Thesis advisor: Susan Michalczyk / This 2005-2006 Senior Honors Thesis is the story of Holocaust survivor Edgar Krasa and his experience in the Nazi concentration camps. As a human, I felt it was my duty to share his remarkable account with the world. As a writer, I have sought to leave him with something tangible, a small tribute to the suffering he endured. I have attempted to maintain a delicate balance between research and storytelling, as Mr. Krasa's story exists in the context of the theoretical framework I have studied. This work is not meant to speak only of gas chambers, death marches, bitter cold, and death. Rather, it stands as a testament to human loyalty, hope, determination, and unwavering belief in life. It is meant to expose the depths and resilience of the human soul. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2006. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program.

This study will examine the internationalisation process of Swedish fashion brands entering the South Korean market to be able to get an understanding of how the decision of entry strategy is influenced and how it affects the resilience in the market, as well as identify the drivers and barriers influencing the choice of entry mode. The study was conducted through a qualitative multiple case study with an inductive methodology approach. The literature review was established based on the known theories of internationalisation, entry modes and resilience. Here, the concepts discussed throughout the thesis are presented. Interviews were conducted with five different Swedish fashion brands who were all, to different extents, established on the South Korean market to collect empirical findings. These findings were then discussed in correlation to the presented theories to identify patterns within the internationalisation process to the South Korean market. The conclusion of the thesis is that relationships and networks are important drivers to enter and obtain resilience on the South Korean market. This allows the companies to engage in renewal of activities and flexibility in the constantly changing business environment. Language, lack of knowledge and lack of resources are identified as barriers limiting the level of commitment in the South Korean market.

Inundações são eventos cada vez mais freqüentes e a cada ano os prejuízos são maiores. Inicialmente o combate dos prejuízos das inundações se deu na forma de evitá-las através de medidas estruturais. Hoje esta forma de combate vem sendo substituída, ou complementada, por medidas chamadas resilientes, geralmente medidas não estruturais, onde o objetivo é evitar as conseqüências e prejuízos da inundação, e não a própria inundação. Índices para avaliação do risco e conseqüências de inundações são ferramentas importantes para o gerenciamento do risco, eles permitem avaliar o risco, suas conseqüências, e auxiliam no desenvolvimento de planos de combate. Neste trabalho é proposto um índice de perigo (IP) e um índice de resiliência (PWRI): o primeiro lida com a vulnerabilidade de pessoas expostas à corrente de água devido inundação, e o segundo tem o objetivo de avaliar a resiliência de uma região com relação a eventos extremos hidrológicos, onde o risco de inundação e a capacidade de gerenciamento de suas conseqüências são determinados. O índice de resiliência (PWRI), que avalia qualitativamente a resiliência de uma região, é composto por seis fatores: o evento natural causador do risco (Ameaça), a probabilidade de inundação devido ao evento natural (Vulnerabilidade), a quantidade de pessoas expostas (Exposição), avaliação das medidas de prevenção e preparação contra a inundação e suas conseqüências (Antes), medidas de combate direto (Durante) e medidas de reconstrução após o evento (Depois). Os fatores são agrupados em dois grupos, o primeiro envolve a avaliação do Risco (Ameaça, Vulnerabilidade e Exposição) e o segundo a avaliação do Gerenciamento do Risco (Antes, Durante e Depois). Os fatores Ameaça, Vulnerabilidade e Exposição são obtidos a partir da previsão de escoamento superficial, modelo digital de elevação e densidade populacional. Os fatores Antes, Durante e Depois são obtidos a partir de hipóteses estabelecidas para o ano em questão. Os resultados são apresentados em uma nova forma de visualização do índice e são realizadas comparações dos resultados obtidos com eventos de inundação recentes. O índice de resiliência identifica pontos com problemas de inundações, e sugere novos pontos que podem sofrer inundação e perdas com o aumento da impermeabilização do solo e alteração do padrão de precipitação. Para o índice de perigo (IP) é desenvolvido um modelo teórico, onde os resultados são comparados e validados com dados experimentais encontrados na literatura. São apresentadas algumas recomendações e formas de utilização para o índice de perigo. Esta pesquisa forma parte do projeto temático Assessment of Impacts and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Brazil and Strategies for Adaptation Options, FAPESP 2008/58161-1 pela componente Mitigation and adaptation measures of vulnerable communities to cope with water-related risks derived from climate change scenarios at river basins of Sao Carlos. / Floods are becoming more frequent and each year the losses are greater. Initially it was used structural measures to avoid the floods and consequently avoid the losses. Today this is being replaced or supplemented by resilient measures generally in form of non-structural measures where the goal is to avoid the losses and damages and not the flood itself. Indexes for assessing the hazard and flooding losses are important tools in the risk management and allow the assessment of the flooding consequences and development of action plans. This work proposes the hazard index and the resilience index: the first one deals with the vulnerability of people exposed to flooding water flow and the second evaluates the resilience of a region with respect hydrological events. The resilience index (PWRI) is formed by six factors: a natural event which causes the threat (Hazard), the flooding probability due the hazard (Vulnerability), exposed people (Exposure), assessment of pre-flood measures (Before), emergency management (During) and post flood reconstruction measures (After). These factors are grouped into two groups: Risk assessment (Hazard, Vulnerability and Exposure) and the Risk Management (Before, During and After). The Hazard, Vulnerability and Exposure factors are obtained from the predicted runoff, digital elevation model and population density. Before, During and After factors are obtained from hypothesis. The resilience index is developed and compared with known flooding points map. It is shown that new flooding points are expected with the increase of the urbanization and land impermeabilization. The second part of the work is the hazard index (IP). A theoretical model is developed to evaluate the forces and limit conditions where people are dragged by water flow. The critical points of velocity and water depth are determined with the model and compared to experimental data found in the literature. In the end some suggestion and recommendation are present.

Thesis advisor: Mary E. Walsh / Childhood obesity is a pervasive health issue in the United States. Research has demonstrated that various correlates are associated with the onset and maintenance of overweight status, including physical health conditions, psychological well-being, interpersonal relationships, family functioning, and educational attainment. Policymakers and educators have agreed that elementary and secondary schools are crucial settings for the promotion of healthy development and ameliorating obesity. Therefore, comprehensive school-based interventions that collaborate with community agencies are being implemented to improve the achievement and well-being of at-risk students. The present study focused on City Connects, an optimized student support intervention grounded in relational developmental systems theory that functions in predominantly high-poverty urban locations. City Connects recognizes students as possessing unique constellations of protective and risk factors (i.e., strengths and needs), and an integral aspect of the intervention is that it connects students to tailored services to enhance strengths and address needs. The endeavor of the present study was to examine K-5 students that City Connects identified as manifesting with overweight issues via a holistic, collaborative assessment process, and how these students differed from peers not designated as overweight. Findings indicated statistically significant differences across the groups, in terms of demographic characteristics, overall level of perceived risk, strengths and needs recognized, school-related academic and thriving outcomes, and the influence of specific psychosocial and familial strengths and needs on those school outcomes. Specifically, students presenting with overweight concerns were more likely to be from lower socioeconomic backgrounds; have a high association with special education service needs; represent a more intensive overall risk level; manifest a diverse array of strengths and needs across academic, social-emotional/behavioral, family, and health/medical domains; and mostly exhibit poorer school performance. The effects of certain strengths and needs moderated school performance differences in several instances. Implications for theory, policy, and practice are discussed, with recommendations for future research. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2016. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Thesis advisor: Stephen P. Borgatti / This study was an investigation of the effects of social identity on career progression and career resilience. Particular attention was given to the predictive impact of social identity of membership in an identifiable professional sub-grouping. Using NCAA basketball coaches as an empirical setting, quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted to predict the status of next employer for job seekers who voluntarily changed jobs (n = 282), and the employability resilience of job seekers who were fired (n = 151). Job seekers with the social identity of membership in an identifiable professional sub-grouping (in this empirical setting, defined as membership in a coaching family or coaching tree) were hired for positions with employers of higher status, and exhibited greater employability resilience than was the case for job seekers without such a social identity. Because membership in an identifiable professional sub-grouping signals concise information about the social identity of an individual above and beyond prior performance, network connectivity and status affiliations, it is theorized that individuals with such a social identity are more easily understood, more predictable, and are therefore more valuable in the labor market. Additional career benefits are accrued by individuals who claim their ascribed identity, and by individuals who have social identities characterized as relational actors. Recommendations for future research on social identity of membership in an identifiable professional sub-grouping are offered. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009. / Submitted to: Boston College. Carroll School of Management. / Discipline: Organization Studies.

The purpose of this research study was to determine the effects of Fostering Resilience™ (FR), a new integrative relapse prevention group protocol for improving relapse risk, internalized shame, and psychological well-being in adults with substance use disorders (SUD). This study also sought to identify any relationship among relapse risk, internalized shame, and psychological well-being. It is the first study to investigate the new FR manualized program model compared to treatment as usual (TAU). The FR model was created based upon direct client experience, the supposition of the intrinsic role shame plays in SUD, and the corresponding belief in the essential value of implementing shame reduction techniques for improving treatment outcomes. Participants were 43 adults with SUD (19 FR and 24 TAU) seeking outpatient treatment. All participants received the 8-week intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment, with the FR group receiving 16 sessions of the manualized FR relapse prevention group protocol in lieu of other TAU group options. Assessments were administered pre and postintervention. Results indicated that the FR treatment group produced a significant reduction in relapse risk (p = .002, ES = .825), shame (p = .004, ES = .763), and psychological wellbeing (p = .008, ES = .679) from baseline to post-intervention, while the TAU comparison group produced a non-significant improvement in relapse risk (p = .209, ES = .264), shame (p = 055, ES = .409) and psychological well-being (p = .088, ES = .456). Correlation results indicated highly significant correlations between all the dependent variables. All correlations dropped post-intervention, although remained significant. The strongest relationship was found between shame and relapse risk at baseline: ALL (n = 43, r = .880), FR (n = 19, r = .869), TAU (n = 24, r = .908). This preliminary study establishes support for the new FR model as a beneficial treatment for significantly improving relapse risk, internalized shame, and psychological well-being in adults with SUD. It also provides important knowledge and insight regarding the critical nature of shame and its role relative to relapse risk and psychological well-being in those with SUD. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Inundações são eventos cada vez mais freqüentes e a cada ano os prejuízos são maiores. Inicialmente o combate dos prejuízos das inundações se deu na forma de evitá-las através de medidas estruturais. Hoje esta forma de combate vem sendo substituída, ou complementada, por medidas chamadas resilientes, geralmente medidas não estruturais, onde o objetivo é evitar as conseqüências e prejuízos da inundação, e não a própria inundação. Índices para avaliação do risco e conseqüências de inundações são ferramentas importantes para o gerenciamento do risco, eles permitem avaliar o risco, suas conseqüências, e auxiliam no desenvolvimento de planos de combate. Neste trabalho é proposto um índice de perigo (IP) e um índice de resiliência (PWRI): o primeiro lida com a vulnerabilidade de pessoas expostas à corrente de água devido inundação, e o segundo tem o objetivo de avaliar a resiliência de uma região com relação a eventos extremos hidrológicos, onde o risco de inundação e a capacidade de gerenciamento de suas conseqüências são determinados. O índice de resiliência (PWRI), que avalia qualitativamente a resiliência de uma região, é composto por seis fatores: o evento natural causador do risco (Ameaça), a probabilidade de inundação devido ao evento natural (Vulnerabilidade), a quantidade de pessoas expostas (Exposição), avaliação das medidas de prevenção e preparação contra a inundação e suas conseqüências (Antes), medidas de combate direto (Durante) e medidas de reconstrução após o evento (Depois). Os fatores são agrupados em dois grupos, o primeiro envolve a avaliação do Risco (Ameaça, Vulnerabilidade e Exposição) e o segundo a avaliação do Gerenciamento do Risco (Antes, Durante e Depois). Os fatores Ameaça, Vulnerabilidade e Exposição são obtidos a partir da previsão de escoamento superficial, modelo digital de elevação e densidade populacional. Os fatores Antes, Durante e Depois são obtidos a partir de hipóteses estabelecidas para o ano em questão. Os resultados são apresentados em uma nova forma de visualização do índice e são realizadas comparações dos resultados obtidos com eventos de inundação recentes. O índice de resiliência identifica pontos com problemas de inundações, e sugere novos pontos que podem sofrer inundação e perdas com o aumento da impermeabilização do solo e alteração do padrão de precipitação. Para o índice de perigo (IP) é desenvolvido um modelo teórico, onde os resultados são comparados e validados com dados experimentais encontrados na literatura. São apresentadas algumas recomendações e formas de utilização para o índice de perigo. Esta pesquisa forma parte do projeto temático Assessment of Impacts and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Brazil and Strategies for Adaptation Options, FAPESP 2008/58161-1 pela componente Mitigation and adaptation measures of vulnerable communities to cope with water-related risks derived from climate change scenarios at river basins of Sao Carlos. / Floods are becoming more frequent and each year the losses are greater. Initially it was used structural measures to avoid the floods and consequently avoid the losses. Today this is being replaced or supplemented by resilient measures generally in form of non-structural measures where the goal is to avoid the losses and damages and not the flood itself. Indexes for assessing the hazard and flooding losses are important tools in the risk management and allow the assessment of the flooding consequences and development of action plans. This work proposes the hazard index and the resilience index: the first one deals with the vulnerability of people exposed to flooding water flow and the second evaluates the resilience of a region with respect hydrological events. The resilience index (PWRI) is formed by six factors: a natural event which causes the threat (Hazard), the flooding probability due the hazard (Vulnerability), exposed people (Exposure), assessment of pre-flood measures (Before), emergency management (During) and post flood reconstruction measures (After). These factors are grouped into two groups: Risk assessment (Hazard, Vulnerability and Exposure) and the Risk Management (Before, During and After). The Hazard, Vulnerability and Exposure factors are obtained from the predicted runoff, digital elevation model and population density. Before, During and After factors are obtained from hypothesis. The resilience index is developed and compared with known flooding points map. It is shown that new flooding points are expected with the increase of the urbanization and land impermeabilization. The second part of the work is the hazard index (IP). A theoretical model is developed to evaluate the forces and limit conditions where people are dragged by water flow. The critical points of velocity and water depth are determined with the model and compared to experimental data found in the literature. In the end some suggestion and recommendation are present.

During the period 2007-2015 the United Kingdom experienced economic crisis, troubles and insecurity in the labour market, radical welfare reforms, service cuts, declining real income levels and a diminished standard of living for many. Research has consistently shown that the most vulnerable groups in society, such as lone mothers, have been disproportionately adversely affected by these changes. Given that someday there will be another recession, or some other serious socio-economic transformations, there is the need to think seriously about how policy makers might offer meaningful protection and resilience to those who will be affected. One policy maker, for example, has recently commented that: “in this period of austerity, we need to support families, and use the power of their relationships and the networks they create to help strengthen people’s capacity for resilience” (Jon Cruddas, March 2014). However, until now, this rhetoric seems to be operating only at the level of political ideals. There is a distinct lack of both theoretical and empirical substance. This thesis offers a redress. It offers a theoretical framework, grounded in an analysis of social networks, for understanding people’s resilience in face of adverse circumstances. It then applies this framework in an empirical investigation into the social support networks of lone mothers, and examines the role that these networks play in times of recession and austerity. The evidence shows that lone mothers vary in their capacity to cope with and adapt to wider socio-economic change. The findings suggest that this variability is linked to the capacity of the lone mother to create, sustain and mobilise a social support network. Those individuals with strong support networks of family and friends are more likely to be able to obtain resources necessary for daily family life and are more resilient in face of the uncertainties associated with new social environments. Given this, the thesis suggests that one way in which social policy might strengthen the resilience of people and families vulnerable to economic crises is through facilitating their support networks, and proposes ways in which this might be done.

Muitas práticas organizacionais antes inexistentes estão sendo implementadas e, ainda, construídas pelas empresas a fim de garantir uma atuação marcada pela geração de resultados positivos para o meio ambiente, a sociedade e viáveis financeiramente. A sustentabilidade tem que estar integrada na estratégia de negócio da empresa e, por isso, há a necessidade de adotar práticas que visem o desenvolvimento de capacidades e competências sustentáveis de modo contínuo. Neste contexto, usa-se o conceito de resiliência que significa a capacidade de uma empresa em lidar com um ambiente complexo e dinâmico. A resiliência é uma capacidade dinâmica e sua principal característica é a geração de competências. Desse modo, a perspectiva da resiliência pode ajudar no desenvolvimento de práticas sustentáveis capazes de gerar novas capacidades para lidar com as demandas da sustentabilidade num ambiente de alta complexidade para sistemas dinâmicos. O presente estudo teve como questão de pesquisa: \"como a resiliência contribui para a sustentabilidade das organizações?\". Dois métodos de coleta foram utilizados para responder a esta pergunta: entrevistas semiestruturadas com gestores de empresas da área de meio ambiente ou sustentabilidade e grupo focal com especialistas das áreas de resiliência e sustentabilidade. Após a análise dos dados, encontrou-se os procedimentos para desenvolver a resiliência na sustentabilidade organizacional tanto na teoria como na prática - planos de longo prazo, reuniões periódicas, benchmarking, comunicação entre áreas e hierarquias distintas, parcerias e ações eco eficientes - e práticas de valorização dos aspectos humanos como o comportamento dos líderes e a cultura compartilhada entre os membros da organização. Os especialistas compreendem a resiliência como um conjunto de práticas que consideram os aspectos procedimentais e humanos para o alcance da sustentabilidade validando, assim, a teoria e os achados do primeiro método - entrevistas com gestores de empresas do setor industrial. / Many organizational practices did not exist before are being implemented, and also built by companies in order to ensure a performance marked by generating positive results for the environment, society and financially viable. Sustainability has to be integrated in the company\'s business strategy and therefore there is a need to adopt practices aimed at capacity building and sustainable skills continuously. In this context, we use the concept of resilience which means the ability of a company to deal with a complex and dynamic environment. Resilience is a dynamic capability and its main feature is the generation of skills. Thus, the perspective of resilience can help in the development of sustainable practices that generate new capabilities to cope with the demands of sustainability in a highly complex environment for dynamic systems. This study was the research question: \"how resilience contributes to the sustainability of organizations?\". Two collection methods were used to answer this question: semi-structured interviews with the environmental area of company managers or sustainability and focus groups with experts in the areas of resilience and sustainability. After analyzing the data, the procedures met to develop resilience in organizational sustainability both in theory and in practice - long-term plans, regular meetings, benchmarking, communication between areas and distinct hierarchies, partnerships and eco-efficient actions - and practices valuation of human aspects such as the behavior of leaders and shared culture among members of the organization. Experts understand resilience as a set of practices that consider the procedural and human aspects for achieving sustainability validating thus the theory and the findings of the first method - interviews with managers of industrial companies.

Les systèmes écologiques sont complexes car composés d'une multitude d'éléments en interaction. Ces interactions, entre espèces par exemple, forment des réseaux qui présentent des propriétés structurelles déterminantes pour la réponse du système écologique entier aux perturbations.Pour mieux identifier cette réponse, il est donc important de cartographier les interactions présentes dans les communautés écologiques et de comprendre leurs variations dans le temps et l'espace.Dans ce travail, nous avons utilisé les communautés de plantes comme systèmes écologiques modèles afin (i) d'identifier à partir de patrons spatiaux certains motifs présents dans les réseaux d'interaction écologiques (les boucles de rétroaction) et (ii) de cartographier les réseaux d'interactions (tels que mesurés par les associations spatiales entre plantes)le long de gradients de stress. Pour ce faire, nous avons utilisé deux jeux de données documentant des communautés de plantes de clairières subalpines (Etats-Unis) et méditerranéennes (La Crau, France). Nos résultats montrent que les boucles de rétroaction peuvent être inferées à partir des patrons spatiaux présents dans les communautés de plantes, permettant ainsi d'identifier des communautés pouvant répondre de manière abrupte aux perturbations. Les interactions entre plantes (déduites de leurs associations spatiales) dépendent fortement du stress appliqué à la communauté, et présentent une résilience faible aux évènements de perturbation.Ce travail montre que les interactions entre plantes peuvent être cartographiées in situ à partir des associations spatiales. Il ouvre la voie vers une meilleure compréhension et capacité d'anticipation de la réponse des communautés écologiques face aux perturbations. / Ecological systems are not simple but composed of many different elements(species, for example) interacting with each other. These networks ofinteractions exhibit structural properties that determine ecological systems’ability to absorb and recover from perturbations. Mappinginteractions along with their changes in time and space is therefore key tounderstand and predict empirical communities' response to global changes.In this thesis, we used plant communities as model systems (i) to explore howspatial patterns may help identify feedbacks loops which make communities morefragile to upcoming changes and (ii) to map species interactions in empiricalcommunities and describe how they change along stress gradients and recover fromperturbations. To do so, we used two datasets documenting plant communities insubalpine meadows (USA) and Mediterranean grasslands (France).Our results show that feedback loops can be inferred to some extent from thespatial patterns of plant communities and hence help identify communities thatmay respond more abruptly to perturbations. Going to a more detailed level ofdescription, plant-plant interactions (as measured through spatial associations)were shown to respond strongly and consistently to stress but exhibited a weakresilience to disturbances.This work shows that plant-plant interactions -- which are linked to the response of the community to perturbations -- can be uncovered using spatial patterns. It paves the way towards a better understanding and a better anticipation capacity of how ecological communities might reorganize when subject to disturbances.