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Chan, Wai-kwong Colin. "TV City : towards an open broadcasting centre /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25947266.
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Belloni, Clarissa S. K. "Hydrodynamics of ducted and open-centre tidal turbines." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0721090a-d8b1-45f8-a47b-45d9cdc47222.
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This study presents a numerical investigation of ducted tidal turbines, employing three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations. Bidirectional ducted turbines are modelled with and without aperture, referred to as ducted and open- centre turbines respectively. The work consists of two investigations. In the first, the turbine rotors are represented by actuator discs, a simplification which captures changes in linear momentum and thus the primary interaction of the turbine with the flow through and around the duct, while greatly reducing computational complexity. In the second investigation, the turbine rotors are represented through a CFD-integrated blade element momentum model, employing realistic rotor data, capturing swirl and blade drag in addition to the extraction of linear momentum. Both modelling techniques were employed to investigate the performances of bare, ducted, and open-centre turbines, relating these to the flow fields exhibited. For axial flow, substantial decreases in power generated by the ducted and open-centre turbines were found, relative to a bare turbine of equal total device diameter. For open-centre turbines, an increase in aperture size leads to a further reduction in power generated. Increased blockage was shown to positively affect the performance of all devices. Two further measures of performance were employed: power density, normalising the power by the rotor area, and basin efficiency, relating the power generated to the overall power removed from the flow. Moderate increases in power density can be achieved for the ducted and open-centre devices, while their basin efficiencies are of similar value to that of the bare turbine. For yawed inflow, the performance of the bare turbine decreases, whilst that of the ducted and open-centre turbines increases. This is due to an increased flow velocity following flow acceleration around the inlet lip of the duct and also an increase in effective blockage as ducts present greater projected frontal area when approached non-axially.
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Mijan, Dolbani. "Responsive public open spaces in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325501.
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Abdel-Salam, Hassan. "The quality of public open spaces in the city centre of Alexandria, Egypt." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261265.
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Ebrahim, Ashraf. "Open and distance learning in higher education in Egypt : an evaluation of the degree programmes of the Centre of Open Learning in Cairo University (COLCU)." Thesis, University of Bath, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392067.
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Kumar, S. "Modelling Fourth-Party Logistics transaction centre for evaluation and integration of trading partners using data envelopment analysis." Thesis, Coventry University, 2015. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/b167b8d0-9dd9-4130-be15-4350889556e2/1.
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This thesis presents the modelling of an effective Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL) transaction centre which can evaluate trading partners and comprehensively integrate the improved competencies of trading partners for sustaining the post-merger effects. The proposed 4PL transaction centre is based on the best of breed concept to serve as a single point integrator. To create a best of breed 4PL set up, an exclusive performance measurement framework is proposed in a balanced approach by considering decision parameters from both the trading partners and the buying organisation perspectives. The novelty of the proposed 4PL performance measurement framework lies in its capability to integrate analytics with mathematical modelling resulting in a multi-stage framework which can be generalised to any industry. This thesis proposes the modelling of 4PL transaction centre through a computationally efficient Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach considering time dynamics as an influential factor instead of conventional static evaluation. The versatile features of dynamic DEA approach are realised through the variable lag effects (positive, neutral or negative) on subsequent chain partners to emulate actual scenario by eliminating bias in the evaluation process. Based on the derived outputs from the developed framework, this thesis enables to deal with a range of cross-segment mergers by extending the conventional Bogetoft and Wang’s production economics integration model which is otherwise limited to mergers of similarsegment only. This thesis proposes a novel two-tier cross-segment integration framework for the 4PL transaction centre prioritising performance orientation in the first tier and cost orientation in the second tier to quantify the merger gain. The integration framework developed in this thesis facilitates the coordinator of transaction centre to manage and control 4PL activities. In summary, this thesis demonstrates an objective approach to quantify the 4PL value addition in a unified approach (evaluation and integration) with improved consistency and adequacy. The advantageous and desirable features attained by modelling the 4PL transaction centre are addressed specifically from operational perspective instead of available financial measures. This thesis also presents extensions to the proposed transaction centre to deal with multi-criteria decisions objectively along with risk considerations. The expected value additions from the proposed 4PL transaction centre are substantiated through a case study utilising real data of suppliers and logistics service providers from a tiller and tractor manufacturing company.
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Adams, Evelyn May. "Lifelong learning and the learning culture of a college flexible learning centre." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2751.
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This study aims to address a gap in knowledge about Further Education college flexible learning centres and their contribution to lifelong learning. Flexible learning centres were established as a response to the lifelong learning agenda of the 1990s and are now in the front line in responding to government initiatives to improve employability and foster social inclusion. Their tutors work in a contested area where the boundaries between teaching and supporting learning are blurred and the learning achieved may be undervalued by the Inspectorate and college authorities. This study adopts a qualitative approach of narrative inquiry to analyse the learning culture of the Flexible Learning Centre (FLC) of Hollypark College, focusing on 15 learners’ and 2 tutors’ narratives elicited by episodic interviews. The narratives of learning biographies and work biographies of learners and tutors are explored, supplemented by quantitative data from College databases. The study evaluates the ways in which the pedagogical approach of selfdirected study with tutor support appears to be successful for predominantly mature learners wishing to acquire mainly Information Technology (IT) skills which may enhance their chances of employment or benefit them in other ways. Building on recent work on learning cultures, social capital, well-being and identity theories, the study gives a voice to these learners who are so far unheard and despite the demographic population shift to increasing numbers of older people, are not the focus of current government policy initiatives. Focus on employability which is equated with acquiring skills is seen as too narrow to encompass the wider needs met and benefits accrued by attending the FLC. The findings are that this FLC’s approach is particularly effective for older learners in general in acquiring IT skills. Those made redundant, the retired, those in work and carers who may have been out of the workforce for some time may flourish in this learning environment where mainstream courses cannot offer equivalent flexibility and opportunities to structure their own learning. The learning culture of the Flexible Learning Centre provides a space where such learners may not only acquire IT skills but may also increase their social and cultural capital while opening up new horizons for their future. Tutor/learner relationships are of key importance and the learning taking place should be re-evaluated by the Inspectorate and government alike.
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Shrestha, Pooja. "Socio-cultural and spatial metamorphosis : a study of public open spaces in traditional urban centre and sprawled area of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2989.
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This thesis investigates the socio-cultural and spatial transformations of public open spaces by comparing such changes in the public open spaces of the traditional urban centre (TUC) and the sprawled area (SA) of the Kathmandu Valley, individually and in respect to each other over time, particularly during the recent period of suburbanisation. The public spaces in the Valley not only shape the image of the Valley but also help maintain the quality of life that is associated with Nepalese society. The urban form of the Valley that exists today is the result of progressive growth in the traditional settlements over different historical periods: Lichhavi, Malla, and Rana. During each of these periods, particular forms of open space developed in the Valley linked to socio-cultural patterns. The low density spread after the Rana period developed into an unprecedented urban growth and expansion in the contemporary period. This thesis examines the extent to which this growth is introducing new meanings in the open spaces. Hence, a mixed methods approach is used that involves a five-phased systematic approach, including archival study, surveys (denominative, perceptive, photographic, and graphical), questionnaires, and interviews for the analysis of public open spaces and their transformations. For this purpose, three different types of open spaces based on different use functions were selected as the case study open spaces in TUC and SA that form part of a wider study. A comparative study of market squares, neighbourhood squares and community squares was carried out in each TUC and SA. Furthermore, the archival study and interviews were conducted with institutional bodies for the analysis of policies on urban growth and open spaces. The research shows that public open spaces in both TUC and SA are undergoing socio-cultural and spatial transformations. The mono-cultural spaces of the past have become multi-cultural spaces. The significances of the spaces in both cases are associated with meanings attached to the physical settings (such as places of religious, commercial, social, and others) and their use, linked to their respective sensory perceptions (visual, smell, and sound) and the patterns of activities. The open spaces in both TUC and SA have structures that were added in recent years due to needs of society. Commercialization seems to be the predominant change in terms of activity in most of the case study open spaces, not common in the past (except market squares). It is also found that the cultures associated with most of the open spaces are still being preserved. The change in user groups, physical changes, and uses have affected the users of public open spaces either positively, negatively or both in TUC and SA. The interviews with the users show that ethnic pluralism has a strong role in the sense of community in both cases. However, a stronger community attachment is found in the users of TUC than SA. Open spaces in TUC and SA are given low priority in relation to infrastructural development in the government institutions. No clear and concrete guidelines or strategies have yet been introduced for preservation or management of existing as well as development of new open spaces at any level of the government due to ambiguous policies, weak co-ordination among different levels of government, and weak institutional capacity. Therefore, this thesis recommends an integrated approach that includes participation of all levels of government, CBOs including local clubs, and private sector for preparing plans and policies for managing open spaces. The method developed in this thesis also gives an opportunity for further research to explore whether similar findings prevail in public open spaces of other SAs of the Kathmandu Valley.
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Gogunska, Karyna. "Étude du coût de mesure des réseaux virtualisés." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019AZUR4077.
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La tendance actuelle dans le développement et le déploiement d’applications consiste à les embarquer dans des machines virtuelles ou des conteneurs. Il en résulte une combinaison de configurations de réseaux physiques et virtuels combinant des commutateurs virtuels et physiques avec des protocoles spécifiques pour créer des réseaux virtuels s'étendant sur plusieurs serveurs. Ce nouvel environnement constitue un défi lorsqu'il s'agit de mesurer et de debuguer les problèmes liés aux performances. Dans cette thèse, nous examinons le problème de la mesure du trafic dans un environnement virtuel et nous nous concentrons sur un scénario typique : des machines virtuelles interconnectées par un commutateur virtuel. Nous avons étudié le coût de la mesure en continu du trafic réseau des machines. Plus précisément, nous avons évalué le cout du partage du substrat physique entre la tâche de mesure et l’application. Nous avons dans un premier confirmé l'existence d'une corrélation négative entre la mesure et le trafic applicatif. Dans une seconde partie de la thèse, nous avons orienté notre travail vers une minimisation de l'impact des mesures en utilisant des techniques d'apprentissage automatiques en temps réel. Nous avons proposé une solution basée sur les données, capable de fournir des paramètres de surveillance optimaux pour les mesures de réseau virtuel avec un minimum d'interférence pour le trafic applicatifThe current trend in application development and deployment is to package applications within containers or virtual machines. This results in a blend of virtual and physical resources with complex network setups mixing virtual and physical switches along with specific protocols to build virtual networks spanning over several servers. While this complexity is hidden by cloud management solutions, this new environment constitutes a challenge when it comes to monitor and debug performance related issues. In this thesis, we consider the problem of measuring traffic in a virtualized environment and focus on one typical scenario, virtual machines interconnected with a virtual switch. We assess the cost of continuously measuring the network traffic of the machines. Specifically, we seek to estimate the competition that exists to access the resources (e.g., CPU) of the physical substrate between the measurement task and the application. We confirm the negative correlation of measurement within such setup and propose actions towards its minimization. Concluding on the measurement interference with virtual network, we then turn our work towards minimizing its presence in the network. We assess the capability of machine learning techniques to predict the measurement impact on the ongoing traffic between virtual machines. We propose a data-driven solution that is able to provide optimal monitoring parameters for virtual network measurements with minimum traffic interference
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Lionarakis, Antonis. "Community based adult education : an exploration of the use of open learning systems in a Greek community in West German and the development of an adult education centre in Southern Greece." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328608.
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Sannikova, Olga. "Specifická městská vybavenost - urbanistická koncepce areálu Výstaviště Brno." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-394029.
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This thesis has been prepared as urban study BVV in Brno. The project deals with the revitalization of the area, streamlining usage in the long run. The area is delimited to the northeast street Hlinka, southwest Street Bauer. The territory is located near the center of Brno, near the Mendel Square. It is directly connected to the ring road. The main objectives of the project are to restore its original luster campus, thanks to which Brno became known in the world - to create an international cultural and sports science node. Open to the public year-round resort and create new areas of specific housing related to the function of the complex.
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JOHNSON, PHILIP. "Comparative Analysis of Open-Air and Traditional Neighborhood Commercial Centers." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212084273.
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Samadiani, Emad. "Energy efficient thermal management of data centers via open multi-scale design." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37218.
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Data centers are computing infrastructure facilities that house arrays of electronic racks containing high power dissipation data processing and storage equipment whose temperature must be maintained within allowable limits. In this research, the sustainable and reliable operations of the electronic equipment in data centers are shown to be possible through the Open Engineering Systems paradigm. A design approach is developed to bring adaptability and robustness, two main features of open systems, in multi-scale convective systems such as data centers. The presented approach is centered on the integration of three constructs: a) Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) based multi-scale modeling, b) compromise Decision Support Problem (cDSP), and c) robust design to overcome the challenges in thermal-fluid modeling, having multiple objectives, and inherent variability management, respectively. Two new POD based reduced order thermal modeling methods are presented to simulate multi-parameter dependent temperature field in multi-scale thermal/fluid systems such as data centers. The methods are verified to achieve an adaptable, robust, and energy efficient thermal design of an air-cooled data center cell with an annual increase in the power consumption for the next ten years. Also, a simpler reduced order modeling approach centered on POD technique with modal coefficient interpolation is validated against experimental measurements in an operational data center facility.
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Becker, Claudia. "Steuerung Alt Entfernen / Re-boot Science." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-101879.
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Am Ende der Dresden Summer School 2012 haben die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer eigene Ideen und Impulse zur Zukunft der Vernetzung von Kultur- und Wissenschaftseinrichtungen vorgestellt. Claudia Becker, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Vilém Flusser Archiv der Universität der Künste Berlin, ist an neuen Wegen der Wissens- und Kulturvermittlung mit digitalen Technologien interessiert.
Wissen, Wissenssammlungen und Wissensordnungen haben sich im Laufe der Jahre verändert, ebenso wie die Wissensproduktion, die Schaffung neuen Wissens, die Wissenschaft selbst. Der Baum des Wissens, „arbor porphyriana“ oder auch „arbor scientiae“ war seit der Antike eine gültige Metapher und das Klassifikationsschema für die Struktur des Wissen, die epistemologische Ordnung. So lehnte auch Denis Diderot die Ordnung seiner berühmten Enzyklopädie an die Baumstruktur des Wissens von Francis Bacon an. Wohl wissend, dass Wissen Macht ist, widmeten Diderot und seine Enzyklopädisten einen großen Teil ihrer Lebenszeit, um das Wissen aus allen Bereichen der Welt zu sammeln und aller Welt zugänglich zu machen. Diderot nutzte somit damals schon die Intelligenz des Schwarmes, seine Enzyklopädie ist ein Produkt des „Crowd Sourcing“, eines kollektiven Verbundes mehrerer Autoren, die gemeinsam an einem Werk schreiben, um Wissen im Namen der Aufklärung den Herrschenden zu entreißen und möglichst vielen zugänglich zu machen. Die Parallelen zu einem der heutigen größten und bedeutendsten Wissensprojekte – der Internet-Enzyklopädie Wikipedia – sind unverkennbar.
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Johnson, Sam. "The coupling of Nitrogen-Vacancy centres in diamond to tunable open-microcavities." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a55eecba-645d-4755-8a17-d183fe8fa678.
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The Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centre in diamond possesses an optical read out of its spin state and shows great promise for applications in solid state quantum technologies. Its broad phonon assisted emission spectrum, with only 4% of emission from the zero-phonon line, is a major drawback to this. The optical microcavity will be essential in efficiently interfacing these centres with photonic networks. Here we present investigations into the coupling of NV centres in nanodiamond to tunable open-microcavities, both at room temperature and at cryogenic temperatures. These structures will be shown to achieve good photon confinement, with mode volumes down to 5λ3. Room temperature studies on ensembles of NVs will illustrate the tunable spectral and spatial overlap between the emitter and the cavity mode. It will be shown that small enhancements are possible in this regime. After the preparation and characterisation of single emitters, low temperature coupling to the narrowed zero-phonon line will be the central theme of this thesis. Single photon emission into the cavity mode is verified. We observe the enhancement of the light-matter interaction in this regime, by a 39% increase in the emission rate when cavity-coupled, with the dependence on mode volume also demonstrated. These results are important for the realisation of a spin-photon interface in scalable quantum networks.
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Strehl, Benjamin. "Innovationsmanagement im Service Center." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-94810.
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Aus Sicht der Innovationsforschung besteht der Kern eines erfolgreichen Unternehmens aus folgender Formel: Innovative Ideen + Gute Umsetzung = Unternehmenserfolg. Hierbei spielten Service Center in der allgemeinen Managementwahrnehmung bislang eine untergeordnete Rolle. Damit wird ihnen Unrecht getan. Denn im Innovationsprozess stehen die Service Center am Ende des Produktzyklus. Was übersehen wird, ist, dass sie zugleich den Anfang eines neuen Produktzyklus bilden können. Insbesondere da in den Service Centern alle Erfahrungen zusammen laufen - vor allem die der Kunden.
Um dieses Missverhältnis zwischen allgemeiner Wahrnehmung und effektiver Bedeutung von Service Centern für den Innovationsprozess herauszuarbeiten und Korrekturmöglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, wurden im Rahmen der Dissertation informationstechnische Methoden und Werkzeuge entworfen, entwickelt und eingesetzt. Am Ende entstand daraus sogar ein eigenes Produkt, das in Kundensituationen eingesetzt werden kann.
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Allsop, Steven Christopher. "Hydrodynamic modelling for structural analysis of tidal stream turbine blades." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33219.
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The predictable nature of the tides offers a regular, reliable source of renewable energy that can be harnessed using tidal stream turbines (TSTs). The UK's practically extractable tidal stream energy resource has the potential to supply around 7 % of the country's annual electricity demand. As of 2016, the world's first commercial scale arrays have been deployed around the UK and France. The harsh nature of the marine operating environment poses a number of engineering challenges, where the optimal turbine design solution remains under investigation. In this thesis, a numerical model is developed to assess the power production and hydrodynamic behaviour of horizontal axis tidal turbines. The developed model builds upon well established and computationally efficient Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) method for modern three-bladed wind turbines. The main novel contribution of this thesis is extending the application to an alternative design of a ducted, high solidity and open centre TST. A validation study using measurements from multiple different scale model experimental tank tests has proven the applicability of the model and suitability of the imposed correction factors. The analytical modifications to account for ducted flow were subsequently indirectly verified, where predictions of turbine power and axial thrust forces under optimal operating speeds were within 2 % of those using more advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods. This thesis presents a commercial application case of two turbines designed by OpenHydro, examining the BEMT performance with a sophisticated blade resolved CFD study. A comparison of results finds that the model is capable of predicting the average peak power to within 12 %, however it under predicts thrust levels by an average of 35 %. This study concludes that the model is applicable to ducted turbine configurations, but is limited in capturing the complex flow interactions towards the open centre, which requires further investigation. The computational efficiency of the newly developed model allowed a structural analysis of the composite blades, thus demonstrating it is suitable to effectively evaluate engineering applications. Stresses are seen to be dominated by flap-wise bending moments, which peak at the mid-length of the blade. This tool will further enable EDF to perform third party assessments of the different turbine designs, to aid decision making for future projects.
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Collazos, Zúñiga Fernando. "Propuesta de mejora de la estrategia comercial del Centro Comercial Open Plaza Chiclayo." Bachelor's thesis, Chiclayo, 2015. http://tesis.usat.edu.pe/jspui/handle/123456789/452.
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El estudio ha tenido su génesis en el levantamiento de información, teórico y situacional del negocio en estudio; para esto se ha empleado diverso material bibliográfico, así como encuestas aplicadas sobre una muestra representativa de la población visitante al centro comercial. El diagnóstico situacional ha demostrado que este negocio funciona bajo lineamientos estratégicos genéricos para el resto de marcas que se encuentran bajo el portafolio comercial de la corporación Falabella, firma matriz a la cual pertenece el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Chiclayo. Ante esta situación se propone una estrategia comercial específica para Open Plaza en el mercado de Chiclayo; la misma le permitirá diferenciarse como una alternativa de valor única para los consumidores potenciales de la localidad.
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Collazos, Zuñiga Fernando. "Propuesta de mejora de la estrategia comercial del Centro Comercial Open Plaza Chiclayo." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12423/632.
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El estudio ha tenido su génesis en el levantamiento de información, teórico y situacional del negocio en estudio; para esto se ha empleado diverso material bibliográfico, así como encuestas aplicadas sobre una muestra representativa de la población visitante al centro comercial. El diagnóstico situacional ha demostrado que este negocio funciona bajo lineamientos estratégicos genéricos para el resto de marcas que se encuentran bajo el portafolio comercial de la corporación Falabella, firma matriz a la cual pertenece el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Chiclayo. Ante esta situación se propone una estrategia comercial específica para Open Plaza en el mercado de Chiclayo; la misma le permitirá diferenciarse como una alternativa de valor única para los consumidores potenciales de la localidad.Tesis
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Collazos, Zúñiga Fernando, and Zúñiga Fernando Collazos. "Propuesta de mejora de la estrategia comercial del Centro Comercial Open Plaza Chiclayo." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, 2015. http://tesis.usat.edu.pe/handle/usat/632.
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El estudio ha tenido su génesis en el levantamiento de información, teórico y situacional del negocio en estudio; para esto se ha empleado diverso material bibliográfico, así como encuestas aplicadas sobre una muestra representativa de la población visitante al centro comercial. El diagnóstico situacional ha demostrado que este negocio funciona bajo lineamientos estratégicos genéricos para el resto de marcas que se encuentran bajo el portafolio comercial de la corporación Falabella, firma matriz a la cual pertenece el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Chiclayo. Ante esta situación se propone una estrategia comercial específica para Open Plaza en el mercado de Chiclayo; la misma le permitirá diferenciarse como una alternativa de valor única para los consumidores potenciales de la localidad.Tesis
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Al-Faisali, Nihad. "An Open Source Platform for Controlling the MANOI AT01 Humanoid Robot and Estimating its Center of Mass." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1399035167.
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Choe, David, Matthew Stevens, Christina Summy, and Richard Herrier. "Optimizing Patient Adverse Drug Reaction History Through the Use of Structured Open Ended Questions." The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614206.
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Class of 2014 AbstractSpecific Aims: To assess if the use of three targeted open ended questions elicited more adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and allergies than found in the electronic medical record. Subjects: Inpatients at the University of Arizona Medical Center (UAMC) in Tucson, AZ that were 18 years or older and agreed to participate in the study. Methods: Data was collected using a verbal questionnaire. Each patient was asked the exact same three open ended questions in the same order by the one student to determine the number of ADRs the patient has had. The patient’s electronic medical record at UAMC was used to determine the number of ADRs documented. The number of ADRs elicited by the two methods were documented and compared using statistical analysis. No demographic variables were collected in this study. Main Results: A total of 58 patients at UAMC agreed to participate in our study by answering three targeted open ended questions. Overall the use of the three open ended question did elicit more ADRs (mean = 1.12) than listed on their electronic medical record which were elicited by asking one closed ended question (mean = 0.91). However, the results were not statistically significant (p-value = 0.57). Conclusion: The use of three targeted open ended questions appears to elicit a similar number of ADRs compared to the number of ADRs listed in the patient’s electronic medical record.
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Woolner, A. "Using interactive digital media to engage children on the autistic spectrum." Thesis, Coventry University, 2010. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/02fde0a4-4e8e-1b2f-8363-975483d3bcf7/1.
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The incidence of autism is increasing in the U.K., with as many as 1% of children now thought to be affected by an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). This research explores the potential of emerging interactive digital media to engage children affected by an ASD, and the development of design strategies for future professional work in this field. This is accomplished through a literature and state of the art review, and by working alongside families and professionals involved in the provision of care for children with an ASD. As a a result of this process new artefacts have been created, alongside a design methodology for future work. The research reveals the need for tailorable low arousal sensory environments within mainstream schools to meet the needs of certain members of the pupil population and demonstrates how interactive digital media can be incorporated into such spaces as part of an holistic approach to a child’s school experience. Using digital media modules trained professionals can work with the child, using the media as a point of engagement.
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Paolucci, Fabio. "Migrazione concorrente di macchine virtuali su piattaforme open source." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/8454/.
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Questa tesi si pone l’obiettivo di effettuare un’analisi aggiornata sulla recente evoluzione del Cloud Computing
e dei nuovi modelli architetturali a sostegno della continua crescita di richiesta di risorse di computazione, di storage e di rete all'interno dei data center,
per poi dedicarsi ad una fase sperimentale di migrazioni live singole e concorrenti di macchine virtuali,
studiandone le prestazioni a livello di risorse applicative e di rete all’interno della piattaforma open source di virtualizzazione QEMU-KVM, oggi alla base di sistemi cloud-based come Openstack.
Nel primo capitolo, viene effettuato uno studio dello stato dell’arte del Cloud Computing,
dei suoi attuali limiti e delle prospettive offerte da un modello di Cloud Federation nel futuro immediato.
Nel secondo capitolo vengono discusse nel dettaglio le tecniche di live migration, di recente riferimento per la comunità scientifica internazionale
e le possibili ottimizzazioni in scenari inter e intra data center, con l’intento di definire la base teorica per lo studio approfondito dell’implementazione effettiva del processo di migrazione su piattaforma QEMU-KVM,
che viene affrontato nel terzo capitolo. In particolare, in quest’ultimo sono descritti i principi architetturali e di funzionamento dell'hypervisor e viene definito il modello di progettazione e
l’algoritmo alla base del processo di migrazione. Nel quarto capitolo, infine, si presenta il lavoro svolto, le scelte configurative e progettuali per la creazione di un ambiente di testbed
adatto allo studio di sessioni di live migration concorrenti e vengono discussi i risultati delle misure di performance e del comportamento del sistema, tramite le sperimentazioni effettuate.
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Ramos, Condori Máximo. "Impacto vial por la construcción del Centro Comercial Open Plaza en la ciudad de Huancayo." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Continental, 2016. http://repositorio.continental.edu.pe/handle/continental/2885.
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El presente trabajo de tesis titulado “IMPACTO VIAL POR LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL CENTRO COMERCIAL OPEN PLAZA EN LA CIUDAD DE HUANCAYO” consiste en determinar, analizar y dar solución al impacto vial que se va a generar con la inclusión del Centro Comercial Open Plaza Huancayo en la ciudad de Huancayo; esto se va a dar debido a la gran atracción de demanda vehicular, que genera la construcción. Las intersecciones que se van a estudiar en el proyecto son 4: Av. Ferrocarril con Av. San Carlos (X1), Av. Ferrocarril con Jr. Alejandro Deustua y con Av. Manchego Muñoz (X2), Jr. Alejandro Deustua con Jr. Santa Isabel (X3) y Jr. Amazonas con Prol. San Carlos (X4). Sin embargo, debido a que las intersecciones X3 y X4 no están directamente influenciados por el proyecto, en esta tesis, se analizará con detalle la X1 y X2.
La tesis describe la situación actual de la investigación, su ubicación y accesibilidad, asimismo, como parte del trabajo de campo, se realizó un aforo de 9 horas por día durante 7 días de la misma semana para la intersección X1 por ser la principal intersección afectada por la construcción del Centro Comercial Open Plaza Huancayo, y para las demás intersecciones se realizó un aforo de 9 horas por tres días a la semana (lunes, viernes y sábado), esta medición se realizó durante el mes de setiembre del año 2015. Junto a ello, se hizo un levantamiento de campo para describir la geometría del lugar de estudio, enfocándose en dimensiones de vías, ciclos de semáforos, señalización, tipos de vehículos y el tipo de zona donde está ubicada el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Huancayo.
Luego, se hace un análisis de la situación actual y futura del proyecto mediante la Metodología HCM 2000 y el programa Synchro 8.0. En primer lugar, se hizo una evaluación de la zona sin el proyecto para determinar el Nivel de Servicio (Level of Service-LOS), actual de la zona, donde se determinó una categoría “C” para X1 y “F” para X2. En segundo lugar, se hace una proyección a 10 años, sin proyecto, para medir el crecimiento y confort vehicular y resultó una categoría “F” para X1 y X2. En tercer lugar, y como uno de los objetivos de la tesis, se hace una proyección a 10 años con el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Huancayo funcionando al 100 %. Para ello, se usa la generación de viajes, mediante el “Trip Generation” del Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) se calculó el número de viajes que genera el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Huancayo. Asimismo, se realizó, cálculos en el programa Synchro 8.0 para cada una de las intersecciones en cada uno de los escenarios planteados X1, X2, X3 y X4.
Finalmente, para X1 se propuso como solución principal la construcción de un by pass o paso a desnivel, y como solución secundaria es modificar plan de rutas de los vehículos que se dirigen al centro de Huancayo, dirigiéndolos por el ingreso del Jr. Santa Isabel y saliendo por el Jr. Amazonas, así darle más uso al puente Amazonas, así aliviar el flujo de descarga a la intersección. Con ello, se logró bajar el Nivel de Servicio de X1 de “F” a “C”. En X2 de la misma manera se propuso la construcción de un by pass, donde los vehículos provenientes del sur por la Av. Ferrocarril y del Este de la Av. Manchego, pasen en forma fluida por la nueva construcción al Jr. Trujillo para continuar su recorrido. Se logró mitigar a un Nivel de Servicio de “F” a “E”. Con las propuestas mencionadas para ambas intersecciones X1 y X2 se logra mejorar el confort vehicular del proyecto.Tesis
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Villela, Araujo Gislaine Cristina 1979. "Espaços livres e coletivos em condomínios habitacionais verticalizados : o centro de Guarulhos - SP." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/258716.
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Orientadores: Francisco Borges Filho, Sílvia Aparecida Mikami PinaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Resumo: A intensidade da verticalização das áreas habitacionais nos grandes centros urbanos salienta para a importância dos espaços livres e de uso coletivo, no sentido do lazer e da convivência, dentre outros fatores. Sabe-se que os espaços de uso comum devem atender à necessidade da coletividade e proporcionar aos seus usuários atrativos suficientes para que queiram permanecer e conviver com o grupo. Este trabalho buscou investigar quais são os espaços livres e equipamentos de uso coletivos existentes nos condomínios verticalizados e como os moradores de fato os utilizam. O objetivo desta pesquisa é compreender quais são e como a população moradora se utiliza dos espaços coletivos em condomínios habitacionais construídos pelo mercado imobiliário e qual a contribuição que estes espaços têm na qualidade de vida de tais moradores. Esta pesquisa tem como lugar de estudo a área central da cidade de Guarulhos/SP, município que vem se destacando em números de lançamentos imobiliários dentro da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. A pesquisa tem caráter exploratório. Para tanto, realizou estudos de caso em três condomínios a fim de identificar e compreender a relação do edifício e sua implantação com foco nos espaços livres - lazer, descanso, passeio - bem como a articulação espacial do condomínio habitacional e proveniente da apropriação pelos moradores. Os resultados indicam programas e apropriações distintas de tais ambientes, de acordo com a faixa econômica dos moradores, com menor uso desses ambientes pelas famílias de maior poder aquisitivo. A análise dos resultados apontam algumas tendências de programas de necessidades e configurações espaciais de acordo com a intensidade, diversidade de público e da satisfação expressa pelos moradores no uso dos espaços livres coletivos, a serem consideradas nos futuros projetos habitacionais, bem como orientar decisões de projeto para que tais ambientes contribuam para a qualidade de vida dos moradores em plenitude
Abstract: The vertical intensity of residential areas in urban centers highlights the importance of open space and community use in the sense of leisure and conviviality, among other factors. It is known that the use of common spaces should answer the needs of the community and provide its users attractivity enough to want to stay and live with the group. This study aimed to explore which are the spaces and equipment for collective use in existing upright condominiums and as locals actually use them. This research has the goal to understand which places and how the resident population uses collective spaces in residential condominiums built by the real estate market, and what contribution these spaces have on the quality of life of these residents. The study ofthe selected places is located in the central area of the city of Guarulhos / SP, the place that has stood out in numbers of real estate launches in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The research is exploratory. Therefore, three case studies were conducted in condominiums to identify and understand the relationship of the building and its design site with a focus on open spaces - recreation, relaxation - as well as the spatial articulation of housing and condominium ownership by the locals. The results indicate distinct programs and appropriations of such environments, according to the economic range of residents, with less use of these environments by families with greater purchasing power. The results also show some trends needs programs and spatial configurations according to the intensity, diversity and public satisfaction expressed by residents in the use of the collective spaces, to be considered in future housing design, as well as guide design decisions for such environments contribute to the quality of life of residents in fullness
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Arquitetura, Tecnologia e Cidade
Mestra em Arquitetura, Tecnologia e Cidade
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Kasalová, Nicol. "MORAVSKÉ VINAŘSKÉ CENTRUM BRNO." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-354971.
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The study design includes the new building of the Moravian wine and cultural center on the Hlinky street in Brno. There are spaces designed for wineries (producing, maturing and storing wine), administration, congress center (with business lounges), spa, restaurant and gastro-studio, shops, exhibition, hotel and parking. The building is trapezoidal shape and replace the existing object in a vacant lot, only some historical cellars will be retained. The supporting structure consists of reinforced concrete skeleton system and reinforced concrete reinforcing inner core around the staircase leading to all floors, the building is covered by a flat green roof. On the facade dominates the element that its shape resembles the vine shoots, which holds the glass facade. The construction is divided into two expansion units - the main part of the building and garage, which is set into the ground sloping towards the south. The building has six floors and one underground floor. The first four floors are connected by open gallery at the southern facade.
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Osborne, David. "Images of a Hong Kong mall : a grounded theory investigation of consumer retail brand image development." Thesis, Coventry University, 2011. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/6111d275-32a5-4e5f-b439-692481c90284/1.
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This study generated a substantive theory of retail mall brand image construction on the part of consumers for a retail mall in Hong Kong. The primary source of data was generated from face-to-face interviews, and analysed using a grounded theory methodology. From this analysis key categories emerged which provided the foundation for the substantive theory. The theory of retail mall brand image construction proposes that consumers associate the retail mall with a particular stratum of society, through a series of interpretive processes that attach personal and social meaning to the mall. The resultant ‘brand image’ conceptualizes the mall as an integral and representative part of that social stratum and, in consequence, there is an associated series of consumer actions, behaviours, and appearances deemed to be expected and appropriate for that mall. Based on this conceptualization there is a resultant ‘character frame’ - a set of socially acceptable parameters governing action, appearance and behaviour – from which a variety of identities can be adopted or assumed that are considered appropriate to the brand image. Consumers can then determine whether these available identities resonate with their own personal values – either through simple compatibility or through more aspirational desires - and thus their response to these identities ii determines whether they accept or reject the positioning of the mall as ‘suitable’ or desirable to themselves. On a theoretical level this study articulates the link between brand image, social position, and consumer culture, and can be seen to contribute to two of the four areas of theoretical interest to consumer culture theorists, namely the area of mass-mediated marketplace ideologies and consumers' interpretive strategies and, secondly, the field of consumer identity projects. In addition the study addresses the gap in branding literature relating to consumer processes for developing (retail mall) brand images. The implications of this study for professional practice are two-fold. Firstly, they can be seen to benefit the marketing of places and place-related products by providing additional knowledge regarding the consumer brand image construction. Secondly, they have the capability to inform and thus improve the design quality of the built environment.
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Sundara, Murthy Svati. "Understanding Decision-Making Needs of Open Government Data Users." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627667326796477.
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Alcarraz, Fernandez Enrique. "Diseño de sistema de protección contra incendios con agua para el Centro Comercial Open Plaza Primavera." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/12743.
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El objetivo del presente trabajo fue diseñar e implementar un sistema contra incendios que cumpla los requisitos normativos aplicables para este tipo de edificación. Además, proporcionar un grado de protección a la propiedad y la vida, basándose en normas internacionales de reconocido prestigio y confiabilidad como son NFPA y el RNE (Reglamento Nacional de Edificaciones).Trabajo de suficiencia profesional
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Zarzycka, Sandra Elzbieta. "Assessing Agricultural and Hydrologic Potential of Ancestral Puebloan Community Centers using Open Source Data." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703409/.
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The Pueblo III period marks a critical shift in settlement location of Ancestral Puebloan people within the Mesa Verde region. Community centers during the Pueblo I and Pueblo II periods were built on mesa tops, whereas canyon-rims and alcoves became the preferred settlement location during the Pueblo III period. Beginning in the Pueblo I period, community centers consisted of linear roomblock villages. By the late Pueblo II period great house community centers influenced by the Chaco culture system spanned the Mesa Verde region. The Pueblo III period hallmarks the transition to canyon-rim villages and cliff dwellings. The location of these Pueblo III centers is thought to be related to the need for a defensive position on the landscape, and access to water sources. This shift in settlement locations undoubtedly led to change in the access to resources, such as water, arable farmland, and wild food plants and game. This study aims to evaluate whether the change in community center location impacted the accessibility to arable farmland and water sources immediately available to Ancestral Puebloan people throughout time. Specifically, several variables related to farming potential and hydrologic potential, including soil type, soil moisture, elevation, cropland suitability, distance to water sources, drainage density, and hydrogeologic units were evaluated. Nine community centers within the McElmo drainage area in southwestern Colorado ranging in age from the Pueblo II to Pueblo III periods were included in this study.
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Hilding, Fredrik, and Ella Syk. "User-centric Web-based System for Visualization of NIS-data for Layman Users." Thesis, KTH, Geoinformatik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189178.
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Spatial data is playing a bigger role within many fields outside of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis. With more and more users with varying levels of previous spatial analysis experience using this kind of data, there is a growing demand on how this information is best presented to the user. This user-centered design is an increasingly common theme in other adjacent fields, but is still in its infancy in the field of GIS. Currently there is no obvious generalized solution that provides the answer to how to present data, no matter if it is spatial or not. How to present data in a smart and comprehensive way is still an everyday challenge across many fields. The objective of this thesis is to create a prototype of a web based Network Information System (NIS) where the layman user is in the center of the entire design process. This includes both the actual visualizations, but also the choice of tools and the interface design. The prototype is designed around the role of the customer service representative in a utility company using a NIS. This type of layman user is the kind of user that today works in a system that is designed with neither their role nor their GIT experience or training in mind. From this prototype, the efficacy of different visualization techniques on layman users is evaluated, producing more general guidelines for user-centered development directed at layman users. The first step of this user-centered design process is to understand the user. By interviewing users of the system, their current work flows and opinions of their current system are better understood. From this, information about which tools they need, which current features work well and which need revising is gathered. Based on this, a mock-up is created which is then transformed into a prototype. Finally, the prototype is evaluated by the target audience with comments on a presentation as well as a larger survey. The results show that in general the prototype is well-received with regards to existing functionality and how it is presented through the interface design. The implemented visualizations are well understood by most of the expert users, but are less successful with the layman users in the survey. Especially with regards to the icon choices and other point representations, there is a discrepancy between the intended visualization and the perception of the survey takers, which may partly be due to the lack of context presented. An appreciated fact is that the functionality implemented in the prototype is tailored to the requirements put forth by the users. User-centric design processes depend heavily on the developer's understanding of the user and their needs. This is as true for functionality as for visualizations, where familiarity and associations can be both beneficial and detrimental, depending on how well understood they are. Using icons to represent objects is very efficient, as long as the context and the meaning of the icons themselves are well defined and conveyed. Finally, it is imperative to not throw too much information at the user. Whether in the shape of too many tools and options, or by displaying too much on the map, the same clutter-problem occurs. When presenting a situation or a scenario, the core message cannot be obfuscated by unnecessary features, functions or choices.
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Moura, Ivanaldo Ribeiro de [UNESP]. "Arborização urbana: estudo das praças do bairro centro de Teresina." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/95665.
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moura_ir_me_rcla.pdf: 2114003 bytes, checksum: 6c9a86922ae93437183f1a5484375d4a (MD5)A cidade é o lugar dos seres humanos. É nesse lugar que encontramos vivendo hoje a maioria das pessoas. É nas cidades que temos as maiores alterações na paisagem, e essas alterações geralmente comprometem a qualidade de vida. A supressão do verde das plantas é uma característica marcante nesse espaço. O presente trabalho procura pesquisar sobre a arborização urbana, dando um maior enfoque nas praças do bairro Centro de Teresina. Tem como objetivo identificar a diversidade vegetal arbórea, considerando a opinião de algumas pessoas sobre a importância da arborização das praças em sua vida. Esta pesquisa está dividida em três etapas distintas. A primeira etapa caracterizou-se pela pesquisa bibliográfica sobre o processo de formação das cidades, especialmente da capital do Piauí, e a importância da arborização para a qualidade de vida nos espaços urbanos. Na segunda etapa foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo para identificação e contagem das espécies vegetais encontradas nas praças do bairro Centro de Teresina. Na terceira fase da pesquisa foram aplicados questionários que serviram para obter a opinião de alguns freqüentadores das praças sobre a importância das árvores encontradas nesses logradouros públicos. Durante o trabalho foram discutidos muitos termos e conceitos utilizados para definir os espaços livres urbanos, o que mostra que ainda não existe um consenso entre os estudantes, pesquisadores e administradores públicos no que se refere à terminologia desses espaços. A pesquisa mostrou que as árvores fornecem diversos benefícios para os ambientes urbanos, estes geralmente muito alterados e degradados. Também é importante salientar sobre os diversos usos e funções das praças na malha urbana, onde o encontro foi destacado como o principal uso feito pelas pessoas que vivem nos espaços urbanos
The city is the place of human beings. This is where we find most people living today. It is in cities that we have the largest changes in the landscape, and these changes often compromise the quality of life. The suppression of green plants is a distinguishing feature in this space. This current paper tries to research on urban trees, giving a greater focus on the squares of the district center of Teresina. Aims to identify woody plant diversity, considering the opinion of some people about the importance of afforestation of squares in your life. This research is divided into three distinct stages. The first stage was characterized by the literature on the process of formation of cities, especially in the capital of Piaui, and the importance of afforestation for the quality of life in urban spaces. In the second stage was conducted field research to identify and count plant species found in the streets of the district center of Teresina. In the view of some patrons of the squares on the importance of trees found in these public places. During the work were discussed many terms and concepts used to define urban spaces, which shows that there is still no consensus among students, researchers and public administrators regarding the terminology of these spaces. Research has shown that trees provide many benefits to urban environments, these usually much altered and degraded. It is also important to note about the various uses and functions of the squares on the urban environment, where the meeting was highlighted as the main use made by people living in urban areas
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Moura, Ivanaldo Ribeiro de. "Arborização urbana : estudo das praças do bairro centro de Teresina /." Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/95665.
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Orientador: Sandra Elisa Contri PittonBanca: Ana Tereza Caceres Cortez
Banca: Roseana Correa Grilo
Resumo: A cidade é o lugar dos seres humanos. É nesse lugar que encontramos vivendo hoje a maioria das pessoas. É nas cidades que temos as maiores alterações na paisagem, e essas alterações geralmente comprometem a qualidade de vida. A supressão do verde das plantas é uma característica marcante nesse espaço. O presente trabalho procura pesquisar sobre a arborização urbana, dando um maior enfoque nas praças do bairro Centro de Teresina. Tem como objetivo identificar a diversidade vegetal arbórea, considerando a opinião de algumas pessoas sobre a importância da arborização das praças em sua vida. Esta pesquisa está dividida em três etapas distintas. A primeira etapa caracterizou-se pela pesquisa bibliográfica sobre o processo de formação das cidades, especialmente da capital do Piauí, e a importância da arborização para a qualidade de vida nos espaços urbanos. Na segunda etapa foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo para identificação e contagem das espécies vegetais encontradas nas praças do bairro Centro de Teresina. Na terceira fase da pesquisa foram aplicados questionários que serviram para obter a opinião de alguns freqüentadores das praças sobre a importância das árvores encontradas nesses logradouros públicos. Durante o trabalho foram discutidos muitos termos e conceitos utilizados para definir os espaços livres urbanos, o que mostra que ainda não existe um consenso entre os estudantes, pesquisadores e administradores públicos no que se refere à terminologia desses espaços. A pesquisa mostrou que as árvores fornecem diversos benefícios para os ambientes urbanos, estes geralmente muito alterados e degradados. Também é importante salientar sobre os diversos usos e funções das praças na malha urbana, onde o encontro foi destacado como o principal uso feito pelas pessoas que vivem nos espaços urbanos
Abstract: The city is the place of human beings. This is where we find most people living today. It is in cities that we have the largest changes in the landscape, and these changes often compromise the quality of life. The suppression of green plants is a distinguishing feature in this space. This current paper tries to research on urban trees, giving a greater focus on the squares of the district center of Teresina. Aims to identify woody plant diversity, considering the opinion of some people about the importance of afforestation of squares in your life. This research is divided into three distinct stages. The first stage was characterized by the literature on the process of formation of cities, especially in the capital of Piaui, and the importance of afforestation for the quality of life in urban spaces. In the second stage was conducted field research to identify and count plant species found in the streets of the district center of Teresina. In the view of some patrons of the squares on the importance of trees found in these public places. During the work were discussed many terms and concepts used to define urban spaces, which shows that there is still no consensus among students, researchers and public administrators regarding the terminology of these spaces. Research has shown that trees provide many benefits to urban environments, these usually much altered and degraded. It is also important to note about the various uses and functions of the squares on the urban environment, where the meeting was highlighted as the main use made by people living in urban areas
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Akman, Mehmet Nazim. "Analysis Of Thin Walled Open Section Tapered Beams Using Hybrid Stress Finite Element Method." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12609246/index.pdf.
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In this thesis, hybrid stress finite element is formulated for the analysis of the isotropic, thin walled, open section beams with variable cross sections. The beam element has two nodes each having seven degrees of freedom. Assumption of stress field is sufficient to determine the element stiffness matrix. Axial, flexural and torsional effects are taken into account in the analysis. The methodology can be applied both to the tapered and the uniform beams. Throughout this study, firstly element cross-sectional properties are computed using the flow analogy of the inter-connected elements which may have different thicknesses. Then another computer program calculates the displacements and stresses at the nodes along the beam. The results obtained are compared to the results taken from literature and commercial FEM program Nastran.
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Janečková, Kateřina. "Kulturně společenské centrum u brněnské přehrady - architektonická studie objektů pro kulturně společenské i sportovní akce." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215664.
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Proposal offer extending the use of the Brno Dam. The new way, which runs through the bridge which was built in the middle section passes through a summer theater. Open air theatre becoming the aim for visitors. I wanted to build a place that is attractive throughout the year, it‘s the reason why I propose also interior scenes. The theater will include the necessary functional spaces for permanent small theater scene, and fast food. The building is largely below ground. Its visible part consists roof, which is glued bond backed ETFE foil, which perfectly transmits light. These materials and travertine tiles were chosen on account of the place (I did not use steel, plastic, etc.). Building is ecological its location in the ground and south orientation.
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Heredia, Navarro Hatsel Luis. "Análisis de la eficiencia del proceso constructivo tradicional e industrializado en la partida de estructuras del centro comercial “Open Plaza Huancayo”." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Continental, 2017. http://repositorio.continental.edu.pe/handle/continental/3548.
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La industria de la construcción es una de las actividades económicas más importante del país, por lo que se encuentra en un constante cambio; muchos son los intentos que se hacen para mejorar la eficiencia dentro de un proyecto, pero en la actualidad el nivel tecnológico en nuestro país se encuentra retrasado frente a otras industrias, mostrando procesos ineficientes, pues la mayoría tienen problemas de tiempo, costo y calidad. Ya sea en obras de edificaciones como en obras en general, se tiene un amplio mercado el cual debe ser evaluado por todas las empresas constructoras como un desafío que sirva para
mejorar y/o optimizar los sistemas constructivos en beneficio del país. Ante este problema planteado, se ha realizado un estudio para determinar la eficiencia del proceso constructivo tradicional e industrializado, específicamente en las losas de entrepiso en el proyecto centro comercial “Open Plaza Huancayo”, en base a cuatro tipos de análisis que son: el análisis técnico, análisis económico, análisis del tiempo de ejecución y el análisis de la calidad. En este estudio, se señala que hacer uso de una alternativa que muestre un menor costo no siempre es la más óptima, se deberá tener en cuenta otros
beneficios como: la calidad de materiales y del producto, rendimientos óptimos y el tiempo
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Leão, Lícia Cotrim Carneiro. "O espaço livre público e a visão cotidiana da paisagem: o caso do centro histórico de Laranjeiras-SE." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16135/tde-27012012-145452/.
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Esta dissertação trata do papel dos espaços livres públicos em Laranjeiras, cidade de interesse histórico no estado de Sergipe, com a finalidade de contribuir para a valorização da sua paisagem urbana. Entendendo que a identificação dos modos de ver um lugar pelas pessoas que nele habitam constitui tarefa primordial para a compreensão dos seus valores ambientais, parte-se da ideia de que, entre os passos importantes para direcionar ações que transformem um dado ambiente com base em valores da população local, estejam a identificação dos elementos e aspectos ambientais mais significativos considerados por quem vivencia o local, e o entendimento das formas de compreensão que expressem esses valores. Com o objetivo de entender e valorizar as relações entre os habitantes e a paisagem de Laranjeiras, buscou-se primeiramente conhecer sua história, desde a formação do núcleo colonial até a atualidade. Dirigiu-se em seguida o foco para os elementos da paisagem e para os espaços livres públicos que, segundo o olhar especializado do historiador e do paisagista, apresentam-se como os mais significativos. Em seguida, fez-se necessário cotejar este olhar mais especializado com os pontos de vista dos cidadãos comuns que vivenciam a cidade de Laranjeiras no seu cotidiano visando delimitar, por fim, um conjunto de elementos que justificam a atribuição de valor à paisagem da cidade e que conformam sua possível identidade paisagística.This thesis deals with the role of public open spaces in Laranjeiras, city of historical interest, as an attempt to contribute to the revaluation process of its urban landscape. This research understands that the dweller\'s individual perception of its environment is very important to understanding of these environmental values. By identifying the elements and most significant environmental aspects from the view of who experience the place and the expression of its values, is one of the important steps to orientate actions in a given environment based in its local population values. Intending to understand and appreciate the relations between the Laranjeira\'s dwellers and its landscape, first of all, we\'ve search for its history, since the formation process of its colonial core until today. Then, the focus turns to the research of landscape elements and public open spaces - the most significant aspects according to the historian\'s and landscape architect\'s specialized point of view. Then, was reavealed the necessity of verifying this specialized look and the views of ordinary people who experience Laranjeiras quotidian, outlining, finally, a set of elements that justify the allocation of value to the landscape of the city and constitute its possible landscape identity.
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Benda, Klara. "Designing the Sakai Open Academic Environment: A distributed cognition account of the design of a large scale software system." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52233.
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Social accounts of technological change make the flexibility and openness of interpretations the starting point of an argument against technological determinism. They suggest that technological change unfolds in the semantic domain, but they focus on the social processes around the interpretations of new technologies, and do not address the conceptual processes of change in interpretations. The dissertation presents an empirically grounded case study of the design process of an open-source online software platform based on the framework of distributed cognition to argue that the cognitive perspective is needed for understanding innovation in software, because it allows us to describe the reflexive and expansive contribution of conceptual processes to new software and the significance of professional epistemic practices in framing the direction of innovation. The framework of distributed cognition brings the social and cognitive perspectives together on account of its understanding of conceptual processes as distributed over time, among people, and between humans and artifacts. The dissertation argues that an evolving open-source software landscape became translated into the open-ended local design space of a new software project in a process of infrastructural implosion, and the design space prompted participants to outline and pursue epistemic strategies of sense-making and learning about the contexts of use. The result was a process of conceptual modeling, which resulted in a conceptually novel user interface. Prototyping professional practices of user-centered design lent directionality to this conceptual process in terms of a focus on individual activities with the user interface. Social approaches to software design under the broad umbrella of human-centered computing have been seeking to inform the design on the basis of empirical contributions about a social context. The analysis has shown that empirical engagement with the contexts of use followed from conceptual modeling, and concern about real world contexts was aligned with the user-centered direction that design was taking. I also point out a social-technical gap in the design process in connection with the repeated performance challenges that the platform was facing, and describe the possibility of a social-technical imagination.
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Lazo, Rojas Kriz Giuliana. "Aplicación de un sistema de encofrados con desplazamiento horizontal y su influencia en la construcción del centro comercial Open Plaza Huancayo en la etapa de estructuras." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Continental, 2018. http://repositorio.continental.edu.pe/handle/continental/4926.
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Objetivo: Determinar la influencia de la aplicación de un sistema de encofrados con desplazamiento horizontal en la construcción del Centro Comercial Open Plaza Huancayo en la etapa de estructuras. Métodos: Analítico, tipo aplicado y nivel descriptivo- exploratorio, el diseño es no experimental transversal, la técnica utilizada es la observación en campo que permitió recoger la información en el mismo lugar donde se encuentra el objeto estudiado. Resultados: Aplicar un sistema con desplazamiento horizontal reduce la producción a 200 m2 / día, mejora la productividad de mano de obra a 1.96 hh/m2, reduce la eficiencia del uso del equipo de encofrado en un 30%, disminuye el costo de la partida de encofrado de elementos verticales y horizontales en un 0.0111% y disminuye el plazo de ejecución del proyecto. Conclusiones: Se determinó que la influencia de aplicar un sistema de encofrados con desplazamiento horizontal en la construcción del centro comercial Open Plaza Huancayo es positiva porque resulta menos costosa y la ejecución culmina antes de lo proyectado.
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Kollars, Nina Ann. "By the Seat of Their Pants: Military Technological Adaptation in War." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1341314153.
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Ryan, Emily E. "Reflections on Using My MTSC Program and Internship Experiences with Online Marketing/Branding to Build Organizational Sustainability for Ohio's E & A Center." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1431095257.
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O'Byrne, John Christopher. "The Diffusion and Evolution of 311 Citizen Service Centers in American Cities from 1996 to 2012 - A Study to Identify the Catalysts for the Adoption of Citizen Engagement Technology." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52634.
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This study of the diffusion and evolution of the 311 innovation in the form of citizen service centers and as a technology cluster has been designed to help identify the catalysts for the spread of government-to-citizen (G2C) technology in local government in order to better position future G2C technology for a more rapid rate of adoption. The 311 non-emergency number was first established in 1996 and had spread to 80 local governments across the United States by 2012. This dissertation examines: what factors contributed to the adoption of 311 in American local governments over 100,000 in population; how did the innovation diffuse and evolve over time; and why did some governments' communications with citizens became more advanced than others?
Given the problem of determining causality, a three-part research design was used to examine the topic including a historical narrative, logistic regression model, and case studies from Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and St. Louis. The narrative found that the political forces of the federal government, national organizations, and policy entrepreneurs (Karch, 2007) promoted the 311 innovation to solve different problems and that it evolved beyond its original intent. The logistic regression model found that there was a statistically significant relationship between 311 adoption and the variables of higher population, violent crime rate, and the mayor-council form of government. The case studies revealed that mayors played a strong role in establishing citizen service centers in all three cities while 311 adopter Pittsburgh and non-adopter St. Louis seemed to have more in common in their G2C evolution due to severe budget constraints. With little written about the 311 innovation in academic journals, practitioners and scholars will benefit from understanding the catalysts for the diffusion and evolution of the 311 in order to determine ways to increase the rate of adoption for future G2C communication innovations.Ph. D.
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Weimert, Nicole A. "A 12-month, prospective, randomized, single center, open label pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Myfortic in combination with tacrolimus and Thymoglobulin in early corticosteroid withdrawal." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1211828943.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.Advisor: Paul Succop. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Sep.9, 2008). Includes abstract. Keywords: mycophenolic acid; pharmacokinetic; kidney; transplant. Includes bibliographical references.
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WEIMERT, NICOLE A. "A 12-month, prospective, randomized, single center, open label pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Myfortic in combination with tacrolimus and Thymoglobulin in early corticosteroid withdrawal." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211828943.
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Atwaters, Sybrina Yvonne. "Redefining the sacred in 3D virtual worlds: exploratory analysis of knowledge production and innovation through religious expression." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53048.
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This dissertation contributes to conversations regarding the impact of open user centered innovation on cultural production by focusing on the construction and production of religious products within one large-scale open user-centered technological environment, 3D virtual worlds. Particularly, this study examines how virtual world users construct (non-gaming) religious communities and practices and how the technology impacts the forms of religious expression these users create. Due to its existing religious sector and affordances for user-created content, Second Life (SL) was chosen as the context of study for this dissertation project. Building upon Von-Hippel's (2005) user-centered innovation theory, construction and production within three different user-centered religious communities in SL were explored. Using a comparative ethnographic approach over a 14-month period, involving participant observations, interviews and hyper-media techniques, the social construction of customized religious products amidst technical, social, and economic virtual/non-virtual structures were analyzed.
Exploratory findings demonstrate that the democratizing of cultural innovation, that is the construction of heterogeneous cultural religious products by the everyday user, is a matter of patterned relational pathways. The greater possible patterned pathways the higher potential for democratized cultural innovation, an increasing number of users developing new ways of doing religion. The fewer patterned pathways the less the potential for democratize cultural innovation and the greater potential for reproducing within the virtual realm the same cultural frames that define the current social order in the non-virtual realm.
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Colusso, Izabele. "Apossamento dos espaços públicos abertos na área central de Santa Maria - RS." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/13174.
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Tornou-se rotina os espaços públicos abertos de nossas cidades estarem ligados, ou de alguma forma associados, a algum tipo de uso ou posse que foge do ordinário, ou do que foi inicialmente idealizado para os mesmos. Este apossamento dos espaços públicos abertos refere-se à instalação de comércio ambulante e vendedores informais nos espaços públicos destinados à circulação e ao lazer, como passeios públicos, praças e parques. A escolha dos espaços a serem utilizados para tais fins se dá por um determinado motivo, e a descoberta deste motivo é o que esta pesquisa pretende investigar. O centro do município de Santa Maria historicamente abriga em maior quantidade o uso comercial, aí englobando os setores varejista, atacadista e de prestação de serviços. Seguindo nesta linha, existe um grande eixo onde estes usos se concentram, composto pela Avenida Rio Branco e a Rua do Acampamento. Este eixo é reconhecidamente o maior agregador destes usos, sendo acessado diariamente por uma grande parcela da população vinda da periferia da cidade em busca das ofertas aí existentes. Este fato gera uma grande sobrecarga no fluxo de pessoas da região, e o movimento de pedestres se dá de maneira bastante intensa. Verifica-se também que algumas localizações de ofertas acabam atraindo mais pedestres do que as demais, havendo, portanto passeios públicos mais sobrecarregados de fluxo do que outros. O trabalho em comento busca avaliar, através de medições de potencial virtual (que seria o potencial das atividades atratoras que é captado pelos espaços públicos), o desempenho destes espaços públicos abertos da área central de Santa Maria, com a finalidade de detectar quais são as características que fazem com que alguns espaços sejam mais atrativos a estes agentes apossadores em detrimento de outros espaços. Para tanto, mostra-se necessário um embasamento teórico que unifique os conceitos de morfologia urbana, modelos mensuradores de propriedades configuracionais e práticas sociais, mais especificamente a prática do apossamento, realizando um cotejo entre a realidade consolidada e as medições de potencial virtual, obtidas através da ferramenta “Medidas Urbanas”. O confronto dos resultados indica que existe uma correlação mediana entre tais resultados, virtual e real. Isto significa que, apesar de muitos espaços públicos abertos da região central de Santa Maria apresentarem potencial relativamente alto para posse, alguns deles em realidade não são apossados.In our current time has become routine the public open areas of our cities being connected, or in any way associated with, some kind of use or possession that goes beyond the ordinary, or from what was originally idealized for them. This ‘apossession’ of the public open spaces relates to the installation of itinerant trade and informal vendors in public spaces for the movement and leisure, as public sidewalks, squares and parks. The choice of spaces to be used for such purposes whether for a particular reason and this reason is the discovery that this research aims to investigate. The center of the municipality of Santa Maria historically shelters in greater quantity commercial use, there encompassing the sectors retail, wholesale and provision of services. Particularly, there is a major axis where these uses are seeking to be located, which refers to the Avenida Rio Branco and the Rua do Acampamento. This axis is admittedly the largest aggregator of these land uses, and is daily accessed by a large portion of population coming from the city´s edges, searching for these offers. This fact creates a great burden on the people´s flow in the region, and the pedestrian´s movement is very intense. There are also some locations, that seems to attract more pedestrians than others, therefore there is more burdened public tours of flow than others. The research search to evaluate, through measurements of virtual potential (that would be the potential of the atractor activities, which is captured by the public spaces), the performance of these public open spaces of the Santa Maria´s central area, with the aim of detecting what characteristics make some spaces more attractive to these ‘apossessive’ agents in the detriment of other areas. Therefore, it is necessary a base theory that unifies the concepts of urban morphology, models that can measure the configurational properties, and social practices, in particular the practice of ‘apossession’, carrying out a collating between the reality consolidated and virtual potencial´s measurements, obtained through the tool "Medidas Urbanas". The comparison of these results indicates that there is a median correlation between them, virtual and real. This means that despite many public open spaces of the central region of Santa Maria present relatively high potential for possession, some of them are not possessed in fact.
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Giannopoulou, Eleni. "The role of Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) in open service innovation : a dual perspective." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAB012/document.
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Dans une logique d’innovation ouverte une attention particulière a été accordée à la relation entre le monde académique et l'industrie, en focalisant surtout sur les universités. Mais les "Research and Technology Organizations" (RTOs) sont également une partie importante, quoique peu étudiée, du monde académique. Le but de ce projet est d'étudier le rôle des RTOs dans l'innovation ouverte de service, en prenant en compte une double perspectif; interne et externe. Plus précisément, dans la première partie du projet, nous entreprenons une analyse théorique et des études de cas dans 4 RTOs, afin d'identifier les capacités d'innovation de service uniques des RTOs. Dans la deuxième partie du projet, nous étudions les RTOs du point de vue externe, en comparant les RTOs aux TTOs/universités en termes de leur «offre» à l'industrie. L'analyse est effectuée au niveau conceptuel mais aussi empiriquement basée sur l'analyse statistique des données de l'Enquête Communautaire sur l'innovation (ECI). Nos résultats indiquent que les RTOs sont des types supérieurs d'intermédiaire qui sont en mesure non seulement de faciliter, mais de catalyser le processus d'innovationIn the current complex and open innovation landscape, researchers have given special attention in the relationship between academia and industry, focusing mainly on the role of universities. But Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) are also an important, yet understudied, part of public research world. The purpose of this PhD project is to study the role of RTOs in the open service innovation landscape, taking a dual perspective. More specifically, in the first part of the project, we undertake a theoretical analysis together with case studies in 4 selected and renowned RTOs, in order to identify the unique service innovation capabilities of RTOs. In the second part of the project we take an external perspective, comparing RTOs to TTOs/ universities in terms of their “offering” to their partners. The analysis is performed on the conceptual level but also empirically based on statistical analysis of the Community Innovation Survey data. Our overall results indicate that RTOs represent a superior type of intermediary in open innovation that are able not only to facilitate but also to catalyse the innovation process
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Laughton, Paul Arthur. "Open Archival Information System (OAIS) as a data curation standard in the World Data Centre." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4982.
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D. Litt. et Phil.The use of data in science has evolved to a new level in e-science. Collaboration in e- science is important as scientists, engineers and technologists work together to solve scientific problems, through the collection and analysis of large data sets. These experiments can generate enormous amounts of data, creating a need for more efficient storage, management and processing of data. Data needs to be managed effectively to ensure possible future use for secondary analysis and further experimentation. The practice of data curation deals with the management of data, with the objective of sustaining data as a resource for future use. A number of frameworks and models have been developed to address the curation of data, but only the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) has been accepted internationally. The World Data Centre (WDC) is an organisation that was established to ensure access to scientific data for a number of different scientific disciplines. This organisation consists of 52 individual data centres (iWDCs) that are members of the WDC, and are responsible for the curation of scientific data. Because the data curation practices and needs of each iWDC differ, the purpose of this study is to determine to what extent it is possible to develop a framework for the curation of data in the WDC. This study used a mixed method research design through the collection of data from an online survey (quantitative data) and a multiple-case case study (qualitative data). All the iWDCs were invited to participate in the online survey, which was created to quantify OAIS functional model compatibility, sampling for the case study was conducted based on the OAIS functional model compatibility scores. v Based on the findings from this study, suggestions towards a suitable framework for the curation of data in the WDC are made. The key outcomes from this research included a quantitative OAIS functional model compatibility test and suggestions towards a suitable framework for the curation of data. The suggestions towards a suitable framework for the curation of data in the WDC should in future be tested in the newly formed World Data System (WDS) and adjustments made to create a viable framework for curating data in the WDS.
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Du, Plessis Cuzette. "Fourth-year student social workers' experiences relating to their social work practical work at the service learning centre of an open Open Distance Learning University." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4799.
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The University of South Africa (Unisa) as comprehensive open distance learning institution (ODL institution) in South Africa is fulfilling a critical social mandate to serve people who would otherwise not have access to education, either for financial reasons, being employed, living in remote areas, or because they cannot access residential universities owing to disability (Unisa, 2008[a]: 15). In facilitating the entrée of the previously identified groups into tertiary education, Unisa has an open admission policy where students mostly have unlimited access to the system. The policy aims to cross the time, geographical, economic, social, educational, and communication distance between students, academics, courseware, and their peers and to accommodate these prospective students from diverse backgrounds (Unisa, 2008: 2). Unisa’s self-evaluation portfolio for the Commonwealth Audit during 2008 mentioned that this policy leads to the revolving door syndrome where students have unlimited access to the system but then often without success (Unisa, 2008[a]: 27). Open access poses a challenge for the training of student social workers within an ODL context. The Department of Social Work at Unisa, currently trains 70% of all social workers in South Africa (Department of Social Work - Unisa, 2008: 5). Coupled with the former, is the fact that Unisa is regarded in the tertiary landscape of South Africa as the most affordable university with the result that it attracts large number of students who have come straight from school (Kilfoil cited in Schenck, 2009: 299).
In coping with the large student numbers the Department of Social Work at Unisa is challenged, apart from addressing the theoretical social work programme, to also meet the practical work requirements as set out by the Standard Generating Body of Social Work, in that it needs to provide practical placements for students to conduct their social work practical work training in completion of their Bachelor’s degree in Social Work (BSW) (Lawlor, 2008: 19). The current state of affairs is that the numbers of students requiring practical placements for social work practical work training outnumber the number of practical placements available.
In responding to and addressing these challenges, the Bright Site of Sunnyside Service-learning Centre (hereafter called “Bright Site” or the Bright Site”) was established in October 2008 as a strategic project by Unisa’s Department of Social Work. The Bright Site was developed in accordance with the service-learning model proposed by the Council for Higher Education (CHE) with the emphasis on service through learning, and learning through service (Department of Social Work Unisa, 2008:6).Social Work
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