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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Constructing a green lifestyie consumption and environmentalism in an ecovillage /

Chitewere, Tendai. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Anthropology Department, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.
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The Implications for Artistic Expressions and Representations of Corporeality of the Experimental Techniques of Biomedical Engineering

Adams, Patricia Lesley, n/a January 2005 (has links)
While biological scientists justify their research into human genetic engineering on the grounds of its 'therapeutic' potential, art - particularly the genre of science fiction (whose origins can be traced to Mary Shelly's famous tale, Frankenstein) - has acted on the social through culture to alert us to the perilous repercussions of usurping the role of the 'Creator of Life.' Now, at the dawn of the new millennium, the scientific project of mapping human DNA seemingly complete, the plight of the genetically-engineered human has become an intense focus of cultural critique. This doctoral project can be differentiated by its focus on aesthetic inquiry into the implications for expressions and representations of corporeality in relation to contemporary biomedical engineering. It has incorporated stem cell research that entails the manipulation and redirection of adult stem cell fates. The project takes the form of practical and theoretical investigations into cellular responses, and is framed within the matrices of both an innovative collaborative art/science research model and the evolving process of practice-led arts research. The exploratory research is discursively located within the system/environment paradigm. This allows for boundaries between the philosophic and scientific disciplines of: 1. epistemology, 2. ethics and aesthetics and 3. biology and technology to become nodes in a relational network associated with: 1. living and non-living, 2. sentience and consciousness and 3. conceptions of humanness. The cycle of practice-led research culminates in a body of work that began with a project entitled apoptosis, and developed into a three part quasi-scientific vital force series of installations. Each of these installations references nineteenth century scientific experimental processes employed in a search for the essential components of the human being itself. The series of interactive installations is discussed and the processual, pioneering research model, whereby the artist becomes the 'human guinea pig' is theoretically and visually articulated. In addition, time-lapse videomicrograph image data, collected through laboratory experiments is interpreted and recontextualised by the artist-researcher for representation in the vital force series of immersive installations. In these installations the implications of the issues raised by biomedical engineering processes are expressed as a very physical, tactile encounter. The aim is that these encounters engender a multi-sensory experience for the individual viewer, who, when immersed in the aesthetic, corporeal, interactive installations as a participant who completes the work through their engagement. Thus, the significance of the study lies in its re-privileging of the aesthetic experience of corporeality in the discourses surrounding genetic manipulation. This exegesis, like the doctoral project itself, is cyclical; following the inseparable processes of theory and practice through which the implications of the core research issues for a hybrid art/science practice are explored. It echoes the qualitative, post-positivist research methodology used throughout the project, which aimed to overcome the third person perspective through such strategies as interactivity and hybridity.
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Srovnání životní úrovně a sociálních jistot obyvatel v České republice a ve Francii / Comparison of living standards and social benefits of the population in the Czech Republic and France

LORENCOVÁ, Michala January 2011 (has links)
The main objective of this thesis is to compare the standard of living in the Czech Republic and France in regards to state-provided assistance to achieve this level of living standard. The work is focused mainly on familial social policy of both countries, and therefore the examined group of citizens is mainly families with dependent children. The work is divided into two parts. The first part is establishing the legislative framework for state social benefits and definitions of important terms. The second part describes in detail the various Czech and French benefits, as well as examples of the economic situation of selected families and their entitlement to state benefits. The conclusion is devoted to the comparison of these findings.
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Akzeptanz von Ambient-Assisted-Living-Lösungen: Befragung von Seniorinnen und Senioren im Landkreis Görlitz

Preißler, Joachim, Unger, Cindy, Honekamp, Ivonne, Hoff, Andreas, Thiele, Gisela, Lässig, Jörg, Honekamp, Wilfried 12 August 2016 (has links)
Hintergrund. Der Anteil älterer Menschen an der Bevölkerung nimmt stetig zu. Einer der Ansätze zur Bewältigung der zunehmenden Alterung ist der Einsatz von technischen Hilfsmitteln (Ambient Assisted Living – AAL), die es ermöglichen, dass alternde Menschen möglichst lange in ihrer gewohnten Umgebung wohnen bleiben können und die zu einer Entlastung der Health Professionals beitragen sollen. Hier wird eine Befragung zu den Nutzerpräferenzen von Senioren im Kreis Görlitz, Sachsen vorgestellt. Methodik. Um die AAL-Akzeptanz der Senioren zu untersuchen, wurde eine Befragung durch die Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz durchgeführt, die Aufschluss über die Bedürfnisse, Präferenzen und mögliche Barrieren älterer Menschen bezüglich assistierender Technologien geben soll. Es wurden insgesamt 29 Senioren befragt. Ergebnisse. Es zeigte sich, dass besonders Technologien, die die Sicherheit erhöhen, von den Befragten gewünscht werden (Rauchmelder, Wärmesensor). Hohe Akzeptanz erfahren auch der Transponder zur Türöffnung, die Klingel mit optischem Signal, die Geräteabschaltung und die automatische Flurbeleuchtung. Wenig Zustimmung erhalten die Terminerinnerung, das Informationsdisplay und die automatische Lüftung. Auch die Messung der Luftfeuchte mit Alarm und die Vitalerkennung mit Notruf werden kaum akzeptiert. Diskussion. Bezüglich der Akzeptanz durch einzelne Personengruppen (Einfluss soziodemographischer Faktoren), konnte nicht immer eindeutige Tendenzen erkannt werden. Die Ergebnisse sollen im Zuge einer Umfrage durch die Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz mit 1.000 Personen (Projekt: „Vertrauen in Assistenz-Technologien zur Inklusion - VATI“) entsprechend überprüft und verifiziert werden. / Background. The proportion of older people in the population is steadily increasing. One of the approaches to the management of aging is the use of technical aids (Ambient Assisted Living - AAL), which make it possible that aging people to remain living in their familiar surroundings as long as possible and to contribute to relief of Health Professionals. Here a survey on user preferences of seniors in the district Görlitz, Saxony is presented. Methodology. To investigate the AAL acceptance of the seniors, a survey by the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz was performed, the information on the needs, preferences and potential barriers older people should give respect to assistive technologies. 29 seniors were interviewed. Results. It was found that most technologies, enhance its security, desired by the respondents (smoke detectors, heat sensor). High acceptance will also learn the transponder to the door opening bell with optical signal, the unit shutdown and automatic corridor lighting. Little agreement receive the appointment reminder, the information display and automatic ventilation. The measurement of humidity with alarm and detection with Vital Emergency hardly be accepted. Discussion. Regarding the acceptance by particular groups of people (influence of sociodemographic factors), could not be detected always clear tendencies. The results are expected in the course of a survey by the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz with 1.000 persons (Project: 'Trust in assistance technologies for inclusion - VATI') are checked and verified accordingly.

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