Dissertations / Theses: 'WHC 100'

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Butkevich, Eugenia. "Submembrane cytoskeleton-regulated assembly and functional activity of gap junctions." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=972736174.

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Zilly, Felipe Emilio. "Fluoreszenzmikroskopische Studien an Plasmamembranen zur Untersuchung der molekularen Mechanismen der neuronalen Exocytose." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/diss/2006/zilly.

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Felappi, Giulia. "Sententialism : why not?" Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/sententialism-why-not(5584782c-94d8-45c5-aafd-be158f73838c).html.

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As is generally agreed, there are good reasons to take a propositional attitude attribution like 'Olga believes that Cicero is smart' to express the holding of a relation between Olga and the denotation of ‘that Cicero is smart’. But what does ‘that Cicero is smart’ denote? According to the so-called face-value theory, it denotes a proposition. While there is no agreement on what propositions are, they are taken to be entities not reducible to sentences. According to sententialism, by contrast, ‘that Cicero is smart’ denotes the sentence “Cicero is smart”. Sententialism is generally considered to be obviously inadequate, and the aim of this dissertation is to show that sententialism is in fact as good an option as the face-value theory is, if not a better one. According to the sententialist account that I develop, Olga believes that Cicero is smart if she believes something which we can represent with the sentence “Cicero is smart”. As I show in Chapter 2, by relying on some features of representation, sententialists seem able to account for propositional attitude attributions in quite an interesting way. The main reasons why sententialism is generally considered doomed are the famous Church translation argument and a problem raised by Schiffer. I examine them in Chapter 3, where I conclude that these allegedly fatal objections do not in fact succeed in showing that sententialism is incorrect. In Chapter 4 I deal with other attributions, i.e. the socalled wh-attributions, such as 'Jim knows what Rose wants', and I show that, when it comes to ‘wh’-clauses, sententialism seems not only a viable alternative to the face-value theory but actually a better one. The general conclusion I reach is that the sentence against sententialism has been passed too quickly and that sententialism is indeed a viable account of our talk about attitudes.

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Gregory, Alex. "Why do people do things?" Thesis, University of Reading, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542261.

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Katzav, Joel Kaduri. "Why do things happen more than once?" Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625056.

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Mitova, Velislava Atanasova. "Doxastic accountability : why we accept epistemic norms and how to be responsible believers." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612798.

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Franco, Alexandre Luís. "Análise do padrão W3C / XForms 1.0." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/3722.

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Internet. Desde a versão 2.0 do HTML, entretanto, pouco foi melhorado no modelo de formulários proposto. Ao mesmo tempo, as necessidades dos desenvolvedores e os requisitos dos usuários cresceram dramaticamente. O W3C apontou uma resposta para as necessidades levantadas, o padrão XForms. O padrão XForms visa substituir o modelo de formulários definido no HTML por um modelo que separa o propósito da apresentação, adicionando, desta forma, a característica de independência de plataforma. A proposta deste trabalho é analisar o padrão XForms em relação à utilização de formulários HTML tradicionais, e à outras soluções existentes para automação de formulários na Internet, utilizando para isto uma aplicação piloto que procure utilizar alguns dos principais recursos disponíveis no padrão. Os pontos fortes, pontos fracos, dificuldades e lições aprendidas capturadas durante o desenvolvimento da aplicação piloto formam uma base de conhecimento apresentada neste trabalho.

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Grimaldi, Cleo. "Why Not Penal Torture?" Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/105.

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I argue here that the practice of penal torture is not intrinsically wrongful. A common objection against the practice of penal torture is that there is something about penal torture that makes it wrongful, while this is not the case for other modes of punishment. I call this claim the asymmetry thesis. One way to defend this position is to claim that penal torture is intrinsically wrongful. It is the claim I argue against here. I discuss and reject three versions this claim. I first address a version that is based on the idea that penal torture, unlike other modes of punishment, is intrinsically wrong because it is inhuman. I then address a version grounded on the claim that, because penal torture is an assault upon the defenseless, it is morally impermissible. Finally, I discuss a version that concerns the idea that penal torture attacks human dignity and undermine agency.

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Hooker, Brad. "Why should I be moral?" Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2b44fe6f-39b7-4d16-9b5c-8d8eb7251323.

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I begin my discussion of the question 'Why should I be moral?' by drawing distinctions both between possible different senses of 'moral' and also between different conceptions of what morality requires. I then criticize the idea that one should be moral because it serves self-interest. Self-interest is served by one's having benevolent concern for only a fairly small number of others, but being moral involves more than this. Furthermore, having moral dispositions other than benevolence is in one's interest only if these dispositions are required by the moral code predominant in one's society. Moreover, even if we confine our attention to people who live in such a society, each person would probably be better off with moral dispositions that were not so strong that they would always get their way, but the completely moral person would presumably have overriding moral dispositions. Finally, having the correct moral beliefs may not be in one's interest. But whatever the gap between self-interest and morality, might one not have most reason to be moral? Derek Parfit has recently argued that the view that one has most reason to do whatever best achieves one's present aims (and these may sometimes be moral aims) is at least as good as the view that one has most reason to do what best promotes one's own long-term good. I attack some of his arguments. But I then go on to argue that moral requirements as such—i.e., independently of whether they are reflected in present desires—do generate reasons for action. But are these moral reasons always stronger than reasons of other kinds? On the basis of an example I describe in the closing pages, I reluctantly conclude that they are not.

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Taruffi, Liila [Verfasser]. "Why We Listen to Sad Music: Effects on Emotion and Cognition / Liila Taruffi." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1137509910/34.

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Agan, Jimmy. ""Like the one who serves" : Jesus, servant-likeness and self-humiliation in the Gospel of Luke." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1999. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=179543.

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This study challenges the current scholarly consensus regarding Luke 22:27c and Jesus' claim to "servant-likeness" (as opposed to "servanthood", a term which obscures the force of Jesus' comparison). It investigates three facets of Jesus' claim - its significance, its basis, and its permanence. Detailed exegetical analysis of Luke 22:24-27 demonstrates that Jesus' servant-likeness is more closely related to the Lucan motif of self-humiliation than to texts in which Jesus engages in "practical service" or acts with others' interests in view. An analysis of Jesus' critique of self-exaltation in Luke's Gospel, and the application of this analysis to Luke's overall christological portrait, suggests that the basis of Jesus' claim to be "like the one who serves" is to be found in his consistent refusal to depart from the path of humiliation appointed for him as messiah. Finally, a comparison of Luke 22:27c and 12:37b serves as a starting point for assessing the permanence of Jesus' demand for and embodiment of servant-like self-humiliation. Ultimately, both verses reflect Jesus' conviction that the kingdom of God, whether present or future, is governed by the principal of status-transposition or humiliation-exaltation. According to the Lucan Jesus, the values associated with self-humiliation will find continued expression in the heavenly kingdom. For Jesus, and for Luke, the work of redemption must displace worldly concern for rank, status, and honor. To live a life that reflects this truth is what it means to be "like the one who serves".

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Solomon, Benjamin M. "Who Cycles Into Our Valley." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/130.

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The twelve stories in this collection chart a course between the United States and India. Some are set wholly in one country, while others form a bridge between the two. Uniting them is a shared attention to memory, isolation, and loss. In their own idiosyncratic ways, each of the characters in these small fictions is struggling for human connection in a hostile and lonely world.

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Davis, Paul. "The cheap tricks of compatibilism and why the problem of free will won't go away." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18821.

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Henriksson, Camilla, and Åsa Karlsson. "Kan man räkna till 100, kan man mycket : Barns tankar, funderingar och förståelse kring matematik." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-4360.

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This study was designed to describe and understand how children perceive and explain mathematical situations. During our work based training we have met several students who have been insecure in the subject of mathematics and therefore come to think that it's difficult and boring. The questions we have asked ourselves are why and how this insecurity occurs. In preschools around the country teachers actively worked to create opportunities for children to meet and discover mathematics. The question is whether the teachers are aware of how children perceive mathematics and how children think in mathematical situations.

We chose to conduct a qualitative study using different methods of data collecting in order to approach the children's world. We have used interviews, observations, experimental circle times and drawings. This study assumes a child’s perspective, because we want to understand their thoughts and perceptions about mathematics. The starting point is the didactic questions what, how and why.

The result of our study indicates that children in preschool perceive mathematics in different ways and that they are unaware that they actually can use and understand athematical situations in the specific context that is preschool.

Studiens syfte var att beskriva och förstå hur barn uppfattar och beskriver matematiska situationer. Vi har under vår verksamhetsförlagda utbildning mött flera elever som har varit osäkra inom matematik och där med tyckt att ämnet är svårt och tråkigt. Vi ställer oss då frågan varför det är så och hur detta tänkesätt uppstår. I förskolan runt om i landet arbetas det aktivt för att skapa möjligheter för barnen att få möta och upptäcka matematik. Frågan är om lärarna är medvetna om hur barn uppfattar matematik och hur barnen tänker kring matematiska situationer.

Vi valde att göra en kvalitativ studie och med hjälp av olika datainsamlingsmetoder närma oss barnens värld. Vi har använt oss av intervjuer, observation, experimentella samlingar och teckningar. Studien utgår ifrån barns perspektiv, då vi vill få förståelse för deras uppfattningar och beskrivningar inom matematik. Utgångspunkten har varit de didaktiska frågeställningarna Vad, Hur och Varför.

Resultatet i vår studie visar att barn i förskolan dagligen använder matematik i verksamheten, men de är omedvetna om att de faktiskt kan, använder och förstår matematiska situationer i den specifika kontexten som är förskola.

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Hohenthal, Heather L. (Heather Lynn) 1967. "Who is financing development and how? : a survey of the 100 largest projects in the U.S." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67162.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-71).
In response to huge losses incurred from real estate investments, private capital withdrew from the market in the early 1990's, creating severe illiquidity. Wall Street, recognizing this lack of capital presented a potential arbitrage opportunity, began to issue public debt and equity securities to finance real estate. Many believe that this introduction of the public market to real estate will impose increased discipline on the suppliers of capital; potentially reducing the probability of overbuilding. The purpose of this paper is to briefly discuss the causes of past real estate cycles and, based on a survey of current construction financing activity, to comment on the current trends in the credit markets. The primary research for this paper, the construction financing survey, was designed to provide, from the perspective of the real estate developer, a snapshot of the loan terms currently being offered in the market. The owners of each of one hundred of the largest retail, office, multifamily, hotel and mixed-use development projects in the U.S. were contacted and questioned regarding their recent experience in securing both construction and permanent financing. The results of the study were interpreted to determine the dominant suppliers of construction and permanent financing and the level of discipline being exhibited by the credit market in general. Of particular interest was the availability and pricing of capital to fund new construction, current underwriting practices and ultimate exit strategy of the developer. The results of the study confirm that heightened competition between a wide variety of capital market participants has resulted in favorable pricing, an elimination or significant reduction in pre-leasing, equity and guaranty requirements and an overwhelming absence of takeout financing. Furthermore, despite the recent decline in stock prices and acquisition activity, developers continue to rely on REITs to provide an exit strategy for new development. Therefore, the strength of capital market and the eternal optimism being exhibited on the part of developers and lenders seems to suggest a growing potential for future oversupply.
by Heather L. Hohenthal.
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Nahemiah, T. L. Yee. "'You who were called the uncircumcision by the circumcision' : a study of Jewish attitudes toward the gentiles and ethnic reconciliation according to Eph. 2.1-22." Thesis, Durham University, 1999. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4315/.

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The present work is a study of the connections between Jewish attitudes toward the Gentiles and ethnic reconciliation according to Eph. 2. It begins by assessing previous scholarly tradition whose hermeneutical 'grid' has been derived from the philosophy of dialectics or the Protestant Reformation. The 'new perspective(s) on Paul', however, shifts our perspective back to first century Judaism and enables us to penetrate fully into the historical context of first century Jews and Judaism. We have taken pains to describe some of the relevant Jewish features and demonstrated them by focusing particularly on Eph. 2 and attempting to set it as fully as possible into its historical context. The uncontroversial a priori of Jewish context conceals many explosive issues: how much was our author influenced by Jewish ideas? Does he wish to speak about his Gentile addressees from a Jewish perspective? Does his status as a Jew also create for him a convenient 'pre-text' so that he could reiterate the perspective of other Jews about the Gentiles in his representation of it? These questions are addressed in this study. We have paid attention to the question of 'representation' or characterization and suggested that ethnography provides a way into the author's statements about the Gentiles: it aids die author to heighten the boundary between Jews and Gentiles and to underscore the negative valence which is attached to the Gentiles. The author's ethnographic statements enable us to show the way in which the language of 'powers' had become for our author a means of dividing human groups, establishing the differences between them and suggesting wherein their 'otherness' lies (Eph. 2.2). These statements and the negative verdict which the author passes on the Gentiles represent but a preamble to the author’s arduous effort to surmount the social distance between Jews and Gentiles. This is made most evident in his rhetoric of admission and conciliation in which he lays bare the fact that the Jews (himself included) were in no better position than the Gentiles who are 'sub-let' to the 'powers', although the idea of Israel’s status was never put in question (2.3). His aim is to evoke the need for the promptings of divine grace and love toward humankind (2.4-10). We also seek to show that Ephesians does not consist of a polemic against meritorious works. We have taken pains to demonstrate that the author of Ephesians has adopted a subtle approach in unraveling the exclusivistic Jewish attitudes toward the Gentiles. His characterization of the Gentiles reveals a distinctively Jewish perspective, and, more importantly, tells us much about the Jews (2.1 l-13a). We also show that the Gentiles were estranged by the Jews and that the estrangement can be best explained by die hypothesis that the Gentiles were perceived by die Jews through the 'grid' of covenantal ethnocentrism. The task of the author at this point is to exhibit his de-constructive strategy which provides a resolution to one of the thorniest issues regarding two ethnic groups: can Jew and Gentile, the two estranged human groups, be one {people of God)l And if so, howl We then go on to consider the way in which an exclusive, ethnic-oriented 'body politic of Israel' is transposed into an inclusive community-body. We pointed out that a major weakness with previous treatments of Ephesians has been a lack of appreciation for the close connections between die exclusive Jewish attitudes toward die Gentiles and the author's encomiastic statements about Christ (2.14-18). Previous scholarship has also been substantially hampered by its attempt to 'discover' a preformed material in Eph. 2.14-18, failing to recognise the discussion in Eph. 2.11-13 which sets the parameters for understanding Eph. 2.14-22. Rather than a 'parenthesis' or 'digression', which is tangential to the primary design of die author's argument, we suggested that Eph. 2.14-18 can be best read as an amplificatio through which the author has set in comparison with the magnanimity of Christ the Jewish attitudes toward the Gentiles (w. llb-12). What becomes immediately clear in his attempt to accentuate Christ's magnanimity toward humankind is that this attempt was prompted by the Jewish tendency to exclude. The author maximises the expedient, noble act of Christ who brings peace to an estranged humanity and surmounts the social distance between Jews and Gentiles, and whose death has in his perception provided a new framework, i.e. pax Christi within which mutual acceptance or 'the oneness of spirit' between Jews and Gentiles may then be filled out (v. 18; cf. 4.1-6). Such community- enhancing metaphors as 'one new man', 'one body' and 'one spirit' signalled the importance of and were introduced to put the exclusive Jewish 'body politic' and Jewish conception about humankind in question, but they never question the legitimacy of Israel as God's choice or replace Israel. Some vital implications of Christ's reconciling work for the Christian Gentiles and, not least, for their relation to Israel are considered in the penultimate chapter of this study. Two major topoi from ancient political theorists and from the Jewish Temple are introduced by the author to surmount the 'us- them' divisions, to forge the idea of sameness and to consolidate a close relationship of Gentiles with other members of an inclusivistic community. Although die author could readily suggest that Gentiles have become fellow-citizens with 'Israel' (2.19; cf. 2.12), he nevertheless refrained from making this suggestion. The fact is that the meaning of Israel had been hijacked, transcoded and turned into an etimically-based 'body politic' (). But with 'die holy ones' (2.19), the author can redefine the relationship of die Gentiles to die Israel of God afresh. We round off our present study by considering the implications which our present study may have for future research on Ephesians.

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Read, Daniel. "WHY WE SING ALONG: MEASURABLE TRAITS OF SUCCESSFUL CONGREGATIONAL SONGS." UKnowledge, 2017. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/102.

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Songwriters have been creating music for the church for hundreds of years. The songs have gone through many stylistic changes from generation to generation, yet, each song has generated congregational participation. What measurable, traceable qualities of congregational songs exist from one generation to the next? This document explores the history and development of Congregational Christian Song (CCS), to discover and document the similarities between seemingly contrasting styles of music. The songs analyzed in this study were chosen because of their wide popularity and broad dissemination among non-denominational churches in the United States. While not an exhaustive study, this paper reviews over 200 songs spanning 300 years of CCS. The findings of the study are that songs that have proven to be successful in eliciting participation all contain five common elements. These elements encourage congregations to participate in singing when an anticipation cue is triggered and then realized. The anticipation/reward theory used in this study is based on David Huron’s ITPRA (Imagination-Tension-Prediction-Reaction-Appraisal) Theory of Expectation. This thesis is designed to aid songwriters and music theorists to quickly identify whether a CCS can be measured as successful (i.e., predictable).

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Hoffman, Melanie D. "The Impact of Canine Companion Service Animal (CSA) Use on Social Behaviors Between Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders Who Use CSA and Those Who Do Not." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1000.

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According to theory of the mind, individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are unable to interpret the social cues of others, which results in anxiety and social behavior deficits . Individuals with ASD are currently using canine Companion Service Animals (CSAs) in order to practice developing attachment bonds ; however, no known quantitative studies have demonstrated the efficacy of CSA in improving social behaviors in ASD populations. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the extent to which exposure to CSA impacts social skills and social interaction in children and adolescents with ASD as measured by the parent self-reports on the Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), respectively. MANOVA results of a matched-paticipant, equivalent, posttest-only design ( n = 122) showed that CSA users had fewer deficits in social skills and social interaction. There were no differences in age, IQ, or comorbidity CSA scores for social interaction or social skills based on MANOVA analysis. Results suggest that attachment bonds between the CSA user and an associated CSA provide an opportunity to engage in social interactions despite social skill deficits. This study contributes to social change by increasing awareness of the impact of CSA on the daily social functioning of children and adolescents with ASD.

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Keith, Karin. "Why Teach: Presentation to Future Teachers of America Club." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1004.

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Hubbeling, Tess. "It's Worse Than We Think: Why It Matters That We Underestimate Depression." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1001.

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This paper will examine specific processes involved within the decision-making process of how to allocate limited health care resources. I will start by discussing how in order to compare and differentiate between health states, we have created ranking systems, based on the health state’s impact on people’s quality of life, which health states need more care, and which can be most effectively treated. We evaluate impact on quality of life by assigning quality weights to years of life lived with that health state, which we call quality-adjusted life years, or QALYs. Next, I will discuss the problems with assigning quality weights to health states; specifically, the disability paradox, meaning the distinct differences between quality weights assigned by non-patients versus patients. After that, I will explain how depression defies the trend of the disability paradox, and causes our prior arguments about why patients and non-patients rate health states different to contradict themselves., This leads me to suggest that we should consider a different way of deciding between different quality weights. I examine the arguments for choosing higher or lower quality weights, and conclude that because we have a moral imperative to provide health care resources to those in need, particularly those who are disadvantaged, we should take the lower quality weights and err on the side of overspending on health states. Ultimately, this will create the greatest change in funding for health states like depression that go against the disability paradox. Finally, I address the economic trade-offs we have to consider if we make the decision to spend more on treating health states.

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Sheek, James L. "Rural students, aspirations, motivation, and music education why don't more rural students make it to college? /." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1400/umi-uncg-1400.pdf.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 22, 2007). Directed by Carl Lashley; submitted to the School of Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159).

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Kim, MyungJoo. "Consumers' choice of dentist: how and why people choose dental school faculty as their oral care provider." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1000.

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This study is aimed to better understand how and why people choose dental school faculty as their oral healthcare provider. Increasing financial constrains in the U.S. dental schools has led dental schools to find an alternative funding sources and revenues from dental school faculty practice can be one of them. To effectively promote faculty practice, it is necessary to understand how and why people choose dental school faculty as their oral care provider. In addition, it is important to differentiate characteristics of comprehensive care patients and limited care patients since dental school faculty practices have a higher proportion of specialists. A survey of 1150 dental school faculty practice patients who recently chose their dentist was conducted and 221 responded. Information sources highly used and rated included other dentist, friends, family, clinic website, the Internet, and the insurance directory. Dentist related attributes that were perceived important included quality of care, professional competence of dentist, and explanation of treatment/you participate in the treatment decision. Dental practice related attributes that were perceived important included ability to get appointments at convenient times, reasonable waiting time to get appointments, and attitude/helpfulness of staff. Among the respondents, 121 pursued a comprehensive care and 93 pursued a limited care. The two groups differed in terms of demographics, other characteristics, and dentist selection. The comprehensive care patients were younger, highly educated, related to healthcare related profession, and to have private dental insurance (p<0.001). The comprehensive care patients were more likely to use and highly rate information sources such as clinic website, the Internet, and the insurance directory (p<0.001). They put more value on attributes such as the dentist is in my insurance network and convenient physical location (p<0.001). This study has shown that traditionally popular (family, friends) and newly emerging information sources (the Internet, clinic website, and insurance directory) were used and perceived important by dental school faculty practice patients. A dental school or dentist can use this study's findings to promote their practice to select appropriate communication channels and focus on attributes that dental consumers value the most. It is also important to apply different strategies to different consumer groups.

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Lucas, J. "Mindful life or mindful lives? : exploring why the Buddhist belief in rebirth should be taken seriously by mindfulness practitioners." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/35229.

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This thesis will explore whether those interested in Buddhist practices such as mindfulness but who approach such practices from a broadly secular perspective can be offered reasons to take rebirth seriously as an afterlife possibility. It will begin by exploring some of the history of mindfulness and its adoption from Buddhism to show how foundational cosmological elements such as rebirth have been side-lined as part of a wider movement to bring Buddhism in line with modernist, particularly scientific, discourses. The thesis will investigate the philosophical principles behind the Buddhist multi-life perspective in order to see whether arguments could be rallied in defence of it. This will involve focussing specifically on the argument in defence of rebirth offered by Dharmakīrti and show how its premises draw from philosophical principles adopted by the earliest Buddhist philosophical systems. Dharmakīrti’s argument will be examined within the context of contemporary philosophy of consciousness where philosophers such as Evan Thompson and Galen Strawson have challenged the view that consciousness could arise from entirely unconscious factors. This challenge aligns with a key premise of Dharmakīrti’s argument for rebirth as well as Buddhist Abhidharma principles. Arguments against the emergence of consciousness from unconscious factors strengthen the case for claiming that consciousness cannot simply appear at the beginning of life and disappear at death. Whilst supporting Strawson’s arguments, the thesis will ultimately reject his claim that an individual consciousness could be constructed from, and ultimately collapse into, multiple consciousnesses. From here it will be argued that conscious experiences arise as part of an unbroken stream that can neither arise from nor collapse into rudimentary factors that are devoid of the distinctive characteristics of consciousness. The argument will conclude by suggesting that the stream of consciousness involves an inseparable capacity for retention and recall. This capacity provides the possibility for the sort of psychological continuity between lives that, within traditional Buddhist cosmology, allows an ordinary being to cultivate the extraordinary personal qualities of a Buddha.

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Chen, Hai Dubo. "The Influence of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Who Will Talk to Their Doctor as A Result of Prescription Drug Advertisement?" VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1300.

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OBJECTIVES: To identify the types of patients who talk with their physicians as a result of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising. METHODS: Data were taken from a national survey, "Public Health Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs, July 2001- January 2002", conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School. Participants (n = 3000) were interviewed by telephone. We constructed a conceptual framework consisting of outcomes (3 types of physician visits), intervention (DTC experience) and five groups of explanatory factors (health beliefs, demographics, health status, socioeconomic status and market factors). Data were analyzed with three multivariate stepwise logistic regressions. The three dependent variables were whether an advertisement for a prescription drug had ever prompted the patient to: 1) visit to discuss prescription drug, 2) visit to discuss new condition, and 3) visit to discuss treatment change. RESULTS: Out of all independent variables, only six variables consistently showed significant effects on the three dependent variables after adjusting for other variables. They were: 1) taking medication on regular basis, 2) having anxiety, 3) having high advertisement attentiveness, 4) viewing media as the most important source prompting one to talk with physician, 5) believing that DTC advertisements increased awareness of new treatment, and 6) believing that DTC advertisements improved discussion with health professionals. The six variables were the strongest predictors for DTC-prompted physician visits.CONCLUSIONS: Our nationally representative study found multiple factors were associated with different types of physician visits prompted by DTC advertisements. This information could be used to target those patients most likely to talk to their physicians as a result of DTC advertisements.

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Try, David Richard. "Using public value theory to assist in understanding how and why executives integrate results-based management exploratory case studies of the Canadian federal public sector /." Thesis, [Coventry, UK : D.R. Try], 2006. http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/david_richard_try/TryPhdThesis_FinalJune2006.pdf.

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Pion-Klockner, Nikita. "From consciousness to action are there common identifiable life experiences among people who actively organize against oppression? : a project based on qualitative research /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/1007.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-132).

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Eriksson, Louise. "Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1030.

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This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two near-synonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. The analysis is based on occurrences of the verbs in five subcorpora in the COBUILDDIRECT corpus; two subcorpora consist of British and American books and three subcorpora are composed of British and Australian newspapers. Occurrences were also collected from the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë. The primary aims of the essay are to investigate the frequency and occurrence of the verbs in different text types as well as in British and American books, to reveal if the verbs are synonymous and whether they occur with the same collocates. Furthermore, the novel Wuthering Heights gives a diachronic view of the usage of the verbs.

This analysis suggests that a usage of the verbs of Germanic origin is more frequent than the verbs of Romance origin. The Romance verbs are more common in novels and books, but also in the British newspaper The Times. Furthermore, the usage of commence and detest seems to be restricted to certain contexts which are connected to the field of the English language in which the verbs occurred at first. The Germanic verbs are clearly favoured in all kinds of texts investigated, even though Wuthering Heights has a high number of occurrences of commence.

On the topic of synonymy, begin and commence have been found to be further apart from each other than hate and detest. This is due to the fact that begin and commence are constructed grammatically different, as well as a restriction in contextual usage of commence. Despite this, commence is used more freely in American books than in British books. The synonymy of hate and detest is connected to the fact that detest expresses a stronger feeling than hate, which makes the two verbs near-synonymous but also gradable. The verbs in the two pairs also collocate with different words, which underlines that they are not real synonyms. These findings support the claim that one should not call the verb pairs synonyms but near-synonyms, and that one has to be careful when choosing a verb.

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Gomez, Ramon. "Who Can Retire with a 401(k)? Assessing the Effectiveness of Plans in the Changing Environment Around Retirement Planning in the United States." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1661.

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Over the past three decades, employer-sponsored 401(k) plans have grown in popularity as they have proved to be a valuable benefit employers can provide to employees and tax-deductible expense that employers can easily account for on their books. However, a major concern around these plans is that they have come to take the place of traditional pension plans offered by employers, forcing employees to assume full responsibility for their retirement savings. This paper evaluates the overall effectiveness of 401(k)s at the top 50 companies in the Fortune 100, examining participation rates, account balances, and employer contributions. It concludes that employees that have 401(k)s at these 50 companies fare much better than the average American with regard to retirement savings. Nonetheless, the substitution of traditional pensions with 401(k) plans by companies in the United States is problematic. Employees, which previously could rely on a company pension in retirement, are unintentionally delaying retirement due to a lack of savings. Furthermore, a growing number of workers without retirement savings will certainly put a strain on Social Security funds in the coming decades.

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Mandel, Kristin. "Untersuchungen zum feldaktivierten Sintern und zum geschwindigkeitsabhängigen Festigkeits- und Versagensverhalten von near-nano WC-Co-Hartstoffen unter Druckbeanspruchung." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg Universitaetsbibliothek "Georgius Agricola", 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:105-qucosa-137517.

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In dieser Arbeit wurden das feldaktivierte Sinterverhalten sowie das geschwindigkeitsabhängige Druckfestigkeitsverhalten von WC-Co-Hartstoffen mit variierenden Bindergehalten untersucht. Dazu wurde eine Herstellungsroute für kornwachstumshemmerfreie near-nanokristalline WC-Co-Hartstoffe mit der Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) entwickelt und genutzt, um Materialien mit Co-Gehalten von 2 bis 12 Ma.-% zu erzeugen. Gezielte Werkstoffzustände und Probengeometrien sind durch Anpassung des Sinterprozesses herstellbar. Ausgewählte WC-Co-Materialien mit Co-Anteilen von 6 bis 12 Ma.-% wurden unter Einfluss von Beanspruchungsgeschwindigkeit, Spannungszustand und Beanspruchungshäufigkeit hinsichtlich der Druckfestigkeit und des Versagensverhaltens charakterisiert.

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Stodberg, Deborah R. "DO STUDENTS WHO TAKE ESL COURSES HAVE HIGHER TEST SCORES IN ENGLISH 101? A COMPARATIVE STUDY." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1142301358.

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Falabella, Leonardo Jamel Edim. "Who gets the anti-establishment vote? Crisis, elections, and populism in Western Europe." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/101/101131/tde-09112017-150834/.

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Why does the extreme right grow in some parts of Europe while the radical left rises in others? In studies about both party groups, the hypothesis that economic distress provides them with opportunity is frequently tested. Yet, little effort has been employed in comparing their performances under different economic conditions. This article fills this gap through panel data analysis, with disaggregated data from eight countries in election years between 2002 and 2011. It finds that voting for extreme right parties increases significantly after the financial crisis outbreak of 2008, with no corresponding evidence for radical left parties. Also, extreme right support has a positive link to regional GDP per capita and a negative link to unemployment rates. In contrast, radical left parties perform better where unemployment is higher. The results suggest that economic downturns are mostly beneficial to extreme right parties, but this effect is increasingly neutralized in regions of high unemployment.
Por que a extrema direita cresce em alguns países europeus, ao passo que a esquerda radical cresce em outros? Em estudos sobre ambas as categorias de partido, testa-se frequentemente a hipótese segundo a qual eles têm janelas de oportunidade em crises. Ainda assim, pouco esforço vem sendo feito para comparar como eles se saem sob diferentes contextos econômicos. Este artigo preenche tal lacuna através de análise de dados em painel, com dados desagregados de oito países, em eleições entre 2002 e 2011. O artigo aponta que a votação da extrema direita aumenta significativamente com o desenrolar da crise de 2008, ao passo que não se encontram evidências correspondentes para a esquerda radical. Ademais, o apoio eleitoral à extrema direita é positivamente ligado a índices regionais de PIB per capita, e negativamente ligado a taxas de desemprego. Por contraste, partidos de esquerda radical se saem melhores onde o desemprego é alto. Os resultados sugerem que quedas na atividade econômica são majoritariamente benéficas à extrema direta, mas que tal efeito é crescentemente neutralizado em regiões de alto desemprego.

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Maples, LD M. "Terrorism 101- knowledge about the "What and Why" of terrorism as a state and local law enforcement competency." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Sept/08Sep%5FMaples.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008.
Thesis Advisor(s): Strindberg, Anders ; Brannan, David. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 3, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-80). Also available in print.

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Wong, Chit Yu. "How can a music therapy student facilitate contributions by adolescent clients who have psychiatric disorders in group music therapy? : a thesis submitted to the New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Therapy /." ResearchArchive e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1003.

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Brites, Alice Dantas. "Why do people participate in monitoring the effects of natural resource harvest and trade? Assessing multiple drivers of participation." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/106/106132/tde-24072015-100431/.

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Participatory monitoring of ecological and socioeconomic effects of harvesting and trading natural resources is advocated as a promoter of natural resource conservation and local communitiy empowerment. Nevertheless, the strategys success depends upon peoples willingness and availability to participate. Yet little is known about the factors that drive local communities to volunteer in participatory monitoring, particularly in relation to small-scale communities living in remote locations. This thesis investigated whether a number of candidate factors were able to predict peoples participation in monitoring. To do so, we conducted a study in a forest community of the Brazilian Amazon that harvested and traded Carapa guianensis (andiroba), a non-timber forest product (NTFP). Two methods of data gathering were employed: (i) an interview-based survey of 166 adults ( 18 y.o.; 51 households) to estimate peoples self-stated intention to participate and the drivers of their participation, and (ii) experimentally-implemented monitoring tasks of the effects of harvesting and trading C. guianensis to measure peoples actual participation. Results are presented in three chapters. In Chapter 1, we evaluated whether economic benefits received from the NTFP trade or, alternatively peoples cooperativeness, were more important in predicting peoples participation. Results indicated that both variables raised peoples intention and actual levels of participation in monitoring, but cooperativeness was a stronger and better predictor across monitoring tasks. In Chapter 2, we investigated the psychology of engaging in monitoring, departing from the theoretical framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) for understanding whether the variables in the model were appropriate to predict the willingness to volunteer in monitoring tasks. We found that the TPB model, in general, was able to predict peoples intention to volunteer in monitoring tasks. Specifically, one of the attitude indicators (attitude pleasure) explained the intention to engage in all monitoring tasks assessed. Subjective norms were also important to predict the intention to collect data on natural resource populations and to interview community inhabitants, whereas perceived behavioral control predicted the intention to collect data on natural resources and to deal with data management and storage. Finally, in Chapter 3 we hypothesized that the awareness of ecological and socioeconomic impacts of NTFP harvest and trade should explain peoples participation in monitoring. Results indicated that both factors were important, particularly regarding to peoples actual participation, although factors such as gender, age and schooling were occasionally stronger predictors. Nevertheless, there is evidence that combining monitoring of ecological and socioeconomic factors will boost the practices success. The study conclusions contribute to lessons aimed at stimulating participation in monitoring. Among those, we highlight the importance of strategies to increase levels of cooperativeness among people, spreading information about the possible negative effects of natural resource harvest and trade, and granting financial compensations equivalent to the opportunity costs of participation.
O monitoramento participativo dos efeitos ecológicos e socioeconômicos da coleta e do comércio de recursos naturais é uma estratégia considerada promotora tanto da conservação ambiental, quanto do empoderamento das comunidades locais. O sucesso da estratégia, todavia, depende, sobretudo, da disponibilidade e disposição dos indivíduos em participarem. Apesar disso, sabe-se pouco sobre os fatores que determinam a participação voluntária no monitoramento, especialmente em comunidades de pequena escala habitantes de áreas remotas. Sendo assim, esta tese teve por objetivo investigar o efeito de determinantes da participação no monitoramento. Para tal, foi estudada uma comunidade da Amazônia brasileira que coleta e comercializa Carapa guianensis (andiroba), um produto florestal não madeireiro (PFNM). Dois métodos de coleta de dados foram utilizados: (i) survey por meio de entrevistas a 166 adultos ( 18 anos; 51 unidades domésticas) para estimar a intenção de participar e os determinantes da participação, e (ii) implementação de monitoramento experimental dos efeitos da coleta e do comércio de C. guianensis para quantificar a participação real no monitoramento. Os resultados são apresentados em três capítulos. No Capítulo 1, avaliamos se os benefícios econômicos obtidos com o comércio de PFNM ou, alternativamente, o comportamento cooperativo são determinantes mais importantes da participação. Os resultados indicaram que as duas variáveis aumentam a intenção e a participação real no monitoramento. Porém, o comportamento cooperativo foi um indicador mais forte da participação entre as diferentes atividades de monitoramento avaliadas. No Capítulo 2, investigamos os fatores psicológicos que afetam a participação, utilizando como base a Teoria do comportamento planejado (TCP) e avaliando o efeito das variáveis deste modelo sobre a probabilidade da participação voluntária no monitoramento. Os resultados indicaram que, em geral, o modelo da TCP é adequado para prever a intenção de participar em diferentes etapas do monitoramento avaliadas. Em particular, um dos indicadores de atitude (prazer) é capaz de explicar a participação nas quatro etapas de monitoramento. Normas subjetivas também foram importantes preditores da intenção de participar da coleta de dados da população de andiroba e entrevistar outros moradores da comunidade. Já o controle comportamental percebido previu a intenção de participar da coleta de dados sobre a população do recurso natural e a entrada e armazenamento de dados. No Capítulo 3, partimos da hipótese de que a percepção dos impactos ecológicos e socioeconômicos da coleta e do comércio de PFNM pode explicar a participação no monitoramento. Os resultados indicaram que a percepção dos dois tipos de impactos é importante, sobretudo para a participação real. Porém, outros fatores como gênero, idade e escolaridade são determinantes mais fortes da participação em algumas atividades. Ademais, encontramos evidências de que aliar o monitoramento de impactos ecológicos e socioeconômicos aumenta o sucesso da prática. As conclusões do estudo contribuem com lições práticas para aumentar a participação no monitoramento. Destacamos, dentre elas, a importância de estratégias para aumentar a cooperação entre os comunitários, a disseminação de informações sobre os possíveis impactos negativos da coleta e do comércio de recursos naturais, e o fornecimento de compensações financeiras equivalentes ao custo de oportunidade de participação

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Marlow, Susan Anne. "A voyage of grief and beauty: a phenomenological study of the experience of supporting a family member with an intellectual disability who is dying in a community setting : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Applied) in Nursing /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/140.

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Arriagada, Martínez Felipe Andrés. "Análisis de carga sobre boquillas en estanques y recipientes a presión (según ASME VIII) por el método WRC 107 y por método FEM." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2018. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/169945.

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Memoria para optar al título de Ingeniero Civil Mecánico
En Chile y en gran parte del mundo se utiliza el código ASME VIII, para el diseño, fabricación y montaje de recipientes a presión. Sin embargo, las reglas de montaje del piping, no suelen ser respetadas, provocando fallas en los equipos. Esto es de suma importancia en ingeniería ya que las empresas fabricantes son las responsables de entregar la memoria de cálculo correspondiente. En base a esto, el objetivo general de esta memoria consiste en calcular la capacidad de carga en las boquillas de recipientes a presión, debido a fuerzas externas. Para esto, se deben desarrollar dos procedimientos de análisis: El WRC 107 y una técnica FEM. Los cuales son aplicados en un caso base y en un conjunto de aplicaciones. De esta manera, poder realizar una comparación entre los resultados de ambos análisis. Para lograr los objetivos, se evalúan 3 tipos de cargas: Una carga radial (P), un momento circunferencial (Mc) y uno longtudinal (Ml). Se aplica la metodología del WRC 107 imponiendo la condicion del límite de fluencia del material. Mientras que el FEM (Ansys), consiste en encontrar el instante en donde comienza la deformación plástica, debido a la carga aplicada. De esta manera se puede determinar de forma directa la magnitud. El resultado del caso base, muestra una mayor capacidad de carga en la boquilla de 10 in con respecto a la de 6 in, en ambos análisis (WRC 107 y FEM). Sin embargo, la diferencia entre cada uno de ellos es aproximadamente de un 60 %. Esto se debe a que WRC 107 no considera todos los refuerzos cercanos a la boquilla que presenta el caso base real. Los resultados correspondientes al conjunto de estanques seleccionados, muestran una tendencia a disminuir la capacidad de carga de las boquillas, en función del aumento del parámetro D=T del recipiente. Tanto para el análisis del WRC 107 como para el FEM. Esto muestra que el manto se comporta cada vez más similar a una membrana, perdiendo rigidez. También, se aprecia una diferencia entre ambos métodos de al menos un 29 %. Sin embargo, para la carga ML en la boquilla de 10 in, se presenta una diferencia de solo un 8 %. Se concluye que realizar el análisis de capacidad de carga en un caso real, conlleva a muchas consideraciones que no estan incluidas en el WRC 107, afectando considerablemente los resultados (WRC 107 hasta un 60% más conservativo que FEM). Para los casos parametrizados en funcion de D=T del estanque, se reafirma que WRC 107 es conservativo. Sin embargo, solo para la carga radial y momento circunferencial. No así para el momento longitudinal. Finalmente se destaca la importancia de realizar una técnica FEM para obtener resultados confiables.

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Jones, Jordan Wesley. "Who maketh the clouds His chariot the comparative method and the mythopoetical motif of cloud-riding in Psalm 104 and the epic of Baal /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2010. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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SILVA, Wilton Batista da. "Avaliação do desgaste e adesividade dos revestimentos de WC-CO e liga fusível aplicados por aspersão térmica em um substrato AISI 1020." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2017. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/23921.

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O desgaste é um dos principais problemas comumente encontrados e que levam a substituição de componentes. Em engenharia, surgiram técnicas para possibilitar recuperar esses componentes ou prepará-los para suportar as condições de trabalho. Entre as técnicas utilizadas na recomposição dimensional e melhorias localizadas em partes de componentes de maquinas, tem-se a deposição de materiais na superfície de componentes, conhecida como revestimentos, uma alternativa, por se tratar de um método eficaz na recuperação de elementos desgastados. Os processos de soldagem e de aspersão térmica são os mais utilizados para esse fim. Este trabalho propõe avaliar o comportamento de três revestimentos: metal duro (WC-Co), uma liga fusível à base de Cr, Ni, B e Si e a liga AISI 420 como elemento de ligação entre o substrato e o metal duro, todos aplicados por aspersão térmica utilizando três processos distintos. O substrato utilizado foi AISI 1020. A avaliação foi realizada através de micrografias (Microscopia Ótica e Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura), ensaio de desgaste abrasivo de acordo com a norma ASTM G65, ensaio de dureza e adesividade conforme norma ASTM C633 e de porosidade, norma ASTM E-2109. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, ficou evidente a opção de se utilizar o revestimento liga fusível como uma alternativa aos revestimentos de metal duro (WC-Co), pois os valores obtidos por esse revestimento nos ensaios de desgaste abrasivo e microdureza, ficaram próximos. Porém, durante a aplicação dos revestimentos foram observadas algumas limitações para aplicação dessa liga fusível: principalmente quando se depara com componentes com cantos vivos e de formas geométricas complexas, houve a formação de bolhas de ar comprometendo a aplicação. A liga AISI 420 como elemento de ligação com o metal duro, nos ensaios de adesividade não apresentou ruptura na ligação entre ambos, caracterizando uma aceitação dessa combinação, aliando assim, uma sobrevida ao substrato após o desgaste e perda da camada do metal duro, pois o AISI 420 possui boa resistência ao desgaste abrasivo. Em termos de porosidade, os revestimentos apresentaram os seguintes resultados em média: metal duro (WC-Co) 0,76%, a liga AISI 420 7,87% e a liga fusível 9,43%, todos abaixo dos valores informados na literatura. Vale registrar a contribuição dessa nova tecnologia como aliada na recomposição de componentes desgastados e melhorias localizadas, aumentando dessa forma a vida útil dos mesmos que, possivelmente seriam descartados como sucatas.
Wear is the main problems frequently found that causes the replacement of the components. In the field of engineering, techniques were developed to make it possible to recover those components or to prepare them to endure work conditions. Among the techniques used in dimensional recomposition and the improvements in component parts of machines, there is the deposition of materials on the components surface, known as coatings, which is an alternative because it is an effective method to recover worn elements. Welding and thermal spraying processes are the most used for this purpose. This work proposes to evaluate the behavior of three coatings: hard metal (WC-Co), a Cr, Ni, B and Si based fused alloy and AISI 420 alloy as a bond between the substrate and the hard metal, all of them applied by thermal spraying using three different processes. For that, we used the AISI 1020 substrate. We did the evaluation through micrographs (Optical Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy), abrasive wear test according to ASTM G65, hardness and adhesion test according to ASTM C633 and porosity based on ASTM E-2109. According to the results, it was evident that the option to use the fused alloy coating is an alternative to the hard metal ones (WC-Co), since the values it obtained in the tests of abrasive wear and microhardness, were close. However, during the coatings application, some limitations were observed when applying this fused alloy: especially when it comes to components with sharp edges and complex geometric shapes, air bubbles were formed which compromised the application. During the adhesion tests the AISI 420 alloy, as a bonding agent with the hard metal, did not show any ruptures in the bond between them, characterizing an acceptance of this combination, thus allying a survival to the substrate after wear and hard metal layer loss, since AISI 420 has good abrasive wear resistance. In terms of porosity, the coatings presented the following results, in average: hard metal (WC-Co) 0.76%, the AISI 420 alloy 7.87% and the fused alloy 9.43%, all below the values reported in the literature. It is worth recording the contribution of this new technology as an ally to the worn components recomposition and localized improvements, thus increasing their lifespan, instead of possibly being discarded as scrap.

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Seidel, Marco Thomas. "Solvatationsdynamik an biologischen Grenzschichten." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=969974124.

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KUNIOSHI, CLARICE T. "Estudo do comportamento de erosao-oxidacao de materiais compositos de NiCr com WC e Crsub(3)Csub(2)." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2004. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11239.

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Senate, University of Arizona Faculty. "Faculty Senate Minutes March 5, 2012." University of Arizona Faculty Senate (Tucson, AZ), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/222811.

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Nawaz, Schanila. "The Role of Phosphoinositides in the Interaction of Myelin Basic Protein with the Oligodendroglial Cell Membrane." Doctoral thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B50B-4.

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Schieweck, Oliver. "Proteomanalyse lysosomaler Membranen: Identifizierung und Charakterisierung neuer lysosomaler Membranproteine." Doctoral thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B66F-D.

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Soykan, Tolga. "Neuroligin 2 Induced Allosteric Transition of Collybistin Underlies Inhibitory Postsynaptic Differentiation." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-000D-F0AD-9.

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Kochubey, Olexiy. "Probing modes of vesicle docking in neurosecretory cells with evanescent wave microscopy." Doctoral thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B5E7-5.

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Barszczewski, Marcin Miroslaw. "The establishment and characterization of an improved cell-free assay for exocytosis in neuroendocrine PC12 cells." Doctoral thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-AB9C-D.

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Poulopoulos, Alexandros. "Mechanisms of Neuroligin Function in Inhibitory Postsynaptic Differentiation." Doctoral thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B502-5.

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Schmidt, Michael. "Regulation of recycling endosomal membrane traffic by a γ-BAR/ kinesin KIF5 complex." Doctoral thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B375-8.

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Sieber, Jochen Josef. "Der Syntaxin 1-Cluster - Organisation und Dynamik einer supramolekularen Struktur der Plasmamembran." Doctoral thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-AC62-5.

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Chen, Ye. "Subcellular localization of Kv10.1 (Eag1): functional ion channels on the inner nuclear membrane." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B516-A.

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