El presente estudio de investigación tiene como objetivo general describir la relación entre la estética chicha y las marcas de diseño de moda independiente limeñas entre los años 2010-2020. Hace muchos años se iniciaron olas migratorias a la capital del Perú (Lima). Mencionados cambios en la demografía nacional generaron el surgimiento de una nueva estética dentro de la ciudad, la estética chicha. Esta estética caracterizada por colores llamativos, altos contrastes y expresiones divertidas, rápidamente empezó a ser empleada por diferentes expresiones creativas como el diseño de moda independiente. Para poder lograrlo, se busca responder a la siguiente pregunta: ¿De qué manera se han relacionado la estética de la cultura chicha y las marcas de diseño de moda independiente limeñas entre los años 2010-2020? Para lograr responderla, se desarrollará un marco teórico de la investigación que se centrará en explicar los conceptos de estética de la cultura chicha y de diseño de moda independiente para luego poder establecer la relación entre ambos. Para ello, se emplearán diferentes autores que hayan desarrollado conceptos relevantes para el estudio. El proceso de investigación se realizó a través de una metodología con enfoque cualitativo y diseño etnográfico. Se entrevistarán a representantes de dos marcas de diseño independiente fundadas en Lima (Perú) que emplean la estética chicha en sus diseños a través de entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Se busca hallar las motivaciones y razones personales detrás de la incorporación de este recurso en su proceso creativo. / The present research study has the general objective of describing the relationship between chicha aesthetics and independent fashion design brands in Lima between the years 2010-2020. Many years ago migrants from Perú began to arrive to its capital, Lima. Mentioned changes in the national demography generated the emergence of a new aesthetic within the city, the chicha aesthetic. Characterized by striking colors, high contrasts and fun expressions, this aesthetic quickly began to be used by different creative expressions such as independent fashion design. In order to achieve this objective, it seeks to answer the following question: How have the aesthetics of the Chicha culture and the independent fashion design brands of Lima been related between the years 2010-2020? In order to answer it, a theoretical framework of the research will be developed and focused on explaining the concepts of aesthetics of the Chicha culture and independent fashion design, in order to afterwards establish the relationship between the two. For this, different authors who have developed relevant concepts for the study will be used. The research process was carried out through a methodology with a qualitative approach and ethnographic design. Two independent design brands founded in Lima (Peru) that use chicha aesthetics in their designs will be interviewed through semi-structured interviews. It seeks to find the motivations and personal reasons behind the incorporation of this resource in your creative process.

Denna kvalitativa studie ämnar undersöka och belysa vilka strategierindependentartister använt sig av för att ’tränga genom bruset’. Begreppet”independentartist” syftar till artister eller musiker som skriver, producerar, distribueraroch marknadsför sina egna alster oberoende av majorbolag. Tidigare forskning gör delsavstamp i majorbolagens historiskt höga status inom musikbranschen – dels hurinternets framväxt i takt med utvecklingen av teknik på senare tid har skapat ett slagsutjämning i hierarkin mellan major- och independentaktörer. Med detta skifte i åtanke,och med sociala mediers potential som en plattform för uppmärksamhet, kretsarstudiens problemområde och forskningsfrågor kring hur independentartisters chanser att”tränga genom bruset” står i relation till dessa. Studiens metod utgick fråndjupintervjuer med tre respondenter tillika independentaktörer – alla oberoende avvarandra och majorbolag. Intervjufrågor formulerades med fokus på att undersöka derasarbetssätt, drivkrafter och målsättningar, erfarenheter av samarbeten med mellanhändersamt användande av sociala medier. Teoretiska begrepp som användes för studiensanalys- och diskussionsdel var autonomi, kapital, habitus och uppmärksamhetsekonomii syfte att ställa dessa i relation till studiens frågeställningar. Studien har ämnat belysavilka strategier independentartister har använt sig av, vilket diskuterats och framkommiti intervjuer med respondenter. Något som varit centralt i empirin och gemensamt förrespondenterna, är att en grundlig kärlek för musikskapandet tyckts ge upphov till ettslags naturlig drivkraft i att vilja upprätthålla musikskapandet som yrke på ett ellerannat sätt. Formuleringen att ’tränga genom bruset’ var något samtliga respondenterkunde identifiera sig med, och alla hade ett medvetet förhållningssätt till sociala medieroch en vilja att få ut sin musik. Hur respondenterna tillämpade strategier för att ’trängagenom bruset’ varierade beroende på livssituation, men det framkom i studien förslagoch tankar kring arbets- och tankesätt som är eller varit centrala för dessa.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(医学) / 乙第13387号 / 論医博第2219号 / 新制||医||1048(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻 / (主査)教授 溝脇 尚志, 教授 髙橋 良輔, 教授 渡邉 大 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当 / Doctor of Medical Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Vector graphics rendering is the subject of a large number of research papers. However, many of them lack results regarding animated vector graphics despite its importance in many fields. In this thesis the resolution independent rendering of animated graphics is studied. A testing platform is implemented to evaluate selected rendering backends based on state-of-the-art rendering algorithms and widely used vector graphics libraries. The selected rendering algorithms were selected because they were lacking results for animated graphics. The objectives of the work are achieved through the analysis of the results produced by the animation platform on specifically designed scenarios. The performance of the renderers is evaluated in terms of frame time and sensitivity to various parameters defining the animation. The results showed that the algorithms not originally designed for rendering animated graphics are applicable for this task but tradeoffs have to be made to choose a suitable rendering backend.

Distance learning has provided solutions for students for more than a century. Students access distance learning due to issues with access, credit recovery need, or need for flexibility in location, time, pace, or duration of instruction. Recent advances in technology and instructional designs allow more interactive and synchronous instruction. Researchers suggest that designs using collaborative-constructivist approaches result in deeper learning and increased student satisfaction. Such courses implement theories based on interactions, creation of communities, and learner-centered design. The increase in online curriculum offered and, in some cases, required for K-12 students indicates a need to consider learning characteristics of adolescent learners. Adolescent learners are not as self-regulated, metacognitive, and technologically capable as adult learners. Communities and interactions require the involvement of parents or other involved adults to encourage learner engagement. New theories are emerging concerning learning engagement by adolescents including the adolescent community of engagement (ACE) framework. This dissertation reports two studies of K-12 online students enrolled in independent study courses. The researcher applied the elements of the ACE framework as a lens to study independent study students' experiences with a local community of support. Could students benefit from the curation and support of a proximate community of engagement (PCE)? The first study found that students perceive that a PCE would be helpful to learning when they enroll. The second study found that students completing a course organically accessed a PCE during their course experience, even without coaching and curation activities. Credit recovery students were more likely to perceive value in a PCE but actually created and used such a community at the same level as other learners. Parents and teachers were most often identified as the local support students would, and did engage. Future research was suggested to identify ways to encourage PCE curation, the most effective and supportive PCE interactions, and best practices to train and support members of the PCE.

Syfte och forskningsfrågor Denna studie har till syfte att undersöka hur independent artister tänker kring verktyget autenticitet och vilka faktorer som kan bidra till att skapa en autentisk grafisk profil. Metod Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och grundar sig i en abduktiv ansats med deduktiva inslag. Studiens empiriska data utgörs av 6 semistrukturerade intervjuer med independent artister. Slutsats Autenticitet skapas naturligt genom artistens självständiga motivation, passion och drivkraft eftersom artisten tycker det är roligt att skapa musik och en visuell image. Artister kan vara autentiska samtidigt som de vill bli framgångsrika så länge det finns en balans och fokus på det kreativa skapandet.

The history of African Independent Churches (AICs) in Southern Africa goes back for more than a hundred years. They have proliferated geographically and demographically in Africa more than the mainline churches could ever have imagined. They have grown to be as widespread and as influential as the African mainline churches. The reason for this growth is that the AICs are the churches of African indigenous people. They are launched by Africans from a background of an African traditional and cultural frame of reference. The most significant reason is that the founders of these churches are not Westerners, but Africans. Western missionaries find it difficult to understand the AICs from their perspective. Thus the Western churches describe the AICs as sectarian, separatist, syncretist, nativitist, and so on. Nevertheless, some scholars are attempting to view the AICs in positive ways. The fact that these two different churches have never acknowledged each other as true churches is a big challenge for Christian missions in Namibia. Each group has been viewing and judging the other party through suspicious eyes from their own perspective, each driving the other to block the channel of reconciliation before the presence of God. With the aim of solving this problem, this thesis attempts to answer the following questions about the AICs in Namibia: • What are the reasons that the AICs in Namibia have been seceded from mission churches? • What are the activities in civil society in which the AICs in Namibia are currently involved? • Do the AICs engage in any activities which go against the Word of God? • What causes other churches to be suspicious of the AICs? • What level of enculturation is inherent to the AICs in Namibia? In other words, what is the relationship between the liturgies of the AIC and African traditional religion and African culture? • What makes the AICs in Namibia regard themselves as a church? Would it be possible for the AICs and the mainline churches in Namibia to cooperate in Christian missionary work? • What is a possible Korean missionary perspective on this particular situation? This will be dealt throughout this thesis from a Korean missionary missional perspective. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / tm2015 / Science of Religion and Missiology / PhD / Unrestricted

One of the main challenges experienced during adolescence is that of developing a coherent sense of self, or self-identity (Becht, 2016; Bester & Quinn, 2010; Erickson, 1977). This study used a parallel (or convergent) interactive multi-method design, embedded in an intervention, to explore the possible effects of group based life design counselling on the sense of self of female adolescent peer supporters. The possibility of assisting more individuals by using intervention techniques in groups was also explored. The research study is embedded in a constructivist paradigm and, working from an interpretive stance, the researcher collected, analysed and reported on quantitative and qualitative data to gained insight into the participants’ experiences surrounding narrative group life design techniques and their possible impact on enhancing the sense of self. The overall findings indicate that the intervention programme enhanced the sense of self of the participating peer supporters. The mixed-method research results from this study provide a clearer view of how groups of adolescents can be supported to become better equipped to negotiate transitions in their lives, by enhancing their sense of self. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Educational Psychology / PhD / Unrestricted

Independent metering poses a possibility to improve energy efficiency of throttlecontrolled hydraulic single-rod cylinder drives. This paper deals with energetic potentials gained through variable circuitry that come along with independent metering. A method to assess energetic potentials is described, based on load specific, optimal operating modes. As a means of yielding maximum energy efficiency for a wide range of applications, a smooth mode switching algorithm that minimizes losses and allows good motion tracking is proposed. The mode switching algorithm is validated in simulation and on a test stand.

This contribution presents an operating strategy for a novel valve structure for mobile machines’ working hydraulics which combines the flexibility and energetic benefits of individual metering with the functionality of common primary pressure compensation (IPC). The aim is to set up a system that uses a minimal amount of sensors and simple control algorithms. A control strategy theoretically described in /1/ is modified to facilitate the practical implementation on a mini excavator implement as a test rig. This test rig consists only of components that are currently available off-the-shelf to show that it is possible to develop an individual metering system under these economic restrictions. The novel is more energy efficient than common flow sharing systems but provides the same functionality. The control algorithm is experimentally evaluated in terms of functionality and energy consumption. Simulations show potential for further improvements.