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Smith, Kelly C. "Source and occurrence of placer gold in central Ross County, Ohio." Connect to this title online, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1100622082.
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Morrison, Kathleen B. "The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozarks /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9946282.
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Sutton, Michael. "Measuring environmental perceptions and sense of place in Franklin County, Florida." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/445.
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Maurer, Jason. "The Sub-Country." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3670.
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This thesis is the beginning of a larger memoir project. I'm using what some would call a collage form of memory-based writing to focus on one year of my life in 1984. The nonlinear nature of the form reflects the era of the piece, a time of instability and change, and it helped me test Jay Ponteri's advice: "Don't reach for memory; let memory reach for you." In this thesis, the narrator is allowed to not know what he's doing. At times, his only job is to listen intently and follow the sound.
Music is central to my thesis, as it was to the era I'm writing about. I use music to process emotion and to describe the ineffable. And music is often my way into memory, a more poetic route that encourages me to "proceed with abandon," as Antonin Artaud urged, revealing the unexpected connections that lead me to meaning.
With this piece of writing, I'm exploring the theme of finding a sense of place, both in the world and within one's self. I circle death, loss, belonging and authority, in order to find my own sense of authority and voice.
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Atkinson, Stephen Dwight. "Making of place: the wall." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53280.
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The thesis of this project focuses on the making of place in architecture. The erection of a wall is the initial act in the creation of a sense of place. Three walls separate the homogeneous world of the countryside to establish a zone for a winery complex.Master of Architecture
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Dhavale, Dawn Maya. "More Than Artifacts: The Surprising Importance of Census Designated Places." Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10070.
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CDPs are an overlooked component of the metropolitan region, and add to the understanding of the region as a whole. Large CDPs that remain unincorporated have other forms of governance, either public or private. CDPs are equivalent to incorporated places in many ways, but have distinctive differences based on state and region. Large CDPs have reasons for not incorporating. A subset of these CDPs that are similar to Boomburbs are examined. Implications for planners regarding CDP existence are discussed.Master of Urban and Regional Planning
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Demaree, Nancy. "Place, Disease and Mortality: Trimble County, Kentucky 1849-1894." TopSCHOLAR®, 2000. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/716.
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This researcher describes the characteristics of place...physical, cultural and human...of a small Kentucky county and looks at the incidence of disease and dying that occurred in that place in the last half of the nineteenth century. The impact of death on particular subsets of the general population was given a closer evaluation. Very young, females and the slave/Black communities were investigated individually. The overall site and situation of all aspects of Trimble County, Kentucky were viewed in an effort to support the notion that it is the manner in which man interacts with this environment that causes disease and death and that is not the environment itself that destroys human life.
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Irvine, Barry Macartan. "Place-names of the parish of Aghalurcher, County Fermanagh." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336718.
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Norton, Andrew. "The place of hunting in country life." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299370.
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Barup, Kerstin Edström Mats Franks Jeremy. "Skärva : creating a place in the country /." Stockholm : Byggförlaget, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38842161n.
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Lindgren, Nikki, and Claes Lindgren. "Marketing’s Evolution as an Economic Development Strategy : a Washington County, Utah Case Study." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-9891.
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ABSTRACT Authors: Nikki Lindgren and Claes Lindgren Professor: Stig Sörling Title: Marketing’s Evolution as an Economic Development Strategy: A Washington County, Utah Case Study Background: Economic development has been a priority of areas for some time. In the mid-1980s, economic policies and marketing practices joined forces. During this time, cities, regions, states and countries began a clear shift from narrow economic development views to a broader set of strategies to attract new and maintain old businesses, boost tourism, attract investors and expand overseas trade. Today, places have increased their use of highly sophisticated marketing strategies aimed at building competitive markets while targeting specific buyers and positioning the community’s resources to respond to specialized buyer needs and desires. Aim and Purpose: The purpose of the study is twofold: first, to explore how place marketing fits into general marketing efforts and secondly, to provide insights into what factors influence the success of places. Three questions were developed to assist in the direction of the research and to assist in gaining practical and tactical insights obtainable through a case study analysis. Methodology: Theoretical and empirical data is provided and analyzed using the actor’s approach. Primary data is collected via direct observations, email, phone interviews and open dialogues. Secondary data is collected via Internet, magazines and newspapers and meeting notes to provide further depth and to elaborate upon the theoretical findings. Results: We expect the study to highlight important phenomena that occur when viewing place marketing as a general marketing effort. We also expect to uncover practical “success factor” insights into place marketing from which civic and private entities can learn.
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Phillips, Lora A. "Places on the Margin: Economic Insecurity and Recovery across County Populations." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1568918559566362.
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Moneta, Mary. "The Effects of Wildland Fire on a Community: A Study of Bell County, Kentucky." TopSCHOLAR®, 2006. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/252.
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As the number of people living in forested areas continues to grow, so does the likelihood that an individual will suffer from a wildland fire. There has been little research produced strictly looking at the human dimensions of wildland fire, especially in southern rural communities (Machlis, Kaplan, Tuler, Bagby, and McKendry 2002). Using two of Kumagai, Carrol, and Cohan's (2004) propositions on the social impact of disaster and the theoretical framework of Emile Durkheim's (1933) view of community and collective consciousness, the primary purpose of this research was to aid in understanding the effects of wildland fire on the social and economic well-being of a community. This research examined a specific location in Kentucky, Bell County. Bell County has suffered many wildland fires, especially with wildland-fire arson. In June of 2006 questionnaires exploring residents' perception of wildland fire on the social and economic well-being of the local community were sent to a random sample of area residents. Two aspects of community and wildland fire were examined, the impact of wildland fire on community and blame for damage caused by inadequate efforts to control wildland fires. Partial correlations were used to measure the relationship between variables. The findings suggest that there is no consistent positive or negative impact of wildland fire on all individuals in a community. No consistent relationship exists between wildland fires' impacts and aspects of community in a negative way. Respondents themselves were less likely to report gain or loss and more likely to report that others had gained or lost in income. The longer respondents have lived in Bell County, the more likely they will discuss wildland fire. Respondents did not blame any local, state, or federal agency for wildland fire. In fact, the more one is tied to community (in terms of quality of life, trust in government, and strong neighbor relations), the more supportive one is of local government. The implications of this study could include policy changes with regards to wildland fire, information gathered would help aid in the understanding of the effects of wildland fire within a rural community. Due to the small sample (n = 140) and weak response rate (18.8%), the information gathered may only be generlizable to Bell County or the respondents themselves. Future research would be suggested, research at a qualitative level, through participant observation and in-depth interviews of residents of Bell County, Kentucky.
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Greenwald, Jessica E. "Power in Place-Names: A Study of Present Day Waterford County, Ireland." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1127168257.
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Wahl, Gregory Ralph. "The Bridges of Madison County and Iowa production, reception, and place /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2590.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: American Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Bailey, Chad F. "Heritage Tourism in Washington County, Tennessee: Linking Place, Placelessness, and Preservation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3136.
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This thesis examines the formation of spatial theory and the linkage between space and place and their relationship with historic preservation and heritage tourism. First, this thesis analyzes the terms space and place, and how scholars define each term. Second, this thesis focuses on the concept of placelessness. Third, this thesis examines historic preservation as a strategy to help alleviate placelessness and as a crucial link to heritage tourism. This thesis also will use regional examples of preservation and tourism as exemplified by the preservation efforts of private organizations, citizens, and government officials in Jonesborough,Johnson City, and Washington County,Tennessee. This thesis provides some ideas for the creation of a possible heritage tourism program within Washington County,Tennessee.
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Nurminen, Terhi Johanna. "Hill-terms in the place-names of Northumberland and County Durham." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1602.
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The diverse and potentially highly nuanced topographical vocabulary used in English place-names constitutes a fruitful area of research within the fields of semantics and lexicology as well as onomastics. It has been observed in previous studies (Gelling 1984; Gelling and Cole 2000) that topographical terms are used in major settlement names of Old English (OE) origin consistently of landscape features of a particular type, often with highly specialised meanings, for instance OE dūn of a flat-topped hill and OE hōh of a heel-shaped one. This observation, which has been termed the Gelling hypothesis, is today regarded as valid for most, if not all, parts of England. In this thesis, I investigate the meanings and uses of hill-terms, that is, place-name elements referring to hill-features, in the place-names of Northumberland and County Durham, with special reference to previous work by Gelling and Cole. I argue that the Gelling hypothesis is valid in general in the study area, but also that the relationship between the topographical terms and the landscape features to which they refer is often not as straightforward as the hypothesis predicts. I extend the investigation to names of Middle English and Modern English origin, identifying specialised uses which suggest that the contrast in precision between the OE and later hill-terms is not as stark as the hypothesis seems to predict. I also examine the collocations of the commonest hill-terms, finding typical collocates and collocation patterns. This thesis is based on an electronic corpus containing all relevant names found on current OS Landranger 1:50,000 maps; the total number of names in the corpus is 2,227. The discussion of the meanings of the hill-terms is based on a detailed analysis of a representative sample of topographical sites through map-work and field-work, based on the methodological frameworks developed by Gelling and Cole, with the introduction of consistent and clearly defined terminology which allows for more objective analysis.
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Riggle, Allison Marie. "Rosenwald Junior College place matters in a school community /." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000191.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of West Florida, 2009.Submitted to the Dept. of Professional and Community Leadership. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 212 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Aguilar-San, Juan Karin. "Creating ethnic places : Vietnamese American community-building in Orange County and Boston /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/9987717.
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McBrayer, David Lamar. "Country place : a suburban shopping mall at Webb, Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22401.
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Birrell, Carol L. "Meeting country deep engagement with place and indigenous culture /." View thesis, 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/20459.
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Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Western Sydney, 2006.Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Education. Includes bibliographical references.
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Bicer, Roza. "To Know One Country Is to Know No Country : An Ecocritical Reading of Setting in Jane Eyre." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-21493.
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The essay explores a new way of interpreting the role of setting in Jane Eyre arguing that nature does not only provide a pretty backdrop for the story. The theoretical approach used in the study is ecocriticism, an earth-centered method. This approach is juxtaposed with a traditional linear analysis of setting in Jane Eyre. The essay is structured along two main lines. In the first part I challenge the traditional linear approach to setting and in the second I show that Jane Eyre is intertwined with nature from the very start. Lawrence Buell’s theory of place, in particular, is used to demonstrate that Eyre is not necessarily a lost soul. By contrast, the many descriptions of nature in the novel imply that her character is so entwined with setting that she could be at home wherever life may take her.
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Kersey, Terrence Lee. "A Small Place in Georgia: Yeoman Cultural Persistance." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/history_theses/34.
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In antebellum Upcounty Georgia, the Southern yeomanry developed a society independent of the planter class. Many of the studies of the pre-Civil War Southern yeomanry describe a class that is living within the cracks of a planter-dominated society, using, and subject to those institutions that served the planter class. Yet in Forsyth County, a yeomanry-dominated society created and nurtured institutions that met their class needs, not parasitically using those developed by the planter class for their own needs.
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Klopf, Patricia, and Phillip C. Nell. "How "space" and "place" influence subsidiary host country political embeddedness." Elsevier, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.06.004.
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As a part of multinational corporations (MNCs), subsidiaries operate in distinct host countries
and have to deal with their external context. Host country political embeddedness, in particular,
helps subsidiaries to obtain knowledge and understanding of the regulatory and political
context, and to get access to local networks. Moreover, they get some guidance and support
from their headquarters. Distance between MNC home and host countries, however, alienates
subsidiaries from the MNC and influences the extent of subsidiary host country political embeddedness.
We suggest that the host country political and regulatory context moderates the effect of distance on subsidiary host country political embeddedness by reducing the need
and/or value of headquarters support. Using a sample of 124 European manufacturing subsidiaries, we find that distance (space) and context (place) matter jointly: the impact of distance is stronger for subsidiaries that operate in host countries with low governance quality and low
political stability in place.
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Thompson, O. L. Tom. "The morphology of place." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53337.
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The intent of this project was to develop a method of making architecture which incorporates into its design the unique features of the site and region.
The site was chosen because of its unique physical features and strong regional character. The ideas of the layering of the walls was derived from the strata of a nearby bluff. The form of the building, a series of parallel walls, was an interpretation of the natural architecture of the region and the site. The curved wall that terminates the path through the building originated as a response to the meeting of a stream and the river.
Out of this project came a building design that developed from the site in an incremental way. The architectural elements respond to the site through their individual form and structure, then as a collective whole.Master of Architecture
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Russ, James. "Globalization, Urban Competitiveness, and Human Capital: Davidson County, Tennessee's Place in the Equation." TopSCHOLAR®, 2005. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/476.
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Profound changes in the structure of the global economy since the end of World War II have drastically affected the way governments, businesses, and individuals interact with one another. The development of regional trading alliances (European Union, NAFTA, APEC), the end of the Cold War, and the rapid development of information technologies have contributed to new global economic theories that are being adopted by places large and small. Simply put, economic paradigms have changed. Local concerns have become more prevalent in the public debate over economic, political, and societal changes as a whole. The goal of my research is to determine the most relevant factors in attracting human capital and to examine the effectiveness of public policy decisions aimed at attracting and retaining quality human capital. Since the types of data needed to analyze trends within cities themselves are not readily available for analysis, this work was conducted at the county level. In this study, I argue that analyses of specific demographic variables using descriptive statistics and cluster analyses should indicate that Nashville-Davidson County has a distinct advantage in stocks of human capital over other similarly sized counties, and that this advantage in quality human capital can be linked to job growth in the hightechnology sector. This study's results indicate that Davidson County, Tennessee, has an advantage over other similarly sized counties in the amount and quality of its human capital. This advantage in human capital and the balance of Davidson County's high-tech economic sector (for the variables studied) suggests that Nashville is poised to make great strides economically in the global high-tech economy.
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MacLeod, Chelsea Elizabeth. "Sense of place, an interpretive study of selected residents of Strathcona County, Alberta." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0005/MQ59732.pdf.
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Santana, Adriana Campelo. "Marca lugar: lições da Nova Zelândia." Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2006. http://www.adm.ufba.br/sites/default/files/publicacao/arquivo/dissertacao_de_mestrado_adriana_campelo_santana.pdf.
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Nos últimos anos tem-se observado a existência da percepção da imagem dos países como um ativo poderoso para as economias nacionais. A projeção correta da identidade nacional e da imagem do país pode se tornar um importante instrumento de desenvolvimento econômico. A utilização estratégica deste ativo pode converte-lo numa marca nacional. Uma marca lugar representa um caminho mais curto para decisões econômicas. O desafio consiste em como construir e posicionar esta marca adequadamente de modo que possa resultar em benefícios para o país. O propósito deste trabalho foi compreender o processo de formação e implementação de uma marca lugar, com o objetivo de produzir conhecimentos que sirvam para a implementação de uma marca Bahia.O objeto empírico analisado foi a experiência em construção de marca lugar da Nova Zelândia, nas dimensões turismo, investimentos e educação. Foi adotada a metodologia de estudo de caso. Para obtenção de dados primários foram feitas entrevistas semi-estruturadas através de correio eletrônico. O caso foi analisado considerando-se três aspectos: identidade, ações e comunicação. Como resultado verificou-se que um programa de marca lugar deve refletir a identidade local, deve ser construído a partir de uma base real, e precisa contar com a participação dos vários setores da sociedade.
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Westerman, Rudy J. "Archaeology of Silver Springs State Park, Marion County, Florida." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6156.
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An archaeological survey was conducted of the Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, Florida, between August 2014 and December 2015. The project goals were to relocate and assess the previously recorded archaeological sites in the park and attempt to discover new sites. Background research, archaeological fieldwork including surface collection, shovel testing, and informant interview were conducted with this aim. Each site is described and addressed, and most were relocated; twelve new resources were added to the inventory. The Silver Springs and Silver River watershed have been occupied from the Paleo-Indian period at least 13,000 years ago through the twentieth century. Sites from each time period are discussed to detail how use of the landscape developed through time but still remained a persistently occupied place with important, albeit changing roles. Finally, management and research recommendations are provided to assist the state park staff and future archaeologists working in the area.
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Penner, Scott D. "Agony and the black church in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Barnes, Laquita Dawn. "Aging in place: functional environments: a survey and case study in Floyd County, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45085.
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The problem addressed in this study was: What home modifications are made to residential environments to meet the functional capabilities of the aging in place audience? The study was conducted in two phases. In Phase I 102 Floyd
County, Virginia, adults 65 years of age or older were interviewed in order to identify their task capabilities and identify the modifications being made to meet their environmental needs and task capabilities. Phase II consisted of a case study of six females taken from the Phase I sample group. This section of the study focused on the modifications identified in Phase I, the techniques
used, and the reasons they were made.
The findings indicate that 26% of the adults in the study were experiencing difficulty with at least one Activity of Daily Living, 33% were experiencing difficulty with at least one Instrumental Activity of Daily Living. However, like many older adults, these individuals had a relatively high function level and wanted to stay in their home as long as possible. Modifications are being made in order to equalize the participants' function level and the characteristics of the living environment.
Housing education programs should be targeted toward the elderly and their family members and provide more information relating to aging in place. Professionals in housing and related fields should have the knowledge
necessary to advise clients on making decisions to help insure their ability to live independently as they age.Master of Science
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Lionikaitė, Jūratė. "Modelling of Internal Country Branding." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20140114_101807-37096.
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In the presence of globalization countries increasingly implement various initiatives associated to branding to effectively compete in the global market of capital, labour and knowledge. Most of these initiatives are focused on external markets – they are designed to attract foreign investors, tourists, talented people, etc. However, scientists increasingly emphasize the internal audiences’ importance, efforts to involve internal audiences in the process of country branding has recently emerged also in practice. Nevertheless, it was noted that the concept of internal country branding has not yet been established, its logic has not yet been explained, inconsistent use of definitions has been dominated and therefore it is suggested that the conceptualization and modelling of internal country branding is a relevant research problem.
In this dissertation the internal country branding was approached from different perspectives. Results of the analysis of scientific literature on the country and internal branding allowed formulating an initial understanding about the concept of internal country branding. In order to provide solid empirical backgrounds for the conceptualisation and modelling expert and internal audiences’ opinion survey as well as analysis of the context related to internal branding created by the countries and spread in the internet were implemented.
Summarizing the results a conceptual model of internal country branding was constructed. The model explains the... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Globalizacijos akivaizdoje vis daugiau valstybių imasi su ženklodara susijusių iniciatyvų siekdamos efektyviau konkuruoti pasaulinėje kapitalo, darbo ir žinių rinkoje. Dauguma tokių iniciatyvų yra orientuotos į išorines rinkas – jos skirtos pritraukti užsienio investuotojus, turistus, talentingus darbuotojus ir pan. Vis dėlto, įvairius valstybės ženklodaros klausimus nagrinėjantys mokslininkai vis dažniau akcentuoja ir vidinių auditorijų svarbą, pastangos vidines auditorijas įtraukti į vietovės ženklodaros procesą pastaruoju metu ryškėja ir praktikoje. Nepaisant to, pastebima, jog valstybės vidinės ženklodaros samprata dar nėra nusistovėjusi, nepaaiškinta jos logika, nenuosekliai vartojamos sąvokos, todėl teigiama, jog valstybės vidinės ženklodaros konceptualizavimas ir modeliavimas yra aktuali mokslinė problema. Šiame disertaciniame darbe valstybės vidinės ženklodara nagrinėjama iš keleto perspektyvų. Išanalizavus mokslinę literatūrą valstybės ir vidinės ženklodaros tematika suformuluota pradinė valstybės vidinės ženklodaros samprata. Konceptualiajam modeliavimui tvirtesnius pagrindus suteikė atlikti empiriniai ekspertų ir valstybių vidinių auditorijų nuomonės bei valstybių kuriamo su vidine ženklodara susijusio konteksto virtualiojoje erdvėje tyrimai. Apibendrinus tyrimų rezultatus sudarytas konceptualusis modelis, aiškinantis valstybės vidinės ženklodaros logiką ir pagrindinius elementus. Remiantis sudarytu modeliu atliktas Lietuvos Respublikos vidinės ženklodaros... [to full text]
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Khalus, Vladislav Ivanovich. "T-COUNT OPTIMIZATION OF QUANTUM CARRY LOOK-AHEAD ADDER." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ece_etds/141.
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With the emergence of quantum physics and computer science in the 20th century, a new era was born which can solve very difficult problems in a much faster rate or problems that classical computing just can't solve. In the 21st century, quantum computing needs to be used to solve tough problems in engineering, business, medical, and other fields that required results not today but yesterday. To make this dream come true, engineers in the semiconductor industry need to make the quantum circuits a reality.
To realize quantum circuits and make them scalable, they need to be fault tolerant, therefore Clifford+T gates need to be implemented into those circuits. But the main issue is that in the Clifford+T gate set, T gates are expensive to implement.
Carry Look-Ahead addition circuits have caught the interest of researchers because the number of gate layers encountered by a given qubit in the circuit (or the circuit's depth) is logarithmic in terms of the input size n. Therefore, this thesis focuses on optimizing previous designs of out-of-place and in-place Carry Look-Ahead Adders to decrease the T-count, sum of all T and T Hermitian transpose gates in a quantum circuit.
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Cornish, Fiona. ""Oh ay, you get some right funny looks when you ask to go in places" : an assessment of access and attitudes in Leeds City Centre /." Leeds : University of Leeds, School of Geography, 2006. http://0-www.leeds.ac.uk.wam.leeds.ac.uk/library/secure/counter/geogbsc/200506/cornish.pdf.
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Kural, Nerkis. "Parameters Of Sustainability In Urban Residential Areas: A Critique Of Temelli/ankara." Phd thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610343/index.pdf.
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The important positions and proposals of the thesis are firstly the framework posited
for a socially sustainable urban environment, and secondly a proposal for the
parameters of place formation for sustainable urban design. Research into social
sustainability has provided a variety of approaches among which Castells’
model for urban movements have been adapted as a matrix for social organization in terms of placemaking, highlighting the goals of an urban movement, in this case of a place, with the citizen as urban actor, against its adversary the historical actor. As for the parameters of place formation a matrix of place is developed as a tool for urban design and for measuring urban sustainability. The matrix delineates the six dimensions of place in terms of the three sustainabilities most strongly involved in each
to be measured by the indicators of sustainability which are to be achieved by applying various strategies for urban design. As a result of the study of the underlying dynamics of the paradigms of sustainability, place, and place-making, and the shifting role of urban design necessitated by problems of urbaproposed within a discourse that prefers to see the three sustainabilities in conjunction and, believes socially sustainable communities to be also environmentally and economically sustainable- the issue becomes how to facilitate a place process through urban design. Place as a social product, and place as an experiential, cognitive construct, place as object and subject of place-making, and place as a geographically specific, historical materialist formation are the four vantage points from which to inspect the juxtapositions and differences of the concept
and may be arrive at a theory of place. The predilection that sustainability and urbanization can be evaluated via placemaking stems, on one hand, from a study of the city/urbanization through the works of Harvey, Castells, Lefebvre and Bookchin who emphasize social space/process in the face of physical/geometric space
and an architectural background/disposition which finds place congenial on the other hand. The paradigm of sustainability and place, and place-making as urban design is applied to the case of Temelli, Ankara for a critique of sustainable/unsustainable urbanization. As a geographic, social, economic and historical location within the Greater Municipality of Ankara, Temelli has been a region of attraction for investors since the 1990s. What was once a small village planned for settling Balkan immigrants, became a municipality in 1994
the land within the municipal boundaries were increased tenfold, and the region was earmarked for an overspill of 650,000 people from Ankara Metropolitan Area in the next 20 years. Four residential areas in the region have been assessed comparatively in terms of sustainable urban forms
and an evaluation of everyday lives have been conducted through surveys and interviews with residents to observe how and if place as social product evolved
how the conceived, perceived and lived spaces interacted.
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Lazzari, Fernanda. "O efeito placebo do país de origem sobre o desempenho de produtos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/72772.
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O efeito placebo tem sua origem atrelada aos estudos ligados às ciências médicas e farmacológicas e, basicamente, consiste na capacidade de produtos inertes produzirem efeitos por meio do seu uso ou consumo. Esse efeito passou a fazer parte do escopo do Marketing em 2005, quando estudos mostraram a capacidade do preço gerar modificações sobre o desempenho de um produto. A ideia do efeito placebo desencadeado pelo preço dos produtos está ancorada no fato das crenças globais, que associam preço baixo a produtos de má qualidade, anteciparem as expectativas do consumidor acerca da resposta do produto e, a partir disso, alterarem o seu desempenho. Nessa mesma linha, o estereótipo do país de origem também se apresenta como uma crença global, em que produtos oriundos de países com estereótipo negativo são associados a produtos inferiores e de má qualidade. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa analisou a ocorrência do efeito placebo desencadeado pelo país de origem do produto, analisando, ainda, a interação da força das expectativas e do preço do produto na geração deste efeito. Para tanto, três estudos experimentais foram operacionalizados. O primeiro estudo apresentou as testagens iniciais sobre o efeito placebo gerado pelo país de origem e mostrou que o país de origem com estereótipo negativo é capaz de gerar um efeito placebo negativo sobre o desempenho do produto. Não foi identificado, no entanto, a ocorrência de efeito placebo gerado pelo estereótipo positivo do país de origem. No segundo estudo, analisou-se o efeito placebo do país de origem em cenário de alta e baixa expectativa. Como resultado, obteve-se, em cenário de baixa expectativa, a ocorrência de efeito placebo negativo gerado pelo estereótipo negativo do país de origem. Já em cenário de alta expectativa, os resultados indicam que o fortalecimento das expectativas eliminou o efeito placebo negativo e, além disso, promoveu a ocorrência de um efeito placebo positivo gerado pelo estereótipo positivo do país de origem. O último estudo observou a interação do país de origem e do preço do produto sobre a geração de efeito placebo. Os resultados mostram que, em cenário de preço baixo, há efeito placebo negativo gerado pelo país de origem com estereótipo negativo, mas não foi observada a ocorrência de efeito placebo positivo gerado pelo estereótipo positivo do país de origem. Já, em cenário de preço alto, não se observou a ocorrência de nenhum efeito placebo, nem positivo, nem negativo. Ou seja, o preço elevado do produto foi capaz de anular o efeito placebo negativo gerado pelo estereótipo negativo do produto, mostrando a capacidade do preço em compensar os efeitos negativos causados pelo país de origem com imagem desfavorável. Com base nisso, os achados desta tese contribuem para o avanço teórico dos estudos sobre efeito placebo em Marketing, uma vez que adicionam o país de origem como um elemento gerador deste tipo de efeito e, ao analisar a interação do país de origem com o fortalecimento das expectativas e o preço do produto, confirmam as bases conceituais sobre a relação entre esses elementos. Além disso, seus achados, em termos gerenciais, podem promover reflexões por parte das organizações que compõem o seu mix de produtos com bens importados e também que operaram no exterior e fazem investimentos externos diretos em diversas partes do mundo.The placebo effect has its origin linked to studies related to medical and pharmacological sciences and basically consists in the ability of inert products to produce effects through its use or consumption. This effect became part of the Marketing scope in 2005 when studies showed the ability of pricing to generate changes on the performance of a product. The idea of the placebo effect triggered by product price is anchored on the fact that global beliefs, which associate low price to low quality products, anticipate consumer expectations about the response of the product and, from there, change its performance. Along the same line, the stereotype of the country of origin also presents itself as a global belief in that products from countries with negative stereotypes are associated with inferior and bad quality products. Thus, this research analyzed the occurrence of the placebo effect triggered by the country of origin of the product, also analyzing the interaction of the strength of expectations and of product price in the generation of this effect. For this purpose, three experimental studies were operationalized. The first study presented initial testings on the placebo effect generated by the country of origin and showed that the country of origin with negative stereotypes is able to generate a negative placebo effect on product performance. However, the occurrence of the placebo effect generated by positive stereotypes in the country of origin was not identified. In the second study, the placebo effect of the country of origin in a scenario of high and low expectations was analyzed. As a result, in a scenario of low expectations, the occurrence of a negative placebo effect generated by the negative stereotype of the country of origin was obtained. However, in a scenario of high expectations, results indicate that the strengthening of the expectations eliminated a negative placebo effect and in addition, promoted the occurrence of a positive placebo effect generated by the positive stereotype of the country of origin. The last study observed the interaction of the country of origin and the price of the product upon the generation of the placebo effect. The results show that in a scenario of low price, there is a negative placebo effect generated by the country of origin with a negative stereotype, but the occurrence of a positive placebo effect generated by the positive stereotype of the country of origin was not observed. However, in a scenario of high prices, there was no occurrence of a placebo effect, whether positive or negative. In other words, the high price of the product was able to cancel the negative placebo effect generated by the negative stereotype of the product, showing the capacity of the price to compensate for the negative effects caused by the country of origin with an unfavorable image. Based on this, this thesis’ findings contribute to the theoretical progress on the studies about the placebo effect in Marketing, once the country of origin is added as a generating element of this type of effect, and when analyzing the interaction of the country of origin with the strengthening of expectations and the price of the product, the conceptual foundations about the relationship between these elements are confirmed. Moreover, its findings in management terms can promote reflections by organizations that compose the product mix with imported goods and also that operate overseas and make foreign direct investments in various parts of the world.
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Vanderpool, Emily. "Bioarchaeological Investigations of Community and Identity at the Avondale Burial Place (McArthur Cemetery), Bibb County, Georgia." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/56.
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This study conducts a multi-isotopic bioarchaeological analysis of the Avondale Burial Place (McArthur Cemetery), a recently discovered Emancipation-era African American cemetery near Macon, GA. Stable isotopic analyses were performed on available dental remains in order to reconstruct the diet and demography of the individuals buried at McArthur Cemetery. Specifically, δ18O and δ13C were characterized in tooth enamel and examined in tandem with collaborative osteological and mortuary analyses to reconstruct early-life diet and residential origin. The results suggest that members of the Avondale community buried in McArthur did not experience significant mobility, but rather resided in the area for most of their lives. Overall, these results greatly contribute to the genealogical research of McArthur Cemetery’s descendants as well as the fragmented history of the South by exploring whether the individuals in this community took part in the Great Migration following the Civil War.
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Naylor, Elaine. "It's going to be a place of commercial importance, frontier boosterism in Jefferson County, Washington, 1850-1890." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ56250.pdf.
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Sinclair, Donna Lynn. "Contested Visions of Place: People, Power, and Perception on the Columbia's North Shore, 1805-1913." PDXScholar, 2004. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3068.
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This is a narrative of place, of intersections between people, power, and perception of landscape. The environs of the Columbia River Gorge create a very distinct sense of place. Where once a series of three rapids - the Cascades of the Columbia - blocked industrial upriver transport, now Bonneville Dam and Locks allows smooth passage. To the north the vast 1.3 million acre Gifford Pinchot National Forest dominates the landscape. On the Columbia's banks lies the town of Stevenson, Washington, with Carson a few miles away, in a transitory ecological zone between east and west, at the forest's edge. There, community development has been manifestly influenced by human relationships to the landscape.
Contested visions of place during the nineteenth century resulted in violent conflict and framed debates over place.Examining struggles over who would control access, first to the Cascades of the Columbia, and then to the timber of the Wind River Valley, provides a venue for examining power - of nature, ideas, and changing human cultures as overlapping groups imposed their views of the good life onto the landscape. As each successive group gained power, the relationships of humans to the land, and to one another, changed.
By examining historic connections between river and forest, and between human communities to each, this study identifies multiple meanings of the same environment for different groups. I use a bioregional approach, exploring relationships between land, people and resources on the Columbia's north bank between 1805 and 1913. Power relations at the Cascades and in the forest were determined through conflict, negotiation, and the federal government, with the human relationship to nature influencing outcomes. Conflict often resulted from struggles over access to place, while human groups negotiated their place within the landscape. Nature privileged one group over another through disease, fire, and human perception, while the United States government co-opted place through public land laws, Indian removal, and by measuring and bounding the landscape. Who gained access to the river and forest of the Columbia's north shore, and how they did it, is the focus of this story.
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Barnett, Jenny Elizabeth. "A place in the country : the contribution of second homes to North Devon communities." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14821.
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This research examines the sustainability and participatory objectives of the UK’s planning system in a geographical context. It aims to explore the relationships between communities and place, and the connections between national government, local governments and communities in planning processes and outcomes. It also considers the role of planning in shaping places and communities, and how planning endeavours to include communities in decision-making through encouraging participation in community activities. This thesis argues that there is a gap between planning policy and rhetoric and the implementation of policy within specific community contexts. The research is a piece of collaborative research conducted with the planning department at North Devon Council (NDC). Through developing an original empirical case study of data from parishes within North Devon, planning’s sustainability and participatory agendas are examined through the framework of second homes considered a distinct yet related form of tourism (Jaakson, 1986). The research unpicks popular understandings of second homes through quantitative and qualitative research and argues that there are nuanced existences and experiences of second home properties, compounding the difficulty of defining these properties that produce both non-permanent residents and semi- permanent tourists. Exploration of the socio-economic contributions of second homes within host communities suggests that second homes have potential to contribute unsustainable traits, particularly social impacts, to host communities while also having potential to bring positive, predominantly economic, contributions. The empirical research demonstrates that notions of community from resident and policy maker perspectives illustrate that place is not necessary to understanding or experiencing community but has a key role in framing both policy and North Devon residents’ perceptions of community. Through examining the most recent round of democratic renewal in the planning system, issues of power and responsibility within planning functions are reviewed. It argues that the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition neighbourhood planning obligations reveal a dichotomy between community desire for power and the realism of heightened responsibility.
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Hughes, Lynette. "The incidence and aetiology of player burnout amongst male inter-county Gaelic footballers on the Island of Ireland." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496498.
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Falcetto, Andrea. "Perceptions of Conservation and Ecotourism in the Taita-Taveta County, Kenya." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1186.
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This is a qualitative study examining conservation attitudes and resource use of 63 individuals in Kasigau, Kenya. Community members described their perceptions of conservation, the resources that they use, the location and availability of these, their support for the protection of Mt. Kasigau, their likes and dislikes of plant and animal species, and their support of ecotourism in Kasigau. All individuals listed conservation behaviors and agreed that protecting Mt. Kasigau is important. Many recognized the mountain as the only source of water. Some resources were limited, especially at certain times of the year. All interviewed community members except one would like tourists to visit Kasigau and are interested in cultural exchange. There is an apparent difference between conservation and ecotourism attitudes in Makwasinyi and the other six villages which could be because Makwasinyi has a lower level of education and is isolated on the northeastern side of the mountain. Gender differences between males and females were also present as each gender uses different resources coupled with a division of labor. The main theory that evolved was rational choice theory. People of Kasigau are trying to sustain their livelihoods and will pick conservation activities due to their benefits and chance they will increase income. When developing a community-based conservation model, these attitudes, education level, and gender differences must be considered to make a plan the whole community can agree on and from which it will benefit.
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Herminio, Michele Canderolo. "Colombia es pasión: um estudo sobre gestão e resultados de um projeto de construção de marca país." Associação Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, 2013. http://tede2.espm.br/handle/tede/14.
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Previous issue date: 2013-06-19This work aims to: 1) describe the Colombian nation branding experience, entitled Colombia es Pasión based in the process steps: a) engagement; b) analysis; c) strategy; d) execution and audit and 2) assess the a) image impacts from an international perspective and b) the economic impact, in export, tourism and foreign direct investment areas. In order to do so, initially were presented concepts that support the understanding of the topic, as country brand, country brand identity, country image, place branding, destination brand and country of origin; following the case study, built from bibliographical, documentary and field research evidences, was presented. The case description and its interpretation in the light of process stages and phases can be found in Chapter 4. The impact assessment of the international image was conducted by content analysis of articles which contained the word Colombia in the title, in the newspapers The New York Times and El País, employing the software Atlas/TI. An index image was developed and its shows an improvement of 81.57% in the country image during the period that Colombia es Pasión was active, however, it was not possible to draw a causal link between the image improvement and the nation branding initiative. The economic impact of the program was evaluated by econometric models that considers the three target variables of the program: exports, tourism and foreign direct investment. The econometric analysis suggests that the program had positive economic impacts on exports and on the number of foreign tourists. The overall result of these two variables is, on average, equivalent to 1.28% of GDP in 2011. However, the most significant impact is on the dependent variables, taken as the program target. The effect of the program, on average, corresponds to 16.73% of exports and 13.63% of the number of foreign tourists in the year preceding the start of the program internationals actions, that is 2005.
Este trabalho tem como objetivos: 1) descrever a experiência colombiana de branding, entitulada Colombia es Pasión, com base etapas do processo: a) engajamento; b) análise; c) estratégia; d) execução e auditoria e 2) avaliar os impactos: a) de imagem, na perspectiva externa e b) econômico, nas áreas de exportação, turismo e investimentos estrangeiros diretos. Para tanto, inicialmente foram apresentados conceitos que apóiam a compreensão do tema, como marca país, identidade de marca país, imagem de país, place branding, marca de destino e país de origem; na sequência foi exposto o estudo de caso construído a partir de evidências bibliográficas, documentais e de campo. A descrição do caso e sua interpretação à luz das etapas e fases do processo podem ser encontradas no capítulo 4. A avaliação do impacto de imagem na perspectiva externa foi realizada por meio de análise de conteúdo de artigos que continham a palavra Colômbia no titulo, nas mídias The New York Times e El País, utilizando como ferramenta o software Atlas/TI. Foi desenvolvido um índice de imagem que apontou uma melhora de 81,57% na imagem do país, no período em que o Colombia es Pasión esteve ativo, no entanto, não foi possível estabelecer a relação causal entre a melhora de imagem e a iniciativa de branding. O impacto econômico do programa foi avaliado por meio de um exercício econométrico que considera as três variáveis-alvo do programa: exportações, turismo e investimento estrangeiro direto. A análise econométrica realizada sugere que o programa teve impactos econômicos positivos sobre exportações e número de turistas estrangeiros. O resultado total sobre estas duas variáveis representa, em média, o equivalente a 1,28% do PIB do país em 2011. Entretanto, mostra impacto mais significativo quando comparado com a magnitude dos fluxos originais das variáveis que tomou como alvo. O efeito do programa corresponde em média a 16,73% das exportações e 13,63% do número de turistas estrangeiros do ano anterior ao início das ações internacionais do programa, ou seja, 2005.
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Janovicek, Nancy. "Finding a place, the politics of feminist organizing against spousal assault in Ottawa and Lanark County, 1970-1982." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq26923.pdf.
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Janovicek, Nancy Carleton University Dissertation Canadian Studies. "Finding a place: The politics of feminist organizing against spousal assault in Ottawa and Lanark County, 1970-1982." Ottawa, 1997.
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Cort, Larry Edward. "#This is the place for toil' : neighbourhoods at work in the later Victorian Black Country." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249223.
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Gay, Wayne Lee. "Jeans, Boots, and Starry Skies: Tales of a Gay Country-and-Western Bar and Places Nearby." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28422/.
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Fourteen short stories, with five interspersed vignettes, describe the lives of gay people in the southwestern United States, centered around a fictional gay country-and-western bar in Dallas and a small town in Oklahoma. Various characters, themes, and trajectories recur in the manner of a short story cycle, as explained in the prefatory Critical Analysis, which focuses on exemplary works of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Shirley Jackson, Italo Calvino, Yevgeny Kharitonov, and Louise Erdrich.
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Semlow, Andrea R. "The Power of Place: A Qualitative Evaluation of Stream Monitoring Data Usage by Decision-Makers in Dane County, WI." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505147/.
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Has years of citizen-based nutrient sampling and baseline water quality monitoring efforts only had a "trivial" impact on natural resource management decisions? This thesis will explore this and other findings from a qualitative evaluation of the Rock River Coalition (RRC) citizen-based stream monitoring project in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA. These findings are the culmination of 47 semi-structured interviews with decision-makers from seven client-identified categories and participant observations of board meetings and other watershed groups. Interview questions focused on current strategies of data design and dissemination with the goal of constructing a clearer picture of existing data usage by Dane County decision-makers. In the wider picture of citizen science and community-based research, this case study aims to highlight barriers to data use and potential solutions. The results of this case study were understood through four key frames: (1) Bourdieu's concept of symbolic capital, (2) Barzilai‐Nahon's theory of network gatekeeping, (3) Newman et al.'s framework for leveraging the power of place, and (4) a Foucauldian approach to the production of scientific knowledge. The findings of this study highlight the presence of gatekeeping mechanisms within the scientific field as well as government institutions, problematize the practice of placemaking, assert there is untapped symbolic capital to be wielded by citizen scientists, and trace the "innovation" of volunteer water monitoring data in Dane County.
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Semlow, Andrea R. "The Power of Place: A Qualitative Evaluation of Stream Monitoring Data Usage by Decision-Makers in Dane County, Wisconsin." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505147/.
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Has years of citizen-based nutrient sampling and baseline water quality monitoring efforts only had a "trivial" impact on natural resource management decisions? This thesis will explore this and other findings from a qualitative evaluation of the Rock River Coalition (RRC) citizen-based stream monitoring project in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA. These findings are the culmination of 47 semi-structured interviews with decision-makers from seven client-identified categories and participant observations of board meetings and other watershed groups. Interview questions focused on current strategies of data design and dissemination with the goal of constructing a clearer picture of existing data usage by Dane County decision-makers. In the wider picture of citizen science and community-based research, this case study aims to highlight barriers to data use and potential solutions. The results of this case study were understood through four key frames: (1) Bourdieu's concept of symbolic capital, (2) Barzilai‐Nahon's theory of network gatekeeping, (3) Newman et al.'s framework for leveraging the power of place, and (4) a Foucauldian approach to the production of scientific knowledge. The findings of this study highlight the presence of gatekeeping mechanisms within the scientific field as well as government institutions, problematize the practice of placemaking, assert there is untapped symbolic capital to be wielded by citizen scientists, and trace the "innovation" of volunteer water monitoring data in Dane County.
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Pedersen, Anna Navndrup. "When the stone stopped moving, Counter-curation as site specific interaction design." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21578.
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Rural place is often overlooked in interaction design research. This thesis is centered around an analog interaction between humans and a 35 ton stone in a danish forest, on the rural island of Bornholm. With a methodological approach influenced by Donna Haraway's essay 'Situated Knowledges' the author approaches her site-specific topic both as a local, a tourist and a researcher. The thesis offers a close study of the interaction with the stone, and explains how this natural occurring interaction, has physically shaped the landscape around it, but also reveals the curation imposed upon rural place and and how this curation affects our sense of place. The researcher suggests that counter-curations can be used as a method for site-specific interaction designers, and exemplifies this by curating a natural site as well as a rural village site. The stone in the forest opens up for a project about the multiple identities of rural place and how theses are shaped in deep intertwining and tension between the past and present, human and nature.