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Wegberg, Marcus Jacobus Allegonda Maria van. "Multi-market competition theory a conceptual framework /." Maastricht : Maastricht : Universitaire Pers Maastricht ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1994. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=6586.
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Fulton, David. "Theory and practice of system development methodologies : a conceptual framework." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300023.
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De, Beer J. W. (Koos). "Analysing alternate reality games based on game design theory to propose a conceptual framework." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57176.
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The aim of this research is to develop a conceptual framework for alternate reality games based on game design theory. Alternate reality games or ARGs are a unique form of game that enables people to collaboratively play a game that is not a game in the context of the real world. To understand ARGs one needs to understand what differentiates them from other types of games as well as what makes them games. The research investigates existing literature of alternate reality games as well literature in the field of game studies to develop a set of characteristics for alternate reality games based on game design theory. Case studies are done on three different ARGs and summaries for the games are created. The phenomena in the summaries are placed into categories and subcategories. The categories and subcategories are developed by analysing the game summaries using constant comparative analysis. Using the categories, subcategories and the relationship between them, diagrams are created for each of the studied ARGs. A detailed analysis of each game is done and a summary diagram is created for each game. The summary diagrams are then combined to create a generalizable diagram for ARGs. The combination of the theoretical framework developed during the literature study together with the generalizable diagram from the analysis of the three games are then combined to create a conceptual framework. The conceptual framework creates a deeper understanding of ARGs and the various phenomena found within them by building on game design theory found in the field of game studies. The conceptual framework can aid in the creation of ARGs as well as enable the further analysis of these games.Dissertation (MIS)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Vicente, António Luís. "Lawyers, judges, and judicial reform: a conceptual framework and a quantitative exploration." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10308.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsThere is growing evidence on the importance of institutions for growth but limited understanding of the mechanisms of institutional divergence, persistence and change. Focusing on the judicial, starting from formalism indicators developed under the legal origin theory, but following different explanatory paths, we propose a thought experiment assessing reasonable preferences of judges and lawyers regarding formalism. We find a striking divergence, with lawyers showing preferences for high, and judges for low, formalism. This may generate institutional conflict, resistance to reforms and a dynamic equilibrium at an inefficient level. The analysis offers paths for reform, potentially addressing limitations of institutional approaches.
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Weibell, Christian J. "Principles of Learning: A Conceptual Framework for Domain-Specific Theories of Learning." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2759.
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This study is predicated on the belief that there does not now exist, nor will there ever exist, any single theory of learning that is broad enough to account for all types of learning yet specific enough to be maximally useful in practical application. Perhaps this dichotomy is the reason for the apparent gap between existing theories of learning and the practice of instructional design. As an alternative to any supposed grand theory of learning—and following the lead of prominent thinkers in the fields of clinical psychology and language teaching—this study proposes a shift toward principles. It presents a principle-based conceptual framework of learning, and recommends use of the framework as a guide for creating domain-specific theories of learning. The purpose of this study was to review theories of learning in the behavioral, cognitive, constructive, human, and social traditions to identify principles of learning local to those theories that might represent specific instances of more universal principles, fundamentally requisite to the facilitation of learning in general. Many of the ideas reviewed have resulted from, or been supported by, direct empirical evidence. Others have been suggested based on observational or practical experience of the theorist. The ideas come from different points in time, are described from a variety of perspectives, and emphasize different aspects and types of learning; yet there are a number of common themes shared among them regarding the means by which learning occurs. It is hypothesized that such themes represent universal and fundamental principles of learning. These principles were the objective of the present study. They have been sought through careful review and analysis of both theoretical and empirical literature by methods of textual research (Clingan, 2008) and constant comparative analysis (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). By way of textual research a methodological lens was defined to identify general themes, and by way of constant comparative analysis these themes were developed further through the analysis and classification of specific instances of those themes in the texts reviewed. Ten such principles were identified: repetition, time, step size, sequence, contrast, significance, feedback, context, engagement, and agency. These ten facilitative principles were then organized in the context of a comprehensive principles-of-learning framework, which includes the four additional principles of potential, target, change, and practice.
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Vanhanen, L. (Liisa). "Terveysalan opiskelijoiden suuntautuminen hoitamiseen." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2000. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514255860.
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The purpose of this research was to develop and test a conceptual
framework concerning health care students' views of nursing
and factors associated with it. The research process was conducted
during 1992-1998 as a practice-based process of theory development,
and it included four phases: 1) developing a conceptual framework
inductively, 2) developing a measurement tool for testing the conceptual
framework, 3) empirical testing of the conceptual framework and
4) analysing the core concept of the conceptual framework.
In the first phase of the research, a
conceptual framework of health care students' orientation
to nursing was developed inductively using the Grounded Theory method.
A group of students (n = 35) wrote essays and were interviewed
at the beginning of their nursing programme in a polytechnic. In the second phase of the research, an
instrument development process was carried out in order to test the
conceptual framework. The instrument was tested via a panel evaluation
(n = 15) and by using data collected from 184 students of
health care. Besides that, 25 students completed the questionnaire twice.
The data were used to evaluate the stability of the instrument.
In the third phase of the research the
hypotheses derived from the conceptual framework and the previous
research results were tested by using the data (n = 184)
which had been collected with the tool developed earlier. Besides
that, the students from the first phase of the research (n = 19)
were interviewed. These qualitative data were analysed by deductive
content analysis. In the fourth phase of
the research, the concept "orientation to nursing" was
analysed in order to further elaborate the conceptual framework.
Three different types of students' orientations to
nursing were found: a caring orientation, a nursing profession orientation
and a life orientation. The orientations differed from each other
with regard to the prerequisites of orientation, the core of orientation,
the meaning of nursing and the goals applied to a nursing career.According
to the results of testing the theoretical framework, a majority of
the students were highly life-oriented, and two thirds had average
nursing expertise and caring orientation scores. The special characteristics
of the students' orientation were emphasised during the education:
caring-oriented students emphasised their personal development,
nursing profession-oriented students the integration of theory and
practice and life-oriented students emphasised the integration of
studies, work and personal life. The nursing expertise and life
orientation scores increased during the education. Caring orientation
did not change during the education.
On the basis of the research results, a tentative theory of
health care students' orientation to nursing is presented
and methods for developing the teaching of nursing and learning
to nurse are suggested.
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Kim, Sung S. "Toward a theory of user value of information systems : incorporating motivation and habit into a conceptual framework." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30067.
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Adams, Tania Bernadette. "A conceptual framework for leadership development in the South African police service based on transformative learning theory." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6842.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Leadership development is an essential and valuable tool for capacitating police leaders in the South African Police Service to deal with the diverse challenges that they face in the policing environment. There seem to be a need for leadership development processes that can stimulate change, and for perspective transformation to enable police leaders to find alternative ways of dealing with the challenges experienced in their working environment. This thesis explored transformative learning as a tool to enhance the leadership development processes of police leaders. The essential elements of transformative learning are: centrality of experience; critical thinking; rational discourse; and policy praxis. Theory development were chosen as best to carefully construct the foundational argument through non-empirical literary-based sources, in which the literature itself became the database towards theoretical formulation in this non-empirical study. The alignment and integration of the elements of transformative learning were explored as a strategy to capacitate police leaders to: reflect on past experiences; think critically about ways of dealing with policing challenges based on experiences; discuss these challenges with other police leaders; and act on reflections made during leadership development processes. The study is limited to the analysis of the status of leadership development in the South African Police Service, which was the context of this study.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Leierskapsontwikkeling is ‘n essensiële en waardevolle hulpmiddel om leiers in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens te bemagtig om die uiteenlopende uitdagings waarmee hulle te kampe het, beter te hanteer. Dit blyk egter dat daar ‘n behoefte is vir leierskapsontwikkelingprosesse wat intrinsieke verandering en ‘n paradigmaskuif vir polisieleiers te weeg kan bring en wat hulle in staat kan stel om die uitdagings binne hul beroepsveld meer doeltreffend te hanteer. Hierdie tesis ondersoek transformatiewe leerteorie as ‘n instrument om leierskapsontwikkeling van polisieleiers te bevorder. Die hoofelemente van transformatiewe leerteorie is: sentralisering van ondervinding; kritiese denke; rasionele diskoers en beleidsvorming. Teorie-ontwikkeling as navorsingsmetodologie was selekteer as die mees geskikste metodologie om die argument deur nie-empiriese literêre bronne te konstrueer, waarvolgens die gekose literatuur die databasis van die teoretiese formulasie rondom die argument gevorm het in hierdie nie-empiriese studie. Groepering en integrasie van bogenoemde elemente was ondersoek as ‘n strategie om polisieleiers te bemagtig om te reflekteer oor vorige ondervindinge; kritiese denkwyses oor hantering van uitdagings in beroepsveld met inagneming van vorige ondervindinge toe te pas; diskoers oor uitdagings met ander polisieleiers te hê en om aktief te reageer op refleksies tydens leierskapsontwikkelingsprosesse. Die studie is beperk tot die analise van die status van leierskap in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens as konteks waarbinne hierdie studie onderneem is.
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Torstensson, Philip, and Victor Goch. "Development of a conceptual sustainability assessment framework : A sustainability assessment of autonomous vehicles." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-251733.
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Today’s sustainability assessment frameworks are no longer applicable when evaluating the newautomotive vehicles. Therefore, the need for suitable automotive evaluation frameworks increasesas companies and scientists are trying to predict the important sustainability characteristics oftomorrows car and how it will affect our societies. The goal is to create a conceptual sustainabilityassessment framework to solve the very complex question of what the most important criteria areand how this new transportation type might affect our society. This is done using a systemapproach, a method that is suitable for studying interrelations between the influencing factors incomplex problems like the one between the sustainability dimensions. Scenario analysis has beenused in order to create the future environment and do a segmentation of the plausible concepts offuturistic transportation options. The evaluation criteria have been developed by gatheringinformation through a literature study and from primary sources via interviews.The resulting framework is composed of 19 evaluation criteria from the different dimensions ofsustainability. The framework allows the user to insert a futuristic concept and evaluate it tocompare a numeric score to other concepts to get indicators of how sustainable the concept is. Thesegmentation of futuristic vehicles shows that the most plausible types of automated vehicles areshared taxis, non-shared taxis and privately owned vehicles, all affecting society differently.The thematic analysis of the criteria has shown that there some relationships and types of criteriathat are more important than others. The most essential discovered correlations between criteriaare: Production and affordability and also maintenance & operation and affordability, affordabilitywith accessibility, affordability & accessibility and traffic volumes and further traffic Volumesand pollution. The developed framework is believed to have the desired function of creating a trustworthyassessment of autonomous vehicles based on the literature study and previous discoveries withinthe field. The evaluation of the different segments is left for future work.Dagens ramverk för hållbarhetsbedömningar är inte längre användbara vid utvärdering av nyasjälvkörande fordon. Därför har behovet ökat av lämpliga ramverk som fokuserar påhållbarhetsutvärderingar när företag och forskare försöker förutse de viktigahållbarhetsegenskaperna av morgondagens fordon och hur de kommer att påverka vårt samhälleutifrån ett hållbarhetsperspektiv. Målet med studien är att skapa ett konceptuellt ramverk förhållbarhetsbedömning som kan hjälpa till att lösa den mycket komplexa frågan om vilka viktigakriterier bör inkluderas vid en evaluering av denna nya typ av transport. Studien har följt ettsystematiskt tillvägagångssätt kallat ”System approach”, en metod som är lämplig för studier därrelationer mellan olika påverkande faktorer är väldigt komplexa, som den mellanhållbarhetsdimensionerna. Scenarioanalys har används för att skapa en framtida miljö och ensegmentering av de mest trovärdiga koncepten av framtida transportalternativ. Utvärderingskriterierna har utvecklats genom att samla in information från en litteraturstudie ochfrån primära källor genom intervjuer. Det resulterande ramverket är sammansatt av 19 utvärderingskriterier inom de olikadimensionerna för hållbarhet. Med det resulterade ramverket kan användaren införa ett futuristisktfordonskoncept och bedöma detta för att få ett numeriskt resultat och jämföra dessa med andrautvärderingar för att få en indikation om hur hållbara koncepten är gentemot varandra. Segmenteringen av de futuristiska fordonstyperna visar att de mest trovärdiga typerna avautomatiserade färdmedel är delade taxitjänster, privata taxitjänster och privatägda fordon, allamed olika påverkan på samhället. Den tema-baserade analys av kriterierna har visat att det finns vissa relationer och typer av kriteriersom är viktigare än andra. De viktigaste upptäckta relationerna mellan kriterier är: Produktion ochekonomisk tillgänglighet, underhåll och ekonomisk tillgänglighet, ekonomisk tillgänglighet medtillgänglighet till transport, tillgänglighet till transport och trafikvolymer, ekonomisk tillgänglighetoch trafikvolymer och slutligen så påverkar trafikvolymerna utsläppet. Det utvecklade konceptuella ramverket antas ha den önskade funktionen att skapa en pålitligbedömning av autonoma fordon baserat på litteraturstudien och tidigare upptäckter inom fältet. Utvärderingen av de olika segmenten lämnas till framtida studier.
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Starck, Jenna R., K. Andrew R. Richards, and Kason M. O’Neil. "A Conceptual Framework for Assessment Literacy: Opportunities for Physical Education Teacher Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4045.
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Although more nuanced understandings of assessment have been proposed in the physical education literature, assessment practices remain relatively underdeveloped, and when used, tend to focus on traditional, summative evaluations of learning. However, physical education teacher education programs can be used as an intervention to help pre-service teachers develop assessment knowledge and skill. Toward this end, the purpose of this article is to propose an evidence-based framework for helping pre-service teachers develop assessment literacy that is rooted in occupational socialization theory. The framework provides a four-phase approach to integrating assessment into teacher education, and includes suggestions for how physical education teacher educators can progressively help build pre-service teachers’ assessment knowledge in line with the focus given to instruction and planning. These suggestions acknowledge the technical and sociocultural aspects of learning to use assessment. Implications are discussed along with the need to help graduating pre-service teachers transfer lessons learned into the workplace.
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Radanliev, Petar. "A conceptual framework for supply : supply chain systems architecture and integration design based on practice and theory in the North Wales slate mining industry." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2014. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/a-conceptual-framework-for-supply(1f84ee4b-b348-426b-94ed-2259bc1c716c).html.
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The aim of this thesis is to contribute to knowledge in the form of a new theory for supply chain strategy formulation. The objective is to design evaluation criteria, specific to the context of greenfield project architecture and integration design. This study addressed the aim and objective by synthesising existing methods and techniques which are outlined into a research framework of supply chain strategy problems. The study applied the case study and action research methods to pursue conceptual validity from the process of investigating the supply chain strategy formulation in a specific situation and presented the data collection and analysis process. The thesis derived a conceptual framework for investigating and identifying the relationship between multiple elements, dimensions, forces and factors that influence and affect supply chain strategy formulation in a greenfield project context, specific to the mining industry. The contribution to knowledge emerged from building upon the architecture of the conceptual framework, through synthesising existing techniques and adapting these techniques, to extend and redefine the existing knowledge on the practice of supply chain strategy formulation. Through critical analysis, a number of critical problems emerged and the process of addressing these problems, resulted with a new framework for evaluating the relationship between business and supply chain strategy, specific to greenfield project and integration context. The contribution to knowledge also derived from addressing the emerging obstacles in the process of identifying, defining and formulating, the visions and goals of individual supply chain participants from implicit into an explicit form. The process synthesised the knowledge for conceptualising the idea, through developing and evaluating information and issues, to derive insights into the complex and abstract concept, of greenfield project business and supply chain strategy formulation. The conceptual framework and evaluation framework advanced into designing greenfield project supply chain integration strategy. The process involved categorising individual supply chain strategic interests, decisions and problems into formulation areas, and was aimed at defining the process of greenfield project integration strategy as a system of concepts containing formulation areas, formulation principles, segregated into subcategories of formulation imperatives and formulation concepts. The thesis contributed to knowledge with advancement of the design engineering method, which enables visualisation of the supply chain strategy evaluation process. The design is not personalised for individual company business strategy or supply chain strategy formulation. The method was personalised to evaluate the integration of individual goals, and concepts in a supply chain strategy formulation. The novelty that emerged from the thesis was a conceptual framework for greenfield project architecture and integration design. The greenfield project architecture and design derived in the thesis a proposed conceptual system for applying the conceptual framework and the evaluation criteria.
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Merricks, Beverley Ann. "The use of a self-regulated learning conceptual framework to investigate students' engagement with individualised feedback from summative clinical examinations at a UK medical school." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7938/.
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Research regarding students’ engagement with feedback from objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) is currently limited. Medical students at the University of Birmingham are provided with individual comments from examiners on their performance in summative OSCEs. This thesis explores student engagement with feedback in this context, and if engagement differs depending on the level of performance in the OSCE. A self-regulated learning (SRL) conceptual framework was devised to illustrate how effective learners incorporate feedback into their learning routines, highlighting the role of reflection in this process. Three empirical studies were conducted to appraise the SRL framework. An interview study (N=11) found that students at different performance levels in the OSCE had contrasting approaches to engaging with their feedback. However, two questionnaire studies (N=180 & 233) with sub-scales to assess the level of student engagement with feedback and their propensity to reflect on their learning, found that the majority of respondents claim to cognitively engage with feedback, whilst a lower number act to improve clinical skills or knowledge. The majority of the respondents were assessed as being reflective learners. Therefore there was no association between performance levels and these attributes. There was a statistically significant association between the engagement and reflection scales, suggesting that these may be related as hypothesised in the SRL conceptual framework, but a causal relationship cannot be asserted from these results. The findings of this research indicate a gap in the current level of engagement with feedback between cognitive engagement and action. Suggestions are made for activities to ameliorate this situation, which may be relevant for similar contexts.
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Levy, Philippa Catherine Morton. "'Living' theory in networked learning : a conceptual framework for the design and facilitation of professional development for networked learner support in higher education." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414664.
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Plummer, Kenneth James. "Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of Two Different Concept-Map Assessment Tasks." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2281.pdf.
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Aparicio, Pereda Ana Sofía, Guzmán Jorge Luis Bazán, and Oscar Joao Abdounur. "Conceptual Framework for the Study of Evaluation Practices in Educational Institutions: From the Theory of OSA (Onto-Semiotic Approach to Mathematical Knowledge and Instruction)." En Blanco y Negro, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117185.
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This is a conceptual framework for the diagnostic study of the role of evaluation practices in the learning process in educational institutions. The framework is based on concepts given by the Onto-Semiotic Approach to mathematical knowledge and instruction (OSA), which have been adapted to this context.Presentamos un marco conceptual para el estudio diagnóstico de las prácticas de evaluación en el proceso de aprendizaje. El marco está basado en los conceptos provenientes del enfoque del conocimiento y la instrucción matemática (EOS), los cuales han sido adaptados en este contexto.
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Russell, Mercy Burton. "Psychotherapists Becoming Leadership Consultants: The Making of an Institutional Entrepreneur." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2016. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/584.
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Leadership consultants bring specialized knowledge into their clients'
organizations. Advisor leadership consultants (ALC) trained as psychotherapists
apply concepts from human behavior theories as advisors to business leaders. They
also bring service-oriented professional norms and values of objectivity, neutrality,
and lack of self-interest. Their business clients in the market sector operate
according to norms and values of pragmatism, financial self-interest, and advocacy.
In order to establish credibility in the organizational field of business clients,
leadership consultants must negotiate between these different value systems.
This study is a grounded theory inquiry using narrative analysis tools to
study how ALCs navigate across the boundaries of psychotherapy practice and
consultation in the corporate setting. How do they describe their practice choices as
well as the principles and theoretical framework underlying those choices? In-depth
interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 10 leadership consultants
credentialed and experienced as psychotherapists. A snowball method of participant
recruitment from my social and professional network yielded a group of 10 ALCs
aged 50 to 86.
Each of these ALCs entered their careers with a predisposition for business
from their families. They each experienced significant loss in early life and followed
divergent educational and career pathways. They have built their leadership
consulting practices accepting business practices to gain access to clients while
incorporating important relationship principles. As institutional entrepreneurs, they
managed conflict with values in both the service and the marketplace sectors
through innovative therapy, consulting and business practices.
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Hallerbach, Winfried G. "Multi-attribute portfolio selection : a conceptual framework : multi-attribute portefeuilleselectie : een conceptueel raamwerk /." Online version, 1994. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/23889.
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Krein, Jonathan L. "Replication and Knowledge Production in Empirical Software Engineering Research." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4296.
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Although replication is considered an indispensable part of the scientific method in software engineering, few replication studies are published each year. The rate of replication, however, is not surprising given that replication theory in software engineering is immature. Not only are replication taxonomies varied and difficult to reconcile, but opinions on the role of replication contradict. In general, we have no clear sense of how to build knowledge via replication, particularly given the practical realities of our research field. Consequently, most replications in software engineering yield little useful information. In particular, the vast majority of external replications (i.e., replications performed by researchers unaffiliated with the original study) not only fail to reproduce the original results, but defy explanation. The net effect is that, as a research field, we consistently fail to produce usable (i.e., transferable) knowledge, and thus, our research results have little if any impact on industry. In this dissertation, we dissect the problem of replication into four primary concerns: 1) rate and explicitness of replication; 2) theoretical foundations of replication; 3) tractability of methods for context analysis; and 4) effectiveness of inter-study communication. We address each of the four concerns via a two-part research strategy involving both a theoretical and a practical component. The theoretical component consists of a grounded theory study in which we integrate and then apply external replication theory to problems of replication in empirical software engineering. The theoretical component makes three key contributions to the literature: first, it clarifies the role of replication with respect to the overall process of science; second, it presents a flexible framework for reconciling disparate replication terminology; and third, it informs a broad range of practical replication concerns. The practical component involves a series of replication studies, through which we explore a variety of replication concepts and empirical methods, ultimately culminating in the development of a tractable method for context analysis (TCA). TCA enables the quantitative evaluation of context variables in greater detail, with greater statistical power, and via considerably smaller datasets than previously possible. As we show (via a complex, real-world example), the method ultimately enables the empirically and statistically-grounded reconciliation and generalization of otherwise contradictory results across dissimilar replications—which problem has previously remained unsolved in software engineering.
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Aguiar, António Manuel Soares. "Sistemas de e-procurement: usando a regressão logística para testar empiricamente um modelo conceptual que explica a sua adopção por empresas com actividade em Portugal." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/762.
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Doutoramento em GestãoOs Sistemas de e-Procurement (SEP) constituem o principal tema deste trabalho de investigação. Um dos objectivos deste estudo consiste em identificar os factores que levam uma determinada organização a adoptar ou não, um sistema de informação que suporta o processo de aquisição de alguns bens e serviços para as organizações. Para além disso, o estudo evidencia as diferenças entre os adoptantes de SEP e os não adoptantes, propõe um modelo matemático para calcular a probabilidade de uma dada organização adoptar um SEP e identifica os sectores de actividade económica onde é maior a propensão de adopção de SEP. Com a concretização destes objectivos dá-se um contributo positivo, não apenas à comunidade científica mas também a outros agentes económicos, nomeadamente aos fornecedores de SEP e aos gestores em geral. Efectuada a revisão da literatura sobre SEP, procurámos analisar os principais modelos de adopção de inovação tecnológica, nomeadamente o modelo baseado nos contextos organizacional-tecnológico-ambiental e a teoria institucional. Foi essencialmente com base nesses dois vectores que se desenvolveu o modelo conceptual explicativo da intenção de adopção dos SEP, do qual se derivaram as hipóteses de investigação explicadas ao longo do capítulo 3. Postulamos que a intenção de adopção dos SEP por parte das organizações Portuguesas está associada aos seguintes factores: (1) dimensão da organização, (2) dispersão geográfica, (3) competência tecnológica, (4) estado de preparação dos seus fornecedores para desenvolverem transacções electrónicas, (5) grau de penetração dos SEP nos seus concorrentes e (6) grau de sucesso dos SEP nos seus concorrentes. Em termos epistemológicos adoptamos uma postura característica do Positivismo. Já no que concerne à metodologia de investigação seguiram-se as fases do método hipotético-dedutivo. De facto, o estudo desenvolvido é correlacionai, seccional e testa um conjunto de seis hipóteses. Adoptamos como unidade de análise a organização empresarial e faz-se um estudo de campo com base nas maiores organizações com actividade económica em Portugal. Para testar as hipóteses realizamos um conjunto de testes estatísticos, entre os quais o teste-t, a análise factorial confirmatoria e a regressão logística, usando para o efeito as ferramentas estatísticas apropriadas, nomeadamente o SPSS e o AMOS. Analisados os resultados, conseguiu-se obter evidência estatística que permitiu confirmar as hipóteses inerentes aos factores (1), (3), (4), (5) e (6). A utilização da regressão logística forneceu evidência suplementar no sentido de se poder considerar os factores (1), (3), (4) e (5) como sendo elementos determinantes e significativos para se poder calcular a probabilidade de uma dada organização poder vir a adoptar um Sistema de e-Procurement. Adicionalmente foi possível obter evidência de que as empresas do sector do comércio apresentam uma maior propensão para a adopção dos SEP do que as empresas do sector da indústria ou dos serviços.
Once the factors that foster electronic Procurement systems adoption are identified, economic agents may act accordingly and develop better programs in order to achieve their objectives. Towards identifying such factors we reviewed the literature and developed a model that explains electronic-Procurement systems (EPS) adoption, considering the technology-organization-environment framework as well as the institutional theory. This model was tested with data collected from the 2500 largest companies operating in Portugal. Based on the t-test for equality of means we found evidence that EPS adoption is positively and significantly associated to (1) firm size; (2) technology competence; (3) the perception companies have about the EPS success of their competitors; (4) the extent of adoption among competitors; and (5) the trading partner readiness to perform electronic transactions. The logistic regression supplied further evidence that technology competence, firm size, extent of adoption among competitors and trading partner readiness provide a reasonable estimate for each firm's likelihood to adopt EPS. We also found evidence that firms which main activity is commerce are more likely to adopt EPSs than firms operating on manufacturing or services industries.
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Ramji, Zubeida. "Beyond Transition: Understanding Workplace Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses - A Qualitative Case Study." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34753.
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Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) have been proposed as one solution to dealing with the nursing shortage in Canada. In addition to helping sustain the profession, IENs are reflective of the diverse patient populations in Canada. Investments will ensure healthy workplaces for and retention of IENs. There has been a growing interest about IENs’ experiences with migration and navigating through the regulatory process, but research on their post-transition experience is lacking. Workplace integration for IENs is not well understood and the role of the employer has received limited focus. Guided by critical social theory, an instrumental qualitative case study approach was used to examine a single organization, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, with a history of supporting IENs. A purposeful sample of twenty-eight participants included diverse IENs who were post-transition, and stakeholders from various vantage points. Four forms of data collection were used: semi-structured interviews; socio-demographic survey; review of documents and focus groups. Thematic analysis was carried out to form a within subcase analysis first, followed by an across subcase analysis. The major themes are: (a) when “integrated”, an IEN is (i) being a “Canadian nurse with international experience”; (ii) progressing on the leadership journey; and (iii) persevering in overcoming challenges; (b) organizational factors that influence workplace integration of IEN are (i) workforce diversity; (ii) leadership commitment to equity; (iii) policies promoting equity principles; (iv) engagement with the broader community; and (v) avoiding common pitfalls. This research offers a definition and conceptual framework where workplace integration of IENs is a “two-way” process within an inclusive and valuing context, producing changes both at the IEN as well as organizational levels.
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Maier, Christoph. "Leading diversity -- a conceptual framework /." Bamberg : Difo-Druck, 2002. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/356748251.pdf.
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Guerra, Eduardo Martins. "A conceptual model for metadata-based frameworks." Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 2010. http://www.bd.bibl.ita.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1110.
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Framework can be considered an incomplete software with some points that can be specialized to add application-specific behavior, allowing not only source code reuse but also design reuse. Techniques for developing frameworks evolved, starting from the usage of inheritance and composition and passing through more sophisticated ones, such as reflection and introspection. Recent frameworks employ the strategy to define a specific metadata schema for applications to use in their classes and programming elements, enabling framework behavior customization. Despite this technique is being widely used, there are not models, design patterns or development guidelines that aim to help in the creation of this kind of framework. This thesis proposes a conceptual model for metadata-based frameworks that has the aim to identify appropriate solutions for its internal structure and scenarios where it is suitable for. A pattern language presents design solutions aiming a greater flexibility in the structure of this kind of framework and a collection of architectural patterns proposes scenarios for their usage. Some frameworks were developed by students using the proposed pattern solutions and the results of their usage were assessed using questionnaires. Additionally, an experiment was conducted evaluating the metadata-based framework usage in the identified scenarios, observing the consequences comparatively to approaches without frameworks and with a traditional framework. As a result, software architects and framework developers with this conceptual model should be able to identify situations where the metadata usage is appropriate and to design suitable solutions that provides flexibility in metadata reading and processing.
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Derrick, Emory Joseph. "Conceptual frameworks for discrete event simulation modeling." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43840.
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Sauthoff, Marian Dene. "Conceptual frameworks and interpretive strategies in graphic design." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upets.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08022006-165847/.
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Seicean, Sinziana. "Exploring Sleep and the Hispanic Paradox in Mexico-born U.S. Adult Immigrants." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1278623005.
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Svensson, Marcus, and Amanda Hagos. "How does IFRS 15 influence Swedish auditors and financial analysts’ understanding of companies’ revenue transactions?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-450888.
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The purpose of this study is to explore how IFRS 15 have influenced Swedish auditors and financial analysts’ understanding of companies’ revenue transactions. How accounting structural changes under IFRS 15 contribute to potential informational effects remains a largely unexplored topic. By applying asymmetric information theory, behavioral decision theory and the concept of uniformity versus uniqueness, this study explores potential factors that influence information intermediaries’ understandability of companies’ revenue transactions. This study uses an explorative approach consisting of 8 semi-structured interviews with Swedish auditors and financial analysts working in the telecommunication and construction industry. From a practical point of view, this study may assist the IASB and other regulators in obtaining a better understanding of information intermediaries’ ability to appropriately interpret and use financial information under IFRS 15. From a theoretical standpoint, the findings can provide areas of potential future studies in the field of accounting information research. Although the implementation of IFRS 15 has a limited quantitative accounting effect, this study finds that the implementation contributes to informational effects on financial analysts and auditors’ information environment. The findings indicate that the perceived informational effects are dependent on entities' application of the standard; intermediaries’ accounting knowledge and experience; as well as companies' transparency and manipulating incentives.
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Boldyreff, Cornelia. "Design frameworks : a basis for conceptual understanding and reuse." Thesis, Durham University, 1994. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1698/.
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Hjalmarsson, Adam, and Gustav Källén. "Skulders behandling i föreställningsramen : En undersökning utifrån ettintressentperspektiv." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12959.
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År 2011 konsulterade International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) med berördaintressenter och lokala standardsättare angående IASB:s agenda, vilket ledde fram till beslutom revidering av nuvarande föreställningsram. IASB avsåg revidera föreställningsramen medsyfte att uppdatera, förbättra och fylla de luckor som ansågs finnas. Revideringen mynnade uti ett antal tillägg och flera ändringar gällande skulddefinitionen. En av de mer betydelsefullaförändringar som gjordes var borttagningen av sannolikhetskriteriet, vilket var ett av deförslag som innefattas i IASB:s Exposure Draft som publicerades i maj 2015. Studiensproblemdiskussion visar på att nuvarande föreställningsram har erhållit mycket kritik, vilketlett fram till studiens syfte.Syftet med studien är att undersöka intressenters attityder till IASB:s revidering avskulddefinitionen i föreställningsramen, samt studera om intressenternas attityder till förslagetom ny definition skiljer sig mellan olika intressentgrupper. Studien ska hjälpa till att klargörahur organisationer förhåller sig till denna revidering och om det finns mönster iintressenternas attityder. Resultatet av studien ska sedermera hjälpa till att avgöra möjligakonsekvenser och om IASB bör fortsätta revideringen.Fram till 23:e januari 2017 hade sammanlagt kommentarer från 233 organisationer inkommittill IASB med synpunkter på revideringen. Urvalsprocessen medförde att 126 av dessa komatt ligga till grund för studiens empiri och analys. Eftersom avsikten med studien har varit attanalysera dokument för att tolka och skapa en djupare förståelse för intressenternaskommentarer har en kvalitativ innehållsanalys genomförts. Därefter har en abduktivforskningsansats anammats vilket innebär att studien har inslag av både deduktion ochinduktion.Resultatet av studien indikerar att en majoritet av respondenterna delar IASB:s uppfattningangående revideringen av skulddefinitionen. Av definitionens olika kriterier erhöll samtligafrämst positiva attityder, men inom varje kriterium fanns respondenter som motsatte sigIASB:s förslag. Endast en av totalt elva intressenter motsatte sig samtliga kriterier avskulddefinitionen. Den främsta kritiken riktades till IASB:s förslag att en skuld existerar omdet inte finns någon praktisk förmåga att undvika en överföring. Negativa attityder berördeockså att revideringen framstår otydlig och svårtolkad samt att vissa ändringar står i kontrasttill befintliga standarder.I studiens slutsatser framgår att det framkommer ett flertal mönster bland intressenternasattityder, däribland åsikten om att fler skulder kommer att recogniseras i balansräkningen.IASB anses därmed motsägelsefulla eftersom de förespråkar försiktighet, vilket kommer attminska då fler osäkra skulder recogniseras. Detta står i kontrast till vägledning i befintligastandarder och kan generera en hög grad av osäkerhet, vilket medför att finansiella rapportertolkas och framställs olika. Dessutom anses IASB motsägelsefulla med exkluderandet avsannolikhetskriteriet. Motsägelsen kring försiktighet och borttagningen avsannolikhetskriteriet kan också medföra negativa konsekvenser på den rättvisande bild företagbör redovisa. Utifrån dessa slutsatser bör IASB fortsätta revidera skulddefinitionen för attskapa tydligare riktlinjer och minska osäkerheten.In 2011, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) consulted with interestedstakeholders and local standard-setters regarding the IASB agenda, which resulted in adecision to revise the current Conceptual Framework. The IASB aimed to revise theConceptual Framework with purpose of updating, improving and filling gaps. The revisionresulted in a number of additions and several changes regarding the liability definition. One ofthe more significant changes was the removal of the probability criterion, which was one ofthe proposals included in the IASB Exposure Draft, published in May 2015. The study showsthat the current Conceptual Framework has received a lot of criticism, which led to thestudy’s purpose.The purpose of this study is to examine stakeholders’ attitudes towards IASB’s revision of theliability definition in the Conceptual Framework and examine whether the attitudes ofstakeholders is different between stakeholder groups. The study should help clarify howorganizations relate to this revision and if there are patterns in stakeholder attitudes. The resultof the study will then help to determine possible consequences and whether the IASB shouldcontinue the revision.Until January 23rd of 2017, 233 organizations had comment on the IASB’s revision. Thesewere examined and a defined selection was made which resulted in 126 comments that werethe basis for this study. Since the purpose of the study has been to analyse documents tointerpret and create a deeper understanding of stakeholder comments, a qualitative contentanalysis has been conducted. Thereafter an abductive research approach was used, whichindicates that the study has elements of both deduction and induction.The result of the study indicates that a majority of respondents share the IASB's viewregarding the revision of the liability definition. The different criteria of the definitionreceived mostly positive attitudes, but each criterion had respondents who opposed theIASB’s proposal. Only one of eleven stakeholders opposed all the criteria of the liabilitydefinition. The main criticism was directed to the IASB's proposal that a liability exists ifthere is no practical ability to avoid a transfer. Negative attitudes also addressed the revisionto be unclear, and difficult to interpret, and that changes are in contrast to existing standards.The study’s conclusions show that there are a number of patterns among stakeholders'attitudes, including the view that more liabilities will be recognized in the balance sheet. TheIASB is therefore considered contradictory as they advocate prudence, which will decrease asmore uncertain liabilities are to be recognized. This contrasts the guidance in existingIVstandards and can generate a high level of uncertainty, which means that financial statementsare interpreted and produced differently. In addition, the IASB is considered contradictorywith the exclusion of the probability criterion. The contradiction of prudence and the removalof the probability criterion can also adversely affect the faithful representation. Based on theseconclusions, the IASB should continue revising the liability definition to create clearerguidelines and reduce uncertainty.
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Seaton, Roger A. F. "Technology, knowledge translation and policy : conceptual frameworks and case-studies." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3460.
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The aim of this thesis is to develop, present and then demonstrate conceptual structures
that link together an apparently heterogeneous range of research activity about
technology in situations which are the subject of decision-making and policy
formulation.
Technology is considered to be knowledge as applied in organisations, communities,
policy contexts and so on. It thus takes in not only the physical processes and output of
the engineering sciences but also the new forms of organisation which use that output,
their impacts on, and interactions with, people at large and with the so-called natural
systems in which those people are embedded and with which they also interact.
Methodologically many of the research publications which this thesis incorporates
approach technology related issues and problems from the bottom up, from the most
microscopic level of the individual human actor, the smallest feasible level of natural
and engineered systems. It is an attempt to redress the top down perspectives which
dominate technology and science policy formulation and decision making. This
approach often requires research interaction at the level of the individual person or at the
lowest level of physical and biological activity relevant to the issue at hand and the
appropriate techniques for such interaction are debated and demonstrated.
The principles of "translation" or "mapping" which are capable of being applied to a
range of interactions between different domains (physically engineered, diverse
individuals and knowledge) are developed. The thesis then shows how the
representation of responses of people to products and services has evolved and begins to
focus on organisations as suppliers of those products and processes.
Technology is articulated as knowledge in the context of technology transfer into
organisations and the thesis shows how those ideas evolved into the concept of
knowledge dynamics in organisations. The problems of interactions which involve bio-
physical systems as well as engineered systems and people and the issues of
sustainability and policy relevant research are introduced. The nature of integrative
interdisciplinary research about these issues is presented as a form of knowledge
dynamics.
The thesis shows how the concepts above can be used to distinguish between policy and
decision relevant issues, and how they help to provide a conceptual framework within
which the similarities and differences between knowledge policy in organisations and
science research policy can be compared. Thus it is a series of interdisciplinary
explorations into complex decision and policy relevant situations in which technology,
in the form of knowledge and as the study of interaction between the designed physical
world, people, organisations and natural systems, is a constant theme.
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Rodrigues, Dulce Buchala Bicca. "Assessment of water security using conceptual, deterministic and stochastic frameworks." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18138/tde-18122014-094354/.
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A comprehensive assessment of water security incorporates a range of water-related concepts, since water policy issues to specific technical aspects of hydrological conditions and their interactions with societal needs and ecosystem functioning. This doctoral thesis is organized into three chapters that address such range of water security-related topics, aiming to establish a conceptual baseline and propose deterministic and stochastic accounting frameworks for a river basin water security evaluation. Specific assumptions and research questions are defined in each chapter, and are related to the management of \'Cantareira water supply system\' (located in Southeastern Brazil), focusing on different scales and on its political and hydrological aspects as well. The first chapter acts as a conceptual baseline for water security assessment, by examining general aspects of the Brazilian water policy and water allocation system. This study contrasts Brazilian and American water management systems applied to water transfer projects, discussing experiences from the \'Cantareira system\' and Colorado river basin. A deterministic accounting framework is presented in the second chapter, which is based on management of blue and green water kinds (defined in accordance with hydrological processes and storage types), and demonstrates how a quantitative analysis of provisioning and use (abstraction and consumption) of both water kinds can be conducted. An agricultural basin (291 km²) within the Cantareira water supply system (located upstream of the Cachoeira reservoir) was used to illustrate this approach. The impact of blue and green water use on median water resources conditions is accounted by the scarcity indicator, while the vulnerability indicator considers the probability of low availability of water resources. In the third chapter quantifies and discusses the impacts of uncertainties on water security indicators (proposed in the chapter 2), based on a multi-model and resampling framework, that considers several uncertainty sources including those related to: i) observed streamflow data; ii) hydrological model structure; iii) residual analysis; iv) Environmental Flow Requirement methods; v) the definition of critical conditions for water provision; and vi) the critical demand imposed by human activities. Then, the uncertainty is propagated through different methodological arrangements applied to the same study basin of chapter 2. In brief, the first chapter indicates that both Brazilian and American water management system can potentially contribute to each other. In the second chapter, the Blue/Green water-based accounting framework reveal clear spatial and temporal patterns of water scarcity and vulnerability levels within the basin, thereby improving our understanding of how and where water-related threats to human and aquatic ecosystem security can arise (so called hot-spots). The third chapter provide a general method that can form basis for meaningful support to end-users facing water resource challenges by enabling them to incorporate a viable uncertainty analysis into a robust decision making process. Further investigation are proposed in each research step of this doctoral thesis.A avaliação da segurança hídrica pode incorporar vários conceitos relacionados à água, desde aspectos da política de recursos hídricos até questões hidrológicas específicas e suas interações com a sociedade e ecossistemas. Esta tese de doutorado busca estabelecer uma base conceitual e propor esquemas metodológicos com base determinística e estocástica para avaliação da segurança hídrica de bacias hidrográficas. Objetivos específicos são definidos em cada capítulo e relacionam-se à gestão do \'Sistema Cantareira de abastecimento de água\' (localizado no Sudeste do Brasil), com foco em diferentes escalas, bem como aspectos políticos e hidrológicos. O primeiro capítulo é apresentado como baseline conceitual, examinando aspectos gerais da política de recursos hídricos e sistemas alocação de água. Este estudo compara sistemas de gestão aplicados a projetos de transposição de água inter/intra-bacias no Brasil e Estados Unidos, discutindo experiências do Sistema Cantareira e da bacia do rio Colorado. O segundo capítulo, por sua vez, propõe e analisa um esquema metodológico determinístico baseado na gestão das águas azul e verde (definidas de acordo com processos hidrológicos e unidades de armazenamento). Este estudo demonstra como uma análise quantitativa da provisão e utilização de ambos os tipos de água pode ser conduzida, propondo indicadores de escassez e vulnerabilidade hídrica. Esta abordagem foi aplicada em uma bacia agrícola (291 km²), localizada a montante do reservatório Cachoeira, que é integrante do Sistema Cantareira. O terceiro capítulo quantifica e analisa os impactos das incertezas sobre os indicadores de segurança hídrica propostos no capítulo 2, utilizando um esquema metodológico estocástico baseado em múltiplos modelos e reamostragem, que incorpora variadas fontes de incerteza, tais como: i) dados observados de vazão; ii) estrutura do modelo hidrológico; iii) análise de resíduos do modelo hidrológico; iv) estimativa de vazão ambiental; v) definição de condições críticas de provisão e vi) demanda hídrica. Em seguida, as incertezas são propagadas através de diferentes arranjos metodológicos aplicados na mesma bacia estudo do capítulo 2. Em conclusão, o primeiro capítulo sugere uma potencial troca de contribuições provenientes de ambos os sistemas de gestão brasileiro e americano. O segundo capítulo revela padrões espaciais e temporais dos resultados dos indicadores de escassez e vulnerabilidade, melhorando assim a compreensão de como e onde ameaças à segurança hídrica podem surgir. Por sua vez, a análise de incertezas desenvolvida no terceiro capítulo é capaz de gerar suporte a gestores de recursos hídricos e processo de tomada de decisões robustas. Recomendações específicas são geradas em cada capítulo da presente tese de doutorado.
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Šlajchrt, Zbyněk. "Object Morphology—A Protean Generalization of Object-Oriented Paradigm." Doctoral thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264276.
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Modeling protean objects, i.e. objects adapting their structure and behavior dynamically with respect to a changeable environment, is often challenging in traditional object-oriented languages. According to the author, the root cause of this problem lies in the class-based conceptual framework embedded in the foundation of the object-oriented para-digm. The proposed paradigm Object Morphology (OM) is greatly influenced by prototype theory developed in the field of cognitive psychology. OM abandons the notion of class and suggests, instead, that the abstractions of protean objects should be established through the construction of morph models describing the possible forms of those objects. This the-sis defines the theoretical foundations of OM, which is further used to specify the elements of prototypical object-oriented analysis. An important part of this work is also a proof-of-concept implementation of an OM framework in Scala.
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España, Cubillo Sergio. "METHODOLOGICAL INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS INTO A MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/14572.
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It is widely recognised that information and communication technologies development is a risky activity. Despite the advances in software engineering, many software development projects fail to satisfy the clients' needs, to deliver on time or to stay within budget. Among the various factors that are considered to cause failure, an inadequate requirements practice stands out. Model-driven development is a relatively recent paradigm with the potential to solve some of the dragging problems of software development. Models play a paramount role in model-driven development: several modelling layers allow defining views of the system under construction at different abstraction levels, and model transformations facilitate the transition from one layer to the other. However, how to effectively integrate requirements engineering within model-driven development is still an open research challenge. This thesis integrates Communication Analysis, a communication-oriented business process modelling and requirements engineering method for information systems development, and the OO Method, an object-oriented model-driven software development method provides automatic software generation from conceptual models. We first provide a detailed specification of Communication Analysis intended to facilitate the integration; among other improvements to the method, we build an ontology-based set of concept definitions in which to ground the method, we provide precise methodological guidelines, we create a metamodel for the modelling languages included in the method, and we provide tools to support the creation of Communication Analysis requirements models. Then we perform the integration by providing a technique to systematically derive OO-Method conceptual models from Communication Analysis requirements models. The derivation technique is offered in two flavours: a set of rules to be manually applied by a human analyst, and an ATL model transformation that automates this task.España Cubillo, S. (2011). METHODOLOGICAL INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS INTO A MODEL-DRIVEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/14572
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Chen, Xiang. "Conceptual problems in theory appraisal." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80063.
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The objective of this thesis is to examine the role of conceptual problems in scientific change, especially in the processes of theory appraisal.
In the thesis I begin with a review of Buchdahl's, Toulmin's, and Laudan's works on conceptual problems. In the review I show that, although all these writers emphasize the importance of conceptual problems as a criterion of theory appraisal, their works on conceptual problems are not complete.
The basis of this thesis is a case study of the nineteenth-century optical revolution. Traditionally, the victory of the wave theory in the revolution was supposed to be due to its empirical successes. However, historical research, presented here, does not support this opinion. I present a different view of the optical revolution, comparing the conceptual problems of wave and particle optics, and identifying the appraisal criteria that historical figures actually employed. I argue that the inferior status of the particle theory in dealing with conceptual problems was the primary cause of the optical revolution.
Based on a generalization of a variety of historical cases of conceptual problems, I offer a new account of conceptual problems. First, conceptual problems are the characteristics of conceptual structures rather than theories. Second, the sources of conceptual problems are the processes of concept application, especially in identifying the existence of a concept's referent, in specifying the properties of its referent, and in explicating the procedure of its application. Third, the primary symptom of conceptual problems is that a conceptual structure becomes meaningless. In conclusion, I present a comprehensive set of categories for classifying conceptual problems.Master of Science
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Cordeiro, Maria Inês Durão de Carvalho. "Information technology frameworks in LIS : exploring IT constructs as sources of conceptual alignment." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446300/.
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Library and Information Science (LIS) and Computing/IT are closely related fields as both have at their very core the same object of concern: information and information services. Yet, weaknesses in the transfer of knowledge between the two domains have been apparent at both the conceptual and practice levels. The first question investigated in this thesis is what characterizes the relationship between LIS and IT and what have been its limitations and constraints. It is found that IT knowledge acquisition and transfer have been fragile and poorly consolidated, despite the history of common interests and interactions. As a result, the conceptual foundations of library information systems are still very much the same as they were in the analogue environment. However, deeper forms of IT knowledge are critical for the re-conceptualisation and redesign of library services in the face of the changes brought about by the network environment. These findings led to the investigation of a second question: how to enhance IT knowledge in LIS with durability and beyond the level of practical skills. This part of the research considered the hypothesis that the evolution of IT, and its conceptual underpinnings, can be a source of possible building blocks for common knowledge between LIS and IT. To explore this idea the field of computing/IT was analysed through the perspective of interoperability. A set of trends/concepts was identified as having potential applicability beyond the realm of technical IT systems, notably in the articulation of strategies for IT, information and organizational management. Overall, the study points out the need for a more effective participation of LIS in both the technical and social processes of IT production, reproduction and transformation. The conclusions suggest that a stronger appropriation of the ontology and languages of IT can help to overcome the limitations of the typical IT views in LIS and contribute to a more integrated model of communication between the fields.
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Pérez, i. Brufau Roger. "Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Sartre's Philosophy." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/4854.
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Aquesta tesi se centra en la Teoria de la Metàfora Conceptual i la filosofia experiencialista de George Lakoff and Mark Johnson i en la filosofia existencialista de Jean-Paul Sartre.En el primer capítol estudiem les obres de Lakoff i Johnson sobre la Metàfora (1980, 1999) i també fem una revisió crítica de les més importants reformulacions, ampliacions i crítiques que ha rebut la teoria.
En el segon capítol fem una comparació entre experiencialisme i existencialisme a través del concepte d'imaginació un element clau en ambdues teories.
En el tercer i darrer capítol examinem les metàfores centrals que podem descobrir en el llibre més important de l'existencialisme: L'être et le Néant de Jean-Paul Sartre (1943a). Com si es tractés d'un nou capítol de Lakoff & Johnson (1999) centrarem la nostra atenció en aquest importantíssim llibre de Sartre per tal de descobrir quines metàfores sostenen el seu sistema. L'anàlisi es basarà en la teoria de la Metàfora Conceptual (tal com es presenta a Lakoff & Johnson 1999) i en la idea clau en aquest mateix llibre que la metàfora és una habilitat essencial que ens permet construir sistemes filosòfics.
Finalment, un apartat de conclusions tancarà la tesi per tal de recollir les principals propostes que han estat defensades al llarg del treball.
This dissertation deals with Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Experientialist philosophy by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson and Existentialist philosophy by Jean-Paul Sartre.
In the first chapter we study Lakoff and Johnson's works on Metaphor (1980, 1999) and we also do a critical review of the most important revisions, extensions and criticisms related to the theory.
In the second chapter we do a comparison between experientialism and existentialism by means of the concept of imagination a key component of both theories.
In the third and last chapter we examine the central metaphors that we can discover in the most important book of existentialism: Jean-Paul Sartre's (1943a) L'être et el Néant. As though it were another chapter in Lakoff & Johnson (1999) we will pay attention to this very important book of Sartre's in order to discover which metaphors sustain his system. The analysis will be based on Lakoff & Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Lakoff & Johnson's (1999) key idea that metaphor is an essential skill that allows us to build philosophical systems.
Finally, a part of Conclusions will close the dissertation in order to summarize the key proposals defended throughout the work.
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Lyndon, Edward Harry. "Conceptual mediation : a new theory and a new method of conceptual change /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phl988.pdf.
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Claessen, Mark Johan Alexander. "A soft-computational theory of conceptual categorization." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302544.
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何劍強 and Kim-keung Ho. "Development of multi-perspective, systems-based frameworks." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31234872.
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Ho, Kim-keung. "Development of multi-perspective, systems-based frameworks /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18061655.
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Conde-Costas, Luis A. "The marxist theory of ideology : a conceptual analysis /." Stockholm : Almqvist och Wiksell, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35513946n.
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Daoud, Atef Tag El-din Agami. "Applying conceptual metaphor theory to figurative language teaching." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2010. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/af8ced29-ad1f-40d9-a691-e747b6ec70b2.
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Muth, Karl. "Three frameworks for commodity-producer decision-making under uncertainty." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2015. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3249/.
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This monograph examines the – at times, seemingly irrational – decision-making behaviour of entrepreneurs in the East African agricultural market. It seeks to reconcile empirical observations made between 2011 and 2014 in the towns of Oyam and Kapchorwa, two communities with centuries of entirely separate agricultural history, with a larger decision-making framework. Drawing on decision sciences, development economics, and other literatures, various theoretical frameworks are explored to explain the domain-specific decision-making observed in Uganda. First, two largely rational, cost-focused decision-making scenarios are described, with the context and domain-specific boundaries of each described. Next, a third, economically sub-optimal decision-making scenario is described, with the factors distinguishing it from the first two explained. In other words, the agricultural entrepreneurs behave as econs1 (exhibiting the anticipated behaviour) in the first two instances, but exhibit System 1 thinking2 (demonstrating unexpected behaviour) in the final instance. A comprehensive discussion reconciles the seemingly-conflicting empirical observations by segregating them by context and arguing the two decision-making systems employed, while contradictory, can and do co-exist as domain-specific approaches.
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Lawford, Stephen Derek Charles. "Improved modelling in finite-sample and nonlinear frameworks." Thesis, University of York, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341496.
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Höge, Marvin [Verfasser], and Olaf [Akademischer Betreuer] Cirpka. "Bayesian Multi-Model Frameworks - Properly Addressing Conceptual Uncertainty in Applied Modelling / Marvin Höge ; Betreuer: Olaf Cirpka." Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1184271526/34.
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Herd, Kate. "The development of conceptual models and frameworks to inform design for co-design in mass customisation." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2012. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/9336/.
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As mass customisation (MC) grows in both popularity and accessibility, there is an increasing understanding of its practical implementation. Much of the current research in the field of MC is quantitative; driven by the business, engineering and management perspectives crucial in operationalising the process. The customer codesigner is acknowledged as an integral part of the MC product and purchasing process, yet the experience of the customer as a co‐designer remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This thesis stems from the design research disciplines and reports on an investigation of individual customer co‐design experiences. This research study posits that the experience of co‐design consists not only of the specific activities at the ‘product configurator’ (as commonly described in the literature), but instead that a co‐design experience comprises four distinct stages that encompass the entire purchasing experience from the beginning of co‐design activity through to the receipt of the customised product and beyond; these stages being ‘explore’, ‘engage’, ‘anticipate’ and ‘own’. A multi‐method research design is used comprising: literature review; immersive research techniques; customer journey mapping and design probes. From case studies of each customer codesign experience, relatable information and insights can be drawn that inform designing for co‐design. This doctoral study presents series of new relatable models and frameworks that surpass anything currently available in the literature. They conceptualise and visualise the customer co‐design experience, and inform design for co‐design. These reveal not only what is happening now, but also support proposals for what could or should be happening now. The product envelope model brings together the findings from both the MC and customer experience literature to place the solution space within its broader context, highlighting the importance of service and brand within an MC product offering. The customer corridor model characterises the stages and phases of a co‐design experience within the product envelope and choreographs the interplay between co‐designer and producer. The experience matrix provides a visual representation of the placement and duration of key touch points that occur across the customer corridor, and offers a systematic approach to considering the role of enduring touch points throughout a co‐design experience. In concluding this phase of the work, new opportunities have emerged that provide alternative approaches for understanding and designing for customer co‐design experiences.
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Dabu, Adina. "Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Approaches to Economic Development in East and Central Europe. Romania-Case Study." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44619.
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The development literature considers Romania from both the sociological and economic standpoints as a developing country with a large agricultural sector. Due to the specific nature of the structure of its economy and society Romania encountered a series of specific problems in its process of social and economic development, a process that began in the mid 19th century. A constant problem for the Romanian policy makers over the last century has been how to shrink the country's agricultural sector and develop the industry and service sectors to reach a level comparable to that of more advanced economies. Romania tried to solve this problem with various policies based on and inspired by a set of sociological and economic views, theories and models. Those policies were only partially successful and today the problem of underdevelopment and unsatisfactory economic performance is still largely unsolved.
In the hypothesis of a rational policy making process (defined as conscientious relationship with past experiences based on a rational learning process) the post 1989 agricultural reforms should have been informed by the lessons provided by both the pre-communist and communist periods. Taking as a starting point this premise my study is constructed around the following hypothesis: If the policy process was a rational decision-making process, we would expect that the ideas, concepts, and theories that led to policy failure and mixed results in the past be rejected or correspondingly adjusted to the new context.
In order to test this hypothesis the study develops a twofold approach: First, it identifies the main sequences of ideas - policies - results - lessons that characterized each of the pre-communist, communist, and post-communist periods. Second, it compares the ideas, policies, and lessons that could have been drawn from past experiences in regard to agricultural development with the actual ideas and agricultural policies that have been implemented in the post-communist period. The comparison reveals the extent to which the rational decision making model was displayed. In order to make this comparison operational the research design proceeds along the following lines:
The key post-communist legislation regarding agriculture that was passed after 1989 is identified. By the detailed analysis of this body of legislation and of one of the most comprehensive reports on agriculture issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Romania in 1999-2000, the dominant agricultural policy paradigm of the period, the key ideas that were behind it, and the main consequences that followed for agriculture are distinguished. The major agricultural reform policies in the pre-communist and communist periods (1864-1948 and 1948-1989) and the basic concepts and theories that informed each of them are documented. Thereafter, an overview of the economic, sociological and structural consequences of these ideas and policies is provided and pinpoints the main lessons that could be eventually derived by looking in retrospect to each of the periods.
In accordance with these objectives the study is structured as follows: Chapter 1 outlines the Romanian reform legislation between 1989-2000 and, in line with point one above, uses this legislation as a vehicle to reveal the key ideas, policies and consequences for agricultural development in the last, post-communist decade. Chapter 2 and 3 fulfill the objectives stated in point two above. More precisely, chapter 2 starts by looking at the policy reforms in the pre-communist period, while in parallel outlining the main ideas, policies, consequences, and lessons of the period. Similarly, chapter 3 describes the main policy reforms of the communist period and pays special attention to the lessons that could have been drawn from this period's policies and their consequences. The conclusions wrap up the analysis and discuss the extent to which the study's main hypothesis has been supported or infirmed.Master of Science
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Corbett, Dan R. "Unification and constraints over conceptual structures." Title page, contents and summary only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phc7889.pdf.
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Bibliography: leaves 150-161. This thesis addresses two areas in the field of conceptual structures. The first is the unification of conceptual graphs, and the consequent work in projection and in type hierarchies... The second area of investigation is the definition of constraints, especially real-value constraints on the concept referents, with particular attention to handling constraints during the unification of conceptual graphs.
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Xin, Shuang. "The theory and practice of conceptual research in tourism." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2017. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/814163/.
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There is currently much debate about how knowledge of tourism can and indeed should be produced. Tourism knowledge production is criticised to rely too much on Western values with limited research methods. Although tourism, as a field of study is considered as demonstrating a notable “critical turn” in recent years with the evidence of several books and journals published in response to this trend, the situation is not really as optimistic as it seems to be. This study seeks to redress this issue. The first part of the study-the theory of conceptual research in tourism- contributes to the “methodological turn”. It focused on conceptual research which is an existing research strategy but has been somewhat overlooked in the methodological studies especially in tourism field. The idea originated from the process of identifying the research type and a proper research method for the research question that makes the concept(s) as the research object. By reviewing the methodological literatures, the rationale and existing definitions of conceptual research were discussed and presented. A sample of 471 tourism journal articles was determined to examine the conceptual research in tourism. The quantitative content analysis revealed that conceptual research is somewhat overlooked in the tourism research academy. The qualitative content analysis developed a typology of twelve conceptual research approaches in conceptual research by analysing 46 pure conceptual research articles. Based on the discussions and analysis, conceptual research in tourism was defined and nine quality issues of conceptual research were illustrated. The second part of the study –the practice of conceptual research (the reinterpretation of sustainable tourism in the light of Confucianism and Taoism) - is the advocating of the “cultural turn” which lags behind the “methodological turn”. The twelve conceptual research approaches developed in the first part were applied to analyse the concepts of Confucianism, Taoism and sustainable tourism. The definitions, developments and clarifications of Confucianism, Taoism and sustainable tourism were presented. Eleven Confucian values, three Taoist values and seven existing sustainable tourism principles were abstracted. And then the Confucian and Taoist values were translated to sustainable tourism with the results of the sustainable tourism principles were reinterpreted and sustainable tourism was reconceptualised in the light of Confucianism and Taoism.
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Lavanty, Brittany. "Describing Emotions: Major Depressive Disorder and Conceptual Metaphor Theory." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428942943.
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Kühnen, Michael [Verfasser], and Rüdiger [Akademischer Betreuer] Hahn. "Social and positive sustainability performance measurement : theories, conceptual frameworks, and empirical insights / Michael Kühnen ; Betreuer: Rüdiger Hahn." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1154851044/34.
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