The thesis is focused on the problem of endowment and its importance to the Foundation. The thesis examines the endowment as one of the essential characteristics of the Foundation of Law and Economics. Legal perspective focuses on legislative action endowment today, and the previous legislation. Investigates conditions for increasing the endowment, the possibility of using the endowment to create the Foundation ond proceeds to establish the conditions for the foundation. The thesis describes the procedure for increasing the endowment. The economic part is evaluated by a set of economi indicators that were identified from the results of operations of the Foundation. The resulting set of economic indicators is processed into graphs. Individual graphs show the specific economic indicators examined in relation to a set of foundations surveyed. The results are used to process the graphical analysis of the relationship of main economic indicators, the comparison can be concluded about the importance of the endowment for the comparison subjects.

This study presents the applications of plastic limit analysis to offshore foundations and anchors, including the drag embedment anchors (DEAs) for mobile offshore drilling units (MODU’s) and spudcan foundations for jack-up platforms. In deep waters, drag embedment anchors are an attractive option for mooring of semisubmersible platforms due to low installation cost and high holding capacity; on the other hand, jack-up platforms are more stable than semisubmersible platforms but only can be placed in shallow waters. The analyses of anchor capacities are developed for an idealized anchor comprising a rectangular fluke, a cylindrical shank, and a metal chain connected to the shank at the padeye. The anchor trajectory prediction during drag embedment is also developed by considering anchor behavior in conjunction with the mechanics of the anchor line. The results of simulations show that anchors approach at equilibrium condition rapidly during the embedment and both the normalized holding capacity and the anchor line uplift angle remain constants in this stage. Besides the geometry of the fluke, the properties of the shank and soil are also crucial factors in the anchor-soil interaction behavior. Partial failure of mooring systems for floating structures will subject drag anchors to loads having an appreciable component outside of the intended plane of loading. Partial failure of mooring systems during hurricanes in recent years have generated an interest in understanding drag anchor performance under these conditions. The analysis presents the simulations of three dimensional trajectories of an anchor system subjected to an out-of-plane load component. For the conditions simulated in the example analyses, the anchor experienced a modest amount of continued embedment following partial failure of the mooring system; however, the ultimate embedment and capacity of the anchor is much less than what would have developed if the anchor had continued in its original trajectory within the plane of intended loading. The analyses of the spudcan foundation of jack-up units include preloading, bearing capacity, and the displacement assessment. When the contribution of the soil moment resistance is considered, a three-stage assessment procedure is recommended: superposing environmental forces on the plot of yield surface, determining the value of yield function corresponding to the external forces, and computing the factor of safety of the spudcan. The results of the assessment may be ambiguous while the different yield functions are employed to analyze the spudcan in soft clay.

A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies at the UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND, South Africa, 2012. / This study investigated: [a] the ways in which Foundation Phase educators promoted indoor and outdoor play for their learners; [b] which play activities the foundation phase educators valued most and what educational benefits they associated with these play activities; and [c] which play activities were valued most by foundation phase learners and the educational benefits they associated with these play activities. The study was based on the “mixed methods” (blended) research paradigm, involving the collection of both qualitative and quantitative data from focus group interviews and a semi-structured questionnaire. Information from the educators was collected by way of a questionnaire comprising both structured and non-structured sections. Quantitative data were analysed by the use of Microsoft Office Excel, while qualitative information collected from the interviews with the learners was analysed qualitatively. Altogether, seventy-two (72) and thirty-two (32) foundation phase educators and learners, respectively, participated in the study. These were drawn from former Model C, township and rural schools. On the first research question dealing with the promotion of play, the educator respondents reported that they promoted numeracy through (a) the use of market stands and playing shop (using Rands, litres, and centimetres); (b) play activities involving bean bags – to promote counting; (c) providing opportunities for learners to play with building blocks as counters; (d) playing mathematics games – e.g., touching eyes, ears, knees and legs to promote counting in twos; (e) the use of number games, flash cards and counting blocks to promote the creation of number patterns; (f) games, such as running using sacks, putting water in water bottles, using heavy and light objects, short and long objects – to develop the concept of measurement; and (g) giving learners opportunities to actively take part in number rhymes and songs which promoted the development of measurement concepts. Plays were also used in the teaching / learning of literacy through strategies that included story-telling, role-playing, rhymes and singing, as well as dialogue; learners taking turns in playing games; learners drawing pictures about song or rhymes; learners imitating animal sounds, word matching games and acting out stories; word games, phonic wheels, reading games; making letters with dough; alphabet story, such as Sammy snake, fireman Fred. In promoting life skills through play, the educators reported using weaving, kneading and pretence play / role playing; matching different types of foods, charts, stories and story-telling; activities around environmental management; plays calling for help; painting, colouring, handwork; music; thinking and reasoning games; plays involving rendering sympathy and empathy to others; poems- on how to cross the road. On the second research question, the educator respondents reported that play was important for developing learners’ cognitive, social, motor, language and inter-personal skills. Furthermore, the educators reported that play enabled learners to (a) expand their imagination, (b) become more emotionally mature, (c) enhance their state of school readiness, (d) develop social skills, (e) develop initiative, (f) build and enhance their autonomy and sense of self, (g) take risks, (h) reveal their personalities, and (i) develop self-confidence and self-esteem.. On the third and final research question, the respondents reported that they liked playing with wire cars, hide and seek, wooden cars, soccer, playing domino games, puzzles, snakes and ladders, with water and sand, making necklaces, playing with wooden blocks, tyre racing, climbing on the jungle gym, colouring and painting. playing house, netball, tuck, dolls, blocks, laptops, playing games on touch, hockey, rugby, cycling, ski-boarding, ludo, rugby, athletics, amagenda, arigogo, hop scotch, umlabalaba. The discussion of the results of this study showed that the findings fell in line with the literature review. Recommendations for classroom practice, curriculum planning and implementation, as well as further research have been made.

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Certain types of long, axially compressed structures have the potential to buckle locally in one or more regions rather than uniformly along their length. Here, the potential for localized buckle patterns in an elastic layer embedded in a visco-elastic medium is investigated using a strut-on-foundation model. Applications of this model include the growth of geological folds and other time-dependent instability processes. The model consists of an elastic strut of uniform flexural stiffness supported by a Winkler-type foundation made up of discrete Maxwell elements. Mathematically, this model corresponds to a nonlinear partial differential equation which is fourth-order in space and first-order in time. The nature of the buckling process is characterized by an initial period of elastic deformation followed by an evolutionary phase in which both elasticity and viscosity have a role to play. Two different formulations are studied: the first combines linear strut theory with a nonlinear foundation and is valid for small, but finite, deflections; the other incorporates the exact expression for curvature of the strut resulting in geometrical nonlinearities and is capable of modelling large deflections. The evolution of non-periodic buckle patterns in each system is examined under the constraint of controlled end displacement. Two independent methods are used to approximate the solution of the governing equations. Modal solutions, based on the method of weighted residuals, complement accurate numerical solutions obtained with a boundary-value solver. In either case, the results suggest that for the perfect system, localized solutions follow naturally from the inclusion of nonlinear elasticity with softening characteristics. Emphasis throughout is on the qualitative features displayed by the phenomenon of localization rather than specific applications. Nevertheless, the ideas and results are a step towards accounting for the rich variety of deformed shapes exhibited by nature.

I was an intern with the Foundation from January 2003 to October 2003. During this period, I assisted with the preparation and presentation of three major events produced by the Foundation: the Tribute to the Classical Arts, the Big Easy Entertainment Awards, and Reds, Whites, and the Blues. I also observed the organization's inner workings. Included in this report, is the documentation and the contributions of my internship, and the history, programs, organizational management structure, and challenges faced by the Foundation. This report concludes with comprehensive list of suggestions for the Foundation.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2001. Graduate Programme in Geography. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-100). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ66402.

Jacket platforms are fixed base offshore structures used to produce oil and gas in relatively shallow waters worldwide. Their pile foundation systems seemed to perform better than what they were designed for during severe hurricanes. This observation has led to a common belief in the offshore oil and gas industry that foundation design is overly conservative. The objective of this research is to provide information to help improve the state of practice in designing and assessing jacket pile foundations to achieve a consistent level of performance and reliability. A platform database consisting of 31 structures was compiled and 13 foundation systems were analyzed using a simplified foundation collapse model, supplemented by a 3-D structural model. The predicted performance for most of the 13 platform foundations is consistent with their observed performance. These cases do not preclude potential conservatism in foundation design because only a small number of platform foundations were analyzed and only one of them actually failed. The potential failure mechanism of a foundation system is an important consideration for its performance in the post-hurricane assessment. Structural factors can be more important than geotechnical factors on foundation system capacity. Prominent structural factors include the presence of well conductors and jacket leg stubs, yield stress of piles and conductors, axial flexibility of piles, rigidity and strength of jackets, and robustness of foundation systems. These factors affect foundation system capacity in a synergistic manner. Sand layers play an important role in the performance of three platform foundations exhibiting the largest discrepancy between predicted and observed performance. Site-specific soil borings are not available in these cases. Higher spatial variability in pile capacity can be expected in alluvial or fluviatile geology with interbedded sands and clays. The uncertainties in base shear and overturning moment in the load are approximately the same and they are slightly higher than the uncertainty in the overturning capacity of a 3-pile foundation system. The uncertainty in the overturning capacity of this foundation system is higher than the uncertainty in shear capacity. These uncertainties affect the reliability of this foundation system. / text

Thesis (PhD) -- Swinburne University of Technology, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, 2006. / Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2006. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-463).