Dissertations / Theses: 'Cultural assets'

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Schönenberger, Beat Schönenberger Beat. "The restitution of cultural assets : causes of action, obstacles to restitution, developments /." Berne : Utrecht : Stämpfli ; Eleven International Publishing, 2009. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00263696.pdf.

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Isaka, Kiminori, Yurie Makihara, and Samuel Pereda. "Barriers and Assets for Sustainability in Japanese Organizations." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3630.

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In order for Japanese companies to move strategically towards sustainability, it is necessary to identify and understand the national and organizational factors that can hinder or facilitate this organizational shift. Literature reviews, workshops with a Japanese company, questionnaires, and interviews were conducted in order to identify these factors. The results showed that there are many common sustainability barriers between Japan and ‘western’ countries. In addition, there are some Distinctive Cultural Characteristics (DCCs) specific to Japan that have a significant impact on the success of an organization that wants to move towards sustainability. According to the findings, suggestions for sustainability practitioners are provided, which involve understanding the barriers and taking advantage of the DCCs in order to help the Japanese companies to move towards sustainability more effectively.

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Bushey-Miller, Becky A. "Assets, Strengths and Educational Pathways of First-generation Doctoral Students." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1466614502.

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Moceri, Joane T. "Cabezonas con suenos : assets Latina/o nursing students used to overcome obstacles /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7254.

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Henry, Veronica. "Mind the gap : academically successful African Caribbean heritage students, learning identities and the cultural assets mediating learning." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2015. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/618043/.

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This study identified the factors that support African Caribbean heritage children in achieving academically. Additionally, it explored and developed an understanding of the interaction between identity and learning and it is hoped contributed to a deeper understanding of the concept of ‘blackness’ through the narrative accounts of African Caribbean heritage individuals’ interactions between their learning careers, identities and wider lives, including the cultural assets mediating learning. Studies of the school experiences and educational performances of African Caribbean heritage children, (boys in particular) have on the whole tended to attribute the rationales for underachievement to cultural factors such as Black masculinity and peer group pressure (Sewell 1997); Black families’ home environment (Driver 1982; Green 1985); structural constraints of school organisation; teacher racism and government policies (Gillborn 1997; Gillborn and Youdell 2000). This study points to the ways in which structural issues in the form of macro and micro-aggression impact African Caribbean heritage children’s academic attainment. A specific contribution of the study has been to address the gap in literature surrounding the academic achievement/underachievement of African Caribbean heritage individuals. The participants’ stories revealed that African Caribbean lives in Britain are not necessarily dysfunctional but are complex, challenging and rich, and should not be viewed simply as deficient but as having rich and useful cultural capital. This study recognises the intersectionality of Black people’s experiences as not only raced but also classed and gendered, both in oppressive structures and in their personification and enactment through the agency of personalities and actions. This complex interweaving of organisation and agency required a theoretical framework that was equally capable of examining the subtleties of these dynamics. As such, this study was enabled through an original hybridity of intersectionality, CRT and narrative analysis.

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Myers, Catherine. "Constructing a Healthcare Assets Map in Rural Appalachia: An Analysis of Healthcare Services and Perceived Health Threats." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4922.

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Using data gathered over the course of two months through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with health providers (n=19) and community members (n=20), this research analyzes patient access to health care resources and describes community members' and health care providers' perceptions of pressing health concerns in their area. The results of this research show the types of health care resources in the county, the similarities and differences between health providers' and community members' perceptions, and how the unique characteristics of this community influence health care access and health disparity.

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Mitsche, Nicole. "Digital destination promotion : understanding and maximizing the use of digital and cultural assets to enhance tourists' decision making and destination marketing strategies." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2016. http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/7105/.

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With the overarching research question “how Information and Communication Technologies can be used to support a destination in improving tourists’ information search and decision making through the use of its digital and cultural assets” this thesis connects the three themes of eTourism, destination marketing and heritage tourism through a user-centric approach and the application of innovative technologies. The eight papers provided utilise and investigate the application of technology to improve the effectiveness and promotion of destination marketing and destination marketing organisations whilst, at the same time, improving user experiences. Interdisciplinary research focuses on the opportunities provided by digital and cultural assets of destinations to enhance destination marketing efforts. This research recognises and discusses the importance and challenges of the commodification process of tangible and intangible heritage as part of the marketing process. Methodologies appropriate to each of the research purposes were applied and data was triangulated to improve understanding. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaires, web crawlers and log files enabling the research to draw on analytical methods such as correspondence and cluster analysis, as well as data envelopment analysis (DEA). Qualitative methods such as workshop cycles, observations, and interviews were used to provide rich narratives analysed through content analysis. The results from the eight papers enhance destination marketing efforts by providing a better understanding of user behaviour and preferences based on travel personalities, travel and search pattern. They provide a clearer representation of the technologies, digital assets and e-Services available, discussing web site content and effectiveness. Strategies and innovative ideas to improve the current utilisation of digital technologies are provided based on the outcomes of the studies presented. Furthermore, a reflection on the use of intangible cultural heritage assets within destination marketing supported through the use of technologies is explored to enhance opportunities for destination marketing. V The research presents innovative and new ways to a destination to create new meanings and unique selling points (USPs) through cultural heritage assets and user-centric technologies. It introduces an interpretative strategy within destination marketing, and ideas to make the tourists’ holiday choice process more engaging. It enhances the understanding of on-line destination presentation, enabling comparisons between providers and improving their competitiveness. The main contribution of this work is new and enhanced insights how to improve on-line destination presentation by understanding its current representation and users’ search and behaviour patterns online and during travelling. It provides examples for the usefulness of ICT and cultural heritage in order to improve destinations’ marketing efforts. It also adds to the debate of the application of technologies for heritage interpretation and the commodification of (local) cultural heritage assets for destination marketing and tourism purposes.

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Chhim, Putsalun. "Students' Assets and Strategies via the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program : A Case of Cambodia's Master Degree Students." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-392075.

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This study analyzes, the structure of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship program by utilizing mixed methods, and is being analyzed within the contextualized framework of the Cambodia’s Higher Education system as well as its relationship with the Erasmus Mundus scholarship program. Mixed approach has been employed for this study, combining both quantitative data to construct the social space, which acts as a backbone for interpretation, and qualitative data from interviewing the scholarship program coordinator and scholarship holders in order to investigate the recruitment process and the students’ perception respectively, presenting the macro-micro relationship that makes up the entirety of the scholarship program. Collectively inspected, the findings reveal a new contextualized result that contributes not only to the development of the Cambodia’s Higher Education, but also to its position and its students within the space of the scholarship program of Erasmus Mundus. Through the close inspection using interview method, the underlying complexity of the recruitment process of the scholarship program is illustrated, indicating a multi-layer hierarchy and multiple decision-making processes. There are also implications of oppositions between the properties of the students, signaling the diversified student body in the scholarship program. Prominent theme of the opposition in the space appears to be related to the colonial past of the Cambodia’s system as well as the differences between local and international experiences that the students possess. Students interviewed in the study, furthermore, reveal how they prepared themselves to apply for the scholarship program and to be successful candidate, which depicts their assets and strategies that can be derived from the constructed space. Unanimously the students show strong confidence and great insight of information which can be understood as the compatibilities between the recruiter of the scholarship program and the students’ assets. Finally, overall findings give a new perspective of the profile of the scholarship program within the Erasmus Mundus mobility scheme. It shows that while students are required to possess certain objectively set requirements, there are also exception cases that students who possessed lower amount of capitals can also be successful, provided that the conditions like the credentials of their degree from Cambodia, as well as minimum requirements to pass the university admission have been met, and their “motivation letter” is exceptionally well-written which shows the subjective side of the recruitment process.

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Flores, Anna Claudia da Costa. "Programa de educação patrimonial aos usuários da Biblioteca Setorial do Centro de Educação da UFSM." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2014. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/11028.

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The careless way some users Sector Education Center Library (BSCE) deal with material that is placed at their disposal highlight the urgent need to put in place a Heritage Education Program (PEP) with actions to raise awareness of users regarding the use of the acquis proposal arose because of the realization of a large number of damaged and missing even works. The Library System (SIB) of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) available to the academic community stuff like books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters and DVDs, in addition to technological resources like internet and Journal Portal Capes that can be used in their activities teachers, students and technical-administrative. This material is relevant to user searches currently involved, but also for those prospective students or servers. We considered this research applied qualitative approach because the results of observations obtained through conceptual research, examples of applicability of Heritage Education and analysis of current legislation regarding the handling of public equity, can form a set of elements that provide knowledge to implement strategies to encourage the exercise of citizenship and the use of the library. Cultural or educational libraries and their functions were studied; concepts that guide the Heritage Education and public property; examples of applying local Heritage Education and abroad; harmful to the collection agents; legal aspects such as civil and criminal liability of the user; and diffusion methods in libraries, developing a Heritage Education Program that addresses educational and cultural activities, sensitizing staff and teachers, appropriate signage in the library and workshops for users, and thus strengthen the memory of the subject and appreciation of the university library.
A forma descuidada com que alguns usuários da Biblioteca Setorial do Centro de Educação (BSCE) tratam o material que é colocado a sua disposição evidenciam a necessidade urgente de colocar em prática um Programa de Educação Patrimonial (PEP) com ações voltadas para a sensibilização de usuários em relação ao uso do acervo, proposta surgida devido à constatação de um grande número de obras danificadas e até desaparecidas. O Sistema de Bibliotecas (SIB) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) disponibiliza para a comunidade acadêmica material como livros, periódicos, folhetos, cartazes e DVDs, além dos recursos tecnológicos como internet e Portal de Periódico Capes que podem ser usados em suas atividades docentes, discentes e técnico-administrativas. Este material é relevante para as pesquisas dos usuários vinculados atualmente, mas também para aqueles futuros alunos ou servidores. Considerou-se esta pesquisa aplicada de abordagem qualitativa, pois os resultados das observações obtidas através das pesquisas conceituais, exemplos de aplicabilidades de Educação Patrimonial e análise da legislação vigente quanto ao trato do Patrimônio público, pode-se formar um conjunto de elementos que proporcionam conhecimento para aplicar estratégias de incentivo ao exercício de cidadania quanto ao uso da biblioteca. Foram estudadas bibliotecas educacionais ou culturais e suas funções; conceitos que norteiam a Educação Patrimonial e patrimônio público; exemplos de aplicação de Educação Patrimonial local e no exterior; agentes nocivos ao acervo; aspectos legais como responsabilidade civil e penal do usuário; e métodos de difusão em bibliotecas, desenvolvendo um Programa de Educação Patrimonial que aborde ações educativas e culturais, sensibilização de equipe e professores, sinalização apropriada na biblioteca e oficinas para usuários, podendo assim fortalecer a memória do sujeito e a valorização do acervo da biblioteca universitária.

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SHAW, JENNIFER L. "NAVIGATING AT A CROSSROADS:THE ROLE OF SUBSISTENCE CULTURE IN THE SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING OF DENAINA ATHABASCAN YOUTHS IN ALASKA." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1370624534.

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Crist, Angela R. "South African Ubuntu Theory in Cross Cultural Community Development Practice: An Autoethnographic Exploration." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1244121998.

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Chavez, Margeaux Alana. "Desert in the Springs: Ethnography of a Food Desert." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4807.

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"Food desert" commonly describes food insecure areas with few fresh food outlets. Though used in a number of sources, the definition of "food desert" remains largely undeveloped and research is often deficit oriented, failing to account for community assets that may exist within food deserts but are underutilized or under-supported. Using an assets-based, ethnographic approach, this study combines GIS and survey methodology with participant observation and qualitative interviews to assess the potential positive effect of urban agriculture on food accessibility in Sulphur Springs, a USDA identified urban food desert in Tampa, Florida. Ethnographic data suggest that within this neighborhood, residents are largely dissatisfied with the quality of goods and services provided by local food retailers and, in response, seek alternatives to local retail food options. GIS and food store survey results from this study suggest that urban agriculture has the potential to increase fresh food accessibility and availability. Qualitative interview data suggest that the most appropriate way to improve food accessibility in this particular community is through Community Supported Agriculture that fosters social connections, while increasing access to healthful, quality foods, and circulating money within the community.

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Pozzer, Marcio Rogerio Olivato. "Os paradigmas da administração pública e as políticas de patrimônio cultural em museus de Brasil e México." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/84/84131/tde-21102015-100423/.

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As políticas públicas de patrimônio cultural em museus adotadas no Brasil e no México exemplificam como os modelos de desenvolvimento, os arranjos institucionais da administração pública e a governança das políticas públicas refletem as mudanças que historicamente ocorreram nos Estados latino-americanos. Esta tese centrou-se na hipótese de que a transformação do \"pequeno\" Estado liberal do século XIX (com função apenas de garantir a propriedade e os contratos) para o \"grande\" Estado social do século XX (com responsabilidade de manter inúmeros serviços sociais) praticamente inviabilizou a racionalidade instrumental defendida pela administração burocrática tradicional weberiana e contribuiu para a crise fiscal dos Estados da América Latina do final do século XX. A investigação recorreu ao estudo comparado de Brasil e México a partir de pesquisa documental e de entrevistas com gestores dos órgãos nacionais de patrimônio, seguidas de um esforço de revisão bibliográfica que forneceu substrato teórico e metodológico para a tese. Os dados coletados, tratados e analisados, levaram à conclusão de que os dois países passaram por processos semelhantes de institucionalização das políticas de museus, em períodos históricos diferentes, sendo que a expansão dessas políticas relacionada, nos dois casos, à consolidação de um projeto nacional que buscava afirmação internacional e que recaem sobre processos de empresariamento urbano que paradoxalmente \"transformam em mercadoria\" a cultura. As crescentes críticas da sociedade à inoperância do modelo burocrático para apresentar respostas às demandas por serviços públicos cada vez mais complexos inseriram o modelo gerencial da administração pública nas agendas políticas locais dos dois países. Inspirado nos paradigmas da administração de empresas, o modelo se estruturou a partir do discurso de que o setor privado teria maior capacidade de atender às demandas sociais quando comparado ao setor público.Contudo, o modelo, que prometia superar as limitações e avançar na qualidade dos serviços e das políticas públicas em geral, não logrou o sucesso preconizado e foi parcialmente abandonado na maioria dos países latino-americanos, como foi o caso do Brasil. Os países que experimentaram governos de esquerda e centro-esquerda construíram uma agenda alternativa de desenvolvimento no início do século XXI, abrindo espaço para a construção e a disputa de novos valores sociais e para a tentativa de se implementar um modelo alternativo de administração pública denominado \"reorientação participativa para os serviços públicos\". Assim, conjuntamente às políticas neodesenvolvimentistas adotadas em parcela da América Latina, caracterizadas por se constituírem como um modelo híbrido, composto por traços liberais e neoliberais, por um lado, e, por outro, de bem-estar social e desenvolvimentista, deram origem a uma administração pública também hibrida. Esse modelo se caracterizou pela retomada do protagonismo do Estado, pela ênfase na construção de sistemas de políticas públicas, pela valorização da qualidade dos serviços públicos prestados, pela radicalização da participação social e pelo destaque às funções e aos valores exclusivos do setor público, com foco na responsabilização. Enquanto isso, o México reforçou sua opção por um modelo neoliberal de desenvolvimento, sem, contudo, implementar plenamente um modelo gerencial de administração pública, mantendo suas políticas públicas de patrimônio cultural em museus estagnadas, mas com ilhas de excelência, com museus de qualidade internacional, desenvolvidos num momento histórico em que o país contava com um projeto desenvolvimentista.
Public policies for cultural assets in museums adopted in Brazil and Mexico are an example of how development models, institutional arrangements of public administration and the government of public policies reflect the changes that historically took place in the Latin American States. This dissertation focused on the assumption that the transformation of the \"little\" 19th-century liberal State (whose function was merely ensure private property and contracts) into the \"great\" 20th-century social State (whose responsibility is to provide a number of social services) virtually made it infeasible to implement the instrumental rationality advocated by Weber´s traditional bureaucratic administration and contributes to deepen the tax crisis in the Latin American States by the end of the 20th century. The investigation compared Brazil and Mexico through documental research and interviews with managers of national asset bodies, followed by an effort of bibliographical review which provided theoretical and methodological substance for the dissertation. Data was collected, treated and analyzed, which led to the conclusion that both countries went through similar processes of institutionalization of their museum policies, at different times, and the expansion of such policies is related, in the two cases, to the consolidation of national project that sought international affirmation and which affect the processes of urban enterpreneurship that paradoxically \"change culture into a commodity\". The increasing criticism by society to the inoperativeness of the bureaucratic model in providing responses to the demands for public services that are more and more complex made way to the managerial models of public administration in local political agendas in both countries. Inspired in the paradigms of business administration, the model was structured around the discourse that the private sector would have greater capacity to meet the social demands when compared to the public sector. However, the model, which promised to overcome the limitations and improve the quality of public services and policies in general, did not achieve the expected success and was partly abandoned in most Latin American countries, as was the case in Brazil. Countries experiencing moderate left- and left-wing governments were able to build an alternate agenda of development in the early 21st century, making room for the construction of and contention for new social values and the attempt to implement an alternate model of public administration called \"participative reorientation of public services\". Thus, together with the neo-developmental policies adopted in part of Latin America, whose main feature is the fact that they are a hybrid model, consisting of liberal and neoliberal traits, on one hand, and developmental social welfare on the other hand, gave rise to a public administration that is also hybrid. This model was characterized by the resume of the State playing the main role, by the emphasis on the building of public-policy systems, by the increase in the quality of the public services provided, by the radicalization of social participation, and by the highlight given to the functions and values that are exclusive of the public sector, focusing on accountability. Meanwhile, Mexico reinforced the country´s option for a neoliberal development model; however the managerial model of public administration was never fully implemented as the public policies of cultural assets in museums stagnated, even if with islands of excellence as in museums of international standard, implemented in a historical moment when the country relied on a developmental project.

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Chaplin, Robert Ian Chaplin, and ianchaplin@gmail com. "The Impact of Contemporary Tourism Development on Colonial Built Heritage: Case Study of the Portuguese Legacy in Macau, China." Flinders University. School of Cultural Tourism, 2007. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20080228.234110.

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The hypothesis put forward in this thesis is that tourism can be the agent for the sustainable conservation and development of the valuable legacy of colonial built heritage by capitalizing on its tangible and intangible assets. The key variable is the recognition of the intrinsic value of both iconic and non-iconic properties and sites that constitute the extrinsic value of the cultural attractions of the tourism destination. The research problem is concerned with assessing the impact of contemporary tourism development on these attractions and identifying the issues affecting preservation and realization of asset potential. The research aims to support the collaboration between tourism professionals and cultural heritage stakeholders committed to resolving issues and problems for the destination identified within the stages of the tourism destination's life cycle of evolution (Butler, 1980).

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Steigner, Tanja. "A Study of Cross-Border Takeovers: Examining the Impact of National Culture on Internalization Benefits, and the Implications of Early Versus Late-Mover Status for Bidders and Their Rivals." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002387.

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De, Wet Annari. "Identifying personal and environmental assets to enrich pre-school learning within a culture of poverty : an ethnographic study." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03152005-133610.

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Coelho, Daniele Maia Teixeira. "A dicotomia natureza e cultura no âmbito das políticas públicas de proteção do patrimônio cultural imaterial brasileiro." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/106/106132/tde-08012018-105617/.

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Esta tese objetiva analisar em que medida a dicotomia entre natureza e cultura, fruto da cientificidade da Modernidade, apresenta-se nas políticas públicas patrimoniais culturais de proteção, especialmente, de bens imateriais como os saberes, celebrações, formas de expressão e lugares. Ainda no século presente, mantemos entendimento de que há coisas da natureza e coisas da sociedade, e mal conseguimos articular ambas num só entendimento. Isso se traduz, nesta tese, na experiência que analisamos com órgãos da Administração Pública que tratam da natureza e da cultura, definem legislação específica sobre cada tema e atuam na expectativa da proteção integral. Particularmente, analisamos as ações do Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN) quanto à proteção de bens culturais imateriais. Nossa hipótese é a de que, ainda que esse órgão venha paulatinamente ampliando seu horizonte no trato da questão, ainda continua a formular diretrizes que reafirmam a separação entre natureza e cultura, material e imaterial, real e simbólico. Para atingirmos o objetivo proposto, utilizamos como metodologias a pesquisa bibliográfica na literatura especializada, a adoção de fontes documentais oficiais (em especial, dossiês de registro), a realização de entrevistas e a análise das imagens de alguns bens culturais imateriais. Neste contexto, algumas ponderações são propostas e dizem respeito à tentativa de agregar os elementos existentes nas práticas culturais, para que se avance em direção à superação da dicotomia natureza e cultura e se chegue a uma forma mais integradora de ver a questão. Uma dessas ponderações diz respeito ao momento de registro do bem imaterial, quando já seria possível invocar a presença de outros órgãos envolvidos, como o Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA), por exemplo, cuja atribuição é diretamente ligada ao campo do patrimônio cultural. Tal medida poderia construir políticas públicas mais holísticas, tomadas em conjunto, que levem em consideração os elementos naturais e culturais presentes no bem cultural imaterial. Além disso, consideramos a importância de ampliar a competência legal do IPHAN, possibilitando que trilhe um caminho que respeite e proteja de forma mais efetiva o simbólico e o real contidos na manifestação cultural.
Our thesis aims to examine to what extent the dichotomy between nature and culture (which is a product of the modernitys scientificity) is reflected in the cultural policies of patrimonial protection, especially of intangible goods, such as knowledge, celebrations, forms of expression and places. In the 21th century, the understanding that there are things that belong to nature and others that belong to society is maintained and we can barely articulate both in only one understanding. We confirmed the existence of such understanding in our analysis of the public administration bodies experience in dealing with nature and culture, defining specific legislation on each subject and acting with the expectation of a whole protection. In particular, we have analyzed the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute IPHANs actions regarding the protection of intangible cultural assets. Our hypothesis is that, although the IPHAN has been gradually broadening its horizon in the treatment of the issue, it still continues to formulate guidelines that reaffirm the separation between nature and culture, material and immaterial, real and symbolic. In order to reach our goal, the used methodologies include bibliographic research in specialized literature, official documentary sources (in particular, registration dossiers), the conduction of interviews and the analyzes of some intangible cultural assets images. In this context, some considerations are proposed and concern the attempt to aggregate the existing elements in cultural practices, in order to overcome the dichotomy between nature and culture for achieving a more integrative way to face this issue. One of these considerations concerns the moment of the intangible asset registration and when it would be possible to request the involvement of other bodies, such as the Ministry of Environment, whose attribution is directly linked to the cultural heritage issue. Such a measure would allow the building of more holistic public policies, to be taken as a whole and that take into account the natural and cultural elements of the intangible cultural good. In addition, we consider the importance of extending IPHAN\'s legal competence, by allowing it to tread a path that respects and protects more effectively the symbolic and the real contained in cultural manifestation.

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Paul, Danielle Rosa. "História em catálogos: um estudo da política editorial Zahar de 2001 a 2014." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/14213.

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The following work addresses the editorial policies of Jorge Zahar, specifically from 2001 to 2014, discussing the challenges faced by this publishing house that has built the brand through the ideal of publishing books that remain on the market over time. The study presents its history, since the foundation as 'Zahar Editores', in the 1950s, describing the editorial proposals on the context of specific social and marketing situations. Some critical moments were highlighted, when both the editorial policies and the company's management structure were reassessed, resized, establishing a period of major changes. That said, this work aims to analyze different Zahar’s catalogs: one of the 1985 period - when the publisher house started to be managed by Jorge Zahar and his children - and the ones from 2001 to 2014, noticing the aspects of changes and similarities between all the catalogs and the editorial fund. The categories 'independent' and 'classical books' have been identified as strategic elements in the self-conception and external identification of the publishing house, pointing its perception of books as cultural assets, as well as the role of the editor as a cultural agent. The performance of Zahar has been challenging two types of diagnostics in the common sense and even in the academic literature. The first is that publishers need to invest in books that quickly reach high sales levels, even if they don’t last too long, in order to ensure profitability and presence in the market. The second is that, in general, small and medium publishing houses, still autonomous, tend to sell their copyrights to the largest and most capitalized companies, once they have to face the aggressive marketing policies of these organizations. The research findings suggest that Zahar has insisted on maintaining their self-identification as a publishing house of classical books, directing their editorial policies to the publication of materials that last longer, demonstrating that it is possible to follow their own path in terms of emphasizing the unique role the editor, marked by independence in choosing what, how, when and how many publications - and retaining its place in the market.
O presente trabalho versa sobre as políticas editoriais da Jorge Zahar Editor, em especial de 2001 a 2014, discutindo os desafios enfrentados por uma editora que construiu sua marca através do ideal de publicar livros que se mantivessem no mercado editorial ao longo do tempo. Foi apresentado um histórico da editora, desde sua fundação, como Zahar Editores, nos anos 1950, descrevendo as propostas editoriais situadas em conjunturas sociais e mercadológicas específicas. Detectaram-se alguns momentos críticos, em que tanto as políticas editoriais quanto a estrutura de gestão da empresa foram reavaliados, redimensionados e sofreram mudanças importantes. Analisaram-se diferentes catálogos da Zahar: o de 1985, período em que a editora passou a ser gerida por Jorge Zahar e filhos, e os de 2001 a 2014, observando o que neles permaneceu dos anos 1980 e também as transformações e permanências do fundo editorial entre os anos 2001 e 2014. As categorias 'independência' e 'livros clássicos' foram identificadas como elementos discursivos estratégicos na auto-concepção e identificação pública da editora, apontando sua percepção dos livros como bens culturais, bem como da função do editor como agente cultural. A performance da Zahar tem desafiado dois tipos de diagnósticos difundidos no senso comum e mesmo na literatura acadêmica. O primeiro é que as editoras precisam publicar livros que alcançam alta vendagem rapidamente, mesmo que eles tenham uma sobrevivência efêmera, como forma de garantir sua lucratividade e sobrevivência no mercado. O segundo é que as editoras, em geral, pequenas e médias, ainda autônomas, tendem a precisar vender seus direitos para empresas maiores e mais capitalizadas, pois não terão como enfrentar as políticas mercadológicas agressivas dessas organizações. As conclusões da pesquisa sugerem que a Zahar tem insistido na manutenção de sua auto-identificação como editora de clássicos, direcionando suas políticas editoriais para a publicação de livros que tenham longa duração, demonstrando que é possível seguir um caminho próprio, em termos de exercício da função própria do editor, marcada pela independência na escolha do que, como, quando e quanto publicar – e conservar seu espaço no mercado.

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Lee, Youn Mi. "Assess Intersectionality & Cultural Competence: Attitude toward Elderly Immigrants." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2020/schedule/39.

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Considering the geographical setting of the Southern region of the U.S., which is mostly divided into two races, Black and White, this study is to examine human science-related major undergraduates’ cultural competence and attitude toward the intersectionality group, elderly immigrants. The data, a total of 444 human science related major undergraduates in Mississippi, were collected. Through the principal factor analysis, attitudes toward elderly immigrants were divided into three factors: discrimination, avoidance, and tolerance, and cultural competence was into attitude, awareness, and sensitivity factors. The further related data analysis is to be completed by spring 2020. Through the study, it is expected to increase awareness of the need for culturally competent programs to educate the students on diversity and help to prepare undergraduate students to meet societal demands related to the intersectional minority population in the future.

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Bürger, Thomas. "1000 Jahre Gedächtnisverlust." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1237548630600-95035.

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Vaxvick, Gordon M. "Developing a survey to assess organizational health and culture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0019/MQ49199.pdf.

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Bürger, Thomas. "Zukunft bewahren." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1243944873918-59655.

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Am 28. April 2009 überreichten Repräsentanten der deutschen Archive und Bibliotheken Bundespräsident Horst Köhler eine Denkschrift der Allianz Schriftliches Kulturgut erhalten. Barbara Schneider-Kempf (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), Thomas Bürger (Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden), Bernd Kappelhoff (Landesarchiv Hannover) und Michael Knoche (Herzogin Anna Amalia-Bibliothek Weimar) hatten im Jahr 2008 diese Denkschrift erarbeitet, die nun gedruckt vorliegt und im Schloss Bellevue vorgestellt wurde.

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Durell, Karen Lynne. "Corporations and intellectual assets : a case of being blinded by the economic value." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82659.

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Corporations appear to be mesmerized by the revenue value of intellectual assets to the exclusion of other attributes thereof. Moreover, empirical evidence suggests that corporate lawyers share this perception, primarily conceptualizing of intellectual assets as a means of generating corporate wealth. This over-promotion of revenue value has wide ranging effects. Specifically, this example of willful blindness on the part of corporations and corporate lawyers is a potential stumbling block for the appropriate utilization of corporate intellectual assets as well as the development of intellectual property regimes and academic discourse. These negative effects stem directly from the misguided corporate perception of intellectual assets as primarily revenue value.

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Calhau, Vera Mónica Tavares Vinhas. "Culture-independent methodologies to assess diversity and dynamics of Aeromonas communities." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/781.

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Mestrado em Microbiologia
As Aeromonas são bactérias autóctones em ambientes aquáticos e constituem um grave problema em sistemas de aquacultura devido à sua capacidade de provocar doença em peixes. Estas bactérias são actualmente consideradas patogéneos emergentes em humanos. Os surtos de doença podem estar associados à introdução de estirpes virulentas que evoluíram a partir de outros nichos ou da aquisição de determinantes de virulência do mesmo nicho, ou ainda como resultado de um desequilíbrio na comunidade local de Aeromonas. Assim, torna-se essencial desenvolver métodos fiáveis e reprodutíveis para seguir rotineiramente a dinâmica de comunidades indígenas de Aeromonas de forma a permitir uma detecção precisa de alterações na sua estrutura, antecipando potenciais riscos. Neste estudo, foram desenhados três conjuntos de primers para amplificar especificamente os genes gyrB, rpoD e sodB de Aeromonas. Métodos de PCR-DGGE (Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) foram desenvolvidos com base nestes primers para obter perfis das comunidades. A especificidade dos primers foi testada utilizando como molde DNA de 27 estirpes de Aeromonas pertencentes a 17 espécies previamente descritas e também de 13 estirpes de 11 espécies não alvo. Simultaneamente a especificidade dos primers foi também avaliada in silico através da pesquisa de homologia com sequências depositadas nas bases de dados. Ambas as metodologias permitiram confirmar a total especificidade dos três conjuntos de primers e apenas para os primers RpoD não foi obtida amplificação de duas estirpes de Aeromonas. Para determinar a consistência da informação filogenética fornecida pelos fragmentos amplificados, árvores filogenéticas construídas com base nas sequências dos genes gyrB, rpoD e sodB de Aeromonas depositadas na base de dados GenBank e com base nas sequências dos fragmentos amplificados foram comparadas. Verificou-se que os fragmentos alvos fornecem informação filogenética consistente. Os conjuntos de primers foram testados em DNA de amostras de água da Ria de Aveiro e os produtos foram separados por DGGE. Para todas as amostras, e com todos os conjuntos de primers, obtiveram-se perfis complexos e muito estáveis ao longo do gradiente de salinidade. Resultados obtidos com as três metodologias indicam uma maior variabilidade sazonal das comunidades de Aeromonas. A clonagem e sequenciação dos fragmentos obtidos a partir das amostras ambientais confirmam a especificidade dos primers e revelam que os filotipos dominantes nestas comunidades apresentam elevada similaridade com estirpes de várias espécies de Aeromonas comuns em ambientes aquáticos como sejam A. alossacarophila, A. veronii e A. sobria. Segundo o nosso conhecimento, este estudo apresenta a primeira tentativa de optimização e validação de métodos independentes do cultivo específicos para Aeromonas. Os sistemas desenvolvidos apresentam várias vantagens e consequentemente constituem valiosas ferramentas para avaliar a diversidade e seguir a dinâmica de comunidades de Aeromonas. A utilização de mais de um conjunto de primers pode ser útil para obter uma representação mais clara e real da comunidade em estudo. Os métodos desenvolvidos poderão ainda ser adaptados de forma a serem aplicados em outro tipo de amostras ambientais o que poderá ser importante devido à ampla distribuição das Aeromonas e às suas capacidades patogénicas. ABSTRACT: Aeromonas are bacteria autochtonous in aquatic environments, and they constitute a serious problem in aquaculture systems because of their capability to cause disease in fishes. Aeromonads are also nowadays considered as emerging pathogens in humans. Disease outbreaks may be associated with the introduction of virulent Aeromonas strains that evolved in other niches, acquisition of virulence determinants in the same niche, or as a result of disequilibrium in the local Aeromonas community. Thus, it becomes essential the development of reliable and reproducible methods to routinely follow the dynamics of indigenous Aeromonas communities and to allow an accurate detection of alterations in their structure, anticipating potential risks. In this study 3 primer sets were designed to specifically amplify fragments of the genes gyrB, rpoD and sodB from Aeromonas. A PCR-DGGE (Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) method based on such primers was established to obtain community specific profiles. Primers specificity was tested by using as template DNA from 27 Aeromonas strains belonging to 17 previously described species, and also from 13 strains from 11 non-target species. Specificity was also assessed in silico using the BLAST tool, by checking sequence matches against the GenBank database. Results obtained confirmed the specificity of all primer sets and only primer set RpoD failed to amplify from two Aeromonas strains. To determine the phylogenetic information contained in the amplified fragments, gyrB, rpoD and sodB sequences available in the GenBank database from Aeromonas species were downloaded and submitted to phylogenetic analyses. A phylogenetic analysis following the same procedures was performed using the PCR target fragments and trees were compared. The phylogenetic information contained in the target fragments was confirmed to be consistent. Primer sets were tested in total DNA from estuarine water samples. A DGGE assay was optimized to separate the PCR products. Community specific profiles were obtained from each sample, for each primer pair. Profiles were very complex and rather stable along the salinity gradient. Aeromonas communities varied essentially in a seasonal basis. Cloning and sequencing of the fragments obtained from environmental DNA confirmed the specificity of the primers and revealed that the dominant phylotypes affiliated with strains included in species common in aquatic environments such as A. alossacarophila, A. veronii e A. sobria. To our knowledge, this study presents the first attempt to optimize and validate Aeromonas-specific culture-independent methodologies. Results indicate that all the developed systems present several advantages and therefore constitute valuable tools to assess diversity and follow the dynamics of Aeromonas communities. The utilization of more than one set of primers may be useful for providing a more reliable and clear representation of the community. The developed methods may be adapted to apply in other types of samples, which may be important due to the wide distribution of aeromonads in the environment and to their pathogenic properties.

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Kellett, Ralph. "An empirical investigation of the Hui-Triandis model to assess the measurement equivalence of different Canadian subpopulation (cultural) groups." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/21397.

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Morrison, Kim. "Counter-story as curriculum: Autoenthnography, critical race theory, and informed assets in the information literacy classroom." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122308/1/Kim_Morrison_Thesis.pdf.

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Through a collaborative, co-constructed curriculum, drawn from the researcher's and students' lived and shared experiences, this auto-ethnographic work introduces an asset-based information literacy pedagogy. This research was conducted in a community college with primarily first generation students of color. The work intersects critical race theory, decolonizing theory and methods, and informed learning, with a Hip-Hop aesthetic of counter-stories to displace the pervasive deficit narrative with a cultural asset frame.

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Chaves, Gabriela de Azeredo. "As regras de um bruxo : imagens de civilidade nos contos de Machado de Assis." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2007. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/1969.

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Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Departamento de História, 2007.
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar em que medida a predominância do Código do Bom-tom dava a tônica para as regras de etiqueta e civilidade a serem seguidas pelas camadas “educadas”, naquilo que se refere ao vestir-se, ao falar, enfim, na definição das hierarquias e lugares sociais. Com o auxílio de quatro contos de Machado de Assis, Uma Senhora, Dona Benedita, A Pianista e Magdalena, pretendemos perceber as imagens de civilidade que faziam parte do imaginário da sociedade da corte fluminense do final do século XIX. Temos por objetivo perceber como Machado de Assis transmitiu aos seus leitores imagens de civilidade e como era ressignificada pelos mesmos, construindo um imaginário do modelo ideal de civilidade, neste momento europeu, visto pela a sociedade brasileira oitocentista como o arquétipo de sociedade avançada, sofisticada e luxuosa que merecia ser seguido e copiado, adaptado ao modo de vida aqui existente. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
This paper aims to examine to what extent the predominance of the Code of Goodtone gave the tonic for the rules of etiquette and civility to be followed by layers "educated", in regard to dress up, to speak, finally, in the definition of social hierarchies and places. With the help of four stories of Machado de Assis, A Lady, Mrs. Benedita, The Pianist and Magdalena, we want to see the images of civility that were part of the imaginary society Fluminense cut the end of the nineteenth century. We meant to see how Machado de Assis sent to their readers images of civility and resignificada as was the same, building of an imaginary ideal model of civility, now Europe, seen by the Brazilian society nineteenth as the archetype of advanced society, sophisticated and luxury that deserved to be followed and copied, adapted to the existing way of life here.

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Kupka, Bernd, and n/a. "Creation of an instrument to assess intercultural communication competence for strategic international human resource management." University of Otago. Department of Management, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080312.134104.

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The first research objective of this dissertation is to extend existing conceptualizations of intercultural communication competence to create a new theoretically grounded construct, the Rainbow Model of Intercultural Communication Competence. The second research objective of this dissertation is to utilize this foundation and assemble a new instrument, the 127-item Intercultural Communication Competence Inventory (ICCI). The ICCI consists of sub-scales to measure foreign language competence, non-verbal communication competence, perceptions of cultural distance, intercultural self-awareness, intercultural communication knowledge, intercultural communication skills, intercultural communication motivation, intercultural communication appropriateness, intercultural communication effectiveness, intercultural contextual relationships, and intercultural affinity. This tool is designed assist strategic international human resource management practitioners to find, select, and/or train the best possible candidates for international assignments in an efficient manner. To accomplish these goals, a quantitative research design has been adopted. In a pilot study and three subsequent studies data was collected between 2005 and 2006 when the ICCI was administered to students in 19 courses with clear intercultural education elements at eleven universities in four countries (New Zealand, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA) to build four samples of students: self tests (N = 1014) and retests (N = 587), peer tests (N = 613) and retests (N = 529). The ICCI was used as a paper-pencil and an online questionnaire. Using this method is appropriate as it provides intercultural communication trainers with quantifiable results to differentiate candidates and to measure training effectiveness. This dissertation has produced several research findings. Each of the ICCI sub-scales is psychometrically scrutinized and results described in detail. In exploratory factor analyses most scales have supported their theoretical framework as described in the Rainbow Model of ICC. Most sub-scales show independence from a variety of biases, and demonstrate sensitivity to competence changes over time and differences between evaluators. Various hypothesized links between the scales could be verified. The entire ICCI demonstrated that, despite currently still insufficient sample sizes, its conceptual roots, the Rainbow Model of Intercultural Communication Competence, is recognizable in self and peer tests and retests. The implications of the findings of this dissertation are threefold: First, the Rainbow Model of Intercultural Communication Competence has received preliminary confirmation. Second, the ICCI has initially shown a tendency to be a practical and reliable tool for recruiting, selecting of, and conducting training needs assessments that facilitate intercultural communication training effectiveness evaluations for suitable candidates for international assignments. Third, ICCI sub-scales have demonstrated the potential to enhance selection and training efforts in a speedy and specific way to support resource-cognizant intercultural training. The reader, however, is cautioned that a variety of limitations of this study need to be acknowledged. Finally, numerous areas of future research are identified.

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Thorpe, Holly Aysha. "Boarders, Babes and Bad-Asses: Theories of a Female Physical Youth Culture." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2576.

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Young women occupy unprecedented space in contemporary society. Their professional ambitions, educational achievements, practices of cultural consumption, and participation in sport and leisure all offer evidence of a new position for young women. This thesis analyzes female snowboarders as exemplars of young women in contemporary society and popular physical culture. Many young women today play sport and engage in physical activity with a sense of enthusiasm and entitlement unknown to most of their mothers and grandmothers. Against this background the female snowboarder is an excellent barometer of the nature of contemporary youth and popular culture, of the changes in those cultures including the development of niche female cultural industries, and of the emerging opportunities available to middle-class women in Western society. Women's snowboarding, however, is a complicated and multidimensional phenomenon interwoven with numerous political, cultural, social and economic events and processes. In this thesis I set out to capture the complexity of female snowboarding by systematically contextualizing and interrogating the lived experiences of female boarders through drawing upon six critical social theoretical perspectives: Marxist political economy, post-Fordism, feminism, hegemonic masculinity, Pierre Bourdieu's theory of embodiment, and Foucauldian theorizing. In applying these theories, I select key concepts and engage them in conversations with my insider cultural knowledge of snowboarding, numerous periods of fieldwork, and an extensive base of artifacts and sources collected over five years. In this thesis I extend academic understandings of female youth culture via the case study of women in snowboarding, and offer a valuable critique of contemporary social theories used to explain many different social phenomena that involve tensions and power relationships between the genders. While no single theory or concept proved adequate to deal with the multidimensional phenomenon of the female boarder, each having its shortcomings and offering quite different insights, several reveal important commonalities in relation to some key concepts in critical sociology, viz, structure, agency, culture, the body and embodiment, gender and power. These commonalities, I argue, offer future directions for theorizing about, and advancing our understanding of, young women in popular physical culture.

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Pinto, Felipe Bottini. "Adaptações literárias para a TV: novas interpretações a partir do conceito de cultura híbrida na teledramaturgia." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8161/tde-19032019-105916/.

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Adaptações literárias para a TV: novas interpretações a partir do conceito de cultura híbrida na teledramaturgia discorre sobre o conceito de cultura híbrida proposto por Néstor García Canclini, estabelecendo um recorte pragmático deste conceito dentro da realidade brasileira e do particular processo modernizador, dando ênfase às novas formas de adaptação do texto dramático para a televisão. Para tal análise, estuda-se a minissérie Capitu, de Luiz Fernando Carvalho, adaptação do romance Dom Casmurro, de Machado de Assis. A aproximação entre o diretor de TV e o autor revela inovações estéticas tanto na literatura, quanto no audiovisual. E é justamente esse novo procedimento estético inaugurado na televisão, que será protagonista neste estudo em que é analisado a possibilidade de utilizá-lo para gerar novas interpretações sobre um mesmo texto. Esta minissérie foi escolhida, a priori, por apresentar elementos próprios da linguagem híbrida que despertaram a atenção da crítica e do público durante sua exibição, em 2008, e abriu novas possibilidades de trabalhos para o Luiz Fernando e, consequentemente, para a televisão como um todo.
Literary adaptations to TV: new interpretations from the concept of hybrid culture on teledramaturgy descants over the hybrid culture concept proposed by Néstor García Canclini, putting into place a pragmatic piece of this concept among Brazilian reality and its particular process to modernize, emphasizing the new ways to adjustment drama script for television. In order to have such analysis, the miniseries Capitu, from Luiz Fernando Carvalho is studied, an adaptation from the romance Dom Casmurro, from Machado de Assis. The proximity between the TV director and author reveals esthetic innovations such in literature, as in audiovisual. Its exactly this new esthetic procedure created on television, that will be the leading role in this study, being analyzed the possibility of using it to generate new interpretations about the same text. This miniseries was chosen, a priori, for presenting own elements of hybrid language that catches the attention of critics and audiences while exhibited, in 2008, opening new work possibilities for Luiz Fernando and, consequently, to the television as a whole.

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Fullana, Blanca. "Brand patrimony: on the hypertext of the brand asset and its corporate culture and identity principles accountability: a new context-paradigm perspective about one of today's most valuable organizational assets, the managing responsability it conveys and a recommended guide for relevant corporate communications functions and activity." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/401586.

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The present investigation is an approach to brand value from a top-management perspective, asserting that a brand is not merely a commercial value portrayed by a product placed in a market; even less so, a public relations rhetoric avowing a political correctness, but rather a full-length ascribed patrimonial asset that conveys an organization’s cultural response to the societal issues within its activity-bound. In such, considering the brand as an intangible in-management attribute that is portrayed across the entire chain of productivity whilst influencing current and future innovation processes, in return. Operating under a new context paradigm, the brand becomes patrimony (overall value), beyond –and not excluding- (financial) equity. In all, a hypertext practical vision on the attributions of the brand to signify knowledge-based corporate culture responsibility, amidst identity acknowledgement, multi-stakeholders engagement and reputation’s risk management and anticipation. Focus of this research, sets forth to upgrade the brand as a significant element of business management, and not just of marketing, and shares guided contribution to the key tasks and tools currently at stake in the development of well-grounded corporate communications.
La present investigació és un acostament al valor de la marca des de la perspectiva de la direcció general, afirmant que una marca no és un simple valor comercial; el d’un producte adreçat a un mercat -menys encara, una retòrica pública de correcció política- sinó més aviat un actiu patrimonial transversal que dona resposta, a través d’una identitat pròpia i d’una cultura d'organització -i per tant dins del seu àmbit d’actuació-, als debats i reptes de la societat local, però també global. En aquest sentit, considerant la marca com un intangible en la gestió, que es troba al llarg de tota la cadena de valor i productivitat i que té influència sobre els processos d'innovació actuals i de futur, que alhora en redundaran. Operant sota un nou paradigma de context, la marca es converteix en patrimoni (valor total), més enllà -i sense excloure- el brand equity1 (valor financer); ampliant les atribucions de la marca per significar-la sota una responsabilitat cultural corporativa (RCC)2 basada en el coneixement, en el reconeixement de la pròpia identitat corporativa, i involucrant i fent partícips a múltiples agents externs que permeten anticipar-se i gestionar els riscos que actuen sobre la reputació. L’aportació principal, fruit de la investigació, i basat en l’experiència empírica, situa a la marca com un element clau de la gestió empresarial, i no només del màrqueting, alhora que contribueix a donar pautes sobre les funcions practiques essencials que cal assolir des de la disciplina de la comunicació corporativa.
La presente investigación es una aproximación al valor de la marca desde la perspectiva de la dirección general, afirmando que una marca no es un simple valor comercial: el de un producto dirigido a un mercado; menos aún, el de una retórica pública, sino más bien, un activo patrimonial transversal que da respuesta, a través de una identidad propia y una cultura de organización (y por lo tanto dentro de un ámbito concreto de actuación), a los debates y retos pertinentes de la sociedad local, pero también global. En este sentido, considerando a la marca como un activo intangible en la gestión, que se encuentra a lo largo de toda la cadena de productividad y que tiene influencia sobre los procesos de innovación actuales y de futuro, que a su vez le redundarán. Operando bajo un nuevo paradigma de contexto, la marca se convierte en patrimonio (valor total), más allá -y sin exclusión del brand equity3 (valor financiero), ampliando las atribuciones de la marca para significarse bajo una responsabilidad cultural corporativa (RCC)4 basada en el conocimiento, en el reconocimiento de la propia identidad corporativa e involucrando y haciendo participes a múltiples agentes externos que permiten anticiparse y gestionar los riesgos que actúan sobre la reputación. La aportación principal, fruto de la investigación y basado en la experiencia empírica, sitúa a la marca como un elemento clave de la gestión empresarial, y no sólo del marketing, al tiempo que contribuye a dar pautas sobre las funciones prácticas esenciales que cabe desarrollar desde la disciplina de la comunicación corporativa.

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Jardim, Mara Publio de Souza Veiga. "O guardião da Memória." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2004. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/2279.

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After a survey on the feast of the Holy Ghost, carried out in the city of Santa Cruz de Goiás, a small city in the interior of the State, it was possible to see the shaping of a figure who became both the theme and the object of this dissertation. Centering the discussion upon cultural assets, memory and identity, I identified and nominated a character who represents a new category: the NATIVE MANAGER. It is known that the activity carried out by this manager has always existed and that he has already been recognized by organizations such as UNESCO and IPHAN, even though they might have given him a different title. Cognizant of the rituals, with a view of his own, often times acrimonious and disparaging, of the society where he lived, the character did not possess political power which would give him status, but he exerted a specific kind of power that emanated from his acknowledged wisdom, albeit not an erudite or academic one. Cultural manifestations were kept alive because within the community there was this manager who recognized the importance of their cultural asset. His unchallenged leadership and charisma, along with the ability to administrate people and events made his actions possible. Within a simple and resourceless universe, deep in the hinterland, the manager promoted scenically elaborate feasts, commemorations and pageants, challenging congeneric activities held by the erudite city dwellers. I was able to see for myself these characteristics, bearing witness throughout more than 20 years, in this community, of the way in which he was respected and followed by everyone. The manager interpreted and analyzed not only the History, but also his own history, thereby preventing documents, music, rites and mores from becoming lost. The person who incorporated this character was Alberto da Paz. His life history has its origins in his slave ancestors and is still in the making as even blind, he persists in his role as manager. An indispensable figure in rehearsals, chants, performances, in fact, everywhere, he is the "the guardian of memory" who gives these people their identity.
A partir de uma pesquisa sobre a festa do Divino Espírito Santo realizada em Santa Cruz de Goiás, pequena cidade do interior do Estado, foi se delineando uma figura que se tornou tema e objeto desta dissertação. Centrando a discussão em patrimônio cultural, memória e identidade, identifiquei e nomeei o personagem que representa uma categoria nova: o GESTOR NATIVO. É sabido que a atividade exercida por este gestor sempre existiu e órgãos como a UNESCO e o IPHAN o reconheceram, ainda que com outras denominações. Conhecedor dos rituais, com uma visão própria, muitas vezes mordaz e crítica da sociedade em que vivia, não era detentor do poder político que lhe conferiria status, mas exercia um poder que emanava de sua reconhecida sabedoria, não erudita e não acadêmica. Manifestações culturais se mantiveram vivas porque dentro da comunidade existia este gestor que percebeu a importância do patrimônio cultural. Sua inconteste liderança e grande carisma, aliadas à capacidade de administrar pessoas e acontecimentos possibilitaram suas ações. Dentro de um universo simples, interiorano e sem recursos, realizou festas, comemorações e representações de grande riqueza cênica, desafiando atividades congêneres realizadas por eruditos citadinos. Pude comprovar estas características, testemunhando ao longo de mais de vinte anos de vivência nesta comunidade a maneira como era respeitado e seguido por todos. Interpretou e analisou não só a História como também a sua própria história e não permitiu que se perdessem documentos, músicas, ritos e costumes. A pessoa que incorporou este personagem foi Alberto da Paz. Sua história de vida remonta à sua ascendência de escravos e alcança os dias de hoje, quando cego, persiste atuando como gestor. Figura imprescindível em ensaios, cantorias, representações, em tudo afinal, é "o guardião da memória" que confere identidade a um povo.

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Wainwright, Alexandra Lilian. "The Social Construction of Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Social Problem in the UnitedStates: A Sociological Analysis of Legislation and Cultural Commentary SurroundingCivil Asset Forfeiture Throughout United States History." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587658240812723.

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Muller-Kimball, Dominee Sue. "An examination of how first year high school assistant principals assess their schools' organizational cultures." Scholarly Commons, 2004. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2522.

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While some attention has been paid to organizational culture, there has been a paucity of research relating specifically to: (a) how first year assistant principals in the high school setting describe and assess their schools' organizational cultures, (b) how they utilize the information gained from their assessments of their schools' cultures, and (c) their perceptions of how they know whether they have been successful in adapting or assimilating into their schools' cultures. The purpose of this research study was to identify how first year high school assistant principals describe and assess their schools' organizational cultures and how these administrators utilized the information gained during this assessment. Data were gathered through a total of eleven interviews of assistant principals who completed their first year in 2002/03 and whose high schools were located in Regions Three, Four, Seven, and Nine, as designated by the Association of California School Administrators. Data analysis was conducted simultaneously during and after the data collection process. During the data analysis, the researcher attempted to identify common themes among the data gathered from the interviews. In summary, all of the assistant principals indicated that they described and assessed their schools' organizational cultures during their first year. Nine out of the eleven indicated they utilized the information gained from their assessments. All but one of the assistant principals reported that they had adapted and/or assimilated into the schools' organizational cultures during their first year. It is this researcher's contention that first year assistant principals need to be able to describe and assess their schools' organizational cultures so that they can better fulfill the roles and responsibilities of their positions. Mentor and staff development programs need to address not only why it is necessary for assistant principals to describe and assess their schools' organizational cultures, but also how to use the information gained from the assessment.

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Raman, Sreevatsan. "Geometric approach to segmentation and protein localization in cell cultured assays." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2005. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1433349.

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Cui, Na. "Development of a system of small pressurizable bioreactors used to assess Saccharomyces cerevisiae's behaviour under CO₂ and O₂ pressure." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPASC038.

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Les domaines d'application de la levure sont vastes, allant de la nourriture, de la brasserie à l'énergie verte. La levure Saccharomyces cerevisiae est l'espèce dominante à l’échelle mondiale. En outre, S. cerevisiae est également un organisme modèle important dans la recherche sur la biologie cellulaire moderne et est l'un des micro-organismes eucaryotes les plus étudiés.Ce travail se concentre sur le comportement des cultures de levures exposées à la pression induite par le CO₂ et l'O₂. La pression maximale étudiée est de 9 bar (A) car la pression la plus élevée pouvant être atteinte dans les bioréacteurs à l'échelle industrielle est de 8 bar (A). Afin d'exposer la culture de levure à des conditions de pression, de nouveaux bioréacteurs ont été construits et caractérisés. Deux expériences sont conçues : des expériences pour étudier la croissance des levures et des métabolites sous pression, ainsi que les expériences de biologie moléculaire pour mieux comprendre le comportement des cellules de levures sous différentes pressions d'O₂.La première expérience a permis de mieux comprendre l'influence des pressions de CO₂ et O₂ sur le comportement de culture de S. cerevisiae. En ce qui concerne l’impact du CO₂, l'étude a montré que la culture de levure a des comportements constants sous différentes pressions. Alors qu'en termes de pression O₂, sous 2 à 5 bars (A) de pression atmosphérique, les cellules de levure présentent des taux de croissance plus élevés par rapport à la pression atmosphérique. De plus, le glutathion moléculaire antioxydant a maintenu un équilibre redox. En dessous de 6 à 9 bars (A), la croissance cellulaire est inhibée et 9 bars (A) entraînent une accumulation excessive de glutathion oxydé.D'un autre côté, l'expérience moléculaire a permis de mieux comprendre le comportement de la culture sous les pressions d'O₂. L'étude de plusieurs gènes induits par le stress oxydatif a mis en évidence les effets cellulaires du stress oxydatif et la réponse des mécanismes moléculaires dans les cellules de levure. Il a été démontré que plusieurs gènes induits par le stress oxydatif étaient régulés à la hausse : le gène du facteur de transcription Msn2/4 et Yap 1, les gènes du métabolisme du glutathion GSH2 et GLR, ainsi qu'un gène de synthèse de la superoxyde dismutase SOD2
Yeast fields of application are extensive, ranging from food, brewing to green energy. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the worldwide dominating species. In addition, S. cerevisiae is also an important model organism in modern cell biology research and is one of the most thoroughly studied eukaryotic microorganisms.This work focuses on the behaviour of yeast culture exposing to pressure induced by CO2 and O2. The pressure is set up to 9 bar (A) due to the highest pressure can be reached in industrial scale bioreactors is 8 bar (A). In order to expose yeast culture to pressure conditions, new bioreactors were built and characterised. Two experiments are designed: an experiment to investigate the yeast growth and the metabolites under pressure, as well as the molecular biology experiments to better understand yeast cells behaviour under various O₂ pressure.The first experiment has offered a better understanding of the influence of CO₂ and O₂ pressures on S. cerevisiae culture behaviour. Regarding the impact of CO₂, the study has shown that the yeast culture has consistent behaviours under different pressures. While, in terms of O₂ pressure, under 2 to 5 bar (A) air pressure, yeast cells show higher growth rates compared with atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the antioxidant molecular glutathione kept a redox balance. Under 6 to 9 bar (A), the cells growth is inhibited and 9 bar (A) leads to the excessive oxidised glutathione accumulation.On the other hand, the molecular experiment has derived further insights on the culture behaviour under O2 pressures. The investigation of several oxidative stress induced genes has highlighted the cellular effects of oxidative stress induced by oxygen pressure and molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress response in yeast cell. It was shown that several oxidative stress induced genes were upregulated: transcription factor gene Msn2/4 and Yap 1, glutathione metabolism genes GSH2 and GLR, as well as a superoxide dismutase synthesis gene SOD2

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Oliveira, Cláudio Alexandre Ferreira. "Gestão de integridade de ativos: aspectos culturais e internacionalização." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/16214.

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O presente trabalho de pesquisa, apresentado como dissertação para a conclusão do curso de Mestrado Executivo em Administração de Empresas, teve como objetivo estudar o processo de implantação de um sistema de gestão de integridade de ativos tangíveis na filial brasileira de uma empresa estrangeira com larga experiência no setor de produção de óleo e gás. Embora a empresa matriz esteja presente em inúmeros países, a filial local, chamada neste estudo de Íntegra, é a primeira, fora do país de origem que possui a operação de um campo de petróleo. A análise realizada não foi feita diretamente sobre o processo de implantação do sistema de gestão na prática, mas sim sobre as percepções sobre o tema e os assuntos que este envolve, focando em entender como as partes interessadas entendem a gestão de integridade. O método empregado para o desenvolvimento do trabalho foi o de estudo de caso e a problemática estudada foi a influência dos aspectos culturais e o processo de internacionalização da empresa na implantação dos processos necessários à gestão de integridade de ativos. A fim de reunir material para a elaboração do trabalho, foi realizada pesquisa de campo, onde através de entrevistas com funcionários e prestadores de serviço da Íntegra foram colhidos depoimentos que propiciaram o entendimento da forma como estes viam a condução da implantação de processos na empresa. A confrontação da teoria disponível no meio acadêmico com os dados coletados na pesquisa de campo indicou alguns desafios culturais a serem considerados na implantação do processo de gestão, como os ligados às visões de prazo e aos valores e práticas coletivistas. O trabalho propõe uma discussão especial sobre o papel da liderança para fazer frente a esses desafios.
This research is presented as final study on the conclusion of the Executive Master Degree on Business Administration and shows the implementation process of an asset integrity management system, on the Brazilian branch of an international organization with broad experience on the oil and gas sector. Although the parent company, is represented and has business on many locations worldwide, the Brazilian branch, on this research called Integra, is the first and the only one which is an oil field operator. The analysis carried out did not have the objective to evaluate the implementation of the management process in real terms, but intended to collect perceptions around the topic and have a discussion involving correlated matters, which are important for the implementation process, focusing on understanding how stakeholders see the integrity management area. The methodology applied to develop this research work was a case study and problem which was the focus of the study was how the cultural aspect and internationalization process ongoing influence the implementation of the work process required having in place an asset management system. In order to gather study material, it was carried out a field research by interviewing Integra’s employees and contractors. As a result, it was collected testimonials that allowed a good understanding of how those people view the implementation process of several processes in the company. In light of the available academic theory, the material collected on the field research was analyzed and it was concluded that leadership was the biggest challenge and should be focus for the implementation of a management system for asset integrity. Other aspects like vision term and collectivism showed to be important as well and are to be well considered on the current company’s phase

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Sales, Priscila Constantino. "Cultura e política no Clube de Cinema de Assis : um projeto de formação e interiorização da cultura cinematográfica (1960 - 1983) /." Assis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144276.

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Resumo: Na presente dissertação buscamos abordar as práticas desenvolvidas pelo Clube de Cinema de Assis de 1960 a 1983. Mais precisamente, seus projetos político-culturais e sua relação com o movimento cineclubista, bem como com o campo cinematográfico. Para tanto, buscamos analisar as configurações históricas e estéticas que possibilitaram a emergência do olhar cinematográfico e a formação dos espaços de sociabilidade dedicados ao cinema que, inseridos no campo da cultura e da arte, não estiveram isentos de disputas de interesses. Os cineclubes surgem no início do século XX, emergindo no processo de legitimação cultural do cinema, tendo como especificidade a organização do público em torno da imagem cinematográfica. O que em seu início foi um movimento restrito, a partir de 1950 irá se multiplicar e se organizar em instituições representativas de seus interesses, tendo como principais atividades a divulgação, pesquisa e debate do cinema e seus desdobramentos sociais e políticos. É dentro dessa rede de saberes e fazeres cinematográficos que localizamos a trajetória do Clube de Cinema de Assis. Surgido no meio universitário e pensando o cinema enquanto manifestação cultural, o Clube de Cinema inaugurou uma nova forma de recepção na cidade de Assis. Trata-se de um projeto de formação e democratização da cultura cinematográfica que a partir da década de 1970 agregou o engajamento político. Propomo-nos, assim, compreender a trajetória do Clube de Cinema de Assis dentro da instituição da... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
In this dissertation we seek to approach the practices carried out by Assis Film Society from 1960 to 1983. More precisely, its political-cultural projects and their relationship with the film society movement, as much as with the cinematographic field. To do so, we tried to analyze the historical and aesthetic configurations which enabled the development of a cinematographic point of view and the formation of sociability spaces oriented towards the cinema that, being part of the field of culture and art, were not free from disputes of interest. The film societies appear in the beginning of the 20th century, arising from the process of cultural legitimation of the cinema, having as its specificity the public organization around the cinematographic image. What was in the beginning a limited movement, it will, from 1950, multiply and organized itself in institutions representative of its interests, having as their chief activities the propagation of, the research about and the debate over the cinema and its political and social consequences. It is in this network of knowledges and practices that we locate the Assis Film Society. Originated in the University and considering the cinema a cultural manifestation, the Film Sociey inaugurated a new way of reception in Assis town: a project of formation and democratization of cinematographic culture which, from the 1970s, had the accretion of political engagement. Thus we set out to understand the trajectory of Assis Film Society... (Complete abstract electronic access below)
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Henry, Hani M. "Loss and mourning in immigration using the assimilation model to assess continuing bonds with native culture /." Connect to this document online, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1138205134.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2006.
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Smith, Donna Louise. "An organotypic slice culture assay to assess huntingtin aggregation in Huntington's disease R6/2 transgenic mice." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406704.

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Black, David H. "Development of ovum pickup and in vitro embryo production to assess fertility responses for mineral intervention studies." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52598/.

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As nutrition is of central importance to cattle fertility, this study sought to assess how veterinarians and nutritional advisers manage trace element imbalance in the UK; diagnosis and treatment. The study also sought to develop a robust system for oocyte recovery (ovum pick-up (OPU)) and in vitro embryo production (IVP) for commercial use, and to identify key factors influencing success, including oestrus synchrony and ovarian stimulation prior to OPU. The intention originally was to use OPU/IVP to investigate the impact of mineral imbalances on bovine oocyte quality, early embryo development and pregnancy establishment following embryo transfer (ET). In the first survey of its kind in the UK, the understanding and approach of advisers to mineral nutrition on farms was investigated. Of the 173 respondents, 78% were vets in practice. The overall importance of minerals was recorded by vets as low 33%, medium 37%, and high 30%, while non-vets scored importance as low 17%, medium 48%, and high 35%. There was little consensus amongst the advisers, or within the vet and non-vet subgroups about mechanisms and interactions associated with deficiency, and particularly of copper responsive conditions. The most frequently identified deficiencies were selenium, copper and iodine, while the most commonly identified toxicity was molybdenum. For copper responsive conditions, all of the listed treatments were used at least "occasionally"; the most frequently being glass boluses, in-feed supplementation, matrix boluses, and then copper injections. While there was a diverse choice of treatments, altering the ration was relatively rarely selected. This thesis also provides the first large-scale retrospective analysis of factors influencing the establishment of a commercially robust ovum pick up (OPU) and in vitro embryo production (IVP) platform in the UK. Over a 5-year period, a system was developed and validated for use in the UK with 2,138 cycles of OPU. These cycles were analysed as four sets of data and included two IVP laboratories and 6 OPU teams. Factors in these analyses included OPU team, IVP laboratory, ovarian stimulation protocol and semen type (unsorted vs sex-sorted). The mean number of follicles aspirated by the OPU teams ranged from 6.5 to 14.9 (P < 0.001), while the number of oocytes collected was between 4.0 and 12.4 (P < 0.001). There was an indication (P=0.055) that the blastocyst per oocyte rate varied between teams. The proportion of blastocysts from oocytes that cleaved was higher (P=0.01) for unsorted than sexed semen. Two commercial products containing different ratios of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) to luteinising hormone (LH) (Folltropin® and Pluset®) were compared in ovarian stimulation programs. The addition of 'coasting' (short-term (typically 48h) hormonal withdrawal after FSH stimulation), prior to OPU was also investigated. Pluset® resulted in a greater (P < 0.001) mean number of follicles aspirated, more (P=0.003) blastocysts per oocyte matured and more (P < 0.001) embryos per cycle (2.45), compared with Folltropin® (1.17) or with no stimulation (1.24). Throughout the study there was a steady improvement in blastocyst production per OPU cycle. In a separate analysis, Grade 1 cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) as a proportion of COCs recovered, oocytes that cleaved as a proportion of total COCs, and blastocysts as a proportion of total COCs, were all greater (P < 0.05) for stimulated than non-stimulated cycles, irrespective of FSH/LH product. A composite score of oocyte quality and quantity was proposed (sCOC); Log Total Mean sCOC was correlated (P < 0.001) with both the proportion of blastocysts per oocyte collected, and the total number of embryos produced per cycle. Finally, twelve peri-pubertal heifers (approximately 10 months old) participated in a crossover trial which compared PRID® (Delta®) vs CIDR® progesterone releasing intravaginal devices for use in OPU/IVP cycles. Vaginoscopic examination found higher vaginal inflammation grades for PRID® than CIDR® (P < 0.001). There was evidence of vaginal inflammation continuing for at least 2 weeks after device withdrawal. The proportion cleaved of oocytes inseminated was higher for PRID® than CIDR® (P < 0.05). Numerically but not significantly there was a higher proportion of blastocysts per cycle and a higher Log Total Mean sCOC score per cycle with PRID® than CIDR® treatments, but blastocyst yield was low throughout, suggesting a need to repeat the trial. Data collection and analyses are ongoing, to identify other key performance indicators within the OPU/IVP embryo transfer (ET) system, with a view to refining the sCOC composite score model. A robust OPU/IVP/ET system has been developed and this could be used to investigate further how mineral imbalances impact oocyte competence and blastocyst yield.

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Radic, Vesna. "Development of cell culture assays for identification of potential Zika virus inhibitors." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-329420.

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Henry, Hani M. "Loss and Mourning in Immigration: Using the Assimilation Model to Asses Continuing Bonds with Native Culture." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1138205134.

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Aurich, Frank, and Ina Haack. "Beutekunst in Sicht." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-39157.

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In der Rudomino-Bibliothek für fremdsprachige Literatur in Moskau liegen noch viele tausend Kunstschätze aus den Dresdner Kunstsammlungen. Der Leiter der Abteilung Sammlungen in der SLUB Dresden, Frank Aurich, konnte vor Ort im Magazin mit den Beständen arbeiten und rund 3.000 Provenienzen ermitteln. Dabei stellte sich heraus, dass von den über 5.000 geschätzten Bänden der SLUB der weitaus größte Teil aus der Schlossbibliothek Moritzburg stammt und demnach Wettiner Besitz ist. Die Rudomino-Bibliothek verfügt über einen Katalog, in dem Benutzer komfortabel nach Provenienzen recherchieren können.

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Makene, Vedastus Wilfred. "Cell culture biomarkers for monitoring of wastewater pollutants." University of the Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8148.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
Wastewater is normally composed of a mixture of pollutants. The type and composition of pollutants in a particular wastewater depend on the source of origin. The source and characteristics of a particular wastewater determine the ideal method of sewage treatment. Specific treatment techniques are effective in the removal of certain types of pollutants and may have no impact on the levels of other types of pollutants. Therefore, a combination of treatments and assessment of the quality of effluent before release into the environment is normally recommended. The assessment of effluent can be achieved by various techniques including chemical analysis and biological assays. Chemical analyses are commonly employed; however, they often pose detection problems and are considered to be uneconomical.

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Maio, Rui André Simões Dias. "Earthquake risk mitigation of urban cultural heritage assets." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30549.

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The present thesis aims at contributing for the study of the seismic vulnerability assessment of urban cultural heritage assets, and subsequently, for the earthquake risk mitigation in historic centres, through the investigation of the eventual correlation between analytical and semiempirical methods, that could possibly lead to the development of a new hybrid approach. Hence, in Chapter 1, the framework of the main topic of the thesis, and the respective aims and motivations, are presented and briefly discussed, along with the outline and organisation of the document, as well as the list of publications that support the work carried out in this thesis. Chapter 2 provides a comprehensive literature review on disaster risk mitigation of UCH assets located in historic centres, by means of adopting a holistic framework about the features of such a complex system. This exercise is fundamental to understand the current streams of thought and to identify new gaps and opportunities that could eventually enhance the knowledge level on this particular field of research. Chapter 3 discusses some of the main challenges associated with survey and inspection techniques for input data acquisition of UCH assets, with particular focus to the investigation of assets located in historic centres, which are most likely enclosed in aggregate. In a second moment, the main challenges concerning the seismic response assessment of UCH assets are discussed, namely focusing on the pros and cons of macroelement approaches. Chapter 4 presents the main findings of a cost-benefit analysis model applied to investigate the integration of traditional seismic strengthening solutions in the rehabilitation of UCH assets. While in a first phase, only the economic viability of using such strengthening solutions was investigated, in a second phase, a cost-benefit model is applied to four different case studies considered representative of both rural and urban masonry building typologies of Faial island, in Azores. Chapter 5 presents the investigation of the correlation between two well-known approaches for the seismic risk assessment of UCH assets in historic centres: the “vulnerability index” method and the seismic “capacity curve” derived by using a simplified numerical model together with a nonlinear static procedure. Finally, Chapter 6 summarises the key conclusions that have been pointed out in the previous chapters of the thesis and outlines the grounds of future developments and research paths.
A presente tese tem por objetivo contribuir para o estudo da avaliação da vulnerabilidade sísmica de edifícios urbanos antigos, e subsequentemente, para a mitigação do risco sísmico em centros históricos, através da investigação da eventual correlação entre métodos analíticos e semiempíricos, que possa levar ao desenvolvimento de uma nova abordagem híbrida. Assim, no Capítulo 1, é feita uma breve contextualização do tópico principal da tese e dos respetivos objectivos e motivações, sendo ainda apresentada a estrutura e organização do documento, assim como a lista das publicações que suportam o trabalho aqui desenvolvido. O Capítulo 2 apresenta uma revisão exaustiva da literatura, de forma a que se possam identificar não só as atuais linhas de investigação neste tópico, mas também lacunas na investigação e eventuais janelas de oportunidade para melhorar o conhecimento científico nesta área específica. No Capítulo 3 são discutidos alguns dos principais desafios associados com as técnicas de inspecção e diagnóstico de edifícios urbanos antigos, com foco para as particularidades dos edifícios integrados em agregados urbanos. Numa segunda fase, são também discutidos os desafios associados à avaliação da resposta sísmica de edifícios urbanos antigos, nomeadamente no que diz respeito às vantagens e limitações da utilização de métodos analíticos baseados em abordagens por macrolementos. O Capítulo 4 apresenta a análise custo-benefício associada à adopção de soluções tradicionais de reforço sísmico na reabilitação de edifícios urbanos antigos. Se numa primeira fase, é analisada, de forma isolada, a viabilidade dessas soluções de reforço, num segundo momento, é aplicado um modelo de análise custobenefício a quatro casos de estudo considerados representativos, quer do edificado rural quer do edificado urbano da ilha do Faial, nos Açores. O Capítulo 5 apresenta o estudo da correlação entre duas abordagens reconhecidas internacionalmente para a avaliação do risco sísmico de edifícios de alvenaria localizados em centros históricos: o método do “índice de vulnerabilidade” e a “curva de capacidade” resultante da utilização de um modelo numérico simplificado juntamente com uma abordagem estática não-linear. Finalmente, no Capítulo 6, são resumidas as principais conclusões de cada um dos capítulos anteriores, assim como as principais linhas orientadoras para novos desenvolvimentos e trabalhos futuros.
Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Civil

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Hung, Yi-Shin, and 洪翊馨. "Intangible Assets and Stock Price in Cultural and Creative Industry." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72931697346269272318.

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朝陽科技大學
財務金融系
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Due to the emerging knowledge economy, intellectual capital and intangible assets replace the traditional real assets to become the core value of the businesses. Intangible assets play an important role to enhance the competitive capability of the businesses. In particular, intangible assets are very crucial for cultural and creative industry. Therefore, we choose the samples from the listed cultural and creative companies in Taiwan stock market. The sample period is from 2008 Q2 to 2014 Q3. This study explores the effects of intangible assets on stock returns in cultural and creative industry. By using panel data regression, the empirical results show that change of intangible assets and change of net income have significant effects on stock returns.

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WU, CHE-TING, and 吳哲霆. "Design Research of Ecology, Tourism and Cultural Assets at Liouciou." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/szmr24.

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國立高雄第一科技大學
創新設計工程系工業設計碩士班
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In Taiwan, an island-based country surrounded by the sea and rich in marine resources, both f i s h e r y and marine recreation a r e steadily developing. The i n d u s t r i a l development brought about by marine resources is the mainstay of this study. It will explore the reasons for the development of this industry to the positive and negative impact, and industrial design into the perspective of industrial development, the current is booming Pingtung Liouciou as a research area, by the Liouciou geographical location, and transportation convenience, first infer that this field Crowds and off-peak seasons, as well as the facilities and products frequently used in this area and their activities. Field surveys have also been carried out to assess the various aspects of tourism, leisure, life and culture that are affected by the tourism industry in recent years. explore the development relationship between the three parties in Visitors and residents and the island and the positive and negative effects. A summary of the field surveys shows that the Liouciou residents have successfully managed to attract tourists and local residents to develop a nepotism relationship with the tourism industry. However, for the present only the Liouciou that relies on the topography of the coral reefs of fishery, the research process is matched with the statistical data of the same islands and townships for the proposed project of field development. All resersh will be brought into the most influential environmental development issues and experts Semi-structured interviews, coding and classification of the contents of the dialogues, and then analyzed to become a design element, back to the main theme of this study, garbage disposal and friendly care with the intertidal design output, design of physical products and simulation APP software erection, and field verification and feedback.

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CHEN, HUI-TING, and 陳惠婷. "Revitalization of Religious Cultural Assets and Cultural Marketing Strategies - Taking Luzhou God as a Cultural Festival as an Example." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g44wt6.

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國立臺北大學
公共行政暨政策學系碩士在職專班
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In this paper, the Luzhou District Office won the “Taiwan Town Brand Award Cultural Heritage Innovation Award”. Its strategy of activating religious assets and its successful marketing experience are worth exploring. Cultural marketing is an important theoretical viewpoint to explore religious cultural assets. In this way, the marketing theory and religious practice activities are integrated to enhance the multi-value of religious culture. The cultural marketing structure 5Cs (Culture、Consumer、Convenience、Communication、Co-partner) discusses the Luzhou God of New Taipei City. The cultural sacrifices are used in the strategy of religious culture marketing, and use literature analysis, in-depth interviews, participatory observations and quantitative questionnaires to comprehensively analyze and propose relevant policy recommendations. This study found that: 1. The municipal government uses public sector resources to market and convert religious folk beliefs into artistic and religious assets. 2. The District Office plans to implement the cultural festivals of the gods through the public-private partnership network, and develop religious and cultural goods to show diversity and representativeness. 3.The participation of religious and cultural activities is not limited to believers. 4. Luzhou God will have unique cultural value. 5. Religious culture marketing gathers crowds through large-scale events. 6. Multi-channel marketing successfully promoted religious culture. 7. The partnership network is close and citizens participate actively.

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Rooney, Paul K. "Cultural assets : a model for school effectiveness in the Anglican tradition." Thesis, 2013. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/539272.

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Cultural assets in schools need reconceptualisation. The focus of this multi-disciplinary theoretical study is to reconceptualise cultural assets by considering the shortcomings of existing cultural concepts and the benefits of reconceptualisation. A cultural assets model is developed and tested in a single Anglican school using multigenerational flows of influence, community cultural activities and communication by the use of rich data collected from a single case study school. Finally, the focus redirects to applying the analysis of a faith based Anglican school to other schools within the tradition and those outside the tradition. Such analysis assists in highlighting beneficial cultural assets supporting school effectiveness, compared to twentieth century studies using deficit and difference approaches to analyse cultural contexts relating to schools have influenced educational research and general political thinking concerning fragmentation, segregation and faith schools in post-colonial states. I contend that this influence leads to stretching the use of concepts such as ‘cultural capital’ beyond their original context and raises questions concerning the extent of their usefulness in a world characterised by globalisation, post-secularism and the rise of faith based schooling. Responding to these issues, this study extends the emerging assets-based approach to analysing cultural contexts within sociocultural studies. The findings of the study show ‘Caring’ as part of school effectiveness and professional practice. Caring within professional practice enables the teacher, school leadership, the organisation and the students to ‘Stretch beyond the 3Rs’ of reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic. The research successfully tested the model within the case study, modifying it to incorporate glocal (global/local) interactions and supporting the school as a cultural hub and contributor. The key benefits are schools that care take risks, and as dynamic organisations, schools that stretch engage their employees thus becoming more effective. The study makes recommendations to support school effectiveness in education policy, employment policy, teacher education and school organisation.

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