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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Discourses around abortion in a low-income community in the Western Cape

Bowes, Tanya-Ann January 2009 (has links)
Since the introduction of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1996, research concerning abortion has primarily focused on public health issues or on the personal experience of women. The cultural and social context within which women experience a termination of pregnancy and in which services are offered has received less attention. The purpose of this study was to analyse public discourses around abortion in a low-income community in the Western Cape. Focus groups were used to gather data from three women’s and three men’s groups. The findings suggest that the agenda of pro-life discourses in this community is not always to defend the life of the fetus. Rather these discourses serve to protect, preserve and maintain the power of the traditional nuclear family, headed by the husband, over women’s reproduction and sexuality. Religious and moral arguments serve to disguise the gender issues at stake. However, instances also occurred where TOP was supported if the husband participated in the decision-making process. Therefore, his presence normalised abortion. Thus, the prevailing public discourses around abortion in this community either support or negate abortion in order to further the agenda of patriarchy.
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La figure de Bertrand Rocaforti : expériences, identités et stratégies d'ascension sociale en Provence au début du XVe siècle / The figure of Bertrand de Rocaforti : experiences, identities and social advancement strategies in Provence in the beginning of the 15th century

Gouffran, Laure-Hélène 05 December 2015 (has links)
Cette thèse constitue une étude approfondie menée à partir d'un corpus inédit de sources de la pratique, sur la question de l'identité marchande et des formes de la domination sociale à Marseille, entre 1380 et 1430. À travers l'expérience individuelle de deux marchands contemporains et homonymes, les Bertrand Rocaforti, ce travail vise à une meilleure connaissance des élites urbaines dans une ville importante de l'Occident méditerranéen de la fin du Moyen Âge. Le recours à une démarche microhistorique, nous donne l'opportunité de dégager les grandes lignes de la carrière des deux Rocaforti dans un contexte difficile, celui des règnes de Louis II et Louis III d'Anjou, afin de mesurer les composantes de leur domination. Car les Rocaforti font partie, chacun à leur mesure, des élites de leurs communautés et appartiennent à des réseaux nombreux et croisés. Cette étude s'attarde par ailleurs sur l'influence des Franciscains - et notamment de leurs théories économiques dans la construction de l'identité marchande du début du XVe siècle -, en revenant en particulier sur les formes d'actions publiques des élites urbaines réalisées au nom du bien commun. / This thesis is an original corpus, pragmatic source led, indepth study in to the questions of a merchant's identity and forms of social dominance in Marseilles between 1380 and 1430. This work aims to achieve a better understanding of the urban elite within the context of a influential Western Mediterranean city at the end of the Middle Ages, through the experiences of two contemporary and honomous merchants:the Bertrand Rocafortis. A microhistoric approach allows us to shine a light on the careers of the two Rocafortis in a difficult context, that of the reigns of Louis II and Louis III d'Anjou and therefore analyse the different componants of their social dominance. Both Rocafortis belonged to elite urban circles and numerous socio-economic networks. This study will also focus on the influence of the Franciscans and notably their economic theories and how they impacted the construction of a merchant's identity at the beginning of the XVth century, in particular acts of the urban elite that were performed in the interest of the public good.
413

Domination in graphs with application to network reliability

Dod, Markus 18 December 2015 (has links)
In this thesis we investigate different domination-related graph polynomials, like the connected domination polynomial, the independent domination polynomial, and the total domination polynomial. We prove some basic properties of these polynomials and obtain formulas for the calculation in special graph classes. Furthermore, we also prove results about the calculation of the different graph polynomials in product graphs and different representations of the graph polynomials. One focus of this thesis lays on the generalization of domination-related polynomials. In this context the trivariate domination polynomial is defined and some results about the bipartition polynomial, which is also a generalization of the domination polynomial, is presented. These two polynomials have many useful properties and interesting connections to other graph polynomials. Furthermore, some more general domination-related polynomials are defined in this thesis, which shows some possible directions for further research. / In dieser Dissertation werden verschiedene, zum Dominationspolynom verwandte, Graphenpolynome, wie das zusammenhängende Dominationspolynom, das unabhängige Dominationspolynom und das totale Dominationspolynom, untersucht. Es werden grundlegende Eigenschaften erforscht und Sätze für die Berechnung dieser Polynome in speziellen Graphenklassen bewiesen. Weiterhin werden Ergebnisse für die Berechnung in Produktgraphen und verschiedene Repräsentationen für diese Graphenpolynome gezeigt. Ein Fokus der Dissertation liegt auf der Verallgemeinerung der verschiedenen Dominationspolynome. In diesem Zusammenhang wird das trivariate Dominationspolynom definiert. Außerdem werden Ergebnisse für das Bipartitionspolynom bewiesen. Diese beiden Polynome haben viele interessante Eigenschaften und Beziehungen zu anderen Graphenpolynomen. Darüber hinaus werden weitere multivariate Graphenpolynome definiert, die eine mögliche Richtung für weitere Forschung auf diesem Gebiet aufzeigen.
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Alla individer är delaktiga i en maktrelation : Skönlitteratur och lärarhandledningar i ett kritiskt litteracitetsperspektiv / All individuals are involved in a power relationship : Fiction and teacher’s manual in a critical literacy perspective

Franzén, Karl, Tält, Nicklas, Westerlund, Morgan January 2020 (has links)
I den föreliggande studien undersöks hur makt manifesteras i tre skönlitterära verk och hur bokförlagens lärarhandledningar till respektive verk beaktar de frågor om makt som manifesteras. De skönlitterära verken är anpassade för mellanstadiet och har uppmärksammats ute i verksamheten av oss skribenter. Studien tar avstamp i Janks (2010) teoretiska modell om kritisk litteracitet för att undersöka hur makt manifesteras genom att granska omslag och bilder och genom att granska variationer i texten. De mönster som uppdagas i resultatet visar att fysiska förutsättningar och kön är återkommande variationer där makt manifesteras. Resultatet visar även att författarna/illustratörerna tydligt synliggörs i lärarhandledningarna. Resultatet visar också att lärarhandledningarna i viss mån förstärker dessa maktförhållanden.
415

Maximal Independent Sets in Minimum Colorings

Arumugam, S., Haynes, Teresa W., Henning, Michael A., Nigussie, Yared 06 July 2011 (has links)
Every graph G contains a minimum vertex-coloring with the property that at least one color class of the coloring is a maximal independent set (equivalently, a dominating set) in G. Among all such minimum vertex-colorings of the vertices of G, a coloring with the maximum number of color classes that are dominating sets in G is called a dominating-χ-coloring of G. The number of color classes that are dominating sets in a dominating-χ-coloring of G is defined to be the dominating-χ-color number of G. In this paper, we continue to investigate the dominating-χ-color number of a graph first defined and studied in [1].
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Mémoire de licence : La virilité et la domination masculine dans En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule / Étude genrée de l´oeuvre : Virility and male dominance in The end of Eddy: A gendered study

Petersson, Patrik January 2021 (has links)
Ce mémoire présente une étude genrée du roman En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule de l´auteur Édouard Louis. L´oeuvre se construit comme un récit autobiographique dans lequel le narrateur décrit la construction de sa propre identité, celle d´un homme homosexuel, dans un environnement provincial enfermé dans des valeurs traditionnelles et patriarcales. En utilisant les outils théoriques offerts par le domaine des études de genre (Gender Studies), nous allons décomposer la notion de masculinité exprimée dans l´oeuvre en nous focalisant sur la signification et les valeurs accordées à la virilité. L’objectif de ce mémoire consiste à dévoiler comment l´image idéalisée de l´homme viril constitue le fondement de l’identité masculine, fonctionnant à la fois comme la pierre angulaire de la domination masculine, mais, également, du processus de marginalisation de l´individu homosexuel. / This thesis presents a gendered study of the novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule, [The end of Eddy] by the author Édouard Louis. In his novel the author autobiographically describes not only the development of his own identity, being a homosexual man, but also the rural environment of his childhood, which is defined by the values of the patriarchal system. The goal of this thesis is to reveal how the idealized image of the virile man emerges in the novel and how it constitutes the basis of a gendered role, which is expressed through male domination and the marginalization of the homosexual individual. In our work, we will thus for this purpose, examine the notion of masculinity expressed in the novel by emphasizing the meaning of virility. Using the theoretical tools offered to us by the field of Gender Studies, we will analyze how virility is expressed through the narrative and its creative role as well as its an active part in justifying male dominance in relation to the patriarchal system and to homosexuality.
417

L’entreprise républicaine

Monette, Gabriel 01 1900 (has links)
Cette thèse explore l’impact en termes de design institutionnel de la conception républicaine de la liberté appliquée à l’entreprise. Je mobilise le cadre théorique de la pensée républicaine et je l’applique aux divers problèmes contemporains entourant les entreprises (domination dans et par l’entreprise). Ce faisant, je discute du pouvoir de marché, de monopole, de théorie des parties prenantes et de problème de l’agence. Dans cette thèse, je défends l’idée que, pour favoriser la liberté républicaine, il est nécessaire de structurer légalement l’entreprise de manière cohérente avec les idéaux républicains, c’est-à-dire en créant « l’entreprise républicaine » dont la gouvernance est guidée autour du principe des intérêts dominés. Le projet de la thèse est double. Dans un premier temps, présenter l’approche républicaine de l’entreprise. Dans un second temps, développer une théorie de l’entreprise inspirée de ce courant qui pourtant permet d’ouvrir des perspectives neuves sur la liberté dans la firme. / This thesis explores the impact of the republican conception of freedom applied to business in terms of institutional design. I will defend the idea that, in order to promote republican freedom, it is necessary to legally structure the company in a way that is consistent with republican ideals, that is, by creating the "republican enterprise" whose governance is guided by the principle of dominated interests. The thesis project is twofold. First, present the republican approach to business. Secondly, to develop a theory of enterprise inspired by this trend, which nevertheless makes it possible to open up new perspectives on freedom in the firm.
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On the Possibility of Probing Early Matter Domination with Primordial Black Holes / Primordiala svarta hål och tidig materiadominans

Stomberg, Isak January 2021 (has links)
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are expected to form in the very early universe, and therefore, we could use them to probe pre­BBN times. Astrophysical observations permit the placement of bounds on the abundance of PBHs. Combining these bounds with predictions of PBH formation and the resulting PBH abundances, we explore the possibility to constrain an epoch of early matter domination (MD). For this analysis, we incorporate the recently obtained and most stringent bounds on PBHs from 21 cm observations. We assume density perturbations described by a near­power­law form of the curvature power spectrum consistent with the Planck 2018 results and derive the corresponding PBH mass function using recent results from the literature. To place constraints on an early matter­dominated (MD) epoch, we compare this with up­to­ date bounds on PBHs, adding those from 21 cm astronomy, using a formalism to apply monochromatic constraints to extended mass functions. We find that 21 cm bounds on PBHs may probe early MD if it lasts for a duration of at least ∼ 12 e­folds and ends at a reheating temperature T_min < T_reh ≲ 105.5 GeV, where Tmin depends on the duration of the MD, the spectral index ns, and αs. For optimistic assumptions, our derived limits on the spectral index ns extend into the Planck 2018 67% upper confidence region of n_s = 0.9649 ± 0.0042, nearly reaching its median n_s = 0.9649, if we neglect the running αs. Our bounds on the running α_s show that early MD is incompatible with positive running α_s ≳ 0. / Primordiala svarta hål förutsäges ha skapats i det mycket tidiga universum. Ur detta förstår vi att dessa svarta hål ger oss en länk till universums tillstånd under deras skapelse och att vi genom studiet av primordiala svarta hål kan skymta detta tillstånd. Restriktioner på mängden primordiala svarta hål i universum kan beräknas utifrån astrofysiska observationer. Jämförelse av dessa restriktioner med teoretiska förutsägelser av vilka mängder av primordiala svarta hål som skapats vid olika tillstånd medger att vissa tillstånd utesluts. I detta arbete undersöker vi just detta samband och avser etablera huruvida de starkaste restriktionerna på primordiala svarta hål, speciellt från 21 cm observationer av universum, kan utesluta ett kosmologiskt scenario med tidig materiadominans. För att göra detta antar vi att störningar i den annars homogena energidensiteten kan beskrivas med hjälp av ett nästan­storleksoberoende potenssamband vars form ges av resultat från Planck kollaborationen 2018. Givet denna potenslag beräknar vi en form för de primordiala svarta hålens massdistribution medelst resultat från den vetenskapliga litteraturen. Vi jämför sedan dessa förutsägelser med de senaste mängdrestriktionerna på primordiala svarta hål, inkluderat dem från 21 cm observationer, för att erhålla nya begränsningar på tidig materiadominans. Vi tar i beaktande att massdistributionen av primordiala svarta hål inte är monokromatisk, utan utbredd. Resultatet av denna analys är att tidig materiadominans är inom räckhåll för att uteslutas medelst studier av primordiala svarta hål om perioden av materiadominans är längre än ∼ 12 e­folds och att den slutar vid återuppvärmningstemperaturen T_min < T_reh ≲ 10^5.5 GeV, där Tmin beror på hur länge den tidiga materiadominansen varar, på det spektrala indexet ns och det spektrala indexets derivata αs. För optimistiska antaganden äventyrar dessa restriktioner på materiadominans resultat från Planck kollaborationen 2018 i det att det övre konfidensintervallet på det spektrala indexet n_s = 0.9649 ± 0.0042 är exkluderat, och att förändringen av detta index, α_s, inte kan vara positiv då vi låter storleksordningen minska.
419

Le concept de nature chez Theodor W. Adorno : entre domination et réconciliation

Roulx, Dominic 12 1900 (has links)
Ce mémoire se présente comme une élucidation des divers usages critiques du concept de nature dans l’œuvre de Theodor W. Adorno. Notre point de départ est le constat d’un manque de clarté conceptuelle au sein du corps de littérature scientifique tentant aujourd’hui de produire une interprétation « environnementaliste » de l’œuvre d’Adorno. Nous abordons dans une première partie le concept séminal de nature-histoire [Naturgeschichte]. Nous défendons qu’il fournit le problème, la méthodologie critique et l’objectif de la théorie critique d’Adorno. Dans une deuxième partie, nous déployons la dialectique de l’Aufklärung dans les termes d’une dialectique entre la nature et la raison, révélant le procès naturel-historique de domination de la nature [Naturbeherrschung] ayant mené au retour du mythe dans la société capitaliste avancée. Nous basant sur l’idée selon laquelle la domination produit les conditions nécessaires à son propre dépassement, nous nous questionnons dans une troisième partie sur l’idée d’une possible réconciliation avec la nature et montrons en quoi le motif de l’autoréflexion critique est une condition nécessaire – mais non suffisante – à sa réalisation. / This master’s thesis deals with the various critical uses of the concept of nature in Theodor W. Adorno. Our starting point is the observation that there is a lack of conceptual clarity in the actual scholarly literature that attempts to produce an “environmentalist” interpretation of Adorno's work. In the first section, we discuss the seminal critical concept of nature-history [Naturgeschichte]. We argue that it provides the problem, the critical methodology and the aim of Adorno's critical theory. In a second section, we unfold the dialectic of Aufklärung as a dialectic between nature and reason. We reveal the natural-historical process of domination of nature [Naturbeherrschung] that led to the return of myth in advanced capitalist society. Grounded in the idea that domination produces the necessary conditions for its own overcoming, we question in a third section the idea of a possible reconciliation with nature. We finally indicate how critical self-reflection is a necessary – but not sufficient – condition for its realization.
420

Using Domination to Analyze RNA Structures.

Coake, Travis Reves 07 May 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Understanding RNA molecules is important to genomics research. Recently researchers at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences used graph theory to model RNA molecules and provided a database of trees representing possible secondary RNA structures. In this thesis we use domination parameters to predict which trees are more likely to exist in nature as RNA structures. This approach appears to have promise in graph theory applications in genomics research.

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