This project exhaustively examines the first element (theme) of each clause in Mark and in samples from other roughly contemporaneous Jewish writings. The comparative documents are divided into two categories, referential and non-referential narratives. Then statistical analyses ( 2 and t-test) are used to determine with which category of comparative documents Mark more closely aligns. The raw results of these hypothesis tests were equivocal, but their corresponding effect sizes (Cramer's V and Cohen's d, respectively) clearly demonstrate that Mark more closely resembles referential narrative, although the difference is small.

Le but de ce mémoire est d'évaluer les qualités psychométriques d'un instrument de langue française servant à mesurer l'agitation chez des personnes âgées vivant en centre d'hébergement et de soins de longue durée (CHSLD). L'Inventaire d'agitation de Cohen-Mansfield (IACM) est la version française du "Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory". L'IACM a été administre aux résidents de trois unités de soins d'un CHSLD (N = 99). Les résultats indiquent que la fidélité inter-juge (r de Pearson =.72), la stabilité temporelle (r de Pearson =.72), la consistance interne (alpha de Cronbach de.75 a.77), la validité concomitante (r de Pearson =.74) et la validité de construit (toutes les corrélations sont significatives à p $<$.05) de l'IACM sont acceptables. L’IACM s'avère donc un instrument valide et fidèle pour la mesure de l'agitation en CHSLD.

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the use of effect sizes to report the results of statistical credit rating models in a more practical way. Rating systems in the form of statistical probability models like logistic regression models are used to forecast the behaviour of clients and guide business in rating clients as “high” or “low” risk borrowers. Therefore, model results were reported in terms of statistical significance as well as business language (practical significance), which business experts can understand and interpret. In this thesis, statistical results were expressed as effect sizes like Cohen‟s d that puts the results into standardised and measurable units, which can be reported practically. These effect sizes indicated strength of correlations between variables, contribution of variables to the odds of defaulting, the overall goodness-of-fit of the models and the models‟ discriminating ability between high and low risk customers. / Statistics / M. Sc. (Statistics)

When subjected to a combination of moment and shear force, a reinforced concrete (RC) beam with either little or no transverse reinforcement can fail in shear before reaching its full flexural strength. This type of failure is sudden in nature and usually disastrous because it does not give sufficient warning prior to collapse. To prevent this type of shear failure, reinforced concrete beams are traditionally reinforced with stirrups. However, the use of stirrups is not always cost effective since it increases labor costs, and can make casting concrete difficult in situations where closely-spaced stirrups are required. The use of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) could be considered as a potential alternative to the use of traditional shear reinforcement. Concrete is very weak and brittle in tension, SFRC transforms this behaviour and improves the diagonal tension capacity of concrete and thus can result in significant enhancements in shear capacity. However, one of the drawbacks associated with SFRC is that the addition of fibers to a regular concrete mix can cause problems in workability. The use of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is an innovative solution to this problem and can result in improved workability when fibers are added to the mix. The thesis presents the experimental results from tests on twelve slender self-consolidating fiber reinforced concrete (SCFRC) beams tested under four-point loading. The results demonstrate the combined use of SCC and steel fibers can improve the shear resistance of reinforced concrete beams, enhance crack control and can promote flexural ductility. Despite extensive research, there is a lack of accurate and reliable design guidelines for the use of SFRC in beams. This study presents a rational model which can accurately predict the shear resistance of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams. The thesis also proposes a safe and reliable equation which can be used for the shear design of SFRC beams.

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L’anarchisme vit un renouveau un peu partout sur le globe depuis les années 1990 et la montée du mouvement contre la mondialisation. Cependant pour les chercheurs contemporains, le lien est bien mince entre l’anarchisme du 21e siècle et le mouvement anarchiste du début du 20e siècle. Selon ces chercheurs, l’anarchisme contemporain serait davantage caractérisé par la nature expérimentale de ses stratégies et par son focus sur le moment présent. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de démontrer qu’il est possible de tracer des liens clairs entre les auteurs anarchistes classiques et l’anarchisme contemporain. En effet, certains auteurs classiques de ce courant vivent leur anarchisme dans le moment présent contrairement à ce que laissent entendre implicitement les chercheurs qui se sont penchés sur l’anarchisme contemporain. Nous analysons les cas d’auteurs anarchistes de la première moitié du 20e siècle comme Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Joseph J. Cohen, Albert Libertad, Émile Armand et Rirette Maîtrejean. Une analyse de la colonie libertaire d’Aiglemont complète le tableau. Notre approche centrée sur l’étude des pratiques militantes repose sur trois conceptions idéal-typiques. Nous considérons trois types de pratiques anarchistes : l’action anarchiste de type insurrectionnel, de type syndicaliste et de type éducationnisteréalisateur. Nous concluons que les pratiques du mouvement anarchiste contemporain s’apparentent aux pratiques de certains anarchistes classiques, c’est-à-dire les pratiques de type éducationniste-réalisateur. / Anarchism has seen a revival across the globe since the 1990s and the rise of the movement against globalization. However for contemporary researchers, the link is thin between the current anarchist movement and the anarchist movement of the early 20th century. According to these researchers, contemporary anarchism is more characterized by the experimental nature of its strategies and its focus on the present tense. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that it is possible to draw parallels between some of the classical anarchists writers and contemporary anarchism. Indeed, some anarchists of the early 20th century lived their anarchism from day to day contrary to what suggest implicitly some researchers who have studied contemporary anarchism. We analyze the cases of anarchists writers of the early 20th century such as Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Joseph J. Cohen, Albert Libertad, Emile Armand and Rirette Maîtrejean. An analysis of the Aiglemont libertarian colony completes the picture. Our approach focus on the study of activists practices based on three ideals types designs. We consider three types of anarchists practices: insurrectionary anarchist action type, union type and the experimental-educationist type. We conclude that the practices of the contemporary anarchist movement are similar in some ways to the practices of at least a few classical anarchists, that is to say, the experimental-educationist type of anarchists practices.

While current scholarship acknowledges the influence of Buddhist ideas on Julio Cortázar’s fiction, critical analysis of this element of his work does not often engage in depth with Buddhist thought. Buddhism is frequently characterised as something mystical or mythical when read in relation to the works of Cortázar. This approach leads to an insufficient reading of the highly important notion of the ‘centro’ in Rayuela (1963), whose symbolism, evoking a dynamic equilibrium, may be more successfully explored with closer reference to Buddhist philosophy. The Argentine author Marcelo Cohen has also engaged with Buddhist ideas in his works; his Buda (1990), a biography of the historical Buddha, testifies to this interest. Again, however, this aspect has not received full attention in critical scholarship. Given the importance of the use of negation in Cohen’s literature, comparing Cohen with Buddhist philosophy can enrich our understanding of many aspects of his works, such as his treatment of relationality. I have chosen to compare both Argentine authors with the Indian Buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna, who is considered the founder of the Madhyamaka school, which is particularly associated with the theory of ‘emptiness’ (‘śūnyatā’). Nāgārjuna’s philosophy is cited directly in Cortázar’s poem ‘Canción de Gautama’ and Cohen’s Buda and informs a number of these writers’ other texts. The main body of the thesis is divided into three sections. These examine the triadic relation between time, identity and language, with each section focusing more on one of these three aspects in turn. The three chapters and three authors will be drawn together to form a new reading of the role of negation.

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the use of effect sizes to report the results of statistical credit rating models in a more practical way. Rating systems in the form of statistical probability models like logistic regression models are used to forecast the behaviour of clients and guide business in rating clients as “high” or “low” risk borrowers. Therefore, model results were reported in terms of statistical significance as well as business language (practical significance), which business experts can understand and interpret. In this thesis, statistical results were expressed as effect sizes like Cohen‟s d that puts the results into standardised and measurable units, which can be reported practically. These effect sizes indicated strength of correlations between variables, contribution of variables to the odds of defaulting, the overall goodness-of-fit of the models and the models‟ discriminating ability between high and low risk customers. / Statistics / M. Sc. (Statistics)

Let G be a finite graph with vertex set V and edge set E. A graph complex on G is an abstract simplicial complex consisting of subsets of E. In particular, we may interpret such a complex as a family of subgraphs of G. The subject of this thesis is the topology of graph complexes, the emphasis being placed on homology, homotopy type, connectivity degree, Cohen-Macaulayness, and Euler characteristic. We are particularly interested in the case that G is the complete graph on V. Monotone graph properties are complexes on such a graph satisfying the additional condition that they are invariant under permutations of V. Some well-studied monotone graph properties that we discuss in this thesis are complexes of matchings, forests, bipartite graphs, disconnected graphs, and not 2-connected graphs. We present new results about several other monotone graph properties, including complexes of not 3-connected graphs and graphs not coverable by p vertices. Imagining the vertices as the corners of a regular polygon, we obtain another important class consisting of those graph complexes that are invariant under the natural action of the dihedral group on this polygon. The most famous example is the associahedron, whose faces are graphs without crossings inside the polygon. Restricting to matchings, forests, or bipartite graphs, we obtain other interesting complexes of noncrossing graphs. We also examine a certain "dihedral" variant of connectivity. The third class to be examined is the class of digraph complexes. Some well-studied examples are complexes of acyclic digraphs and not strongly connected digraphs. We present new results about a few other digraph complexes, including complexes of graded digraphs and non-spanning digraphs. Many of our proofs are based on Robin Forman's discrete version of Morse theory. As a byproduct, this thesis provides a loosely defined toolbox for attacking problems in topological combinatorics via discrete Morse theory. In terms of simplicity and power, arguably the most efficient tool is Forman's divide and conquer approach via decision trees, which we successfully apply to a large number of graph and digraph complexes. / QC 20100622

Skolan befinner sig i en förändringsprocess där lärares auktoritet inte längre är självklar, istället söker lärare efter nya sätt att hålla ordning och skapa arbetsro. Hanteringen av konflikter har visat sig viktig i en tid då konflikter tillåts komma upp för diskussion och upplevs som en allt större del av lärares vardag. Syftet med denna undersökning är att se på hur lärare hanterar konflikter mellan elever på lågstadiet och mellanstadiet. Dessutom är syftet att undersöka vilka faktorer hos lärarna som påverkar hur de hanterar konflikter. Frågeställningen handlar om hur lärare hanterar konflikter och hur de förstår vad som ligger bakom konflikterna. Vidare undersöks ifall djupare förståelse för bakgrunden till konflikterna leder till mer omfattande konflikthantering. Slutligen undersöks andra faktorer som påverkar hur lärarna hanterar konflikter. Metoden utgörs av kvalitativa intervjuer med sju klasslärare på låg- och mellanstadiet. Lärarna uppmanas att berätta om elevkonflikter som upplevts som svåra. Dessutom ställs frågor om det pyskosociala klimatet i lärarens klass, denna information används för att analysera lärares attityder inom olika områden. Analysen, som har både kvalitativa och kvantitativa inslag, ger en översikt som beskriver relationen mellan konflikthanteringen och konflikterna i jämförelse med en idealmodell. Utifrån lärarnas uttalande undersöks lärarnas kunskap och förmågor, vilket därefter jämförs med konflikthanteringen. Resultaten indikerar att flera faktorer gällande lärares kunskap, förmågor och attityder har inverkan på hur de hanterar konflikter.