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Thorne, Anthony Martin. "The structural use of composites in engineering from the 1980's." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2016. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/812877/.
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The application is based on works carried out in 5 distinct phases throughout a career at the University of Surrey spanning 36 years but with a 20 month gap in 1982 where I worked at Wimpey Laboratories undertaking research work on lightweight concretes. Initially, I was employed on an EPSRC NETCEM contract awarded to Prof Dave Hannant and Dr Jeff Keer where I developed and tested a replica of the Big 6 asbestos cement sheet. There was then a period where I was then employed on an advanced polymer composites contract awarded to Prof Len Hollaway. Although I had no specific technical knowledge of advanced polymer composites at this time I did have considerable expertise in conventional engineering materials and in experimental techniques. Within the period of this contract I gained sufficient knowledge and understanding to co-author a follow up contract. Additionally, I was able to contribute to the supervision of experimental techniques and the numerical modelling of structures undertaken by the PhD students in the research group at that time. Once taken on as a member of staff, albeit on a contractual basis, I undertook supervision and co-supervision of contracts that I had co-authored. I also applied for EPSRC starter funding available at the time. Whilst the application was not successful, Prof Len Hollaway and I were invited to take the principles of the application for reinforcing and strengthening conventional construction materials further and to expand them into a full application where we were subsequently awarded an EPSRC contract. Prof Len Hollaway and I were also requested by Prof Chris Clayton (then Head of Civil Engineering) to include other members of staff onto our contract applications. The first application included Prof Gerry Parke (then Reader in the Department of Civil Engineering) and the second application included a new member of staff Dr Toula Onoufriou (Reader in the Department of Civil Engineering). Both EPSRC applications were successful and resulted in fruitful contracts. We further included other new members of staff, albeit not successfully, on EPSRC applications for novel composite concrete beam configurations for which I took the principal investigator roll. I have since taken a proactive roll in investigating new areas of research, firstly with a PhD studentship in Electronic Engineering with Prof Graham Reed (then Reader in Silicon Wave Guide Applications in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering) and then with the Composites Group in the Materials Department. This link with Prof Steve Ogin incorporated Graham’s expertise for our investigations into measurements in composite materials and then damage detection in composite materials. The major thrust in all of the work throughout this latter period of my career has been in the development and application of FRP composites through research into aspects of applied physics, optoelectronics, materials science and engineering and structural mechanics. It has been made possible through grants and contracts to which I have acted as co-investigator and co-supervisor of PhD students. This has been through both my own research effort and through my participation in an inter-disciplinary research group of staff in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences spanning across the underpinning engineering disciplines. For the first 16 years, I was the primary member of this group with specific expertise in numerical modelling and simulation of engineering structures under mechanical and environmental loading conditions. Whilst I have been the primary lead in these areas over this period it has always been necessary to choose the Principal Investigator carefully to suit the funds applied for. In this early stage of the development into the research area we have been investigating fundamental materials research based on the formative crack density work conducted by Prof Steve Ogin, Prof Paul Smith and Dr Lynne Boniface. It was thus necessary to install Steve as the Principal Investigator over either Graham or myself for the applications to be successful.
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Niknazar, Pooria. "Evaluating the use of BSC-DEA method in measuring organization´s efficiency." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20392.
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In today's business environment, organizations try to improve their efficiency in order to have more power in the global competition. This requires capabilities to detect and evaluate the impact of Information Technology (IT) on the organization's efficiency.There are some difficulties in evaluating the impact of IT on the organization‟s efficiency. For example, one should consider many quantitative and qualitative factors in the evaluation process. For solving these kinds of problems, this thesis proposes a methodology to identify the effects of IT investment and the importance of IT related activities on the organization‟s efficiency, within the BSC-DEA model.In the first parts of thesis, the Balanced Scorecard is used as a performance management tool for evaluating an organization‟s efficiency. The four dimensions of the Balanced Scorecard link organization‟s strategies with indicators and help the management establish an integrated efficiency assessment system for evaluation of IT investment. This thesis has studied some shortcoming of BSC for efficiency measurement and argued that DEA has the advantage to fill these shortcomings of BSC and to better evaluates impacts of IT on the organization's efficiency.In the Second part of this thesis, I have shown that the DEA model generates one single efficiency figure in multi-input and multi-output situations. DEA performs the optimization analysis on each individual unit (DMUs) and generate relative efficiency value of each DMU. In this way, the integrated BSC-DEA model is constructed. For a better explanation of proposed BSC-DEA model, I presented and analyzed an example in the final part of the thesis.The presented model has two major benefits in subjected area:Firstly, It Combines two well-established managerial methodologies and proposes a new approach to evaluate IT effects on organizations. This approach uses “BSC” as a comprehensive framework for defining evaluation criteria with regard to IT investment and uses “DEA” as a nonparametric technique for ranking organization performance with those criteria. The second contribution is that with the comprehensive view which BSC gives us and with efficiency measure that DEA calculates, we can have a dependent variable to study how and why some organizations use IT better than others.Program: Magisterutbildning i informatik
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Gottlieb, Rachel. "Use of S. pombe to Characterize Mammalian Adenylyl Cyclases and Their Inhibitors." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104220.
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Thesis advisor: Charles HoffmanThe study of mammalian cAMP signaling has often been confounded by the fact that ten different genes encode adenylyl cyclases (ACs) that produce cAMP from ATP and 16 different genes encode phosphodiesterases (PDEs) that hydrolyze cAMP to AMP. In this study, mammalian AC cDNAs were cloned and integrated into strains of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe that lack their endogenous AC to determine the basal activity of all ten AC isoforms. In addition, response to the stimulatory mammalian Gsα was determined by co-expression of a mutationally-activated form of the human GNAS1 gene. AC activity was assessed using an fbp1-GFP reporter that is repressed by cAMP production and PKA activity. Results confirm that all ten isoforms have detectable basal activity, and AC1-9 definitively respond to Gsα stimulation. When matched with a sufficiently potent mammalian phosphodiesterase (PDE), strains expressing mammalian ACs make good candidates for small molecule high throughput screening (HTS) to detect AC inhibitors. A 100,000 compound screen was recently performed to detect AC and Gsα inhibitors as well as PDE activators. A promising “hit” was progesterone, which has been previously suggested to inhibit ACs in Xenopus. Initial results suggest that progesterone inhibits AC1 and the closely-related AC3. These data demonstrate the utility of using S. pombe as an effective platform for identifying inhibitors of both basal and GNAS1-stimulated AC activity
Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2015
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Departmental Honors
Discipline: Biology
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Williams, Matthew. "The development of S-glycosylcysteine derivatives for use in glycan-binding assays." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25655.
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This dissertation concerns the development of a synthetic route towards novel cysteine-based glycan-binding probes, for incorporation into glycoarrays and or similar applications used in assays of glycan-recognition phenomena. The need to systematically characterize the glycome and decipher the range of glycosylation patterns found in living cells, has prompted the development of molecular tools such as glycoarrays and related systems for immobilizing defined carbohydrate structures. The preparation of these probes requires access to building blocks where the core structure has defined glycans together with appropriate linkers, and the amino acid cysteine is explored here as one such structure. In particular, this dissertation describes the synthesis of a S-glucosylcysteine derivative SGC, or methyl N-(6-aminohexanoyl)-S-(β-D-glucopyranosyl)-L-cysteinate trifluoroacetate 67, as well as its 2-acetamido analogue SAGC, or methyl N-(6-aminohexanoyl)-S-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-L-cysteinate trifluoroacetate 74. The first approach involved initial preparation of N-(4-azidobutanoyl)-L-cysteine 12 and attempted reaction of this with 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranose 3 to form the initial target of this dissertation, bis-glucoside 13. This was not successful, but repetition of the reported reaction involving the use of N-acetyl-L-cysteine 4 provided a modest yield of partially purified bis-glucosyl cysteine (BGC, 1). A mechanism for this one-pot, sequential bis-glucosylation is proposed. The limitations of the one-pot procedure led to investigation of alternative methods for the step-wise introduction of sugar units to the cysteine core. For this purpose the cysteine derivative, methyl N-(6-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)hexanoyl)-L-cysteinate 40, was prepared and reacted with 3 to obtain a fully protected precursor of the target SGC. However, inefficiencies in this procedure led to investigation of an alternative strategy for preparation of SGC.
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Edvardsson, Sara. "The potential use of S-HYPE in the work of predicting landslides." Thesis, KTH, Mark- och vattenteknik (flyttat 20130630), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-210922.
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Landslides are expensive for the community as it causes changes to for example infrastructure, changes in land used for cultivation and can also result in loss of life. Climate change will in the future introduce higher amounts of precipitation in Sweden, which increases the risks of landslides, as groundwater levels will increase. Investigations, which are made, to determine the slope stability, become more expensive when more details are needed. Models for instability of slope have disadvantages of giving too low values, being too broad and not including long-term changes in groundwater and pore pressure. One modelling tool which might be useful is S-HYPE which produces, from normalised groundwater levels, a filling degree (% of groundwater aquifers). This study therefore investigates the potential use of S-HYPE in the work of predicting landslides. Programmes which have been used are S-HYPE, ArcGIS 10.5, Excel and SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). ArcGIS 10.5 have been used to connect the 57 landslides which have an exact date to the subcatchments found in S-HYPE, where after filling degree could be extracted. Soil type and slope of the ground have also been handled in ArcGIS 10.5. All data have been handled and gathered in histograms, graphs and tables by using Excel. SPSS was used to perform a PCA (Principle Component Analysis) and a one-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). The results show that for the small reservoir model almost half of the landslide had a filling degree of 70-100%, whereas for the large reservoir model almost half had a filling degree of 35-70%. These results show that for almost half of all landslides, for the model of the small reservoir, the groundwater might have played an important role. The trend of the filling degree is better shown for the large reservoir model. Not many landslides had occurred at a slope angle greater than 20 degrees. The only soil group happening at steeper slopes was the soil group till. The three components extracted from the PCA are indicators of climate, geology and slope of the ground. More parameters would be out of interest to include, such as closeness to streams and human activity in the area, to further investigate the use of S-HYPE. The comparison between six different landslides showed that for all except two, which had another type of geology, the landslides had occurred during high groundwater levels and rising filling degree for both reservoir models. The results indicate that S-HYPE could be used when looking at the risk of a landslide happening, when one knows the conditions on the site. However, less so as a tool that predicts that a landslide is going to happen. The use of S-HYPE as an assessment tool for the risks of a landslide requires, therefore, that other parameters are known, such as the sensitivity of the soil to changes in groundwater conditions. However, further studies are needed to further prove the use of S-HYPE.Jordskred är kostsamt för samhället då det orsakar skador och förändringar på exempelvis infrastruktur, odlingsmarker och det kan även resultera i förlust av liv. Mängden nederbörd, i och med klimatförändringarna, kommer att öka i Sverige, vilket också innebär ökade grundvattennivåer. Detta innebär en ökad risk för jordskred. Undersökningarna, som görs för att fastställa slänters stabilitet, blir dyrare ju mer detaljer som inkluderas. De modeller som finns för att förutspå slänters stabilitet har nackdelar så som att de producerar för låga värden, att de är för översiktliga och att de inte inkluderar förändringar i grundvatten och portryck under en längre tid. En modell som kan vara till hjälp i arbetet att förutspå jordskred är S-HYPE. S-HYPE producerar, genom att normalisera grundvattennivåer, en fyllnadsgrad (% grundvattenakvifer). Det här projektet studerar därmed den potentiella användningen av S-HYPE i arbetet att förutspå jordskred. De program som använts under detta arbete är S-HYPE, ArcGIS 10.5, Excel och SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). ArcGIS 10.5 har använts för att koppla samman de 57 jordskred som har exakt datum med de avrinningsområden som återfinns i S-HYPE, varpå fyllnadsgraden kunde hämtas. Jordart och lutning har också behandlats i ArcGIS 10.5. Excel har använts för att bearbeta data och producera histogram, grafer och tabeller. SPSS användes för att göra en PCA (Principialkomponentanalys) och en envägs ANOVA (Variansanalys). Resultaten visar att mer än hälften av alla jordskred för modellen för små magasin hade en fyllnadsgrad mellan 70-100%, medan mer än hälften av alla jordskred för modellen för stora magasin hade en fyllnadsgrad mellan 35-70%. Detta visar att för mer än hälften av jordskreden, för modellen för små magasin, kan grundvattnet ha spelat en stor roll. Trenden på fyllnadsgraden visas bättre för modellen för stora magasin. Få jordskred inträffade i en lutning större än 20 grader. Enda jordgruppen som inträffade i brantare lutningar var morän. De tre komponenterna extraherade från PCAn indikerar klimat-, geologi- och lutningsförhållanden. Fler parametrar såsom närhet till vattendrag eller mänsklig aktivitet i området, skulle vara av intresse att inkludera i fortsatta studie om huruvida S-HYPE kan användas. Jämförelsen mellan de sex utvalda jordskreden visade på att för alla förutom två, vilka hade skillnader i geologi, hade jordskreden inträffat under höga grundvattennivåer och ökande fyllnadsgrad för båda modellerna. Resultaten visar att S-HYPE kan användas när man tittar på risken för att ett jordskred ska inträffa, om förhållandena på platsen är kända. Dock mindre som ett enskilt verktyg för att förutspå jordskred. Användning av S-HYPE inom skredriskbedömningar förutsätter således att även andra parametrar måste vara kända, såsom känsligheten i jordlagrets stabilitet för ändringar i grundvatten. Fortsatta studier behövs därför för att ytterligare påvisa användningen av S-HYPE vid skredriskbedömningar.
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Soumphonphakdy, Vongphet. "The potential use and value of distance education by Wisconsin restauranteur(s)." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999soumphonphakdyv.pdf.
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Legros, Camille. "Engineering of poly (2-oxazoline)s for potential use in biomedical applications." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BORD0174/document.
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Ce travail décrit d'abord l’élaboration de nanogels hydrophiles stimulables, sensibles à un changement de pH et à un environnement où les propriétés d’oxydo-réduction peuvent varier. Ils ont été synthétisés en milieu dilué, d’une part, et en émulsion inverse, d’autre part; dans les deux cas à partir d’un copolymère statistique composé d’unités 2-éthyl-2-oxazoline et éthylène imine. Ces nanogels n’ont pas montré d’interactions spécifiques avec des protéines telles que la BSA et se sont avérés non-toxiques in vitro. Une plateforme à base d’un copolymère POx statistique porteur de fonctions aldéhydes a par ailleurs permis d’accéder à une librairie de POx, incluant des structures greffées et réticulées. Enfin, l’autoassemblage en solution d’un copolymère à blocs de type poly(2-methyl-oxazoline)-bpoly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline) (PMeOx-b-PiPrOx), a été étudié en détail. Des micelles ont été observées à des temps courts au-dessus du point trouble du PiPrOx. Pour des temps plus longs, la formation de fibres et de micelles réticulées physiquement ont été mise en évidence, comportement expliqué par la cristallisation des chainesde PiPrOx stabilisées par les blocs PMeOx hydrophilesThis PhD work is based on the design of poly(2-oxazoline) (POx)hydrogels and nanogels, by chemical or physical cross-linking, aimed to be used for biomedical applications. Nanogels were first prepared in dilute media and in inverse emulsion based on a statistical copolymer made of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline and ethyleneimine units. These stimuli-responsive nanogels were swelling in acidic media and were cleaved in reductive environment. They proved to be non-cytotoxic and act as protein repellent. Second, a reactive platform based on a statistical POx polymerbearing aldehyde functionalities was engineered, enabling the synthesis of graft and cross-linked POx. Last, a block copolymer made of 2-methyl- and 2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline units, proved to self-assemble into micelles when heated above its LCST,for a short period of time (< 1h30). When annealed for a longer time (> 1h30),crystallization-driven self-assembly led to the formation of different morphologies(fiber rods and cross-linked micelles)
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Brantefors, Ola, and Fredrik Gadman. "Interfaces: Defining, managing and sharing : - The use of Scania´s oppotunitieas of making use of interfaces in product development." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-100900.
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Gränssnitt är en grundpelare i definitionen av modularisering och modularisering är ett signum för Scania. Samtidigt är det viktigt att vid produktutveckling tidigt dela data mellan samtliga intressenter för att uppnå en så effektiv process som möjligt. Scania anser sig inte ha samma kontroll på den gränssnittsrelaterade informationen som för övrig produktinformation, varför det finns ett behov av att utreda detta vidare. Genom kartläggning av hur Scania idag arbetar med gränssnittshantering är syftet med detta arbete att ta fram riktlinjer för hur arbetet kring gränssnitt skulle kunna förbättras med befintligt/kommande IT-stöd, arbetssätt och organisation inom Research and Development på Scania. Arbetet avser att undersöka hur gränssnitt definieras, hanteras och delas idag samt hur detta bör utvecklas. Resultaten från intervjustudierna tyder på att det råder stor förvirring kring begreppet gränssnitt och att innebörden av begreppet inte är entydigt. Gränssnitten finns i dagsläget, men är inte definierade och det saknas ett enhetligt, strukturerat och utbrett arbete kring gränssnitten. Det finns en efterfrågan och ett behov av att definiera, hantera och dela gränssnitten och en potential i att göra så för att effektivisera produktutvecklingsarbetet. Något som är viktigt är att möjliggöra visuell presentation av gränssnitten, vari GEO är en bra grund och en viktig pusselbit.Interfaces are one of the cornerstones of modularisation, and modularisation is one of the distinguishing-marks of Scania. At the same time early sharing of data is crucial for making the product development process as effective as possible. Scania don’t consider themselves having the same control over the interface-related information as over other product information, hence there’s a need of further investigation of the matter. Through mapping of Scania’s ways of coping with interface matters today, the objective of this project is to come up with guidelines for how this work could be enhanced with current and upcoming IT-tools, work methods and organisation within Research and Development at Scania. The project aims at investigating how interfaces are defined, managed and shared today and how this should evolve. One theoretical study has been carried out in order to give the project a solid foundation and theoretical dept. Two empirical studies have been performed with respondents from Scania in one and respondents from Kockums and Syntell in the other. Both the theoretical and empirical material has then been treated and evaluated before the analysis of the material has been made and conclusions and recommendations have been worked out. The results of the interviews show that there is a vast confusion regarding the term interface, and that the meaning of the term is far from unambiguous. The interfaces exist, but they are yet to be defined, and a uniform, structured, and widely spread way of dealing with them is missing at this time. There is a demand for, and a need of defining, managing, and sharing the interfaces. There is also a great potential in doing so in order to optimize the product development process. Something that is of great importance is to make it possible to visualise the interfaces, where GEO is a good foundation and an important piece of the puzzle. Based on the analysis of the theoretical and empirical material the term interface should be defined and categorized. A clear method of how to deal with interfaces and information related to interfaces should be drawn up, and to make the visual presentation of the interfaces possible support for this need to be prepared in the CAD-environment.
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Schofield, A. J. "The interpretation of surface lithic collections : Case studies from Southern England." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.382963.
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Bergqvist, Mathias. "Extending a Game Concepts Scope of use by Adapting Mobile Platform Usage." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-101982.
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The report features the technical fundamentals, implementation, results and discussions within the field of mobile application development in the game industry. The thesis explored the game industry from within the industry, as the purpose was to further expand the game concept of the PC game theHunter by using a mobile platform. In the age of the multi-touch smartphone, applications are a huge and competitive industry withmany interesting development approaches. Using the fundamental principles of system architecture and interface design for mobile development, a game companion application based in an Android environment was developed. Game data was provided by the game development studio Expansive Worlds. The results showed support for the platform, but clearly states that further development is needed to actually explore the mobile market further. Implications for the results of the study and future tasks are discussed.
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Aakre, Allison Katie. "Marine Resource Use and Distribution on Ofu Island, Manu?a, American S?moa." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27243.
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Marine resources have played a vital role in the lives of the prehistoric populations that settled Oceania. While it is widely accepted that marine resources make up a considerable component of the diet of prehistoric peoples, distinguishing between shell fragments as a result of food procurement or debris from tool manufacture can be a difficult task. This study, in addition to examining the density and distribution of shellfish use by human populations on Ofu Island, examines the various ways these shellfish might have been procured and processed by utilizing archaeological, ethnographic, and experimental methods. By analyzing excavation data from three sites, interviewing locals, taking part in a shellfish gathering trip, and performing test breaks on Turbo shells, it has been possible to gain a holistic view of shellfish use since initial human occupation. Findings reflect mobile populations that have exploited abundant marine resources in a resilient marine environment throughout prehistory.
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Eckerskog, Sven. "Let's play fair - en jämförelse av Fair Use och svenska undantagsregler applicerat på Let's Play." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-138275.
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Nakhumwa, Candida. "Smallholder market access : the case of groundnut sector in Malawi." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2015. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/18144/.
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This thesis focussed on assessing smallholder groundnut farmers and traders’ access to markets through quality improvement and also, determine the socio-economic factors that influence groundnut farmers when deciding to adopt quality management techniques and the extent/or level of involvement. The following research questions were tested: whether Malawi smallholder groundnut farmers have poor or limited access to markets; whether smallholder farmers face unequal bargaining relations with traders due perhaps to lack of competition in trading channels; whether belonging to a farmer organisation provides a framework whereby the prospects of higher prices could lead to higher quality regulated by the association? Qualitative analysis was used to map out the main processes, key actors and relationships within the various groundnut value chains. Price spread method was used to assess market efficiency in price for the various groundnut market channels. Finally, a Selective Tobit model was used to assess factors that influence smallholder farmers to adopt technologies on quality management and decide the extent of adoption. The study results indicated that smallholder farmers manage to sell all their groundnuts brought to the market. This means that smallholder farmers do not really have problems accessing the markets. However, there is a limited availability of structured groundnut markets that offer premium price as an incentive for farmers to invest in quality management. Another important finding is that belonging to an organised farmer organisation enabled smallholder farmers to access better agricultural services such as research, extension and quality certified seed. However, it was not enough to persuade the farmers to venture into collective marketing. The results suggest that the provision of economic incentives such as premium prices persuaded farmers to engage in collective action and also invest in quality management. There is convergence of prices for less quality sensitive regional markets and quality sensitive EU markets. As such, exporters have no incentive to invest more in quality management targeting EU markets. Selective Tobit model results showed that farmers value most profitability-related variables such as land allocated, structured markets and prices when deciding level of involvement in quality management. The study results also indicate that groundnut market in Malawi is efficient in price as demonstrated by the Market Efficiency Index of greater than one. Gross margin analysis also indicated that, on average, groundnuts producers have good returns to labour if compared to the current national minimum wage rate of US$1.2 per day.
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McLean, Karen, and n/a. "Samuel Taylor Coleridge�s use of platonic and neoplatonic theories of evil and creation." University of Otago. Department of English, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080222.121810.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge used theories of evil and creation from Plato, Plotinus and Proclus to refine his definitions of the Trinity and the Absolute and Apostate Wills, and to move beyond the Germanic Naturphilosophie concept of self-hood as achieved by a self-objectification which emphasised differences between the persons of the Trinity rather than their similarities. His use of specific classical Greek concepts allowed him to propose that the Absolute Will�s self-substantiative act established unity and distinction as simultaneous and interrelated equals. From this, Coleridge investigated how identity and relationship rely upon unity and distinction, as he believed that identity is a unified self distinct from others, and that relationship is the unified common ground of many selves.
My first chapter explains my methodology in dealing with Coleridge�s problematic relationship with both Greek and German sources, and describes how Coleridge�s philosophical investigations into evil and creation resulted from personal crises oyer his sense of self and sin. I provide an overview of the system Coleridge devised to address these concerns, concentrating upon the aspects which he believed clarified humanity�s status in relation to evil and the divine. I demonstrate how Coleridge accounts for the origin of the Apostate Will, and I explain his view of identity and relationships between the persons of the Trinity, providing a relevant overview that allows me to point out his use of the fundamental Greek concepts that anchor the subsequent chapters on Plato, Plotinus and Proclus.
My second chapter examines Coleridge�s statement that Plato had formulated a triune creative principle, a concept critical to Coleridge�s need to unite God to the created universe. After describing the Platonic structure of reality and its divine creative act, I focus on the Platonic triad of Difference, Unity and Being. Plato�s account of these three principles and how they arise from the divine principle activity influences Coleridge�s view of the Trinity, what it contains in terms of distinction and unity, and how the Trinity arises from the superessential Absolute Will. I explain how Coleridge refined his definition of Christ as pleroma by referencing the way that the Form of the Good simultaneously exhibits plurality and identity.
My third chapter shows how the Plotinian theory of the One�s will-based self-substantiation influenced Coleridge�s definition of the Absolute Will. I determine that Plotinus�s concept of heterotes (otherness) informs Coleridge�s view of the origin of evil, and I show how his concept of redemption is influenced by Plotinus�s account of noetic contemplation.
My fourth chapter explains how Coleridge used the Proclian concept of Bound to develop the actualising quality of the Logos, in relation to Christ as a successful plurality but also in terms of Christ�s role in the redemption.
My conclusion surveys all four philosophers to demonstrate how concepts drawn from Plato, Plotinus and Proclus helped Coleridge to define the Absolute Will and the way that its activity is the unity, distinction, identity and relationship of the Trinity. These three distinct yet related systems influenced Coleridge�s view of evil, as well as his understanding of the Absolute Will�s self-creative act, its relation to the Trinity, and the simultaneously fallen and divine status of humanity.
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Gupta, Vineet Kumar. "The use of zoning mechanisms for growth management : downtown Boston in the 1980's." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74344.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1988, and, Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988.M.I.T. copy lacks leaf 98. Title as it appears in M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1988: Increasing the scope of activity of the private sector in urban development.
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by Vineet Kumar Gupta.
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Захаркін, Олексій Олександрович, Алексей Александрович Захаркин, Oleksii Oleksandrovych Zakharkin, Людмила Сергіївна Захаркіна, Людмила Сергеевна Захаркина, and Liudmyla Serhiivna Zakharkina. "The use of indicators of financial condition to determine the enterprise`s investment attractiveness." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2020. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/81033.
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Проаналізовано один з найважливіших внутрішніх чинників, які впливають на інвестиційну привабливість підприємства, - це його фінансовий стан. Для оцінки фінансового стану організації використано фінансовий аналіз, який включає в себе ряд інструментів і методів оцінки фінансового стану.Проанализирован один из важнейших факторов, влияющих на инвестиционную привлекательность предприятия - это его финансовое состояние. Для оценки финансового состояния организации использовано финансовый анализ, который включает в себя ряд инструментов и методов оценки финансового состояния.
One of the most important internal factors influencing the investment attractiveness of the enterprise is analyzed - its financial condition. To assess the financial condition of the organization used financial analysis, which includes a number of tools and methods for assessing the financial condition.
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Pfeiffer, Sara, and Karl-Johan Kleinferchner. "Utomhuspedagogik : A study about teacher´s attitude and use of outdoor education in primary school." Thesis, Mälardalen University, Department of Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-515.
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Syftet med den här studien var att beskriva och analysera hur lärare i grundskolans tidigare år använder sig av utomhuspedagogik samt hur derast inställining är att bedriva den. De frågeställingar vi hade var: Vilken syn har lärare på utomhuspedagogisk verksamhet? Vad anser lärare att utomhuspedagogiken bidrar med i undervisningen? Vilka fördelar och möjligheter kas ses utifrån ett utomhuspedagogiskt arbetssätt? Vilka nackdelar och svårigheter kan upplevas utifrån ett utomhuspedagogiskt arbetssätt?. Studien har utförts genom bearbetning av relevant litteratur samt en kvalitativ undersökning genom öppna brev som skickats och lämnats ut till lärare som är verksamma inom skolans yngre åldrar. Totalt svarade 16 lärare på brevet. Resultatet visade att de lärare som svarat på breven är positiva till användandet av utomhuspedagogik, de har alla kunskapen om hur viktigt det är att komplettera den traditionella undervisningen för att få alla barn och förstå. Genom utomhuspedagogiken får barnen vara med och prova och känna och på så sätt får de lättare att sätta in kunskapen de lär sig inne i ett klassrum i ett sammanhang. De får en helhetssyn av det aktuella ämnet. Fördelarna som nämndes är att utomhuspedagogik är ett sätt att lära med hela kroppen där alla sinnen kommer till användning, barn och lärare får frisk luft och de orkar mer. Svårigheterna som kom fram var att barnen inte har kläder efter väder, föräldrarnas oförståelse för utomhuspedagogik, svårt att få en överblick över gruppen.
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Olson, Göran. "Institutional Cooperation : Sida´s use of the "twinning method" 1985 - 2005 to develop public administration." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Historiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-148307.
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Mali, Zoliswa Olga. "Exploring communication strategy use by learners of isiZulu in synchronous computer-mediated communication (S-CMC)." Diss., University of Iowa, 2007. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/142.
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Engberg, Katarina. "The EU´s Collective Use of Force : Exploring the Factors behind its First Military Operations." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-152038.
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The EU has since 2003 carried out six military operations. This thesis seeks to determine the circumstances under which the EU will, or will not, undertake military operations. It does so through the study of two main cases of EU military operations: the case when an operation was planned in the Lebanon war 2006 but did not occur, and the positive case of EUFOR RD Congo that same year which did occur. Three additional cases are presented. An analytical tool built on the techniques of defence planning and concepts derived from the scholarly literature is applied to the cases for the purpose of identifying the main driving and inhibiting factors behind the operations. The functional theme of the use of force and the organizational theme of the multilateralisation of intervention serve as the main scholarly concepts. The interaction between the intervener and the local actors, as well as between political and resource factors, is introduced in order to create an integrated framework for the analysis of the dynamics at play in the EU’s use of force. The limitations to the "jus bellum" tradition is noted in the analysis of the EU´s operations that have situated themselves in a low-to-middle bandwidth in terms of interests and risks at stake. Among the findings, the growing importance of local actors in shaping the room for the EU´s deployment of military force stands out, as do resource constraints, in the EU´s case primarily in the form of its limited command and control structures but also through the overstretch of the global pool of expeditionary forces felt around 2006. As seen from the organizational perspective, the EU´s first military operations can best be understood in the context of the increasing role of regional security providers in an unofficial division of labour with regard to the multilateralisation of intervention.Avaliable in revised and extended version: "The EU and Military Operations. A comparative analysis".
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Blawut, Bryan Joseph. "Enhancing Saugeye (Sander vitreus x S. canadensis) Production Through the Use of Assisted-Reproduction Technologies." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492169462975574.
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Mura, Marika Noemi. "The discontented farmer : state-society relations and food insecurity in rural Tanzania." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/80215/.
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In many developing countries, those people who work the land as food producers are also the ones who most suffer from food insecurity. While many studies look at the power dynamics within the food system at the global level and the role played by transnational companies in particular, this investigation starts at the local level to look into the reasons behind the high levels of food insecurity among farmers. Specifically, it analyses how the relationship between the domestic food producers and the state in Tanzania has affected food security in rural areas, in particular in farmers' households. The question it asks is: How has the relationship between the state and farmers shaped food security in rural Tanzania since its independence? A qualitative approach has been employed: farmer interviews were conducted in 8 villages located in two regions of Tanzania - Coast and Kilimanjaro - and supplemented by interviews with state officials and civil society representatives. The villages surveyed in the Coast region suffer from arid conditions and are isolated from the main road that connects Dar es Salaam to Morogoro, while the villages studied in the Kilimanjaro region are on the slopes of the mountains around the town of Usangi, far from the touristic and commercial centres of Moshi and Arusha. Through interviews with farmers in these villages, the qualitative approach of this research offers a contextualised insight into food insecurity, the problems of the agricultural sector and farmers' attitude towards the state and its policies. The interviews with state officials and representatives of civil society were employed to investigate both current agricultural policies and officials’ attitude towards small scale farmers. This thesis makes an empirical contribution to the literature on food security and state-farmer relationships. I argue that the mixture of agricultural policies implemented by the state over the years have done little to improve the livelihoods of small scale farmers that live in isolated rural areas. One of the reasons why this is so is that the policies are not framed around the needs of small scale farmers (despite them being the great majority of the farmers in the country), and hence are not welcomed positively by the communities. The results of this study identify a reciprocal distrust between the state and farmers as one of the main causes of policy failure and unsatisfactory improvements in food security in rural areas. On one side, state officials see small scale farmers as inefficient and wish for the agricultural sector to be driven by medium and large scale farmers. On the other side, most farmers tend to dismiss state officials' advice as inadequate to the reality of farming. In general, farmers see the state as a distant entity, with which they have little contact and which they do not trust. I argue that the controversial relationship between the Tanzanian state and farmers is historically grounded and has a direct link with food insecurity amongst farmers for two main reasons. First, it affects the framing, objectives and implementation of agricultural policies, which thus fail to support small scale farmers. Second, it hinders the ability of farmers to successfully cooperate and/or create a coherent farmers' movement to improve food security and address their challenges at state level. Farmers' discontent is perceived in their alienation to politics, and in their distrust towards a state that has historically not been able to address their challenges nor improve their condition.
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Bugri, John Tiah. "Land tenure and sustainable livelihoods in north-east Ghana." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2005. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/6120/.
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Many authors have blamed African land tenure systems for the poor agricultural production and environmental degradation in sub-Saharan Africa, and therefore the resulting hunger, environmental refugees and the lack of socio-economic progress. The aim of this investigation was to investigate the customary and statutory tenure practices in north-east Ghana and their implications for agricultural production and environmental degradation and recommend ways of improving tenurial practices. The study revealed that contrary to the mainstream view that lack of security of customary land tenure is the main cause of the poor agricultural production and environmental degradation, stakeholders’ perceptions of their security of tenure was generally high. Stakeholders’ religious background, gender, levels of education, age, occupation and community membership status were important factors influencing their perceptions and attitudes to land tenure, and land and environmental management practices. Yet poor agricultural production and environmental degradation characterised the study area. Interviewees perceived the main causes to be due to non-tenurial factors including lack of finance, poor soil fertility, inadequate and unreliable rainfall, pests and diseases, inadequate farmlands, bush burning and excessive tree cutting. It was also shown in the study that women and strangers generally had little or no power and control over land use decision-making and management under customary land tenure. These findings have negative implications for tenurial conditions, environmental and livelihood sustainability in north-east Ghana since most women are involved in food production. Results of the investigation were used to develop a participatory and holistic approach to land use and management and developed an integrated framework of customary and statutory tenure as a way forward in sustainable land management and the provision of sustainable livelihoods in north-east Ghana in particular, and sub-Saharan Africa generally. The study has contributed to an understanding of the political ecology of north-east Ghana and concludes that the emerging changes in land resource access and use have conflicts as an inevitable element of the process, which broad-based stakeholder participation provides a useful solution.
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Menary, Jonathan. "Innovation in the UK fresh produce industry : sources, barriers and innovative capacity." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2018. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/104208/.
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The UK fresh produce industry faces a number of challenges, including new pests and diseases, foreign competition and the cost of and access to seasonal labour. ‘Innovation’ has been promoted to meet these challenges, but the sources of innovation, and what holds it back, have not been explored. This thesis aims to: 1) identify the sources of innovation in the fresh produce industry, 2) determine the barriers to innovation in the industry and 3) seek ways to improve the overall innovative capacity of the sector. It does so by using the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) approach as an underpinning framework within a case study design. 32 industry practitioners, including growers, technologists, researchers and retailers took part in semi-structured interviews, which were analysed using Framework Analysis. The study finds an increasingly consolidated and competitive industry, influenced heavily by retail groups and the need for constant innovation. It describes ‘types’ of innovation and their interlinked nature, as well as the inherent uncertainty around innovation and the difficulties in ‘measuring’ change. It finds that innovation often originates overseas and through experimentation or interaction with a given product or process. It describes both positive and negative communication in the industry and explores other blocking mechanisms to innovation including horizontal and vertical fragmentation, diverging innovation agendas and a “defensive” innovation culture. It also identifies a number of enabling factors for change. Interactivity and network formation are recognised as vital components of the innovation system. However, considerable emphasis is placed on non-systemic factors, such as entrepreneurialism. These findings are combined with existing literature in a functional-structural analysis to offer recommendations to bolster innovative capacity in the industry. The study makes several original contributions to knowledge, particularly with respect to the AIS approach: that innovation systems routinely extend beyond national borders, facilitated in part by another understudied issue – producer organisations – is an area for further research.
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Wahaga, Esther. "An exploration of effects of technology transfer on women's participation in agricultural development programmes in two rural communities in Northern Ghana : a case study of cowpea." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/57207/.
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This thesis is a product of a case study on how innovation transfer affects women‘s participation in cowpea production in two communities in northern Ghana. The study addresses issues relating to how gender relations modify technological development, impact upon innovation transfer, dissemination and adoption among local farmers and how they affect the inclusion of women in agricultural development programmes. The context of the research is the growing awareness of the importance of involving women in agricultural development programmes. This change has occurred due to the realisation of women‘s key contribution to the agricultural sector and the need to focus technological development on both men and women. The thesis draws upon primary data produced during 12 months fieldwork in northern Ghana. This fieldwork utilised three research tools: interviews, observations and focus group discussions. Data for the interviews was collected by purposive sampling and included 65 male and female cowpea farmers, living in three villages. In addition, seven observations were undertaken in two villages and focusing on their cowpea storage practices. Finally, eight staff from The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, The Ministry of Food and Agriculture and World Vision Ghana were also interviewed in order to gain the views and perspectives of agricultural development agencies. It is argued here that that gender equality is crucial for effective agricultural development because women are hugely involved in the agricultural sector. It is also argued that if women‘s role in ensuring effective development of cowpea production is not taken into account, the consequences will not only affect the lives of women but will also have negative consequences for the communities in which they live. Debates in technological advancement in the agricultural sector indicate that the participation of farmers in the processes of innovation development and diffusion enhances innovation adoption. The thesis argues that the development of agricultural innovations is not based on a comprehensive analysis of gender roles and as a result does not offer equal opportunities for women and men to participate and benefit. It offers further explanations on how the national agricultural development agencies are working around to actively involve both men and women in the processes of innovation development and transfer. Furthermore, the thesis argues that, notwithstanding farmers‘ interest in new and improved agricultural innovations, they are most likely to incorporate their traditional norms and values when using new or improved agricultural innovations. Thus it offers insights on how new innovations that bear similarities to older ones, are widely adopted.
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Attar, Maryam Mazloom. "Technological innovation in poultry supply chain from a halal perspective in Iran." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2016. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/31102/.
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Technology and innovation pervade all aspects of modern life. In past decades, technological innovations have changed the poultry industry from what was once a small-scale back yard operation to industrialised intensive mass production farming. In Iran, technology transfer has had a varying degree of adoption amongst poultry farms. Technological advances in supply chain management and the increase in global demand for halal products has led to closer integration of halal supply chains globally. This global integration of supply chains inhibits the opportunities for many developing countries to participate in the global supply chains. The aim of this study is to investigate the specific implications and influences that technology can have on the conduct, attitudes and working relationships of individuals working on poultry farms in Iran from a halal perspective. Previous approaches to the examination of the adoption and diffusion of technology in agribusiness have focused either on systemic change initiatives shaped by technology that lead to the transformation of an entire organisation (macro level theories) or on small-scale and individual adopters in an organisation that may benefit from technological change (micro level theories). There is widely-agreed recognition of the fact that these approaches, by not fully encapsulating the interactions between the structure and individuals, have failed to fully appreciate the complexity of technological adoption within the institutions. Therefore there has been a shift towards an integrative approach that recognises the interactions and interconnections between the structure and the individuals within the social structure, which also consists of traditions, cultures, and moral codes (i.e. the halal concept). In pursuing the research aim, Giddens’ structuration theory, along with Orlikowski’s structuration model of technology adoption and Rogers’ work on adoption and diffusion of innovations, was followed as a methodological framework in examining the subjective perspectives and perceptions of a number of participants interviewed in five case study farms in Iran. In order to build an understanding of the causal links influencing the underlying concepts of adoption and diffusion of technology, qualitative analysis of interactions between agency and structure of five case study farms was conducted. This allowed for rich data collection within different contexts. In each case study, a number of respondents who had responsibilities for the adoption or diffusion of technology were interviewed. These case studies included poultry farms with a vertical supply chain, and semi-vertical and horizontal supply chains, across a mix of breeder and layer farms. In presenting the findings of the study, and to aid the process of analysis, the use of tables summarising the related case evidence in emergent theory proved essential to demonstrate the depth and detail of the findings, rather than providing a summary of the statistics. This research has contributed to theoretical knowledge, as the first study to outline the potential use of structuration theory as the meta-theory in halal poultry supply chain research, and to ongoing research by exploring some of the fundamental concepts within socially and technologically constructed social systems. Findings from the proposed technology acceptance model of this study could lead to further studies, generating ideas and recommendations for the effective implementation of technology in halal poultry production in local markets, and their preparation for integration into a global market.
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Wright, Nick. "Mapping the language of landownership : discourses of property, management and rurality." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2004. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/3101/.
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Hegemonic categorisations have been used to examine rural landownership'. including non-farmer/farmer, production/consumption and productive/postproductive. Evocative in the abstract, a shared dichotomy is unsuitable for examining the complexity of how meaning is given to rural land. To arrive at a more finegrained understanding, transcripts of interviews undertaken with landowners, centred around the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, were analysed using a methodology of discourse analysis. The data was conceptualised in terms of discourses of property, management and rurality. 'Discourse' is here understood to mean vivid images often evoked in metaphor. This discourse analytic approach was useful in examining the way meanings of rural land vary across the course of an interview. Discourses were found adapted according to circumstance, rather than deployed in their entirely 'traditional' form. Discourse analysis allowed exploration and explanation of the processes involved in constructing meaning. For example the use of the part-whole metonymy allowed landowners to talk about part of their property, including management as stewardship, while referring to landownership as a whole. This type of discourse use was strategic. Landowners variously used discourses of stewardship of the environment, farming as a business and accommodation between the two, in different situations within talk to achieve specific, localised effects. It was found that discourses of townies, country people, 'no difference between townies and country people' and townie farmers, constitute a cultural repertoire from which landowners draw. When deployed in talk they create different effects because they relate in various ways to social representations of the rural idyll and urban dystopia. Understanding how meanings of land are constructed in talk is a critical step towards a more informed debate over the future shape of rural landownership.
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Halperin, Amira. "The use of new media by the UK's Palestinian diaspora." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2014. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/964xx/the-use-of-new-media-by-the-uk-s-palestinian-diaspora.
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The Palestinian people form a nation with a rich culture and unity, but they are scattered throughout the world with no state of their own. This ‘stateless’ condition has a direct impact on Palestinians’ media consumption and media production. The reality in the region is harsh; conflicts within and without prevent journalists from operating freely. It is in this point that the problem lies: the Palestinians need for information is pressing, but as it is a conflict area there are major obstacles that impede media outlets from distributing news that would answer demands for consistency, accuracy and, most importantly, for real time updates. As the findings show, the revolution in new technology has answered the Palestinians’ demands for reception of news from home. The availability of hundreds of news websites has eased the diasporic Palestinians’ ability to access information; a fact which is highly important at times of major news events. The Palestinians in the diaspora are an active audience. They create websites and blogs to disseminate their personal stories and to receive updates from Gaza and the West Bank from the people who live there. The new technologies are bypassing geographical distance and editorial guidelines and they help to overcome the news problem, which was significant before the WWW revolution, overcoming delays to enable the immediate dissemination of news. Interestingly enough, the Israeli media is a major information source for diasporic Palestinians. The main reasons for using Israeli media are: their professionalism and the will to understand the Israelis’ point of view. The researcher is an ‘outsider’ researcher. The benefits, in this respect, are there is a lack of the constraints that a Palestinian researcher might have. This study has contributed to knowledge in the fields of diaspora studies, adding to knowledge on those diasporic groups that strive for independence and live in conflicted spheres, and in the fields of new media and Arab media through Palestinians’ utilisation of new media for political ends, and the expansion of their social networks, which serve as transnational meeting places.
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Koppik, Mareike Verfasser], Thomas S. [Akademischer Betreuer] Hoffmeister, and David M. [Akademischer Betreuer] [Shuker. "Information use and memory formation during foraging in the parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis / Mareike Koppik. Gutachter: Thomas S. Hoffmeister ; David M. Shuker. Betreuer: Thomas S. Hoffmeister." Bremen : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1072226162/34.
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Kaswamila, Abiud Lucas. "Evaluation of rural land-use plans in protected area bio-networks in northeastern Tanzania." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2006. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/6206/.
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The application of rural land-use planning is seen by many in developing countries as a panacea for minimising land-use conflicts and for increasing the productivity of natural resources in African rangelands. However, this assumption has not been thoroughly tested in the context of wildlife corridors in African rangelands. The focus of the research work for this thesis was to evaluate both "conventional" and "participatory" approaches to land-use planning in an African rangeland setting, and to assess the impact of these land-use plans in mitigating conflict and enhancing conservation of important wildlife migratory routes. Nine villages were selected for study in Northeastern Tanzanian rangelands, within the Tarangire-Manyara, Greater Serengeti and MkomaziTsavo ecosystems. Several methods were used to provide an indication of the performance of the plans, against their stated objectives of minimising land-use conflict and conserving wildlife migratory routes. Eight hundred and fifty two households, 13 "expert witnesses" and 4 representatives of planning agencies were interviewed. Several field assessment visits and focus group discussions were also carried out. Review and analysis was conducted on archive data, land-use plans technical reports and general management plans for neighbouring Parks. The results of the research presented in this thesis revealed five major findings: (1) involvement of land-use stakeholders in land use preparation was low; (2) different types of conflicts and encroachments increased after the plans were implemented; (3) Park management failed to involve adjacent villages in the preparation and implementation of Park GMPs; (4) the amount of conflict around villages where plans were in place was comparable to that around villages with no plans, suggesting that the plans made no difference to conflict; (5) overall, both participatory and conventional plans failed to achieve their objectives of mitigating conflicts and enhancing conservation of wildlife corridors and dispersal areas. The major causes of weakness and failure of the plans to achieve their desired objectives were: (l) insufficient participation oflocal communities in the planning process; (2) lack of robust of robust, transparent and accountable implementation strategies for the plans; (3) inadequately qualified rural planners; (4) lack of a comprehensive vision - "holistic approach" - to the planning process. Taking these findings into account, the author has made recommendations for an improved Buffer Zone Land-use Planning framework (BUZLUP) that could contribute to progress in mitigating conflicts and enhancing both conservation and development in Northeastern Tanzania. It is concluded, however, that high quality plans in themselves cannot ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of effective wildlife corridors. In addition to improved planning strategies such as the proposed BUZLUP framework, other broader socio-economic issues need to be addressed, including strengthened conservation education, better protection for rural people's natural resources and support for their livelihoods, equitable benefit sharing from conservation and tourism activities, and more devolution of decision-making powers to the grass-roots level in communities neighbouring conservation areas.
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Barros, Paula Luís Neto Lima de. "A organização da vegetação na paisagem para a conservação da água e do solo em S. Tomé e Príncipe." Master's thesis, ISA/UTL, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4155.
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Mestrado em Arquitectura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaThe vegetation is a characterizing element of the landscape, their presence more or less imposing, and more in many forms allows us to identify other environmental features intrinsic to the medium, such as soil type, climate, presence or absence of water. Its conservation in areas where it is naturally present or made guarantees the stability of the landscape, and is an extremely important element when incorporated in a study of land-use planning in order to define the various possible uses for the different landscape units available. This work aims to make known the way of distribution of santomean vegetation over the country, giving our input into the planning of the landscape through the creation of Sao Tome letters that allow us to identify the existence of suitable areas available for the production of crops essential for the country's economic development, but are not being utilized for this purpose at the expense of areas that are being used for the production of these crops, not for its natural features are the best candidates for this. It is a reminder of the need to adjust the use natural and environmental characteristics of the territory without undermining, opening the possibility of its continued use over time for generational sequences, so for a sustainable landscape.
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Narui, Rintaro. "Design and Synthesis of (S)-Phenylalanine-Derived Chiral Phosphorus-Olefin Ligands and Their Use in Asymmetric Catalysis." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/158097.
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Létourneau, Sylvain. "The use of rat glutathione S-transferase A3 for hematopoietic chemoprotection from nitrogen mustards in cancer therapy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0033/NQ64602.pdf.
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Dillard, S. Gwynn. "The Sound Barrier: Two-Year-Old Children?s Use of Newly Acquired Words to Describe Preverbal Memories." NCSU, 2004. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03222004-003125/.
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One of the proposed causes of childhood amnesia, the relative paucity of adults? memories for events occurring before the age of four, is the inability to verbally access preverbal memories. Although recent findings by Simcock and Hayne (2002) are consistent with this possibility, other researchers (Peterson & Rideout, 1998; Bauer, Wenner, & Kroupina, 2002) report some verbal access to memories acquired before the onset of productive language. The present research used the paradigm of color naming to further examine whether 2-year-old children can use newly acquired words to describe their preverbal memories. The method extended previous work by directly examining the acquisition of verbal labels and providing contextual support for memory performance. Participants learned a task requiring selecting a specific color. Those without color labels were taught them through eight structured sessions of age-appropriate color learning activities. After two months, the children's memory for the event was assessed verbally, then with visual cues, and finally through re-enactment. There were no group differences in implicit memory for the event (Fisher's Exact Test, p=0.31); children who knew the target label at encoding (n=20, mean age at recall 31.2 months), who acquired the label only after the intervention (n=8, M = 31.3 months), and who lacked the label at both pretest and posttest (n=9, M= 29.1 months) performed comparably in the re-enactment condition. Although 12 of 20 children who knew their target color word at the time of encoding could verbally access the memory at the time of recall, only one of 8 children who did not know their target word at encoding but learned it before recall could access the verbal label. However, this child incorrectly re-enacted the event. This research suggests that children cannot independently translate preverbal memories into words even with extensive task support. Therefore, language acquisition may indeed play an important role in the offset of childhood amnesia.
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Ehrler, Christoph [Verfasser], and S. [Akademischer Betreuer] Hinz. "Scale-Wavelength Decomposition of Hyperspectral Signals - Use for Mineral Classification & Quantification / Christoph Ehrler. Betreuer: S. Hinz." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1048384926/34.
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Tsaur, Shu-Ming, and 曹書銘. "Factors affecting the use of Internet in Taiwan''s Hospital." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78500500667206937370.
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With the popularity of the WWW technology, the Internet has become a new and appealing competitive weapon for the business. Reports have indicated that the use of Internet resulted in a new and efficient channel to promote products and service. With the arrival of Electronic Commerce, the Internet technology has been gradually blended into the organization and become a necessity for the organizational operations. However, the use of Internet in Taiwan hospital has yet been reported. This study aims at examining the factors affecting the adoption of Internet in Taiwan hospital. A research model was first constructed by reviewing related studies and in-depth interviews. This model consisted of factors from four perspectives including patient factors, organization factors, environmental factors, and technological factors. Then a questionnaire was designed and administrated in an extensive survey. 94 hospitals participated in this study, giving a response rate of 17.77﹪. The results indicate that all the factors except patient factor are significantly different between Internet adopter and not Internet adopter. In terms of degree of adoption, there are significant difference among all the factors. The results also indicate that there exists high discrepancy between the perceived importance and degree of adoption.
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Chen, Wan-Chen, and 陳宛辰. "Women''s Behavior about Pap Smear--Use Qualitative Content Analysis." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47805039380460385883.
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公共衛生學研究所
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ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were: (1) to investigate women''s experiences and feelings of taking pap smear；(2) to explore women''s cognition about cervical cancer and pap smear；(3) to understand women''s reaction to ads；and(4) to find the reasons why women didn''t take pap smear test regularly. We interviewed 13 women who are married and over 30 years old, haven''t take pap smear within three years and have never get cervical cancer. Major findings include: (1) it was thought that the main symptoms of cervical cancer were about reproduction system; (2) risk factors in physical, phychological, and sex-related; and(3) the preventive work from their-self. They thought the pap smear was to diagnose and prevent disease. In general, women described their pap smear experience from four aspects: personal privacy, doctor''s attitude, physical feeling during the exam process and received information provided by health education associates. Reasons According to these findings, some suggestions brought up for public health education, future researches, and health policy. And except which could encourage women take pap smear regularly.
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Lin, Ting-Chieh, and 林挺傑. "Discussing the user''s preference of home use cutting board." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67922476910877877227.
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碩士國立中興大學
高階經理人碩士在職專班
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In this very competitive market, product design is one of the most important things to look at. The plastic cutting board market, endless new design had come to market everyday. From the current market we found most of developer doesn’t not understand user’s preference. Therefore, by doing this research we hoping to gain more understanding of user’s preference of cutting board. In this research we use conjoint analysis to conduct this study. We will have industry specialist to identify some attributes such at texture, color, handle hole, and groove. Then we identify all the possible combination and produce all the sample which was reduce by using Latin square design. In the questionnaire we ask the respondent to identify the most favorite cutting board to less favorite cutting board in order. In the second part of questionnaire we try to distinguish different sector of user. In this research we are hopping to offer product developer useful facts for different segment user’s preferences of different attributes and its importance.
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Graham, Wyatt A. "Psalm 108’s Canonical Placement and Use of Earlier Psalms." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5602.
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This dissertation argues that Psalm 108 introduces the eschatological notions of the king and of the kingdom into its canonical group (Pss 108–110) through its inclusion of a non-historically specific superscription, its quotation and paraphrase of earlier psalmic material (Pss 57 and 60), and its canonical placement in Book V of the Psalter.
Chapter 1 presents this study’s thesis along with three undergirding assumptions: (1) the Psalter is a book; (2) individual psalms should be read in sequence; and (3) the Psalter progressively tells a story along redemptive-historical lines.
Chapter 2 provides histories of interpretation of Psalm 108 and of research into inner-biblical exegesis and canonical approaches to the Psalter. This chapter shows differences among interpreters’ views of Psalm 108. It also shows how this work’s approach engages inner-biblical exegesis and Psalter exegesis (a canonical approach) to clarify the meaning of Psalm 108.
Chapter 3 interprets Psalm 108 in its canonical context. It reveals how Psalm 108 participates in the narrative flow of the Psalter. The chapter concludes that Psalm 108 continues the story of eschatological redemption that began in Psalm 107, which records the eschatological return of Israel to the land. In continuation of this story, Psalm 108 bespeaks the eschatological conquest of the land. In response to the king’s prayer, God will go out with Israel’s armies and conquer the land, and through the king’s prayer, the kingdom comes.
Chapter 4 compares Psalm 108 with Psalms 57 and 60 to clarify the message that Psalm 108 conveys by its quotation and paraphrase of these two earlier psalms.
Chapter 5 highlights certain themes that Psalm 108 shares with Psalms 109 and 110, noting the development of these themes across the three psalms. Psalm 108 introduces the eschatological notions of the king and the kingdom to this Davidic triptych (Pss 108–110). Before discussing these psalms, this chapter also explores the theoretical tools of willed types and pregnant meaning to explain how the Psalter’s editor(s) could have organized Davidic psalms into a sequence while honoring David’s authorial intent. Finally, Chapter 6 concludes the dissertation.
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Mareš, Petr. "Změny Land Use v souvislosti s růstem integrace lidské společnosti." Doctoral thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-309483.
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Mgr. Petr Mareš Land Use Changes Under the Influence of the Process of Societal Integration ABSTRACT The PhD. thesis discusses impacts of a long term process of socio-economic integration on the changing Land Use structure in the Czech Republic and Slovenia and puts forward a hypothesis that "together with the integration of socio-economic relations into hierarchically higher structures, sub-areas tend to be more specialized within every such structure". For the Czech Republic, the main data source used was the LUCC Czechia Database comprising information on 7 Land Use categories in 8 903 CTUs (Comparable Territorial Units, derived from cadastres) in four time horizons 1845-1948-1990-2000 (at the national level) and detailed analyses of maps of four selected CTUs in 1845-2005 (at the local level). For Slovenia we tested our hypothesis using the trial version of the LUCC Slovenia database where data for four Land Use categories had been completed for 2 403 CTUs in 1825-1900- 1961-2002. In order to understand the specialization processes the following indicators were used: the coefficient of variation; the frequency of CTUs in classes of percentage share of selected land use categories and the development of selected different land use categories in diverse areas at the national level (database); then the map...
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Huang, Wei Xuen, and 黃偉軒. "A Developmental Study of Children''s Use of Discourse Marker ''Hao''." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25983259757852916370.
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碩士輔仁大學
語言學研究所
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This study is to investigate the developmental stages of using the discourse marker hao by children from age 3 to 5. The first use of hao emerges when the child is 3 years and 2 months old. The data are analyzed on the basis of Schiffrin''s (1987) discourse coherence model as well as Miracle''s (1991) and my own classification. It is predicted that discourse marker hao for children at first marks either the exchange or action levels (local) and then the ideational level (global) of discourse. The results show that 3-year-old children''s uses of hao occur in the action and exchange structure (local) of Schiffrin''s model. 4-year-old children utilize hao in the action and exchange structure as well as the information state. 5-year-old children employ hao in the action and exchange structure, information state, and the ideational structure (global). This suggests that the 5-year-old children are more skilled in utilizing hao as a discourse marker than the 4-year-old subjects who in turn are better than the 3-year-old ones. The reason is that children at their fourth year have the ability to organize and manage knowledge and meta-knowledge in the cognitive state. In the fifth year, children acquire the concept of cohesion which can upgrade their discourse level from the local to the global.
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JUANG, JENN-JIA, and 莊振家. "What''s relationship of Internet use and domestic banks'' competitive strategy." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11500110227341480684.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
商學研究所
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This study adopt the practical depth interview method of qualitative research to discover and understand how Internet impact to domestic banks'' competitive strategy. How do domestic banks to position and use Internet to gain their competitive advantage. Author uses domestic banks'' secondary data (existing data) and interview data to derive the competitive Relationship between banking position and Internet strategy. The conclusions of this study are presented as follows: (一)What''s Internet positioning of domestic banks. 1. Passive support positioning. 2. Proactive support positioning. 3. Operation efficiency positioning. 4. Strategic positioning. (二) What''s impact of Internet to domestic banks'' competitive strategy. 1. Internet environment will change domestic banks'' existing competitive advantage. 2. Personalized or focus strategy. 3. Banks'' brand is getting more important. 4. Alliance strategy. 5. Versatile of business operation strategy. (三)There is a positive relationship between consumer business and Internet use. Finally, author also provide the practical suggestion of introduction and application of the banking Internet by the current domestic banking environment.
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Su, Shu-Hui, and 蘇淑慧. "The Use of EDI and it''s Implication of Internal Control." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01098428231520433790.
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碩士淡江大學
會計學系
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[商業自動化]中,電子資料交換(Electronic Data Interchange;EDI) 乃是以電子方式傳輸商業往來文件;為組織間資訊流通的課題提供一重要 的解決方案,勢必成為未來商業發展趨勢.本研究為鑑於探討EDI文獻雖多, 然而EDI引用後,對企業內部控制影響的研究卻不多見, 因此促成本研究的 實行.本研究屬於探索性個案研究,藉由實地訪談國內使用EDI廠商,參考國 內外相關文獻,以探討國內目前EDI使用狀況及EDI引用後對企業內部控制 的影響. 本研究發現EDI引用動機會因上下游關係的差異而有所影響, 此外企業EDI應用程度亦會受使用者對EDI認知影響.在EDI引用後對企業內 部控制影響研究結果顯示,EDI導入多由MIS部門主導且無審計人員參與,多 未建立EDI系統回復程序.企業內部流程會因EDI導入而有所變動,員工工作 性質亦因文書工作減少而轉變.此外,EDI與企業資訊系統整合程度愈高,人 員介入程度亦會隨之減少,企業作業流程會更趨近於自動化.同時無紙化環 境會使審計軌跡趨向於電子. Electronic Data Interchange(EDI) is the transmission of standardbusiness documents in an electronic form. EDI is considered to be asolution for interorganizational information flow. The research isan exploratory study with the aim of highlighting the issues that EDI rises for internal control. The objective for the research isto examine the consequences for implementing an EDI system into theiroperations. To begin with the research, literature review regarding this topicwas conducted to build a research concept. The companies chosen for the study are the participants of Automation Commerc Projcet. Theresults indicate the motivation of implementing EDI is related to the relationship between the EDI users. In addition, the degrees of the intergration is depend on the EDI awareness of the users. The impactof EDI with internal control is concerned for both the presentsituation and possible future development.
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Born, Daniel Ferris. "The figurative use of "son(s) of" in the New Testament." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5188.
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Daniel Ferris Born, Ph.D.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016
Chair: Dr. William F. Cook
The figurative use of "son(s) of" phrases in the NT represents the author employing the father-son relationship, and what this relationship represents in the ancient world, as a tool to illustrate and explain various concepts and ideas in NT thought. As a result, the father-son relationship in the ancient world must be employed in the interpretation of these figurative "son(s) of" phrases. Failing to understand the importance of genealogical identification, kinship, and the social implications of the father-son relationship in the ancient world and bring these concepts to bear in interpretation, will result in a failure to understand what the NT authors seek to communicate by using "son(s) of" phrases.
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to this topic and a history of how linguists and commentators have approached these phrases in the past. There are very few scholars who have sought to employ the father-son relationship in their interpretation of these phrases and their figurative use.
Chapters 2 and 3 survey the use of these phrases inside and outside the NT. Chapter 2 includes the use of בֵּן in the Hebrew Bible, "son(s) of" phrases in the LXX, as well as the use of υἱός plus the genitive in Classical Greek, the OT and NT apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, other early Jewish and Christian writings, coins and inscriptions, and the papyri and ostraca. Chapter 3 surveys the use of υἱός in the NT.
Chapter 4 explores the father-son relationship in the social context of the NT in order to distill the major features of the father-son relationship into an interpretive framework which can be utilized in understanding what the NT authors seek to communicate in their figurative use of "son(s) of" phrases. Chapter 5 employs this framework in the interpretation of the figurative "son(s) of" phrases in the NT. Chapter 6 concludes the work, discusses its implications, and recognizes the need for further study in certain areas.
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Chen, Nai-ting, and 陳乃亭. "The Effecting of Systems''s Complexity, the Use of CAAT, and Internal Auditor''s Involvemental Degree in System''s Developmental Process to Information Quality." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59361696974646520051.
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"THE USE OF LANGAUGE WITH ULTERIOR MOTIVES IN HAROLD PINTERS PLAYS." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12606207/index.pdf.
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Lee, Chi-wei, and 李琦瑋. "Chopin''s use of contrast in Ballades op.23 & op.52." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94930070115234907385.
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碩士國立中山大學
音樂學系研究所
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Frederic Francois Chopin was the first composer to write a Ballade as an instrumental musical work. From 1831 to 1843 he wrote a total of four Ballades. This study primarily discusses Chopin''s use of contrast in the Ballade in G minor, opus 23 and in the Ballade in F minor, opus 52. First, it discusses the background of Chopin''s life and his composition of the Ballades. Second, it reviews the origin and development of those genres of poetry and music called "ballad" or "ballade" that relate to Chopin''s Ballades. Finally, it focuses on the ways that Chopin utilizes contrast in the G minor Ballade and the F minor Ballade, on whether or not the contrasts appear differently in different musical forms, and on allowing the performer to understand the unique kinds of writing in the Ballades. It is hoped that the performer who plays the Ballades, in addition to having the required technical ability, is also able to understand in more depth the content of these Ballades and the ideas they are meant to express.
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Ho, Hsing-Ju, and 何幸洳. "A Study of Teacher''s Mandarin Use in an EFL Elementary Class." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47424358601326879859.
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碩士國立中正大學
外國文學所
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The present study aims to investigate an elementary EFL teacher’s use of Mandarin, including the amount and functions of her Mandarin use, as well as the teacher’s and students’ perceptions regarding using Mandarin in class. An elementary school teacher along with her 33 fourth graders participated in this study from October 2008 to January 2009. All the classes were observed and video-taped. But considering the feasibility of the study, 16 classes were selected for data analysis. The data collected for this study consists of classroom observations, an interview with the teacher, and interviews with the students. All the data were transcribed verbatim for analysis. The data analysis focused on the amount and functions of the teacher’s Mandarin use for her teaching of four complete units as well as her teaching of the five main parts of instruction covered in the English textbook. In addition, the teacher’s and the students’ perceptions toward Mandarin use were also explored. The teacher’s perception was compared with classroom observation data to see if the teacher’s perception coincided with her classroom practice. Furthermore, comparisons were made between the teacher’s and the students’ perceptions to see if the teacher’s teaching met the needs of the students. The results of the study include three parts. First, more Mandarin was used by the teacher for instruction. Second, three functions of the teacher’s Mandarin use were disclosed: the cognitive function, the affective function, and the social function. Based on the results, the teacher was found to use most of the cognitive function, following by the social function and the affective function. That is to say, the teacher used Mandarin mainly for instruction. Third, differences were found between the teacher’s perception and her classroom practice, which indicated that the teacher was partly aware of her language uses. Also, differences were found between the teacher and the students, which meant that the teacher needed to adjust her language uses to meet the needs of students.
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Lai, Mei-Hsuan, and 賴美璇. "Children''s Early Use of Degree Adverbs in Mandarin BI Comparative Structure." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72081245281415209504.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
語言學研究所
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This study investigates whether children’s early use of degree adverbs in Mandarin BI comparative structure is rule-based or analogy-based. Following the rule-based account, it is hypothesized that the basic BI comparative structure and a broad-range rule that allows for degree adverbs in BI comparative structure are constructed first. Children will follow the rule and place adverbs in the BI structure “Y [bǐ X] +___+predicate“. On the other hand, the analogy-based account hypothesizes that children rely on a formula “Y bǐ [X___]”, in which they analogically fill in the blank with a simple sentence “X+ adverb +predicate”. Evidence was collected from three aspects, including naturalistic data analyses, experimental elicitation of BI utterances, and grammatical judgment task. Analyses of early spontaneous language data revealed that the children before age 4 did not seem to have mastered the BI comparative structure due to few exemplars, let alone adverb use. It echoes the results of grammatical judgment task where the children did not distinguish between correct and incorrect uses of degree adverbs in the tested BI sentences. The elicitation task elicited BI utterances from the children of age 3 and 5 that received different conditioned input. One group was exposed to the input of a predicate modified by an adverb that was not allowed in BI comparative structure. The other group was exposed to the input of nominalized predicate for contrast. The incorrect BI utterances elicited from the three-year-old children revealed that the young children created a formula for BI comparative structure, “Y bǐ [X___]”, where they slotted in the frame with a predicate modified by an incompatible adverb, or an incompatible nominalized predicate. Namely, they underwent the same process of analogy making.
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Wei, Lin-Chih, and 林志偉. "The Key Factors Affecting Consumer''s Use Behaviors in the Internet Banking." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65765991363602928569.
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碩士淡江大學
資訊管理學系碩士班
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Along with the Internet popularization, each kind of financial service accesses the net in abundance, various bank in abundance tenable internet banking, also concentrated the massive mental efforts regarding the internet banking service, hoped will be able in the future internet banking service, to provide to a customer more perfect service. This research is based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology（UTAUT）to discuss the key factors affecting consumer''s behavior intention and use behavior in the internet banking. Simultaneously considered carries on the transaction in the Internet, the security is a question which the consumer and the bank most takes. But internet banking security whether can affect consumer''s Perceived Risk, then causes Perceived risk to affect user''s behavior intention, also is this research wants scope of the discussion. 146 effective samples were taken form a sampling survey of questionnaire by Convenience sampling . The finding shows that：（1）Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy would significant influence consumer''s behavior intention using the Internet Banking positively. Perceived Risk would significant influence consumer''s behavior intention negatively. Social Influence would not significant influence consumer''s behavior intention.（2）Behavior intention would significant influence consumer''s use behavior using the Internet Banking positively. Facilitating conditions would not significant influence consumer''s use behavior.（3）The Internet Banking Security would significant influence consumer''s Perceived Risk Using Internet Banking negatively.