Quinta Vertical: vivienda colectiva en Barrios Altos, surge a partir de la añoranza de los juegos hechos en patios, de quintas y callejones, donde reinaban los niños y los viejos. También es una crítica al actual modelo inmobiliario, en muchos casos, fuente y resultante de los problemas sociales actuales relacionados al individualismo. La presente tesis es la respuesta arquitectónica al déficit habitacional acorde a las exigencias y costumbres de una sociedad diversa y prospera culturalmente, ligada fuertemente a la identidad limeña y cuyos objetivos son resueltos, en su mayoría, gracias a su capacidad de colectividad, sumergida en un entorno en continuo desgaste y destrucción a pesar de su importancia urbanística e histórica, el cual degenera el modo de vivir de sus habitantes obligándolos irremediablemente a abandonarlo. El proyecto asimila tipologías urbanas y domesticas tradicionales del lugar, estudia teorías arquitectónicas relevantes y las emplea con una conciencia contemporánea enfatizando la identidad de barrio y densidad habitacional en una búsqueda por lograr viviendas de calidad, áreas comunes capaces de propiciar la vida colectiva y la inserción armónica en un centro histórico. / Vertical Quinta: Collective Housing in Barrios Altos, arises from a yearning of the games in the patios, of quintas and callejones, where kids and old ones reigned. It is also a critical stand on the real state model, in a lot of ways the source and result of current social problems related to individualism. The present thesis is an architectural response of the housing deficit, according to the demands and traditional ways of a diverse and culturally flourished society, strongly linked to the limeño’s identity, whose objectives are mostly resolved thanks to their collective capacity, emerge in a context of continuum wear and destruction, in spite of its urban and historic relevance, which degenerates the way of living of its occupants forcing them to hopelessly abandon it. The project assimilates urban and domestic traditional typologies found in the place, it studies relevant architectural theories and applies them with a contemporary consciousness emphasizing a neighborhood identity and habitation density in a search to reach quality housing, common areas capable of propitiate a collective life and a harmonic insertion in a historical center. / Tesis

Devalued homes and weakened economic conditions of 2008 led to lost property tax revenues, more vacant and abandoned properties, and destabilized neighborhoods. The first Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP1) was a federal intervention designed to mitigate the damage of the recession, but there is scant evidence of program effectiveness. A phenomenological study, using a method outlined by Moustakas, answered questions on the benefits and barriers of NSP1 as perceived by stakeholders in a Mid-Atlantic city. Stakeholders included nonprofit housing advocates, residents, business partners, and government officials. Theories of collaborative governance and community stakeholders were used to guide the investigation of NSP1 processes and stakeholders' perceptions. Ten stakeholders responded to 9 compound interview questions derived from the research question and 4 subquestions in semi-structured interviews. Responses were transcribed, verified for accuracy, and then coded and analyzed for recurring themes. Five prominent themes emerged: (1) challenges with NSP1 guidelines, (2) importance of partner capacity, (3) positive results in targeted neighborhoods, (4) city's approach to community development, and (5) sustaining positive results. Findings were that NSP1's benefits for residents outweighed procedural barriers and NSP1's short duration still yielded positive results in neighborhoods. This study has policy and social change implications for all stakeholders involved. Recommendations include continuous city involvement to stabilize neighborhoods during future recessions and better entrepreneurial strategies to integrate private and non-profit stakeholders in all phases of collaborative governance.

Little published research has examined the post-implementation outcomes of public private partnerships for housing, specifically the Military Privatized Housing Initiative (MPHI) from the perspective of the end user, the Military Family Housing (MFH) resident. Using Mettler and SoRelle's conceptualization of policy feedback theory as the foundation, the purpose of this repeated cross-sectional study was to assess residential satisfaction pre- and post- implementation of the MPHI. The study also addressed the influence of sociodemographic factors on MFH residents' perceived residential satisfaction. Secondary data were collected using 2 Department of Defense surveys administered pre- and post-implementation. An independent-samples t test was used to examine residential satisfaction before and after implementation of the MPHI. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on residential satisfaction of MFH residents. Results indicated that privately-managed MFH residents were less satisfied than residents of government-managed MFH (p < .001). Results also showed that paygrade, branch of service, ethnicity/race, and having children or dependents in a household were significant determinants of residential satisfaction for government-managed MFH residents (p < .05). In privately-managed MFH, residents having children or dependents in the household was a significant determinant of residential satisfaction (p < .05). The positive social change implications stemming from this study include recommendations to policy makers to continue examination of MPHI outcomes and improve data collection consistency to ensure current housing policies are meeting the needs of military families.

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Syftet med den här studien är att med kvantitativ metod undersöka om samband föreligger mellan låg socioekonomisk status och förekomst av brott i nära relation i landets kommuner. Regressions- samt geografisk analys används för att studera socioekonomiska faktorers påverkan på frekvensen i antalet anmälda brott i nära relation, samt belysa geografiska variationer i brottsnivå. Resultatet ger stöd för hypotesen samt vad som förväntades utifrån teorin om social desorganisation samt strainteori avseende socioekonomiska faktorers samband med nivåer av våld i nära relation. Vi kan dock inte utesluta vare sig medierande eller modererande faktorer som tidigare forskning visat på. För det krävs vidare forskning. Våld i nära relation skulle alltså, baserat på resultaten, vara mer sannolikt att förekomma i kommuner med högre andel individer med låg socioekonomisk status. Följaktligen bör sannolikt brottspreventiva åtgärder som syftar till att motverka effekterna av låg socioekonomisk status även motverka förekomsten av våld i nära relation. / This study considers the effects of concentrated disadvantage on the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Sweden. The purpose is to quantitatively study the relationship between rates of reported IPV to police. Multiple regression analysis is used to examine the relationship between socioeconomic factors and differences in crime rates among municipalities. Geographical analysis is used to examine variations in crime rates between municipalities. The results seemingly confirms the hypothesis that concentrated disadvantage significantly increases intimate partner violence, as expected from social disorganization and strain theory. However, we can not rule out the possibility of mediating and/or moderating factors as indicated from previous studies abroad. For that, further research needs to be done. Based on the results, municipality representatives should consider crime prevention strategies aimed at decreasing the effects of concentrated disadvantage among residential areas.

Traumatic brain injury is highly prevalent in the United States yet there is little understanding of how the brain responds during injurious loading. A confounding problem is that because testing conditions vary between assessment methods, brain biomechanics cannot be fully understood. Data mining techniques were applied to discover how changes in testing conditions affect the mechanical response of the brain. Data were gathered from literature sources and self-organizing maps were used to conduct a sensitivity analysis to rank considered parameters by importance. Fuzzy C-means clustering was applied to find any data patterns. The rankings and clustering for each data set varied, indicating that the strain rate and type of deformation influence the role of these parameters. Multivariate linear regression was applied to develop a model which can predict the mechanical response from different experimental conditions. Prediction of response depended primarily on strain rate, frequency, brain matter composition, and anatomical region.

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This thesis aims to see If an algorithm could automatically generate a meal plan that is optimized for low food waste. Design and creation is the method used and the algorithm is developed over a few iterations. The idea is that the algorithm could be used in a mobile application that allows users to search for recipes, mark the ones they like, add their own, and generate a meal plan. The resulting algorithm consists of four parts; an input stage, a stage that decides when to cook each portion, an improvement stage in which the algorithm searches for a better combination of recipes, and an output stage. An adaptation of a neighborhood search is used for the search algorithm, in addition, two heuristic evaluation functions are used to evaluate the waste and other factors of the meal plan. The test results show that the algorithm can generate meal plans with no leftover items (that last shorter than 60 days) for a lot of different test cases. More recipes produce better results up to a certain point, but not so many recipes are needed to have a chance of a successful meal plan generation. Future testing and research in this area could lead to a lot of benefits for people and the climate.

Kollektiv styrka baseras på sammanhållningen och viljan hos invånarna att ingripa för bostadsområdets säkerhet. Viljan att ingripa påverkas av denna ömsesidiga tillit och de förväntningarna på att ingripa som delas inom området. Detta arbete är en kvantitativ studie baserat på enkäter från 691 respondenter som besvarat frågan ”Vad är bra respektive dåligt med ditt bostadsområde?”. Denna fråga har undersökts för att ta reda på hur den individuellt upplevda kollektiva styrkan påverkar vilka positiva och negativa faktorer man ser hos sitt bostadsområde. Resultaten visar att respondenter med låg upplevd kollektiv styrka oftare anger den sociala oordningen och den fysiska oordningen som negativa faktorer med bostadsområdet. De med hög kollektiv styrka tenderar att ange den sociala strukturen som positiv faktor med sitt bostadsområde. / Collective efficacy is based on the willingness of the residents to intervene for the neighborhoods sake. The willingness to intervene is affected by the mutual trust between the residents and the expectations that is shared for others to intervene. This quantitative study is based on a survey answered by 691 respondents. They’ve answered the question: ”What is good and what is bad with your neighborhood?” This question has bin examined to learn how the individual perception of collective efficacy tends to affect what positive and negative aspects of their neighborhood the respondents see. The results of the study show that respondents with a low perception of collective efficacy more often tend to see the social- and physical disorder as negative factors with their neighborhood. Those with a greater perception of collective efficacy tend to see the social structure as a positive factor with their neighborhood.