The United Housing Foundation (UHF) was founded in 1972 to provide organizational, administrative, and technical advice to housing cooperatives in British Columbia. The purpose of the Foundation was to promote the success of housing cooperatives through the centralization of the substantial knowledge and skills hitherto scattered throughout many small groups in the cooperative sector. Within three and one-half years UHF grew from a grassroots organization under the auspices of the credit union movement to a government funded bureaucracy capable of producing over 1000 cooperative units annually. UHF's apparent success was marred by a bitter conflict be-UHF and its client cooperatives who charged the organization with elitism, insensitivity, and failure to represent cooperatives and by a provincial review of the Foundation and subsequent withholding of funds. These events led to the final collapse of UHF in February 1976. This thesis investigates the role of UHF and concludes that it was a divisive force in the cooperative movement in this province. It was discovered that the local cooperative movement was severely damaged by UHF's frustration of individual cooperatives' needs, provincial interference in UHF policy, and UHF's less-than-professional technical services. The problems of UHF were found to pertain to a large extent to difficulties inherent in the dual nature of cooperative housing — both economic enterprise and . social movement — and the distinct lack of Cooperation among cooperatives. The main recommendations are for self-financing and, therefore, resource groups representative of the cooperatives served, and for the establishment of several types of resource groups to meet the various needs of different housing cooperatives, a recognition that the field is too diverse to be contained within one group. i / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

This thesis develops a model for the management of till cash (currency and coin) of a branch for a Vancouver area credit union. The model is developed in two parts. First, a model is estimated to forecast cash demand and then a cash order algorithm is developed. Two statistical models are developed to estimate cash demand. The first employs Box-Jenkins time series techniques. This model fails because the cash flow data are non-stationary, exhibiting both a growth trend and high autocorrelations at large lags. In the second model, a growth trend for real weekly cash flows is first estimated, incorporating an asymptotic capacity constraint. The real cash flow trend is converted to a nominal trend and used as the weight in a linear weighted least squares model for daily cash flows, in which the explanatory variables are dummy variables to indicate days of the week, months of the year, incidence of pay days, etc. The consistency of the resulting forecast model is also discussed. To develop a cash order algorithm, steady state models are first considered. These models are generally based on stationary cash demand, constant delivery lag times for orders and other assumptions that are inappropriate in this till cash management setting. To relax the steady state assumptions a general dynamic programming framework is developed for the cash management model that allows for either penalty costs for cash-outs (cash shortages) or a chance constraint involving the probability of a cash-out. Because of non-stationarity of the cash flows the dynamic program cannot be solved directly, but an approximate solution is obtained using a simulation technique. The resulting algorithm is tested on historical data and the results are discussed briefly. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

Orientador: Antonio Batocchio / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T09:38:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos_VirgilioFerreiraMarquesdos_M.pdf: 2869326 bytes, checksum: d4900ac89a9853dc3325d071a99ad484 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A adequação do Núcleo ao modo de trabalho cooperativo foi o tema escolhido devido ao potencial impacto positivo que a cooperação tem no desenvolvimento e competitividade de uma rede de empresas. A escolha por auxiliar o Núcleo a trabalhar desta maneira deu-se pela importância que as "empresas juniores" da UNICAMP têm para a difusão de tecnologia a baixo custo às micro e pequenas empresas da região de Campinas, pois a universidade provém recursos e tecnologia a preço de custo e isentos de tributação para as "empresas juniores" que assim, buscam transferi-lo para os empresários da região que não dispõem de grandes somas para a contratação de consultorias em pesquisa e desenvolvimento, e ganham uma pequena quantia por isso, para que possam pagar seus custos e desenvolver seus membros. Assim, uma rede mais forte irá potencializar a inclusão tecnológica das empresas da região e difundir os conceitos e vantagens do trabalho cooperativo, ampliando assim a competitividade da região, gerando mais riquezas e trabalho para a população. Ao final, o trabalho forneceu sugestões para que a rede adéqüe-se ao modelo de gestão proposto através do reforço dos benefícios da cooperação entre micro, pequenas e médias empresas, e a importância da gestão adequada para que tais benefícios possam ser alcançados. Sugeriram-se também, alterações contratuais, criação de um código de ética, criação de um planejamento estratégico participativo, criação de documentos que amparem os planos de ação, criação de documentos que amparem os comitês e equipes de trabalho, bem como métodos para aumentar a participação e a integração dos membros à rede. / Abstract: The use of the cooperative work in the Núcleo, was chosen because it could potentially have a positive impact in the development and competitiveness of a companies' network. The choice to help the Nucleo was made because the significant row that the "juniors enterprises" has in disseminating low cost technology in Campinas, as the university supplies resources and technology at a break-even cost and a tax free way to the "junior enterprises" the one that wil then try to transfer it to the entrepreneurs of the region that do not have large amounts of money to hire consultants for research and development, and have a small profit. All that is made by the junior enterprises only in order to pay their operational costs and develop its members. Thus, a stronger network will enhance the technological inclusion among the companies in the region and disseminate the concepts and benefits of cooperative work by increasing the region's competitiveness, generating that way more wealth and employment for the population. Finally, the study provides suggestions for the network to adequate in the proposed management model by reinforcing the benefits of cooperation between micro, small and medium enterprises, as well as highlighting the importance of proper management in order to achieve such. It was also suggested in this work, contractual changes, the creation of a code of ethics, creating a participatory strategic planning, the creation of documents that support the action plans and committees and work teams, as well as methods to increase the participation and integration of the network members. / Mestrado / Materiais e Processos de Fabricação / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Magister Educationis - MEd / Euclidean geometry was recently re-introduced as a compulsory topic in the Mathematics Curriculum for learners in the Further Education and Training (FET) band in 2012. The diagnostic analysis reports on the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Mathematics Paper 2 examinations since 2014 has repeatedly expressed concern of the poor performance of leaners in proof and reasoning items linked to circle geometry. Various efforts have been made to examine the composition of the curriculum to find ways of motivating learners in the study of circle geometry and enhancing their performance but not much has been realized. The use of technology or cooperative learning approaches for the teaching of geometry is beneficial for pedagogical purposes, particularly for improving learners’ performance in geometry. Hence, this study investigated the impact of using technology through cooperative learning on learners’ performance on grade circle 11 geometry. It was thus an attempt to focus on blending these two teaching methods with an emphasis on the use of technology. The research took place at a Khayelitsha school and the scope of technology was limited to using a mathematical computer programme called Heymath.

Ce projet vise la synthèse de différentes familles de ligands pinceurs associant la fonction iminophosphorane (P=N) à d’autres fonctions azotées ou phosphorées. Les ligands pinceurs sont des ligands tridentés, dont la versatilité des structures possibles permet une modulation fine des propriétés électroniques et stériques des complexes formés. L’introduction de fonctions spécifiques permet également d’envisager une coopérativé du ligand.Le premier chapitre décrit la synthèse et la caractérisation de différents complexes ruthénium-hydrure qui différent par la nature des ligands ancillaires. Les complexes obtenus et leurs propriétés ont été comparés à leurs analogues phosphine(s)/amines décrits dans la littérature en particulier pour la catalyse de processus hydrogénants et déshydrogénants. Dans le contexte économique et écologique actuel, la catalyse par des complexes de ruthénium n’apparait pas comme une solution pertinente à long terme. Des complexes de fer analogues ont donc également été développés.Une seconde famille de ligands, différant par la position de la fonction iminophosphorane, a été également synthétisée. Sa coordination à un métal de transition du groupe 11 tel que le cuivre(I) a été étudiée. Les propriétés catalytiques et la réactivité des différents complexes formés ont ensuite été décrites au travers, par exemple, de la réaction d’Huisgen.Enfin, une nouvelle famille de ligands pinceurs triazotés à motif amidoquinoline a ensuite été développée. Sa synthèse est décrite dans ce manuscrit, ainsi que les complexes préparés avec différents métaux du groupe 8 tels que le palladium et le nickel. La réactivité du ligand possédant des substituants phényles avec le nickel(0) a conduit à réarrangement original du ligand. / This research project aims at the synthesis of various types of pincer ligands associating iminophosphorane (P=N) and different nitrogen and phosphorous containing functions. Pincer ligands are tridentate ligands with high degree of synthetic variability allowing a fine tuning of the electronic and steric properties. Cooperativity can also be allowed by introducing specific functions.First chapter deals with the synthesis and characterizations of various ruthenium-hydride complexes which differ by the nature of the ancillary ligands. The obtained complexes and their properties have been compared to their phophine(s)/amine analogues known in the literature, in particular for hydrogenating or dehydrogenating processes. Nevertheless, inthe global economic and ecologic context, ruthenium catalysis does not appear as a sustainable candidate. Therefore iron analogs have also been developed.The modification of the iminophosphorane position led us to synthesize a new family of ligands. Its coordination with a group 11 transition metal such as copper(I) has also been studied. The catalytic properties of those complexes for the Huisgen reaction have also been probed.Finally a new family of pincer ligands containing three coordinating nitrogen atoms with an amidoquinoline moiety has been developed afterwards. Its synthesis is described in this manuscript as well as the complexes formed with group 8 transition metals such as palladium and nickel. An unusual reactivity has been observed when the ligand which includes phenyl substituents on the iminophosphorane reacted with nickel(0).

Alloy is a lightweight formal modeling tool that generates instances of a software specification to check properties of the design. This work demonstrates the use of Alloy for the rapid development of autonomous vehicle driving protocols. We contribute two driving protocols: a Normal protocol that represents the unpredictable yet safe driving behavior of typical human drivers, and a Connected protocol that employs connected technology for cooperative autonomous driving. Using five properties that define safe and productive driving actions, we analyze the performance of our protocols in mixed traffic. Lightweight formal modeling is a valuable way to reason about driving protocols early in the development process because it can automate the checking of safety and productivity properties and prevent costly design flaws.

Denna kunskapsöversikt ska bidra till utvidgad förståelse för hur kooperativt lärande kan påverkar elevers motivation till matematiken. Kooperativt lärande är en arbetsmetod där elevers kunskaper utvecklas i samverkan med varandra och läraren.Genom att undersöka internationella och relevanta forskningsartiklar till vår frågeställning har vi kunnat sammanställa ett resultat som vi hoppas på ska gynna oss i vår framtida lärarprofession. Resultatet av de vetenskapliga artiklar som vi har använt har sammanfattats till fyra kategorier där vi besvarar hur lärarens roll är en väsentlig del av det kooperativa lärandet, vilken inverkan gruppsammansättningen och dess medlemmar har, hur elevers motivation ökar när de erbjuds möjlighet att samarbeta med varandra och slutligen hur kooperativt lärande kan hämma elevers motivation om negativa konsekvenser inte uppmärksammas.  Vår slutsats blev att kooperativt lärande kan öka elevers motivation när det nyttjas på rätt sätt av lärare och elever. För att kooperativt lärande inte bara ska ses som ett komplement i undervisningen är det viktigt att arbetsmetoden successivt introduceras för elever. På så sätt får elever möjlighet att bygga upp ett förtroende för varandra och arbetsmetoden.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(情報学) / 甲第22099号 / 情博第709号 / 新制||情||122(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院情報学研究科通信情報システム専攻 / (主査)教授 守倉 正博, 教授 原田 博司, 教授 梅野 健 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Informatics / Kyoto University / DFAM

Recent measurements show that the spectrum is under-utilized by licensed users in wireless communication. Cognitive radio (CR) has been proposed as a suitable solution to manage the inefficient usage of the spectrum and increase coverage area of wireless networks. The concept is based on allowing a group of secondary users (SUs) to share the unused radio spectrum originally owned by the primary user (PUs). The operation of CR should not cause harmful interference to the PUs. In the other hand, relayed transmission increases the coverage and achievable capacity of communication systems and in particular in CR systems. In fact there are many types of cooperative communications, however the two main ones are decode-and-forward (DAF) and amplify-and-forward (AAF). Adaptive relaying scheme is a relaying technique by which the benefits of the amplifying or decode and forward techniques can be achieved by switching the forwarding technique according to the quality of the signal. In this dissertation, we investigate the power allocation for an adaptive relaying protocol (ARP) scheme in cognitive system by maximizing the end-to-end rate and searching the best carriers pairing distribution. The optimization problem is under the interference and power budget constraints. The simulation results confirm the efficiency of the proposed adaptive relaying protocol in comparison to other relaying techniques, and the consequence of the choice of the pairing strategy.

Thesis advisor: Masayuki Wasa / Thesis advisor: Amir H. Hoveyda / This dissertation describes the development of cooperative catalyst systems that contain an achiral Lewis acid and a chiral Lewis acid that may have overlapping functions but play their independent roles to promote enantioselective C–C bond formations. Chapter 1 provides a summary of recent advances made in the field of enantioselective cooperative catalysis that served as intellectual foundations for this dissertation research. As it will be discussed in the first chapter, key limitations of cooperative catalysis are: (1) undesirable catalyst deactivation which occurs due to acid/base complexation, (2) requirement for base sensitive pronucleophiles and acid sensitive electrophiles, and (3) poor reaction efficiency. In an effort to overcome these fundamental limitations, we have developed “frustrated” Lewis pair (FLP)-based catalyst systems that consist of potent and sterically encumbered Lewis acids used in pair with bulky N-containing Lewis bases. To demonstrate the potential of the novel FLP catalyst system, we describe our work involving the enantioselective Conia-ene-type cyclization (Chapter 2). In the subsequent chapter (Chapter 3), we discuss the application of the FLP catalysts for enantioselective β-amino C–H functionalization reactions. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2021. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.