Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"Intended purpose."”.
-
An analysis of the proposed annual mark-to-market taxation of the capital gains of long-term insurance policyholders
… mark-to-market proposal is evaluated against its intended purpose. The intended purpose is understood to be the collection by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) of capital gains tax (CGT) which has been 'effectively withheld' from policyholders by the insurer. Having gained an understanding …
-
Framing a Validity Argument for Test Use and Impact: The Malaysian Public Service Experience
… as proposed by Kane worked well for the intended purpose of the study despite some drawbacks. These included the demands for comprehensiveness and the multitude of evidence needed in order to evaluate the strength of the validity argument for examining test use and impact and whether …
-
Identification of environmental determinants of behavior disorders through functional analysis of precursor behaviors
… many of these methods fall short of their intended purpose. The current study attempted to assess dangerous problem behavior through a functional assessment of functionally related precursor behaviors during analog sessions. Results indicate that for three participants, placing the …
-
“I’m Not Lost . . . I Meant to be Here!”
… view and experiences – factual and fiction. The intended purpose is not to make the reader think, act, or change any of his beliefs, it is simply meant to entertain him in a world that often offers few risk-free entertainments. It is hoped that the reader will be just as ignorant when he turns …
-
From PDAS to T-TESS : a single descriptive case study of public-school principals and their experiences with the practicality of implementing T-TESS as intended.
… implementing the T-TESS evaluation instrument as intended? All three participants described T-TESS as practical; however, the three shared the need for consistent, systematic, and frequent district level support. The study, conducted to examine principals' experiences in implementing T-TESS, …
-
Emerging trends of the owner-contractor relationship for capital facility projects: from the contractor perspective
… completion of a capital facility project. The intended purpose of this research is to provide the contractor-owner organizations with current trends and possible recommendations for future decision making which will help to enhance the performance of firms as they work more closely with one …
-
A quantified approach to the functional longevity of Geosynthetic Rolled Erosion Control Products (GRECPS)
… and design life due to their composition and intended purpose. The coverage and durability of the GRECP are fundamental properties that can predict performance and fitness for use. Both coverage and durability will degrade over the design life of the GRECP to the point that fitness for use is …
-
An Evaluation of a School District’s Mental Health Services Program Designed to Ensure a Safe and Positive Learning Environment for All
… mental health services for students. The intended purpose of this evaluation was to study the implementation of strength-based performance standards in one school district’s mental health training for all individuals preparing to work in a school-based environment. The context of my …
-
An examination of the inadequacy of the wording of the damage claim provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, resulting in interpretative legal difficulties as revealed by claims stemming from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
… (US) waters. The provision was drafted with the purpose of facilitating a predictable and just outcome for claimants against such a responsible party. The central argument of this dissertation is that the intended purpose is undermined by difficulties in interpreting certain of these provisions, …
-
A Multidimensional Leadership Model For Rural Community College Presidents
… college presidents was conducted with the intended purpose of understanding what dimensions of leadership emerge from rural community college presidents during times of sustained financial distress. Unexpectedly, the presidents pointed the study's discussions to insights much broader than …
-
Development and Validation of a Battery of Emotionally Evocative Film Clips for Use with Young Children
… were also rated by trained coders blind to the intended purpose of the clips. We identified clips that successfully elicited the target emotion more so than nontarget emotions according to both coder ratings and child self-report. Associations between reactivity to the clips and child age and …
-
Patterns in dynamics
… of this computational topology tool beyond its intended purpose. In particular we apply persistence to data generated by dynamical systems. The application of persistent homology to the circle map will lead us to rediscover the well-known result about the distribution of points in the orbit of …
-
Passage Route Survival and Behavior of Juvenile Salmon at Priest Rapids Dam, Columbia River, WA
… fish. The Priest Rapids Fish Bypass served its intended purpose by reducing the anthropogenic footprint of this hydroelectric facility on migrating juvenile salmon, which will aid the potential recovery of Columbia River salmon.
-
Evolving circuits on a field programmable analog array using genetic programming
… advances in the field of Evolvable Hardware, the intended purpose of GPIC is to automate the design of analog circuits with minimal domain knowledge, computational resources, and cost using Genetic Programming with candidate solutions implemented in real hardware. This system has been constructed …
-
Lincoln: Reformer or Revolutionary? An Analysis of Lincoln's Legacy as Compared to the Political Ideals of the Amerian Revolution
… fell short of that success. Although noble in purpose, the Fourteenth Amendment failed to achieve its intended purpose and inadvertently altered the American political system from the Union Lincoln strove to preserve. The unintended effects of the Fourteenth Amendment marked a strong departure …
-
WHAT IF THEY WERE RIGHT? TITLE IX AND THE AIAW’S PHILOSOPHY OF COACHING AND ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION.
… into law in the United States in 1972, its intended purpose was to guarantee equal opportunity for women in educational settings. In collegiate athletics Title IX quickly became a battle ground. It became a battle ground over how to increase the number of female collegiate athletes without …
-
The Photographic Lens of Lewis Wickes Hine and the Spaces In Between Progressive, Documentary, and Artistic Photography
… and significance beyond the original created or intended purpose. Hine’s photographs, written works, and correspondence serve as sites of investigation of spaces in which he deviated from or held to Progressive ideologies. The totality of these spaces within Hine’s work pushes beyond previous …
-
Benefit-sharing of proceeds from minerals: a legal analysis of the shortfalls of Tanzania's new Mining Laws and Regulations on Beneficiation
… Tanzania continuously fails to realise the intended purpose of the new mining laws and regulations, particularly in respect of benefit sharing. The bottom line is that this country fails to acquire a fair share of its mineral resource benefits. This dissertation argues that the beneficiation …
-
Optimizing clinical trials with Open Trial Chain
… data ownership (data is only used once for the intended purpose, raw data is never leaked, the value generated from the data is transferred to the owner). This thesis surveys the challenges unique to clinical trials, and highlights the various methods for privacy-preserving computation prior to …
-
Essays on Local Political Economy in Brazil and the United States
… earmarked public revenues are spent on their intended purpose has a long history in the academic literature. Theory suggests that earmarks should not matter since budget authorities can always shuffle money between accounts. However, empirical studies often find that much of marginal earmarked …
Page 1 of 5