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Hörnlund, Henrik, and Johannes Ålander. "User Inclusion during ERP Implementations and its effects on Symbolic Adoption." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-176666.

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Having a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is seen as increasingly important if an organisation wants to compete in today’s business environment. The implementation of a new ERP system can result in added automatization and the replacement and/or coupling of legacy systems. The replacement and coupling of legacy systems can help an organisation increase data integrity and accessibility by lowering data fragmentation. Previous research on the topic of ERP implementations has emphasized user participation as an important factor when aiming to succeed with an implementation. The research is however inconsistent with its use of participation and involvement where involvement is often used synonymously with participation, but sometimes it signifies that the implementation is of personal importance to the user. This study defines user participation as the user partaking in activities relating to the implementation, and user involvement is defined as the user perceiving the project or system as important. This study also introduces a new term: user inclusion, which encompasses both user participation, and if a user is on the receiving end of one-way communication, for example when receiving a newsletter. This study argues that symbolic adoption, the belief that implementing the system is a good idea, is an important part of system success and uses a combination of factors from the UTAUT model and the I/S success model as antecedents to the dimensions of symbolic adoption that has been presented in previous research. The purpose of this study is to examine how users are included in ERP implementation processes, and how their inclusion in the process affects users’ symbolic adoption. To address this purpose, a qualitative multi-case study that included two cases was conducted. In order to answer how users are included, this study divides how into three sub-questions; who; when and in what way users were included throughout the implementation. ​This study concludes that users’ inclusion increases over time throughout the implementation process, both in terms of influence, and in number of participating users. This study also shows that users included in project initiatives can affect the antecedents to symbolic adoption in various ways, both their own symbolic adoption, and that of their non-participating colleagues. An example of this is how intended users’ expectations can be managed through communication and when they get first-hand experience of the system, their expectations correct themselves so that they are closer to the actual performance and effort required. The antecedents, performance and effort expectancy, are in turn linked to the symbolic adoption dimension effort worthiness.
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Kavish, Daniel Ryan. "Interactionist Labeling: Formal and Informal Labeling's Effects on Juvenile Delinquency." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/883.

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This thesis critically reviews prior labeling theory research concerning juvenile delinquency and crime; it adds to current work by using contemporary data. Labeling events are described in detail to provide an overall understanding of where labels originate, who is casting the label, and what research suggests concerning different types of labels. An interactionist labeling model is tested to explain levels of juvenile delinquency among a nationally representative sample of American adolescents: the first three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Finally, negative binomial regression models are estimated in order to better explain the dynamic relationship between labels and delinquency.
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Nevile, Maryann. "Effects of a script-based symbolic play intervention on children with developmental delay." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0011/MQ52802.pdf.

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Cranmer, Elizabeth Glenn Sigrid S. "The effects of PECS training on symbolic matching skills in learners with autism." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-10997.

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Cranmer, Elizabeth. "The Effects of PECS Training on Symbolic Matching Skills in Learners with Autism." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc10997/.

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This study evaluated whether picture exchange communication system (PECS) training would result in the development of conditional relations among corresponding pictures, objects (reinforcers) and spoken words used in PECS training with learners with developmental disabilities. Three participants with autism and mental retardation were trained to use PECS. Match-to-sample procedures were used to assess all possible conditional relations among stimuli before, during, and after PECS training. None of the three participants in this study acquired conditional discriminations involving the pictures, reinforcers, and spoken words used in their PECS training.
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Hansen, Sonja Maria [Verfasser], Hilde [Gutachter] Haider, and Robert [Gutachter] Gaschler. "The potential of symbolic approximation. Disentangling the effects of approximation vs. calculation demands in nonsymbolic and symbolic representations. / Sonja Maria Hansen ; Gutachter: Hilde Haider, Robert Gaschler." Köln : Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1121745261/34.

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Mihatsch, Steffen. "Investigation of the dynamics and synchronization effects in coupled systems by means of symbolic representations." Diss., lmu, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-143889.

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Grammatikaki-Hatzios, Maria K. "Students' participation in the marketing education program : the relative effects of tangible versus symbolic factors /." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08252008-162929/.

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Brooker, Daniel Morgan. "Intelligent cities? : disentangling the symbolic and material effects of technopole planning practices in Cyberjaya, Malaysia." Thesis, Durham University, 2008. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2464/.

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Cyberjaya was heralded in the mid-1990s as the Multimedia Super Corridor's (MSG) flagship 'intelligent city' and designed to prepare Malaysia and its citizens for a giant leap forward into an imagined new 'information age'. The urban mega-project constituted a state led response to the much hyped 'Siliconisation of Asia' and was planned to fast-track national development through investment in information and communications technologies (ICTs). The thesis seeks to examine how the discursive architectures of the 'information society' were mobilised, by whom, and with what material consequences as technopole planning practices were inscribed on the Malaysian landscape. Ten years on from the excessive high-tech utopianism and urban boosterism that accompanied the city's launch, the thesis promotes qualitative methodologies to examine the critical human geographies of the MSG. Specifically, empirical analysis addresses the uneven socio-spatial consequences and 'splintering urbanisms' manifesting in Malaysia's emerging spaces of neoliberal modernity. Research methodologies included in-depth interviews with political and business elites in Malaysia, participant observation with residents and workers in Cyberjaya, and a critical discourse analysis of the MSG policy and promotional materials. To this end, the thesis seeks to disentangle the symbolic and material effects of technopole planning practices in Cyberjaya.
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Schnell, Senny T. "The Effects of Generative Play Instruction on Pretense Play Behavior and Restricted Stereotypic Behaviors in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313028969.

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Ott, Natalie [Verfasser], and Roland [Akademischer Betreuer] Brünken. "From dual coding to multiple coding : Effects of multiple symbolic representations for mathematical understanding / Natalie Ott ; Betreuer: Roland Brünken." Saarbrücken : Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1152094300/34.

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Ott, Natalie Verfasser], and Roland [Akademischer Betreuer] [Brünken. "From dual coding to multiple coding : Effects of multiple symbolic representations for mathematical understanding / Natalie Ott ; Betreuer: Roland Brünken." Saarbrücken : Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-scidok-ds-268806.

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Mihatsch, Steffen [Verfasser], and Gregor [Akademischer Betreuer] Morfill. "Investigation of the dynamics and synchronization effects in coupled systems by means of symbolic representations / Steffen Mihatsch. Betreuer: Gregor Morfill." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1023902877/34.

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Haase, Kristen. "The Effects of Specialized Vocabulary on Learning and Understanding New Concepts." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1525279762216062.

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Pohnert, Tami. "The Effects of Pet Ownership on Physical Well-Being in Older Adults." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2238.

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A large percentage of Americans own pets which may impact their health. This study examines pet ownership’s effect on well being in older adults looking at race/ethnicity. A sample of 6,565 older adults (>60) was selected from the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey. Pet owners comprised 28.3% of the sample. The theories of symbolic interaction and social integration were used to examine pet ownership’s effect on physical components of well-being. The descriptive results showed statistically significant differences in age, education, income, and marital status between pet owners and non-pet owners. Pet owners were younger, more educate, higher income and married. Similar results were found for Caucasians, African Americans and Mexican Americans. Logistic regression for the entire sample revealed pet owners were more likely to have a positive self perception of health, normal blood pressure, improved function, less chronic conditions, improved function and more falls. Multiple regression revealed pet owners had more hospital stays, but fewer physician visits and nursing home stays than non-pet owners. When examined by race/ethnicity differences were found between pet owners and non-pet owners that differed from the general sample results. This research revealed that pets overall positively impact their owners’ health but it appears to differ based on race/ethnicity. Further research is needed on pet ownership’s effect on older adults specifically in regards to race.
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Amigoni, Gaja [Verfasser]. ""Creative workspace: Talk vs. Action - A qualitative study on the substantive and symbolic roles and effects of creative workspaces in modern organizations" / Gaja Amigoni." Frankfurt (Oder) : Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1191097277/34.

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Forss, Linnéa. "Flyttprocessens påverkan på identiteten – utveckling eller avveckling? : En fallstudie kring flytten av Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården i Kiruna." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73511.

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The purpose of the thesis is to investigate and analyze how three different actors linked to the urban transformation in the city of Kiruna, in this case LKAB, the Municipality of Kiruna and the County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, believe that the identity of a historical monument that is marked cultural heritage is affected by future relocation. The second part of the study is to investigate the impact the building might have on the city in the future. This study is based on the relocation of Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården. The study is based on a qualitative approach in which five informants from the three actors were interviewed. The interviews have been analyzed through thematic analysis, where a combination of theoretical thematic analysis and empirical thematic analysis was used.   The result shows that the new location of Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården is preferred to be in a suitable context close to other cultural buildings. All informants agree that accessibility is a fundamental element in, which a synergistic effect is an increase in visitor numbers. Since the greatest value around Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården is Hjalmar Lundbohm and his deeds, the identity can still be passed on even though the place is not the same. The informants agree that it is important with cultural references in a city so people have something to relate to.
Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka och analysera hur tre olika aktörer kopplade till samhällsomvandlingen i Kirunas centrala delar, i detta fall LKAB, Kiruna kommun samt Länsstyrelsen Norrbotten, anser hur identiteten kring ett byggnadsminnesmärkt kulturarv påverkas genom en framtida flytt. Vidare undersöks vilken inverkan byggnaden kan ha i den framtida staden. Uppsatsen har sin utgångspunkt kring en ny framtida placering av Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården.   Studien är baserad på en kvalitativ ansats där fem informanter från tre olika aktörer; LKAB, Kiruna kommun samt Länsstyrelsen Norrbotten har intervjuats. Intervjuerna har sedan analyserats genom tematisk analys, där en kombination av teoretisk tematisk analys och empirisk tematisk analys använts.   Resultatet av intervjuerna visar att Hjalmar Lundbohmsgårdens nya placering bör hamna i en lämplig kontext nära andra kulturbyggnader. Samtliga informanter är eniga om att tillgängligheten är en grundläggande faktor där en synergieffekt är ett ökat besökarantal. Det största kulturella värdet kring Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården är Hjalmar Lundbohm och hans gärningar, vilket gör att identiteten fortfarande kan vidareförmedlas trots att platsen inte är densamma. Informanterna är överens om att det är viktigt med kulturella referenser i en stad så människorna har något att förhålla sig till.
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Wilson, Rasmus. "The Discursive construction of elderly´s needs -A critical discourse analysis of political discussions in Sweden." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-75488.

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This thesis explores the political discourse´s portrayal of elderly needs in Sweden, as well as discourses the lived effects on the elderly population. The study is guided by the following research questions 1) What is the current political discourses construction of elderly´s needs? And 2) How could this discourse affect the elderly population? To fulfil the purpose and answer the research questions the study utilizes a critical discourse analysis. The study also employs a wide theoretical foundation with central concepts deriving both from a general sociological tradition, such as symbolic interactionism. As well as more specialized gerontological theories, such as ageism and structured dependency. By using a thematic analysis as well as a synthesising analysis the study provided both an in-depth and collected depiction of the discourse on elderly needs as well as its lived effects. The analysis found four thematics of interest, a) Emotional needs b) elderly´s need of others c) organizational needs and d) basic amenities. All of which were characterized by a dystopian and ageist portrayal of old age. Seemingly based on ageist stereotypes rather than the characteristics of the actual demographic. Similarly, the overall narrative showed that elderly where portrayed as a homogenized collective of others. The narrative also depicted elderly as a very simple, dependant and burdensome demographic. The lived effects were varied under the thematic analysis, these could be characterized under two overarching trends. Firstly, the risk that elderly embrace the dystopian role depicted in the discourse. Secondly the discourses skewed portrayal of elderly can lead to less effective and potentially destructive policies and resource allocation.
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Khan, S. S. "The effect of parietal lobe lesions on symbolic and non-symbolic number representation and neuropsychological profiles." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/850348/.

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Part 1, the systematic literature review, examines the empirical literature on symbolic and non-symbolic number representation in humans. A diverse range of experimental methodologies were explored, including 19 studies which comprised computational modelling, neuroimaging, behavioural and clinical evidence, and 15 review articles which focused on the acquisition of number competence and the underlying form of number representation. The review revealed a lack of evidence on the qualitative differences between representations of symbolic and non-symbolic numbers, and hardly any clinical evidence of the underlying pathways. Part 2, the empirical paper, reports a study adapted from Roggeman, Verguts and Fias (2007), which used healthy participants, by using patients with lesions to the parietal lobe, an area commonly associated with numbers. We aimed to determine whether there were differences between symbolic and non-symbolic notations from which differences in underlying representations and areas engaged in the processing of these notations could be inferred. The priming task provided a measurable indicator of any differences between notations and the impact of these lesions on the ability to identify numbers presented as digits and dots. There were no significant differences in digit and dot notations between the patient and control groups. However, two case studies revealed normal digit and dot number representation following a left lesion, whereas normal digit and abnormal dot number representation was observed following a right lesion, thereby supporting a notation-dependent view. Part 3, the critical appraisal, provides a reflective discussion of the project from start to finish, addressing methodological choices, the clinical and research duality and wider conceptual issues.
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Krause, Timothy Allen. "Sound Effects: Age, Gender, and Sound Symbolism in American English." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2304.

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This mixed-method study investigated the correlation of sound symbolic associations with age and gender by analyzing data from a national survey of 292 American English speakers. Subjects used 10 semantic differential scales to rate six artificial brand names that targeted five phonemes. Subjects also described the potential products they imagined these artificial brand names to represent. Quantitative analysis alone provided insufficient evidence to conclude that age or gender affect sound symbolism in American English. While 26 out of 60 scales showed a monotonic shift among the means of the three age groups, only three were statistically significant. The evidence of differences between genders was similarly weak; only five scales out of 60 showed a statistically significant difference when comparing genders. Analysis of the qualitative data, however, suggested both monotonic generational shifts as well as generational blips in sound-symbolic associations. Of particular interest is the possible influence of pop culture, fashions, and fads, and society's shifting focus from broadcast to narrowcast media. The implications of this research are relevant for both theory (empirical evidence for iconicity in language) and application (e.g., devising brand names that communicate particular attributes to specific demographics).
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Rajaram, Priya. "The application of the self-generation effect to the learning of Blissymbols by persons presenting with severe aphasia." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03012010-094335.

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Borba, Rute Elizabete de Souza Rosa. "The effect of number meanings, conceptual invariants and symbolic representations on children's reasoning about directed numbers." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247603.

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Bylund, Alexandra, and Louise Graham. "Att kommunicera genom logotyp : ”The boobie necklace effect”." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-27603.

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Syfte: Att utformning av logotyp har stor vikt för företagets identitet är allmän känt, men detär minst lika viktigt för ett företag att ha en logotyp som kan förmedla deras budskap ut tillkonsument. Syftet med detta arbete blev därmed att analysera hur de atmosfäriska stimulivariabler,färg, typografi och symbol, påverkar konsumentens uppfattning av logotypensavsedda kundbudskap inom tjänsteföretag. Metod: Detta arbete grundades på ”mixed methods”, vilket är en kombination av kvalitativoch kvantitativ forskningsmetod. Den empiriska undersökningen skedde genom fyra styckensemistrukturerade intervjuer och därefter genomfördes en webbaserad enkätundersökning.Informationen som framställdes från intervjuerna användes för att utformaenkätundersökningen, och den population enkätundersökningen omfattades uppgick tillungefär 5 695 respondenter. Sedan analyserades inkomna enkätsvar med hjälp av enkorrelationsanalys och en klusteranalys, som skapades i programmet SPSS, och jämfördesmed tidigare teori samt företagens intervjuer. Resultat & slutsats: Företag kan ha budskap med goda motiveringar bakom dem, men trotsdetta finns svårigheter för respondenter att uppfatta dessa budskap genom endast en logotyp.Det är därför mycket möjligt att mer än en ensam logotyp behövs för att dessa budskap ska nåhela vägen fram, exempelvis en symbol eller slogan. Respondenterna uppfattar en logotypsom lättare att komma ihåg de gånger som färgen sticker ut, typsnittet är “utöver det vanliga”eller när logotypen innehåller en symbol. Examensarbetets bidrag: Undersökningens genomförande har tillfört både praktiska ochteoretiska bidrag, framförallt inom forskning som berör färg och typografi i logotypen. Bland annat har undersökningen visat att företag med god eftertanke och välmotiverade val kanförmedla flera budskap och deras affärsidé ut till konsument. Detta visar på att det inte endastär företags fysiska agerande som är av betydelse, utan lika stor del av konsumentensuppfattning om företaget ligger i företagets grafiska marknadsföring utåt. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Ytterligare forskning kring de atmosfäriska stimulivariablernafärg, typografi och symboler i den grafiska profilen behövs. Att då undersökavilka färger som klassificeras som varma, kalla och neutrala inom olika områden, såsomSverige, Norden, Skandinavien och Europa, hade varit relevant. Likaså hade undersökning avi vilken utsträckning typsnitt med normal tjocklek och fet tjocklek påverkar läsbarheten varitintressant.
Aim: The design of a logo is of great importance to the company's identity, but it is equallyimportant for a company to have a logo that can convey their message to the consumer aswell. The purpose of this paper was thus to analyze how the atmospheric stimuli-variables,colour, typography and symbol affect the customer's perception of the logo's intendedcustomer messages within service companies. Method: This work was based on “mixed methods”, which is a combination of qualitativeand quantitative research methods. The empirical survey was conducted through foursemistructured interviews and an online survey was conducted. The information obtainedfrom the interviews was used to design the survey, and the population that the survey coveredamounted to approximately 5,695 respondents. Then, surveyed questionnaires were analyzedusing a correlation analysis and a cluster analysis, created in the SPSS-program, compared toprevious theory and corporate interviews. Result & Conclusions: Companies can have messages with good motivations behind them,but despite that it is difficult for respondents to perceive them through just one logo. Therefore, it is possible that more than a single logo is needed for these messages to reach allthe way, for example with a symbol or slogan. Respondents perceive a logo as easier toremember the times the colour stands out, the font is "beyond the usual" or when the logocontains a symbol. Contribution of the thesis: The study's implementation has added both practical andtheoretical contributions, especially in research related to colour and typography in logotypes.Among other things, the survey has shown that companies with good reflection and wellmotivatedchoices can convey several messages and their business idea to consumers. Thisshows that it is not only corporate physical activity that is important, but as much is perceivedin the company's graphic marketing towards consumers. Suggestions for future research: To carry out further studies on the atmospheric stimulivariables colour, typography and symbols in the graphic profile is needed. To investigatewhich colours classified as warm, cold and neutral in different areas, such as Sweden, Nordiccountries, Scandinavia and Europe, would been relevant. Similarly, examination of the extentto which fonts of normal thickness and fat thickness affect readability would be interesting.
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Blake, Adam. "The Effects of Religious Symbols on Self-Control, Self-Monitoring, and Religious Conviction." Scholarly Repository, 2010. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/13.

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This project evaluated the effect of religious symbols on self-control and self-monitoring. Based on psychological priming research and evidence demonstrating a correlation between religious conviction and self-control, it was hypothesized that exposure to subtle religious primes would increase self-control and self-monitoring. Assuming religious primes increased both variables, it was also hypothesized that self-monitoring would mediate the effect of the religious primes on self-control. In line with study hypotheses, exposure to religious primes did increase self-control, however no support was found for the effect of the religious primes on self-monitoring. As a result, a mediational model could not be tested. Study implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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Poynter, Anna. "Effect as a pivot between actions and symbols : the case of vector." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.415253.

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Andersson, Joel. "The Cooperative Role Model : A study of the Role Model Effect in rural agricultural cooperatives in Rwanda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-403172.

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With the highest representation of female parliamentarians in the world, Rwanda is a frequently reoccurring case when studying the impact of increased female representation. In this debate, little attention has been given to symbolic representation and particularly to the concept of the Role Model Effect. To bridge this gap, the purpose is to provide insights to how the Role Model Effect operates in a rural, non-quota context, separated from high politics. Consequently, the thesis seeks to examine how female board members in Rwandan agricultural cooperatives affect the willingness of female members to obtain board positions. The data was collected through a qualitative field study where 44 respondents in three different cooperatives in Rwanda were interviewed. Respondents were chosen through a combination of strategic selection and snowball sampling. The thesis found that the Role Model Effect required two conditions to be fulfilled before it could be manifested: geographical proximity and trust. If these criteria were met, both female board members and female leaders of lower ranks were found to explicitly and implicitly increase the willingness to obtain leading positions among female members, thus altering ruling gender roles.
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Hemphill, Joyce Ann Rosen. "The effects of meaning and labeling on four-year-olds' ability to copy triangles /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487327695621406.

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Woelfel, Stacey W. "Suspicious signs effects of newscaster scripts, symbols and actions on audience perception of news organization bias /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4365.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (March 1, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Dye, Craig J. "The effects of display failures, polarity, and clutter on visual search for symbols on cartographic images." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40960.

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Wolff, Jennifer Snow. "A study of the effect of context and test method in evaluating safety symbols." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19445.

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Figl, Kathrin, Jan Recker, and Jan Mendling. "A Study on the Effects of Routing Symbol Design on Process Model Comprehension." Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2012.10.037.

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Process modeling grammars are used to create models of business processes. In this paper, we discuss how different routing symbol designs affect an individual's ability to comprehend process models. We conduct an experiment with 154 students to ascertain which visual design principles influence process model comprehension. Our findings suggest that design principles related to perceptual discriminability and pop out improve comprehension accuracy. Furthermore, semantic transparency and aesthetic design of symbols lower the perceived difficulty of comprehension. Our results inform important principles about notational design of process modeling grammars and the effective use of process modeling in practice.
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Linton, Rachael. "Sound Vision: patterns of vibration in sound, symbols and the body : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the Master of Design, Institute of Communication Design, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand." Massey University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1018.

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Historical and contemporary views such as those held within Buddhist and Hindu religion support the idea that sound, colour and form in motion have the ability to alter physiological and psychological aspects of human function. Within these, religions, distinctive singing and meditation techniques can be used to aid concentration, calm and balance the mind, and soothe the body. A meditative technique adopted by Hindu and Buddhist practitioners is to draw the mind into a centred point of focus, blocking out external distractions that inhibit concentration. The sound based meditation Om, for example, is a most powerful mantra, capable of healing and elevating consciousness (Beck, 1995). Vocal sounding and chant as well as gazing at or visualising images are techniques that have been utilised in ancient religious practice to aid people to develop their natural capabilities to shift energy within body and mind. Contemporary neuroscientists are interested in the states of mind that Buddhist monks claim to enter into while sounding. Equipped with technology for analysing brainwave activity, experiments have revealed that electromagnetic stimuli such as sound, light and colour can have physical affect upon the practitioner’s brain. Researchers have developed new therapeutic tools and techniques to benefit the health and well-being of individuals from these findings. This thesis traces the therapeutic use of sound, light, colour and form in motion from ancient Hindu and Buddhist religion into its use in complementary therapy. Sound Vision is the name of the film which fulfils the practical component of this research. Inspired by the visual form and motion of sound, this thesis contemplates: if we could see sound, what would it look like and could those images function as a healing art form? Sound Vision translates ancient and contemporary techniques of therapy into a digital audio/visual medium to function as visual therapy and aid for meditation. The themes of this research are foremost to visualise sound and secondly to deduce aspects of sound and vision that have therapeutic qualities. Chapter Three of this thesis thematically outlines qualities of sound that have been found to be capable of exciting or calming its listener. The same process has been applied for vision, specifically how light and colour affect the viewer as well as for form in motion. An interim presentation of the preliminary film, Dance of Light, was exhibited in November 2008 and here formative feedback was gained through unobtrusive observation and discussions with viewers toward the development of Sound Vision. Aspects of the film were found to provoke feelings of unease and tension while other aspects incited focus and calm. Sound Vision, serves as a prototype apply healing using light therapy to create positive physical and psychological outcomes. From the research presented within this thesis, Sound Vision employs various digital methods and techniques which are recognised with ability towards healing. Explorations to further this thesis’ research may include Neurological brainwave analysis and patient testing to determine which kinds of video footage produce particular desirable results.
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Brown, Diana L. "Augmentative and alternative communication effects of speech output and iconicity on symbol acquisition /." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1144112971.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology, 2006.
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Hughes, Melissa Marie. ""She's Just a Slut": The Effect of Language on the Perceived Value and Worth of Women." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1462187944.

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Preis, Janet. "The effect of picture communication symbols on the verbal comprehension of young children with autism." Available to US Hopkins community, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/dlnow/3046536.

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Brown, Diana Lynn. "Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Effects of Speech Output and Iconicity on Symbol Acquisition." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1144112971.

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Lamboley, Lydia. "Are stories just stories? : An analysis of the effect of intergenerational narratives about communism on ethnic identity." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105179.

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Post-dictatorship reconstruction is a recurrent research topic in peace and development. Memories and the remembrance of the past, at the collective or family level can impact populations years after the beginning of their democratisation processes. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of intergenerational transmission of memories about communism within the family on the ethnic identity of younger generations born after it. It focuses on the generation of Hungarians living in Transylvania, born after the fall of communism in 1989, which parents grew up in the same region and experienced Ceausescu’s communist dictatorship.  This paper relies on the concepts of intergenerational narratives, symbolic ethnic boundaries, and psychology theories about their effect on identity, and data from qualitative interviews and focus groups. Through a thematic analysis and a narrative discourse analysis from discursive psychology, the results show that to a certain extent, memories can be used to strengthen the ethnic identity and ethnic boundaries of the younger generations. It has also concluded that it could amplify their segregation in the future, although discriminations based on the proficiency in the Romanian language seem to be its main driver.
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Collins, Hilary J. "Identity and interpretation of the built environment : a case study of interpretation of symbolic artefacts in the organisational built environment and it's effect on the identity forming process." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2007. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21687.

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Much of the organizational behaviour literature examines the way actors behave in organizations and much of architectural spatial design literature discusses aesthetics, design and construction of buildings. Organizational behaviour literature tends to emphasize the relationships between members of an organization and how these relationships affect management of change. Architectural spatial design literature tends to emphasize the project management aspect of managing physical change to buildings. But very little is known about how changes to organisational spatial design are perceived or understood by organizational actors. These bodies of literature have remained apart; which is surprising considering that buildings are designed for people. This thesis begins to examine the overlapping area between organizational behaviour and spatial design by addressing why, how and with what effect a strategic change process within three case studies was interpreted by the organizational actors interpreting symbolic physical artefacts in their built environment. These three organizations were of the same industry type and under the same management structure, but with distinctly different management of change processes. The participants, who were organizational actors, interpreted physical symbolic artefacts, which they identified as being central to 24 change incidents. The research techniques used to understand these interpretations and their role in identity formation within a change process were interviews with the participants over four phases, participant observation and photographic ethnography over a 36 month period. This gave the opportunity for an in-depth ethnographic experience in the context of place and over time which elicited micro level details on the processes involved in interpretation and consequent identity formation processes. The models also demonstrates how and through which processes we interpret physical artefacts using their aesthetic, instrumental and symbolic dimensions and how these interpretations are used to affirm/influence and/or create our workplace identities. The main factors affecting interpretation and identity formation within the case studies were found to be issues of respect, legitimisation, power and status and these were accentuated by the different management of change processes used in the three case studies. Overall, the research shows that we interpret physical symbolic artefacts in the organizational built environment, using different dimensions of the artefact and these interpretations are used to inform and alter our self, group, organizational or workplace identities. My research confirmed Rafaeli & Vilnai - Yavetz (2004) findings that participants interpreted artefacts through the aesthetic, instrumental and symbolic dimensions. My research extended these findings by establishing how and to what extent the various dimensions are used and that the resulting interpretation is used to form or influence various aspects of organizational identity therefore linking the findings to Hatch & Schultz's (2002) process model of organizational identity. Hatch & Schultz (2002) provided a useful framework for differentiating the concepts of organizational culture, identity and image and how they are interlinked and mentioned the role of physical symbolic artefacts in that process specifically stating that corporate architecture is used to express identity and also that by building corporate facilities identity is projected to others. However, they did not research the precise role, extent and context of physical symbolic artefacts. I found that we use symbolic physical artefacts within all four of the processes of identity formation proposed by Hatch & Schultz (2002) namely, mirroring, reflecting expressing, and impressing and that as a consequence the role the built environment plays in identity formation is more significant than previously envisaged. Understanding the use of physical symbolic artefacts in the formation of workplace identity links the two fields of identity and symbols. This thesis develops the constructs of workplace identity and image and uses them to link ideas for examining changing organizational relationships and the impact of the organizational built environment on its occupants and stakeholders. The literature has previously suggested a limited use of physical symbolic artefacts within formation of identity but my research suggests that physical symbolic artefacts in the built environment are used more extensively than previously suggested therefore taking a step further towards explaining the roles of artefacts in the identity process.
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Birt, Nathan Wise Kevin Robert. "The effect of avatars on perceived credibility of comments posted to online news stories." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6463.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 17, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. Kevin Wise. Includes bibliographical references.
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Kolatsis, Anna. "The effect of sequential exposure of colour conditions on rate and accuracy of graphic symbol location." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02122009-181248.

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Fishman, Daniel M. "The Effects of Opiod and Benzodiazepine Weaning on Cognitive Ability in the Context of a Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1230006532.

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Silva, Luciana Santos. "Bater em mulher dá cadeia! analise sociocultural da punição na Lei Maria da Penha." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2014. http://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2502.

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This thesis aims to analyze the effectiveness of the criminal aspects of the Maria da Penha Law, it wonders if its effects were real or symbolic in combating and preventing domestic and family violence against women. The hypothesis that has been confirmed is that its effects are symbolic imprint on the culture of the expansionism of the criminal field. The research was delimited in the region of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, in the period from 2006 to 2013 and was based on analysis of court cases, interviews and documentary analysis. It was observed that criminal speech does not become effective before the few punishments
A presente tese objetivou analisar a efetividade dos aspectos criminais da Lei Maria da Penha, questionando-se se seus efeitos eram reais ou simbólicos no combate e prevenção da violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher. A hipótese que foi confirmada é que seus efeitos são de cunho simbólico diante da cultura do expansionismo do campo penal. A pesquisa foi delimitada na comarca de Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, no período de 2006 a 2013 e se pautou em analise de processos judiciais, entrevistas, analise documental. Foi observado que o discurso penal não se efetiva diante das poucas sentenças condenatória
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Aubrun, Nathalie. "Dynamique symbolique des systèmes 2D et des arbres infinis." Phd thesis, Université Paris-Est, 2011. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00664331.

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Cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude des décalages, ou encore systèmes dynamiques symboliques, définis sur certains monoïdes finiment présentés, $Z^d$ d'une part et les arbres d'autre part. Le principal résultat concernant les décalages multidimensionnels établit que tout décalage effectif de dimension d est obtenu par facteur et sous-action projective d'un décalage de type fini de dimension d+1. De ce résultat nous déduisons que les décalages S-adiques multidimensionnels donnés par une suite effective de substitutions sont sofiques. Sur les décalages d'arbres nous montrons un théorème de décomposition, qui permet d'écrire une conjugaison entre deux décalages d'arbres quelconques comme une suite finie d'opérations élémentaires, les fusions entrantes et les éclatements entrants. De ce théorème, associé à la commutation des fusions entrantes, nous déduisons la décidabilité du problème de conjugaison entre deux décalages d'arbres de type fini. Nous nous intéressons ensuite à la classe des décalages d'arbres sofiques, qui sont exactement ceux reconnus par des automates d'arbres montants dans lesquels tous les états sont à la fois initiaux et finaux. Nous montrons l'existence d'un unique automate d'arbres déterministe, réduit, irréductible et synchronisé qui reconnaît un décalage d'arbres sofique. Enfin nous montrons que l'appartenance à la sous-classe des décalages d'arbres AFT est décidable
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Wilcox, Kristi M. "The Effect of a Symbolically Isomorphic Name Label in Implementing a Creative Campus Initiative: A Comparative Case Study Analysis." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1308201196.

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Olsson, Sandberg Kajsa, and Báez Nicole Boudassou. "Fund Our Future & Fees Must Fall : En komparativ fallstudie om två studentprotester." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-150856.

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Studiens syfte är att se hur sociala rörelser och stater interagerar, samt hur dialogen ser ut inom respektive part. Frågeställningarna som syftar till att fånga det är således; Hur ser relationen mellan sociala rörelser och stater ut, och hur påverkar var sidas val av strategier motpartens handlingsmönster? Samt; Vilka interna strategier inom kampanj respektive stat är mest framträdande? För att undersöka det har två kampanjer valts ut, Fees Must Fall i Sydafrika och Fund Our Future i Storbritannien. Vidare har nyhetsartiklar valts från sammanlagt nio av ländernas mest lästa nyhetstidningar. Fyra teoretiska ingångar fått vägleda analysarbetet; radical flank effect, symbolic damage, protest policing och eventful protest. Dessa är alla analytiska verktyg som hjälper oss förstå de mångfacetterade dimensionerna som existerar parallellt inom sociala rörelser och statens arbete. Den samlade tidigare forskningen har utforskat specifika delar av de nämnda begreppen, men däremot har aspekternas samverkande förmåga inte tidigare studerats. Studiens resultat visar att våldsamma aktioner ofta leds av radikala demonstranter. Dessa leder ofta inte enbart till stor medial uppmärksamhet, utan kan beroende på kontext förändra sociala rörelser och statens interna strategiska struktur. Det innebär även att fredliga aktioner ofta hamnar i skymundan, vilket bidrar till att befästa uppfattningen om att våld krävs för att sociala rörelsers syfte ska synas. Även stater kan uppleva sig nödgade att använda våldsamma strategier i mötet med demonstranter. Vidare visar resultaten på att det finns en interaktiv dynamik mellan kampanjer och stater, som även visar på aktörskap inom respektive part.
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Carney, Ovidia Cornelia Blough. "Effects of age and ethnicity on color preference and on association of color with symbol and with emotion." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1882.

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Wylie, Amy. "The effect of dual versus mono medium teaching on the ability of bilingual, typically developing children to label graphic symbols in two languages." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64977.

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A large portion of the world’s population is multilingual. This trend is reflected in the population with communication disorders, and therefore in people with complex communication needs (CCN). People with CCN may need alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems to facilitate their participation in daily life. These systems are often related to the language of the person’s community. Yet, if this person lives in a multilingual community, little current research is available to guide the design of AAC systems that give access to expression in more than one language. This pilot study aimed to determine the ability of typically developing Afrikaans-English bilingual children, between the ages of 4;6 (years;months) and 6;11, to label Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in both these languages when taught with mono medium (English) versus dual medium (Afrikaans and English) teaching. Four participants, who spoke Afrikaans and English, were included in the study. A withinsubjects crossover design was used. Each participant was taught two sets of symbols, one using mono medium and one dual medium teaching. Treatments were counterbalanced for order and set. Results tentatively showed that the teaching method was successful, with participants being able to label most symbols in English when taught in either mono (English) or dual medium. Participants were also able to label symbols in Afrikaans when taught the symbols by dual medium teaching. Some participants were spontaneously able to translate symbols taught by mono medium teaching (English) to Afrikaans. This pilot study tentatively suggests that this ability is dependent on the child’s receptive vocabulary ability in both languages, as well as their ability to express the concepts depicted by the symbols in both L1 and L2. Future research is needed with studies that include a larger sample size, to be able to draw more robust conclusions.
Mini Dissertation (M(AAC))--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Kapsch, Lynda Anne. "The Effect of Dramatic Play on Children's Graphic Representation of Emotion." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/epse_diss/43.

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Drawing is valued as a non-verbal assessment tool to measure children's conceptual development and emotional state. Drawing has also been described as a problem-solving activity and unique symbol system. Although drama has been known to facilitate learning in other symbol systems, such as reading and writing, and to bring about advances in perspective taking and understanding of emotion, its impact on drawing has not been previously examined. In this study, Kindergarten and first grade children were instructed to draw a happy tree, sad tree, and angry tree before and after a 10-hour drama intervention. Half of the children participated in the intervention while the remaining children were members of a control group who participated in the regular school program. Consistent with expectations, children who participated in the drama program showed significantly greater improvement from pretest to posttest in drawing emotion compared to control children. Their drawings of emotion improved in clarity, that is, they depicted more clearly the emotion they were instructed to convey. Participants in the drama program also used significantly more highter level drawing strategies. The results suggest that the experience in emotional perspective taking provided by dramatic play may generalize to the domain of drawing and enhance expression.
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Moore, Natalie. "The Effect of Receiver Nonlinearity and Nonlinearity Induced Interference on the Performance of Amplitude Modulated Signals." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84899.

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All wireless receivers have some degree of nonlinearity that can negatively impact performance. Two major effects from this nonlinearity are power compression, which leads to amplitude and phase distortions in the received signal, and desensitization caused by a high powered interfering signal at an adjacent channel. As the RF spectrum becomes more crowded, the interference caused by these adjacent signals will become a more significant problem for receiver design. Therefore, having bit and symbol error rate expressions that take the receiver nonlinearity into account will allow for determining the linearity requirements of a receiver. This thesis examines the modeling of the probability density functions of M-PAM and M-QAM signals through an AWGN channel taking into account the impact of receiver nonlinearity. A change of variables technique is used to provide a relationship between the pdf of these signals with a linear receiver and the pdf with a nonlinear receiver. Additionally, theoretical bit and symbol error rates are derived from the pdf expressions. Finally, this approach is extended by deriving pdf and error rate expressions for these signals when nearby blocking signals cause desensitization of the signal of interest. Matlab simulation shows that the derived expressions for a nonlinear receiver have the same accuracy as the accepted expressions for linear receivers.
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Beyers, Christelle. "Exploring a sustainability imagination : a perspective on the integrating and visioning role of stories and symbolism in sustainability through an alternative education case study." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/936.

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