The concepts of risk and safety are central to social work practice with survivors of violence against women, especially within the child protection system. Recent studies have highlighted how discrepancies between client and worker perceptions may create problematic conditions for developing effective intervention strategies (Dumbrill, 2006; Jenney, Alaggia, Mazzuca, & Redmond, 2005). In addition, tensions exist between movement toward improving worker-client interactions through collaboration and the use of standardized risk and safety assessments as a means of improving practice. The purpose of this research study was to explore how women’s narratives of domestic violence (DV), expressed within the context of child protection services (CPS), become translated into CPS workers’ assessments of risk and need for safety planning. Using Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM), this qualitative study used focus group and interview data to explore how both workers and clients’ experiences of the process of risk assessment and safety planning influenced the course of the intervention. What emerged is that workers and clients held similar representations about the social construction/collective representation of woman abuse and the work of CPS. For both worker and client participants the concept of ‘doing the right thing’ presented itself as an over-arching theme. This theme implies that there is a perceived ‘right way’ of addressing DV cases within CPS work and enhances understanding about the ways in which social workers and clients interact. These findings illustrate how narrative structures shape interactions that take place within the context of care and prevention, manifesting themselves in complex ways that can lead to misunderstanding the impact on children, the (un) conscious subjugation of women victims, and the absence of dialogue about the role of men in addressing DV at a system level.

Extra High Voltage (EHV) transmission lines are designed to transfer large amount of power from one location to another. The length exposed to the environment is a major reason for occurrence of faults on the lines. A fault on a high voltage transmission line affects the stability of the overall power system, which sometimes leads to permanent damage of the equipment. Relays are developed and installed to protect the lines. The transmission line protection relays, in the industry, are based on the fundamental frequency components of the voltages and currents. These relays need at least one fundamental frequency cycle for performing the protection operation. Voltage and current traveling waves are generated when a fault occurs on the transmission line. The velocity of propagation of traveling waves is finite and the level of the waves decreases with increase in the distance traveled. Information about the fault can be obtained by analyzing the traveling waves. A few traveling wave techniques, which are based on analog signal processing, to protect transmission lines have been proposed in the past. Two digital techniques, which use traveling waves for protecting EHV transmission lines, are proposed in this thesis. The traveling waves are extracted from the modal voltages and currents at the terminals of the transmission line. The techniques identify and locate the fault by using the information contained in the waves. A power system was modeled in the Electromagnetic Transient Direct Current Analysis (EMTDC) and several cases were created by varying different parameters related to the fault, fault type, fault location, fault resistance and fault inception angle. The techniques were implemented in hardware and their performance was tested on data, generated from the EMTDC simulations. Some cases are discussed in the thesis. The performance of the digital techniques for protecting EHV transmission lines using traveling waves was confirmed to be satisfactory. The proposed techniques provide protection at speed and discriminate well between internal and external faults.

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Surrounded by the ocean, Taiwan is geographically positioned along the rim of the continental shelf and Deep Ocean. Owing to the terrain distribution and geological characteristics of this island, the coastline possesses abundant sand dune resources, which is considered priceless not only as the last natural defense system of the coast but also for the functions it performs in various aspects including tourism attractions, academic contributions, and biological environment. Since the scarcity of ground in Taiwan, high demand of land usage often endangers coastal dunes. Consequently, coastal dunes are facing serious issues regarding rubbish dumping, wastewater accumulation, manmade misuse, development of industrial estate, and barrier flat exploitation. Currently, Taiwanese government has not yet established an ordinance; neither have we advanced policy of coastal dunes protections, nor have we adopted the Seashore Pact. Barely a few enactments scattered in assorted pacts. The argument in this research is primarily centering on Taiwanese coastal dunes, ranging from the functions and values of sand dunes resources to international trends of sand dunes reservations. Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to deliberate real conditions and contemporary management mishaps of coastal dunes in Taiwan, in order to further strategize the sustainability and managerial implications.

Fachhochschule, Diplom-Arbeit des Studiengangs Bibliothekswesen--Köln, 2005. / Literaturverz. S. 87 - 95.

Dissertation--Juristische Fakultät--Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2003. / Bibliogr. p. 378-400.

Thèse de doctorat : Sciences de l'information et de la communication : Metz : 2007. / Thèse soutenue sur ensemble de travaux. Bibliogr. p.330-338. 13 Annexes p. 339-398.

Thesis (M.S.)--Wake Forest University. Dept. of Computer Science, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-100).

Inaug.-Diss.--Jena.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-147). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.