Workplace violence infects many organizations. This descriptive study assesses the extent to which Texas park and recreation departments institute policies and procedures for preventing worker-initiated violence. Thirty directors from local park and recreation departments were interviewed by telephone and asked to identify whether their departments used specific prevention strategies to thwart instances of worker-initiated violence. The findings reveal few prevention strategies being used and suggest a need for park and recreation managers to increase their awareness and take a more proactive approach to violence prevention.

In today’s globalised business environment, females are underrepresented in expatriate positions. The lower numbers of females in international assignments results from the glass-ceiling that is established within the organisational culture of MNCs. What happens however, when the organisational culture is renowned for diversity, a strong ethical code of conduct and operates in a female-focused industry? We have therefore decided to investigate: “How does the organisational culture of Alpha cosmetics affect the job satisfaction of female expatriates?” and “What are the challenges related to female expatriation?” The study will attempt to answer the research questions by exploring the themes of organisational culture, job satisfaction and female expatriation. A qualitative research method involving semi-structured interviews, with ten female expatriates working for Alpha Cosmetics, was conducted.  Based on our results, Alpha Cosmetics possesses a clan culture which is commonly associated with high levels of job satisfaction. That appears to be the case in the beginning, however, the dark side of the culture surfaces when the expatriate glass-ceiling is identified in the organisation. This ceiling makes females self-initiate their expatriation without receiving any of the organisational benefits accompanied with traditional expatriation. This situation signifies the negative impact of the organisational culture on the job satisfaction of female expatriates.

Police-involved deaths of African Americans have increased over the past two decades, with continued high-profile media exposure. The problem is that extant research provided only a partial understanding and disparate focus about how media exposure, social responses, social media use, and attitudes towards police were possibly related to citizens witnessing acts of police-initiated actions against African Americans in the United States. The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess the predictive nature of media exposure, social response, and social media use concerning citizens' attitudes towards police. The two theories supporting this study and shaped this hypothetical system are media dependency and the structural strain theory. Data were collected using a characteristic profile survey, Index of Social Networking, Offline and Online Activity Levels Measure, and Attitudes Towards Police Scale with a convenience sample of 132 respondents who were 18 year of age or older who are identified as users of the social media platforms Facebook and LinkedIn. Data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation and forward entry multiple linear regression. The overall model was significant (p = .002) and accounted for 12.3% of the variance in the respondent's attitude toward the police, however, media was not significant. This study represented an effort into understanding the sentiments of police and police activity coupled with media-driven and public attitudes towards police-initiated actions. These findings can be used to enhance relationships between communities and the police, especially in the practice of community policing and resolving negative perceptions based on cultural imprints that hinder effective policing.

We reported a non-crosslinking approach to synthesize nitroxide radical polymer brushes for thin-film electrodes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymeization (SI-ATRP), which was effective to yield the organic radical polymer brushes with high grafting density and to attain a uniform surface. As mentioned above, the covalent bonding of nitroxide polymer brushes to the conducting substrate not only prevented the polymer dissolution into organic electrolyte solution but improved the cycle life performance of batteries. Moreover, they can be the potential application in microbatteries by using microcontact printing to produce the patterned nitroxide polymer brushes on a conducting substrate. Even though the organic radical polymer brushes provided a new approach to syn-thesize thin-film electrodes, they still existed many problems that needed to study and to figure out. We discussed the morphology and electrochemical performance about ni-troxide radical polymer in the thesis. In the measurement of surface properties, we used the contact angle, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) and atomic force microscopic (AFM) to proceed. Another, in the measurement of electrochemical analysis, we used the cyclic voltammetry(CV), alternating current (AC) impedance and charge-discharge to understand the regarding mechanism in this polymer layer during the electrochemical reaction. In chapter 4, we discussed the oxidative problem in the polymer brushes. It should be well controlled during the oxidation reaction, because the oxidation level may affect the diffusion of electron that resulted the capacity better or not. In chapter5, we controlled the density of polymer brushes to construct the possible mechanism during the electro-chemical reaction, and found out the possible factors that affected the electrochemistry. In chapter 6, we applied the better results from the front chapter to the organic radical battery, and compared their electrical performance.

CABRI est un réacteur piscine conçu pour tester du combustible irradié dans des conditions accidentelles de type RIA, c'est à dire d'insertion intempestive de réactivité.Un circuit dédié de dépressurisation d'hélium 3, contenu dans les barres transitoires, permet d'injecter jusqu'à 4 $ de réactivité contrée majoritairement par l'effet Doppler quand la puissance atteint en quelques millisecondes jusqu'à 200000 fois la puissance initiale de 100 kW.La thèse présente les améliorations apportées à la prédiction des transitoires et les études d'incertitudes qui en découlent.Le calcul par cinétique ponctuelle couplée à la thermohydraulique 1D et échanges de chaleur des transitoires de puissance CABRI a été renforcé par l'ajout de métamodèles basés sur des analyses expérimentales et des calculs Best-Estimate de la dépressurisation d'hélium 3, des effets en réactivité et des paramètres cinétiques.L'amélioration de la modélisation des transitoires de puissance a eu un impact positif sur la prédiction des essais CABRI.Le code SPARTE, associé à la plate-forme URANIE, ont permis de propager les incertitudes expérimentales et de modélisation.Finalement, l'optimisation des transitoires pour améliorer la conception d'expériences dans CABRI est abordée. / CABRI is a pool type pulsed reactor designed for studying pre-irradiated nuclear fuel behavior under RIA (Reactivity Initiated Accident) conditions.The helium-3 depressurization from the transient rods system allows the insertion of up to 4 $ reactivity mainly countered by the Doppler effect when the power reaches in few milliseconds up to 200,000 times the initial 100~kW power.This thesis presents the improvements added to the power transients prediction and the associated uncertainties studies.The point kinetics calculation coupled with 1D thermal-hydraulics and heat transfer has been improved by the addition of surrogate models based on experimental analysis and Best-Estimate calculations of the helium-3 depressurization and of the reactivity effects and of the kinetics parameters.The power transients modeling improvements have a positiv impact on the CABRI tests prediction.The propagation of the experimental and of the modeling uncertainties was realized with the SPARTE code and the URANIE uncertainty platform.Finally, the power transients characteristics optimization is approached in order to improve the CABRI experiments designing.

This is a systematic and critical study of the mission of the Kimbanguist Church in the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The research question was: “How do the Kimbanguist members interpret and express the Christian message in and for the context of Katanga province through their communal life, worship and mission?” A historical chapter traces the origins and growth of the church, followed by four chapters that analyze the mission of the church by means of a ‘praxis cycle.’ The chapters look at mission strategies (leadership, church departments, mission methods), followed by mission agents (spiritual head, clergy, chaplains, women, youth), the theological sources of mission (the Bible, the life of Simon Kimbangu, and a code of conduct) and spirituality (liturgy, sacraments, pilgrimages and festivals). In a concluding chapter several critical issues were identified for critical dialogue between the Kimbanguist church and other African churches. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:47:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thiago Medeiros Goncalves Pinto_Dissertacao.pdf: 957085 bytes, checksum: bb0685f339bb0a9319c89148b71a3b83 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-21 / The thematic of this dissertation is all about inclusion in Physical Education class. To develop from methodological pint of view regarding in principles of action-research are performed reflexions about pedagogic practice of initiate teacher. The empirical field is formed for the set of pedagogical practices in Physical Education that was developed a long of a school year in four class of final years grades of basic education of municipal system inland of Rio Grande do Sul. The practice registry was documented for written of a field diary, in their was describe elements of developed practice, especially those that was organize whit the intention of promote inclusive class in school. To situate the discussion of inclusion thematic in school context the positioning and conception of teachers are research with the application of two questionnaires. The reflexion about pedagogical practice was performed in a articulated form whit condition of being a initiated teacher grounded in studies about docent life cycle. The conceptual discussion of inclusion, insertion and integration sustain the analyzes process of school teachers conception and their developed practice. The research shows that the construction process of inclusive class in Physical Education demands the continues movement of reflexion and reorganization of practices and proposals activities, especially to guaranty a for all education. In this process, challenges, errors, rights and tries are aspects that characterize the docent action of initiated teachers to achieve inclusive class. / A temática desta dissertação versa sobre a inclusão nas aulas de Educação Física. Para desenvolvê-la, do ponto de vista metodológico, amparado em princípios da pesquisa-ação, são realizadas reflexões sobre a prática pedagógica de um professor iniciante. O campo empírico é formado pelo conjunto de práticas pedagógicas na área da Educação Física que foram desenvolvidas ao longo de um período letivo em quatro turmas de séries finais do ensino fundamental de uma escola da rede municipal do interior do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. O registro das práticas desenvolvidas foi documentado por meio da escrita de um diário de campo. Nele são descritos elementos da prática desenvolvida, especialmente aqueles que foram organizados com a intenção de promover aulas inclusivas na escola. Para situar a discussão da temática inclusão no contexto da escola, o posicionamento e a concepção dos professores foram buscados mediante a aplicação de dois questionários. A reflexão sobre a prática pedagógica foi realizada de forma articulada à condição de ser professor iniciante, embasada nos estudos sobre ciclo de vida docente. A discussão conceitual sobre inclusão, inserção e integração sustenta o processo de análise das concepções dos professores da escola e a própria prática desenvolvida. A pesquisa mostra que o processo de construção de aulas inclusivas em Educação Física exige o movimento contínuo de reflexão e reorganização das práticas e atividades propostas, especialmente para garantir uma educação para todos. Nesse processo, desafios, erros, acertos e tentativas são aspectos que caracterizam a ação docente do professor iniciante para realizar aulas inclusivas.

Field observations has shown that wind turbinesare especially exposed to lightning strikes. The probability forlightning strikes to offshore wind turbines has been analysed ina previous article. In this project the probability for upwardself-initiated lightning strikes to onshore wind turbines anda lightning protection tower was analysed. This was done bycollecting elevation data and recreating the site topographyin COMSOL Mutliphysics 5.5, and also by collecting weatherdata which were analysed in MATLAB. The probability for thecritical electrostatic field was then calculated and analysed. Theresult shows that the risk of lightning strike is correlated to thetopography and cloud height. / Fältobservationer har visat att vindkraftverk är särskilt utsatta för blixtar. En tidigare studie har analyserat sannolikheten för blixtar på vindkraftverk belägna ute till havs. I det här projektet analyserades sannolikheten för blixtar på vindkraftverk och en vädermast på land. Detta gjordes genom att samla väder och topografidata från de undersökta områdena, som sedan modellerades i COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5. Sannolikheten att ett kritiskt elektriskt fält uppstår beräknades med hjälp av MATLAB. Resultatet visar att risken för blixtar är korrelerat med topografin och molnhöjden. / Kandidatexjobb i elektroteknik 2020, KTH, Stockholm

Much traditional user interface evaluation is conducted in usability laboratories, where a small number of selected users is directly observed by trained evaluators. However, as the network itself and the remote work setting have become intrinsic parts of usage patterns, evaluators often have limited access to representative users for usability evaluation in the laboratory and the users' work context is difficult or impossible to reproduce in a laboratory setting. These barriers to usability evaluation led to extending the concept of usability evaluation beyond the laboratory, typically using the network itself as a bridge to take interface evaluation to a broad range of users in their natural work settings. The over-arching goal of this work is to develop and evaluate a cost-effective remote usability evaluation method for real-world applications used by real users doing real tasks in real work environments. This thesis reports the development of such a method, and the results of a study to: • investigate feasibility and effectiveness of involving users with to identify and report critical incidents in usage • investigate feasibility and effectiveness of transforming remotely-gathered critical incidents into usability problem descriptions • gain insight into various parameters associated with the method. / Master of Science

The upsurge of religious movements and independent churches in the Global South is bringing a new twist to world economic development not anticipated by many theologians and social scientists. With a syncretic soteriology geared toward the liberation of the whole person, religious movements and independent churches of the south are preaching to their adherents, mostly the poor and the marginalized, a message of faith in an omnipotent and compassionate God who is concerned for their weal and woes and who offers them an assured and holistic salvation. By placing their faith in God, the poor and marginalized people are discovering their true selves and are saved/liberated. This assured salvation (certitudo salutis), which is a total liberation of the physical and spiritual world, becomes, in turn, the motivational energy for capital development. The Zion Christian Church (ZCC) soteriological predicament stands at this juncture. Through processes of syncretization and purification, ZCC has managed to deconstruct the European/North American and African Traditional Religions soteriologies to construct a pure soteriology that is relevant to the socio context of its adherents. ZCC deconstructs these soteriologies by broadening, for example, the classic Christian soteriogical theory of Christus Victor in her notion of sin, death and the devil and the African traditional soteriological notion of uBuntu and spirit-power. The purity, or holistic salvation, generated out of these processes serves as grounds for identity and economic empowerment of its adherents. With a holistic salvation that centers on healing, personal integrity and spiritual power, ZCC members have been able to achieve considerable success in the labour market by becoming an army of potential employees. They have also distinguished themselves in their work ethic, where they are seen as hardworking, disciplined, obedient and sober. Empowering its adherents economically through a religious soteriology, the ZCC has become an example of a trend that is shaping the Global South and is reviving the interest of social scientists and theologians to further investigate the impact of religious and theological formulations on the economic conduct of individuals. / Theology / D. Th. (Theological Ethics)