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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Formation Theory"”.
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Market power and transportation price formation: Theory and an application to the captive shipper problem
… model of bulk commodity transportation price formation. The spatial transportation price model is first developed for the monopolist carrier. Then the model is extended to quantity-setting and price-setting duopolist carriers under incomplete cross-hauling. Measures developed from the market …
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Some Formation Problems for Linear Elastic Materials
… to certain actuator structures considered in formation theory. The invariance of the strain-energy under the transformation from rectangular to spherical coordinates is then established for use in two specific formation problems. The first problem, involving an elastic structure with a …
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Children's friendship choice and classroom dimensionality
"Ability perception formation theory argues that classroom organization affects students' conception of (academic) ability. This study examines whether classroom organization affects peer relationships. Thirty two classrooms in four elementary schools were categorized into uni- and …
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The structure and spatial distribution of dark matter halos
… of dark matter halo carry a wealth of information regarding its evolution history and environment. In particular, I study halo assembly bias, which refers to the assembly history dependence of spatial clustering for dark matter halos at fixed mass, using observational and cosmological …
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The Impact of Sports Fanship on Person Perception
… research involving the framework of impression formation theory, this study was designed to explore the impact of expressed sports preferences on perceptions of peers. Respondents (n=332) were presented with a questionnaire depicting male and female peers in various sports tee-shirts to examine …
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High repetition rate fiber lasers
… laser are first developed. Intra-cavity soliton formation is recognized as the optimum route towards achieving high fundamental repetition rates compact lasers, under the limitation of realistically available pump power. A 3 GHz fundamentally mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser is developed and …
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Planet formation and evolution in our Solar System and beyond
… This thesis addresses questions in planet formation theory arising from both sets of observations. We begin with an investigation into the observed diversity of super-Earth bulk densities, which range from being consistent with a terrestrial composition to requiring an extended …
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Surface tension and electroporation of lipid bilayers
… used and developed. From aqueous pore formation theory, electroporation behavior is known to be largely dictated by surface energy. We hypothesize that this surface energy can be described by separate head and tail components of the lipid molecules, which can be obtained experimentally. …
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"You Can't Put People In One Category Without Any Shades of Gray:" A Study of Native American, Black, Asian, Latino/a and White Multiracial Identity
… Using Michael Omi and Howard Winant's racial formation theory as the framework, I argue that a racial project termed biracialism, defined as the increase in the levels of autonomy in self identification, holds the potential to contribute to transformations in racial understandings in U.S. …
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Problematizing discourses of feminicide in Guatemala : feminist universalism, neoliberal subject formation and hypervisibility
… waged. Intersectionality and a gendered racial formation theory provide a more nuanced basis from which to undertake an analysis of gender violence and feminicide, and the grounds for devising effective long-term strategies for ending violence in its myriad forms. Second, I argue that the …
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Measuring and managing social, economic and environmental outcomes in the English social housing sector
… a conceptual framework that combines a programme theory approach (realist evaluation) with an implementation theory formation (Theory of Change), within the analytic framework provided by the ‘public value’ paradigm. The thesis concludes by specifying a model for the implementation of social …
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Modelling the star formation histories of nearby elliptical galaxies
… in the literature purporting to give the star formation history of a galaxy, or group of galaxies, where this is deduced from Lick observations taken from a single instrument, without separate verification from at least one other source. Within these limitations, this thesis also constrains the …
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WE ARE WHAT WE SPEAK: AN AFROCENTRIC ANALYSIS OF THE MANIFESTATION AND IMPACT OF AGENCY REDUCING IDENTITIES FOUND ON INSTAGRAM
Michael Tillotson’s Agency Reduction Formation theory is designed to expose, situate, and explain ideological trends that are intended to compel African people to distance themselves from their collective identity (Tillotson 2011, 62). Identity provides African people the internal construction to …
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Dialogic Convergences of Spatiality, Racial Identity, and the American Cultural Imagination
… spaces. Using foundational concepts of racial formation theory, spatial theory, and close-reading analytical techniques, I track some of the effects and consequences of this relationship as illuminated by each of this project’s main texts. Firstly, Nella Larsen’s Harlem Renaissance-era novel …
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An investigation into the phenological and morphological integration of German loanwords into Oshiwambo
… study adopted the Natural Generative Phonology theory which was propagated by Hopper (1976) and the general word formation theory as the theoretical framework. The loanwords were transcribed for phonological and morphological analysis. It was evident that there were lots of vowel and consonant …
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Multiple Roles: The Conflicted Realities of Community College Mission Statements
… statement serves to clarify goals and guide the formation of strategies. However, little empirical evidence exists validating that mission statements actually improve the performance of organizations, even though regional accrediting commissions in higher education include mission statement and …
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The Role of Care Practices, Mutual Aid, and Racial Formation in Black Newcomer Practitioners’ Lived Experience Within Organizations: A Critical Qualitative Inquiry
… social service sector. The study uses racial formation theory (Omi & Winant, 2014) to conceptualize how participants experienced their racial identity formation and how racism shapes their personal and professional roles. The study also employed a Black feminist theoretical lens to understand …
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Understanding the Earliest Stages of High-mass Star Formation
High-mass star formation, contrary to its low-mass counterpart, remains poorly understood. This project aims to constrain the mechanisms driving the formation of OB stars and their precursors with the analysis of two main fields: Aquila, observed by the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter …
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The properties of transiting exoplanets
… a current challenge to the core accretion planet formation theory, and therefore, a significant population of these worlds would support gravitational instability being a more dominant formation process. Finally, I linked TESS targets of interest to catalogues of archival radial velocity spectra. …
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The Terracotta Altars of Morgantina: A Study of the Form, Production, Use, and Development of Arulae from Hellenistic Sicily
… treatment has been published, and critical information about their use has not been securely established. As a result, arulae have not been fully incorporated into research on Hellenistic religion, and assertions about their ritual function remain conjectural. This study focuses on the …
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