Thesis--University of Michigan. / "Reprinted from Annals of mathematics, vol. 49, no. 2, April, 1948."

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1933.

Inaugural dissertation--Universität Bonn.

Thèse--Paris. / Includes bibliographical references.

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This study aimed to examine how variants in diagnostic labels might alter stigma toward Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) sufferers and secondly, to evaluate an existing scale (GASS) designed to measure that stigma. Data was collected from Swedish university students (N=447) where the impact of labeling upon stigma was measured by manipulating the presence and content of a label. Psychometric properties of the GASS were investigated and compared to the properties reported by the developers of the scale. Due to conflicting findings, further examination appears necessary. Results revealed that the presence of a general label (diagnosis cluster) reduced stigma opposed to the absence of a label. Conclusion was drawn that GAD sufferers should specify their problems with a general label to reduce stigma held toward them. / Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur skillnader av framställd diagnosetikett påverkar stigma mot personer med Generaliserat Ångestsyndrom, samt att utvärdera ett befintligt mätinstrument (GASS) vilken mäter detta stigma. Data samlades in från svenska universitetsstudenter (N=447) och stigmats påverkan av etiketter mättes genom manipulation av närvarande, samt typ, av etikett. Mätinstrumentet utvärderades genom jämförelse med tidigare resultat vilka presenterats av mätinstrumentets utvecklare. Med hänvisning till motstridiga resultat behövs ytterligare utvärdering av mätinstrumentet. Resultat visade att en generell etikett (diagnosens kluster) minskade stigma i jämförelse med frånvaro av en etikett. Slutsats drogs att de som lider av GAD, bör specificera sina problem på generell nivå för att minska stigma mot sig.

by Lam Kwan Hang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-76). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Maps into locally compact Riemannian complex --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Exitsence of energy minimizing maps --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Length minimizing curves --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- Harmonic maps into nonpositively curved spaces --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Nonpositively curved spaces --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- Properties of the distance function --- p.16 / Chapter 4 --- Basic properties of harmonic maps into NPC spaces --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Monotonicity formula --- p.21 / Chapter 4.2 --- Approximately differentiable maps --- p.24 / Chapter 4.3 --- Local properties of harmonic maps --- p.28 / Chapter 5 --- Existence and uniqueness of harmonic maps in a ho- motopy class --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1 --- Convexity properties of the energy functional --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2 --- Existence and Uniqueness Theorem --- p.37 / Chapter 6 --- Homogeneous approximating maps --- p.40 / Chapter 6.1 --- Regular homogeneous map --- p.40 / Chapter 6.2 --- Homogeneous approximating map --- p.46 / Chapter 7 --- More results on regularity --- p.52 / Chapter 7.1 --- Intrinsically differentiable maps --- p.52 / Chapter 7.2 --- Good homogeneous approximating map --- p.62 / Chapter 8 --- Harmonic maps into building-like complexes --- p.65 / Chapter 8.1 --- F-connected complex --- p.65 / Chapter 8.2 --- Regularity and the Bochner technique --- p.66 / Bibliography --- p.75

Dans cette thèse, qui s’inscrit dans l’étude de la modélisation géométrique via les méthodes formelles, nous proposons un langage graphique à base de règles dédié à la description des opérations topologiques des cartes généralisées. Notre langage est fondé sur la théorie des transformations de graphes. Dans nos règles, les variables permettent d’abstraire les cellules topologiques (sommets, arêtes, faces, volumes, etc.) manipulées dans les opérations topologiques. Nous avons défini des critères syntaxiques sur les règles assurant que les objets obtenus par application des règles satisfont les contraintes de cohérence des cartes généralisées. La conception de ce langage a été motivée par l’étude de la dynamique de l’appareil de Golgi. Il est connu que dans cette organelle, la topologie des compartiments joue un rôle essentiel. Néanmoins, la structure globale de l’appareil de Golgi reste encore méconnue. Plusieurs hypothèses de fonctionnement sont ainsi avancées par les biologistes. Notre langage à base de règles fournit un cadre pour la simulation puis la comparaison de ces différentes hypothèses d’appareil de Golgi. / This PhD thesis is in line with the study of geometric modeling by the means of formal methods. We propose a graphical rule-based language dedicated to the description of the topological operations of the generalized maps. Our language is based on the graphs transformations theory. In our rules, variables allow one to abstract the topological cells (vertices, edges, faces, volumes, etc.) handled in the topological operations. We have defined some syntactic criteria over rules, which ensure that the objects computed by rules application satisfy the consistency constraints of the generalized maps. The conception of this language has been motivated by the study of the Golgi apparatus dynamics. It is known that in this organelle, the topology of the compartments plays a decisive role. Nevertheless, the global Golgi apparatus structure is still unknown. The biologists thus propose several functional hypotheses. Our rule-based language provides a framework to simulate and the to compare these different hypotheses.

Academisch proefschrift--Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. / "Stellingen": [2] p. laid in. Bibliography: p. 20-21.

In survey research, researchers often add up a finite number of binary responses to form an index of some political attitude or behavior, such as political knowledge and political participation. Indices of this sort are called grouped binary variables in political science research; they comprise finite and countable binary items that take on only integer values ranging from zero to the total number of survey items. Commonly-used distributions for modeling these kinds of indices are the binomial, beta binomial, and extended beta binomial distributions. But whether these distributions are appropriate depends on the assumptions that the binary responses are identically and independently distributed Bernoulli random variables. If these assumptions are violated, the binomial, beta binomial, and extended beta binomial models are rendered questionable, and it may be more useful to turn to other distributions of sums of Bernoulli variables, called generalized binomial distributions. To facilitate the use of generalized binomial distributions in political science research, this report is a review of the various probability distributions of grouped binary variables. This report clarifies the nature of the distributions of sums of Bernoulli variables in survey research by considering whether the Bernoulli variables are independently and/or identically distributed, whether there is heterogeneity across survey items and/or across respondents, and the consequences of these considerations for the relative dispersion of each generalized binomial distribution. / text