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Developing Sustainable Student Communities: Informal Learning And Becoming Peer, Rod Parker-Rees, Mel Joyner, Joanna Haynes Jan 2012

Developing Sustainable Student Communities: Informal Learning And Becoming Peer, Rod Parker-Rees, Mel Joyner, Joanna Haynes

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

We aimed to exploit opportunities arising from the merging of the faculties of Health and Education to explore ways of supporting students in the development of a network of sustainable communities.While there is a substantial literature on how students engage and participate in the academic cultures of HEIs and on factors which affect student retention and quality of life, less research has been focused on the relationships between what might be called the formal curriculum and the informal learning opportunities afforded by participation in a student community.In the context of the creation of the Faculty of Health, Education and Society, …

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Reflective Practice For Marine Planning: A Case Study Of Marine Nature-Based Tourism Partnerships, Claire Kelly, Stephen Essex, Gillian Glegg Jan 2012

Reflective Practice For Marine Planning: A Case Study Of Marine Nature-Based Tourism Partnerships, Claire Kelly, Stephen Essex, Gillian Glegg

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

An essential component of ecosystem-based approaches in coastal zone management and the emerging field of marine planning are partnerships and collaborations between a range of multi-sector organisations and individuals. Ensuring that partnerships are effective is a priority for those responsible for planning and management in coastal and marine environments. Current partnership evaluation approaches, however, tend to view effectiveness as the cumulative end result of a set of variables acting in a linear process at a specific point in time. Given that governance and participation are acknowledged as non-linear and multifaceted processes, more reflective and nuanced approaches that take account of …

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Measuring The Performance Of Partnerships: Why, What, How, When?, C Kelly Jan 2012

Measuring The Performance Of Partnerships: Why, What, How, When?, C Kelly

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Partnerships have become increasingly prevalent across a wide range of sectors for the delivery of services and implementation of policy. Partnerships are seen as a more effective way of delivering policy interventions than state-led or ‘top-down’ approaches. Evaluating partnership performance is therefore crucial in order to determine whether partnerships really are better than more traditional methods of policy implementation. To date, however, partnership effectiveness has often been conceptualised as cumulative; the result of a set of variables acting in a one dimensional, linear way which results in the ability (or not) of a partnership to achieve its goals. This paper …

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Eve And The Madonna In Victorian Art, Bebhinn Dungan Jan 2012

Eve And The Madonna In Victorian Art, Bebhinn Dungan

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

Abstract This study identifies and addresses representations of Eve and the Madonna exhibited at seven well-known London venues during the Victorian era (1838-1901). The subjects of Eve and the Madonna are here selected for detailed analysis from the broader context of Victorian religious subject pictures, a category of Victorian art that remains arguably under-researched. Nineteenth-century religious art was rooted in a Romantic sensibility and was invested with the purpose of providing a balm during a course, commercial industrial age, which, like the Enlightenment that preceded it, heralded the birth of modern life. Religious art of the nineteenth-century was promoted for …

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Development Of A Framework For Sustainable Repair Of Adobe Building In An Urban Area In Nigeria, Theophilus Adeyinka Shittu Jan 2012

Development Of A Framework For Sustainable Repair Of Adobe Building In An Urban Area In Nigeria, Theophilus Adeyinka Shittu

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

Building with earth is still a living practice in Nigeria most especially in the northern region. Pear shaped sun-dried earth brick (tubali) was used traditionally by the Hausa in northern Nigeria. However, the use of tubali has ceased to exist in favour of the adobe blocks in both the urban and rural settlements in Nigeria. Sabon Gari, the study area is one of the urban areas in this region with buildings constructed with adobe. However, these adobe buildings are in deplorable conditions and in dire need of repair. Sabon Gari in Kaduna was selected as the thesis’ study area because …

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The Grammar Of Glamour, I Rae Jan 2012

The Grammar Of Glamour, I Rae

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

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Moon Vehicle: Reflections From An Artist-Led Children's Workshop On The Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft's Mission To The Moon, J Griffin Jan 2012

Moon Vehicle: Reflections From An Artist-Led Children's Workshop On The Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft's Mission To The Moon, J Griffin

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This article reflects on the journey to the Moon of the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 as it was interpreted through an artist-led workshop. The workshop participants were a group of children who lived close to where Chandrayaan was built and some of the engineers and scientists responsible for creating the spacecraft. Insights from the workshop show how a mission to the Moon draws on both the technological and the imaginative; they also have bearing on the relative agency of these individuals to contribute to the Moon missions in ways that are personally meaningful to them.

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Moving Image Production And The Pedagogical Development Of Media Literacy, K Parker, L French, S Moore Jan 2012

Moving Image Production And The Pedagogical Development Of Media Literacy, K Parker, L French, S Moore

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

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Making Glass, K Parker, S Moore Jan 2012

Making Glass, K Parker, S Moore

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

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Sustainability Of Solid Brick Walls With Retrofitted External Hemp-Lime Insulation, R Griffiths, S Goodhew Jan 2012

Sustainability Of Solid Brick Walls With Retrofitted External Hemp-Lime Insulation, R Griffiths, S Goodhew

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

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The Socio-Temporary In Architecture: Territories Of Second-Order Cybernetics, S Murrani Jan 2012

The Socio-Temporary In Architecture: Territories Of Second-Order Cybernetics, S Murrani

School of Art, Design and Architecture

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Drawing Into Knowing: A Natural History, Sm Black, L Imperatore Jan 2012

Drawing Into Knowing: A Natural History, Sm Black, L Imperatore

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Co-presentation w/ Lynn Imperatore. ABSTRACT Whether drawing commences in strategic suspension of cognition or from a posture that seeks deeper recognition of the considered object, this research pair share a method of practice that employs the drawn line to trace paths commencing outward from acknowledged deficiencies of information. Both view drawing as tool for exploration; a kind of raw material of thought-made-visible in marks that nibble away at preconception and other barriers to knowledge. The resultant records of such active thinking reveal discoveries to both the artists and a wider audience. A practice-based drawing project was devised in order to …

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Investigating E-Commerce Adoption In Small And Medium-Sized Tourism Enterprises: A Case Of Travel Agents In Egypt, Mohamed Ahmed Abd-Elraouf Abou-Shouk Jan 2012

Investigating E-Commerce Adoption In Small And Medium-Sized Tourism Enterprises: A Case Of Travel Agents In Egypt, Mohamed Ahmed Abd-Elraouf Abou-Shouk

Plymouth Business School Theses

SMEs are often described as slow adopters of technology. However, adopting e-commerce is one of many strategies taken by travel agents to re-intermediate themselves in the global travel market against the threat of disintermediation. Exploratory studies have revealed that Egyptian travel agents are laggards when it comes to technology adoption, although they perceive e-commerce as a beneficial tool that can increase their chances of survival. As many as 59.2% of Egyptian travel agents were found not to have websites (Egyptian Travel Agents Association, 2008), this study investigates the factors affecting e-commerce adoption by travel agents. Past literature has shown that …

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Developing Strategic Information System Planning Model In Libya Organisations, Esam Osman Jan 2012

Developing Strategic Information System Planning Model In Libya Organisations, Esam Osman

Plymouth Business School Theses

This quantitative research study investigated the impact of organisational context on the process and success of strategic IS planning (SISP) in post-implementation information systems in Libyan organisations. A set of direct and indirect relationships were investigated in the research model. The organisational context presented as a contingent situational variable mediated by SISP process and predicted by SISP success (the criterion variable). The causality of the relationship set was developed from the contingency theory of information systems and supported by fit models in strategic management research. The study deployed multivariate analysis represented in the structural equation modelling (SEM) to develop robust …

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Multi-Level Elections In Western Europe: Determinants Of Voting And The Role Of Salience., Jeremy Johns Jan 2012

Multi-Level Elections In Western Europe: Determinants Of Voting And The Role Of Salience., Jeremy Johns

Plymouth Business School Theses

Previous comparative research into the determinants of voting using aggregate data has suffered from two limitations: it relied predominantly on country-level data; and it seldom ventured beyond a consideration of one or two types of elections. In order to overcome these shortcomings, we use an original dataset in which data are aggregated to sub-national units; and include examples of national, sub-national, and supra-national elections. A total of 66 elections between 1995 and 2008 are included, drawn from ten Western European countries: Belgium, England, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. For each country, the same sub-national geographical …

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North Korea: Transport And Logistics Scenarios And South Korean Enterprises' Location Decisions, Kelvin Ka Liong Pang Jan 2012

North Korea: Transport And Logistics Scenarios And South Korean Enterprises' Location Decisions, Kelvin Ka Liong Pang

Plymouth Business School Theses

North Korea is one of the world’s last remaining communist countries. Insistence on self-sufficiency has resulted in the stagnation of its economy and collapse of its transport distribution system. This research project examines how various scenarios for North Korea and the implications of South Korean enterprises’ location decisions affect future transport and logistics developments in North Korea. In the foreseeable future, aside from Chinese companies, South Korean investors will probably be the only companies to invest heavily in the North, driven by political and economic motivations. The objectives of this study are four-fold. Firstly, it analyses the political and economic …

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An Empirical Study Into Uk Customer Expectations Of Dining Out In Relation To Meal Cost, Christina Westhead Jan 2012

An Empirical Study Into Uk Customer Expectations Of Dining Out In Relation To Meal Cost, Christina Westhead

Plymouth Business School Theses

The continued growth of the UK dining out industry, and the unceasing trend in popularity for customers to spend time and money eating outside the home, has led to an increase in the number of dining out establishments, and competition between businesses. Although there have been studies examining aspects of the restaurant industry and food consumption outside the home, very little research has looked specifically at customer expectations. Therefore, this thesis examines customer expectations associated with the meal experience in relation to the varying costs of dining out opportunities. In addition, the study reflects on customers’ socio-economic characteristics combined with …

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‘Implicit Creation’ – Non-Programmer Conceptual Models For Authoring In Interactive Digital Storytelling, Ulrike Martina Spierling Jan 2012

‘Implicit Creation’ – Non-Programmer Conceptual Models For Authoring In Interactive Digital Storytelling, Ulrike Martina Spierling

Plymouth Business School Theses

Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS) constitutes a research field that emerged from several areas of art, creation and computer science. It inquires technologies and possible artefacts that allow ‘highly-interactive’ experiences of digital worlds with compelling stories. However, the situation for story creators approaching ‘highly-interactive’ storytelling is complex. There is a gap between the available technology, which requires programming and prior knowledge in Artificial Intelligence, and established models of storytelling, which are too linear to have the potential to be highly interactive. This thesis reports on research that lays the ground for bridging this gap, leading to novel creation philosophies in future …

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Mirizzi's Syndrome Masquerading As Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sameer Ur Rehman Jan 2012

Mirizzi's Syndrome Masquerading As Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sameer Ur Rehman

Department of Surgery Docs

Introduction: Mirizzi's syndrome is a rarely observed disorder that presents with obstructive jaundice. The condition is caused by a stone impacted in the gall bladder neck or cystic duct that impinges on the common hepatic duct, with or without a cholecystocholedochal fistula. The condition is often confused with other serious conditions such as hilar cholangiocarcinoma, which present with similar clinical and imaging findings, and a pre-operative diagnosis may be a serious challenge.CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 44-year-old Asian man with Mirizzi's syndrome who was initially diagnosed as having cholangiocarcinoma based on his clinical presentation, raised cancer antigen …

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Sigmoid Volvulus In Pregnancy And Puerperium: A Surgical And Obstetric Catastrophe Report Of A Case And Review Of The World Literature, Muhammad R. Khan, Sameer Ur Rehman Jan 2012

Sigmoid Volvulus In Pregnancy And Puerperium: A Surgical And Obstetric Catastrophe Report Of A Case And Review Of The World Literature, Muhammad R. Khan, Sameer Ur Rehman

Department of Surgery Docs

Sigmoid volvulus is a rare surgical complication occurring in pregnancy and puerperium. Only 84 cases of sigmoid volvulus in pregnancy have been reported in the English literature so far. We have reviewed the available literature on this subject and present another case recently managed at our institution. The available literature suggests that over the years, there has been an improvement in the maternal and fetal outcome for this critical condition, but delay in presentation and a further delay in diagnosis remain a challenge for the treating physicians. Our patient was a 30-week pregnant lady, who presented late with 6days history …

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Trends And Challenges In Lawyer Regulation: The Impact Of Globalization And Technology, Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon Jan 2012

Trends And Challenges In Lawyer Regulation: The Impact Of Globalization And Technology, Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon

Fordham Law Review

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Adopting Regulatory Objectives For The Legal Profession, Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon Jan 2012

Adopting Regulatory Objectives For The Legal Profession, Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Claude Pajon (1626-1685) And The Academy Of Saumur., Albert J. Gootjes Jan 2012

Claude Pajon (1626-1685) And The Academy Of Saumur., Albert J. Gootjes

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

This thesis examines the life, writings and polemics of Claude Pajon (1626-1685) throughout the first so-called Pajonist controversy (1665-1667). Previous scholarship situated him in the context of a development it saw within the theology originating from the Academy of Saumur and passing from John Cameron (ca. 1579-1625), through Moïse Amyraut (1596- 1664), and then to Pajon. This study argues that this trajectory needs revision. Pajon developed a theory of grace which denied the necessity of an immediate, internal work of the Holy Spirit on either intellect or will, preceding the mediate work through the Word and other means. To characterize …

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In Defense Of Leibniz's Theodicy, Nathan A. Jacobs Jan 2012

In Defense Of Leibniz's Theodicy, Nathan A. Jacobs

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

G. W. Leibniz professes a commitment to historical Christian theism, but the depth and orthodoxy of his commitment has been questioned throughout the past three centuries. In this project I defend both the cogency and the orthodoxy of Leibniz’s philosophical theology and, by extension, its application to the Christian task of theodicy. At the heart of this defense is the central claim of this project, namely, that Leibniz’s philosophical theology represents a traditional brand of Augustinianism. In short, I argue that Leibniz’s theodicy is not his own, but is the tacit claim of a longstanding theological tradition made explicit and …

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Journeying To The God Who Is Here: John Baillie's Theology Of Revelation In The Context Of His Life And Thought, Jessica Edwards Maddox Jan 2012

Journeying To The God Who Is Here: John Baillie's Theology Of Revelation In The Context Of His Life And Thought, Jessica Edwards Maddox

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Scottish Presbyterian theologian John Baillie (1886-1960) was a significant theologian and scholar who thoughtfully took up throughout his career the questions of how and why we know God. This dissertation shows that Baillie’s unique contribution to the theology of revelation in the idea of the mediated immediacy of God’s presence plays a formative role in the rest of his theology and is valuable for a Reformed theological engagement of twenty-first century theology. Throughout his career Baillie made several offerings relevant to this area of study, most notably Our Knowledge of God (1939), which has been considered Baillie’s most original work. …

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The Antitheses (Matthew 5:21-48) In The Sermon On The Mount: Moral Precepts Revealed In Scripture And Binding On All People, Amos Winarto Oei Jan 2012

The Antitheses (Matthew 5:21-48) In The Sermon On The Mount: Moral Precepts Revealed In Scripture And Binding On All People, Amos Winarto Oei

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

While many may agree that the Sermon on the Mount is the epitome of Jesus' ethics, many also recognize that the Sermon is often a riddle. The vastness and variety of literature demonstrates that the interpretation of the Sermon is subject to many disagreements. At the heart of the Sermon of the Mount, the antitheses (Matthew 5:21-48) become one source of polemics in the study of the Sermon. The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the scholarship of the Sermon on the Mount by addressing two problems in the study of the antitheses. The first concerns the nature …

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Evaluation Of Knowledgeworkx's Cultural Mapping And Navigation Assessment : A Cultural Self-Awareness Instrument, Beth A. Yoder Jan 2012

Evaluation Of Knowledgeworkx's Cultural Mapping And Navigation Assessment : A Cultural Self-Awareness Instrument, Beth A. Yoder

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This exploratory and original research project examined the Cultural Mapping & Navigation Assessment (CMN) in order to evaluate it as an intercultural training tool. This instrument was designed by KnowledgeWorkx's multicultural team to assist people in understanding cultural dimensions and developing cultural self-awareness, which are foundational to a person developing intercultural competence. The instrument was evaluated in several ways. The theoretical constructs being measured were reviewed in the literature. The questions used in the CMN were subjected to multilingual and multicultural reviewers and the instrument was statistically analyzed for reliability and validity. Based on that data, changes were made and …

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أهمية استخدام نظام محاسبة التكاليف على أساس الأنشطة ( Abc ) في الشركات الصناعية العراقية: دراسة تطبيقية في الشركة العامة للزيوت النباتية (مصنع المأمون), قاسم محمد عبدالله Jan 2012

أهمية استخدام نظام محاسبة التكاليف على أساس الأنشطة ( Abc ) في الشركات الصناعية العراقية: دراسة تطبيقية في الشركة العامة للزيوت النباتية (مصنع المأمون), قاسم محمد عبدالله

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

هدفت الدراسة الى التعرف على مدى مقومات تطبيق نظام ABC في بيئة الشركات الصناعية العراقية / شركة الزيوت النباتية (مصنع المأمون) لغرض تطبيق نموذج جديد لحساب تكاليف الشركات كبديل عن الانظمة التقليدية المعمول بها حالياً وان هذه الطريقة تسمى حساب ” التكاليف المبنية على الانشطة ” ولقد اثبتت الطريقة الحديثة جدوى عالية وقدرة فائقة على وصف الواقع بطريقة ادق من الطرق التقليدية مما يسهل من الاجراءات المناسبة لتقليل التكلفة والتحكم بها . أظهرت نتائج الدراسة ان استخدام نظام ABC سيساعد في استبعاد الانشطة غير المجدية التي لا تضيف اي قيمة للمنتج النهائي وعدم ضمان دقة احتساب التكاليف . ان اهم …

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معايير المحاسبة الحكومية الدولية وأهميتها في تطويوالنظام المحاسبي الحكومي في العراق(بحث مستل), إبراهيم محمد علي الجزراوي Jan 2012

معايير المحاسبة الحكومية الدولية وأهميتها في تطويوالنظام المحاسبي الحكومي في العراق(بحث مستل), إبراهيم محمد علي الجزراوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

إن معايير المحاسبة الحكومية الدولية كمتغير حديث في النظم المحاسبية الحكومية يمكن أن تساهم في تطوير النظام المحاسبي الحكومي في العراق وإن اعتماد هذه المعايير يتطلب إتباع أساس الاستحقاق المحاسبي. تتحدد مشكلة البحث بان مستخدمو المعلومات المحاسبية الحكومية يواجه مشكلة الحصول على المعلومات الملائمة والموثوقة التي توفر الشفافية المطلوبة لتحقيق المساءلة والرقابة واتخاذ القرارات، أن مصدر مثل هذه المعلومات هو نظام المعلومات المحاسبي الحكومي الذي يلبي المتطلبات التي تفرضها معايير المحاسبة الحكومية الدولية التي جاءت كأحد متطلبات تطوير نظم المعلومات المحاسبية الحكومية . ويهدف البحث إلى بيان دور معايير المحاسبة الحكومية الدولية قي تطوير النظام المحاسبي الحكومي في العراق من …

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مدى ملائمة النظام المحاسبي الفندقي لمتطلبات نظام التحاسب الضريبي (دراسة تطبيقي فندق الديار السياحي), ناظم حسن عبد السيد Jan 2012

مدى ملائمة النظام المحاسبي الفندقي لمتطلبات نظام التحاسب الضريبي (دراسة تطبيقي فندق الديار السياحي), ناظم حسن عبد السيد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يشهد قطاع السياحة بنشاطاته المختلفة تطورا وأهتمامآ ملحوظا، وتعد الصناعة الفندقية من أهم الفعاليات السياحية عالميا وهذا ناتج من مساهمتها في اقتصاديات الدول من حيث المساهمة في الدخل المحلي وتحصيل العملات الأجنبية.يهدف البحث إلى عرض نظام محاسبي فندقي يتلاءم مع نظام التحاسب الضريبي فضلا عن التعريف بمفهوم المحاسبة الفندقية والعلاقة بين المحاسبة والضريبة ، ويختتم الباحث عمله بمجموعة من الاستنتاجات والتوصيات .

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