The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences existed in principals’ perceptions of their school’s capacity to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements between principals whose schools failed to meet AYP requirements for one year compared to principals whose schools failed to meet AYP requirements for two to four consecutive years. Additionally, responses of the principals were analyzed based on the level of school, the location of the school, and if the school was or was not a Title I campus. A total of 2,040 schools met the criteria of the study and a finite population sampling method was utilized where the entire population of eligible principals was invited to participate in the study. A quantitative online survey was distributed to principals of eligible schools. A total of 183 principals responded, for a participation rate of nearly 10%. The study utilized two statistical methods for analyzing discrete data. Independent-t tests were conducted to determine if there were statistically significant differences in principals’ perceptions of their school’s capacity between principals of schools that failed to meet AYP requirements for one year, and those that failed to meet AYP requirements for two to four consecutive years. It was found that there were not statistically significant differences in principals’ perceptions of their school’s capacity. The second method of analyzing data was to conduct two-way ANOVAs to test for statistically significant differences in perceptions of principals based on level of school, type of school, and Title I status. It was found that there were not any statistically significant differences in principals’ perceptions of their school’s capacity. The absence of statistically significant differences in principals’ perceptions of their school’s capacity to meet AYP requirements regardless of the number of years the school missed the requirements, location of the school, type of school, or Title I status of the school could reasonably lead to the conclusion that capacity domains of schools fail to predict success of schools. This however, would contradict most literature that has previously been written about school capacity. Other more reasonable conclusions, as well as future research are presented in this study.

Capacity planning is crucial for successful development of enterprise applications. Capacity planning activities are most consequential during the verification and maintenance phases of Software Development Life Cycle. During the verification phase, analysts need to execute a large number of performance tests to build accurate performance models. Performance models help customers in capacity planning for their deployments. To build valid performance models, the performance tests must be redone for every release or build of an application. This is a time-consuming and error-prone manual process, which needs tools and techniques to speed up the process. In the maintenance phase, when customers run into performance and capacity related issues after deployment, they commonly engage the vendor of the application for troubleshooting and fine tuning of the troubled deployments. At the end of the engagement, analysts create engagement report, which contain valuable information about the observed symptoms, attempted workarounds, identified problems, and the final solutions. Engagement reports are stored in a customer engagement repository. While information stored in the engagement reports is valuable in helping analysts with future engagements, no systematic techniques exist to retrieve relevant reports from such a repository. In this thesis we present a framework for the systematic and automated building of capacity calculators during software verification phase. Then, we present a technique to retrieve relevant reports from a customer engagement repository. Our technique helps analyst fix performance and capacity related issues in the maintenance phase by providing easy access to information from relevant reports. We demonstrate our contributions with case studies on an open-source benchmarking application and an enterprise application. / Thesis (Master, Computing) -- Queen's University, 2009-01-29 14:14:37.235

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<p>This study investigated, within the context of Brain Reserve Capacity (BRC) theory, whether repeated concussions resulted in residual deficits in cognitive and academic functioning of early adolescent rugby players relative to non-contact sports controls.</p>

<p>This thesis explored the empowerment needs of volunteer members of Women for Peace at the Nobantu Centre, Mfuleni in the Western Cape. The volunteer members, the majority of whom are women, come from a previously disadvantaged background created by the Apartheid system used in South Africa from 1948-1994. Apartheid driven education purposefully taught an inferior form of education to the black masses. This case study investigated the needs of the volunteer members, the impact that the four empowerment programmes had on the volunteer members and their future needs after being empowered.</p>

Baigiamojo darbo tema yra suprojektuoti 20 t. kieliamosios galios ožinį kraną. Variantų analizė buvo padaryta, važiuoklės pavarai, kravinių kėlimo mechanizmui ir krano tiltui. Technologinė analizė parodė, kokios įrangos reikia, pagaminti du velenus ir pirštą. Ožinio krano ekonominiai rodikliai, krano kaina ir jos galima pardavimo kaina buvo apskaičiuojama. / The final paper’s theme is to design the gantry crane which load’s capacity is 20 tones. The variant analysis was done. It revealed that chassis gear, telpher, and beam were the most suitable parts for the gantry crane. The technological analysis showed what kind of equipment was needed in order to product two shafts and the girder. The gantry crane’s economical indicators, the crane’s cost price and its possible sale-price were calculated.

Darbo objektas — 9 klasių berniukų fizinis pajėgumas. Darbo tikslas — nustatyti Vilniaus miesto lietuvių ir lenkų mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų fizinį pajėgumą. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti Vilniaus miesto lietuvių mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų fizinį pajėgumą pagal Eurofito testus. 2. Nustatyti Vilniaus miesto lenkų mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų fizinį pajėgumą pagal Eurofito testus. 3. Palyginti Vilniaus miesto lietuvių ir lenkų mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų fizinio pajėgumo rezultatus. Išvados: 1. Nustatėme, kad daugumos lietuvių mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų kūno masė yra tinkama, o penktadalis berniukų turi per mažą kūno svorį. Vilniaus miesto lietuvių mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų rankų ir pečių raumenų ištvermė yra vidutinio ir žemo lygio, pusiausvyra, rankų judesių greitis, lankstumas, bėgimo greitis, vikrumas yra vidutinio lygio, kojų raumenų staigioji jėga, pilvo raumenų ištvermė yra vidutinio ir aukšto lygio. 2. Nustatėme, kad daugumos lenkų mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų kūno masė yra tinkama, o kas dešimtas berniukas turi nedidelį antsvorį. Vilniaus miesto lenkų mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų rankų ir pečių raumenų ištvermė yra vidutinio ir žemo lygio, pusiausvyra, lankstumas, kojų raumenų staigioji jėga, bėgimo greitis, vikrumas yra vidutinio lygio, rankų judesių greitis, pilvo raumenų ištvermė yra vidutinio ir aukšto lygio. 3. Vilniaus miesto lietuvių ir lenkų mokyklų 9 klasių berniukų fizinis pajėgumas pagal pusiausvyros, lankstumo, pilvo raumenų ištvermės, rankų ir pečių raumenų ištvermės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Object of the work – physical capacity of the 9th grade schoolboys. Aim of the work is to determine the physical capacity of 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian and Polish schools in Vilnius. Objectives: 1. To determine physical capacity of 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian schools in Vilnius according to the Eurofit tests. 2. To determine physical capacity of 9th grade schoolboys of the Polish schools in Vilnius according to the Eurofit tests. 3. To compare the results of physical capacity testing between 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian and Polish schools in Vilnius. Conclusions. It was determined that the body mass of most of the 9th grade schoolboys is proper and the fifth part of them has the mass that is too small. The arm and shoulder muscle endurance of the 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian schools is of average and low level, and the balance, speed of the hand movements, flexibility, running speed, dexterity are of average level, leg muscle explosive force, abdominal muscle endurance are of average and high level. It was determined that the body mass of the most of the 9th grade schoolboys of the Polish schools is proper while every tenth schoolboy has a small overweight. The 9th grade schoolboys‘ of the Polish schools arm and shoulder endurance is of average and low level, balance, flexibility, leg muscle explosive force, running speed, dexterity are of average level, hand movement speed, abdominal muscle endurance are of average and high level... [to full text]

The aim of research — to identify the change dynamics of physical fitness state of 20—59-year-old Lithuanian men who participated in the final competitions — “Lithuanian Robust”. The testees were healthy 20—59-year-old men contestants at the competition “Lithuanian Robust” (n = 415). They were divided into 8 age groups and tested in autumn, 1999—2003. It was found out that their dynamic strength endurance and aerobic, anaerobic capacity of hand muscle, arm flexsor muscle, abdomen muscle as well as waist agility, back cathetus decreases depending on age and the studied indicator. Keywords: age group, physical capacity.

In Sweden, the indigenous Sami have exclusive rights to reindeer husbandry, which continues to provide for a minority of Sami in economically and culturally significant ways. However, the Sami have faced longstanding challenges including marginalization within Swedish society, competing interests from multiple industries, a diminishing land base and environmental changes impacting the herds. Meanwhile, gender relations within Sami communities have changed since the mid-19th century as a result of Swedish policies and other factors. These ecological and social changes have impacted the capacity of Sami communities to adapt to dynamic environmental conditions. While researchers have focused attention on the contribution of “adaptive capacity” (AC) to the resilience of local communities, there is relatively little attention given to Sami populations in Scandinavia. Furthermore, studies regarding AC at the community level generally consider communities as homogenous entities, with little attention paid to how gender relations affect the AC of communities. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to address this gap and to inform gender-sensitive policy and practice in resource-based communities. My study developed a framework for AC that is sensitive to the lifestyle of reindeer herders in Sweden. Data were collected from 81 questionnaires, 9 interviews and other relevant documents, for each of the 51 reindeer herding districts in Sweden. From these sources, I traced contributions of Sami women and men while also exploring changes in AC over time. The results of the study show that the contribution of cultural and economic capitals to AC is strong among the Sami while the contribution of institutional and natural capitals is weaker. |Both men and women have contributed to their AC and the transformation of their communities, each making unique contributions. The results suggest that herders are proactive in directing the transformation of their society towards one that embraces contemporary technology and opportunities, while maintaining values that support a longstanding cultural tradition. These findings suggest that isolating gendered inputs to adaptation may help create more specific targets for increasing capacity while augmenting their overall effectiveness and efficiency.