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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"structural forces"”.
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Numerical simulation of ground movements and structural forces in lining for Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) tunneling in clay
… caused by tunnel construction as well as the structural forces induced in the segmental lining. The results of the model are in good overall agreement with simulations from a more complex finite element model that uses sub-structing to represent the EPB machine (Kratos-ekate program; done in …
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Investigation of Hydrodynamic and Depletion Interactions in Binary Colloidal Dispersions
… adsorbing material induces both depletion and structural forces on the dispersion, which can dramatically affect both colloidal stability and near-contact hydrodynamics. This project focused on expanding our understanding of the effects of such negatively adsorbing materials on both equilibrium …
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Navigating development: the case of the non-profit documentary production company STEPS
… are dissatisfied with the sector due to these structural and institutional forces that can be exclusionary, dominating and restricting to their autonomy, affecting the organization's sustainability as leaders within their civil societies. I have ventured to explore how one Southern NGO contends …
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De-objectifying bodies : how African American women view their own skin color
"This paper explores how the social forces that impact African American perceptions of beauty. Rather than focusing on psychical features this paper explores the various social-structural forces that impact a sense of attractiveness. I found that age and a sense of community, not skin color, were …
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Coming of age in Khayelitsha: gendered identity, sexual partnerships and the transition to adulthood
… with lesser albeit growing attention paid to the structural forces that shape young lives. This thesis aims to balance the reading of individuals' capacity for agency in decision-making, with the broader structural forces that shape their life trajectories. To this end, a longitudinal, …
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Framing the Future: Women's Media and Activism in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Texas
… arguing that their erasure reflects the same structural forces their work sought to dismantle. Their legacy carries continued relevance for understanding gender equity in Texas today.
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A Qualitative Analysis of the Narratives of Women Imprisoned for Killing in a Prison in Lahore, Pakistan
… charged or convicted of murder? Which particular structural constraints influence women’s decision to kill and in what ways? To answer these questions, I conducted face-to-face interviews with 33 women in a maximum-security male prison that also housed female prisoners in a segregated compound …
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Deaf Futures: Challenges in Accessing Health Care Services
The purpose of this research is to explore the structural forces that limit the access to health care services for Deaf people. Literature has acknowledged the disconnection between the Deaf and hearing worlds, particularly in health care. Much of the existing literature exploring these fields have …
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Culture and the modern self: a comparative analysis of the cultural theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Fredric Jameson
… comprehensive theoretical model, termed "genetic structuralism", is a fruitful alternative to traditionally dichotomous modes of thinking: subjectivism vs. objectivism, agency vs. structure, micro vs. macro analysis. His model aims to subsume these divisions, by accounting for the generative …
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Queer Baroque: Sarduy, Perlongher, Lemebel
… imaginary of Latin America, despite the various structural forces that have attempted to make them invisible and exclude them from the national narrative. My dissertation analyzes the differences between Severo Sarduy’s <em>Neobaroqu</em>e, Néstor Perlongher’s <em>Neobarroso</em>, and Pedro …
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A New Institutionalist History of Appalshop: Exploring the Agential Dynamics of an Appalachian Community Cultural Development Organization
… the midst of different enabling and inhibiting structural forces, how its staff has sought to assert agency by contesting or circumventing those extant forces, and how the ensuing tensions have shaped the organization's approach to social change. During its evolution, Appalshop can be seen as …
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Studies on the stability of thin films in bubble-particle adhesion
… modified to include interaction energies due to structural forces. The calculations required knowledge of the values of various parameters such as, H<sub>C</sub>, zeta potentials, and Hamaker constants for both bubbles and particles. The results of the calculations conducted on methylated silica …
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Mao in the Mines: An Anti-Systemic View of New Communist Movement Activity in the Appalachian Coalfields, 1962-1978
… Movements, and different interactions with structural forces at play in the world-system all point to the shift in anti-systemic movements.
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Design and construction of high-temperature, high-vacuum tensile tester for fusion reactor materials
… in realizing fusion energy is the survival of structural materials in the extreme environment of a fusion device. Specifically, materials that surround the 100 million °C plasma must survive high temperatures (>500 °C), intense thermal cycling, transient high heat loads, large structural forces …
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An exploration of how identity capital is constructed in the narrative life stories of fathers in areas of disadvantage.
… of fathers in this study to push against the structural forces of society andThere is limited research concerning fathers who live in areas of disadvantage and their life experiences. Deficit model thinking and pathologisation of people who live in areas of disadvantage can be found in …
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Pursuing Tikkun Olam in Business Pedagogy: An Investigation of Business Faculty Perspectives of Social Justice in Business and Education
… revealed that there were ideological and structural forces present in the business programmes investigated that appeared to prevent social justice motives from being realized in the culture of business schools. The participants suggested that the hegemonic forces driving business programs …
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War on Drugs: Examining the Effects on Social Disorganization and Crime in Cities
… experienced a renewed interest in the 1980s, as structural factors (e.g. poverty, heterogeneity, residential mobility, racial inequality, and family disruption) were considered, all of which allowed researchers to study patterns of crime in large urban areas. The latest argument put forward in …
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Between Earth and Sky
… the making of form and the resolution of structural forces, beauty and meaning arise. "Tectonics" is defined as "pertaining to building or construction in general" especially in reference to architecture. Gottfried Semper went further to use tectonic to define the qualities of making …
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Food Insecurity in the UK: A Critical Narrative Analysis
… medicalised lens that draws attention away from structural issues and towards the individual. As conceptions of distress grounded in relation to unequal power and access to resources may go some way to address this, several theories of power and resistance are outlined. Research questions …
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Working the boundaries: a dialogical narrative analysis of social work practice educators' stories
… educators’ capacity for agency can be impeded by structural forces. The implications of these new understandings have informed recommendations to enhance practice educators’ recognition, to support their activity as a collective and develop their capacity to exercise their agency.
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