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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"forms of control"”.
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Classical and quantum control in nanosystems
The central claim of this thesis is that nanoscale devices offer a platform to study and demonstrate new forms of control over both quantum and classical degrees of freedom in solid-state systems. To support this claim, I present a series of theoretical discussions that demonstrate how static …
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Practical modelling and control implementation studies on a pH neutralization process pilot plant
In recent years the industrial application of advanced control techniques for the process industries has become more demanding, mainly due to the increasing complexity of the processes themselves as well as to enhanced requirements in terms of product quality and environmental factors. Therefore …
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Diasporic connectivity and patriarchal formations in the sex trafficking of women
… explores diasporic connectivities and formations of patriarchy in the cross-border sex trafficking of women in the United Kingdom. The function of heteronormativity in the trafficking process is also a key concern. This is a multi-methods study, drawing on interviews with experts in the field of …
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Chionodes mediofuscella (Clemens) (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae), an indigenous insect infesting the seeds of giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida L.) (Compositae)
… throughout the eastern and central portions of North America. The greatest concentration of this species occurs along the drainage areas bordering the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. This plant is an annual, and reproduces solely by seeds. These seeds undergo primary and secondary dormancy, …
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Exceptional tunings: controlling urban events
This thesis is about space, law and control: how their relationship unfolds in the contemporary city, and how normative orderings emerge out of the urban mess, with particular attention to how this occurs in the extraordinary spatio-temporal context of mega events. The work is premised on the …
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Occupation Law and Paradigms of Control
This thesis analyses the notion of control in the law of military occupation. It addresses the following research question: what does control denote and what are its implications for military occupation? More specifically, it demonstrates that in present-day occupations, control as such occurs in …
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Global Wreckage and Consumer Illusions: Responses to the Human Effects of Economic Globalization in Sub-Saharan African Francophone Novels and Films, 1973-2006
<p>My study examines a group of nine novels and films set in Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon and Gabon written and produced between 1973 and 2006 in which "the West" and its international finance network are depicted as the fundamental contemporary world power that wields a destructive …
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Dynamics of Spin and Charge of Color Centers in Diamond under Cryogenic Conditions
… physics experimentation. The NV center also offers long coherence times and versatile spin-dependent fluorescent properties, making it an ideal candidate for a nanoscale magnetometer. Furthermore, multi-color excitation offers deterministic charge state manipulation. While ambient operation …
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Trainers by design : a case study of inter-firm learning, institution building and local governance in western Mexico
Studies of international economic development often feature the competitive gains from inter-firm cooperation. By cooperating, firms within a region can draw on their collective resources and experience to test out new production processes and techniques; share the risks associated with system-wide …
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The Evolution of Evidence-Based Treatment for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators
This commentary summarises the evolution of evidence-based treatment approaches for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators from the point of view of a treatment provider who has sought to expand his knowledge of IPV through undertaking a number of research studies and academics reviews in …
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Nonlinear UAV Flight Control Using Command Filtered Backstepping
<p>The aim of this effort is to <em>implement</em> a nonlinear flight control architecture, specifically flight path control via command filtered backstepping, for use in AME UAS's Fury® 1500 unmanned flying wing aircraft. Backstepping is a recursive, control-effort minimizing, constructive design …
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Infinitives
This dissertation is an investigation of the structure of control infinitives, the mechanism of control, and the general architecture of clauses involving auxiliaries and modals. The dissertation challenges the idea that control infinitives are represented uniformly by a clausal (CP) structure. It …
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Cleanroom design
The development of the integrated circuit which replaced the vacuum tube, started the size reduction process for computer components. These integrated circuits are made from silicon (chips) and are comprised of electronic switches, or gates. The gates are measured in size of microns. The diameter …
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Making machines that make : object-oriented hardware meets object-oriented software
… have an evocative name that promises production of complex parts on demand. Yet current practice doesn't quite deliver on these promises of advanced manufacturing. Existing digital fabrication tools enable repeatability and precision by using codes to describe machine actions. But the …
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Online diasporic political spheres: inside the emerging spaces for Zimbabweans
… whose mass media environment remained a subject of much debate. Between 2000 and 2009, many Zimbabwean local independent media organisations were banned from reporting from within the country and many ordinary Zimbabweans were forced to seek economic and political refuge in South Africa, Britain, …
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De hjälper oss till rätta : normaliseringsarbete, självbestämmande och människor med psykisk utvecklingsstörning
… settings e.g. group homes, where a number of persons (4-5) are living with staff support. My case-studies cover three elderly and three more lately produced such units as well as a ward in a nursing home. Data were gathered through participant observations and semistructured interviews with …
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The implications of the abolition of influx control legislation in the Western Cape
Influx control legislation was formally abolished in South Africa in 1986. This thesis investigates the social processes set in motion with its abolition in the spheres of employment and urbanisation and argues that the way in which influx control has been defined is central to any analysis …
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Adorno, Foucault, and the history of the present
What is the nature of our society? What kinds of power regimes shape our existence? What forms of emancipatory resistance might chart the way towards a better future that responds to the dangers, injustices, and pathologies marking the present? These are just some of the questions my dissertation …
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"We Came Here for Work": Recollections of Globalisation and Changes to Work in a New Zealand Single Industry Town
… with intensification in the mobilisation of goods, services, capital and people by scholars focussed on organisational research. Kelsey (1997) and Stiglitz (2003) are among those scholars who hold that this intensification has been enabled by processes of change in the political economy. …