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Pope, Aurora Maria. "Inside, Outside, In-Between." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1932.
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The artist discusses her Master of Fine Arts exhibition, Inside, Outside, In-Between, held at the Carroll Reece Museum on the campus of East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, from February 26 through March 13, 2008. The works included in this exhibition are a collection of paintings that employ the use of traditional and non-traditional materials to explore the connections between place and memory.
These pieces are investigations into materiality and process, combining local beeswax, sticks, garden soil, charcoal, and ashes together with oil, shellac, oil pastel, pencil, and other traditional artist's materials.
Ideas discussed include materiality, process, composition, cropping, collective and selective memory, landmarks, archaeology, gardening, borders and boundaries, parietal Paleolithic art and the art of the Abstract Expressionists, ritual, alchemy, time, liminality, and the influences of Michelle Stuart, Mary Frank, and Cai Guo-Qiang.
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Peterein, Michelle. "Spaces In, Outside Of, and Between." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5850.
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My practice involves leveraging analog and digital techniques from many disciplines, but especially graphic design, craft/material studies, and sculpture. I embrace reproduction and repetition as both tools and means to visualize what is often unseen, and to recognize not only what is made, but what supports making— from the straightforward and immediate to the complex and conceptual.
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Hoare, Domenica C. "Outside In: Human/Garden Relationships Explored in Lithograph Prints." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/392390.
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Outside In is an exhibition of original lithograph prints arising out of a studio-based research project into how print can capture the nuances of contemporary human/garden relationships in the local environment of Brisbane. The lithographs depict various representations of local gardens; gardens created in a range of ways; and human interactions with these. The works displayed result from a process of critical reflection and creative response in action that finds possibilities in printmaking to highlight ways of seeing gardens in prints. This critical exegesis that accompanies the exhibition draws from the work of theorists George Seddon and Val Plumwood, garden designer William Robinson, author Penelope Lively and philosopher Damon Young. The exegesis also provides discussion of works by four print artists who explore garden themes in their work, namely Virgil Marti, William Morris, Maija Isola, and Édouard Vuillard. Within this framework, the research outcome is in the form of an exhibition of original prints that engage ideas about humans’ relationships with gardens.<br>Thesis (Masters)<br>Master of Visual Arts (MVA)<br>Queensland College of Art<br>Arts, Education and Law<br>Full Text
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Mathis, Neil W. "Inside of an outside in time time| Thoughtitarium." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1603757.
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<p> Since the Devonian Period, 360 million years ago, trees have been foundational for the survival of aerobic life. Today, most humans relate to trees through the idea, material and commodity of wood. This understanding is primarily informed by its use as a building material: the formal attributes of its grain pattern read to assess structural integrity and aesthetic applications. I think of these marks as autonomous and unique natural drawings, documenting time in a scale different from our lifespan. Wood’s composition of cellulose and lignin create patterns that record temporal fluctuations in precipitation and the unique soil compounds of each tree’s growth site as a codex. As an MFA candidate, I used woodworking techniques to explore the relationship between temporality and materiality. Along the way, I became interested in the reductive carving techniques of woodturning as a metaphor for this investigation: cutting through layers of time. Small segments of wood were laminated together in mathematical patterns and turned to reveal parabolic grids on the interior and exterior surface of each object. This study led me to consider the limitations that traditional art display conventions impose on the viewer’s perception of an artwork, and to the realization of the <i>Thoughtitarium; </i> an eight-foot diameter fiberglass hemisphere that hovered above the gallery floor in architectural scale.</p>
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Lehman, Daniel Wayne. "Writing outside/in : nonfiction narrative as implicated text /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487846354483818.
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Harrington, Jerome J. "Process made visible : in and outside the object." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2015. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19758/.
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This research explores the contemporary visibility of manufacturing processes, with a particular focus on the production of glass. The context for this study is the well documented sense of disconnection and estrangement said to result from our distance to and unfamiliarity with making processes. At the centre of the study is 'The Archive of Manufacture', an 'archival artwork' (Hal Foster) which has been especially collated for this research. The Archive responds to the question - how do we know how something is made - and gathers together 'points of visibility' - secondary sources where process is made visible, from industry, craft, popular culture, and press coverage. The study explores The Archive through three interrelated questions: Why, examines the social, political, and economic context in order to understand 'drivers' which affect the visibility of process, How, explores the formal and material aspects of the photograph, film, or object through which process is made visible, What is understood - investigates how this material contributes to an understanding of making process and how it shapes our understanding of objects. Initially, The Archive is explored in relation to a wide range of theoretical debates regarding our contemporary relationship with making process. This includes exploring the recent popular fascination with making (including Richard Sennett, Matthew Crawford), as well as descriptions of disconnection, alienation and invisibility (Karl Marx, James Heartfield, David Nye).Methods from art practice are employed as critical forms of looking to explore specific examples from The Archive. In particular, close reading as a 'meticulous visual analysis' (Shepard Steiner) is developed as a key method. The research expands this definition to include the written form of ekphrasis, and interrogative material and visual making processes. Through the production of the body of artworks, the research examines the contingency for the interpretation of the fragmentary or partial descriptions of process in The Archive, and the imagined or speculative understanding that results. The research identifies types of visibility and explores their limitations, and develops four key principles that describe how the visibility of process is effected and how it is subsequently understood. The key artworks offer a live experience, where the viewer's interpretation of the work mirrors the processes by which an understanding of process forms.
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Hula, Dan W. "Coloring outside the lines, global education in the classroom." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq21239.pdf.
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Allen, Myrna. "Outside looking in, a study of Canadian fringe parties." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24793.pdf.
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Rosen, Brian. "From the outside in shaping the International Criminal Court /." Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2007. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA487660.
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Dean-Lewis, Tim. "Playing outside : excursions from the tonality in jazz improvisation." Thesis, City University London, 2001. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8397/.
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This thesis examines strategies employed by jazz musicians when they temporarily leave the underlying tonality whilst improvising. The Introduction defines the use of terms such as "outside" and examines texts from the literature. Further. a chronology of the evolution of "playing outside" is proposed. Notation and analysis of twenty short excerpts is given in Chapter 1. along with summary material. This summary material groups "out' playing into three sets: motivic. scalar and spatial. Issues such as common scale choices. placement and the use of compensatory material are also examined. Chapter 2 contains notation and analysis of part of John Coltrane's solo from "Acknowledgement" (from "A Love Supreme"). The analysis reveals a high level of premeditation in this piece. from the choice of the motif to the ordering of transpositions in bars 137-172. Further. two possible sources for these bars are suggested: (a) a construction of transpositions designed to cover the chromatic set and (b) the Mother and Grandmother chords to be found in Slonimsky's ''Thesaurus" (1947). The latter possibility builds upon and supports the work of Demsey (1991). At the end of this chapter is an examination of three pieces by Eric Dolphy. followed by postulations regarding similarities between Dolphy's composition '"245" and Coltrane's "A Love Supreme". Chapter 3 concerns "Chain" strategies employed by Robert Irvin- III on Miles Davis albums ''Decoy" (1984) and "You're Under Arrest' (1985). These strategies are shown to have spatial origins. but to be generally employed in order to maximise the contrast between adjacent chain elements against the underlying tonality. Chapter 4 examines Steve Coleman's published "Symmetry" and "Sum" systems and assesses their use in "Cross-Fade'' (from "Black Science" (1990)). These systems are shown to be natural extensions of Steve Coleman's musical philosophy. Notation and analysis shows that they are highly integrated within his performance and that some elements of his improvisations are premeditated. A final set of conclusions is drawn in Chapter 5. along with ideas for future projects. Related appendices follow.
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McKechnie, Paul. "Greeks outside the πόλις in the fourth century B.C". Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c4a32b72-db12-41a0-a813-0519fa4145e2.
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This thesis examines Greeks who in the fourth century B.C. did not live in the sovereign city- and town-sized communities in which most inhabitants of South Greece spent their lives. In it I argue that the number of Greeks living outside these communities increased very significantly during this period. I examine what Greek cities were destroyed and what Greek cities were founded in the fourth century, considering wherever possible how many Greeks are likely to have been added to or taken from the number of stateless Greeks by these destructions and foundations. I argue that until Alexander the Great and Timoleon began large programmes of settlement in the East and West respectively, there were probably many more Greeks losing their city homes than finding new ones (and that this is in contrast to the position before 400 B.C.). I consider the increasing numbers of Greek mercenaries, pirates, skilled workers and traders. Though people of widely differing kinds entered these occupations, I suggest that the way in which they all grew simultaneously in the fourth century indicates that the movement towards living outside cities was not entirely a response to difficult political circumstances in cities. Though some who were outside cities were so perforce, nevertheless an ideology which treated loosening of city ties as normal was being developed and was contrary to the established ideology whereby πόλις life was definitive of normal Greek life. I suggest that the availability of a large number of people with specialist skills from soldiering to diplomatic and literary skills created a world fit for Hellenistic Kings to live in. They could easily find recruits for their armies and courts. This contributes to explaining how Alexander and his Successors managed to conquer and subdue all Greece, which no power had previously done.
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Jacobson, Lillian Ring. "Drawing outside the lines : participatory design in unincorporated communities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98937.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2015.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-152).<br>Design is both a mode of communication and a collaborative process. It is a powerful tool with which to convey ideas about the built environment and unlock creativity. Yet urban planning has not harnessed design's potential to engage communities in participatory processes. Urban design has been guarded as an exclusive realm for experts rather than a shared process that utilizes the knowledge of both professionals and community members. Urban planning has long struggled to successfully involve the public in its processes, and this thesis argues that participatory design is the key to meaningful community engagement in planning. Participatory design is particularly important when planning in marginalized communities. It provides participants with a sense of ownership over their communities and exposes the manifestation of oppression in the built environment. Using Paolo Freire's idea of "consciencizacion," this thesis tests participatory design's ability to allow both designers and community members to gain critical consciousness and work towards social change together. The research for this project focuses on marginalized unincorporated communities that have been systematically excluded from city annexation practices because of their racial and socioeconomic makeup. These communities have been left under the jurisdiction of counties, lacking infrastructure, adequate emergency services, public open spaces, and sufficient political representation. This thesis also explores the impact of participatory design processes on teenagers in unincorporated communities who often bear the brunt of their communities' oppression, and are rarely consulted in planning decisions. My research concentrates on a participatory design process I conducted with high school students in a predominantly Latino unincorporated community outside of Santa Rosa, California. This community suffered a tragedy in 2013, when a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by a Sonoma County Sheriff in a vacant lot along Moorland Avenue. The incident spurred community protests and organizing for change, and led to my involvement with the neighborhood. My work with the Santa Rosa teenagers revealed the importance of design in participatory processes. The physical act of designing unlocked students' creativity, built their capacity to think spatially and feasibly, and showed them the power of young people's voices in creating neighborhood change.<br>by Lillian Ring Jacobson.<br>M.C.P.
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Wallin, Johan. "Plasma Flows in and Outside of the Earth’s Magnetosphere." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektro- och systemteknik (EES), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-200512.
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Thakur, Anuja. "Outside cell interference dynamics in cellular code division multiple access." Ohio : Ohio University, 2003. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1071070073.
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Gemme, Brigitte. "The outside within : heteronomy in the training of forest researchers." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11993.
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This study of research training in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry is framed by Bourdieu’s theory of fields. Drawing from quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence, the study documents the training of recruits in a research field that is not autonomous (self-governed) but heteronomous (governed by others).
UBC Forestry plays a key role in the reproduction of the field of forest research. The field of forest research is the social space located at the intersection of the scientific field (where scientists conduct systematic inquiry) and the forest sector (where companies, government, and others decide on the use of forests and their products). Forest research is not governed by its own rules but rather by the combined logics of its two parent fields. At stake in the field is the capacity to mobilize leading science to identify pathways to the solution of pressing forest-related problems. The Faculty of Forestry and its members rely on various forms of capital from both the scientific field and the forest sector, embracing research problems with social, economic, political, and environmental implications, and collaboration with other organizations.
The faculty members, adjunct professors, and graduate students involved in the reproduction of the field of forest research come to Forestry with diverse disciplinary and professional backgrounds. Most research projects involve non-academic partners, and the impact of this involvement on students varies according to the partners’ involvement in research. The autonomy of students varies according to the ratio between the volume and forms of the capital they bring and the total capital required by their projects. Most students undertake a Master’s or Ph.D. degree program after observing a gap between their aspirations and the positions available to them. Their problematic relationship to their position of origin makes them likely to incorporate the habitus of forest research. As their training progresses, the majority of students become aligned with the field of forest research and aim to continue addressing forest-sector problems with the means of science. Some, however, strategically use their research training to launch or improve a different career.
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Farrier, Alan. "The 'making of men' in educational contexts outside mainstream schooling." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491144.
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Research on men and masculinity has boomed in the past two decades, due largely to the insights and progress made by feminist theorists. Mainstream education has emerged as one of the most widely studies areas of society for examining issues of gender and masculinity, but relatively little has been discussed concerning men in other educational contexts. My research focuses on semi-structured interviews with young men from a variety of educational contexts outside mainstream schooling: Sociology Undergraduates, B.Ed Students and 'Powerhouse' Complementary Educational Project users. This thesis charts my movement of thinking about the 'making of men' in each of these contexts, and the increasing influence of poststructuralist theory as a means of understanding the formation of masculinities, and of considering my own influence and role in the research. By means of introduction, I give a brief 'intellectual biography', to illustrate how I arrived at my initial thinking about masculinities, before demonstrating the increasing influence of poststructuralist theory through the course of the thesis. I proceed to illustrate how various academic discourses on gender impinge on the masculinities in the interviews and contribute to a complex set of factors affecting my developing understanding of gender. I interviewed 30 men in total, and I my discontents with various methods of analysing the 'data' led to the development of a different method of analysis than I had originally intended, presenting 'stories' which focus on one man in particular from each cohort. As I interviewed participants in both group and one-to-one contexts, there are also contributions in these 'stories' from several of the other young men. These 'stories' where were then developed further by the addition of a second 'story' column, written a year after the first, which both interrogates and elucidates on the first in an attempt to deliver a 'polyphony' of voices concerning the masculinities in the interviews. I conclude by suggesting that researching masculinities is problematic due to the assumptions and definitions that the researcher brings into the fieldwork, but by analysing the transcripts with multiple readings, we can allow for a greater understanding of the men and masculinities involved. I then proceed to debate the how emancipatory aspirations of traditional feminist research can be applied to my study, and how poststructuralism troubles the notion of 'validity' involved with such research. I point towards the possibilities of future research on masculinities that incorporates feminism and poststructuralism, allowing for a 'movement' between the 'paralysis' and 'Iiberatory' aspects involved, explicitly discussing the role of the self in the research and the dynamic nature of the production of masculinities, in order to produce gender research that is pertinent for the 21 st century.
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Foá, Maryclare. "Sounding out : performance drawing in response to the outside environment." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2011. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/5455/.
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My enquiry focuses on how a drawing, when made in response to the outside environment, might be conditioned by that environment, and in turn how that environment might be influenced by that drawing. Examination of texts by, among others, Bachelard, Merleau-Ponty and Baudelaire have contributed towards understanding ideas about humankind’s physical memory of landscape, phenomenological experience in relation to the outside space, and ideas concerning the interaction between the practitioner and the outside space. Four key issues related to drawing are explored in this research (each is the subject of a chapter in the thesis). Firstly, the practitioner’s stance in the process of drawing is examined, in particular the practitioner’s gesture, which mimics the form of the subject, and performs the subject into being. The practitioner’s position is addressed in relation to how the gaze of the other fashions that position into a performance. Secondly, ‘movement’ is identified as a crucial material component of the process of performance drawing. Movement’s capacity to energise the work, stimulate engagement with the subject, and promote the continual development of ideas is also investigated. Thirdly, a number of interpretations of the outside environment established by individuals who work in different professions are examined. These different readings of place identify ‘signs’ as conditioning the character of place, and as being read by passers-by as directions through place, thereby revealing an interaction between place and humankind. Fourthly, while exploring how to performance draw in direct response to place, the methodology is developed through three stages. The traditional mark-making onto paper was found to keep a distance between the practitioner (observer) and the subject (the environment). The mark-making transferred onto the outside environment was found to retain a distance, held by the tool, between the subject and practitioner. And the practitioner by using her body and voice was found to bridge the space between subject and self. The drawing with sound methodology was found to map, signal, and measure place in direct relation to practitioner, while also revealing an interactive conditioning between place and practitioner, through sonic reflection and resonance. Critical analysis and documentation of findings concerning the practical work are interspersed throughout the written text, and a DVD of audiovisual documentation of practical works is also included as an attachment to the written thesis.
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Smith, Katherine. "The outside within : belonging, fairness and exclusion in north Manchester." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606859.
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Hunter, Marcus S., Aamir Masood, and Khaldon Al-Rawashdeh. "Changing the Afghan cycle of conflict from the outside, in." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5712.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>This study explores the cyclical nature of conflict in Afghanistan and the elusive condition of stability as coalition forces begin their anticipated drawdown in 2011, and complete transition of security to Afghan forces in 2014. Assuming that the basic societal elements of stability require a balancing of political, economic, and security structures to form a sense of national cohesion, this study seeks to determine if national cohesion is sufficient enough to break the cycle of conflict; and if so, what strategy with neighboring countries will foster this cohesion in order to disrupt the cycle of conflict? A regional approach is necessary to buttress any internal strategies attempted within Afghanistan; but to do so, the alliance of partner nations must first begin small and then grow from a strong central core. The core players in the region are Iran, India, and Pakistan, but the nature of their self-interested interactions has proven unprofitable and unsustainable in the long-term. To the degree that these countries can be assisted to move beyond their pursuance of self-interests, to form a cooperative regional alliance, then the goal of regional stability, as well as stability in Afghanistan, can become a reality.
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Chinyaeva, Elena. "Russians outside Russia : the émigré community in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938 /." München : R. Oldenbourg, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38829990q.
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Gatti, Matthew. "Inside/Outside: Representations of Invisible Illness in The Who's Quadrophenia." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/506758.
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Music Performance<br>D.M.A.<br>In The Who’s second rock opera Quadrophenia, a fictitious teenager suffers from a mental illness that gives him four distinct personalities. Its main songwriter, Pete Townshend, uses the disorder and the four personalities as a means to represent the four members of The Who through the teenage protagonist, a young mod named Jimmy. Townshend reveals Jimmy’s disposition at the conclusion of a lament written from Jimmy’s perspective in Quadrophenia’s liner notes, in a harrowing confession: “Schizophrenic? I’m bleeding quadrophenic.” In this monograph, I will examine Quadrophenia for its representations of mental illness through textual, musical, and historical perspectives and how these perspectives provide evidence toward a storyline based around the cultural concept of madness. Mental illness is an invisible illness, for the inflicted does not present noticeable symptoms to others, making it difficult to perceive and accurately diagnose. That is why within popular culture, schizophrenia is oftentimes used interchangeably with multiple personality disorder (now known as dissociative identity disorder), as is the case with Jimmy in Quadrophenia. Although these disorders are not at all similar, both are considered under the broader umbrella of madness, a term which historically was of medical and legal significance but gained political and ideological meanings in our modern society. Quadrophenia was meant as a tribute and celebration of The Who’s beginnings within the mid-60s London mod subculture. The invisible illness aspect of the storyline is worth investigating for its avoidance of treating mental illness within the medical model, in which it is considered to be a deficit of normalcy that is in need of a fix or cure. Though Jimmy struggles with his illness, it is mostly viewed as part of his adolescent character and then further used as a way of musically and textually representing The Who and the musicians’ individual characters. The Who were the epitome of music and madness; their music often spoke in terms of deviance and disobedience, while their live performances were physical and objectionably loud, sometimes concluding with the destruction of instruments. Treating mental illness, as well as physical and developmental impairments, as difference rather than deficit, is a key principle of current disability studies and its cultural model of disability. This is in opposition to the biological model in the medical field. Society has constructed madness as a binary to sanity, and thus a contrast to normalcy. As this binary is still in practice today, society as a whole continues to stigmatize mental illness and forces it to remain invisible. The Who and their embodiment of mental illness in Quadrophenia are meant not merely to arouse sympathy for Jimmy, but also to empower mental illness as a basis of character strength. The following monograph begins with an introduction to music and disability studies regarding mental illness. The next chapter offers a glimpse into the literature on The Who and Quadrophenia, including a survey of a 2013 conference dedicated exclusively to Quadrophenia. Finally, a chapter analyzes representations of mental illness in Quadrophenia within the music, society, and The Who themselves before a brief concluding chapter.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Massu, Justine. "Thinking outside the boss : understanding managers' engagement in creative actions." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCB208/document.
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En 2010, 1 500 chefs d'entreprise ont identifié la créativité des managers comme le facteur le plus important pour les réussites futures des organisations. Cependant, l'engagement des managers dans des actions créatives est en constante concurrence avec des comportements de routine qui impliquent moins de prise de risque, d'incertitude et de possibilité d'échec. La thèse présente trois axes de recherche pour étudier et comprendre la décision des managers de s'engager dans des actions créatives. Le premier se concentre sur la façon dont les managers conçoivent la créativité et l'innovation lorsqu'elles s'appliquent à leur activité. Elle étudie aussi la façon dont les conceptions des managers peuvent influencer leurs propres comportements créatifs et leur évaluation de pratiques managériales et de managers créatifs. Le second axe montre que les actions créatives résultent d'un processus décisionnel qui évalue la pertinence de la créativité dans des situations spécifiques et prend en compte les prédispositions individuelles comme les caractéristiques favorables de l'organisation. Le troisième axe établit comment la complémentarité ou l'inadéquation entre les caractéristiques des managers et de leurs organisations peuvent déclencher des comportements créatifs. Les conclusions de cette recherche réaffirment l'intérêt des approches multivariées et interactionnistes de la créativité dans les organisations. Elle souligne également l'importance de considérer l'évaluation par les managers de la pertinence et de l'efficacité d'actions créatives dans des situations de travail spécifiques. Enfin, la plupart des recherches tendent à concevoir que la créativité émerge de circonstances positives et encourageantes. Au contraire, la présente recherche atteste que les managers sont le plus souvent amené à adopter des comportements créatifs dans des situations de travail qui ne sont pas optimales et satisfaisantes<br>In 2010, 1,500 Chief Executive Officers identified managers' creativity as the most crucial factor for future organizational success. However, managers' engagement in creative actions is constantly competing with routine behaviors that imply less risk taking, uncertainty and possibility of failure. This dissertation explores three potential avenues to understand managers' decisions to engage in creative actions. The first one focuses on managers' conceptions of creativity and innovation as antecedents of their own creative behaviors and their evaluation of creative managers and managerial practices. The second avenue examines how creative actions result from a decision-making process that evaluates the relevance of creativity in specific situations and takes into account individual predispositions and organizational characteristics. The third avenue investigates the extent to which a fit or misfit between managers and their organizations can trigger creative behaviors. This research reaffirms the relevance of the multivariate and interactionnist approaches to organizational creativity. It highlights also the importance of considering managers' evaluation of the appropriateness and effectiveness of specific creative actions in specific situations. Finally, most research tends to conceive that managerial creativity emerges from positive and encouraging circumstances. In contrast, the present research highlights that managerial creativity can emerge as a response to situations of misfit and dissatisfaction
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Nouwens, Johannes Christianus Andreas Richardus. "The outside in questioning the use of electronic information services in organizations /." [Alphen aan den Rijn] : Amsterdam : Kluwer ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2004. http://dare.uva.nl/document/76660.
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Chong, Sau kew. "School literacies : reading and writing practices in and outside classrooms in Singapore." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618726.
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This research aims to broaden the conceptualisation of literacy in educational settings by investigating the meanings of people's ways of using reading and writing in two primary schools in Singapore. It explores how members of the schools, specifically teachers, draw on literacy as a social practice to help pupils use their linguistic and cultural resources to interact with the range of literacies in and outside classrooms on their school premises. The study employs a qualitative research design using a case study approach and an "ethnographic perspective" (Green & B1oome. 1997, p. 183) to research. Research instruments such as interviews, observations (lesson, classroom and school), surveys and pupils' written work have been tapped into to uncover the uses of literacy in the schools. Informed by the theoretical framework of New Literacy Studies and the literature on school culture and classroom discourse, the findings in this study reveal that literacies in the two schools are diverse and are associated with socialising pupils into the norms, values and traits that identify them as pupils of their school, as citizens of Singapore and as individuals and responsible people. Through the use of literacy events as interrelated and nested, and texts as implicit in nature, this study also demonstrates how the process of socialising pupils into acquiring particular practices and discourses is entwined with power, culture and identity, shaping the ways pupils negotiate meaning through reading and writing. Based on this empirical study, I conclude that literacy in schools can best be construed as 'school literacies' which are multiple, "situated" (Gee, 2000, p. 189) and multi faceted, involving a set of social relationships rather than as skills and competencies. I argue that it is through the interplay of power, culture and identity that specific uses of literacy in schools become important, meaningful and relevant to pupils.
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Jagfeld, Monika Heinrichshofen Rudolf. "Outside in : Zeitgeschehen in Werken der Sammlung Prinzhorn am Beispiel Rudolf Heinrichshofen /." Weimar : VDG, Verl. und Datenbank für Geisteswiss, 2008. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2929781&prov=M&dok%5Fvar=1&dok%5Fext=htm.
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Zugl.: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2005.<br>CD-ROM u.d.T.: Das Gesamtwerk von Rudolf Heinrichshofen: Foliant, Sammlung Prinzhorn, Inv.Nr. 2763; Heft, Sammlung Prinzhorn, Inv.Nr. 2763b; Einzelblätter, Sammlung Prinzhorn, Inv.Nr. 2763a, 2763/1, 2763/2, 2763/3, 2763/4.
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Jagfeld, Monika. "Outside in Zeitgeschehen in Werken der Sammlung Prinzhorn am Beispiel Rudolf Heinrichshofen." Weimar VDG, 2005. http://d-nb.info/983467749/04.
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Matthies, Holger. "Übertragung von Elementen der Open-Source-Softwareentwicklung auf Outside-In-Innovationen." St. Gallen, 2004. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01652379001/$FILE/01652379001.pdf.
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Romaniak, Anna. "The problem of discrimination outside the workplace in the European Union." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2280.
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<p>The European Union is the Community made on bases of multiculturalism, diversity and</p><p>equality between Members and its citizens. From the very beginning of being social actor, the European Union has wanted to fight with discrimination. In the July 2008 the Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation was announced. This essay is about the problem of discrimination on the ground of ethnic origin, disability and sexual orientation in</p><p>the European Union. According to the Eurobarometer survey these types of discrimination are the most spread within the European Society. With help of this survey I set a hypothesis and I tested it. The question was if the “Old” Member States are more successful with the fight with the problem that “New” Member States. There are acts of law considering and protecting</p><p>citizens against discrimination. Most of the regulations include the unequal treatment in</p><p>employment, is why I wanted to make researches about the same problem outside the</p><p>employment. I checked what kind of minorities protection exist in legal framework of the EU and I concluded that the New Directive Proposal is actually answer for their problems and in the same time legislation changes are not enough.</p>
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Tijerina, Sandra Cáceres. "Conflict Management Skills in Women who Work Outside Home and Homemakers." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/TigerinaSC2005.pdf.
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Dzung, Le Thi Kim. "Civil Execution in Vietnam (3) : What can be learnt from outside?" 名古屋大学大学院法学研究科, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6047.
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Stefano, Michelle. ""Outside Museum Walls : Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage In North East England"." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525059.
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Li, Guofang. "Literacy outside school, home practices of Chinese immigrant families in Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0034/NQ63958.pdf.
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Lai, Kam-hung, and 黎錦雄. "Air quality study inside and outside vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31252874.
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McNeil, Kenneth Michael. "Inside and outside the nation : highland identity in nineteenth-century Britain." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1233598225.
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Gregory, Alison Clare. "On the outside looking in : the shared burden of domestic violence." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682687.
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Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is experienced by one in four women in the UK, and research suggests that most survivors will access support from people in their social networks. Support from these relatives, friends and colleagues has the potential to buffer against effects on the survivor's physical and mental health, and has been shown to be protective against future abuse. There has, however, been an absence of research directly studying members of survivors' networks, to consider how impacts of OVA might diffuse to affect them. The research undertaken fills this gap by exploring the impacts on the health and wellbeing of members of the survivor's social network. A systematic literature review was undertaken, the generated themes from which formed the basis of a topic guide for qualitative interviews conducted with people in a variety of close relationships with a survivor. A thematic analysis of the narratives was conducted, and five major themes emerged : psychological & emotional impacts, physical health impacts, direct perpetrator impacts, relationship impacts and practical impacts. Not all of the impacts were negative, but it was generally clear that a great deal was being shouldered by adults close to the survivors, and that tolls were multifaceted, potentially profound, and often long-term. Certain factors appeared to mediate impacts experienced, including the supporter's gender, the closeness of relationship between supporter and survivor, the severity of abuse experienced by the survivor, and whether or not the survivor had children. Participants also described the extent to which their experiences mirrored that of survivors, albeit to a lesser degree. Currently there is little, if any, support available which is directly aimed at friends, family members and colleagues of survivors. These findings therefore have practical and policy implications, so that the needs of informal supporters are both recognised and met.
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Lai, Kam-hung. "Air quality study inside and outside vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13813626.
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Astuti, Ade. "Islam vs. the West : a war in and outside the battlefield /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1422909.
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FALLA, O. C. A. M. VARGAS. "Outside the Law: An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/384577.
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Millions of people worldwide work outside the law as street vendors in order to earn a living. However, they often work in fear of police evictions and confiscations since their work is in many places considered illegal. In this context, formalization (steps towards legalization) is often portrayed as a model for empowerment that allows poor street vendors to improve their well-being. Formalization, as a model to manage street vending, is widely promoted by various international development organizations. While important, studies of formalization show that street vendors often resist state control, and the majority continues to work outside the law.
The main research question guiding this study is: how does formalization of street vendors in Bogotá enable and/or hinder their well-being? To examine this question, this study uses an ethnographic approach and the concept of social control within the tradition of sociology of law. The data for this study was collected through ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2012 and 2014 in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Three groups were studied: vendors within the transitional zones (a formalization program), two rickshaw driver associations, and itinerant ice cream vendors.
The main findings illustrate that although street vendors work outside the law, they do not operate in a state of chaos or anarchy. Quite the opposite, law and other forms of social control are present in their work. These practices of control often affect their well-being. Despite harsh working conditions, well-being according to them means more than economic survival, and often, street vendors strive to improve their lives and gain independence in their work.
Another finding is that formalization is often directed toward the more established vendors and does not account for the fact that new individuals arrive on the streets every day trying to make a living. Often, the most vulnerable groups (immigrants, women, the newly unemployed) lack the time and knowledge to formalize or simply are not targeted in formalization programs. Without a deep understanding of how social control already operates, the state runs the risk of developing formalization initiatives that undermine the well-being of the most vulnerable groups. Thus, this study of everyday forms of social control provides empirically based insights into the ways law influences the lives of those working outside the law.<br>Un gran número de personas en el mundo trabajan en actividades no reguladas en la ley, tal es el caso de los vendedores ambulantes, los cuales se dedican al comercio informal con el fin de ganarse la vida. Las personas dedicadas a este tipo de actividades viven frecuentemente en condiciones de incertidumbre y de miedo, pues carecen de una licencia para operar; esto conlleva a constantes desalojos e incluso la confiscación de su mercancía por parte de la policía. La formalización de los vendedores ambulantes se ha vislumbrado como un modelo que permite mejorar su bienestar y ha sido ampliamente promovido por varias organizaciones internacionales de desarrollo, tales como el Banco Mundial, las Naciones Unidas y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo. Sin embargo estudios sobre formalización evidencian la resistencia por parte de los vendedores ambulantes a un control formal y en la mayoría de casos continúan desarrollando sus actividades sin regulación legal alguna.
El presente estudio se plantea la siguiente pregunta de investigación: ¿cómo la formalización (pasos para la legalización) de los vendedores ambulantes en Bogotá posibilita y/o impide su bienestar? Para responder esta pregunta se utiliza un enfoque etnográfico y el concepto de control social basado en la tradición de la sociología del derecho. Los datos utilizados en el presente estudio fueron recogidos a través de trabajo de campo etnográfico realizado entre 2012 y 2014 en Bogotá, Colombia. Tres grupos fueron estudiados: los vendedores dentro de las zonas de transición (un programa de formalización), dos asociaciones de bicitaxistas, y los vendedores ambulantes dedicados al comercio de helados.
Los resultados de esta investigación muestran que, a pesar de la informalidad en la que trabajan los vendedores ambulantes, estos no operan en un estado de caos o anarquía, por el contrario, la ley y otras formas de control social están presentes en su trabajo, aunque muchas veces estas mismas sean la causa la incertidumbre y de miedo en su quehacer diario. A pesar de estas condiciones, los trabajadores informales se esfuerzan por mejorar su calidad de vida y lograr mayor independencia, incentivados por su idea de bienestar, la cual va mucho mas allá de la simple supervivencia económica.
Otro hallazgo es en relación con la formalización, la cual se dirige hacia los proveedores más establecidos y no tiene en cuenta el hecho de que nuevos individuos llegan a las calles todos los días buscando nuevas opciones para ganarse la vida. Tal es el caso de los inmigrantes, las mujeres, los nuevos desempleados, y en general los grupos más vulnerables, los cuales carecen de tiempo y conocimiento para formalizar su actividad o simplemente los programas de formalización no están en la práctica dirigidos hacia estos grupos.
Sin una profunda comprensión de como opera el control social en la vida cotidiana de los vendedores ambulantes, las reformas legales corren el riesgo de implementar iniciativas de formalización que atentan contra el bienestar de los grupos más vulnerables de la sociedad. Por lo tanto, este studio, de las formas cotidianas de control social, proporciona una visión que está basada en la investigación empírica sobre las formas en las que el derecho influye en la vida de las personas que trabajan por fuera del marco legal.
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Samandar, eweis Dureen. "Asymmetric division in single cell nematode embryos outside the Caenorhabditis genus." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Paris sciences et lettres, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021UPSLS063.
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La division cellulaire asymétrique est un processus essentiel du développement. Ce processus ainsi que sa régulation ont fait l’objet de nombreuses études chez l’embryon de Caenorhabditis elegans. La division asymétrique de l'embryon unicellulaire est un processus conservé à travers les espèces de nématodes, cependant les caractéristiques cellulaires menant à la division sont étonnamment variables. Au cours de mon doctorat, j'ai voulu étudier ces différences en utilisant deux embryons non-C. elegans : Diploscapter pachys et Pristionchus pacificus. D. pachys est le parent parthénogénétique le plus proche de C. elegans. La polarité étant induite par le sperme chez C. elegans, on ne peut expliquer ce qui brise la symétrie chez D. pachys. Mes résultats montrent que le noyau occupe le plus souvent l’hémisphère de D. pachys qui deviendra le pole postérieur. Dans les embryons où il est astreint à un pôle par centrifugation, le noyau fini par revenir à son pôle préférentiel. Même si l’embryon est polarisé, l’agitation corticale et le cytosquelette d’actine semblent identiques aux deux pôles. D’autre part, la position du fuseau méiotique est corrélée avec la future cellule postérieure. Dans certains ovocytes, on observe des structures de microtubules émanant du fuseau méiotique combiné à un faible enrichissement en actine au future pôle postérieur. Finalement, mon principal projet de thèse montre que la polarité de D. pachys est atteinte durant la méiose, au cours de laquelle le fuseau méiotique pourrait jouer un rôle par un mécanisme présent mais inhibé chez C. elegans. Chez P. pacificus, la transgénèse biolistique a été récemment utilisée avec succès. Toutefois, par manque d’un marqueur de sélection fiable, il était illusoire de poursuivre cette approche. En conclusion, les résultats de ma thèse contribuent à une meilleure compréhension de l’embryogénèse hors C. elegans. Ils soulignent l’importance de ces espèces dans l’optique d’études comparatives<br>Asymmetric cell division is an essential process of development. The process and its regulation have been studied extensively in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. Asymmetric division of the single-cell embryo is a conserved process in nematode species, however, the cellular features leading up to division are surprisingly variable. During my PhD, I aimed to study these differences by using two non-C. elegans embryos: Diploscapter pachys and Pristionchus pacificus. D. pachys is the closest parthenogenetic relative to C. elegans. Since the polarity cue in C. elegans is brought by the sperm, how polarity is triggered in D. pachys remains unknown. My results show that the nucleus inhabits principally the hemisphere of the D. pachys embryo that will become the posterior pole. Moreover, in embryos where the nucleus is forced to one pole by centrifugation, it returns to its preferred pole. Although the embryo is polarized, cortical ruffling and actin cytoskeleton at both poles appear identical. Interestingly, the location of the meiotic spindle also correlates with the future posterior cell. In some oocytes, a slight actin enrichment along with unusual microtubule structures emanating from the meiotic spindle are observed at the future posterior pole. Overall, my main PhD project shows that polarity of the D. pachys embryo is attained during meiosis wherein the meiotic spindle could potentially be playing a role by a mechanism that may be present but suppressed in C. elegans. For P. pacificus, biolistic transgenesis has been shown recently successful. However, due to a lack of a stringent selection marker, the continuation of this project was unfeasible during my PhD. Altogether, the results of my PhD add to the understanding of non-C. elegans early embryogenesis and emphasizes on the importance of using these species for comparative studies
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MacLeod, Matthew Alexander. "LFA-1 outside-in signalling and actin cytoskeleton reorganization in cytotoxic T lymphocytes." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31970.
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Integrins are heterodimeric cell-surface receptors that mediate the adhesion of cells to the
extracellular matrix and to other cells. Leukocyte function-associated molecule-1 (LFA-1) is the
most prevalent integrin expressed on T cells and is known to be crucial for migration,
extravasation and immunological synapse formation. In addition to its role as an adhesion
molecule, LFA-1 can induce intracellular signals that influence T cell effector functions,
including activation of proteins involved in actin polymerization. However, these studies have
used experimental means to activate LFA-1 , such as phorbol ester treatment or antibody crosslinking.
In this study, the effect of LFA-1 signalling on the activation and redistribution of
proteins involved in actin cytoskeleton reorganization was investigated in cytotoxic T
lymphocytes (CTLs). LFA-1 in CTLs is already in a high avidity form able to bind ligand, and
therefore does not require further experimental activation.
To elucidate the specific requirement for intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)
binding in LFA-1 signalling, CTLs were bound to plastic surfaces coated with either ICAM-1 or
a-LFA-1 blocking antibody. The binding of CTLs to ICAM-1 immobilized on polystyrene
microspheres induced the site-specific recruitment of actin and WASP (Wiskott-Aldrich
syndrome protein) to the CTL-microsphere interface. This is not due to simple clustering of
LFA-1 , as binding of CTLs to a-LFA-1 coated microspheres did not have the same effect.
Recruitment of WASP to the contact site formed between CTLs and ICAM-1 coated
microspheres was not dependent on an increase in WASP tyrosine phosphorylation or
incorporation of WASP into Brij 35 insoluble lipid rafts. The guanine nucleotide exchange
factor Vav-1, which has been previously found to influence actin dynamics, was constitutively
tyrosine phosphorylated in CTLs. This suggests that Vav-1, as well as other proteins involved in
actin polymerization may already be active in CTLs. The tyrosine kinase Pyk-2 (proline-rich kinase 2) has been previously implicated to play a role in LFA-1 signalling. We found that Pyk-
2 tyrosine phosphorylation is greatly increased after binding of CTLs to both ICAM-1 and a-
LFA-1 coated surfaces. These results suggest that clustering of LFA-1 can induce signalling,
however, LFA-1-ICAM-1 binding is necessary to direct site-specific actin reorganization.<br>Medicine, Faculty of<br>Medical Genetics, Department of<br>Graduate
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Alnuaimi, Abdulla Nasser, and Abdulla Nasser Alnuaimi. "The Outside-In Method for Sustainable Design Within the Built Environment Spatial Layers." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625285.
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The expression "no man is an island" is intended to represent human isolation in its most extreme form depicting man as an isolated body of land. Contrary to the statement, an element unnoticed within this expression frequently is the existence of that Island. The expression is intended as an example of articulating absolute isolation of the human in existence. However, the idea of the human being a location being the island is still declared. As humans who inhabit this earth, we cannot exist without space. There is an undeniable link between the spaces and the inhabitants within them. As a result of Modernity, the majority of the human inhabitants of the world exist throughout their entire lives within the Built Environment. The Built Environment holds an assortment of spaces that have been composed in order to accommodate our existence. A practice of engaging the composition of these spaces for human inhabitance is commonly what is known as Architectural Design. Spaces will continue to exist and Architecture is a mean of addressing the design of them. Understanding these spaces through their Concepts, Conditions, and Components allows for a classification of common spaces that exist within the Built Environment. The classification of these spaces within the Built Environment arrives at the mutual dialogue of the Built Environment Spatial Layers. The ever-demanding human population that is growing exponentially cause many ecological, economical, and social dilemmas through our modern interpretations of spaces composed within the Built Environment. Understanding the Built Environment through the Built Environment Spatial Layers allows for the acknowledged design surrounding these spaces that yield the greatest sustainability through energy efficiency and minimizing environmental impacts without denying the humanity of that concept.
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Silander, Daniel. "Democracy From the Outside-In? : The Conceptualization and Significance of Democracy Promotion." Doctoral thesis, Växjö universitet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-399.
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This study explores the literature on factors favorable to democratization. It is argued that there has been a domestic dominance, with international factors a forgotten dimension. It is also argued that the limited body of work dealing with international factors has been empirical in nature. This study sheds lights on one international factor in democracy promotion. The theoretical contribution of this study is the presented analytical framework for democracy promotion. The analytical framework consists of actors, interests, methods, channels, relations and impact. It is argued that, within a specific time-context (setting): (1) There are actors (2) that may promote the democracy norm and reinforcing interests. ( 3) They may use different methods of pursuing their interests and (4) that may be channeled towards domestic actors. (5) This may create certain relations and (6) have different impact on domestic actors. The empirical aim of this study is to illustrate the analytical framework. The empirical contribution is to provide an improved understanding of democracy promotion and democratization in postcommunist Europe. This is done by analyzing the role of the EU as democracy promoter in Slovakia, Belarus and FRY from 1995 to 2003. The analysis illustrates different interests, methods, channels, relations and impact between the EU as democracy promoter and the targeted states in Slovakia, Belarus and FRY.
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Hu, Songcui, Zi-Lin He, Daniela P. Blettner, and Richard A. Bettis. "Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms." WILEY, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626023.
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Research summary: Behavioral Theory highlights the crucial role of social comparisons in attention allocation in adaptive aspirations. Yet, both the specification of social reference points and the dynamics of attention allocation have received little scholarly examination. We address performance feedback from two social reference points relative to divisions in multidivisional firms: economic reference point and political reference point. Comparing divisional performance with the two reference points can give consistent or inconsistent feedback, which has important consequences for the dynamics of attention allocation in adaptive aspirations. We find consistent feedback leads to more attention to own experience, while inconsistent feedback results in more attention to the social reference point the focal division underperforms. Results reveal that political reference point plays an important role in determining managerial attention allocation.Managerial summary: This article is based on how goal-based performance of divisions relative to both their relevant external market rivals and sister divisions in multidivisional firms influences corporate resource allocation. As a result, various combinations of performance against the two groups of peers drive the reallocation of divisional management attention. We show that specific attention shifts occur on average as a function of the focal division's performance relative to the marketplace performance and that of sister divisions. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Nemeth, Bence. "Outside NATO and the EU : sub-regional defence co-operation in Europe." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2017. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/outside-nato-and-the-eu(d4e5d249-ee73-4c87-a83a-cac60c629e63).html.
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I am studying why European nations have created new sub-regional Multinational Defence Co-operations (MDCs) in the last couple of years, instead of using the existing NATO and EU institutional frameworks for military collaboration. By applying the multiple-case study research method elaborated by Robert K. Yin, I investigated three cases: the Central European Defence Co-operation, the British- French ‘Lancaster House Treaties’ and the Nordic Defence Co-operation. In this framework I tested three rival explanations using the method of pattern matching, which means that I generated predicted patterns regarding the studied phenomena and compared them to empirically based patterns. The three rival explanations I compared regarding the creation of new sub-regional MDCs were 1) the lack of progress on pan-European/Transatlantic defence cooperation 2) the impacts of the financial crisis, 3) different emerging shared threat perceptions of European states. This research framework provided the opportunity to close certain explanations out, and helped to develop the empirically based patterns concerning every case that could convincingly explain the three studied cases individually. These empirically based patterns helped to develop a generic framework that describes the circumstances, which encouraged the launch of the studied sub-regional MDCs. The thesis concludes that two main structural and two main situational factors played the most significant roles in the creation of the MDCs. The structural factors are ‘previous defence collaborations between the participating states’ and ‘similar perception about certain defence related EU/NATO processes and initiatives’. The situational factors are ‘strong leadership of a group of enthusiastic high-level officials and good interpersonal chemistry among them’ and ‘supportive political milieu towards sub-regional multinational defence cooperation’.
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Juutinen, J. (Jaana). "Inside or outside?:small stories about the politics of belonging in preschools." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2018. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526218816.
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Abstract This study brings together the politics of belonging, relational narrative inquiry and values and values education in the context of Finnish early childhood education. The study draws on the politics of belonging within which belonging and exclusion are understood as relational rather than individual phenomena. The significant relations for belonging and exclusion do not just emerge between humans, but they are also material, cultural and political. The study asks how the politics of belonging are shaped in young children’s diverse relations in a Finnish preschool context. The onto-epistemological premise of the study relies on the relational narrative inquiry. The study was implemented in six Finnish preschools, where the children’s ages ranged from 1 to 5 years. The research material consisted of written small stories, videos, participatory observations, field notes and discussions with the educators. The analysis was based on holistic reading and re-reading and supported by the idea of small stories and theory of gaps. The findings highlight three interrelated entrances to understanding the politics of belonging in the preschool context. First, the study emphasises the politics of belonging as constantly shaped and lived in daily encounters. The findings illustrated the co-existence of belonging and exclusion. Usually it was one child who was excluded by other children in the fleeting moments of daily life, and often when the educators were not present. Second, the study reveals the meaning of the pedagogical practices in the politics of belonging. Pedagogical practices were tightly surrounded with the materiality, institutional routines and cultural aspects, such as spaces, artefacts, routines, rules, curriculum and legislation. The third entrance provides insights into the value-bound nature of the politics of belonging. Belonging emerged as closely related to democratic, caring and disciplinary values. The findings raised a tension between individually and collectively oriented values. The study argues for understanding the politics of belonging shaped in a landscape of diverse relations and value fields, where the children were active agents in their belonging and exclusion<br>Tiivistelmä Väitöskirja yhdistää yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikan, suhteisen kerronnallisen tutkimuksen sekä arvot ja arvokasvatuksen suomalaisen varhaiskasvatuksen kontekstissa. Yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikka käsitteenä haastaa tutkimaan yhteenkuuluvuutta ja poissuljetuksi tulemista suhteissa muotoutuvana ilmiönä ennemmin kuin yksilön näkökulmasta. Suhteisuus nostaa esille ihmisten välisten suhteiden lisäksi myös materiaaliset, kulttuuriset ja poliittiset suhteet merkityksellisinä yhteenkuuluvuudelle. Tutkimus kysyy: Kuinka yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikka muotoutuu pienten lasten moninaisissa suhteissa suomalaisessa päiväkotikontekstissa? Tutkimuksen onto-epistemologinen lähtökohta on suhteisessa kerronnallisessa tutkimusotteessa. Tutkimus toteutettiin kuudessa päiväkodissa, joissa lapset olivat 1–5-vuotiaita. Tutkimusaineisto koostui kirjoitetuista pienistä kertomuksista, videoista, osallistuvista havainnoinneista, muistiinpanoista ja keskusteluista varhaiskasvattajien kanssa. Tutkimusaineiston analyysi pohjautui kokonaisvaltaiseen luentaan ja uudelleen luentaan, soveltaen kerronnallisia käsitteitä ”pienet kertomukset” ja ”välien teoria”. Tulokset tuovat esille kolme toisiinsa kietoutunutta näkökulmaa. Ensiksi tutkimus korostaa yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikkaa jatkuvasti muuttuvana ja arjen kohtaamisissa muotoutuvana ilmiönä. Tulokset havainnollistavat yhteenkuuluvuuden ja poissuljetuksi tulemisen samanaikaista olemassaoloa. Yleensä yksi lapsi poissuljettiin leikin ulkopuolelle arjen ohikiitävissä hetkissä, joissa työntekijöitä ei ollut läsnä. Toiseksi tutkimus nostaa esille pedagogisten käytänteiden merkityksen. Pedagogiset käytänteet suhteissa materiaan, institutionaalisiin rutiineihin ja kulttuurisiin näkökulmiin tuottivat yhteenkuulumista ja poissuljetuksi tulemista. Tulokset avaavat tilojen, tavaroiden, rutiinien, sääntöjen, varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteiden sekä lainsäädännön merkityksiä. Kolmas näkökulma avaa arvojen ja arvokasvatuksen kietoutuneisuuden. Yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikka liittyy läheisesti demokraattisiin, hoivan ja välittämisen sekä kurin ja järjestyksen arvoalueisiin. Tutkimus paljastaa jännitteitä suhteessa yksilöllisiin ja yhteisöllisiin arvoihin. Tutkimus haastaa tarkastelemaan yhteenkuuluvuuden politiikkaa moninaisten suhteiden ja arvojen maisemassa, jossa lapset ovat aktiivisia toimijoita yhteenkuulumisessaan ja poissuljetuksi tulemisessaan
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Wallden, Rea Emilia Alexandra. "In between and outside : deconstruction and structuralism on semiotics and its limits." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54510/.
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The topic of my thesis is the complicated interconnection between deconstruction and structuralist semiotics, developed around the problematic of the sign and its limits. I argue that Jacques Derrida's project of deconstruction can be seen as an extension of the project of structuralist semiotics in two ways: on the one hand, it extends the applicability of its principles beyond the semiotic realm on the other, it investigates its conditions of possibility. Thus, to a significant extent, deconstruction develops on the basis of structuralist semiotics it needs structuralism both as its own foundation and as its exemplary object. I investigate the way deconstruction affects the structuralist definition of signification and its epistemological implications. Louis Hjelmslev and the linguistic Circle of Copenhagen occupy an exceptional position in this context. Derrida's quasi-meta-theory of signification looks in some ways very much like Hjelmslev's stratification, put into motion and thrown out of balance, flattened or multiplied ad infinitum. Moreover, glossematics is probably the closest semiotics can get to posing the question of its limits without exceeding a strictly immanent point of view. Throughout the history of Western metaphysics, signification was defined in terms of mediation and exteriority. Structuralism retains the structure of this definition, while completely emptying it of any metaphysical import. Derrida proceeds to question that same structure nevertheless, he also retains a residue of dualism so as not to fall back into metaphysics. In a dualistic structure, the question of bridging is of utmost importance. Having defined the object of knowledge as constituted by the semiotic articulation, both structuralist semiotics and deconstruction are faced with the structural impossibility of bridging the epistemological gap. Therefore my thesis, which begins as a study of the limits of semiotics, epistemological and other, turns out also to concern the semiological limits of epistemology.
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Scarlata, Mark William. "Outside of Eden : Cain in the ancient versions of Genesis 4.1-16." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609469.
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Rosa, Lindsay. "Angel Outside the House: The New Woman in Brittish Periodicals 1890-1910." Digital Commons @ Butler University, 2015. http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/grtheses/261.
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The New Woman described in short fiction and editorial articles in British periodicals not only presented the ideal New Woman to readers, but served to shape the perceptions of the reader depending on the demographic of the targeted reading audience for that specific periodical. The audience for specific British periodicals featuring the New Woman included conservative families whose youth saw the New Woman figure as a role model. The New Woman figure easily connected to readers, particularly young, female middle-class readers, who easily identified with her because she possessed similar socioeconomic characteristics. Just as there were many New Women characters in these periodicals experiencing triumph and turmoil, the real-life New Women reading these stories experienced similar trials and tribulations. Facing adversity, the New Women endeavored to shed a traditional domestic stereotype in British society in the periodicals whose audience was receptive to this progressive, yet still moderate figure.
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Msuha, M. J. "Human impacts on carnivore biodiversity inside and outside protected areas in Tanzania." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18565/.
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Conservation of biodiversity throughout the world is often characterized by the establishment of protected areas. The implementation of this approach is extremely challenging particularly in developing countries due to expanding human population and demand for resources. Yet, information that is needed to guide managers and policy makers to develop effective conservation strategies is scarce in most of these countries. This thesis aimed to explore the impact of human activities on carnivore biodiversity inside and outside Tarangire National Park in Tanzania using camera traps, and to assess attitudes of agropastoralists towards carnivores using interviews. Results showed no significant difference in carnivore species richness between the park and communal grazing areas outside the park, but was a significantly different between the park and cultivated areas outside it. Non-carnivore species richness was significantly higher outside the park in grazing areas than either within the park or in cultivated areas. However, relative abundance of both carnivores and non-carnivores were both significantly higher in the park than in either grazing areas or cultivated areas outside the park. These variations in species richness and relative abundances are apparently due to differences in the intensity and extent of human use between these areas. Estimation of species absolute abundances targeted individually identifiable species in the park only. Results showed that density of animals per 100 km2 was: leopard (7.9 ± 2.09), serval (10.9 ± 3.17), and aardwolf (9.0 ± 2.54). No estimates were obtained for spotted hyaena and common genet due to a lack of recaptures, while variation in trail density, prey availability, and camera spacing appear to influence species capture. Attitudinal surveys revealed a low level of wildlife-related benefits and reported levels of conflict were generally high despite low levels of livestock depredation, suggesting other factors such as demand for land might be important in the reported conflict.
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Mekki, Z. A. "Transportation problems in the city of Makkah outside the period of Hajj." Thesis, Durham University, 1988. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/940/.
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