Dissertations / Theses: 'Family technology'

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Cycil, Chandrika Ruth. "Technology and the family car : situating media use in family life." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12144.

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The thesis describes how family life is organised in the car, with a particular focus on exploring the role and use of mobile technology in this setting. The objective of this research is to use the insights from video ethnographic data collected with families to discuss how social interaction between family members may be situated to technology use. Drawing from the notion of ‘ordinary work’ discussed in ethnomethodology and applying this to naturalistic video data of families in cars, the thesis demonstrates how family activities are locally produced, drawing on background knowledge and common-sense understandings of family members’ work. Using methods from conversation analysis, the research demonstrates how transcribed instances of talk can reveal how parents and children produce their actions and talk to jointly produce activities in relation to media use. The analysis presented in this thesis demonstrates how the family car provides an opportunity for parents and children to come together, and engage in mundane family activities of talk and play while using a range of mobile devices. The thesis draws on richly documented and closely analysed episodes of interaction to demonstrate how family life unfolds in the accomplishment of activities in which interactions are situated, orderly and observable. The production of family life within the car involves talk and embodied action that is artfully placed within interactions between parents, children and technology. The analysis elucidates how the features of negotiation, collaboration and coordination around device-use are placed alongside driving activities. The contributions of this thesis lie in providing a descriptive analysis of the social organisation of family life through technology, developing an understanding of family technology use in a mobile context and highlighting elements of interaction that will inform the development of insights for the design of technology that is sensitive to the nuances of family life, mobility and technology practices.

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Polaha, Jodi, J. Correll, and J. Ellison. "Bringing Technology to Integrated Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6604.

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Croxall, Kathy C. "Family and Consumer Sciences Preservice Teachers' Computer Technology Preparation." DigitalCommons@USU, 2002. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2540.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the preparation of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) preservice teachers to teach FACS content using computer technology, a study that had not previously been undertaken. The focus of the study was FACS methods classes and activities, as reported by FACS teacher educators. A survey instrument was developed to determine how computer technology is incorporated into, modeled by the teacher, and required of students in FACS methods courses. The support FACS teacher educators receive from their college or university for teaching with technology, teacher educators' perceived computer skill and comfort levels, and importance placed by teacher educators on technology in secondary and college methods courses were also investigated. Respondents were asked their knowledge of the International Society for Technology in Education technology standards for teachers and their perceptions of preservice students' abilities to meet those standards. The survey was prepared in both printed/mailed and on-line formats to investigate the reliability of using the Internet to conduct survey research with this population. The survey was sent to 208 teacher educators nationwide and information was obtained from 86 respondents for a 41% response rate. Eleven research questions were answered. FACS teacher educators felt the inclusion of computer technology in both secondary classrooms and their own classrooms was important. While the majority reported average computer skills, they expressed confidence in their ability to teach and demonstrate technology in the classroom. FACS teacher educators were not aware of the ISTE standards but still rated their preservice students high on most standards. Four hypotheses were tested. No differences were found in reported preservice student computer technology abilities and characteristics of the college or university, FACS department, or teacher educator characteristics. There were no differences in responses and characteristics of teacher educators who completed the survey in the print/mailed format and those completing it on-line. Statistically significant differences were found in response rates for printed/mailed versus on-line surveys. FACS teacher educators were more likely to return surveys they received through the mail than complete surveys available on-line. Implications for teacher educators, administrators, and professional organizations are drawn.

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Polaha, Jodi, J. Shore, C. Turvey, E. Nelson, M. Mishkind, and R. Ciulla. "Transformations in Telemental Health Technology and Policy: Implications for Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6687.

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Sandlin, Jessica. "Family Business Adaptation to Disruptive Technology : Case Studies on Family Businesses in Handling the Challenges of Disruptive Technology and Maintaining Competitive Advantage within a Swedish Market." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-35694.

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Disruptive technologies continue to pose challenges for industries worldwide, and firms are constantly learning how to adapt in order to remain competitive. Family businesses are not immune to these “shocks” in their industry, and they too need to harness the potential advantages of novel technology just as much as corporations do. While there is extensive research on the methods and strategies employed by multinational corporations, the study of how a family business could or should adapt is virtually unexplored. There is a need to understand the intricate decision making process of business leadership in dealing with disruptive technology, particularly in regards to maintaining or gaining a competitive advantage. This study conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with three Swedish family businesses, all who were successful in adopting disruptive technologies to their benefit. Although each of the businesses took different paths for technology adaptation and to maintain their competitive advantage there was a consistent thread in the leadership strategy. The results revealed that strong family leadership, in the form of stewardship, was essential to maintaining their competitive advantage while dealing with the challenges of disruptive technology. Stewardship places emphasis on family core values, the drive to improve the performance of the business for the benefit for family and the employees, and a commitment to long-term goals. Stewardship proved to be the determining factors for these families in their successful disruptive technology adaption.

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Ortega, Erin. "Mobile Application Use to Support Family, School, and Community Partnerships." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6734.

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Globally, a phenomenon has transpired involving the fast-paced growth of mobile technology and the rapid adoption of smart technology. As technology continues to become more mobile, it could be beneficial for educational systems to begin to evaluate how mobile applications impact family, school, and community relationships; however, little research exists on this specific topic. The purpose of this qualitative study was to uncover the experiences of district-level administrators during the implementation of mobile applications for a number of school districts. The diffusion of innovation theory, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, and various school, family, and community partnership frameworks informed this study. Administrators who oversaw the implementation of district mobile apps participated in this study. Data were collected using electronic questionnaires and phone interviews, with supportive information from archival documents. The resulting data were analyzed to uncover the unique experiences of each study participant and compared and contrasted to explore emerging themes. Families were identified as the target stakeholder group intended to be reached through mobile apps and participants recommended engaging diverse stakeholder groups when planning to implement apps. Focusing on the integration of new mobile apps with existing systems and supplying the apps with content emerged as themes. Communicating the availability of mobile apps to families and participant responsibilities associated with the implementation of mobile apps were areas of concern. This study potentially informs school districts regarding how to reach more diverse families.

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Swerhone, Patricia M. "The "artificial family" : adoption, new reproductive technologies, and the dominance of the biologically-based family /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0022/MQ39237.pdf.

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Jones, Jeremiah Kenton. "A Software Development Environment for Building Context-Aware Systems for Family Technology." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1106.pdf.

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Habib, Laurence. "Computers and the family : a study of technology in the domestic sphere." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326214.

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Losko, Angelika. "Enhancing interaction between MCS patients and their family members by introducing technology." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21011.

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Chow, Rachel Anne. "The genetic characterization of populations comprising the Austronesian language family." FIU Digital Commons, 2004. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2349.

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Ascertaining the genetic relationships between Austronesian populations is pivotal to understanding their dispersal throughout the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Austronesian expansion dates to approximately 6,000 years ago and from the linguistic and archeological evidence, the origin of this dispersal appears to be Taiwan. In this study, six polymorphic point mutation loci were studied in Taiwanese aborigines and compared with 32 other populations. The genetic relationships were characterized by maximum likelihood analysis, principal component maps, centroid gene flow plots, expected heterozygosities, power of discrimination values and pair wise G-tests. Following these analyses, it was apparent that genetic similarities existed between the Atayal and the Chinese, whereas the Ami displayed similarities with the Native Americans. Thus, the Atayal have little or no affinity for the Ami and other Austronesian populations. The large genetic differences between the two groups most likely arise from genetic isolation, and/or small population sizes.

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Lilly, C., and Jodi Polaha. "Technology Use in Rural Appalachia: A Pilot Study of the Implications for Pediatric Behavioral Health." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6591.

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Peavler, Cheyenne, and Jodi Polaha. "Nature Connectivity in Young Adults: Relationships Between Well-Being, Technology, and the Natural Environment." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6635.

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Past research has demonstrated that people who engage in more frequent contact with nature report higher levels of well-being. However, apathy towards environmental issues has been detected in national samples of adolescents in research spanning over three decades. Previous studies have provided evidence of the relationship between nature relatedness and well-being , but have not fully explored types of factors which contribute to the enhancement of nature connectivity. This study attempts to examine various dimensions of nature connectivity and well-being. Participants were 846 college students between the ages of 18 and 30.Participants responded to an online survey which analyzed environmental attitudes oriented towards environmental concern, pro-environmental behaviors, knowledge of sustainability, nature relatedness, level of technology use, attitudes towards technology, and well-being. Correlations between these variables were examined to determine if the presence or absence of each factor is related to an individual’s relationship with the natural environment. Results were consistent with past research with correlations between nature relatedness and life satisfaction at .082 and between nature relatedness and hopelessness at -.090. These were significant at the .05 and .01 levels, respectively. Pro-environmental behaviors were negatively correlated with technology use and technology attitudes with technology use at -.125 and technology attitudes at -.131. Both were significant at the .01 level. Nature relatedness was positively correlated with pro-environmental behaviors, sustainability knowledge, and positive environmental attitudes at .526, .311, and .510, respectively. These were significant at the .01 level.

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Rady, A. S. "A technology-mediated approach to support family groups learning of English in Egypt." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406811.

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Toly, Valerie Boebel. "Normalization and Family Functioning in Families with a Child who is Technology Dependent." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1238613023.

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Boone, Harold Wesley 1969. "Polyaromatic quinone diimines: A novel family of polymers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290592.

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Polyaniline has attracted much interest due to its unusual physical properties. A polycondensation route to polyanilines is a desirable alternative to the currently used non-discriminating oxidative polymerization. The oxidative synthesis does not allow structural diversity in the monomer and the polymer's structure is not well defined. A synthetic route to polyanthraquinone diimines was recently developed in this laboratory. These pernigraniline analogs are similar in structure to the fully oxidized polyaniline and may display electrical conductivity and optoelectronic properties. The aim of the current study was to investigate the incorporation of solubilizing substituents into the polyquinone diimine backbone, determine the molecular dynamics and microstructure of the polyquinone diimine through the use of model compounds, and reduce the polyquinone diimines to the emeraldine oxidation level. This dissertation accomplished the condensation polymerization of 1,5-di(oligo-(ethyleneoxy)) anthraquinones (EOn n = 1-3) and 1,4-, 1,5-, and 2,6-dioctyloxy-anthraquinones with both phenylenediamine and 4,4'-thiodianiline. Higher molecular weights were accomplished due to increased solubility. The polymers' microstructure and molecular dynamics were determined by X-ray crystallographic structure analysis and through NMR studies of model compounds. Model compounds and polymers were reduced by a hydrazine reduction method. Stereoregular polymers with molecular weights Mw, of 30,000 were obtained with 4,4'-thiodianiline and polymers having Mw 10,000-20,000 were obtained with phenylene-diamine. Model compounds were synthesized from aniline and the corresponding anthraquinone to provide structural characterization for the polymers. The model compounds revealed that an anti configuration is obtained with 1,5-disubstituted anthraquinones, while a syn configuration is obtained with 1,4-disubstituted anthraquinones. X-Ray crystal structure determinations were essential in determining the conformations of the model compounds. Variable temperature NMR studies gave detailed information about the molecular dynamics of the polymer chains for all polyquinone diimines. A syn/anti-isomerization was identified for unhindered anthraquinone diimines and a unique butterfly inversion was discovered for all anthraquinone diimines. A reduction method using hydrazine and palladium was applied to the reduction of quinone diimines to produce the corresponding diamines. Polymer studies indicate no generation of an emeraldine analog upon reduction. 2,6- and 2,5-Dimethyl and 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl benzoquinones were investigated as alternative quinones for obtaining emeraldine analogs.

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Ekström, Amelie, Julia Waltersson, and Madelene Wahlund. "Electric vehicle charging in parking lots of multi-family houses." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352664.

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This bachelor thesis examines the possibility for electric vehicle charging in parking lots of multi-family houses. A case study is performed on two different housing areas located in Uppsala,Sweden. The capacity of the electric cables supplying the housing areas with power and the installation costs for the charging points is studied. The thesis is written in collaboration with Uppsalahem, which owns and maintains the housing areas. The areas have different parking possibilities. The investigated alternatives for charging are modifying internal combustion engine pre-heating stations to charging points and building new charging points. The investigation is performed using a model made in MATLAB. The results show that for the first housing area, Sala Hage, it is possible to supply the parking lots, 60 in total, belonging to the area with charging points with the power of 2.3 kW or 11 kW. For installing 22 kW chargers, the capacity of the cable is sufficient for only 30 parking lots. For the other housing area Kastanjen, the required capacity of the cable for installing charging points on the 60 parking lots in the garage is 106.6 kW for the charging power 2.3 kW, 266.3 kW for the power 11 kW, and 460.2 kW for the power 22 kW. A sensitivity analysis on the results of the MATLAB model is made by changing the input parameters. The cost for upgrading the 43 parking lots in Sala Hage from the already installed internal combustion engine pre-heating stations to charging points is 292 400 SEK. To install 60 new charging points, the cost would be 4 920 000 SEK, a cost which is valid for both the housing areas.

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Carpenter, Phoebe KitSum. "The effects of assistive technologies on family caregivers| A secondary analysis." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523040.

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The purpose of this study was to explore family caregivers' perceptions of the use of assistive technology to manage care, through secondary analysis of data from the Healthy@home 2.0 survey. An online survey conducted by Knowledge Panel (KP) was distributed via email invitation to those who met the qualifications for the sample. The data was collected between November 22 and November 29,2010. The sample (N = 1, 152) consisted of caregivers between the ages of 45 to 75 years. This study examined a total of 31 questions assessing caregivers' actual use, awareness, willingness, enablers, and barriers to assistive technology. Assistive technologies have become crucial when caring for patients at home. Assistive technologies can help cut healthcare cost by shorter hospital stay and assist the elderly to continue to live independently at home and caring for themselves or with the help of family members. The findings highlighted that most participants are willing to use the assistive technologies despite a high reporting of barriers. Despite some limitations in this study, these highlighted findings will present some understanding into the perception of assistive technologies in the caregivers.

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Killian, Timothy S. "Aging, Technology, Innovation, and its Impact on Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2018/schedule/32.

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Dr. Tim Killian’s research interests are generally focused on social connectedness of older adults and how social and community contexts are related to health and well-being. Tim’s doctoral studies examined perceptions of normative obligations for adult children to provide resources and caregiving to their aging parents and step-parents. Dr. Killian was able to transfer that focus on research into secondary analyses of nationally representative data to develop typologies of both upstream and downstream transfers of monetary and caregiving resources between older adults and their adult children. As his career has continued at the University of Arkansas, his focus has shifted to the community context of aging and, in particular, how aging and social connections vary across the spectrum of rurality. Dr. Killian has published a paper with a recent Masters graduate on the relationship between ill-being and its association to engagement in leisure activities within long-term care using data that were mostly collected in rural long-term care facilities. In collaboration with colleagues including nursing faculty at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Killian has also used secondary analyses of data from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study to examine emergency preparedness of older adults to increase their resilience and recovery outcomes during and subsequent to disasters. His research in progress continues to focus on emergency preparedness and post-disaster recovery among older adults, as well as on the formation of romantic relationships of older adults.

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Jenkins, Dana Renee. "COMPUTER LITERACY, ACCESS AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES CLASSROOM." UKnowledge, 2008. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/515.

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For years, schools across the nation have been joining the technology revolution. Today, students have at least some form of technology available to them in school (Roblyer, Castine, andamp; King, 1993; Croxall andamp; Cummings, 2000). This trend is not likely to change, so there is an increasing need for teachers who are literate in the use of the various types of technology. The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between computer literacy and use of technology, as well as if a relationship exists between teachers access to technology and their use of technology in Family and Consumer Sciences Education classrooms in the state of Kentucky. Teachers were presented with statements regarding computer literacy, access to technology, and use of technology. It was concluded that, when compared to Daviss Conventions for Correlation Coefficient, computer literacy and use of technology had a substantial relationship, while access to technology and use of technology had a moderate relationship.

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Tong, Lily. "Probing the function of RNase E family using biochemical techniques and gene array technology." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414514.

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De, Jong Piet. "Factors affecting information technology implementation in the mobile telecommunications industry : a family business case." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1486.

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This treatise investigates how information technology (I.T.) enables growth in a family business (the firm) in Port Elizabeth. The firm operates in the mobile telecommunications sector. The objective of the study is to gain a deeper understanding on why family businesses adopt information technology in their firm by means of a case study. The firm found its technology (or lack thereof) completely out-dated compared to the competition and customer demands. The future of the firm was in jeopardy. The study starts with a literature review of the following three topics which form part of the scope of the research: 1. Family businesses; 2. Influence of I.T. as a driver of growth in business; and 3. An introduction into the mobile telecommunications industry. Data are collected through structured interviews with family members involved in the business. The data are consequently linked to the theory and provides insight as to what the drivers are for I.T. adoption and the required core competencies or critical success factors of the firm. Although it might seem trivial for a small family business to adopt information technology, the research concludes that I.T. is critical for continuous growth and survival of this family business. Conversely due to a lack of internal skills the firm is heavily reliant upon outside consultants for advice, implementation and support. Recommendations which are of particular interest to family businesses in a similar environment are: • Embrace technology early, utilise I.T. solutions to grow and enhance current competitive advantage, do not see I.T. as a competitive advantage alone (Pavlou & Sawy, 2006); • If information expertise is not present within the company it is advisable to invest in that expertise through recruitment, training, partnership, or outsourcing; • Ensure software meets specification / is effective enough – this can be achieved by frequent releases cycles with small changes instead of infrequent release cycles with many big changes; • Engage the consultants in a partnership by i.e. providing a profit share – this will ensure that the consultants are committed to the cause and will also ensure that their involvement is also in their own best interest; • Choose local consultants who are easily accessible – build relationships and focus on trust; • Create lock-in (Amit & Zott, 2001), provide tools free-ofcharge for customers, this will make switching to competitor more difficult; • Automate as much as possible, enable standard work practices, routinize; • Be ready to adjust the organisational structure or relinquish control (Bruquea & Moyanob, 2007)

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Breslow, Jacob. "The theory and practice of childhood : interrogating childhood as a technology of power." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2016. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3464/.

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This thesis explores the social, political, and theoretical consequences that emerge when the contested category of “childhood” gets unequally applied to individuals and populations. The interdisciplinary theoretical project conceives of childhood as a technology of power that produces the contentious contours of various bodies and experiences, individuals and populations, and ways of life and forms of relation. It argues that childhood’s fantasmatic, figurative, and “real” subjects extend far beyond, and sometimes explicitly exclude, the early years of life. In conversation with childhood studies, feminist, trans, queer, critical-race, and psychoanalytic theory, this research is primarily concerned with the ways in which childhood is negotiated and re-imagined through discursive, institutional, and representational practices in the contemporary U.S. The analysis explores the psychic and political ambivalences of childhood, and attends to the investments in childhood’s uneven distribution. Asking specifically after the role of childhood in shaping and challenging the disposability of young black life, the queer life of children’s desires, and the steadfastness of the gender binary, this thesis outlines a theoretical framework of analysis that interdisciplinary scholars working in feminist, trans, queer, and anti-racist theory can use when addressing children and childhood, and it substantiates this framework through three case studies.

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Vanhook, Patricia, and Jodi Polaha. "Integration of Behavioral Health Into Nurse-Managed Primary Care in Rural Appalachia Using Technology and Academic Interprofessional Expertise." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6589.

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Coronado, Pons Mar. "Modelling the performance of heat pump systems for single-family house applications." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-261601.

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Ground source heat pumps (GSHP) extracting the heat through borehole heat exchangers (BHEs) are an extremely efficient way to provide heating. Their performance is affected by the temperature of the thermal source: the ground; the higher it is the temperature of the ground, the higher their performance. As the demand of this heating technology increases, the amount of GSHP in densely populated areas is at risk of escalating notably. Consequently the study of thermal influence between neighbouring GSHPs is of paramount importance to properly design these systems in such areas. A comparison is made between the performance of an isolated house, and the same house as part of an area with high density of houses using identical GSHPs. The aim of the project is to study the long term consequences of exploiting the ground thermal source in an extensive manner, to analyse how the GSHP operation is affected in this specific case study, and present a methodology general enough to be implemented for different conditions. It is presented a methodology based on a parameter calibration model for the HP to analyse the performance along the years of a ground source heat pump system located in an area where there is a high density of identical installations. The model was tested to verify its accuracy when simulating the performance of the HP and was implemented for two case studies that emulate the conditions found in Sweden for residential heating. For the first case study, where a 6kW HP unit is simulated, the COP of the system decreased around 15% for the 25 studied years. In good agreement with this decline of the COP, an electricity consumption increase above 10% is faced. For the second case study, a heat pump unit double the size of the one employed for the first case is modelled. In this case, the drop for the COP is 16% and the electricity consumption growth is above 20%.
Markvärmepumpar (GSHP) som utvinner värmen genom borrhålvärmeväxlare (BHE) är ett extremt effektivt sätt att tillhandahålla värme. Deras prestanda påverkas av temperaturen på den termiska källan: marken; ju högre det är temperaturen på marken, desto högre är deras prestanda. När efterfrågan på denna uppvärmningsteknologi ökar riskerar mängden GSHP i tätbefolkade områden att öka särskilt. Följaktligen är studien av termiskt inflytande mellan angränsande GSHP: er av yttersta vikt för att korrekt utforma dessa system i sådana områden. En jämförelse görs mellan prestanda för ett isolerat hus, och samma hus som en del av ett område med hög täthet av hus med identiska GSHP. Syftet med projektet är att studera de långsiktiga konsekvenserna av att utnyttja den termiska jordkällan på ett omfattande sätt, analysera hur GSHP-operationen påverkas i denna specifika fallstudie och presentera en metod som är tillräckligt generell för att kunna implementeras för olika förhållanden. Det presenteras en metodik baserad på en parameterkalibreringsmodell för HP för att analysera prestandan under åren för ett jordvärmepumpsystem som ligger i ett område där det finns en hög densitet av identiska installationer. Modellen testades för att verifiera dess noggrannhet vid simulering av HP: s prestanda och implementerades för två fallstudier som emulerar de förhållanden som finns i Sverige för uppvärmning av bostäder. För den första fallstudien, där en 6kW HP-enhet simuleras, minskade systemets COP cirka 15% under de 25 studerade åren. I god överensstämmelse med denna nedgång i COP står en ökad elförbrukning över 10% inför. För den andra fallstudien modelleras en värmepumpsenhet som är dubbelt så stor som den som används för det första fallet. I detta fall är fallet för COP 16% och elförbrukningstillväxten över 20%.

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Kirby, Kara L. "EMPOWERMENT PROCESSES IN THE LIVES OF TANZANIAN WOMEN: INTERSECTION OF FAMILY, EDUCATION, AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1478777628317389.

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Park, YoungAh. "Work and non-work boundary management using communication and informatio [sic] technology /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1254771170.

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Hedbrant, Johan. "On the thermal inertia and time constant of single-family houses." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Energisystem, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-123878.

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Since the nineteen-seventies, electricity has become a common heating source in Swedish single-family houses. About one million smallhouses can use electricity for heating, about 600.000 have electricity as the only heating source. A liberalised European electricity market would most likely raise the Swedish electricity prices during daytime on weekdays and lower it at other times. In the long run, electrical heating of houses would be replaced by fuels, but in the shorter perspective, other strategies may be considered. This report evaluates the use of electricity for heating a dwelling, or part of it, at night when both the demand and the price are low. The stored heat is utilised in the daytime some hours later, when the electricity price is high. Essential for heat storage is the thermal time constant. The report gives a simple theoretical framework for the calculation of the time constant for a single-family house with furniture. Furthermore the “comfort” time constant, that is, the time for a house to cool down from a maximum to a minimum acceptable temperature, is derived. Two theoretical model houses are calculated, and the results are compared to data from empirical studies in three inhabited test houses. The results show that it was possible to store about 8 kWh/K in a house from the seventies and about 5 kWh/K in a house from the eighties. The time constants were 34 h and 53 h, respectively. During winter conditions with 0°C outdoor, the “comfort” time constants with maximum and minimum indoor temperatures of 23 and 20°C were 6 h and 10 h. The results indicate that the maximum load-shifting potential of an average single family house is about 1 kW during 16 daytime hours shifted into 2 kW during 8 night hours. Up-scaled to the one million Swedish single-family houses that can use electricity as a heating source, the maximum potential is 1000 MW daytime time-shifted into 2000 MW at night.

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Smale, Megan E. "Cell Phone Use and Parents' Satisfaction with Time Spent with Family." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308581240.

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Nässla, Hans. "Intra-Family Information Flow and Prospects for Communication Systems." Licentiate thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5672.

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Today, information and communication technology is not only for professional use, but also for private tasks. In this thesis, the use of such technology for managing family information flow is investigated. Busy family life today, with school, work and leisure activites, makes coordination and synchronisation a burden. In what way cell-phones and Internet provides a support for those tasks is investigated, together with proposals for future technology.

The problem with coordination and synchronisation were found to be managed by a bulletin board placed at a central point at home. Besides the bulletin board, we found that calendars, shopping lists, and to-do lists are important. The families we investigated in field studies were all intensive users of both Internet and cell-phones.

Since the bulletin board played such an important role in the family life, we equipped families with cameras to be able to track what happened at those places with help of photo diaries. The field studies revealed that each family had their own unconscious procedure to manage the flow of notes on the bulletin board.

With technology, new problem will emerge. We investigated how notes on typical family bulletin boards may be visualised on a computer screen, and compared click-expand, zoom-pan and bifocal interfaces. The click-expand interface was substantially faster for browsing, and also easier to use.

An advantage of information and communication technology is that it may provide possibilities for multiple interfaces to information, and not only different terminals but also from different places. At home, a digital refrigerator door or a mobile web tablet; at work or at school, a conventional computer; when on the move, a cell-phone or a PDA. System architecture for these possibilities is presented.

Report code: LiU-TEK-LIC-2004:39.

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Houlberg-Laursen, Maria. "Promoting Shared, Home-based Family Activities with Interaction Design." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21402.

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This project focuses on the interaction between parents and children in their everyday practices as a family.It investigates how interaction design can help to engage both children and parents in shared home-based activities through digital media. The target group involved in this project is limited to boys aged 10-12 and their parents.The project contributions within the field of interaction design research as well as it presents two design suggestions for how this knowledge can be put to use as digital design concepts. It concludes that when designing digital media intended to enhance relations between parents and children, the main focus is face-to-face interaction and creating a space that allows for creativity, communication and physical presence.

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Brockbank, Wyatt. "Bilingual families and information and communication technology at home." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6063.

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Students learning English at school and another language at home comprise a rapidly growing segment of U.S. student populations. Language learners can benefit from using technology, but do not always use it advantageously (Katz & Gonzalez, 2016). Many studies address technology’s scholastic use, but few investigate how bilinguals use digital technology at home (Hinostroza, Matamala, Labbé, Claro, & Cabello, 2015), or what it means to them (Toboso-Martin, 2013). This qualitative multiple-case study focuses on the intersection between bilinguals, intergenerational learning, and digital technology. Specifically, it studies how bilingual, Hispanic family members interact around information and communication technology (ICT), and their attitudes toward ICT. Language patterns emerged during paired ICT use. Data were gathered from six Hispanic, bilingual families in the Midwestern U.S. through interviews, observation, and tasks where intergenerational pairs were asked to teach each other about ICT. This study adds to the literature on bilingualism, digital literacy, sociocultural theory, and intergenerational learning. Findings included parental ICT policies of vigilance, access, and trust. Findings support arguments that the digital divide persists as digital literacy. ICT both impeded and promoted intergenerational learning. Findings shed light on bilinguals’ contextualized linguistic needs, and echoed Vygotsky’s writings on gesture, internalized speech, and serial thought processing. English dominated as the language of ICT, but participants used Spanish and English to contextualize problems and negotiate meaning. Findings affirmed factors affecting the quality of ICT use. The author argues that Grosjean’s Complementarity Principle can be applied to digital literacy. Implications for parents, teachers, and researchers are given. Key words: bilingualism, families, intergenerational learning, information and communication technology (ICT), digital technology, digital literacy, home language practices, sociocultural theory, translanguaging

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Mendes, Michele A. "Parents' descriptions of ideal home nursing care for their technology dependent child, themselves, and their families /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2004. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3135909.

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Yoon, Chun Suk. "Ministry strategy in a cyber age change from visual education to auditory one." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Sengupta, Anindita. "The Desired Baby: Assisted Reproductive Technology, Secrecy, and a Cultural Account of Family Building in India." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1483451149153858.

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Roan, Robert. "Depth and Digital in Conversation| Practicing Marriage and Family Therapy Directly With Video Game Avatars." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10261875.

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Some psychotherapy clients have created video game avatars whose lives in virtual worlds include imaginal material and therefore invite depth psychological consideration. Using hermeneutic, alchemical hermeneutic, and artistic-creative methodologies, this thesis expands the conception of the therapeutic container to include these worlds and characters. The research explores how depth psychology can help Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists integrate their clients’ virtual lives into therapy. A literature review examines the ways computer simulations are different from other activities and describes a postmodern realm where identity is an experiment in a multiplicity of simulations that are both rich and ideological. A multicultural approach is taken in order to treat clients’ avatars and their worlds with dignity and involves an attempt to understand the cultures of technology, digital systems, and video worlds. The author proposes both an overall attitude toward and specific interventions for incorporating the virtual realm into psychotherapy.

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Choudhury, Meghdeepa. "Pre-renovation considerations for a Swedish single-family house : Analysis of energy saving potential." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35883.

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According to United Nations 7th sustainable development goal, increased use of fossil fuels in energy accounts for around 60 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions and in order to debacle this crisis of global warming, the European Union aimed to reduce energy use by 32.5 % within 2030 by improving energy efficiency. Whereas, the Swedish energy goals include reducing energy use by 50% in 2030 compared to 2005 and at producing 100% electricity from renewable sources by the year 2040. In the year 2018, the housing and service sector contributed to 40 per cent of the total final energy use in Sweden according to energimyndigheten. For this reason, energy conservation in the residential sector is given a priority. Furthermore, the emissions from old houses are much higher compared to that of newly built homes, which demonstrates higher scope of introducing energy efficient renovation measures in Swedish buildings. During the year 1965 to 1976, there was an enormous construction work to build up single family housing areas in Sweden under the million homes program which are now in need of renovation. Therefore, an old single-family villa from million homes program was selected for the purpose of energy efficient renovation.There are different environmental certification systems to assess energy performance of a building which are commonly expressed in terms of kWh/m2 and year. Among them, the seven energy classes from A to G was chosen for building rating in this project. The aim was to improve the current energy rating of the house from D without compromising the indoor air quality and cost effectiveness. At the same time, objective was also set to increase the amount of green energy as fuel for electricity production in the building. At first, a literature review was performed to observe the renovation strategies previously applied in similar projects. A study of the construction used for the million homes villas was also conducted to assess the original construction of the reference villa in Valbo. The research was conducted with the help of energy simulation software IDA ICE and LCC software BELOK Totaltool. The theory behind the application of these software in this project was analyzed in the beginning. Then, the building model was created with the help of building floor plan. The input parameters were set according to the standards of FEBY and Boverket regulations. After forming a base model for the existing construction of the building, different sensitivity analyses were performed with various renovation measures for one month or for one year. The results obtained from the sensitivity analysis helped in choosing the most energy efficient measures for renovation. Then the economic analysis of the model was conducted to investigate the most cost-effective measures. Later on, these expensive measures were omitted from the renovation plan to yield both energy efficient and cost-effective renovation of the villa. Next, the indoor air quality and green footprint in the building were compared before and after renovations. The results indicated that, it was possible to maintain good indoor air quality and increase green energy footprint in the building when the building rating was changed from D to B. In the end, the simulation results were compared with that of the literature review. It was found that both the qualitative and quantitative results have common realizations. Overall, it was possible to reduce the energy consumption in the house by 46.82%.

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Srisomburananont, Thitipong 1976. "Key success factors in transforming traditional family business for success and long-term survival in changing markets." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17880.

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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155).
Most of family-owned enterprises start their operations in the traditional businesses such as manufacturing, trading, or providing services. Some of them are very successful and become major global players in the industries, for example, SC Johnson, Coming, and Li & Fung. However, technological changes often have impacts on the behaviors of the market. New technology can add tremendous capacity for a firm to pursue economy of scale or it can reduce marginal cost to zero. Moreover, in the globalization era, multinational companies expand their business territories by entering to the new markets. They exploit the advance in technology, which allows them to provide better products/services than those of local firms. Technology becomes key driver for the increase in competition in the market because the firms that adopt the technology tend to have competitive advantage over firms that did not. It also drives customers to demand more comprehensive products and services. In order to survive and be forefront in the industry, these family firms need to transform themselves or adopt some technologies to enhance and regain their competitiveness. Not all companies realize the importance of doing so or know how to do so. But still, there are some companies that are able to transform successfully. This thesis will analyze keys to success for these family businesses in transforming themselves to maintain competitiveness in changing markets.
by Thitipong Srisomburananont.
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Palacio, Sánchez Pablo. "Analysis of solutions for energy self-sufficiency of a single-family house using renewable energy." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63615.

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Marti-Bucknall, Wendy, and n/a. "The home-school connection: Immigrant family literacy practices and use of technology in home/first language learning." University of Canberra. Education & Community Studies, 2007. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20080826.151654.

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The study addressed immigrant families' and mainstream school systems' support for young children's home language learning in Basel, Switzerland. In Switzerland, as in many European countries and in Australia, early childhood educators work with growing numbers of children from immigrant, refugee and asylum seeking families. The culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse groups of children that now characterise childcare centres, kindergartens and primary schools result from these patterns of immigration and present challenges for teachers and other educators who cater for the needs of increasingly diverse student populations. The literature on home languages acknowledges the importance of the relationship between a child's first language and development in the second language and the essential role of language proficiency in academic success. Despite knowledge from extensive studies on the interdependency of first and second language development (Cummins, 1979, 1981b, 1991, 2001) and evidence that continued development in a child's first language is crucial for overall cognitive development and transfer to second language learning (Collier, 1995), there is little focus on helping children maintain their home language in the early years of education. Arguably too, information and communication technologies (ICTs) lead to increased availability and opportunities for global communication, affecting the nature of communication, and creating possibilities for new forms of learning in the home and school. Children must therefore have the opportunity to become proficient users of these new and evolving forms of technology in order to acquire the skills, including language skills that they will need for future employment. In the light of this conceptual background, the present research focused on: (1) Immigrant parent beliefs and attitudes to home language use and how languages were used at home. (2) The strategies families used to promote home language learning in oral and written forms. (3) The extent to which ICTs were used as a tool to support home languages in the family and school environment. (4) The kinds of support offered in school and communities and what government policies and initiatives were afforded to home languages. (5) The nature of school and community policies and practices on the promotion and maintenance on home languages. These issues were addressed through a qualitative interpretive research approach drawing on the traditions of phenomenography (Marton 1986) and Grounded Theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990). The research was based on three main data sources: (1) analysis of policy and curriculum documents from school systems, (2) interviews with key education personnel and (3) interviews with ?immigrant? parents (n=58) from diverse socio-economic backgrounds living in Basel. Families were drawn from 16 countries including the former Yugoslavia, (Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia), Spain, South and Central America, and Turkey. All children, whose parents participated in the study, attended state run kindergartens and primary schools. A major focus in the data collection and analysis was on (a) parents' perspectives and experiences as they negotiated home language learning in the home, school and community and the extent to which they used ICTs to enrich home language development, and (b) mainstream teachers' perspectives on the role home languages played in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms, as well as the role ICTs and media played in teaching children from immigrant families. The results of the study showed that: (a) immigrant children's home languages and culture as well as bilingualism and multilingualism are prominent features in Basel integration policy and curriculum documents but this focus is rarely translated to early childhood classroom practice, (b) classroom teachers focus predominantly on children learning their second language (German), (c) immigrant children's home language and culture is valued and respected but formal opportunities for children to learn to read and write in their home languages begin only when they have reached second grade, (d) there were a range of perspectives, reasons and strategies for maintaining and promoting home languages within families, (e) ICT was not an integral part of children's classroom experiences in kindergarten and scarcely integrated in primary classrooms, but was used in a variety of ways within homes to promote home language and communication, (f) there were wide variations in parents' and teachers' perspectives on what constitutes parent involvement in children's learning and education, and (g) links between home and school were mostly 'one way' and formal and some parents desired more frequent, more informal and spontaneous contact with teachers. These findings have considerable implications for Basel school and classroom practice and for early and middle year policy makers. They show that embedded assumptions of both teachers and parents may have a negative impact on children's positive identification with both majority and minority language learning. Limited financial support for home language classes is likely to have a negative effect on immigrant children's home language literacy learning. Dialogue needs to be sought on the potential for ICT use in home language learning. Policy makers' efforts towards developing multilingualism in all children are problematic. Some parents drew attention to the challenge of learning a third language through a second language, L1 + L2a +L2b + L3+L4. (L1 = home language, L2a= German Swiss dialect, L2b = Standard German, L3= French, L4 = English). To help better explain and increase awareness of the interrelationship between home languages, ICT use and the home-school connection, a model was developed that reflects the range of immigrant family perspectives on home language learning and the influences that appear to promote home language development within children's environments. This 'multilingual social cohesive communications model' should assist in understanding the important links between home languages, ICTs and home-school communication. The model emphasises the importance of developing bottom up local level strategies and recognises the vital role of positive interactions between parents and teachers. It builds on a sociocultural view of language learning, tapping on the potential of new learning tools (ICTs) in real and virtual communities. It recognises the importance of intercultural identity formation and at the same time the inhibiting effects of discrimination both overt and covert. The model incorporates the strategies schools need to improve communication with families and to strengthen links between home and school with the view to improving educational outcomes and prospects for immigrant children.

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Magnusson, Lennart. "Designing a responsive support service for family carers of frail older people using information and communication technology /." Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013142543&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Marti-Bucknall, Wendy. "The home-school connection : immigrant family literacy practices and use of technology in home/first language learning /." full text via ADT, 2007. http://erl.canberra.edu.au/public/adt-AUC20080826.151654/index.html.

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Frizzell, Rebecca E. "Manufacturing satisfaction with work-family balance: the effects of employee type, technology use, & life role salience." Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20447.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Psychological Sciences
Patrick A. Knight
Satisfaction with work-family balance is a relatively new construct that differs from other work-life constructs in several ways: it is not focused on conflict between work/family domains, does not include cross-domain transfer processes, has no directional implications, and is not multidimensional. The current study has three purposes: 1. Examine work-family balance issues for both blue-collar and white-collar employees, as the literature has focused mainly on white-collar employees. 2. Examine relationship between technology and satisfaction with work-family balance. 3. Assess how role salience influences satisfaction with work-family balance. Participants were recruited and compensated for completing a 60 item online survey via Qualtrics. Blue-collar participants were recruited from manufacturing industries, while no industry was specified for white-collar employees. The sample consisted of 210 participants (105 blue-collar, 105 white-collar). Several checks were included throughout the survey to ensure data quality. Two hierarchical regression analyses were conducted. The first regression revealed that boundary control and autonomy predict satisfaction with work-family balance, while employee type and boundary interruptions do not. Boundary control, family identity, and stress significantly predicted satisfaction with work-family balance in the second regression, while boundary interruptions, work identity, hours worked, and technology use did not. Results indicate white-collar workers have higher satisfaction with work-family balance, lower stress, and lower turnover intentions compared to blue-collar workers. Results also reveal that technology use to complete work outside of work hours is significantly and positively related to stress. Nearly half of participants report feeling expected to utilize technology to complete work outside of work hours. In addition, while it was hypothesized that those higher on family identity would have lower satisfaction with work-family balance when they used technology outside of work hours, worked longer hours, and had more frequent boundary interruptions than would those lower on family identity, the opposite effect was found for each of these variables. Implications of the study include: 1. Organizations may improve employee satisfaction with work-family balance by increasing autonomy and boundary control. 2. Employees may improve satisfaction with work-family balance by taking time to de-stress from work and limiting use of technology to complete work outside of work hours.

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Knox, Timothy L. "Organizational Strategies to Grow Mature Small Information Technology Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7308.

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Standard indicators of slow growth among small businesses are negative job creation and lower tax revenue. Small business success and growth is necessary for increasing productivity, profitability, and job creation. The purpose of this single case study was to explore growth strategies leaders of a mature small information technology (IT) business in the midwestern United States used to grow their organization beyond existing capacity. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and review of organizational documentation. The conceptual framework for the study was general systems theory. The study included a purposeful sample of 2 senior leaders of a mature small IT business. Data gathered from interviews were manually coded and thematically organized. Through thematic analysis that included color coding themes from document review and interview responses, a storyline was developed showing 4 themes: Leadership development, standard operating procedures, succession planning, and long-term growth strategy. Identifying growth strategies may assist leaders of mature small IT businesses to grow beyond existing capacity. The findings of this study have implications for positive social change for leaders of mature small IT businesses and the local community because the information may help leaders of such businesses influence growth and expansion, decrease unemployment, and increase local tax revenue.

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Notarnicola, Cathy. "Woven lives, weavers' voices: A family of Dine weaversspeak about Dine textiles." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278772.

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This research documents and discusses the reactions of a family of Dine (Navajo) weavers who were asked to examine selected Dine textiles in the Arizona State Museum's collection. Although the ways Dine weavers perceive their creations is not the focus of many studies, this research explores their aesthetics to gain a greater understanding of the weaving tradition. Building on cross-cultural interviewing techniques that originally used photographs, this study uses a selection of museum textiles to explore Dine aesthetics. The results address Dine weavers' views of the meanings and changes in Dine textile designs, the significance of the process of weaving, and the motivational forces that fuel this tradition.

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Andersson, Stefan. "Information and Communication Technology - mediated support for working carers of older people." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65220.

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Despite a growing awareness of the importance of support for carers who combine paid work with care of an older relative, so called ‘working carers’, there remains a lack of empirical knowledge about more innovative ways to support this largest group of carers of older people. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming more readily available. As a result, ICTs have made it feasible to offer working carers more targeted forms of support. This thesis aimed to gain an understanding about support for working carers of older people via the use of ICT. An integrative literature review was conducted to explore and evaluate the current evidence base concerning the use of ICT-mediated support for working carers (I). Content analysis of qualitative data was used to describe nursing and support staff’s experiences of using web-based ICTs for information, e-learning and support of working carers (II). Content analysis was also used to describe working carers’ experiences of having access to a web-based family care support network provided by the municipality (III). Descriptive statistical methods were used to analyse survey data which focused on the types of support received and how they were valued by working carers, with a focus on ICT support (IV). Findings highlighted that ICT mediated support provided working carers with the means to manage their caring situation, via the provision of information, e-learning and education, in addition to practical assistance and emotional and/or physical respite from caregiving. In this way, working carers felt empowered in their caring situation by feeling more competent and prepared in their caring role and by strengthening their self-efficacy and positive self-appraisal of their situation. Carers were provided channels to share their frustrations and burdens via forums for emotional and social support between working carers, caring professionals, and other peer carers. This led to working carers feeling less burdened by their caregiving role and it helped promote their wellbeing. Further, carers were helped in some instances to balance work and care. As a result caregiving activities conflicting with work obligations were then lessened. In contrast, when ICT mediated support was neither provided in a timely fashion or in accordance with individual carers’ needs and preferences, then it was perceived by them to be unimportant. Cross-sectional data revealed that take-up of support services was low suggesting that unmet support needs may be inflated by work-care conflicts. For carers with lower digital skills, the additional time needed to learn to use ICTs was a further barrier. Overall, ICT mediated support acted as a complementary form of support for working carers. Measures to overcome dis-empowering aspects of this innovative from of support are needed to avoid working carers’ deprioritizing their own support needs and also to avoid possible digital exclusion from the current information society.

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Tchikanha, Maria da Conceição Nachiwale. "Mulher, trabalho e agricultura. Um estudo de caso no planalto central angolano." Master's thesis, ISA/UTL, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4474.

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Angola, like the majority of African countries, is a country heavily dependent on traditional peasant agriculture for the survival of the families. Angolan women, who are mostly peasant, have the responsibilities housekeeping, children's education and much of the agricultural work that sustains their families. This study aims to address agricultural and social issues in which male-headed households and female-headed households who live in Huambo province differ. It also aims to evaluate the results of small technological innovations in working conditions and well-being of rural women of that province, using surveys addressed to heads of households and applied in an interview context. Evaluate some differentiating facts between wives in male-headed households and widowed or divorced women that lead their own households; regarding different agricultural field tasks, as well as the rights, duties and limitations within the households and communities in which they operate. One is faced with a situation where the female-headed households are the ones which suffer major deficiencies including reduced availability of land, that will affect the quantities of food produced, lack of labour availability and access to agricultural inputs. On the other hand, contrary to the wives, women who run their households enjoy greater economic independence and security of land tenure.

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Walker, Hope A. "Examining differences in male and female enrollment in middle school family and consumer education and technology education programs." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998walkerh.pdf.

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Galer, Gregory. "Forging ahead : the Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts and two centuries of industrial enterprise, 1635-1861." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29897.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology and Society, February 2002.
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This dissertation uses the Ames Family of Easton, Massachusetts as a case study on development of business and industry in early nineteenth century America. From English iron-working roots transplanted to America in 1635 the artisan tradition of blacksmithing dominated the Ames family for generations. Oliver Ames was trained as a smith, but when he came to Easton in 1803 to focus on the manufacture of shovels, he made an important step in the evolution from artisan and craftsman to industrialist, a common transition well exemplified by Oliver Ames's life. The Ames story demonstrates that the "Industrial Revolution" was no revolution at all. It was a gradual and fluid evolution from one way of doing business to another, an evolution in which many older methods and beliefs (the importance of farming, the dependence on kin, devotion to the community, conservative capital investments...) served men like Oliver Ames well. Common mischaracterizations of industrial development as revolutionary slights the importance of early nineteenth century industry; encourages an inaccurate focus on the romantic nature of small, rural mills; and discourages any impulse to examine in detail the ways in which early industry operated and played a part in industrial development. In fact, the management and operation of many of these facilities was far more complex than is typically recognized. Many of the earliest industrialists struggled to understand and manage complicated issues such as labor, raw materials, shipping, sales, international trade, economics, technological and scientific understanding, and the impact of business on family and community.
(cont.) We can learn much about later business practice by exploring these earlier industries. The thesis discusses Oliver Ames's operations in Easton, West Bridgewater, and Canton, Massachusetts including joint waterpower development. Later management by Oliver's sons Oakes and Oliver is also studied as are merchant houses in New York and blast furnaces in Franklin and Wawayanda, New Jersey managed by Old Oliver's son William and the puddling and heavy forging shop run by his son Horatio in Falls Village, Connecticut. Later family investments are briefly discussed including Oakes's involvement with the Credit Mobilier Construction Company which built the Union Pacific Railroad.
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van, Dam Benjamin. "Techno-economic comparative analysis on the renewable energy use potential in multi-family houses in Belgium." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264243.

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The buildings sector is growing rapidly, and this trend is expected to be maintained. Globally, buildings and construction combined represent roughly 39% of energy-related CO2 emissions. It is therefore crucial that the widespread implementation of low-carbon solutions for buildings and the use of renewable energy is accelerated rapidly. This study investigated the extent to which the energy system of a residential multi-family house in Belgium can be designed to maximise the share of renewable energy in its heating and household electricity demand, and in this way reduce its operational CO2 emissions. The technologies that were focused on in the different energy systems that were modelled are ground and air source heat pumps, rooftop photovoltaics, solar thermal collectors, battery electric storage and hot water thermal storage. In a first phase, the technical and environmental performance is assessed, while the second phase consisted of a thorough economic analysis. The results show that a primary renewable energy share of roughly 30% to 34%, and a reduction in the operational CO2 emissions compared to the business-as-usual scenario of approximately 69% to 76% could be achieved. Furthermore, regarding the operational cost of the different systems, a reduction of 42% to 47% compared to business-as-usual practices could be reached. To see the long-term impact of this sharp decrease in operational cost, combined with the results of the capital cost, the net present value was calculated for the different scenarios, and a sensitivity analysis was carried out. Initial results showed a net present value for the two most promising options of roughly 6% to 12% lower than that for the business-as-usual scenario. However, these results appeared to be quite sensitive to changes in certain parameters. Changes to the cost of energy, price-ratio of electricity to gas or a decrease in cost for PV and batteries had a significant impact on the net present value results. In many cases these changes resulted in the business-as-usual scenario becoming the least attractive option from a long-term cost perspective.

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