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Garcia, Ryan James. "You Have Never Been Here Before." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/80.
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This project is a collection of interconnected short stories all based in the Los Angeles area. Each story is able to stand on its own as a short piece, but ultimately plays a larger role of possessing a relationship with those that come before and after it. The collection is broken into three segments, each segment possessing its own theme. And while each segment, and the stories within each segment, flourishes with the theme they are placed in, each and every story still interconnects with each other in order to produce the framework of the book entirely; that being the story of two young lovers: “Leslie,” and “Thomás.” These two characters that I have produced are at the basis of this project. Their stories are peppered throughout the collection in order to better convey the sporadic nature of their relationship.
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Turner, Joanne. "There must have been a storm." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5948.
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McLoughlin, Pamela Ann, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and School of Social Ecology. "Have you been walking?: a search for rehabilitation." THESIS_XXXX_SEL_McLoughlin_P.xml, 1994. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/820.
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This thesis explores, through critical dialogue and personal experience, various aspects of rehabilitation in the context of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The journey visits broad, in principle, government policy reports. It touches on insurance and political aspects of health care; the separation between medical, convalescent and tertiary divisions of the rehabilitation professions; and, most importantly, it is concerned with the personal struggle to find some ‘meaning’ in the experience of a chronic illness for which there is, at this stage, no cure. From this arises the complexity of the inter-relationships between professionals and clients and the vexed question of ethics. The writing or methodology is first-person narrative, with deep roots in natural philosophy, and the dissertation can be read on several levels. It can also be read as a meta-thesis, that is, as an illustration of the process of researching/writing in an experiential methodology<br>Master of Science (Hons) Social Ecology
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McLoughlin, Pamela Ann. "Have you been walking? : a search for rehabilitation /." View thesis, 1994. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030821.162241/index.html.
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Thesis (Master of Science (Hons.) Social Ecology) -- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1994.<br>"A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Honours) in Social Ecology in the University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury" Bibliography : leaves 288-300.
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Mohr, Dylan Mohr. "Very Old Buildings that Must have Been Something Once." The University of Montana, 2010. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-06192010-133626/.
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Mackie, P. "How things might have been : A study in Essentialism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234316.
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Ghali, Nancy. "Resiliency in Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Violence." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1341942962.
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Coggins, Geraldine Philomena. "The metaphysics of possibility : could there have been nothing?" Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4158/.
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My project involves looking at the metaphysics of possibility. There are two questions that are central to the metaphysics of possibility: firstly, what are possible worlds and secondly, is there an empty possible world. Possibilist and actualist accounts of worlds attempt to answer the first question while discussions of metaphysical nihilism, the empty world and the modal ontological arguments deal with the second. However no one has systematically considered how the answers given to one of these questions affect the answers available to the other - this is my project. I develop a new way of categorising theories of possible worlds. I argue that metaphysical nihilism (the claim that there could have been nothing), in all its published forms, is incompatible with each of the fully worked out, robust accounts of possible worlds available. I point out the importance of using the correct criterion of concreteness in discussions of metaphysical nihilism. I argue that if we modify the account of abstract objects used by the metaphysical nihilists, then nihilism can be shown to be compatible with the ersatz account of possible worlds. Finally, I argue that given these considerations, Lowe’s arguments against the nihilist are more plausible than nihilism itself.
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Milgrom, Claire. "Play therapy with children who have been abused or neglected." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0005/MQ45098.pdf.
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Byrne, David N., and Jesse A. Hardin. "Have Distances Traveled by the Sweet Potato Whitefly Been Underestimated?" College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/215036.
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The importance of the sweet potato whitefly to Arizona vegetable continues to ebb and flow from year to year. Over the last 25 years much of this likely is tied to the invasion by different strains. As we continue to study this insect, an aspect of importance to their management is their ability to disperse. In past studies we have determined how far they are capable of flying in a day’s time, 95% migrate 1.6 miles. We are now investigating their ability to fly multiple days. If they do migrate on more than 1 day, we must readjust our estimates of their influence on surrounding fields.
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Smuts, Meryl Frances. "Doing hope with children who have been living on the street." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16503.
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Thesis (MEdPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research journey explores the lived experiences of children who had previously
been living on the street and were now part of a house being managed by two
voluntary organisations. The caregivers and boys are incorporated as co-researchers
in a participatory action research journey within a post-modern, social constructivist
paradigm. The following research curiosities inform the study:
• How do the caregivers and children in the house stand up to homelessness and
poverty?
• How do their stories reflect the notion of doing hope?
Positioning myself within the research journey necessitates the discussion of beliefs
and constructs that inform the paradigm, such as post-modernism, social
constructionism, discourses and the deconstruction of discourses. According to
Denzin and Lincoln (1994:14), the research strategy comprises the practical
application of the assumptions underlying the paradigm through the use of certain
skills, and can be regarded as the paradigm in action which provides the methods for
the researcher to engage in the research journey.
In this study, a qualitative method is used to describe and understand human
behaviour and the meaning attached to it in the participant's own terms. The coresearchers
participate during all the aspects of the research journey, and the cyclical
nature of participatory action research described by Babbie and Mouton (2001:315-
316) is honoured.
The narrative approach is used in conducting the conversations. According to White
(1991:28), it is a non-recriminatory, power-sharing way of interaction that provides a
context where the consciousness and knowledges of the person are at the centre of the
process of consultation. An opportunity is created for the boys and caregivers to story
their experiences and to explore the meanings that they attach to these experiences.
The main ethical principles that operate are autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence
and validity.
Tape-recordings, transcriptions, reflections and letters are used to document the
research journey. Homelessness and poverty had been dictating certain behaviours to
the boys, and it was even dictating their lived identities. At the time of the research
journey, the caregivers are creating a community of support that is effectively doing
hope for the boys, thus enabling them to loosen the grip of poverty and homelessness.
Personal reflections indicate that I as researcher am not unaffected by the research
journey. Although obstacles present themselves during the research journey, new
possibilities are opened up for further exploration.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsingsreis ondersoek die ervarings van kinders wat voorheen op straat
gewoon het en wie nou in 'n huis woon wat deur twee vrywillige organisasies bestuur
word. Die versorgers en seuns word betrek as medenavorsers in 'n deelnemende aksienavorsingsreis
binne die raamwerk van 'n postmodernistiese, sosiaal konstruktivistiese
paradigma. Die studie word toegelig deur die volgende navorsings-ondersoeke:
• Hoe weerstaan die versorgers en kinders in die huis die impak van
woningloosheid en armoede?
• Hoe reflekteer die stories wat hulle vertel die idee van 'hoop doen'?
Ten einde myself binne die navorsingsreis te posisioneer noodsaak 'n bespreking van
die oortuigings en samestellings onderliggend aan die paradigma, soos
postmodernisme, sosiaal konstruktivisme, diskoerse en die dekonstruksie van
diskoerse. Volgens Denzen en Lincoln (1994:14) behels die navorsingsstrategie die
praktiese uitvoering van die opvattings onderliggend aan die paradigma deur die
toepassing van sekere vaardighede. Die navorsingsstrategie kan beskou word as die
paradigma in aksie deurdat dit die metodes vir die navorser verskaf om betrokke te
raak by die navorsingsreis.
'n Kwalitatiewe metode word tydens hierdie studie gebruik om menslike gedrag te
beskryf en te verstaan en om vas te stel watter betekenis die deelnemers self aan hulle
belewenisse heg. Die medenavorsers neem deel aan alle aspekte van die
navorsingsreis en die sikliese aard van deelnemende aksienavorsing soos beskryf deur
Babbie en Mouton (2001:315-316) word gerespekteer.
'n Narratiewe benadering word tydens die gesprekke gebruik. Volgens White
(1991:28) is die narratiewe benadering nie-blamerend en is daar 'n gelyke verdeling
van mag. 'n Konteks word geskep waar die bewustelikhede en kennisse van die
persoon sentraal geplaas word in die konsultasieproses. 'n Geleentheid word geskep
vir die seuns en versorgers om hulle ervarings te vertel en om die betekenisse wat
hulle aan die ervarings heg te eksploreer. Hoofsaaklik word outonomie, niekwaadwilligheid,
goedgesindheid en geldigheid as etiese beginsels gerespekteer.
Bandopnames, transkriberings, refleksies en briewe word gebruik om die
navorsingsreis te dokumenteer. Woningloosheid en armoede het vantevore die gedrag
van die seuns, sowel as die identiteite wat hulle uitgeleef het, voorgeskryf. Ten tye
van die navorsingsreis is die versorgers besig om 'n gemeenskap van ondersteuning te
skep wat effektief hoop doen vir die seuns en wat hulle in staat stel om die greep van
woningloosheid en armoede te verbreek. Persoonlike refleksies dui aan dat ek as
navorser nie onaangeraak gelaat word deur die navorsingsreis nie. Struikelblokke
verskyn tydens die navorsingsreis, maar nuwe moontlikhede baan die weg vir verdere
eksplorasie.
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Langton, Ryan P. "Who Have Always Been Secret Enemies/King of the Irish Traders." W&M ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550153859.
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The papers presented in this Master's thesis describe two varying experiences of migration and transition in colonial Pennsylvania. The first paper focuses on a group of roughly 400 Acadian migrants who were forcibly removed from their homes in Nova Scotia and exiled to Philadelphia in 1755. The Acadians were a distinct ethnic enclave of Francophone Catholics living in British Canada that developed a policy of neutrality in order to guarantee their own freedom of worship on the cusp of the French and British empires. When the Seven Years' War commenced, British officials finally achieved a strategic military advantage in the region which allowed them to act on preexisting anti-Catholic and anti-French sentiments and deport the Acadians around the Atlantic world. When the 400 Acadians exiled to Philadelphia arrived in the Quaker City, they encountered a government and populous that was just as distrustful and prejudiced towards the exiles as the British in Nova Scotia. Fueled by fears of the French empire, the Pennsylvania Provincial government refused to treat the Francophone Catholics as British subjects or French prisoners. While the Acadian exiles attempted to manipulate their identities in order to guarantee their safety and security, they could not overcome the government's antipathy toward their plight. The case of the Philadelphia Acadians highlights the role imperial competition played in creating new ethnic enclaves, shattering ethnic enclaves, and propelling Atlantic migration. The second paper describes how an Irishman named George Croghan migrated to colonial Pennsylvania and developed an adaptive set of skills that allowed him to become one of the most successful frontier traders and Indian agents of the mid-eighteenth century. as an Anglican from southern Ireland, Croghan was an outsider among the outcast population of Scots Irish Presbyterians that settled in western Pennsylvania. Devoid of any supportive kinship or economic networks, Croghan learned to maneuver and adapt among the varied populations of Pennsylvania and the Ohio country as he developed a trading business that included Philadelphia merchants, non-elite frontiersmen, and Indigenous tribe members. After utilizing the connections he made as a trader to attain recognition as an Indian agent and negotiator for the Pennsylvania colony, Croghan continued to utilize his adaptive skillset to personally enrich himself while nominally serving the Pennsylvania Provincial government. Although officials in Philadelphia often questioned whether Croghan was a trustworthy representative of the colonial government, their inability to punish or terminate him from his post highlights the decentered nature of colonial and imperial power on the frontiers of North America. George Croghan's success as an Indian envoy conveys the key roles non-English migrants played in enacting and driving imperial expansion during the eighteenth century.
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Fiechter, Andrea. "A Writer's Exploration into What Could Have Been and What Is." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1851.
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This exploration was borne from the author’s insistence that he “does not write autobiographies” and is not anti-communist but rather “anti-totalitarian” in all respects. Using this notion as a basis, this thesis explores the characters and selected literary tools in Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being within the context of Kundera’s autobiography as a reference point as well as the extent to which several of these elements could be considered anti-totalitarian. We find that the three character Franz, Sabina and Tomas are all based on some kind of autobiographical reference, while the remaining protagonist Tereza must serve a purely literary purpose. In her characterization we discover that she is used by Kundera to implicitly capture a chilling perspective of the communist regime in 1970’s Czechoslovakia. The thesis also briefly discusses the relevance of the novel’s musical elements in terms of both Kundera’s autobiography and anti-communist qualities.
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Alexander, Aryriana. "Beliefs About Children Who Have Been Incarcerated: What Do Parents Know?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/142.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between traditional African-American American parenting and the overrepresentation of African-Americans in America’s jails and prisons. This qualitative study utilized semi-structured interviews of twelve parents who have had a child incarcerated in their adult life to gather data. Study participants were asked their experiences with several traditional happenings, supported by research, in some traditional African-American households. Topics discussed included religion, spanking, and single parenthood. The study found that many of the traditional happenings of African-American parenting occurred within the homes of parents with children who were incarcerated, which supports previous research. Additionally, the study found that negative views of law enforcement officers were held by several participants and passed down to their children. Moreover, the majority of participants believed that race had some bearing on the treatment of their child by law enforcement and the legal system. The findings of the study suggest that there is room for social workers to be more aware of the unique needs of the African-American community and advocacy is necessary for programs and resources to reach this special population. Furthermore, social workers should continue to seek cultural competence and demonstrate racial awareness when working with clients.
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Carbone, Jonathan N. "It Must Have Been Him: Coherence Effects within the Legal System." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2204.
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The present series of studies examine how jurors and public defenders evaluate different pieces of evidence and integrate them into a coherent conclusion within the context of a criminal case. Previous research has shown that in situations where both sides of the case are compelling, decision-makers nevertheless come to highly confident and polarized decisions, called coherence shifts (Simon, 2004). The present research sought to expand on coherence effects, improve upon the methodology of previous studies, and explore potential moderators of coherence. In Study 1, mock jurors (n = 306) read about a criminal case and evaluated multiple pieces of evidence at various points throughout the case. Results indicated that participants exhibited pronounced coherence shifts (i.e., their evaluations of the various pieces of evidence (a) became more consistent as the case progressed, and (b) were evaluated in line with their initial leanings) using an improved methodology that randomized evidence order and evidence valence. Furthermore, participants’ interim leanings of guilt or innocence biased their subsequent evaluations of ambiguous evidence. The direction and magnitude of participants’ coherence shifts were predicted by their pretrial dispositions towards prosecution and defense. Participants lacked awareness of how their perceptions of the evidence have shifted. Coherence shifts were not, however, moderated by asking mock jurors to justify their decisions, or by asking mock jurors to play devil’s advocate while considering each piece of evidence, underscoring the pervasiveness of this cognitive bias. Study 2 examined whether actual public defenders experience coherence shifts and how those shifts relate to the plea bargaining process; however, no coherence shifts were observed. Study 3 examined whether the timing of the defense’s presentation of their case could reduce coherence effects; results indicated that reading about the defense’s case immediately after the prosecution’s case (c.f. following a delay) marginally (p = .09) reduced coherence effects among jurors who acquitted the defendant, suggesting one potential strategy to mitigate this bias.
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Bouchaou, Lhoussaine. "Hydrogéologie du bassin des sources karstiques du complexe calcaire haut-atlasien du Dir de Beni Mellal (Maroc)." Besançon, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988BESA2011.
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Kidd, Eve. "Luring the young : have attempts to "grow" young newspaper readers been successful? /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1426073.
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James, Kimberly Mullen. "Measuring behavioral disruption in children who have been in motor vehicle accidents." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1118.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 1999.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 112 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-73).
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Ellison, Cynthia S. "Understanding the Lived Experiences of Counselors who Have Been Assaulted by Clients." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6894.
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Assault of community-based mental health professionals is a worldwide phenomenon, and current extant literature examines the prevalence of client assault on counselors, social workers, and psychiatric personnel. While there is significant quantitative scholarship on the incidence of this phenomenon on social workers and psychiatric personnel, there are limited statistical data on client-perpetrated violence against community-based counselors and no qualitative studies found that examined how these professionals experience this occupation risk. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore how counselors who work in community-based settings make sense of these experiences. Through semi structured interviews, 6 community-based counselors living in the Southeastern region of the U.S. shared their lived experience of client assault. Hermeneutic was used as a methodological and theoretical framework to analyze the data. The following themes emerged from the data study: training as a management strategy, ambivalence as a new way of being, and connections for well-being. The results of this study have training, practice, supervision, and social change implications. Through adding counselors' voices to the discourse on client assault, the findings of this study can be used to identify experiences and training that will assist counselors in caring for themselves in the aftermath of an assault. Furthermore, understanding these experiences may inform the development of protocols for keeping this vulnerable population safe.
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Cojanu, Cristina. "Arabesque : recovered fragments of what could have been a novel of manners." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2013. http://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/1644/.
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That painting is understood as being visual cannot really be contested. Even when Duchamp introduced his disavowal of painting and the schema of the chessboard to indicate an anti-retinal strategy, the implication of visual imaginary was still in place. Indeed the link between knowing and seeing is not only at the root of metaphysical (the desire to know is the desire to see -Aristotle) thinking itself, but persists even within the disavowal of it within Late Modernity. Currently, its presence does still persist and continues to fuel its relevance. This research develops as a speculation on the relation between an ontological understanding of the image and the ornamental. In contrast to the usual understanding of ornament, the ornamental is elaborated as a force and process for the proliferation of forms out of forms. The arabesque is the structuring principle of this research and the figure it presents. The revelatory force of the arabesque lies not in giving a schema of visual revelation, but it is touching upon a force that transforms and changes, the very 'plasticity' (C. Malabou) inherent in every being and image. Through the recollection of the arabesque, the ornamental is invoked as a principle of drift and thrift in becoming. As a double, paradoxical device the arabesque enables a play between oblique and transparent things, between what can be said or known and what cannot be said, what remains unknown - and whatever lies in between. As a figure of thought, it sets out a play of plastic and graphic imminence. Characteristic for the Islamic culture, the arabesque is more a mode or an idea than a form or pattern, and it was formative for this culture from its very early ways of manifestation. The idea of the arabesque is in and for itself, a 'motor of thought' (C. Malabou). The tension between representation and presentation, between symbolic, iconographic or legible meaning and a-signifying, pre-linguistic or ornamental meaning is at the heart of understanding the image, which is a mode of being that is encountered in different ways. Through the ornamental as a force of mediation (O. Grabar) this understanding is infiltrated with an ethical dimension. The route taken is one of conceptual risk, of invention and the fantastic. Method itself is addressed as something to be found - and not as something already given or pre-established. This research in painting inflects painting from within, from its relation to presence and the image. Caught in this by its inflammatory auto-affection, painting explodes and de-forms, it trans-forms itself - it consciously receives and, simultaneously, gives form. The research itself is manifested as a concatenation of heterogeneous elements that belong to different registers such as written texts, show installation, and different technologies.
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Huotari, Toni. "Retrospective Case Study of Software Faults : How Faults Could Have Been Detected." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-142447.
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This report presents a case study of software faults conducted on behalf of Scania. The aim of the thesis was to show where faults occur and how early they could have been detected. The approach chosen was to study and categorize previously reported software faults. The faults studied came from a project which relied mostly on high level testing. The categorization included both fault types and methods for detecting the faults as early as possible. The results showed that most faults studied could have been found earlier. This indicates that more effort put into testing at a lower level could have been beneficial.<br>Den här rapporten innehåller en fallstudie av mjukvarufel utförd på begäran av Scania. Målet med examensarbetet var att visa var fel uppkommer och hur tidigt de kunde ha upptäckts. Arbetet utfördes genom analys och kategorisering av tidigare rapporterade mjukvarufel från ett projekt som litade mycket på manuella högnivåtester. Kategoriseringen inkluderade både olika feltyper samt metoder för att hitta felen så tidigt som möjligt. Resultaten visade att de flesta felen som studerades kunde ha hittats tidigare, vilket indikerar att en större insats kring lågnivåtester kunde ha varit fördelaktig.
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Yang, Yijia. "Have the Chinese Financial Markets Been Manipulated Before the CPC National Congresses?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1102.
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This paper examined the probability that the Chinese financial markets have been manipulated prior to the most recent three CPC National Congresses. Based on historical data, it used the Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the probability of the weekly and monthly percentage change of the SSE50 Index and the RMB to USD central parity rate one week and one month prior to the most recent 17th, 18th and 19th CPC National Congress. The results indicate that the weekly and monthly percentage change of both the SSE 50 Index and the RMB to USD central parity rate prior to all three Congresses would be extremely unlikely if both markets have moved in a manner consistent with their previous stochastic movements. It is highly likely that the Chinese financial markets have been manipulated prior to the most recent three CPC National Congress. This study also makes conjectures about manipulators’ motivations behind the market manipulation, assuming the existence of market manipulations.
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Bergelin, Lavesson Melindah. "Adult versus peer input : Differences in the language of six-year-olds who have been to day care centres versus those who have been at home with an adult." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-14161.
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The aim of this study was to find out if there were any detectable differences in the language and language use between children who had been at home with an adult, versus children who had been at day care regularly before they started school. Eight six-year-olds, four from each group, were interviewed and their answers compared to each other. The results pointed to a slight difference in word choices and sentence structure and also a greater difference in the past tense verb forms. Children with a day care background tended to discuss and interact more with their peers, though with simpler sentences and several incorrect verb forms, while the stay-at-home children used more complex sentences and had a higher rate of correct past tense verb forms. The conclusion from this study suggests that children need both adult and peer input to develop correct language and the necessary skills for interaction.
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Saloga, Clinton W. "Have delayed independence and poor initial institutions been economically costly for Latin Americans?" Thesis, Wichita State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3971.
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This paper tests the hypothesis that the timing of independence in Latin
America and the institutions in place at the time of independence had a joint effect
on the developmental paths of the countries. A new variable is presented - the
interaction term between the timing of independence and initial institutions, and
then tested with Multiple OLS Regressions. The findings support the notion that
earlier independence in conjunction with better initial institutions may have had a
positive influence on long-term economic growth in Latin American countries
using data from 1990-2004.<br>Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, The W. Frank Barton School of Business, Dept. of Economics
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Basila, Christcola. "Zambia's housing scheme of the mid 1990s: Have the poor really been empowered?" Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, The Centre of Excellence, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-666.
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<p>Issues of housing are becoming very important as the urban population grows at a very rapid rate, particularly in developing countries. The number of people who are homeless and those living in substandard housing in Zambia is enormous. A home ownership programme through the sale of public rental housing to sitting tenants was seen as one of the strategies under the 1996</p><p>National Housing Policy aimed at solving the housing crisis in the country especially among the low-income groups. There are indications that although some people benefited through this</p><p>scheme, the problem of inadequate housing has persisted.</p><p>This study is aimed at exploring the effects of Zambia’s home ownership scheme in helping the low income men and women realize their housing rights. This was achieved by finding out the</p><p>main reasons for the sale of public rental houses; determining the eligibility criteria as well as how affordable the houses were. Other research questions were to assess whether ownership of</p><p>houses had helped people improve their houses and their economic status; and how home ownership has affected people’s lives in different dimensions. The theoretical perspective used in</p><p>this study is based on alternative development and Gender and Development (GA) under which the concepts of house/home as well as empowerment and rights were used as a basis for analyzing the findings of this study. A qualitative methodology comprising in-depth interviews, group discussions and simple observation was employed in order to gain a deep understanding of</p><p>the impact of the scheme from both house owners and officials at implementation level.</p><p>The study found that houses were sold in order to: fulfill economic policies of privatization and Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs); detach housing provision from employment; and empower the low income to improve their poverty situation. To qualify for the purchase of houses, a legal tenant in possession of tenancy card needed to be a Zambian citizen. The cost of houses were considerably low, and many people bought their houses but a number of people</p><p>were evicted as they could not afford due to economic hardships and malpractices in the process. Some of those who bought face a challenge in maintaining houses and paying land rates. The</p><p>privatization of housing had both positive and negative effects on the poor. The different ways in which home ownership impacted on the people’s lives ranged from simply provision of shelter to economic, social and psychological aspects. Some house owners’ economic status or security have improved to some extent due to ownership of a house as an asset as they are now able to make savings, resale the house, sublet it or trade at home.</p><p>Ownership of houses has also enhanced people’s feeling of belonging, stability and personal security. As a result people are able to organize themselves and work collectively in order to improve their neighbourhoods. However, some people were denied their rights hence became disempowered as they could not afford the purchase of their houses. Financial instability put most poor people at the risk of losing their houses as they are already defaulting in rates and fail to maintain them. There were no measures put in place to help the poor realize their housing rights by protecting them from evictions and ensure that they acquire decent housing. Therefore, the housing did not provide a sustainable solution to economic insecurity neither did it lead to meaningful economic empowerment as people did not participate in the decision-making process.</p>
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Erdem, Tansel. "Exploring hope with children who have been sexually abused and participating in therapy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ59955.pdf.
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Chilson, Clark van Doren. "Hidden Buddhists : how and why three Shinshū confraternities in Japan have been secretive." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423908.
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Salzmann, Krystal L. "Canines helping people how dogs have been useful in a variety of settings /." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009salzmannk.pdf.
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Wright, Jason Barry. "How do children and young people who have been adopted experience peer relationships." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8506/.
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Volume 1 comprises three chapters. The first chapter is a systematic literature review exploring the evidence relating to child rough-and-tumble play. The second chapter is an empirical study exploring how children who have been adopted experience peer relationships. The third chapter is a public domain briefing document providing a summary of both the systematic literature review and the empirical paper. Volume Two comprises five chapters, each containing a clinical practice report. The first report details the case of a 12 year girl with a learning disability presenting with challenging behaviour formulated from systemic and behavioural perspectives. The second report details the audit of an autism assessment process within a Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service using local and national standards. The third report details a single case experimental design study evaluating the effect of a CBT-based low self-esteem intervention. The fourth details the delivery of psychological consultancy in an older adult complex care unit. The fifth is an abstract of an oral presentation given regarding the assessment, intervention & recommendations for a 16 year old boy referred to Tier 4 CAMHS with depression with psychotic features.
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Di, Nunzio Marco. "'The Arada have been eaten' : living through marginality in Addis Ababa's inner city." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:087b3057-1484-496f-b5cd-f24adcdebc21.
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This thesis examines marginality as a regime of interconnectedness. Drawing on the ethnographic material from a 16-month-fieldwork between October 2009 and December 2010 on the street economy and streetlife in Arada, the old city centre of Addis Ababa’s inner city, I argue that marginalized subjects are not to be seen as social actors that inhabit and create alternative and parallel social, political and economic realities away from the mainstream society. Rather, the way the urban poor are connected and integrated in the broader political economy of the Ethiopian urban society frames and defines modalities, forms and experiences of marginality. From this perspective, this thesis focuses on the on-going reconfiguration of the street economy in Addis Ababa’s inner city. Since the early 2000s, the increasing concern with poverty reduction and good governance in the development agenda has concurred with the attempts of the ruling party to expand its machinery of political control and mobilization at the grassroots of urban society. In this context, under the impact of development programs promoting the establishment of small-scale enterprises, the street economy has undergone a pervasive process of formalization and politicization that has come to advance the realization of an authoritarian form of developmental state, while imposing a regime of unskilled and badly paid labour on the street. This thesis examines this process by looking at the history of streetlife in Arada, as a terrain of social, economic and political practice, and it recounts the everyday life and life trajectories of those involved in the street economy. In particular, I look at how the political reconfiguration of the street economy has come to intertwine with the way living through marginality and dealing with forms of social inequality on the street have been historically conceptualized and experienced in Addis Ababa’s inner city.
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Costas, Mary Bassett. "Filial Therapy with Non-Offending Parents of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279023/.
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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of filial therapy as a method of intervention for non-offending parents and their children who have experienced sexual abuse. Filial therapy is a didactic/dynamic approach used by play therapists to train parents to be therapeutic agents with their children. Parents are taught basic child-centered play therapy skills and the utilization of these skills in weekly play sessions with their children. Parents learn to create a special environment which enhances and strengthens the parent-child relationship, thus assisting in personal growth and change for both the parent and child. The purpose of this study was to determine if filial therapy is effective in: (a) increasing the acceptance of non-offending parents of their sexually abused children; (b) reducing the stress level of non-offending parents; (c) improving empathic behaviors of non-offending parents toward their sexually abused child; (d) decreasing the anxiety of sexually abused children; (e) enhancing the self-concept of sexually abused children; (f) decreasing behavior problems of sexually abused children as reported by their non-offending parents; and (g) enhancing the emotional adjustment of sexually abused children.
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Sharma, B. S., Jill D. Stinson, Kelcey L. Hall, and Megan A. Quinn. "Development of Sexually Abusive Behavior in Adolescent Males Who Have Been Sexually Victimized." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7897.
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Sharma, Brittany S., Jill D. Stinson, Kelcey L. Hall, and Megan A. Quinn. "Development of Sexually Abusive Behavior in Adolescent Males Who Have Been Sexually Victimized." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7944.
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Childhood sexual abuse is represents a significant public health problem in the United States, as 21% of U.S. children experience sexual victimization prior to age 18. Research dedicated to preventing further sexual victimization has identified factors that influence the development of sexually abusive behavior. The abused-abuser hypothesis suggests that a prior history of sexual victimization may increase the risk of engaging in sexually abusive behavior among some victims. Some research has also investigated the relationship between characteristics of an individual's experiences of sexual abuse and the characteristics of their own sexually abusive behavior, but such research is scarce with inconsistent findings. For the present study, we first hypothesized that childhood sexual victimization is more prevalent among those who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior than those who have not. We also posited that among those who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior, their own sexual abuse experiences contribute to victim Page 188 2017 Appalachian Student Research Forum choice, the age at which they begin sexually abusing others, and the frequency of abuse. Our sample (N=529; 100% male; 84.7% Caucasian; M = 17.71) consisted of participants from two larger studies of university students with no known history of sexually abusive behavior (n = 286; 84.6% Caucasian; M = 20.18) and youth who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviors and received residential treatment in the Southeastern U.S (n = 243; 84.8% Caucasian; M =14.79). Data from university students were self-reported, while data from the residential youth were coded from archival records. Results of a chisquare analysis revealed that youth who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior were significantly more likely to have experienced childhood sexual abuse than non-sexual abusers, 2 (1, N=523) =210.788, p = .000. Additionally, within the sample of youth who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior, correlations were used to examine relationships between characteristics of their own sexual perpetrators and their victim choice. Results indicate being victimized by a male is significantly associated with having a male victim (r= .143, p=.033), being victimized by a relative is associated with sexually abusing a relative (r=.148, p=.024), and being victimized by a non-relative is associated with sexually abusing a non-relative (r=.194, p=.033). Findings thus far indicate that youth who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior have not only experienced greater sexual victimization than non-sexual abusers, but that the characteristics of their sexual perpetrators may relate to how they sexually abuse others, specifically with regard to victim choice. Additional analyses will examine whether these characteristics of sexual victimization influence the age of onset of their sexual offending and their number of arrests, sexual offenses, and victims. Future directions and limitations will also be explored.
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McCarthy, Kaitlyn. "Women With Disabilities Who Have Been Sexually Assaulted: What Responders Need to Know." Wright State University Professional Psychology Program / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1531934626203456.
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Nixon, Mark. "'What a tourist I must have been' : the German diaries of Samuel Beckett." Thesis, University of Reading, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424161.
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McGeshick, Joseph R. "The Sokaogon Chippewa and their lost treaty: “We have always been hereâ€." Thesis, Montana State University, 1993. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/1993/mcgeshick/McGeshickJ0593.pdf.
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The Sokaogon Chippewa struggled for years in northern Wisconsin to retain their traditional land which provided all the necessities of life. Researching Sokaogon history from 1826 to the early 1850s reveals that the Sokaogon enjoyed separate recognition from the federal government, as an autonomous group of Lake Superior Chippewa. However, the federal government, with the eager support of the Euroamerican population in the state, attempted to consolidate as many of the different Lake Superior Chippewa groups as possible to make room fro the influx of settlers, miners and timbermen. According to Sokaogon oral tradition, and supported by contemporary Chippewa historians and scholars, the Sokaogon negotiated and signed a treaty sometime between 1854 and 1855. Unfortunately, the treaty, and an accompanying map outlining a reservation of some twelve square miles, was lost before being ratified by Congress. Some eighty years passed before the government recognized the Sokaogon as a separate group of Lake Superior Chippewa.
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Ferrier, Suzanne N. "Two-year-old children's replies to contingent queries when paralinguistic cues have been controlled." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0024/MQ36436.pdf.
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Kraft, Jennifer. "Head teacher and school responses to children who have been exposed to domestic violence." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628853.
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Domestic violence is increasingly recognised as a serious social problem that may cause severe negative impact and is a significant risk to children achieving positive outcomes. There has been scant research regarding the role of schools in response to children who have been exposed to domestic violence, yet schools represent many possibilities for supporting them. Head teachers are viewed as of central importance in the creation of effective schools (Ofsted, 2012). Head teacher leadership orientation and decision making has a significant impact on practice within the school. To the author's knowledge there has been no research regarding the role or views of head teachers in relation to children who have been exposed to domestic violence. The aim of this research is to explore head teacher experiences and perceptions of their own and school practices in relation to children who have been exposed to a domestic violence incident (s). A further aim is to consider key factors that influence the head teacher and school responses to supporting children in these circumstances. Five head teachers participated in semi-structured interviews and have all been involved in an initiative (Project Protect) whereby they received training to act as a 'key adult'. This means they receive notifications from the police containing details of a domestic violence (DV) incident (s) that have been police attended where a child was present and attends that head teacher's primary school. A thematic analysis was conducted and two main themes were highlighted that were of central relevance to the research questions; head teacher's understanding of DV and head teacher and school decision making and practice in response to children exposed to DV (CEDV).
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Kondrashov, Fyodor Alexeevich. "A Diverse Set of Evolutionary Questions that have been Answered Using Completely Sequenced Genomes." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3324375.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 11, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Pool, Robert. "There must have been something... : interpretations of illness and misfortune in a Cameroon village /." Amsterdam : R. Pool, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35512686t.
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Sharma, Brittany S. "The Development of Sexually Abusive Behavior in Adolescent Males who have been Sexually Victimized." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/426.
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The abused-abuser hypothesis posits that a history of sexual victimization may increase the risk of engaging in sexually abusive behavior for some victims. Although many researchers have discovered a higher prevalence of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in sex offenders in comparison with non-sex offenders, less research has considered how specific characteristics of prior sexual abuse may contribute to how these individuals sexually abuse others. For the present study, archival data were collected from 243 youths receiving residential treatment for sexually abusive behavior and self-reported data were collected from university students with no known history of sexual offending. The present study confirms disproportionally high rates of CSA in the sample of sexually abusive youth, compared to non-sexual abusers. Further, among the sample of sexually abusive youth, we examined the effects of sexual perpetrator characteristics and age of sexual victimization on victim choice, age at first sexual offense, and number of sexual offenses, number of arrests, and sexual victims. Results revealed associations between perpetrator characteristics and victim choice. Additionally, being sexually victimized by a male or a relative was significantly associated with a younger age of onset of sexually abusive behavior and a younger age of sexual victimization suggested a greater number of sexual victims. Implications and future directions will be explored.
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Daeley, Justin J. "It could not have been otherwise : an articulation and defense of divine source compatibilism." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2017. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21647/.
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Proponents of perfect being theism have recently explored the resources of compatibilist accounts of free will, such that freedom is compatible with necessity, as a way of countering the charge that it is not possible to reconcile God’s essential perfect goodness with any significant degree of divine freedom. However, William Rowe and others have charged the proponents of this strategy with saving divine freedom while at the same time jeopardizing other fundamental ideas within traditional theism. A small number of analytic philosophers of religion (most notably Edward Wierenga, Katherin Rogers, and Thomas Talbott) have drawn from the resources of compatibilist accounts of free will as a way of understanding God’s freedom, one that they do not think is inconsistent with traditional theism. To this day, however, no one has produced an extended articulation and defense of a compatibilist outlook of divine freedom, an outlook which I will call in this dissertation, Divine Source Compatibilism (DSC). In chapter 1 and 2 I introduce both this study and the view of divine freedom under consideration, namely, DSC. Chapter 3 explores whether or not DSC seriously deviates from the claims of the Christian tradition regarding divine freedom. Chapters 4 and 5 are focused on the issues of divine aseity and divine thankworthiness. Here I investigate whether or not DSC is inconsistent with each of these two fundamental attributes of perfect being theism. In Chapter 6 I explore whether a certain variation of traditional theism, which I call Theistic Compatibilism, is committed to DSC in light of its metaphysical commitments to freedom and explanation. Finally, in chapter 7 I offer a conclusion and point out some areas that await further study. In this dissertation, I argue that DSC need not fall prey to the charges typically leveled against it. I argue that this outlook of God’s freedom does not seriously deviate from the claims of the Christian tradition with respect to God’s freedom and is consistent with divine aseity and divine thankworthiness. Moreover, I argue that DSC is the most plausible view of God’s freedom for a particular outlook on theism, namely, Theistic Compatibilism.
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Amiot, Ikraam. "Coping strategies of men who have been sexually abused in childhood : A qualitative metasynthesis." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-385508.
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Estimates on the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse on boys vary from 8% to 35% globally. These figures are known to be well below the actual numbers that are believed to be much higher than those found in official data. Most cases of childhood sexual abuse are never reported, boys are less likely to report sexual abuse and if they ever do, they do so up to 10-20 years later than girls with similar experiences. This metasynthesis adds to the scarce qualitative literature on coping of male victims. It brings together the types of coping strategies men with histories of childhood sexual abuse use and allows for deeper understanding on how men cope with childhood sexual abuse. Aim: To explore coping strategies used by men who have been affected by childhood sexual abuse Method: A qualitative metasynthesis Findings: Men affected by childhood sexual abuse reported the use of several coping strategies throughout their lives. These coping strategies were adapted to changes in their social environment. Meaningful inter-personal relationships were found to influence which coping strategies victims would resort to. Not all men felt affected by their experiences of childhood sexual abuse and some reject to be labelled as victims, while others felt empowered by the recognition of their victimhood. Conclusion: Men reported using similar coping strategies in different settings, but with different outcomes. Social support and social awareness about male victimisation were found to affect coping strategies used by men who have been affected by childhood sexual abuse.
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Davis, Tanya S. "The Ohio Achievement Assessment and Deaf / Hearing Impaired Students: Have They Been Left Behind?" University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368027123.
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Choi, Hyeman. "Imagining What Might Have Been: The Meaning-Confirmation and Meaning-SeekingFunctions of Counterfactual Reflection." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1462188318.
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Browne, Dympna Mairead. "Shame and guilt in non-offending parents of children who have been sexually abused." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.725492.
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In summary this thesis addresses a gap in the literature by examining the role of shame and guilt in the experiences of non- offending parents of children who have been sexually abused. Three studies were undertaken in order to address specific questions in relation to shame and guilt experiences in this population. Firstly, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to examine the lived experience of mothers whose children have been abused. The results revealed the following superordinate themes; 'The Sins of the Mother', 'Impotent Anger' and 'It Changed me as a Parent'. A central concept underlying the themes was that of self-blame. As there is a wealth of research indicating that shame and guilt are two distinct emotions underlying self-blame, Study 2 and 3 examined the level and nature of shame and guilt separately in this population. Study 2 compared levels of shame (state and trait) and guilt (state and trait) across 3 populations of parents; 1)parents of children who have been sexually abused, 2) parents of children who attend child and adolescent mental health services and 3) parents of children in a community GP sample. This study found heightened levels of state shame and guilt in parents of sexually abused children compared to parents of non-abused children. Study 3 then examined predictors and implications of shame and guilt in this population. This study found evidence to suggest that parental guilt in the context of adult anxious attachment styles may be detrimental to a child's social, emotional and behavioural outcomes, ultimately reducing the quality of the parent-child relationship.
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Schmor, Stephanie Ann. "Child sexual abuse and the non-offending parent, a psychoeducational support group or mothers who have children who have been sexually abused." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0009/MQ32242.pdf.
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Seanor, Laura M. "Common characteristics of elementary schools that have been recognized as Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006seanorl.pdf.
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Knights, Nicky Holly. "Evaluating an intensive recovery programme for adolescents who have been bullied : a mixed methods study." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/8116.
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Bullying is a serious problem for many adolescents, and one that can have detrimental effects on normal developmental processes, as chronic and severe bullying can obstruct the fulfilment of essential psychological needs. However, there are currently few targeted interventions available for chronic and severe bullying cases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Red Balloon Learner Centres (RBLC) which are a full time personal and academic recovery programme for bullied adolescents. A mixed-methodology was utilised, and quantitative outcome measures included: depression, anxiety and trauma symptoms, self-esteem and academic engagement and self-concept. The study was non equivalent groups design (NEGD) and incorporated a comparison group of bullied adolescents from Hertfordshire local authority (LA). The aim was to compare the recovery process between groups over time by taking an initial baseline measure, and conducting follow-up assessments every three months. Both groups demonstrated significant improvements in outcome variables over time, but there were no significant differences between groups at six month follow-up on any outcome variable. Both groups reported similar recovery themes that related to need fulfilment in the areas of safety and security, control, belonging and self-esteem. Recovery is not just the absence of internalising symptomology, but constructive fulfilment of needs. Social needs were felt to be most affected by chronic and severe bullying and most difficult to fulfil constructively. It is recommended that interventions for chronically and severely bullied adolescents should enable constructive need fulfilment, which may involve changes to the ethos and culture of schools, collaborative therapeutic intervention and targeted skill building.
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Rouse, Harold D. "You have been friended by the U.S. military : using social networking services for IO messaging." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5006.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>Social Networking Services (SNS) have achieved a salience in today's society. Facebook has over 500 million active users worldwide. SNS has been used by companies to advertise and communicate with their customers. Politicians and government officials have created Facebook and Twitter accounts to keep in touch with constituents. They use these tools for campaigns, to gather feedback, and for strategic communications. The perceived effect of these tools to influence populations has prompted countries such as Iran and China to enact policies to limit access to these websites. The Department of Defense (DoD) is using some of these tools for public affairs and strategic communications, but the use of these tools for the purpose of planned influence operations has not been exploited. Currently, SNS are used extensively in the private business and political sector. Studying the private sector's use of SNS could yield some insights for the DoD and influence campaigns. The purpose of this study is to determine if U.S. Information Operations (IO) professionals should develop Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) for the use of SNS in order to conduct IO. This work will research the successful use of SNS by marketing and political campaign professionals in order to identify the best uses of SNS for the IO community within the DoD.