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Genuine object oriented programming
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1996.
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Improving binary optimization algorithms using genuine uniform initialization
Population-based metaheuristic algorithms play a crucial role in solving complex optimization problems. The effectiveness of these algorithms is significantly influenced by the initial population of candidate solutions. This thesis investigates the critical aspect of initialization in …
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Conditional Preference Networks: Constraints, Genuine Decision, and Aggregation
… is not required. Third, to represent user's genuine decision, we introduce the notion of \comfort". We define new binary relations and their semantics to capture both preferences and comfort. Then, we extend the CP-net to represent both preferences and comfort in a multi-attribute case. …
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Genuine Bonds: Investigating the Ethical Dimensions of Authenticity in Love and Friendship
… them to reflect on whether their behavior genuinely aligns with their core values and their long-term interests. The third chapter, “On Authenticity, Passing, and Self-Love,” explores the impact of intentionally concealing our identity from others on self-love and authenticity. “Passing” …
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Voiding Dysfunction And Detrusor Instability After The Colposuspension Operation For Genuine Stress Incontinence
Colposuspension is an effective treatment for genuine stress incontinence. Continence is restored by positioning the bladder neck in a fixed and elevated retro-pubic position. Despite a high success rate of up to 90%, post-operative complications occur which may have an adverse effect on quality of …
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Genuine, Independent, Holistic, and Appropriate: Four Considerations for the Optimization of Positive Interventions
People desire to be happy but do not always know how to do so. As a relatively new field of psychology, positive psychology offers a host of research and positive interventions aimed at increasing positive emotions to improve well-being. But these interventions must be applied with care. Valuing, …
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Counterfeit Money or Genuine Gift? Gift, Giving, and Salvation in the Gospel of John
This dissertation studies the concept of gift in the Gospel of John, especially as it relates to God's gift of salvation to humanity. Chapter 1 defines the problem of the gift both for New Testament studies as well as philosophy and sociology. In light of the discussion of the gift historically and …
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“I must turn idolator”: religious inversion and the quest for genuine faith in Moby-Dick
… a shift from traditional religious practice to a genuine faith for those outside of God's covenant people. Using Father Mapple's sermon on Jonah as a paradigm through which to see the other religious inversions, I will explore how Ishmael repents of a false view of immorality, finds redemption …
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How national diversity shapes the future of a genuine common European security and defence policy
… a common policy of substance, how feasible a genuine Common Security and Defence Policy is in view of national diversity. It does so by examining how different EU member states actually are with regard to security and defence issues.The first analysis chapter analyses the legal dimension of …
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THE DEFINITION AND FUNCTION OF DECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION IN A LABOR-MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATION SESSION (LYING, BELIEFS, GENUINE).
… than any other configuration. The quality of genuineness emerged as a primary criterion by which negotiators were described. Union leaders were evaluated by a secondary criterion of motivation. The belief-states of negotiators is far from being thoroughly understood. Research on deceptive …
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The effectiveness of codes of conduct of selected South African mining companies in regulating labour standards: window dressing or genuine regulatory instruments?
… questions around whether they can be labelled genuine regulatory instruments or whether they are mere window dressing tools. Through an assessment of codes of conduct, tracing their development, place in the regulatory spectrum and usage by mining companies in South African mines, this thesis …
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What's in an Ally? Development of the Political Allyship Behavior Scale (PABS) to Explore White Politicians' Genuine and Performative Allyship Toward Black Americans
… turnout gap is by White politicians engaging in genuine allyship to marginalized groups. Across three studies, I explored how Black Americans define genuine and performative allyship from politicians, developed a behaviorally based instrument to measure political allyship, and investigated how …
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Computersimulationen: Bewegte Bilder oder genuine Instrumente der Erkenntnisgewinnung? Charakterisierung und Förderung der Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden der Chemie zum epistemologischen Status und zur Rolle computerbasierter Simulationen in den Naturwissenschaften
Model-based (computer) simulations play a significant role in chemistry education, with students learning both with and about simulations. The latter provides learners with an access from the philosophy of science regarding simulations as instruments for knowledge acquisition, which warrants …
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LEADING WITH EMOTIONAL LABOR AND AFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP CLIMATE AS ANTECEDENTS TO ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFECTIVENESS
<p>This study finds leader genuine emotion does influence firm performance in two ways. First it can result in positive effect on subordinate attitude which, in turn, increases firm performance. Second, it can result in negative direct effect on firm performance after controlling for the indirect …
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An investigation into consumer motives in purchasing counterfeit luxury branded products at the China Town in Windhoek Namibia
… intellectual property of the designer of genuine products given the fact that counterfeit products are just as good as genuine designer products. The study also found that, trading in counterfeit of luxury branded products lowers the value of genuine products. Hence the study concluded …
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Toward Error-Statistical Principles of Evidence in Statistical Inference
… can spurious relationships be distinguished from genuine ones? Underlying both of these issues is the concept of evidence. In response to these (and similar) questions, two questions I work on in this essay are: (1) what is a genuine principle of evidence? and (2) do error probabilities have more …
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The Impacts of Owning Private Companies on University Faculty: The Experiences of Biotechnology Faculty and University Administrators in One University
… categories: issues which they consider to be genuine conflicts but do not act upon; issues which they consider to be genuine conflicts and do act upon; issues which they do not consider to pose genuine conflicts but which they act upon because others perceive those issues to be conflicts; …
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Conceivability, Apriority and Modality
… I discuss the contingent a priori, arguing that genuine apriority entails necessity, before placing apriority qua ‘rational necessity’ (and ‘rational modality’ more widely) with respect to other kinds of modality (in Chapter 4). I conclude Part I of the thesis, by arguing that the a priori is not …
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