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Erickson, John D. "Preaching as worship a model and method for God-exalting sermons /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Hansen, Elise, and Amina Granath. "Arbetsengagemang : en god prediktor för den individuella arbetsprestationen." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för psykologi, pedagogik och sociologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-12475.
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Att få ut det bästa och mesta av varje medarbetare har blivit allt viktigare i dagens samhälle. Vi förväntas vara både produktiva och effektiva i allt vi gör. Men vad är det egentligen som samvarierar med den individuella arbetsprestationen? Är det hur engagerade vi är i arbetet, vår prestationsbaserade självkänsla eller ligger det till och med i vår personlighet? Finns det verktyg att använda vid rekrytering som kan förutsäga något om hur en individ kommer att prestera i arbetet? Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka huruvida arbetsengagemang, personlighet och prestationsbaserad självkänsla är av betydelse för den upplevda individuella arbetsprestationen. I studien studerades validerade test som mäter personlighet (Mini-IPIP6), prestationsbaserad självkänsla (PBSE) och arbetsengagemang (UWES9) i förhållande till den individuella arbetsprestationen (IWPQ) för att undersöka vilka samband som finns. En webb-enkät bestående av dessa fyra frågeformulär sammanställdes och kompletterades med bakgrundsfrågor. Insamlade data analyserades med hjälp av korrelations- och regressionsanalyser. I studien deltog 250 personer (M = 34 år, SD = 11 år) med olika bakgrund, och det enda inklusionskriteriet var att ha någon form av arbetslivserfarenhet. Resultaten visade att arbetsengagemang var den variabel som i störst utsträckning kunde förutsäga en god individuell arbetsprestation medan personlighetsdimensionerna neuroticism och ärlighet var de variabler som i störst utsträckning kunde förutsäga ett kontraproduktivt arbetsbeteende. Slutsatsen i föreliggande studie blev därmed att frågeformulär som mäter arbetsengagemang (UWES9) är det bäst lämpade av Mini-IPIP6, PBSE och UWES9, då syftet är att försöka förutsäga en god upplevd individuell arbetsprestation.Getting the best and most out of every employee has become more important in today's society. We are expected to be both productive and efficient in everything we do. But what exactly does coincide with the individual work performance? Is it how committed we are at work, our self-esteem or is it even our personality? Are there any tools for recruiting who can say something about how someone will perform at work? The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether employee engagement, personality and performance-based self-esteem are of importance to the perceived individual work performance. The study examined validated tests that measure personality (Mini-IPIP6), performance-based self-esteem (PBSE) and work engagement (UWES9) in relation to the individual work performance (IWPQ) to investigate which relationships that exist. A web questionnaire with these four questionnaires was compiled and supplemented with background issues. The collected data were analyzed using correlation and regression analyzes. The study comprised 250 people (M = 34 years, SD = 11 years) with different backgrounds, and the only inclusion criterion was to have some form of work experience. The results showed that work engagement was the best variable to predict a good individual work performance, while the personality dimensions, neuroticism and honesty, were the best variables to predict a counterproductive work behavior. The conclusion in this study was that questionnaires that measure work engagement (UWES9) are best suited of Mini-IPIP6, PBSE and UWES9, when the purpose is to try to predict a good perceived individual work performance.
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Letting, Albert. "The method of the call of God to service in the New Testament." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Drost, Paul Ernest. "Church planting| A strategic method for increasing missional effectiveness in the assemblies of God." Thesis, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3689028.
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Worldwide the Church continues to grow and flourish in the most hostile environments. Today's church provides living proof that Jesus actively, intentionally, and powerfully builds His church. Around the world wherever the Church grows, it is growing through a church planting movement of unprecedented proportions.
This project proposes to show that church planting in America, as in the rest of the world, is a crucial, strategic, and biblical method for increasing the missional effectiveness of the Assemblies of God (AG). Historically, the AG in the United States has committed to fulfilling the Great Commission through a two-fold emphasis of planting new churches and sending out missionaries to foreign fields. The missional importance of church planting will be demonstrated through research data from over 8,000 AG churches, comparing the spiritual metrics of church plants to existing churches over thirteen years of age. Additionally, research will compare the missional metrics of churches that plant churches with churches that do not engage in planting other churches.
Today, the AG shows encouraging signs of growth. However, two realities must temper these signs. AG numerical growth as a whole is not keeping up with population trends. Nationwide the number of AG churches per one thousand people continues to decline, and the AG continues to be underrepresented in the growing urban areas. Although the AG should rejoice in God's continued blessings, it must intentionally prioritize proven ways to increase missional effectiveness. God strategically uses the planting of new churches to break new ground for the gospel and increase the harvest.
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Matthews, Venita J. "An Actor's Method to Building the Character of Mother Superior in AGNES OF GOD." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2369.
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Agnes of God is the story of a nun (Agnes) who gets pregnant while living in a convent. She almost dies after giving birth to a baby, who was later found dead in a garbage can. The cast consists of three members: Agnes; Mother Miriam Ruth (Mother Superior); and Dr. Martha Livingstone, the court appointed psychiatrist. Faith is tested as Dr. Livingstone draws closer to uncovering the truth surrounding the conception, birth, and death of Agnes’ baby.
I performed the role of Mother Superior in the UNO production of Agnes of God. This thesis documents my rehearsal and performance journey. It includes a rehearsal journal and an evaluation of my performance. The play was performed in the Lab Theatre of the Performing Arts Center on November 5 and 6; November 14 and 15; and on November 19 and 20.
Agnes of God is based on a true story.
Keywords: Mother Superior, Agnes, Pielmeier, Sacrifice, Nun, Maureen Murphy
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Clifton, Shane Jack, and res cand@acu edu au. "An Analysis of the Developing Ecclesiology of the Assemblies of God in Australia." Australian Catholic University. School of Theology, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp78.25092005.
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The purpose of this thesis is to describe, analyse and assess the developing ecclesiology of the Assemblies of God in Australia (AGA). In chapter one, after reviewing the sparse literature on pentecostal ecclesiology, we turn to a contemplation of ecclesiological method. We note that some of the typical approaches, including biblicist and communio ecclesiologies, are idealist in orientation, since they contemplate the church in abstraction from its concrete, socio-historical and cultural identity. In chapter two we develop an alternative method, building particularly on the insights of Joseph Komonchak and Neil Ormerod, who argue that the object of ecclesiology is not ecclesial ideals but, rather, the set (or sets) of experiences, understandings, symbols, words, judgements, statements, decisions, actions, relationships, and institutions which distinguish the group of people called “the Church.” This leads to a concrete methodology that is derived from the explicit and implicit ecclesiology apparent in the history of the church. It also recognises that the church is a social reality as well as a divinely ordained community and, therefore, that the ecclesiologist needs to incorporate the insights of both the disciplines of theology and sociology. A large part of our discussion in chapter two is thus concerned with the nature of the interaction between these various disciplines.The method outlined in these early chapters forms the basis of our exploration of the ecclesiology of the AGA in chapters three to five. In line with our methodological construction, each chapter begins with the narrative of particular periods in the movement’s history, focusing especially on times of ecclesial transition and development. These narrative sections not only tell a story that has, largely, remained untold, but they also seek to draw out the explicit and implicit elements of AGA ecclesiology. In each chapter, narrative is followed by analysis which, firstly, clarifies central aspects of the developing ecclesiology and, secondly, attempts to assess what has been gained and lost in the process of ecclesiological change. With regard to the content of these chapters, chapter three treats the development of early pentecostalism, and the transition from unstructured and loosely knit faith mission communities to congregationally structured churches. Chapter four analyses the institutional formation of Australian pentecostalism, focusing particularly on the formalisation of the AGA. Of concern during this period was the relationship between churches and centralised bodies, as well as the roles and responsibilities of church leadership. Chapter five then treats the developments in AGA ecclesiology that accompanied the charismatic revival of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, as well as the institutional changes that occurred due to the rapid growth of the movement. In the concluding chapter six, we summarise our research, and intimate potential trajectories for the AGA as it moves into the twenty first century. In the light of our analysis and assessment, we also make some suggestions for ecclesial self-reflection.
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Eddins, Michael F. "Is Evelyn Underhill's "mystic way" an appropriate method for a Christian to better know God?" Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Ternstedt, Amanda. "På lika villkor : En kvalitativ studie om uppfattningar kring ensamkommande barns förutsättningar för god hälsa." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-28596.
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Sedan 2004 har en stor ökning skett av ensamkommande barn i Sverige och år 2014 kom över 7000 barn hit. Ett ensamkommande barn är ett barn som kommer utan sina föräldrar eller någon som företräder föräldrarna. Det vanligaste hälsoproblemet hos ensamkommande barn är psykisk ohälsa, på grund av bland annat traumatiska upplevelser i deras liv. Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva vad omgivande aktörer har för uppfattning om ensamkommande barns förutsättningar för god hälsa. Undersökningarna för studien har gjorts med hjälp av åtta kvalitativa enskilda intervjuer. Intervjupersonerna var människor som på något sätt har kontinuerlig kontakt med ensamkommande barn i en mindre kommun i Mellansverige. Intervjuerna analyserades i en manifest innehållsanalys. De etiska forskningsprinciperna samt kvalitetskriteriet tillförlitlighet har beaktats under undersökningens gång. I resultatet framkom att integrering, stöd och engagemang från samhället, skolan och omgivande aktörer upplevdes som förutsättningar för ensamkommande barns hälsa. Flera faktorer ansågs ha påverkan på ensamkommande barns hälsa, exempelvis trauman, utbildning, sociala relationer och möjlighet till fritidsaktiviteter. De omgivande aktörerna upplevde att dessa faktorer även kunde påverka och vara avgörande för varandra. Slutsatserna blev att det finns vissa faktorer som i större utsträckning upplevs påverka ensamkommande barns förutsättningar för hälsa. Trots att de ensamkommande barnen i viss mån anses ha goda förutsättningar finns det flera sätt att förbättra och öka deras möjligheter till god hälsa.Since 2004, the amount of unaccompanied children in Sweden has increased and 2014 over 7000 children came here. An unaccompanied child is a child who is coming without its parents or someone who can act in their place. The most common health problem among unaccompanied children is mental illness, for instance because of traumatic incidents in their lives. The aim of this study is to describe the involved persons’ opinions about unaccompanied children’s opportunities for good health. The surveys for the study have been conducted by eight qualitative separate interviews. The persons interviewed were people who in some way have continuous contact with unaccompanied children in a smaller district in the middle of Sweden. The interviews were analyzed in a manifest content analysis. The ethic principles for research and trustworthiness have been observed during the study. The result shows that integration, support and engagement from the community, school and persons involved were experienced as conditions for unaccompanied childrens health. Several factors were considered influence unaccompanied children’s health, for example trauma, education, social relations and the possibility of recreational activities. The persons involved considered that these factors also could influence and be crucial for each other. The conclusions were that there are some factors that to a greater extent are experienced to influence unaccompanied children’s opportunities for good health. Even though the unaccompanied children in some degree are considered to have good opportunities, there are several ways of improving and increasing their possibilities for good health.
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Larsson, Sabina, and Emma Hartvigsson. "För ett socialt kapital av god kvalité : - Det förebyggande arbetet mot mobbning ur skolkuratorers och lärares perspektiv." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, SA, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-16917.
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The purpose of this study was to understand school counselors´ and teachers´ perspectives on the prevention of bullying in relation to social capital. The study was based on a qualitative process with semi-structured interviews from three teachers and three school counselors from three different schools. The main question was to find out teachers and school counselors perspectives of bullying in relation to social capital. The analysis was based on a theory that focuses on social capital, where trust and confidence as well as universal and selective interventions are important. Today, bullying is considered a serious and significant problem in school. School and school climate can be an arena of social capital, where trust and confidence exists and where bullying can be seen as an undesirable social capital, as it can contribute cause to the trust and confidence between people reduce or destroyed. Therefore, it is important to find successful ways to prevent and stop bullying. The main conclusion in this research was that trust and confidence are important in the prevention of bullying in order to achieve a desirable social capital.
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Shaffer, C. Steven. "Applying the advance organizer pedagogical method to teach past and present doctrines of divine healing in the Assemblies of God." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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Kelso, Adelia Dorothy. "God alongside us : Karl Barth's reform of John Calvin's theological method and the doctrine of divine providence." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30340.
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The doctrine of divine providence is not always perceived as being both relevant to the 20th century and consistent with the Reformed theological tradition. This study compares and contrasts the father of Reformed theology, John Calvin, and the 20th century Reformed theologian, Karl Barth, in their respective doctrines of providence and the method by which they arrive at them. The first three chapters set out Calvin's doctrines of the knowledge of God, providence and predestination, doctrines linked together both in method and in content. Because the Word of God is broader than the incarnate Jesus Christ, divine providence extends beyond what we can know through God's act in Christ. His understanding of the Word of God as both Jesus Christ and scripture, the use of a general revelation, his humanist education and philosophy, and his understanding of God's accommodation to humankind influences his doctrine of providence to such a degree that Calvin ends up with a God behind the God we know in the revelation of Jesus Christ. Chapters Four through Six set out Barth's doctrines of the knowledge of God the Revealer, election and providence. His methodological starting point, the revelation of God in Jesus Christ, necessarily elicits a different understanding both of election and providence, one which shows that Jesus Christ reveals who God is, not merely one aspect of God. In the revelation of God in Jesus Christ we learn that there is no hidden God whom we cannot know. Chapter Seven shows that Barth's doctrine of providence has both reformed Calvin and speaks to modern ears. Barth's doctrine of providence is a doctrine of alongsidedness which places God wholeheartedly within the human situation while retaining the Reformed emphasis on God's sovereignty.
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Adams, Samuel V. "The reality of God and historical method : an examination of theological historiography in critical dialogue with N.T. Wright." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6545.
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This thesis argues that any historiography that would contribute to theological knowledge must take into consideration, at a methodological level, the reality of God. This theological claim, in turn, has significant implications for historical knowledge and thus, historiography. The thesis moves ahead in five chapters. The first is an overview and description of N. T. Wright's historical and theological method as they both are grounded in his critical realist epistemology. The second chapter argues for a particular theological epistemology that goes beyond Wright's and corrects it, drawing primarily on the work of T. F. Torrance and Søren Kierkegaard. In the third and fourth chapters an ‘apocalyptic' theological approach is defined and articulated according to a progression from soteriology to Christology to creation. The final chapter builds upon this constructive theological work by articulating an ‘apocalyptic' theology of history which is then used to articulate some key considerations for a theological approach to historiography in critical dialogue with Wright's historical and theological method.
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Bartolomeu, Daniel. "Análise da vulnerabilidade dos recursos hídricos na região urbana de São Carlos (SP) por vazamentos em postos de combustíveis, utilizando o método GOD e avaliação dos condicionantes geotécnicos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-08112012-112827/.
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O constante avanço econômico e tecnológico que estamos vivendo, nos dias de hoje possui como uma das mais marcantes características o aumento na demanda de combustíveis para diversos usos. Fato que pode ser preocupante do ponto de vista ambiental, onde estes combustíveis representam grandes potenciais poluidores. Na área de estudos (região urbana de São Carlos - SP) já existem focos de poluição identificados pela CETESB, onde também ocorrem três importantes aquíferos: Bauru, Guarani (porosos) e Serra Geral (fraturado), estando estes em sessão aflorante (zona de recarga) e em sub-superfície. O mapeamento geológico-geotécnico é uma importante ferramenta, que pode ser empregada como método de diagnóstico fundamentando a análise de vulnerabilidade de contaminação dos recursos hídricos. Com a integração do mapeamento geotécnico e técnicas de caracterização específicas de áreas contaminadas poderemos proceder com uma análise de vulnerabilidade mais consistente. O método GOD, utilizado como parâmetro para a análise de vulnerabilidade, vem sendo muito utilizado tanto no cenário nacional como internacional. Neste trabalho se mostrou eficiente, sendo possível correlacionar as diversas classes de vulnerabilidade com os compartimentos geológico-geotécnicos definidos no mapeamento e com a análise dos condicionantes geotécnicos que podem deflagrar uma contaminação em cada unidade geológico-geotécnica definida.The constant economic and technological advancement that we are living today has one of the most striking features an increase in fuel demand for different uses. This fact may be worrying the environmental point of view, where these fuels are major potential polluters. In the study area (urban area of Sao Carlos - SP) since there are outbreaks of pollution identified by CETESB, where also there are three major aquifers: Bauru, Guarani (porous) and Serra Geral (fractured), the latter being in session outcropping (zone charge) and sub-surface. The geological-geotechnical mapping is an important tool that can be used as a method of diagnosing the reasons for vulnerability analysis of contamination of water resources. With the integration of geologicalgeotechnical mapping and geotechnical characterization techniques to specific contaminated areas can proceed with a more consistent vulnerability analysis. The GOD method, used as a parameter for the vulnerability analysis, has been widely used in both the national and international scenario. In this work This method was successfully, it is possible to correlate the various classes of vulnerability compartments defined in the geological-geotechnical mapping and analysis of geotechnical conditions which may trigger a contamination in each unit defined.
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Palmnert, Marie. "Vilka möjligheter finns för att implementera en god arbetsmiljö? En kvalitativ undersökning av arbetsledare inom äldreomsorgen." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25694.
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Den demografiska förändringen över ålderstrukturen står inför en förändring, där antalet äldre förväntas öka markant. För att äldreomsorgen ska ges möjlighet att tillhanda hålla en god omvårdnad, bör behovet av kompetent personal och en god arbetsmiljö tillgodoses. Syftet med denna undersökning var att skaffa kunskap om vilka möjligheter samt vilka resurser arbetsledare inom äldreomsorgen har för att implementera en god arbetsmiljö. Metoden som använts för denna kvalitativa undersökning var hermeneutisk metod, för att erfara och tolka arbetsledarnas arbetsmiljöarbete. I resultatet av undersökningen framkom att en majoritet av arbetsledarna ansåg att de hade en god arbetsmiljö och resurserna var adekvata, men utifrån intervjuerna kunde det tolkas att arbetsledningen och medarbetarna arbetade mot olika mål. En möjlighet för att implementera en god arbetsmiljö enligt studien, var att skapa en värdegrund som utgår ifrån hälsans bestämningsfaktorer. Ytterligare något som framkom ur undersökningen var att kompetensen borde ökas inom äldreomsorgen för att möt den framtida förändringen.The demographic over the age structure stand before a change, when the elderly people expect to increase considerably. For making it possible for care of the elderly and to provide a good form of health care should the need for competent staff and work environment be satisfactory. The purpose of this study was to examine which possibility and which facilities work leaders have to implement a healthy work environment. The method that was used in this qualitative research was hermeneutic method, to examine and interpret work leaders work environments work. In the results of this study it emerged that a majority of the work leaders meant that they had a good work environment and adequate facilities, but from the interviews could it be interpreted that the management and coworkers worked towards different goals. In the study it emerged that the foundation of values should be from the determinants of health, and these values can be a possibility to implement a healthy work environment within the care of the elderly. Another finding in the study was that the competence within care of elderly should increase, to encounter the future changed demands on care of elderly.
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Isaksen, David Erland. "Indexing and Dialectical Transcendence: Kenneth Burke's Critical Method." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3091.
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Kenneth Burke has been described as arguably the most important rhetorician and critical theorist of the twentieth century, and yet an important part of his scholarship has been generally overlooked by the academic community. The pentad has become the most prominent "Burkean" framework for analyzing texts, yet Kenneth Burke himself preferred "a more direct" way of approaching texts which he named "indexing." This thesis recreates this method from the pieces found in his scholarly writing, personal correspondence, and the papers his students produced for the class he taught at Bennington College. Kenneth Burke believed indexing could uncover the "pattern of experience" or "motivational structures" a text embodies, and thereby help people become aware of the persuasive power different texts have. The method of indexing has two parts: 1. Finding the implicit equations in a text, and 2. Tracking the hierarchies of terms and God-terms in those equations. Identifying equations in a text starts with finding "key terms" in a text, meaning terms which carry special significance as indicated by their intensity and frequency of usage. One then tracks the context of these terms throughout a text to find which other words frequently occur together with these words. The second step, tracking hierarchies of terms, is done by finding how the terms in the equations relate to each other in a hierarchy. We start with specific and move upward to more general terms. On the top of the pyramid we find the God-term, which is the driving motivation and ground of all possibility in the text. Kenneth Burke hoped his method of indexing could help us understand the power language and motivational structures have to drive human action, and that we could question our own motivational structure as well as that of others and of the communities we operate in.
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Bin, Rushdi Bin. "The Quranic method of man's relationship with God with special reference to the thought of Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah (1263 - 1328 C.E.)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497574.
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Gunnarsson, Anette, and Monica Brogård. "Läsinlärning med datorns hjälp : En studie om ASL (att skriva sig till läsning) och möjligheter till god skriv- och läsutveckling." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för pedagogik (PED), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-58189.
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Syftet med den kvantitativa undersökningen var att jämföra ASL (att skriva sig till läsning) i ett helordsperspektiv med den traditionella ljudmetoden gällande elevers tidiga läs- och skrivutveckling. Jämförelsen gjordes också för att se vilken läsinlärningsmetod som är mest gynnsam och om någon av dessa har bättre möjligheter att förebygga läs- och skrivsvårigheter. Undersökningen bygger på sekundärdata från cirka 200 elever med olika läsinlärningsmetoder där i första hand ordavkodningsförmågan jämförs. Resultat gällande fonologisk medvetenhet, ordavkodningsförmåga, stavning samt nationella prov i svenska samlades in från två parallellgrupper (ASL - ljudmetod). Testmaterialet har hämtats från förskoleklass till och med årskurs 3. Resultatet visade bättre ordavkodningsförmåga för de flesta elever som har haft ASL som läsinlärningsmetod. Detsamma gäller för elever som hade hög ordavkodningsförmåga från årskurs 1. För elever med låg ordavkodningsförmåga visade resultaten däremot ingen skillnad mellan de båda metoderna. En tolkning skulle kunna göras att ASL gynnar ordavkodningsförmågan för många elever, men inte har större möjligheter än ljudmetoden att förebygga läs- och skrivsvårigheter.The purpose of the quantitative study was to compare WTR (writing to read) in a whole language perspective with the traditional phonics regarding students' early literacy development. The comparison was also made to see which literacy learning method that is most favourable and if any of them is more able to prevent reading and writing disabilities. The study is based on secondary data from approximately 200 students with different methods of teaching reading in which primarily word decoding ability was compared. Results regarding phonological awareness, word decoding ability, spelling and National tests in Swedish were gathered from two parallel groups (WTR - phonics). The test material has been taken from pre-school to grade 3. The results showed better word decoding ability for most students who have had WTR as literacy learning method. The same applies to students who had high word decoding ability from grade 1. Results from students with low word decoding ability showed however no difference between the two methods. One interpretation would be that WTR favours word decoding ability for many students, but does not have more opportunities than phonics of preventing reading and writing disabilities.
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O'Reilly, Christopher Gerard. "Natural knowledge of god after Kant's Copernican revolution : aspects of trancendental method, with special reference to Bernard Lonergan and Jakob Friedrich Fries." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252693.
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Rodgers, James D. "A plan for proclaiming the whole will of God an analysis of priorities for expository preachers who adhere to a lectio continua method /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Gustavsson, Erik. "Gud - logisk, verklig eller onödig? : en retorisk analys av Richard Dawkins och John Lennox argumentation om Guds existens." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-9698.
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This study has its background in the debate about religion and the existence of God, which has been an ongoing issue throughout the Western cultural tradition. Today´s information society has been an impact on the increasing interest for this subject. The essay’s main task is to accomplish a rhetorical analysis of two books, Illusionen om Gud (2008) by atheist Richard Dawkins and Guds dödgrävare (2010) by Christian John Lennox, in order to investigate the authors’ use of rhetorical strategies to influence their audience. The texts are studied using a qualitative approach with the theoretical basis of some well-defined rhetorical variables: ethical, logical and pathetic means of persuasion, propaganda, and the important factor that a message always is presented in a certain context in which the recipients both have their own values and subjects to general truths and common frames of reference. The analysis is intended to convey the rhetorical essence of each author, and uses this image to discuss aims and methods in the communication. Both authors demonstrate varying propagandistic strategies and base their arguments from common context and widely recognized frames of reference. Lennox almost exclusively uses methodological logo arguments, while Dawkins often uses the pathetic persuasion founds.
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Kalaoum, Jaqueline. "Avalia??o da vulnerabilidade de contamina??o do sistema de Aqu?feros do munic?pio de Queimados-RJ." Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2016. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/2222.
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With the development and industrial expansion, protection of soil and groundwater has become a crucial factor to be addressed when we refer to environmental problems. Water resources come deserving special attention, especially with regard to vulnerability and risks of contamination. Currently there are several methodologies for verifying an aquifer vulnerability as well as an intensification of legislation protecting water resources against contamination. The methodology was tested extensively in Latin America GOD and in the Caribbean during the 90. This methodology is one of the most used due to simplicity and easy applicability. The number of industry grew considerably in the municipality of Burned, without a technical evaluation of soil use and occupation as well as the protection of groundwater. The objective of this work to assess the vulnerability to contamination of the aquifer system of the municipality of Queimados-RJ. The experimental area is located in the Industrial District of this municipality where they were registered 33 points of collections. The activities were carried out between October and February 2015 2016. Among the 33 registered points, seven points were from drilling, where occurred the chemical and physical analysis of lithological material, due to the particularity of the area own landfill material. It was found with the methodology which the area is classified as extreme vulnerability, with weight ranging from 0.7 to 0.8. In this situation, where the vulnerability is classified as extreme, the aquifer is vulnerable to many pollutants, with quick impact in many scenarios of contamination. The map of vulnerability of the aquifer has been associated with the current soil use and occupation, as well as discussed the history of the use of the area, noting the need for a strategic plan of protection of groundwater and soil use and occupation, since the industrial area is still expanding. The map of vulnerability of the aquifer was associated with the use and occupation of the soil, as well as current discussed the history of the area, noting the need for a strategic plan for the protection of groundwater as well as for the use and occupation of the soil, already that the industrial area is still expanding. From this study to evaluate the vulnerability can be elaborated contamination will be programs for the control and protection of underground water resources, guiding policies established by the managing bodies components.
Com o desenvolvimento e a expans?o industrial, a prote??o dos solos e ?guas subterr?neas tornou-se um fator crucial a ser abordado quando nos referimos aos problemas ambientais. Os recursos h?dricos v?m merecendo uma aten??o especial, principalmente no que diz respeito ? vulnerabilidade e aos riscos de contamina??o. Atualmente existem diversas metodologias para verificar a vulnerabilidade de um aqu?fero bem como uma intensifica??o da legisla??o protegendo os recursos h?dricos contra a contamina??o. A metodologia GOD foi amplamente testada na Am?rica Latina e no Caribe durante a d?cada de 90. Esta metodologia ? umas das mais utilizadas devido ? simplicidade e f?cil aplicabilidade. Os n?meros de ind?strias cresceram consideravelmente no munic?pio de Queimados, sem ocorrer uma avalia??o t?cnica de uso e ocupa??o do solo bem como a prote??o da ?gua subterr?nea. Objetivou-se neste trabalho avaliar a vulnerabilidade ? contamina??o do sistema de aqu?feros do munic?pio de Queimados-RJ. A ?rea experimental fica localizada no Distrito Industrial deste munic?pio, onde foram cadastrados trinta e tr?s pontos de coletas. As atividades foram realizadas entre Outubro de 2015 e Fevereiro de 2016. Entre os trinta e tr?s pontos cadastrados, sete pontos foram oriundos de perfura??o, onde ocorreu a an?lise qu?mica e f?sica do material litol?gico, devido ? particularidade da ?rea possuir material de aterro. Foi poss?vel constatar com a metodologia que a ?rea ? classificada como de extrema vulnerabilidade, com peso variando entre 0,7 a 0,8. Nesta situa??o, o aqu?fero ? vulner?vel a muitos poluentes, com r?pido impacto em muitos cen?rios de contamina??o. O mapa de Vulnerabilidade do aqu?fero foi associado com o uso e ocupa??o do solo atual, bem como discutido o hist?rico do uso da ?rea, verificando a necessidade de um plano estrat?gico de prote??o de ?gua subterr?nea bem como de uso e ocupa??o do solo, j? que a ?rea industrial continua expandindo. A partir deste estudo de avalia??o da vulnerabilidade ? contamina??o podem se elaborados programas de prote??o e controle dos recursos h?dricos subterr?neos, orientando pol?ticas estabelecidas pelos ?rg?os gestores componentes
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Crispim, Diogo Coelho. "Mapeamento da vulnerabilidade de águas subterrâneas nos municípios do eixo Goiânia - Anápolis, Goiás." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2015. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/5407.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG
Human activities and the growing urban sprawl have caused a degradation in both quantity and quality of surface water and as a consequence the increase in the search for alternative sources of water resources. This research sought to contribute to the preservation of aquifers, by mapping the vulnerability to contamination and evaluation of the ionic quality of groundwater. The use of vulnerability maps is of real importance when planning to promote groundwater conservation activities, because, knowing the areas susceptible to contamination, can align the activities to be installed in these regions. The objective of this work was to develop vulnerability maps of groundwater contamination for municipalities located in the Goiania-Anápolis Axis and to evaluate the ionic quality of the groundwater in the Goiânia county. The vulnerability assessment used the GOD method that considers the following parameters: type of the aquifer, depth of water level and characteristics of rock strata above the layer of interest. The GOD method comprises a simple methodology that generates practical results of real usefulness and importance. The study comprises the following municipalities: Anápolis, Campo Limpo de Goiás, Goianápolis, Goiânia, Terezópolis de Goiás, Nerópolis, Ouro Verde and Senador Canedo, which belong to a region of great interest because they have important economic activities and high population density. The vulnerability map obtained show highly vulnerable regions corresponding to 8% of the total area; medium vulnerability, equal to 24%; low vulnerability with 57% being the most prevalent, and insignificant vulnerable regions, totaling 11%. These results are similar to those obtained by Nogueira (2010) for a specific part of the same region, making the maps an important planning tool to assist managers in the definition of risk areas for occupation and in the identification of regions with less possibility of contamination.
As atividades antrópicas e a crescente expansão urbana têm provocado uma degradação na quantidade e qualidade das águas superficiais e conseqüente aumento na busca de fontes alternativas de recursos hídricos. Esta pesquisa buscou contribuir para a preservação dos aquíferos, através do mapeamento da vulnerabilidade à contaminação e avaliação da qualidade iônica das águas subterrâneas. O uso de mapas de vulnerabilidade é de relevada importância no planejamento das atividades de preservação dos aqüíferos, pois, conhecendo-se as áreas susceptíveis à contaminação, pode-se alinhar as atividades a serem instaladas nestas regiões. O objetivo deste trabalho foi de construir mapas de vulnerabilidade à contaminação da água subterrânea nos municípios componentes do Eixo Goiânia - Anápolis e a avaliação da qualidade iônica dessas águas no município de Goiânia. A avaliação da vulnerabilidade foi feita pelo método GOD que considera os seguintes parâmetros: tipo de aquífero, profundidade do nível d'água e características dos estratos da rocha acima da camada de interesse, consistindo em uma metodologia simples que gera resultados práticos de real utilidade e importância. Os municípios que fizeram parte do estudo foram: Anápolis, Campo Limpo de Goiás, Goianápolis, Goiânia, Terezópolis de Goiás, Nerópolis, Ouro Verde e Senador Canedo, os quais pertencem a uma região de grande interessante por possuírem importantes atividades econômicas e elevada densidade populacional. O mapa de vulnerabilidade obtido define regiões de alta vulnerabilidade correspondendo a 8% do total da área; de média vulnerabilidade, somando 24%; de baixa vulnerabilidade com 57% sendo a de maior incidência, e as regiões de vulnerabilidade insignificante, totalizando 11%. Estes resultados coincidem com os obtidos nos estudos de Nogueira (2010) para uma parte dessa mesma região, tornado os mapas em uma ferramenta importante de planejamento para auxiliar os gestores na definição de áreas de risco para ocupação e na identificação de regiões com menor possibilidade de contaminação.
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Ivanova, Ludmila. "”Jämställdheten som begrepp får nog inte kritiseras eftersom tanken är god” : En studie om hur föräldrar från postsovjetiska länder som har flyttat till Sverige uppfattar begreppet jämställdhet." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-13577.
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Syftet med arbetet är att undersöka hur föräldrar från postsovjetiska länder som har flyttat till Sverige uppfattar begreppet jämställdhet, hur uppdelningen av deras vardagssysslor ser ut, hur deras medvetenhet kring det jämställdhetsarbete som förskolan enligt läroplanen ska utföra ser ut samt om deras uppfattning om begreppet är likadan med vad Läroplanen för förskolan säger. I studien intervjuades fyra föräldrar från två postsovjetiska länder, resultatet analyserades med hjälp av fenomenografisk ansats. I resultatet framkom det att föräldrarnas uppfattning om begreppet jämställdhet kan vara helt annan än den som står i Läroplanen för förskolan. De föräldrar vars uppfattning om jämställdhet skiljde sig från den svenska uppfattningen menade att jämställdhet är ett påhittat problem eftersom kvinnor och män har lika rättigheter i ett modernt samhälle, dock skyldigheterna är olika och det är biologiska skillnader som ligger till grund för det. Främst syns det i hushållsysslornas fördelning där den traditionella arbetsfördelningen finns kvar. Alla informanter var välmedvetna om att det är en stor skillnad mellan hur jämställdhetsarbetet ser ut i Sverige och hur det var i deras respektive länder. Ingen av de intervjuade föräldrarna visste vilka jämställdhetsmål som finns i Läroplanen för förskolan, inte ens alla visste att det finns ett dokument som styr förskolans verksamhet. Man kan dra slutsats att föräldrar från postsovjetiska länder med en annan uppfattning om jämställdhet, utan intresse för jämställdhetsfrågor samt bristande samverkan mellan förskola och hem, istället för att stödja och komplettera förskolans uppdrag kan motverka förskolans jämställdhetsarbete.The aim of this study is to find out how parents from former soviet republics who emigrated to Sweden understand the concept of gender equality, how their distribution of daily chores looks like, how their awareness about gender equality work, which the pre-school should be carrying out according to the curriculum, looks like and if their understanding of gender equality concept is the same with the pre-school curriculum. In this study there were interviewed four parents from two former soviet republics. The result was analyzed by phenomenographic approach. The result showed that the parents’ understanding of gender equality concept could be completely different from what the pre-school curriculum means. Those parents who didn’t agree with the pre-school curriculum description of gender equality meant that the concept of gender equality was a made-up problem, because men and women have the same rights in a modern society, but their obligations are different and that depends on biological differences. It is foremost visible in distribution of daily chores where the traditional chores distribution hasn’t changed. All the parents were aware of the huge difference between the work being done in Sweden in matter of gender equality and how it was in their countries of origin. None of the parents knew what gender equality aims are in the curriculum for the pre-school. Not even every one of them knew about the existence of such document. The conclusion is that parents from the former soviet republics, with a different understanding of gender equality and insufficient cooperation between the pre-school and the families, instead of supporting and supplementing the pre-school’s mission are counteracting the pre-school’s gender equality work.
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NOGUEIRA, Annyella Kássia. "Uso de geoprocessamento para mapeamento de vulnerabilidade como instrumento de gestão de águas subterrâneas em Aparecida de Goiânia/GO." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2010. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/607.
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Previous issue date: 2010-09-03The research developed sought to contribute to the conservation of groundwater resources, aiming in developing a Geographic Information System (GIS) as a tool to manage the use of groundwater targeting the sustainable use, for public supply in the city of Aparecida de Goiânia/GO. In order to achieve this, a Geographic Information System (GIS) was used for the registration of deep wells, continuing the research with a study of natural vulnerability by mapping the information obtained wich relates the potential sources of contamination. Data collection took place through a consultation with the Information System for Groundwater (SIAGAS) and through the System of Statistics and Geographic Information of the State of Goiás (SIEG). Through the database development it was possible to apply the DRASTIC method adapted by Narciso and Gomes (2005) and GOD method proposed by Foster and Hirata (1988) for mapping vulnerability to contamination of groundwater resources. In order to apply the DRASTIC method adapted, maps were generated for slope, land use, geology, geomorphology, water resources and human occupation. The map resulting from this method shows four classes: low, medium, high and very high, showing that of the 288 square kilometers of this city, almost 80% were classified as having medium vulnerability fir the groundwater quality. For the GOD method, maps of the degree of hydraulic confinement, geology and depth or distance of the groundwater level were generated. The map resulting from this process had only three classes: negligible, low and high, showing that 76% of the area was classified as having a negligible vulnerability. This occurred because this method does not consider human occupation.
A pesquisa desenvolvida buscou contribuir para a conservação dos recursos hídricos subterrâneos, tendo como objetivo o desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG) como instrumento de gestão para a utilização das águas subterrâneas visando o seu uso sustentável, para o abastecimento público na cidade de Aparecida de Goiânia/GO. Para atingí-lo utilizou-se um Sistema de Informações Geográficas (SIG) para o cadastramento dos poços tubulares profundos, procedendo assim ao estudo da vulnerabilidade natural, através do mapeamento das informações obtidas, além de relacionar as fontes potenciais de contaminação. A obtenção dos dados deu-se através da consulta ao Sistema de Informações de Águas Subterrâneas (SIAGAS) e através do Sistema Estadual de Estatística e de Informações Geográficas de Goiás (SIEG). Estes dados possibilitaram a elaboração do banco de dados e a aplicação do método DRASTIC adaptado por Narciso e Gomes (2005) e do método GOD proposto por Foster e Hirata (1988), para a geração de mapas de vulnerabilidade à contaminação dos recursos hídricos subterrâneos. Para a elaboração do método DRASTIC adaptado foram gerados os mapas de declividade, uso do solo, geologia, falhas geológicas, recursos hídricos e ocupação humana. O mapa resultante desse método apresentou quatro classes: baixa, média, alta e muito alta, sendo que dos 288 quilômetros quadrados deste município, aproximadamente 80% foi classificado como tendo vulnerabilidade média para a qualidade das águas subterrâneas. Para o método GOD foram gerados os mapas de grau de confinamento hidráulico, ocorrência do substrato litológico e profundidade ou distância do nível da água subterrânea. O mapa resultante desse processo apresentou apenas três classes: desprezível, baixa e alta, sendo que 76% da área foi classificado como vulnerabilidade desprezível, por este método não considerar a ocupação humana.
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Kronlund, Isabelle, and Tanja Lysén. "God man en god upplevelse? : En kvalitativ studie om upplevelsen av att vara god man i det svenska samhället utifrån Giddens teori om det moderna samhället." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Sociologi, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-4547.
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Forsman, Viktoria. "Med sång som yrke : En kvalitativ studie om hur yrkesförberedande sångundervisning kan bedrivas med syfte att ge eleven en god förberedelse för yrkeslivet." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Musikhögskolan Ingesund, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-28913.
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Denna studie syftar till att belysa undervisningsmoment utöver musikalisk och sångteknisk träning som i yrkesförberedande sångundervisning förbereder sångeleven för yrkeslivet som professionell sångare. Detta för att främja arbetstrivseln hos professionella sångare. Studien har sin teoretiska utgångspunkt i hermeneutiken och socialpsykologin och har utförts med kvalitativ intervju som metod. Fyra professionella sångare har använts som informanter. I bakgrundsavsnittet presenteras litteratur och tidigare studier kring musikerns yrkessituation, arbetstrivsel, yrkesförberedande sångutbildningar, pedagogens möjlighet till påverkan på musikstudenten och för musikern vanliga yrkesrelaterade hälsonedsättningar. Studiens resultat stödjer tidigare forskning då flera teman är överensstämmande. Denna studies resultat är dock specificerat till sångarens livsvärld till skillnad mot den tidigare forskningen som mer generellt beskriver musikerns yrkessituation. Resultatet belyser också förslag på undervisningsmoment lämpade i yrkesförberedande sångutbildning på ett sätt som inte har visats i tidigare forskning. Exempel på enligt studien yrkesförberedande uppdrag lämpliga för sångpedagogen är att skapa trygga elever i en trygg undervisningsmiljö, att skapa självgående elever och att ge eleven insyn och praktik i sångaryrket.This study aims to highlight educational elements, as well as the musical and technical training, which, as part of a professional vocal study program, prepares the student for a professional career as a vocalist. This in turn, should help ensure a degree of satisfaction for professional vocalists. The study has its theoretical basis in hermeneutics and social psychology, and has been performed with the qualitative interview method. Four professional vocalists have served as informants. The background section presents both facts and previous studies of the voice used as an instrument, the employment situation of the professional musician, job satisfaction, vocational vocal training, the instructor’s ability to influence the music student, and also the health risks associated with professional musicians. The study’s findings support previous research as several themes are consistent. The results, as opposed to previous research that more broadly describes the musician’s professional situation, is here specifically related to the daily life of a musician. The study also highlights specific suggestions for educational elements applied to professional vocal training in a way that has not been shown in previous research. Examples of vocational objectives, which, according to the study may be suitable for the vocal instructor, are creating confidence in the student in a safe learning environment, creating self-sustaining students, and providing the student with insight and professional experience in the profession.
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De, Stefano Michael. "God journalistik : En diskursanalys av prisbelönad journalistik." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Journalistik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33321.
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Denna studie är en kvalitativ diskursanalys av prisbelönad journalistik - i denna studie vinnare av Lukas Bonniers Stora Journalistpris, kategori: årets berättare - avsedd att jämföra den mot ett teoretiskt ramverk av god journalistik. Studien bygger på ett teoretiskt ramverk av god journalistik som formats med hjälp av olika teorier för den liberala pressideologin samt kvalitativa analyser av prisbelönta verk med avsikt att studera deras verklighetsbeskrivning, metod och budskap.De frågor som besvaras är vilka metoder som använts i skapandet av prisbelönta, journalistiska verk och hur dessa stämmer överens med den teoretiska normen för god journalistik. Resultatet visar att prisbelönad journalistik framgår mer subjektivt och känsloladdat än den objektiva och neutrala rapportering som det teoretiska ramverket efterfrågar.
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Renjan, John. "A narrative journey with the homeless youth discovering the impact of economic factors in their discourses of homelessness." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09282007-130211.
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Malmborg, Emma, and Gunilla Tolshagen. "Patientens upplevelse av god omvårdnad : Har arbetsmodellen någon betydelse?" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen för Vårdvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16744.
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Enligt lagar och förordningar, omvårdnadsteorier och etiska förhållningsregler ska hälso- sjukvården ge god omvårdnad till alla patienter och den ska utgå från den enskilda individens behov. Denna litteraturstudies syfte är att belysa innebörden av god omvårdnad ur patientens perspektiv. Efter litteratursökning i databasen CINAHL valdes åtta artiklar som motsvarade syftet ut. Metoden som använts utgår från Fribergs (2006) modell om analys av kvalitativ forskning. Friberg (2006) skriver att kvalitativa studier har ökad förståelse som yttersta mål. Resultatet presenteras i två huvudteman: Att bli bejakad som människa respektive att erhålla adekvat omvårdnad. Dessa huvudteman beskriver vad patienten vill uppnå för känsla och vad han/hon vill få ut av omvårdnaden för att uppleva den som god. Att bli bejakad som människa beskrivs i två subteman, Att bli bemött med respekt och som en unik individ och att bli bemött som en delaktig partner i sin vård. Att erhålla adekvat omvårdnad beskrivs i tre subteman, sjuksköterskans egenskaper, god kompetens och yttre faktorer. Det framkommer i resultatet att sjuksköterskans personliga förmåga att bland annat vara omtänksam och ha ett vårdande förhållningssätt har stor betydelse för patientens upplevelse av god omvårdnad. Det har inte säkert gått att fastställa om det har någon betydelse vilken arbetsmodell som personalen arbetar utifrån eller om det påverkar patientens upplevelse av god omvårdnad då det inte framkommit vilken eller vilka arbetsmodeller som använts på de avdelningar där de studier som ligger till grund för detta arbete gjorts. Av det som framkommit som viktiga egenskaper för att patienten ska uppleva god omvårdnad tyder dock mycket på att arbetsmodeller som utgår från den enskilda individens behov borde ha goda förutsättningar för att nå upp till detta.Program: Fristående kurs
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Balogh, Erika, and Gabriella Balázsi. "Obey God, obey your teacher : Teaching and learning methods experienced in three Kenyan schools." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Education, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1997.
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One of our interests, as future teachers, is which role different educational strategies and
methods have in the everyday teaching and how that contributes to pupil’s social and
cognitive development. Every pedagogical system and culture is time bound. Pedagogical
ideas used in prevailing schools are changing continuously because of social and economic
changes and are always influenced by the actual social, political and economic ideology in
respective country.
The purpose of this qualitative study is to find out how education is taking part and how it is
outlined in three schools in Kenya. We are interested in teachers’ and pupils’ opinion and
reflections about the existing education, everyday teaching and the role school plays in the
Kenyan society.
Based on our interviews and observation we have made we can state that the education in
Kenya is more behaviouristic and collectivistic focusing on fact knowledge and because of
the widespread use of rewards and punishments and the role of the teacher as a model, a
mediator of knowledge and an authority for the pupils. Besides the dominant behaviouristic
pedagogy, we have even seen some elements of cognitive and interaction pedagogy.
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Roditis, Ioannis Stavros 1960. "A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE INDICATOR KRIGING METHOD ON A GOLD DEPOSIT: A COMPARISON WITH THE ORDINARY KRIGING METHOD." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275482.
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Lagerqvist, Anna. "Friluftsliv som en metod för att erhålla god hälsa : En studie om friluftslivets hälsoeffekter." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-5070.
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Gymnasieskolans läroplan, Lpf94, framhåller friluftsliv och hälsa som två viktiga inslag i ämnet Idrott och Hälsa. Mitt syfte har varit att studera friluftsliv som en metod för att nå god hälsa. Studien har gjorts genom enkäter med 179 st deltagande elever från åk 1 och åk 3. Dessutom har två idrottslärare och en fritidsvärd intervjuats för att ytterligare ge kunskap om friluftslivets hälsoeffekter. Resultaten från undersökningarna visar att majoriteten av eleverna upplever sig få en bra fysisk, psykisk och social hälsa genom att delta i friluftsliv. Dock finns en viss tendens till att en del elever upplever en ökad stress av att vara långt från samhällets alla tekniska finesser. De intervjuade framhåller också att skolans roll är att erbjuda ett varierat utbud av friluftsaktiviteter, vilket förhoppningsvis leder till att ett bestående intresse uppstår. Samtidigt menar de att de få timmarna friluftsliv som bedrivs i skolans regi, kanske inte påverkar elevernas hälsa i allt för stort utsträckning, men väcks intresset för att fortsätta, ger det mycket positiva effekter på hälsan. Slutsatser från detta är att vi som lärare måste försöka ge ett varierat friluftsliv som inbjuder till möjligheter att varva ner och ge ett intresse för framtiden.
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The curriculum for the upper secondary school, Lpf94, states outdoor recreation and health as two important components within the subject Sport and Health. The aim of this paper has been to study outdoor recreation as a method to obtain good health. The study was done with surveys answered by 179 students from year one and year three in the upper secondary school. Two Physical Education teachers and one recreation leader have also been interviewed in order to gain more knowledge about the effects of outdoor recreation on health. The results show that the majority of the students felt that they get a good physical, psychological and social health by participating in outdoor recreation. However, there is a tendency that some students feel more stressed by being far from our high-tech society.
The persons who were interviewed pointed at the schools’ task being offering a multitude of outdoor recreation activities, which hopefully will lead to creating a permanent interest. At the same time, they mean that the little time that is spent on outdoor recreation in school, may not affect the health of the students. But if it raises an interest to continue, on the other hand, it will have very positive effect on health. The conclusion which can be drawn from this, is that we teachers must try to offer a variety of outdoor recreation activities which offers possibilities to relax and raise an interest for the future.
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Abis, Laura. "Gold and gold-palladium catalysts synthesized by a modified sol-immobilisation method for thermal and plasmonic glycerol oxidation." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/114039/.
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The common thread of this PhD Thesis is the use of sol-immobilised noble metal nanoparticles prepared by a novel synthetic route, where the addition of the stabilising agent has been avoided. The first part of the Thesis presents the development of a novel sol-immobilisation route without the addition of stabilisers (e.g., PVA, PVP). A monometallic 1% wt Au/TiO2 and a bimetallic 1% wt AuPd/TiO2 catalysts were prepared and extensively characterised by different techniques in order to gain information including metal loading, nanoparticles morphology and oxidation state of the metals. It has been shown that despite the stabilisers absence, is still possible to obtain materials exhibiting very similar characteristics with respect to the traditional catalysts prepared by PVA and PVP addition. The catalytic activity of the monometallic sample was firstly evaluated for the oxidation of CO (gas -phase) and glycerol (liquid-phase under basic conditions), whereas the bimetallic was employed for the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol. It has been shown that for the liquid phase reactions, samples behave in a very similar manner to the traditional ones. However, the stabiliser-free catalyst was not active as expected for CO oxidation: reasons for this behaviour might be related to the nanoparticles size or to the presence of poisonin g species (i.e., chloride) on the catalyst’s surface. The second part is focused on the study of glycerol oxidation in basic conditions by using the novel mono and bimetallic catalysts synthesized stabiliser-free and their comparison in terms of activity and selectivity to the traditional catalysts synthesized by common stabilising agents PVA and PVP. It has been shown on the first instance that the selectivity towards the main products tartronate and glycerate follows a trend depending on the presence and nature of the stabiliser, with the stabiliser-free samples being more selective towards the former, followed by PVA and PVP. Experiments at short time and using glyceric acid as starting material revealed that the tartronate cannot only arise as product of secondary oxidation of glycerate. Finally, experiments where selected aliquots of PVA and PVP were added during reaction showed that the nature of the polymer affects the conversion and selectivity. However, the mechanisms involved have not been fully understood yet. The third part presents the catalytic activity of a series of Au and AuPd sol-immobilised catalysts for the plasmonic oxidation of glycerol under neutral conditions. It has been shown tha t the catalysts prepared by sol-immobilisation are active under plasmonic conditions. The effect of the presence and nature of the stabilising polymer, the wavelength and time of illumination and of calcination have also been investigated. The catalytic activity was proven to be related to the plasmonic effect by performing reactions using different wavelengths of illumination; the nature of the polymer was proven to affect the plasmonic response of the catalyst; stabiliser-free samples activity significantly improved after calcination, likely due to a stro nger nanoparticle/support interaction. The plasmonic effect has also been observed for a series of 1% wt AuPd/TiO2 catalysts prepared with different Au:Pd ratios, with enhancement in the conversion increasing with the increase in the gold content.
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Kasselstrand, Isabella Linda Katarina. ""Tell the Minister not to talk about God" : a comparative study of secularisation in Protestant Europe." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9835.
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Secularisation is at the centre of a vibrant debate in the sociology of religion. In the last two decades, literature has started to challenge old predictions and interpretations of the future of religion, but few studies present a detailed contextual examination of religious change in contemporary societies. Offering a comparative analysis of Scotland and Sweden, two nations in the relatively secularised Northern Europe, this thesis argues that diverse historical and political trajectories shape distinct patterns of religious beliefs and practices. Scotland and Sweden are two secularising nations characterised by historically dominant Protestant churches, but which nonetheless differ largely in their experiences of religious decline. In order to discern and differentiate key aspects of religious change in each nation as well as to explore contextual meanings of religion, a mixed methods approach was adopted, comprised of secondary quantitative data analysis as well as in-depth interviews. Data analysis identified and highlighted broader patterns and individual understandings of religious beliefs as well as three dimensions of religious belonging: church attendance, religious identification and membership, and participation in rituals. Results show that on measures of religious beliefs and church attendance, Sweden appears further secularised than Scotland. Arguably, Sweden has seen rapid and relatively early secularisation, with important social structural and political changes that occurred in the second half of the 19th century. With noticeable generational differences, data on Scotland point towards the mid-20th century as a crucial time of religious decline. Additionally, the remaining functions of the national churches differ considerably in the two nations. A majority of Swedes identify with the Church of Sweden, which serves a largely secular purpose as part of a cultural heritage and as a provider of life cycle ceremonies. By contrast, the Church of Scotland has maintained a stronger commitment to religious doctrine in a nation that is more religiously diverse. The findings ultimately draw attention to the importance of context in the study of diverse and complex processes of religious change. As a result, they reveal limitations to attempts in the contemporary sociology of religion set out to generalise and dichotomise European trends of religious belief and belonging.
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Stoeva, Savka Ilieva. "Novel synthetic methods, superlattice formation and nanomachining of gold nanoparticles /." Search for this dissertation online, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.
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Allan, John. "Statistical and structured optimisation : methods for the approximate GCD problem." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12806/.
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The computation of polynomial greatest common divisors (GCDs) is a fundamental problem in algebraic computing and has important widespread applications in areas such as computing theory, control, image processing, signal processing and computer-aided design (CAD).
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Källströmer, Joel. "Bidrar matematikläxan till elevens matematiska kunskapsutveckling? : En intervjustudie om matematiklärares uppfattningar av matematikläxans möjligheter att hjälpa eleverna till en god matematisk kunskapsutveckling." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Pedagogiskt arbete, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-31152.
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Syftet med studien är att ta reda på om och i så fall hur yrkesverksamma matematiklärare inom årskurserna 4-6 uppfattar att matematikläxan bidrar till elevernas kunskapsutveckling. För att få svar på studiens frågeställning använde jag mig av en kvalitativ metod i form av en halvstrukturerad intervju. De 3 respondenterna från intervjuerna arbetar på en grundskola i Mellansverige. Svaren från dessa respondenter analyserades utefter den fenomenografiska metodansatsen. Studiens resultat pekar på att matematikläxan, i stor utsträckning, i dag används som en arbetsuppgift utanför skolan med fokus på färdighetsövning. Ett sett att använda läxan som ett redskap för färdighetsträning är att arbeta med läxan i digital form, vilket ur ett lärarperspektiv minskar lärarnas arbetsbelastning samtidigt som de anser att det är enklare att ge individuell läxa utifrån elevens behov och kunskapsnivå. Slutsatsen är att alla respondenterna i studien anser att matematikläxan främjar elevernas matematiska kunskaper, så länge läxan utgår från elevens nuvarande kunskapsnivå.Matematik
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Dridi, Montacer. "Modeling of gold nanoparticles embedded in nematic liquid crystal using the FDTD method." Troyes, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009TROY0030.
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L’objectif de la thèse est l’étude de l’accordabilité de la réponse optique de nanoparticules métalliques en présence de cristaux liquides. Ces derniers présentant une anisotropie optique, il est possible en modifiant leur orientation de changer l’indice effectif local vu par la nanoparticule. Dans cette thèse on développe un code numérique à trois dimensions basé sur la méthode FDTD incluant les techniques les plus efficaces pour la prise en compte de la dispersion des métaux, ainsi que la présence de milieux anisotropes uniaxes ou biaxes d’orientation quelconque. Ce code est appliqué pour l’étude de diverses nanoparticules métalliques périodiques. En modifiant les différents paramètres géométriques nous avons obtenu des résultats prometteurs en termes d’accordabilité et de sensibilité, ce qui laisse entrevoir des potentiels d’applications dans le domaine des biocapteurs ou la spectroscopie Raman exaltéeIn this thesis we aim to study the optic response of gold nanostructures embedded in nematic liquid crystal. For this goal we propose a simple and systematic procedure to develop finite-difference time-domain method applicable to dielectric isotropic media, dispersive media (Gold nanoparticles) and anisotropic media (liquid crystals). Moreover, special attention is paid to the efficient truncation of the FDTD computational window. We show that by rotating the optical axis around an axis orthogonal to the main direction of illumination, it is possible to tune the response of the system according to a simple law. The spectral width of the tunability is studied as a function of different geometrical parameters. Results show that using gold nanoparticles in liquid crystal may have a great potential of application in biosensing and SERS
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Jörgensson, Alexandra, Ewa Carlsson, and Aard Johan Jonker. "Faktorer som påverkar barns reaktioner vid nålstick : En litteraturstudie om betydelsen av god omvårdnad i samband med nålrelaterade procedurer." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för omvårdnad, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-25929.
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Bakgrund: Upplevelser från barndomen gällande nålrelaterade procedurer kunde lämna spår efter sig långt upp i vuxen ålder, ja kanske hela livet. Med insikt om detta fenomen borde alla involverade försöka att undvika att negativa minnen dröjde sig kvar efter utfört nålstick. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva faktorer som påverkade barns reaktioner vid nålrelaterade procedurer. Metod: En litteraturöversikt med kvalitativ ansats grundat på vetenskapliga artiklar gjordes. Resultatet byggde på 10 artiklar som analyserats induktivt med Fribergs fem-stegs modell. Resultat: Barnets reaktion på nålrelaterade procedurer påverkades både av det som sjuk-sköterskan och föräldrarna gjorde. Föräldrarna och sjuksköterskan anpassade sig efter barnets behov när det kom till distraktioner och information. Genom analys av de granskade artik-larna uppstod tre huvudkategorier: barnets handlingar, föräldrarnas påverkan och sjuk-sköterskans påverkan. Slutsats: Distraktionsmetoder var inte alltid något som sjuksköterskan tillämpade, trots att det kunde ha en viss analgetisk funktion. Effekten av distraktionsmetoderna på barnet var vari-erande från gång till gång. Genom att individanpassa information samt ha ett förhållningssätt som var anpassat efter barnet kunde sjuksköterskan och föräldrarna påverka hur barnet kom att hantera situationen.Background: Experiences from childhood in terms of needle-related procedures could leave traces far into adulthood, perhaps for life. By recognizing this phenomenon should all involved try to avoid negative memories to remain after completed pinprick. Aim: The aim was to describe the factors that influence children's reactions to needle-related procedures. Method: A literature review with qualitative approach based on scientific articles has been made. The result was based on 10 articles that were analyzed inductively by using Fribergs five-stage model. Result: The child's reaction to needle-related procedures was affected by what both the nurse and the parents did. The parents and the nurse adapted to the child's needs when it came to distractions and information. Through analysis of the reviewed articles emerged three main categories: the child's actions, parental influence and the nurse's influence. Conclusion: Distraction methods were not always something that the nurse applied although it may have some analgesic function. The child´s reaction to distraction methods varied. By personalizing information and having an approach adapted to the child, the nurse and the parents could affect how the child would handle the situation.
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Atluri, Vasudeva Prasad 1959. "Recovery of gold and silver from ammoniacal thiosulfate solutions containing copper by resin ion exchange method." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276566.
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This research was undertaken to study the suitable physico-chemical conditions for the selective recovery of gold and silver from simulated thiosulfate leach liquors containing copper, gold or silver, ammonia and thiosulfate using three anion exchange resins. In particular, the effect of chemical variables such as thiosulfate, cupric ion and ammonia concentrations and the solution potential of the system on the batch loading of silver and gold onto the resins have been investigated in detail. Pourbaix diagrams have been constructed to understand the stability of this complex system under various Eh and pH conditions. The experimental results indicate that IRA-400 resin has the highest capacity for both silver and gold compared to IRA-68 and IRA-94. All the three resins investigated are not selective to silver and gold over copper. The elution studies using ammonium thiosulfate solutions have revealed that selective elution of silver from copper is not possible, while some selectivity can be achieved between gold and copper. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)
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Earley, Nick. "A consensus approach towards identifying pertinent therapist characteristics in Good Lives Model treatment : a research portfolio." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21705.
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Background: The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a novel strengths-based rehabilitation framework, the principles of which are increasingly being integrated into sexual offender treatment programmes. Previous research has suggested that positive therapist characteristics are empirically associated with treatment change in sexual offender treatment. However, considering the theoretically informed shift from a deficits-based approach to a strengths-based approach in GLM-consistent treatment (GLM-CT), it is reasonable to suggest that therapist characteristics might be reflected differently. Objective: To explore and identify, by expert opinion, what therapist characteristics are important in GLM-consistent treatment and how they might be recognised in a treatment session. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was carried out to appraise the reporting quality of studies that used the Delphi method to develop knowledge on psychotherapeutic models. The empirical study used a three-round Delphi method, a structured consensus-gathering technique, with 28 GLM experts from five different countries. The data in the first round were analysed using content analysis, and data in subsequent round were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: The systematic review found that the reporting quality in Delphi method studies was respectable in relation to the preparatory stages; however, the reporting quality of aspects of the Delphi methodology important for interpreting the results varied. In regards to the empirical paper, experts endorsed 71 items reflecting the GLM ethos and principles in treatment, listed between twelve categories. Conclusions: The results of the present study suggested that therapeutic characteristics previously identified in sexual offending treatment are indeed important in GLM-consistent treatment. However, additional characteristics were highlighted as important by experts, including emphasis on future-focused and strengths-based language, motivational interviewing skills, flexibility with session material and a good knowledge of clients’ good lives plans. Finally, the results indicated that use of self-disclosure and directiveness in GLM-CT might need to be elucidated in future research.
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Zhao, Jingyue [Verfasser]. "Synthesis of gold nanoparticles via the chemical reduction methods / Jingyue Zhao." Aachen : Shaker, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1124366601/34.
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Wormén, Mikael. "Samtal med matematiklärare och elever : Induktiv intervju med matematiklärare och elever med koncentrationssvårigheter och om dessa elevers möjligheter att utveckla god taluppfattning." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45805.
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Number sense is a basic concept within Mathematics. This basic knowledge is developed and often mastered in early compulsory school settings. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the different conceptions of mathematics teachers and students with attention difficulties in regards to the possibilities of these students to develop good number sense. The theory used to analyse this data is twofold. One perspective of it is directly connected to previous research on the topic therefore a literature overview is included in the paper. The second perspective is current research about educative methods and the field of special education. Special education and current research is discussed in relation to interdisciplinary fields of study such as Psychology and Sociology. The paper is a case study where three mathematics teachers and three students with attention difficulties participated to explain their conceptions and thoughts regarding the topic. A thematic overview was created using the collected data. The result shows that the majority of the students and the teachers believe there is a connection between difficulties in developing good number sense and attention difficulties. Both groups explain that consequences of attention difficulties often are low work input during mathematics lessons and low motivation regarding the lessons. The groups also suggested educational methods in the classroom and the approach or attitude of the teacher made a difference.
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Bailey, Lauren N. "Gold-Catalyzed Cycloadditions: An Approach Toward Complex Molecular Frameworks via Transannular, Intermolecular, and Intramolecular Methods." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1272550184.
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Blenkinsopp, Robert. "A method for measuring human foot shape during running stance." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16907.
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Knowledge of the three dimensional shape of the human foot is important in the design of shoes to facilitate correct fit. Currently only the static shape of the foot is considered despite the fact that the foot undergoes changes in its shape, particularly in athletic pursuits, due to associated movements and loadings. Attempts, presented in research, have been made to measure dynamic foot shape. However, to date, measurements have been limited in detail as well as restricted to walking gait, as a result of the method. The work of this thesis aimed to develop a methodology that would be capable of measuring the three dimensional shape of the human foot during the stance phase of gait, in locomotion speeds associated with running.
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Manohar, Nivedh Harshan. "Quantitative imaging of gold nanoparticle distribution for preclinical studies of gold nanoparticle-aided radiation therapy." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54877.
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Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have recently attracted considerable interest for use in radiation therapy due to their unique physical and biological properties. Of interest, GNPs (and other high-atomic-number materials) have been used to enhance radiation dose in tumors by taking advantage of increased photoelectric absorption. This physical phenomenon is well-understood on a macroscopic scale. However, biological outcomes often depend on the intratumoral and even intracellular distribution of GNPs, among other factors. Therefore, there exists a need to precisely visualize and accurately quantify GNP distributions. By virtue of the photoelectric effect, x-ray fluorescence (XRF) photons (characteristic x-rays) from gold can be induced and detected, not only allowing the distribution of GNPs within biological samples to be determined but also providing a unique molecular imaging option in conjunction with bioconjugated GNPs. This work proposes the use of this imaging modality, known as XRF imaging, to develop experimental imaging techniques for detecting and quantifying sparse distributions of GNPs in preclinical settings, such as within small-animal-sized objects, tissue samples, and superficial tumors. By imaging realistic GNP distributions, computational methods can then be used to understand radiation dose enhancement on an intratumoral scale and perhaps even down to the nanoscopic, subcellular realm, elucidating observed biological outcomes (e.g., radiosensitization of tumors) from the bottom-up. Ultimately, this work will result in experimental and computational tools for developing a better understanding of GNP-mediated dose enhancement and associated radiosensitization within the scope of GNP-aided radiation therapy.
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Dudeney, Richard. "Electrochemical method for the determination of arsenic 'in the field' using screen-printed gold electrodes." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/6570.
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This project describes development and problem solving efforts to realise a viable portable sensor for arsenic, applicable to drinking water. The work is the first dedicated effort towards this goal, after the preliminary investigations previously conducted at Cranfield University (Cooper, 2004 and Noh, 2005). Using polymeric gold ink BQ331 (DuPont Microcircuit Materials, Bristol, UK) as working electrode on screen printed strips, the electrochemical procedure was studied. Due to the wealth of research on electrochemical and non electrochemical methods for arsenic determination, this project attempts to capitalise on the unique advantages of the screen-printed gold surface. In particular, the issues surrounding the performance of the sensor were evaluated by electrochemical and spectroscopic means (including infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy). A number of custom screen printed electrodes were prepared in house comparing sensor performance on compositional factors. An interference coming from silver interaction with chloride in the reference electrode was identified. As such, the design of the sensor needs to change to include either an immobilising layer, such as Nafion, over the silver, or to omit screen-printed silver altogether. The Nafion was presumed to work by excluding (or at least much reducing) the passage of negatively charged chloride ions to the silver surface preventing formation of soluble silver chloride complexes. The design of the sensor was considered in light of performance and sensitivity. The screen-printed electrodes were cut to facilitate a microband design lending favourable diffusive to capacitive current characteristics. With this design, As(III) detection was demonstrated comfortably at 5 ppb (in a copper tolerant 4 M HCl electrolyte) without electrode need for additional preparation procedures. This is below the World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) regulation level of 10 ppb in drinking water. The electrode materials are already mass manufacturable at an estimated cost less than £ 0.5 per electrode. Themicroband design could, in principle, be applied to mercury and other metal ions. The procedure for As(V) either with chemical or electrochemical reduction and determination still needs to be assessed. However, the presented electrode system offers a viable alternative to the colorimetric test kits presently employed around the world for arsenic in drinking water. Also, the Nicholson Method (Nicholson, 1965a), used for characterising electron transfer kinetics at electrode surfaces, was extended for application to rough surfaces using a fractal parameter introduced by Nyikos and Pajkossy (1988). This work includes mathematical derivation and numerical evaluation and gives a number of predictions for electrochemical behaviour. These predictions could not be tested experimentally, as yet, since the physical conditions must be carefully controlled.
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Hopkin, Amy L. "Methane conversion over supported nickel catalysts : influence of gold doping, support material and preparation method." Thesis, Keele University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288499.
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Wulf, Verena [Verfasser]. "Dark-field spectroscopy on single plasmonic gold nanorods : new methods / Verena Wulf." Mainz : Universitätsbibliothek Mainz, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1115747630/34.
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Sun, Yijun. "Synthesis of gold-amine nanoparticles of various sizes using two different methods." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14885.
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The motivation for the preparation of gold nanoparticles includes their potential utility in sensors, nanoelectronics, and the vast basic knowledge we can gain from these novel materials. Colloids of gold nanoparticles are also one of the most stable and easiest to manipulate. Synthesizing gold nanoparticles with narrow size distribution, uniform shape, and good crystalline nature represents a significant challenge. Thiols were found to be very efficient capping ligands for the digestive-ripening process in our research group, during which a colloidal suspension in a solvent is refluxed at the solvent boiling temperature in the presence of a capping ligand to convert a highly polydispersed colloid into a nearly monodispersed one. The current thesis research focuses on using amines instead of thiols as the capping ligands, which were also found to have similar efficiency for this purpose. The major part of the work is devoted to understanding the digestive ripening of gold-amine colloids system, and the effect of the nature of the amine ligands. A noteworthy achievement of the current work is the ability to synthesize stable gold colloids with different sizes by using different amine ligands. A diverse set of instrumental techniques is used for the characterization of the gold nanoparticles.