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Pankaj, Rajesh Kumar. "A threshold strategy for a first in first out heteregeneous two server queueing system." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14756.
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Wright, SCD, and JE Maree. "First year Baccalaureate nursing students: Reasons for drop-out?" University of South Africa Press, 2007. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001041.
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Improving throughput in the B. Tech. Nursing Sciences programme is a complex issue as not only the theoretical but also the practical component and undefined inner strengths of the student influence success. The purpose of this article is to report factors in the prospective students’ social background, their perceptions of nursing and nurses and their motivation that could influence their academic success in the first year of study. The research design was contextual, qualitative and exploratory. Triangulation of data gathering methods was obtained by using two instruments, a targeted selection interview and a written instrument. Data analysis was done through Tesch’s approach. The results indicate that prospective students perceive a nurse to be functioning from the affective domain, and that they judge themselves to be strong in the affective domain. The cognitive domain was rarely mentioned (7%). Due to the myths regarding the nursing profession, the profession continue to attract students who are interested in the myth and not the reality.
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Martin, Georgianna LaNelle. "Getting out, missing out, and surviving: the social class experiences of White, low-income, first-generation college students." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2937.
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The purpose of this study was to understand how White students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds (operationalized as students who are both low income and of the first generation in their family to attend college) experience and navigate social class during college. This was a qualitative research study employing a phenomenological research methodology. A critical theoretical lens was used to illuminate systemic issues of power and privilege related to social class present in the experiences of these participants. This study was guided by the following research question: How do White, low SES students experience and navigate social class during college? Participants in this study had many similar experiences to one another related to their social class. However, there also existed a variety of individual differences in how students understood and experienced their social class during college. Overall, participants expressed a limited awareness of their social class growing up, but all became keenly aware of it during college. In particular, during college, students became aware of how their own social class differed from the dominant middle class to upper class social class represented on campus. Participants minimized the salience of social class as an aspect of their identity with many of them expressing that they did not want their social class to define them. While participants largely did not feel as if social class was an important aspect of their identity, it became clear through their stories that this aspect of their identity influenced how they viewed themselves, the world around them, and their higher SES peers in college. For example, participants readily acknowledged the frustration and resentment that set them apart from their college peers. The students who participated in this study exhibited ethics of hard work, self-sufficiency, and financial responsibility. These values and attitudes also were evident in students' practices and behaviors (e.g., their judicious spending habits, their long hours working for pay). It also became clear that the long hours most participants in this study worked in order to afford college meant missing out on opportunities for involvement in activities outside of the classroom. Finally, participants' experiences interacting with their high SES peers played a pivotal role in their awareness of their social class during college. Participants were often frustrated by the attitudes, values, and behaviors of their higher SES peers, and for some, these social class differences led to social isolation. Overall, these findings illuminate a variety of issues and areas for concern, directly related to social class, experienced by low-income, first-generation college students in higher education.
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Friedman, Susan. "Changing the subject : first-person narration in and out of the classroom." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001943.
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Cottrill, Virginia M. "Life After Drop-Out: An Examination of Rural, Appalachian, First-Generation Non-Persisters." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1395160206.
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Reid, M. Jeanne. "First-generation urban college students speaking out about their secondary school preparation for postsecondary education." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1180403873.
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Wu, Chun Andy, and 胡俊. "The effectiveness of dispatcher-assisted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a literature review." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48426507.
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Background
According to data from Department of Health, in 2011 heart diseases was the second commonest leading cause of death in Hong Kong [13]. Shortening the time from cardiac arrest to Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) could increase the chance of survival. If the brain of the patient who suffers from cardiac arrest does not receive oxygen within 4 minutes, severe brain damage might occur [14]. In some countries like US and Finland, dispatcher will give CPR instruction to caller when cardiac arrest is recognized. Therefore, the patient could receive early CPR before the arrival of paramedics. If dispatcher-assisted CPR is implemented in Hong Kong, the chance of survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patient could be increased.
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1. To evaluate whether it is evident that dispatcher-assisted CPR and dispatcher instruction [22] would improve survival of OHCA.
2. To evaluate whether these measures could be implemented in Hong Kong.
Data Source
PubMed was searched for articles in English language with no limit set for time of the study. The keywords were dispatcher-assisted CPR and out of hospital. No inclusion criteria were set on the publication type and other details.
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Initial PubMed search resulted in 24 articles. After reviewing the abstracts, 10 articles were selected for full-text assessment. Finally, four relevant articles were selected for the literature review. Of the four papers, two were retrospective cohort studies; one was before-after comparison study while the remaining one was randomized control trial.
Three papers (Rea et al, Eisenberg et al, and Kuisma et al.) used the survival to hospital discharge as the effect measure for the primary outcome to evaluate the effectiveness of dispatcher-assisted CPR. The remaining paper (Hallstrom et al.) mainly studied the potential benefit and harm from dispatcher-assisted CPR.
Using no bystander CPR as the reference group, the multivariate adjusted odds ratio of survival was 1.45 (95% CI, 1.21, 1.73) for dispatcher-assisted bystander CPR and 1.69 (95% CI, 1.42, 2.01) for bystander CPR without dispatcher assistance [2]. The percentage of total bystander-initiated CPR increased from 45% to 56% after the programme (difference: 11.1%, 95% CI, ±9.3%). Besides, the percentage discharged for dispatcher-assisted CPR group after the programme was 15% higher than that before the programme [6]. The most important findings are related to the number of cardiac arrest calls in that when the dispatcher handled on less than 4 Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) calls during the study period, the survival to hospital discharge was 22.1% compared to 38.2% and 39.4% when the dispatcher handled 4 to 9 calls or more than 9 calls (p = 0.0227 for the three groups) [8]. With telephone guided CPR, the survival to hospital discharge was 43.1% compared with 31.7% when CPR instructions were not provided (p = 0.0453) [8]. In patients (n = 3,320) receiving advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) a total of 993 (29.9%) was found to be benefited from dispatcher-assisted CPR [7].
Conclusion
Instructions by dispatcher can improve bystander CPR rates, which in turn increases the chance of survival [26]. Dispatcher-assisted CPR is worth considering to be recommended to all callers reporting a patient in cardiac arrest in Hong Kong.published_or_final_version
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Dyke, Felicia Delphine. "What is the Impact of a Transition Program and Traditional Program of Study on Over Age First Time Ninth Grade Students." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26907.
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The purpose of this study is to determine if a transition program has a greater success rate, as measured by GPA, number of students recycled, attendance, and conduct, than a traditional program of study for over age, first time ninth grade students by the end of first semester of the ninth grade. Some of the typical outcomes during the transition to high school from grade 8 to grade 9 are high failure rates, lack of Algebra I readiness, and poor attendance. These concerns contribute to drop-out rates and the level of competitiveness students will have when facing the workforce. This is a timely issue as we continue to address Standards of Learning (SOL) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and the initiatives to rethink our high schools as they attempt to prepare students for the ongoing changes of the economy, workforce, and expectations of colleges and universities.Ph. D.
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Stoddart, Mark Christopher John. "Making meaning out of mountains : skiing, the environment and eco-politics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/934.
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This research provides a sociological analysis of skiing as a form of outdoor recreation and nature tourism in British Columbia, Canada. A qualitative multi-method approach is used, combining discourse analysis, interviews with skiers, and unobtrusive field observation at Whistler Blackcomb and Whitewater ski resorts. Through a focus on discourse, embodied interactions among humans and non-humans, and flows of power, this research describes an environmental ambiguity at the centre of skiing. There is a tension between interpretations of skiing as an environmentally-sustainable practice and notions of skiing as an environmental and social problem. Skiing is based on the symbolic consumption of nature and is understood by many participants as a way of entering into a meaningful relationship with the non-human environment. However, interpretations of skiing as a non-consumptive use of non-human nature are too simple. Social movement groups disrupt pro-environmental discourses of skiing by challenging the sport’s ecological and social legitimacy. Many skiers also articulate a self-reflexive environmental critique of their sport. In these instances, skiing is brought into the realm of politics. Recreational forms of interaction with the non-human environment tend to be at the periphery of environmental sociology. At the same time, sport sociologists tend to focus on the social dimensions of outdoor recreation, while bracketing out non-human nature. This research brings these two fields of inquiry into dialogue with each other, thereby addressing this double lacuna.
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Lander, Dorothy Agnes. "Telling tales out of school : author-ising the university as a service organ-isation for first year students." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339604.
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Mann, Kimberly Lynn. "The First Thing Out the Window: Race, Radical Feminism, and Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time"." W&M ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626579.
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Lee, Yin Lam. "A Qualitative Study of Out-of-class Learning Opportunities among First Year ESL Freshmen in a College Town." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339531130.
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Moos, Aziza. "First-year students' perceptions of the influence of social integration on academic performance." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1031_1367480725.
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During Apartheid, South African education policies were largely based on a system of
racial segregation, resulting in unequal educational opportunities between black and white students.
Current education policies centred on Access and Equity have been ratified to address the education issues of the past. However, there still remains a concern about the poor performance and
consequently, the high drop out rate, particularly amongst black South African university students. The findings of various studies have shown that the factors that contribute to poor academic performance range from inadequate pre-university schooling and financial issues to poor language proficiency, inadequate social support and insufficient social integration. The present study employed a qualitative approach to explore first-year students&rsquo
perceptions of the influence of social integration on academic performance. Tinto&rsquo
s Student Integration Model provided the conceptual basis for the conduction of the study. Three focus groups were used to collect the data which were analysed according to thematic analysis procedures. The main finding of the study
was that academic and social experiences were intrinsically linked in the first year of study. Moreover, the findings indicate that friends, belonging to nonacademic organisations and lecturer-student interaction (as three indicators of social integration) influenced first-year students&rsquo
academic performance. South African contextual factors such as socio-economic status and language
were found to be a potential hindrance to good academic performance. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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Packard, Ashley. "Infringement or impingement? : carving out a First Amendment defense for sysops held strictly liable for their subscribers' copyright infringements /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841178.
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Crawford, Aria. "The Seemingly Downward Spiral of a First Year Teacher That Actually Turns Out Alright in the End: A Case Study." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/143.
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My first year as an educator has followed a tumultuous pattern. Not only was I exploring who I was becoming as an educator, but I was also a full-time graduate school student. I attempted to collect student data through a variety of ways, including formal and informal assessments and listening to student anecdotes, which proved to be more difficult than anticipated. When I began writing this narrative, I had yet to step foot into a classroom and work with children. I had a different idea and perspective than I did after becoming a teacher of record. Throughout the year, my mental and physical health was altered multiple times. There were times when I let my own school work suffer in favor of my work with my students and vice versa. There were times when I fantasized about dropping out of graduate school and quit my job, and there were times when I thoroughly enjoyed working on my homework and going to work. This narrative is a reflection of those ups and downs and tracks the progress of myself and the students I have interacted with. What follows is a yearlong exploration of myself, my environment, and my students who have proven to be simultaneous sources of stress and comfort.
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Reddy, Lucina Jacqueline. "Evaluating the first year roll-out of the Imibala Gifted And Talented Enrichment Programme of the Imibala Trust in The Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21796.
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The following dissertation details an evaluation conducted on a giftedness programme. The introduction of giftedness programmes can be traced as far back as 1922 where Terman was one of the first people to document and formalise the link between one's innate ability and their performance on a number of outcomes. Since then many other theorists Renzulli (1977) and Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius, and Worrell (2011) have expanded on the definition of giftedness to include not only one's innate ability but development of potential through a specialised environment that encourages the gifted learner to enhance their ability. In 2013, a programme evaluation student at the University of Cape Town, Reitumetse Mogorosi, conducted research for the Imibala Trust to assist with the design of the Gifted and Talented Enrichment (GATE) Programme. The Imibala Trust had for some time (with the support of the Metropole East Education Department) decided to pilot such a programme that aimed to serve gifted disadvantaged children in the Helderberg region. As a result of Mogorosi's work the GATE personnel were provided with an evaluation report that detailed a plausible programme theory for their programme; the activities that the GATE programme should include in its design; the selection process to be followed to recruit the identified target audience; and the importance of engaging relevant stakeholders in the programme. Following Mogorosi's (2014) report, the GATE programme was piloted in 2014. In 2014, a second masters' student from the University of Cape Town evaluated the pilot implementation of the GATE programme. This dissertation is an account of that evaluation study. The evaluator conducted two forms of evaluation, namely a process evaluation and a short-term outcome evaluation. The process evaluation aimed to establish whether the GATE personnel had implemented the programme as planned; while the short-term outcome evaluation aimed to determine whether the participants in the GATE programme perceived any changes as a result of the programme.
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Zimmermann, Christoph [Verfasser]. "Towards a first precision measurement of the mass of the W-boson with the ATLAS detector at root out s = 7 TeV / Christoph Zimmermann." Mainz : Universitätsbibliothek Mainz, 2016. http://d-nb.info/111079083X/34.
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Lindblom, Anne. "Stepping out of the shadows of colonialism to the beat of the drum : The meaning of music for five First Nations children with autism in British Columbia, Canada." Doctoral thesis, University of Eastern Finland, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-48442.
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This dissertation set out to examine the meaning of music for First Nations childrenwith autism in BC, Canada. The research questions addressed were: How can thediagnosis of ASD be seen through a First Nations lens? How do the First Nationschildren with ASD use music? In which ways is music used in different domains?In which ways is music used to facilitate inclusion? How is traditional music used?The dissertation is based on four original articles that span over the issues of under-detection of autism among First Nations children in BC, ethnographic fieldwork,and the paradigmatic shift to Indigenist research methodologies, the role of music insocial inclusion and a First Nations lens on autism, the use of Indigenous music withFirst Nations children with autism, put in context with First Nations children’s rights.Material was collected during six week periods in two consecutive years, generatingdata from conversations, follow-up conversations, observations, video-filmed observations,and notes. Post-colonial BC, Canada is the context of the research, and issuesof social inclusion and children’s rights are addressed. During the research process,a journey that began with an ethnographic approach led to an Indigenist paradigm.It was found that colonial residue and effects of historical trauma can influenceFirst Nations children being under-detected for autism. The First Nations childrendiagnosed with autism in this study use music in similar ways to typically developingchildren and non-Indigenous individuals with autism. These uses include for communicationand relaxation, for security and happiness, to soothe oneself and whenstudying. However, music interventions in school settings are not culturally sensitive.Music as a tool for inclusion is overlooked and Indigenous music not utilizedoutside of optional Aboriginal classes. The most important lesson of the study wasthe significance of reciprocal experience, emphasized by the Indigenist paradigm. Itcan be suggested that carefully designed, culturally sensitive music interventions,in collaboration with traditional knowledge holders and Elders, would be beneficialfor the development of First Nations children with autism. Consequently, culturallysensitive music interventions could have potential to ensure that the children’s rightsare respected. For these interventions to be culturally adequate, specific IndigenousKnowledge must be the foundation.
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Shields, Kieran Patrick. ""Standing up not standing out" : an ethnographic study of the educational experiences of Irish Traveller children in their first year of primary education in rural Northern Ireland." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709818.
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This study explores the early educational experiences of a small group of Irish Traveller children as they transitioned into the first year of their formal primary school education in a rural primary school in Northern Ireland. Informed in part by some theoretical concepts associated with the work of Bourdieu, Jenkins and the sociology of childhood, the study aimed to better understand how young Traveller children lived out and experienced their first days of school. Using an ethnographic approach that involved some classroom observations of and interviews with Traveller children, the study highlights the interface between the school culture and aspects of the Traveller children’s culture and the challenges and complexities for both them and their teachers in finding an accommodation between the two. Through specific examples in the school setting the study shows the challenges and complexities for teachers as they strive to meet organisational imperatives while also attempting to attend to the individual needs presented by some Traveller children. The study also shows how normative school teacher practices, the school culture and ethos aim to support Traveller children and yet, sometimes in practice, can have unintended less positive impacts. The indicates a concern that the twin aims of inclusion, which is perceived and practiced as integration, versus respect for diversity and difference may appear incompatible and yet there are a number of small changes that could be made within the school setting to bridge the gap between these two positions. The thesis ends by outlining these suggested changes to policy and practice.
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Atsalakis, Mihalis. "Prediction of initial involvement of first grade Greek school children in an out-of-school, organized, community physical activity programme : an application of the theory of planned behaviour." Thesis, University of Hull, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262408.
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Martinez, Sergio Elias Gavilan. "Aplicação do ensaio APULOT na determinação da resistência à compressão in loco do concreto nas primeiras idades." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172081.
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A presente pesquisa propõe analisar, avaliar e validar o uso de ensaios de aderência açoconcreto para estimativa da resistência à compressão axial do concreto in loco nas primeiras idades em canteiros de obras, como alternativa ao controle de qualidade tradicional. Alguns pesquisadores propuseram a utilização de um ensaio de aderência modificado, que denominaram Appropriate Pull-Out Test (APULOT), como uma adaptação do método pullout test (POT) tradicional, normalizado pela norma EN12504-3. Para viabilizar o uso do ensaio APULOT como ensaio que possa ser implementado na prática do controle tecnológico do concreto em canteiros de obras e seja representativo da resistência in loco é necessário definir um padrão para o mesmo. O presente trabalho desenvolveu um molde específico para o ensaio, analisou a influência do processo da cura nos resultados da tensão máxima de aderência, estudou como a medição da maturidade no concreto pôde auxiliar na determinação do momento certo para fazer o ensaio de arrancamento e comparou resultados dos ensaios feitos em corpos de prova para teste de aderência com ensaios de arrancamento de barras de aço em painéis de concreto. Para tanto foram feitos nove concretagens empregando diferentes tamanhos e configurações de corpos de prova, ensaios de arrancamento, extrações de testemunhos de painéis de concreto, ensaios à compressão simples e medições de maturidade dos concretos empregados. Também se realizaram registros de temperatura ambiente e velocidade do vento na vizinhança dos painéis, buscando estabelecer relações entre a maturidade e as condições ambientais do canteiro. Os ensaios descritos anteriormente realizaram-se às idades de 3, 5, 7 e 28 dias. Os resultados obtidos mostram que, sob condições padronizadas de ensaio, existe ótima correlação entre a tensão máxima de aderência e a resistência à compressão do concreto e por tanto o ensaio de aderência pode ser utilizado para fazer uma estimativa da resistência à compressão do concreto in loco nas primeiras idades.This research aims to analyze, evaluate and validate the use of steel-concrete bond tests to estimate the axial compression strength of in situ concrete at early ages on construction sites, as alternative to conventional strength control tests. Some researchers have proposed the use of a modified bond test, named Appropriate Pull-Out Test (APULOT), as an adaptation of the traditional pull-out test method (POT) standardized by the EN12504-3. To implement the APULOT as a strength control procedure for concrete on construction site, standardization is needed. This study developed a specific mold for the test; analyzed the influence of curing process on the results of the maximum bond stress; studied how measuring the maturity in the concrete could help to determine when is the right time to make the pull-out test; compared results of tests made on cores for testing the bond and pull-out tests on steel bars in concrete panels. Therefore, it have been made nine concrete events, pull-out tests using different sizes and configurations of cylindrical concret specimen, pull-out tests and extraction of cores from concrete panels, compressive test and maturity measurements of specific employees. Also, temperature and wind speed records have been performed in the panel´s sourrundings, seeking to establish relationships between maturity and ambiental conditions on construction site. The tests described above were carried out at 3, 5, 7 and 28 days. The results show that, under standardized test conditions, a correlation between the maximum bond stress and the concrete compression strength exists, and therefore, bond test can be used to estimate the in situ compression strength of the concrete in the first ages.
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Nyberg, Angelica, and Jonas Hartman. "Evaluation of EDF scheduling for Ericsson LTE system : A comparison between EDF, FIFO and RR." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Programvara och system, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-131551.
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Scheduling is extremely important for modern real-time systems. It enables several programs to run in parallel and succeed with their tasks. Many systems today are real-time systems, which means that good scheduling is highly needed. This thesis aims to evaluate the real-time scheduling algorithm earliest deadline first, newly introduced into the Linux kernel, and compare it to the already existing real-time scheduling algorithms first in, first out and round robin in the context of firm tasks. By creating a test program that can create pthreads and set their scheduling characteristics, the performance of earliest deadline first can be evaluated and compared to the others.Schemaläggning är extremt viktigt för dagens realtidssystem. Det tillåter att flera program körs parallellt samtidigt som deras processer inte misslyckas med sina uppgifter. Idag är många system realtidssystem, vilket innebär att det finns ett ytterst stort behov för en bra schemaläggningsalgoritm. Målet med det här examensarbetet är att utvärdera schema-läggningsalgoritmen earliest deadline first som nyligen introducerats i operativsystemet Linux. Målet är även att jämföra algoritmen med två andra schemaläggningsalgoritmer (first in, first out och round robin), vilka redan är väletablerade i Linux kärnan. Det här görs med avseende på processer klassificerade som firm. Genom att skapa ett program som kan skapa pthreads med önskvärda egenskaper kan prestandan av earliest deadline first algoritmen utvärderas, samt jämföras med de andra algoritmerna.
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Mahaffey, Cynthia Jo. "Wearing the Rainbow Triangle: The Effect of Out Lesbian Teachers and Lesbian Teacher Subjectivities on Student Choice of Topics, Student Writing, and Student Subject Positions in the First-Year Composition Classroom." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1100110069.
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Dalpiaz, Anthony. "Social Media Use, Media Literacy, and Anxiety in First-Year College Students." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1597137716516134.
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Leos, Zamorategui Arturo. "On the interface between physical systems and mathematical models : study of first-passage properties of fractional interfaces and large deviations in kinetically constrained models." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC183/document.
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La thèse décrit les propriétés d’équilibre et hors d’équilibre de modèles mathématiques stochastiques de systèmes physiques. À l’aide de simulations numériques, on étudie les fluctuations des différentes quantités mais on s’interesse aussi aux grands déviations dans certains systèmes. La première partie de la thèse se concentre sur l’étude des interfaces rugueuses observées dans des processus de croissance. Ces interfaces sont simulées avec des nouvelles techniques de programmation en parallèle qui nous permettent d’accéder à des systèmes de très grande taille. D’une part, on discute le cas diffusif, représenté par l’équation d’Edward-Wilkinson dans des interfaces périodiques, pour lequel on obtient une solution exacte de l’équation discrète dans l’espace de Fourier. Avec cette solution on déduit le facteur de structure associé aux amplitudes des modes et l’expression exacte est comparée avec les valeurs numériques. De plus, on fait le lien entre les propriétés de premier passage des interfaces et le mouvement Brownien. On mesure la distribution des longueurs des intervalles et on compare les résultats avec une version modifiée du théorème de Sparre-Andersen. D’autre part, on étudie le cas général qui inclut les cas sous-diffusif et superdiffusif avec des conditions de bord périodiques. On étudie pour ces interfaces fractionnaires des propriétés de premier passage liées aux zéros des interfaces. Dans l’état stationnaire, on étudie également les premiers cumulants et propriétés d’échellement de la longueur des intervalles et de la densité de zéros. De plus, on mesure la largeur typique de l’interface et ses propriétés d’échellement. Finalement, on analyse le comportement de ces observables dans les interfaces hors d’équilibre et on discute leur dépendance en la taille du système. On discute également les conditions de stabilité des solutions del’équation discrète, importantes pour les simulations des interfaces. Dans une deuxième partie, on étude la transition de phase dynamique dans des modèles cinétiquement contraints afin d’étudier la transition vitreuse observée dans des verres structuraux. Pour un modèle en dimension un, on étudie la géométrie spatio-temporelle des bulles d’inactivité qui caractérisent les hétérogénéités dynamiques observées dans les verres. On trouve que les directions spatiales et temporelles des bulles ne sont pas liées par un comportement diffusif. En contraste, on confirme l’échellement de l’aire et d’autres quantités attendues pour un système, a priori diffusif. De plus, grâce à la théorie des grandes déviations et l’algorithme de clonage, on identifie la transition de phase dynamique dans des systèmes en deux dimensions spatiales. D’abord on mesure l’énergie libre dynamique pour différentes valeurs du paramètre λ. Après, on conjecture des valeurs critiques λ c = Σ/K, avec Σ la tension surface d’une ı̂le de sites actifs entourée par des sites inactifs dans un modèle effectif et K l’activité moyenne du système, pour laquelle la transition de phase a lieu dans la limite de taille infinie. En mesurant l’activité du système et le nombre d’occupation, on observe la dépendance de ces observables avec la taille des systèmes étudiés loin de la transition. Finalement, on mesure la propagation du front des sites actifs dans tout les systèmes. Pour l’un des systèmes étudiés, on identifie une vitesse balistique du front qui nous permet d’observer la transition de phase d’un point de vue dynamiqueThis thesis investigates both equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of mathematical stochastic models that as a representation of physical systems. By means of extensive numerical simulations we study mean quantities and their fluctuations. Nonetheless, in some systems we are interested also in large deviations. The first part of the thesis focuses on the study of rough interfaces observed in growth processes. These interfaces are simulated with state-of-the-art simulations based on parallel computing which allow us to study very large systems. On the one hand, we discuss the diffusive case given by the Edward-Wilkinson equation in periodic interfaces. For the discrete version of such an equation, we obtain an analytic solution in Fourier space. Fur-ther, we derive an exact expression of the structure factor related with the modes amplitudes describing the interface and compare it with the numerical values. Moreover, using a mapping between stationary interfaces and the Brownian motion, we relate the distribution of the intervals generated by the zeros of the interface with the first-passage distribution given by a the Sparre-Andersen theorem in the case of the Brownian motion. As a generalization of the results obtained in the diffusive case, we study a linear Langevin equation with a Riesz-Feller fractional Laplacian of order z used to simulate sub- and super-diffusive interfaces. In this general case, we identify three regimes based on the scaling behaviour of the cumulants of the intervallengths, the density of zeros and the width of the interface. Finally, we study the evolution in time of some of the observables introduced before. In the second part of the thesis, we study the dynamical phase transition in kinetically constrained models (KCMs) in order to get some insight on the glass transition observed in structural glasses. In a one-dimensional KCM we study the geometry of the bubbles of inactivity in space-time for systems at different temperatures. We find that the spatial length of the bubbles does not scale diffusively with its temporal duration. In contrast, we confirm a vidiffusive behaviour for other quantities studied. Further, by means of large deviation theory and cloning algorithms, we identify the dynamical phase transition in two-dimensional systems. To start with, we measure numerically the dynamical free energy both by measuring the largest eigenvalue of the evolution operator,for small systems, and via the cloning algorithm, for larger systems. We conjecture a value λ c = Σ/K, with Σ the surface tensionof a bubble of activity surrounded by a sea of inactive sites in an effective interfacial model and K the mean activity of the system, for each of the systems studied. For the activity of the system and the occupation number we discuss their scaling properties far from the phase transition. Starting from an empty system subject to different boundary conditions, we investigate the front propagation of active sites. We argue that the phase transition in this case can be identified by the abrupt slowing-down of the front. This is done by measuring the ballistic speed of the front in the simplest case studied. Finally, we propose an effective model following the Feynman-Kac formula for a moving front.-proprietés de premier passage, interface rugueuse, diffusion fractionnaire , système hors d'équilibre, transition de phase dynamique, modèle cinétiquement contraint, grandes déviations.-first-passage properties, rough interface, fractional diffusion, out-of-equilibrium system, dynamical phase transition, kinetically constrained model, large deviations
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Miro, Panades Ivan. "Conception et implantation d'un micro-réseau sur puce avec garantie de service." Paris 6, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA066195.
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Ce travail de thèse porte sur la conception et implantation physique d’un micro-réseau sur puce avec garantie de service. Ces études reposent sur le micro-réseau sur puce DSPIN développé au Lip6. Dans un premier temps, nous étudions l’incorporation des communications avec garantie de service dans ce micro-réseau. Ce type de communications est très utilisé dans les systèmes ayant de fortes contraintes temporelles comme, par exemple, les traitements de flux vidéo ou audio. La solution proposée est capable d’offrir des garanties de latence et de bande passante à faible coût matériel. Dans un deuxième temps, nous analysons une FIFO qui permet d’interconnecter des systèmes synchrones qui n’ont pas le même domaine d’horloge. Ce type de FIFO est optimisé pour des profondeurs faibles ainsi que pour faciliter son implantation dans des architectures compatibles avec l’approche Globalement Asynchrone, Localement Synchrone. Sa conception repose sur des cellules standard sans utiliser des cellules spécifiques ni asynchrones. Enfin, nous présentons une implantation matérielle du micro-réseau DSPIN dans la plate-forme FAUST développée par le CEA-Léti. Toute la chaîne de conception, depuis la synthèse de l’architecture jusqu’au dessin des masques, est décrite en détail pour illustrer la façon dont la technologie DSPIN s’intègre dans un flot de conception industriel. Ainsi, le circuit final est testé avec des données réelles.
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Nel, Celeste. "Die oorgang van skool na universiteit : 'n teoretiese raamwerk vir 'n pre-universitêre intervensie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3175.
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Thesis (PhD (Education )--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.352 leaves, preliminary pages xxiii and numbered pages 1-329. Includes bibliography and a list of figures.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African school system is increasingly producing students who do not make the grade in higher education. Universities are concerned about the quality of the students who register as first-years at higher education institutions. The findings of various studies have clearly shown that more and more students are inadequately prepared and therefore not ready for higher education. In South Africa the problems resulting from the gap between school and university have been exacerbated by the inequalities that exist in the secondary school system, and which are still part of the legacy of apartheid. Within the context of learners’increasing unpreparedness for university studies, their difficult transition from school to university and the concomitant high drop-out figures in higher education, this study investigated the extent to which universities – with Stellenbosch University as a case in point – can contribute towards preparing students for university studies from as early as school level, and thus facilitate their transition from school to university. Taking this research question into account, the researcher investigated the extent to which specific variables played a part both in the pre-university phase and after admission. In addition, the study also focused on the extent to which students’ school background (previously disadvantaged privileged school) influences students’ preparedness, and to what extent academic standards (amongst others final examination results)are related to success in the first year at university. The research design was a case study of black newcomer first-year students who participated in a Stellenbosch University bursary project (the Merit Bursary project) in their Grade 12 year. The data generation consisted of two phases, namely a quantitative approach in the pre-university phase and a qualitative approach, after admission, in the transitional phase. The research findings have revealed that the inequalities in the South African schooling system influence the transition from school to university. The classification of schools (previously disadvantaged or privileged school) plays a crucial role in students’ preparedness and how they handle the transition from school to university. There are various academic, social, emotional, cultural and financial factors that impact on this transition. However, the factors are interdependent – no one factor can be regarded as being more important than another. Universities must adopt a holistic approach to the transition that newcomer students are required to make. It was concluded in the study that universities have a responsibility to ensure that the diminishing pool of potential students in higher education be expanded. Universities should also ontribute towards preparing prospective students more effectively so that the transition process will be less challenging. It is believed that this will also improve the throughput rate. In this regard the study proposes a theoretical framework for a pre university intervention.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse skoolstelsel lewer toenemend studente wat nie die mas in hoër onderwys opkom nie en universiteite is bekommerd oor die kwaliteit van die studente wat as eerstejaars aan hoëronderwysinstellings registreer. Uit die bevindinge van verskeie studies het dit geblyk dat studente toenemend nie voldoende voorbereid en gereed is vir hoër onderwys nie. In die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks word die gaping tussen skool en universiteit vergroot deur ongelykhede in die sekondêre skoolstelsel as gevolg van die land se apartheidsgeskiedenis. In die konteks van leerders se toenemende onvoorbereidheid vir universiteitstudie, die moeilike oorgang van skool na universiteit en die gepaardgaande hoe uitvalsyfers in hoër onderwys, het hierdie studie ondersoek ingestel na die mate waarin universiteite - met die Universiteit Stellenbosch as spesifieke geval - reeds op skoolvlak ’n rol kan speel om voornemende studente beter vir universiteitstudie voor te berei en sodoende die oorgang van skool na universiteit te vergemaklik. Met die navorsingsingsvraag in ag genome, het die navorser die mate waarin spesifieke veranderlikes ’n rol speel in die pre-universitêre fase asook die fase na toetrede tot universiteit, ondersoek. In samehang hiermee, het die studie ook gefokus op die invloed van skoolagtergrond (voorheen benadeelde of bevoorregte skole) op die voorbereidheid van studente en die mate waarin akademiese maatstawwe op skool (onder meer eindeksamenresultate) verband hou met sukses in die eerste universiteitsjaar. Die navorsingsontwerp was ’n gevallestudie van swart nuwelingeerstejaarstudente wat in hulle graad 12-jaar aan ’n beursprojek (die Verdienstelikheidsbeursprojek) van die Universiteit Stellenbosch deelgeneem het. Die data-generering het uit twee fases bestaan, naamlik ’n kwantitatiewe benadering in die pre-universitêre fase en ’n kwalitatiewe benadering na toetrede in die oorgangsfase. Die ondersoek het gevind dat die ongelykhede in die Suid-Afrikaanse skoolstelsel die oorgang van skool na universiteit beinvloed. Skoolklassifikasie (voorheen benadeelde of bevoorregte skole) speel ’n bepalende rol in die voorbereidheid van studente en ook in die wyse waarop studente die oorgang hanteer. Daar is ’n verskeidenheid akademiese, sosiale, emosionele, kulturele en finansiële faktore wat ’n rol speel in die oorgang van skool na universiteit. Die faktore is egter interafhanklik van aard – geen een kan uitgesonder word as belangriker as die ander nie. Universiteite moet die oorgang van nuwelingstudente holisties benader. Hierdie ondersoek kom verder tot die slotsom dat dit ook die verantwoordelikheid van universiteite is om te sorg dat die krimpende poel potensiele studente vir hoër onderwys vergroot en beter voorbereide studente toegelaat word om sodoende die oorgangsproses te vergemaklik en deurvloeikoerse te verhoog. In die lig hiervan stel die studie ’n teoretiese raamwerk vir ’n pre-universitêre intervensie voor.
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Price-Rhea, Kelly. "Our First Professor As A Guest!" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://podcast.iseekgolf.com/83.
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It's hard to imagine a simpler question: "Why Isn't Women's Golf More Popular?" That was the title of a recent article by Dr Kelly Price at the website www.womensgolf.com and while its a straightforward question the answers are anything but. Dr Price joins Episode 83 of the iSeekGolf podcast to chat about the complex world of gender politics and sport with a special focus on golf and it's a discussion you won't want to miss. Also, don't forget there is just under a week to go till our #ISGPod golf and live recording day. At the time of writing there is just one tee time left for next Monday at Bonnie Doon Golf Club so click here to register and pay. Alternatively, you can come along just for the recording where our special guest will be Mike Clayton who will take your questions on anything and everything to do with the game.
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Lester, W. Carter. "Sharing our stories, remembering our journey, congregational history in a culture of amnesia." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Bastien, Elizabeth M. "Our home, y(our) title: matrimonial real property on First Nation reserves in Canada /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2006. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2721.
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Campbell, Rich. "The contribution of First Peter to our understanding of suffering." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Blackburn, Steven P. "The early Arabic versions of Job (first millennium C.E.)." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/970.
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This work makes a contribution to the history of the interpretation of Hebrew scripture by examining the earlier texts, produced by the linguistically cognate communities of Arabic-speaking Jews, Christians, and Muslims, of one of the more theologically controversial and linguistically difficult texts of the Judeo-Christian canon: the Book of Job. Analysis relates portions of five pre-1000 C. E. Arabic versions to the Masoretic Text as well as to the Targum, Septuagint, Peshitta, Syro-Hexaplaric, and Coptic. Subtleties encountered in the course of translation, including theological emphases, inter-religious and inter-cultural influences, as well as paraphrastics and other form-literary concerns, are treated.
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Johnson, Tamaro. "The Internet and Our First Amendment Rights Hands Off the Internet." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 1998. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/678.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucfBachelors
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Molinder, Erik. "Avtalad oenighet : Att komma tillrätta med kolliderande standardavtal." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-357088.
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Belfkih, Abderrahmen. "Contraintes temporelles dans les bases de données de capteurs sans fil." Thesis, Le Havre, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LEHA0014/document.
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Dans ce travail, nous nous focalisons sur l’ajout de contraintes temporelles dans les Bases de Données de Capteurs Sans Fil (BDCSF). La cohérence temporelle d’une BDCSF doit être assurée en respectant les contraintes temporelles des transactions et la validité temporelle des données, pour que les données prélevées par les capteurs reflètent fidèlement l’état réel de l’environnement. Cependant, les retards de transmission et/ou de réception pendant la collecte des données peuvent conduire au non-respect de la validité temporelle des données. Une solution de type bases de données s'avère la plus adéquate. Il faudrait pour cela faire coïncider les aspects BD traditionnelles avec les capteurs et leur environnement. À cette fin, les capteurs déployés au sein d'un réseau sans fils sont considérés comme une table d'une base de données distribuée, à laquelle sont appliquées des transactions (interrogations, mises à jour, etc.). Les transactions sur une BD de capteurs nécessitent des modifications pour prendre en compte l'aspect continu des données et l'aspect temps réel. Les travaux réalisés dans cette thèse portent principalement sur trois contributions : (i) une étude comparative des propriétés temporelles entre une collecte périodique des données avec une base de données classique et une approche de traitement des requêtes avec une BDCSF, (ii) la proposition d’un modèle de traitement des requêtes temps réel, (iii) la mise en œuvre d’une BDCSF temps réel, basée sur les techniques décrites dans la deuxième contributionIn this thesis, we are interested in adding real-time constraints in the Wireless Sensor Networks Database (WSNDB). Temporal consistency in WSNDB must be ensured by respecting the transaction deadlines and data temporal validity, so that sensor data reflect the current state of the environment. However, delays of transmission and/or reception in a data collection process can lead to not respect the data temporal validity. A database solution is most appropriate, which should coincide with the traditional database aspects with sensors and their environment. For this purpose, the sensor in WSN is considered as a table in a distributed database, which applied transactions (queries, updates, etc.). Transactions in a WSNDB require modifications to take into account of the continuous datastream and real-time aspects. Our contribution in this thesis focus on three parts: (i) a comparative study of temporal properties between a periodic data collection based on a remote database and query processing approach with WSNDB, (ii) the proposition of a real-time query processing model, (iii) the implementation of a real time WSNDB, based on the techniques described in the second contribution
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Lawson, James Charles Barkley. "First Nations, environmental interests and the forest products industry in Temagami and Algonquin Park." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ66354.pdf.
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Lo, Chung-man Terence, and 盧仲文. "The first step to safeguard our modern architectural heritage: identification, registration anddocumentation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50700066.
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The demolition of Star Ferry Pier and Queen’s Ferry Pier, the controversial conservation approaches for Wan Chai Market and Central Market, and the recent crisis owing to proposed demolition of West Wing of Central Government Offices raise my deep concern on conservation of architecture of recent past. During public consultation for conservation approach for these modern buildings, the term of “collective memory” is widely adopted as the only core value of and justification to preservation. The architectural value of buildings of this period (i.e. 1950s - 80s) in Hong Kong, however, are always looked down or undervalued by conservation experts and general public owing to sheer quantities of such building type in our community.
This dissertation is to look into characters of modern architecture, values of such building type to our community and identify their exemplary works in Hong Kong. Through study of world-wide development of conserving modern architecture as built heritage in this dissertation, it tells us Hong Kong is far behind on this issue. We could not wait, but take our first step to safeguard the modern architectural heritage of our city. In the last chapter, therefore, we suggest major steps for conserving modern built heritage in Hong Kong – identification, registration, documentation, and study whether our modern built heritage could meet the six selection criteria of the World Heritage List.
Recently, I am pleased to learn that Hong Kong is applying for membership of Working Party on the Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement (i.e. DOCOMOMO – Hong Kong). I wish the research result in this dissertation could contribute to such application.published_or_final_version
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Hedenskog, Jens. "Exploring Game Design Pitfalls through patterns : Experiences when making our first game." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för speldesign, teknik och lärande, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1618.
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The purpose of this report is to analyze what went wrong with the adventure game project called Fairytale, I started together with 4 of my fellow university students at Gotland University, spring 2007. My ambition with this report is to enlighten problems in game design that arose during the game development process in order to prevent others from making the same mistakes. The problems are analyzed according to game design patterns defined by Björk, S. and Holopainen, J. (2005). Patterns in Game Design. Boston, Massachusetts. Jenifer Niles. The game was exhibited to the public at Gotland Game Awards 2007, Leipzig Game Developers Conference 2007, Tekniska Museet 2007, Almedalsveckan 2008 and Gotland Game Awards 2008. The results of the report show that redesigning already finished game features means a lot of troubles in relation to its dependency on other game elements. The key abilities of the main character were vaguely defined since the beginning of the project which caused problems with earlier designed levels whenever a new item was introduced. The terrain of the prior levels didn’t match the abilities of the new items, which forced changes to be made. The biggest mistake with this project was that finished game elements never were considered final. My role in the project was the solo game programmer and co-designer. I shared the designing tasks together with Annika Fogelgren who also was the producer of our team. Albertina Sparrhult, Emma Johansson and Marie Viberg were our core graphic artists. Together, we created the Fairytale game.
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Russell, Wendy. "Regaining control : community development and self-determination in Fort Albany First Nation /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/NQ42873.pdf.
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Gibbs, Mark. "The Jewish scripture as rationale for First Clement." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683196.
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Cebreros, Alejandra. "It's Definitely Our Success: Children of Undocumented Immigrants in Higher Education." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20526.
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This study examines the ways in which the education of children of undocumented immigrants is impacted by their parents’ undocumented status as well as their personal documentation status. In this thesis, I shed light on the experiences of fifteen college students and alumni who are variously-documented, including: undocumented students, DACA students, and documented students with undocumented family members. Drawing on these experiences, I argue that students’ education is impacted by legal and social exclusion, family stress and psychosocial impacts, personal legal status, and a lack of services for undocumented students and children of undocumented immigrants in educational institutions. I also argue that mothers and other family members lessen these challenges by providing students with the support and encouragement to complete a higher education. I conclude this study by making specific recommendations for what K- higher education institutions can do to better serve undocumented and documented students within mixed-status families.
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Loft, Michael. "Through our own eyes : a study of healing as elucidated by the narratives of First Nations individuals." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100742.
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For some Aboriginal people, healing is a relatively new word that seems to have emerged and taken on a life of its own only after the 1990 Mohawk Crisis and the ensuing Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP, 1996). In spite of the massive 4000-page RCAP report, some mainstream authorities (Brasfield, 2001) still believe that the meaning of Aboriginal healing has not been fully explained. In this study, an attempt will be made to widen the meaning of Aboriginal healing by examining ancient Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) philosophy, historical cultural upheaval, and narratives from First Nations survivors of Indian residential schools and a Holocaust survivor. The results have shown a connection between Aboriginal healing and Canadian society. Healing can only occur if the wound is not continuously reopened such as when long-standing land claims remain unsettled, Indigenous language and culture programs are neglected, and a People are ignored.
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Radney, Ron. "Predicting first-time freshman persistence at California State University, Bakersfield: Exploring a new model." Scholarly Commons, 2009. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2389.
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Institutions of higher education invest a significant amount of resources in recruiting, processing, and advising new students. When students leave the institution prior to graduation, the university loses considerable revenues. Therefore, it is important for colleges and universities to refine their student recruitment and retention strategies to avoid forgone revenues by predicting which students are likely to need particular types of support services (DeBerard et al, 2004). Current models of prediction utilize extensive surveys that are impractical to administer each term, and they do not adequately identify the broad range of student persistence categories needed in order to gain a greater understanding of persistence behavior (Davidson, 2005; Porter, 2000; Tinto, 1975). This study created a linear discriminant function to predict a broad range of persistence levels of first-time freshmen students at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), by identifying pre-enrollment and early enrollment student variables that existed within the database of the University. This information may be used to develop support service strategies to better assist incoming students predicted to have a greater probability of not persisting.
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McGarry, Theresa, and Martha Michieka. "Let Us Plead With Our Government: Rights, Responsibilities, and the First-Person Plural in Letters to the Editor in Sri Lankan and Kenyan Englishes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5469.
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Walmsley, Mark Joseph. "'The first draft of history' : how the process of news construction has influenced our understanding of the civil and gay rights movements of the 1960s." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11812/.
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Produced on a regular basis and dealing with a wide range of events, newspaper data represents a treasure trove of information for researchers interested in the lives of previous generations. Unfortunately, however, the extent to which media data is used in historical research has not been matched by a similar engagement with media history and theory. Indeed, whether relying on media data for analysis or simply the ‘hard facts’, scholars often accept this record without asking the right questions about how it was constructed and why. In contrast, this thesis questions the relationship between the mainstream press in the United States and social activists in a range of organisations and movements. Focused on groups within the civil and gay rights movements of the 1960s, this study not only highlights how the mainstream media has misrepresented activism, but also locates the genesis of these distortions in the process of news production. Importantly, and unlike many revisionist works that present activists as the passive victims of a powerful mainstream media, this thesis builds on theory from within sociology and communication science to demonstrate the symbiotic nature of this process. Indeed, while their efforts were not always successful, this study shows how activists purposefully and consciously adapted their actions and public communications to better fit the daily habits and professional practices of journalists and editors. Often pursuing short term gains, this process of adaptation could repress more open and representative dialogue, producing long term consequences that have influenced movement historiographies. By utilising data from the archives of Newsweek and the New York Times – as well as the private papers, memoirs, and oral interviews of other journalists and editors – this thesis demonstrates the importance of viewing newsworkers as individuals, rather than faceless servants of monolithic institutions. Indeed, each news outlet had its own unique atmosphere, with its own set of rules that set the parameters of its coverage; highlighting the need to resist claims that certain publications are necessarily more ‘representative’ or ‘objective’ than others. Importantly, then, this study demonstrates the need for historians to critically engage with the subjectivity of the media data they use and approach sources in a way that honestly recognises their limitations.
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Ramsey, Ieesha O. "Creating College-Going Cultures for our Children: Narratives of TRIO Upward Bound Program Alumni." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1572615075577603.
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Drexhage, Glenn. "The future of our past : inside the 2008 B.C. Digitization Symposium." British Columbia Library Association, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8545.
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This article, written by Glenn Drexhage, Communications Officer – UBC Library/Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, appeared in the BCLA Browser: Linking the Library Landscape online newsletter (vol.1, no.1 2009). For more information, please visit the BC Digitization Symposium 2008 website at: http://symposium.westbeyondthewest.ca and the BCLA Browser website at: http://bclabrowser.ca.
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Martz, Sarah Antonia. "Connecting our roots : holistic health research with Boston Bar First Nation revitalizing traditional plant knowledge and building education capacity using an integrated community-based participatory action research approach." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7802.
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Connecting Our Roots (COR) is based within a collaborative research partnership between the Boston Bar First Nation (BBFN), the UBC Institute for Aboriginal Health (UBC IAH) and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (FLFS). It was the Boston Bar First Nation who approached UBC IAH and wanted to address their community health concerns holistically through revitalizing traditional plant knowledge and usage. As a graduate student I started working with BBFN in fall of 2003 and lived on the BBFN reserve for 3 summers from 2004 to 2006. During this time the participatory research process unfolded summarized as three main parts: process, plant research and transformation. Process involved building a culturally appropriate research environment (CARE) through an integrated Indigenous and academic research approach and the development of a local code of research ethics. This was the foundation for community and university-based plant research that included documenting local plant knowledge and inspired laboratory analysis on the chemistry, biological activity and nutritional analysis of Tseweta (Lomatium nudicaule), a traditionally used plant with contemporary importance in Nlaka'pamux and other Indigenous communities. Over the three years the transformative element of the research evolved resulting in local actions, including culturally contextual summer youth programs. These summer programs supported the revitalization of local plant knowledge and usage and intergenerational knowledge transmission. They also facilitated building cultural, social, economic and health capacity, as well as local research expertise. Tangible outcomes of the plant research combined with the youth education programs included the creation of an interpretive traditional plant trail, a community herbarium, a greenhouse initiative, and several community publications. Overall, the Connecting Our Roots research initiative was successful in supporting BBFN's self-determination, built local research capacity, created new knowledge on Tseweta, and through its transdisciplinary and participatory research approach created meaningful and transformative research outcomes.
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Guittienne-Mürger, Valérie. "Jansénisme et libéralisme : les Nouvelles ecclésiastiques de Jean-Louis Rondeau (1806-1827)." Thesis, Paris 10, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA100036.
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L’objet de ce travail est l’établissement de l’édition critique du manuscrit des Nouvelles ecclésiastiques pour le XIXe siècle resté inédit, rédigé par l’ancien oratorien Jean-Louis Rondeau, prêtre assermenté, secrétaire de l’abbé Grégoire et membre du clergé de Saint-Séverin de 1801 jusqu’à son décès en 1832. Ce texte se veut la continuation des Nouvelles Ecclésiastiques du XVIIIe siècle, feuille périodique du mouvement janséniste d’une infinie richesse. Mais plus qu’un journal, c’est un témoignage qui prend la forme d’une chronique partisane sur les affaires ecclésiastiques du temps, un gigantesque kaléidoscope reflétant les intérêts et les convictions de celui qui, patiemment, du Mexique à Constantinople, de Naples à Londres, de Saint-Pétersbourg à Madrid, de Paris à Rome, a pendant des années scruté un monde en mutation. Durant deux décennies, l’auteur a méticuleusement passé au « crible janséniste » les événements et les écrits de son temps, a rassemblé informations et notes de lecture, articles de presse et on-dit, avec l’ambition de suivre l’histoire européenne, et même mondiale, sous l’angle rarement étudié d’une histoire religieuse globale. Il nous livre ainsi une passionnante évocation de ce premier XIXe siècle à travers une lecture janséniste et nettement libérale des polémiques religieuses de son tempsThe matter of this work is the manuscript scholarly edition of the Nouvelles écclésiastiques pour le XIXe siècle, that still remains unpublished. It was written by the former oratorian Jean-Louis Rondeau: a juror priest, the abbé Grégoire secretary and member of the Saint-Séverin parish from 1801 till his death in 1832. This text is willing to be the continuation of the Nouvelles Ecclésiastiques from the XVIII century, an immeasurably rich periodical paper published by the jansenist movement. More than a diary, this is an account that takes the form of a partisan chronicle about the ecclesiastical affairs, a huge kaleidoscope reflecting interests and convictions from the one who patiently, from Mexico to Constantinople, Naples to London, Saint-Petersburg to Madrid, Paris to Rome, has scrutinised during years a world in mutation. During two decades, the author, with a jansenist look, has sifted out the events and writings of his time. He has assembled information, reading notes, press articles and hearsays with the ambition of following the European and Worldwide history under the rarely studied outlook of the global religious history. Thus he delivers a passionate evocation on the early XIX century through a jansenist and a clearly liberal reading of the religious polemics of his time
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Kvítek, Adam. "Tvorba metodiky plánování procesního řízení výroby." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377625.
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