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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Convergence Theory"”.
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A Vision for the Future: A Religious Application of Symbolic Convergence Theory
… Using the tenets of Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT), this study sought to identify the prevalent fantasy themes existing in the church and also analyze the themes through quantitative measures to examine the strength of identity with the themes. Church members attended a …
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Thalhimers Department Store: Story, History, and Theory
… store through the lenses of story, history, and theory. It first introduces the intertwining narratives of the author's paternal family and the store's history, then shares the author's personal story of Thalhimers. The second half outlines the master narrative of the American department store …
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Solving an eigenvalue problem in laser simulation
… problem is discretized by finite elements, and convergence of the approximate solution is proved by using an abstract convergence theory also developed in this dissertation. This theory for the convergence of an approximate solution of a (quadratic) eigenvalue problem, which particularly can be …
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Industrialization and Korean Blue-Collar Workers (Automobile Industry, Hyundai)
… to evaluate the applicability of three theories (convergence, dependency, and cultural) dealing with the effects of industrialization upon these workers. This study embraced the developmental interpretation of convergence theory and five derived hypotheses dealing with the differential adaptation …
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Slawe, Khoekhoen en Nederlandse Pidgins aan die Kaap, ca. 1590-1720 : 'n kritiese ondersoek na die sosiohistoriese grondslae van die konvergensieteorie oor die ontstaan van Afrikaans
… of the socio-historical foundations of the Convergence theory for the genesis of Afrikaans, as developed by Hans den Besten. It is done within the theorectical framework of the study of Creole genesis as suggested by the gradualists (John Singler, Jacques Arends and Philip Baker) and the …
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A Convergence Analysis of Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms
… and tabu search. A necessary and a sufficient convergence condition for GHC algorithms are presented. The convergence conditions presented in this dissertation are based upon a new iteration classification scheme for GHC algorithms. The convergence theory for particular formulations of GHC …
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When visions converge and collide: A fantasy theme analysis of staff participation in the Patient- and Family-Centered Care initiative at the University of New Mexico Hospital
Using Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT), this study sought to determine the rhetorical vision of staff at UNM hospital about working with patients and families and comparing it to the ideal rhetorical vision that the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC) has for healthcare …
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The Sex Pistols: Punk rock as protest rhetoric
… for their content. The analysis utilizes the theory of symbolic convergence and its coinciding fantasy theme analysis along with ego-function of protest rhetoric. Through the analysis it is found that punk rock is in fact protest rhetoric as defined and explained by the theory of ego-function. …
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A Symbolic Prison: A Prisoner's Story as Masculinity Crisis Narrative in Bronson
… over other men. I use Ernest Bormann's Symbolic Convergence Theory to analyze how the film makes sense of the real life events it is based on in a way that appeals to the contemporary masculinity crisis discourse. I argue that Bronson is a notable representation of masculinity because it recounts …
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Just Between Us Girls: Discursive Spaces from America's First Gay Magazine to the World's Last Website for Queer Women, 1947-2019
… Us Girls</em> charts the diffusion of queer theory outside of the academy, using convergence theory to examine communication technologies like periodicals and the Web to argue for a conception of queer theory that includes discourse between queer women about queerness. In making this …
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Approximating cutnorm: A robust method to compute distance between dense graphs for prediction and interpretation
… Through recent advancements in dense graph theory and graph convergence, we have a new perspective on how large graphs should be considered and how the similarity of graphs should be computed. The thesis discusses the steps to approximate the distance between graphs and the integration of a …
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A blocked orthogonalization method for nonlinear regression
… Technique is also studied. Zangwill's convergence theory establishes validity of the new algorithm for the nonquadratic case while numerical examples exhibit its robustness"-- Abstract, p. ii</p>
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CrossFit (Cult)ure: a Rhetorical Analysis of Symbolic Convergence Through Digital Media
… and its implications for members. Using symbolic convergence theory (SCT) as a lens, research will utilize fantasy theme rhetorical criticism as the methodology with which these CrossFit artifacts (both Facebook posts and corresponding comments) are analyzed in order to develop a better …
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The Use of Fantasy Theme Analysis to Describe the Group Communication and Creative Problem-Solving Skills of University-Level Students as They Prepare for Destination Imagination Global Finals Competition
… also provide the kind of bonding that creates convergence in the members. The chemistry or recipe for this kind of success is difficult to pinpoint, however, and several aspects of group communication and skills, need to be re-examined using communication theory. The purpose of this study is to …
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Large-Scale Optimization Methods: Theory and Applications
… optimization problems. First, we investigate the convergence rate of the CD method with different coordinate selection rules. We present certain problem classes, for which deterministic rules provably outperform randomized rules. We quantify the amount of improvement and the corresponding …
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A new block Krylov subspace framework with applications to functions of matrices acting on multiple vectors
… acting on multiple vectors f(A)B. We obtain convergence bounds for \bfomfom (BFOM for Functions Of Matrices) and block harmonic methods (i.e., BGMRES-like methods) for matrix functions. With various numerical examples, we illustrate our theoretical results on Sh-BFOM and Sh-BGMRES. We also …
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Layer-adapted meshes for convection-diffusion problems
… of state-of-the art techniques used in the convergence analysis for various numerical methods: finite differences, finite elements and finite volumes. While for finite difference schemes applied to one-dimensional problems a rather complete convergence theory for arbitrary meshes is …
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Determinants of sales performance in insurance industry:a cross-cultural comparison between the UK and Malaysia
… (1) theoretical implications for divergence/convergence theory, Hofstede's model, Churchill's model, and (2) managerial implications for selection, training, motivation and appraisal.
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Stochastic approximation schemes for stochastic optimization and variational problems: adaptive steplengths, smoothing, and regularization
… two adaptive steplength schemes equipped with convergence theory that aim to overcome some of the reliance on user-specefi c parameters. Of these, the first scheme, referred to as a recursive steplength stochastic approximation (RSA) scheme, minimizes the error bounds to derive a rule that …
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