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Bejkovský, Jan. "Čínský automobilový sektor: na cestě ke světové dominanci?" Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-199940.
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The aim of this thesis is to assess Chinese automotive industry in the context of Chinese and world economy. Above all, it is focused on competitiveness of Chinese car makers with their counterparts from developed economies. Thesis has three parts. First chapter looks into the current position of both Chinese economy and automotive industry in the development pattern of the Word economy. Second part deals with automotive sector in China, its development and biggest car makers; also analyses results of Chinese customers' survey conducted. The goal of the last part is to examine current trends in the industry and competitiveness of Chinese car makers abroad.
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Hlaváčová, Tereza. "Využití systému LISp-Miner při analýze faktorů ovlivňujících dominanci sinic ve fytoplanktonu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198275.
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The aim of this work is to describe steps associated with solving analytical questions using the LISp-Miner in the data from water-analyzes of 12 ponds in South Bohemia in the period from year 2007 to 2012. Analytical questions are primarily focused on issues of cyanobacteria, based on instructions of data-owner, Povodí Vltavy, státní podnik. Apart from a description of the application of procedures KL-Miner, CF-Miner and 4ft-Miner on data, the work aims to prepare an automating process based on steps made during using procedures. The theoretical part is a summary of the basic concepts and principles associated with association rules and GUHA method. The practical part follows the CRISP-DM methodology. The result is a proposal of automation process by which it is possible to look for interesting rules in the hydrobiological and hydrochemical data. Then there is a set of recommendations for better utilization of database for KDD, with proposals how to modify and prepare the data.
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Gunbrandt, Annette. "Sexuell dominans : En kvalitativ studie av fyra sexuellt dominanta kvinnor." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Social Anthropology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-16600.
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Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur fyra sexuellt dominanta kvinnor uppfattar sin sexualitet. Särskilt inriktar den sig på hur kvinnorna definierar sig som sexuellt dominanta och vad dominans innebär för dem sexuellt men också till vardags och generellt. Vidare undersöks hur informanterna uppfattar sin sexuella dominans i relation till sin identitet och sitt identitetsskapande överlag. För att kunna verkställa syftet har fyra kvinnor intervjuats som alla definierar sig som sexuellt dominanta på ett eller annat vis. Fortsättningsvis inriktar sig uppsatsen på kvinnor som utövar sin sexuella dominans via aktiviteter och uttryck för dominans vanliga inom bdsm.
This thesis aims to examine how four sexually dominant women understand their sexuality. It specifically concentrates upon how the women defines themselves as sexually dominant and what dominance means to them sexually but also what it means to them in everyday life and in general. Additionally this essay examines how the informants understand their sexual dominance in relation to their identity and in shaping their identity. In order to carry out the purpose of this thesis four women who define themselves in one way or another as sexually dominant have been interviewed. Furthermore the study focuses upon women who practice their sexual dominance through activities and expressions that are common in the world of bdsm.
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Messanga, obama Célestin. "La communication sur le sida : discours dominants et discours dominés dans la construction de la réalité du SIDA au Cameroun." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009LYO20028/document.
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Le sida est l’objet d’une abondante production discursive faisant intervenir une pluralité d’acteurs au Cameroun. Tous les acteurs de la communication sociale sur le sida ne lui accordent cependant pas la même signification. Les uns le considèrent comme une affection au même titre que les autres affections connues c’est-à-dire résultant de l’action pathogène d’un micro-organisme naturel appelé vih ; pour d’autres, le sida est un état physiologique ouvert à la maladie du fait de la déficience immunitaire ; une dernière catégorie le considère comme une maladie mystique c’est-à-dire, due soit à l’action des sorciers, soit à la colère de Dieu. Une analyse fondée sur la définition révèle que les convictions et certitudes exprimées par les acteurs de la communication sociale sur le sida ne sont pas le reflet d’une réalité ontologique, incréée, palpable et décelable objectivement ; il s’agit plutôt des constructions. Deux types de constructions se dégagent de ce processus : l’une, scientifique, fait intervenir des acteurs partageant les mêmes savoirs et pratiques scientifiques. Ils s’expriment dans des espaces symboliques particuliers qui sont : l’hôpital, le laboratoire d’analyses médicales, les médias et les institutions publiques. Les discours scientifiques changent, modifiant ainsi les représentations et convictions conséquentes. Le deuxième type de construction fait intervenir d’une part, les acteurs non scientifiques et les spécialistes des disciplines autres que la biologie et d’autre part, des biologistes considérés comme en marge de l’orthodoxie. Alors que les acteurs de la dynamique scientifique disposent des instances d’arbitrage et de consensus permettant d’harmoniser leurs vues, ceux de la dynamique populaire évoluent sans coordination. La dynamique populaire intègre les discours scientifiques dans des systèmes de savoirs et pratiques culturelles, autant qu’il procède à des formulations relatives aux différentes manières dont les cultures concernées se représentent la santé et la maladie. Il en résulte des convictions et représentations particulières, différentes de celles suggérées par les discours scientifiques. Parce que les discours populaires intègrent discours scientifiques dissidents, ils suscitent la réplique ou le réajustement des discours dominants. L’interaction entre les discours dominants et les discours dominés participe d’une construction de synthèse qui rend encore plus mouvante, la saisie du sidaIn Cameroon, the Aids issue is the subject of an abundant discursive work that brings in a plurality of actors. However, all the social communication actors on AIDS do not give the same meaning to the issue. Some consider it as affection, in the same way as the other known affections. For them, it results from the pathogenic action of a natural micro-organism called HIV; for others, AIDS is a physiological state open to the sickness due to immunodeficiency; and a last category considers it as a mystical sickness which is due either to the action of witch – doctors or to God’s anger. But an analysis based on the definition of the concepts used reveals that the convictions and certainties expressed by the social communication actors on AIDS, are not the reflection of an ontological, uncreated, palpable and objectively discernable reality. They are rather possibilities. Two types of possibilities emerge from this process: the scientific one which brings in actors who share the same scientific knowledge and practices, who have the same viewpoint and are recognized by others as being competent to talk about AIDS. They usually express themselves in specific symbolic places like hospitals, medical analysis laboratories, media and public institutions. The scientific discourse sometimes changes, thus modifying the consequent thoughts and convictions. The second type of possibility brings in non scientific actors and specialists in other fields than biology, but also biologists who are considered as being in the margin of the orthodoxy. Whereas the actors of the scientific dynamic have at their disposal the consensus and arbitration bodies that permit them to harmonize their views, those of the popular dynamic move along without any coordination. The popular dynamic integrates scientific discourse into cultural practices and knowledge systems, as well as it makes formulations relating to the different manners the cultures concerned think of health and sickness. The end results are the specific thoughts and beliefs different from those suggested by the scientific discourse. Due to the fact that popular discourse integrates dissident scientific discourse, it gives rise to the reply or the re-adjustment of the prevailing discourse. The interaction between the prevailing discourse and the non prevailing discourse contributes to a synthesis building up which renders again more unstable, the understanding of AIDS
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Kolarczyková, Eva. "Kolektivní dominance v soutěžním právu a její zneužití." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-196979.
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The aim of the diploma thesis is a comprehensive analysis of the concept of collective dominance, in particular with reference to the evaluation of its applicability and utility in practice. The first chapter deals with the main features of the oligopoly market and Czech and European legal provisions on the abuse of a dominant position and mergers within which it has evolved. On base of the analysis of Court of Justice and General Court judgements the second chapter explains the notion of the collective dominance and examines the obligatory conditions of the collective dominance, as well as the factors which influence these conditions. The third chapter concerns the concept of collective dominance with regard to competition law taxonomy. It compares not only the test of collective dominance applied pursuant to the article 102 TFEU with the test applied according to the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings, but also the concept of collective dominance with the agreements pursuant to the article 101 TFEU. It also deals with abusive practices typical for oligopolies. Beside the explanation of the UK legislation the last two chapters illustrate decisions of competition authorities in the Czech Republic and in the United Kingdom and analyse and compare them. The diploma thesis is concluded by the analysis of main shortcomings of the concept of collective dominance and the evaluation of actual state of the examined topic with the aim to abstractly summarize knowledge gained through the thesis.
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Mantovani, Ana Paula. "Utilização prolongada de dispositivo intravaginal contendo progesterona (CIDR®) para indução de folículos persistentes em receptoras de embrião bovino." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/10/10131/tde-17012005-163326/.
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Em programas de transferência de embriões, as perdas embrionárias após a inovulação têm sido relacionadas com uma capacidade reduzida do corpo lúteo (CL) em secretar progesterona (P4), uma vez que este hormônio prepara o endométrio para a implantação e a manutenção da prenhez. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a eficácia da utilização de dispositivo intravaginal contendo progesterona (CIDR®) por 14 dias em receptoras de embrião, para a indução de folículos persistentes e formação de CLs maiores do que aqueles formados com a utilização de CIDR® por 8 dias. Duzentas e setenta e oito novilhas Bos taurus x Bos indicus foram divididas em 4 grupos. As receptoras do Grupo 1 (G1, n = 70) receberam 2,0 mg de BE + 50 mg de P4 por via intramuscular (IM) no dia da colocação do CIDR® (D0), oito dias depois (D8), o dispositivo foi retirado e foi aplicado um análogo da prostaglandina F2 alfa (PGF2 alfa - 0,53 mg de Cloprostenol Sódico) IM pela manhã. No D9, foi aplicado 0,5 mg de BE IM e o D17 foi o dia da inovulação. Os animais do Grupo 2 (G2, n = 71) receberam 2,0 mg de BE + 50 mg de P4 no dia da colocação do CIDR® (D0), todavia, esses animais receberam 2 aplicações de PGF2 alfa, uma no início do tratamento e outra 5 dias depois. Nestes animais, o CIDR® foi mantido por 14 dias; assim, no D15 foi aplicado 0,5 mg de BE e o dia da inovulação, foi o D23. No Grupo 3 (G3, n = 67), o tratamento foi semelhante ao do G2, no entanto a PGF2 alfa foi aplicada uma única vez, 5 dias após o início do tratamento. No Grupo 4 (G4, n = 70), o tratamento foi semelhante ao do G2, tendo os animais recebido 2 aplicações de PGF2 alfa, uma no dia da colocação do CIDR® e outra no dia da retirada. A avaliação ultrassonográfica dos ovários foi realizada um dia após a retirada do CIDR® e no dia da inovulação, quando foram colhidas amostras de sangue para dosagem de P4. O diâmetro médio do folículo dominante (FD) foi maior nos grupos G2, G3 e G4 quando comparado com o grupo G1. A área do CL, a concentração plasmática de P4 e a taxa de aproveitamento foram maiores nos grupos G2 e G3 que no grupo G1, enquanto o grupo G4 não diferiu estatisticamente dos demais. A taxa de concepção nos grupos G2 e G3 foi inferior àquela do grupo G1, mas não diferiu entre o grupo G4 e os demais. A taxa de prenhez não apresentou diferença estatística entre os grupos. Esses resultados sugerem que a utilização de CIDR® por tempo prolongado, quando associada à aplicação de PGF2 alfa no início do tratamento, é eficaz na formação de folículos persistentes, que resultam em CLs aumentados e com maior capacidade de secretar P4 . No entanto, ao contrário do esperado, a taxa de concepção foi reduzida nos grupos em que o tratamento visava a formação de folículos persistentes.Embryo losses in cattle embryo transfer programs have been related to a corpus luteum (CL) inability to secrete progesterone (P4), necessary to endometrial preparation for embryo implantation and pregnancy maintenance. Thus the objective of this experiment was to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment with progesterone-releasing intravaginal devices (CIDR®) for a period of 14 days in order to induce the formation of a persistent follicle and a CL of larger diameter than the ones produced during the conventional 8 days CIDR® treatment. Two hundred seventy-eight cross-bred Bos taurus x Bos indicus heifers were randomly allocated in four groups. Heifers in Group 1 (G1, n = 70) received 2.0 mg estradiol benzoate (EB) + 50 mg of P4 at the moment of CIDR® insertion (D0), a 0.53 mg injection of cloprostenol (PGF2 alfa analogous) at the time of CIDR® removal (D8) and 0.5 mg EB on D9. On D17 animals received a frozen/thawed embryo by direct transfer. Heifers in Group 2 (G2, n = 71) received a CIDR® device combined with 2.0 mg of EB + 50 mg of P4 (D0). Animals of this group received 2 injections of PGF2 alfa, one on D0 and the other on D5. The CIDR® was removed on D14. A 0.5 mg injection of EB was administered on D15. The treatment in Group 3 (G3, n = 67) was similar to G2, except by the fact that a single injection of PGF2 alfa was administered on D5. Treatment performed on animals of Group 4 was similar to the one performed on G2. However, animals of this group received two injections of PGF2 alfa, one at the time of CIDR® insertion and the other at the moment of it?s removal. Ovarian ultrasonography was performed on the day after CIDR® removal and at the day of embryo transfer. Blood samples for P4 analysis were also collected on the day of embryo transfer. Mean diameter of the dominant follicle was larger in heifers in G2, G3 and G4 when compared to G1. The CL area, plasma progesterone concentrations and recipient selection rate was greater in G2 and G3 than in G1, but G4 was not different of the other groups. Conception rates were lower in G2 and G3 when compared to G1. No differences between groups were found regarding to the pregnancy rates. These results suggest that a CIDR® long-term treatment, when associated with PGF2 alfa in the beggining of the treatment is efficient to stimulate the formation of a persistent follicle, resulting in a larger CL which provides higher P4 concentration. However, the induction of a persistent follicle had a negative effect on the conception rates which was not expected.
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Zubieta, Elena, Fernanda Sosa, and Alejandro Torres. "Ambivalent sexism, stereotypes and values in military population." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/99953.
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The increasing presence of women in the public sphere has provoked cultural changes that affect social cognition. These changes implicate social organizations such as the Military. Focusing the interest in approaching modern forms of prejudice in terms of gender inequalities, we studied ambivalent sexism attitudes, values and social dominance orientation in a sample of 238 males and females from the National Military School training to become officials. Results show the presence of sexist attitudes. In sex roles and gender typing, female participants show an androgynous stereotype probably related to the need to present themselves closer to men in order to assume leadership.El incremento de la presencia femenina en la esfera pública ha provocado cambios culturales que repercuten en la cognición social en términos de expectativas en función del género. Estos cambios interpelan a las organizaciones sociales entre las que se encuentran las Fuerzas Armadas. Desde las formas modernas del prejuicio, se desarrolló un estudio orientado a indagar actitudes de sexismo ambivalente, valores y dominancia social en un grupo de 238 cadetes de ambos sexos del Colegio Militar de la Nación. Los resultados muestran la presencia de actitudes sexistas. En roles sexuales y tipicidad de género las participantes mujeres muestran un estereotipo andrógino, asociado probablemente a la necesidad de presentarse de manera contra estereotípica para funcionar como líderes.
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Pereira, Hellyda Gomes. "Efeito da inibição da enzima conversora de angiotensina no desenvolvimento folicular, dopplerfluxometria e expressão gênica ovariana em bovinos." Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 2016. http://tedebc.ufma.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/1695.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão (FAPEMA)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of inhibition of the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ECA) with enalapril maleate, on blood pressure, follicular growth, ovulation rate, utero-ovarian hemodynamics, P4/E2 concentrations and gene expression of follicular cells. Were used 31 Nelore (Bos indicus) cows. The females were synchronized with progesterone/estradiol-based protocol and then treated with enalapril maleate (0.5 mg/kg/day) or placebo (NaCl 0.9%) throughout the protocol (10 days). A half of the synchronized cows (n=17) were ultrasonographically evaluated for monitoring the follicular dynamics and utero-ovarian dopplerflowmetry. A half of animals (n=14) were submitted to follicular aspiration guided by ultrasound Ovum pick up (OPU) for measurement of the follicular hormonal synthesis and gene expression. There was no effect of enalapril on arterial pressure, in utero-ovarian hemodynamics and follicular and luteal growth. The ovulation rate (%) was significantly higher in the enalapril treated cows. The plasma and intrafollicular concentrations of progesterone and estradiol not differed significantly between treatments. The enalapril altered significantly the gene expression of enzymes P450aromatase, ECA2 and MAS receptor in the granulosa cells of dominant follicles.
O objetivo com este estudo foi avaliar o efeito da inibição da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina (ECA), utilizando Maleato de Enalapril, na pressão arterial, crescimento folicular, taxa de ovulação, hemodinâmica útero-ovariana, concentrações de P4 e E2 e expressão gênica de células foliculares. Utilizou-se 31 fêmeas bovinas da raça Nelore (Bos indicus), que foram sincronizadas com protocolo à base de progesterona/ estradiol e, em seguida, tratadas com maleato de enalapril (0,5 mg/kg/dia) ou placebo (NaCl 0,9%) durante todo o protocolo (10 dias). Metade das fêmeas sincronizadas (n=17) foram submetidas a avaliações ultrassonográficas para acompanhamento da dinâmica folicular e dopplerfluxometria útero-ovariana. A outra metade (n=14) foi submetida à aspiração folicular guiada por ultrassom (Ovum pick up; OPU) para aferição da síntese hormonal e expressão gênica pelas células foliculares ovarianas. Não houve efeito do enalapril na pressão arterial média, na hemodinâmica útero-ovariana e no crescimento folicular e luteínico, porém a taxa de ovulação (%) foi significativamente maior no grupo Enalapril. As concentrações plasmáticas e intrafoliculares de Progesterona e Estradiol não diferiram significativamente entre tratamentos. O Enalapril alterou significativamente expressão gênica das enzimas P450aromatase, ECA2 e do receptor MAS nas células da granulosa dos folículos dominantes.
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Degia, Haajima. "Ethnic Minority Dominance in a Small-Island-Developing-State and the Implications for Development: The Case of Barbados." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1180899906.
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Nunes, Rozele Borges. "A cultura do silêncio: um estudo na Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental e Médio Dom Feliciano- RS." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FURG, 2010. http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/2267.
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A pesquisa se propôs a investigar as relações entre escola e cultura no município de Dom Feliciano. A problemática centra-se em responder como a escola pública de Dom Feliciano, com ênfase na disciplina de Geografia, trabalha com a diversidade cultural dos alunos. Para isso teve na Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental e Médio Dom Feliciano seu contexto investigativo, por constituir um espaço que abriga alunos oriundos de todas as localidades do município. Dessa forma foi possível caracterizar a diversidade cultural dos alunos, através de sua representatividade, manifestada na religião, linguagem, etnia e hábitos culturais, abordando também a sua origem, no caso, rural ou urbano. O direcionamento da pesquisa enfocou-se em analisar como acontece na escola a interação com os hábitos de culturas diferentes, verificando se existem preconceitos e discriminações. A revisão bibliográfica embasou-se em problematizar como ocorre a consolidação da ideologia dominante na sociedade e a contribuição da escola para dar sequência a essa padronização, vinculada às relações de poder estabelecidas sobre a cultura. Através de um olhar crítico procurou identificar o conceito de cultura, de multiculturalidade e de diversidade cultural, embasado na perspectiva freireana que procurou explanar as categorias analíticas que fizeram parte da investigação da realidade dos alunos no cotidiano escolar, como opressão e invasão cultural. Utilizou-se de uma abordagem metodológica qualitativa e quantitativa e dos seguintes procedimentos para a coleta de dados: análise documental, entrevistas semi-estruturada com a professora e direção, entrevistas estruturadas com os alunos e num segundo momento uma nova pesquisa com os casos mais representativos que participaram da primeira parte das entrevistas, onde foram aplicadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas e questionário sócio-econômico com os alunos. Ao final são informados os resultados da investigação onde se verificou a dicotomia existente entre a teoria e a prática nas aulas de Geografia, o campo de preconceitos e discriminações que se gerem no ambiente escolar e o total ocultamento à cultura rural na qual os alunos deram fortes indícios de opressão e invasão escolar. Como consequência desse processo foi identificada também evasão escolar dos alunos provenientes da zona rural. Dessa forma, a cultura está dissociada da escola que não utiliza a diversidade existente como objeto para desenvolver uma perspectiva de educação multicultural.
The research proposed to investigate the relations between school and culture in Dom Feliciano. The issue focuses on answering how Dom Feliciano’s public school, with emphasis in Geography, works with the cultural diversity of the students. For this, its investigative context happened in the State Primary and Secondary School Dom Feliciano because it is a space formed by students from every localities of the county. This way it was possible to characterize the cultural diversity of the students, through its representativeness, shown in religion, language, ethnicity and cultural habits, approaching also its origin, in this case rural or urban. The research direction focused on analyzing how the interaction with different cultural habits occurs, verifying if there is prejudice and discrimination. The bibliography review was based upon understanding how the consolidation of the dominant ideology in society occurs and the school contribution to continue this standardization, linked to power relations established over culture. Through a critical view this researched made an attempt to identify the concept of culture, multiculturality and cultural diversity, based on the freireana perspective which tried to explain the analytical categories that was part of the students’ reality in everyday school life, such as oppression and cultural invasion. A qualitative and a quantitative methodological approaches were used and the following procedures to data collection: documentary analysis, semi-structured interview with the teacher and the school management, structured interview with the students and in a second time a new research with the most representative cases that were part of the first interviews, in which semi-structured interview and socio-economic questionnaire were applied with the students. In the end the investigation results are informed in which an alive dichotomy between the theory and the practice was verified in Geography classes, the prejudice and discrimination field created in school environment and the total concealment to rural culture in which the students shown strong evidence of oppression and school invasion. As consequence of this process a school evasion was also identified from students who originate from countryside. This way, the culture is dissociated from school which does not use the existent diversity as an object to develop a perspective of multicultural education.
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Rovira, Lastra Bernat. "Relació entre l'elecció del costat de preferència masticatori i diverses asimetries perifèriques, funcionals i posturals." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/396264.
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Els factors que poden influir en l’asimetria lateral masticatòria i en l’elecció del costat de preferència masticatori es poden classificar en perifèrics i centrals, i dins dels centrals es troben les lateralitats funcionals, posturals i estructurals, no existint un consens sobre quin dels dos grups exerceix una major influència. Tampoc existeix un consens en la prevalença de l’asimetria lateral masticatòria i el costat de preferència masticatori. Els mètodes més vàlids per a la determinació del costat de preferència masticatori són l’anàlisi del primer cicle, l’índex d’asimetria i l’escala visual analògica.
OBJECTIUS: conèixer la intensitat de la relació dels factors esmentats amb el costat de preferència masticatori, determinar el percentatge d’individus que presenten una asimetria lateral masticatòria, conèixer per quin costat tendeixen a mastegar els individus i conèixer si la relació dels factors estudiats amb el costat de preferència masticatori depèn del mètode utilitzat.
MATERIAL I MÈTODES: es va realitzar un estudi observacional i transversal en una població adulta amb dentició natural (n=146) vinculada a la Facultat d’Odontologia de la Universitat de Barcelona, dividit en dues fases. Es van determinar les lateralitats funcionals (preferència de la mà, peu, vista i oïda), funcionals (creuar els dits, els braços i les cames) i les lateralitats estructurals (posició i direcció del remolí del cabell). També es van determinar les asimetries perifèriques (oclusió estàtica, força màxima mandibular i rendiment masticatori) i el costat de preferència masticatori. Per a conèixer si les dades seguien una distribució normal, es va utilitzar el test de Kolmogorov-Smirnov. Es va confeccionar un anàlisi de regressió múltiple lineal amb un nivell d’inclusió de 0,05 per a examinar si les variables estudiades podien significativament contribuir a explicar el costat de preferència masticatori per a cada mètode. La diferència entre els dos costats en relació al rendiment masticatori es va calcular com la diferència absoluta entre el median particle size obtingut mastegant unilateralment per la dreta i per l’esquerra.
RESULTATS: l’anàlisi de regressió múltiple mostra que el costat de preferència masticatori determinat mitjançant l’índex d’asimetria està significativament relacionat amb l’asimetria de la força muscular i amb el rendiment masticatori, i aquests dos factors expliquen un 16% de la variació en el costat de preferència masticatori. El costat
de preferència masticatori determinat mitjançant l’escala visual analògica està significativament relacionat amb la lateralitat de la oïda, l’asimetria de la força muscular i amb l’asimetria en la lateralitat postural de creuar les cames. Aquests tres factors expliquen un 12% de la variació en el costat de preferència masticatori.
CONCLUSIONS: tot i que algunes asimetries laterals i posturals semblen estar relacionades amb el costat de preferència masticatori, els factors perifèrics com l’asimetria en la força muscular i l’asimetria en el rendiment masticatori son els que més intensament estan relacionats amb el costat de preferència masticatori. La majoria dels subjectes van presentar una asimetria lateral masticatòria, essent el costat dret el més utilitzat per a mastegar, independentment del mètode de determinació del costat de preferència masticatori.This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the side the more preferred for chewing and to determine whether the preferred chewing side is related to peripheral, functional or postural lateral preferences. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and forty-six adults with natural dentition performed three masticatory assays, each consisting of five trials of chewing three pieces of silicon placed into a latex bag for 20 cycles, either free-style or unilaterally on the right- or left-hand side. Occlusal contact area at the intercuspal position, maximum bite force, masticatory performance and cycle duration were measured and lateral asymmetry of these variables were calculated. Laterality tests were performed to determine the handedness, footedness, earedness and eyedness as functional preferences and to determine hand-clasping, arm-folding and leg-crossing as postural lateral preferences. The preferred chewing side was determined by three different methods, assessing the first chewing cycle for each trial, calculating the asymmetry index from all cycles and using a visual analogic scale. Bivariate relationship and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: The majority of subjects preferred the right side for chewing demonstrated by the three methods. Asymmetry in bite force, asymmetry in masticatory performance and earedness demonstrated to be the most related factors to the preferred chewing side, explaining up to 16% of the variance. CONCLUSIONS: Although several functional or postural lateral preferences seems to be related to preferred chewing side, peripheral factors including asymmetry in both bite force and in masticatory performance are the most closely related to preferred chewing side in adults with natural dentition.
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Höferová, Iveta. "VYŠKOV, HISTORICKÉ CENTRUM – VIZE BUDOUCNOSTI - LOKALITA BÝVALÉ KROMĚŘÍŽSKÉ BRÁNY." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215887.
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Solved area is located in the center of Vyškov and is directly connected to the square. It forms one end of the chip Square. The proposal was to create a dominant object, which will close the square and end with the visual axis, which in recent years is not very flattering. The building would be dominant, but only so that did not compete with dominant main square, with the town hall. At the same time the goal was to design a functional building, which, thanks to the cartridge housing, shops and bring more people into the center and revive him.
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Woodhouse, Rhodri. "Changing view of eye dominance." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2009. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55827/.
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Eye dominance can be broadly defined as the preference for one eye over the other and several distinct types of eye dominance have been identified since the existence of eye dominance was first recorded in the 16th century. Since then, eye dominance has generally been assumed to be a fixed quantity, but recent work has shown that one form of eye dominance can change with gaze direction. This finding was directly investigated in this thesis, as was the ability for other forms of eye dominance to switch between the eyes. It was found that eye dominance switching does take place and there is evidence for a hierarchy of cues which trigger changes in two types of dominance. Differences in retinal image size appear to be the cue that is most heavily favoured when determining which eye is treated as dominant. Other cues include eye position signals and differences in luminance between the eyes, the latter suggesting that eye dominance switching is not controlled solely by changes in gaze direction. The relation between eye dominance and the centre of visual direction, the egocentre, was also considered. It was found that the egocentre is unlikely to change location in a manner similar to eye dominance. The conclusion of this work sets dominance switching within the context of a mechanism designed to maximise the amount of data available for use by the visual system.
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Yancosek, Kathleen E. "INJURY-INDUCED HAND DOMINANCE TRANSFER." UKnowledge, 2010. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/18.
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Hand dominance is the preferential use of one hand over the other for motor tasks. 90% of people are right-hand dominant, and the majority of injuries (acute and cumulative trauma) occur to the dominant limb, creating a double-impact injury whereby a person is left in a functional state of single-handedness and must rely on the less-dexterous, non-dominant hand. When loss of dominant hand function is permanent, a forced shift of dominance is termed injury-induced hand dominance transfer (I-IHDT).
Military service members injured in combat operation may face I-IHDT following mutilating injuries (crush, avulsion, burn and blast wounds) that result in dominant limb amputation or limb salvage. Military occupational therapy practitioners utilize an intervention called Handwriting For Heroes to facilitate hand dominance transfer. This intervention trains the injured military member how to write again using the previously non-dominant hand. Efficacy and clinical effectiveness studies were needed to validate the use of this intervention.
This dissertation contains three studies related to I-IHDT. One study measured handwriting performance in adults who previously (greater than 2 years ago) lost function of their dominant hands. Results verified that handwriting performance, when measured on two separate occasions (six-weeks apart) was similar (stable). A second study examined the efficacy of Handwriting For Heroes in non-impaired participants. Results demonstrated a positive effect on the variables that measured the written product: legibility, writing speed (letters-per-minute); as well as a positive effect on the variables that measured the writing process: kinematic and kinetic parameters. The final study examined the clinical effectiveness of Handwriting For Heroes in an injured military population. Results did not show as positive results as the efficacy study, despite similar compliance with the intervention. Specifically, non-impaired participants started with faster writing speeds in their non-dominant hands (higher letters-per-minute) and made more gains (wider ranges). The non-impaired participants also started with faster dexterity (betters scores on the Grooved Pegboard) but they made fewer gains than the injured service members (smaller ranges). Nevertheless, injured participants clearly made gains in all dependent variables thereby demonstrating clinical effectiveness of the intervention
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Schmid, Marianne. "Gender differences in dominance hierarchies /." Lengerich : Pabst Science Publishers, 2000. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0714/2003458007.html.
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O'Brien, Chris (Chris Harris). "Multiple dominance and interface operations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113779.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155).
This dissertation explores the consequences of multidominance in syntactic theory, with a particular focus on how multidominance interacts with interpretation at the interfaces. In particular, I explore how interpretation is sensitive to complete dominance, in which a phrase dominates every position containing another phrase. I argue that complete dominance plays a crucial role in the resolution of two puzzles: The right-edge restriction on right-node raising and selective island effects in A'-movement. I develop a linearization algorithm which is locally sensitive to complete dominance, and show how, when applied to right-node raising structures, it predicts the right-edge effect. I also explore how, following Bachrach & Katzir (2009, 2017), complete dominance plays a role in cyclic Spellout. Bachrach & Katzir argue that PF Spellout of incompletely dominated material is delayed. I extend Bachrach & Katzir's delayed Spellout model to both PF and LF, and show how, when combined with Johnson's (2012, 2014) model of movement, it predicts the range of selective island effects (Cinque 1990, Postal 1998). Finally, I explore a puzzle concerning the PF theory of islands and the question of whether island constraints are active at LE
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Žáčková, Soňa. "Kolektivní dominance v soutěžním právu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3155.
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Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na kolektivní dominanci v soutěžním právu. Charakterizuje prameny právní úpravy a vývoj pojmu kolektivní dominance jako takového. Dále se zabývá srovnáním kolektivní dominance s jednáním ve vzájemné shodě. Jako nejdůležitější pramen kolektivní dominance identifikuje judikaturu (především na evropské úrovni), jejíž analýze je věnována značná pozornost. V závěru shrnuje důsledky vývoje judikatury na vývoj konceptu kolektivní dominance se zaměřením na praktickou stránku ? zda je či není nutné při prokazování kolektivní dominance prokázat existenci ekonomických vazeb mezi soutěžiteli.
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Kura, K. "Mathematical modelling of dominance hierarchies." Thesis, City, University of London, 2016. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/15838/.
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In this research we analyse the formation of dominance hierarchies from different viewpoints and various models of dominance hierarchy formation have been proposed, one important class being winner--loser models and another being Swiss tournaments. We start by understanding the structure of hierarchies emerging under the influence of winner and loser effects and two situations are considered: (i) when each individual has the same, fixed (unchanged) aggression threshold, meaning that all of them use the same rule when deciding whether to fight or retreat, and (ii) when individuals select an aggression threshold comparing their own and their opponent's abilities, and fighting if and only if the situation is sufficiently favourable to themselves. For both situations, we investigate if we can achieve hierarchy linearity, and if so, when it is established. We are particularly interested in the question of how many fights are necessary to establish dominance hierarchy. To examine these questions we use existing and new statistical measures. Besides understanding the structure and the temporal dynamic of the hierarchy formation, we also analyse the effect of the information that each individual has about the strength of their opponents on linearity. For the second situation, where individuals choose different aggression threshold, we find the appropriate level of aggression and examine the conditions when an individual needs to be more aggressive and when not. Lastly, we develop a model which allows only the individuals with the same number of wins and losses to fight each other. We show that linear hierarchies are always established. A formula for the total number of fights is derived, and the effect of group size on the level of aggressiveness is analysed.
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Nguyen-Hoan, Minh Psychology Faculty of Science UNSW. "The impact of a subordinate first language on second language processing in adult bilinguals." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Psychology, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41256.
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The present body of research examined adult bilinguals who acquired a second language (L2) from an early age and who subsequently developed language dominance in that language. The question investigated is whether such "early L2-dominant bilinguals" attain a native level of proficiency in their second language. This possibility was explored by comparing bilinguals who had Cantonese L1 (logographic, morphosyllabic), Vietnamese L1 (alphabetic, morphosyllabic) or some "Other" L1 (alphabetic, non-morphosyllabic) to English monolinguals on various tasks in English (L2). The ability to process spoken stimuli was examined using phoneme deletion, spelling-to-dictation, and auditory comprehension tasks. The results showed that bilinguals from all backgrounds had greater difficulty than monolinguals on tasks that required sublexical skills, with the morphosyllabic groups performing the most poorly. The processing of print was investigated using reading aloud and reading comprehension tasks. In contrast to the auditory tasks, only Cantonese L1 bilinguals displayed any discernable difference from monolinguals on reading. Cantonese L1 bilinguals did, however, outperform monolinguals on orthographic memory tasks, such as the spelling of idiosyncratic L2 words. The findings therefore indicated that L1 linguistic structure influences L2 processing in adulthood, despite the former having become subordinate. In order to elucidate whether transfer effects arise solely from early exposure to L1, or whether L1 maintenance also plays a role, the L1 and L2 proficiency of a separate sample of Cantonese L1 bilinguals was examined. However, no meaningful relationship between L1 and L2 proficiency was found. Finally, a sample of late bilinguals were also tested in order to determine whether the L1-specific effects observed in early bilinguals are simply an attenuated version of those in late bilinguals,. The results revealed that the development of language dominance in L2 does lead to qualitatively different outcomes in L2 for early bilinguals. The findings from the present research are most consistent with the Competition Model (e.g., Hernandez, Li, & MacWhinney, 2005), which espouses the notions of L1 transfer and entrenchment to explain second language acquisition. Overall, the research indicates that native attainment in L2 is not assured for all early L2-dominant bilinguals.
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Ajdahi, Sami, and Erik Hansson. "Stolthet-statusmodellen och attityder till utbildning : En kvantitativ studie om hur gymnasielevers upplevelser av stolthet och social status korrelerar med deras attityder till utbildning." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-52620.
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Tidigare forskning av Cheng, Tracy och Henrich (2010) har identifierat samband mellan tvåfacetter av stolthet och två olika strategier för att nå social status. Dessa samband harkonceptualiserats till stolthet-statusmodellen. Den har tidigare undersökts i en amerikanskpopulation och det finns enbart en studie på en liten avgränsad svensk population. Vidarefinns det inga tidigare studier som har undersökt om stolthet-statusmodellen samvarierar medpositiva attityder till utbildning. Denna studies syften var därför att undersöka stolthet-statusmodellen på en svensk population samt undersöka hur de olika statusstrategierna ochstolthetsfacetterna samvarierar med positiva attityder kring utbildning. För att undersöka dettagjordes ett bekvämlighetsurval av 609 stycken elever på teoretiska gymnasieprogram som fickskatta sin subjektiva upplevelse av stolthetsfacetterna, statusstrategierna samt sina positivaattityder till utbildning. Gymnasieelevernas skattningar korrelerades och skillnaden mellankorrelationerna undersöktes. Resultaten visar att stolthet-statusmodellen delvis är valid på ensvensk population, att statusstrategier samvarierar signifikant med positiva attityder tillutbildning och att stolthetsfacetterna till viss del samvarierar signifikant med positiva attitydertill utbildning. Möjliga förklaringar till resultaten diskuteras tillsammans med enmetoddiskussion samt praktiska implikationer och förslag på framtida forskning om stolthet-statusmodellen och positiva attityder till utbildning.Previous research by Cheng, Tracy and Henrich (2010) has identified relationships betweentwo facets of pride and two different strategies to attain social status. These relationships havebeen conceptualized to a pride-status model. The model has been tested on an Americanpopulation and only in one study has it been tested in a Swedish context. Moreover, there areno previous studies on the possible relationship between the pride-status model and positiveattitudes towards post-secondary education. Therefore, the purposes of this study were toinvestigate if the pride-status model is valid on a Swedish population and investigate how thedifferent status strategies and facets of pride relate to positive attitudes towards post-secondary education. In order to examine this, a convenience sample consisting of 609students in high school preparing for post-secondary education rated subjective experiences offacets of pride, social status strategies and attitudes towards post-secondary education. Thestudents’ ratings were correlated with each other and the difference between the correlationswas examined. The findings show that the pride-status model is partly valid on a Swedishpopulation and that the status strategies correlated significantly with positive attitudes towardspost-secondary education. The facets of pride were significantly correlated with positiveattitudes towards post-secondary education to some extent. Possible explanations of thefindings are discussed together with a methodology discussion and proposals for futureresearch within the area of the pride-status model and attitudes towards education.
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Snyder, Jeffrey K. "The Dominance Dilemma: Differentiating Status from Dominance in the Context of Women's Heterosexual Mate Preferences." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626419.
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Frémaux-Crouzet, Annie. "Formes de dominance et d'anti-dominance en Espagne du bas Moyen âge aux temps modernes." Montpellier 3, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991MON30027.
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Ensemble de travaux qui, dans la perspective de l'etude des mentalites, sont centres sur l'etablissement des hierarchies et de la dominance au sein de la societe peninsulaire hispanique du bas moyen age et des temps modernes (du xive au xvieme siecle). Cette strategie de pouvoir qui implique l'exploitation de l'homme par l'homme, l'asservissement des etres les uns par les autres, par l'oppression, la violence physique et mentale, la manipulation de la difference, est debusquee aux differents niveaux organisationnels des microcosmes et macrocosmes socio-culturels, au niveau du corps humain, de la famille, du groupe, de la societe. L'analyse essaie, a partir de quelques faits et textes representatifs, de rendre compte des deux formes antithetiques et interdependantes du phenomene : l'elaboration symbolique, architecturale, linguistique, juridique visant a justifier l'alienation d'un cote; les comportements et le contre-discours de liberation de l'autre. Sexisme et feminisme, racisme et fraternite universaliste, totalitarisme et pluralisme y sont articules dans leur interactions dialectiques. C'est dans cette optique que sont analyses le libro de las donas de eiximenis, les traites d'education princiere du bas moyen age, les constitutions juridiques du franciscanisme eremitique des reformes et observances, le conorte et sa glose de juana de la cruz et francisco torres, le monastere de san lorenzoCombined works which, in the prospect of studying mental habits, are focused on the establishment of the hierarchies and dominance within the peninsular spanish society from the later middle ages to the modern times (14th - 16th century). This strateggy of power which implies the exploitation of man by man, a state of bondage of some human beings by others, oppression, physical and mental violence, manipulation of the difference, is ousted at the different levels of the sociological and cultural microcosms and macrocosms, at the level of the human body, the family, the group society. Starting from some representative facts and texts, the analysis tries to give an account of the two antithetic and interdependent forms of the phenomenon: the elaboration in its symbolic, architectural, linguistic and juridical aspects aims to justify alienation on one hand, the behaviours and the counter language of liberation on the other. Sexism and feminism, racism and universal fraternity, totalitarism and pluralism are articulated in ther dialectic interaction. In that perspective i analyse the "libro de las donas" by eiximenis, the threatises of princely education in the lower middle ages, the juridical constitutions of eremitic franciscanism
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Pechová, Riedlová Mária. "RADNICE - VĚC VEŘEJNÁ, Správní centrum městské části Brno-sever." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-216159.
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The aim of the work was to design a town hall for Brno city, burrough Sever. Currently, the location is separated from public life by a high wall. What is more, it does not match the style of surrounding buildings. The proposed town hall design strives to revive the location. It uses one of the three existing buildings built in 1920. The building is proposed to be rennovated and extended by a new modern architectonic object. This way, the whole complex would naturally fit into the original structure. The location of the town hall merges the historic with the modern introducing new values into the place.
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Guttman, Jerry. "Effect of Internal Consistency on the CPI Social Dominance Scale on the Predictability of Dominance Behaviors." TopSCHOLAR®, 1985. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2431.
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The purpose of this study was to show that the degree of consistency that people demonstrate on personality measures is positively related to the degree to which behaviors representing the personality domains can be predicted. Thirty five female consistent personality scale respondents and Thirty eight female inconsistent scale respondents participated in small group discussions. The results showed that for all females, scale scores on the California Psychological Inventory subscaJe of dominance were predictive of three measures of dominance behaviors in the discussion group. Consistent personality scale respondents had no measures that were significantly correlated with the dominance scale score, whereas three measures were correlated with scale scores for female inconsistent scale respondents. Fischer's Z-transformations revealed no significant differences between the zero-order correlations for inconsistent and consistent groups and no significant differences were found between multiple correlations for the two groups. The results replicate past research on the prediction of behavior in single sex discussion groups, but fall to provide evidence that consistent scale respondents are more predictable than inconsistent scale respondents in the social dominance domain.
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Mehmeti, Denis, and Devin Radianu. "Kvinnoförtrycket i virtuella spelvärlden : “Vi är som slagpåsar” - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om kvinnors upplevelser av spelvärlden." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-42411.
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This essay is based on a study that presents the result of interviews directed at women who are integrated in the gaming community. The purpose is to get clarification on the topic about how women experience gaming and if they are treated differently than men in the community. With the question “How do women experience the male dominated gaming world and how does it affect them?”, subordination, misogyny, male dominance and gender are keywords that can be identified within the targeted area. The theoretical framework has been based on Sylvia Walby's theoretical interpretation of patriarchy, Judith Butler’s performativity theory, and Eve, K Sedgwick’s theory about homosociality. The results show that women are worse treated in the gaming community than men. The women experience that they are subordinate men where her entry in the gaming world is considered to be deviant. The gaming world has patriarchal traits where the men through performative and homosocial behaviour reproduce and maintain these structures. The effects have been that the gaming world is now characterized by misogynistic premises where the man can get away with hate speech against women without consequences.
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Stephenson, Paul. "New dominance orders for scheduling problems." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0027/NQ51014.pdf.
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Stephenson, Paul A. "New dominance orders for scheduling problems /." *McMaster only, 1999.
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Yaya, Mehmet Erdem. "Immigration, income inequality and stochastic dominance." Thesis, [Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Libraries], 2009. http://purl.lib.ua.edu/2204.
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Karcher, Thierry. "Critères de dominance stochastique et temporelle." Rennes 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994REN1G043.
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L'objectif principal de la thèse est de fournir des instruments, des critères de comparaison de flux de revenus incertains dans le temps. Par exemple, des projets d'investissement, des plans de consommation, des carrières salariales engendrent des revenus considérés aléatoires sur plusieurs périodes. L'auteur passe donc tout d'abord en revue les critères de dominance stochastique, qui permettent de comparer des distributions de revenus incertains sur une période, par comparaison des distributions ou de leurs inverses. L'analogie avec les outils de comparaison de l'inégalité de distribution des revenus entre sociétés est soulignée. Puis, des critères originaux de dominance temporelle, autorisant la comparaison de revenus certains sur plusieurs périodes, sont fournis. La thèse donne alors les critères permettant la comparaison soit de l'espérance d'utilité des valeurs actualisés, soit la valeur actualisée des espérances d'utilité, les critères de dominance stochastique et temporelle. La thèse se conclut par une comparaison des carrières indiciaires de certains enseignants de l'Education Nationale, puis d'une comparaison de deux échantillons de carrières salariales de Professeur des Universités.
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Squier, Karen. "Ocular sensory dominance and viewing distance." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2017. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_opt_stuetd/12.
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Abstract Purpose: It is not clear as to whether sensory dominance is affected by test distance. Jiang et al previously reported that that the sensory dominant eyes may be affected by refractive error; however this study was done at a near distance only (60 cm). In this study, we investigated the effect of two different test distances (near, 60 cm vs distance, 6 meters) on the laterality of ocular dominance. Methods: Ocular sensory dominance was quantified in 60 subjects with a technique that involves the dichoptic presentation of a Mondrian noise and a Gabor patch. The threshold to detect the Gabor patch was measured in the presence of decreasing contrast in the Mondrian stimulus. Each eye was tested 50 times and thresholds from two eyes were compared with t-test. If the difference between the two eyes was significant, a subject was classified as having clear ocular sensory dominance and the eye that had lower thresholds was defined as the dominant one. If difference between the two eyes was not significant, a subject was classified as having unclear ocular sensory dominance. Ocular sensory dominance was measured at two different viewing distances, one for near at 60cm away and the other one for far at 6m away. Results: In 31 subjects (51.7 %), dominant eyes remained the same for near and distance viewing. In 15 (25.0 %) subjects, who showed clear ocular sensory dominance at distance, ocular sensory dominance became unclear at near. In 11 (18.3 %) subjects, that had unclear ocular sensory dominance at distance, showed clear ocular sensory dominance at near. In 3 (5.0 %) subjects, the laterality of the dominant eye switched between far and near distance. Conclusions: The effect of viewing distance on ocular sensory dominance is a continuous spectrum. In majority of the population, ocular sensory dominance is not affected. In 43.3 % of the population, ocular sensory dominance varies between unclear and clear status. Only in very rare cases, laterality of dominant eyes switches between near and distance.
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Vairo, David L. "Elaborations on Multiattribute Utility Theory Dominance." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5726.
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ELABORATIONS ON MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY DOMINANCE
By David L. Vairo
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019.
Major Director: Dissertation director’s name, Dr. Jason Merrick, Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT) is used to structure decisions with more than one factor (attribute) in play. These decisions become complex when the attributes are dependent on one another. Where linear modeling is concerned with how factors are directly related or correlated with each other, MAUT is concerned with how a decision maker feels about the attributes. This means that direct elicitation of value or utility functions is required. This dissertation focuses on expanding the types of dominance forms used within MAUT. These forms reduce the direct elicitation needed to help structure decisions. Out of this work comes support for current criticisms of gain/loss separability that is assumed as part of Prospect Theory. As such, an alternative to Prospect Theory is presented, derived from within MAUT, by modeling the probability an event occurs as an attribute.
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Vladimir, Kostić. "Benefits from the generalized diagonal dominance." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2010. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=73292&source=NDLTD&language=en.
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This theses is dedicated to the study of generalized diagonal dominance and itsvarious beneflts. The starting point is the well known nonsingularity result of strictly diagonally dominant matrices, from which generalizations were formed in difierent directions. In theses, after a short overview of very well known results, special attention was turned to contemporary contributions, where overview of already published original material is given, together with new obtained results. Particulary, Ger•sgorin-type localization theory for matrix pencils is developed, and application of the results in wireless sensor networks optimization problems is shown.Ova teza je posvećena izučavanju generalizovane dijagonalne dominacije i njenih brojnih prednosti. Osnovu čini poznati rezultat o regularnosti strogo dijagonalnih matrica,čija su uopštenja formirana u brojnim pravcima. U tezi, nakon kratkog pregleda dobro poznatih rezultata, posebna pažnja je posvećena savremenim doprinosima, gde je dat i pregled već objavljenih autorovih rezultata, kao i detaljan tretman novih dobijenih rezultata. Posebno je razvijena teorija lokalizacije Geršgorinovog tipa generalizovanih karakterističnih korena i pokazana je primena rezultata u problemima optimizacije bežičnih senzor mreža.
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Löbler, Helge. "Service-dominant networks: an evolution from the service-dominant logic perspective." Emerald, 2013. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15284.
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Purpose – This article seeks to advance a novel service network perspective, based on the service-dominant logic, designated as service-dominant networks (SDN). Design/methodology/approach – Service-dominant logic components serve to build and describe SDN. Specifically, resources and actors are key components, combined with activities and the process by which they become resources. A case study details the features of SDNs. Findings – Service-dominant networks exhibit unique, previously unaddressed features. According to the service-dominant logic, components only become resources when they are integrated; thus, they disappear as resources after their integration, which means SDNs are fugacious: they (be-)come and go. In addition, SDNs comprise one or more main intended activities that explain their existence, though these intended activities do not necessarily initiate any particular SDN. Rather, other critical incidents can initiate SDNs. Research limitations/implications – The features of SDNs proposed in this article have not been a focus of prior research. In particular, the dynamics and fugaciousness of SDNs are challenges for research and management. Originality/value – This article offers the first proposal of a novel, service-dominant network perspective. In a very general and abstract form, it identifies the features of SDNs.
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Löbler, Helge. "Service-dominant networks." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-218333.
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Purpose – This article seeks to advance a novel service network perspective, based on the service-dominant logic, designated as service-dominant networks (SDN). Design/methodology/approach – Service-dominant logic components serve to build and describe SDN. Specifically, resources and actors are key components, combined with activities and the process by which they become resources. A case study details the features of SDNs. Findings – Service-dominant networks exhibit unique, previously unaddressed features. According to the service-dominant logic, components only become resources when they are integrated; thus, they disappear as resources after their integration, which means SDNs are fugacious: they (be-)come and go. In addition, SDNs comprise one or more main intended activities that explain their existence, though these intended activities do not necessarily initiate any particular SDN. Rather, other critical incidents can initiate SDNs. Research limitations/implications – The features of SDNs proposed in this article have not been a focus of prior research. In particular, the dynamics and fugaciousness of SDNs are challenges for research and management. Originality/value – This article offers the first proposal of a novel, service-dominant network perspective. In a very general and abstract form, it identifies the features of SDNs.
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Kotsoni, Zoi. "A sociophonetic analysis of the production of mid-vowel contrasts in Catalan spoken in Barcelona." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669724.
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La presente investigación trata de la variación del lenguaje y presumiblemente cambio desde la perspectiva teórica de los estudios en tiempo aparente. Su objetivo es explorar la retención o fusión de los contrastes vocálicos medios-delanteros y medios-posteriores catalanes, y si la fusión está completa o produce un escenario cercano a la fusión, basado en la producción de vocales medias por bilingües con un dominio más fuerte del catalán. (catalán-dominante), así como por bilingües con un dominio más fuerte del español (español-dominante), todos siendo residentes de Barcelona, España. En la comunidad de doble discurso de Barcelona, los miembros se encuentran en una situación de bilingüismo territorial y social. La variedad de catalán que se habla en Barcelona (catalán central) posee dos conjuntos de vocales medias fonémicas (/ e / - / ε / y / o / - / ↄ /), a diferencia del español que tiene una sola vocal por conjunto (/ e / y / o /). Se evalúa el impacto de las variables independientes de género, edad, dominio del idioma y lengua materna en la producción de vocales medias, lo que proporciona una idea de la naturaleza no lineal de la variación y el cambio del lenguaje.
Setenta y dos residentes bilingües catalanes / españoles de Barcelona de diferentes generaciones (sus edades oscilan entre los 15 y los 75 años) se grabaron leyendo en voz alta un pasaje catalán que incluye las siguientes instancias de vocales estresadas, / e /, / ε /, / o / y / ↄ /, que se sometieron a un análisis acústico junto con / i /, / a /, / u /. Los valores F1 y F2 de las siete vocales que están implicadas en los datos se sometieron a un procedimiento de normalización del hablante. Se aplicó un método para determinar si las diferencias de frecuencia F1 entre las vocales medias-cerradas y medias-abiertas correspondían a un contraste de vocales o un escenario (cercano) de fusión. Se analizó estadísticamente el efecto del género, de la edad, del dominio del idioma y de la lengua materna en la diferenciación de las vocales medias.
Se extraen varias conclusiones basadas en los análisis estadísticos realizados y las tendencias del conjunto de datos. Se descubrió que los bilingües catalanes lograban una mejor distinción entre vocales que los bilingües españoles. En general, las vocales medio-delanteras se diferenciaron mejor que las vocales medias-posteriores a nivel de producción. También se descubrió que los hablantes mayores tendían a retener mejor el contraste de las vocales medias-posteriores. Los jóvenes hispanohablantes, cuyos padres son españoles, obtuvieron mejores resultados que los hispanohablantes de edad mediana y que los mayores. Los resultados demostraron además que las mujeres bilingües catalanas tendían a tener una diferenciación de vocales medias más sólida que los hombres bilingües catalanes y las mujeres bilingües españolas. Se discuten las implicaciones que sugieren que la variación está involucrada en este estudio y se ofrecen posibles explicaciones.The present research deals with language variation and presumably change from the theoretical perspective of apparent-time studies. It aims to explore the retainment or merging of the Catalan mid-front and mid-back vowel contrasts, and whether merging is complete or yields a near-merging scenario, based on the production of mid-vowels by bilinguals with a stronger command of Catalan (Catalan-dominant) as well as by bilinguals with a stronger command of Spanish (Spanish-dominant), all residents of Barcelona, Spain. In the dual speech community of Barcelona, members find themselves in a situation of both territorial and societal bilingualism. The variety of Catalan spoken in Barcelona (Central Catalan) possesses two sets of phonemic mid-vowels (/e/-/ε/ and /o/-/ↄ/), unlike Spanish which has a single vowel per set (/e/ and /o/). The impact of the independent variables of gender, age, language dominance and mother tongue on mid-vowel production is assessed, providing insight into the non-linear nature of language variation and change. Seventy-two Catalan/Spanish bilingual residents of Barcelona of different generations (their ages range from 15 to 75) were recorded reading aloud a Catalan passage including the following stressed vowel instances, /e/, /ε/, /o/ and /ↄ/, which were subjected to an acoustic analysis alongside the /i/, /a/, /u/. F1 and F2 values of all seven vowels that are implicated in the data were submitted to a speaker normalisation procedure. A method was applied for determining whether F1 frequency differences between close-mid and open-mid vowels corresponded to a vowel contrast or (near-) merging scenario. The effect of gender, age, language dominance and mother tongue on the mid-vowel differentiation was analysed statistically. A number of conclusions based on the statistical analyses performed and dataset trends are drawn. It was first found that Catalan bilinguals achieved a better mid-vowel distinction than Spanish bilinguals. Overall, mid-front vowels were better differentiated than mid-back vowels at a production level. It was also found that older speakers tended to better retain the mid-back vowel contrast. Youngsters and young Spanish speakers, whose parents are both Spanish, performed better than middle-aged and older Spanish speakers. The results further demonstrated that Catalan female bilinguals tended to have a more robust mid-vowel differentiation than Catalan male and Spanish female bilinguals. Implications which suggest that variation is involved in this study are discussed and potential explanations are offered.
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Wilson, Sarah Jane. "An exploration of the cerebral lateralisation of musical function /." Connect to thesis, 1996. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000647.
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Wendt, Peter E. "Variations in functional lateralization." Lund : University of Lund, 1998. http://books.google.com/books?id=5vFqAAAAMAAJ.
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Shishkin, Elena Markovna. "Language Dominance And Culture Dominance: L2 Acquisition, L1 Maintenance, And Culture Identification Among Russian Immigrants In The U.S." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194743.
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This dissertation investigated the extent of L2 (English) acquisition and L1 (Russian) maintenance of two age groups of Russian immigrants in the US and examined the relationship between participants' current language dominance and culture dominance. The study also aimed at enhancing theoretical knowledge about the methodology of assessing language and culture dominance and at establishing which of the measures used here (self-reports of language proficiency, three lexical fluency tests, writing tasks, and a culture questionnaire) are the most accurate and practical for determining the more dominant language and culture. In addition to quantitative data, interviews provided insights into the participants' views and opinions on their language and culture and were used to supplement the statistical results with personal comments.The results indicate a surprisingly high level of first language and culture maintenance in the younger group together with highly successful L2 acquisition and acculturation, marking this group as rather balanced bilingually and bi-culturally. The older participants, on the other hand, clearly maintain dominance in both Russian language and Russian culture. Significant correlations established between different language proficiency measures carry methodological importance for future studies.
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Hohenbrink, Sarah [Verfasser]. "Female dominance in mouse lemurs / Sarah Hohenbrink." Hannover : Bibliothek der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, 2015. http://d-nb.info/108081518X/34.
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Li, Bishan. "Generalizations of diagonal dominance in matrix theory." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ30262.pdf.
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Goodwin, Nigel. "Dominance and reproduction in farmed red deer." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310949.
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Luan, Xin. "Interspecies aggression and social dominance in crayfish." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1256151469.
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Cole, John G. "An examination of an interpersonal dominance construct." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=972.
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Sen, Tanmoy. "Platform Ecosystem : ARM's answer to Intel's dominance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111290.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-63).
The personal computing industry has witnessed significant changes with more users moving from desktop PCs to battery-operated mobile devices. These dynamics have prompted chip-design companies to evaluate ways to lower the power consumption of devices, thereby elongating battery life. With its lower power microprocessor-core architecture, a newer and smaller company, ARM Holdings, has been able to challenge the much bigger incumbent Intel and capture significant market share by creating a powerful ecosystem based on strategic partnerships. This thesis will evaluate how ARM's 'design and license' business model based on a platform ecosystem-partnerships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), semiconductor companies, and software developers, has been able to counter Intel's vertically-integrated business model. This thesis will discuss the details of underlying technologies - Intel's high speed vs. ARM's low power architectures, and further evaluate how ARM gives its partners more customizing power and the ability to differentiate its products with respect to competitors that also use the ARM architecture.
by Tanmoy Sen.
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Ali, Raheela Saeed. "Relationship Between Ocular Sensory Dominance and Stereopsis." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2016. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_opt_stuetd/11.
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Purpose: It is unknown whether individuals with two balanced eyes show quicker response and lower threshold in fine stereoscopic detection. Previous methods to measure ocular dominance were primarily qualitative, which do not quantify the degree of dominance and show limitation in identifying the dominant eye. In this study, we aimed at quantifying the difference of ocular strength between the two eyes with ocular dominance index (ODI) and studying the association of ocular balance between the two eyes with stereoscopic detection. Methods: Stereoscopic threshold was measured in thirty-three subjects. Stereopsis was measured with random dot stimuli. The minimal detectable disparity (Dmin) and the minimal time needed to acquire the best stereoacuity (Tmin) were quantified. Ocular dominance was measured by a continuous flashing technique with the tested eye viewing a titled Gabor patch increasing in contrast and the fellow non-tested eye viewing a Mondrian noise decreasing in contrast. The log ratio of Mondrian to Gabor’s contrasts was recorded when a subject just detected the tilting direction of the Gabor during each trial. The t-value derived from a t-test of the 50 values obtained in each eye was used to determine a subject’s ODI (ocular dominance index) to quantify the degree of ocular dominance. A subject with ODI ≥ 2 (p < 0.05) was defined to have clear dominance and the eye with larger mean ratio was the dominant eye. Results: The Dmin (55.40 arcsec) in subjects with two balanced eyes were not significantly different from the Dmin (43.29 arcsec) in subjects with clear ocular dominance (p = 0.87). Subjects with two balanced eyes had significantly (p = 0.01) shorter reaction times on average (Tmin = 138.28 msec) compared to subjects with clear dominance (Tmin = 1229.02 msec). Tmin values were highly correlated with ocular dominance (p = 0.0004). Conclusion: Subjects with two relatively balanced eyes take shorter reaction time to achieve optimal level of stereoacuity. Keywords: Ocular Dominance, Local Stereopsis, Binocular, Balanced Eyes, Anisometropia
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Ulla, Heidi Emberland. "Greene's resource theory of single party dominance." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31305.
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Single-party dominance (SPD) is a phenomenon that has puzzled many scholars within the field of political science, as it does not fit into the standard dichotomy of democracy versus dictatorship. Kenneth Greene’s Resource Theory seeks to explain prolonged electoral dominance in these systems by looking at resource asymmetries between the governing party and the opposition. Greene applies his theory to democratic and non-democratic SPD systems alike. In order to expand knowledge in the field of SPD research, this thesis has provided a critical analysis of Greene’s theory using South Africa under the ANC within the timeframe of 1994 to February 2018 as an illustrative case. The thesis concluded that the Resource Theory could not be used for explaining ANC dominance, and indicated that resources have a limited power to explain SPD. As such, the aim of the thesis is to uncover theoretical weaknesses of the theory. Firstly, it is argued that the theory is weakened by the use of subjective and sometimes arbitrary concepts which hamper testability. The main theoretical flaw identified is Greene’s assumptions of the nature of such systems, in which he sees the dominant party as one unit. I argue in this research that this assumption renders the theory unable to predict the consequences of factionalisation within the dominant party. Three main factors are identified to justify why resources have limited explanatory power. Firstly, factionalisation leads to intra-party competition for state resources, and these factions become dependent on a steady stream of resources to sustain themselves. This competition can become so fierce that the economy suffers. When resources become less available, these conflicts intensify. Consequently, the dominant party starts deteriorating from within and misconduct can no longer be concealed from the public. As the government becomes less responsive in terms of providing public goods in combination with increased public awareness, voter dissatisfaction also intensifies. This eventually leads citizens to abandon their allegiance to the party. The research study shows that resources are not independent from external and internal environments, indicating that asymmetric resource advantages alone cannot explain why these systems exist over longer periods of time.
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Alafifi, Markus. "Presidential Manifestation of Verbal Dominance : A discourse analysis of conversational dominance strategies employed by Joe Biden and Donald Trump." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Engelska, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-34735.
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This study aims to observe linguistic disparities in the distribution of the conversational dominance strategies interruptions, amount of talk, and questions in the first U.S. 2020 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Subsequently, these findings establish the evaluation of how the interactive phenomena relate to the masculinity conceptualizations of hegemonic masculinity and subordination. To examine the study objective, the methodology conducted was a discourse analysis of the debate transcript. Hence, the method intended to measure to which extent Biden and Trump employed interruptions, amount of talk, and questions during the debate. The outcome of the review established the discursive dominance framework used to discuss how the presidential candidates demonstrated adherence to diverse masculinities’ conceptualizations. The discourse analysis outcome revealed an asymmetrical distribution of the interactive phenomena across all variables measured in favor of Donald Trump. These results suggest that Trump’s discursive performance signaled adherence to hegemonic masculinity norms to a greater extent than Biden through employing more conversational dominance strategies during the debate. Consequently, Biden’s discursive performance indicated closer relations to masculine subordination than Trump’s performance.
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Ayasreh, Fierro Nadia. "Nefropatía tubulointersticial autosómica dominante." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/405658.
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La nefropatía tubulointersticial autosómica dominante (NTAD) es una enfermedad renal hereditaria que se caracteriza por un daño tubulointersticial crónico. Clínicamente cursa con una enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) de lenta evolución con ausencia o mínima proteinuria y ausencia de microhematuria, con una edad de enfermedad renal crónica terminal (ERCT) muy variable. Actualmente se conocen 4 genes (UMOD, MUC1, HNF1B y REN) cuya mutación es responsable de cuatro subtipos de NTAD. Los subtipos más frecuentemente descritos en la literatura son los causados por mutación en los genes UMOD y MUC1.
El objetivo de la tesis fue estudiar una cohorte de familias con clínica sugestiva de nefropatía tubulointersticial crónica, la realización del estudio genético y el análisis de las características clínicas de los pacientes.
Se recogieron un total de 49 familias con clínica sugestiva de NTAD procedentes de la Fundació Puigvert y de otros centros de España. Se realizó el estudio genético de cada una de las familias, encontrando mutación en 25 de ellas, 9 tenían mutación en el gen UMOD y 16 tenían mutación en el gen MUC1.
Las diferencias clínicas más significativas entre los dos grupos fueron, la prevalencia de la hiperuricemia, que resultó más frecuente en los pacientes con mutación en el gen UMOD, y la edad al alcanzar la ERCT, que fue más precoz en los pacientes con mutación en el gen MUC1 (51 vs 56 años). No se detectaron otras manifestaciones renales ni extrarenales características que permitieran diferenciar entre ambas. Resultó destacada la gran variabilidad inter e intra familiar en cuando la edad de ERCT, reflejando la muy probable influencia de comorbilidades y factores modificadores tales como factores ambientales, genéticos o epigenéticos que modularían el fenotipo en estas nefropatías de presentación en la edad adulta. La caída del filtrado glomerular en ambos grupos resultó de media de 3,5ml/min/año, siendo mucho más lento que para la gran mayoría de nefropatías.
En la cohorte estudiada no se encontró ningún paciente con mutación en los genes HNF1B ni REN, confirmando la baja incidencia reportada en la literatura. También se analizó un subgrupo de pacientes con clínica de nefropatía tubulointersticial crónica sin causa secundaria y sin antecedentes familiares de nefropatía. No se encontró ninguna mutación en ninguno de estos pacientes, concluyendo que en los casos aislados, aunque pueden tratarse de un caso de novo, la indicación del estudio genético debe valorarse de forma individualizada.
En conclusión, esta tesis ha permitido profundizar en una enfermedad renal hereditaria poco frecuente y muy desconocida en la actualidad.Autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD) is a hereditary kidney disease characterized by chronic tubulointerstitial damage. Its clinical characteristic is a slowly progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the absence of or with very low proteinuria, and no blood, with a highly variable age at which end-stage chronic renal disease (ESRD) is developed. Nowadays, 4 genes are known (UMOD, MUC1, HNF1B and REN) whose mutation is responsible for 4 ADTKD subtypes. The most common subtypes described in literature are those caused by the mutation of the UMOD and MUC1 genes. The objective of the Ph.D. thesis was to study a cohort of families having clinical characteristics suggesting chronic tubulointerstitial kidney disease, its genetic testing and the analysis of the clinical characteristics of patients. 49 families with suspected ADTKD were chosen from Fundació Puigvert and other medical centers in Spain. A genetic test for each of the families was carried out and a mutation was found in 25 of them, 9 having a mutation in the UMOD gene and 16 in the MUC1 gene. The most significant clinical differences among the two groups were the prevalence of hyperuricemia, more common in patients with a mutated UMOD gene, and the age at which they developed ESRD, that was earlier than in patients whose MUC1 gene was mutated (51 vs 56 years of age). No other kidney or non-kidney related symptoms were identified that would allow to make a distinction between them. The great variability among and within families as for the age at ESRD was noticed, which shows the very likely influence of co-morbidities and modifying factors such as environmental, genetic or epigenetic factors that would alter the phenotype in nephropathies that develop at an adult age. The decrease in glomerular filtration rates in both groups was an average of 3.5ml/min/year, which is much lower than for most kidney diseases. In the studied cohort no patient had a mutation in HNF1B or REN genes, which confirms the low incidence reported in literature. A subgroup of patients with symptoms of chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis without a secondary cause and without a family history of nephropathy was also studied. No mutation was found in any of these patients, which leads to the conclusion that in isolated cases, although they can be a de novo case, the suitability of genetic testing has to be assessed individually. In short, this Ph.D. thesis deepens the knowledge about a rare hereditary kidney disease which currently remains largely unknown.
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Horn, Barry L. (Barry Lee). "Cerebral Laterality and Leadership Assessment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277963/.
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The major purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between cerebral laterality dominance and leadership behavior and traits. An additional purpose was to determine whether a relationship exists between cerebral laterality dominance and gender, ethnicity, and educational position.
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Enlund, John, and Petter Mattsson. "Fysiologiska skillnader mellan dominant och icke-dominant ben vid motviktad enbenscykling." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-25621.
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Syfte: Motviktad enbenscykling är en ny träningsmetod som kan användas för att öka intensiteten. Tidigare studier har påvisat att det finns skillander mellan dominant och icke-dominant ben vid cykling med två ben. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka fysiologiska assymetrier vid motviktad enbenscykling. Metod: Åtta undersökningsdeltagare (ålder 24,1 ± 4,2 år, längd 177,0 ± 5,5 cm, vikt 74,6 ± 9,0 kg, vo2max 69,0 ± 6,4 ml/kg/min) deltog i studien. Undersökningsdeltagarna delades in slumpmässigt i två grupper (dominant eller icke-dominant). För att bestämma undersökningsdeltagarens dominanta ben användes Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire. Den dominanta gruppen utförde första intervallen vid testtillfälle två med sitt dominanta ben och den icke-dominanta gruppen med sitt icke-dominanta ben.Vid testtillfälle ett utfördes ett standardiserat nivåtest till utmattning på cykel. Testtillfälle två, som utfördes minst 48 timmar senare, bestod av fyra stycken tio minuters intervaller av motviktad enbenscykling, varannat ben. Testtillfälle två kördes blint. Resultat: Skillnader kunde observeras men dock inga signifikanta skillnader. Tendensen var att man uppmätte en högre effekt med dominant ben (dominant ben 168 ±18,9 W, icke-dominant ben 162 ±18,1W), men en högre kadens med icke-dominant ben (dominant ben 93 ± 12,7 rpm, icke-dominant ben 95 ± 10,3 rpm). Slutsats: Skillnader finns mellan dominant och icke-dominant ben vid motviktad enbenscykling, dock inga signifikanta skillnader. Vår slutsats är att inlärningseffekten påverkade resultatet i denna studie. För att motverka detta i framtida studier angående motviktad enbenscykling bör undersökningsdeltagarna genomgå en invänjningsperiod med träningsmetoden.Purpose: Counterweighted single-leg cycling is a new training method that can be used to increase intensity. Studies have shown differences between dominant and non-dominant leg during normal cycling. The purpose of this study was to analyse physiological assymetries during counterweighted single-leg cycling. Method: Eight volunteers (age 24,1 ± 4,2 years, height 177,0 ± 5,5 cm , weight 74,6 ± 9,0 kg, vo2max 69,0 ± 6,4 ml/kg/min) participated in this study. Participants were randomly divided into two groups (dominant or non-dominant). Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire was used to decide participants dominant leg. The dominant group used their dominant leg in the first interval at the second test, and the non-dominant group used their non-dominant leg in the first interval. At the first test a standarized incremental cycling test was performed until exhaustion. The second test , >48 hours later, consisted of four ten-minute intervals of counterweighted single-leg cycling, alternating legs.The second test was blinded. Results: Differences were observed, but no significant differences. Tendencies showed a higher power-output with the dominant leg (dominant leg 168 ±18,9 W, non-dominant leg 162 ±18,1W), but a higher cadence with the non-dominant leg (dominant leg 93 ± 12,7 rpm, non-dominant leg 95 ± 10,3 rpm). Conclusion: Differences exist between dominant and non-dominant leg in counterweighted single-legged cycling, but no significant differences. Our conclusion is that the learning effect affected the results in this study. To counteract this in future studies concerning counterweighted single-legged cycling the studies should include a learning period with the training method.