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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"critical knowledge"”.
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CBPsp: complex business processes for stream processing
… guidelines, are defined at build-time while critical knowledge found in the definition of business processes are used to support their enactment for stream analysis. Four major research contributions are delivered. The first contribution enables the definition and enactment of complex …
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Thoughts on Architecture…
… elements and photography became a base of knowledge from which to begin. The range of ideas presented were the result of a line of inquiry that became this thesis. Quality is not inherent in an object. It must be expressed through the ideas by which it was created. In the same respect, this …
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JAZZ’S HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS: BETWEEN CALIBAN AND COLTRANE CRITICAL IMPROVISATIONAL PEDAGOGY AS PRAGMATIC POLITICS
… and creative American democracy, this normative critical theory and pedagogy is part of a multi-pronged approach to radical democratic reform. Building on theories of humanistic prophetic pragmatism, critical pedagogy, and democratic theory, and suffused with critical race feminism, this critical …
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ZERO TRUST ARCHITECTURE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE MARINE CORPS TACTICAL CLOUD
A critical knowledge gap exists in the Department of Defense (DOD) zero trust architecture (ZTA) implementation strategy. The majority of published academic research and technical documentation focuses on maturing zero trust (ZT) capabilities for enterprise networks without any detailed analysis on …
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Role of vascular remodeling in the accumulation, clearance, and biodistribution of biomolecular factors in melanoma
… to improve disease outcomes and is the critical knowledge gap this thesis seeks to fill. The central hypothesis is that tumor vascular remodeling redirects the organism-wide exposure of SF secreted locally within the tumor microenvironment, which may negatively contribute to disease …
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BETWEEN HARSHA AND HARIRA: MOROCCAN WOMEN’S RELATIONSHIPS TO FOOD AND KITCHENSPACE
… negotiate gender identity and where specialized knowledge (concerning food and gender) is applied, shared, and transferred from one generation to the next. Critical knowledge concerning gender and identity is communicated through food and food systems. This thesis explores key questions …
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BETWEEN HARSHA AND HARIRA: MOROCCAN WOMEN’S RELATIONSHIPS TO FOOD AND KITCHENSPACE
… negotiate gender identity and where specialized knowledge (concerning food and gender) is applied, shared, and transferred from one generation to the next. Critical knowledge concerning gender and identity is communicated through food and food systems. This thesis explores key questions …
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Lowell as a Critic of the Major English Poets
… I have come a little closer that great body of critical knowledge by this examination of one of its members.
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Multiscale computational modeling of nanofluidic transport
… these techniques. In this study, we address this critical knowledge gap by adapting multiscale computational modeling to better understand the mechanisms of intrinsic molecular interaction in nanofluidic applications. We performed ab initio molecular dynamics to study the nanoscale solvation …
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Pre- and Post-Disaster Remote Sensing with Drones for Supporting Disaster Management
… disaster management. The first study provides a critical review of drone-based remote sensing in natural hazard-related disasters to highlight research trends, biases, and expose new opportunities. Recommendations for future research include a greater focus on demonstrating and evaluating …
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Strengthening of cold-formed steel channels using different reinforcing options and innovative connections
… systems and built-up box sections, offering critical data to support their practical application in engineering projects. Furthermore, axial tests on telescopic studs and swaged sections were conducted to address installation challenges commonly encountered in real-world scenarios. Through …
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Enduring intersectional precarity: A history of resistance by women informal traders in Harare (Zimbabwe), c. 1965 to 2022
… in a growing industry of informal trade, expands critical knowledge on gender, crises, informality and survival in Africa. The thesis argues that women informal entrepreneurs were not waiting to be rescued; they were astute economic actors who built alternative resilient economies, adapting …
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Investigating the Role of Standing Blood Pressure Measurement and the Association Between High-Density Lipoprotein and Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Pre-Hypertensive Humans
… (HTN) and dyslipidemia. Despite this, there are critical knowledge gaps related to 1) obtaining an accurate clinical assessment of blood pressure (BP), and 2) the mechanisms by which dyslipidemia evoke enhanced cardiometabolic disease risk. Specifically, this dissertation aimed to 1) investigate …
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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Engagement Systems (G) Department Development of a Plan to Maintain, Expand, and Create Corporate Knowledge
… nurture, modify, transfer or terminate a Knowledge Management (KM) practice. Different aspects of an organization influence the capability to create and retain knowledge. Understanding the factors and the environment of the KM problem in an organization is essential for a successful plan …
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'Shadowy Copies'? Film Adaptations of the Second Austrian Republic
… spot. This study aims to address this gap in critical knowledge, reviewing the potential function of filmic adaptations within the field of Austrian studies. Through five case studies of canonical works of post-war Austrian literature, this thesis sets out to establish adaptation both as a …
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Regeneration of fire-adapted species in the Sierra Nevada contingent upon repeated fuel treatments and available soil moisture
… stand trajectories over time, yet this remains a critical knowledge gap in forest management. Here, we leveraged a long-term study of repeated fuel treatments in the Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest type to examine the regeneration response of six native tree species to repeated applications of …
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A STUDY OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS REFUGEES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERRUPTED EDUCATION AND TRAUMA
… and postmigration experiences to generate critical knowledge about the challenges they continue to face and how the school site has arranged to support their success. The study can serve as a resource to understand how to help refugee students enculturate into a new educational setting. The …
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A knowledge management framework to support the automotive systems engineering lifecycle
… manufacturing are highly reliant on the valuable knowledge and experience embedded within company ICT systems, processes, documents and employees. However, current knowledge management strategies are not well suited to effectively capture all the new Systems Engineering (SE) knowledge generated …
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On Foot: Pathways Through Contemporary Literature
… geographic, autobiographic, and historical knowledge. At the same time, these insistently and unsettlingly hybrid fictions also reconfigure the boundaries of genre, encouraging a theoretical and aesthetic reorientation of literary-critical knowledge guided by metaphors of spatial and …
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Producing Bodies, Knowledge, and Community in Everyday Civilian Struggle over Surveillance
… and others, assert social power, construct critical knowledge, and pursue justice. Applying Abu Lughod's (1990) insight "where there is resistance, there is power," I then study how civilians enact urban civil life through their interactions with police, recognizing a <em>collective …
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