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Thesnaar, Christoffel Hendrik 1966. "Die proses van heling en versoening : 'n pastoraal-hermeneutiese ondersoek van die dinamika tussen slagoffer en oortreder binne 'n post-wvk periode." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52218.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2001ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study the process of healing and reconciliation between the victim and the offender in a post-TRC period in South Africa is being investigated with a view to the challenge it poses to pastoral care. The focus is specifically on the post-TRC period rather than the period during which the TRC operated. The post-TRC period is a period where the truth about the apartheid past is partially known, where guilt and mourning are part of the offender's struggle, where suffering, in all areas of life, is part of the victims survival, where there is an understanding of the emotions victims and offenders experience, where restitution and reconstruction create a new vision and orientation for victims and offenders and where the church is able to interpret the past, present and future in order make healing and reconciliation a reality. To accomplish healing and reconciliation between victims and offenders in the post-TRC period is regarded as crucially important in order to ensure that the atrocities of the past, in some form or another, will not be repeated. To ensure that healing and reconciliation between the victim and the offender is accomplished on a personal and a public level, it is necessary to gain a clear understanding of the practical situation of the victim and the offender. It was found that the terms "victim" and "offender" have to be conceived in a comprehensive way in view of the socio-political context of South Africa, and that guilt forms a core element, which calls for great sensitivity and empathy on the part of pastoral care. Within this comprehensive understanding it was also found that guilt is not to be conceived and explained merely psychologically and socially, but also theologically. For this reason it is crucial to conceive of victims and offenders within their context and to comprehend the real impact of guilt, suffering and mourning. Although these experiences take place on different levels, they form an indispensable indicator for achieving healing and reconciliation in South Africa (chapter 2). For reconciliation and healing to be realized between victim and offender it is essential, furthermore, that both should face the truth of what occurred in the past. In this regard it is necessary that truth should not be considered as mere verifiable facts. Rather, truth should be conceived as a process of interpretation aimed at the revealing of meaning within certain relations, contexts and experiences. Apart from having a liberating effect, truth is also a prerequisite for reconciliation (chapter 3). Subsequently, the influence of pastoral theologies on healing and reconciliation between victim and offender is discussed. It was found that pastoral care, to render a significant contribution to healing and reconciliation in South Africa, should make the paradigmatic shift from an individual client-centred pastoral approach to a hermeneutic cultural approach. It is essential for healing and reconciliation to be broadened from a mere subjective/individual understanding thereof, to healing and reconciliation as a systemic process of understanding and interpretation (hermeneutical) that is connected to social relations and inculturation. To ensure that this hermeneutic of reconciliation will have an impact on the practical post-TRC situation, it should be supplemented by a doing theology, functioning within a wisdom perspective; id est, a creative programme to bring together victims and offenders, as well as those who have been existentially effected by (the wounds caused by) apartheid (chapter 4). Finally, for remembering and storytelling to take place, and be significant for the process of healing and reconciliation between victim and offender, it is essential that it must be embedded in a practical-theological ecclesiology within which the church can serve as a forum for healing and reconciliation. To achieve healing and reconciliation, a liturgy of healing is proposed. It is important that the content and form of a liturgy of healing be determined by the following core elements: remembering, forgiveness, and the use of metaphors, symbols and rituals.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die proses van heling en versoening tussen slagoffer en oortreder in 'n post-WVK periode in Suid-Afrika met die oog op die uitdaging wat dit vir die pastoraat inhou. Die studie fokus doelbewus op die post-WVK periode en nie op die termyn waartydens die WVK geopereer het nie. Die post-WVK periode is 'n periode waar die waarheid aangaande die apartheidverlede deels bekend is, waar skuld en rou deel van die oortreder se worsteling is, waar lyding, op alle gebiede van die lewe, steeds deel van die slagoffer se oorlewing is, waar daar meer begrip moet wees vir die emosies wat slagoffers en oortreders beleef, waar restitusie en rekonstruksie 'n nuwe visie en orientasie skep vir slagoffers en oortreders en waar die kerk die verlede, hede en toekoms moet interpreteer sodat heling en versoening 'n realiteit kan word. Om heling en versoening tussen slagoffers en oortreders in die post-WVK periode te bewerkstellig is naamlik van kardinale belang ten einde te verseker dat die wandade van die verlede nie in een of ander vorm herhaal sal word nie. Om te verseker dat heling en versoening tussen slagoffer en oortreder op persoonlike en publieke vlak bewerkstellig kan word, is dit noodsaaklik om duidelikheid te verkry oor die praktiese situasie van slagoffer en oortreder. Daar is bevind dat die terme 'slagoffer' en 'oortreder' omvattend verstaan moet word in die lig van die sosio-politieke konteks van Suid-Afrika en dat skuld 'n kernelement vorm wat die pastoraat met sensitiwiteit en begrip sal moet hanteer. Binne hierdie omvattende verstaan is bevind dat skuld nie net psigologies en sosiaal verklaar en verstaan moet word nie maar ook teologies. Om hierdie rede is dit deurslaggewend om slagoffers en oortreders binne konteks te verstaan en die impak wat skuld, lyding en rou gelaat het te begryp. Hoewel hierdie belewenisse -'" op verskillende vlakke gelee is, is die verstaan van beide slagoffers en oortreders 'n onontbeerlike indikator vir die bereiking van heling en versoening in Suid-Afrika (hoofstuk 2). Vir versoening en heling om tussen slagoffer en oortreder plaas te vind is dit verder wesenlik dat albei die waarheid aangaande dit wat in die verlede gebeur het in die oe moet kyk. In die verband is dit bepalend om waarheid nie te beskou as 'n verifieerbare feit me, maar as In proses van interpretasie wat geng IS op SIll ontsluiting binne bepaalde relasies, kontekste en belewenisse. Behalwe dat waarheid bevryding bring, is waarbeid ook In primere vereiste vir versoening (hoofstuk 3). Die invloed van pastorale teologiee op heling en versoening tussen oortreder en slagoffer is vervolgens bespreek. Daar is bevind dat die pastoraat, indien dit In wesenlike bydrae wil maak tot heling en versoening in Suid-Afrika, In paradigmatiese verskuiwing sal moet maak vanaf In individuele klient-gesentreerde pastorale benadering na In hermeneutieskulturele benadering. Dit is essensieel dat he ling en versoening verb reed behoort te word vanaf In bloot subjektiewe/individuele verstaan daarvan, na heling en versoening as In sistemiese proses van verstaan en interpretasie (hermeneuties) wat aan sosiale verhoudinge en inkulturasie gekoppel is. Om te verseker dat bierdie hermeneutiek van versoening In impak sal he op die post-WVK praktyk, sal dit aangevul moet word met In daadteologie wat binne In wysheidsperspektief funksioneer, dit wil se In kreatiewe program om oortreders en slagoffers asook mense wat eksistensieel geraak is deur die wonde van apartheid bymekaar te bring (boofstuk 4). Vir herinnering en storievertelling om plaas te vind en betekenis te he vir die helingsen versoeningsproses tussen oortreder en slagoffer, is dit ten slotte wesenlik dat dit ingebed moet wees in In prakties-teologiese ekklesiologie waarbinne die kerk kan dien as In forum vir be ling en versoening. Om heling en versoening te kan vermag, stel die navorsing In liturgie van heling voor. Dit is van belang dat die inhoud en vorm van In liturgie van beling deur die volgende kemelemente bepaal behoort te word: herinnering, vergifnis, en die gebruik van metafore, simbole en rituele (hoofstuk 5).
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Eichhorn, Sven. "Berechnungsansatz für Strukturbauteile aus Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoff – WVC." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-106007.
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Es wird ein einfacher Berechnungsansatz für ein Baukastensystem aus Kastenprofilen verschiedener Querschnittsabmessungen erarbeitet. Diese Profile bestehen aus WVC (Wood Veneer Composites, Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoffen). Der Ansatz bildet den statischen Lastfall und das Ermüdungsverhalten unter schwellende Dreipunktbiegung ab. Am Beispiel eines ausgewählten Strukturbauteils aus handelsüblichen Birkensperrholz wird der Berechnungsansatz konkretisiert und durch Versuche evaluiert. Aufbauend auf dem Kraft-Verformungsverhalten der analysierten Einzelbauteile und der kapillarporösen Struktur des Holzes wird bei dem Berechnungsansatz auf eine Analyse der Spannungen verzichtet. Stattdessen wird als Berechnungskriterium die kritische Normaldehnung in der Randfaser der Strukturbauteile genutzt. Weiterhin wird eine Methode vorgestellt um mittels niederzyklischen Ermüdungsversuchs (LCF, ca. 1e+03 Lastwechsel) den „Knickpunkt“ der Zeitfestigkeitslinie eines einstufigen Ermüdungsversuchs bei hohen Lastspielzahlen (HCF, 1e+06 bis 1e+07 Lastwechsel) für diese Strukturbauteile zu bestimmenIt was developed a simple approach for the calculation of a modular construction system for box sections (profile structures) of different cross-sectional dimensions. These profile structures consists of WVC (Wood Veneer Composites). The approach maps the static load case and the fatigue behavior under pulsating three-point bending. By using a structural component made from commercial birch plywood, the calculation approach is specified and verified. Based on the force-deformation behavior of the analyzed single components in connection with the capillary-porous structure of the wood, the calculation approach dispense on an analysis of the tensions. Instead, a criterion, which calculates the critical normal strain in the outer fibers of the structural components, is used. Furthermore, a method of a low-cycle fatigue test (LCF, abbr. 1e+03 cycles) is presented. This method detects the “knee point" of the fatigue limit line for the profiles. That point is usually determined by the use of a high-cycle fatigue tests (HCF, 1e+06 until 1e+07 cycles)
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Garde, Murray. "Social deixis in Bininj Kun-wok conservation /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17551.pdf.
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Bussa, Naga Raju. "WVU - interactive web based distance learning tool." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1116.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 1999.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 245 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-115).
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Ortiz, Solar Jenny Amparo. "Plan estratégico para restaurante Wok 2016-2018." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2152.
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El presente trabajo se lleva a cabo para elaborar una propuesta de plan estratégico para el periodo 2016-2018 para la cadena de restaurantes Wok, la cual opera en Colombia desde el año 1998 y es considerada una empresa referente de sostenibilidad medio ambiental al estar comprometida con el cuidado del planeta y con el desarrollo de las comunidades de diversas zonas de Colombia, con las que mantiene alianzas para el aprovisionamiento de insumos. Wok ofrece una propuesta gastronómica de comida japonesa, tailandesa, vietnamita, camboyana, e indochina, entre otras, cuyos platos son elaborados principalmente con ingredientes e insumos provenientes de comunidades locales, para lo cual Wok les brinda asesoría para su formación y capacitación constante para asegurar que los insumos sean producidos según los estándares requeridos. Este esquema de trabajo permite a los productores acceder a un mercado potencialmente más grande que el ofrecido por Wok, por lo que este sistema beneficia a la empresa y al productor. Los negocios inclusivos que aplican los conceptos de valor compartido buscan la mejora del desempeño económico generando, a su vez, valor en el entorno social y medio ambiental. La aplicación de este concepto es un elemento importante de la estrategia de las empresas que buscan mantener una ventaja competitiva sostenible. En este sentido, Wok es un negocio inclusivo que aplica los conceptos de valor compartido cuyo modelo de aprovisionamiento con las comunidades se basa en la colaboración, confianza, empoderamiento y acompañamiento a cada comunidad, según las características de cada una de ellas. Luego del análisis realizado, se ha determinado que la ventaja competitiva de Wok está basada en el enfoque de diferenciación cuya fortaleza es su cadena de suministro. Asimismo, para mantener niveles adecuados de competitividad manteniendo el modelo de negocio y filosofía de la empresa, la propuesta del presente trabajo se ha centrado en la aplicación de estrategias de desarrollo de productos y penetración de mercado así como el incremento de la rotación de la capacidad instalada, el desarrollo de su capital humano y el uso de tecnología principalmente, que permitirán a la empresa el logro de los objetivos estratégicos planteados.
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Oosthuizen, Magdalena Johanna. "Arnold van Wyk as liedkomponis : ’n ontsluiting van die liedere in die Arnold van Wyk-versameling by die Universiteit Stellenbosch." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86345.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study an investigation into Arnold van Wyk’s song oeuvre — including the published and unpublished (completed and incomplete) songs — is done on the basis of the available composition sketches in the Arnold van Wyk Collection at Stellenbosch University. Firstly, Van Wyk as composer of art song in South Africa was put in perspective against the broader cultural context, especially in relation to Afrikaans poets who were his contemporaries. An overall view is also provided of possible influences that other composers had on his work. This provides an holistic picture of Van Wyk as composer of the art song. In his Juvenilia a surprisingly large amount of his music language is present, though not yet mature. Four prominent periods characterise the discussion of Van Wyk’s song oeuvre. In addition to these periods the study provides a summary that clearly shows his development as an art song composer as well as the musical devices which, in the course of time, became characteristic as part of his style in song writing. Owing to the fact that the setting to music of each song’s vocal part is analysed in close relationship to the source text, the complete text have been provided, with Afrikaans verbatim translations for the Latin and Old Dutch poems. Even though the composer sometimes only sets a couple of stanzas of the text, the complete poem is provided to properly orientate the reader. This allows the complete picture of each song to be taken into account. The relationship between each text and its setting to music of the song’s vocal part is analysed. This also applies to the illustrative meaning of where in the vocal range each text lies (the range as well as tessiture of the vocal part) and the illustrative use of intervals and other melodic devices such as melismas, setting to rhythmic patterns, etc. The accompaniment is investigated, regarding the relationship to and illustrative of the text, complementary to and in support of the vocal part as well as to which extent it supports the song’s formal design. Only the most prominent characteristics of Van Wyk’s highly complex harmonic usage are pointed out. An important aspect of this study is the investigation from a vocal technical point of view into how Van Wyk merged the writing of a vocal melody with his knowledge of the human voice, for instance in Van liefde en verlatenheid as well as in the Petronius songs. Where available, the history of how a song evolved is recorded in great detail, to illustrate the inception of a specific musical idea as well as its development and finalisation, but moreover, to allow the sketches to reveal how tedious (and sometimes even laid-back) the composition process took place most of the time. Van Wyk’s method and tempo of composing can be clearly deduced from the compositional sketches. These conclusions are confirmed and illustrated by his fairly regular dating of his work, and by information such as an address and/or some diary information that he occasionally added. Particulars like these are often included in this study, to shed light on the compositional process as well as on the composer as a human being. To avoid scanning numerous examples of notes, the C1 tot c3 way of spelling the notes is used.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie studie word Arnold van Wyk se liedoeuvre — die gepubliseerde asook die ongepubliseerde (voltooide en onvoltooide) liedere — ondersoek aan die hand van die beskikbare komposisiesketse in die Arnold van Wyk-versameling by die Universiteit Stellenbosch. Ten aanvang word Van Wyk as komponis van die kunslied in Suid-Afrika in perspektief tot die breër kulturele konteks geplaas, veral in verband met sy Afrikaanse digter-tydgenote. Daar word ook oorsigtelik verwys na moontlike invloede van ander komponiste op sy werk. ’n Omvattende beeld van Van Wyk as liedkomponis kom sodoende na vore. Verrassend baie van die musiektaal van sy liedkuns is reeds (wel nog in die kinderskoene) in sy juvenilia aanwesig. Vier prominente tydperke kenmerk die bespreking van Van Wyk se liedoeuvre en word telkens aangevul deur ’n samevatting waaruit sy ontwikkeling as liedkomponis duidelik blyk, asook watter musikale middele mettertyd as kenmerkend van sy liedstyl gevestig het. Omdat die verloop van elke lied sover moontlik aan die hand van die verloop van die teks omskryf word, word die volledige tekste deurlopend gegee, met Afrikaanse woordelikse vertalings by die Latynse en Oudnederlandse gedigte. Al toonset die komponis soms net enkele strofes van ’n gedig, word die hele gedig of ’n gedeelte daarvan nogtans verskaf ter wille van oriëntasie. Die geheelbeeld van die liedere word sodoende in aanmerking geneem. Die toonsetting van die stemparty word ondersoek veral met betrekking tot die woord-toonverhouding. Dit geld ook vir die illustratiewe betekenis van die plasing van die teks in die stemomvang, die omvang en tessituur van die stemparty en die illustratiewe gebruik van intervalle en ander melodiese middele soos melismas, ritmiese verklanking, en so meer. Begeleiding word ondersoek rakende die verwantskap met en illustratief van die teks en as aanvulling en ondersteuning van die stemparty asook in hoeverre dit die vormskema ondersteun. Slegs die opvallendste eienskappe van Van Wyk se uiters komplekse harmoniek word uitgewys. ’n Belangrike aspek van dié studie is dat Van Wyk se vereniging van melodiegewing en sy kennis van die menslike stem, onder meer in Van liefde en verlatenheid en die Petronius-liedere, ook uit ’n sangtegniese perspektief ondersoek word. Waar die ontstaansgeskiedenis van ’n lied beskikbaar is, is dit in fyn besonderhede geboekstaaf, om te toon wanneer ’n spesifieke musikale idee ontstaan het en hoe dit ontwikkel en finale beslag gekry het, maar meer nog, om die komposisiesketse self te laat verslag doen van die meestal werklik moeisame (soms trae) komposisieproses. Van Wyk se komposisionele werkwyse en die tempo van komposisie kan duidelik afgelei word uit die komposisiesketse. Dié gevolgtrekkings word gestaaf en toegelig deur die feit dat hy redelik getrou die werk gedateer en dikwels ook ’n adres en/of ’n stukkie dagboekinligting bygeskryf het. Laasgenoemde word dan meestal bygebring aangesien dit lig werp op die komposisieproses asook die komponis van dié liedere as mens gestalte laat kry. Om inskandering van talryke notevoorbeelde te vermy, word die C1 tot c3-skryfwyse gebruik.
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Eckardt, Ronny, and Sven Eichhorn. "Konstruktion und Erprobung modularer Maschinengestelle aus Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoff (WVC)." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-61046.
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Durch die Entwicklung der vorgestellten modularen Bauweise ist es möglich, Maschinengestelle aus Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoff (WVC) einfach herzustellen und technisch sinnvoll einzusetzen. Die modulare Bauweise kann sowohl für statische als auch dynamische Beanspruchungen im Allge-meinen Maschinenbau angewendet werden. In einem Baukastensystem werden Maschinenteile aus WVC durch geeignete Verbindungsmittel lösbar zusammengesetzt. Damit ist es möglich, eine hohe Flexibilität in der späteren Nutzung mit einer hohen Variantenvielfalt des Aufbaus durch entsprechend verschiedene Bauteile zu kombinieren. Im Vortrag werden die verschiedenen Belastungen des Holzverbundes im Maschinenaufbau charakte-risiert und auf Probleme bei der Konstruktion eingegangen. Abschließend werden Ergebnisse zu Dau-eruntersuchungen der Verbindungstechnik und des gesamten Maschinenaufbaus vorgestellt und diskutiertThe development of the presented modular construction allows to manufacture wood veneer compos-ite (WVC) machine racks easily in a technical reasonable way. The modular construction can be used for both static and dynamic loading conditions in mechanical engineering. In the modular construction system the WVC machine components are connected detachable with adequate fasteners. This leads to high flexibility during the construction and assembly process of machine components. In the current presentation the different loading conditions of WVC profiles are characterized and the problems during construction described. Finally the results of the long term testing of the connection technique are presented and the complete machine system is discussed
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Kjellén, Viktor. "Wik-i-media : Mediala framställningar av uppslagsverket Wikipedia." Thesis, Linköping University, Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11943.
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Studien visar upp på vilka olika sätt det Internetbaserade uppslagsverket Wikipedia framställs i tidningarna Dagens Nyheter och Svenska Dagbladet, från april 2005 och fram till november 2007. Diskurser i ledare, artiklar och krönikor synliggörs och kopplas till den större debatt om kunskap som Wikipedia blivit en del av.
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Claassen, Hanrich. "'n Orkestrasie van Arnold van Wyk se Nagmusiek." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19588.
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Thesis (M.Mus.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Arnold van Wyk's monumental Night Music is regarded as one of the most important and original South African piano compositions. Night Music offers a legion of untapped timbre possibilities and certainly lends itself to the embodiment of the more expressive and versatile medium of the symphony orchestra. The orchestration of Night Music is an attempt to establish a version which, through utilizing a different medium of presentation, will elucidate Van Wyk's masterpiece and make it more accessible; not as a replacement of the original, but as an enhancement.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Arnold van Wyk se monumentale Nagmusiek word as een van die belangrikste en oorspronklikste Suid-Afrikaanse klavierkomposisies beskou. Nagmusiek bied 'n legio onontginde timbremoontlikhede en leen hom dus beslis tot die vergestalting daarvan in die meer uitdrukkingsvolle en veelsydige medium van die simfonie-orkes. Die orkestrasie van Nagmusiek is 'n poging om 'n weergawe daar te stel wat by wyse van 'n ander uitbeeldingsmedium Van Wyk se meesterstuk toelig en meer toeganklik maak, nie as plaasvervanger van die oorspronklike nie, maar as verlengstuk daarvan.
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Golbang, Amir Parviz. "Investigation of the functional role of WNK kinases." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613878.
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Arrascue, Novoa Juan Carlos, Rojas Jacqueline Silva, and Benel Cinthya Francesca Solf. "Planeamiento estratégico de la cadena de Restaurantes Wok." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2026.
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Wok es una cadena de restaurantes de comida asiática que ha logrado alcanzar dos ventajas competitivas sostenibles como son la reputación de marca y alianzas con proveedores locales, dentro de un modelo de negocios inclusivo que le permite asegurar insumos de calidad a mejores costos por la eliminación de intermediarios. El plan estratégico tiene la capacidad de crear un valor adicional hasta por US$ 4,67 millones, importe obtenido como VAN (valor actual neto) incremental luego de contrastar los resultados de los flujos de caja proyectados con aplicación de estrategias y sin estrategias. Esto considerando un COK (costo de oportunidad de capital) de 18,88%, inclusive se puede generar valor por US$ 2,42 millones al usar como tasa de descuento un COK de 25%. Estas cifras se obtienen en el escenario normal que contempla alcanzar un crecimiento en ventas de 10% año/local en el periodo 2016-2020 mediante la obtención de préstamos bancarios para financiar la adquisición y equipamiento de nuevos locales. El presupuesto total considerado para la implementación de los planes es de US$ 5,87 millones del cual, aproximadamente el 70% (US$ 4,08 millones) corresponden a las inversiones en los cuatro nuevos locales y su debido equipamiento, conceptos que han sido colocados dentro del presupuesto de operaciones. El plan de marketing contempla lograr el crecimiento en ventas de 138% mediante las estrategias de penetración de mercado y desarrollo de producto. El posicionamiento de la marca responderá a las expectativas de los clientes toda vez que se sustenta en el desarrollo de proveedores locales, el cuidado del medio ambiente y la calidad de insumos frescos y saludables. El presupuesto de marketing es por US$ 924.000 destinado, principalmente, a publicidad tanto en los mismos locales de la cadena como en medios escritos.
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Dávila, León Carlos, Huillapuma Keli Taipe, and Bermejo Cynthia Gilvonio. "Cadena de restaurantes Wok - plan estratégico 2013-2017." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2141.
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En la presente tesis, se ha desarrollado un planeamiento estratégico para la cadena de restaurantes de comida asiática Wok, ubicados en la ciudad de Bogotá, Colombia, cuyo objetivo central es analizar y cumplir con los objetivos propuestos para la empresa: incrementar el nivel de las ventas, fidelizar a los clientes, mantener una alta calidad de producto y retener el mejor talento dentro de la organización. Para desarrollar el presente plan, se recopiló información de fuentes secundarias, considerando la localidad donde se encuentran ubicados los restaurantes de Wok. La estrategia por la que se optó fue crecer en la ciudad de Bogotá, donde ya operaba la empresa, y en la ciudad de Medellín, dados los resultados del análisis de la demanda efectuados para tres ciudades principales en Colombia, los cuales mostraban a Medellín como una ciudad con características similares a las de Bogotá en cuanto a estilo de vida y nivel socioeconómico. Para desarrollar el plan estratégico, se elaboraron planes funcionales de marketing, de operaciones, de recursos humanos, de responsabilidad social y de finanzas, y se evaluó en este último la viabilidad del proyecto en un horizonte de cinco años. A fin de lograr el crecimiento de la cadena de restaurantes de Wok, fue necesario elaborar una estrategia de desarrollo de un nuevo proveedor que pudiera abastecer los nuevos locales que se planeó abrir en Medellín. Se optó por trabajar con los pescadores de la comunidad de Guapi, a los cuales, tal como se hizo con los pescadores de Bahía Solano, había que formalizar para luego generar una alianza estratégica que permitiera mantener el suficiente y oportuno abastecimiento del pescado.
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Macchiavello, Marchig Willy Gino, Valle Ana Paola Manrique, and Pezzia Gustavo Solís. "Plan estratégico para el crecimiento sostenible de Wok." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/1605.
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Wok es una cadena colombiana de 13 restaurantes ubicados en la ciudad de Bogotá, los cuales se especializan en comida de Asia, principalmente de Japón y Tailandia. En el presente trabajo de investigación se realiza un análisis estratégico de Wok, el cual incluye los siguientes puntos: Los antecedentes de la compañía, la descripción del modelo de negocio, definición del problema y posible solución propuesta; La evaluación externa del entorno general y de la industria; La descripción y el análisis de la cadena de valor, los recursos y capacidades, y la ventaja competitiva. La conclusión central obtenida de este análisis es que Wok cuenta con la experiencia necesaria para aprovechar las oportunidades de crecimiento que ofrecen otras ciudades de Colombia. Por último, se propone la implementación de tres estrategias principales: Expandir el negocio a nivel nacional manteniendo las buenas prácticas de responsabilidad social empresarial (RSE) y negocio inclusivo; Desarrollar habilidades y competencias que generen valor; Desarrollar nuevos proveedores para asegurar el abastecimiento. Además, las estrategias propuestas son trasladadas a los planes funcionales de Marketing, Operaciones, Recursos Humanos, Responsabilidad Social Empresarial y Finanzas. Con la implementación de estas estrategias se espera incrementar las ventas en un 25% en el primer año; 14%, a partir del segundo año, y mantener un margen de beneficio antes de intereses, impuestos, depreciaciones y amortizaciones (EBITDA, por sus siglas en inglés) de 9% y un Retorno sobre la Inversión (ROE, por sus siglas en inglés) de 30% en adelante.
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Eichhorn, Sven [Verfasser], Klaus [Akademischer Betreuer] Nendel, Klaus [Gutachter] Nendel, and André [Gutachter] Wagenführ. "Berechnungsansatz für Strukturbauteile aus Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoff – WVC : Berechnungsansatz für Strukturbauteile ausHolzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoff – WVC / Sven Eichhorn ; Gutachter: Klaus Nendel, André Wagenführ ; Betreuer: Klaus Nendel." Chemnitz : Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1214245064/34.
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D'Agostino, Sara Lynn. "An examinaton of celebratory violence WVU football season 2004 /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4266.
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Compton, Christopher S. "Propagation of Alfvén waves in the WVU HELIX device." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4525.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 22 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 22).
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Van, Wyk Mariska. "Die grondwetlikheid van geloofsklousules in testamente / Mariska van Wyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1335.
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Freedom of testation is recognised as one of the founding principles of the
South African law of estate succession. According to this principle, testators
are free to dispose of their assets in a will in any manner they deem fit. Effect
will not be given to testamentary provisions if compliance with such provisions
are contra bonos mores or against public policy. Certain limitations in
freedom of testation in selected common law and civil law legal systems exist.
Since the enactment and commencement of the Constitution of the Republic
of South Africa 1996, it became important to determine whether the
Constitution and particularly the Bill of Rights constitute any additional
limitations on freedom of testation. This study investigates this question with
particular reference to the so-called testamentary faith and race clauses.
The pre-1996 position is discussed in chapter 2 of this study. The case of
Aronson v Estate Hart 1950 1 SA 539 (A) is the locus classicus as for
testamentary faith and race clauses. The conclusion in this case was that
testamentary faith and race clauses before the commencement of the
Constitution were not contrary to public policy and consequently not invalid.
In chapter 3 of this study, the position after the post-1996 position is
discussed. The Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic; law or
conduct inconsistent with it is invalid, and the obligations imposed by it must
be fulfilled. The question passed is whether or not the provisions of the
Constitution amend the current legal position regarding testamentaly faith and
race clauses, even though the Constitution is the supreme law of the
Republic? Attention is drawn to the enforcement of the Constitution and
relevant provisions of the Constitution. This study, inter alia, investigated the
right to equality, the right to freedom of conscience, religion thought, belief
and opinion, the right to human dignity and the general limitation clause. In
the light of the purpose and aim of testamentary faith and race clauses, it seems likely that the right to human dignity, equality and religion as espoused
in the Constitution, may be violated. Following the enactment of the
Constitution, a testamentary faith and race clause may be contra bonos
mores and accordingly invalid.
Chapter 4 of this study recommends that a testator who wants to favour his
religion should utilise other methods than testamentary faith and race clauses
to favour his or her religion. For example, to place certain assets in a trust for
his beneficiaries. This may ensure the protection of the rights of all people
including the beneficiary.Thesis (LL.M. (Estate Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007
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Banks, K. "Optimisation of bidrectional impulse turbines for wve power generation." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2009. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10691.
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The generation of electricity from ocean waves using oscillating water column
(OWC) wave energy converters is currently uneconomic due to the high
capital cost and low efficiencies of such devices. The bidirectional air turbines
utilised in OWCS are one of the
principal sources of inefficiency and
a significant increase in their performance would improve the prospects of
commercial scale wave power generation.
The
ability of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to predict the performance of both Wells
and impulse type bidirectional turbines for use in OWCS
was examined by comparison with experimental results taken from the literature.
A design process was then undertaken for a datum impulse turbine and
a novel high-efficiency impulse turbine arrangement. Numerical performance
predictions are presented with a comparison against experimental data from
a large-scale oscillating-flow test rig.
An automated design and aerodynamic optimisation system was subsequently
developed for application to this novel impulse turbine design. The optimiser
employs a hybridised genetic algorithm along with Kriging meta¬models to
significantly decrease the number of expensive calls to the 3D-CFD code used
to evaluate the objective function. Comparisons to a number of state of the
art
optimisation algorithms from the literature on some mathematical test
functions indicated that the optimiser had equivalent or better performance
for most problems.
A parameter study was carried out to investigate the effect of various turbine
in
design variables, before undertaking a 14-variable global design optimisation.
A 5-variable
optimisation exercise was then performed to investigate the effi-
ciency gains that could be achieved by using three-dimensional rotor blades.
Substantial
gains in performance were attained and the predicted levels of
efficiency are significantly higher than those previously reported in the literature
for other bidirectional
impulse turbine designs.
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Huanca, Villaverde Javier Alain. "Plan estratégico 2016-2020 : cadena de restaurantes Wok Colombia." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/1723.
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La empresa Wok es una cadena de restaurantes de comida oriental en Bogotá, Colombia, la cual opera en el mercado con razón social Lao Kao S.A. Esta fue fundada el año 1998 por Benjamín Villegas, un chef muy reconocido que estudió Gastronomía en Inglaterra, después migró a Tailandia para conocer el arte culinario de la comida thai. Benjamín se propuso llevar a Colombia la comida asiática con precios accesibles a la población, para dar una nueva imagen a este tipo de comida, la cual era vista como muy exclusiva. Por ello, Benjamín fundó Wok, una cadena de restaurantes que se adapta al entorno colombiano, buscando satisfacer las necesidades más exigentes en el tema gastronómico oriental, con base en su propuesta de valor a la comida thai. Así, construyó su propia red de proveedores de productos agrícolas de origen tailandés, y también hizo alianzas con comunidades pesqueras, con el objetivo de recibir materia prima de alta calidad; esta red se convirtió en una de sus fuentes de ventaja competitiva sostenible. Posteriormente, se unió a la empresa Ricardo Macía, un directivo con mucha trayectoria en el sector gastronómico de Colombia, quien poseía capital y talento para contribuir al crecimiento de la empresa. Ricardo tenía muy en claro que el crecimiento debía enfocarse en la sostenibilidad a largo plazo. Wok integra a su negocio varias redes de proveedores con el objetivo de amenorar los riesgos que implica tener una dependencia de intermediarios u otros factores que requieran mayores procedimientos de abastecimiento dentro de su cadena de valor, dándole prioridad a sus actividades de operaciones y logística. El desarrollo de esta ventaja competitiva sostenible estuvo respaldado por el proyecto denominado Eco-gourmet, conformado por las instituciones: Marviva, Conservación Internacional Colombia, Red de Frío y Fondo de Acción. Esta alianza tuvo como propósito conseguir el equilibrio entre el uso eficiente de recursos hidrobiológicos, la producción de alta calidad y la optimización de procesos para Wok, que le permitirían consolidar toda su cadena de valor y posicionar su imagen como empresa socialmente responsable que contribuye al desarrollo y la sostenibilidad de su entorno. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo “desarrollar un plan estratégico para la cadena de restaurantes Wok con el propósito de evaluar la viabilidad de una expansión de la empresa a nuevos mercados geográficos de Colombia y Latinoamérica”.
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Negrón, Bello Erika, Ayvar Alicia Ochoa, and Villamil Franklin Iglesias. "Plan estratégico para la empresa Wok S.A. 2012-2017." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/1855.
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La presente tesis desarrolla un plan estratégico de cinco años para la empresa Wok, un restaurante de comida asiática ubicado en la ciudad de Bogotá, Colombia, cuya esencia radica en la demostración de su preocupación por el cuidado, mantenimiento y preservación del medio ambiente. El objetivo principal es proponer estrategias adecuadas que, en conjunto, permitan la expansión de Wok asegurando su crecimiento sostenible y continuidad, todo ello basado en sus valores y principios así como en la misión y visión planteada por los autores de la presente investigación. El primer plan funcional propuesto es el de marketing, en el cual se plantean objetivos, estrategias e indicadores para el corto, mediano y largo plazo, con el fin de seguir un esquema que lleve a la empresa a desarrollar nuevos mercados potenciales como la ciudad de Medellín, además de buscar mantener su posicionamiento frente a la competencia en Bogotá. En segunda instancia se desarrolló el plan funcional de operaciones, en el que se describen los recursos y actividades claves de cada uno de los procesos que intervienen en el cumplimiento de la estrategia de negocios basado en la mejora del producto y proceso, permitiendo mantener la diferenciación como valor agregado. Después se planteó el plan funcional de recursos humanos, esquema fundamental para lograr la mejora de competencias y desarrollo de personal, permitiendo contar con colaboradores claves y comprometidos que ameritan una gestión del talento adecuada. Luego, se desarrolló el plan funcional de responsabilidad social, en el cual se demuestra lo relevante del tema para la empresa, y cuyo esquema permitirá continuar con la creación de valor compartido y contribución positiva a la sociedad. Finalmente, se elaboró el plan financiero, esquema importante para determinar la viabilidad de las estrategias planteadas con el fin de lograr el objetivo general de expandir la empresa fuera de Bogotá, visión ansiada por los accionistas minoritarios.
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Tsatsos, Aristidis. "Die Rechtsprechung der ICSID-Schiedsgerichte." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Juristische Fakultät, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15737.
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Die Beilegung von Investitionsstreitigkeit erfolgt innerhalb des ICSID-Systems durch die nicht ständigen und für jeden Fall neu gebildeten ICSID-Schiedsgerichte. Mit Institutionen zur Sicherung der homogenen Entwicklung der Rechtsprechung wie die EG-Generalanwälte, die EG-Vorabentscheidung, das WTO-„Appellate Body“ oder die einem Berufungsverfahren gleichstehende Verweisung an die Große Kammer des EMRGH ist allerdings das ICSID-System nicht ausgestattet. Vielmehr ist die Möglichkeit einer Berufung innerhalb des ICSID-Systems ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Homogenität der ICSID-Rechtsprechung geprüft, um festzustellen, ob die Rechtsprechung der für jeden Fall neu gebildeten ICSID-Schiedsgerichte derartige Dissonanzen aufweist, die das ICSID-System reformbedürftig machen. Die Prüfung der Homogenität der ICSID-Rechtsprechung bezieht sich auf die Auslegung von gleichen bzw. ähnlichen Bestimmungen völkerrechtlicher Investitionsschutzabkommen sowie des ICSID-Übereinkommens selbst durch die ICSID-Schiedsgerichte und betrifft im einzelnen die folgenden Themen: (a) Definition des Begriffs „Investition“ im Sinne des ICSID-Übereinkommens. (b) Ausdehnung der Reichweite der Meistbegünstigungsklausel auf Verfahrensvorschriften. (c) Zuständigkeit der ICSID-Schiedsgerichte für reine Verletzungen von Investitionsverträgen mittels weiter Streitbeilegungsvorschriften und Regenschirmklauseln. (d) Standard der Enteignungsentschädigung und Unterscheidung zwischen indirekter Enteignung und staatlicher Regulierung. (e) Völkervertraglicher und völkergewohnheitsrechtlicher Notstand. Die Untersuchung kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die ICSID-Rechtsprechung an Heterogenität leidet. Dementsprechend bildet der Mangel an Mechanismen zur Sicherung der Homogenität der ICSID-Rechtsprechung ein schwerwiegendes institutionelles Defizit. Es ist daher dringend, dass das ICSID-System unmittelbar reformiert wird, vorzugsweise durch die Schaffung einer ICSID-Berufungsinstanz.The settlement of investment disputes within the ICSID system is carried out by the ICSID arbitral tribunals which are non-permanent judicial bodies. Every separate case is adjudicated by a different tribunal. The ICSID system, however, does not provide for any institutions similar to the EC Advocate Generals, the EC preliminary rulings, the WTO Appellate Body or to the appeal-like process of the referral to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR capable of securing the homogenous development of the case-law. Moreover, the possibility of appeal of an arbitral award is explicitly excluded within the ICSID system. The present thesis examines the homogeneity of the ICSID jurisprudence in order to ascertain whether the case-law of the separate and not standing ICSID panels proves to be so inconsistent that the ICSID system is in need of reform. The study of the homogeneity of the ICSID jurisprudence concerns the interpretation of identical and similar provisions laid down in international investment treaties as well as of the ICSID Convention itself by the ICSID panels. In particular, it deals with the following topics: (a) Definition of the term “investment” pursuant to the ICSID Convention. (b) Extension of the scope of application of the most-favoured-nation clause to procedural provisions. (c) Jurisdiction of ICSID tribunals over mere violations of an investment contract through broad dispute settlement clauses and umbrella clauses. (d) Standard of compensation for expropriation and distinction between indirect expropriation and state regulation. (e) State of necessity under customary and investment treaty law. This study comes to the conclusion that the ICSID jurisprudence suffers from heterogeneity. Thus, the lack of mechanisms able to secure the consistency of the ICSID case-law constitutes a serious institutional deficit. It is, therefore, urgent to reform the ICSID system immediately, preferably by way of establishing an ICSID appellate authority.
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Eichhorn, Sven, Ronny Eckardt, and Christoph Müller. "Integrative Bauweisen mit Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoff (WVC) für den Maschinen- und Anlagenbau." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-79120.
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Aufbauend auf historischen Anwendungen von Holzwerkstoffen in der Technik werden Vor- und Nachteile aus der Sicht des Maschinenbaus dargestellt sowie eine aktuelle Eignung dahingehend diskutiert. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erfährt der integrative Leichtbau mit Holzfurnierlagenverbundwerkstoffen (Wood Veneer Composite, WVC). Durch deren modifizierbares Eigenschaftsprofil, in Verbindung mit einer an den Anwendungsfall angepassten Bauweise, ist eine zusätzliche Funktionsintegration möglich. Das Potenzial der Holzwerkstoffe wird an verschiedenen Konstruktionsbeispielen erläutert. Ergänzend werden Biege-Ersatz Emodul und Bauteilverformung eines Strukturelementes sowie Ergebnisse aus Ermüdungsversuchen der Verbindungstechnik dargestellt. Abschließend werden Probleme beider Umsetzung verschiedener Prototypen beschrieben und deren Lösung aufgezeigtBased on several historical applications of Wood Veneer Composites (WVC) the advantages and disadvantages of wood materials in today`s mechanical and plant engineering are discussed. Integrated WVC lightweight structures are especially taken into account. The highly modifiable mechanical properties of WVC’s allow application-adapted integration of further technical functions. The capabilities of integrated lightweight structures based on wood materials are demonstrated on several technical applications. Furthermore results of flexural tests, precisely the retrieved substitutet bending modulus and the maximal deflection as well as results of fatigue testing of the connecting components are given. Finally problems occurring during realization of WVC lightweight prototypes and their potential solutions are shown
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Alamri, Mubarak. "Discovery of WNK-SPAK/OSR1 signalling inhibitors as potential therapeutics." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8559/.
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Protein kinases are major drug targets for many diseases. Among these are the STE20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and the oxidative- stress-responsive kinase 1 (OSR1), which are two related serine/threonine protein kinases. Both kinases are key components of the WNK-SPAK/OSR1 signalling pathway that has emerged as a key regulator of electrolyte homeostasis, body fluid and blood pressure. Various knock-in and knock-out SPAK and OSR1 mouse models exhibited reduced blood pressure. This highlighted SPAK and OSR1 kinases as promising targets in the treatment of hypertension. Encouraged by this, this project was initiated to discover specific WNK-signalling inhibitors by targeting SPAK and OSR1 kinases as potential novel antihypertensive agents. My work led to the identification of an allosteric pocket located in the highly conserved C-terminal domains of SPAK and OSR1, which influences their kinase activities. Using in silico screening, Rafoxanide, an anti-parasitic agent, was identified as a novel allosteric inhibitor of SPAK and OSR1. Additionally, high throughput screening led to the discovery of the clinically used agent, Verteporfin, as a novel and potent WNK-signalling inhibitor. Moreover, several fragment-binders to the C-terminal domain of OSR1 kinase were identified using NMRfragment based screening. In addition, the NMR backbone assignments of the C-terminal domain of OSR1 kinase were determined and used to map the previously unknown binding site of different OSR1 and SPAK inhibitors. Collectively, these findings have significantly advanced the field of SPAK and OSR1 kinase inhibition and provided key tools that will facilitate the future discovery of other SPAK and OSR1 kinase inhibitors.
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Oliveira, Luiz Felipe Valter de. "Aspectos funcionais e evolutivos da família WAK em Oryza Sativa." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/72382.
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O ambiente é um sistema dinâmico que está sempre mudando e a capacidade de reconhecimento dessas modificações é uma característica crucial para a vida. A família gênica RLK (do inglês Receptor-Like Kinase) engloba as proteínas receptoras do tipo quinase que estão aptas a reconhecer sinais ambientais, através de seu domínio extracelular, e ativar uma cascata de sinalização por modificações pós-traducionais em outras proteínas utilizando a atividade de fosforilação de seu domínio quinase. A subfamília WAK (do inglês The Wall-Associated Kinase) pertence a família gênica RLK, sendo que algumas proteínas desta subfamília foram identificados associados fisicamente à parede celular, sugerindo estes genes como fortes candidatos para agir como sensores, ligando diretamente o ambiente extracelular com o citoplasma e desencadeando sinais intracelulares. Os genes WAK formam uma grande subfamília em arroz, com 130 genes descritos para a subespécie japonica, em comparação aos 27 genes WAK descritos para arabidopsis. A ausência de dados sobre a expansão desta subfamília e suas implicações nas plantas justifica uma análise evolutiva e estrutural entre os membros da subfamília WAK de arabidopsis e arroz, com uma comparação mais extensiva entre os genomas das subespécies de arroz indica e japonica. Quando a organização e os resíduos conservados do domínio quinase das WAKs foram comparados com a superfamília de proteínas quinases de eucariotos, a identificação de dois grupos distintos de WAKs tornou- se evidente em arabidopsis e arroz. Um grupo é formado somente por OsWAKs que provavelmente se expandiu depois da separação entre monocotiledônea- dicotiledônea, os quais derivaram para a classe de quinases não-RD. O outro grupo corresponde à classe RD-quinase, sendo esta a classe de quinase mais frequente entre os eucariotos, formado por ambos os genes AtWAK e OsWAK. Além disso, com os resultados de comparação entre os genomas das subespécies indica e japonica foi possível identificar uma grande variação com relação aos domínios das proteínas e ao padrão de expressão entre os genes OsWAK dessas subespécies. O conjunto de resultados sugere que as WAKs constituem duas subfamílias evolutivamente relacionadas, mas independentes: OsWAK-RD e WAK-nonRD. O reconhecimento desta divisão poderá contribuir para a compreensão das funções e regulação das WAKs.The environment is a dynamic system, which is always changing and the recognition of its modifications is a crucial feature for life. The RLK is a gene family of receptor quinase in plants that are able to recognize the environment signals, through its extracellular domain, and activating a signal cascade through the post-translational modifications of others protein using the phosphorylation activity from the quinase domain. The Wall-Associated Kinase (WAK) is a subfamily from RLK, with some members identified as associated to the cell wall, suggesting these genes are strong candidates to act as sensors directly linking the extracellular environment to the citoplasm and triggering intracellular signals. The WAK is a large subfamily in rice genome, with 130 genes being described in japonica, compared to the twenty-seven in A. thaliana. The absence of data about this gene subfamily expansion and their implications for plants, justify an evolutionary and structural analysis of A. thaliana and O. sativa members of the WAK subfamily, with a more extensive comparison between genomes of japonica and indica rice subspecies. When the organization of plant WAK domains and conserved residues are compared with those of other eukaryotes protein kinase superfamilies, the identification of two distinct groups of WAKs become evident in Arabidopsis and Rice. One group corresponds to a cluster containing just OsWAK that should have expanded after the monocot-dicot separation, which evolved to form a non-RD kinase class. The other group corresponds to the classical RD-kinases with both AtWAK and OsWAK representatives. Moreover, by comparing OsWAK from indica and japonica subspecies was possible to identify a large divergence in the protein domain features and gene pattern expression. We propose that plant WAKs constitutes two evolutionary related but independent subfamilies: the WAK-RD and the WAK- nonRD. The recognition of this division would contribute to the understanding of WAK function and regulation.
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Romero, Canal Yovana Teresita. "Planeamiento estratégico para la cadena de restaurantes Wok 2013-2017." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2228.
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El presente trabajo de investigación analiza la problemática del negocio mediante el estudio del macroentorno y del microentorno de la industria gastronómica en Bogotá, y de las actividades de valor que crean una ventaja competitiva basada en el enfoque en diferenciación. También analiza los recursos y capacidades claves que le permiten a Wok formular las estrategias necesarias para llevar a cabo su expansión, sin perder la esencia de su modelo de negocios basado en alianzas con proveedores, que son pequeñas comunidades de agricultores y pescadores. La autora considera que el desarrollo económico del negocio puede ir de la mano con el desarrollo social y ambiental de forma sostenible en el largo plazo. La propuesta planteada es analizar el crecimiento del negocio a partir de la capacidad de la oferta y la capacidad financiera que permita soportar la inversión requerida. Para este último punto, los flujos de caja operativo que el negocio genera le permitirán aperturar nuevos locales en los próximos cinco años (siete en Bogotá y dos en Medellín), sin que ello merme su posición financiera en el corto y largo plazo. A nivel operativo de la oferta, la disponibilidad de insumos e ingredientes le permitirá aperturar hasta cinco locales mediante el desarrollo de nuevas alianzas con la comunidad de pescadores de Guapí, lo que requerirá dos años hasta crear el nuevo ecosistema. El gap para suplir la mayor demanda y poder aperturar cuatro locales adicionales sería cubierto con la adquisición de pescado fresco de cultivo orgánico, esto le dará a Wok la flexibilidad necesaria para hacer frente a la mayor demanda. Con la implementación de esta estrategia se resuelve el problema del aprovisionamiento de pescado de fresco sin poner en riesgo las estrategias implementadas y generadas alrededor del concepto de valor compartido y desarrollo sostenible con la comunidad, los clientes, los trabajadores y el medio ambiente.
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Chávez, Bejarano Julissa Liliana, and Zavala Patricia Isabel Caycho. "Plan estratégico para la cadena de restaurantes Wok 2012-2017." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2444.
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El objetivo principal del presente trabajo de investigación consiste en desarrollar un plan estratégico para la cadena de restaurantes de comida oriental “Wok”, con el fin de mantener un crecimiento sostenible, ofreciendo productos de buena calidad y a precios accesibles, trabajando de la mano con programas de responsabilidad social. Wok, denominada con razón social Lao Kao S.A., cuenta al 2011 con 9 locales en la ciudad de Bogotá. Se caracteriza por ser una cadena socialmente responsable, preocupada por el respeto al cliente, proveedor, comunidad y medio ambiente. El mercado al cual va dirigido son los estratos socioeconómicos 5 (medio alto) y 6 (alto) de la capital, Bogotá; esta categorización se ha hecho sobre la base del estudio colombiano de estratos socioeconómicos del Departamento de Población Nacional (2011). En este trabajo de investigación se procederá con la identificación del problema, que es la apertura de nuevos locales en otras ciudades fuera de Bogotá. Por consiguiente, se buscará desarrollar los objetivos generales y estratégicos de la empresa, la elaboración de su modelo de negocio “Canvas”, así como la implementación de una misión y visión con el fin de dar inicio al diagnóstico situacional y análisis interno. Luego, se procederá con la formulación de estrategias, estudio de mercado y desarrollos de los planes funcionales. Se espera que la apertura de los nuevos locales en la ciudad de Bogotá alcance el objetivo financiero, con un margen de rentabilidad del 6%.
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Mezarina, López Verónica Zarella, Linares Sandra Carolina Vera, and Quique José Luis Torres. "Plan estratégico para la cadena de Restaurantes Wok 2012-2016." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/1701.
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presente trabajo de investigación analiza el caso de la exitosa cadena de restaurantes Lao Kao S.A., mejor conocida por su nombre comercial Wok, líder en la industria de restaurantes full service de comida asiática de Colombia, la cual –en enero del año 2012- se encuentra en el dilema de duplicar el número de locales en un plazo de cinco años para enfrentar a la competencia, o crecer de forma moderada mientras se logra desarrollar el aprovisionamiento con proveedores artesanales nacionales. Con 13 años de operación en el mercado bogotano y una tasa compuesta de crecimiento anual (en adelante CAGR3) de las ventas de 20% del año 2005 al año 2010, el chef y socio fundador Benjamín Villegas se rehúsa a duplicar el número de locales en los próximos cinco años porque considera que dicho crecimiento quebrantaría el modelo de negocio basado en el abastecimiento de proveedores artesanales y el trabajo junto con ellas, lo que permitió contar con una oferta de calidad a menores precios en relación a sus competidores directos, y gozar buena reputación de la marca en la capital colombiana. Por otro lado, los accionistas minoritarios estaban de acuerdo en duplicar el número de locales en cinco años, puesto que esto generaría economías de escala y les permitiría competir con las grandes cadenas de restaurantes full service, ya sea de manera local o regional.
El objetivo de la presente investigación es aplicar los conocimientos y emplear las herramientas de gestión aprendidas durante la Maestría de Administración de Empresas al problema de Wok, analizar la incertidumbre por la cual atraviesa, identificar y plantear el problema, analizar el macroentorno y microentorno, la cadena de valor y la ventaja competitiva, para luego diagnosticar y formular estrategias a fin de definir su crecimiento o expansión.
Como resultado final de la investigación los autores consideran que es factible que Wok siga creciendo en Bogotá (en el mediano plazo) y en Medellín (en el largo plazo) de la mano con el crecimiento de las comunidades de proveedores artesanales de insumos locales, considerando la generación de valor compartido.
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O'Reilly, Michelle. "WNK kinases : novel regulators of electrolyte balance and blood pressure." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25044.
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The association of mutations in WNK1 and WNK4 with Gordon syndrome was a major breakthrough also implicating these novel serine/threonine kinases in the regulation of electrolyte balance and blood pressure (BP). Thus, elucidation of the novel pathway in which these WNK kinases participate should lead to fundamental advances in our understanding of these phenomena. In situ hybridization and PCR studies revealed tissue-specific splicing for WNK1 and widespread and intricate regulation of WNK1 and WNK4 expression during development involving both epithelial and non-epithelial tissues. The importance of this expression is highlighted by the WNK1-/- mouse which is embryonic lethal by mid-gestation. Kidney has by far the strongest expression of WNK4 of any major organ. Moreover, whilst WNK1 is widely expressed, the kidney has an additional kidney-specific smaller WNK1 transcript. Detailed studies of the nature and expression of these WNK gene transcripts were undertaken. These showed that rather than merely being a polyA-tail variant the short kidney-specific WNK1 transcript (WNK1-S) actually differed from the longer widely distributed transcript (WNK1-L) in a much more functionally significant way. It lacked the first four coding exons yielding a predicted protein lacking the kinase domain. The WNK pathway at least in kidney may involve features beyond a simple kinase cascade. WNK1-S and WNK4 are highly expressed in distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and connecting tubule (CNT), adjacent distal nephron segments known to play key roles in electrolyte balance and BP control. Additional novel domains of substantial WNK4 expression were found in thick ascending limb (TAL; including macula densa), while WNK1-L was uniformly expressed at low-level throughout kidney. These findings indicate that the spectrum of WNK interacting partners may be determined by their local renal distributions, a factor which is frequently overlooked at present. Work then extended to investigating how the WNK pathway, and genes likely linked to it, respond to dynamic changes in renal K+, Na+ and CI- load and aldosterone level. This work has revealed key dietary electrolyte and aldosterone driven transcriptional regulation of elements of the WNK pathway and the renal outer medullary K+ channel (ROMK), leading to better understanding of how this pathway may participate in the in vivo regulation of electrolyte balance and BP. In vivo findings, in conjunction with clues from reported in vitro functional studies, allow the development of a model of how the WNK pathway may function in an integrated way which fits well with normal renal electrolyte handling and also how this is altered in treatment with thiazide diuretics or when mutated in Gordon syndrome.
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Edwards, Sarah Elizabeth. "Medical ethnobotany of Wik, Wik-Way and Kugu peoples of Cape York Peninsula, Australia : an integrated collaborative approach to understanding traditional phytotherapeutic knowledge and its applications." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429007.
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Van, Wyk Ettienne. "Binomial and trinomial tree methods in derivatives pricing / Ettienne van Wyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1269.
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Tree methods for the valuation of financial derivative securities represent a recognized
and well-established pricing paradigm. It has formed part of the financial engineer's
"toolbox" for close on 30 years. The tree approach is multi-dimensional though: there
are for example, various ways in which trees can be parameterized. Incorporating eccentricities
of the financial markets like the paying of discrete dividends and volatility
skews add some further complexity to the approach. A full perspective on the place
of tree methods requires knowledge of the relation between the said and other pricing
paradigms like numerical integration techniques and finite difference methods. Convergence
properties are of definite interest to a practitioner as well. This dissertation
aims to provide a general introduction to tree methods, and well by treating on the
enumerated issues.Thesis (M.Sc. (Risk Analysis))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
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Van, Wyk Henry William. "Die rol van die bestuursraad in skoolbestuur / Henry William van Wyk." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10333.
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The Problem addressed in this Research is the role fulfilled by management
councils in school management on behalf of the parents.
Through a survey of the literature the historical background, and the
judicial and educational basis of parental say in education is investigated.
Parental representation by management councils and non-statutary bodies
such as the TAO (Transvaalse Afrikaanse Ouervereniging) and TEMPA (Transvaal
English Medium Parent Association), is evaluated; co-operation between
management councils and non-statutary bodies is discussed and brief
attention is given to parents' evenings as an informal manner of parental
say in education.
From the above-mentioned survey it becomes apparent that both parents and
schools have an educational duty; that parents have to be involved in the
school; that parents have to be represented in the school officially by
the management council.
The importance, regarding their management assignments and the degree of
execution of their management tasks; their knowledge, regarding their
statutary given assignments; the necessity of training of management council
members; the methods that may be used to improve parental involvement
in education and the co-operation between management councils and non-statutary
parental organizations is empirically investigated.
From the empirical investigation it seems apparent that management councils
regard their duties as important and that they successfully execute
these duties; that members of management councils possessed a satisfactory
amount of knowledge regarding the execution of their statutary delineated
duties, but that training is necessary; that parental involvement may be
improved in a number of ways; and that co-operation between management
councils and the parents' organizations is satisfactory.
Recommendations forwarded through this investigation are that management
councils should be involved in school management to a greater degree; receive
training to improve the execution of their management tasks; be made
more aware of their assignments regarding personnel, pupil and curriculum
management; strive to attain a greater degree of parental involvement and
to facilitate greater co-operation between themselves and the parents' organizations.Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1992
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Schubert, Maria. "Carbon partitioning in nitrogen fixing root nodules." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2002. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=96736597X.
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Tocquard, Kévin. "Gravitropisme chez le peuplier : implication des kinases associées à la paroi (WAK) dans les évènements précoces après inclinaison." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016CLF22735/document.
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Les plantes adaptent leur croissance en fonction des facteurs environnementaux dont la gravité qui est un facteur constant. Une modification de l’orientation de la plante par rapport à l’axe de la gravité, i.e. une inclinaison induit une réponse de redressement : le gravitropisme. Pour les parties aériennes le gravitropisme est négatif, c’est-à-dire que les plantes vont adapter leur croissance dans la direction opposée à la gravité. Chez les arbres, le redressement est assuré par à la formation asymétrique d’un bois aux propriétés physico-chimiques particulières appelé le bois de réaction. Des récepteurs kinases pourraient participer à la perception et à la réponse précoce au stimulus gravitropique qu’est l’inclinaison. Parmi ces familles protéiques, les kinases associées à la paroi (WAK) sont des candidats intéressants. La liaison de ces protéines à la paroi permettrait de percevoir les déformations qui sont supposées se produire par l’inclinaison de la tige. Nous avons alors identifié et caractérisé pour la première fois la famille WAKs chez une espèce ligneuse, le peuplier, qui est composée de 175 membres. L’étude d’accumulation des transcrits WAKs a permis d’identifier les gènes WAKs qui s’expriment dans la tige puis l’expression de ces gènes a été suivie lors d’une cinétique après inclinaison. Il s’avère que les gènes WAKs sont faiblement exprimés et que 25% des gènes présentent une expression différentielle après inclinaison. Ces données transcriptomiques suggèrent que les WAKs participeraient aux événements cellulaires précoces après l’inclinaison de tiges chez le peuplier. Enfin, une étude plus approfondie a été initiée sur PtWAK70 qui est localisée dans le jeune xylème et le phloème secondaire. Nous avons également généré des outils moléculaires dont l’objectif est d’identifier les interacteurs potentiels de la partie apoplastique de PtWAK70Plants adapt their growth to environmental factors whose gravity is a continuous one. A modification of plant orientation by tilting leads to a straightening response: gravitropism. For aerial parts, plants will adapt their growth upward (negative gravitropism). In trees, straightening is accomplished through asymmetric formation of reaction wood which exhibits modifications in its physicochemical properties. Receptors-like kinases could play a role in both perception and early response to a gravitropic stimulus. Among them, Wall-Associated Kinases (WAKs) are interesting candidates because they are bind to the cell wall. They could detect wall deformations that are supposed to occur after tilting of the stem. We identified and characterized for the first time in a woody species (poplar) the largest WAKs family with 175 members. An extensive study of WAKs transcripts accumulation was carried out to identify genes expressed in woody stem. These genes expressions were analyzed during a kinetic after tilting. WAKs genes were overall weakly expressed but 25% of analyzed genes showed a modulation in their transcript accumulation after tilting. This suggests they could play a role in early events after tilting of poplar stems. Lastly, a deeper study was initiated on PtWAK70 which is localized in young xylem and secondary phloem. We generated molecular tools to identify potentials interactors of PtWAK70 apoplastic part
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Netto, João Henrique Chaer Dib. "Bem-estar subjetivo: uma abordagem intergeracional pelo método de pseudopainel." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12138/tde-01092014-153739/.
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O objetivo principal deste trabalho é contribuir com a literatura de bem-estar subjetivo ao sugerir a aplicação da metodologia de pseudopainel para as \"happiness equations\", nome pelo qual ficaram conhecidas as equações de bem-estar com variável dependente \"satisfação com a vida\" ou \"felicidade\". Utilizando a base de dados WVS - pesquisa internacional realizada com periodicidade irregular de 1981 a 2008 em mais de 50 países - e seguindo a metodologia sugerida por Deaton (1985), foram rastreadas \"células\" de indivíduos ao longo dos últimos 20 anos para estimação dos determinantes do bem-estar. As células foram formadas pela interação entre geração, gênero e país de nascimento. A grande vantagem do modelo de pseudopainel é que permite controlar para efeitos fixos não-observáveis de células, que são prováveis fontes de viés. Os resultados apontam que os principais determinantes do bem-estar subjetivo individual e intergeracional são: saúde, porque o bem-estar subjetivo tem associação inegável ao bem-estar físico; renda individual ou agregada, porque os bens materiais trazem utilidade, mesmo considerando o efeito adaptação e as crescentes aspirações; emprego, porque além dos ganhos monetários o trabalho também conduz a um maior status social e autoestima; religião, porque a reflexão, a introspecção e a crença em um ser superior confortam em momentos de dificuldade, ajudam a aceitar as adversidades e dão esperança e sentido à vida; senso de liberdade, porque, na maioria das situações, as pessoas preferem ter a sensação de controle sobre suas escolhas e extraem utilidade do processo de decisão. Por fim, tendo em vista a discussão recente na literatura sobre a perda de bem-estar na transição dos países ex-socialistas para o capitalismo, o modelo de pseudopainel foi adaptado para estimar o impacto dessa mudança em diferentes gerações. Os resultados apontam que as gerações mais antigas foram aquelas que mais sofreram perda de bem-estar. O comportamento da satisfação com a vida após os anos 90 nesses países, mesmo considerando diversos outros fatores sócio-econômicos, assumiu um \"formato de V\": repentino declínio com gradual recuperação, que se estende até os dias de hoje.The main concern of this work is to contribute to the recent discussion of subjective well-being (SWB) by suggesting a pseudopanel approach for the Happiness Equations. Using the WVS database and following the methodology suggested by Deaton (1985), cohorts of individuals were screened over the past 20 years to estimate the determinants of SWB. Cohorts were aggregated as an interaction of generation, gender and country of birth. It is important to point out that the pseudopanel estimation has several advantages, because it makes possible to control for unobservable cohort\'s fixed effects - which are likely sources of bias. Results indicate that the main determinants of SWB are: health, because subjective well-being has undeniable association to physical well-being; individual or aggregated income, because material goods bring utility, even considering the adaption effect and growing aspirations; employment, because beyond monetary gains, work also ensures self-steem and a higher social status; religion, because reflection, introspection and the belief in a Higher Self bring comfort in hard times, help to overcome adversities and bring hope and meaning to life; sense of freedom, because, in most situations, people prefer to have a sense of control over their choices and also extract utility of the decision process. Finally, considering the recent discussion in the literature about the loss of welfare of former socialist nations in transition to capitalism, the pseudopanel model was adapted to estimate the effect of this change in different generations. Results indicate that older generations were the one who suffered the most significant loss in terms of SWB. The behavior of life satisfaction in these countries assumed a V-shaped format: sudden decline with gradual recovey, which extends up until 2008.
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Duran, Dorothy Jane. "Philanthropy and public policy : the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's influence on community colleges from 1960 to 1980 /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Bishop, Judith Bronwyn. "Aspects of intonation and prosody in Bininj gun-wok : autosegmental-metrical analysis /." Connect to thesis, 2002. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000523.
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Van, Wyk Jacobus Leendert. "Comparing network coding implementations on different OSI layers / Jacobus Leendert van Wyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8430.
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Network coding is a technique used to increase the capacity of a network by combining messages
sent over the network. The combined messages could be separated by using sufficient original
messages which were used to combine the messages. Network coding can be implemented in
different layers of the 051 stack, but to date a complete comparison between different
implementations of network coding has not been done.
The goal of this dissertation is to implement a wireless node model with network coding in the MAC
layer and evaluate the performance characteristics of reference networks that implement the new
node model. This will serve as the first step of a greater goal, namely finding the most favourable
position in the 051 stack to implement network coding. The characteristics of the different
implementations of network coding are presented in this dissertation. Simulations were done in
OPNET® to find further attributes concerning the implementation of network coding in the MAC
layer.
The simulation process used is presented and explained, and the results from the simulations are
analysed. Network coding in the simulations was implemented opportunistically. The results show
that the more often different nodes send frames to the coding node, the better network coding
performs.
The work contributes to finding the best layer for implementing network coding for its increased
throughput. A benchmark network was created so that network coding could be implemented in all
the layers of the 051 stack, and then be compared to each other. An implementation of network
coding in the MAC layer was simulated and analyzed.
We conclude that, because there are so many different purposes for which networks are used, a
single instance of network coding is unlikely to be similarly beneficial to all purposes. There still
remains work to find the most favourable position for network coding in the 051 stack for all the
different types of network coding.Thesis (M. Ing. (Computer and Electronical Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011
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Van, Wyk Arrie. "Die inskakelingsprobleme van tydelike onderwyspersoneel in die sekondêre skool / Arrie van Wyk." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8778.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the induction problems of temporary
teachers in secondary schools in the Northern Cape Province. This aim was achieved
by firstly embarking upon a literature study on the nature of induction and secondly on
the induction problems of temporary teachers. Thirdly an empirical investigation was
conducted on the induction problems of temporary teachers. Finally, recommendations
were made through which temporary teachers' problems can be resolved.
Findings from the literature study indicate that the temporary teacher encounters
numerous induction problems that include administrative problems, problems with
teaching and learning, management problems, interpersonal and other problems.
Administrative problems include aspects such as late notice of a post, that no floor plan
is presented, that school rules and departmental regulations are not conveyed to the
temporary teacher, problems with internal administrative issues and a lack of an
information brochure. Problems with the learning and teaching situation relate to issues
such as poor lesson planning, a poor culture of learning and teaching as well as strikes
by teachers. Management problems relate to issues such as in service training,
classroom management, school environment, service contract, unfamiliarity with
management style and a lack of acknowledgement Interpersonal issues include
problems with collegial and learner relationships as well as problems with parent
teacher contact. Other problems include aspects such as personal problems, privacy,
versatility, future planning and continuity.
Findings based on the empirical study indicate that the respondents encounter less
(none too few) problems within the school as was reported in the literature study.
However, there are issues such as redeployment of teachers, service contract,
uncertainty about a teaching post, lack of parental involvement and a lack of writing and
textbooks which pose problems for the temporary teacher. These issues do not
lie within the sphere of the school itself but need the attention of the Department of
Education.
The recommendations of this study therefore emphasise the need for the Department
of Education to take an in depth look into the last mentioned factors that are causing
problems for temporary teachers. Furthermore it is to be recommended that temporary
teachers can be part of the induction programme of permanent teaching staff seeing
that their induction problems within the school are not of a serious nature.Thesis (M.Ed.)--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2000
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Van, Wyk André Daniël. "'n Ondersoek van die beeld van Hoërskool Transvalia / cAndré Daniël van Wyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9241.
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The image of a school is mechanism that defines a certain school amongst other schools in the vicinity, as well as the country. The image model developed in this study, can be used as a management tool through which the school can evaluate all the different facets contributing to the image of a school, and identify positive and negative factors requiring action plans for maintenance or development.
Transvalia High School has been one of the top 100 schools in South-Africa since 2009. The evaluation done by Perry (2009) does, however, only focus on the academic side of the school and not on the other factors as defined by Howard (1998:15) that contributes to the image of a school. The question thus is how the image of Transvalia presents itself, and what could possibly be done to enhance it and strengthen its position between the top 100 schools in South-Africa.
It was decided to research die possible factors as identified by the literature study, that supports the image of the school and the measure of their impact. Through prioritization of the factors, management actions were derived to enhance the image of the school.
Research was done through a quantitative questionnaire with a sample size of 450 students, parents and teachers randomly selected from each class in the school. The design of the questionnaire stemmed from the literature study done. The results from the questionnaires were used to:
• test the validity, reliability and comparative fit of the questionnaire; and
• identify critical, development and maintenance areas of the image of the school.
Only 345 valid questionnaires could be used in the study. Additional comments from the questionnaires were divided into positive and negative areas, with several main focus points. The qualitative data were then sorted into these focus areas and quantified. The results of the questionnaire as a measuring instrument showed beyond doubt, that the questionnaire was sufficiently valid and reliable to measure the image of a school. A structural equation model was developed through factor analysis and the statistical department of the North-West University to determine the exact influence of each of the pillars onto the image as well as onto each other. The following results were obtained:
• Only 79% of the environment contributes to the image of the school where the environment consists of the parents, the Department of Education and the school governing body;
• The school culture consists of the history of the school, the climate within the school, recognition, appearance, discipline, safety and religion. Only 82% of the school culture contributes to the image.
• Approximately 85% of Product Catalogue supports the image. The Product Catalogue is supported by academics, sport, leadership and tertiary alignment.
• Lastly, the image is supported by 84% of delivery mechanisms that consists of the principal, teachers, infrastructure and technology of the school.
From the study and the conclusions drawn, the following recommendations were made:
• Parent involvement in supporting their children with homework and with sport and fundraising activities, is insufficient and requires development;
• The selection of teachers, especially in the lower grades, has to have stricter requirements in line with subject needs;
• Safety at school and in particular evacuation plans, requires attention and drills;
• Discipline application between the teacher core has to be standardized and focused on reducing smoking students, intensified;
• The perception of an imbalance between sport and academics requires proper information distribution;
• Formal leadership courses have to be introduced in to the product catalogue;
• Performance appraisal for teachers through a Balanced Scorecard and individual development plans have to be introduced; and
• A visible marketing plan utilising the various media available have to be developed.Thesis (MBA)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Van, Wyk Christiaan Kuhn. "Die voorspelling van derdevlak-wiskundeprestasie aan 'n universiteit / Christiaan Kuhn van Wyk." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9408.
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Within the framework of comprehensive research that has been done on
the mathematics achievement of first-year university students, research
literature contains relatively few studies concerning the prediction of the
mathematics achievement of final year students.
An ex post facto empirical study was undertaken to rectify this situation
to some extent.
The aims of this study were:
• To develop prediction models with which to predict the mathematics
achievement of third-year students at the PU for CHE.
• To develop a prediction analysis for continuous data by means of
which the mathematics achievement of third-year students can be
predicted in terms of a pass/fail dichotomy by using the fundamentals
of Boolean algebra.
• To determine, as a secondary aim, the differential influence of several
independent variables on the mathematics achievement of male and
female students in their third year.
Of the set of independent variables in this study, five indicated previous
achievement, 10 were aptitude variables (including an estimated IQ score)
and 21 were measures of different interests, while a measure of the algebraic
preparedness of prospective mathematics students on the PU for
CHE was also included. The mathematics achievement of students at the
end of the first semester of the first year was used in part of the investigation
as an independent variable.
Four criteria were defined to quantify the mathematics achievement of
students at the PU for CHE. In three of these, unsuccessful attempts
to obtain a pass in mathematics courses were taken into consideration.
The aptitude variables in this study were measured with the Senior
Aptitude tests (Human Sciences Research Council), the 19-Field Interests
Questionnaire (Human Sciences Research Council) and the algebraic
preparedness of students was measured by means of a 60-item multiplechoice
test developed by this researcher and of which measures of validity
and reliability were reported.
The data of two groups of subjects considered as study populations, were
used in the study. The group of first-year students following mathematics
courses for the first time in 1982 was employed as an experimental group.
Of the 154 first-year students in this group, 58 were able to advance
to the third year and wrote the examination in least one mathematics
course in that year. The class of first-year students registered for
mathematics courses for the first time in 1983 was used as a crossvalidation
group in order to validate the prediction models. This group
consisted of 138 students, of which 54 advanced to the third year.
Six hypotheses were examined in this study by means of several statistical
techniques. By means of singular correlations it was shown that certain
independent variables exerted a bigger influence on the mathematics
performance of third-year students than others and that the correlations
of some independent variables with mathematics achievement decreased
from the first year to the third year. Regarding other variables, the
opposite tendency was found.
By means of factor, regression, discriminant and Boolean analysis, it
was further found that the mathematics achievement of male and female
students on the third year level was influenced differently by independent
variables. The hypothesis that a higher percentage of the variance
of mathematics performance in the case of females than that of males
can be accounted for, could not be accepted for all criteria of mathematics
achievement.
The validity of prediction models could also not be accepted for all criteria
of mathematics performance, even if the mathematics achievement of
students at the end of the first semester in the first year was included as
an independent variable in the regression analysis.
Finally it was found that prediction models for the pass/fail dichotomy
for mathematics achievement, developed by means of Boolean analysis,
were on the average more successful in terms of validity than the
discriminant functions developed by using discriminant analysis. This
result indicated a promising future for the use of Boolean analysis in the
prediction of academic achievement.Proefskrif (DEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988
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Phillips, Kyle G. "Development of the West Virginia University Small Microgravity Research Facility (WVU SMiRF)." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1565521.
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West Virginia University (WVU) has created the Small Microgravity Research Facility (SMiRF) drop tower through a WVU Research Corporation Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PSCoR) grant on its campus to increase direct access to inexpensive and repeatable reduced gravity research. In short, a drop tower is a tall structure from which experimental payloads are dropped, in a controlled environment, and experience reduced gravity or microgravity (i.e. "weightlessness") during free fall. Currently, there are several methods for conducting scientific research in microgravity including drop towers, parabolic flights, sounding rockets, suborbital flights, NanoSats, CubeSats, full-sized satellites, manned orbital flight, and the International Space Station (ISS). However, none of the aforementioned techniques is more inexpensive or has the capability of frequent experimentation repeatability as drop tower research. These advantages are conducive to a wide variety of experiments that can be inexpensively validated, and potentially accredited, through repeated, reliable research that permits frequent experiment modification and re-testing.
Development of the WVU SMiRF, or any drop tower, must take a systems engineering approach that may include the detailed design of several main components, namely: the payload release system, the payload deceleration system, the payload lifting and transfer system, the drop tower structure, and the instrumentation and controls system, as well as a standardized drop tower payload frame for use by those researchers who cannot afford to spend money on a data acquisition system or frame. In addition to detailed technical development, a budgetary model by which development took place is also presented throughout, summarized, and detailed in an appendix. After design and construction of the WVU SMiRF was complete, initial calibration provided performance characteristics at various payload weights, and full-scale checkout via experimentation provided repeatability characteristics of the facility. Based on checkout instrumentation, Initial repeatability results indicated a drop time of 1.26 seconds at an average of 0.06g, with a standard deviation of 0.085g over the period of the drop, and a peak impact load of 28.72g, with a standard deviation of 10.73g, for a payload weight of 113.8 lbs.
In order to thoroughly check out the facility, a full-scale, fully operational experiment was developed to create an experience that provides a comprehensive perspective of the end-user experience to the developer, so as to incorporate the details that may have been overlooked to the designer and/or developer, in this case, Kyle Phillips. The experiment that was chosen was to determine the effects of die swell, or extrudate swell, in reduced gravity. Die swell is a viscoelastic phenomenon that occurs when a dilatant, or shear-thickening substance is forced through a sufficient constriction, or "die," such that the substance expands, or "swells," downstream of the constriction, even while forming and maintaining a free jet at ambient sea level conditions. A wide range of dilatants exhibit die swell when subjected to the correct conditions, ranging from simple substances such as ketchup, oobleck, and shampoo to complex specially-formulated substances to be used for next generation body armor and high performance braking systems. To date, very few, if any, have researched the stabilizing effect that gravity may have on the phenomenon of die swell. By studying a fluid phenomenon in a reduced gravity environment, both the effect of gravity can be studied and the predominant forces acting on the fluid can be concluded. Furthermore, a hypothesis describing the behavior of a viscoelastic fluid particle employing the viscous Navier-Stokes Equations was derived to attempt to push the fluid mechanics community toward further integrating more fluid behavior into a unified mathematical model of fluid mechanics. While inconclusive in this experiment, several suggestions for future research were made in order to further the science behind die swell, and a comprehensive checkout of the facility and its operations were characterized. As a result of this checkout experience, several details were modified or added to the facility in order for the drop tower to be properly operated and provide the optimal user experience, such that open operation of the WVU SMiRF may begin in the Fall of 2014.
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Vargas, Gómez José Miguel, Cayo Katheryne Denisse Gonzáles, and Flores Luis Alberto Martínez. "Formulación del plan estratégico para la cadena de restaurantes Wok 2013-2017." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2016.
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Wok es una empresa de origen colombiano que ofrece comida oriental en la ciudad de Bogotá, especialmente comida tailandesa. En 2012, año de estudio del caso Wok, gestionaba nueve restaurantes en las zonas más pudientes de la ciudad. Wok, además de ofrecer productos y servicios de excelente calidad, basa su oferta en la responsabilidad social y ambiental integrando estas dos características en su quehacer cotidiano. Desde sus inicios, la empresa ha buscado desarrollar la gestión humana enfocada en resaltar a cada individuo como miembro clave para la empresa, y se centra en vincular a personas de comunidades negras e indígenas o regiones vulnerables; para ello, selecciona personas jóvenes interesadas en participar y colaborar con la empresa. Asimismo, Wok optó por desarrollar a sus propios proveedores nacionales y establecer alianzas estratégicas con ellos para reducir el porcentaje de insumos importadores, y así contribuir al desarrollo de las comunidades. En su afán de reducir su impacto ambiental, la empresa decidió adaptar su carta de acuerdo a la disponibilidad de las especies, como, por ejemplo, el atún, de acuerdo a sus temporadas a fin de evitar la pesca indiscriminada de ese producto. Por ello, implementó en su proceso de atención el educar a sus clientes para que tomen conciencia de lo que está sucediendo en el medio ambiente y sean entes de cambio en el sistema. Debido al crecimiento de las ventas en los últimos años y a los cambios internos en la organización, y a la agresiva competencia, los accionistas de Wok plantearon expandirse fuera de Colombia o abrir más locales fuera de Bogotá. Estas proyecciones le preocupan a Benjamín Villegas, uno de los socios fundadores de Wok, quien teme optar por alguna de las propuestas sin que se pueda replicar su cadena de suministros o perder el control en la calidad de sus procesos.
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Justiniano, Santos Pablo Graciano. "Plan estratégico para Wok (una cadena de restaurantes sostenibles) período 2016-2018." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/2000.
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El presente trabajo de investigación constituye el plan estratégico del período 2016-2018 para Wok, una cadena colombiana de restaurantes sostenibles de comida asiática. Este documento tiene como fin último, proponer una elección ante los dos puntos de vista propuestos para el crecimiento de Wok. Una pugna entre la decisión de seguir creciendo con la actual estrategia de crecimiento de penetración de mercado basada en la sostenibilidad, o crecer con una estrategia de desarrollo de mercados que no esté sujeta a una política de aprovisionamiento artesanal sino solo al mejor postor.La última opción es una alternativa distante de los principios y valores éticos de Wok, la cual originará graves riesgos a su existencia como, por ejemplo: la reducción de las ventas y la rentabilidad ocasionadas por el alejamiento de los clientes ante el impacto perjudicial en la calidad de la comida, y la pérdida de una larga identidad relacionada a la sostenibilidad. Abandonar la política de aprovisionamiento artesanal es destruir la identidad que Wok ha logrado en más de 18 años de exitoso crecimiento sostenible en el largo plazo. Se trata, en el fondo, de una nueva decisión estratégica que afectará, más que al valor de activos, al valor de mercado; un valor que se debe a la reputación hasta el 90% (Ramos 2016). Elegir otra política de aprovisionamiento es una decisión que empeorará el riesgo de supervivencia de la marca. Los resultados del análisis de las cinco fuerzas de la industria gastronómica colombiana muestran que su grado de atractividad es neutro, ello significa que la aplicación del presente plan estratégico, puede lograr que Wok obtenga utilidades moderadas en una industria en crecimiento. Respecto al análisis del perfil competitivo, en la industria en general, Crepes & Waffles es el líder del sector y Wok un retador; mientras que, en su grupo estratégico, Wok es el líder.
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Janson, Magnus, and Magnus Karlsson. "WOK : A Simulation Model for DFS and Link Adaptation in IEEE 802.11a WLAN." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2171.
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With the 1999 introduction of IEEE 802.11b, the 2.4 GHz Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) standard, the WLAN market finally began to experience the growth levels that had been expected for so long. Now, 5 GHz solutions, with the IEEE 802.11a standard leading the way, offer higher throughput and more efficient use of the spectrum. Just as the 2.4 GHz band, the 5 GHz band is unlicensed. A common concern to all unlicensed bands is interference between devices using the spectrum. Furthermore, in the 5 GHz band, WLAN cells can interfere with radar systems operating at the same frequencies.
This report describes a software model, WOK, suitable for simulations of IEEE 802.11a WLANs operating in various environments and under various ambient conditions. The WOK model can be configured extensively with respect to topology, traffic behavior, channel models, signal attenuation, interference sources and radar systems.
Further, the concepts of Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and link adaptation are explored in the context of the IEEE 802.11a standard. DFS aims to avoid channels occupied by radar systems and link adaptation aims to maximize the throughput based on current ambient conditions. A DFS algorithm and a link adaptation algorithm are implemented at the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer and evaluated using the WOK model.
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Siegel, Matthias [Verfasser]. "Speckle-interferometrische Bestimmung des WAK von Kompositen : eine in vitro-Studie / Matthias Siegel." Berlin : Medizinische Fakultät Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1070819476/34.
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Van, Wyk Martin. "Bemarkingstrategieë vir die Wes-Transvaal Besigheideenheid van Kynoch Kunsmis Bpk. / Martin van Wyk." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/145.
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MARI(ET1NG STRATEGIES FOR THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL
BUSINESS UNIT OF KYNOCH FERTILIZER LTD.
The aim of this study was to develop a marketing strategy for
a business unit of a fertilizer company, operating in the
South African agricultural market. Sales of fertilizer
declined over the last decade because of a sharp decline in
the total market size as well as the deterioration of the
financial position of the South African farmer. An overview
of the historic development and current status of the
fertilizer industry of South Africa is given, which serves as
background information to the study.
In the study the theory of strategic marketing planning and
other strategies, is discussed.
A market survey was done amongst the leading farmers in the
Western Transvaal. The purpose was to gather information on
the perceptions of farmers on the following matters:
. preferred suppliers of fertilizer; . services needed; . distribution channels; . the price of fertilizer and services; and . quality of service and which agricultural organizations
could best provide the service.
The proposed marketing strategy is aimed at the functions of
the Western Transvaal Business unit of Kynoch Fertilizer Ltd.Thesis (M.B.A.)--PU vir CHO, 1994.
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Van, Wyk Juan. "The psychological benefits of watching popular films : a qualitative analysis / Juan van Wyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/620.
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The aim of this research was to explore the subjective psychological benefits of
watching popular films. A secondary aim was to explore whether age, gender,
frequency of watching popular films and different film genres play a role in the
experience of psychological benefits. The research was an exploratory, qualitative
survey. An availability sample consisting of 50 participants from a small university
town in rural South Africa , took part. A self-compiled questionnaire was used.
Thematic content analysis, according to the guidelines provided by Berg (1998), was
applied as research method.
The psychological benefits identified by the participants can be divided into four
distinct themes namely: Learning experience, Personal growth, Affective benefits and
Creativity. Learning experience was the most frequent psychological benefit
participants noted and can be described as the stimulating effect popular films have on
the participants' ideas, perspectives and knowledge. Personal growth implies the
insight and change stimulated by the identification with characters in popular films.
Affective benefits include relaxing, entertaining, and more intense emotional
experiences. Creativity includes the stimulation of the participants' creative ideas and
fantasy as well as the aesthetical appreciation of the beauty and art in films. These
benefits concur to a large extent with what was found by another researcher.
Furthermore, these benefits were related to a number of psychological well-being
constructs.
It seems that gender plays a role specifically in the quality of Affective- and Creative
benefits. Age plays a role in benefits experienced, especially due to the difference in
developmental needs. Frequency of watching popular films plays a role to the extent
that a greater variety of psychological benefits were experienced by participants who
watch films more often. Film genre also seems important, as participants experienced
more benefits from watching Drama, comedy and Art films. The final conclusion is
that watching popular films may contribute to the subjective experience of
psychological well-being. The applicability of this in psychotherapy and in promoting
psychological well-being on a broader scale will have to be investigated in further
research.Thesis (M.A. (Clinical Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Prasad, Abhishek. "Incorporating rapid prototyping technology into the IE and MAE undergraduate curriculum at WVU." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10780.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 86 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65).
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Mearns, Howard Andrew. "Design and testing of the WVU Challenge X competition hybrid diesel electric vehicle." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10310.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 61 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61).
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Cava, Díaz Erika Juanita. "Plan estratégico de la cadena de restaurantes Wok para el período 2016-2020." Master's thesis, Universidad del Pacífico, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11354/1600.
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Wok es una cadena colombiana de restaurantes de comida oriental, venden principalmente comida tailandesa y japonesa de buena calidad y a precios accesibles. Desde la apertura de su primer local en Bogotá, en 1998, Wok ha ido incrementado sus ventas y aperturando nuevos locales. Para el año 2015, la empresa cuenta con trece restaurantes y ventas cercanas a los COP2 67.000 millones al año. Sin embargo, el crecimiento de Wok se ha visto restringido por la escasez de los ingredientes necesarios para preparar sus platillos (no disponibles en el mercado local) y su política de responsabilidad social. Para lograr su crecimiento, Wok ha venido trabajando de forma colaborativa con pequeños agricultores locales para el desarrollo de plantaciones de materias primas como la lechuga Batavia, por ejemplo; y con agro procesadoras artesanales para la elaboración de leche de coco; todo esto con el fin de disminuir la huella ambiental de su cadena de suministro, asegurar el suministro de sus insumos y contribuir con el desarrollo de las comunidades de su región. Por otro lado, viene trabajando con comunidades de pescadores artesanales para el suministro de pescado, ingrediente de principal relevancia para su carta. La cadena se ha negado a comprar productos provenientes de pescadores industriales ya que estos últimos utilizan prácticas extractivas que depredan las especies marinas, lo que no se alinea con la política de responsabilidad socio ambiental de Wok. El presente plan estratégico ha tenido como punto de partida el diagnóstico de la situación interna y externa actual de Wok, detectándose las oportunidades y amenazas a las que se enfrenta, e identificando sus recursos y capacidades, a fin de desarrollar una estrategia alineada y viable para lograr los objetivos de los socios y otros grupos de interés.