The basic aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse how �the woman voter� was constructed within Labor discourse during the Hawke/Keating years. My domain of investigation is electoral politics, in particular the federal election campaigns of 1983 and 1993. These elections flank the beginning and the end of the Labor decade, a period of great significance to both the development of Labor politics specifically and Australian politics in general. The elections of 1983 and 1993 were campaigns in which the Party made a concerted effort to attract women�s votes. Through a reading of the various texts associated with these two campaigns, I explore the construction of �the woman voter� as a �new� political subject position within Labor discourse. The dominant influences on the construction of �the woman voter� as a new subject position were Labor discourse and feminism, or more precisely Labor discourse affected by the incursion of feminism from the 1970s onwards. This thesis describes and analyses how this subject position has been produced and reproduced within Labor discourse. The gender gap research developed for the 1983 federal election constitutes one of the more important technologies that work to construct �the woman voter� within Labor discourse. A reading of the texts associated with the 1983 campaign reveals the character of �the woman voter� as a caring figure. However, as the Labor decade progressed, �the woman voter� is articulated in Labor discourse as a more complex figure, focused on her responsibilities both in the home and at paid work. A reading of various texts associated with the 1993 election campaign shows that �the woman voter� is constructed as a carer-worker; this subject position is broadly consonant with the objectives liberal, economic government. Certain modifications within this basic subject position can be observed in Labor�s anti-GST campaign materials, which made an appeal to the woman voter as consumer.

The basic aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse how �the woman voter� was constructed within Labor discourse during the Hawke/Keating years. My domain of investigation is electoral politics, in particular the federal election campaigns of 1983 and 1993. These elections flank the beginning and the end of the Labor decade, a period of great significance to both the development of Labor politics specifically and Australian politics in general. The elections of 1983 and 1993 were campaigns in which the Party made a concerted effort to attract women�s votes. Through a reading of the various texts associated with these two campaigns, I explore the construction of �the woman voter� as a �new� political subject position within Labor discourse. The dominant influences on the construction of �the woman voter� as a new subject position were Labor discourse and feminism, or more precisely Labor discourse affected by the incursion of feminism from the 1970s onwards. This thesis describes and analyses how this subject position has been produced and reproduced within Labor discourse. The gender gap research developed for the 1983 federal election constitutes one of the more important technologies that work to construct �the woman voter� within Labor discourse. A reading of the texts associated with the 1983 campaign reveals the character of �the woman voter� as a caring figure. However, as the Labor decade progressed, �the woman voter� is articulated in Labor discourse as a more complex figure, focused on her responsibilities both in the home and at paid work. A reading of various texts associated with the 1993 election campaign shows that �the woman voter� is constructed as a carer-worker; this subject position is broadly consonant with the objectives liberal, economic government. Certain modifications within this basic subject position can be observed in Labor�s anti-GST campaign materials, which made an appeal to the woman voter as consumer.

The thesis instructively presents axions and axion-like particles as a plau- sible extension of the Standard Model of particle physics and discusses also the cosmological implications in the case of their existence as they present one of the most favourable dark matter candidates at given circumstances. The main part of the thesis is concerned with a search for axion-like particles at the NA62 experiment at CERN and a study of the gathered data and its impact on the data analysis.

Published Article / The pass rate of grade 12 learners is shockingly low and this is supposed to be the feeding ground for Higher Educations in South Africa. Alet Rademeyer quotes from a document of Advocate Paul Hoffman, SC, and director of the Centre for Constitutional Rights, that the South African School System only delivers one out of 29 functional literate Black matriculants. It is a national crisis and is an indication of gigantic proportions. The aim of the Academic Literacy Programme (ALP) at the CUT is to improve student's academic literacy skills which will ultimately boost the student throughput rate at the CUT. The programme will help students develop their academic language skills whilst creating a positive attitude towards the English language.

<p>Jag vill med mitt examensarbete mäta ALP-testets validitet. Syftet blir därför att analysera ALP-testet i sig och försöka finna om ALP verkligen mäter det som avses. Jag använder tre metoder: screening, innehållsanalys och observationer. Dessa metoder genererar ett stort antal data vilka jag sedan grundar mina resultat på. Utifrån mina resultat kan jag konstatera att validiteten i ALP 2 och ALP 3 är relativt låg. Jag anser att ALP-testet är ett material vilket jag inte kan ha en direkt praktisk nytta av i min undervisning. Däremot är materialet väl värt att revidera och på så sätt öka dess validitet.</p>

Jag vill med mitt examensarbete mäta ALP-testets validitet. Syftet blir därför att analysera ALP-testet i sig och försöka finna om ALP verkligen mäter det som avses. Jag använder tre metoder: screening, innehållsanalys och observationer. Dessa metoder genererar ett stort antal data vilka jag sedan grundar mina resultat på. Utifrån mina resultat kan jag konstatera att validiteten i ALP 2 och ALP 3 är relativt låg. Jag anser att ALP-testet är ett material vilket jag inte kan ha en direkt praktisk nytta av i min undervisning. Däremot är materialet väl värt att revidera och på så sätt öka dess validitet.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-02-20T13:08:53Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertacao-Hannah-Miranda-Pos-Banca_Final.pdf: 2597153 bytes, checksum: c470b93501a783aa39ce20f2f828a95c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-20T13:08:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertacao-Hannah-Miranda-Pos-Banca_Final.pdf: 2597153 bytes, checksum: c470b93501a783aa39ce20f2f828a95c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-31 / CAPES / CNPq / O significado da calça jeans produzida por Toritama é uma construção coletiva, fruto de ações conjuntas de uma cadeia de atores os quais empreendem culturalmente ao articularem significados a esse artefato. Assim, para contextualizar essa dinâmica de significação, buscamos compreender as dimensões discursivas que demarcam a produção cultural da calça jeans no campo da moda em Toritama, a partir da perspectiva de cadeia de atores que atuam como produtores culturais. Diante desse cenário, o estudo segue na perspectiva teóricometodológico sugerida pelo Circuito da Cultura de Du Gay et al. (1997a), oriundos da tradição dos Estudos Culturais. Como forma de acessar o campo das subjetividades da produção da calça jeans na cidade de Toritama, foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com 06 atores representativos da cadeia produtiva, os quais impulsionam e demarcam a produção subjetiva da calça jeans como produto de moda. A análise dos dados foi norteada com o suporte da - Análise do Discurso (AD) -, na perspectiva proposta por Gil (2002). As considerações sobre os achados de pesquisa apontam para uma produção cultural que significa não só a calça jeans de Toritama no campo da moda, mas todo o modo de vida e os valores culturais dessa cidade. Logo, diante dos argumentos, dos achados de pesquisa, as considerações finais sugerem que a moda, em Toritama, por meio da calça jeans, surge como um emaranhado de discursos culturais e disputas por poder. Os quais minimamente relevam estratégias de mercado para o negócio de moda pautado no discurso da economia criativa. Mas desvelam e conferem a grandiosa dimensão da vida nesta cidade, que articula a calça jeans como símbolo de história e conquistas, expondo a calça jeans como base epistemológica da cultura de Toritama. / The meaning of jeans produced by Toritama is a collective construction, the result of joint actions of a chain of actors that culturally undertake to articulate meanings to this artifact. So, to contextualize this dynamic of meaning, we seek to understand the discursive dimensions that mark the cultural production of jeans in the fashion field in Toritama, from the actors chain perspective that act as cultural producers. In this scenario, the study follows the theoretical and methodological approach suggested by Du Culture Circuit Gay et al. (1997a), derived from the tradition of Cultural Studies. As a way to access the field of jeans production of subjectivities in the town of Toritama they were conducted semi-structured interviews with 06 representative players in the production chain, which drive and demarcate the subjective production of jeans as a fashion product. Data analysis was guided with the support of - Discourse Analysis (AD) - in the perspective proposed by Gil (2002). The considerations on the research findings point to a cultural production that means not only Toritama jeans in fashion, but the whole way of life and cultural values of this city. Therefore, before the arguments in the research findings, the final considerations suggest that fashion in Toritama through the jeans, appears as a tangle of cultural discourses and power for disputes. Which fall under minimally market strategies for the fashion business guided the discourse of the creative economy. But they unfold and give the great dimension of life in this city, which articulates the jeans as a symbol of history and achievements, exposing the jeans as epistemological basis of Toritama culture.

Este estudo investiga o sucesso no processo de bilinguismo português/japonês de seis jovens retornados do Japão. Como sucesso no bilinguismo, entendemos pelo caso em que o indivíduo, mesmo após uma longa permanência no Japão e vivência no sistema escolar japonês, tenha conseguido após o seu retorno no Brasil, manter o domínio na lingua japonesa e possuir uma proficiência linguísitica em português suficiente para seu ingresso no ensino superior brasileiro. O referencial teórico sobre bilinguismo foi baseado nos estudos de Skutnabb-Kangas (2008); Cummins (1984); Baker (1993); Nakajima (2010). Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas presenciais e online, sendo analisados os seguintes três domínios na trajetória de vida desses colaboradores que, baseados em uma auto-avaliação, foram divididos em 2 grupos bilíngues dominantes em português e bilingues dominantes em japonês : (1) ambiente linguístico no Japão (2) atitudes dos colaboradores com os estudos da L1 e L2 e (3) ambiente linguístico no Brasil. O estudo comprovou que o apoio de familiares e de terceiros constitui um fator importante na motivação dos estudos, bem como na superação de desafios surgidos na adaptação linguística e cultural. Foi também observado que os colaboradores de ambos os grupos tiveram que investir na aprendizagem da língua por um longo período para o desenvolvimento da proficiência linguística acadêmica ALP (Cummins, 2001; 2011) até o ingresso na faculdade. Em relação à rede de apoio formal, foram verificadas as seguintes ações para minimizar os problemas relacionados ao não domínio da língua japonesa no contexto de imigração no Japão: ingresso em escola pública de região com alta concentração de brasileiros, ingresso em faculdade japonesa por programa especial para retornados e ingresso em escola brasileira ações essas realizadas pelos colaboradores do grupo dominantes em português. Por outro lado, os do grupo dominantes em japonês utilizaram as seguintes medidas para facilitar a adaptação linguística e escolar no Brasil: ingresso em escola privada com curso curricular de japonês, ingresso em escola técnica e ingresso em escola pública estadual. Em ambos os grupos foi observada a frequência em cursos preparatórios pré-vestibular. Concluiu-se que o uso dessas redes de apoio formais infuenciou positivamente no desenvolvimento da ALP dos colaboradores. / The study herein aims to investigate success in the process of Portuguese/Japanese bilingualism of six youngsters returned from Japan. In our view, successful bilingualism happens in those cases in which even after a long stay in Japan along with an experience with the Japanese school system, the individual has managed to keep his mastery of the Japanese language after returning to Brazil, and be proficient enough in Portuguese so as to be admitted to Brazilian higher education. The theoretical framework on bilingualism was based on studies of Skutnabb-Kangas (2008); Cummins (1984); Baker (1993); Nakajima (2010). Both in-person and online semi-structured interviews have been conducted focusing on three aspects in the life trajectory of interviewees who, based on self-evaluation, have been divided into two groups: Portuguese-dominant bilinguals, and Japanese-dominant bilinguals: (1) linguistic environment in Japan (2) attitude of interviewees with the study of both L1 and L2; and (3) linguistic environment in Brazil. The study has proved that support both from family and others is key to generate motivation for studies, as well as to foment the overcoming of problems arising from both linguistic and cultural adaptation. It has also been observed that interviewees in both groups had to invest on language learning for a long period of time to develop academic linguistic proficiency ALP (CUMMINS, 2001; 2011) until they were admitted to college. As for the formal support network, the following actions aiming at alleviating problems concerning nonmastering of Japanese language in the context of Japanese immigration in Japan have been taken: admission to a public school in an area with a high concentration of Brazilian people; admission to a Japanese college by means of a program specially designed for returned, and admission to a Brazilian school, being all those actions taken by interviewees in the Portuguese-dominant group. On the other hand, those in the Japanese-dominant group have taken the following measures to facilitate linguistic and school adaptation in Brazil: admission to a private school with Japanese language in the syllabus, admission to a technical school, and admission to a state public school. Attendance to college entrance examination prep courses has been observed in both groups. it has been concluded that the use of those formal support networks has had a positive impact on the development of ALP of interviewees.

Este estudo investiga o sucesso no processo de bilinguismo português/japonês de seis jovens retornados do Japão. Como sucesso no bilinguismo, entendemos pelo caso em que o indivíduo, mesmo após uma longa permanência no Japão e vivência no sistema escolar japonês, tenha conseguido após o seu retorno no Brasil, manter o domínio na lingua japonesa e possuir uma proficiência linguísitica em português suficiente para seu ingresso no ensino superior brasileiro. O referencial teórico sobre bilinguismo foi baseado nos estudos de Skutnabb-Kangas (2008); Cummins (1984); Baker (1993); Nakajima (2010). Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas presenciais e online, sendo analisados os seguintes três domínios na trajetória de vida desses colaboradores que, baseados em uma auto-avaliação, foram divididos em 2 grupos bilíngues dominantes em português e bilingues dominantes em japonês : (1) ambiente linguístico no Japão (2) atitudes dos colaboradores com os estudos da L1 e L2 e (3) ambiente linguístico no Brasil. O estudo comprovou que o apoio de familiares e de terceiros constitui um fator importante na motivação dos estudos, bem como na superação de desafios surgidos na adaptação linguística e cultural. Foi também observado que os colaboradores de ambos os grupos tiveram que investir na aprendizagem da língua por um longo período para o desenvolvimento da proficiência linguística acadêmica ALP (Cummins, 2001; 2011) até o ingresso na faculdade. Em relação à rede de apoio formal, foram verificadas as seguintes ações para minimizar os problemas relacionados ao não domínio da língua japonesa no contexto de imigração no Japão: ingresso em escola pública de região com alta concentração de brasileiros, ingresso em faculdade japonesa por programa especial para retornados e ingresso em escola brasileira ações essas realizadas pelos colaboradores do grupo dominantes em português. Por outro lado, os do grupo dominantes em japonês utilizaram as seguintes medidas para facilitar a adaptação linguística e escolar no Brasil: ingresso em escola privada com curso curricular de japonês, ingresso em escola técnica e ingresso em escola pública estadual. Em ambos os grupos foi observada a frequência em cursos preparatórios pré-vestibular. Concluiu-se que o uso dessas redes de apoio formais infuenciou positivamente no desenvolvimento da ALP dos colaboradores. / The study herein aims to investigate success in the process of Portuguese/Japanese bilingualism of six youngsters returned from Japan. In our view, successful bilingualism happens in those cases in which even after a long stay in Japan along with an experience with the Japanese school system, the individual has managed to keep his mastery of the Japanese language after returning to Brazil, and be proficient enough in Portuguese so as to be admitted to Brazilian higher education. The theoretical framework on bilingualism was based on studies of Skutnabb-Kangas (2008); Cummins (1984); Baker (1993); Nakajima (2010). Both in-person and online semi-structured interviews have been conducted focusing on three aspects in the life trajectory of interviewees who, based on self-evaluation, have been divided into two groups: Portuguese-dominant bilinguals, and Japanese-dominant bilinguals: (1) linguistic environment in Japan (2) attitude of interviewees with the study of both L1 and L2; and (3) linguistic environment in Brazil. The study has proved that support both from family and others is key to generate motivation for studies, as well as to foment the overcoming of problems arising from both linguistic and cultural adaptation. It has also been observed that interviewees in both groups had to invest on language learning for a long period of time to develop academic linguistic proficiency ALP (CUMMINS, 2001; 2011) until they were admitted to college. As for the formal support network, the following actions aiming at alleviating problems concerning nonmastering of Japanese language in the context of Japanese immigration in Japan have been taken: admission to a public school in an area with a high concentration of Brazilian people; admission to a Japanese college by means of a program specially designed for returned, and admission to a Brazilian school, being all those actions taken by interviewees in the Portuguese-dominant group. On the other hand, those in the Japanese-dominant group have taken the following measures to facilitate linguistic and school adaptation in Brazil: admission to a private school with Japanese language in the syllabus, admission to a technical school, and admission to a state public school. Attendance to college entrance examination prep courses has been observed in both groups. it has been concluded that the use of those formal support networks has had a positive impact on the development of ALP of interviewees.

The average cost of operating a queueing network depends on several factors such as the complexity of the network and the service policy used. Approximate linear programming (ALP) is a method that can be used to compute an accurate lower bound on the optimal average cost as well as generate policies to be used in operating the network. These average cost solutions and policies are dependent on the type of basis function used in the ALP. In this paper, the ALP average cost solutions and policies are analyzed for twelve networks with four different types of basis functions (quadratic, linear, pure exponential, and mixed exponential). An approximate bound on the optimality gap between the ALP average cost solution and the optimal average cost solution is computed for each system, and the size of this bound is determined relative to the ALP average cost solution. Using the same set of networks, the performance of ALP generated policies are compared to the performance of the heuristic policies first-buffer-first-served (FBFS), last-buffer-first-served (LBFS), highest-queue-first-served (HQFS), and random-queue-first-served (RQFS). In general, ALP generated average cost solutions are considerably smaller than the simulated average cost under the corresponding policy, and therefore the approximate bounds on the optimality gaps are quite large. This bound increases with the complexity of the queueing network. Some ALP generated policies are not stabilizing policies for their corresponding networks, especially those produced using pure exponential and mixed exponential basis functions. For almost all systems, at least one of the heuristic policies results in mean average cost less than or nearly equal to the smallest mean average cost of all ALP generated policies in simulation runs. This means that generally there exists a heuristic policy which can perform as well as or better than any ALP generated policy. In conclusion, a useful bound on the optimality gap between the ALP average cost solution and the optimal average cost solution cannot be computed with this method. Further, heuristic policies, which are more computationally tractable than ALP generated policies, can generally match or exceed the performance of ALP generated policies, and thus computing such policies is often unnecessary for realizing cost benefits in queueing networks. / text