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Knox, David Jonathan. "Making the Invisible Visible." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397743591.

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Nichols, Shaun Steven. "Crisis Capital: Industrial Massachusetts and the Making of Global Capitalism, 1865-Present." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493349.

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“Crisis Capital” offers a local history of global capitalism and a global history of local economic development, exploring how the global movements and political struggles of industry, labor, and capital created, destroyed, and repeatedly reconfigured the southeastern industrial core of Massachusetts. By dissecting the succeeding rise and fall of the whaling, textile, garment, electronics, and high-tech industries over the past one-hundred-fifty years, it challenges one of the master narratives of modern economic development: the oft-repeated story of how nineteenth-century industrialization,

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Allen, Charles H. "Develop an assessment process for determining if groupthink characteristics are present in a military unit." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002allenc.pdf.

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Mikhailovich, Katja, and Katja Mikhailovich@canberra edu au. "Making meaning of women and violence: echoes of the past in the present." University of Canberra. Education, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050810.164434.

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This thesis presents a feminist genealogy of ideas concerned with male violence against women from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century. The thesis has two components: the first examines feminist, psychotherapeutic and socio-legal literature, examining how knowledge about female victims of male violence has been constituted; the second analyses memory work conducted with two groups of women exploring personal meanings about victims and violence. Each chapter describes pivotal moments in the history of women and violence showing how seemingly disparate ideas emerged to become precu

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Decaires, Narain Denise. "Anglophone Caribbean woman poets from 1940 to the present : a tradition in the making?" Thesis, University of Kent, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283971.

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Slick, Nichole. "Implementing Shared-Decision Making: Factors Present with Adolescents and Young Adults with Blood Disorders." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1619092978581083.

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Leeson, Caroline. "Involvement of looked after children in making decisions about their present and future care needs." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/528.

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Thomas, Jeffrey M. "Present and potential usages of scanner-derived information for managerial decision-making in food retailing." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101155.

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This study addresses the lag in effective usage of scanner-derived information in managerial decision-making. The purpose of this research is to clarify the informational needs of the various levels of management in a retail grocery firm and to develop an informational management system to deliver such information. The four specific objectives of this project are: (1) to identify the decision-making roles of the various levels of management in a firm, (2) to identify the present usage of scanner-derived information in decision-making, (3) to identify specific scanner-derived information which

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Hansen, Esther. "Negotiating present and future selves : women's decision-making to pursue breast augmentation surgery on the NHS." Thesis, University of East London, 2004. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3753/.

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A material-discursive framework was used in this qualitative study of eight women's decision-making for breast augmentation surgery on the NHS, using pre-surgery interviews. The NHS offers cosmetic breast augmentation surgery in "exceptional circumstances". An interpretative phenomenological analysis was carried out to consider how women conceptualised the process of deciding to pursue this surgery, which included their reasons for pursuing surgery and their perceptions of the risks involved. The women described how they viewed their breasts as "abnormal" and "unfeminine", which impacted on ho

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Aydin, Aziz. "The Genesis Of Think-tank Culture In Turkey: Past, Present And Future?" Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607685/index.pdf.

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This thesis analyses the emergence and evolution of the think-tanks in Turkey. It seeks primarily to answer to whether or not it is possible to mention &lsquo<br>a think-tank culture&rsquo<br>in Turkey. After the definition, characteristics and types of the think-tank term are debated, the historical background of think-tanks all over the world is analyzed. The thesis looks at similarities and differences among the think-tanks in and outside Turkey in terms of their size and areas of specialization. It also tries to find out who are pioneering to the establishment of think-tanks, whom the thin

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Smit, Sanet. "Exploring the contact-making process of teachers with learners who present with sensory processing disorder / Sanet Smit." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9842.

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The contact-making process of teachers with learners, who present with sensory processing disorder (SPD), has an impact on the learners’ functioning in the classroom. In this study the researcher explored how teachers made contact with these learners by using their senses to accommodate the learners’ unique contact-making style. The involved occupational therapists selected teachers, who taught learners who received occupational therapy for SPD in the age group 7-12 years. The selected teachers participated in unstructured interviews. The case study was used as research method and aimed at gai

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Wathen, Bruce. "Making Drake : the cultural construction of Sir Francis Drake from the late sixteenth century to the present." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364428.

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Leung, Bo Wah School of Music &amp Music Education UNSW. "Creative Music Making in Hong Kong Secondary Schools: The Present Situation and Professional Development of Music Teachers." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Music and Music Education, 2002. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18665.

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Present research provides strong support for the use of creative activities in school music programmes based on evidence that learning music is more effective when students are exposed to authentic, experiential learning activities, rather than verbal descriptions and explanations by the teacher. Based on this background the purpose of this study was to address the need to train music teachers with the confidence and skills necessary to incorporate creative music making in their classroom teaching. The study was divided into two phases. Phase I included a questionnaire survey that investigate

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Knowles, Bryan A. "In the Face of Anticipation: Decision Making under Visible Uncertainty as Present in the Safest-with-Sight Problem." TopSCHOLAR®, 2016. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1565.

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Pathfinding, as a process of selecting a fixed route, has long been studied in Computer Science and Mathematics. Decision making, as a similar, but intrinsically different, process of determining a control policy, is much less studied. Here, I propose a problem that appears to be of the first class, which would suggest that it is easily solvable with a modern machine, but that would be too easy, it turns out. By allowing a pathfinding to anticipate and respond to information, without setting restrictions on the \structure" of this anticipation, selecting the \best step" appears to be an intrac

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jia, jianmin. "Multi-Criteria Evaluation in Support of the Decision-Making Process in Highway Construction Projects." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3202.

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The decision-making process in highway construction projects identifies and selects the optimal alternative based on the user requirements and evaluation criteria. The current practice of the decision-making process does not consider all construction impacts in an integrated decision-making process. This dissertation developed a multi-criteria evaluation framework to support the decision-making process in highway construction projects. In addition to the construction cost and mobility impacts, reliability, safety, and emission impacts are assessed at different evaluation levels and used as inp

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Guyo, Fatuma Boru. "Historical Perspectives on the Role of Women in Peace-making and Conflict Resolution in Tana River District, Kenya, 1900 to Present." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1250035255.

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Siebrits, Leoni. "PCR-based DGGE identification of bacteria and yeasts present in South African grape must and wine." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19865.

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Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Wine production involves complex interactions between a variety of yeasts and bacteria. Conventional microbiological methods can be used to identify the different microorganisms present in wine, but prove to be time-consuming and certain microbial species may not grow on synthetic isolation media. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial population present in two South African red wines, Pinotage and Merlot, as well as five spoilt commercial South African wines by using a non-culturable approach, polymerase chain r

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Shorrock, Matthew Peter. "An in-depth exploration of the experience and sense-making of transactional analyst psychotherapists working with clients who present with Internet addiction." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-indepth-exploration-of-the-experience-and-sensemaking-of-transactional-analyst-psychotherapists-working-with-clients-who-present-with-internet-addiction(569dedbc-5bb9-4da3-9bfa-57e1479c9c24).html.

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Background: This thesis explores, in-depth, the experience and sense-making of transactional analyst psychotherapists working with clients who present with Internet addiction (IA). It engages with the therapist’s broad experience and understanding of Internet addiction presentation, therapeutic assessment, ‘diagnosis’ and ‘treatment’ rather than the singular experience, expression, and meaning-making of the individual client. Method: As a counselling psychologist trainee, I was particularly interested in sampling highly experienced therapists, with an extensive range of skills developed throug

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Perry, Kate. "Making a difference : a study examining the experience of doctors working in A & E in treating people who present with self-mutilation." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3796/.

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In this thesis I present the results of a grounded theory analysis of the experiences of doctors working in Accident & Emergency (A&E) in treating people who self-mutilate. An overview of the literature examines the different terminologies used and the different meanings and explanations for self-mutilation which are held by the public, medical professionals and those working in the field of mental health, as well as those who self-mutilate, all of which overlap and influence one another. In this context I examine the limited literature investigating health professionals' responses to self-mut

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Råhlander, Moa. "How Beads come Together : Late Iron Age glass beads as past possessions and present sources." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-185146.

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This study aims to demonstrate the potential for understanding first millennium glass beads not as individual representatives of types, but as collections of objects brought together and curated by owners. It uses the author’s experience as a skilled bead maker to investigate processes of bead production and mechanics of bead collection current in Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England in the period of 6th to 9th century AD. In the study the bead collections of seven graves are examined from the perspective of their production techniques, materials, and damage from wear and cremation. The results

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Marriott, Webb Holly. "Histories of Value: Following Deer Populations Through the English Landscape from 1800 to the Present Day." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387397.

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Imagining the English landscape as an assemblage entangling deer and people throughout history, this thesis explores how changes in deer population connect to the ways deer have been valued from 1800 to the present day. Its methods are mixed, its sources are conversations – human voices in the ongoing historical negotiations of the multispecies body politic, the moot of people, animals, plants and things which shapes and orders the landscape assemblage. These conversations include interviews with people whose lives revolve around deer, correspondence with the organisations that hold sway over

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Netík, Michal. "Využití kalkulací a rozpočtů pro plánování investic ve stavební firmě." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-114565.

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The master's thesis is focused on the use of the strategic management accounting tools for investment decision-making in construction industry. It's mostly directed at mutual integration of life time costing and net present value methods. The topic has been solved in two closely connected main parts. The first part deals with the possibilities of both instruments application with the emphasis on construction industry. The second part evaluates a particular construction project with the use of the tools and gives the base for creating an investment recommendation whether to realise the project,

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Lunde-Whitler, Joshua Harrison. "Making Disciples, Constructing Selves: A Narratival-Developmental Approach to Identity and its Implications for the Theology, Pedagogy, and Praxis of the Present-Day Church in the United States." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108090.

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Thesis advisor: Jane E. Regan<br>This project explores the concept of identity through the lens of narrativity, a multifaceted concept that describes the way the consciousness makes meaning about life, throughout life. Narrativity depicts meaning-making as both an intensely personal and communal endeavor, epitomized in the way people tell and listen to life stories together. Narrativity is endemic to who we are as humans; yet it dramatically evolves over time. Indeed, it must continuously evolve, so that we might continue to learn, love, and maintain hope amidst the myriad circumstances and ex

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Rada, Tomáš. "Hodnocení investičního záměru ve strojírenském podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-417422.

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The thesis deals with an evaluation of the investment project for storage automation in an engineering company. The theoretical part of the thesis describes topics of investment and investment decision-making, methods of evaluation of investment projects, sources of investment financing and storage. At the beginning of the practical part of the thesis, the realized investment project was introduced and its technical specification was presented. In the analytical part of the thesis, the company's balance sheet was evaluated, gathering and analysis of calculation data was carried and a calculati

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Louda, David. "Hodnocení investičního záměru - Geotermální elektrárna." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-199503.

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The aim of this master's thesis is to create a project of a small power plant in the Czech republic, which would be powered by geothermal energy as a renewable energy source. Followed by evaluation of economic effectiveness and return of that investment. For which I use known methods for evaluation and investment decision making.

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Ištok, Peter. "Rozhodovací proces v projektech PPP." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222063.

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In master´s thesis I deal with analysing of decision-making in PPP projects and searching for an optimal solutions. On an example of hypothetical project there is shown a decision making process which consists from three main parts: cost evaluation, revenue evaluation and risk identification. The result of this analyse is based on a public sector comparator where you can demonostrate suitability or unsuitability of particular PPP offers coming from private sphere.

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Tipe, Luis Alberto Martinez. "Strategic project evaluation for open pit mining ventures using real options and allied econometric techniques." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48334/1/Luis_Martinez_Thesis.pdf.

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Open pit mine operations are complex businesses that demand a constant assessment of risk. This is because the value of a mine project is typically influenced by many underlying economic and physical uncertainties, such as metal prices, metal grades, costs, schedules, quantities, and environmental issues, among others, which are not known with much certainty at the beginning of the project. Hence, mining projects present a considerable challenge to those involved in associated investment decisions, such as the owners of the mine and other stakeholders. In general terms, when an option exist

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Kent, Charles Todd. "Politically rational foreign policy decision-making." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4371.

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This dissertation is an analysis of how presidents make foreign policy decisions. Rather than explaining foreign policy decisions by focusing on individuals or institutions, I stress the role of political pressures and context faced by presidents. It shows that foreign policy decisions are not merely a reaction to stimulus from the international or domestic arenas but involve political considerations that affect policy choice. The dynamic elements in the argument are political resources and risk. The relationship between the risk propensity of the president and presidential political resources

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Beneš, Jan. "Efektivnost investic výstavby soustav pro přenos elektrické energie." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221633.

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In this master´s thesis I deal most with methods of economical effectivity of investments in electricity distribution and transmition from suppliers to final customers and also with methodology of economical investment effectivity in company E.ON. This proposal of evaluation methodology determines net present value, internal rate of return, and return period of a particular investment project. These surveyed values are determined from yearly net Cash Flow (CF) or from cumulated net CF. I have chosen program Microsoft Office Excel 2003 for its relatively easy input of parameters, simple assembl

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Santa, Cruz Paul H. "Making JFK matter popular memory and the 35th president /." Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1459953.

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Thesis (M.A. in History)--S.M.U.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 16, 2009). Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 47-03. Adviser: Thomas J. Knock. Includes bibliographical references.

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Armstrong, Joe. "Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Microelectronics and Information Technology, IMIT, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3658.

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<p>The work described in this thesis is the result of aresearch program started in 1981 to find better ways ofprogramming Telecom applications. These applications are largeprograms which despite careful testing will probably containmany errors when the program is put into service. We assumethat such programs do contain errors, and investigate methodsfor building reliable systems despite such errors.</p><p>The research has resulted in the development of a newprogramming language (called Erlang), together with a designmethodology, and set of libraries for building robust systems(called OTP). At

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Chondrogiannis, Ilias. "Long-term decision making in the presence of financial disasters." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/32644.

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The research question focuses on three areas. First, what is the most appropriate model and estimation method for studying portfolio optimisation under tail risk with an aim towards managerial incentives. Second, how outcomes differ for investors who take jumps into account compared to those who do not. Third, how managerial incentives in the form of fees and compensation structures create a conflict of interest between investors and funds in the presence of jumps, leading to a need for policy suggestions. To answer those questions the thesis builds up from a CARA single-state model to an SV m

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Danforth, Christopher M. "Making forecasts for chaotic processes in the presence of model error." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3370.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation Program. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Padayachy, Malathee. "Strategic decision making in the mining industry when presented with dilemmas." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59747.

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This research report sets out to understand how senior managers in mining companies actually make strategic decisions when situations are classified as a dilemma. This is of relevance because even though all organisations and all levels within an organisation are faced with decision making, the individual approach to reaching the decision varies. This is compounded by the nature of strategic decisions, technological advancements and the problem of bounded rationality. The concept of individual differences includes how much of human behaviour and the decisions people make is influenced by the

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Osborne, Robert Earl. "President Nixon and higher education policy making influences and achievements, 1969-1974 /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1990. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/9302430.

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Pye, Danielle R. "The making of the female president : Hillary's performance of gender in Time." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1397648.

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As the 2008 presidential election nears, the Democrats get closer and closer to supporting one of two presidential nominees—a Black man or a White woman—both of whom represent demographic groups that have yet to be seen occupying the White House. This creates a unique opportunity for observing the process of transformation and the fluidity of one of some of our most fundamental concepts (i.e., `president' and `woman') through the print media. Therefore, this thesis examines the process of transformation by analyzing the role of Hillary Clinton's gender performances in TIME Magazine.This thesis

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Joseph, Joshua Mason. "Decision making in the presence of complex dynamics from limited, batch data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90603.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-145).<br>Robot decision making in real-world domains can be extremely difficult when the robot has to interact with a complex, poorly understood environment. In these environments, a data-driven approach is commonly taken where a model

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Fain, W. Bradley. "Analysis of route selection behavior in the presence of real-time traffic information." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29526.

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Appelblom, Maria. "I want to be like Ellen : The influence of women in decision-making in post-conflict Liberia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-209254.

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Weston, Stephen Peter. "Applications of robust optimal control to decision making in the presence of uncertainty." Thesis, City University London, 2005. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8465/.

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This thesis is concerned with robustness of decision making in financial economics. Feedback control models developed in engineering are applied to three separate though linked problems in order to examine the role and impact of robustness in the creation and application of decision rules. Three problems are examined using robust optimal control techniques to evaluate the impact of robustness and stability in financial economic models. The first problem examines the use of linear models of robust optimal control in the pricing of castastrophe based derivatives and finds its relative performanc

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Dershowitz, Adam L. (Adam Lee) 1967. "The effect of options on pilot decision making in the presence of risk." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10014.

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De, La Cruz Maria Zosa S. "US military presence in Latin America : making the Manta Forward Operating Location work /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FDeLa%5FCruz.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Harold A. Trinkunas, Jeanne K. Giraldo. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

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Strickler, Mark Rosen. "Educational Leaders' Decision-Making: Presence, Influence, and Strength of Personal Values, Morals, and Ethics." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26940.

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The study investigated the degree to which the personal values, morals, or ethics of educational leaders enter into their decision making processes. A review of the literature suggests that leadership preparation programs for educators do not adequately equip aspiring administrators for the ethical challenges in a global society. The scholarship of John Dewey and Donald Willower in the field of educational leadership laid the groundwork for the dual methodology pilot study conducted with high school administrators and retired superintendents. Retired division superintendents from Virginia were

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Combier, Robert. "Risk-informed scenario-based technology and manufacturing evaluation of aircraft systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49046.

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In the last half century, the aerospace industry has seen a dramatic paradigm shift from a focus on performance-at-any-cost to product economics and value. The steady increase in product requirements, complexity and global competition has driven aircraft manufacturers to seek broad portfolios of advanced technologies. The development costs and cycle times of these technologies vary widely, and the resulting design environment is one where decisions must be made under substantial uncertainty. Modeling and simulation have recently become the standard practice for addressing these issues; detaile

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Pissini, Jessica M. "Embodied by Design: The Presence of Creativity, Art-making, and Self in Virtual Reality." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594831377515567.

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Gavaruzzi, Teresa. "On Context Effects in Medical Decision Making: When the Way Information is Presented Affects Patients' Decisions." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3427086.

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Decision making is pervasive in our daily life. Sometimes we face decisions that are very important, such as the decision about what medical treatment to undergo. But how can we be sure that we are making the right decision? Or even more subtly, how can we be sure that our decision would be the same, no matter what the circumstances? The answer from the research that has been conducted in the field of medical judgment and decision making is “you can’t be sure.” Indeed, the context has a great impact on what patients decide. In this dissertation, I show some examples of the effects of contextua

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Yustiningrum, Emilia. "Foreign Policy Decision Making: Explaining Indonesia's Approach toward Australia during the 2004 Aceh Tsunami." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/408939.

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Why did the Indonesian government decide to approve Australian humanitarian assistance following the 2004 Aceh tsunami, and how did governmental agencies manage the assistance? This thesis unpacks the Indonesian foreign policy decision-making process during the first term of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in its efforts to address the crises emerging from both the Aceh tsunami and the intrastate conflict in Aceh. By utilising a theoretical framework derived from foreign policy decision-making theory, the thesis shows that not only power and interests, but also organisational structur

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Justin, Cedric Y. "A quantitative real options method for aviation technology decision-making in the presence of uncertainty." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54452.

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The developments of new technologies for commercial aviation involve significant risk for technologists as these programs are often driven by fixed assumptions regarding future airline needs, while being subject to many uncertainties at the technical and market levels. To prioritize these developments, technologists must assess their economic viability even though standard methods used for capital budgeting are not well suited to handle the overwhelming uncertainty surrounding such developments. This research proposes a framework featuring real options to overcome this challenge. It is motiva

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Czajkowski, Jeffrey Robert. "Essays in Environmental Economic Valuation and Decision Making in the Presence of an Environmental Disaster." FIU Digital Commons, 2007. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/49.

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The first essay developed a respondent model of Bayesian updating for a double-bound dichotomous choice (DB-DC) contingent valuation methodology. I demonstrated by way of data simulations that current DB-DC identifications of true willingness-to-pay (WTP) may often fail given this respondent Bayesian updating context. Further simulations demonstrated that a simple extension of current DB-DC identifications derived explicitly from the Bayesian updating behavioral model can correct for much of the WTP bias. Additional results provided caution to viewing respondents as acting strategically toward

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Taratoot, Cole Donovan. "Administrative Law Judge Decision Making in a Political Environment, 1991 - 2007." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_diss/5.

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Unelected bureaucrats make a broad range of important policy decisions raising concerns of accountability in a democratic society. Many classics in the literature highlight the need to understand agency decisions at stages prior to the final vote by agency appointees, but few studies of the bureaucracy do so. To this point, scholars have treated the issue of shirking as one where laziness and inefficiency are the driving forces. However, it is more realistic to expect that shirking comes in the form of ideological resistance by administrators. I develop a theory that the independence afforded

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