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On entering the Rhodes University Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at 6 Prince Alfred Street, visitors are confronted by a glass cabinet in which is displayed the four volumes of the Keiskammahoek Rural Survey (1947-1952); six of the volumes which emanated from the Border Regional Survey (1956-1964) of which three are the Xhosa in Town trilogy, and a modest paperback From Reserve To Region (1997), which records the changes which took place in Keiskammahoek between the birth of apartheid in 1948 and its demise in 1994. Together these may be seen as the charter documents of the ISER - rooted in empirical research in the Eastern Cape, multidisciplinary, substantial works of scholarship and, in the case of The Xhosa in Town trilogy, at least, of international repute.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:42:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T13:59:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Esta pesquisa realiza um estudo da relação entre universidades-centros de pesquisa e empresas no setor de biomateriais, no estado do Paraná (Brasil). Os dados foram levantados por meio de entrevistas exploratórias realizadas com onze líderes de grupos de pesquisa, com representantes dos setores de pesquisa e desenvolvimento de quatro empresas ligadas ao setor de biomateriais e com os responsáveis pelos Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica das universidades contempladas pela pesquisa. Os resultados das entrevistas com os pesquisadores mostram as motivações para o estabelecimento das parcerias, as principais dificuldades, bem como as lacunas que dificultam o avanço das pesquisas no estado. As entrevistas exploratórias com os representantes das empresas identificaram as motivações para o estabelecimento das parcerias, as formas utilizadas para identificar os pesquisadores, as principais dificuldades, bem como as principais lacunas nesta relação. Foi realizada também uma pesquisa bibliográfica a respeito dos mecanismos governamentais de apoio, na qual foram levantadas as principais legislações federais sobre o processo de inovação, as legislações locais e os principais mecanismos de subvenção atuantes no estado. Por fim, foram identificadas e analisadas as boas práticas implantadas pelas empresas e universidades-centros de pesquisa. Este trabalho finaliza com a apresentação de dois protocolos de boas práticas disponibilizados para empresas e instituições de pesquisa, e um protocolo de ações para o governo, com o objetivo de aprimorar esta relação, tão importante para o desenvolvimento científico-tecnológico no país. / Tese (Doutoramento) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

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The main purpose of this study has been to establish the chanoino character of the RAs (Research Associations) in the UK from 1970 to 1989 and beyond. The last major piece of research carried out on the RAs was the Bessborough Report which was undertaken in 1972. One of the main problems encountered was the availability of secondary data on the RAs. Most of the data, especiall y statistical ones, had to be generated from primary sources e.g. Annual Reports of RAs, internal papers of RAs and interviews. Consequently, a great amount of time and effort went into the accumulation of data. The thesis is divided into five parts. Part 1 consists of the research methodology. Part 2 and 3 provide the necessary background information in order to map out the changes in the RAs over the two decades. Part 4 forms the core of the thesis and it presents the results of the research model used. Part 5 presents the conclusions and recommendations of the study.

Due to recent closures and down sizing within the logging and fishing industry on the periphery of the Clayoquot Sound region of Vancouver Island, economic sustainability for the permanent inhabitants who depend on this activity has become sporadic and inadequate. A thriving tourist industry contributes a limited income to the area due to seasonality and offshore ownership. This project proposes a research facility that would develop diversified industries that would preserve existing ecosystems while supporting the economic rights of the inhabitants. The project would supply immediate and direct benefit to the town of Ucluelet and surrounding area through complete integration of the facilities and program into an existing economic environment. Involvement in construction and supply of materials, income from billeting students and parking, involvement in research strategy, and employment benefits from the research being done, are essential targets. The institute should operate as a satellite graduate program facility in conjunction with existing research colleges and, be the headquarters for other "satellite campsites" incrementally set up and established in the surrounding area; sites chosen for their uniqueness in ecological existence and economic viability. The outdoor nature of the academic program sets the precedence for a lifestyle that is comfortable being exposed to outdoor elements. Courtyards and work areas are created by strategic setbacks, by fragmenting and staggering the facility and by exaggerating roof overhangs and gutters necessary to channel extreme winter rains. The external circulation of the back spine of the main building suffuses throughout the site developing a central circulation core; the pivoting point for access to the administration, the research shed, the "campsite" dormitory, and for the knuckle of the institute, the central courtyard. The courtyard which evolves has public access from the walkway that starts at the public sidewalk of Peninsula Street, cuts diagonally past the main entrance at the south-western corner of the archival gallery, and continues past terraced research gardens to the seminar room. An external stairwell facilitates the final descent to Lyche Street, a public restaurant, and the proposed community hall near the government docks of Ucluelet Harbour; a linkage designed to activate and encourage pedestrian traffic at Lyche Street. The public/private overlapping of the project insures that the integration attitude is in place while presenting unique design opportunities. The building typology exploits local post and beam construction knowledge and uses common materials from local sawmills to provide a rough, unfinished cladding left subjected to weathering. The roof surface is punctuated with translucent skylights to facilitate a condition of light and life under the eaves. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate