Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2005. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 189 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2006.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1968. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-151).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964. / Vita. Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of Psychology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Roy F. Baumeister, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 13, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains v, 54 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Depuis 1964, chaque année, une nouvelle « mission » composée d’une trentaine de personnes tout au plus, militaires, contractuels et scientifiques, est dépêchée pour un an sur l’île inhabitée de la Possession, située dans les Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, au sud de l’Océan Indien, afin de garantir la souveraineté française sur ce lieu, remarquable par son isolement et sa faune, tout en y conduisant des activités de recherche. Cette situation de « huis clos » équivaut à une situation de laboratoire : l’impossibilité de se défaire de la dynamique de groupe en libère nécessairement le scénario exhaustif et donne ainsi nettement à voir les ressorts ordinaires de la vie sociale : le lien entre la nécessité de trouver et défendre sa place dans le groupe, les rivalités qui s’ensuivent, les accusations qui divisent et la convergence salvatrice des accusateurs sur un « coupable ». De nombreuses missions échappent à ce cours naturel des choses. Elles imitent intentionnellement le scénario qu’ainsi elles évitent, inscrivant un faux, un bouc émissaire pour rire, au centre du folklore local. A l’inverse, les psychologues chargés de la sélection du personnel recourent sans le savoir au processus qu’ils dénoncent en profilant et éliminant leurs supposés responsables. / From 1964 on, around 30 people belonging to what is called a « mission » spend a year on Possession Island, an uninhabitated French island located in the southern Indian Ocean. Sending militaries, contract workers and scientists all put together enables France both to ensure its sovereignty and to lead scientific research on a place which is notable for its location and wildlife. Social life takes place there like if under laboratory conditions : no one can flee group dynamics which go up to its achievment, or completeness. Thus social life cogs can be seen i.e. : the link between the necessity of finding and defending its own place whithin the group, following rivalries, accusations first dividing then unifying on a « faulty person » in a « salutary » movement. Many missions do not follow this natural scenario. They imitate the scenario which can not be played in such conditions. They make a scapegoat for a joke appear in the local folklore. Whereas psychologists, by choosing people sent on this island, select out persons they think will be guilty and prove therefore to which extent the lack of knowledge enables this spontaneous scenario.

Fan vibration has become a significant issue in telecommunications environments due to increased performance and heat of internal components requiring greater airflow and higher speed fans. This thesis investigates fan vibration problems in telecommunications equipment and develops solutions to the problem in a retrofit scenario. A target value for vibration levels was determined by measuring vibration levels in an alternate existing product that exhibited no wear issues over a span of several years. Two successful vibration isolator designs were developed and implemented. The retrofit solution required minimal changes to the legacy design and achieved a large vibration reduction. The ultimate solution required extensive changes to the legacy design and achieved significant vibration reductions, with vibration levels below the target value in most scenarios. Both designs are Patent Pending.

Vocalizations are widely studied as possible non-invasive indicators of welfare. The most common vocalizations in pigs are grunts and screams. This thesis is focused on the relationship between vocal parameters of piglet's grunts and screams and the behavioural arousal (which is assumed to indicate stress intensity) during the social isolation.