clauses round contract give rise to a entity which can assert a life particular, autonomous detached of his elements constituent original. In so far as notion functional, contract ensure intellectually your own uniqueness. Contract is the element federative which consolidate the relation until pass the peculiarity of clauses which her compose. Under this analysis traditional, contract had always been apprehended globally, it’s like a compilation of clauses. It’s had always did the purpose of investigations globally. Clause is at that time that one of elements of contract which decompose to clauses. However, each party is more than element of all. Clauses earn therefore autonomy. Dispersal of center contract lead to favour clauses like centre of interest. Throught contract, it comes to see clauses. Contract is related clauses which somme can live whitout it. Clause can be seen deprive effects independently of situation of contract ou survive after destruction of contract. It interest then legal transaction to define legal juridical and no more only contract on the whole. Contract had always by past apprenhended in analysis global that is like a all producing obligations. In future, contracts are dissected. What it analyse those stipulations because that what signify it is inclusion or exclusion of many clauses. It is agreed at present to dower clause of status general. The conception global is criticized. Contract must be dissected, dismembered, atomized to discover under unity composite contract his clauses. Contract produce subset compose by clauses. Contract and clause are in relation interdependence
Bayley, John Edward. "A Doctrine of Good Faith in New Zealand Contractual Relationships." University of Canterbury. Law, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2862.
Full textChadwick, Stephen. "The social contract tradition and international relations." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1998. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU105576.
Full textVan, der Sijde Elsabe. "The role of good faith in the South African law of contract." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27443.
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Perrinet, Olivier. "Analyse de l'endurance de contacts électriques Sn, Au et Ag soumis à des sollicitations complexes de fretting usure." Thesis, Ecully, Ecole centrale de Lyon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ECDL0009.
Full textIn automotive applications and in other areas (energy, aviation, etc.), the number of electronic devices has increased significantly in recent last decades. Systems and people securities are based on the quality of electrical connectors. However, submitted to vibrations (car engine, environment) micro-displacements are induced at the interface. The problem of electrical contact is mainly due to the impairment of low current conduction (5mA) in interfaces subjected to repetitive sliding displacement generating a well-known fretting wear phenomenon. Fretting wear solicitation appears as a process of very detrimental degradation. Besides surface deterioration, this process leads an increase of the electrical contact resistance and a possible loss of the electrical signal. This is particularly the case of the low level connectors which are very sensitive to electrical contact fluctuations. To remedy, connections actors develop new deposits to limit the use of noble ones such as gold. The objectives of this thesis are to establish a "table of use" coatings based on specific solicitations and define a methodology for the selection of deposits to optimize the lifetime connectors. The study covers different aspects such as the mechanical loading conditions influence, the thickness deposits influence, the type of deposit (noble, non-noble, doped), the displacement amplitude (microdisplacement and large displacement) and the electrical endurance formalization (energetic approach and power law)
Lefer, Camille. "Les droits potestatifs dans le contrat de travail." Thesis, Paris 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA020039/document.
Full textA potestative right allows his holder to create, modify or extinguish another’s legal situation. The employment relation, as for it, is marked by a logic of power(s). How, in these conditions, does the concept of potestative right enter the employment contract? How does the latter receive the potestative right ? What sacrifices should be made by the potestative rights ?If potestative rights are accepted in the employment contract, it is only in a framed, supervised and limited way. Potestative rights are then controlled and sanctioned by judges willing to enforce both its spirit and limits.However, since the potestative right is applied through a unilateral act, because it concerns the ability to impose one’s will upon others, shouldn’t the interests of the recipient be preserved, at the very least? The object of the employment contract, the subordination of the employee, therefore leads towards the question of the place to begiven to the employee’s fundamental rights and freedoms
Халецька, Леся Пилипівна. "Принципи якості веб-сайтів установ культури та науки: європейський досвід." Thesis, Талком, 2015. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/22906.
Full textThe article deals with the quality problem of cultural and scientific websites.
Pietrzak, Elżbieta. "Wpływ galaktooligosacharydów na modulację ekspresji genów związanych z układem immunologicznym ptaków i ryb." Rozprawa doktorska, Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy w Bydgoszczy, 2020. http://dlibra.utp.edu.pl/Content/3212.
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